Chapter 655: Caution

In a direct conversation with Gao Bo, Boas lost completely.

The media also thought that Boas was too far away from Gao Bo.

Now that Gobo has won the Champions League and become the manager at the top level, Villas-Boas seems to have lost the magic of managing Porto.

He has a perverse personality and is covered in thorns like Mourinho, but he does not have Mourinho's wrists.

That's probably why he hasn't achieved much in the Premier League.

A week after the win over Tottenham, Manchester City host Aston Villa in the twelfth round of the league.

The game was a complete explosion as Manchester City beat their opponents 6-0 at home to achieve the biggest margin difference in the history of Gao Bo's team.

The win took Manchester City to 32 points and regained their position at the top of the table.

Manchester United, on the other hand, suffered a draw, with 10 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat, and are second with 31 points.

Chelsea, on the other hand, have nine wins and three draws, and are third with 30 points.

After 12 rounds of the Premier League, the situation has become clear, the top three teams in the standings are unbeatable, and behind them, in fourth place, is still Arsenal, Arsenal is currently eight wins, two draws and two losses, with 26 points, ranking fourth.

After keeping Van Persie, Arsenal's performance did not fall off a cliff as in the original history, but maintained a relatively stable performance.

As for West Bromwich Albion, who are fifth, they are fifth with 23 points, followed by Everton, West Ham United and Tottenham.

Liverpool, on the other hand, are in 11th place, with Brendan Rodgers' side still struggling, with just three wins and three defeats, six draws and just 15 minutes to finish in 11th place.

Gao Bo shook his head and sighed when he saw this standings, the last two or three seasons are the prelude to the Premier League before it enters the troubled times, Liverpool will rise for a short time, and then.... It's Leicester City.

I don't know if Leicester City can rise again after being changed so much by Gao Bo, which is what Gao Bo wants to observe.

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In the next game, Manchester City will host Real Madrid!

This is the fifth round of the Champions League group stage and the match that will determine the top spot in the group.

For Manchester City, if they win against Real Madrid, they will directly seal the top spot in the group, and if this game is a draw, Manchester City will also have the advantage, as long as they don't lose away to Celtic in the final round, they can secure top of the group.

The worst result is naturally a loss, once lost, the initiative to win the group is not in the hands of Manchester City, so look at the results of the last round between the two sides - the last round Manchester City played away, and Real Madrid played Ajax at home, which is naturally beneficial to Real Madrid.

Therefore, the bottom line of Gao Bo in this game is that he can't lose - even if it's a draw, he must not lose.

And for Real Madrid, they have to win!

The importance of being the first in the group is too important for the draw for the round of 16.

Neither team is going to be content to finish second in the group.

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Some media outlets in Manchester have already started to celebrate City's early group progress.

Even if it is the second place in the group, it will be of great significance to Manchester City!

This is the first time in the team's history that they have reached the knockout stage of the Champions League, and if they can win the group and draw a good draw to reach the quarter-finals, it will be even more perfect for Manchester City.

Every breakthrough in the Champions League is a historic one.

Prior to that, Manchester City's results had been up and down, they had never played in the Champions League, and their last glory story was back in 1968, when the Blues beat Newcastle United on the final day of the season to become English league champions for the second time. Manchester City won the 1968 league title and played in the 1968-1969 UEFA Club Champions Cup, where they were eliminated in the first round with one draw and one defeat.

Since then, Manchester City have not played in the Champions League (and the predecessor of the European Cup) until last season, but last season Manchester City were also eliminated in the group stage and never entered the second stage.

As for the match against Real Madrid, the media in England is quite optimistic.

Having beaten Manchester City away, it is not too difficult to fight for not to lose at home!

As long as they don't lose to Real Madrid at home, Manchester City can basically top the group.

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On their opponents, Real Madrid.

The media in Madrid began to build momentum for the match days before the game.

Real Madrid certainly have a reason to win this game, they must win to regain the top spot in the group, and the media are cheering for Real Madrid, proving their superiority through various statistics.

For example, Real Madrid has basically not lost much in England, and Real Madrid has a background in the Champions League.

It seems that having said this, the Real Madrid players have become more confident.

And Ancelotti gave an interview to the Spanish media before leaving.

The Real Madrid boss is still very cautious: "Manchester City are a very strong team, it is not easy to beat them away from home, we can't be careless. We're going to give it our all in this game and as for the result..... Let's see when the game is over! ”

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Real Madrid arrived in Manchester three days early, which shows how seriously they take this game.

Manchester United have lent their training base to Real Madrid.

This is the usual practice, every time Manchester United plays in the Champions League, Manchester City always treats Manchester United's opponents with good food and drink, and they naturally hope that Manchester United is unlucky.

And now it's Manchester City's turn to play in the Champions League, and so is Manchester United.

It's funny to say that Manchester United manager Pep Guardiola is not interested in Real Madrid, he is a coach from Barcelona after all.

But when he arrives in England, he will respect the English derby culture.

Real Madrid train at Manchester United's Carrington training base, which is only a wall away from them, but the wall is very high, so Manchester City don't want to get a peek at Real Madrid's training.

Manchester City and Manchester United's training base is very close, it is said that when Sun Jihai played for Manchester City, he was sent by the manager to Manchester United's training base to pick up the ball - during training, Lao Sun accidentally kicked the ball to Manchester United.

Naturally, the conditions of Manchester United's training base are good.

Since Real Madrid arrived in Manchester, Carlo Ancelotti has been trying to gather information from Manchester City.

It's just that these days there is nothing else in the media except for talking about the great significance of Manchester City's group qualification, there is no dry goods at all, and Manchester City seems to be very cautious about this game.

Since there is no way to get some valuable information, Ancelotti can only rely on guesswork.

He thinks Manchester City will probably play a counter-attack at home in this game.

There is an 890% chance that this will be the case!

Because the current situation is very favorable for Manchester City, they don't have to risk attacking at all, and just put up a counter-attacking formation and let Eden Hazard and Antoine Griezmann attack Real Madrid's defence.

Ancelotti asked himself if he had been in Gao Bo's position, he would have made such a choice.

But... Carlo Ancelotti also has to guard against a surprise choice.

He has studied Gao Boke very thoroughly, this is an elusive guy.

When you think he's going to defend, he's probably going to attack, and when you think he's going to be going to attack, his team goes straight to the lineup.

Therefore, Ancelotti also made two preparations.

He plans to start the competition and try it first!

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Gao Bo is also paying attention to Real Madrid's movements.

The Champions League has been won, and it is said that qualifying from the group is nothing.

But now the team is different.

Atletico Madrid went to play in the Champions League after a year, when Gao Bo's team was very mature, the players cooperated tacitly, the style of play was skillful, and the squad was strong.

And now at Manchester City, he has just taken over, and now there is something new in the team's training every once in a while, and Gao Bo has not fully instilled his own things into this team.

Therefore, it is very important for Manchester City to qualify first in the group.

If a good draw can be drawn in the round of 16, it will help Manchester City adapt to the knockout rounds, and grow while playing.

When interviewed by reporters, Gao Bo also seemed very cautious.

"Carlo Ancelotti is a great coach and Real Madrid is a strong team, even if it's at home, we don't take it lightly!"

That's what he said to the players in training.

Ahead of this crucial match, both teams were cautious.