Of course, the most important team is still Birmingham, which is the foundation of Li Chengfeng's football kingdom. Under the leadership of Li Chengfeng, the Birmingham team has won 10 wins, 6 draws and 7 losses in the first 23 rounds, accumulating 36 points and ranking eighth in the league. However, the gap with the top six is relatively large, and it is difficult to catch up.

The Iron Curtain of the six teams in the Premier League, Manchester United, Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur is too strong for other teams to compete for a European qualification from them, and it is better to hope for a place through the cup competition. It's a pity that the Birmingham League Cup has been eliminated early this season, and Li Chengfeng can only hope for the FA Cup.

However, no team is guaranteed to win all of their games, and as we entered February, City finally lost when they slowed their pace to Chelsea at home.

Perhaps we should still strive for seventh place, and if the champions and runners-up of the cup are both among the top six, then seventh place can also participate in the Europa League. And in recent years, it is also a small probability that non-top six teams want to reach the final of the cup competition. The Premier League is no longer the time it used to be, the Iron Curtain of the Premier League was far less solid than it is now, and it was much harder for Birmingham to become a new pole for England.

Li Chengfeng observed the schedule of the Cup, the League Cup final is a match between two top six teams, and whoever wins the championship will have no impact on European qualification. The rest will depend on the FA Cup game. Li Chengfeng now only hopes that he can draw a good lot, and it is best to draw all the way to the finals. Or hopefully there won't be a strong conversation too soon, and let the top six take out all those competitors, so that they can compete for seventh place in the league and be able to participate in next season's European competition.

In the next game with Wolves, Li Chengfeng attaches great importance to it. Wolves, also controlled by Chinese capital, have become the backbone of the Premier League under the construction of agent giant Mendes, and are Birmingham's fierce rivals for seventh place in the league.

Not only that, but Wolves, who are also in the city of Birmingham, are Birmingham's biggest rivals for neutral fans. In previous years, due to the downfall of Aston Villa and Birmingham, Wolves once became the only Premier League team in Birmingham, the second largest city in the United Kingdom, attracting a lot of attention until the resurgence of the Birmingham team.

As one of the two most popular teams in the city before, Li Chengfeng wants Birmingham City to become the favorite team in Birmingham City before Aston Villa re-emerges, and it is a must to beat Wolves.

There is no way around it, the Premier League is not like Serie A, Bundesliga, La Liga, there are only a few strong teams, and other teams have many opportunities to rise. In the Premier League, if you want to rise under the iron curtain of the top six, you must step on other teams to have a chance to enter the European competition, until one day you can replace one of the top six and become a new pole.

Wolves, under Mendes' efforts, have gathered a group of powerful players in their playing years. But Birmingham's squad is no slouch, with England international McNeil, who became a regular in Serie A at the age of 19, Karamoko Dembele, who played in the professional league at the age of 16, Boadu who attacked in the Eredivisie at the age of 17, Joshua Temon, who played in the Premier League at the age of 17, and goalkeeper Bazunu who played as a goalkeeper at the age of 15. In addition to these talented players, there are also stalwarts with a wealth of experience in the top flight, such as Bednarek, Philippe Billing, Adams, Ennihiri, Soucek, Matthias Rojas, etc. The team's total value is no less than that of Wolves, and they are more talented.

In such a close game, the quality of the manager determines the final result.

Wolves is a well-balanced team in attack and defence, the team counterattacks quickly, the style of play is simple and distinct, there are many people with great speed in the team, and the rapid advancement in the counterattack and relying on individual ability to solve problems are the characteristics of Wolves. Therefore, this team can rely on sharp counterattacks to cause upsets when facing strong teams, but it often misses when facing weak teams.

In the face of such a team, Li Chengfeng has a lot of experience, as long as he remains patient and lets them take the initiative to attack, then Birmingham have a great chance of winning the game.

It's not hard to do, Wolves manager Nuno is not a flexible man, on the contrary, he is very stubborn, no matter who the opponent is, he wants to maintain a pressing style of play, like Manchester City, but the players are not up to the task. Dong Shi Xiaofeng will not have a good effect, so the Wolves often lose points when facing teams with average strength, but when facing Haoqiang, due to being suppressed on the field, they have to play defensive counterattacks, but they can play their characteristics and have good results.

Nuno was not going to back down from the game against Birmingham, and he came out 3-4-3 to beat Birmingham with an attacking attack.

Li Chengfeng has always had a good experience playing for Pep Guardiola's team, although Birmingham is far from the giants he coached in the CM world, but Wolves are not giants, and Nuno is even more far from Guardiola.

Lee Chengfeng put on Alan Brown, Philip Billing and Soucek in the back to strengthen the defense, and Matthias Rojas, McNeil, and Ennihiri in the frontcourt. Among these people, except for Rojas, they are all players with good defensive ability, and Li Chengfeng wants to trap this wolf with a defensive net.

Wolves pressed from the start, but it wasn't until a dozen minutes before they had their first chance to shoot in front of Birmingham's wall, when Jimenez fired a powerful right-footed shot high from the edge of the box.

Wolves tried to attack with the ball in Birmingham's half, but they were not Manchester City, they did not have the support of a considerable quality player, and the so-called control of football was nondescript, but was repeatedly countered by Birmingham.

In the 20th minute, Rojas passed the ball and Allen Brown hit the goal with his right foot from the outside, but Patricio barely stopped the ball.

Throughout the first half, there were not many chances for either side, and even Birmingham were more threatening on the counter-attack, but neither could get back on the scoresheet, and the game went into the second half.

In the second half, Wolves did not change their style of play, and they increased the intensity of their attacks despite Birmingham's counter-attacking threat. Nuno is indeed a stubborn person, but this is also in line with Li Chengfeng's wishes, if they play more balanced, Li Chengfeng will be more difficult.

With almost 20 minutes into the second half, Wolves were still unable to get their chances. Nuno was not reconciled, he began to adjust the midfield, strengthen the attack in the middle, as for the wing, handed over to the two wing-backs, the formation was pressed more forward, he still believes that he can rely on strong attacks to win the game.

But it was Birmingham who scored first, and in the 83rd minute of the game, Joshua Temon assisted to the front court to sweep the ball into the penalty area, and Ennihiri unloaded the ball in front of the small penalty area and pushed it into the hand, 1:0!

For the rest of the game, Nuno anxiously called out to the Wolves players on the sidelines to press frantically, and he was no longer hungry for victory, but was satisfied with an equaliser.

But Wolves really didn't fit that style of play, and instead of getting more shots on goal, they conceded another goal in the last minute.

In the 95th minute, the Wolves defender brought down McNeil in the penalty area, and the referee sentenced him to death, and Ennihiri hit the penalty, 2-0!

In the end, Birmingham City won 2-0 against their direct rivals and stood in seventh place in the league.

Li Chengfeng is very happy with this result, not only won the crucial game, Ennihiri also scored two goals, his value will be higher, Li Chengfeng hopes to sell him for a good price. Now in 24 games in the Premier League, Ennihiri has scored 12 goals in 22 games, ranking third in the scorer list, and has three assists. Li Chengfeng believes that at only 25 years old, he can sell for 50 million pounds.

However, in CM World, Manchester City suffered their first defeat in more than two months, losing at home to Chelsea, slowing down their title stride.

Manchester City's match with Chelsea is a clash of the Premier League's strongest spear and strongest shield, with City scoring the most goals in the Premier League with 74 goals and Chelsea conceding the fewest in the Premier League with 21.

Due to Sergio Aguero's injury, Li Chengfeng sent Silva to start. For Chelsea, Ramires was in midfield and Samuel Eto'o was on the charge.

Manchester City took the initiative from the start, hitting the stands from a tight angle on the left side of the box in the third minute, and Kompany receiving a free kick in the box in the fourth minute missed the right position. In the 8th minute, Kolarov's cross from the left was cleared by Terry, and in the 10th minute, Manchester City played the ball in front of the field in a row, Silva split the side, Kolarov crossed from the left, and Toure was slightly slow to follow up at the back point and missed a good opportunity.

In the 12th minute, Di Maria took a corner kick from the right, and Suarez leaned back to head the ball but didn't hit the goal. In the 16th minute, Di Maria made an inverted triangle return pass on the right, and Toure suddenly sent a cold arrow from outside the penalty area slightly above the crossbar! In the 18th minute, Toure protected the ball back in the penalty area, and Silva's close-range push was just wide of the far corner!

Chelsea didn't have their first shot on goal until the 20th minute, when Sako Eto'o faced Sako on the left and adjusted his volley was saved by Neuer, before Hazard forced his way forward and was blocked by Sako a minute later, before Luiz flipped in a free-kick.

Manchester City still dominated the pitch and Chelsea could only rely on few counter-attacking opportunities to threaten the Manchester City goal. However, City's attackers didn't look to have their shooting boots on target and squandered their chances.

Chances are punishable, and Chelsea broke the deadlock in the 32nd minute when Oscar crossed from the right, Ramirez's close-range shot was blocked by Kompany, and Branislav Ivanovic fired a low left-footed shot into the bottom left corner of the goal from the edge of the box, 1-0!

What kind of luck is this, Li Chengfeng seems to have seen the game between Wolves and Birmingham, and it is even worse, Wolves do not have such an overwhelming advantage as Manchester City now.

However, Manchester City still fell behind after all, Li Chengfeng knew that football was round, but when it happened to him, he was still so unhappy.

(End of chapter)

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