Volume III Chapter 8 The Handover of Times

Mark Hughes is under a lot of pressure right now, Manchester City spent more than 100 million in the summer, built a luxury squad, and attracted much attention, and the whole England is looking to see if this second Chelsea can burst into the void and break the monopoly pattern of the traditional top four in the Premier League.

As a result, they won three and lost three in the first six rounds, and their performance was not bad, nor was it good, which greatly lowered the expectations of the media, and they lost three games in only six games.

Mark Hughes doesn't want to be a second Ranieri, sitting on a big club with a golden job, and in the end he is reduced to having to eat, and he vows to win and save his fortune against Liverpool at home in this round.

Liverpool have just experienced a change of manager, and the new manager is their former assistant coach Sammy Lee, who he knows is a man who has average results when he brought Bolton Wanderers, and there is nothing special about it.

Moreover, Liverpool's current main striker Torres has been injured, which has greatly affected their attack, and they have not tasted a win in the new season, so in his opinion, it is the best time to step on the top of the previous championship.

Manchester City vs Liverpool is the focus of this round.

It's not just because Manchester City is now turning over and dicks are becoming local tyrants, in the words of the newspaper, it's a battle for the upstarts to challenge the traditional giants, but also because more people want to see if Liverpool is really sinking, not to mention that the two teams are in an uproar in the summer because of Mackin's transfer incident.

Manchester City chairman Mubarak was very angry about this matter, when they bought Robinho, they didn't even wrinkle their eyebrows, and they broke the Premier League transfer record, and the Mansour family behind it wanted fame.

How rich Mansour is, I can't describe it in numbers, add up several of the world's top richest people, none of them have any money, and they spent nearly a billion yuan on acquisitions and investments in the summer, which is a drizzle for them, everything went well, and the European football world was stunned.

As a result, I didn't expect to encounter a soft nail here in Mackqin, if it was a superstar who has been famous for a long time, you Mackin just played for a year, we paid 70 million, gave you several times the salary, and millions of signing fees, but you didn't come?

If you don't come, you won't come, you are still doing a live broadcast at the door of the club, causing countless Premier League celebrities to follow the prestige, and they all come up and step on it, saying that we are destroying the order of European football.

Fuck the order and unspoken rules, Lao Tzu is rich!

It is not unreasonable for Mubarak to be angry, the first shot was supposed to be very loud, but in the end a dud came, as disgusting as swallowing a fly, how could he explain to Mansour?

So before the game, Mubarak specially called Mark Hughes over, to tell the truth, he was not satisfied with Mark Hughes, not why, just because he was not famous!

But just like Chelsea at the beginning, if it weren't for the chance to meet the upstart Mourinho, who had just debuted, which long-established manager would have run over to you as soon as you made a fortune.

Isn't that to show the world that I'm just running for money, and I'm worth more! , you have to toss for a few years, and with a little background, in order to match our fame.

So Manchester City also encountered this problem, money can't buy top stars, can't hire top coaches, so Mubarak can only stay up for a while if he is not satisfied with Mark Hughes.

"Give me the money to kill that Mark", he said angrily to Mark Hughes, of course this can't be the original words, but it probably means the same thing.

The squad has spent more than 100 million, if you can't even win Liverpool, which is now poor and poor, what use do you have?

Mark Hughes Alexander!

……

Etihad Stadium, the seventh round of the 0809 Premier League, blue surging.

Sky Sports have monopolized the Premier League broadcast for the past two years, and their biggest rivals, BT, have yet to come and compete with them.

The Pimai duo have been promoted to the top of the game this year with their excellent commentary skills last year, and they are now warming up for the big game.

"A few days ago, Manchester City's manager and star Robinho said in an interview that he wanted Mark to see how powerful the Etihad is, and claimed that Mark's actions in the summer were a great disrespect to Manchester City, and the fans would welcome him with the most shrill boos," Peterson said with a smile.

'Of course, it's a war of money and tradition, and Mark has resisted the temptation in the summer, and I'm happy for him, staying at Liverpool is the best option for him, where he deserves to be a prince and more important than anything else to be able to play in an environment where he can play at his age,' said McManaman.

"In addition to the 80 million that Real Madrid gave to Cristiano Ronaldo and Liverpool gave Torres, the current transfer price of Mark is the highest in the market, and if he really agrees, it will break the world transfer record held by Zinedine Zidane," said Peterson.

The current top three in the world transfer record are Zinedine Zidane, Figo, and Crespo, all of which have not reached 70 million pounds, but if Mackqin hears it, he will tell you that it will not be a problem at all in the future!

"Maybe sooner or later he'll break it," McManaman said wistfully.

Peterson nodded, "That must be a worldwide remark, well, let's talk about Manchester City, the summer purchase of Ruo and Robinho does not seem to have played as much as people expected, if only 1 goal is scored at present, Robinho has only scored 2 goals"

McManaman smiled: "It's not that the transfer fee is high to score goals, it has a lot to do with their midfield, their striker Elano and the native Ireland are not particularly good at organising, Manchester City's attack mainly relies on the dribbling of Robinho on the left and the speed of Phillips on the right, their 541 formation will become 343 when attacking, and they can also rely on individual ability to play the middle and lower teams, but their midfield is weak when they play strong teams"

"What if Mark and Alonso were replaced?"

"Then they have a chance to compete for the title this year!"

"Haha, then let's wait a little longer and see if Mark and Liverpool, who have just been added to the golden boy, can get their first league win at the Etihad," Peterson said with a smile.

When Ma Qin was warming up and practicing, he had already felt the malice of this stadium, as for it, if you have money, you can do whatever you want, and if you can't buy it, you will be annoyed and angry?

"Shhh

The stands of the Etihad were surrounded by layers of light blue, and all kinds of boos and invectives came from all directions, most of them coming at Mack.

"Our championship is ten times that of yours, haha, the stupid × who just won the championship and was relegated", the away fans who came with the Liverpool team of course refused to show weakness and scolded them for their shortcomings.

Winning the championship with promotion is a dark horse miracle, and if you win the championship, you will be relegated, and Manchester City is precisely the team that created this history.

Red Army, Blue Moon, Fight Tonight!

……

In the dressing room, Sammy Lee waited for everyone to sit down, and seeing them staring at him firmly, this Liverpool celebrity in the seventies and eighties was really a little nervous in his heart, this was the first time he led a giant.

Most of the players under his command are much more famous than him, he coughed a little, and said with a smile: "You are staring at me like this, I am really a little flustered"

"Coax ......, haha......", "Sammy, don't be afraid, we can't eat your ......", the locker room sprayed all at once, they have been playing for so long, such a coach is really rare.

When everyone was done, he said directly: "This is the first time I have been the head coach of a big club, even if it is the position of head coach, it is only the second time, so there is no shame in being nervous, haha"

"But I don't know if you're nervous or not, it's the seventh round of the league, we haven't won yet, today is my first game"

"Let you fight for me to win, it's a little bigger, it should be for yourself, for the honor of Liverpool, the league has passed almost a quarter, you don't want to really want to go to relegation at the end of the season, then it is estimated that my grandmother will run out of the grave and laugh off her big teeth"

With Sammy Lee's chat-style pre-match mobilization, the dressing room gradually became serious.

"Tactics We have stepped up the practice in the past two days, and the shortest time you have been together for more than a year, you know how to play, but after all, our new tactics are not mature enough, what I want to tell you is that you must be calm on the field and play our rhythm"

Saying that, he stretched out his hand and pointed at Alonso and Mackqin, "Our midfielder is sitting there, you have to help them control the scene, we are away, they are strong in individual ability, we must not mess up with them"

"If anyone plays casually, although I am the acting head coach, I still have the right to replace"

"Don't worry, Sammy, we know," said Mackin and Gerald.

"Mark, don't talk big", while Hugh McAuray said: "You just won the golden boy, the whole stadium outside is booing you, if you can't play 70 million in this game, just wait for them to laugh to death after the game"

"That's impossible, my goal is", he stood up and raised his arms and shouted, "Kill the 100 million formations on the other side!" ”

"Haha, 100 million arrays, this figurative image"

"Yes, I'm going to kill them"

"Tell the entire Premier League that we are going to wake up by stepping on the corpse of a local tyrant"

"Roaring ......"

Sammy Lee smiled at the screaming players and breathed a sigh of relief that it had been a long time since there had been such a relaxed and enthusiastic atmosphere in the dressing room.

He has always believed that the strength of the team is still there, and as long as they can get on the right track, even if they have lost a quarter of their time, their results this season will not be too bad.

He stretched out his hand and pressed it, stared at Makqin again and said: "Mark, when Hugh and I wanted to establish you as the core, there was a moment of hesitation, because not only do we need to adapt, but also let our many years of hero Alonso sacrifice himself to cooperate with you", speaking of this, he nodded towards Alonso.

Alonso smiled and nodded in response, feeling a little more comfortable.

"But we did it anyway because you are young and you are the future of Liverpool and we believe in your ability and even more in your ability to work under pressure"

"But no matter how much you say, it's better to play well, show us on the field, the team is your big brother, if you don't play well, no one can spare you"

Looking at Sammy Lee, Hugh McAuray smiled inwardly, this old guy really has a hand in the locker room, this is the army of Alonso and the veterans in the team, secretly supporting Mackin without being disgusted, it seems that he has learned a lot from the negative teaching material of Benitez.

Since I decided to use Makqin, I didn't look ahead and backwards, and I went all out to the end.

Mackin met the smiling gaze in Sami Lee's eyes, nodded, and turned to look at his teammates, "Guys, I want to thank Alonso for his generosity, he is a superstar now, and I'm just a stinky kid, but we have played together for a year, I have confidence in my strength, and I hope you have confidence in me"

"We're a team, no one is more important than the other, the win on the field always depends on 11 people, not one, standing on the field, no matter what position I play, I just want to win, these days of losing and drawing, I've had enough!"

"Well said", Kuyt was the first to stand up, "I've had enough of the fuck"

"Me too", "Me too"......

Everyone in Liverpool stood up one by one, with high momentum, and these three months were a great sorrow for them, falling from the peak of the championship to the bottom all of a sudden.

It's uncomfortable, and it's not enough for outsiders.

Winning can resolve everything, who the hell wants to live a losing day long?

After the noise, Gerrard took the lead and walked out the door, patting him on the shoulder as he passed by Macklin, "Boy, do a good job", just like the handover ceremony, one teammate after another came up to participate in the process.

Alonso walked at the end and also came over and patted him meaningfully, "Boy, come on"

"Harvey", Mackin patted his hand on the shoulder, "You will always be my teacher"

Alonso smiled and nodded.

On the night of the Etihad Stadium, the lights were shining, and the players of both sides were standing in the tunnel waiting for the start of the game, while Richardson, who was missing a front tooth, stared at Mackin with resentment.

The times are kicking off......