The fourth round of the Premier League is scored immediately after the national team match, but fortunately there is a gap of a week, and if it is half a week, it is estimated that the impact of the FIFA virus will be greater. But even so, many players who participated in the national team competition were tired.

The FIFA virus is really not a joke, but a real zài.

It does affect the players' tables.

Therefore, many giant teams may not be good after the national team game, and they also have to rotate the lineup, replace those main players who are tired because of playing the national team game, and let the substitute players play.

But for the giants, their substitutes are often the main players of the national team, and they also need to participate in the national team competition......

This is the case for Manchester City right now, with Carrington's training base completely empty on a national team break.

In the past, there was Rongguang who insisted on training here, but now even Rongguang has returned to China to participate in the competition.

The training content of this week is not easy to arrange, mainly physical training. Players who did not compete with the national team then practiced with the youth team.

If it was the impact of the national team's games, it would be just that, but the current situation is different.

Manchester City's next league game is crucial.

Because if they can beat Wigan Athletic at home, they will overtake AC Milan and record the longest unbeaten streak in Europe's top five leagues!

At such a critical time, if they lose the league because of the national team competition...... That's really hard to do.

That's why Benitez is particularly concerned about the condition of the players who have played in the national team.

Sneijder picked up an injury in the Dutch national team and although the injury is not serious, he will definitely miss the game against Wigan Athletic.

This is bad news.

Fortunately, Gareth Barry, who played in the England national team, is normal, of course, this also has something to do with the fact that he came off the bench and didn't play many minutes at all.

The other piece of good news is that Kaka was not selected for the Brazilian national team at all.

After the World Cup in South Africa, Kaka was also selected for the Brazilian national team, on the one hand, because of injury, on the other hand, because of his poor performance in Real Madrid, and because of the fact that the head coach of the Brazilian national team, Dunga, who valued him, was dismissed because of the failure of the World Cup in South Africa.

During this time, although his appearance at Manchester City was still okay, he still did not have the eye of Pereira, and he was not called up to the team for this national team competition.

This is not a good thing for Kaka himself, but it is great news for Benitez.

Kaka's performance has just improved, in case he participates in the Brazilian national team and is injured again, who will he talk to? If you go to court with the Brazilian Football Federation, you can't let the Brazilian Football Federation give you a healthy Kaka.

It is best that Kaka does not go to the Brazilian national team.

Another piece of consoling news for Benitez was that Glory did not play all two games since returning home, with the first game against Singapore not coming off the bench until the 66th minute and the second game against Jordan where he was substituted at 87 minutes.

Although in the first game, Gao Hongbo definitely didn't think about Manchester City, but his approach was actually to help Manchester City.

Glory still got some rest time in these two national team games.

In the case of Sneijder's injury, Kaka and Rongguang are in good shape and physical condition, and Benitez is relieved.

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Wigan Athletic also have a number of international internationals, but they have a much smaller number of internationals than Manchester City.

It is also less affected by the FIFA virus.

In such a situation, Wigan Athletic made tactical arrangements against Manchester City, of course, using their usual fierce and tough tactical style to deal with Manchester City.

Today, Manchester City have become a continental football-style team under the leadership of a Spanish coach, who are more on the ground and possess the ball, and the players generally have a high level of technical ability and a delicate style.

Such a team is beautiful like a delicate vase, but what they fear most is the kind of team with a tenacious style.

Bricks are naturally ugly compared to vases, but if bricks collide with vases, the vase must be broken in the end, not bricks.

Before the game, Wigan Athletic had already released words.

"We're not going to let City step on our corpse to complete the record. We don't have a prejudice against Man City but it's a game and we'll be looking for the win as well. ”

Wigan Athletic's head coach said in an interview with reporters before the game.

Benitez is also unrelenting: "We don't deliberately pursue such a thing as setting a zào record. But we're going to win. ”

That said, the record just requires the game to be unbeaten, and a draw is acceptable.

But Benitez is talking about a victory that is more advanced and more difficult than a draw.

The implication is that Manchester City didn't take this record seriously at all, and setting a zào record was just a passing achievement in their quest for victory.

Benitez was able to say something like that, which obviously had something to do with what he had observed in training these days.

In training, the three men of Rongguang, Kaka and Ibrahimovic are in very good shape.

Rafael Benitez felt that even if Gareth Barry and David Silva were injured and could not play, he could win Wigan Athletic at home with his attacking trident.

Therefore, given the international game and the Champions League away game in midweek, Benitez has no intention of fielding his squad in this game.

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The match between Manchester City and Wigan Athletic is not just being watched by the whole of England, but also by Europe and the whole world.

If Manchester City can not lose to Wigan Athletic, then they will no longer be one of the legends, but legends!

When Manchester City announced their starting line-up for the game, it was seen that the likes of David Silva Matuidi, Godin and Jordi Alba were not in the starting line-up.

Instead, it's all bench and rotation players.

At such an important moment, Manchester City still has reservations?

Analysts are starting to wonder if Benitez is too much.

Sure, Manchester City have been in excellent form this season and there seems to be no rival who can stop them from continuing to win. But football always seems to be round, and there will always be some surprises.

Maybe an accident will happen in this game?

Benitez is not afraid to give the players the wrong signal that they can easily beat Wigan Athletic, so that they can be proud and lose the game?

And this starting list is good news for Wigan Athletic.

Sneijder's injury was a big deal and David Silva was on the bench with a break.

In midfield was the homegrown duo of James Milner and Gareth Barry.

Both the threat of playmaking and scoring plummeted.

And this starting lineup shows that Manchester City didn't take Wigan Athletic seriously at all!

Rather than feeling the anger of being dismissed, the manager of Wigan Athletic was pleased.

He wants City to take to the pitch with a mindset that he and his fearless warriors will teach their players how to behave!

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After Benitez announced the starting line-up, the media thought that Manchester City was clearly underestimated, and some reporters went to interview Rong Guang on this issue.

Rong Guang said very strangely: "How can it be a light enemy? We take every opponent very seriously, but we also need to rotate the squad and you know that a lot of us have just played for the national team. I don't think rotation is underestimating the enemy, and this statement of the media is unfounded. ”

He euphemistically said that the media is talking nonsense.

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The time for the game has finally arrived.

Wigan Athletic made the best of their squad to challenge Manchester City away from home.

The match attracted a lot of attention, and the Premier League's broadcasters also chose the match to be broadcast live for free to the world, which could make the Premier League gain more influence around the world.

So the fact that this game is free is actually of little benefit to the TV station? Target.

The match was also broadcast on China's Central Television.

At the beginning, CCTV bought the broadcast rights from Tiansheng Media, and it was not exclusive. However, after three seasons, starting this season, CCTV will have exclusive broadcasting rights in Chinese mainland. For this reason, CCTV can spend a huge amount of money to buy the broadcast rights from the Premier League.

The reason why they did this is naturally because the Manchester City watch where the glory is located is excellent. And CCTV is not worried about not being able to recover the money at all. While their matches are all broadcast live to a national audience for free, advertising revenue alone can fully cover their expenses, and maybe even make a small profit.

Rongguang's name is a golden sign in business, and countless brands want to get involved with him.

Brands that can't sign Rongguang's endorsement can only sponsor the live broadcast of the Premier League game and let their logo appear before and after the game to take advantage of Rongguang's popularity to be exposed in front of Chinese TV audiences.

Although CCTV's price is very high, it is still in short supply.

For this game, CCTV launched a continuous propaganda offensive half a month in advance, telling fans and TV viewers all over China how important Manchester City's match against Wigan Athletic is, you must watch it, and you will definitely regret it if you don't watch the live broadcast.

Their slogan is also inflammatory: "The legend is about to be born, at this time, do you choose to part ways with the legend, or stand side by side with the legend?" At 9:30 p.m. on September 16, Beijing time, CCTV5 Sports Channel will become a part of history with you! ”

The constant advertising bombardment let everyone know that there is such a game.

So during the game, many people sat in front of the TV, not only fans who were already very concerned about the Premier League and glory, but also many people who didn't usually watch the game but liked to join in the fun.

Because of public opinion propaganda, it seems that setting a zào record is equated with winning glory for the country. These people also want to cheer for glory.

To this end, CCTV also specially asked the commentator He Ping to fly directly to Manchester, England, to explain the game live at the Manchester City Stadium.

This kind of treatment can only be enjoyed in Spain's national derby and Champions League final......

Now, such a game that is not a strong competition has also made CCTV make such a move, which shows how much they attach importance to this game. (www) I640