When the Manchester City players brought the UEFA Super Cup back to Manchester, half the city was boiling.

Manchester City fans took to the streets to welcome the team's triumphant return.

They all felt like they were probably the happiest Manchester City fans in history. Because never before have Manchester City brought so much happiness to their fans.

They caught up with the best of times, it was the golden age of Manchester City!

Since Glory arrived at Manchester City in 2008, three seasons have passed, and Manchester City have won one FA Cup, two league titles, three Community Shields, one Champions League and one UEFA Super Cup.

Never before in the history of Manchester City have they won so many heavyweight titles.

They chanted the names of every Manchester City player and coach along the way, making them feel the enthusiasm of the fans.

City's players are also happy.

Originally, after winning the Champions League, many of them lost motivation. Now, looking at the scene in front of them, they feel that it is a good choice to win another Champions League title......

I used to feel that if I won the championship, I would not be motivated.

Now it seems, who would have more champions?

If we can afford to win ten championships, why only nine?

Challenging for the title will certainly be harder than not winning the title, but we have glory, Ibrahimovic, Kaka, Sneijder...... With these players, what can't we do under their leadership?

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After winning the UEFA Super Cup, Manchester City's players returned to England and were disbanded.

Now comes the two national team matches.

Rong Guang also returned to China, where he joined the national team to prepare for the first World Cup Asian qualifier round of 20 match with Singapore, where the Chinese team hosted Singapore.

Considering that Rongguang has just finished the UEFA Super Cup, has played many games in a week, plus it has been a long-distance flight, and the jet lag has not yet fallen, the fitness and condition will definitely be affected, plus Singapore is not a too strong team.

So Gao Hongbo did not put glory in the starting list in this game.

Of course, he had made it clear to Rong Guang before he made this decision.

Although Rongguang feels that his body and state are fine, what Gao Hongbo said also makes sense, he must believe in his teammates, let them do it, and don't let the team develop the psychology of relying on him.

So he accepted Gao Hongbo's decision to put him on the bench.

When Gao Hongbo announced the starting list of the Chinese team at the pre-match press conference, everyone was a little surprised to find that Rongguang was not among them.

Although everyone thinks that with Singapore's strength, it really doesn't need to be honored. But whether Rongguang starts or not has nothing to do with the strength of the opponent.

With the kind of glory that seeks to fight*, how could he not start?

Could it be that the continuous battles and long journeys have made him physically tired?

Some people even have to guess whether Rong Guang was injured in training after returning to China, and the director will not be able to play in the match against Singapore.

But Gao Hongbo just said that Rongguang had traveled a long distance and needed to take a break.

His remarks were interpreted by the Singapore media as "because I think that the strength of the opponent Singapore is not strong enough, so the coach of the Chinese team, Gao Hongbo, did not let Rong start." ”

In the eyes of Singapore fans and the media, Gao Hongbo has become a proud and arrogant maniac.

Although Gao Hongbo does think that Singapore is not enough to let Rongguang play without even reversing the jet lag, he is actually not a light enemy, because his tactical arrangements in this game are still very serious, and with the strength gap between the Chinese team and Singapore, even if there is no glory, let the other main players play, it is not a light enemy, right? You must know that the Chinese team still has Barcelona's main center Gao Lin, a substitute for glory, and he is the starter.

This is not a light enemy, is it?

But Singapore's media have seized on this point to make a big fuss and hyped up China's contempt.

"It seems normal for the Asian Cup champions to look down on us...... But I think this view is wrong, football is round, and people who think they deserve to win are stupid. There is no such thing as a guaranteed win! If the players of the Chinese team think so, then we would love to teach them a lesson on their home turf! ”

The article exposes that the reason why the Singapore media is doing this is actually to use the concept of "the Chinese team looks down on us" to arouse the fighting spirit of the Singaporean players.

In fact, the Singapore media is also very clear that in terms of strength, they are indeed weaker than the Chinese team, which is objective. In addition, it is an away game, if you want to have a plan, you can only start from the mental level.

On the one hand, I hope that the Chinese team will really underestimate the enemy, and on the other hand, I hope that the players of Singapore can be inspired to have endless fighting spirit, so as to use strong mental strength to erase the gap between the strength of the two sides.

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This match between China and Singapore was played in Kunming, Yunnan Province. Kunming, as the home stadium of the plateau, is one of the home stadiums of the Chinese team.

In order to prepare for this game, the Chinese team came to Kunming two weeks in advance to start training. They also do this to adapt to the altitude and avoid altitude sickness.

Because the Chinese team won the championship in the Asian Cup at the beginning of the year, the football atmosphere in China is very hot now.

Tickets for this game have long been sold out when the scalpers have sold out at a high price.

Kunming's Tuodong Stadium was packed at the time of the game.

Everyone hopes to witness a hearty victory for the Chinese team at home. Before the game, CCTV interviewed fans who came to watch the game, and some fans even stretched out their ten fingers on both hands, which means that the Chinese team will beat Singapore 10:0.

Although they have some regrets that Rongguang can't start, they are first and foremost fans of the Chinese team, and they are here to support the Chinese team.

But once the game started, things didn't go according to the trajectory that China had envisioned for the fans.

The dominant Chinese team did not give people a strong feeling after the start of the game.

Although there were some opportunities, they were all squandered and wasted.

However, Singapore's resolute defensive counter-attacking tactics paid off in the 33rd minute, when their striker Djuric used a counterattack to blast the Chinese team's goal open in the 33rd minute and break the deadlock on the field!

"The Chinese team conceded the goal...... Ah! Liu Hong, who was in charge of commentating the game, was surprised and disappointed.

His tone also reflected the feelings of fans across the country at this time.

No one expected the Chinese team to concede the goal first!

"The players of the Chinese team are a little underestimated, and the guide zhì has been unable to get into the state after the game starts!"

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Gao Hongbo on the sidelines was also very depressed about the goal he conceded, he really didn't expect that the Chinese team, which only had no glory, would fall behind Singapore by one goal at home!

What the hell is this kicking!

Now he's under a lot of pressure.

If the Chinese team is unable to equalize the score for a long time, his decision to let Rong Guang not start will definitely be hotly discussed by the media after the game, and there will definitely be attacks and criticisms against him.

It stands to reason that at this time, Gao Hongbo only needs to hurry up and replace the glory. But Gao Hongbo didn't want to do that, and he didn't think what he was doing was wrong. He firmly believes that a team can't just rely on one person, and that's what Rong Rong and he agree with. That's why in the Asian Cup, Rongguang will be so desperate to drive the whole team.

Since the direction is correct, even if you go a little slower, you must stick to it.

Gao Hongbo still hopes to rely on the players on his current field to solve the problem, rather than simply replacing the glory, which can certainly win, but it is too simple and crude.

He glanced at Glory, who was sitting on the sidelines and frowned after conceding the goal, but he didn't come to him to ask to play.

Calm down......

Gao Hongbo said to himself in his heart.

Let's wait, the first half is not over yet......

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As a result, until the end of the first half, the Chinese team was unable to equalize, and there were already some fan boos in the stands, although it was still very sporadic, but this was not a good sign.

If it continues to drag on, when the fans boo more and more, the psychology of the Chinese players will be disturbed, and I am afraid that they will be more impatient at that time. At that point, he had to trade the glory for the equalizer.

It was a complete failure.

At halftime, the anxious players kept talking and looked at Glory, as if they wanted Glory to take the initiative to step up, or let the manager change Glory on the field.

Gao Hongbo naturally took these small actions of theirs into account, but he didn't plan to do what they wanted.

He even bluntly told everyone: "Until you overtake the score, I will never let Rongguang play." ”

Everyone looked at Rongguang in some surprise, Rongguang sat in his place with an expressionless face, and did not object to the head coach's arrangement.

"If you can't even win in Singapore, do you want to go to the World Cup? What to do there? Is it embarrassing? In 2002 we went to the World Cup, but so what? After the game, Chinese football became a laughing stock all over the world! Gao Hongbo was a little excited. Think about how we got the Asian Cup? Are you a bunch of moths who only enjoy the fruits of victory? Do you want everyone to say that victory and glory are obtained by glory? ”

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At halftime, there was a discussion in the rear studio of CCTV, and everyone felt that Gao Hongbo should replace Rong Guang on the field at this time, and it turned out that he made the mistake of underestimating the enemy, so it is necessary to make up for this mistake now.

If you don't change the glory to play, I'm afraid that the Chinese team will collapse in the second half.

And in the back studio of Singapore TV, Singapore's football experts and presenters were delighted by the team's first-half table. However, the only thing they have to worry about now is that Gao Hongbo made a substitution at halftime.

Bring glory on the field.

Other players in the Chinese team may have a slight affection for the enemy, but Rong Guang will not, and he will not show mercy to his opponents. Coupled with the fact that the Chinese team fell behind at home in the first half, this fact must have angered Rongguang. If he plays, it will be a big deal for Singapore.