Chapter 32: The Great Victory

The final result of the match was five to zero.

Manchester City, who are not the strongest in the team, ushered in a fantastic start to the league, following Bellamy's opener, David Silva dominated the game, brushing up two goals and three assists in one game, with Wright Jr. and Zabaleta scoring a goal each.

In fact, Linson only made three personnel changes to last season's Manchester City's main lineup, one is that Harvey Martinez replaced Ireland, one is Bale replaces Petrov, and the last and most crucial one is to change the forward double striker to a single striker, adding an attacking midfielder, that is, David Silva.

The perfect start was a little regrettable, that is, Bale failed to score, the Welshman had a lot of chances in this game, but every time he came a little bit close to missing the goal, but Linson was not worried about Bale, because he knew that the goal would come sooner or later, and he was confident in this, and there was evidence, the information came from his memory, and the evidence came from what he saw with his own eyes. In this game, the light above Bale's head in Linsen's eyes has shown a downward trend without scoring.

A new location is like a new door. After opening, maybe it's a rough path, maybe it's a sunny avenue. Bale, who played at left-back before, may occasionally push the door open, but it is often a shallow taste, because defense is the main responsibility, and now, Lin Sen has pushed him directly to the other side of the door, and what appears in front of him is a sunny avenue.

The man of the match undoubtedly belonged to David Silva, with Blackburn Rovers head coach Sam Allardyce admitting after the game that his biggest mistake was a lack of anticipation of David Silva's ability, which eventually led his team's defence to collapse. He lavished praise on the Spaniard's cousin, believing that Blackburn did not lose to Manchester City, but to David Silva. As for Manchester City's manager Linsen, Allardyce is not only envious but also envious, envious that Linsen has a good deck of cards in his hand, and envy that he has so much transfer fees.

For Allardyce's "favoritism". Lin Sen smiled.

Sam Allardyce is telling the truth, but his hand is a notch above Allardyce, and the game is like playing cards, and having a good hand is more important than anything else, because when the hand is good enough, all hands are clouds. There is no need for Lin Sen to deny this. It's just that the hand is so good that even if you win, you will inevitably have to doubt your skills.

There was once a manager who had the best deck of cards in the world, and when he won a qiē with that deck. Everyone took it for granted, but when he left, people realized that there were people who could use good cards. This person is the former Real Madrid coach who led the first phase of the Galaxy Battleship and is now coaching the Spanish national team. In two years' time, Pep Guardiola will face the same doubts.

Regarding this point, it is useless for Lin Sen to quibble, there are gains and losses, and it is so easy to gain fame and fortune. The world is still fair.

After a five-goal difference from Ewood Park, Manchester City leapt into the Premier League's leads, but they were snatched away by another team in less than three hours: Arsenal, who were also playing away. Arsene Wenger's side swept past Everton 6-1 and another Spaniard took away the light from David Silva, with Cesc Fabregas scoring twice and passing from the spotlight in the game.

But. Not all away teams are so lucky, and Liverpool suffered a defeat at White Hart Lane after this game. The first round of the Premier League is all over, Sky Sports TV also commented on the tables of each team for the first time after the game, and the most limelight is naturally the outstanding teams, Arsenal's victory is called a convincing victory, because in the game, Arsenal, who firmly controlled the game situation, did not give Everton any chance to turn over, and Manchester City's victory was called a surprise, because before the game, they were not optimistic about Manchester City's victory, Although Manchester City are stronger than Blackburn Rovers overall, there are too many changes in the Manchester City squad and they thought City might need some time to adapt.

After a near-rebuild over the summer, Lin used a victory to tell everyone that the fears about Manchester City's instability were unnecessary, and it seems that he has found a perfect balance between squad turnover and tactical stability, compared to Manchester City last season, Linson only made three adjustments to Manchester City in this game, and it was these three adjustments that made Manchester City perfect at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, especially David Silva's table, which proved that Manchester City had finally made the right investment, 30 million worth, worth the money, no, if David Silva can continue such a table, it is worth the money. ”

A big win makes Manchester City fans rejoice and cheer, and the media sings praises for Manchester City, but Linsen knows that it is still very early to get carried away, Malaga with seven consecutive wins at the beginning of last season is no more beautiful than Manchester City today, five to zero is a good score, but for Linsen, its value is no different from one to zero, it is three points. Manchester City's goal is to become a "Big Mac", but the meal still has to be eaten one bite at a time, and one bite will not become fat, even if this bite is good.

On the day of the first round of the league, the draw for the second round of the League Cup will be held against Manchester City against League One side Brighton on 25 August, which means that next week, Manchester City will have a double match. In fact, not just next week, the Premier League teams will already have two matches a week due to the need to make way for next month's World Cup qualifiers, but Manchester City's second round of fixtures will be postponed as they travel to Spain for a Gamble Cup match against Barcelona in four days' time.

The Gamble Cup, which has a history of more than 40 years, was set up for the founder of Barcelona, Gamble, with four teams at first, and then reduced to a round in 1997 due to the increase in pre-season matches and the problem of playing time, and every year Barcelona invites some famous teams to participate, and this year they invited Manchester City. It is said that this decision was made before Linson took charge of Manchester City, and Linsen felt that the possibility was very high.

Because if you know that the head coach of Manchester City is himself, Linsen really doesn't think that Barcelona, who was taken away by himself last season, will invite Manchester City in this kind of celebratory event, but the fact is that Barcelona wants to regret it, Linsen is actually not happy, although the second round of the league has been postponed, but it is not incomparable, the Premier League schedule is notoriously dense, everyone is off at Christmas, and the Premier League team has to stage a Christmas game, although the FA will definitely pick a suitable time for this postponed game, but it is bound to make Manchester City's fixture schedule unusually dense at some point later.

What's more, Manchester City is not Malaga, and most of the time the national team match day can be regarded as a rest day, and it is not impossible for the national team to draw Manchester City's first team to the point where they can't even get together the eleven players on the pitch.

Of course, now that the matter has been decided, there is no use complaining, and on August 19, Lin Sen appeared in the sideline dugout at the Camp Nou as scheduled.

This is the fourth meeting between Linson and Pep Guardiola, who have met three times before in Malaga, with one win, one draw and one defeat. Before the game, Linsen and Pep Guardiola shook hands with each other, not necessarily peacefully, but for such a game, no one wants the atmosphere to be too solemn, even the fans at Camp Nou, although they did not have much applause for Linsen, but also temporarily put away their boos.

The game was played in such a peaceful atmosphere, neither Linsen nor Guardiola sent their strongest lineup, compared to the semi-main Barcelona, Linsen simply turned this game into a new signing debut, Azpilicueta, David Luiz, Vidal and other new signings who did not get the opportunity to play in the last league all appeared.

It's still the same tactics as against Blackburn, but Barcelona is not Blackburn, and Ireland is not David Silva.

Ireland was directly lost in the opponent's pressing, while Xavi Garcia was directly frozen by Barcelona's Yaya Toure, the two wings Petrov and Wright Jr. did not have a advantage in the opposition at all, Manchester City had to pin their attack on Adriano as a battery, relying on the Brazilian's physical advantage to stop the ball and organize some attacks.

Yaya Toure was the decisive figure in Barcelona's midfield, and the Ivorian not only froze City's attacking playmaker defensively, but also had the spare energy to participate in the attack, in the first half, relying on a long-range shot from his back row, Barcelona led by one goal, and in the second half, he took advantage of a corner opportunity to head in.

The score of 2-0 was also maintained until the end of the game.

Barcelona lifted their own Gamble Cup on their home turf, while Linson suffered his first defeat at Manchester City.

After the game, Linsen congratulated Pep Guardiola, and after this game, if he and Pep Guardiola want to meet again, they can only be on the European stage, and it will depend on whether Manchester City can live up to expectations and qualify for the Champions League this season. As for the best player, Yaya Toure, Linson stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder, his eyes meaningful.

In the summer, Linson didn't think about bringing the Ivorians to Manchester City a season earlier, but considering his relationship with Manchester City and Yaya Toure's temporary stable position in Barcelona, he still gave up his efforts, however, this is only temporary, Yaya Toure is destined to leave, because his position, for Guardiola, or for Barcelona fans, there is a better option, which has not yet been rated" Professor" title of Sergio Busquets. Busquets is younger, more promising than Yaya Toure and, crucially, a Catalan from La Masia in Barcelona.

Anything can be changed, but not his origin, so Yaya Toure may not be reluctant, but he still needs to give way. (To be continued......)

PS: It's another toss for half a day and can only upload it on your mobile phone, but ahhhh