Chapter 64: Immodesty
People have no foresight, but they must have near-term worries.
Lin Sen thought that he had planned well and long-term, but trouble would still come as scheduled. A Robinho, plus a four-game draw, can't be talked about, but it does make Lin Sen a little impetuous. Thankfully, that's a thing of the past.
Robinho has been completely abandoned by Linsen, Ribeiro, who got what he wanted, is said to have begun to attack everywhere, and the transfer rumors about Robinho have gradually increased, Milan, Barcelona and even Madrid, have appeared in Ribeiro, but Robinho wants to leave, it is destined to be not so simple, it is not that Manchester City wants to set up any obstacles, at this time Robinho is still a first-line star in Europe, not to mention that his table this season is not too bad, and there are not many teams interested in Brazilians.
What really increases the difficulty of Brazilians' transfers is the high annual salary of Brazilians, not all teams can afford Robinho's weekly salary of up to 160,000, even if Robinho intends to reduce his salary, it is still a huge burden for most teams, therefore, those who have the ability to take over Robinho are basically Champions League-level teams. This is the second obstacle to the Brazilian's transfer, as he has already played for Manchester City in the Europa League, which means he is not eligible for the Champions League.
Although UEFA will make a lot of humane changes in European qualification in the next few years, it will be a few years later, and at this time, there is still a rule restriction called Cup-tied, which is simply put. It means that a player cannot play for more than one team in the same season, and European competitions, including the Champions League and Europa League. Because of the third place in the group stage of the Champions League. It will directly enter the round of 32 knockout rounds of the Europa League, and there is a certain correlation between these two events.
It is precisely because of these two reasons that the memory of Robinho can only return to Santos, the famous place in Brazil. Lin Sen, who is familiar with Robinho's final whereabouts, could theoretically also inquire about the transfer, but he ultimately chose to continue to sit on the sidelines, given that at this time the outside world has begun to have rumors that Lin Sen forced Robinho away, this matter. It's better for him not to meddle than to meddle.
Lin Sen didn't plan to deliberately find a replacement for Robinho, as Adriano gradually regained his strength. With the addition of Suarez and Bellamy, Linson still has plenty of options up front. Even if he had set up a left winger position for Robinho early on, Bale would be the first choice for Linsenlei, and Petrov, who had rarely played before, would be the first candidate. Robinho had previously complained about the instability of his position. But in fact, it was Petrov, Manchester City's main player on the left side last season, who was the most affected. It's just that compared to Robinho, Bulgarians who have reached the age of thirty are obviously much more "resigned", and now it is just right that Robinho's departure has arrived, and the opportunity to reward honest people has arrived.
After another international break after another international break after a 3-0 win at home to Burnley, Linson led Manchester City to Liverpool away on 21 November.
Liverpool at this time, although only a quarter away from the Champions League zone. However, the difference with the leader Chelsea is as much as 11 points. Although the league is still a long way, but such a big gap, it is almost possible to announce that Liverpool, who was the runner-up in the league last season, has withdrawn from the competition for the league title this season, and the Reds fans who claim to never let the team go alone still have not given up on the team, but their patience with manager Benitez is drastically decreasing, and it is appropriate to describe Benitez at this time with burning eyebrows.
It's just that, even so, Benitez, who is still trapped in the beast, still hasn't let Lin Sen get any benefits on his own turf.
Manchester City, who returned to 4231 in this game, encountered huge problems in the midfield offensive organization, Mascherano and Lucas formed a double gate staring at David Silva throughout the game, especially Mascherano is the best in the game, Linson does not know how many Manchester City's attacks he has destroyed in this game, only that he is everywhere in the field.
David Silva is in trouble, lacking the two Manchester City wings dispatched by the Spanish star, and can only be more caught in the personal struggle with the opponent, Bale on the left against Kuyt on the other side, the tenacity of the Dutchman is a lesson for the young Bale, but Robben on the right helped Manchester City successfully open the gap, and once let Manchester City lead twice, but unfortunately, Linson met Torres who had not moved back in this game.
Two to two.
Manchester City picked up a draw at Anfield that left Linssen on the verge of a shadow. However, for this draw, Lin Sen can still accept it in his heart, after all, whether it is the strength of the opponent or the process of the game, it is not comparable to the previous draws, and the draw is a reasonable score.
Linson thinks the score is reasonable, Benitez doesn't.
At the press conference after the game, in front of Linsen, Benitez bluntly said that Liverpool deserved more than the victory in this game. If you deserve it, I don't? It's good that Manchester City is still a little higher than Liverpool now, right?
If today's game is lost, then Linsen may still have to bow his head under the roof, but now Benitez has not won, he is not modest, Linsen is not welcome, who will not be an afterthought, he directly said that Torres saved Liverpool, if it is not Torres, then it should be Manchester City who takes away three points today.
Seeing the two head coaches going toe-for-tat, the reporter was happy to watch the fire from the other side, for them, this kind of thing, who is justified and who is unreasonable has never been the most important thing.
In fact, in this matter, Linsen "wronged" Benitez, because at least in this game, Benitez did not mean to despise Manchester City at all, and the reason why he said this at the press conference was not that he really thought that Liverpool deserved to win, but just used Manchester City to divert the attention of the media. Because if this is not the case, Liverpool, which is destined to continue to decline in the rankings after this game, will inevitably become the target of media criticism again, and it doesn't matter if he is sad at that time, the whole team will be affected.
Compared with Lin Sen, Benitez, who is already an old fritter, has long been comfortable dealing with such things, of course, it is not without a price to do so, such as Lin Sen's normal reaction at the moment. It's just that considering that the two clubs are already looking at each other, Benitez doesn't take it seriously.
For Manchester City, Liverpool and Arsenal are actually different, although both teams have the same sworn enemy Manchester United as Manchester City, but the enemy of the enemy is a friend The phrase is not feasible for Liverpool at this time, because this has involved factors other than football, and has developed into a feud between Manchester and Liverpool, in short, the reason why Manchester United and Liverpool have become one of the most famous rivals in the Premier League is not all football conflicts, If the two cities that have risen in recent times are Manchester City and Everton, then Manchester City will also be the world's rivals.
It's a bit interesting that the relationship between Manchester City and Liverpool is not good, but the relationship between Manchester United and Everton is relatively relaxed because the managers of both teams are from Scotland and have a good personal relationship, Everton has also sold many stars to Manchester United, Rooney is one of the representatives, of course, this is only limited to the club, for Everton fans, Manchester United is still Manchester City, anyway, if you go to Goodison Park, boos are indispensable.
With such an intricate relationship between just two cities, it is not difficult for you to imagine that England, as the originator of modern football, if the football map of the whole England is traced back to the roots, counting those ancient giants that have declined, what kind of relationship context map will it be. Of course, none of this is important to Lin Sen, and the relationship between the club is naturally worried about by the people of the club, who only cares about one issue, and that is to win.
Manchester City, who drew away at Liverpool and returned to Manchester, soon welcomed their next league opponents, Hull City.
Before the 14th round, according to the scheduled schedule, there will be two games in midweek, and Hull's match against Everton is one of them, which means that Hull has to face two games a week. Of course, Huer can only accept his fate.
The Premier League schedule is notoriously messy in Europe, because there are so many factors that can have an impact, one less round and one more round often lasts until the last moment of the league, small teams are a little better, there are not many opportunities to be constrained by the cup, and they can concentrate on playing the league, while the big teams often suffer because of European competitions, the most typical example is the last League One before the appearance of the Premier League, Manchester United once had to play six games in fifteen days, Therefore, Ferguson has complained about the schedule more than once, and even joked that the schedule was picked by those in the FA themselves.
Jokes are jokes, and no one can always benefit.
On 28 November, Manchester City hosted a struggling Hull City, and this time, City did not let the prefix of the previous draw change to "even" again. Adriano, who started again 3-1, opened the scoring for Manchester City, and then David Silva's free-kick doubled the scoreline, and Hull pulled one back from a corner in the second half, but in the end Kompany's header sealed the win.
After this game, thirteen games, eight wins and five draws, Manchester City, which returned to the second place in the league, although it is seven points behind Chelsea on the surface, but due to one less game, compared to other teams, Manchester City is still the only team that is currently biting Chelsea in the standings, but this situation will be closed in the next round, because in the next round of the league, Manchester City will sit at the City Stadium, waiting for Chelsea to come. (To be continued......)
PS: The game against Chelsea, I don't plan to write it in detail, or rather, I don't plan to write down the next non-final games, the protagonist is not a player, the sense of substitution is too difficult to do, or accumulate ideas to write individual games, I think friends who like this book, are not for the game, simply carry out the amateur to the end. It's still fun to be a human trafficker~