Birmingham's first warm-up game was over with a 5-1 win over Charlton Athletic.

However, the victory in this game does not mean anything, because the strength of the Charlton team is too weak, this victory is not happy, but the problems exposed in this game are worthy of attention by the Birmingham.

These problems can be exposed against a less impressive team like Charlton, but what if you are facing a stronger opponent? What will Birmingham be like against those teams in the Premier League, against the giants of the Premier League?

So, instead of being happy with the victory, McLeish was very worried.

McLeish was more demanding in training and asked the Birmingham players to do their best to solve these problems so that they could not be repeated.

Of course, the problem of tacit understanding cannot be formed in a day or two, but he hopes that the players will do their best to form a tacit understanding, after all, time waits for no one, and the new season is about to start.

Birmingham's second warm-up match was against a local Birmingham amateur team.

It was a game designed to build confidence in the Birmingham players, and the Birmingham side were two teams in both halves, with Birmingham winning 9-0.

Dongfang Chen scored a hat-trick in less than 30 minutes of the first half and was substituted.

The new players of the Birmingham team only realized the strength of their captain at this time, and it seems that the young captain of the Birmingham team is very strong, even in the Premier League, he can be regarded as a top striker.

Ji Chengyong and Li Qinglong were very surprised, they really didn't expect that China would have such a strong player, so when facing their motherland, how could their motherland defend Dongfang Chen?

After Dongfangchen went off, Ridgewell, Sebastian Larsson and Sturridge scored a three-decibel goal.

Kevin Phillips scored twice in the second half and a goal from substitute Jemmro to win 9-0.

In this game, the Birmingham team's defense was not tested in any way, and Joe Hart was also tested in any way, which made Joe Hart feel a little uncomfortable, after all, he has not yet been given the opportunity to show him.

This warm-up game is of little significance, and it is not very meaningful for the players who are holding their energy to show themselves in front of the manager, they all know this, and they are very careful in training.

In the third warm-up game, the opponent in this game was not bad, and it could be regarded as a test for the Birmingham team.

Birmingham's opponents in this game are Burnley, yes, just like Birmingham, who are promoted this season.

McLeish is very serious about this game and it will be a test of the quality of the Birmingham team.

McLeish was very careful in his preparation before the game, as if the game was treated as if it were a league. The players of the Birmingham City team will not be taken lightly, they are all serious enough, and they will want to be able to show themselves in this important warm-up game and put themselves in the manager's eyes and the team's starting line-up.

In this game, McLeish's line-up is like this, and the goalkeeper is Joe Hart.

In a back four are David Murphy, Senderos, Ridgewell and Zim Bonda. In the midfield four, Sebastian Larsson, Kevin Boateng, Lee Bowyer and Lee Ching Long are on the sidelines. The two up front are Dongfang Chen and Daniel Sturridge.

From the start of the game, Birmingham felt that their opponents were different, unlike the teams they had played before, and they were under a lot more pressure.

At this time, Senderos's flaws were revealed, he was no longer as comfortable as the previous two games, in some of the pressing, Sendros obviously seemed a little hesitant, the opponent's body in front of him was very strong, and Sendros seemed a little timid.

Senderos' face was not as watertight as he had been in the previous two games, but he gave the Burnley striker multiple chances in this game.

This made McLeish sigh, it seems that Senderos's problem is still very strict, and if you want to cheer up Senderos for a day or two, this is simply impossible, McLeish frowned, thinking about how to deal with this problem.

At this time, the Burnley team scored a goal, and the goal of the Burnley team was a mistake by Senderos, and when facing a strong striker, Senderos seemed a little helpless.

And Senderos turned slower and his technique was a little rougher, and their weaknesses were all exposed, and this time it was Senderos's mistake that gave the opponent a chance, and the Birmingham team fell behind 0-1.

Seeing this, McLeish patted his head lightly, it seems that he must restart the central defender who bought a 10 million level, otherwise it will be difficult for the Birmingham team to make a difference in the new season.

McLeish didn't replace Sendros in the first place, he still has to look at Senderos, after all, the result of this game is not important, what matters is the process.

After taking the lead, Burnley did not have the advantage in the situation, Birmingham were still very strong in attack, and they gave Burnley a lot of problems in attack.

Burnley's defense of Dongfang Chen is very strict, they know that Dongfang Chen is powerful, so they attach great importance to Dongfang Chen, but even under such a tight defense, Dongfang Chen still got a chance.

In the twenty-ninth minute of the first half of the game, Dongfang Chen received Sturridge's pass at the front of the penalty area, facing the Burnley central defender who rushed out, Dongfang Chen slightly smashed the ball, after deducting the opponent, he directly volleyed, the football blasted Burnley's goal like a cannonball, and the Birmingham team equalized, 1-1.

At the end of the first half, the two sides were tied 0-0, and Senderos's table improved slightly, but it still made McLeish feel uneasy, and before the start of the second half, McLeish replaced Senderos with Martin Taylor.

At the same time, McLeish also replaced Lee Bowyer with Ji Chengyong, Lee Bowyer is indeed not as good as when he was younger, and now he is only playing with some experience, his physical quality has dropped a lot, and his appearance in this game is not satisfactory.

At half-time, Birmingham made two substitutions, and after the start of the second half, Birmingham's table changed. Birmingham City began to dominate the pitch.

Ji Chengyong was good on the pitch, his short and long balls were very accurate, and once he sent a long roll through the ball to tear through the Burnley defence, but Sturridge's one-on-one shot was slightly off the corner to avoid the attacking goalkeeper, and the ball was deflected wide of the goal.

In the sixteenth minute of the second half, Sebastian Larsson on the wing passed a beautiful curve ball, Dongfang Chen in the middle jumped high in front of the point, the header rubbed back, and Sturridge, who followed up, saw a direct volley, but the football was saved by the goalkeeper of Burnley.

Sebastian Larsson's corner flew into the Burnley penalty area and Dongfang Chen jumped high and headed the ball towards the edge of the box.

Ji Chengyong rushed up to meet the football is a furious shot, the football concentrated the body of the Burnley defender and flew out of the bottom line again, and the Birmingham team won another corner.

Sebastian Larsson curled the ball away, and the ball flew quickly to the back post, where Kevin Boateng jumped high and headed the ball into the goal, the ball hit the post and flew off the line, and Burnley were scared.

The attacking prowess shown by the Birmingham team was really strong, and Burnley felt terrified, and they seemed to feel that Birmingham were a lot higher than them, and they were terrified.

But Birmingham's defense does have problems, even after Martin Taylor replaced Senderos, their defensive problems are still there, Martin Taylor does not seem to be able to replace Senderos, and the central defense of the Birmingham team looks a little weak.

Birmingham's two wings are still very strong in defense, and the assist ability is still not weak, the only weakness is the defense in the middle.

Birmingham's midfielders Ji Chengyong and Boateng are not very defensive midfielders, and the Birmingham team's central defenders are also a little weak in defense, so the Birmingham team is still a big problem now.

In the 33rd minute of the second half, Burnley once again seized on a hole in Birmingham's central defense to threaten the Birmingham goal, and the Burnley striker volleyed from close range, but scared the Birmingham fans a lot.

Just as the Burnley players were about to raise their hands in celebration, Birmingham goalkeeper Joe Hart burst out and miraculously saved the ball from the bottom line with a side-saving save.

Joe Hart's performance was very good and made the Birmingham fans shine.

Joe Hart reacts quickly and moves very quickly, and if this guy is a little more steady, then he is really awesome.

Burnley's corner kick was directly pushed out of the penalty area by Boateng, who replayed it, and Dongfang Chen outside the penalty area did not stop the ball, and directly raised his leg to sweep the football to the front court, and the football flew quickly to Burnley's half.

Sturridge, who was ambushed near the centre circle, sprinted forward to overrun Burnley's defenders and catch up with the ball before slotting home a single shot at Burnley's goal.

This time, Sturridge didn't repeat the mistake of the past, dribbling straight past the Burnley goalkeeper to send the ball into the empty net as Birmingham City took the lead to make it 2-1.

After the goal, Sturridge was very excited, jumping and jumping on the sidelines, he was really young and limitless!

On the sidelines, McLeish nodded when he saw the table of Birmingham's attacking players, he was not particularly worried about his team's attack, and now he was worried about the position of the central defender, they had to bring in a 10-million-level central defender, otherwise it would be difficult for the Birmingham team to make a difference in the new season.

In this game, Birmingham won 2-1 against Burnley to claim a victory.

It is gratifying to be able to win this game, but McLeish is not happy at this time, and all he has to do now is to find a central defender who is tens of millions of times more than ten million in the transfer market.

However, this summer's transfer market has been stirred up by Real Madrid, and the value of players in the entire transfer market is inflated.

The biggest move of the Red Devils this summer was the £17 million introduction of Colombian winger Anthony Valencia, while Arsenal only spent £10 million to bring in centre-back Vermaelen this summer, and the previous spending machine Qì Chelsea did not spend much.

At this time, the Birmingham team may not be able to find a good central defender with 10 million pounds, so McLeish is still very nervous and worried at this time.

If the Birmingham team can't find such a central defender this summer, the Birmingham team will have to dig up their own potential internally, of course, it is difficult to say if this potential is not dug up.