Chapter 190: Manchester City Twin Stars
This is the second leg of the Champions League group stage, Manchester City defeated Bayern Munich away, achieved two consecutive group wins, and accumulated 6 points to become the top of the group, this result is unimaginable to many people, so when the game is over, the media and fans are discussing this game.
The German "Kicker" described Manchester City's victory as 'magical', "It's just amazing! Manchester City win? Who would have thought before the game? Anyone who knows German football knows that the Premier League title is not easy to deal with, but even the most serious fans will not think that they will lose at the Allianz Stadium. ”
Then "Kicker" talked about the whole game, commenting on the performance of both teams, "Manchester City performed very well throughout the game, they scored two goals in the first half, and the players in each position played well, such as Morris and David Silva in the middle of the midfield, and the performance was even more eye-catching, and Manchester City's two goals were attributed to these two players." Bayern regained some form in the second half, but unfortunately they had lost too much time, and before the end of the game, Bayern cooperated to score a goal to recover a point, but by that time, everyone knew that they were powerless. ”
The Kicker then criticised Bayern's form, saying, "They deserved to be better, especially at the Allianz Arena, but they didn't. ”
"In the summer, Ballack left, which was a heavy blow to Bayern, but the addition of several new players was enough to make up for the loss of the team, but the team's coach Magath does not seem to have made all the players adapt, perhaps many people think that Ballack's departure has made Bayern an ordinary team in Europe, and even lost a lot of competitiveness at home. Head coach Magath has to shoulder the responsibility, he needs to let everyone know that Bayern is still a European giant! ”
"Kicker" is a German media, and the content of the report is naturally biased towards Bayern, and Manchester City, who won, has a few players who have performed well. Only David Silva and Morris were mentioned, but when the eyes returned to England, it was a completely different story.
There's nothing more enjoyable for the Guardian than praising Manchester City, so they devotes a lot of pages to the game, like Football England and Sky Sports, to each Manchester City player and the performances of each player, with the highest rated being Morris and David Silva, both of whom received a Guardian rating of 8.5, which is almost equal to a 'theoretical' perfect score.
As a result of this evaluation. David Silva and Morris were nicknamed 'Double Stars' by the media and fans alike, meaning the two stars on the field, and their performances against Bayern also deserved this title.
The Guardian then went on to describe the player's performance, using the title of 'double star' and not sparing praise for the two men, as if the two had become international superstars, so much so that Manchester City team-mates who saw the reports made it as if they had become international superstars. After seeing Morris and David Silva both running over and quoting the words to joke-
"Isn't this our 'double star'?"
“…… Like Maradona at the 1986 World Cup, he repeated that history with his legs, shaking off four players in succession, including goalkeeper Kahn and Brazilian centre-back Lucio, against a strong Bayern Munich side, and accurately passed the ball to his teammates......"
“…… Stronger than Maradona. He was also able to stay calm and selflessly hand over the ball to his teammates at the crucial moment of the shot......"
And then there's Silva --
"He's a young man from Spain, but the future must be a combination of Inzaghi and Henry! In front of goal, face the entire Bayern defence. He hit the most bizarre shot on goal, which made Kahn, known as the 'world's number one goalkeeper', unguarded! ”
His goal helped Manchester City win at the Allianz Arena and was just over 20 years old. He's done this and he's become so great......"
“……”
When hearing these compliments, even the usually calm Morris blushed a little, not to mention the still immature David Silva, the Spaniard always bowed his head and looked very shy, which made Manchester City's teammates feel funny.
The Guardian's praise was a bit of an exaggeration, but it was a testament to the performance of Morris and David Silva, who were indeed responsible for City's victory and were really good in the game.
It is conceivable that in the future, the title of 'Manchester City double star' will spread, and fans will definitely think of Manchester City double stars Morris and Silva when they mention Manchester City in the future.
The Guardian's report on Wan Sheng at the end was very straightforward, quoting Wan Sheng's words before and after the press conference, and made relevant comments, "For head coach Wan Sheng, leading the team to victory is the biggest result, Manchester City beat Bayern Munich away, he and his team succeeded!" Before the game, he said he wanted to prove that Manchester City were the favourites to qualify from Group G, and he did. After the game, he used eye-catching classic words to express his confidence in the team. ”
"'Because I'm the manager of Manchester City, Wan Sheng!' It is an expression of great confidence that we should go down in the history of Manchester City! ”
Of course, the self-confidence in the mouth of the "Guardian" has become 'arrogant', 'lucky win, so arrogant', etc., it is Manchester City's hostile media that makes these sounds, in fact, they are still very depressed, because Manchester City won Bayern Munich strongly, they can't say anything bad about Manchester City anymore, so they aimed at Wan Sheng, and thought that Wan Sheng's speech after the game made 'English football lose face'.
“…… Gentlemen are a tradition of the English, and this Chinese from the Far East clearly does not understand what a gentleman is! ”
"Even if you win the game, you shouldn't say anything like that!"
"We can imagine that Manchester City's Champions League will definitely not be easy to play next, because he annoys all the other teams!"
"Manchester City are really in the spotlight now, but not because of their results, but because of the mouth of their manager!"
“……”
For these comments, Wan Sheng does not care, whenever there is a game, there will always be some media reports on Manchester City players and himself as a manager, the current Manchester City is not Derby County, for the Champions League, almost all the media related to sports will report, so there are too many reports, if he cares, there is no time to do anything else.
After returning to Manchester, the club took a day off before returning to training before returning to training before City played their first game in the English League Cup three days later.
Last season's league champions, Manchester City's English League Cup was played from the third round, and their first opponent was Crewe from the English First Division.
Founded in 1877, the Crewe team has a very old history, but they have not achieved much success, in the early days of the team, they were a branch of the Cru Wooden Ball Club, named after Princess Alexandra, and thus known as the "railway workers" due to the railway industry in Crewe.
Fast forward to 2000, Crewe have been doing well, having been promoted to the Champions League two years ago, but last season's inconsistent results saw them relegated to the third division.
At the moment, Crewe coach Graddy also needs to be highlighted, because Graddy has been the manager of Crewe since 1983, has been in charge for 24 years now, and has managed more than 1,000 games, and it is certain that he will definitely become a noteworthy figure in the history of Crewe after his retirement.
Now this team has met Manchester City.
It's the third round of the English League Cup, and it's not easy for Crewe to play so far, but for Manchester City, the Carabao Cup is just getting started.
To be sure, the two teams were not on the same level at all, and in the end, Manchester City comfortably beat Crewe by four goals away to advance to the fourth round of the Carabao Cup.
There is nothing to say about the process of this game, although the Crewe team actually has a lot of attention-grabbing things, but their strength is too different from Manchester City, Graddy is not small, but the gap with Wansheng is also very large, and the score of the two teams is nothing to say, so the media after the game is harmonious.
Soon the time came on the 30th, and Manchester City ushered in the seventh round of the league.
Manchester City's opponent in this round is Everton, David Moyes's team is not easy to deal with, especially this season, they appear to be stronger, and even compete with their rival Liverpool, many people think that this will be a battle of the dragon, Manchester City is also easy to fold at Goodison Park, but when the final game, the scoreboard shows you to prove that the game is not as difficult as imagined -
3:1, that was the final result, Manchester City comfortably won at Goodison Park.
Everton boss David Morris said in his post-match interview that his side were starting to be completely stunned: "They are getting into the groove from the start and we haven't adapted yet. It's our home stadium, but we panicked at the start. A couple of their front-court players are doing really well and I couldn't believe it when I saw the news in the news about the Manchester City players, but now I have to congratulate him [Wan Sheng] on having two players who are so good and they deserve the title of 'double star'. ”
Morris said seriously.
It's not a good thing for a manager to praise an opposition player after a loss, but David Moyes doesn't care because he has a good relationship with Wan Sheng, and Morris and Silva are doing really well.
In this game, Morris scored one goal and Silva had two assists, and the two worked together almost perfectly, and EPSN also rated both of them the highest 8.
After the game, many fans also began to look forward to the next explosion of Manchester City's double stars.
Of course, the focus is still on the entire Manchester City team, after this game, the September competition is fully over, Manchester City has a record of 6 wins and 1 draw in all competitions, only a league draw against Reading, three league games, a cup and two Champions League games all won, and this win is once again on the pages of various sports media, because he became the coach of the month. (To be continued.) )