After the game in the magic capital, Manchester City rushed to the capital non-stop.

On July 31, in the Workers' Stadium, Manchester City and Real Madrid played the final match of the International Champions Cup in China.

Just like when it was in the magic capital, the Workers' Stadium was also packed, with more than 65,000 fans in attendance.

With the cheers of the fans at the scene, the two teams teamed up to present a wonderful game for the audience.

Compared to the previous game, the Manchester City players were in significantly better form in this game.

Of course, this also has to do with Guardiola's post-match adjustments, as players who underperformed in the last game were not only criticised by him, but also pressed to the bench and did not start them.

Pep Guardiola is well aware of what is wrong with these players, something he has experienced before at Barcelona and Bayern.

To put it simply, after a player gets the honor he dreams of, his inner desire for victory and honor will seriously decline.

Once they lose their thirst for glory, their fighting spirit on the pitch will naturally decline.

That's why they're not doing well, but of course, there are other reasons, like the long vacation, the players haven't recovered from the holidays and so on.

But Pep Guardiola feels that this is the main reason.

There is no good way to solve this problem, but to find a way to stimulate them and awaken their desire for victory and honor.

If that doesn't work, then the only way to do it is to make a substitution with a group of younger, more driven players who have not won the Champions League.

In this way, not only can the team be kept alive, but it will also make these veteran players feel the pressure.

No one is indispensable to the club, and if they can't, then switch to the other.

Of course, these players have proven themselves at Manchester City, they are very strong, and the cooperation and understanding between each other have been formed.

If they can adjust and regain their fighting spirit, then Pep Guardiola will be happy to continue to coach these players.

But in any case, the team does not need to replenish new blood and reserve the corresponding talent in various positions in case of emergency.

Like Barcelona, Real Madrid have suffered big losses under Manchester City.

In the 2013-2014 season, Real Madrid were strong and very hopeful of winning the tenth Champions League trophy in the team's history.

However, in the semi-finals, they fell at the feet of Manchester City and were eliminated at their home stadium.

This scene has left countless Real Madrid fans heartbroken, and sometimes, once the opportunity is missed, it may never be again.

This was the case for Real Madrid, who had not yet reacted to the BBC when they were the first to form the BBC combination, and their comparative advantage was even greater.

When the other teams reacted and started recruiting to form various combinations, their chances became smaller.

In this year's Champions League semi-finals, Real Madrid fell to Barcelona's MSN combination.

Therefore, every time I think about it, Real Madrid people are extremely remorseful, if they could have seized the opportunity to beat Manchester City, maybe they would have realized their dream a long time ago.

So, in this game, Real Madrid also came with a revenge mentality.

Objectively speaking, Real Madrid's strength is still very strong.

Although Cristiano Ronaldo had some unpleasant trouble with the club this summer, it did not affect his performance on the pitch in the slightest.

Even, in order to attract more attention and arouse the interest of other giants, Ronaldo played more seriously on the pitch than ever.

Even if it's not for the transfer matter, for Ronaldo, just seeing the opponent's No. 10 player in the sky blue jersey can inspire his endless fighting spirit.

Originally, he and Messi sang well, and the name of the peerless double pride resounded all over the world.

But the appearance of this guy broke all this.

In the past few years, when Real Madrid was in a downturn, Manchester City led by Lin Quan sprung up and successfully stole the limelight that belonged to him.

Affected by this, Ronaldo's supergiant position is faintly unsecure, and there are some voices in the football world, some people think that Ronaldo should be kicked out of the ranks of supergiants, because Ronaldo has hardly won any decent honors in recent years.

In terms of data, it can't compare to Lin Quan, and in terms of honor, it is not even worthy of lifting shoes for Lin Quan.

In addition, he is older, compared with the younger Lin Quan and Messi, Ronaldo's state will gradually begin to decline, so the further back he goes, this voice will definitely get louder and louder.

Ronaldo is a very strong and face-saving person.

He is eager to respond to this kind of questioning voice from the outside world with practical actions.

And the best way to respond is to defeat Manchester City led by Lin Quan on the field.

So, even if it was just a warm-up game, Ronaldo still went all out.

The supergiant who goes all out is very scary, and the state of the Manchester City players has not fully recovered, they can't stop the attack of Ronaldo and others.

As a result, at the end of the first half, Manchester City was already 0:2 behind, among them, Ronaldo and Benzema scored one goal each.

The Real Madrid fans who came to watch the game were happy as if they were celebrating the New Year, while the fans of Manchester City and Lin Quan were worried one by one, feeling that something was not quite right!

"Manchester City's state is really not very good!"

"Except for Lin Huang, everyone else really wasn't at their best, especially the defenders, who made a couple of mistakes in the first half."

Fans are starting to worry a little about Manchester City's two consecutive defeats in the warm-up game, right?

Although such a match is only a warm-up friendly match, winning or losing does not mean anything.

But losing two games in a row before the league starts doesn't look like a good thing.

And if there is a heavy defeat, it may affect the mentality of the players on the pitch and cause them to carry their bad form into the league.

Due to the European Championship in June next year, the big five leagues will start this year 10-14 days earlier than last year.

After this International Champions Cup, the new Premier League season will start in a week.

If Manchester City participate in the league in their current form, it will really make people pinch a cold sweat for them.

On the sidelines, Pep Guardiola was not too happy with the team's performance, and after returning to the dressing room, he began to PUA players and give them a thought lesson.

After a half-time break, City's form recovered in the second half, with both defence and attack improving, with Sergio Aguero and Lin Quan scoring two goals each in the second half.

However, Real Madrid on the opposite side has been fully up, under the tandem of midfield maestro Luka Modric, Real Madrid is in full swing, and Bale, Benzema and Cristiano Ronaldo take turns to attack Manchester City's defence.

In the 65th minute, BBC's Bale scored a brilliant goal from the wing with his trademark corner overtaking from the wing.

In the 87th minute, near the end of the game, Ronaldo scored a wonderful elevator goal with a free kick to freeze the score at 4:2.

Real Madrid finally defeated Manchester City for a while, and Ronaldo also won the duel with Lin Quan for the first time, and also suppressed the opponent in statistics.

After the game, Ronaldo was very happy to be interviewed by the reporters on the spot, talking about the goals of the new season.

This season, Cristiano Ronaldo wants to win the league title and the Champions League double.

As for the treble, it depends on whether the Copa del Rey can be won smoothly!

However, the Copa del Rey has always been against Real Madrid, and their results in this competition are far inferior to Barcelona next door.

With Ronaldo's identity and strength, what he said, everyone naturally will not think he is bragging.

And judging from the process of today's game, Real Madrid's form and strength have been maintained well, and they are definitely a strong contender for the Champions League trophy.

On the other hand, although he lost, Lin Quan's mood was not greatly affected.

The fly in the ointment is that he finally led the team back to China to participate in the competition, but failed to win the championship in China in front of his hometown fathers and villagers, which is a bit regrettable for him

"Lin, can I exchange jerseys with you?"

At the end of the game, Benzema and Bale almost ran to Lin Quan to exchange jerseys with him.

However, Bale was a little quicker and was given the opportunity to swap shirts, while Benzema unfortunately missed the opportunity.

In this match, both of them performed very well.

Bale's speed and Benzema's ability to respond are all vividly displayed.

The power of the BBC group, after two years of running-in, has been fully revealed.

Lin Quan believes that as long as Real Madrid's own squad does not change too much, then Real Madrid's competitiveness in the Champions League this year may be stronger than last year.

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After Manchester City had to end their campaign for the International Champions Cup with a two-game losing streak, Pep Guardiola returned to Manchester with his team and immediately began training behind closed doors.

The start of the new season is imminent, and the team is in the league in its current state, which feels a bit dangerous no matter how you look at it.

Fortunately, it is still in the transfer period, and in view of the loopholes exposed in the previous game, he can spend money to buy people from the transfer market.

With the departures of Keylor Navas and James Milner, City's personnel reserves on the wings and in midfield are somewhat dangerous.

So, Guardiola remembered Mahrez, who he had talked about with Lin Quan before.

The man wasn't very good at Leicester last year, with few goals and assists.

Plus when Leicester City signed him last year, it only cost 500,000 euros.

So Guardiola's first offer, the price was 25 million euros.

If Leicester City are willing to sell people, they can make more than 20 million euros from changing hands.

However, the offer was rejected by Leicester City, or Ranieri to be precise.

What are you kidding, Leicester City's squad is already very thin, plus the team is not a giant, and the financial resources and attractiveness are very limited, so they can't buy any big-name players.

So Ranieri is very precious to these players in the lineup, and he is reluctant to send any of them away.

The rejection of his own offer came as a bit of a surprise to Guardiola.

However, he is well aware that these clubs in the Premier League are very good at killing people when it comes to transfers.

It is common to ask for a price and pay back the money on the ground.

And 25 million is not his bottom line, so he did not hesitate to add 5 million and re-bid Leicester City at a price of 30 million euros.

However, what he did not expect was that Leicester City rejected Manchester City's offer again, and it was more straightforward and decisive than the last time.

That's weird!

Guardiola took Mahrez's information and studied it carefully, the other party is not British, and there is no British household register?

In the Premier League, the local account is very expensive, and local players are often worth a lot more than foreign players because of this local account book.

If Mahrez is an Englishman, it is not surprising that the 30 million offer was rejected, and it may not be realistic to take him below 35 million.

But his information clearly states that his nationality is Algeria!

Since they are not locals, why are Leicester City unmoved in the face of an offer of 30 million?

Can't figure it out, can't figure it out at all!

Since the other party did not sell, he gave up the plan to continue the offer and looked for other targets.

On Leicester's side, Ranieri struggled to calm down after reluctantly rejecting Pep Guardiola's offer.

He asked himself more than once, is Mahrez really worth so much money?

Do you want to just sell him and use the money to buy some of the talent that the team desperately needs?

Leicester City are far less solid than Manchester City, with transfer budgets of under €10 million over the past few seasons, with a couple of seasons spending just a few million.

None of this money is enough for Manchester City to buy a young player.

This summer, after bringing in the famous coach Ranieri, the owner of the team was a little more generous, approving him a transfer budget of 30 million euros.

Ranieri took the money and made a careful calculation, buying as many as five players to strengthen the team's shortcomings in many positions.

The players Ranieri bought are a model of good quality and low price.

Their transfer prices are generally in the range of 10 million euros, with the most expensive being Japanese international Shinji Okazaki, who bought from Bundesliga side Mainz, for 11 million euros and left Ranieri in pain for several days.

Now, there is an opportunity for him to earn 30 million or more, and if he can take the opportunity, then he can buy several more good players.

However, even a world-class manager like Pep Guardiola has his eye on Mahrez, which proves that he must be exceptional.

For 30 million, it feels a bit of a loss to sell such a future star.

If Leicester have no ambitions and only want to stay in the Premier League from relegation, then they may be able to make this deal.

After all, for many middle and lower reaches of the team, selling the stars cultivated in their own teams and then going to Taobao in the lower leagues to cultivate new talents is an important means for them to make money.

But if Leicester have ambitions to get a ticket to Europe or even win the Premier League, then this transfer is not acceptable.

Because what they sell is likely to be the future pillar of the team.

Fortunately, Manchester City did not continue to make offers, so that Ranieri finally stopped worrying about whether to make this money.

After Pep Guardiola gave up Mahrez, he made an offer to Schalke 04 for 30 million euros for the opponent's young winger Leroy Sane.

(End of chapter)