Football: The king of midfield, Guardiola is crying with envy

Chapter 213

After defeating Wolves, the Blue Moon players had a day off.

Grealish and Kyle Walker suggested playing golf, but Chen Chen refused because he didn't know how to play that.

Chen Chen went straight to watch the IEM Winter Masters.

Brazilian Neymar is a loyal fan of CSGO, and so is Chen Chen.

But unfortunately, his system is a football system, not a game system, otherwise he would have won the major championship right away, and what would Donk do!

Oh no, Donk hasn't made his debut in 21 years, so it's okay.

If there really is a game system, Chen Chen estimates that he may not be able to beat Donk, but he should have no problem defeating Dank1ng.

Chen Chen's appearance at the game naturally surprised many people, after all, knowing the hobbies of celebrities is something everyone wants to know.

This is an exciting "voyeuristic feeling".

Many people came around to ask for autographs and take photos, but under the order maintained by the security personnel on the scene, everyone was still orderly.

After signing a few names and taking a few photos, Chen Chen walked to the VIP seat and sat down.

He was accompanied by Rodri, the Spanish midfielder who supported Heroic.

As for Chen Chen?

He preferred Faze.

Unfortunately, Faze was eliminated in the second round of the loser group of Group B, and what was even more ridiculous was that Faze defeated Heroic to enter the second round!

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When Chen Chen and Rodri returned to Manchester, Manchester City's opponent in the quarter-finals had already been determined.

The draw result was Tottenham vs. Manchester City.

Chelsea vs. Brentford.

Liverpool vs. Leicester City.

Arsenal vs. Sunderland.

As soon as the draw result came out, Brentford immediately tagged Chen Chen on its official social account and wrote: Wait until we defeat Chelsea!

When Chen Chen saw this tweet, he immediately showed a funny expression!

Chen Chen replied with an "OK" emoji.

The fans of the Little Bees under this comment started to make trouble, and they replied one after another that they would crush Chelsea. They asked Chen Chen to clean up and wait!

Although they didn't want to admit it, in fact, the fans of the Little Bees knew whether the home team Brentford could overturn Chelsea!

Some people may say that everything is possible on the football field!

Yes, everything is possible.

But we should pay more attention to reality.

Recently, the Blues, led by Tuchel, kicked Watford and punched Leeds United.

In the Champions League, the Blues came to St. Petersburg and tied with the Russian Premier League giants Zenit in extremely difficult conditions!

From the beginning of October to now, a total of 14 games, Chelsea has only lost one game!

In a word, the city army and Puchang are showing off, only the magic Thorns are being beaten.

It is not easy to defeat Chelsea in this state.

And most importantly, there are only 4 people in the Chelsea team staying in the medical room, and 8 people in Brentford are injured!

How to play this game?

For a moment, the media and fans were a little confused.

Obviously, Brentford only played in the league and the League Cup, so how could it be worse than Chelsea, which played in the European War and the European Super League and was about to play in the Club World Cup?

After a day of rest, all the Blue Moon players returned to the Manchester City Youth Training Base to prepare for the 17th round match with Leeds United.

Ferran Torres has confirmed his transfer to Barcelona. The Spanish striker was waiting at the door of the base physiotherapy room early in the morning. He shook hands and hugged every player who came in for massage and relaxation.

Why not at the entrance of the cafeteria?

Because not everyone will come to the club cafeteria for breakfast, but it is certain to come for massage and relaxation before training.

Ferran Torres also shook hands and hugged with the club staff, such as chefs and physiotherapists.

The Spanish striker left more than 50 million euros for Manchester City, and Guardiola turned around and used this money to finalize Alvarez!

The Argentine striker will arrive in Manchester City soon!

Interestingly, Guardiola wanted to rent Alvarez back to River Plate because he was too young and immature.

Because Guardiola believed that the offensive ability shown by the team in recent times was very strong, he did not want Alvarez's sudden arrival to "panic" those players who were in good form.

Especially Sterling and Jesus.

It is unknown whether Ronaldo's goal hurt the team, but this time Chen Chen really "hurt the team with his goal".

His excessive goals and assists gave Guardiola the illusion that the team's offensive ability was good.

So much so that they didn't even use the center forward they bought, but rented him out instead.

Then someone would ask, if they didn't need him, why did they buy him in the winter window?

This is a very simple truth.That is eating what is in your mouth, holding what is in the bowl, and looking at what is in the pot.

Alvarez is the South American Footballer of the Year in 2021. He is in great demand. Think about how many clubs are watching!

Chen Chen doesn't know if Guardiola really wants to loan Alvarez out, but when Spider-Man officially signs with Manchester City, he will talk to Guardiola.

As for now? He has to prepare carefully for the game against Leeds United.

Wednesday, December 14.

Etihad Stadium.

Guardiola did something today. He didn't let Chen Chen appear in the midfield, but pushed him to the left winger.

The formation is not the previous regular 433 or the changed 4231, but 3133.

Cancelo did not appear in the starting list today because of a sudden leg discomfort before the game, but Zinchenko started.

The Ukrainian defender stood behind Chen Chen, acting as a left forward.

As for the real left back candidate for this game?

It is Laporte who has had fewer opportunities to play in recent times!

The right back is not the regular right back Kyle Walker, but Stones!

The three central defenders have covered the back line!

It is worth mentioning that Guardiola tried the 3133 formation without Kyle Walker today, but in the 2024/25 season, when Walker's frequent mistakes became a breakthrough point, Guardiola still chose to let him start and let Stones sit the whole game.

In fact, seriously speaking, let Ruben Dias be in the middle.

Then can't Croatian central defender Gvardiol play left or center? Then let him play left back and Stones go to the right.

Play three central defenders and let Walker and Mateus Nunez be on standby.

Of course, this is based on the premise that the rib area can be completely defended. After all, B席, De Bruyne, Foden and Doku in front are all desperate to move forward.

Before Rodri was injured and returned to the team, Gundogan, the single defensive midfielder, was really exhausted.

Rodri's return may not help the team much, after all, Manchester City's 24/25 losing streak is a spiral downward posture, which cannot be stopped.

But he can at least enrich Guardiola's offensive and defensive ideas.

Return to the game.

In this game against Leeds United, Guardiola has only one requirement, that is, a big win!

Leeds United won the ninth best result in the league in the 20/21 season, but after 16 rounds, Leeds United has 4 wins, 7 draws and 5 losses at the bottom of the standings.

19 points, hanging in the relegation zone.

Then facing the relegation team, winning is not the key, but how many goals can be scored is the key!

Because the gap in the league standings has not yet opened, in theory, Manchester City has the possibility of competing with other opponents for goal difference in the end!