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

Chapter 161

"Brighton's defense was played around with!"

"It was already 2-0 in the first half, Brighton was going to be defeated by Manchester City!"

"Terrible Chen Chen! One goal and one assist! Who else can limit him?"

"Porter on the sidelines was a little anxious. After all, Porter said in the pre-match press conference that he wanted to fight for a draw."

"Although it seems more of a joke, in fact, I don't think anyone wants to really lose!"

Zhang Lu nodded and added,

"Guardiola's coaching level is indeed high, coupled with the individual strength of Manchester City players, there is no problem for the Blue Moon to win today."

Porter on the sidelines began to shout excitedly!

He was very dissatisfied with the players' defensive positions and fighting spirit!

Guardiola on the other side smiled.

The Spaniard was sitting on the bench with his legs crossed at ease.

The strongest striker Guardiola has ever coached is definitely Messi.

What about the strongest midfielder he has coached?

Maybe many people would say De Bruyne.

It is true that De Bruyne is right.

But the arrival of Chen Chen made Guardiola overturn the choice of "De Bruyne"!

It is not that he likes the new and dislikes the old, but mainly because Chen Chen of the same age is indeed stronger than Ding Ding!

Of course, Guardiola has no idea of ​​favoring one over the other. In his team, as long as the two are healthy, they will definitely start together!

However, this limits and reduces the playing opportunities of other midfielders, such as Gundogan and B Silva.

But there is no way around it. In the midfield position, Chen Chen + De Bruyne is the first midfield combination in football!

Coupled with the future Golden Ball winner Rodri, this is a full-level midfield lineup!

Near the corner flag area, Jesus was still cheering and celebrating.

In order to prevent the referee from thinking that the celebration time was too long, Chen Chen and Grealish ran over to hold Jesus back.

Several people walked back slowly, covering their mouths and talking and laughing.

It can be seen that under the premise of leading by two goals, the Manchester City players on the field are very relaxed!

The game will continue soon.

Porter is actively arranging the players' positions and adjusting the tactical play.

As for Guardiola?

Guardiola has not moved his butt since he sat down to celebrate the goal just now.

It may sound a bit arrogant, but for Guardiola, is there any point in watching this game?

Wake up to a big victory after a sleep!

Of course, with so many cameras facing him, Guardiola can't doze off like Ishiba Shigeru.

But Guardiola also has his own way to pass the time, that is, chatting with his assistants.

The chat is not nonsense, the main content is the arrangement of the subsequent League Cup and Champions League games.

In addition, Guardiola also talked to the assistant coach about Chen Chen's jersey number.

Recently Sterling and Guardiola are a little unhappy.

The English star thinks that his playing time has been reduced a lot, and he is very dissatisfied.

Last season, Sterling did not play well despite having many playing opportunities.

In a total of 49 games throughout the season, Sterling only scored 14 goals and 10 assists, a low-level performance.

In these 49 games, Sterling played 31 times in the league, including 28 starts, and delivered a low-level performance of 10 goals and 7 assists throughout the season.

The data is too ugly, which is why Guardiola wants to buy Grealish.

Because the shaker is this catfish!

This season, Grealish occupies the left side, and Ferran Torres stands in the middle, while Mahrez and Sterling compete on the right side.

For a long time, Mahrez occupied the right side more, and Sterling did not play much.

So this caused Sterling's dissatisfaction and the "threatening" meaning of working but not working hard during training.

Who is Guardiola!

Can he take the threat?

Cancelo, Zinchenko, Jesus and several others were dissatisfied with Guardiola's playing time arrangement, and finally one by one, they all left.

In Manchester City, Guardiola has absolute control over the locker room, which is not comparable to Mourinho and Ten Hag.

Now Guardiola means to see if Sterling can be sold in the winter window.

The winter window may not be successful, so the summer window will be fine.

Then the No. 7 jersey can be transferred to Chen Chen.

Many fans think that the No. 7 jersey is exclusive to strikers, but this is actually one-sided.

No. 7 can be a striker, a midfielder, or even a backcourt player!

For example, Liverpool's No. 7 is the old captain Milner, who is a midfielder.

In addition, like Aston Villa's midfielderThe Scotsman McGinn also wears No. 7.

As for the defender wearing No. 7?

The Blue Moon has done it.

After Sterling left Manchester City in the summer window of 2022, Manchester City gave the No. 7 jersey to the Portuguese Cancelo!

There are defenders wearing No. 7 in football, but not many. Cancelo should be the highest-level defender wearing No. 7 jersey.

So back to the topic, Guardiola now has the idea of ​​selling Sterling and leaving "No. 7" to Chen Chen.

And this idea has been supported by many people, such as the team manager Ferran Soriano.

Compared with Guardiola, Soriano has more things to consider.

First of all, if Chen Chen wears No. 7 jersey, the number of sales of this jersey will definitely be more than the current No. 18 jersey!

Messi did not wear No. 10 after joining Paris.

This indirectly made Paris lose a lot of money.

Soriano learned this "lesson".

Secondly, commercial endorsements and sneaker brands

Doesn't Ronaldo have a cr7 brand?

Then Chen Chen can make a c7.

Of course, it doesn't have to be c7.

But no matter what, the No. 7 jersey is more valuable than the No. 18, and you can earn more from the game equipment and endorsements.

It's a pity that you can't change to No. 10, otherwise it would be more fun.

It should be noted that Grealish's No. 10 jersey was finalized a long time ago, and this really can't be changed.

On the court, the game is still going on.

The ball is still controlled by Manchester City.

Even if Brighton is crazy about high-pressure defense It was useless.

In the last ten minutes of the first half, the Blue Moon Army had no intention of forcing a wave to continue scoring.

Manchester City was actively controlling the ball and space, and steadily moving forward.

Finally, with the whistle of the referee Kevin Friend, the half-time game ended, and the Blue Moon entered the halftime break with a score of 2-0.

In the home team's locker room, Porter immediately made a substitution arrangement.

Mopai was substituted, and midfielder Mwepu came on.

Mwepu is good at passing and organizing offense. He was replaced to free Gross and Model. The wings flew together.

In addition, Porter also replaced Dan Burn.

He did not meet Porter's requirements.

He was replaced by Brighton's youth training defender Lamptey.

Interestingly, Dan Burn, who was replaced, was 198cm tall, while Lamptey was only 163cm!

The height difference is too big!

Porter's idea is very simple, the combination of two high center backs is very cumbersome.

Manchester United has only one aircraft carrier, but Brighton is very luxurious and has two!

Lamptey's speed and stealing ability are very good, and he was replaced to pull Jesus and Foden.

But can he really pull them?