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

Chapter 187

"Good evening, dear friends in front of the TV and the live studio!"

"Welcome to watch the fifth round of the 2021/22 UEFA Champions League Group A brought to you by Migu Sports at 4 a.m. on Thursday!"

"The two teams are Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain at home!"

"I am today's commentator Zhan Jun! Coach Zhang Lu has other work arrangements, and I will be the only one to comment on it today!"

"Now let's review the previous situation. In the semi-finals of the Champions League last season, Manchester City led by Guardiola defeated Paris 4-1 and advanced to the Champions League final."

"In the end, Manchester City lost to Chelsea with great regret."

"In the first round of the group stage this season, Paris completed their revenge, they beat Manchester City 2-0 at the Parc des Princes! "

"It's just that after four rounds, Manchester City is ranked first and Paris is second. This game is related to the qualifying rankings of both teams. I believe both teams will take it seriously. "

"Okay! Enough of the small talk, now let me introduce you to the starting lineups of the two teams. "

"Today Pochettino's lineup is 433. "

"The goalkeeper is Costa Rican national goalkeeper, former Real Madrid goalkeeper Navas!"

"The back line from left to right is Nuno Mendes, Kimpembe, Marquinhos and Ashraf! "

"The three midfielders are Idgeza Gay, Paredes and Herrera. "

"The forward line is Neymar, Mbappe and Messi, who joined from Barcelona as a free agent this summer window! "

"Compared to the first group match, Pochettino took down goalkeeper Donnarumma. The young Italian player has been performing very averagely recently."

"Manchester City."

"Guardiola's formation is also 433."

"The three forwards are Sterling, Bernardo Silva and Mahrez."

"It's not a good idea to always let the midfielders temporarily play as center forwards. Maybe this winter window, Manchester City should consider introducing an outstanding center forward!"

"The midfield position is still Chen Chen and Rodri, but on the right midfield side, the starter is not De Bruyne but Gundogan."

"The official statement given by Manchester City is that the Belgian's old injury has recurred."

"This is also De Bruyne's old problem. In the first round of the contest, De Bruyne's performance was average. In addition to being targeted more often, Ding Ding's personal physical condition was also problematic at the time. "

"In the absence of De Bruyne, Gundogan and Rodri will form a double defensive midfielder, making Chen Chen a free man in the frontcourt!"

"Manchester City fans must be looking forward to Chen Chen's performance. Today, Chen Chen can be said to be the only core of the team!"

"The four defenders are Cancelo, Ruben Dias Stones and Kyle Walker."

"The goalkeeper is an old acquaintance Ederson."

"Compared with the first round, Manchester City's starting lineup has also made some changes."

"Glarish sat off the court, and B Seat did not appear in the midfield, but came to the center position."

"In addition, on the back line, Laporte was replaced by Stones."

"Can this Blue Moon lineup after the change defeat Paris and advance to the Champions League knockout stage as the first place? Let's follow the broadcast camera and come to the Etihad Stadium together! "

In the player tunnel, the starting players of both sides have lined up.

The players on both sides are very familiar with each other, and today is just a Champions League group match, so everyone is quite harmonious.

For example, the Spaniard Herrera covered his mouth and whispered to Rodri after high-fiving and hugging him.

In addition, Chen Chen was chatting with Mbappe and Ashraf.

Chen Chen and Mbappe were able to chat purely because they sat at the same table at the charity dinner a few days ago.

Director Mbappe doesn't speak English, but Chen Chen happens to know a little French, and then the two used simple vocabulary, drawing and guessing, and had a very happy chat.

Manchester City will definitely recruit players in the winter window, so Chen Chen is the most suitable in his heart. The candidate is actually Mbappe and Haaland!

Mbappe can play as a center forward or a left winger, Haaland can play as a center forward or a shadow forward.

If Haaland is chosen, one point should be considered, that is, Chen Chen often plays as a shadow forward.

If Haaland is introduced, perhaps the two will overlap in the game.

When Manchester City introduced Chen Chen, many fans also discussed the compatibility of De Bruyne and Chen Chen. They were afraid that Chen Chen and De Bruyne would collide in position.

Fortunately, Guardiola handled it very well. His choice was to sacrifice Gundogan's opportunity to play on the left...

As for Mbappe?

The contract of the French supercar will end in the summer window next year,During this winter window, the Frenchman will be allowed to contact other teams.

Real Madrid fell in love with Mbappe during this period, and Florentino started a two-and-a-half-year long run for "love"!

The final result was not as Real Madrid wished, and Mbappe successfully renewed his contract with Paris.

As the core midfielder of Manchester City, Chen Chen's intention still has a good influence on the team's recruitment work.

Hehehe! Mubarak, Soriano, you don't want to be unsatisfactory in the recruitment, so Chen Chen will choose to play badly after the start of the new season, right?

Of course, this is just a joke, Chen Chen will not do such an immoral thing.

Those super giants didn't come, so they didn't come. For him, it would be happier to defeat them head-on than to win the championship together!

Soon, amid the cheers and screams of 55,000 people at the scene, today's referee, Italian Orsato, took the lead in walking out of the player tunnel!

Guardiola went out earlier, and he shook hands with Pochettino in a very graceful manner.

The two are old rivals. When Pochettino coached Tottenham, he was often beaten by Manchester City.

Hey! Guess what happened?

Pochettino, who was beaten by Manchester City, actually boarded an aircraft carrier after leaving Tottenham!

Of course, Guardiola would never have thought that after Pochettino was fired from Paris, he would return to London to coach the Blues.

The two will fight again in the Premier League. . .

Today, Manchester City's captain is Gundogan.

After Fernandes and Gundogan leave Manchester City, Kyle Walker will be the future captain of Manchester City, but he is not yet.

The captain of Paris is Marquinhos.

Mbappe is also the captain. In addition, Ramos, who joined Paris as a free agent this summer, is also one of the captains.

Soon, the players of both sides lined up on the field.

The theme song of the Champions League began to resound throughout the stadium!

After the theme song ended, the little ball boys ran away.

The players from both sides began to high-five each other to encourage each other.

The cameraman and staff on the sidelines took a photo of Chen Chen and Messi high-fiving each other to encourage each other. Sky Sports called this photo "a clash of two eras."

"Beep!"

With the referee's whistle, the game officially began!

"Okay! Dear audience! The game has begun."

"We can see that the team wearing the sky blue jersey is the home team Manchester City. They have the ball. The Blue Moon will attack from the left side of the screen to the right!"