Eight Hundred and Forty-Eight Money Burning Mode, Open!
On April 14th, the FA Cup semi-final, Manchester City played against Everton at home.
The weekend is the FA Cup semi-final, and next Wednesday is the first leg of the Champions League semi-final, both of which are home games.
The height of ambition to win the quadruple has ushered in the most critical moment.
The more he got to this time, the more cautious he was, leaving early and returning late every day, so busy that he even ignored his wife Su Qing's "protest" and postponed the great man-making plan.
At this critical moment, Manchester City's past accumulation, the team's strong bench lineup, especially the rich experience of the senior coaching staff, showed their power.
Although the event is critical, Manchester City is still implementing the plan in an orderly manner.
Whether it's a coach, a player, or a staff member, you don't need to think about other things at all. You just need to follow the plan, perform their duties, and do their job well.
Including the players on the pitch as well.
Moyes was a guest at the Intihad Stadium, forming a four-four-one double midfielder lineup, trying to fight hard through defensive counterattacks.
But Toffee's tenacity lasted only 24 minutes.
Van Persie's goal helped Manchester City take the lead in the first half.
In terms of strength, Manchester City has an overwhelming advantage.
After changing sides to fight again in the second half, Hazard made a pass and shot to help Manchester City expand the score.
In the end, Manchester City beat Everton 3-0 at home and successfully reached the FA Cup final.
This is City's third trip to Wembley Stadium this season.
The other team that reached the FA Cup final was Chelsea coached by Di Matteo. They beat Tottenham Hotspur 5-1 away and won the applause.
The Blues showed super fighting power in the semi-finals and were hailed as the last hope to snipe Manchester City.
The final between the two sides will be held at Wembley Stadium in London on May 5.
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Three days after the FA Cup semi-final, Manchester City continued to sit at home and ushered in the first leg of the Champions League semi-final.
Ferguson's Manchester United encountered difficulties,
Especially the turmoil of Lars Diarra made the Red Devils locker room feel a little flustered. Despite Ferguson's strong suppression, Lars Diarra's absence still caused a lot of losses to Manchester United.
Anderson failed to regain his form after being injured, and Fletcher fell ill again, which immediately made Manchester United's midfielder fall into a situation where no one was available.
In the away game against Manchester City, Ferguson still played a four-three-three formation.
The midfield is based on the configuration of Carrick dragging behind, Sneijder and Krivelli partnering in the midfield.
The front trident is a combination of Park Ji-sung, Wayne Rooney and Valencia.
This is actually a very clear attitude, Manchester United lacks confidence in their defense.
Before the game, both the media and the fans generally believed that Manchester City could win.
Gao Shen's tactics are still balanced and stable. He didn't even rush to attack at the beginning, but steadily controlled the midfield, slowly advancing to threaten and harass Manchester United's defensive formation.
This is also a characteristic of advanced military use.
When you are not as strong as your opponent, you need to use odds. When you can use your strength to suppress your opponent, all you need to do is to win steadily, especially in the semi-finals of the Champions League.
Despite the loss of Lars Diarra, Manchester United's defense is still very tightly organized.
This has to admire Ferguson's unique understanding of football tactics.
At the beginning, he was able to reach the Champions League final with a set of old and weak teams. Now at least there are midfielders like Sneijder and Carrick.
But the stalemate between the two sides was broken in the 22nd minute.
David Silva took a corner and Kompany headed it home.
De Gea reacted quickly, made a side attack and blocked the ball.
As a result, in the chaos in the penalty area, Suarez grabbed the spot, stabbed the ball and sent the ball into Manchester United's goal.
One to zero!
If it is said that this goal is more of a problem of Manchester United's defensive positioning, then the two sides played in the second half. In the 64th minute, Rakitic's long shot after this kick completely exposed Manchester United. Insufficient protection of the defensive line by the midfielder.
Although Sneijder pursued all the way, the Dutch midfielder was powerless to stop Rakitic from kicking.
In the face of such a long shot, De Gea is powerless.
Two to zero!
This score was eventually maintained until the end of the entire game.
The whole game was played calmly, more than fiercely, but not exciting enough.
Both sides were more cautious. Manchester City especially didn't want to give Manchester United an away goal, so they were tactically safe, and finally won the opponent steadily by virtue of their strength.
As for Manchester United, the overall strength is not as good as Manchester City, and the midfielder has lost power, so it is difficult to have a chance to win.
It can be said that this result has been guessed by all parties long before the game.
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After the game, Gao Shen and Ferguson successively attended the post-match press conference.
The two basically didn't say anything too radical, and they were more emphasizing the second round.
After all, there is still a battle at Old Trafford, and it is too early to say the outcome.
Although, from a probability point of view, the possibility of Manchester United's comeback is very low, but very low does not mean that there is no possibility.
After finishing the press conference, Ferguson walked into one of the conference rooms at the Intihad Stadium.
This is the old place where he drank with Gao Shen after the game, but here today, he did not see what he had been looking forward to for a long time.
"Sura Martial God"
"Where's the wine?"
As soon as Ferguson entered, he didn't even say hello, and his eyes wandered around idly, but he didn't find any alcohol.
"I said, you kid is getting more and more stingy now, won't you drink the wine?"
"Also, you used to give me a box before every game, what about today's?"
Hearing that tone, it was simply a skyrocketing resentment.
"I don't have any wine, let's drink some water." Gao Shen didn't talk too much, he unscrewed the cap of the bottle and took a sip of water.
Ferguson looked at the kid carefully, and sat down straight beside him.
"You said you invited me to drink, not to drink water."
Well, this old man has a kind of posture that if you don't give wine, the labor and management will never stop with you.
After Gao Shen heard it, he also had an opinion, "I heard it right, right? You have screwed me over so badly, how dare you ask for a drink?"
What a shrewd person Ferguson was, he could tell that the high-level grievances were heavier than him when he heard it. After thinking about it again, he immediately understood where the key point was.
"Ha, I really didn't mean it at the time. You know, I was just in a hurry and said it."
After all, it's still about Schneiderlin.
"Yes, you are in a hurry. If you tell me, I will be in trouble now?"
After Ferguson understood what was going on, he also smiled.
After losing to Gao Shen on the court, it would be nice to be able to trick him off the court.
At least psychologically balanced.
"What's your trouble? Isn't the value of players going up now?"
"Do I care about that little money?" Gao Shen asked back with a humming voice.
In the plan discussed by Gao Shen, Su Qing, Lucas and Borel, the midfielder is crucial.
After being promoted to the Premier League, if you want to avoid relegation, you can't afford to lose in the midfield.
Among the current three main midfielders, Paulinho is basically unable to keep.
The Brazilian midfielder has been selected for the national team and has performed very well. Now he has no problem getting a work permit. He has attracted the attention of many Premier League teams.
They all play in the Premier League, but Leeds United is a newly promoted team. If they join a mid-upstream team, the situation will be completely different.
Gao Shen said before that two of the three main players will be kept, Paulinho will be sent away, and Kondogbia will be able to step up, but as a result of Ferguson's troubles, Schneiderlin may be in trouble.
The French midfielder is also ambitious.
Gao Shen had asked Lucas and Borrell to contact Sarri before to increase the training of Jorginho and Brozovic. After Nedrin, how much will the midfield be affected?
These are all assessable.
Of course, there is no way to be 100% accurate, after all, many things cannot be measured, such as injuries.
Who can know exactly when a player is injured, how long does the injury last, and how much it affects his state?
There is no way to evaluate this kind of thing.
This is why many teams are afraid of a wave of injuries. This is an accident among accidents.
"To be honest, even if I don't tell you, do you think you can keep it?" Ferguson asked back.
Gao Shen was a little silent.
"Don't tell me, the whole world doesn't know about your relationship with Leeds United. The White Rose players are eye-catching. They have performed so well in the English Championship and League Cup this season. Do you think the whole world is blind?"
"My scouting team can give me such a detailed report, guess if Wenger, Benitez, Di Matteo, Redknapp and others have something like this on their desks. share?"
"Do the rest of the European teams, especially those eager to strengthen, have that on their desks?"
When Ferguson said this, the answer was already obvious.
"For the British Championship team, the price of around 15 million pounds is really outrageous. You sold Jonathan Howson for 10 million pounds last year. I guess you are all happy?"
Speaking of this, Ferguson couldn't help laughing.
Mark Hughes is his proud disciple, but the relationship between the two is not particularly good, especially after Mark Hughes coached Manchester City, the two have played against each other a lot.
What's more, Leeds United's move by the Queen's Park Rangers is indeed beautiful.
"Others don't know, but you must know, Gao, fifteen million pounds is nothing in the current European football." Ferguson said staring at Gao Shen.
If Gao Shen said he didn't know, then there are two possibilities.
Either he was talking nonsense with his eyes open, or he was too stupid to predict the general trend of this summer's transfer market from the current intelligence and information.
Of course Gao Shen knew it, even he knew it a long time ago.
A vigorous and crazy money-burning game is about to begin!
Manchester City strongly suppressed teams such as Manchester United and Chelsea, which made the Premier League duo have to respond.
Paris Saint-Germain will definitely start the frantic buying mode again. It is reported that Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga will also increase their investment. In addition to Real Madrid and Barcelona in La Liga, Juventus in Serie A will also start to make some moves...
In fact, the summer transfers seen by fans are often basically drawn up in February and March.
For example, Liverpool's coaching change is a foregone conclusion, Rodgers will replace Benitez.
Mourinho's return to Chelsea will also be a high probability event.
What's more, the war between the four major leagues has also begun.
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