Chapter 185 Two Games Against Swansea in 2 Days

The Premier League schedule is very tight. The Champions League group match against Monchengladbach was postponed for one day due to heavy rain, so Manchester City's next opponent, Swansea, came one after another, less than 48 hours apart.

But this game is not the Premier League, but the League Cup.

Unlike other major leagues, England has two major cup competitions, the FA Cup and the League Cup. The FA Cup has a very high status and can even rank first in the world in this type of cup competition because it is the oldest football tournament, founded in 1863.

Compared with the League Cup, the influence is less. The English Professional League launched the League Cup itself to compete with the English Football Association for interests in this area. Including the promotion of the English Championship to the Premier League, the purpose was actually the same, all for maximizing profits.

Qualifications for the League Cup are for teams from the top four leagues, a total of 'Super League One and Two' are professional leagues, and there are a total of ten leagues in England.

Except for the semi-finals and finals, all rounds of the League Cup are determined by drawing lots. The Champions League, League One, League Two and Level Three will start from the first round. The Premier League will start from the second round except for the teams that want to participate in the Champions League and UEFA Cup.

Teams like Manchester City that have European competition obligations will start participating in the third round, which is the top 32. Before the semi-finals, all games will be a knockout match to determine the outcome.

Manchester City was not very lucky in the top 20132. They were drawn against their Premier League rival Swansea, and they were away from home.

Coincidentally, after the top 32, that is, after 1/1, Manchester City's opponent in the sixth round of the Premier League is also Swansea. It is also an away game. Manchester City will face Swansea consecutively at the Liberty Stadium.

Swansea is a city in the southwest of Great Britain, located in Wales, but the local team Swansea City competes in the English League.

Wales' professional league system is 1Swansea's early 1Glan League system. The Football Association of Wales also invited Swansea to return to Wales, but the club ultimately refused due to its own interests.

In the same situation as Swansea, there is also a team in Cardiff, the capital of Wales. Cardiff City also participates in the English League. In the 2013-14 season, the Premier League also staged a Welsh derby between Swansea and Cardiff, but Cardiff was relegated at the end of the season.

17-year-old midfielder Brahim Diaz, 1 O, 1 Garcia, 1 Maffeo, four of them are Spaniards, and they are also Manchester City youth team players. This League Cup match with Swansea 1/1 them.

There are also substitute goalkeepers and 3 Bioyo. As a relatively least important event, the League Cup has always been an occasion to inspect the echelon and train substitutes.

As the current team's dead substitute, Zhuo Yang is quite suitable to participate in the League Cup. However, unfortunately, although he only played for less than ten minutes in the Champions League group stage and contributed a divine assist, he was eliminated by the Brazilian Borussia Monchengladbach. Rafael Caetano kicked his left Achilles tendon.

Not too painful, but still uncomfortable after the game. Neither Manchester City nor Zhuo Yang dared to be careless. After examination, it was found that there was indeed a slight injury. It was not that he could not participate in the competition, but it was best not to do so.

In fact, apart from the Premier League, Zhuoyang could also participate in the reserve league.

As the name suggests, the reserve league is

However, starting this year, the reserve league has become the Premier League U23 League, with a promotion and relegation mechanism added. Four over-age players can be allowed to participate in each game. Generally, players in the first team who are recovering from injuries or need to adjust their condition will be arranged to participate in this first.

But Zhuoyang's participation in the U23 Premier League was rejected by Guardiola. Guashuai believes that Zhuo Yang is different from other injured players. He needs to be familiar with the atmosphere of top games instead of messing around in low-level games.

Zhuo Yang was like a top master who was just recovering from a serious injury. He should have watched a martial arts competition at the level of Huashan Swordsmanship instead of participating in the preliminary selection test of the sect, which would have ruined his reputation.

The management and Zhuo Yang both felt that what Guardiola said made sense. Sure enough, a smart head doesn't grow hair.

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Great Britain is very small, and the farthest distance from the north to the south is only from Beijing to Nanjing. England and Wales, which are squeezed into the south of Great Britain, are even smaller. The distance from Manchester to Swansea is only about 200 kilometers.

So even though they had to play two games in two days, Manchester City still relied on the highly developed aviation to play as soon as they got off the plane, and after the game, they took a plane and left home.

In the first League Cup game, Manchester City won 2:1 at the Liberty Stadium with a mixed lineup of substitutes and echelons. French veteran Clichy and Spanish teenager Garcia each scored a goal in the second half. Swansea and Iceland forward Sigurdsson pulled a point back in stoppage time.

The score was nothing to worry about, but Iheanacho, the 'prince' who was closely observed by Guardiola, played like a headless fly for 80 minutes, but it was a huge disappointment.

Guardiola is now very confused about the use of Iheanacho. There is nothing to say about this kid's physical condition and personal skills. He is very good and enviable. He also has a strong sense of smell in front of the goal. At the age of 20, people are interested in him. Looking forward to it endlessly.

But his tactical awareness is too poor, and his movement without the ball is basically dependent on his imagination.

If he used Gua Shuai's daily temperament, Iheanacho would basically be shot. His little skills would not be able to get into the eyes of Gua Shuai, who once coached the La Masia Demon Team. But this kid can score goals, which makes people want to stop.

For example, in the Champions League match against Borussia Mönchengladbach, he was obviously running blindly, but his blind running and scoring allowed Zhuo Yang to get one more assist. This is a bit unreasonable. Coupled with Iheanacho's magical performance in the Manchester City derby and the previous round against Bournemouth, Guardiola scratched his big bald head.

Gua Shuai is not a metaphysical coach, but football sometimes has to believe in a little bit of mystery. What if this guy is a lucky baby?

Therefore, in the League Cup, Guardiola specifically asked Iheanacho to start, but as the saying goes, "Wushan is originally an ancient pursuit, if you are not interested, I will stop." You are full of expectations to specially inspect him, but he slaps you in the face.

Iheanacho used his romantic performance to force Guardiola intolerable and replaced him in the 80th minute with gritted teeth.

Two days later, Guardiola still couldn't figure it out, so even though Nolito was suspended due to a red card in the last round, Guardiola would rather play against Swansea in the sixth round of the Premier League and give up Tintin De Bruyne's position to play against Arsenal. Guero partnered and was unwilling to send Iheanacho.

Aguero was suspended for three games, including the League Cup, so he has been 'released' after serving his sentence.

Zhuoyang's left Achilles tendon was also greatly relieved, with almost no discomfort, and he sat on the bench as usual.

"The Sun" said that as long as Zhuoyang sits on the sidelines, he can increase the value of the Premier League by 5% without playing, thus making the Premier League surpass La Liga and become the first league.

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