Chapter 655 Caution

Chapter six hundred and fifty fifth cautious

In the direct dialogue with Gao Bo, Boas lost completely.

The media also believed that the gap between Boas and Gaobo was too great.

Now that Gao Bo has won the Champions League and has become the top coach at the top level, Boas seems to have lost the magic when he was coaching Porto.

He's eccentric, with thorns all over his body like Mourinho, but he doesn't have the wrist of Mourinho.

This may be the reason why he has not achieved much in the Premier League.

A week after their win over Tottenham, Manchester City host Aston Villa in the twelfth round of the league.

In this game, the team broke out completely. Manchester City beat their opponents 6-0 at home, and won the biggest victory for the team that Gao Bo coached.

This victory brought Manchester City's points to 32 points and regained the top spot in the standings.

Manchester United suffered a draw, they had ten wins, one draw and one loss, and they ranked second with 31 points.

Chelsea, on the other hand, had nine wins and three draws, finishing third with 30 points.

After the 12 rounds of the Premier League, the situation of strength and weakness has become clear. The three teams at the top of the standings are on the same page, and behind them, the fourth place is Arsenal. Arsenal currently has eight wins. With two draws and two losses, they are ranked fourth with 26 points.

After leaving Van Persie, Arsenal's performance did not suddenly fall off a cliff like in the original history, but maintained a relatively stable performance.

As for the fifth-placed West Bromwich Albion, they ranked fifth with 23 points, followed by Everton, West Ham United and Tottenham.

Liverpool are in 11th place, Rodgers' team is still struggling, they have only won three games, lost three games, and have six draws, and only got fifteen minutes. in eleventh place.

Gao Bo shook his head and sighed when he saw this standings. The last two or three seasons were the prelude to the Premier League before it entered a troubled world. Liverpool would rise briefly, and then... Leicester City.

I don't know if Leicester City can rise again after being changed so much by Gao Bo. This is what Gao Bo wants to observe.

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The next game, Manchester City will be at home against Real Madrid!

This is the fifth round of the Champions League group stage, and it is also the match that decides the first place in the group.

For Manchester City, if they win Real Madrid, they will directly lock the first qualifying group. If the game is a draw, Manchester City also has an advantage, as long as they play Celtic away in the last round without losing, You can ensure that the group is first.

The worst result is naturally a loss. Once the game is lost, Manchester City will not have the initiative in the group. Let’s look at the results of the last round of the two sides – Manchester City played away in the last round, and Real Madrid was in Playing Ajax at home is naturally beneficial to Real Madrid.

Therefore, Gao Bo's bottom line in this game is that he cannot lose - even if it is a draw, he must not lose.

And for Real Madrid, they must win!

The importance of the first place in the group is too important for the draw for the round of 16.

Neither team can be content to only qualify for the second place in the group.

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Some media in Manchester have already started to celebrate Manchester City's group qualifying in advance.

Even if it is the second qualifying group, it is of great significance to Manchester City!

This is the first time in the history of the team that it has reached the knockout stage of the Champions League. If it can be first in the group, get a good lottery and reach the quarter-finals, it will be even more perfect for Manchester City.

Every breakthrough of the team in the Champions League,

All are historic breakthroughs.

Before this, Manchester City's results have been up and down, they have never participated in the Champions League, and their last glory days can be traced back to 1968, the Blue Moon beat Newcastle United on the last day of the season. English League Championship. After winning the 1968 league title, Manchester City participated in the 1968-1969 European Club Champions Cup, and were eliminated in the first round with one draw and one loss.

After that, Manchester City never participated in the Champions League again until last season, but last season Manchester City was also eliminated in the group stage and never entered the second stage.

As for the match with Real Madrid, the English media is quite optimistic.

Beating Manchester City away, it is not too difficult a goal to fight for not losing at home!

As long as they do not lose to Real Madrid at home, Manchester City can basically qualify for the first group.

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on their rivals Real Madrid.

The media in Madrid started to build momentum for the game days before the game.

Of course, Real Madrid has a reason to win this game. They must win to regain the first place in the group. The media are cheering for Real Madrid and proving Real Madrid's advantages through various data.

For example, Real Madrid has basically never lost in England. For example, Real Madrid's background in the Champions League.

It seems that having said this, the Real Madrid players have become more confident.

Ancelotti was interviewed by the Spanish media before his departure.

The Real Madrid coach still seems to be very low-key and cautious: "Manchester City is a very strong player. It is not easy to beat them away. We must not be careless. We will go all out in this game, as for the final result. ....let's see after the game is over!"

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Real Madrid's arrival in Manchester three days early shows the importance they place on this game.

Manchester United lent their training base to Real Madrid.

This is the norm. When Manchester United played the Champions League, Manchester City always entertained Manchester United's opponents. They naturally hoped that Manchester United would be unlucky.

And now it's Manchester City's turn to play in the Champions League, as is Manchester United.

It's funny to say that Manchester United's coach Guardiola is not interested in Real Madrid. After all, he is a coach from Barcelona.

But when he arrives in England, he will respect the English Derby culture.

Real Madrid is training at Manchester United's Carrington training base. Manchester City's training base is only separated from them by a wall, but the wall is very high, so Manchester City don't even want to peep at Real Madrid's training situation.

The training bases of Manchester City and Manchester United are very close. It is said that when Sun Jihai was playing for Manchester City, he was sent by the head coach to the training base of Manchester United to pick up the ball. During training, Lao Sun accidentally kicked the ball to Manchester United with a big foot. side went.

Manchester United's training base conditions are naturally good.

After Real Madrid came to Manchester, Ancelotti has always wanted to collect intelligence on Manchester City.

It's just that the media these days have nothing but talk about the great significance of Manchester City qualifying from the group stage. There is no dry goods at all. Manchester City seems to be very cautious about this game.

Since there is no way to get some valuable information, Ancelotti can only rely on guesswork.

He believes that Manchester City will probably play a defensive counterattack at home in this game.

There is an eighty to ninety percent chance of it being so!

Because the current situation is very favorable for Manchester City, they don't have to risk attacking at all, they put up a counter-attack formation and let Hazard and Griezmann attack Real Madrid's defense.

Ancelotti asked himself, if he was in Gao Bo's position, he would definitely make such a choice.

But... Carlo Ancelotti also has to guard against the unexpected choice of a high wave.

He has studied Gao Bo very well, he is an unpredictable guy.

When you think he's going to defend, he's probably going to attack, and when you think he's supposed to be attacking, his team goes straight to the bus.

Therefore, Ancelotti also made preparations with both hands.

He intends to test the game first and then talk about it!

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Gao Bo is also paying attention to the movements of Real Madrid.

Having won the Champions League, it is said that qualifying from the group is nothing.

But now the team is different.

Atletico Madrid went to the Champions League after a year of running-in. At that time, Gao Bo's team was very mature, the players cooperated tacitly, the style of play was skilled, and the lineup was strong.

And now at Manchester City, he just took over. Now the team's training has new things every once in a while, and Gao Bo has not completely instilled all his things into this team.

Therefore, the first stage of the group is very important for Manchester City.

If the round of 16 can draw a good lottery, it will be helpful for Manchester City to adapt to the knockout rounds, and grow while fighting.

In an interview with reporters, Gao Bo also appeared very cautious.

"Mr. Ancelotti is a great coach. Real Madrid is also a strong team. Even if it is at home, we will not take it lightly!"

In training, he said the same to the players.

Both teams were cautious ahead of the crucial game.