Glory Greenery

Chapter 347

Chapter 347

On September 9, after a 22-10 slaughter of Birmingham, Manchester's Etihad Stadium ushered in the first game of the Champions League.

This kind of two-day interval, which is almost equal to back-to-back games, fully made Yang Mo feel what the rhythm of the Premier League is.

This is still when the FA Cup has not started, and when the second half of the league starts, when the Premier League, Champions League, English League Cup, and FA Cup are stewed into a pot of porridge, then it will be the real fatal time.

It's no wonder that many players are complaining about the intensity of the Premier League games and the dense schedule, and they are even reluctant to come to the Premier League or transfer to leave for this reason.

Poor living environment, coupled with hard games, the Premier League is a wonderful league for fans, but it is not a comfortable place for players.

This afternoon, as the Napoli players stepped into the Etihad Stadium, the familiar gloom in England struck again.

The players of the two teams had just set foot on the field, and before the game started, the clothes on the players were already soaked.

This damp, cold, sticky feeling made everyone feel very uncomfortable.

Fortunately, the quality of the Manchester City team jersey is still high, and the air permeability is not bad, which can somewhat relieve the uncomfortable feeling of the players.

Standing in the middle circle, Yang Mo and Dzeko looked at the Naples players while waiting for the referee's whistle.

For this team, he has only heard the name before, but he is not familiar with it.

If it weren't for the coaching staff who had explained to him during the pre-match preparations, the only Naples player he could know was Cavani on the front line.

And to say that he has the deepest impression on Naples, of course it is the football king Maradona.

In fact, in the eyes of many fans, the most glorious era of Naples was also created by Maradona. Everyone thinks that Maradona made Naples.

Recalling the significance of Maradona to Naples, Yang Mo looks forward to the day when he leaves Manchester City and leaves a legend like Maradona in Manchester City.

However, Yang Mo's longing at this time was interrupted by the referee's whistle.

The game has started, now is not the time for Yang Mo to fantasize.

Although Naples is positioned as a fourth-tier team in the Champions League this season, Manchester City dare not despise Naples because of this.

Whether it is the sound tactics created by head coach Mazzari for Naples, or Cavani, who performed amazingly last season and won the Serie A silver boot, deserves to be treated carefully by Manchester City.

Naples re-emerged last season and won the third place in Serie A.

And this season, Naples was even stronger at the beginning of the season. With three wins and three wins, Naples is now firmly at the top of the Serie A list.

Therefore, before the start of the game, the outside world's comments on the game did not show a one-sided situation.

In the eyes of many media experts, this game will be a close game, which is why the outside world will say that Group A of the UEFA Champions League this season is the reason for the death group.

This game is also the first key test since Yang Mo joined Manchester City. After all, Manchester City has never played against a real strong team in an official game before.

You want to say the Community Shield?Six players can be changed in a game. Although the Premier League has gradually begun to pay attention to this cup, it is still a warm-up charity match from the outside world.

Facing Naples, which has solid defense and crisp offense this season, no one can underestimate it, not even Mancini.

Mancini and his coaching staff are not arrogant idiots. Born in Italian football, he knows very well what kind of strength Naples needs to have in order to sit at the top of the Serie A standings and perform outstandingly on both offense and defense.

So after the game started, Mancini's tactics for Manchester City were very calm, steady and steady, without any eagerness.

In Mancini's view, Manchester City with Yang Mo does not need to be in a hurry, and does not need to attack impetuously.

Mancini believes that as long as they carefully look for opportunities, Yang Mo will definitely have the strength to seize them.

This is not a blind feeling. After so many long games, Yang Mo told Mancini with one goal after another that he is a player with the ability to end the game.

Mancini was calm, and Naples was also calm, not only because of Mazzarri's tactics, but also because of Yang Mo's existence.

Now in world football, there is no need for anyone to remind you how careful you need to be when facing Yang Mo.

When all the head coaches play against a team with Yang Mo, they dare to have a headache how to defend Yang Mo.

But fortunately, although Yang Mo has unparalleled confrontation, speed, and ball skills, he is not perfect. The shortcomings of header and set ball ability allow everyone to find some ways to deal with Yang Mo.

I have to say that after the game started, it was not as exciting as all the audience imagined.

Yangma has five sets. Since Yang Mo appeared in the previous broadcast of the World Preliminaries, fans have not seen Yang Mo's game on Yangma for a long time because they do not have the rights to broadcast the Premier League.

Of course, although Yang Mo's game was not available, Yang Ma's five sets of news about Yang Mo were broadcast frequently.

Not to mention the various highlights in World Football, which is updated every Monday, almost almost contracted by Yang Mo.

Therefore, as the mother who won the exclusive domestic broadcast rights of the UEFA Champions League, it is naturally impossible not to let Yang Mo play when the UEFA Champions League starts.

The commentator for this game is the trio of Liu Jianhong, Duan Xuan, and Tao Wei.

In fact, to explain the Naples game, it stands to reason that it is more appropriate to find Director Zhang. After all, Director Zhang once explained Serie A during the small World Cup in the 90s.

But this year, Penguin Sports spent a lot of money to buy out Director Zhang as an exclusive commentator, so Yang Ma can only release the three-member Yang Chutian team for this game.

"Both teams played very carefully at the beginning of this game. It can be seen that Naples was very afraid of Yang Mo's offensive ability at the beginning. Even when attacking, they did not easily press forward in the midfield. They did not want to give Yang Mo too much counterattack. Chance."

The game scene was a little dull, so Liu Jianhong, who was commentating the game, used the method of diverting the audience's attention.

How to transfer?Of course it is Yang Mo, whoever makes domestic fans love to hear this.

The UEFA Champions League match held in the UK was at [-]:[-] pm in the UK, but it was more than [-]:[-] am in China. Liu Jianhong couldn't help it.

Such a defensive battle full of Serie A taste, if you don't find some focus for the audience, I am afraid that everyone will fall asleep.

"One is the Italian coach and the other is the Italian team. It is normal for the game to play a bit more steadily. After all, it is well known that Serie A has excellent defense."

After Liu Jianhong finished speaking, Director Tao also followed suit.

And just as the commentator was rambling to kill time, most of the first half of the game time had passed unknowingly, and it came to 37 minutes.

Seeing that the score was still 0-0, the players on both sides became somewhat impatient. Of course, Yang Mo was no exception.

In the previous game time, it was not that he had no chance to attack, but what made him helpless was that Naples gave full play to the reinforced concrete defense of Serie A in this game.

Of course, even a reinforced concrete defense can't stop Yang Mo every time.

The key problem that he has been unable to open the situation for Manchester City is that Naples is reinforced concrete to other Manchester City players, and it is completely reinforced concrete and bayonet to him.

As long as he dribbles the ball across the half, he has to face full-fire obstacles along the way. Overtly and secretly, even fouls at any cost will end his offense.

In just 37 minutes, Manchester City has scored five frontcourt free kicks.

Naples' defensive player in the midfield also received four yellow cards in order to block Yang Mo.

The price Naples paid now seems to be worth it. They successfully contained the impact from Yang Mo for most of the first half.

Of course, Manchester City's failure to score has something to do with Yang Mo being contained, and it also has a lot to do with bad luck.

Five frontcourt free kicks, three direct attacks, two indirect free kicks, none of which could pose a threat to Naples.

Although this game was at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, Manchester City also enjoyed the cheers of the home fans, but luck did not seem to be on their side today.

As time slowly passed, facing Naples' situation of containing Yang Mo at all costs, everyone felt that it seemed that the first half of the game was about to enter the intermission with a 0-0 draw.

But just 44 minutes into the first half of the game, when the first half was about to end, Naples suddenly counterattacked and stabbed Manchester City hard.

Manchester City midfielder Silva gave the ball to Milner on the right. After Milner received the ball, he was pinched by two Naples defensive players. The pass error caused the ball to be lost.

After intercepting Milner's pass, Naples' No. 8 central defender Dossena sent the ball directly to the midfielder 22 Lavezzi with a big foot. After receiving the ball, Lavezzi did not hesitate and transferred the ball to the center Cavani in the Manchester City half.

Cavani, the current top scorer in Serie A, started to counterattack immediately after receiving the ball, but Manchester City's reaction seemed to be a little slower, and Cavani successfully broke through the defense to form a single-handedly.

Although Manchester City's Joe Hart has been brave this season, he can't do much in the face of a striker like Cavani.

Cavani didn't do anything at all to replace Hart. After breaking into the penalty area and taking the ball diagonally for a while, he shot from a small angle to complete the shot.

0-1, Napoli scored the first goal at Manchester City's Etihad Stadium.

This goal went from stealing the ball in the backcourt to Cavani in the frontcourt. It only took two passes. It was crisp and clear, and it was a textbook defensive counterattack.

On the sidelines, Mancini had no choice but to hammer the baffle around him. Obviously, he was not satisfied with the performance of his defenders.

Look at Naples' defense against Yang Mo, and then look at their own team's defense against Cavani. It's no wonder Mancini is satisfied.

In Mancini's view, Manchester City's biggest problem now is the lack of heritage and the lack of core players from their own youth training, so they lack a basis on the field that can drive the whole team.

Such a mercenary, which cost a huge amount of money to build, may barely be able to handle it when it only plays one-line combat in the league.

But once the multi-line battle and the intensive schedule, facing the more intense European competition, the centripetal force shown by the players and the willpower to win will make people very worried.

This kind of problem was manifested vividly in this game. Without loyalty, the victory or defeat was placed on the professional attitude of the players. When the professional attitude is unreliable, the problem arises.

Mancini knows that he is not a player who is good at mobilizing players' emotions. He is not the kind of Mourinho who can give players blood and make them desperate.

The reason for this is that Mancini paid more and more attention to Yang Mo.

In this game, if you want to say that the player with the most high-spirited fighting spirit and the most determined offensive will, no one in the Manchester City team can surpass Yang Mo.

No matter how many times he was fouled by Naples players, when the next attack started, Yang Mo still went all out without reservation.

This admirable professional attitude is enough to make Mancini trust Yang Mo more and more firmly maintain Yang Mo's core position in Manchester City.

Recently, Mancini has been considering that perhaps Yang Mo is the most suitable captain of Manchester City.

Because he felt that once Yang Mo became the captain, whether in training or on the field, his attitude of working hard, going all out, and setting an example would be able to drive his teammates well.

As for the original captain Carlos Tevez, although the thorny head has settled down a lot recently, because of Yang Mo's arrival, it is no longer possible to return to the main position.

Carlos Tevez has a strong fighting ability and great ambitions, and he will never be willing to sit on the bench like this. Although it is still early before the winter break, his agent has already started to contact him everywhere.

With Tevez leaving, Manchester City with Yang Mo will not stop him.

Since Tevez is about to leave, it seems reasonable to take back the captain's position and hand it over to Yang Mo.

And just when Mancini's thoughts drifted directly to changing the captain because of Naples' goal, the head coach of Naples not far away, Mazari, jumped up happily when he saw Cavani's goal.

Mazari understands how important it is to score a goal in the face of Manchester City with Yang Mo.

Napoli celebrated their goal and the game resumed, with the rest of the first half quickly running out.

Although Manchester City should attack desperately in the last time due to falling behind, Yang Mo also encountered another foul because of this, but still failed to break through the Naples goal.

After the first half, on the TV screen, the leading Naples players looked happy.

On the other hand, the Manchester City players, although falling behind, did not appear to be very frustrated. This state also made Mancini very worried.

In fact, seeing such a Manchester City, it is not only Mancini who is worried.

Yang Ma has five sets. Before entering the intermission, Liu Jianhong said in a low tone: "Watching the first half of this game, I have an illusion. Is this Manchester City the one that won five consecutive league victories?"

"Whether it is fighting spirit or tactical execution, Manchester City in this game lacked the attitude of eager to win."

"In the entire Manchester City team, the defensive attitude is lax. On offense, I only saw Yang Mo charge again and again, and then was brought down. The other players did not have any linkage with Yang Mo. Even if they did, they seemed a little powerless."

"I think if Manchester City is still in this state in the European competition, then this Champions League match, or even the entire group stage, Manchester City will not go very well."

Although Liu Jianhong's words were a bit disappointing, as long as fans who understand football can see that Manchester City does have problems in this game.

Yang Mo was still the same Yang Mo, but his teammates didn't seem to have a real problem.

And Mancini, and the problems that these commentators can see, Yang Mo can naturally see.

In the dressing room, he covered his face with a towel, leaned against the wooden wardrobe wall behind him, and began to think.

"From this point of view, although money can buy players, it can't buy fighting spirit. I just got here and have no qualifications. Even if I get angry with my teammates, it won't help."

"If you want to win this game, it seems that relying on others is useless..."

　To explain, Manchester City's performance in the Champions League this season was very poor, and they didn't even qualify for the group stage.

　　Although Manchester City spent a lot of money, they did not actually have the strength to match the spending.

　　When our protagonist came to Manchester City, he definitely didn't want to hug his thighs, but to become a thigh, or that kind of titanium alloy!

　　Without exposing the problem first, how can it appear that the protagonist is important.

　　Finally, thanks to A Shi Haiwang, waiting for the pie to fall from the sky, Jieran is different, the cannons flying around, the monthly ticket for not talking to Brother Qiang.

(End of this chapter)