The top prediction at the start, I am the third ball king

Chapter 688
Manchester City's narrow victory over Hoffenheim, some British media think this is not a good thing.

The media headed by the "Guardian" believes that Guardiola has big problems in strategy and use of players: "Obviously, Guardiola wants to win all the games, but this is impossible, never One team wins all games!

Now that Manchester City has encountered a dense schedule and has entered a two-line combat mode, in this case, there should be a choice.

But for a Champions League group match, Guardiola sent almost all the main players he could!
According to Guardiola, Lee has not recovered from his foot injury, so he did not appear in the starting lineup with Hoffenheim.

Regardless of whether Lee is still recovering from a foot injury, he did not appear in the starting lineup, which is a very correct thing.

But why did Guardiola substitute him in the second half?

Just for an ordinary Champions League group match, risking the first star being injured again?
So what about losing to Hoffenheim?Will it affect Manchester City's entry into the knockout round?

will not!

Guardiola was lucky that Lee was not injured.

Winning Hoffenheim is a good thing, but it will definitely affect their battle with Liverpool.

Abandoning the top of the Premier League for an ordinary Champions League group match?
How did Guardiola settle this account?

Or maybe he felt that he was not sure of defeating Liverpool, so he simply took the opportunity to win Hoffenheim and determine the situation of qualifying for the Champions League group early? "

……

Manchester City has achieved an impressive record of complete victories on all fronts this season and has become the hottest team in Europe.

There are many people who are popular, and reporters always want to break big news on Manchester City to attract people's attention.

Especially the Manchester City Evening News, the mouthpiece of Manchester City's rival Manchester United, this time they will target another important player of Manchester City.

"Manchester City Evening News" published an article entitled "Losing De Bruyne, what is Manchester City missing?"
In the article, they elevated De Bruyne's status to "No. [-] in the team"!
"City started the season in the Champions League two weeks ago, at home to Lyon, and Lee was brilliant in that game, scoring five goals in the first half.

Li's brilliance covered up the brilliance that other Manchester City players should have. People only saw Li's goals one by one, while ignoring De Bruyne's role in Manchester City's lineup!
The main reason why Lyon was beaten terribly by Manchester City was that they provoked Li before the game.

Li was holding back all his strength and wanted to prove himself in the Champions League, because when he came to the Etihad Stadium, he had promised Manchester City fans that he would help Manchester City win the Champions League.

If Lyon does not provoke him, he must perform well. If Lyon provokes, of course he must perform well.

In the end, it caused Lyon's disastrous defeat at the Etihad Stadium.

Hoffenheim was very smart to find a lesson from Lyon, so they did not provoke Manchester City and Li before the game.

Manchester City also seemed to lose their fighting spirit, conceding two goals in the first half.

Of course, we can also understand that Manchester City is staying strong in order to compete with Liverpool for the top spot in the Premier League at the weekend.

What we saw in the first half was Manchester City squandering chances, but were those chances the perfect chance to score?
the answer is negative.

Those are not perfect opportunities to break the door!

Without De Bruyne on the field, Manchester City always seems to lack something, whether it is David Silva, or Bernardo Silva, who is given high hopes by Guardiola, or Fernandinho, cannot Replaces Belgian midfielder.

With De Bruyne out due to injury, Manchester City would be a normal team without Lee.

Why couldn't Manchester City open the situation before Lee played?
It is because of De Bruyne's absence.

Without him commanding and dispatching in midfield and sending deadly passes, Manchester City's forwards seemed to have no idea what scoring was.

Manchester City can do without anyone, except De Bruyne!

Some people will definitely refute the author's remarks. Then, I would like to ask those who refute—when Manchester City won the Premier League championship with a record [-] points last season, where was Li?

And who gave the Manchester City forwards assists again and again?

Who is the assist king in the Premier League?

Don't tell the author what 'Li is the number one star of Manchester City', 'Li's arrival will improve the level of Manchester City! ', these words can deceive ordinary people, but everyone who understands football knows that De Bruyne is the most important one in Manchester City!
If De Bruyne was healthy in the game against Hoffenheim, maybe Manchester City would not have fallen behind by two goals in the first half, and in the end it would have to rely on Lee to save in the second half.

Instead of pinning their hopes on Lee's miraculous performance, Manchester City fans might as well pin their hopes on De Bruyne's health.

With De Bruyne, Manchester City has the hope of winning the championship!

Since Lee came to Manchester City, the media and fans have shifted their focus to him. This is extremely unfair to De Bruyne. He is the cornerstone of Manchester City becoming a Premier League giant! "

"Manchester City Evening News" complained about De Bruyne? !

This shattered the three views of Manchester City fans.

They smelled danger from the article, raised De Bruyne, suppressed Li Chuanqi, and their purpose was only to complain about De Bruyne?

No, they were going to cause chaos in the Manchester City dressing room.

But how can I refute this...

No one can deny De Bruyne's contribution to Manchester City. In the hands of Guardiola, the Belgian has transformed from an "outstanding midfielder" to "the world's top midfielder"!
He is the most important player in Guardiola's hands and the most important role in Guardiola's tactical system.

Can you say he is not good?

But who is Li?

That is a player at the king level, and has a distinctive personality.

If you don't refute it, you will acquiesce to the views of the "Manchester City Evening News". Refuting...it is unfair to De Bruyne...

Manchester City fans were extremely tangled, and then became angry again.

Damn, you want to provoke the relationship between Lee and De Bruyne?

"It's better to care about the Manchester United dressing room, and the relationship between Mourinho and Pogba!"

"Manchester City Weekly" responded quickly and published an article titled "The famous scene in the Manchester United dressing room!".

The article describes in detail the story of Mourinho and Pogba fighting in the locker room...

Damn it, if you don't make it easy for Manchester City, I won't make it easy for Manchester United!
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After returning to Manchester City, Li Chuanqi, De Bruyne and Guardiola accepted the interview program of Manchester City Sports Channel.

During the program, the reporter talked about the article in the Manchester City Evening News.

Li Chuanqi took the lead in expressing his opinion: "Kevin is the most important player of Manchester City. No one can deny it. This is a fact."

The reporter opened his mouth slightly, the result I want is not this!
You have to refute the "Manchester City Evening News" point of view, you have to say that you are the most important player of Manchester City, you are the number one star of Manchester City!

De Bruyne paused obviously. He was still thinking about how to communicate with Li Chuanqi, telling Li Chuanqi not to care about the article in the "Manchester City Evening News".

result……

Guardiola nodded slightly, a stone fell to the ground in his heart.

Things between players are very delicate, and Li Chuanqi and De Bruyne had no friendship before.

The so-called "team's first star" is actually players competing for the status and right to speak in the locker room.

Many teams have internal discord because of this reason.

De Bruyne patted Li Chuanqi on the shoulder and said to the supporters: "No! I think Li is the most important person in the team. We all agree on this!"

The host turned his attention to Guardiola: "Mr. Guardiola, who do you think is the most important of the two of them? In other words, you must choose one of the two of them, and the other must leave. Who stays?"

Guardiola chuckled in his heart, you reporters, I'm afraid the world will not be chaotic!
"They are all the most important players in the team. As long as I am in Manchester City for one day, I will not let any of them leave Manchester City!"

Guardiola has long faced a more difficult question than this: "They don't overlap in position, why should I choose between them?"

The host had no choice but to smile reservedly and gave him a thumbs up.

……

After Li Chuanqi found out that he arrived in the UK, it seems that the public opinion environment has not changed much. There are still media who want to find something about him in order to gain the attention of fans.

Is this the price that stars need to pay?

Can't stars live like ordinary people?
(End of this chapter)