I started with Torres, to revive German football

Chapter 112 Injury strikes, love and kill with old club!

Guardiola is now looking forward to the arrival of the winter break, and Manchester City's reinforcement is imperative.

Now in Manchester City's striker, there are only four people including Sterling, who is unstable, and they can be counted as the main force.

David Silva, who played well at the beginning of the season, suffered a serious injury before the game against Crystal Palace, and it will take at least two months before he can return to the game.

(David Silva in this season in history was seriously injured before the Manchester Derby, and he was injured for just two months. And Aguero also began to have minor injuries)
Aguero also showed symptoms of thigh discomfort during his recent physical examination.

After breaking the scoring drought, Aguero, who was in hot form, had no choice but to hang up the exemption card and needed to rest for three weeks.

In just one week, Manchester City lost two main strikers.

This caused Guardiola a headache. After more than a month of smooth sailing, the good times finally came to an end.

Zhao Jinge can take the place of Aguero, and Sterling can replace David Silva, but Jesús Navas can't fill the vacancy left by Zhao Jinge!

The gap in strength is too obvious!
But there is no way, Guardiola can only bite the bullet and use Navas.

Faced with the onslaught of injuries, Guardiola feels that Manchester City's lineup is still a little thin, and wants to add another winger who can be used as the main rotation for the team.

The cheap and high-quality Mane is one of his options.

Now he can't wait for Manchester City to have two top players available in every position.

Moreover, after being over [-] years old and suffering from injuries, coupled with the already slow speed, after David Silva returns from injury, I am afraid that he will not be able to regain his state at the beginning of the season in a short time.

Guardiola is ready to let David Silva play more in the midfielder position.

Just like after Sane came in the original time and space, it is better to leave it to the blasters to give full play to their talents in the midfield position and attack from the side.

David Silva, who returns to the midfield, can also form a rotation with De Bruyne. This season, the Belgian has the highest attendance rate among Manchester City's midfielders.

Guardiola is also afraid of the ultra-high frequency of use, and injured Mr. Ding who has returned to the high-confrontation competitions such as the Premier League.

Guardiola is also very cautious about the use of Yaya Toure now. Fortunately, Gundogan and him rotate normally, so don't worry too much.

Now Guardiola understands that Manchester City, a glamorous aircraft carrier, is far less powerful than it looks.

Except for the 28-year-old Aguero, all the stars who built the team bought with a lot of money for the championship were over [-] years old. Coupled with the fierce confrontation environment of the Premier League, almost all of these veterans were injured.

Both attendance and on-court performance have inevitably entered a decline.

Only Aguero, David Silva and a few others have maintained themselves within their peak period.

But three years later, these few people will inevitably become substitutes.

Now that Manchester City has such an impressive record, the new players in the summer accounted for almost half of the credit, not to mention the outstanding Gemini stars,
Sterling and Gundogan also showed reliable combat power during the main rotation,
Even Otamendi has slowly started to replace Demichelis.

In the original time and space, there was no Zhao Jinge. This season, Manchester City only got the fourth place in the league despite the aging lineup and constant injuries.

However, the UEFA Champions League has entered the semi-finals historically, which can be regarded as regaining face for Manchester City.

Guardiola is ready to do a big job during the winter break!

Here Guardiola is having a headache for the team's lineup, and Zhao Jinge on the other side also feels a little uncomfortable.

Hey, the next game against Roma, I have only Sterling and Keylor Navas as my helpers on the front line. This game suddenly becomes more difficult.

With a happy boy and a blue-collar winger, it seems that he can only count on himself in this game of bravely entering the wolf's den.

It's not that Zhao Jinge looks down on Sterling. In terms of strength, this year's happy boy is even worse than a first-class winger.

Although under the careful guidance of Zhao Jinge, Sterling is much better than himself in history.

But most of his stats were obtained in the game of abuse of food, and the stats are quite good.

But it's hard to say how much Sterling can play against a strong opponent.

Although there has been progress, Sterling's threat on the wing is really not as good as Mane, who is now relying solely on speed.

Historically, Sterling entered his peak period two years after he came to Manchester City, scoring about 20 Premier League goals a year.

But in the first two years, Sterling scored an average of six or seven goals a year, and in the first year, that is, this season, he only had two assists.

Compared with his worth, it can only be said that the British household registration book is really valuable!

That's the same sentence, Sibao!Let's make some money, shall we?

Otherwise, Guardiola will buy Mane to replace you.

There are still two days left before leaving Rome, and Zhao Jinge did nothing else during these two days, except taking Sterling to sweat profusely on the training ground.

Now Zhao Jinge doesn't have much hope for Sterling's shooting skills.

But for Sterling to reach his peak ahead of schedule, Zhao Jinge is quite looking forward to it.

David Silva's injury will not be able to return to the team until the end of December, when the winter transfer window is approaching.

In these two long months, Manchester City can only count on Sterling on the left side. For the sake of the team's performance, Zhao Jinge can only find ways to help Sterling evolve rapidly.

On the afternoon of November [-]nd, the entire Manchester City team flew to Rome a day earlier.

Although two generals were injured in a row, Guardiola is still bound to win the game.

There is no way, the competition pressure in Group E is too great, and the points that can be obtained must be won.

And Roma also took advantage of the injury of Manchester City's main force and wanted to make a gamble.

Now they are the same as Leverkusen, with two losses and one draw, but they rank third in the group with their goal difference advantage.

Only one point in the three games is too miserable, and in order to stabilize their third place in the group and seize the opportunity to play in the Europa League, Roma had to fight!
The red wolf Roma is already in their home court, grinding their teeth and sucking blood, quietly waiting for the arrival of Manchester City.

Manchester City is also united as one, whether it is for the qualification to qualify for the top spot in the group, or for Mansour's bonus, there is no reason to let Roma go anyway!

The time has come to the match day. Different from the previous situation, the Olympic Stadium in Rome has nearly [-] seats, and nearly a quarter of the seats are vacant.

In Zhao Jinge's career, this is the first time in a European game that he saw a home court with so many seats empty.

Due to the downturn in the Serie A football market, even a strong matchup in the Champions League cannot attract fans to watch the game.

Roma coach Rudi Garcia put up a tit-for-tat four-three-three formation at his home court:
Goalkeeper: Szczesny.

Defenders: Florenci, Manolas, Rudiger, Digne.

Midfielders: Pjanic, De Rossi, Nainggolan.

Forwards: Salah, Dzeko, Gervinho.

Guardiola also sent his current best team:
Goalkeeper: Joe Hart.

Defenders: Kolarov, Demichelis, Otamendi, Sagna.

Midfield: Fernandinho, De Bruyne, Gundogan.

Forwards: Jesús Navas, Zhao Jinge, Sterling.

Captain Kompany did not perform well in the physical examination the day before he came to Italy. Guardiola simply let his captain stay in Manchester to rest.

Use Demichelis, who has recently rested for two or three weeks, as the starting central defender.

The same is true for Yaya Toure who stayed in Manchester. Some time ago, he used it too hard. Guardiola is now ready to let Gundogan and him split the number of appearances equally.

There is only Fernandinho's position. Guardiola can't trust Fernando, so he can only continue to let the veteran go into battle.

Regardless of the fact that Fernandinho did not perform well in the previous strong duels.

But in the strong duel, which defensive midfielder will not become the background version of the top attacker?
The tough battle still depends on Fei Bird as a barrier in front of the defense, especially when Kompany, Manchester City's only top central defender, is unwell.

Guardiola can only try to give Fei Bird a certain amount of rest time in subsequent games against weak teams.

It will be fine until the winter window, Guardiola has already set his sights on a midfielder who is much stronger than Fernandinho.

The game is about to start, Zhao Jinge glanced around in the player tunnel, Roma's starters.

As expected of a giant in Serie A, the good guys are all famous players.

In the future, Rudiger, who played well in Chelsea and Real Madrid, Pjanic and Digne who fell in Barcelona, ​​Wannian's deputy De Rossi, and their captain Wolf King Totti are still sitting on the bench!
Dzeko, who just came on loan from Manchester City, did not perform well this season, but the older he is, the more he will win the Serie A Golden Boot in a record next season.

Gervinho, who did not realize his talent, and "Egyptian Messi" Salah, who is connected with De Bruyne,

The current Pharaoh has not yet ascended the throne in Liverpool, but he has grown into Rome's top scorer.

It seems that it is really not easy to win this game!

With the whistle of the referee, the game officially started, and Manchester City kicked off first.

At the beginning of the game, Manchester City's offense fell into a passive state. De Rossi and Rudiger didn't care about Manchester City's other offensive players, and rushed directly to Zhao Jinge, who was advancing forward.

Although the older De Rossi's physical fitness is aging, his defensive ability is really not bad.
Rudiger, who cooperated with the black and hard, broke the football under Zhao Jinge's feet in Manchester City's first attack.

Then he immediately sent a long pass, directly looking for the neutral space after Gundogan pressed, but it was a pity that Fernandinho took the lead to grab the ball.

Gervinho's condition is not very good today, and he reacted a little slower in the scramble, which made De Rossi's excellent performance at the beginning fall short.

One blow was not enough, Zhao Jinge retreated quickly, facing the energetic De Rossi and Rudiger, even Zhao Jinge didn't want to face to face.

Zhao Jinge was retreating, and De Rossi followed slowly. As long as Zhao Jinge took the ball and advanced, he immediately retreated to the position with his rich experience.

Then he called to stay on the line of the penalty area, and the strong Rudiger came to rescue him, and the two reproduced the performance at the beginning.

Although Zhao Jinge, who kept a few eyes on the ball, was not intercepted again, Manchester City's central attack failed many times and had to be reorganized by the midfielder.

Nainggolan and Pjanic also took the initiative to collide with Manchester City's midfielder.

Gundogan had a slight advantage in the confrontation with Pjanic, and De Bruyne was completely targeted by his fellow Belgian Nainggolan.

Even if Fernandinho escorted him several times, Nainggolan, who weighed nearly [-] kilograms, made De Bruyne's harassment miserable.

In the fierce physical confrontation, De Bruyne's midfield organization ability has dropped significantly.

In this situation, Guardiola on the sidelines began to miss Yaya Toure a little.

If Yaya Toure is on the field now, can it be your turn to Nainggolan's wild in Manchester City's half? !
Except for Pjanic in the three midfielders of Rome, the remaining two are extremely tough in defensive confrontation.

Nainggolan, in particular, shattered City's midfield with his relentless movement.

His tonnage is really not something that Fernandinho, who weighs less than [-] kilograms, can fight against.

Fei Bird can only cooperate with De Bruyne to pass the ball, and walk the dog to resist Nainggolan's wanton press.

And these three midfielders all have a common characteristic, that is, they all have a good pass, and their ability to pass key balls is particularly good.

In addition to De Rossi who is responsible for backcourt scheduling, Nainggolan and Pjanic use a through kick from time to time to test Manchester City's defense on the two sides.

Fortunately, Gervinho did not show his due performance in the attack on the right. Manchester City only needs to focus on Salah on the left.

Relying on several supplementary defenses by Fernandinho and Otamendi, Manchester City's left flank was defended without any danger.

Today's "Egyptian Messi" is extremely excited, as if he is going to fight his own battle to rectify his name on the Premier League giants.

Facing Dzeko of his old club, he also appeared very active in running positions in the penalty area of ​​Manchester City, connecting, responding, and grabbing spots to toss his old teammate Demichelis enough!
This may be the love and killing of the old club!
Strictly speaking, because Manchester City hoarded too many forwards, Dzeko's performance in Manchester City was not as ideal as when he was in Wolfsburg.

And in terms of playing time, there is not enough guarantee.

He played 22 times last season and averaged 42 minutes per game, which is really a bit small.

This made Dzeko, who was at the peak of his sports career, feel that he was not valued, so he sought more possibilities.

This loan to Rome is also to get more playing time and regain my best form.

But I didn't expect to meet my old club in the Champions League.

Dzeko, who is unwilling to reconcile, of course has to perform well in front of his old club. Maybe next year when the loan ends, he can still have the opportunity to stay in Manchester City.

After all, who can stay in the promising Manchester City to play the main force, who would want to come to the declining Serie A to make a living!

In Rome, being able to play in the Champions League is the best, and the championship is impossible.

But with the current situation in Manchester City, Guardiola will not leave behind a veteran who is over [-] years old. After all, Guagua doesn't know that Dzeko will return to the top in the future!

(End of this chapter)