Football: The king of midfield, Guardiola is crying with envy

Chapter 262

After participating in Migu's activities, Chen Chen can finally take a good rest.

On the 31st, when the Chinese mainland was boiling with the New Year, Chen Chen posted New Year's greetings on his social account!

However, it is worth noting that because of the unpleasantness with the Chinese Football Association in April last year, Chen Chen has not actively used Weibo, and only some commercial information will be posted on Weibo.

This time Chen Chen posted New Year's greetings on Weibo for the first time!

In addition to Chen Chen, the English Football Association also posted New Year's greetings on official and major social accounts.

They specifically used "Chinese New Year" instead of "Lunar New Year".

The former is the official usage of China, and the latter is the term used in Vietnam and South Korea.

Before the English Football Association issued New Year's greetings, many clubs had already issued them.

As the most successful club in internationalization in the past three decades, Manchester United must have no objection to pampering fans.

Manchester United sent New Year's greetings a few days before the New Year.

They also said "Happy Chinese New Year!"

This made South Korean fans angry!

Many South Koreans said they would unfollow Manchester United!

However, considering that this was the team Park Ji-sung had played for before, many South Korean fans were confused again.

In addition to Manchester United, other big6 also posted.

Because of Son Heung-min, Tottenham specially used the phrase "Happy the Year of the xxx".

This means "Congratulations on the zodiac sign of the year".

2022 is the Year of the Tiger, so the xxx here should be "tiger", and the full text is "Happy the Year of the Tiger".

Of course, there is no room for fence-sitters.

Tottenham's operation was not only ridiculed by the Chinese people, but also boycotted by South Korean fans.

Tottenham under Levy's control looks amateurish.

Manchester City's New Year's greetings are the most luxurious!

In addition to the first-team members, some celebrities and former Manchester City players (active players) participated in the recording.

This is a big club! (Tactical retreat)

Chen Chen was not alone on this New Year's Eve.

In addition to the team he brought with him, there were also members of the Asian Affairs Office arranged by Mendes for him, as well as the team of the City Group in Shanghai.

A large group of foreigners and a few Chinese people spent the New Year together!

On the first day of the New Year, that is, February 1, when the Chinese people were busy visiting relatives, Chen Chen came to Chengdu.

Chen Chen came to Chengdu this time to participate in the activities held by the City Group.

The City Group has made great strides in recent years and has set up a bit of stalls.

At present, due to the cash capacity of the parent company, the companies under the City Group do not have too many financial difficulties.

However, Sichuan Jiuniu has not had a good time recently, and the City Group has already intended to withdraw its investment and not continue to support it.

It depends on whether it can be promoted from the China League One to the Chinese Super League next year. If it cannot be promoted, it will be abandoned.

Of course, everyone knows later that Jiuniu moved to Shenzhen and became Xinpengcheng.

This time Chen Chen came to Chengdu to play, focusing on a happy event.

On the afternoon of the 2nd, Chen Chen ended his trip to China and flew directly from Chengdu to London.

Chen Chen didn't have much time to stay in China. The schedule for the second half of the season was very tight and he couldn't afford to delay!

Before the evening of the 2nd, all the Blue Moon players returned to the club.

Manchester City's opponent in the fourth round of the FA Cup has been announced, and it is Fulham, the first in the English Championship.

Because the next round of games is more than 4 days apart, and the opponent's strength in the English Championship should not be underestimated, Guardiola chose to play with all the main players in this FA Cup game.

However, Guardiola also emphasized that you should be careful not to get injured when playing against Fulham. The second half of the game is very important and requires everyone's participation.

Udoki's performance in training is pretty good. This time against Fulham, the new player from Italy got a chance to play.

Therefore, this time Manchester City's lineup has only changed in the left back position, and the others are considered the strongest players in this position.

Goalkeeper, of course, Ederson.

Left back Udoki, Stones and Ruben Dias in the middle.

After Stones recovered, Laporte sat on the bench again.

Right back is Kyle Walker.

Three midfielders, Chen Chen, Rodri and De Bruyne.

Earlier, Manchester City officials posted a photo of De Bruyne receiving psychological treatment at the sports rehabilitation center on social media.

In the photo, De Bruyne is in a very happy mood.

It can be seen that De Bruyne is very satisfied with his recovery.I mean, there is no surprise in this starting lineup.

Three forwards, Sterling, Alvarez and Mahrez who was unfortunately eliminated in the African Cup group stage.

When he knew that Mahrez was out, Guardiola was the first to offer comfort.

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Guardiola wanted Mahrez not to go at the beginning!

Seeing Manchester City's lineup, Fulham on the opposite side has been torn apart.

The opponent's starting value is 700 million, how can they play?

The head coach of the farmer is the young Portuguese coach Marco Silva.

When Marco Silva was young, he played in Estoril, the Portuguese Super League. His playing level was not very good, but he was really good at leading the team to play games.

Farmer Fulham has completely turned around under him!

Fulham has gotten rid of the embarrassing situation of continuous promotion and relegation. After being promoted in 2022, they have established a firm foothold in the Premier League.

But, no matter how high Marco's level is, who made him meet Manchester City, the strongest team in Europe at this stage?

14 minutes after the game started.

Chen Chen used a wonderful inward shot to penetrate the gate guarded by veteran Gasaniga.

Manchester City 1-0 Fulham.

Then in the 17th minute.

Manchester City got a corner kick opportunity.

Chen Chen made a short pass, and Ding Ding kicked it into the penalty area.

De Bruyne accurately found Ruben Dias who jumped high in the penalty area!

Ruben jumped up and made a fierce header!

The ball went in again!

Manchester City 2-0 Fulham!

Although they knew that the team would lose, seeing that the team was powerless, the Fulham fans who traveled with the team could not get excited at all.

The lonely roars and cheers were also drowned out by the louder cheers from Manchester City fans.

However, all this is not over yet.

39th minute of the game.

Manchester City launched an attack on the left.

Sterling broke into the penalty area and chose to dribble past the goalkeeper before kicking.

He was careless and did not notice the opponent's central defender Adarabioyo who had already made up for the goal.

The future Chelsea central defender blocked the ball.

The football fell at the feet of Rodri outside the arc.

Rodri did not hesitate at all, and he raised his leg and shot directly when he saw the ball coming!

"Bang!"

The football rushed towards the Fulham goal!

Gasaniga in front of the goal once again became a background board!