Glory Greenery

Chapter 784

Chapter 784

After being tied at home by Annampton, amidst the doubts from the media, Manchester City ushered in a big battle before they had any time to adjust.

On October 10, in the English League Cup, Manchester City played against Manchester United at home.

The Manchester Derby is staged for the third time this season, and all the fans watching it are a little boring.

These two hard-fought teams have performed poorly recently, and the head coach has been questioned.

Therefore, this game has become a life-saving straw for the two teams.

It was Manchester City who beat Manchester United and continued to step on Manchester United to cover up their own problems.

It was Manchester United who defeated Manchester City and made Manchester City their own life-saving straw with a backhand.

Everyone is curious about how this game should be played and how the head coaches of both sides will line up.

But on the day of the competition, everyone found that the expected battle did not happen.

Manchester City's half of the main starting lineup proves that Ancelotti has given up the League Cup.

There is only Yang Mo on the front line, and the main players such as Fernandinho and De Bruyne are all sitting on the bench.

When Manchester United took the lead with Ibrahimovic's goal in the first half, Ancelotti replaced Yang Mo directly, which was obviously a surrender.

While attacking with all his strength, he surrendered with his hands tied.

The result of the final game is obvious.

Manchester United narrowly won by one goal at the Etihad Stadium, and Manchester City were eliminated from the Carabao Cup.

With a fearless spirit, Ancelotti slammed Mourinho hard. With a defeat in the Manchester derby, he helped Mourinho temporarily escape the doubts of the media and attracted all the firepower to himself.

Those who don't know think that this is Ancelotti's reward for Manchester United's shelter from the wind and rain.

At the press conference after the game, faced with questions from the media about why they gave up the Carabao Cup, Ancelotti continued his rhetoric from last season, saying that the league needs to strive for results and not be distracted by other games.

This answer, this choice, in fact, there is no problem at all.

After all, a game like the English League Cup is really tasteless for a strong team.

The weight of honor is not enough, but the game arrangement is messy, and it is often inserted between two league games bluntly.

For example, in Manchester City's game, after playing Annampton on the 23rd, the League Cup will be played on the 27th, but two days later on the 29th, the tenth round of the league will follow.

Such a dense schedule is completely a torment for professional players.

If Ancelotti does not give up in this game, according to Manchester City's current state, there is a high possibility that something will happen in the next round of the league.

The league has been winless for three consecutive rounds. If there is another problem, then Manchester City will completely slip into the abyss this season.

However, sometimes whether the choice is correct or not is not judged from a person's point of view.

The price of voluntarily giving up the League Cup is that Manchester City suffered unanimous criticism from the media fans after the game!

The bad thing is that this team is called Manchester City.

Although the rise of Manchester City is very short, even now some people will ridicule Manchester City as an upstart, but the honor Manchester City has created in just a few years is really seen by everyone.

The miracle of winning the league and the Champions League three consecutive times with a record of unanimous victories has spoiled the fans and the media.

Just one season, they are still calling for seven championships!

Even if Yang Mo's injury caused the team's performance to drop, everyone still felt that as long as Yang Mo came back, everything would be better.

Sure enough, the first season of Yang Mo's return, although there was no harvest in the cup, the league created unprecedented winning the championship.

Last season, they gave up the local cup and lost the Champions League, but at least they made great strides in the league without a single defeat.

But now, there is no fig leaf for Ancelotti to use, and even the Champions League group stage looks a bit stumbling.

The fans surrounded the gate of Manchester City on the same day to protest the negative attitude of Manchester City.

Under such circumstances, there are gradually more other voices from the top management of Manchester City.

Amid all the commotion, Manchester City's game continued.

On October 10, Manchester City played away against West Bromwich Albion.

At the beginning of the game, Manchester City put on a full lineup, a posture of going all out.

Seeing Manchester City's desperate appearance, Manchester City fans unconsciously feel a little sad.

Once upon a time, Manchester City had to work so hard to play West Bromwich Albion.

Manchester City, which is deeply mired in the quagmire, finally did not lose the chain in this game.

Nine 10-minute games ended, 0-2.

After being blocked in consecutive league games, Manchester City finally won the next game steadily.

However, although the game was won, the media's evaluation of Manchester City after the game was not high.

It should be because from a certain point of view, it is better to say that Yang Mo won this game than Manchester City.

Because the two goals in the game were all scored by Yang Mo.

Especially Yang Mo's second goal in the second half, an unconventional flower-arranging kick to pass the ball, directly stunned West Bromwich Albion defenders and fell on the lawn on the spot.

It can be said that Yang Mo's brilliance alone completely concealed the not-so-great performance of his teammates.

And, Ancelotti's shortcomings in on-the-spot tactical command.

After leading 0-1 in the first half, Manchester City became headless again under the new tactics. If it weren't for Yang Mo's second beautiful goal, I am afraid that this game would only be [-]-[-].

But no matter what, a victory finally helped Manchester City stop the decline and prevented Manchester City from continuing to decline in the standings.

On the contrary, because of Everton's loss in this round, Manchester City still surpassed Everton in the standings and came to the No.5 position.

Only one place away from the Champions League.

As for Manchester United, their rivals in the same city, they relied on Manchester City to raise their hand in the Carabao Cup. As a result, they were upset when they returned to the league and were tied by the newly promoted Burnley, falling directly to eighth in the standings.

Mourinho was not in a hurry to be happy after winning Manchester City, but he fell into criticism again.

November 11, Manchester City training base.

Yang Mo is in routine training.

At the beginning of the season, the injury situation in the team is still good. He looked around and saw that his teammates were full.

However, although he was not physically injured, judging from everyone's state, he knew that the problem still existed.

To some extent, he felt that this hidden problem was more serious than the injury.

He knew that there were many reasons for this situation.

On the technical level, they are not adapting to the new tactics of the new season, and the running-in of new teammates is not in place.

On the spiritual level, after those three years of continuous glory, some old teammates' pursuit of honor has become less enthusiastic.

That has clearly changed over time, though, with the addition of some new teammates.

The problem is, the transition isn't fast enough.

It is undeniable that Ancelotti is a good coach, and he has done a good job in coaching ability and communication with players.

But good coaching ability does not mean that you are good in any aspect.

Communication with players is good, but it does not mean that they can inspire the spirit of players in adversity.

He noticed that Ancelotti's ability to respond to emergencies and encourage players' spirits has certain shortcomings.

After all, the miracle in Istanbul that year already explained everything.

Although he is the captain, sometimes, some things can only be done by the head coach.

What he can do, just like the last game, is to go all out, hold the team from slipping into the abyss immediately, and give Ancelotti sufficient time to adjust.

(End of this chapter)