Amid the depressing undercurrent, Real Madrid ushered in its last opponent in the Champions League group stage, Ajax, at the Bernabeu.
After the first five rounds, Dortmund 11 Real Madrid 10 Jiafu 4 Manchester City 2. Real Madrid and Dortmund are still competing for the top spot in the group. Ajax and Manchester City also have to fight for the third place in the group to participate in the UEFA Cup.
However, news came from Manchester the day before the game that Manchester City strategically gave up the Champions League competition and no longer struggled pointlessly.
Manchester City, which is at the bottom of the group and is struggling to win, will go to the Westfalenstadion, which is extremely strong in the Champions League this season. Even if they try their best to fight, the hope is slim, so why not save their energy and use it in the Premier League.
The schedule of the Premier League is very tight, and the end of the year is a time of fierce battles. Manchester City's rival in the same city, Sir Alex Ferguson's Manchester United, has just overtaken the top spot in the standings. Manchester City does not dare to relax at all in the Premier League.
And to be honest, the UEFA Cup is really unattractive to the current Manchester City. Regardless of financial income or reputation, with the increasingly prosperous Champions League, the UEFA Cup has become a tasteless one for the wealthy, purely a mid-range ball.
A paradise for teams to toss.
Manchester City now considers themselves a wealthy club, so how can they continue to participate in the poor relatives' banquet? They have no choice but to turn around and make their fair-weather friends laugh.
Besides, if all the main players go to the away game to fight Dortmund to the death, it seems that they will definitely win. In the end, who will be the one to blame? Therefore, Manchester City Club made the decision to go through the motions.
Mancini wishes for this. He is as anxious as Mourinho now. After the scandal between Mourinho and Manchester City came out, others may not believe it, but Mancini dare not believe it. This is the same as when he was betrayed by Mourinho at Inter Milan.
The story that happened before Ouyin is a story that he has experienced.
The Premier League is Mancini's only life-saving straw, but where is Mourinho's straw?
After the athletics department got the starting list from the other side, it confirmed the rumors that Manchester City had given up on the final round. After careful consideration and taking into account Ajax's weak strength in the Champions League this season, Mourinho made a bold decision.
The decision - to play as a substitute against Ajax.
This is different from Manchester City's strategic abandonment, because Dortmund has a high probability of defeating Manchester City at home, and Real Madrid is basically second in the group. Therefore, Real Madrid just boldly adopted Tian Ji's horse racing strategy.
Real Madrid's substitute is a midfielder, which is enough to deal with Ajax at home, allowing all the main players to recharge their batteries. There is no room for failure in La Liga before the end of the year.
Real Madrid now has three injured players, Detu, Marcelo and Higuain, and today Mourinho only arranged three absolute main players in the conventional sense: Zhuo Yang, Cristiano Ronaldo and Benzema.
The voting for the 2010 FIFA Ballon d'Or Award is about to begin. Zhuoyang and Cristiano Ronaldo will use their game performance to canvass votes for themselves. Although Cristiano Ronaldo has little hope, it is useful to get a good ranking. The top three look better than the top five.
Much more prominent.
This is a major matter for Real Madrid, involving business development and the club's glorious image, so in the conversation with Lafayette, Mourinho wisely promised not to deliberately suppress Zhuo Yang and start every game without injury.
In fact, Mourinho himself was as worried as a wolf. He made such a big fuss out of anger in a game. If he continues to be willful, he might not be able to contain it. So agreeing to Lafayette's request was a move he took in line with the current situation.
Benzema was able to start because Higuain has not recovered from his injury. Although the media called for more opportunities for youngster Morata, this is the Champions League after all, and the substitutes are okay. Starting will make people scratch their heads.
The rest are goalkeeper Adan, and the defense is led by Carvalho, who has been away from the team for a long time, supplemented by Varane, Dirty Dance and Nacho. The midfielder also includes Magic Flute and Moto Callejon.
Kaka is the captain on the field today.
Kaka's staff at Real Madrid are very good, including in the Madrid media. At this point, he and Mourinho are even at two completely different peaks.
Since the new season, Kaká's opportunities in Real Madrid have become less and less. The media, based on their own preferences, all maliciously speculate on Mourinho. Especially after the defeat in Derby, there are all kinds of opinions.
"Marca" said: Perhaps in this world, Kaká will only play without football in Real Madrid under Mourinho. It is no wonder that Beckham threw away all the invitations from the American Major League to the 30-year-old.
Year old former world footballer.
Some newspapers were even more sinister, unabashedly inferring that Mourinho was cooperating with his agent Mendes to prevent Kaká from taking advantage of the interests of Ronaldo and Di Maria. After the derby game
, and said: Look, we got it right, right? Now it’s Zhuoyang’s turn again.
Some media even said that Mourinho was jealous of Kaka's good looks because he only allowed Real Madrid to have one handsome man, Mourinho himself.
This statement is obviously nonsense, but there are 7 billion people in the world. No matter what you say, some people will believe it. Even the "flat earth theory" that the earth is a flat plate still has many followers.
Mourinho was worried that more ugly words would be concocted before the end of the year, so he simply started Kaká again today and made him wear the captain's armband.
According to Real Madrid's seniority rules, Cristiano Ronaldo and Benzema, who joined at the same time as the main players, seem to be more qualified than Kaka to be today's temporary captain. However, Cristiano Ronaldo's life and death are inappropriate, Benzema has never had human rights, and Kaká is.
He was the only candidate, not because Mourinho wanted to please him.
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Frank de Boer is well aware that his team will be in trouble at the Bernabeu, even if Real Madrid only sends half the main team and half the substitutes. But Ajax does not want to be like Manchester City and lose the hope of advancing to the Champions League. The UEFA Cup can also be
Chat to comfort yourself.
In order not to be defeated by Real Madrid in the away game, and for the sake of the dignity of the former giant Ajax, De Boer arranged a veteran midfielder and defender in the young Jiafu lineup today, a veteran who has traveled to the five major leagues.
Zhuoyang asked Kaka: "Master, do you still remember the No. 5 opposite?"
Kaka said: "Remember, what happened?"
Zhuo Yang pouted: "I'm going to destroy him today, you must not stop me."
Kaka smiled, smiling like a spring flower. "Why do you have to stop me? Dear, I will support you in whatever you want to do on the court."
"What if I kill someone?"
"I can help you press your legs, dear."
Zhuo Yang laughed and made the sound of knocking the lid of the pot: "Boom, boom, boom... Young Master, I mean killing, not robbing. How can you suppress your legs? Boom, boom~"
Kaka said calmly: "No matter what you want to do, I will support you, and I will help you with murder and arson. Dear, I love you."
"Me too! Master."
Ronaldo came over and asked, "What are you talking about? I'm so happy. Let's chat together."
"Boom, boom, boom~, I said I wanted to fuck you, Master Ka said to hold your legs down for me, boom, boom~" Zhuo Yang was overjoyed.
Kaka nodded solemnly: "Yes, you can really press me."
Cristiano Ronaldo gritted his teeth: "You two stinky hooligans, Tenima has done your best."
"Ah ha ha ha ha..." Zhuo Yang and Kaka laughed loudly together. During the laughter, Zhuo Yang looked sideways at Ajax No. 5.
Chapter completed!