The Premier League schedule is very compact. The Champions League group stage with Borussia Mönchengladbach was postponed for one day due to heavy rain, so Manchester City's next opponent Swansea followed one after another, less than 48 hours apart.
However, this game is not the Premier League, but the League Cup.
England is different from other mainstream leagues, with two major cups, the FA Cup and the League Cup. The FA Cup is very high and can even rank first in this type of cup because it is one of the oldest events in football history.
, founded in 1863.
Compared with the League Cup, the influence is worse. The English Professional League launched the League Cup in order to compete with the English Football League for this benefit. Including upgrading the Championship to the Premier League back then, the purpose is also the same, all for
Maximize benefits.
The qualification for the League Cup is the first four league team, with a total of 92 teams, because the first four leagues of "Super Championship A and B" are professional leagues, while England has a total of ten leagues.
Except for the semi-finals and finals, all rounds of the League Cup are drawn by draws. The third level of the Championship, A and B starts from the first round. Except for the teams that want to participate in the Champions League and League Cup, the rest starts from the second round.
Teams like Manchester City that have European competition tasks will start from the third round, that is, the top 32. Before the semi-finals, all games will be a winning or losing knockout match.
Manchester City was not very lucky in the top 32 of the League Cup in 2016-17, and drew the lottery to Premier League opponent Swansea, and it was away.
Coincidentally, the top 32, that is, 1/16, and two days later, Manchester City's sixth round of Premier League opponent is also Swansea, and they are also away. Manchester City will play against Swansea in a row at the free court.
Swansea is a city in the southwest of the Isles of Great Britain, located in Wales, but the local team Swansea City competes in the English League.
Wales' professional league system was founded in 1992, and Swansea joined the English league system as early as 1921. The Welsh FA also invited Swansea to return to Wales, but the club refused in the end because of its own interests.
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The same situation as Swansea is also the team in Cardiff, the capital of Wales. Cardiff City also participated in the English League. In the 2013-14 season, the Premier League also staged a Welsh derby between Swansea and Cardiff, but the season ended.
Diff has been demoted.
17-year-old midfielder Brahim Diaz, 19-year-old defender Angelinho, 19-year-old midfielder Alex Garcia, 19-year-old defender Pablo Mafio, four of them
They are all Espanyols and Manchester City youth team players. Guardiola sent them 1/16 in this League Cup with Swansea.
There are also substitute goalkeepers, 36-year-old Caballero and 19-year-old Tocine Adarabioyo. As a relatively least important event, the League Cup has always been an occasion to inspect the echelon and train substitutes.
Currently, Zhuo Yang is a dead substitute for the team. It is quite appropriate for Zhuo Yang to participate in the League Cup, but unfortunately, although he only played in the Champions League group stage for less than ten minutes and contributed a magical assist, he was a Brazilian of Borussia Mönchengladbach
Rafael Caetano kicked the left Achilles tendon.
It didn't hurt very much, but it was still uncomfortable after the game. Manchester City and Zhuo Yang didn't dare to be careless. After the examination, they found that there were indeed minor injuries. It was not that they could not participate in the competition, but it was best not to do so.
In fact, except for the Premier League, Zhuo Yang could also participate in the Reserve League.
As the name suggests, however, starting this year, the Reserve League has become the Premier League u23 league, with an increase and relegation mechanism, and four over-age players can be allowed to participate in each game. Generally, first-team teams recover from injuries or need to adjust their status.
Players will be arranged to participate in this first.
But Zhuo Yang participated in the U23 Premier League and was rejected by Guardiola. Guardiola believes that Zhuo Yang is different from other injured players. He needs to be familiar with the atmosphere of top-level games, rather than mixing up with low-level games.
Zhuo Yang is like a top master who has recovered from serious injury. He should observe a competition of the Huashan sword contest, rather than attending the first examination of the sect selection, which has lost his reputation.
Both the management and Zhuo Yang thought Guardiola’s words were very reasonable, and indeed his smart head was not hairy.
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Great Britain is very small, with the farthest ends of the north and south ends being only 900 kilometers, which is equivalent to traveling from Beijing to Nanjing. England and Wales, which are shrinking in southern Great Britain, are even smaller, from Manchester to Swansea, only about 200 kilometers.
So despite having to play two games in two days, Manchester City still relies on the highly developed aviation industry and kicked off the plane. After kicking, they took the plane and left home.
In the first League Cup, Manchester City's mixed lineup of substitute team won 2-1 at the free court, with French veteran Krish and Spanish teenager Garcia each scoring a goal in the second half. Swansea Icelandic striker Sigurdson scored in stoppage time in the game
One minute back.
The score is not a big deal, but the "Prince" Isinacho, who was observed by Guardiola, was kicked for 80 minutes like a headless fly, but it was a disappointment.
Guardiola is now very confused about the use of Isinacho. This kid has no idea about physical conditions and personal skills. It is enviable, and he has a strong sense of smell in front of the door. His age at the age of 20 also makes people feel good about him.
Unlimited expectations.
But the tactical awareness is too poor, and the position without the ball is basically based on the mystery.
If Guardiola is a daily habit, Isinacho will basically be shot, and his skills will not be able to reach Guardiola, who once coached the Lamacia Demon Group. But this kid can score goals, which makes people unable to stop.
It's right.
For example, in the Champions League match against Borussia Mönchengladbach, it was obvious that he was running around, but he ran around and made Zhuo Yang have another assist, which is a bit unreasonable. In addition, Isinacho was in the Derby in Manchester City
With his magical performance against Bournemouth in the last round, Guardiola scratched his big bald head.
Guardiola is not a metaphysical coach, but sometimes football has to believe in a little bit of mystery. What if this guy is a lucky baby?
So in the League Cup, Guardiola specifically asked Isinacho to start, but as the saying goes, "Wushan was originally an ancient pursuit, if you don't want to, I'll stop." You are full of expectations and specifically inspecting him, but he slapped you in the face.
Isinacho used his romantic performance to force Guardiola to bear it anymore, and gritted his teeth and replaced him in the 80th minute.
Two days later, Guardiola still couldn't figure it out, so although Nolito was suspended from the last round of red cards, Guardiola would rather go to Swansea in the sixth round of the Premier League, and put the position of Din Ding Bruyne with him.
Guerro's partner is unwilling to send Isinacho.
Aguero has been suspended for three games, including the League Cup, so he has been ‘released after his sentence’.
Zhuo Yang's left Achilles tendon was greatly relieved, and he almost felt discomfort, so he sat on the bench as usual.
Chapter completed!