Chapter 415 Captain of Manchester City! Chu Zheng takes the lead!
Chapter 415 Manchester City captain! Chu Zheng takes over!
Author: Thief Cao
Chapter 415 Manchester City captain! Chu Zheng takes over!
On December 6, Manchester City ushered in the final round of Group C at the Etihad Stadium.
After the five rounds of the Champions League group stage, the first place in Group C is Barcelona with 10 points, and the second place is Manchester City with 9 points.
Although he has advanced to the quarter-finals in advance, Guardiola still attaches great importance to this game with Celtic.
In addition to Guardiola's personal reasons for wanting to beat his old club Barcelona, fighting for the top spot in the group can give Manchester City some advantages in the next one-eighth draw ceremony, and perhaps these advantages can play a decisive role.
The rules of the draw for the Champions League quarter-finals are that the top spot in each group plays against the second place finisher in the other groups.
There will be a clear gap in general strength between the second place in the group and the first place in the group, such as Juventus and Sevilla in Group H this year.
If Manchester City can finish first in Group C, they can avoid some strong teams.
In addition, the group leader can choose to play at home or away in the first leg of the quarter-finals, which will give him greater initiative.
In the Champions League, if you play away first and then home, you can be more calm in the away game, defend firmly and counterattack, which is the best way to win.
Of course, if you can't win, you can still tie the opponent. When you return to the home court, the team's tactics and goals will be more clear and resolute. This is an advantage.
Don't underestimate these easily overlooked factors, sometimes they can determine whether you advance to the next round.
In this game, Guardiola made comprehensive adjustments to the lineup and gave some young players opportunities.
In the frontcourt, Sane was adjusted to the right, forming a forward line with Iheanacho and Nolito.
In the midfield, Chu Zheng replaced Fernandinho as the defensive midfielder, with David Silva and De Bruyne in front of him.
In the backcourt, Guardiola used young players, Spanish teenager Maffeo, who was born in 1997, as the right back.
The central defenders are still Stones and Otamendi, the left back Clichy replaces Kolarov, and the goalkeeper is also replaced by Caballero.
But in the 5th minute of the opening, Caballero sent the ball to the wing. Sane made a mistake in stopping the ball and was directly intercepted by a Celtic player. Then the ball was passed through and found Roberts who was advancing forward on the right rib.
Roberts took the ball and dribbled laterally, passed Clichy very neatly, and then scored with a low shot with his left foot.
Although 3 minutes later Chu Zheng launched an attack with a direct pass from the backcourt, allowing Nolito to successfully pass behind the Celtics. Iheanacho broke into the penalty area from the left rib and hit the far corner from a small angle to equalize the score.
It was also the last goal of the game.
In the end, Guardiola failed to achieve his wish.
Barcelona, on the other hand, cleanly slaughtered Monchengladbach with a score of 4-0 at Camp Nou at home.
At this point, the ranking of Group C has been determined, with Barcelona ranking first in Group C with 13 points and Manchester City ranking second in Group C with 10 points.
Borussia Monchengladbach and Celtic are tied with 4 points, but Borussia Monchengladbach has a goal difference advantage, so although they are eliminated, they can still play in the top 32 of the Europa League and start the journey again, while Celtic
I can only go home.
On the evening of December 7, with the end of the last Champions League group match, the top 16 of the 2016-17 Champions League were all born.
Group A Arsenal, Paris Saint-Germain
Group B Napoli, Benfica
Group C Barcelona, Manchester City
Group D Atletico Madrid, Bayern
Group E Monaco, Bayer Leverkusen
Group F Dortmund, Real Madrid
Group G Leicester City, Porto
Group H Juventus, Sevilla.
Among these 8 groups, there are two very surprising teams.
One team is Tottenham, who were eliminated in third place in Group E and went to the Europa League.
Although Tottenham's status this year has been somewhat ups and downs, Tottenham's strength is obvious to all in the Premier League. As a result, they never thought that they would be snatched away from the promotion spot by Bayer Leverkusen.
The other team is last season's Premier League champion Leicester City.
Although Leicester City's group is the weakest among the eight groups, their excellent record of 13 points with 6 games, 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss still highlights their good performance in the Champions League. It is not at all like a team for the first time.
Teams competing in the Champions League.
Although he achieved dazzling results in the group stage, no one thought Ranieri could continue to create miracles in the Champions League.
The reason why a miracle is a miracle is that it cannot be replicated.
Early the next morning, Chu Zheng and Zhao Dudu went out to work.
After getting off the car outside the Manchester City training base, Chu Zheng watched Zhao Dudu drive away and then slowly walked into the base with his hands behind his back like an uncle.
"Hey! Chu, where's your bike!"
As soon as he walked into the base, a Maserati drove up beside him. With the window down, Aguero poked his head and made a joke and immediately hit the accelerator and drove off.
Chu Zheng rolled his eyes.
Last week, he was sanctioned by Mario and Guardiola.
Mario did not allow him to ride a bicycle to work every day, saying it would affect his personal image.
The reason why Guardiola does not allow Chu Zheng to ride is simpler and more crude.
It's not safe. What if Chu Zheng is knocked into a ditch?
Chu Zheng had no choice but to surrender and compromise.
After some simple recovery training in the morning, Chu Zheng and the others were all summoned to the tactical room for a meeting.
It's not that Guardiola has new tactics to explain to the players, but that today he has to choose Manchester City's fourth captain.
The first captain of Manchester City is Kompany, the second captain is David Silva, and the third captain is Fernandinho.
The fourth captain was originally Joe Hart, but after this guy went to Turin, the position of vice-captain became vacant.
At the beginning of the season, Manchester City wanted to re-elect a vice-captain, but was later suppressed by Guardiola.
A few days ago, Guardiola brought up old matters again and nominated three candidates for the entire Manchester City team to vote.
If you want to become a team captain, the first requirement is to be experienced.
A good captain usually needs to have rich game experience and leadership experience. Only after years of training can he be able to calmly respond at critical moments and lead the team to victory.
The second is leadership qualities. A good captain needs to have a strong leadership temperament and be able to show it both on and off the court.
He needs stable emotional control and the ability to motivate other players to perform at their best.
Judging from these two requirements, Guardiola's nomination of Aguero, Zabaleta and Chu Zheng each has its own advantages.
But in fact, everyone in the Manchester City team knows very well that Guardiola's choice is Chu Zheng, and Aguero and Zabaleta are just smoke bombs.
Although Guardiola is new to Manchester City, due to the unrelenting support of the club's top management, Guardiola has gained a high prestige.
No player can challenge Guardiola's authority, otherwise Yaya Toure will learn from the past and won't even be able to sit on the bench. In the end, he will still have to bow his head and admit his mistakes.
In fact, judging from these two most important requirements, Chu Zheng only meets the second condition.
In terms of leadership qualities and ability to control emotions, no one in the Manchester City team is dissatisfied.
They know exactly how the reverse wins or draws come about.
Chu Zheng often lacks only a captain's armband on the court. He has actually become the spiritual leader of all Manchester City players on the court.
So in the voting session, almost all players voted for Chu Zheng.
So Chu Zheng became Manchester City's fourth captain.
After the selection results were announced, it came to the fan selection and voting session.
As expected by Guardiola, Chu Zheng's vote rate among Manchester City fans was as high as 86%, directly beating Aguero and Zabaleta.
