rpbooks Chapter 128 With Schalke 04
Chapter 128 With Schalke 04
Chapter 128 With Schalke 04
This game is not only of great significance to Manchester City, but also very important to Thaksin Shinawatra, the true owner of Manchester City and the chairman of the club!
Thaksin regards Manchester City as a tool for political appeal. If Manchester City has good performance and great influence, then he will receive most of the attention of the British government.
This is exactly the case. With Manchester City's rapid progress in the league, some government officials have already sent a "goodwill" signal to Thaksin.There are indications that the official channel has gradually opened the door to Thaksin.
But this is not enough, it is far from the level that Thaksin wants.
He wants to attract more attention.
Sleepy send pillows, the UEFA Cup is a good stage!Compared with the Premier League, the influence and popularity of the UEFA Cup is not low. Apart from the European Champions Cup, the UEFA Cup is the most influential event in Europe!
Must do well in the UEFA Cup!
Before the game, Thaksin announced in a high-profile manner that he would fly to Gelsenkirchen to cheer for the team.And on the basis of the team's normal winning bonus, Thaksin announced that if the game is won, the team will receive a bonus of 200 million pounds!
This undoubtedly added a lot of excitement to this game.
On the other side, Mirko Slomka, the head coach of the Bundesliga powerhouse Schalke 04, expressed his disdain and contempt for the "capital Manchester City".
In Slomka's view, Thaksin's "violent investment" in Manchester City is a violation of the laws of football.The football world has the laws of the football world. This kind of behavior of injecting large sums of money into signings essentially kills the soil for the development of football, and makes Manchester City's youth training system gradually wither.
Slomka has a reason for saying this.Because the Bundesliga is the only profitable league among the five major European leagues.Regardless of Real Madrid's "one superstar per season" policy, they are having a good time, but they are actually losing money.This is also an important reason why Florentino dismissed get out of class.
Looking at the Premier League again, although Manchester United is known as "the most influential club in the world", because Glazer's acquisition of Manchester United is a loan, Manchester United has become the football club with the highest debt in the world.Other Premier League teams are also losing money.
Of course, Arsenal are different, they have always been profitable.
It is precisely because the Bundesliga relies on its own development to make a profit, so they are very reliable, and they laugh at Manchester City, a team that relies on foreign capital injection to rise.
As for the youth training, Schalke 04 is also very famous. Goalkeeper Neuer, midfielder Jones, defender Westman, etc. are all excellent products of Manchester City's youth training.Coupled with Kuranyi, Asamoah, Abel, Varela and other powerful players, it proved that Schalke 04 was not lucky to win the Bundesliga runner-up last season.
In contrast to Manchester City, things have been going on inside and outside the team. Not long ago, the scandal of the main player prostitution broke out, which made the Bundesliga media on the other side of the channel laugh for many days.
Coupled with the "sour grapes" mentality of the media seeing Manchester City's £8000 million signings, they began to ridicule Manchester City.
The key to the cynicism is Richards.
In the two games, the defense led by Richards was widely questioned by the German media.They wondered whether Manchester City's weak defense would be like snow in spring under the attack of international-level strikers like Asamoah and Kuranyi...
All the puzzles will have to wait until the game to find the answer...
On October 10th, it was already late October, the autumn was getting stronger, and the animal husbandry was bleak. People on the roadside put on coats to resist the coolness.But the Schalke Stadium, located in Gelsenkirchen, is full of enthusiasm and enthusiasm...
The stands, which can accommodate 6 people, are full of seats. Except for the [-] seats reserved for visiting team fans, the other [-] seats are completely occupied by home fans.
The jerseys of Schalke 04 and Manchester City are very similar, that is, the theme is blue, but the degree of blue is different.
Schalke 04 is as dark blue as the sea, while Manchester City is as light blue as the sky.
In a deep blue ocean, the light blue of Manchester City is like rootless duckweed, floating in the wind...
But firm and unusual!
At a specific moment, the originally noisy and noisy team at the Schalke 04 stadium suddenly lost their voices and fell into silence.However, a few seconds later, the shouts and cheers erupted violently and ferociously like a tsunami deep in the ocean...
Once set a record of 129 decibels at the Schalke 04 Stadium, it was like countless bombs exploding at the same time, and the air flow set off made the whole sky tremble slightly!This voice flew from the proud Schalke stadium, and it was about to break through the limit of the sky...
Amidst the overwhelming noise, players from both sides lined up and walked out slowly from the player tunnel!
The home players all had high fighting spirit, and with the shouting of the host, they walked into the stadium full of energy.
Some of the Manchester City players in the away game showed surprise on their faces. They didn't expect that the shouts of the proud going to the Schalke 04 stadium were so loud that they almost shattered the eardrums.Although the coaching staff has been vaccinated before, but after all, it is the first time to participate in the European competition, and the players will inevitably feel a little uneasy.
However, when they set foot on the pitch, the nervousness of the players was replaced by excitement.
I participated in the UEFA Cup and stood on the stage of the European war!
At 19:00 in the afternoon, "beep..." The referee Immobile from Italy blew the whistle to start the game.The first round of the UEFA Cup group stage, which has attracted the attention of the whole world, has officially begun!
Without any temptation, without any hesitation, Manchester City and Schalke 04 collided fiercely in the first moment of the game!
As soon as it came up, it was a fierce attack like sparks hitting the earth!
Knives to the bone, punches to the flesh!
What the two sides launched was the most direct, brutal, frontal, and violent collision!Manchester City and Schalke 04 used their actual actions to kick off the prelude to this killing night!
On the horizon, the setting sun is blood red!
In this game, Manchester City still sent a 3232 formation.The difference is that Sun Jihai replaced Mills as the starting central defender, and the original main central defender Heinze was still injured.
The midfielder is Hargreaves paired with Elano. Hargreaves grew up in the Bundesliga, and Duncan relies on his experience in German football.Another midfielder Elano is a defensive champion.With him, Schalke 04 will not be easy to break through Manchester City's defense!
However, the most surprising thing is the forward line. Duncan did not send Shevchenko, who has been hot recently, in this game, but replaced him with veteran and assistant coach Andy Cole.
This is the first time in six months that Andy Cole regained his starting position.
At this time, Andy Cole had just passed his 38th birthday...
Sending such an old striker as our Schalke 04 defense, is it paper?
Enraged, the Schalke 04 team launched a cavalry charge towards Manchester City's back line!
The Germanic chariot let out a rumbling sound like a roar!
With the advantage of the home field, coupled with sufficient experience in the European war, Schalke 04 gradually took the initiative!
In the 11th minute of the game, midfielder Varela's kick went straight to the front of the penalty area, allowing the fast and aggressive Asamoah to find a position and get a good shot.
But the German international was just unlucky. His one-handed shot near the penalty spot was touched by the back of his foot by Joe Hart, who had long hands and feet, and the football bounced off the crossbar...
The home team wins a corner!
The first corner kick of the game!
The one who took the corner kick was Barrera, the planner of Schalke 04's attack!
Raising his left hand, he showed his teammates a well-rehearsed cooperation. After a brief run-up, Barrera took the corner kick!
In the penalty area, Joel Luka made a header before the Bundesliga striker Kuranyi!
But football did not fall far. Schalke 04 midfielder Jones showed up and shot the ball with anger!
The football turned into white lightning and swept towards Manchester City's goal!
This shot is extremely powerful!
The ball was so fast that it even left afterimages in the air.Joe Hart only felt a piercing wind blowing in his ears, and the football flew behind him...
not good!
boom!
With a muffled sound, the football hit the crossbar hard, and then flew up to the high stands...
Until the regretful exclamation of all the fans, Joe Hart standing on the goal line could hear the "buzzing" sound from the trembling crossbar!
(End of this chapter)