LRAB Chapter 635
Chapter 635
Balotelli's collision and stealing of Knight at the beginning of the game made Guardiola and Oliver on the sidelines of the court brighten up.
Guardiola silently wrote something about Balotelli in the small notebook in his hand.
"Very strong, and the coordination of the body is also very good."
Oliver praised him directly beside him.
However, today's battle between the old and the new.
There is no fixed protagonist.
On the court.
Balotelli, who successfully stole Knight, did not choose to pass the ball, but took a step forward and prepared to advance with the ball from the rib area.
It was at this time.
Martinez suddenly rushed out and ended Balotelli's overly simple idea.
Sliding tackle on the ground.
Directly destroyed the football from Balotelli's feet.
No matter how outstanding Balotelli's physical talent is.
It is a bit too fantastic to want to break through the defense of Javi Martinez, the first midfielder of the Premier League in the 2006-07 season, simply by bursting and accelerating when the blue team's defensive formation is not chaotic.
The football that Martinez destroyed was instantly taken by Rakitic nearby.
Compared with other top league youth training backgrounds.
Ivan Rakitic from the Croatian Super League is a bit mediocre.
But this yellow-haired boy who will choose to play for the Croatian men's football team under the dual nationality of Switzerland and Croatia in the future.
In the original history.
Not only did he enter the top league with his own strength, but he also became the main midfielder of the La Liga giant Barcelona. He also beat Modric to become the best Croatian football player in 2015.
His background is indeed ordinary.
But his talent is undoubtedly the first-class existence in the world football.
Rakitic got the ball and kicked it with the outside of his foot while running. The ball found Cassano on the right side with an arc.
"Great pass!"
Guardiola said briefly and quickly added a few notes to the column belonging to Rakitic in the small notebook.
Then he shouted instructions to the players of the blue team.
"Return to defense! Stop him!!"
Although it was a training match, Guardiola still gave reminders on the side of the ball as if it was a formal game.
The only difference was.
After reminding the defense of the blue team, he immediately reminded the offense of the pink team.
"Pass the ball! Antonio! Pay attention to the timing!!"
On the court, Cassano, who originally wanted to take advantage of Knight's embarrassment, had to quickly pass the ball to Zambrotta who was following behind him.
Zambrotta passed the ball to Mata next to him without stopping.
Juan Mata, who was born in Real Madrid's youth training, immediately made a standard La Liga diagonal long pass.
"Bang!"
The football accurately found Benzema on the left side approaching the bottom line.
Benzema raised his right leg....
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Swish!
As the training matches on the field became more and more intense, Guardiola no longer had time to direct on the sidelines.
He just kept looking up and down, writing and drawing in his little notebook.
Although before the signings.
There had been detailed research and video analysis of these 10 players.
But such a close-up team training match.
It can also reveal some details and player habits that are not noticed in the video and scout report.
"Well...Karim has a certain ability to play the ball..."
"Mario has a very balanced foot..."
"Pepe..."
"Pepe is great, he will form the best double defensive midfielder with Martinez..."
"Angel's cross..."
"Dani is even better than Sun in one-on-one..."
"Juan..."
"Juan is like a replica of Knight, but his dribbling skills are not solid enough..."
"Mandzukic's biggest advantage seems to be high-altitude ball competition..."
"And..."
It was hot in July, the sky was clear and the sun was bright, it was the hottest time of the year.
Beads of sweat rolled down Guardiola's head, hitting the grass and the little notebook.
The Spanish young coach was completely unaware.
He was concentrating on recording the individual technical strengths, weaknesses and habits of each player.
On the court.
Manchester City's new and old players are also running, dribbling, defending, confronting, passing, stealing, passing, shooting, saving...
Everyone.
They are showing themselves to the fullest and activelyPreparing for the next new season.
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Days go by.
Manchester City also holds training matches every morning and afternoon, starting with free play and slowly adding tactical drills.
Between new and old players.
They are getting more and more familiar with each other.
After repeated confrontations, the players have a more accurate view of each other's strength.
The tacit understanding and strength of the old players also made many young players among the new players feel the gap.
Among the new players, there are those who surprise the old players.
For example, the silly Mario Balotelli who has been funny since the self-introduction meeting.
On the court, he is completely different, running actively, fighting fiercely, fighting for goals and shooting are outstanding.
And the 20-year-old Frenchman Karim Benzema, when handling the football in front of the goal, is so calm that he doesn't look like a player of this age at all.
For example...
In short, there is no doubt that the strength and potential shown by these 10 new signings have really made the old Manchester City players feel the pressure and the motivation to improve themselves.
Even after a few days of training matches.
No one can guarantee that they will definitely start 100% in the friendly match against Bayern Munich on the 22nd.
Because there is competition in every position.
Except for Su Fei, who was merciless in the training matches these days and scored goals with Kuku.
The demon Su had no intention of holding back in the training matches.
From violent headers to heavy artillery in the penalty area, long free kicks, volleys, pendulum passes, Marseille turns...
Su Fei showed his all-round terrifying abilities to the 10 new teammates who came to Manchester City.
Nothing else.
Just to continue to maintain his position in the team in the new season.
Because Su Fei sees it clearly.
Football.
After all, it is a game that does not talk about qualifications, but relies on strength.
No matter how many past experiences he had, it was impossible for these 10 new teammates who had just arrived at Manchester City to be convinced of him.
And Su Fei did it.
If it was said that before the training matches started in the past few days, there were still many new teammates who were actually dissatisfied with Su Fei's high position in the team behind his back.
Now this voice has completely disappeared.
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July 22, morning.
The entire Manchester City team landed in Munich, Germany by plane.
Su Fei looked at the familiar scenery outside the bus and felt quite touched.
Time flies.
It has been a year since he won the World Cup.
And today.
He will return to the Allianz Arena.
Against Bayern Munich, which was newly formed this summer.
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