Messi was so scared that he cried when he maxed out his header talent at the start of the game

Chapter 526

April 10, early morning, Manchester City training base.

Su Fei drove Modric to the stadium 15 minutes in advance.

In 15 minutes, in addition to the rotation players who arrived one after another, only Sun Jihai, Bell, Dunn, and Podolski arrived on time.

A few minutes later.

Stuart followed Oliver and came to the side of the stadium with a dark face.

Su Fei and others did not ask anything, but Stuart took the initiative to explain to everyone.

"Cannavaro and Zambrotta asked me for leave from this morning's training. They are going to have a maintenance massage. Martinez's ankle is uncomfortable and he went for a physical examination. Knight and Antonio... Does anyone know?"

Everyone shook their heads.

Stuart's face became darker. He took out his mobile phone, stood in front of everyone, and called the two people in turn.

"Sorry! The subscriber you dialed is busy now, please redial later~"

The external phone played the voice prompt that no one answered over and over again.

The training ground was terribly quiet.

The players didn't dare to breathe.

"That's it, Su, you take everyone to start the morning run to warm up."

Stuart didn't vent his anger on the players in front of him, waved his hand, and sat down at the edge of the court.

While running.

Su Fei observed with his peripheral vision that Stuart was still dialing Knight and Antonio's numbers.

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Two hours later.

It wasn't until the Manchester City players entered the individual special training session that Cassano and Knight appeared sneakily at the edge of the court.

Then Su Fei heard Stuart's roar that resounded throughout the court.

"Fxxxxk!!!"

"Where the hell have you two been?!"

"Late for training! Not answering the phone! Unable to contact!"

"Fxxxxk!!!"

"You two must think it's glorious that we lost 0:3 to Tottenham at home yesterday, right? You two must have forgotten that we have a Champions League quarter-final to play tomorrow, right?"

"So tell me, where have you been? Are you two a couple? Are you his lover? Otherwise, why would you two be late at the same time, lose contact at the same time, and now appear at the side of the court at the same time?"

"Huh?"

"Except that you two love each other and are a couple, I can't find any other reason."

If it were normal, hearing Stewart's weird words, everyone in Manchester City would definitely laugh.

But today, no one dared to laugh.

Knight and Cassano hung their heads and didn't dare to say anything for a long time, until Stewart kept roaring and shouting to answer me.

Knight made a mosquito-like explanation.

"Boss, these two games are too tiring. We went to a nightclub to relax last night..."

Then, in contrast, Stewart said something very loud and sarcastic.

"Yes, that's right!"

"Too tiring, you two are too tired, so you have to roll on a woman's belly all night."

"So that you two can show up in tomorrow's game with weak legs and distracted minds, right?"

"Great! It's a very effective nightclub physiotherapy!"

"Quick!"

"We don't have to train today, let's all go to a nightclub, this is the best way to relax!"

As Stewart talked, Knight's head drooped lower and lower, almost hitting the ground.

Seeing Knight's guilty look.

It made Stewart doubt himself a little.

Is he saying too much?

To be honest, Knight's performance on the court has been very good recently, and he was only 2 hours late today.

Thinking of this, Stewart sighed.

"Okay. You two go to training."

Knight and Cassano were as if they had been pardoned, and quickly slipped to a corner of the court away from the head coach.

Stuart thought it was just a small trouble, but it was the beginning of a whole day of trouble.

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At noon.

Stuart received news from Cannavaro and Zambrotta that the two failed the health test for tomorrow's game.

In the afternoon.

Martinez also brought bad news. After a physical examination, it was confirmed that he had sprained his ankle on the court yesterday and needed to rest for a week.

Towards the end of the day's training.

Modric twisted his ankle in a one-on-one confrontation training.The team doctor drove a small car and carried a stretcher to the team's medical center.

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"1, 2, 3, 4... 4! We will miss 4 regular starters tomorrow?! Fxxxk!"

After returning to the office, Stuart took off the calm disguise in front of the players and showed a collapsed expression in front of Oliver.

"Two defenders plus a main midfielder... Our defense is finished, Oliver."

"Boss... calm down, we have a 3-goal lead."

"3-goal lead, is it a lot? Don't forget that we beat Barcelona 5 times! In the Champions League, there is no absolute lead!"

Oliver was speechless, but he really couldn't think of any words to comfort him.

Then.

Stuart, who was browsing the news webpage, learned another piece of bad news.

It was on the homepage of the official website of the Manchester Evening News.

Front page headline: Manchester City star Knight Cassano reveled in the nightclub.

Stuart's hands were shaking.

Clicking on this news, all of them were pictures of Knight and Cassano hugging each other in a nightclub.

"Oh my God! Just one day before the Champions League quarterfinals, Manchester City's two starting stars actually stayed in a nightclub all night?"

"According to the news, they left the stadium and went to Queen as soon as they lost 0:3 to Tottenham."

"It seems that losing to Tottenham has not affected Manchester City's mood and state at all. They believe that even if they indulge in nightclubs, they can easily defeat Roma and advance to the Champions League semi-finals. - Evening News reporter Joey."

Stuart was silent.

Oliver, who came over to see it, was also silent.

It's really not a big deal for English players to go to nightclubs.

But.

Being photographed by the media for reporting, or the night after the loss, or the day before the Champions League knockout match.

That's not a small matter.

For many things, the public subconsciously knows that you do it, and you are told to do it openly.

The impact is completely different.

And this one.

For the public image of Manchester City as a whole, it is a piece of news with a huge impact.

Oliver's voice was a little trembling.

"Boss, do we need to contact the public relations department now?"

"No, no."

Stuart gritted his teeth and began to regret that he did not punish Knight and Cassano in the morning.

"As long as we beat Roma beautifully tomorrow."

"Advance to the Champions League semi-finals."

"It will be able to offset the impact of this incident."

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At the same time, a hotel in Manchester.

Roma had arrived in Manchester a day in advance to prepare for the game.

In the head coach's guest room.

Spalletti was answering the phone with a happy expression.

"Are you sure?!"

"Cannavaro, Zambrotta, Martinez, Modric will all miss tomorrow's game?"

"OK, no problem, I will pay you the corresponding remuneration. Thank you for bringing me this news."

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