I brush achievements in football

Chapter 867 Guardiola's Compliment

"In fact, if we talk about the Champions League, I don't think Manchester City will be our opponent... In the Champions League, there is no need for an old team like Real Madrid and a team with a strong fighting spirit like Liverpool to bring more pressure. Doubtful, and the threat of Manchester City is more in the league than in the cup. They are indeed too stable and fierce in grabbing points. But if we can beat them away, maybe their mentality will be affected. Then we have a chance to catch up." Kiya said to Benelli.

"I think it's very difficult. Even if he wins against them, with Guardiola's ability to control the field, he can still grab points continuously." Benelli said after thinking about it.

"You are right, but at least we have to work hard to win." Ji Ya laughed.

Indeed, if you can't beat your opponent in a head-to-head game, what's the follow-up?

And beating Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium itself is more difficult.

Compared with last season, Manchester City's lineup this season is undoubtedly stronger.

They can even play two different lineups in the frontcourt, both of which are equally good.

Southampton can't compare with them in this regard, because Southampton's bench lineup is relatively weaker.

For this, Ji Ya can only sigh, it's nice to have money.

For Manchester City, although they will also be affected by ffp, but for the wealthy Abu Dhabi consortium, they only need to use sponsorship to manage their accounts relatively covertly, and Manchester City's investment is not counted. It is particularly exaggerated. In the years before ffp was implemented, they were indeed very generous in buying people and paying wages. Now, their overall wages and expenses are actually well controlled, at least compared with their revenue, and they are not Not too expensive.

Of course, there are also many people who naturally question, how can your Manchester City's revenue be close to Manchester United's revenue...

Southampton's revenue exceeds 7000 million euros, but they are walking steadily step by step. It can be seen from the large number of sponsorships and the popularity of the stadium after repairs. Their revenue is normal, but Manchester City has been Overwhelmed by Manchester United locally, Manchester United's world No. 6000 revenue is only more than [-] million, and your Manchester City can reach [-] million. How is this possible?

Of course, for such doubts, Manchester City will never argue - anyway, we are doing well!

Ji Ya doesn't care much about this, anyway, he doesn't rely on money to make a living, and now Southampton's revenue is enough to keep them on par with the wealthy, that's enough.

As for whether those rich clubs use subsidies behind the scenes to satisfy the players' income more, that's not something that Ji Ya needs to take care of.

In fact, it is also very difficult to achieve this. After all, the income of players is basically public now. If you use additional sponsorship to solve this problem, others are not fools.

For Manchester City fans, they don't pay attention to anything else, they just hope that their team can give Southampton a good look in this game.

Southampton has suppressed them for two seasons recently, and they have not had a heavyweight championship so far, which makes Manchester City fans feel very upset.

And this season their team performed well, while Southampton's performance has had some ups and downs. Under such circumstances, it is very important to defeat Southampton to ensure that this season's league championship has one less opponent.

However, Guardiola knows that it is not easy to beat Southampton.

This season Liverpool can be said to be Manchester City's biggest opponent. The two sides have also played against each other before, and the draw was a draw. Liverpool's fierce attack and overall oppressive ability made Manchester City's possession of the ball a bit overwhelming, but Liverpool played against Southampton. At that time, Southampton's state can be said to be the worst, and they won a goal in the end, which is enough to prove that Southampton's background is a bit scary.

They are nothing more than young players who need to adjust their mentality, and have been affected by the transfer and the World Cup in terms of running-in. There are only some problems. The cooperation between them has not reached a particularly tacit level. It can be said that there is only a little distance left from their perfect body.

Liverpool took advantage at the time, but now I have nothing to take advantage of.

But fortunately, his Manchester City is indeed strong and strong now, and it seems that it has no flaws.

He sent a four-three-three lineup for this game, goalkeeper Ederson, two full-backs Walker and Mendy, central defender Stones and Laporte partnered, midfielder Fernandinho, Seat b and David Silva, forwards Sterling, Sane, Aguero.

On the bench, they also have Foden, Mahrez and Jesus in the forwards, Gundogan and Delphi in the midfield, and the old captain Kompany and Otamendi in the defense... Their The overall lineup is indeed so strong that there are no extra players.

And basically all of them are good players, and the age structure is also very reasonable. With Guardiola's team-building ability and the financial resources of Abu Dhabi Group, it is not impossible to quickly build a nearly perfect team. matter.

"It's a good thing I didn't sell De Bruyne to you, otherwise I would really have nothing to do with it." Ji Ya thought in his heart.

He is naturally an elite player in this game, goalkeeper Mendy, defender Cancelo, Maguire, Rudiger, Chilwell, midfielder De Bruyne, Rodri, Valverde, Gerry Leish, forwards Du Yue and Vardy.

The match between the tip of the needle and the wheat is about to begin.

"You guys started this season really well, and you didn't say wait for me." Ji Ya said when shaking hands with Du Yue.

"Hasn't Southampton also caught up? To be honest, even if you fall into the relegation zone, no one will underestimate you." Guardiola sighed and said.

This is undoubtedly a different kind of compliment, and it always makes people feel happy to be complimented, let alone a compliment from someone like Guardiola.

Ji Ya laughed out loud twice, then stopped: "No, what you said is a pit, I won't fall."

Guardiola shrugged.

Indeed, if Southampton falls into the relegation zone, everyone will only gloat, and then try to play better against Southampton, and then let them fight for relegation, so that everyone will see nothing.

"You think too much, but this game, we will work hard to win." Guardiola replied.