Chapter 253, the Lack of Staff Before the Game

At the Etihad Stadium, Manchester United players are warming up on the field. Scholes and Phelan are busy on the sidelines, helping the players adapt to the field and conducting final tactical drills. Get the list of Manchester City's starting lineup, thinking about the situation of the game.

At this moment, there was a sudden noise from the stadium, which attracted Jin Taige's attention. Kintag stood up, looked at the field, and saw the noise of people on the field, everyone stopped training and gathered around the edge of the field, while Scholes and Phelan nervously called the team doctor to enter the field.

Jin Taige suddenly had a bad premonition, he hurriedly put down the documents in his hand, and walked quickly to the scene of the incident. Seeing Kim Taige coming, the players stepped aside one after another. Kim Taige saw that Raphael fell to the ground, covering his right leg, with a painful expression on his face.

"What's wrong?" Jin Taige asked anxiously.

Scholes explained: "During a run without the ball just now, Rafael suddenly fell to the ground and couldn't get up. Maybe something happened to his right leg."

At this time, the team doctor Adolf was examining Rafael in detail. After a while, Adolf asked Rafael, "How did you get injured just now?"

At this time Raphael said painfully on the ground: "I felt a little stretched when I was dribbling the ball just now, and now it feels like a cramp."

Jin Taige was very anxious, he couldn't help asking: "How is Raphael?"

Adolf shook his head: "Tiger, Rafael's condition is not very good, his right leg is slightly strained."

"Is it serious?" Phelan asked.

Adolf thought for a while: "The details need to be checked back, but based on my experience, Rafael's injury needs to recover for at least a month."

"Oh f**k!" Jin Taige cursed.

At this time, the training time was coming to an end. Kintag stopped the adaptive training early today, and asked the team doctor Adolf to take Rafael back to the Carrington medical room for a detailed examination, and then he returned with all the players. .

Back in Carrington, Kintag asked the players to go back to rest early, and set off on time from here in the afternoon to the Etihad Stadium to fight for the League Cup.

Watching the players leave, Jin Taige hurried to the medical room to visit Raphael. At this time, Raphael's examination results have come out - the thigh muscle is strained, and the injury is expected to be out for a month.

During this critical period,

Having injured the main right back, Jin Taige was extremely irritable and anxious. But in front of Raphael, Jin Taige couldn't show his irritability, and he had to comfort Raphael with good words: "Raphael, don't worry, a muscle strain will not leave sequelae. It won't affect your physical performance in the future. Besides, you only have one month to play. Recently, the games have been very intensive, and you are too tired to start consecutively. It is just time to take this time to rest."

Phelan volunteered and drove Rafael home to recuperate. Kintag and Scholes returned to the office. The two still had things to discuss.

After closing the office door, Jin Taige frowned: "The game is about to start this afternoon. Rafael was injured at this time. It's really a bad start. Now we have to hurry up and arrange the starting right back. Paul, what's your opinion? ?”

Scholes said: "I have been thinking about this question along the way. At present, the right backs of the first team are only Jones and Valencia. In this game, one of them is the most suitable. Except In addition, there is Kimmich in the youth team, and it can also make a temporary cameo at the right back of the central defender."

Jin Taige thought carefully: "Kimmich has more than enough momentum and lack of experience, and several central defenders defend well but turn slowly. In this game, the opponent's central and frontcourts are all small, fast and smart offensive combinations. When the time comes It will definitely blow up the defense on the right. In the current situation, Jones and Valencia are still worth it."

Originally, both Jones and Valencia were substitutes for this game. Because of the change of the starting list, Kintag temporarily transferred Van Dijk and put him on the substitute list.

The much-anticipated League Cup final is finally about to begin.

Players from both sides have already started warming up on the field, and fans of the two teams are also lined up in their respective stands, looking forward to the start of the game. The Etihad Stadium has been surrounded by red and blue, wearing blue The home fans in the "color" team uniforms occupied most of the seats in the stands. They were like the waves of the sea, carrying their beloved Manchester City to ride the wind and waves and march towards the championship!

On the other side of the stands, Manchester United fans are wearing red jerseys. Their red jerseys are more conspicuous. Although there are not as many fans as Manchester City fans, the shouts are louder than ever. But it is not inferior to Manchester City fans at all. In this blue stadium, the red Manchester United fans are like a bright flame, burning hard, shining the most dazzling light!

Players from both sides were warming up on the field. Kintag found the FA official in charge of the game and handed him a list of matches.

"Coach Tiger, what are you?"

"Sir, some of our players were accidentally injured during warm-up in the morning, so I applied to change the roster for this game."

In all levels of competition in England, the list of matches is generally reported half a day in advance, and at the latest one hour before the game. If there are special circumstances, the list of matches can be adjusted within 15 minutes before the game. Kintag's approach complies with regulations.

The FA official took the list, looked at it, nodded, and handed the list to one of his assistants to deal with related matters.

After the roster revision was completed, Kintag returned to the sidelines, continued to observe the team's status, and thought about the progress of the game for a while.

The pre-match training was over, and the players from both sides returned to the locker room, listened to the head coach's final instructions, and prepared for the upcoming game.

In the locker room of the home team, Pellegrini re-emphasized the previous tactical arrangement: "Today our strength is obviously stronger than Manchester United, so this game we choose to start the attack, Dzeko, your most important task today is to contain Manchester United's defense, creating chances for a few players behind you. Of course if you have a good chance, try to score goals."

"Yaya Toure and Fernandinho, you not only have to complete the defensive task today, but you also need to move forward boldly, help the frontcourt players, and continue to attack Manchester United's goal."

"Since we were able to win the last game by a big score, I believe you will have no problem in this game. I am waiting for you to win the League Cup and celebrate warmly!" the successor of the Red Devils