Eight Hundred and Eighty-Nine Strong Manchester City
889 strong Manchester City
Over the years, the semi-finals of the Champions League often feature old faces.
In particular, the three teams of Real Madrid, Barcelona and Bayern were once called the super giants of the cosmos.
Look at the list of the Champions League semi-finals over the years - Real Madrid, Barcelona and Bayern have hardly been absent.
However, even with such a powerful Bayern, when they were drawn to face Manchester City, the German media was almost mourning - it is too difficult to defeat Manchester City this season...
Manchester City is now regarded as the strongest team in the world, and even Huang Saren will succumb to it! !
Especially the Bundesliga giants have repeatedly lost to Gao Bo's team.
In the 2012-2013 season, Gao Bo's Atletico Madrid beat Bayern.
Last season, Gao Bo's Manchester City also beat Bayern in the Champions League.
This season, in the knockout rounds, Simeone's Atletico Madrid was eliminated by Manchester City without a single shot - you know, this Atletico Madrid team is a team with great hope of winning this season's La Liga championship!
Being able to beat Barcelona and Real Madrid shows the strength of Atletico Madrid, but even so, they are still easily defeated by Manchester City! !
Although Bayern is about to win the Bundesliga championship this season, the competitiveness of the Bundesliga is not as good as that of La Liga. At least the Bundesliga does not have super giants like Barcelona and Real Madrid.
And Manchester City... In an environment like the Premier League, even the Germans, who have always been against the British, have to be amazed.
At least, in the media in the country, it is almost difficult to see the existence of the media optimistic about Bayern Munich.
The unanimous view of Bayern Munich is quite rare in Germany. It can be seen that the pressure caused by Manchester City on the major European giants.
Ancelotti obviously has a different view on the unanimous view of the domestic media.
"There are no weak teams in the Champions League, Manchester City is strong, but we are Bayern Munich!"
The good man Ancelotti rarely said such words in the media, and Bayern Munich players and fans are obviously very dissatisfied with being unanimously looked down upon.
"We have three Champions League titles!"
In front of the media's camera, Thomas Muller held out three fingers.
"Bayern Munich has always been a feared team, we will never be afraid of others," Schweinsteiger said.
"We will prove ourselves, I have always wanted to win a Champions League trophy for Bayern Munich!" Bayern Munich captain Lahm also stated in front of the media.
"The Allianz Arena is our site!" Although Robben was unable to play due to injury, he still publicly shouted for his team in the media.
Bundesliga Hollywood Bayern Munich is very lively.
In England, reports from Fleet Street were very optimistic.
Bayern Munich is the culprit of many Premier League teams.... Arsenal for example.
Arsenal enter the Champions League every year, qualify for the group every year, and play Bayern every year. This is almost a rule.
Just in Arsenal, Bayern Munich has a lot of winning percentages against Premier League teams.
If other Premier League teams face Bayern Munich, the English media would not dare to be so optimistic.
There are many painful experiences between English football and German football.
The rivalry between the two rivals is in every way, but in football.... it seems the Germans always find a way to deal with the English.
So much so that English football legend Lineker lamented in his book "The Spirit of Football": Football is a game in which 22 people fight on the field and the Germans win in the end.
However, this time the media in England seems to be extra confident.
Although Manchester City is an English club, but...their manager is not English.
And, sane analysis.
In terms of hard power, Manchester City is definitely stronger than the current Bayern Munich.
Bayern Munich's book lineup may not be much different from that of Manchester City, but the combined combat effectiveness of the two sides, the stability of Manchester City, and the ability to attack and defend both ends are obviously higher than Bayern Munich.
From this point of view, there is nothing wrong with being optimistic about the promotion of Manchester City.
"We're not going to think about it for now."
In the 33rd round of the league, at Manchester City's pre-match press conference against Sunderland, coach Gao Bo did not answer the topic of the Champions League when he faced reporters' questions.
"Our opponent in this game is Sunderland, so I won't answer any other questions!"
Gao Bo said.
Careful media can immediately see his attitude towards this game from Gao Bo's attitude.
The media who have studied Gao Bo's coaching style have made a summary of Gao Bo's character.
For some heavyweight opponents, Gao Bo is always reluctant to let the media and his players have too much contact, and he always finds ways to cool down the heat of the media.
This is what a sane head coach does.
In other words, this is Gao Bo's approach.
From this point of view, Gao Bo attaches great importance to the game against Bayern Munich.
In the thirty-third round of the league, Manchester City sent the main lineup.
There are seven days left until the first leg of the Champions League semi-final, and City have two more games to play in the meantime.
The 33rd round of the league against Sunderland at home, the 34th round of the league against West Bromwich Albion, the game time is April 17th and April 20th respectively, and the Champions League semi-final match time is It's April 23rd.
The schedule is quite tight.
And this game can also be seen as a preview before the start of the Champions League semi-finals.
Manchester City's main force is to make Manchester City's main players maintain a good state through the game a week before the war. After all, if the main players are kept resting, in case the game state is not rested... Then Gao Bo will I was trying to find a piece of tofu and was killed.
In the face of Manchester City's entire main lineup, even if Sunderland, who is playing away from home, has a very serious task of relegation, the Black Cats are indeed very desperate.
But they could not avoid defeat at the Etihad Stadium.
In the first half of the game, Griezmann scored twice to help the team take a 2-0 lead.
At the beginning of the second half of the game, Hazard made a wonderful shot from the penalty area and sent the ball into the opponent's goal. The score became 3-0.
Then, Gao Bo began to dispatch troops.
Kaka, Eriksen, and Vardy appeared successively.
They are all substitution adjustments on the offensive end. This is a player that may be used in the away game against Bayern Munich, which also shows Gao Bo's mentality - even on the road, Manchester City must dominate the attack.
Strong!
This is the hallmark of Gao Bo's Manchester City.
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