Football: From becoming a god-level striker

After 22 league rounds, Manchester City will usher in two cup duels, one is the second leg of the English League Cup semi-final against Everton, and the other is an away game against Stoke City in the FA Cup.

After two cup games, there will be a Premier League game at the end of the month.

The schedule looks tight, but the two cup games are not particularly important, especially in the semi-finals of the League Cup, Everton is almost impossible to comeback.

Therefore, Guardiola rotates most of the main players.

Not only is it to allow the main players to get enough rest, but there is also an extremely important reason. In February, the opponents Manchester City faced were almost all strong enemies.

There is also the most important game for Guardiola and Manchester City. The Champions League knockout round officially begins in February. Their first opponent is Ligue [-] champion Monaco. Monaco has dominated Paris in recent years. With the league championship in hand, the strength should not be underestimated, and this team is mainly composed of young players, with a strong impact.

What Manchester City is most afraid of is this kind of mad dog attacking team.

On January 24th, Manchester City ushered in the second round of the League Cup with Everton at home. It was also the third time this month and the fourth time this season.

In the near future, there will be the last league match of the season.

Everton's players were miserable. They met twice in the league and three times in the cup.

They are completely in a state of confusion.

Lukaku has kicked off the middle circle more than a dozen times in previous games. This time, he didn't play at all.

Everton has obviously given up the League Cup. Although it is within reach, as long as they eliminate Manchester City, they can enter the final, but that is all illusion and deception.

Everton, who had no desire to fight at all, met Manchester City, who played mostly off the bench. The two teams played extremely conservatively and had almost no good offensive opportunities.

In the end, the game was tied 0:0.

The head coaches of the two teams also shook hands very amiably, congratulating Manchester City for entering the League Cup final.

On the other side, Arsenal eliminated their rivals Tottenham Hotspur in two rounds and joined Manchester City in the Carabao Cup final!

This season Arsenal is doomed to miss the league title again, and it is a coincidence that in the Champions League, Barcelona met Bayern again in three years and five years, and almost stopped the first round of the knockout round.

So the League Cup and the FA Cup have become Arsenal's fig leaf again, and they are now trying their best to win the League Cup trophy.

Talk is better than nothing.

The final will be held at the end of February, after Manchester City's home derby.

In the fourth round of the FA Cup away game against Stoke City, Guardiola still sent most of the main players to play. This season, Manchester City's goal is not only the league, but also the League Cup, FA Cup, and the Champions League.

So compared to the League Cup, which is almost certain to qualify, the FA Cup should be a little more serious.

Several new aids, Kyle Walker replaced Zabaleta as the right back, Sane replaced Zhao Gang, and Jesus still served as the single arrow.

Guardiola needs these three to get familiar with the team's tactics as soon as possible.

In the case of a dense schedule in January, but the opponent is not strong, it is a huge benefit for the new players.

Sane's offensive style is very strong, but his organizational skills and control of the rhythm are still a bit poor. His cooperation with his frontcourt teammates is not particularly strong.

On the other hand, Jesus, although he is young, is also the first time to log in to the top five European leagues, but he is able to complete his tasks well in the forward position.

Almost plug and play.

As for Walker, he has proven his top defensive and offensive abilities in Tottenham, and he is one of the few full-backs who can restrain Zhao Gang.In addition to tacit understanding, he is better than Zabaleta in all aspects.

In this FA Cup game, Walker also ushered in his first goal joining Manchester City, and it was completed with the cooperation of new aid Gabriel Jesus.

In the face of these teams that are not outstanding, the performance of the three new aids is remarkable, which makes people look forward to their performance in the UEFA Champions League in February.

In the end, Manchester City defeated Stoke City 3:0 and advanced to the fifth round of the FA Cup.

On the last day of January, in the No.20 third round of the Premier League, Manchester City ushered in the last opponent before the start of the devil's schedule, Watford.

Compared with the Hornets in the Bundesliga, the Hornets are much worse in strength.

In the end, Manchester City, who played with all the main players, won the opponent 2:0. Zhao Gang and De Bruyne sent assists to each other and each scored a goal.

On February [-]th, Manchester City's devil's schedule officially begins!

Their first opponent is Tottenham Hotspur.

Last time, Manchester City beat their opponent 4:2 in an away game. Judging from the score, it seemed that it was easy to win, but in the process, Manchester City did not have an advantage and almost lost the game.

Tottenham not only played dirty, but also had a "cover assist" that shocked the Premier League. Sun Xingmin's offside position escorted the football all the way to the front of the penalty area, and Kane scored the ball with one kick!

Not only that, Zhao Gang's goal against Sun Xingmin was also blown out by the referee. The terrible thing is that it was not Zhao Gang who fouled, but Gundogan a few rounds ago!

That was the worst sniper battle Manchester City had ever encountered, even more desperate than the foul goal against the Hammers!

The mentality of Manchester City players almost burst.

After that round of the game, Premier League officials and referees apologized to Manchester City and the fans respectively.

And promised to strengthen the professional level of referees.

Anyone with a discerning eye knows that in that game, the referee went with a mission. Unfortunately, even with the help of the referee, Tottenham failed to win Manchester City in the end.

This time, for Manchester City players and fans, it is simply a real battle of revenge.

Even if they won the last game, this game is revenge!

Before the game started, Kyle Walker was a little embarrassed in the locker room.

Arteta was full of passion just now, talking loudly about the various injustices between the two teams in the first round of the battle. Walker is also the protagonist, but it belongs to Tottenham.

Listening to it now, it's extra harsh.

Fortunately, in that round of the league, Walker was not biased by the referee, otherwise he would really have to find a crack in the ground now.

"Now, it's time to beat them again and make them faceless in the Ittihad!" Fernandinho yelled with a dark face.

"Kill them!!!"

Kyle Walker was full of excitement, gritted his teeth, and listening to Arteta's speech, he just felt that Tottenham should be damned, how could they be so shameless?

A group of teammates fist bump each other.

Inside the Etihad Stadium, the fans sang loudly and cheered everywhere, reaching the sky.

Warm up for this revenge battle in advance.