Chapter 421 January

Just when the British media were extolling Manchester City's unbeaten record, Manchester City didn't have time to reflect on its achievements. After returning to Manchester, the whole team focused on training.

This is Wansheng's request.

In January, Wansheng's training plan consisted of only one item - recovery training.

Recovery training for physical fitness, recovery training for state, all training is related to 'recovery', because Manchester City have 8 games to play in January!

Fighting on four fronts is no joke...

The league with Newcastle United just now is just the beginning of January, and there will be two FA Cups, two League Cups and three league rounds after that. The intensive schedule of 8 games in a month makes the whole team not excited. Mind, everyone knows what they're up against.

Wan Sheng did ideological work for the team, he said, "I know that each of you wants to relax for a while, even a day, two days... Go home with your girlfriend, with your wife and children, with your family, I Wish it was easier, but now is the best chance for the whole team, so each of you!"

"I think when you retire and look back on your career, you will definitely think of this season. Whether we can achieve our goal or not, at least for now, we are working hard for all the championship goals!"

"Can you imagine it?"

"The league, the Champions League, the League Cup, the FA Cup, if we can achieve our goals, we'll get the Premier League Grand Slam in May! I think each of you is eager. Maybe some of you think I put the goal It's too high, or I think this goal is unrealistic, but I believe in your ability and the strength of the team, I think as long as we work hard towards the goal, we will have a chance to succeed!"

"I hope that each of you, like me, will do your best to win the championships. This will be an honor that belongs to the club and an honor that belongs to each of you!"

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Wan Sheng said a lot to the players. For the first time, he expressed his goals for this season in detail in front of everyone - all championships including leagues, cups and the Champions League.

Just thinking about this goal makes many players excited.

If the team can really achieve this goal, they will be called 'dynasties' by then. Manchester United's 'triple crown' in 1999 is called 'Alberta', and now they are also Moving towards that goal is definitely something to remember for a lifetime.

With this mentality, Manchester City ushered in the FA Cup game.

According to the rules of the FA Cup, the teams from the Premier League and the British Championship will directly join the third round, which is the competition for the top 64.

Manchester City's luck is a little bit bad, their first opponent to draw is West Ham United - a strong team in the FA Cup round of 64.

In this away cup game, Manchester City performed quite well. The starting striker Giovanni Mauricio helped the team score the first goal, and then Ljungberg's header in front of the goal helped Manchester City seal the victory.

The match surprised the British media.

In the opinion of many British media, the focus of Manchester City this season should be on the league and the Champions League, and the cup competition is completely meaningless. Manchester City played well in the League Cup before and has entered the semi-finals. It is a pity to give up, but right The FA Cup of the Premier League team has just started. Manchester City will compete for this championship and there will be many games to play. Are they not afraid of affecting the results of other competitions?

Manchester City are the defending champions of the FA Cup. They won the FA Cup last season, and it doesn't make much sense to go to defend the FA Cup again.

So what are they going to do so hard in the FA Cup?

After the game, a media reporter interviewed Wan Sheng and asked this question. Wan Sheng just shrugged and said, "The FA Cup is very important to every club in England, and of course we will not give up easily."

This answer is completely official, basically the same as nothing.

The FA Cup is indeed of extraordinary significance to English clubs, but the problem is that whenever the FA Cup is played, some clubs still choose to give up. Their approach is to send a group of substitutes, which means that they are in There is no ambition in this competition.

Many people thought that Manchester City would do this in the FA Cup, because it was difficult for them to cope with so many competitions. As a result, in this game, Manchester City also sent Silva and Torres, with no intention of giving up the game, and then they Winning the game and advancing to the next round of the FA Cup means that Manchester City did not give up the game.

So they gave up the Champions League?

Of course not.

Abandon the league?

No one believes that Manchester City is already the first in the league. They have six points more than the second Manchester United, and their first position in the league is very stable.

League Cup...Manchester City has reached the semi-finals. At this stage, no team will be stupid enough to give up.

After taking a lot of inventory, it seems that Manchester City has not given up any competitions, so some media have come to an astonishing conclusion - Manchester City has not given up any competitions, they are working hard for all championships!

madman!

That Chinese must be crazy!

Many media immediately gritted their teeth and said, "That Chinese is crazy, he actually wants to win every championship, and he actually makes the team play four-line battles in the second half of the game!"

"We must admit the strength of Manchester City, but people who are too greedy often end up bad. That's the way the Chinese is, he actually wants to win all the championships!"

"When we knew all this, we could have foreseen the end of the 'madman' - he and his team definitely got nothing!"

"This is probably going to be the worst season for Manchester City!"

Manchester Stadium asserts.

When "Manchester Stadium" came to this conclusion, many media followed suit, but Manchester City simply ignored what they said.

On January 8, in the first round of the League Cup semi-final, Manchester City played away to Arsenal, and finally at the Emirates Stadium, the two sides shook hands 2:2.

Although it is a draw, considering that it is a two-legged game and Arsenal are playing at home again, the score is very favorable to Manchester City.

Wansheng also expressed his satisfaction with the team's performance after the game, "We missed some opportunities in the game, but on the whole, the performance of the players was not bad."

"Arsenal is tenacious, Van Persie is doing well, it seems that he has adapted to the Premier League, but after the Manchester Stadium, I think we will advance to the final!"

Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger smiled at Wansheng's must-win remarks. The Frenchman didn't care. He just said, "The next round will be in two weeks. It's hard to say who will win."

After that, the two had no slobber confrontation.

In fact, the two teams did not have time to analyze the next round of confrontation. Two days later, the twenty-second round of the Premier League began, Manchester City played away to Everton.

Everton currently ranks sixth in the league, second only to rivals Liverpool in the same city. Compared with their previous results, it is still quite good.

According to some media analysis, Manchester City's unbeaten run is likely to end at Goodison Park.

"Everton's morale is high, they have won two consecutive rounds recently, and the previous one was also a draw with Arsenal..."

"Manchester City has just set an unbeaten record of 59 rounds, but I dare say that they have not given much thought to the league..."

Soon Manchester City used a 2-0 away game to prove that they are still serious about playing the league.

In the disappointment of some media, Wan Sheng said with a smile, "I don't know how many people want us to lose, but we will play every game seriously. Every step now, for us, is to create new history, those who denigrate us, simply cannot appreciate that.”

"From today, every step the team takes is a new history, which allows our players and our entire team to have the motivation to fight!"

What Wansheng said made the Manchester City media happy, but soon the reporter asked the key question, "Can Manchester City maintain a good fourth-line battle?"

Wan Sheng said, "I can't guarantee how far the team can do it, but we are working on it."

"Now I can say with certainty that from the beginning of this season, we are going for all titles."

"The schedule is very stressful, but I believe the team can persevere. My team and I hope to create a great season!"

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At the press conference, Wan Sheng clearly stated the goal of this season, which caused a lot of discussion in the British media.

The Manchester City media is definitely supporting Wansheng. They are excited to announce the news to all fans, but other media have a different view. They don’t want to see Manchester City create a brilliant season, which is not good for the team they support. To say it is to fail.

Therefore, the British media began to be optimistic about all kinds of Manchester City, and some media even directly shouted, "That crazy Chinese has set a crazy goal!"

Wan Sheng knows the British media too well, and only when it has nothing to do with their interests will they look at issues from a neutral point of view, so they commented that there must be no good news for Manchester City.

Amidst these many voices, Wan Sheng resolutely led the team to continue to move forward.

On January 20, Manchester City defeated West Ham United 2:1 and won the 23rd round of the league, and also revised the unbeaten record of the league to 61 games.

On January 23, in the second round of the English League Cup, Manchester City beat Arsenal 2:1 at home, plus 2:2 in the first round, they advanced to the League Cup final with a total score of 4:3.

At the end of February, they will face Manchester United for the title at Wembley Stadium.

On January 27, the FA Cup top 32 match, Manchester City challenged Sheffield United away, the final score was 3:0, Manchester City successfully entered the FA Cup top 16.

After that, on the 31st, Manchester City ushered in the last game of January - a home game against Arsenal in the league.

It was also the hardest game Manchester City had ever played...

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