Chapter 252, League Cup Final

De Bruyne has been training very hard these days. As the core of the League Cup final, De Bruyne is under a lot of pressure. He trains late every day. After the game, he is still an old habit. Go to the team's screening room with Salah, watch the team's game videos, study the passing and shooting habits of each teammate, and improve your passing and receiving tacit understanding based on these.

For the convenience of extra training and viewing videos, De Bruyne chose an apartment very close to the Carrington training ground. Nainggolan and Salah rented an apartment nearby. Come to think of it, they are currently the best relationship.

Walking out of the Carrington training base, looking at the surrounding white snow, De Bruyne was a little emotional.

Two months ago, he was still watching the drinking fountains at Chelsea, and it was difficult to even play a Premier League game; two months later, as the core of Manchester United, he was going to play for Manchester United in the League Cup final.

The world is really impermanent.

But in the final analysis, everything he has obtained now is given by Kim Tage, and De Bruyne is grateful to Kim Tage.

Nainggolan drove De Bruyne and Salah back to the apartment. De Bruyne kindly reminded him: "Radega, you must pay attention to the defensive scale in this final. The last game against Manchester City, It was because of Jones' red card that the team lost 1 to 4. The standards of this final must be very strict, you must pay more attention."

While driving, Nainggolan nodded in approval: "Kevin, the boss has reminded me many times in the past two days to be careful. Don't worry, I finally got the chance to start the finals. I will cherish it." .”

Listening to De Bruyne and Nainggolan chatting, Salah said in an envious tone: "It's great that you can all start this game. I have to sit on the bench and wait for the opportunity."

De Bruyne comforted him: "Now the team's midfield competition pressure is slightly less, so I and Radga have got a lot of opportunities. Mohamed, don't worry, you are in good form in these few games, The boss is seeing all these situations.”

The three of De Bruyne were chatting about the game, and at the same time, Kintag was also sorting out the game materials in the office. Although he has confirmed the team's lineup and style of play, there are still some changes in individual positions. During this period of time, Kintag is also constantly observing the players' status, considering some changes in positions, especially the defense line.

At the left-back position, Alonso and Evra are both in good condition, and their physical strength has also recovered well, but Evra is more suitable, after all, he has more game experience and more sophisticated defense.

At the right back position,

Raphael is still doing his part.

As for the combination of central defenders, Kintegger is really worried about Smalling. His shortcoming of "frizzy" and "frizzy" was obvious in these two games, especially in the last game, because of his prediction Mistakes, poor marking, led to the team conceding goals; and during this period of time in games and training, Van Dijk's performance is getting better and better, after more than half a season of training, coupled with Vidi With the help of two veterans, Qi and Ferdinand, Kintag is very confident in him, and believes that Van Dijk will be able to become an excellent central defender in a short time. And next season, Kintiger is going to strengthen Van Dijk and make him the pinnacle of Manchester United's defense.

In the last few days at the end of February, many reporters from major sports media in England flooded into Manchester. They came to this old industrial city in England for one purpose-the League Cup final a few days later, the Manchester derby.

During this period of time, many so-called inside news spread out in the market, and the reporters acted upon hearing the news, made multiple attacks, inquired about news from all parties, and then compiled news reports on the basis of rumors.

"Van Persie's injury has recurred and he needs to continue to recuperate. It will take at least two months! Icardi injured his ankle in the last game and needs to be out for half a year!"

"Rooney was dissatisfied with not leaving the team during the winter transfer period, and had a conflict with Kintag on the training ground, and the two had a big fight!"

"Nainggolan shoveled Kante in the team training match, Manchester United lost two midfielders in one day!"

These news reports made Jin Taige dumbfounded. He was not affected in any way and continued to conduct targeted training for the team according to his own plan.

On the morning of March 1, the Manchester City club held a press conference. Pellegrini was full of confidence. He talked to the visiting reporters and described his vision for tomorrow's game.

A reporter asked Pellegrini: "Coach Pellegrini, are you so confident in this game?"

Pellegrini smiled slightly and said confidently: "Did you forget the 4-1 in the last game?"

On the afternoon of March 1, in the press conference hall of Manchester United, a reporter brought Pellegrini's words to Kintag.

"Coach Kim Tiger, Pellegrini is full of confidence in tomorrow's game. He said that Manchester City beat Manchester United 4-1 in the last game. Then tomorrow's game, he can still beat Manchester United. What do you think of him? How do you feel about the speech?"

Kintag understood that perhaps Pellegrini's words were not as intense as the reporter said, and they might not be as aggressive as they said, but since the two sides were at war with each other, Kintag could not show weakness. He raised his eyebrows slightly and said coldly: "We lost 1 to 4 in the last game, but all the goals came after Jones was sent off. Legrini's team can't beat Manchester United!"

Hearing Jin Taige's words, the reporters became even more excited: "Coach Tiger, please predict the score of this game."

Jin Taige smiled slightly: "I don't like things like predicting the score before the game. After all, the game has not started, and no one can determine the final score. If you want to ask the score, when the game is over and we get the League Cup trophy , I will tell you the score again."

The game has not yet been played, and the head coaches of the two teams have already begun to compete.

On the morning of March 2, Kintag brought Manchester United players to the Etihad Stadium for training on adapting to the field.

This is a routine task before each game, the purpose is to adapt to the away environment, including details such as the quality of the turf, the width of the pitch, etc., so that the players can enter the game state in advance. Manchester United players are relatively good at the Etihad Stadium. Familiar, because in a city, there is almost no difference in weather, humidity and other reasons.

Jin Taige originally thought that this was just an ordinary thing, but unexpectedly, an ordinary adaptive training went wrong... The successor of the Red Devil