Chapter 977, Troubled Guardiola

Seeing his teammates come to the stage to accept the award, the Manchester United players who did not receive the award were also happy for their teammates.

But some people still feel uncomfortable.

Alonso whispered dissatisfied: "Obviously my performance is better, why am I not selected for the best team? Real Madrid didn't even have a championship this year, why is Marcelo better than me?"

Kimmich next to him glanced at him: "With your offensive and defensive posture, you want to be selected for the best team? Let's forget it."

Alonso muttered: "What's the matter, Marcelo's defense is also very average. Forget it, let's go back and practice defense..."

All the awards have been handed out, and this grand awards ceremony belonging to Manchester United has come to an end.

But Manchester United's harvest is not over yet!

After the Golden Globe Awards Ceremony, on the second day, Manchester United once again won the European Golden Boy Award!

Before the award, many people thought that this time the European Golden Boy Award would be awarded to Mbappé, who has been in a brave state recently, but the final result surprised many people.

The winner of the European Golden Boy Award 2017 is Kimmich!

Although this result was beyond the expectations of many people, Kimmich's election is convincing enough.

Since last season, Kimmich has secured the position of Manchester United's main right-back. He can attack and defend well, and his performance is stable. In many big-scene games, he can complete defensive tasks very well. In the German national team, he has been called "New Ram". At the age of 21, he has become the main player of the seven-time champion Manchester United. Kimmich has a bright future.

Seeing that Kimmich was elected, Alonso was even more envious. He was speechless: "Even someone of your level can win an award, why do I have nothing?"

Kimmich looked at Alonso, and he replied calmly: "Because when I play full-back, the offense and defense are balanced."

"I'll wipe..." Alonso almost choked to death at the words.

After I returned to Manchester, I practiced my defense like crazy every day! Let you stimulate me again!

After a perfect 2017, Manchester United's 2018 journey officially started.

On the first day of 2018, Manchester United ushered in the 20th round of the Premier League, playing at home against rivals Manchester City in the same city.

The last game was facing a 19-game winning streak, so the game received a lot of attention; and this game attracted everyone's attention. If Manchester United can win Manchester City at home, then they will achieve 20 consecutive victories. This result will surpass the previous record holder Bayern in one fell swoop and replace his 19 consecutive victories.

In the era of the great Premier League, which is full of powerful players, it is definitely an honor to be proud of for a Premier League team to achieve such results.

Before the start of this Manchester derby, all the outside media behaved very strangely.

If in previous seasons, the Manchester derby is definitely worthy of all the media, but this game is not. There are only two things that everyone cares about. One is whether Manchester United's 20-game winning streak can be achieved, and whether they can achieve such a glorious record.

And another thing, what happened to the civil strife in Manchester City?

Yes, civil unrest, Manchester City.

Guardiola has been in a bad mood recently! Very bad! Extremely bad!

Now Manchester City's ranking has been promoted from the tenth place in the early league to the current eighth place. They are only two points away from Watford in sixth place. With one game less, as long as Manchester City can win After the next derby, then he will return to the top six positions in the league.

However, even the task of reaching the top six, which seemed so simple and easy in previous seasons, has become a bit out of reach this season. Last season, they competed with their city rivals Manchester United in the fourth tier, but this season they have to work hard for a European seat. The speed at which Manchester City has fallen is really embarrassing.

One of the reasons for Manchester City's poor performance is the conflict between Guardiola and Pogba.

In fact, from some matches at the end of last season, the two

There are already some differences of opinion.

Guardiola is very dissatisfied with the way Pogba plays. Although Pogba is extremely capable in offense, and Pogba in good form is definitely world-class, but his role in defense cannot be said to be completely absent, but it is about zero.

Although Guardiola did not ask Pogba to return to the defense completely, at least it is possible to defend properly if he can, right?

And Pogba's understanding of Guardiola's "proper defense" is eye defense...

This made Guardiola very angry!

Last season, because it involved a four-tier championship, Guardiola temporarily suppressed his fire.

But at the beginning of this season, in the Community Shield game, Guardiola was completely angry. He severely criticized the team's defense in the locker room. Although he didn't name names, everyone knows who Guardiola is talking about.

In the next few consecutive victories, Pogba made repeated mistakes, and defensive mistakes caused Manchester City to lose points consecutively, and their results plummeted.

In the few games where Pogba was suspended for a red card, Manchester City actually won consecutive victories and returned to the top half of the Premier League standings. This made Guardiola gradually lose patience with Pogba. The D and B seats are getting better and better, coupled with Fernandinho's excellent defense, Manchester City's midfield is becoming more and more stable, with a balanced offense and defense, and a tacit cooperation. This is the effect Guardiola most wants to achieve.

Pogba has gradually become a rotation player, he is no longer an essential part of Manchester City, which makes him very angry.

Recently, major media have often revealed the conflict between Pogba and Guardiola. There were quarrels on the training ground, bullying in the locker room, and private dissatisfaction. All these made the relationship between Manchester City's players and the manager very tense.

And it's not just Pogba and Guardiola who are caught in the whirlpool this time, even individual Manchester City players are also involved.

Among them, Nasri, Pogba’s fellow countryman and friend, publicly stood up and said that Pogba is an indispensable member of the team. He is the cornerstone of being able to win the fourth Asian king last season. Manchester City must pay attention to him. Only then can we go further in the new season.

As soon as Nasri said this, Guardiola was even more vulnerable.

What made him even more depressed was that the D seats and B seats who were in good condition were both slightly injured. Although they were not serious, they would not be able to play for at least half a month.

In this way, even if Guardiola doesn't like Pogba again, he will have to use this French thorn.

In this game, Guardiola completely fulfilled Pogba's wish, let him play the core of the team's offense, and then let Gundogan and Fernandinho be behind him to escort him.

In the locker room, Pogba, who had returned to the core position, was triumphant: "Don't worry, I will play the core in this game, and I will definitely beat Manchester United!"