Chapter 110: Battle with Manchester City

"All of these, sign them for me."

After the weekly interview, Annie took out a bunch of photos, jerseys, and footballs, and said.

Looking at the table full of things, Wang Po felt his hands a little sore and couldn't help asking.

"Some of them are from New Football to give back to the fans, and some of them are for my family."

Annie said with a chuckle.

"Why? Is there anyone in your family who is my fan?" Wang Po became interested and said, "Who? Can you tell me?"

Annie shook her head. She would never say that it was Wang Po's father-in-law and mother-in-law.

The last time they witnessed Dortmund's early victory, Annie's parents kept saying that they hoped their daughter could bring them a signed photo in the next interview.

Looking at the little girl's mysterious look, Wang Po became more interested, but her mouth was tight and she couldn't get anything out of her, so she had to give up.

Wang Po's signed jersey is a good thing, and it is perfect for the promotion of New Football.

A Dortmund jersey worth 50 euros can immediately soar tenfold if Wang Po's name is signed on it, and this is still a priceless product.

The reason is that even diehard fans have very few jerseys signed by Wang Po.

In addition, Dortmund won the championship this year, and Wang Po's reputation among Dortmund fans has reached the highest level. The demand has increased sharply, and the value has naturally risen.

The ten winning jerseys attracted more than 90,000 people to participate.

For a time, the popularity of the New Football Newspaper increased rapidly, especially in Germany and in the Dortmund diehard area.

New Football can be regarded as one of Wang Po's industries. Although the original purpose was just to package and enhance his influence, in a short period of time, the healthy and benign development has enabled the company to have self-sufficient blood-making ability. As the boss, he was surprised and happy.

The Champions League quarter-finals will resume in half a month.

Dortmund's opponent is the Premier League giants Blue Moon Manchester City.

This Premier League team is also full of feelings for Wang Pu. In the early years, it was not the current giants. In Manchester City, it has always lived in the shadow of the big brother and had limited influence. However, there was a very meaningful oriental player in the team at that time. He was called the Oriental Sun and influenced a generation of people. Wang Pu was naturally among them.

As time passed, with the entry of the Abu Dhabi consortium, a wealthy Middle Eastern team, under the influence of money power, it has transformed and become a giant in the Premier League.

Waving money to buy all over the world has quickly improved the team's combat effectiveness.

Of course, Manchester City's money power is more rational than that of Paris Saint-Germain. The wages and salary levels in the team are very balanced and stable. There will be no sudden super-large contracts to destroy the stability of the locker room. From this point of view, Manchester City's operation is quite standard.

The addition of Kompany, Zabaleta, Otamendi, Yaya Toure, Fernandi Bird, Nasri, Silva, Aguero and other well-known stars has made the team's combat effectiveness soar.

And in the 11-12 season, the dream of winning the Premier League championship was realized, thus establishing the status of this team in one fell swoop.

It also gradually won the support of more fans in Manchester City and expanded its influence.

After the league championship, Manchester City's top management aimed at the Champions League as their next goal, and spent a lot of money to recruit players to form a luxurious aviation fleet, aiming at the Champions League, and looking forward to making a difference.

Facing Dortmund this time, the whole team is also full of strength, wanting to make a difference in the Champions League.

In terms of paper strength, Manchester City led by Pellegrini is still better than Dortmund led by Tuchel. Relatively speaking, this is a relatively close opponent, which is destined to be exciting.

In the first round, Dortmund played at home against Manchester City.

Wang Pu was very excited about this game.

First of all, the team entered the quarterfinals and had to chase for a place in the semi-finals. The importance of the game is self-evident.

Secondly, it is the midfield match. Yaya Toure, as the most perfect B2B midfielder who takes into account both offense and defense since the 21st century, is the strongest and a template for the growth of countless midfielders.

As midfielders, how can we not be excited to compete with the world's strongest?

Annie wrote a piece on New Football with a rather Chinese title "Lu Bu vs. Three Heroes", which triggered heated discussions in the German and British media.

Manchester City's midfielders Yaya Toure, Nasri, and Fernandinho can attack and defend, and have both organizational and defensive hardness, which is a perfect midfield match.

In contrast, the midfield composed of Wang Pei, Gundogan, and Mkhitaryan is a little weak in defense.

Of course, this is not a fear in Tuchel's eyes.

The so-called offense wins victory, defense wins championship.

League and cup competitions belong to two game modes.

The former is a competition of comprehensive ability with more balls. Generally speaking, the stronger the offensive ability, the easier it is to achieve ideal results in the league.

The cup competition is a mode of both strength and luck. Compared with offense and defense, the latter seems to be very cost-effective. When two teams compete, the team with better defense will win most of the time.

Even though Pellegrini's Manchester City team has many famous players in the backcourt, to be honest, its defensive ability can only be considered average.

In the league, it can rely on strong offensive firepower to suppress opponents.

But in the Champions League, this is a competition for the best teams in various leagues. If you want to completely rely on offense to suppress opponents, I'm afraid only the nine-time champion Barcelona and the six-time champion Bayern Munich can do it.

This kind of epic offensive ability and dominance is rare, so the side that defends well is facing a bigger challenge.

Training defense is the gene in the bones of Germans.

In this regard, although Dortmund comes from the open Bundesliga, the defensive ability of Dortmund under Tuchel is also top-notch.

This can be seen from the fact that they only conceded 21 goals in the Bundesliga and only 5 goals in the Champions League so far.

On the contrary, Manchester City is very energetic, scoring 80 goals in the league, and the players on the offensive line are in hot form.

"We will present a wonderful game to the fans."

At the pre-match press conference, Pellegrini said confidently.

He has the qualifications to say this with the cards in his hand.

"A few years ago, Wang Pei had a scandal with Manchester City, but unfortunately he did not choose Manchester City. As the head coach, do you feel regretful?"

A reporter mentioned those old things in the past.

Hearing this, Pellegrini frowned and said unhappily, "Yaya Toure, Fernandinho, Nasri, tell me who Wang Pu can replace? Can he become a regular starter in Manchester City? Do you think the management is stupid for spending so much money on a water dispenser?"