Football: The king of midfield, Guardiola is crying with envy

After seeing the statement from the FA and the English Football League, Chen Chen immediately found a schedule for the Blue Moon Army.

Excluding the postponed league match with Chelsea and the League Cup final, Manchester City's next game is only one game against Southampton on the evening of January 22, and then there will be no game until February 5.

In this way, the Blue Moon players can have a good rest!

However, while the players here are celebrating the "good news" holiday, Guardiola over there will be worried.

There are already 6 games confirmed in February, the kind that must be played without fail.

Now one league game has been postponed, and one League Cup final has been postponed. By then, 8 games, wouldn't that be a life-threatening thing? !

And it is worth noting that there are only 28 days in February.

Starting from the FA Cup match on the 5th, Manchester City may have to play 8 games in 23 days!

Even if the league match with Chelsea can be moved to a later time to make up the game, the League Cup final can't be moved, right?

That's 7 games! Almost one game every three days!

This is the pain and joy of competing for the championship on multiple fronts.

After all, you can't only support streamlined schedules when your own schedule is tight.

Although there is a lot of rest time, Chen Chen did not choose to go out to play, but stayed at home to watch the game.

Besides, it's freezing cold, what's the fun of going out? Those who play COS and expose themselves can't go out and expose their butts in the winter.

So Chen Chen simply didn't go anywhere, just stayed at home to watch the Liverpool vs. Arsenal game.

Many players in Liverpool and Arsenal have returned to their respective national teams to prepare for the African Cup, such as Salah, Mane, Nicolas Pepe and Naby Keita.

So today the two teams are not all main players.

It is worth mentioning that there are also people from Manchester City who went back to participate in the competition, that is, the Algerian Mahrez.

But he went back after playing Swindon, the kind who checked in at the right time.

There is no way. In Manchester City Football Club, everyone faces great competitive pressure, including the main player Mahrez.

If it were not for the African Cup, the polo king might not be willing to go back.

It is worth mentioning that it is not only Mahrez himself who is reluctant to go back halfway to participate in the competition, but Manchester City is also reluctant to let him go back to participate.

Why is this?

First of all, it should be noted that the African Cup is very unique. It is not like the Asian Cup and the European Cup that many fans remember in their minds. The African Cup is held every two years.

So, to some extent, the African Cup is a bit "useless".

In addition, the intensity and attention of the competition are not high, which is also the reason why major European teams are reluctant to let go.

But in the end, the above reasons are actually not important.

The most important thing is that Manchester City has a devilish schedule in February. Without Mahrez, it will be really difficult to play.

But they have to let him go even if they don't want to, because this is all written in the player's contract and FIFA regulations.

Interestingly, on social platforms, many Chelsea fans are discussing whether Edouard Mendy went back too early.

They believe that if he was the starting player instead of Kepa against Manchester City, the outcome of the game might be very different.

In fact, it is meaningless for the Blues fans to think so much, because no one can tell whether Mendy's performance will be better. What if Mendy plays and Chelsea loses more?

Let's get back to the point.

Although the lineup of Liverpool vs. Arsenal is not the strongest lineup, the intensity of the game is really amazing.

Atkinson took out a total of 8 yellow cards and one red card.

Partey, who came on as a substitute, received two yellow cards in three minutes, two yellows turned into one red, and got a ruby ​​card.

Speaking of ruby ​​cards, Guardiola and Tuchel both received red cards before, and then the two coaches got angry and didn't attend the post-match press conference?

The FA and the English Football League have issued their penalties for the two of them, a fine and a four-match ban.

The four-match ban is a 3+1 structure, of which "1" is a direct ban, and the remaining "3" is a penalty for contempt of the press conference.

However, the English Football Association is still a bit lenient, and Guardiola and Tuchel's ban will be implemented from next season.

In other words, in the EFL Cup final, Guardiola will not sit in the stands to command remotely, but stand on the sidelines to command normally.

In the end, the EFL Cup match at the Emirates Stadium ended with Liverpool's promotion, and the ten-man Arsenal lost 0-2 to the Red Army Liverpool at home.

Klopp's team will meet Manchester City again!

Some are happy and some are sad.

The whistle blows at the Emirates StadiumAt that moment, many Arsenal players fell to the ground and cried bitterly.

On the other side, Liverpool players celebrated wildly!

Seeing this scene, Chen Chen suddenly thought of Tuchel's reaction in the first leg of the League Cup semi-final.

Because Abramovich was sanctioned, Chelsea has had a hard time in the past two seasons.

The reason why Tuchel and Guardiola sprayed each other was not because of the score on the court or the referee's penalty, but a kind of emotional catharsis.

After the broadcast was completely over, Chen Chen stood up quickly, turned off the TV, and then went to the e-sports room to prepare for the broadcast.

Chen Chen didn't know what the future of Chelsea would be like. Chen Chen knew that if he wanted to live the kind of future life he had dreamed of, he had to hurry up.

For example, broadcast more and make more money.

As soon as the broadcast started, countless fans and viewers poured into the live broadcast room.

As soon as Chen Chen opened CSGO, a fan posted on the public screen:

[Host, host, your revolver R8 is indeed powerful, but it still requires too much operation. Do you have any simple and powerful weapons to recommend? ]

Chen Chen replied,

"Yes, brother, yes. Of course, there are more than one such powerful gun."

"Currently, there are 6 very powerful weapons launched by Valve. If you master one or two six-door weapons, it will be no problem to get a master's chrysanthemum."

"If you can master more than half of the six-door weapons, it will be quite easy to beat a legendary eagle."

"If you master all the weapon proficiency, it is not impossible to get on the major stage. Simple and K God will be defeated by you."

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Because of the frequent rain and snow in Manchester, Chen Chen did not go anywhere these days and stayed at home.

Other cities did not have such severe rain and snow as Manchester, so the 22nd round of the Premier League belonging to them was held as scheduled.

However, some teams postponed the game like Manchester City.

For example, Liverpool vs. Brentford, Arsenal away to Tottenham Hotspur.

The reason for the postponement of these two games is very obvious, that is, the end time of the second leg of the League Cup semi-final between Arsenal and Liverpool is too close to the start time of the 22nd round of the Premier League, and the interval time cannot meet the requirement of more than 48 hours.

However, there have been two games in 48 hours in the history of the Premier League, but that is very extreme and very rare.