Football's No. 1 Prodigal Son

After an international match day, Manchester City players returned to the club exhausted.

Among them, Cech, Van der Sar, Uifalusi, Evra, Maicon, Sun Jihai, Essien, Makelele, Ronaldinho, Ronaldo, Robben, Torres and Tony have played almost all the national team games. Except for the two goalkeepers, the physical condition of others is really worrying.

Especially Robben, he was used as a donkey in the production team as soon as he came back, and Van Gaal was so angry that he called and quarreled with Dutch coach Van Basten.

This old gunpowder barrel can quarrel with anyone. He and Van Basten are both from Ajax, and they don’t seem to get along well with each other.

What's even more tragic is that the opponent in this Premier League match is Chelsea.

Fortunately, Stam, Distin, Xabi Alonso and Kaka are all in good physical condition.

Stam withdrew from the national team, Distin was not selected, Kaka missed due to injury, and Xabi Alonso was a substitute in the national team and didn't play much.

Van Gaal has already included these four people in the starting lineup, and the rest will depend on their temporary physical condition.

The day before the game, Van Gaal confirmed the roster for the game.

It is somewhat surprising that Fabregas and Messi were selected, while Makelele and Robben were not.

It seems that Van Gaal found that there were some problems with their physical condition.

At the pre-match press conference, a reporter also mentioned this question: "Mr. Van Gaal, why are Robben and Makelele not included in the squad?"

Van Gaal glanced at him and said: "If it weren't for physical reasons, do you think I would be willing to put Makelele and Robben out of the squad? They have been exhausted by the national team coach. How can I bear to let them play again?"

The reporter's eyes lit up. This old Dutch firecracker was about to start spraying!

Sure enough, Van Gaal then began to spray French national team coach Domenech and Dutch coach Van Basten, believing that they used the players too much in the friendly match.

This made all the media friends excited and recorded his outrageous remarks in various ways.

They like this kind of coach the most, and there are new discoveries in every game.

And Mourinho on the side also kept praising his former teacher and kept adding fuel to the fire.

After all, Chelsea was also deeply affected by the FIFA virus, and their players were also quite tired.

He was also very dissatisfied with the head coaches of these national teams, but now that his old boss Van Gaal was the first to take the lead, he only needed to agree.

As a result, until the end of the press conference, the reporters almost did not ask about the details of the game, and they listened to the Dutch old trolls all the time.

The Portuguese young trolls kept making jokes for the old trolls, and the tacit cooperation between the two of them seemed to have returned to the Barcelona era.

The reporters left with a lot of material and began to work overtime to rush to write articles.

Sure enough, the next morning, all kinds of articles were presented to the public from major newspapers.

Of course, the main theme of these articles was similar, that is, Van Gaal's fancy swearing at the French and Dutch national team coaches.

It must be said that Van Gaal's literary literacy is very good, and all kinds of swearing made Yang Luo amazed.

And Manchester City Club also received a warning from the English Football Association, asking Van Gaal to control his mouth.

Of course, Van Gaal was fined 5,000 pounds.

Originally, Yang Luo wanted to pay for Van Gaal, but the old Dutch troll firmly refused him: "I said it, so I should pay. I feel good about scolding, and the money is worth it!"

Yang Luo didn't know whether to laugh or cry. This old troll was quite tough...

Although there was such a small episode before the game, the game still had to go on as scheduled.

October 17, 2004, Manchester City Stadium.

Manchester City will face Chelsea at home!

Before this game, Chelsea ranked second with six wins and two draws, and Manchester City ranked third with six wins, one draw and one loss. This is definitely a strong dialogue.

Moreover, this is also a battle between Van Gaal and Mourinho, the former master and apprentice, and the dramatic effect is also full.

In this game, Van Gaal still arranged a 4231 formation.

The starting lineup is Van der Sar, Sun Jihai, Stam, Distin, Jensen, Essien, Xabi Alonso, Kaka, Ronaldo, Ronaldinho and Tony.

On the Chelsea side, Mourinho used his 433 formation, with Cudicini, Glen Johnson, Terry, Ricardo Carvalho, Bridge and

, Davis, Lampard, Joe Cole, Joaquin, Duff and Drogba.

Although Chelsea's players also played in international matches, except for Terry, Carvalho, Duff and Drogba, the others are not absolute main players, so they are far less affected than Manchester City.

This game is naturally broadcast on major platforms. The BBC guest this time is Kevin Keegan, the former head coach of Manchester City Club.

Keegan has been unemployed at home since leaving Manchester City, and this time is just the right time to come out and stretch his muscles.

However, Lineker was a little curious: "Mr. Keegan, which team do you prefer in this game?"

Kevin Keegan laughed: "Gary, you are really bad. Of course I hope my old club can win."

Alan Hansen was a little gossipy: "Mr. Keegan, it seems that you still have deep feelings for Manchester City."

Kevin Keegan nodded: "Of course, after all, I worked there for two years. And when I left Manchester City, Mr. Yang was also very generous, and did not owe any money for the termination fee and the remaining salary."

Everyone in the studio couldn't help laughing.

Lineker asked again: "Then I want to ask a question off topic. In your opinion, what kind of person is Mr. Yang?"

Kevin Keegan thought for a while: "This Mr. Yang is mysterious and rich, but he is the one who loves football the most among all the team owners I have ever met. So, he is also the most generous boss I have ever met."

Lineker was surprised and said: "It seems that you think highly of him."

Kevin Keegan nodded: "Of course, I think Manchester City will win the championship sooner or later under his leadership!"

Alan Hansen joked: "It seems that Mr. Yang really didn't treat you badly in terms of money!"

The three of them laughed out loud.

At this time, the broadcast of the game showed the scene of the players entering the field.

After the players of both sides entered the field, the head coach Van Gaal and Mourinho came together, and the two sides laughed and said a few words.

Although Mourinho did not think he was Van Gaal's disciple in the future, the two sides were still very harmonious in terms of face.

I just don't know what kind of mood the two sides will be after this game.

After the side selection process, the referee looked at his watch and blew the whistle to start the game!