Golden Greenery

In the past two years, capital from China has successively entered the five major leagues to acquire teams in Serie A, Nice, Ligue 1, Espanyol and Granada.

The Bundesliga does not allow foreign capital to make acquisitions, so Chinese bosses have nothing to do. In August of this year, the Premier League was finally broken by Chinese capital. West Bromwich Albion, nicknamed the "Knickerbockers", was fully acquired by a consortium headed by Chinese businessman Lai Guochuan and became a Chinese-funded team in the Premier League.

Some senior fans will mention Birmingham, but I won’t make any excuses here. In 2007, Yang Jiacheng, a wealthy Chinese fishing port businessman, became the largest single shareholder of Birmingham Football Club through an acquisition, and also became the team's owner.

In fact, Birmingham eventually suffered from Yang Jiacheng. He got into trouble for money laundering in 2010, and all funds were frozen. Birmingham could only rely on selling its main force to maintain operation, and then he fell into the British Championship and has not come back yet. . Just this month, another Hong Kong businessman, Sun Chouhong, finally took over Birmingham's shaky business.

West Bromwich Albion is the name of the team and the place. It is actually a small town surrounding Birmingham, located in the center of England, just over a hundred kilometers away from Manchester.

On October 2, West Bromwich Albion played at the Hawthorn Stadium, the 10th round of the Premier League and the last game in October.

After entering October, Manchester City has lost all five games. Losing offensive ability is just a curse. One game in the Champions League, one game in the League Cup, and three games in the league, everyone is playing.

With 18 points, the league ranking has plummeted from first place to fifth place. The teams with Pu 22 Sen, 20 cars and 1 are Everton and Southampton who just defeated them.

From this point of view, those who lost were considered strong teams this season. I have no choice but to comfort myself like this, or call it self-deprecation.

Today is the last battle of the entire October. If we lose again, October will turn into a black hole, a black hole from which no light can escape, and hope will be struggling.

West Bromwich Albion is ranked 13th. If Manchester City fails at the Hawthorn Stadium again, there will be no excuse at all.

Is Guardiola scared? I guess he's not afraid because he's still experimenting with formations.

The back three remains unchanged, with Stones, Otamendi and Kolarov playing today. But it is indeed the first time to play the configuration of six midfielders. Gundogan, Fernando and Fernando are in the center, Sterling and Nolito are on the left and right midfielders, and Silva is the attacking midfielder.

Aguero serves as the lone forward today. In fact, this arrangement is more suitable for him. Although Akun cannot be said to be a pure shooter, his biggest role on the court is indeed to score goals. If he has to say anything else, he is basically a hooligan.

Such a 'strange' formation today was forced out by the inability of the rear to defend the front and the inability to attack in October.

Sometimes the data can give people false impressions, especially forwards and defenders who tend to take the blame, but Guardiola, the smartest and most famous coach, can see clearly that the biggest problem is the midfield operation.

The defense cannot pressure or block the opponent, so that the rear side always faces the attack. The offense cannot form an effective wave, and the forwards can only hit blindly.

So today, whether there is a single forward or six midfielders, it is all to solve the stagnation in the midfield operation. Guardiola's team has always played in the midfield.

Zabaleta and Sagna have some minor injuries, and Delph is the one who gave No. 18 to Zhuo Yang. He is now a sick child of Manchester City and is not in the squad today. Ding Ding recovered from his minor injury and was on the bench today, and captain Kompany also returned to the bench.

There is another big boss who has also sat on the bench again, and that is No. 18, who can blind people's titanium alloy dogs' eyes.

Zhuoyang finally got permission from the team doctor to participate, and Guardiola couldn't wait to put him on the roster. It's not that he was expected to produce much power. In fact, since he injured his heel, the team has turned into ink-stained carbon. He went to recuperate from his injury and took away Manchester City's good luck.

In other words, Guardiola regarded Zhuo Yang as the lucky dog ​​mascot Lucky Cat.

According to a survey report from the UK,

Football has the highest injury rate of all sports, surpassing basketball, gymnastics and tennis.

This is closely related to the rapid development of football. In the 1970s and 1980s, that is, Pele's era, the average running rate of players in international competitions was 6,000 meters per game. Now it is not even as good as some amateur competitions.

Nowadays, 10,000 meters has become the passing mark, the intensity of the confrontation is even different, and the exploration of physical limits has reached the pinnacle of human history. Therefore, there is nothing wrong with being a sentimental party, but you must always clearly understand the meaning of professional sports. It's only right to develop rapidly.

The increase in intensity will inevitably put more load on the players' lower limbs. Physical exertion and physical confrontation greatly increase the chance of sports injuries, especially various muscle and soft tissue injuries.

Especially in the five major leagues, which represent the highest level of football, stars here are in a sense fighting injuries. Injuries have also become the most critical obstacle that prevents many superstars from reaching the next level.

The report pointed out that 55% of professional players' injuries come from games and 45% from training. The average number of days players are injured and absent is 21 days.

The intensive games have also severely reduced the team's courage to resume adjustment training. Now the training between the two games has basically become the coach's formation and movement drills for players other than injuries.

Zhuoyang's injury has its own uniqueness. On the surface, it was caused by an ankle ligament injury caused by being kicked to the same part by Borussia's Rafael and Swansea's Fell in two consecutive games. But in essence, it is still His game feeling is slightly sluggish compared to two years ago, and his awareness of stress self-protection is still unclear.

This saying is also in line with his current situation. An injury can actually help him regain his sense of the game in a shorter period of time.

Guardiola told him, if it's 3:0 today, I'll let you go up and play for a while. It's better than expecting you to do anything, just don't come down injured again.

Zhuo Yang rolled his eyes at him and said, "Why don't you expect something good from me?"

Closer to hand, Manchester City maintains a winning record. The last time Blue Moon lost to the Knickerbockers in the Premier League was back in 2008.

In this encounter, Manchester City was suffering from a five-game losing streak, while West Brom was much better. They only had 3 draws and 1 loss and were winless in four games.

Veteran Red Devils Manchester United referee Lee Mason blew the whistle, and the match between Manchester City, which has the shortest average height in the Premier League, and West Bromwich Albion, which has the tallest height, started at the Hawthorn Stadium, the highest stadium in England. screen.