The fourth round of the Premier League was immediately after the national team game? Fortunately, it was a week apart. If it was half a week, it would probably be more impacted by the FIFA virus. But even so, many players who participated in the national team game felt tired.

The FIFA virus is not just a joke, but it does exist.

It will indeed affect the performance of the players.

Therefore, many wealthy teams may not perform well after the national team game, and they also need to rotate the lineup to replace the main players who are tired of playing the national team game, so that substitutes can play.

But for the giants, their substitute players are often the main players of the national team, and they also need to participate in national team competitions...

This is the situation in Manchester City now. On a national team match day, the Carrington training base was empty.

In the past, Rongguang insisted on training here, but now even Rongguang has returned to China to participate in the competition.

The training content this week is not easy to arrange, mainly physical training. Then the players who did not participate in the national team will practice with the youth team.

It would be fine if it was the impact of the national team competition in normal times, but the situation is different now.

Manchester City's next league is crucial.

Because if they can beat Wigan Athletic at home, they will surpass AC Milan and set the longest consecutive unbeaten record in the five major European leagues!

At such a critical moment, if they lose the league due to the national team competition... it would be really unpaid.

So Benitez is particularly concerned about the situation of the players participating in the national team competition.

Sneidson was injured in the Dutch national team. Although he was not seriously injured, he would definitely miss the game against Wigan Athletics.

This is bad news.

Fortunately, everything was normal for Gareth Barry, who participated in the England national team competition. Of course, this also has something to do with his appearance as a substitute and not playing many minutes at all.

Another good news is that Kaka has not been selected for the Brazilian national team at all.

After the World Cup in South Africa, Kaka has never been selected for the Brazilian national team again. On the one hand, it is because of his injury, on the other hand, it is because of his poor performance in Real Madrid. Another reason is that he values ​​his Brazilian national team coach Dunga, who was dismissed due to the failure of the World Cup in South Africa. After the new coach Pereira came up, he would restore the Brazilian national team to the style of Samba football. Kaka's technical and tactical characteristics are incompatible with Samba football, so the Brazilian national team has his place.

During this period, although his performance at Manchester City is still pretty good, he still has not been able to enter Pereira's eyes. He was not recruited into the team in this national team game.

This is not a good thing for Kaka himself, but it is great news for Benitez.

Kaka's performance has just improved. If he gets injured in the Brazilian national team again, who can I ask for advice? If you go to a lawsuit with the Brazilian Football Association, you can't let the Brazilian Football Association give you a healthy Kaka.

Kaka is the best if he doesn't go to the Brazilian national team.

Another piece of news that comforted Benitez was that Rongguang did not play all two games after returning to China. In the first game against Singapore, he did not come on as a substitute until the 66th minute. In the second game against Jordan, he was also substituted in the eighty-seven minutes.

Although Gao Hongbo must have not thought about Manchester City in the first game, his approach was actually to help Manchester City.

Rongguang still got some rest time in these two national team games.

When Sneijder was injured, Kaka and Rongguang were in good condition and physical condition, so Benitez felt relieved.

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There are also some national team internationals in the Wigan Athletics team, but compared with Manchester City, their number is much smaller.

It is also less affected by the FIFA virus.

Under such circumstances, Wigan Athletics made tactical arrangements for Manchester City, and of course they still adopted their usual fierce and tough tactical style to deal with Manchester City.

Today, under the leadership of a Spanish coach, Manchester City has become a team with a mainland football style. They control the ball more on the ground, and the players generally have high technical abilities and delicate styles.

Such a team is as beautiful as an exquisite vase, but what they fear most is the kind of team with a tenacious style.

Bricks are naturally ugly compared to vases, but if bricks and vases collide, the vases that will eventually break out will definitely be vases, not bricks.

Before the game, Wigan Athletics had already spoken out.

"We won't let Manchester City trample on our bodies to complete the record. We have no prejudice against Manchester City, but this is a game and we will pursue victory."

The head coach of Wigan Athletics said in an interview with reporters before the game.

Benitez is not showing any weakness in this: "We will not deliberately pursue the creation of records. But we will deliberately pursue victory."

To put it this way, the record only requires unbeaten in the game, and it is acceptable to draw.

But what Benitez said about victory is more advanced and more difficult than a draw.

The implication is that Manchester City didn't take this record seriously at all, and setting a record is just something they accomplished in the process of pursuing victory.

Benitez was able to say such words, obviously related to what he observed in training these days.

During training, the three men, Gengguang, Kaka and Ibrahimovic, were in very good condition.

Benitez feels that even Gareth Barry and David Silva are injured and cannot play. With his own offensive trident combination, he can still win Wigan Athletic at home.

Therefore, considering the national team competition and the away game between the Champions League in the next mid-week, Benitez does not intend to send all the main players in this game.

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The match between Manchester City and Wigan Athletics is not only the whole of England, but also the whole world, paying attention to this game.

If Manchester City can not lose to Wigan Athletic, then they will no longer be one of the legends, but legends!

When Manchester City announced their starting list for this game, everyone saw that Manchester City players such as David Silva Matuidi, Godin and Alba did not appear in the starting lineup.

Instead, they are substitutes and rotation players.

At such an important moment, Manchester City still has some reservations?

Analysts began to think that Benitez was a little too arrogant?

Of course, Manchester City is in excellent form this season, and no opponent can stop them from continuing to win. But football always seems to be round and there will always be some surprises.

Maybe an accident will happen in this game?

Benitez is not afraid to give the players a wrong signal that they can easily defeat Wigan Athletics, which leads to proudly underestimating the enemy and losing the game?

And this starting list is good news for Wigan Athletics.

Sneijder was injured and David Silva also entered the bench for rest.

In the midfield, Milner and Gareth Barry are the local combination.

The threat of organizing an offense or scoring plummeted.

Moreover, this starting lineup shows that Manchester City didn't take Wigan Athletic seriously at all!

The head coach of Wigan Athletics did not feel the anger of being despised, but was happy.

He hopes that Manchester City will step onto the court with a kind of thought, and then he and his fearless warriors will teach Manchester City players how to be a human being!

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After Benitez announced the starting list, the media believed that Manchester City obviously underestimated the enemy, and a reporter interviewed Rongguang on this issue.

Rongguang said it was strange: "How could it be underestimating the enemy? We attach great importance to every opponent, but the lineup also needs to be rotated. You should know that many of us have just played in the national team. I don't think rotation is underestimating the enemy. This statement from the media is unfounded."

He tactfully stated that the media was talking nonsense.

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The time for the game has finally arrived.

Wigan Athletics has all the main players and challenged Manchester City away.

This game has attracted much attention, and the Premier League broadcasters have also selected this game as a free live broadcast to the world, which can allow the Premier League to gain greater influence worldwide.

So the free game is actually of little benefit to the TV station.

China's CCTV also broadcast the game.

At the beginning, CCTV bought the broadcasting rights from Tiansheng Media, and it was not exclusive. However, after three seasons, starting from this season, CCTV will have the exclusive broadcasting rights in mainland China. For this reason, CCTV can spend huge amounts of money to buy the broadcasting rights from the Premier League.

The reason for them to do this is naturally because Manchester City, where Glory is located, performed well. Moreover, CCTV is not worried about not being able to recover the money. Although their games are broadcast live to national audiences for free, the advertising revenue can completely make up for their expenses, and they may even make a small profit.

Rongguang's name is a commercial golden signboard, and countless brands want to be related to it.

Brands that cannot sign a Glory endorsement can naturally only be exposed in front of TV viewers across China by sponsoring the live broadcast of Premier League games, allowing their logo to appear before and after the game.

Although CCTV offers very high prices, it is still in short supply.

Regarding this game, CCTV launched a continuous publicity offensive half a month in advance, telling fans and TV viewers all over China how important Manchester City is to Wigan Athletics' game, and you must watch it. If you don't watch the live broadcast, you will definitely regret it.

Their slogan is also very inflammatory: "Legend is about to be born. At this time, do you choose to part ways with Legend, or to go side by side with Legend? At 9:30 pm on September 16th, Beijing time, CCTV5 Sports Channel will be a part of history with you!"

Constant advertising bombing let everyone know that there is such a game.

So during the game, many people sat in front of the TV. Not only were there fans who were already very concerned about the Premier League and the Glory, but there were also many people who didn’t watch the football but liked to join in the fun.

Because of public opinion propaganda, it seems that setting records is equated with winning glory for the country. These people also want to cheer for glory.

To this end, CCTV also asked the commentator He Ping to fly directly to Manchester, England to comment on the game on the spot at the Manchester City Stadium.

Such treatment can only be enjoyed in Spain's national derby and the Champions League final...
Chapter completed!