Time flies quickly, and in the blink of an eye it is the day before the game against Nottingham Forest.

After the last day of training, Benitez announced the 18-man roster and starting list of tomorrow's game within the team.

As he said, although there is not much time, his choice of roster is entirely based on the player's performance in training, not on fame.

So Robinho, who was not very upright in training, lost the election.

He didn't even make the list

When Benitez announced the decision on the training ground, everyone was surprised, and Robinho was even more surprised. Everyone looked at him with surprise, which made him feel even more embarrassed.

He didn't expect that Benitez was actually here-he told Ellano privately, thinking that Benitez was just a talk and didn't dare to do anything at all.

He believed that he was the second most valuable player in the entire European transfer market this season, and Benitez did not dare to touch himself at all.

But I never thought that... I really dared to attack him

After Benitez announced the roster, he disbanded the team. He did not ask Robinho to go to his office. If he did that, it means he still planned to talk to Robinho in private and explain this to him. Now his tough attitude is that he doesn't take Robinho seriously at all...

This attitude made Robinho even more unacceptable. Although he did not have an attack on the spot, his face looked ugly, and his already dark face became even darker...

He then hurried away, without communicating with anyone in the locker room, changed his clothes and drove away from Carrington in his Ferrari sports car.

Ellano was a little worried, but he didn't find a chance to comfort Robinho, and he really didn't know how to comfort Robinho. He had advised Robinho before and told him not to face Benitez, but Robinho didn't listen... Now he probably won't listen even more...

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The media was also surprised that Benitez excluded Robinho from the big list. In this regard, Benitez's explanation was that "Robinho was not on the big list for some non-technical reasons", which makes people even more curious - what kind of "non-technical reasons" are...

But Benitez refused to explain, but the media always had great powers. Soon some media revealed that Benitez was dissatisfied with Robinho's lazy attitude in training, so he excluded Robinho from the big list.

However, this time, almost no media spoke and shouted for justice for Robinho.

Because Robinho's training attitude and game attitude have long been unhappy - he has the second highest salary in the team and the second most valuable person in the team, second only to Glory, but look at Robinho's training attitude and game attitude, is there one-tenth of Glory?

When Manchester City was not doing well, Robinho was criticized by the media a lot, and the criticism was also concentrated on his attitude.

Everyone thinks that Robinho has a problem with his attitude, and he seems to be here to make money at all.

After the media figured out why Robinho missed this game, they lost interest in this matter. A new head coach would definitely deal with a thorn in the team. It is normal for which team and which head coach is under it. So there is nothing to hype, unless Benitez dares to exclude glory from the roster, that is sensational news...

Everyone's interest quickly shifted to the game itself.

Although the game has not started yet, some clues can be seen through this starting list.

"...The game against Nottingham Forest is Manchester City's first appearance in the FA Cup this season. Although Manchester City's opponent is only an English Championship team, Benitez dares not neglect anything. He sent all the main players except Robinho... Obviously he is not like repeating Mark Hughes' tragedy. Last September, Manchester City led by Mark Hughes was unexpectedly eliminated by a British League One team Brighton in his first appearance in the League Cup this season..."

"Nottingham Forest was very brilliant in the late 1970s and early 1980s. They won the European Champions League for two consecutive years and were the teams standing at the top of Europe. But now they are no longer the same. This team is now struggling in the English Championship. The English Championship has played twenty-six rounds, and Nottingham Forest ranked 21st. They lost twelve games in the 26th round of the league, only won five games, scored twenty-six goals, and lost thirty-eight goals... Such a team can make Manchester City so cautious. It has to be said that Manchester City is not much better than Nottingham Forest today..."

"For Benitez, this is his only and last time this season, he reserves the opportunity to fulfill his promise. If his team is eliminated by Nottingham Forest, then Manchester City can announce that they will bid farewell to the European game next season in advance - this may be a good thing for them, because in that case, Manchester City can put more energy into relegation..."

There are many such sarcastic voices in the media.

Everyone should be a joke about Manchester City's failure. Except for Manchester City's real supporters, no one cares whether they will be relegated.

The Manchester Evening News also wrote a special article describing Manchester City's current crisis. It made people feel that Manchester City has reached its end. There is no hope for this season. Maybe next season is not good. Next season is probably not much better next season... The whole team is completely a vicious cycle, and it makes people feel pessimistic no matter how you look at it.

Because it is a local media, their views are easier to be deeply rooted in people's hearts and more likely to cause public opinion influence.

So much so that some Manchester City fans asked this question online: "This is really incredible. The first time I saw that in the confrontation between the Premier League team and the Championship team, everyone was optimistic about the Championship team..."

This public opinion made Nottingham Forest's head coach Billy Davis feel a little at a loss: "Many people think we can beat Manchester City away? How is this possible? But think about it carefully... this proposal is really tempting..."

He seemed to be really moved...

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"Marcelona, ​​who plays at home, faces a team that is ranked in the relegation zone in the English Championship, it's like a big enemy..." Before the game, Alan Hansen was sharing his views on this game with Motson, as usual, blackened Manchester City.

"Manchester City's situation has been really bad recently. After Benitez took office, he has not brought any changes to the team, which has also made many people have little confidence in him." Motson said.

"Let's watch this game." Alan Hansen shrugged.

At this time, in Manchester City's locker room, Benitez was preparing for his players for the last pre-match.

While everyone was changing clothes, he stood in the middle of the locker room, holding a newspaper, and was reading it to everyone.

"...This Manchester City once scared everyone in the summer transfer market, because their aggressive offensive in the transfer market really made people think that a strong team is about to be born... But look at now, half a season has passed, and their performance has relieved those who were once nervous. This 'mercenary, fighting for money, what kind of combat effectiveness do they have? Manchester City's failure proves that money is not helpful to football..."

"The transfer fee of Berbatov and Robinho is the third and second highest player in the transfer market this summer, but neither of them has shown their strength. No wonder some people question that they are coming to Manchester City to make money and are also making insincere..."

The people in the locker room were all in their own way, and they did not take Benitez's words seriously and took them to heart. After all, many of them were still unhappy with Benitez.

But Benitez didn't care about those things, he thought without anyone else. Finally, when he thought about Berbatov and Robinho, someone raised his head, and someone looked at Berbatov. Robinho was not there, otherwise he wouldn't be able to escape...

Berbatov was the most surprised because they thought that the head coach would actually call his own name and read articles criticizing him in front of the whole team, which made him look very embarrassed.

But Benitez had no intention of stopping. He continued to read, chanting one newspaper after another, and soon the embarrassing expression was not just Berbatov.

Almost everyone except glory has been read by Benitez to criticize them.

After reading it, the atmosphere in the entire locker room became very strange.

Rongguang has been observing it all the time. He felt it was strange. He didn't know what Benitez thought. Is it point to offend all the players again before this game?

Isn’t he afraid of players being passive and slacking off during the game?

After reading it, Benitez put down a thick stack of newspapers in his hand, and then looked at everyone, turning a blind eye to the expressions on the players' faces.

Next he said, "Are you very unhappy? Do you feel embarrassed? But I want to ask, are you unhappy and unhappy because you perform poorly, or are you unhappy and unhappy and unhappy because you are publicly criticized?"

Everyone was stunned, and everyone was speechless to Benitez's replies.

This question does not need to be answered, of course it is because it is publicly criticized so it is so shameless...

Who would feel embarrassed because of poor performance... Hey, it's not right. It seems that we don't think there is anything wrong with poor performance

"What's wrong with being criticized? Because you performed poorly, what's wrong with being criticized by name? You are professional players, stars, and public figures. Since you have made much more money than ordinary people, you have to bear such pressure. I am not trying to think of something that embarrass you on purpose, I just want to tell you that no one's career is smooth sailing, and everyone will suffer setbacks and pain. The key is how to face such setbacks and pain. I once lost when I led the team to the Champions League finals.

As for the championship, I almost touched the championship trophy, but I failed. Since then, I have been living in an atmosphere of losers. It seems that everyone will look at me with the eyes of the losers, as if I have been branded as a loser... But I did not give up on myself like this, I did not really become the loser that everyone is trying to be. Of course, I have not become a successful person, and I have not won any more championships to date, but at least I am still working hard to win the championship..."

Benitez is talking about the 205 Champions League final. In his first season as coached Liverpool, he led Liverpool to the Champions League final. The final was really ups and downs. At the beginning, AC Milan led three goals in the first half, but Liverpool caught up in the second half and tied the score.

As a result, just when everyone thought Liverpool was about to drag AC Milan into the quagmire of collapse, Kaka suddenly broke out and secured the victory for the team...

I know that they are often used in that game. Of course, in this story, Benitez and Liverpool he coaches always appear as "the most famous loser in Champions League history."

Among them, Benitez is the most distinctive image, because as the team's head coach, he must be responsible for the team's performance.

So the failure of this game had the greatest impact on him, which directly led to his later dismissal - because of that failure, the club's senior management lost trust in him. The club was no longer willing to continue to invest money on his team, so he could only be dismissed...

"You may find what I said funny, but no matter what others think, I have never given up on my goal."

Then, he pointed to glory again.

“Rong has suffered a huge pain for eight months in the past year.”

When everyone heard him mention glory, they couldn't help but look at glory.

Rongguang was a little surprised that Benitez suddenly gave him an example, but there was not much change in his expression on his face, at least he was not as embarrassed as others.

Faced with the gazes that cost him, he seemed very calm.
Chapter completed!