There is still one week after the Community Shield Cup, which is the first round of the Premier League, but Manchester City's signing work has not ended.

Just two days after winning the Community Shield, Manchester City Club officially announced that they purchased French young midfielder Blaze Matuidi from Ligue 1 club Saint-Etienne. The official news did not disclose the specific transfer fee.

But the media quickly gave the answer.

Seven million euros.

This young midfielder, who was only 22 years old, came to Manchester City like this.

However, most media reactions are:

"...Manchester City spent 7 million to buy an unknown man. They really had too much money to spend it."

"Blaze Matuidi? Who is he? Why is he worth seven million euros?"

"Manchester City has money, so they are qualified to squander and waste in the transfer market. Even if Matuidi performs poorly and is wasted seven million euros, Manchester City probably won't even blink..."

"Matuidi's agent has great skills and can actually sell this player for so much money..."

For the English media, most people don't know Matuidi and don't know anything about the young black player.

Only some French media expressed their blessings for Matuidi, and they believed that this talented young man could definitely play his place in Manchester City.

The English media do not know about Matuidi, but Benitez knows very well. This young player who seems to be not famous now is a good player in midfield defense.

Since the 205266 season, he has been playing the main player in the Ligue 1, first in Troyes, and later transferred to Saint-Etienne for 4 million euros.

Always the main force.

Such players are not people without ability.

Matuidi has all the qualities of a black player and has extremely outstanding physical fitness. As a midfielder, this is very important because he needs to run on the court, from one penalty area to another, from the left side of the court to the right side.

Matuidi has excellent running ability, and can be seen on both offense and defense, and he also has a certain ability to plug in the back row to participate in the offense.

Simply put, in French football, Matuidi has a nickname - "New Marklele".

Just looking at this nickname, you should know Matuidi's characteristics and abilities.

Benitez thinks it's really a good deal to have a new Marklele.

He had planned to buy Matuidi for a long time, but the negotiations with Saint-Etienne were quite painful. The French club Lion spoke out loud, and both sides were bargaining back and forth. Finally, a consensus reached on the transfer fee of 7 million euros. Saint-Etienne also asked that if Manchester City wanted to sell Matuidi in the future, 25% of the transfer fee would belong to Saint-Etienne.

Manchester City has paid a great price to win Matuidi.

After buying Matuidi, Benitez also completed the last step of his midfield reconstruction.

In his plan, Matuidi specializes in defense, playing as a back midfielder with Gareth Barry, Sneider plays as a front midfielder, and then Glory, Robinho and Berbatov play as a forward.

This is when David Silva is temporarily unable to play.

After David Silva can appear, he will see who is in better shape and let him play.

In this way, there will be no shadow of last season in Manchester City's midfield.

The entire midfielder was replaced.

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After buying Matuidi, Manchester City continued to look for targets in the transfer market.

Benitez believes that the team's bench is a bit weak. Although there are many people, not many people can use it.

He has sold out a lot of people this summer, and all the players he thought were useless were cleared out.

Nowadays, with Berbatov and Sturric, only these two people, is obviously not enough, because this season, Manchester City will play in the Champions League and domestic leagues on both sides. If two centers are injured, there will be no substitute.

So I have to buy a center.

Benitez finally chose center Deldyyock, who plays for Switzerland's Basel. This center, who is 1.90 meters tall, has height and foot skills. With his presence, he can have more choices in Manchester City's offense.

In addition to center forward, Manchester City also seems to have a small number of personnel in the centre-back position.

Now there are only three real center backs, Dunn Lucio and Kompani. Richards can play a cameo center back, but most of the time, he is a right back.

Therefore, Benitez still has to buy a central defender.

He took a fancy to Villarreal's main central defender, Uruguay international Diego Godin.

Godin's only problem is that his value may be relatively expensive, because Villarreal is not so easy to let go of his main central defender and he has to spend more money. But this is not a problem for Manchester City, which is rich and powerful.

In the end, Manchester City spent 13 million euros to bring Godin from the "yellow submarine" to the "blue moon".

These acquisitions were settled before the first game of the league began, as Benitez tried to give them more time to fit in the team.

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On August 15, the first round of the 2092010 Premier League season officially kicked off.

The opening game is Chelsea's home match against Hull City.

The game ended with Chelsea's 2l defeat of Hull City.

Later, various Premier League teams appeared one after another.

Manchester City's first game was also included, and they challenged Blackburn away.

This is also the first official game Sneijder played for Manchester City.

In this game, Manchester City sent the strongest lineup they could send.

After Sneijder came on the court, Manchester City's offense suddenly became different again.

His ball-taking and scheduling in the midfield are completely incomparable to Errano.

With him here, Manchester City's offense is much more organized.

But what people are most concerned about is whether some sparks can be created between him and glory.

Glory is Manchester City's offensive core, and Sneijder is the core of the organization.

What can the two core players perform when they compete in the same field and fight side by side?

The answer is revealed at the 33rd minute.

After receiving the ball in the midfield, Sneider turned around and wiped the Blackburn player who was too swinging.

Then he almost didn't even look at it, and directly sent a straight pass

At the same time, Rongguang suddenly cut inside from the side and rushed into the gap. He received the straight pass from Sneider in the penalty area, and then he kept shooting with his right foot.

Football entered the goal between former England goal Robinson and the goal post, and Robinson had only time to make a save-the distance was too close, Rong Guang's shooting power was too great, and the football was too fast, so it was normal for him to react...

"HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUNGh He scored his first goal in the new season for Manchester City"

"Sneder's assist was the first game Sneder played on behalf of Manchester City, and he contributed an assist. Manchester City finally had a real organizational core."

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After scoring the goal, Glory turned around and ran towards Sneider, who stood there with his arms wide open and waited for him.

Rongguang ran over, the two hugged each other, and other Manchester City players rushed up and surrounded them.

The Manchester City fans who went out with the team in the stands sang "Song of Honor" and the joy from the heart surged out with the song.

They are very sure now that Manchester City is indeed becoming stronger

If this continues, Manchester City will become a force that cannot be ignored in English football, and maybe they can still watch the league championship.

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In the first half, Manchester City took a goal to lead by relying on Glory's goal.

The two sides changed places and fought again in the second half, and this time it was Rongguang's turn to repay his favor.

He dribbled through the ball, and after attracting three Blackburn players to defend him, he suddenly passed the football out, but he did not simply pass it to the goal, but passed it in an inverted triangle, which was a bit beyond the expectations of Blackburn's defensive players. They were either surrounding Glory or guarding Berbatov in front of the goal. No one expected Glory, which was about to break through the bottom line, would pass the football outside the penalty area.

Because all Blackburn players were compressed into the penalty area by glorious breakthrough, there was no one in the top of the free throw outside the penalty area. At this time, Sneider rushed up to win the ball and shot with an angry shot.

Sneider has the ability to shoot a long shot

His shot made the football take off, and passed the dense Blackburn players in the penalty area, which also made Blackburn goalkeeper Robinson far beyond the reach. Although he flew into the football, Sneider's shot was too fast. He was still some distance away from football...

In this way, the football plunged into the net

"Sneider - Sneider Manchester City led Blackburn 20. He just joined Manchester City. In the first official game, he scored a goal and an assist. Is there any better debut than this? Sneider used the fastest speed to make Manchester City fans fall in love with him."

Sneider was very excited after scoring the goal, but he had not forgotten to thank the glory for the assists. He ran to glory and the two hugged each other again.

Benitez saw this scene off the court and smiled.

He was not happy because the team led the opponent with two goals, which was right. He was happy because Rong Guang and Sneijder had a tacit understanding, cooperated very well, and the relationship looked good.

In this way, he was relieved that the offensive core and the organizational core were intimate and sincerely cooperated, so Manchester City's performance was not much worse.

He has confidence in Manchester City's results this season and in the following seasons.

Once Sneijder has it, Manchester City’s organizers are found. Only with an excellent organizer can the characteristics of glory be maximized.

Although Rongguang can also pass the ball and assist, he is not the organizer after all. It is a waste to let him retreat to the midfield to play the organizer. What he wants to use is Rongguang's offensive ability, making him penetrate the opponent's heart like a sharp knife
Chapter completed!