Football: start copying peak Messi attributes

Chapter 352 If you don't die, you won't die, Guardiola has started to work!
Guardiola is very efficient. After officially joining Manchester City, he even saved time for rest.

After rejecting the Christmas holiday offered by the team, he quickly went to the club to start working.

Manchester City's current situation is not good, and Guardiola dare not waste more time.

He needs to enter the working state as soon as possible to help the team solve difficulties.

Moreover, the transfer during the winter break is about to start, and he still needs to find suitable players in the transfer market to fill the loopholes in various positions of the global team.

These tasks are many and complicated, and the time is very tight, so they must be dealt with as soon as possible.

After arriving at Manchester City's training base, Guardiola called the players together, gave them a brief lecture, and then asked the assistant coach to arrange daily training, while he stood on the sidelines and carefully observed the players' status.

Manchester City's injuries have been relatively serious this season. Many players on the training ground have just recovered from injuries and are undergoing recovery training.

Seeing Kroos training with the ball, Guardiola asked his assistants:
"How's Kroos doing lately?"

The midfield has always been the most important part of Guardiola's team. Many of his tactics are made in several positions in the midfield.

"The recovery is not fast, and the players seem to have serious resistance."

The assistant coach and physical therapist on the side looked at each other and replied truthfully.

"Resist mentality?"

Guardiola is a little confused, he knows Kroos' character, he is a very professional player.

How could he be resistant?

"Well, this is the first winter he has experienced without a winter break. The Christmas holiday team not only does not have a holiday, but also has to train and prepare for games. There are even games to be played on Christmas Day. For many players who have just come to the Premier League , They are not very adapted to this rhythm of the game."

Guardiola nodded, indicating that he understood.

Manchester City's next game is on December 12, the day after Christmas.

This kind of schedule is indeed a bit anti-human.

However, the Premier League is different from other leagues. This is a game organized by the Premier League. In order to pursue the ultimate commercialization, they specially choose to hold the game on Christmas when the traffic is the largest.

This can attract more fans to watch the game, and can also seize the offseason broadcast market of other leagues.

From the perspective of event promotion and broadcast income, such an arrangement can bring the greatest benefits.

But for the players, the arrangement of driving fast at Christmas will make them feel very painful and disgusting.

Everyone else is on vacation, but they still have to play games, and it's not a normal schedule, it's an extremely intensive schedule.

The Premier League can't wait to arrange a few more games between Christmas and New Year's Day holidays, regardless of the life and death of the players.

It's no wonder the players don't feel disgusted!

The British players may be okay, they have grown up in this environment and have long been used to this arrangement.

But for those players from other countries, especially those who have just come to the Premier League, when they encounter this situation in the first few seasons, it is normal and common to not apply and resist.

Not to mention, the Christmas Express schedule is a period of high incidence of injuries for players.

"If his injury is not a major problem, give him a week off and let him rest!"

"what?"

Hearing that Guardiola waved his hand and was about to give Kroos a holiday, the assistant coaches next to him were dumbfounded.

Coach, do you know what you're talking about?

Our team is now full of wounded soldiers, and there are not many healthy people left.

Although Kroos can't start the game and play the whole game, it is still no problem to play as a substitute in the second half.

This will not only help him integrate into the team as soon as possible, but also allow other midfielders in the team to breathe.

It's good for you, if you let him go, there will be fewer players in the team, and the remaining players will have to bear a heavier burden!

"Go and ask to see who else wants to take a vacation. Those who want to take a vacation will have a three-day vacation!"

Guardiola didn't seem to want to listen to persuasion. Not only did he not listen to persuasion, but he also extended the holiday policy to the whole team.

Today is Christmas Eve and tomorrow is Christmas.

As the most important festival in Western society, it is indeed a bit unreasonable to let players sweat profusely on the court at this time.

"Coach, if the whole team is given a holiday, what about the game on December 12?"

"Hehe, don't worry, don't we still have a reserve team and a youth team?!"

Guardiola looked confident, but it turned out that he was going to the reserve team to pick someone up.

Several assistant coaches were speechless collectively. They took the players from the reserve team and the youth team as the main force. Is this a voluntary surrender?

The Christmas Express of the Premier League has already started, and Manchester City has three tough battles to fight in the next week.

This dense schedule is a high-frequency period for most Premier League teams to lose points. Manchester City is now 3 points behind Chelsea in the standings.

If they can't play these three games well, they may be pulled further.

At this critical moment of chasing points, Guardiola was about to give up a game as soon as he came up, and it was his first show.

He is not afraid of losing the game at that time, will the fans and reporters make him feel overwhelmed?

Guardiola is really not afraid!
It's just a game, if you lose, you lose, no big deal.

On the contrary, if the act of giving the players a holiday can win the favor of the players, increase their support in the team, and reverse the current sluggish morale and state of the players, then it is a win!
So, after dropping this sentence, Guardiola turned around and left, preparing to go to the reserve team to select players.

After seeing Guardiola's arrival, the coaches and players of the reserve team were all very excited, and even became more active in training on the field!

This is the team's new head coach. His purpose in coming to the reserve team is self-evident. He must have come to inspect the players' status and prepare to promote them to the first team!

For all players in Manchester City's reserve team, being able to play for the first team is their dream.

Therefore, such an opportunity cannot be easily missed. The players are all working hard to express themselves, hoping to impress Guardiola.

Guardiola chatted with the head coach of the reserve team on the sidelines while observing the performance of the players on the training ground.

These young players have been working hard to express themselves after he came to the stadium, but most of them have shown mediocre strength. From Guardiola's perspective, these people are obviously not in his eyes.

Guardiola was deeply moved. When he was in Barcelona, ​​La Masia had a lot of talented players in the training camp.

But when it comes to Manchester City, it is difficult to find even a player who can see the past.

Of course, the La Masia youth training camp has a wide range of candidates and a greater reputation. Every year, a large number of parents from all over the world bring their children to La Masia for trial training.

Only the most outstanding kids are likely to stay there, so it's no surprise La Masia has a lot of talent.

Compared with Barcelona, ​​Manchester City's youth training has only gradually entered the right track in the past few years and lacks foundation, so there are no good seedlings.

The youth training still needs to be grasped, after all, this is the foundation for the team's long-term blood production.

Good players in the future will only become more and more expensive. Blindly relying on buying people to build a team will only cost more and more, and in the end it will drag down the team's financial system.

This is obviously not the long-term solution!
There are almost no players who meet Guardiola's requirements or make him shine, but Guardiola has come all the way, and it is impossible to leave empty-handed.

So he had to lower the standard.

If players are selected based on the criteria of being able to gain a foothold in the five major leagues, a few of these people seem to look good.

"Well, this striker is not bad, what's his name?"

Guardiola pointed to a young black striker who was just over 1.8 meters tall and asked the head coach of the reserve team.

"Him? His name is Kleiki Ishinacho. He is 18 years old this year. He is a Nigerian. He has good talent and is a good forward prospect!"

Guardiola nodded: "Try him to the first team and play a few games!"

After saying this, he saw another defender who performed well in defense.

"What's the guard's name?"

"Tosin Adarabioyo, he has excellent physical fitness and good defensive awareness. He will be a good defender after playing more games in the future!"

"Well, then take him with you!"

Guardiola promoted a full five young players to the first team in one breath, and the rest are really out of sight. No matter how poor the first team is, he dare not use these people.

The five players who were selected were extremely excited, and each of them felt like being hit by happiness.

They felt like they were dreaming, and they couldn't believe that they were actually selected by Coach Guardiola!
This is a world-class celebrity!

As for the players who were not selected, they all seemed very disappointed.

They will not doubt Guardiola's vision, and it is unlikely that the other party will miss it.

Since they are not favored, it means that their talent and strength are really not good.

This made many people realize the reality. It will be difficult for them to gain a foothold in Manchester City in the future. Maybe they can consider transferring and leaving to try their luck in other teams.

By the time Guardiola returned to the first team training base with a few young players promoted from the reserve team, the assistant coach had also completed the registration.

There are many players who want these 3-day holidays. After all, who can withstand the temptation of Christmas holidays?

Guardiola had expected this situation a long time ago, so he appeared very calm.

But when he saw that Lin Quan's name was also in it, the calmness on his face completely disappeared.

"Ahem, do you want to take these three days off?"

Guardiola found an opportunity to find Lin Quan during the training interval and mentioned this matter to him.

"Yes, I promised to take Maria and Valentina to the playground and the aquarium!"

Seeing Guardiola scratching his head, Lin Quan tried his best to suppress a smile, and replied solemnly.

Hearing Lin Quan's words, Guardiola hesitated to speak, and then stopped talking.

"If someone is willing to accompany us to the playground, I think Valentina and the others may not be able to accommodate and postpone the time until after New Year's Day."

Guardiola nodded again and again: "No problem, I have time after New Year's Day, and I will definitely take them out to play then!"

Lin Quan nodded and crossed out his name from the leave application list.

It's really hard to drive fast on Christmas, but with the experience of last year, I can stick to it this year.

Especially the team is now in a very critical period. Although Guardiola is dying, he can't really watch him die.

"So many main players of the team are on truce, the next game can't be done without you!"

After seeing Lin Quan cross out his name, Guardiola let out a sigh of relief.

Lin Quan couldn't help giving him a blank look, and asked:

"You have been working hard since you came up, and you have made it so big, are you really not afraid of overturning the car?"

It’s true that if you don’t die, you won’t die. Guardiola wants to buy people’s hearts. Lin Quan can understand this.

It's just that he feels that Guardiola doesn't need to be so hasty, he can take it slowly little by little, and there is no need to make such a big move as soon as he comes up.

Just like he was doing scientific research in the Champions League knockout rounds, it’s okay to do this kind of thing in the league. If you play like this on a critical occasion like the Champions League knockout rounds, you will naturally be blown to the sky if you succeed, but if you fail, then But they will be scolded miserably!

Guardiola nodded:

"It would be a lie to say that I am not afraid, but I have studied the opponent's game video and have some ideas. I can try it when the time comes. Even if some main players cannot play, we may not lose."

The next game is his first game joining Manchester City, and he will receive a lot of attention. Guardiola naturally doesn't want to make a fool of himself.

In the next game, Manchester City's opponent is West Bromwich Albion, this team is not strong.

He greeted the staff of the club before, asked for the video of the opponent's game in the recent period, and did sufficient research.

Guardiola thought he was certain, so he dared to do this.

Of course, he cannot play with a full substitute lineup. Lin Quan, the core of Manchester City, must be on the field, because this is the key to his victory.

……

December 12, Manchester, Etihad Stadium.

This is the first game after Christmas, and it is also Guardiola's first show after joining Manchester City.

This game has received unprecedented attention, the Etihad Stadium is full of attendance, and there is no vacancy in the entire stadium.

Manchester City fans have been looking forward to this game for a long time!
This is Guardiola's first game since he came to Manchester City. The outside world is very concerned about the changes his arrival has brought to Manchester City.

Therefore, the Premier League officials specially arranged the live broadcast of this game, and also chose the prime time for the game and live broadcast.

Obviously, even the Premier League officials don't want to let go of such opportunities for publicity and promotion.

However, when the two sides announced the starting lineup for the game before the game, both the fans who came to watch the game and the reporters who came to report Guardiola's first game were dumbfounded!
What the hell is Manchester City doing?

Why don't you know many of these players in this starting list?

(End of this chapter)