Chapter 422 Ronaldo finally won once, Manchester City offered Mahrez Sane 30 million

After the game in Shanghai, Manchester City rushed to the capital without stopping.

On July 31, at the Workers' Stadium, Manchester City and Real Madrid played the final match of the International Champions Cup in China.

Just like in Shanghai, the Workers' Stadium was packed with more than 65,000 fans.

Amid the cheers of the fans at the scene, the two teams joined forces to present a wonderful game to the audience.

Compared with the previous game, the condition of Manchester City players in this game was obviously much better.

Of course, this is also related to Guardiola's adjustments after the game. Players who performed poorly in the last game were not only criticized by him, but were also put on the bench and were not allowed to start.

Guardiola is well aware of what is wrong with these players, having experienced this before at Barcelona and Bayern.

To put it simply, after a player gets the honor he dreams of, his inner desire for victory and honor will be severely reduced.

Once they lose their thirst for honor, their fighting spirit on the court will naturally decline.

This is also the reason for their poor performance. Of course, there are other reasons, such as the vacation time is too long and the players' physical condition has not recovered from the vacation.

But Guardiola feels that this is the main reason.

There is no good way to solve this problem. We can only find ways to stimulate them and awaken their desire for victory and honor.

If this trick doesn't work, then the only option is to replace the players with a group of younger, more energetic players who have not won the Champions League.

In this way, it will not only maintain the vitality of the team, but also make these veteran players feel the pressure.

For the club, no one is indispensable. If they can't do it, then someone from another career will be replaced.

Of course, these players have proven themselves in Manchester City. They are very strong and their cooperation and tacit understanding have been formed.

If they can adjust and regain their fighting spirit, Guardiola will still be happy to continue coaching these players.

But in any case, the team does not need to add new blood and reserve corresponding talents in various positions in case of emergencies.

Like Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid also suffered heavy losses at the hands of Manchester City.

In the 2013-2014 season, Real Madrid had a strong team and was very hopeful of winning the tenth Champions League trophy in team history.

However, in the semi-finals, they fell at the feet of Manchester City and were eliminated by Manchester City at their home court.

This scene has made countless Real Madrid fans heartbroken. Sometimes, once an opportunity is missed, it may never come back again.

This is the case for Real Madrid. When they took the lead in forming the BBC combination, other teams had not yet reacted, and their relative advantage was even greater.

After other teams reacted and began to recruit players to form various combinations, their chances became smaller.

In this year's Champions League semi-finals, Real Madrid fell to Barcelona's MSN combination.

Therefore, every time I think back, Real Madrid people feel extremely regretful. If they could have seized the opportunity and defeated Manchester City, maybe they would have realized their dream long ago.

Therefore, Real Madrid also came to this game with a revenge mentality.

Objectively speaking, Real Madrid's strength is still very strong.

Although Ronaldo had some unpleasantness with the club this summer, it did not affect his performance on the court at all.

Even, in order to attract more attention and arouse the interest of other giants, Ronaldo plays more seriously on the court than ever before.

Even if he is not considering transfer matters, for Ronaldo, just seeing the opponent's No. 10 player wearing a sky blue jersey can inspire his infinite fighting spirit.

Originally, he and Messi sang well together, and their reputation as a pair of unparalleled talents resounded around the world.

But the appearance of this guy broke everything.

In recent years, when Real Madrid was in a downturn, Manchester City led by Lin Quan suddenly emerged and successfully stole the limelight that belonged to him.

Affected by this, Ronaldo's position as a super giant is somewhat unsafe. There are some voices in the football world. Some people believe that Ronaldo should be kicked out of the ranks of super giants because Ronaldo has hardly received anything decent in recent years. of honor.

In terms of statistics, he cannot compare to Lin Quan, and in terms of honor, he is not even worthy of carrying Lin Quan's shoes.

In addition, he is older. Compared with the younger Lin Quan and Messi, Ronaldo's condition will gradually begin to decline. Therefore, the further back, this voice will definitely become louder and louder.

Ronaldo is a very strong and face-conscious person.

He urgently hopes to respond to such doubts from the outside world with practical actions.

The best way to respond is to defeat Manchester City led by Lin Quan on the field.

Therefore, even if this is just a warm-up game, Ronaldo still goes all out.

The super giant who goes all out is very scary. In addition, the Manchester City players have not fully recovered, and they cannot stop the attack of Ronaldo and others.

As a result, at the end of the first half, Manchester City was already 0:2 behind. Among them, Ronaldo and Benzema each scored a goal.

The Real Madrid fans who came to watch the game were as happy as if they were celebrating the New Year, while the fans of Manchester City and Lin Quan were all worried and felt that something was not quite right!

"Manchester City's current state is indeed not good!"

"Except for Lin Huang, everyone else was indeed not in the best condition, especially the defensive players. They made several mistakes in the first half."

Fans are starting to worry a little. Should Manchester City lose two consecutive warm-up matches?

Although this kind of game is just a warm-up friendly match, winning or losing does not mean anything.

But losing two games before the start of the league doesn't look like a good thing.

And if there is a disastrous defeat, it may affect the mentality of the players on the field, causing them to carry their bad state into the league.

Since the European Cup will be held in June next year, the start time of the five major leagues this year is generally 10-14 days earlier than last year.

After the International Champions Cup ends, the new Premier League season will start in one week.

If Manchester City participates in the league in its current state, people will really sweat for them.

On the sidelines, Guardiola was not satisfied with the team's performance. After returning to the locker room, he began to PUA players and give them ideological lessons.

After adjustments during the halftime break, Manchester City's condition recovered in the second half, and both defense and offense improved. Aguero and Lin Quan also scored two goals each in the second half.

But Real Madrid on the opposite side was already in full swing. Under the link-up of midfield master Modric, Real Madrid's offensive was overwhelming. Bell, Benzema and Ronaldo took turns to attack Manchester City's defense.

In the 65th minute, BBC's Bale used his signature corner overtaking to break into the penalty area from the wing and score a very exciting goal.

In the 87th minute, as the game came to an end, Cristiano Ronaldo scored a wonderful elevator goal from a free kick, setting the score at 4:2.

Real Madrid finally defeated Manchester City for a while, and Ronaldo also won the duel with Lin Quan for the first time, and also suppressed the opponent in terms of statistics.

After the game, Cristiano Ronaldo happily accepted an interview with reporters and talked about his goals for the new season.

This season, Ronaldo wants to win the league title and the Champions League double.

As for the Triple Crown, it depends on whether the King's Cup can be successfully won!

However, the Copa del Rey has always been unfavorable to Real Madrid. Their performance in this event is far inferior to that of Barcelona next door.

With Ronaldo's identity and strength, no one would think that he was bragging when he said these words.

And judging from today's game, Real Madrid's condition and strength have been maintained well, and they are definitely a strong contender for the Champions League trophy.

On the other side, although he lost, Lin Quan's mood was not greatly affected.

The only fly in the ointment is that he finally led his team back to China to participate in the competition, but failed to win the China championship in front of his hometown folks. It was a bit regretful for him.

"Lin, can I exchange jerseys with you?"

At the end of the game, Benzema and Bale almost coincidentally ran to Lin Quan to exchange jerseys with him.

However, Bell was still faster and got the opportunity to exchange jerseys. Benzema unfortunately missed the opportunity.

In this game, both men performed very well.

Bell's speed and Benzema's support ability were fully demonstrated.

The power of the BBC combination has been fully revealed after two years of hard work.

Lin Quan believes that as long as Real Madrid's own lineup does not change too much, Real Madrid's competitiveness in the Champions League this year may be stronger than last year.

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After Manchester City had to end its journey to this International Champions Cup with a two-game losing streak, Guardiola took the team back to Manchester and immediately began closed training.

The new season is about to start, and it feels a bit dangerous for the team to participate in the league in its current state.

Fortunately, it is still in the transfer period. In view of the loopholes exposed in previous games, he can spend money to buy people from the transfer market.

Due to the departures of Navas and Milner, Manchester City's personnel reserves on the wings and midfield are somewhat dangerous.

Then, Guardiola remembered Mahrez, whom he had discussed with Lin Quan before.

This person's performance in Leicester City last year was not very good, with not many goals and assists.

In addition, when Leicester City signed him last year, they only spent 500,000 euros.

So the price Guardiola offered for the first time was 25 million euros.

If Leicester City is willing to sell, they can earn more than 20 million euros from changing hands.

However, this offer was rejected by Leicester City. To be precise, it was rejected by Ranieri.

Are you kidding? Leicester City's lineup is already very thin. In addition, the team is not a wealthy team, and its financial resources and appeal are very limited, so it cannot buy any big-name players.

Therefore, Ranieri treasures these players in the lineup very much and is not willing to give away any of them.

His own offer was rejected, which was a bit surprising to Guardiola.

But he knows very well that these Premier League clubs are very good at robbing people when it comes to transfers.

It is common to ask for a high price and pay back the money on the spot.

And 25 million was not his bottom line, so he did not hesitate to add 5 million and re-offered Leicester City at a price of 30 million euros.

However, what he didn't expect was that Leicester City once again rejected Manchester City's offer, and it was more decisive than the last time.

This is strange!

Guardiola took Mahrez's information and studied it carefully. He was not British and did not have a British household registration book?

In the Premier League, local household registration is very valuable, and local players are often worth a lot more than foreign players because of this local household registration.

If Mahrez is from England, it is not surprising that the offer of 30 million was rejected. If you want to get him, it is probably unrealistic for less than 35 million.

But his information clearly states that his nationality is Algerian!

Since he is not a local, why is Leicester City not moved by an offer of 30 million?

I can’t figure it out, I can’t figure it out at all!

Since the other party didn't sell, he gave up his intention to continue making offers and turned to look for other targets.

On Leicester City's side, Ranieri couldn't calm down after reluctantly rejecting Guardiola's offer.

He asked himself more than once, is Mahrez really worth so much money?

Should we simply sell him and use the money to go to the transfer market to buy some talents that the team desperately needs?

Leicester City's financial resources are far less substantial than those of Manchester City. In the past few seasons, their transfer budget has been less than 10 million euros, and in some seasons they only spent a few million euros.

This money is not enough for Manchester City to buy a young player.

This summer, after inviting the famous coach Ranieri, the team's boss was a little more generous and approved a transfer budget of 30 million euros for him.

Ranieri took the money and budgeted carefully, and bought as many as five players to strengthen the team's shortcomings in multiple positions.

The players Ranieri bought can be regarded as a model of high quality and low price.

Their transfer prices are generally less than 10 million euros. The most expensive one is the Japanese international Shinji Okazaki bought from the Bundesliga team Mainz. This transfer cost 11 million euros, which made Ranieri feel heartache. a few days.

Now, there is an opportunity for him to earn 30 million or more in front of him. If he can seize the opportunity, he can buy several more good players.

However, even world-class coaches like Guardiola have taken a fancy to Mahrez, which proves that he must be outstanding.

It feels like a loss to sell such a future star for 30 million.

If Leicester City has no ambitions and just wants to avoid relegation and stay in the Premier League, then it may be possible to do this deal.

After all, for many mid- and lower-level teams, selling the stars they have trained in their own teams and then going to lower-level leagues to train new players is an important way for them to make money.

But if Leicester City has ambitions and wants to get tickets to the European War or even stabilize the Premier League championship, then this transfer cannot be accepted.

Because what they sold is likely to be the backbone of the team in the future.

Fortunately, Manchester City did not continue to quote, so Ranieri finally no longer struggled with whether to make the money.

After Guardiola gave up on Mahrez, he made an offer to Schalke 04 for 30 million euros for the other party's young winger Sane.