Chapter 15 Lively Derby

He wanted to shine on the European stage, but ended up in an embarrassing situation where he was eliminated in the group stage. Manchester City's depression even made many teams laugh. This situation will definitely make the boss, Chief Mansour, dissatisfied, and the direct responsibility of Mancini will definitely not get any good fruit.

The Daily Star, the Daily Express and other media have disclosed that Manchester City's board of directors has strictly told head coach Mancini that in the following time, he must show a decent record to prove that he can bear the heavy responsibility of a team like Manchester City, and a league champion is essential. . If he fails to defend his title at the end of the season, he must leave immediately.

Eearlier of the season, Mancini realized that the team might encounter some "trouble" and said that he would fix it.

But what is disappointing is that it not only failed to fix the previous troubles, but also caused more troubles: the defense status declined, the midfield lost creativity, and the striker was not as trustworthy as last season. And this series of bad performances made Mancini suffer an unprecedented crisis of trust, which attracted a lot of discussion.

Manchester City's board of directors, headed by Chief Mansour, almost never interfered in the specific management of Manchester City before. They just signed a checkbook, but now they are obviously dissatisfied with the return of their investment, so they issued this ultimatum to Mancini.

Former Liverpool star Harman has played for Manchester City for a period of time. When commenting on Mancini and Manchester City, he pointed out that a poor performance in two games is justifiable, but he can't find a reason to play like this in the Champions League group stage, which requires six rounds of matches to determine the ranking.

Harman said, "Anyone will have some bad games, but if you perform poorly in six consecutive European games, even the same as last year, you must question them." After another loss to Dortmund, Harman said bluntly that Manchester City has no faith: "Man City really has no faith. They used 14 players in the game, which are what the head coach wants, but the gap between them and Dortmund is still very big. Except for Joe Hart, everyone else's performance from the beginning to the end is disappointing.

In the opinion of Dutch star Luther Gulit, the team's poor performance is all due to the poor performance of the head coach.

Gullit has won the European Cup and Champions League trophies successively during his time with AC Milan. Since then, he has also played for Sampdoria and has been a teammate with Mancini for a period of time. Although there is a friendship in the past, when criticizing Mancini, Gullite is merciless and can even be regarded as sarcastic: "Whether the team wins or loses, the head coach should bear all the responsibilities. If Manchester City's intention is to get out of the Champions League, then their work is great. If their purpose is to make a difference in the Champions League, they fool themselves. This is a very bad performance. Although they don't want to participate in the UEFA Europa League, they can at least make their own efforts there.

Speaking of Manchester City's signing, Gulit said bluntly that he couldn't understand: "They bought a lot of players because they value their names. I really can't see what they can do when they buy players except by looking at their names. I really can't think of the reason why they bought McCon. Can anyone tell me?

Conversely, Gulit believes that Manchester City has sold a lot of players that should not be sold: "They had a lot of excellent players, but they all sold them. Mancini once said that he knew what the problem was and he would help them, but he was just saying. I really can't see what he did. I can only see them playing worse and worse. In the face of a "six-point battle", Gullite believes that Mancini must do his best to win the weekend derby with Manchester United: "If they don't win at the weekend, they are really in trouble."

In the final battle, with Van Persie's stoppage time in the 92nd minute, Manchester United dramatically defeated their rival Manchester City 2-2 in the away game. Li Yu's second goal gave Manchester United a 2-0 lead. The goals of Yaya Toure and Sabaleta made the score 2-2, but Van Persie's free kick scored to the swing. The angry competition came to a wonderful end.

After the game, Ancelotti said in an interview that Manchester United deserved the victory: "Today's game is very special, because Manchester City has not lost at home in the past two years, and our two teams are in the top two of the table. This is a thrilling game. You can't take your eyes off the game.

In fact, Manchester United had a chance to expand the score to 3-0, but Mata's make-up shot was mistakenly blown away by the lineman as offside. Speaking of this ball, Ancelotti said: "Of course, I think we deserve this victory. I think we could have killed our opponent earlier. This is an interesting game. We should have scored 3-0. The ball was not offside at all. After the ball was blown off, Manchester City hit one. Football sometimes makes you suffer such a turning point. Later, Manchester City scored the second goal. At that time, they were very strong and worthy of that goal. Their counterattack was very wonderful, and they sent three strikers in a gambling way, but even so, I think we are much better than them.

Ancelotti specially praised the performance of Van Persie, the hero of the goal: "That free kick changed a little, but it was a wonderful shot. He made Manchester City's defenders afraid to relax at all times."

This game has expanded Manchester United's lead in the table to 6 points. Ancelotti said that it is too early to measure the significance of this game: "Without the pressure of Europe, Manchester City will be more energetic in the second half of the league, and we still have three important events: the Champions League, the FA Cup and the League."

Van Persie, the meritorious goal, said in an interview with Sky Sports: "We had a good start. Li Yu scored two very wonderful goals. We controlled the game, but Manchester City's counterattack was very fierce. It was really special to end the game in this way (free kick). These 3 points are very dramatic. Li Yu asked me at that time, 'What do you want to do, shooting or passing?' I said I would shoot!"

Li Yu also praised Van Persie: "We have practiced many times on the training ground, and I have no doubt that Van Persie can score in that position. We are very happy that we have to lead by 6 points in the table and beat our dead enemy in the same city. We are going to celebrate.

A thrilling derby battle, with ups and downs on the scene, Manchester United away from 2 goals leading to being tied, and then once shaky, until Van Persie's amazing free kick, hundreds of millions of people around the world witnessed this football feast. The scene was full of ups and downs, and the two sides were ups and downs, and there was a extreme psychological gap. In the end, Ferguson's team laughed to the end, and Manchester City [Weibo] [Weibo] people drank hatred at home!

However, the reason why the Manchester Derby is known as the most fierce derby in England is not only limited to the technical and tactical fighting of the players on both sides, but also the hot fans have become a unique scenery of this game - Manchester United boss Feidy. I'm afraid that Nande really experienced the "power" of Manchester City fans this time. He celebrated crazily after Van Persie's goal, and was finally hit by a coin thrown by Itihad fans at the scene, and his face was full of blood!

When the game reached the 92nd minute, Van Persie's free kick went straight to the corner of Manchester City's door. The goalkeeper Joe Hart flew to save and had no choice but to watch his team be killed. At this time, Manchester United general Ferdinand, who was at the other end of the court, could not control his turbulent mood. He ran to the stands of Manchester City fans and set off a crazy celebration of the jersey. He roared and roared loudly. The English iron defender vented his emotions.

However, such an arrogant and provocative and even almost crazy celebration undoubtedly completely angered the Manchester City fans on the edge of the Etihad Stadium. An excited fan had already been carried away by his anger in the stands, and he roared at the Manchester United players off the court.

Back to Ferdinand, just as he lifted his Manchester United jersey and roared crazily, he was unfortunately hit by the eyebrows of his left eye by a coin thrown on the sidelines. The Manchester United boss then covered his face with a very painful expression... Before long, we saw that Ferdinand's left eye was blood straight. Flowing, blood soared from the left eyebrow of the tough man and flowed down the outline of his face, making people unable to look at it again.

However, Ferdinand, who was used to these big scenes, was not timid at all. He wiped the blood flowing with his Manchester United jersey, and after the team doctor on the sideline wiped him for a short time, Ferdinand returned to the game.

However, the matter was over. Just as Ferdinand returned to the game, a more exaggerated scene appeared: a Manchester City fan who couldn't stand Ferdinand's provocation, ran straight down from the stadium stands, and then rushed into the field to try to chase Ferdinand, saying that it would be soon. Fortunately, at this time, Joe Hart, the Manchester City goalkeeper, appeared in time to stop the crazy fan, and Tevez's also arrived to stop the equally furious Ferdinand. Therefore, under the obstruction of the two Manchester City players, a fight between Ferdinand and Manchester City fans turned into a hot scold.

Finally, the Manchester City fan who rushed into the court was subdued by the police at the scene, and Ferdinand wrote a speech on his Twitter after the game, and even ridiculed himself: "What a great result! 3 points! Very good! No matter who throws that coin, it's really accurate! I can't believe it's just a 2pp pound! At least one pound!"

Manchester derby against Manchester United at home, Manchester City's head coach Mancini must have sweet memories. The big 6-1 victory last season not only made him raise his eyebrows, but also made Balotelly's reputation. Perhaps for this reason, Balothely started again today, but the result disappointed Mancini.

In today's game, Balothely occupied a position as a striker, but his state is not flattering.

In the 6th minute of the game, Aguero got a free kick in the front court, and Balotheli shot directly and was saved by De Gea. In the 11th minute, Silva's accurate oblique long pass found Clichy. The French hooked the ball back near the bottom line, and the ball flew to the far end. At this time, Balotheli appeared here.

With no one around him, Baloteli volleyed in the air, but took the ball to a high altitude. This is also Balotheli's only two shots in this game.

Three minutes later, Balotelly took the ball from the right side and tried to break through Evans, but under the close attention of the other side, he did not form a breakthrough. After being cut off the ball, Balotelly shoveled Evans behind his back, for which he was verbally warned by the referee Atkinson. In cooperation with another striker Aguero, Balotelly seems to be more "one-minded". He always tries to make a direct pass instead of split, but in front of Manchester United's back line, how can a direct pass be so easy to get?

As a result, either the ball was protected by the opponent to the goalkeeper, or Aguero could not control the ball smoothly.

In the 52nd minute of the game, Balothley was replaced by Tevez. Seeing that his number was displayed on the substitution card, Ba Shen did not go to the bench to greet the head coach Mancini, but went straight back to the locker room and did not return to the bench until the end of the game.

There is a comparison before there is identification. After Tevez's appearance, Manchester City's attack was obviously activated. Mancini said after the game that "Manchester City can't touch the ball in 20 minutes" appeared after Tevez' appearance. Moreover, Tevez himself also assisted Yaya Toure a goal.

The British news agency gave Balothely 6 points, but "Sky Sports" rudely gave a low score of 4 points. Sky Sports believes that Balotheli's performance is "disappointing", which not only means that Balotheli has no tactical highlights, but also because Balotheli does not play a positive role in the game, but is intermittently hot-headed.

For example, in the 5th minute, after Aguero was put down by Ferdinand, Balotheli rushed forward angrily and confronted Ferdinand. His purpose was obviously to stand up for Aguero. Balotelly's move can be said to be without warning. After all, the game has just started for five minutes. Of course, this kind of brainless behavior will not have a positive impact on the team.

After the summer European Cup, Balothely has been in a relatively average state this season. The season lasted for four months. He made a total of 18 appearances for Manchester City, including 13 leagues, 7 starts and 6 substitutes, and only one poor goal. The team's substitute Dzeko also made 13 appearances in the league, of which only 5 starts. The playing time (563 minutes) is not as good as Balotelly (587 minutes), but he has scored 6 goals. In today's game, Mancini started with Balotheli. I'm afraid he mainly valued his performance in the Manchester derby last season, but this time, Mancini made a wrong bet.

After the derby, even Mancini said bluntly that Balothely's performance was unsatisfactory.

He said: "When you have a player with extraordinary abilities like Balotry, you will be deeply puzzled that he will keep out of his ability. I love Balothely very much, but he should think about his job. He can't continue to behave like this today. We need him to make more contributions."

Mancini even said rudely, "I've seen many talented players do nothing at the end. I don't want Mario to end up with these people, which is bad for him. Mancini's criticism is very harsh. In an old Chinese saying, he may become another injury!

Recently, Baloly had a meeting with his agent Raiola. He drove from Manchester to London by himself, but because he didn't know the way, he specially hired a taxi driver to lead the way in front of his luxury car. For this, he paid the driver £800 as a reward.

Of course, for Balotelly, who earns 180,000 pounds a week, 800 pounds is obviously a drop in the bucket, but Ba Shen, who is already 24 years old, can't always be so brainless, right? His agent Raiola said, "In my opinion, the value of Balotheli is like the Mona Lisa in the art world." But if you continue to play like this, let alone Mona Lisa, the god who loves to think about life, you'd better be his "thinker".

"Naturally, no football coach will want to lose the Derby, but for Mancini, he not only can't lose, but also has to win." In an interview with The Sun, the famous English coach Wienerbulls, who has coached Tottenham Hotspur and Barcelona, said, "After all, they have performed well in the Premier League. Although they are in second place, they have not lost so far.

However, after being out of Europe in such a humiliating way, Mancini must take three points from Manchester United to keep the team on track. Otherwise, his position will be replaced by famous coaches like Mourinho and Guardiola who have won the Champions League this summer.

As Wei Shuai said, Mancini's back-to-water battle is no longer allowed to lose. However, in today's derby battle that determines the situation of the Premier League this season, Mancini still took his team to eat the first league defeat of the season, and he himself is bound to be unable to take advantage of it.

As we all know, Manchester City's performance this season has a big decline compared with last season. In the league, it can only rely on Dzeko's final kill to win. In this season's Champions League, Manchester City has broken the record of the Premier League team's lowest points in the group stage of the Champions League with an unwin record of 3 draws and 3 losses. Humiliate out.

All this has nothing to do with Mancini's bad employment. There is no doubt that today's battle against Manchester United is a matter of life and death for Manchester City and Mancini itself. However, this still can't stop the Italians from being confused: when they were in the starting lineup, Mancini actually took Tevez, who scored the most goals in the league this season, from the starting lineup, but used Balo, who has been in a sluggish state recently. Truly took the place of the Argentine.

Sure enough, Balotelly, who couldn't feel at all, became Manchester City's "offensive Terminator" on the court and was dragged down by Balotelly. While Manchester United scored two goals in the first half, Manchester City hardly created any chance to score.

In the second half, Mancini woke up like a dream and finally replaced his "god son" Baloteli with Tevez. Inspired by the positive performance of the "Beast", Manchester City finally played momentum in the second half and once tied the score.

This makes the final 2-3 kill ending look a little unfair to Manchester City, but such an ending is only unfair to Manchester City's players. For Mancini, it can only be said that he deserves it - whether it is Yaya Toure and Silva's perseverance. Broken, it is the inspiration of Sabaleta at the forefront of the penalty area. The improvement of the situation in Manchester City can be said to be due to the hard work of the players relying on their personal ability. And what about Mancini?

As early as when Li Yu scored the second goal, he stood on the sidelines with only a helpless expression.

Mancini should indeed feel helpless. After all, after losing the championship battle in the league after being out of the Champions League, the possibility of Manchester City being empty this season has suddenly increased a lot. Former Manchester United captain Gary Neville has recently pointed out in the Daily Mail that if Manchester City can't defend the Premier League championship this season, Mancini is bound to have a good life: "Maybe Mancini needs more time to prepare the team, but if he loses the derby and Manchester City can't defend his title this season, Mansu You also have enough reasons to fire him.

Before this game, also in the Daily Mail, columnist Joe Bernstein has written an analysis of the extremely embarrassing situation of Mancini in Manchester City: "Mancini has been disliked by his players, and a considerable number of Manchester City fans often cheer for his poor on-the-spot command. Manchester City has hired two former Barcelona [Weibo] executives - Bergeristan and Soriano, which seems to be paving the way for the arrival of Guardiola. All signs show that Mancini and Manchester City are destined for this.

Bernstein also described Mancini as turning the Etihad Stadium into a "Theater of Gloom", which is in contrast to Old Trafford, the home of Manchester City's rival Manchester United, known as the "Theater of Dreams". It's too sharp and ironic. As the sinner who created this gap, if the day when Mancini pays the price for it finally comes, it can only be regarded as his own fault.