Chapter 344 Pellegrini is absent due to illness, Manchester City coach crisis

"Ranieri is fired again, where will the tinker go?"

After the game, the focus of major media reporters was not on the process and result of the game, but on Monaco's dismissal of its own head coach.

To be honest, Ranieri did a pretty good job at Monaco.

At least it was under his leadership that Monaco rushed from Ligue 2 to Ligue 1, so it is really unreasonable to fire such a meritorious coach in such a disrespectful way.

Perhaps for Russian oligarchs, this is nothing, because the termination of the contract requires payment of a severance payout.

Since you have given the money, you can fire people at will!

But the problem in this matter is not about money, but about the dignity of the head coach.

After Ranieri was fired, the outside world was almost critical of money-driven football, especially the money-driven football from Russian tycoons.

In the past few years, Chelsea's record was poor, and Abramovich fired coaches crazily, replacing six or seven head coaches in just a few years.

This behavior has greatly affected Chelsea's reputation and standing in the coaching community, causing many coaches to stay away from the team as soon as they hear the name of Chelsea.

At the beginning, Abramovich really wanted to invite Guardiola to Stamford Bridge, but Guardiola was indifferent to Chelsea's invitation.

A big part of the reason for this is that Chelsea often fires their head coaches, leaving Guardiola with a very bad and negative impression of them.

For world-class coaches like Guardiola, they have no shortage of suitors, so there is no need to go to Chelsea and suffer.

Even for Mourinho, if he hadn't suffered a failure at Real Madrid, he probably wouldn't have returned to Chelsea so easily.

After all, Mourinho has always cared about his reputation. It is impossible for him to say that he didn't care at all about being fired by Abramovich.

When the outside world criticized Monaco and Chelsea, they did not forget to criticize Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain together.

After all, when it comes to money-driven football, the first four teams that come to mind are these four.

A reporter with a curious mind asked Man City coach Pellegrini if ​​he was worried about his position. The old coach actually had such concerns, but that was last year.

After leading the team to win the Champions League trophy, he no longer has to worry about this.

"Haha, if the club wants to fire me, then just think of it as giving me an early vacation. You know, leading a team to win all the time is very tiring!"

The old coach is implying that his performance as a coach is very good and the team has been winning all the time. In this case, the club will not fire him unless they have lost their minds.

However, just as he finished speaking, Pellegrini missed Manchester City's training the next day.

"Why hasn't the coach come yet?"

"Are you late?"

"He is always on time, why is he suddenly late?"

At the appointed time, all the players were present, but Pellegrini had not yet appeared, which aroused the players' curiosity.

Although daily training can be assisted by assistant coaches even when he, the head coach, is not present, the team still has a game tomorrow, and the starting lineup and tactics for the next game all need to be determined by him, the head coach.

In this case, his lateness naturally seemed very strange.

"Ahem, everyone, be quiet!"

After a while, an assistant coach came in hurriedly, asked the players to calm down, and announced the bad news:

"Coach Pellegrini is feeling a little unwell and is currently undergoing examinations in the hospital. I will be in charge of tomorrow's game!"

Brian is the most senior assistant coach in Manchester City. No one has any objection to him serving as the interim head coach.

Anyway, it's only temporary and Coach Pellegrini will definitely recover soon.

But the coach suddenly fell ill, which made the players a little worried.

On October 25, Bryan took a large group of substitutes to London to challenge West Ham United away.

This was not a last-minute decision because Pellegrini was on vacation, but the rotation had already been decided before.

Their main players had just finished participating in the Champions League, and due to the long journey, the players' physical strength and condition have not yet fully recovered.

If they were allowed to continue playing at this time, unexpected injuries might occur.

This season, several main players in Manchester City's lineup have been injured.

The first one to be injured was captain Kompany. His injury was not serious, but it had a great impact on his game state.

Fortunately, the team still has a young player like Van Dijk who can step up, so it did not have much impact on the team's record.

But then, the injuries of Aguero and Kroos were more fatal to Manchester City.

Aguero has always been Manchester City's starting striker, and his absence has greatly affected Manchester City's offensive power in the frontcourt.

As for Kroos, he is Manchester City's midfield metronome, the one who controls the pace of the game and is also very important to the team.

The injuries of these three generals have actually sounded the alarm for Manchester City. If they do not pay attention, such injuries will only increase.

After all, Manchester City has too many games this season.

Adding together all competitions, there are as many as sixty or seventy games in a single season.

Even with rotation, each main player will probably play no less than 50 games! And many of them are very fierce and high-intensity Champions League games.

This intensive schedule and high-intensity competition can easily lead to a situation where the camp is full of injuries.

However, bold rotation comes at a price.

In London, Manchester City encountered stubborn resistance from the Hammers.

West Ham United's players used the momentum of a London derby to deal with Manchester City in this game! It was as if Manchester City was their mortal enemy! This kind of treatment was usually only given to Millwall, their city rival, but Manchester City enjoyed it today.

West Ham United scored a goal just 12 minutes into the game.

The opponent took advantage of a quick free kick opportunity and caught Manchester City off guard.

Amalfitano helped West Ham United score the first goal and temporarily lead Manchester City 1:0.

Manchester City players believed that the opponent's ball was offside, but their protests were ignored by the referee.

Moreover, the foul call when the opponent quickly took a free kick was also controversial.

On the sidelines, Manchester City's interim coach Brian frowned.

The referee's home whistle in this game seemed a bit obvious, causing Manchester City to suffer several losses.

Moreover, the young players in the substitute lineup were a bit rash and gave the opponent a lot of opportunities.

The score deficit and the referee's bias made him start to worry.

If the player on the field is a main player, he won't have such worries even if the referee is somewhat biased towards the other side.

Thinking of this, he regretted not bringing Lin Quan to fight together.

Before going to London, Lin Quan had taken the initiative to apply to fight.

However, Brian rejected his application considering that the opponent had just played a full game in the Champions League and asked him to stay in Manchester with other main players to rest.

Now it seems that my decision was a bit too reckless.

If Lin Quan were on the court, the team's offensive threat would be much greater and they wouldn't be so passive.

Fortunately, even with substitutes, Manchester City's lineup should not be underestimated.

In the 43rd minute of the first half, Manchester City seized the opponent's defensive loophole and Milner's powerful shot helped the team equalize the score.

This goal made Bryan extremely excited, and also made the Manchester City players who were watching the game in the back feel relieved.

If we can win with an all-substitute lineup, that would be perfect.

But if we can't win, getting one point is acceptable.

In this case, even if Chelsea wins, Manchester City is still one point ahead of them! A one-point lead is still a lead. Besides, Chelsea's form cannot be completely smooth. It is impossible for them to win every game, right? After all, Chelsea's opponent in this round is the Red Devils Manchester United.

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Although Manchester United performed poorly at the beginning of the season, they have now come out of the trough and won two consecutive games. Van Gaal seems to have found the right way to open Manchester United.

In addition, they are playing at home in this game, which makes people have some expectations for their performance.

Many Manchester United fans hope that Van Gaal can seize the opportunity to beat Chelsea at home and thus narrow the gap with the top two teams.

First beat Chelsea, then beat Manchester City. This is the perfect scenario for the Red Devils to counterattack in the minds of many Manchester United fans! …

In the second half, Manchester City played steadily and did not give the opponent any chance.

The game was in the 85th minute and the score was still 1:1. It looked like the two teams would end up in a draw.

However, in the 87th minute, a decision by the referee changed the outcome of the game.

In the 87th minute, a West Ham United player fell to the ground after dribbling into the penalty area.

The referee not only gave Clichy a yellow card, but also awarded a penalty.

Awarding a penalty at this point in time is almost a death sentence for Manchester City!

This penalty caused strong dissatisfaction among Manchester City players, and they rushed to the referee to protest and appeal to him.

However, the referee not only did not change the penalty, but also showed a yellow card to Milner and Fernando respectively.

It seems that he is determined to give West Ham United a victory!

On the sidelines, after seeing this scene, Brian angrily applauded the referee.

At the reminder of the fourth official, the referee ran to the sidelines and directly sent him off with a red card.

The team was awarded a penalty kick and the interim coach was sent off.

Manchester City was really powerless to turn the tide in this game and had to swallow the bitter fruit of defeat away from home.

After the game, Clattenburg, who refereed the game, was severely criticized by Manchester City fans.

It was thanks to his several key decisions that Manchester City suffered their first defeat of the season.

"The Premier League's four blind players really live up to their reputation. They couldn't even see that Amalfitano was obviously offside. How ridiculous!"

"Haha, I think the referee must have collected the money, otherwise he wouldn't have made so many controversial calls!"

"What do you mean by controversial decisions? Almost all of these decisions are disadvantageous to Manchester City. This is obviously due to suppression from above!"

"Could it be the Premier League?"

"A tree that stands out in the forest will be destroyed by the wind. Manchester City was too popular before, so people are keeping an eye on it!"

…

After the game, Manchester City immediately filed a complaint with the English Football Association and requested an investigation into the referee's enforcement record in this game.

At the same time, they used their strong financial advantage to buy off a large number of media outlets to report on the incident extensively, making it known to everyone that Manchester City was the victim.

That’s not all. With funding and organization from Manchester City, a large number of fans went to the FA’s office to block and protest.

They are not the kind of team that will swallow their anger when being bullied! If everyone plays such dirty tricks, then they should just stop playing football.

Faced with huge public pressure, the English Football Association was forced to come forward and announce that it would thoroughly investigate the matter to ensure the fairness of the league.

Just listen to this kind of talk. Given their nature of protecting each other internally, they will not easily overturn the verdict.

What Manchester City wants is not to overturn the verdict, but for the English FA to be more restrained in the next games and not deliberately target them.

After all, if things fall out, it will be bad for no one.

The Abu Dhabi consortium is here to do business, so they have naturally conducted a risk assessment.

They had already collected a lot of negative information about the top FA officials through private detectives, and used it as a trump card at critical moments.

Once these things are exposed, these senior executives will probably be ruined, and it will also be a fatal blow to the image and reputation of the English Football Association.

The team lost the game and the players' moods were affected to varying degrees.

In particular, head coach Pellegrini has not fully recovered from his illness and is unable to return to the team to coach for the time being.

Interim coach Brian received a red card for the clapping incident in the previous game and will not be able to stand on the sidelines to command the team in the next round.

As a last resort, Manchester City had to let another assistant coach take charge of the on-the-spot command.

Fortunately, Manchester United fought for their chance in this round of games.

Although they failed to beat Chelsea at home, a 1:1 draw was still acceptable for Manchester City.

In this way, although they lost the game, their lead did not shrink too much, and they still maintained a 2-point lead over Chelsea.

This result seems to be better than a draw and Chelsea winning? However, in the next round, it will be Manchester City's turn to face Manchester United at home.

Considering Manchester United's form in recent games, especially the strength shown in the home draw with Chelsea, this game may not be easy for Manchester City.

If they didn't have so many injuries and the head coach was not absent, given Manchester City's strength, they would be very confident of winning this game.

The two teams had met before in the International Champions Cup in North America, when Manchester City beat Manchester United without any chance of fighting back.

Although three months have passed and Manchester United's strength has improved, Manchester City's advantage is still great.

But now, with a series of negative factors coming together, the prospects for the next game are really a bit unclear.

Manchester United coach Louis van Gaal seemed to see an opportunity to overthrow his neighbor, so he publicly stated before the game that he would lead Manchester United to defeat Manchester City away and end Manchester City's winning streak against Manchester United! (End of this chapter)