Chapter 355 Mourinho's shock

"6 games in 14 days, the defending champion faces a devilish schedule!"

"Club World Cup & League? What will Guardiola choose?"

"Premier League match arrangement stirs controversy again, Club World Cup may become a nightmare for the giants!"

The news that Manchester City was facing a devilish schedule was quickly noticed by the media and reported extensively.

As the hottest team in recent times, Manchester City has received a lot of attention, and any reports about them can attract attention and heated discussions from the outside world.

Just like this time, after the media reported the difficulties faced by Manchester City, it immediately became a hot search on the Internet and caused widespread discussion.

"Manchester City is so unlucky!"

"Guardiola is just unlucky. He encountered such a devilish schedule right after arriving!"

"Haha, is this kind of schedule something a human would do?"

"Even without these two Club World Cups, the schedule during this period is not easy for Manchester City!"

"Fortunately, Manchester City is the Champions League champion, so they only have to start from the semi-finals of the Club World Cup. At most, they only have to play two games. Otherwise, their situation would be even more serious!"

"Although there are only two games, but cramming two more games into an already devilish schedule will make it even more devilish. I think Manchester City will definitely make some trade-offs."

"If we win the Club World Cup, we will achieve six titles. Why not win the Club World Cup first?"

"Yes, the title of Six-time Champion is loud and prestigious, so we should get it first!"

"It seems that there is no six-time champion in the Premier League yet. If Manchester City can win this honor, it will be of great help to their promotion to a top club!"

"But if we choose the Club World Cup, what about the league and the FA Cup?"

"Manchester City is now three points behind Chelsea. After giving up two games in a row, the gap is likely to be widened to nine points. With Mourinho's rigor and Chelsea's current strength, it is almost impossible for Manchester City to catch up with these nine points in the second half!"

"Alas, it's a dilemma. You can't have your cake and eat it too. Let's see what Manchester City chooses!"

"It's all the fault of the Premier League officials. Other leagues have a winter break, but they don't, and they are rushing to attract audiences around Christmas.

"That's right. The winter break every year in the Premier League is a great opportunity to differentiate and widen the gap within the championship group. Many teams that performed well in the first half of the season start to fall behind at this time!"

"For example, a certain group of four-guarding madmen!"

"Arsenal: Don't cue, thank you!"

"Alas, Nana has a really difficult season this year. We are 13 points behind the top team and have no hope of winning the championship!"

"Forget about competing for the championship, just keep the fourth place first. There are five teams in the standings that can threaten their Champions League spot. If they are not careful, they will fail to keep the fourth place and miss the Champions League!"

"What does Arsenal have left now? They haven't won a title in ten years, and the salaries aren't particularly high. The only thing that's attractive to the stars is probably the Champions League spot every year and Wenger's charisma!"

"The professor is getting old, and I'm afraid he won't be able to teach for many more years. I really don't know what Nana will do after he retires. Oh, it's so difficult!"

"This season in the Premier League, apart from the two teams competing for the title, which of the remaining giants is not difficult? They are all difficult!"

"Yes, Chelsea, Manchester City, Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal, Tottenham, so many teams are competing for the Champions League spot. Even if we remove Tottenham, after the rise of Manchester City, one of the traditional BIG4 is bound to be squeezed out!"

"Looking at the standings, Liverpool is more likely to be squeezed out, right? They are now ranked eighth with only 28 points!"

"Suarez's departure will have a big impact on Liverpool's strength!"

"I choose to believe in the professor's ability. Since he took office, Arsenal has never missed the Champions League!"

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Giving up the league or giving up the Club World Cup is a difficult decision for Manchester City.

But in the end, Guardiola made the decision: go all out to win the six titles! This six-title title is an opportunity that Manchester City has fought hard for in the past year, and it is also the last step that head coach Pellegrini failed to complete.

Now it only takes 2 games to achieve this achievement. If he cannot do it for him, the old coach will probably feel extremely regretful.

Pellegrini has put a lot of effort into Manchester City's rise, and Guardiola doesn't want him to have any regrets.

If he missed this opportunity, he would definitely feel guilty in the future! The league championship is important, but the league is held every year. If he can't win it this year, he can always try again next year!

He can afford to lose!

After hearing Guardiola's decision, everyone secretly admired him.

Guardiola keeps the responsibility and risk to himself, and this sense of responsibility is admirable.

In this era when sophisticated egoism is rampant, there are very few people willing to make such sacrifices!

Pellegrini's assistant coach Brian was very moved and told his old partner Pellegrini about this matter after the meeting.

After the latter learned the truth, he was shocked and speechless for a long time, which finally turned into a long sigh.

Guardiola is a good person! He and Guardiola are not close friends, but the other party treats him like this. He feels a little ashamed of such kindness.

So Pellegrini called Manchester City club chairman Fahim, told him the truth, and asked him to persuade Guardiola.

Guardiola took over Manchester City as the new coach. At this time, he urgently needed to use results to stabilize the morale of the team and establish his own prestige in the team in order to intimidate the many stars in the team.

In addition, he also needs results to shut up the outside world's gossip.

Giving up the league under this circumstance would be a huge loss for him. If he is not careful, this choice may very likely become the Waterloo of his coaching career.

Pellegrini doesn't want his future to be affected because of himself.

The six-time champion is just an empty title, and it will be lost if it is lost. He believes that with Guardiola's strength, he will be able to take it back in the future!

Fahim was surprised when he received Pellegrini's call. He didn't expect Guardiola to do this.

When there was still hope of competing for the league championship, they actually gave up the league on their own initiative.

Guardiola is so courageous!

Fahim thought again and again, not knowing whether he should persuade Guardiola.

So the matter was reported to the higher-ups, and the club's owner Mansour was asked to make the decision.

Mansour was also surprised. He thought for a while and said, "Respect all decisions of Mr. Guardiola. If he really decides to fight for the six championships, I will provide my private jet to the team so that they can reduce the fatigue of traveling!"

Mansour admires Guardiola's character very much. Even if Guardiola's coaching results this season are not ideal and he fails to defend the Premier League title, he will not blame Guardiola.

Originally, we invited Guardiola over because of his ability and coaching style.

Now, after seeing Guardiola's noble character, he felt that for this reason alone, he was the most suitable candidate for head coach in his mind! ...

After making the decision, Manchester City used a large number of substitutes and reserve players in the 19th round home game.

This lineup is bolder than the previous game against West Bromwich Albion, with almost no main players on the field.

Manchester City's main players have already taken a connecting flight to Morocco to participate in the 2014 Club World Cup.

Burnley's head coach was secretly delighted when he saw the opponent's lineup.

Deep in the relegation zone, they now desperately need points to escape the relegation quagmire.

Originally, they had almost no hope of scoring points in the away game against Manchester City, but after Manchester City strategically gave up the game, their chance came! So, Burnley's head coach waved his hand and signaled the players to rush forward and attack! The opponent was just a group of substitutes and reserve team kids, isn't this just a random kick? A relegation team, beating the home team at the Etihad Stadium, such a scene was hard to imagine before.

However, this scene actually happened!

However, what Burnley did not expect was that the opponent's lineup was indeed not strong, but their defense was extremely tenacious.

This group of substitutes used active fighting and running to limit Burnley's attack, forcing the opponent to return empty-handed time and time again.

The Manchester City fans who came to the scene saw their substitutes performing so well that they all opened their voices and cheered for them loudly.

While they were cheering for their own team, Manchester City fans were also paying close attention to another game - Southampton vs Chelsea! Southampton's record this season is quite good, currently 2 points higher than Arsenal, ranking fourth ahead of Arsenal.

If they can continue this performance in the second half of the season, they may have a chance to get a ticket to the Champions League next season.

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Although Southampton and Chelsea have a big difference in strength on paper, considering their form and their ranking in the standings.

Manchester City fans and many Premier League fans who do not want Chelsea to win the championship have high hopes for them, hoping that they can stop Chelsea at home and slow down the opponent's scoring speed.

It would be even better if they could overthrow the invincible Blues.

And this almost delusional thing seems to have the possibility of realization.

In the 17th minute of the first half, Sadio Mane, the striker who Southampton bought for 15 million euros in the summer transfer window, scored the first goal, helping Southampton temporarily lead Chelsea 1:0.

Southampton's unexpected goal made Manchester City and other fans who had a grudge against Chelsea cheer.

There was a commotion at the Etihad Stadium! Players from both sides were confused and didn't know what was going on.

Seeing this, Manchester City fans immediately came up with an idea and started shouting in unison: "Chelsea are behind Southampton away from home!"

Hearing the shouts of Manchester City fans in the stands, Burnley players still did not react.

Chelsea is behind, so what does it have to do with them? But the opponent's next words made them feel cold all over: "If we beat Burnley, we can catch up with the Blues!"

After these two sentences were shouted, the Burnley players suddenly found that the Manchester City players on the field had changed one by one! They became very encouraged and became murderous!

"not good!"

Realizing that something was wrong, the Burnley coach was about to shout to the players on the field, asking them to keep their composure, when Manchester City launched a massive counterattack.

Sinclair intercepted the ball in the backcourt and passed it to Milner, who ran at high speed along the sidelines, cut inside to the front of the penalty area, attracted the attention of the opposing defensive players, and then knocked the ball across the middle.

Iheanacho cleverly passed the ball to Lampard who came from behind.

The Genie bent his bow and shot an arrow, his signature long shot that penetrated Burnley's goal.

1:0!

Manchester City, playing at home, also took the lead! After scoring the goal, Lampard shook his head and smiled bitterly. The last time he played for Manchester City, he scored a key goal and helped the team beat Chelsea.

This time his goal put Chelsea's top position in jeopardy again.

Would the Blues fans hate themselves for these two goals? The Manchester City fans at the scene didn't care about that. After seeing Lampard score, they celebrated like crazy!

I never expected that the team could take the lead and even win with this lineup! Now as long as Southampton holds on and they hold on, after 90 minutes, they can overtake Chelsea with a goal difference and top the standings! …

St Mary's Stadium, Southampton.

I saw the young black striker of the opposing team shoot the ball into the dead corner and score his own goal.

Chelsea coach Mourinho couldn't help but curse under his breath: "Damn it!"

He admitted that he underestimated Southampton's fighting power.

The opponent's strength on paper was far inferior to Chelsea, so before the game Mourinho, like other Chelsea fans, was very optimistic and believed that this would be a victory without suspense.

But when the game started, he found that this was not the case.

Southampton chose a defensive counterattack tactic at their home ground, which was not unexpected by Mourinho.

After all, most teams will make this choice when facing Chelsea.

But the problem is that Southampton has an extremely fast winger - Mane! Mane, 22 years old this year, has superb starting speed and explosive power, and Southampton is obviously well aware of this, so they have used his speed to counterattack Chelsea many times.

This move made Chelsea's backcourt panic and feel like an enemy everywhere.

Finally, they lost the ball in the 17th minute of the first half! Losing the ball at this time point does not seem to be a big problem for a strong team like Chelsea.

They had enough time to tie the score.

However, after the opponent scores a goal, they will be more determined to implement the defensive counterattack tactics.

With Mane's speed, this tactic is too threatening to Chelsea. When they press forward to attack, the emptiness in the backcourt will leave a huge space for the opponent.

This is what Mourinho is most worried about!

Fortunately, Manchester City has a pure substitute lineup in this game, and if nothing unexpected happens, they will lose to Burnley at home.

This gives Chelsea room for error.

Thinking of this, Mourinho felt a little relieved.

He casually asked his assistant, "How was the other game?"

The assistant knew what competition he was talking about, so he immediately opened his phone and started searching.

However, when the search results appeared on the phone, the assistant was stunned.

"Hmm? What's wrong?"

Mourinho saw the surprised expression on his assistant's face and couldn't help frowning.

Could it be that something unexpected happened? It's impossible for Guardiola to win the game by sending in a bunch of substitutes, right?

"Well, the latest news is that Manchester City just scored a goal and is currently leading 1:0!"

"And the one who scored the goal was Lampard again!"

With a bang, Mourinho felt his mind go blank! (End of this chapter)