Green Life

Manchester is only a few tens of miles away from Liverpool, and it takes half an hour on the highway. Benitez, sitting on the blue bus, looked at the familiar road and the police car ahead.

For a moment, he felt a little emotional. After a season of rest in the summer, he terminated all contracts with Liverpool. He wanted to go to other leagues to see him, but Manchester City found him in the first place.

He is ambitious. He naturally knows what Manchester City means. The two sides hit it off and signed a 2+1 contract. It depends on this year's results to decide whether to renew the contract. In the summer, Manchester City met all his requirements.

At that time, he really had the urge to look up to the sky and shout, how many years he had been a coach, and when had he been so refreshing.

One summer spent 260 million!

Champions League places are the most basic. With such a large investment, the goal will not be anything other than the championship.

And their current ranking is also worthy of their investment in the summer, with two consecutive victories in the UEFA Cup group stage, and they are ranked first in the league standings.

He picked up the information in his hand, which was densely written with data analyzed by various scouts and assistant coaches.

League standings:

1: Manchester City 9 games, 6 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss, with 20 points (goal difference)

2: Chelsea has 9 games, 6 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss, accumulating 20 points

3: Manchester United 9 games, 6 wins, 1 draw, 2 losses, 19 points

4: Liverpool has 9 games, 5 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses with 17 points

Benitez had expected the chaos of this season. He felt that if he could get 70+ points at the end of this season, he might be able to win the championship. If it was more tragic, maybe it would be less than 70.

Two rounds ago, in the Manchester Derby at Old Trafford, Manchester City won a 3:2 vigorously, but they did not expect that they capsized on the weak team, and so did Chelsea.

He continued to look down. Liverpool scored 15 goals and conceded 6 goals in 9 rounds. Among them, Mark Qin scored 7 goals by himself and had 3 assists, which means that 2/3 of the goals were related to him.

That's horrible in a team!

Before Benitez left, he never expected that he could support a team so quickly. It is not what it used to be.

It turned out that what I held in my hand was a nuclear bomb instead of a scud! ,

3 left-footed goals, 4 right-footed goals, 4 inside the box, 3 outside the box, no headers.

Now judging from the data, Ma Keqin is a player who has no dead ends. Of course, he knew this when he was coaching Liverpool, but he didn't expect him to explode so quickly.

Looking at the heat map of Mark's running positions below, he frowned again and spread all over the frontcourt. Their tactical meeting before the game lasted for two hours to discuss how to limit him.

As a result, the conclusion was that except for the weak teams that defended stubbornly, any strong team with a system would not send special personnel to mark him, because that would directly mess up their own system, not to mention whether it would be effective.

False nine, Spalletti has an idea. Benitez's main formation in Manchester City is 442. If the midfielder runs with him, the front of the penalty area will definitely be wide open.

He could only let Yaya Toure's assistance defense be more active, and the others double-team more. He put down the data and didn't come up with any ideas again.

Today is the first time he has returned to Anfield as the coach of the visiting team. From the bottom of his heart, he still has some expectations for the reaction of the fans. Is it applause, booing, or ignorance?

After all, he can be regarded as Liverpool's most accomplished coach after Shankly and Paisley. He has won 5 championship trophies in 4 years, and he has won all heavyweight trophies.

It was an unforgettable and unsatisfactory time that ended. At this time, the bus slowly turned into the city road, and everything he was familiar with came into his eyes again.

Anfield, I'm back.

...

[Rafa, welcome home, but you don't want to take anything away from here, not even a single point]. Many fans came over the gate of the hotel where they were temporarily resting.

Among the many slogans, Benitez only paid attention to this one, and smiled knowingly.

"We will pull you down from the top of the list!", "Mark will destroy you", "Look here, look here", and some fans shouted and pointed to the signs they held.

[Are you expensive? One leg of Mark can buy you all! , will see tonight! ] --mkq18.

Manchester City's players got off the car together with the coaching staff, and they were not affected. The victory in the Manchester Derby completely demonstrated their confidence in a strong team. We are now a strong team!

After Ibrahimovic got off the car, he looked at the slogan and smiled disdainfully, the number one superstar in the Premier League? That should be in Manchester, the Etihad, not Liverpool.

He has won all the championships in Serie A. Originally, he planned to never return to Manchester City, which could not participate in the Champions League, but Mubarak called him personally. The team's investment ambition and the agent's persuasion moved him. .

"Think about it, Zlatan, you will become the second most expensive superstar in the world with the highest salary!"

72 million pounds, the Swedish tower came to the Etihad!

The Manchester City staff who walked to the entrance of the hotel were instantly surrounded by countless reporters and microphones, and the most crowded were of course Benitez and Ibrahimovic.

"Mark? He is very talented. There are always a few players in this world who are going to shine. He is similar to Messi. He is like a good boy who went to school. He grew up in an environment and worked."

"I don't know them very well. Ronaldo got it because of hard training. He is indeed worth more than me, but that's because Real Madrid wants to sell his jersey and face all over the world."

"The greatest player is in front of you now, I don't need to compare with others, because they are still on the way to legend, and I am a living legend!"

The media surrounding him were instantly poured with tons of chicken blood, and they kept pushing forward. Unexpectedly, after Ronaldo left, another one who was more eloquent came, and he was much more eloquent than Ronaldo!

"Zlatan, Zlatan", a female reporter squeezed forward, "But both Ronaldo and Mark have won the Champions League, but you haven't yet, how do you prove that you are great?"

Ibrahimovic glanced at him, "Only children hiding in their mother's arms will get awards to win the favor of others. The strong don't need any proof. Old Trafford a few weeks ago is a witness."

He shot and passed in that game, and he was the biggest contributor to Manchester City's ability to capture Old Trafford after many years.

And the current Manchester City is also very similar to last year's Inter Milan. Ibrahimovic is the core of the attack in the frontcourt.

"It's very different to sit on the visiting dugout at Anfield and I'll shake Spalletti's hand and wish him success," Benítez concluded into the microphone.

Then he glanced at Ibrahimovic, who was still talking nonsense, and walked into the hotel first without making a sound.

To be honest, he doesn't like Ibrahimovic's too ostentatious character, but leaving Liverpool taught him one thing: at least don't get stuck with the most influential players in the team's dressing room.

His past experience is enough to suppress these big names, not to mention that he has a lot of people under his command. If he is disobedient, he can just use it. At worst, he can buy a few more. If the boss is poor, he will have money left, so there is no need to save for him.

...

At the same time, Melwood's training ground is still in full swing. Of course, it is not a large amount of training, but some targeted tactical arrangements.

The recent improvement of the team's performance has given Spalletti more confidence, and his use of Mark has won unanimous praise from Liverpool fans, who all say that this is a change that can be written into the team history.

His character side is gradually exposed, instead of being as low-key as when he first came.

Champion, I am here for the championship, not next season, or this season, I have a 2+1 contract, if I don’t win the championship this year, maybe I should consider leaving next year.

This is the season war declaration he issued at the team's internal meeting a while ago. Another example is that when he was interviewed yesterday, when he was asked to predict the result, he said: "Maybe Manchester City won a Red Devils, but they will be defeated by another team here." A red devil to beat"

Not crazy, not arrogant, just quite individual.

"Hold on, hold on, imagine him as the Swede, yes, he is 1.95 meters, you can't let him hold the ball comfortably, does our opponent dare to let Mark take the ball casually?", he kept on the sidelines Shouting, directing the defense on the main side.

"Vincenzo (Iaquinta), come back, Yaya Toure is their pivot in the midfield, you have to entangle him"

Mark Qin, Lucas, and Valeria Lana sat on the grass beside the court, watching the 6-on-6 small-field offensive and defensive drills on the court.

"Do you want to shake hands with him or give him a hug when the time comes?" Lucas asked tangled.

Others don't care, Lucas was bought by Benitez himself, and Mark Qin was also promoted to the first team position by him.

That is, why is it a bit awkward to think of that scene?

"Pfft", Ma Keqin spat out the blade of grass he was biting into his mouth, "Beat them first, let's talk after the game"

Recently, Hugh McAuley invited two German youth coaches, one from Spain, and another from Italy through Spalletti's relationship. He went to have a look recently, and his thoughts are all on this.

The biggest difference between Spalletti and his predecessors is that he has no interest in youth training. Perhaps this has something to do with the Italian coaching model. Most Italian coaches are only responsible for the first team.

Many of them don't even have the right to transfer. For Spalletti, he never thought of becoming a godfather here. This is just a team that suits him best now.

"Doo..." Baldini blew the whistle in his mouth, "Everyone, rest for a while, then go to dinner, and leave in two hours"

Ma Keqin patted his butt and stood up, walking towards the office building. The key figure who once led the rise of the Red Army has now become an enemy. It is impossible not to let him feel a little emotional.

That guy is from our echelon, let him come over, he said to the staff of the Champions League awards.

It's unreasonable for me to put a 16-year-old in the first team, he spat as he emerged from the board meeting.

Mark, there is no place for you in my team right now, all you need to do is to train hard and wait for the opportunity.

Mark, can you play left half? Go to the field and show me?

Mark, you have to be more active in defense, and don't let the opponent's right back play wild in your territory.

Mark, your last goal was very good (against Manchester United).

Mark, the position I have for you is number nine and a half, Fernando (Torres) needs a partner.

Mark, I don't want you to catch a cold because of accompanying your girlfriend. Also, I don't like my players and my messy off-field life.

Mark, you were impeccable tonight. (Old Trafford)

Mark, Alonso is not here, I want you to organize the midfield for me, can you do it?

Mark, I want you on the bench tonight. (to Chelsea)

What? Mark is only 17 years old, you ask me for an absolute main position? Is it your meaning or his own meaning!

Mark, ..., he drew a tactical board in the locker room, and he was hesitant to say anything.

Mark, and guys..., bye.

The arrival of a certain person will always remind you of that era. In this era, there was Hyypia, Carragher, Alonso, Gerrard, and Benitez.

The potbellied, thinning-haired Benitez who likes to immerse himself in video and maybe just treats his coaching career as an fm game is back.

His arrival brought an era, and his departure officially ended an era.

But now, it is my time... Read more