N-A-A Chapter 574
Chapter 574
England, Birmingham, Aston Villa training base.
The team coach, Northern Irishman Martin O'Neill, is watching TV in his office with great interest.
Sky Sports is broadcasting a special program on Manchester City's coaching change.
"Manchester City's new coach Josep Guardiola - King of Camp Nou!"
The host is none other than Sky Sport's mainstay, Gary Lineker.
This episode details Guardiola's career as a player and his performance as a coach of Barcelona B team after his retirement.
"Joseph Guardiola!!"
"Born in Catalonia in 1971, he is a real Spaniard. In 1984, the 13-year-old Guardiola skipped a grade and joined the Barcelona U16 team with his understanding of the game far beyond his peers."
"He spent his youth in the La Masia Youth Training Camp for six years. In 1991, he stood out from the youth team with his outstanding performance and became the main force of the Barcelona first team."
"In the 1991-92 season, Guardiola's first year in his career, He helped the team defend the La Liga title and won the first Champions League trophy in Barcelona's history. "
"During the period from 1992 to 1994, he helped Barcelona achieve the brilliant achievement of four consecutive La Liga titles as the main midfielder and defender on the field!"
"In 1997, Guardiola relied on his stability and leadership ability to become the captain of this world-class giant after Van Gaal took over Barcelona. And in the 1998-99 season, he successfully led Barcelona to win the La Liga championship again. "
"After the end of the 2000-01 season, Guardiola Diola bid farewell to Barcelona, ending his 11-year first-team career and 17-year Barcelona career. "
"During his time at Barcelona, the Barcelona captain helped Barcelona win 6 La Liga titles, 1 Champions League, 2 Copa del Rey titles, 4 Spanish Super Cups, 2 UEFA Super Cups, and 1 European Cup Winners' Cup."
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"In January this year, Guardiola became the interim head coach of Barcelona B team. Since taking office, he has not lost a single game and led the team to 17 consecutive wins in the Spanish Third Division!"
"This player's resume The luxurious Spaniard has already proved himself to be an excellent head coach in La Masia. "
"We have reason to believe that Manchester City's choice of the Spaniard as the team's new head coach is not a momentary impulse of the management."
"But whether Guardiola can take on the heavy responsibility is still unknown. Maybe in the last round of the Premier League on the 13th, Manchester City's match against Villa, we can get some answers..."
Click~
Martin O'Neill turned off the TV and lit a cigarette silently.
Smoke was everywhere.
The Northern Irishman fell into deep thought.
Interesting.
Originally, this insignificant last round of the Premier League seemed to become interesting.
After 37 rounds, Villa's position this season has been basically determined, with 11 wins, 17 draws, 9 losses and 50 points, ranking 12th in the Premier League.
This record certainly did not meet Martin O'Neill's expectations, because before he came to Villa, he was the coach of the Scottish Premier League's triple crown.
But compared to Villa's 16th place last season, it is definitely an improvement.
Moreover.
Villa is currently the only team in the entire league that remains unbeaten against Manchester City, winning 2:0 in the last encounter.
The management has seen the changes that Martin O'Neill has brought to the team and has confirmed that he will continue to be in charge of Villa next season.
Martin O'Neill's ambition is not just to lead Villa to relegation in the Premier League.
He hopes to truly lead Villa to a revival.
Return to the position of the former English top league overlord.
Yes, that's right.
As one of the oldest teams in England, Aston Villa has dominated English football, winning 7 top league titles and 7 FA Cup titles.
In terms of historical accumulated honors, it is second only to Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool.
Even since the Premier League reform, in the 1990s, Villa has always been one of the strong contenders for the league championship.
It was only since the new century that it began to go downhill.
Manchester City is indeed very strong now.
But Martin O'Neill is not afraid of Manchester City. As the saying goes, a barefoot man is not afraid of a man wearing shoes. With Villa's current record, it is not shameful to lose to Manchester City. If they win against Manchester City...
It will be like the 2:0 victory over Manchester City this season, which will be talked about by fans and give confidence to the players and fans who support Villa.Especially now.
Manchester City temporarily replaced a young retired player as the team's head coach.
In Martin O'Neill's view, this is another opportunity to defeat Manchester City and achieve the double kill of Manchester City this season.
"I heard that Guardiola only met with the players today?"
"The time is too short."
"With two days of preparation time, this kid can't come up with anything new. He must copy Stuart's set..."
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May 12, the day before the match against Villa, Manchester City training base.
8:30 in the morning.
Guardiola stood at the side of the court, looking down at his watch from time to time.
In front of him.
Most of the Manchester City players had arrived here half an hour in advance, lined up in three rows, waiting for the new head coach to organize training.
This will be Guardiola's first training since he came to Manchester City.
Su Fei rubbed his temples with a headache.
Because everyone was waiting for.
It was Knight and Cassano.
A conflict just broke out yesterday, but I didn't expect that these two guys still don't know how to restrain themselves today. Come here early and show yourself.
Su Fei is not worried about these two people being late for a little while, but about a big one, going to the nightclub all night and being absent directly.
That would really blow up the pot.......
Just thinking about it.
Knight and Cassano appeared in Su Fei's vision.
The two had already changed their equipment.
They ran over synchronously, smiling, and took the initiative to greet Guardiola.
"Mr. Guardiola, morning!"
"Good morning! Head coach!"
More than half of the worried Manchester City players breathed a sigh of relief.
Guardiola also put away his serious expression and put down his wrist.
Overall.
Guardiola is actually very satisfied with the current state of Manchester City, because with the arrival of Knight and Cassano.
It means that all players arrived at the training ground about half an hour earlier.
This is a situation that is rarely seen even in the Barcelona B team, where the players are very obedient and sensible.
Even when I was a player, the Barcelona first team could not do it! There are always a few people... who are often late.
This point.
can explain part of why this team has achieved such brilliant achievements in the past two seasons.
The outside world has a bad overall reputation for his predecessor, saying that he does not understand tactics, has poor on-the-spot adjustments, and condones the players' bad lifestyles...
But in Guardiola's view.
The facts are just the opposite.
Stewart firmly regards Su Fei as the absolute core, which is a performance of understanding tactics. The poor on-the-spot adjustments are mainly because this Manchester City team has a serious shortage of available players on the bench.
As for condoning the players' bad lifestyles...
This part.
It is not just Stewart, but for all head coaches in the world, it is a problem.
Because it is difficult to restrain players with money in their pockets and high energy to mess around outside the court.
After all, the relationship between the team and the players is just a contractual one, not a master-servant relationship that can be 100% controlled.
"I'm glad that everyone has arrived early. Come on, let's hurry up and warm up for half an hour. After the warm-up, I need to start a training match."
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