Chapter 50 A City Derby Without Glory
The incident of Rongguang's absence from the same city derby quickly became the focus of everyone's discussion - after several consecutive days of discussion, it finally reached its climax at this moment.
Although some media have reported that Rong Guang is likely to miss the game, everyone is always lucky. Some people think that this may be Mark Hughes' strategy to play - making everyone think that Rong Guang will miss the game. As a result, when the game is over, everyone finds that Rong Guang is on the court and is caught off guard against Manchester United.
As long as Mark Hughes does not announce the starting list of this game at the pre-match press conference, the glory will most likely appear in the starting lineup.
But unexpectedly, Rongguang was not even on the big list...
That means it is definitely impossible to participate in the competition.
Could it be that Rong's injury really affected his participation in the same city derby?
For Mark Hughes, hosting Manchester United at home is a very important game, although the club's senior management did not issue any ultimatum like last time.
But everyone knows that if they continue to lose, especially if they lose a game like the same city derby, there will be no doubt that Mark Hughes will be dismissed.
In such an important game, as long as Rong Guang's injury is not serious enough to play at all, Mark Hughes will definitely arrange for him to play. After all, the only thing he can rely on now is Rong Guang.
Unexpectedly, Glory really didn't play. Did Mark Hughes give up? Or did he feel that without Glory, his team could beat Manchester United?
If Rongguang really cannot play at all, why did the news released by the club's team doctor group say that Rongguang is not serious? If it is not serious, why can't he play? Or is Rongguang's injury actually very serious, but in order not to shake the morale of the army before such an important game as a city derby, the club coaching team and the team doctor group chose to conceal the real information?
The injury to Rongguang seems too confusing.
Newspapers, radio, television stations, and the Internet have had a big discussion on this matter.
There are also some noises, thinking that Rong Guang knew that Manchester City could not defeat Manchester United, so in order not to be embarrassed, Yu Qian cheated on injury and avoided the battle, so that when the team lost the game at home, he would not have to be responsible for losing the game.
There are all kinds of voices, and people don’t know what the truth is.
But some people can directly get in touch with the truth...
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After supper Rongguang received a call from Klose.
"Your injury is nothing wrong, Rong?" Klose's tone was concerned.
"No problem." Rongguang replied.
"Oh, that's good, I thought your injury had worsened..."
"No, it's nothing serious. You just need to take a rest. I spent half of this week training alone in the gym..." Rongguang said.
"Well, I read the report. It's a pity that I can't participate in the derby. I want to compete with you in the competition..." Klose sighed.
"I want to do it too, but Brother Sun advised me not to play this game, so I can't do anything about it..."
"Oh, it was his decision? Then you should listen to him." Klose had cooperated with Sun Fengyang during the training camp, so he knew very well who "Brother Sun" Rongguang was talking about. He admired Sun Fengyang's medical skills very much. Since Sun Fengyang did not allow Rongguang to play this game, he should not play.
"But I still want to..."
"Don't think about it. There are at least twice in a season in Derby. You missed it now. There is another one in the second half of the season? So there is nothing to be a pity."
"But this is my first game after all... I've been waiting for too long until the second half of the season..."
"The heavyweights are always the last one to make the appearance, so your first derby is so important, and it's a little later, nothing." Klose comforted the glory.
This night, Rongguang answered many calls, all of whom were friends who cared about his injuries, and Rongguang had to repeat what he said to Klose over and over again
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No matter how much controversy and discussion there is outside, it is a fact that Rongguang cannot participate in the Manchester City Derby.
On the next game day, Rongguang still appeared at Manchester City Stadium, but he came with Deborah, with his son and Sun Fengyang.
The four people went straight into the VIP private room.
Although he was unable to play, Rongguang chose to watch the game on the spot, using this method to express his attitude of fighting side by side with the team.
But Mark Hughes must hope that he doesn't just act...
But it's still realistic...
In the final preparations before the game, Mark Hughes told his players: "...The whole world is discussing the impact of Rong's absence on us. I think this is a great opportunity to prove that without Rong, we can still win."
He clenched his fists and waved them.
Let your words appear more powerful first.
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In fact, in this game, Manchester City players performed very well without glory.
Alan Hansen was surprised at the players' performance during the game.
Because he thinks this Manchester City is an international column, and many people have transferred to the team this summer. Do you expect such a group of people to have feelings for Manchester City and have different feelings about the Manchester City Derby? How is that possible?
So even in the derby battle, Manchester City's performance is probably not much better.
But the actual performance was that Manchester City surprised Alan Hansen.
Manchester City players played very tenaciously without glory, while in contrast, Manchester United underestimated the enemy - Glory's absence made Manchester United think they could easily defeat a "murder soldier" with chaotic morale.
Unexpectedly, Glory's absence inspired the fighting spirit of Manchester City players.
At a disadvantage, he was dealing with Manchester United for 81 minutes, and it was not until the 82nd minute that he was scored by Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney.
However, this ball was completely sentenced to Manchester City's death penalty - it's not that Manchester City players were discouraged, but that they had too little time left. Manchester City's energy in this game was mainly on defense, and Mark Hughes planned to at least not lose. So he didn't prepare much on offense. Now he needed to attack, but there was not much time left for Manchester City. Manchester City players didn't know what to do...
In this way, in the last few minutes, Manchester City players launched an offensive against Manchester United's goal in despair, but because of the lack of structure, it was difficult for these offensives to threaten the goal guarded by Manchester United goalkeeper Van der Sar.
During this period, Rongguang was very nervous in the box. Debola noticed that his hands were clenched into fists and his knuckles were clenched white.
His expression was even more serious, so serious that it was a bit ferocious.
Seeing his teammates desperately trying to score a goal on the court but couldn't get in, he wanted to rush down to help them.
Debola looked at Rong Guang's fist, then stretched out her hand and gently covered his hand.
This action surprised Rongguang a little. He looked down at Debola's hand, then turned his head to look at her.
Deborah was watching the game, but she didn't watch him.
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Finally, when the referee blew the whistle of the game, boos rang out in the stands at Manchester City Stadium.
Amid the boo, Mark Hughes's face was very pale.
This booing was not given to the player, but to him, the head coach.
He knew that his days at Manchester City were over.
After the 15th round of the league, Manchester City has only accumulated 17 points, and its ranking has fallen to 15th, and it is only one step away from the relegation zone...
This is an absolutely unacceptable result for Manchester City, which has invested 177 million pounds in the summer.
The booing in the stands is actually a death bell sounded for Mark Hughes...
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After the game, Rong Guang's hand was released, and he leaned on the back of the chair and remained silent for a long time.
Manchester City's current situation is so bad that he doesn't know what to say.
Was he really wrong to choose to come to Manchester City?
Could it be that he can't help Manchester City rise alone?
Could it be that Manchester City just can't afford Adou?
Could it be that Kaka and the Swedish were just making jokes about him?
Debola said next to him: "The season is very long, and the performance at this time cannot represent the final result."
Rong Guang turned his head and looked at him.
"Let's go, go home. Yaoyao is asleep." Debola said.
Rongguang looked at her son in her arms, and sure enough, she was sleeping soundly in his mother's arms.
"The scene of this game is really dull..." Sun Fengyang next to him yawned and took a lot of damage.
"Can I play next game, Brother Sun?" Rongguang asked him.
"I can't give you a reply now, I need to check it out again. As long as there is no problem, you can appear." Sun Fengyang said.
"I feel that my body is fine." Rongguang said.
"This is not your final decision, Rong." Sun Fengyang smiled, "I only believe in the inspection results."
Rongguang sighed: "Okay, but I think the results of the inspection will also tell you that I'm ready."
Looking at Rong Guang who was so eager to participate in the competition, Sun Fengyang shrugged: "I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, Rong. There will always be times when you let out this breath. If you lose today, you will have a chance to win back in the future."
"Yeah." Rong Guang turned his head and looked at the stadium. Manchester United players were celebrating the victory. Klose was hugging his new teammates. Although Klose did not score in this game, it put a lot of pressure on Manchester City's defenders to allow Rooney to easily score in the last moment.
He has done well at Manchester United, and Manchester United has also performed very well now.
You can't be compared like this
At this moment, he suddenly noticed that on the court, there was a man who seemed to be waving his fists....
He looked closely and was indeed waving his fists towards him.
Or to be precise, Rongguang felt that he should be swinging his fists at him.
Because the person who waved his fist was... Cristiano Ronaldo.
The Portuguese boy who was dissatisfied with him at the time.
Is this showing off my power to myself?
Rongguang snorted from his nose and then withdrew his gaze.
Chapter completed!