The match against Sheffield United arrived soon.

In order to enter the Premier League last season, Sheffield United actually launched a huge team of nearly 50 people to deal with the league. The transfer and loan density were shocking. At the end of the season, 43 players in the team had the opportunity to play, but what followed was the equally considerable "going action", which had 15 players who terminated the contract, retired, transferred and borrowed.

Judging from the perspective of the Premier League, Sheffield United head coach Warnock's actions are not considered "uncleaning the donkey". After all, players like Fricroft and Brian Dean are too old and can dominate the English Championship, but they can only occupy a quota when playing in the Premier League. More players do not have enough experience in the Championship, so how can they play in the Premier League?

Some people leave and some people must enter. In terms of transfer strength, Sheffield United is not inferior to other teams.

The idea of ​​head coach Warnock to build a Premier League team started in the second half of last season. Because he coached in the Championship for many years, Warnock knew the potential of players in this level, and the club did not allow extravagance and waste like Manchester City during the Keegan era.

Warnock mainly aims to take players who can withstand big scenes in the Champions League and some Premier League abandoned players as their main acquisition targets. In early 2006, the club bought Akinbie for 1.75 million pounds. Last season, Akinbie, who is gradually increasing in age, suddenly got his head in shooting accuracy and scored 16 goals in Burnley's 39 games. This time, he returned to the Premier League to show his desire to show those who had despised him. At the end of July, the club bought Leeds striker Hallse for 2.2 million pounds. He had

During his time at West Brom, he played in the Super League but was sublease to Leeds United and returned to the Premier League this time. Compared with these two, the striker from Ligue 1 Troyes was a small bet by Warnock. A French scout who had played at Sheffield United and had a good personal relationship with Warnock recommended Nader, with Henry and Anelka's precedent. Since the French striker is so popular in the Premier League, Warnock introduced a cheap trick to get lucky and was considered a good choice by the media.

In the construction of the back line, Warnock made great efforts and bought Claude Davis and Luketley for 3 million yuan from Preston, signed Sommel, who could not play the ball from Manchester City, and won Legtwood from Crystal Palace team for 600,000 yuan. In addition, Craig Short, who had originally planned to retire, renewed his contract for another year. The back line has already crowded 15 or 16 players.

However, none of the above players are famous and many people don't care at all, but one of the signings has attracted much attention. He is Li Tie, a player from China. Many fans are looking forward to Li Tie being able to represent Sheffield United in the Premier League, especially meeting Manchester City led by Wan Sheng, which is even more worth looking forward to. At that time, four Chinese people (including Wan Sheng) may appear in a single game in the Premier League. This is really a feast for Chinese football. Unfortunately, due to the long-term recovery of his injuries, Li Tie will need some time to wait and practice if he wants to win the opportunity to play.

No matter how much Sheffield United signs, what they really look at is the team's performance. Sheffield United only won one of the first seven league games against Middlesbrough, and tied two of the other six games. In the past seven rounds of the league, they only got five points. This result is not good, so Wan Sheng led the half-substitute lineup to face this team in Manchester, which is actually not under much pressure.

Wan Sheng’s only concern is the team’s forward line. Even if he has the strength and tactical suppression, he cannot win the game without scoring a goal in the frontcourt. So before the game, he emphasized the offense. In terms of the choice of the frontcourt, he also let Darren Bent and Anelka appear together, and later "equipped" Borgkamp and David Silva two players with very strong ability to create opportunities. This ensures the offensive ability in the frontcourt. He hopes that the team can score as soon as possible to determine the victory of the game.

The first fifteen minutes of the game proved that Wan Sheng's concern was necessary.

Even if they have an advantage in strength, a last shot is very important. In this game, Anelka and Darren Bent failed to adjust their state as soon as possible. The two were wasted four consecutive shots, and David Silva and Leto Ziegler had one. In the first fifteen minutes, Manchester City had overwhelming 6 shots, but failed to score a goal. Fortunately, Borgkamp, ​​who was still strong, used a push goal to calm the whole Manchester City team down.

When Borgkamp pushed the ball steadily into the goal, the Manchester City fans were in high spirits.

They shouted Borgkamp's name wildly!

This is not because of the first goal, but because Borgkamp scored the first goal for the team in the league since joining Manchester City, and Borgkamp scored the first goal for Manchester City. In any case, this goal is quite meaningful.

If a striker only scores in the eighth round of the league, it is likely to be considered a "goal drought" before. The goal that just broke the goal drought is nothing, but Borgkamp is different. He is almost 39 years old. It is a miracle that such an old player can still compete in the Premier League. What's more, Borgkamp has never said that he has a goal drought, because his performance in every appearance is not bad. So far, his playing time in the league has not exceeded 0 minutes, but he has already had 4 assists, with an average of 58 minutes assists. Anyone would be very amazed.

Many fans are looking forward to Borgkamp's goal, but "His Royal Highness of the Ice Prince" chooses to pass the ball to his teammates on the court. He is very good at creating opportunities for his teammates. He doesn't insert himself and find opportunities. It is difficult to have a chance to face the goalkeeper directly every time he appears. It is precisely because of this that Borgkamp's goal seems to be precious.

At this time, even Sky TV commentator George Woodgate congratulated Borgkamp, ​​"Congratulations to Dennis, he is one of the greatest players across the century! Now he has scored another goal, which is his first goal to join Manchester City. We can expect him to have more goals and more exciting performances in the future!"

"1:0, the great Borgkamp helped Manchester City take the lead!"

"Looking at this goal, I think that the media that thought Manchester City had failed to sign Borgkamp in the summer should re-examine the Dutch veteran. Even though he is almost 39 years old, his condition is still not comparable to ordinary players. His stable condition on the court and his rich game experience are something other players cannot compare with."

"Young Manchester City needs such a stable veteran. Having a Borgkamp may be more meaningful than signing a few young geniuses!"

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Manchester City players also celebrated goals in George Woodgate's comments.

Borgkamp stood among the teammates with a smile, clapping each other with each other, and he was also very happy to have a goal.

In the summer, joining Manchester City was his choice and an unexpected choice.

When he was invited by Wan Sheng, he felt that this was impossible. He had already thought of living a relaxing life with his wife and children. His busy professional career for more than 20 years made him feel physically and mentally exhausted, but considering his future, he still agreed to join Manchester City. More importantly, the promise of the assistant coach convinced him that he had played for Manchester City for a year and after retirement, he became an assistant coach directly. This temptation was too great that Borgkamp could not refuse, so he came to Manchester City.

Originally, Borgkamp thought to be an old player who was about to retire after coming to Manchester City. This season, it was just a retirement in Manchester City. Even if he wanted to do something, it would be difficult because his physical fitness could not be supported.

But unexpectedly, after coming to Manchester City, he realized some rumored comments about Wan Sheng, "That was a young man who was very good at kinematics. He could even turn his theory into practice and use sports to adjust the physical state of the players..."

This statement is really hard to convince. Even the 'Milan laboratory' will not have such powerful effects.

But after the whole team trained for a while, Borgkamp realized the effect. He felt that his condition had not declined and his physical fitness had not declined. Instead, he felt better than last season. At the same time, his condition became very good on the court.

This feeling made Borgkamp very excited.

Anyone wants to be younger, and no one wants to be an "old man who is about to retire" when he goes to the football field. Now Borgkamp has found some form and can run with others and play together. Gradually, he likes Manchester City more and more, and he is extremely grateful to have the choice to join Manchester City in the summer.

Although you can no longer play every game seriously like those young people, it will be difficult to play the whole game again. However, if you can play in this way, you will be in good shape and have good performances. It is almost the ideal state. If you retire in this state... there will probably be no regrets, right?

Or can you still fight with Manchester City in the last year?

Get another championship medal?

Thinking about this, Borgkamp felt very satisfied. Now he helped Manchester City score a goal. There are also so many fans shouting their names frantically. He felt like he was back in his youth. At that time, he was galloping in the Premier League, striving to be the best player in every game, and he could compete for the Dutch League on international match days...

Recalling these, Borgkamp seemed a little excited. He looked at the team coach's seat unconsciously, because these are now brought to him by the young man. If he hadn't invited him, maybe he could only sit in the audience and watch the game now? No, maybe he has nothing to do with football and will only live quietly at home with his wife.

That kind of life is also good, but can you adapt to it?

Although I just thought about it, Borgkamp still knew the answer. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!