Green Field Eunuch

Chapter 394 Geoff, what are you doing!

Chapter 394 Geoff, what are you doing!
Guardiola is indeed having a lot of headaches right now.

The league defeat was manageable, but the loss in the European Super Cup had a devastating impact.

He did underestimate Shan Yongzhuo's impact on Manchester City, and overestimated the abilities of this group of Manchester City players.

Although his possession-based style of play has now been implemented throughout Manchester City and the players have accepted his tactical ideas, it is not so simple to make it truly effective.

The stubborn Guardiola insisted that the current difficulties were only temporary, and that once the players were fully integrated and familiar with his tactics, they would be able to unleash tremendous power.

By then, the team will no longer rely so heavily on Shan Yongzhuo's performance as it has in the past.

In fact, in the last European Super Cup, Guardiola led Barcelona to defeat Manchester City without Shan Yongzhuo, and this time, Manchester City, without Shan Yongzhuo, once again lost to Atletico Madrid, which further solidified Guardiola's idea.

A team cannot rely on the performance of one player!

In Guardiola's view, such a team is unhealthy. Even Barcelona does not rely solely on Messi; they also have players like Xavi, Iniesta, and Busquets.

Guardiola has been consciously trying to eliminate Shan Yongzhuo's influence, but so far, he has found it to be very difficult.

Therefore, Guardiola made a compromise after Shan Yongzhuo returned.

Although he did not give up his tactical ideas and his desire to reform Shan Yongzhuo, he tacitly accepted Shan Yongzhuo's position as a free agent in the frontcourt.

Of course, all of this is on the premise that the other players continue to adhere to his tactical ideas and the passing and possession style of play, while Shan Yongzhuo can simply be left outside the tactical system.

After several days of training, the fourth round of the Premier League has resumed.

Manchester City's entire team traveled to Stoke City for an away game.

Manchester City, after three rounds of matches, has only managed 4 points and is ranked eleventh in the league. Since Shan Yongzhuo came to Manchester City, the team has never fallen to this position.

Therefore, this match against Stoke City is of great interest not only to the entire team, but also to all the fans and media.

Fans and media believe that with Shan Yongzhuo back, victory is only natural.

Therefore, a large number of fans followed the team to the away game, all of whom knew that Shan Yongzhuo had performed brilliantly in the national team matches, scoring 9 goals in just two games.

Although the opponent was just a weak Asian team, this is enough to show how good Shan Yongzhuo's form is.

Meanwhile, Stoke City was somewhat frustrated.

In the first three rounds, they had one win and two losses, their form was not very good, and they only managed to get 3 points.

Now, they've encountered Manchester City, and it's Manchester City after Shan Yongzhuo's return, which is extremely frustrating.

Stoke City are preparing for the match seriously.

Their head coach, Tony Philipp, could only wryly remark, "We were incredibly unlucky. If we had faced Manchester City in the last round, it would have been a much easier game for us!"

Within the team, Philippe also emphasized defending against Shan Yongzhuo, but Stoke City's defenders lacked confidence.

They were old rivals of Shan Yongzhuo and knew all too well just how terrifying he was.

On the day of the match, Stoke City's home stadium, BET365 Stadium, was packed with Manchester City fans.

The Shan Yongzhuo Women's Cheerleading Team is the most active group because Shan Yongzhuo started the game, which gave them a lot of confidence.

All Manchester City fans are looking forward to seeing Shan Yongzhuo lead Manchester City to victory with his brilliant performance.

Manchester City chairman Mubarak was also present in the stadium's VIP box.

This is rare.

This was Mubarak's first time attending a Manchester City match since the start of the new season.

This time, he came to watch the team's game at an away game.

The reason is actually quite simple. Mubarak has begun to distrust Guardiola.

Guardiola is a passing star and a coach who has achieved great success both as a player and as a coach.

This is also why Manchester City immediately set their sights on Guardiola after Mancini left.

Mubarak also supports Guardiola's decision to eliminate Shan Yongzhuo's role, because he understands that Shan Yongzhuo is unlikely to stay at Manchester City forever.

He had spoken with Kroos privately and knew that Shan Yongzhuo was probably thinking of joining Granada as a free agent when his contract expired.

Therefore, Mubarak also had to leave Manchester City a way out, and that way out was Guardiola.

Moreover, Mubarak has even considered lowering the transfer fee to allow Shan Yongzhuo to leave Manchester City after this season.

There is nothing we can do about this.

However, the results since the start of the season have led Mubarak to doubt whether Guardiola can lead Manchester City to continue their glorious achievements.

He trusts Shan Yongzhuo more than Guardiola.

So, he came to this match.

On the field.

The players from both sides stood on opposite sides of the field, and the battle was about to begin.

Stoke City's players were on high alert, especially the two defenders, Huth and Camron.

Huth frowned. He had little confidence in defending against Shan Yongzhuo. During his time at Stoke City, he had already been outplayed by Shan Yongzhuo several times.

However, new signing Camron is eager to try his luck and can't wait to face off against Shan Yongzhuo, the world's number one star.

This tall American guard had no experience playing against Shan Yongzhuo, and more than fear, he wanted to prove himself.

Cameron, who is 27 years old this year, finally made it to the Premier League and joined Stoke City. He doesn't think he is worse than anyone else, and he is not afraid of Shan Yongzhuo.

"I'll show everyone in this game that I, Geoff Camron, am no worse than anyone else!"

"Even Shan Yongzhuo won't be able to easily break through my defense!"

"..."

However, when Camron clenched his fist, his actions went astray.

The match had just begun when Stoke City's attack was intercepted by Manchester City. After a few passes, the ball came to Shan Yongzhuo's feet.

Camron was still lost in his own world and didn't notice that Shan Yongzhuo had received the ball and easily broke through him.

"Geoff, what are you doing!"

Huth shouted at Camron and quickly followed to cover for him.

At this point, Camron realized what was happening, but it was too late.

Shan Yongzhuo charged to the edge of the penalty area, into his familiar zone.

From the side, Huth charged forward, followed by Kamron.

There was no hesitation.