The path to becoming a football legend began with being ousted from Carrington by Manchester United.

"Lin, what's going on? Didn't we say that if we beat Manchester United, we could get Vincent and Mario's team punishments lifted? What's this now?"

Mancini's comments at the press conference quickly spread throughout England, and the Manchester City players were naturally aware of them. Under Kompany's organization, they gathered at a private club.

Before everyone could even sit down, the impatient Joe Hart pressed Lin Yi for answers.

"Mancini's exact words at the time were that he would consider it," Lin Yi sighed. "I thought he was just trying to save face and maintain his authority, but I never expected that he was just giving me the runaround."

"What can this good-for-nothing accomplish? I should be the one negotiating. I have a lot of influence, and the head coach won't ignore it!" Aguero volunteered with a proud look on his face.

Lin Yi reached his right leg between Aguero's legs, hooked the opponent's hind leg, and used a clever move to perform a Mongolian wrestling "hook" move, successfully putting Aguero on his back.

He casually grabbed an orange from the fruit plate on the table and stuffed it into Akun's mouth to prevent him from making a sound, then plopped down on him, pinning Aguero down so he couldn't move.

After finishing all that, Lin Yi called to everyone, "Ignore this idiot, everyone continue discussing."

Everyone was used to this kind of thing. Milner ignored Aguero struggling on the ground and followed up on Lin Yi's words, saying, "If you ask me, Vincent and Lin should take the lead and we should go find Mancini together. He has the ability to act tough in front of outsiders, why is he showing off in front of his own people?"

"That's right!"

"James is right!"

"Let's go together. If he's so capable, let him send us all to the reserves!"

Milner's suggestion was quickly accepted by everyone, and under everyone's watchful eyes, Lin Yi shrugged to indicate that he had no problem with it.

The decision was handed over to locker room leader Kompany.

Deep down, Kompany didn't want a situation where the players collectively pressured the manager to resign. He transferred from Hamburg to Manchester City in August 2008, and the Abu Dhabi consortium officially took over Manchester City just days after he finalized the transfer.

It can be said that Kompany is the last representative of the old era of Manchester City. At his press conference after joining the club, he told all the media: "Manchester City will become the new master of English football in the future."

This was considered a pipe dream at the time, and Kompany was ridiculed by the public for a long time because of it.

Only he himself knew that from the moment he uttered those words, this Belgian tough guy had been fighting for this goal.

Last season, Kompany captained Manchester City to the FA Cup title, ending a 35-year trophy drought.

With the arrival of Lin Yi and Aguero this season, Manchester City has shown a very strong performance in all competitions.

Especially in the league, after the first 9 rounds, Manchester City has 8 wins and 1 draw, accumulating 25 points and topping the league table with an unbeaten record, leading second-placed Tottenham by 4 points.

If a rift occurs between the manager and players, it could very well affect Manchester City's performance this season, potentially costing them the league title.

This is something Kompany didn't want to see; he genuinely cared about the team's performance.

After careful consideration, Kompany decided to play it safe: "Don't rush things, let's wait and see. Pressuring Mancini now would only do the team harm."

"But..." Milner was unwilling and wanted to say something more, but Lin Yi waved his hand to interrupt him.

"Listen to Vincent, he won't hurt anyone."

Hearing Lin Yi say this, everyone had no choice but to give up the idea of ​​continuing to persuade Kompany and instead started drinking in silence.

After the discussion ended, Lin took the orange out of Aguero's mouth, ready to give him his freedom.

"Why are you two being so fussy? I already said I'm going, and Mancini will definitely give me face." Even though Lin Yi was still holding him back, Aguero couldn't stop talking.

Lin Yi, seeing the flustered Kompany, asked for her opinion: "Should we put it back in?"

Kompany downed his glass of strong liquor in one gulp and nodded emphatically!

"Waaaaah! Waaaaah!"

The roar of the music quickly drowned out Aguero's sobs, and poor Aguero had no choice but to continue serving as Lin Yi's seat.

Although Kompany temporarily suppressed the matter with his authority, a disharmonious atmosphere had already permeated the Manchester City dressing room, and this was not something that could be eliminated by a few words from anyone.

Against this backdrop, Manchester City, who had just won a big victory and raised high expectations among fans, were first eliminated in the League Cup round of 16 by Wolverhampton Wanderers, a weak team ranked 16th in the league, with a 2-1 defeat.

Then something even worse happened. In the third round of the Champions League group stage, Manchester City were defeated by Villarreal at home in the final moments, suffering their second consecutive loss and dropping to the bottom of the group.

The rapid fall from grace infuriated head coach Roberto Mancini. After the team's loss to Villarreal, Mancini publicly announced the indefinite cancellation of the team's vacation, with normal training resuming the day after the match.

It's important to know that Manchester City's upcoming schedule includes three matches a week, in addition to the tenth and eleventh rounds of the league, there's also the second leg of their away game against Villarreal.

The people were full of complaints and dissatisfied with Mancini's tyranny.

During the second day of training, the Manchester City team seemed lifeless, with almost no communication between the players, and even the usual banter between Lin Yi and Aguero disappeared.

When Kompany saw Lin Yi and Aguero, the two usually clueless and unhappy players, turn into silent lambs, he realized he was wrong. Some things couldn't wait; dragging it out might hurt the team he loved even more.

After training, Kompany immediately blocked Lin Yi's path, put his hand on Lin Yi's shoulder and said, "Let's go! Let's go find Mancini!"

"Very good!"

"It should have been done long ago!"

"Vincent, you've finally come to your senses!"

Before Lin Yi could express his opinion, several troublemakers around him jumped out and expressed their support for Kompany's decision.

"Let's go!" Lin Yi didn't waste any more words.

Kompany had his arm around Lin Yi, followed by Joe Hart, Milner, and several others who had stirred things up, as well as the very influential Aguero.

Pushing open the door to Mancini's office, Kompany got straight to the point: "Roberto, I don't think the measures you've taken recently have helped the team; instead, they've hurt everyone's feelings. It's time to make some changes."

Mancini was initially taken aback, then a surge of anger welled up inside him. He slammed his fist on the table and shouted, "What do you mean by this? Are you trying to force me to abdicate?"

Mancini's cold gaze swept across the faces of the crowd one by one.

Kompany, Lin Yi, Milner, Joe Hart, and Aguero were followed by a large group of people, and even the more honest Silva and Toure came.

Mancini had to control his emotions and said in a low voice, "You can leave. I can pretend that nothing happened today."

However, none of the Manchester City players who appeared here moved; they simply stared directly into the eyes of their manager, Mancini.

Kompany wanted to say something more, but Mancini, unable to bear it any longer, shouted, "Enough!"

After saying that, he pushed everyone aside and left the Carrington training base, leaving Kompany and the others looking at each other, not knowing what to do.

Lin Yi silently took out his phone and sent a text message: "You couldn't fulfill my third wish back then, does it still count now?"