How many more years will Manchester City be hot? Youth training products, Guardiola acceptance

Manchester City has won big victories in succession, but more importantly, the youth training products under Guardiola have begun to bear fruit.

Last weekend, Manchester City, with its thunder power, seemed to vent all its anger at Waterford after losing to Norwich. The Blue Moon scored eight goals in a row, creating the biggest "tragedy" in the Premier League this season. Preston, who greeted Manchester City's challenge in the Carling Cup immediately after that game, has every reason to worry that his Championship squad will be smashed into a basket by a strong rival in the Premier League. Fortunately, Manchester City, which experienced a large-scale rotation, scored three goals in a row in the first half, but switched to the slow lane in the second half, making it easy to keep the score to the end. 3-, Manchester City, half of the substitute in the Carling Cup, easily advanced.

Rotation is the main theme of this League Cup. Both Manchester City and Preston have given their main players a valuable chance to rest by taking advantage of this most neglected cup in the country. Compared with the lineup that defeated Watford by a big score last weekend, Guardiola changed nine people, and the biggest change was in the defense line.

goalkeeper Bravo got a rare starting opportunity, but even more eye-catching was the central defender partner: 17-year-old Taylor Harewood Belize and 18-year-old Eric Garcia appeared in the hinterland of the Blue Moon defense. Guardiola seized every opportunity to temper his young squad when stones and Rappolt both hung up the war-free cards. Since moving into the luxurious and modern sports city in 214, which is also known as Etihad "Park", fans have been hoping to see the achievements of Manchester City's youth training, and the League Cup may be one of the few opportunities to see the young players trained by the club.

who is Taylor Harewood Belize? Berris, who was born in Stockpool, was met by Guardiola. When Guashuai first appeared in Manchester City, he shared the same stage with three players who represented the values of the club. They were the first team player Ikh Na Qiao, the captain of the women's team Steven Horton, and the youth training product Berris, who was only 14 years old at that time.

"One of the reasons why I am here is to know how high the ability limit of the players in the youth training camp is." At that time, Guardiola shared his thoughts with the fans on the stage. "It is very wonderful for me to see these young players and look forward to their joining the first team one day." In the following three years, Berris has been closely observing Guardiola, and asked him to go with him when preparing for the overseas pre-season. He had a very good performance in the warm-up match. At the time of the central defender crisis, Belize was also directly transferred to the first team. The moment that Guardiola has been waiting for has finally arrived.

From this game, we can observe the characteristics of Bellis: excellent defensive ability, but what is more striking is the ball control skill under his feet. He is the finished product of the football concept advocated by Guardiola for three years, so he can also be quickly integrated into the first-team competition. He and his partner Eric Garcia from Spain didn't give Preston a good shot. On both flanks, Angelino and joao cancelo also got very rare starts, but the whole defense line did not experience much test because of their weak opponents.

Guardiola was also full of praise after the game. "We can rely on some very talented players to treat the game, and we are as serious as ever. Thanks to these young boys, we have advanced to the next round. The four people in the defense line have cooperated with each other since the youth training camp, so their coordination in this game is perfect. "

The "defense line" has changed, but Manchester City has a large number of soldiers and a deep bench thickness, so even in the Carling Cup, he can send absolute main players including Jesus, Sterling and Bernardo Silva. If the defense is rotation and test lineup, then the offense is as incisive as ever.

In the first half, Manchester City scored three goals in a row, each wonderful. In the 2th minute, Sterling showed a world-class level with the ball in the middle of the restricted area. He shook his opponent away with two small pauses in succession, and then shot directly to break the deadlock. Fifteen minutes later, it was Sterling's direct pass in front of the penalty area, which helped Jesus offside through the door guarded by goalkeeper ripley. Two goals were scored, and there was no suspense on the court. Before the end of the first half, david silva made a cross on the left and the ball hit the opponent's foot and refracted, so the goalkeeper was caught off guard and lost another goal. Maintaining this score at the end of half-time is much better than the last round of Watford.

It is no wonder that Manchester City can establish its dominance in the Premier League when there are players of Sterling's magnitude in rotation. With one pass and one shot, Sterling brought victory to Manchester City with little effort. The 24-year-old Manchester City attacker has rapidly grown into one of the top players in the world, and Barcelona legend Xavi is full of praise for him. "You may still think of Neymar, Mbappé or Salah if you look at this wave of young players who can become the best in the world in the future, but don't forget Sterling, who has already taken the lead in this competition as far as the current state is concerned." This season, Sterling scored five goals in the first five rounds, making him a popular fried chicken in the Premier League.

The coach who coached him is not surprised by his progress. At present, leicester city Rogers coached Sterling in the Red Army. Rogers said: "I have seen him make great progress in a short time. He will listen to many new ideas and he is very good at accepting the instructions of the coach. Generally speaking, the winger is a bit' independent', but he is improving tactically every day. Carragher, a famous player of the Red Army, was a little depressed. "I never thought he would reach the height of today. When Liverpool sold him to Manchester City for 5 million pounds, I thought the Red Army made a good deal. I was wrong. Maybe when his career ended, it was obvious that Manchester City had made a good deal. "

In the second half, with Sterling, Bernardo Silva and other main players coming off, the threat posed by Manchester City was also weakened a lot. Obviously, the tragedy against Bumblebee was only an occasional case. Against the Championship team, Blue Moon also slowed down in the second half, and 18-year-old Adrian Bernaby came on as a substitute to accumulate competition experience. Manchester City took the opportunity of this Carling Cup to train new players in the team, so in the second half, there was no change in the game.

Preston coach Alex Neil can certainly be pleased with this score. He even commented that his team's play was a little "risky" after the game: "We didn't make too many mistakes, and we are not disappointed. If we want to talk about something, it may be that the team is too eager to attack, so it left a gap behind for Manchester City to grasp and the opponent scored some wonderful goals."

After beating Preston, Manchester City will focus on the league again. This weekend, they will visit Merseyside to challenge Everton. The league standings are 5 points behind the Red Army, which has won five games in a row. But for the stable Blue Moon, the season has just begun.