The English runner-up will start the season tonight, when she will be hosted by Wolves • Guardiola will not settle for less than a championship • Is his team ready for the task?
Guardiola.
The burden of proof is on him
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Last but not least, Manchester City will start the 2020/2021 season tonight.
Her opening game in the Premier League will be away against the exciting Wolves (22:15), who opened the season last week with a 0-2 away win over Sheffield United.
Pep Guardiola is coming to this season hungry, after ending the 2019/2020 season disappointingly - a surprising relegation from the Champions League by Lyon and runners-up in England, with the champions Liverpool leaving him and the Citizens dust.
"I have to prove that I deserve to continue as the City coach," the coach said this week, who took care to arm himself with an expensive acquisition in preparation for the renewed assault on the championship title.
His perception is clear: success on the two fronts on which he failed last season or parting from the comfortable but demanding chair of the billionaires coach.
The Manchester Evening News is confident he has the tools to reclaim the local title, but ahead of City's first game of the season, the English newspaper compares Guardiola's side to city rivals United, who opened the season on Tuesday - also late due to the advanced stages of Europa League - In a catastrophic home loss to Crystal Palace (3: 1).
"Manchester City can learn from the lesson Manchester United received in the opening game of the season," the headline declared.
"City need to know they are facing the same danger," explains newspaper commentator Stuart Brennan.
Hence the question arises: Did Pep properly prepare his players for a meeting with Wolves, who have already proved their ability to sting and beat City?
Last but not least, Manchester City will start the 2020/2021 season tonight.
Her opening game in the Premier League will be away against the exciting Wolves (22:15), who opened the season last week with a 0-2 away win over Sheffield United.
Pep Guardiola is coming to this season hungry, after ending the 2019/2020 season disappointingly - a surprising relegation from the Champions League by Lyon and runners-up in England, with the champions Liverpool leaving him and the Citizens dust.
"I have to prove that I deserve to continue as the City coach," the coach said this week, who took care to arm himself with an expensive acquisition in preparation for the renewed assault on the championship title.
His perception is clear: success on the two fronts on which he failed last season or parting from the comfortable but demanding chair of the billionaires coach.
The Manchester Evening News is confident he has the tools to reclaim the local title, but ahead of City's first game of the season, the English newspaper compares Guardiola's side to city rivals United, who opened the season on Tuesday - also late due to the advanced stages of Europa League - In a catastrophic home loss to Crystal Palace (3: 1).
"Manchester City can learn from the lesson Manchester United received in the opening game of the season," the headline declared.
"City need to know they are facing the same danger," explains newspaper commentator Stuart Brennan.
Hence the question arises: Did Pep properly prepare his players for a meeting with Wolves, who have already proved their ability to sting and beat City?
Bernardo Silva, Riyad Mahraz and Queue de Bruyne. connected? // Photo: AFP
The names on paper of course tip the scales in favor of City.
Even if he has not yet played this season, most of the staff know each other very well, and have already proven that very quickly he can focus and become deadly.
However, Guardiola may turn this game into a tool trial.
Although he will not be willing to sacrifice even a point to put together the right puzzle, the late opening requires the experienced coach to find out in real time what is right for his team and who is ready to fight.
Has City's defense improved with the arrival of Nathan Ace and new captain Fernandinho at center?
Can Fran Torres already devour the wing?
Is it better to start with the players who bombed in the last part of last season (at least in the Premier League)?
Quite a few questions break their heads with them.
Pep also knows that no matter how the game that closes the second round of the Premier League ends, the answers to the billion dollar question - can he catch up with Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool?
- He will not get today around midnight.
On the other hand, as mentioned, Wolves is waiting for the mascara coach Nono Aspirito Santo, who wants to prove that she is no longer a sympathetic team that is tailing in the top teams, but that she can make a leap.
The Portuguese colony of the Wolves sees this game as a statement of intent, when perhaps from there, across the arc, along with Adama Traore, it will take off until the first four in the Premier League.
The names on paper of course tip the scales in favor of City.
Even if he has not yet played this season, most of the staff know each other very well, and have already proven that very quickly he can focus and become deadly.
However, Guardiola may turn this game into a tool trial.
Although he will not be willing to sacrifice even a point to put together the right puzzle, the late opening requires the experienced coach to find out in real time what is right for his team and who is ready to fight.
Has City's defense improved with the arrival of Nathan Ace and new captain Fernandinho at center?
Can Fran Torres already devour the wing?
Is it better to start with the players who bombed in the last part of last season (at least in the Premier League)?
Quite a few questions break their heads with them.
Pep also knows that no matter how the game that closes the second round of the Premier League ends, the answers to the billion dollar question - can he catch up with Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool?
- He will not get today around midnight.
On the other hand, as mentioned, Wolves is waiting for the mascara coach Nono Aspirito Santo, who wants to prove that she is no longer a sympathetic team that is tailing in the top teams, but that she can make a leap.
The Portuguese colony of the Wolves sees this game as a statement of intent, when perhaps from there, across the arc, along with Adama Traore, it will take off until the first four in the Premier League.
