Another Scandal

Although it might be going too far to put it this way, being eliminated from the League Cup was actually a good thing for Man City.

After the ninth round of the Premier League, all the other teams faced their League Cup fourth-round matches, while Man City could take a proper rest and enjoy a valuable week to recover.

The morning after the match against Arsenal, Guardiola finished the recovery training session and gave the team a day off, allowing everyone to relax properly and prepare better for the upcoming league and Europa League matches.

In the tenth round of the Premier League, Man City would visit Wolves. In midweek, they would face Lech Poznań away in the fourth round of the Europa League group stage. As long as they won that match, Man City would qualify from the group.

Juventus had actually been hoping all along that Man City could beat Lech Poznań.

The Bianconeri had failed to beat Salzburg Red Bull. If Man City could not overcome Lech Poznań, they would gradually be left behind.

In an interview with the media, Del Neri revealed that he believed Man City should be able to defeat Lech Poznań, while Juventus would strive to beat Salzburg Red Bull at home and take the precious three points, thereby completing a comeback in the group standings.

That did look highly likely, but the key still lay in Man City's away match against Lech Poznań.

Throughout October, apart from those few days off at the beginning of the month, Su Dong had not taken a single day off.

Now that he finally had a day off, he immediately accompanied Wang Chuqing back to Oxford.

She had hurried north the previous night and had not requested leave from the university until the next morning,