Chapter 51 Core Players

In the media's vigorous reports on the league, Manchester City is still very concerned. One is that the coach of Manchester City is Wansheng. In the past two years, Wansheng has been very eye-catching in England. In addition, after the four rounds, Manchester City is also ranked Second in the league, second only to Chelsea, who have won all four games, so they have paid more attention to Manchester City. Although they don't think Manchester City's results can last until the end of the season, at least Manchester City's results are very good now. It even beat the mighty Manchester United by a big score, and there are many topics on Manchester City, such as Wansheng, such as their economic problems, and some of their players.

The league has gone through four rounds, and the time span is the international match day in September. Many players have started their national team trips. Therefore, the media has also begun to pay attention to players who have entered the national team.

This also puts more pressure on Wansheng.

When he was in Derby County, he didn't need to consider the international game day. The team had a limited number of two or three national team players, and they were only substitutes for each national team. The national team missed the chance, so the international break is a holiday for Derby County. After the international break, they can also take advantage of the fact that other competitors are 'unstable' due to the international break, to beat or pull down a few. points. ,

It's different now.

Manchester City has always been a powerhouse in the Premier League. Even if the results are not so stable, and they even had to fight to avoid relegation last season, the overall framework of the team is very good, and there are still several national team players in the team.

Before the arrival of Wansheng, the most attention was naturally Wright-Phillips, Anelka and Distin.

Wright-Phillips has already transferred and left, and it has nothing to do with Wansheng whether he enters the national team or not; Distin still needs to worry about it. He is also the team captain and the main central defender. Wansheng is still more worried about him. A trip back to France will affect the state; the good news is about Anelka, because this time France coach Domenech has not called up Anelka.

Anelka is definitely the 'national treasure' of French football!

Now the French national team is still counting on the stars of the '98 World Champions' generation headed by Zidane. It is very difficult for a rookie to succeed in this situation, let alone in 2000, to be able to continue to spread the residual heat for the national team to maintain the French team's performance in the world arena. At that time, the French team was in various positions. All occupied by the '98 generation' players.

But in that competitive environment with almost no space, the young Anelka found his place and helped the French team win the European Football Championship in 2000 and the Confederations Cup in 2001.

This is Anelka!

At only 20 years old, he can compete with the older generation of stars. This performance is naturally regarded by France as a 'national treasure' genius, but it is a pity that it will not last for a long time, due to injuries and state problems. Anelka was replaced by three-time English footballer Henry and a host of other strikers. Since last winter, he has not been able to enter the national team again.

It can be seen how bad Anelka's current situation is, which is one of the reasons why he desperately wants to perform.

However, this is good news for Manchester City. After all, the interests of the national team and the club are in conflict. No club likes its players to work for the national team, especially the main player in the team. Anelka is the main striker of the team. . The state is also very good recently, if you enter the national team, it will affect the state or even get injured. Absolutely bad news for the club.

In short, Anelka did not enter the national team, but Wan Sheng breathed a sigh of relief.

But Wansheng needs to worry about more than just Anelka. In fact, in Manchester United's original lineup, there are only two players who really have a place in the national team. One is Captain Distin, and the other is Sun Jihai and Sun Jihai. In the Chinese team, he was one of the main players in the backcourt. Although he could only serve as a substitute in the 2002 World Cup, but with his performance in Manchester City, he finally turned into a full-back.

These two still need to worry, because they are both defenders. If they lose two defenders in one breath, it will definitely be a big blow to Manchester City.

At the same time, the players who came to Manchester City with Wansheng also have to worry about. The two most worthy of attention are Wansheng's "direct line", which is naturally Morris and Ziegler.

England coach Eriksen finally appeared on the national team player list announced at the end of August, and the name 'Lee Morris' finally appeared, which attracted extensive media attention. In fact, many people believed that Murray last season. His performance is enough to enter the England national team, and his partner with 'Double Germany' may even become a new move for the England team, allowing England to play more technically and have a stronger midfield ability.

Morris' central midfield status in Derby County and Manchester City is obvious to all. In terms of personal ability, he is hard to match Gerrard and Lampard, but he is better than the two in that he is a midfielder. The core, the driving attack is more technical. Just look at the football of Derby County and Manchester City. It is obviously more than twice as strong as the 'savage football' played by Liverpool. Because of this, the media will expect Murray. Sri Lanka entered the national team, after all, everyone wants to play more technical football in their own country.

So this time Morris really entered the England national team, it is worth looking forward to.

Surprisingly, another new Manchester City player has also entered the England national team squad, that is, the full-back teenager Lescott, who moved from Wolverhampton to Manchester City.

Lescott is not very famous, he has only just landed in the top league, and there is no particularly amazing performance, so it is still surprising that he can be in the England squad, but considering that the England full-back has always been Criticized, whether Gary Neville or Ashley Cole are always criticized, it is understandable that Eriksen tries to give the young player a chance this time, maybe he is watching Morris's performance at the same time. , found the 'hidden' Lescott, anyway Wansheng understood it, otherwise it would be hard for him to imagine how Lescott got into the Swedes.

In addition, Leto Ziegler, who is opposite Lescott, has also entered the Belgian national team. He has become a 'Belgian genius' and a young star of Belgium's national treasure.

Almost all the Belgian media are paying attention to Ziegler. For Belgium, it is not easy for their country to produce a player who can land in the top league. Ziegler is very stable in Derby County. Now he has become the main full-back of Manchester City, and he was directly selected for the Belgian national team.

Counting down, Manchester City's national team players are still relatively large. This also made Wansheng more worried.

while in Derbyshire. Wansheng was even in the mood to make a few sarcastic comments about Eriksen not calling up his own players, but now he also feels why Mourinho, Ferguson and other head coaches hate the national team so much.

This is a complete conflict of interest.

No one wants to sacrifice the interests of their own team for the national team that they are not involved in. Even if he knows in his heart that it is a good thing for his players to enter the national team, he is still very worried and can't help but curse at those national team coaches. a few words.

There are many players in the team now. Maurice went in midfield. There are a lot of people in the backcourt. Sun Jihai, Distin, Ziegler, Lescott, almost half of the backcourt went to play for various national teams, which also made the two new Portuguese defenders who joined the team. Given the chance, that's Ricardo Costa and Koppelle Ferreira.

Because they joined the team relatively late and did not participate in the summer preparations, Ricardo Costa and Koppelle Ferreira still need a long time to adapt to the team's tactics, so they did not get much chance. The only thing is that Koppelle Ferreira made a big roster once, but he didn't get a chance to play.

However, the training of both of them is very serious. Over time, they have gradually adapted to the team's tactics, and it seems that they are not far from landing in the Premier League.

Now when several competitors go to the national team to report, both of them put on the main selection "vest" and train with their teammates.

It's interesting because the defenders of their opponents are two youth team players.

It can be seen from this that with the departure of several main defenders, it is difficult to start the competition in the usual training.

That's not what Wansheng was worried about.

Now he looks at all the young faces on the court and is a little worried about the future of the team. What he is worried about is not about the future results, but he is very confident in the results of the team. What he is worried about is that with his leadership The ability of the team, the team will definitely get good results, the overall performance will definitely be very good, and some players with strength and potential will definitely play very well, so by now next year, there will be a few players who will stay in the team ?

The frontcourt, Anelka, Darren Bent, no accident, will be gone next year.

In the midfield, Joey Barton was a frequent visitor to the England national team. He failed to enter this time. It is estimated that Eriksson is just considering one more Morris. If David Silva on the other side performs well, he will have a chance. Still a lot, maybe he can make it to next year's World Cup?

In the backcourt, the talented Koppelle Ferreira will definitely show light. Compared with the somewhat mediocre Ricardo Costa, he can also find opportunities in Portugal with his calmness?

In this way, the team is really empty.

Wansheng suddenly felt a little sad for next year. Although it was still a year away, he had a feeling that such a situation would happen sooner or later, but on the other hand, it also represented his success in cultivating players? Who made him a head coach who focuses on training specialization!

Thinking of this, Wan Sheng was a little comforted.

But no matter what he thinks, it is impossible to change the fact that his outstanding players are going to enter the national team, nor can it affect their experience in the national team, such as being injured or not, it may be more effective to pray to God.

The international break is seven days, and after seven days all players return, Wan Sheng’s worries have also come true, and his team has finally begun to experience the pain of the ‘international break’.

This time, it was Sun Jihai who was most affected.

This is beyond Wansheng's expectations. He originally thought that the most affected would be Morris or Distin. After all, England and France are going to participate in next year's World Cup. The game between the two teams is very important during this time. Preparations for next year are also about to begin. The state of the players is related to whether they can participate in the World Cup, and each player will naturally be seriously involved.

But Sun Jihai was the most affected, and he just went back to participate in a warm-up match.

A warm-up match was nothing, mainly due to the jet lag back and forth, coupled with the fatigue of the game, which seriously affected his state, so after Sun Jihai returned to the team, Wansheng could only let him rest for a day, and then come back to the team to report , do some training to restore the state.

At the same time, he also cursed at the Chinese national team in his heart - a warm-up match that is meaningless, as for the players from the European League?

But he also had to plan for the impact of Sun Jihai's state, so Koppelle Ferreira got a chance, he entered the fifth round of the home team against Portsmouth, and became the main player, and Di Sting partnered to start together.

Portsmouth are the underdogs in the Premier League. They were able to escape relegation last season, but they are only two games behind Crystal Palace.

Coach Palin's goal for the new season is very clear, that is, to try to keep the Premier League seat, but he still has to worry about the lack of star players.

In the summer, Portsmouth's striker was almost hollowed out. Yakubu went to Middlesbrough. Fleur and Kamara also left the team one after another. The striker Mbesuma, who was introduced from the South African chief, was finally obtained. Labor certification, but the strength is still unknown, and Caladas from Benfica, who will score for Portsmouth in the new season, needs to be carefully calculated.

At this point, Manchester City is the exact opposite. Wansheng is most satisfied with the team's striker lineup. Anelka, Andy Cole, plus star Darren Bent and others who can guarantee efficiency as long as they play Robbie Fowler, any of the four can take out one, and they can all be on their own.

Of course, Wan Sheng is not so boring to compare the team to poor Portsmouth, he is more concerned about the performance of Koppelle Ferreira in this game.

It's a great opportunity for Koppelle Ferreira, and he's quite excited.

Before the game, he was comforted by captain Distin and other teammates, but he managed to hold back his excitement, but it was difficult to reduce his expectations for the game. After all, this was his first start, although he was also in Porto. A player that the club had high hopes for, but he didn't really kick it out after all. Now he really wants to start in the Premier League, he still feels some pressure.

This game is not a big competition, but it means a lot to him.

Before the start of the game, the media got the starting list and also noticed the change in the position of Manchester City's central defender.

In the eyes of the media and fans, the main central defenders of Manchester City are Distin and Dunn. If we talk about it, we can only talk about Sun Jihai. The Portuguese central defenders introduced in the two summers can only be regarded as players who increase the depth of the bench. what to expect.

Now that one of them is going to start, they are puzzled by this. Could it be that Sun Jihai's state has been affected? Otherwise, how can Koppelle Ferreira start?

Wansheng confirmed the news at the pre-match press conference, and he complained twice, "He was only participating in a warm-up match, but he had to take a 16-hour flight (back and forth), plus other time, he had almost everything. No, now he needs to rest, but I think he will recover soon."

Someone asked about Koppelle Ferreira.

Wan Sheng affirmed, "He is a very good defender, I have high hopes for him, I think he will become an indispensable core player in the backcourt of the team..." (To be continued ~^~)