Chapter 119 Our Purpose

The Chinese media are quite excited that Wang Xiaolei has replaced David James in the starting roster. Wang Xiaolei also started the game before, but it was in an irrelevant game, and this is the League Cup final, which is also a cross-country match between Manchester City and Manchester United. Manchester derby, such an important game can naturally have different meanings.

Although it was because of James' injury that Wang Xiaolei got the chance, it doesn't matter, the important thing is that this young Chinese teenager is about to make his debut in the competition.

Manchester City has two Chinese players and one Chinese coach.

Sun Jihai has been reported for a few years and has been followed for a few years. Wan Sheng became famous later than Sun Jihai, but as a coach, although his coaching performance is much more interesting than Sun Jihai's performance, the reported If there are too many, it will be a bit boring. The coach does not directly appear in the game, and the eyeballs that can be directly attracted in the real game are really limited.

In comparison, Wang Xiaolei is different.

He is a young player and a young player who is not too famous. Many fans know that Manchester City has two Chinese players, but Wang Xiaolei is too young and has not had many opportunities to play before.

But Wang Xiaolei is highly anticipated!

He is regarded as Wansheng's 'direct line' because he was brought to Europe by Wansheng. Many fans also regard Wang Xiaolei as Wansheng's contribution to Chinese football. Wansheng is a good at cultivating young people A talented head coach, who has always been famous for foreign players, should there be a domestic player now?

Wang Xiaolei's youth is also very attractive. Sun Jihai is the present of Chinese football, and Wang Xiaolei is the future. Many media fans want to see how this "future" can perform.

Another reason for the media's expectation is that it is linked to Manchester City and Wansheng. No matter how few Wang Xiaolei plays, he is also Manchester City's second goalkeeper and can become the second goalkeeper in a strong European team. In any case, the strength is not bad.

In addition, many Wansheng players and Wansheng's promising players have become famous one by one, such as Baker Alfred, Vidic, Burton Reiter, Morris, Frank Ribery ,and many more. These players had no roster before. When Wansheng favored them and brought them to their own players, they became big stars one by one.

Is it time for a Chinese player to turn now? So more eyes turned to Wang Xiaolei.

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The FA has assigned Manchester City a small stadium on the outskirts of Cardiff, where they can train for a day. Since the game is played at 6 pm, they have time to train for the whole day.

Of course, the team has to stay in shape. It is naturally impossible to train for a whole day. But two hours of state training in the morning is still a must.

The team's plan is to conduct two hours of personal training in the morning, then take a nap until three o'clock, and the whole team will train freely in the afternoon. You can do tactical coordination training or personal training. The main thing is that everyone adjusts. Put yourself in the best shape for the upcoming game.

There is very little training for the game during this period.

in the final preparation time. There is no need to do training for competitions, one is that everyone is familiar with it. Knowing how to play, it doesn't make much sense to repeat it more. In addition, it is better to keep some external training, otherwise the media will not mind telling Manchester United what they have learned.

The training on this day was very ordinary. The most striking thing was the attention of the media reporters to Wang Xiaolei. It can be seen that many cameras outside the field frequently pointed at Wang Xiaolei.

Among them, many cameras are specially designed to shoot him!

In fact, not only the Chinese media, but also a large number of foreign media also pay attention to Wang Xiaolei, because he replaces David James. Even if David James is not the main force in the England team, he is still the main force in the past. Manchester City's Absolutely NO.1 goalkeeper, everyone wants to know how much impact he will have on Manchester City if he does not play. Can this goalkeeper who replaced James play the role of James?

When they saw Wang Xiaolei's young face, many media also questioned -- can he do it?

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The domestic media is looking forward to it, and the foreign media is questioning.

The difference lies in caring and not caring, and there is the issue of 'understanding the bottom line'.

Due to the heart-wrenching achievements of the Chinese team, the domestic media and fans have a strong ability to bear the performance of the players. For example, when Sun Jihai performed so well last time, the domestic media can say that "Sun Jihai's ability to play tricks is also a success". The limit of performance is acceptable. They think that the players of their own country have mediocre performance in the top leagues abroad, and they are already quite outstanding. To put it another way, how many players in the world have the ability to set foot on the top stage and have qualified performance? ? Thinking about it from such a perspective, this sentence is actually quite correct.

In contrast, the "bottom line" of foreign media is different.

Just like the English media, there are so many football talents in England that the mediocre players are not valued at all. If you only play soy sauce in the Premier League, it is not easy for people to remember their names.

Therefore, their expectations for the players are higher. For example, looking at Wang Xiaolei now, their point of view is that Wang Xiaolei can completely replace James, so that he is qualified.

If they want to make them think they are outstanding, Wang Xiaolei needs to show excellent form in the game, making people feel better than James' performance.

Some people might think that this is too much for a young player with little fame, but there are so many talents in Europe!

Like Wayne Rooney, who played in the Premier League for Everton at the age of 16 and a half and scored two goals in his first game.

For example, C-Ronaldo, who can be worth 1,300 pounds at the age of 18, came to Manchester United and was directly regarded as the successor of Beckham.

For example, Joey Barton, who played for Manchester City at the age of 20, scored a personal goal in only a week, and quickly occupied the main position in the midfield, becoming an indispensable midfielder for Manchester City.

Like Lescott, he has been hailed by the English media to the height of 'Ashley Cole's successor'.

In addition to the above players, Manchester United also has Fletcher, Richardson, Saha, and Manchester City also has Leto Ziegler, Koppelle Ferreira, Darren Bent... Manchester United and Manchester City, there are many outstanding young talents, and then look at the whole of Europe?

So youth is not a problem at all, in such a competitive environment. To attract attention, you have to be more attractive than the performance.

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Wansheng also hopes that Wang Xiaolei can perform well.

In fact, Wansheng still has some confidence in how Wansheng will perform against Wang Xiaolei, which stems from the football training master system. Evaluation of Wang Xiaolei's personal ability--85. This figure is not low for a goalkeeper.

In contrast, David James is only '84', that is to say, Wang Xiaolei's comprehensive personal ability is higher than that of David James.

This is actually quite understandable.

Wang Xiaolei came to Europe for training more than two years ago. He has always insisted on working hard according to the personal training plan given by Wansheng, and completed the training in full.

Also, albeit not much. But he has been following Wansheng.

Wan Sheng is in charge of Derby County. He was also in Derby County, and Wan Sheng coached Manchester City. He also came to Manchester City. Even if he was on loan for a while in the middle, he was still a player under Wan Sheng at that time.

In this regard, it is no exaggeration for Wang Xiaolei to be classified as Wansheng's 'direct line'.

Of course, the important thing is that Wang Xiaolei's personal ability has been improving.

More than two years ago, his comprehensive ability was nothing, but his personal potential was higher. Two years later, he has reached the level of a world-class goalkeeper.

But the goalkeeper position. Comprehensive personal ability does not mean everything, experience and mentality are more important, so Wansheng can only use James in important games, leaving only some insignificant games, giving Wang Xiaolei a chance to play to increase game experience, but Manchester City will need to play this season. For the league championship, every game is very important, so Wang Xiaolei does not have many opportunities to play.

In this regard, players also need some luck.

For example, now, Wang Xiaolei's luck has come, and David James is injured, and he has become the starting goalkeeper.

Wansheng asked Ms. Dina McGovern to give Wang Xiaolei psychological counseling, and he also went to talk to Wang Xiaolei, hoping that he could relieve some pressure and relax more in the game, so as to have a stable and excellent performance.

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At this time, the atmosphere of the war between Manchester City and Manchester United has spread.

As early as two hours before the game, the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff was surrounded by fans. A large number of fans from Manchester came here to cheer for their team. There are also many local fans in Cardiff who are watching the game. Tickets are as early as a week. It was sold out before.

The media's attention to the game is all-round, but what they pay most attention to is the situation of the two teams, which directly affects their judgment on the outcome of the game.

Manchester City's injuries, recent league rounds, FA Cup results and David James' injury, etc., many reasons make the outside media feel that Manchester City is in a crisis, they are constantly injured, In poor form, this battle with Manchester City will be difficult to fight.

The more direct reason is Wansheng's low profile. He has never publicly appeared in the media and said anything before, so people think that he is not confident to win the game, so he has to adopt a low-key strategy and try not to annoy Manchester United.

There is still a market for that voice among the media and Manchester United fans.

In the eyes of many people, this is the truth, otherwise why would Wansheng be so low-key?

At the pre-match press conference, Ferguson took the lead. He was confident in Manchester City winning the League Cup. "The championship should be ours."

"We need this title, as many have said, it's the closest we've come in two seasons and we can't pass up this opportunity."

"Everyone in the team is looking forward to the game, and looking at their faces makes me more confident."

After expressing confidence, some media asked sensitive questions, that is, Van Nistelrooy did not appear in the starting lineup. Ferguson said seriously, "He will be disappointed, but only disappointed. This is football. I have also had it. Same experience, being dropped in the 1965 cup final and that's what happened. But a lot of things can't be helped, professional players have to face competition, and I'm sure he knows that."

"Saha should start because he has already scored five goals in the Carabao Cup. After a full recovery, he has scored 10 goals in 13 games and is in good form, and we should trust him."

When Ferguson said this, he was confident, and the steady expression alone was enough to make people trust.

In contrast, Wan Sheng, who arrived late, appeared in a hurry. He had just finished leading the team's training and appeared at the press conference before he had time to change his clothes.

Wan Sheng stood on the stage and glanced down. There were at least two hundred reporters in the venue.

The conference hall of Manchester Stadium is difficult to accommodate such a gathering of reporters. Fortunately, the Millennium Stadium is the home stadium of the Welsh national team, so it can accommodate so many reporters.

Even if Wansheng has experienced a lot, the current battle can be regarded as a big scene. The average Premier League cannot be compared at all, and the most watched game he has experienced is against Chelsea and Manchester United.

Now the opponent is still Manchester United, but the meaning of the championship decisive battle is completely different. Coupled with the promotion of the 'Welsh Cardiff Manchester Derby' by the FA, the level of attention of the game has been raised by another level.

This kind of big game made Wansheng a little uncomfortable, but more excited.

Sometimes Wansheng also expects to lead the team to participate in the Champions League, play against the top European giants, and lead the team to play under the eyes of the whole world. That kind of big scene is really exciting.

The current game is not much different, and compared with the general Champions League, it is even worse.

The thought of leading the team to defeat Manchester United in front of so many media and fans, and making Manchester United 'two years without a championship', Wansheng couldn't help but be excited.

He held back his emotions, but he couldn't help but smile.

It was an excited smile, but the reporters in the audience interpreted it as kind, so they felt that Wan Sheng was not confident, but Wan Sheng ignored what they thought. He stood on the stage and started talking like he was talking about family affairs, "There are so many people here today. It's the first time I've seen so many people at the venue."

"I seem to be coming to this course for the third time?" He dragged his chin and thought for a while before continuing, "It seems to be, yes. The first two times, I won the championship, so the championship of this course For me, it's not that important..."

"Our goal this season is the league championship. Compared with the League Cup, the league is more important. The championship is of great significance, and the whole team is working hard. So after thinking about it, I didn't think of the reason to fight for the championship..."

When the reporters in the audience heard this, they immediately confirmed their thoughts - this China no longer has much confidence, and he began to make excuses for failure!

I don't want to win the championship! ?

Ghosts believe it!

It's not like winning the championship!

But Wan Sheng's words were not over yet, he continued with a serious face, "So I want to say, this time we came to Cardiff to prevent Manchester United from taking the championship!" (To be continued ~^~)