Chapter 179 Simple, Direct Football
The next day, what Wan Sheng said in an interview after the UEFA Champions League group draw appeared in the media reports.
Many media are talking about Wansheng and Mourinho's "joint hands" attacking the UEFA points system, which has become a matter of relish for the media and fans who are used to seeing the two confrontation in the English league.
However, there is one media that focuses on Wansheng, and that is the "Daily Mirror".
The "Daily Mirror" has long been the leader of the 'anti-Wan Victory League' in England, and they have also become the benchmark for those media that are hostile to Manchester City and Wan Sheng, such as the support of Manchester United media, because everyone knows that, The Daily Mirror and Wan Sheng are sworn enemies and they will not report good news for Wan Sheng or Manchester City.
However, it must be acknowledged that the influence of the "Daily Mirror", as a newspaper with a tabloid as its core, is second only to the "Sun" in circulation, and is very influential in England and Europe.
If the "Daily Mirror" commented on Wan Sheng in England, few people would read it, because there are so many reports, readers are tired of reading, but they are for Wan Sheng's interview after the Champions League group The coverage has spread not only to England, but to the whole of Europe. Their purpose is to put Wansheng on the European stage and let him fight against the whole of Europe.
That means it is like saying, "Look at this Chinese boy, he is arrogant and ignores other national teams, and he is already embarrassed in Europe!"
This is naturally the result of the joint efforts of many media.
Their purpose is to let Wansheng go to fight with other strong European teams. This approach is really useful. Inter Milan, who was soon talked about by Wansheng, made a sound. Coach Roberto Mancini was dissatisfied with Wansheng 'Inter Milan's third place', so he said, "It's the first time he has led the team to the Champions League, what qualifications does he have to point fingers at the Champions League! If he is not satisfied with Manchester City being placed in the third tier. He can lead the team to win If you achieve good results, such as winning the Champions League, then Manchester City will definitely not be in the third grade next year!" You can hear it, and finally saying that Manchester City won the championship is definitely a disdainful irony.
After that, Capello, who just took over as Real Madrid's coach, also joined in the fun. "I have to admit. We got a good draw. Everyone says it's the group of death, but I don't think so. City and Sofia Levski have no European experience, so this group is easy for us. "
Capello's meaning is obvious, just want to show that Manchester City and Sofia Levski are easy opponents to deal with, and it is not a big problem for Real Madrid to qualify for the group.
Fans and media who do not know the details will be surprised to hear Capello say this. Because Manchester City has no European experience. But it is definitely an opponent that cannot be underestimated. After all, Manchester City was the Premier League champion last season and also won the League Cup. Even if such a team has no European experience, it still poses a huge threat. Everyone must admit this, So why does Capello say that? Was it deliberately angering Manchester City?
But the media and fans who know the details know that Capello is boosting morale.
this summer. Real Madrid has completed a big change, and the most important news is. The 55-year-old Ramon Calderon was elected as the new president of Real Madrid under the slogan of promising to introduce new generation superstars such as Kaka, Robben and Cesc Fabregas.
Perhaps at other clubs, fans are most concerned about the new manager, but not at Real Madrid. This club will always have a chairman at its core. The battle between Florentino and Calderon for the chairman is nothing short of epic. Passionate drama, even no less than the presidential campaign of some small countries, the competition between the two always has topics to talk about, and they use various means in the campaign. It is not easy to become the president of Real Madrid. Calderon is a promise After achieving the results, he brought confidant players such as Cannavaro and Emerson, and invited the "gold medal coach" Capello back to Real Madrid again, so that he could secure the position of chairman. In addition, after Calderon took office, Real Madrid also bought powerful stars such as Ruud van Nistelrooy and Diarra.
After this wave of blood changes, Real Madrid is no longer the gorgeous but weak team that last season, but it is not necessarily how much strength it has. Capello's task is to bring this large group of new stars. , and the team's Ronaldo, Beckham and other stars together, this work is almost certainly the focus of his coaching Real Madrid.
If these stars can come together and become a team that cooperates tacitly, then Real Madrid will definitely become one of the most powerful teams in the world, because there is no team in the world that is more gorgeous than their lineup, otherwise , then Real Madrid and last season won't be much enhanced either.
Now Capello stands up and talks about the Champions League grouping, and said that there is no problem, it is completely morale, he is expressing a confidence, an attitude towards the new season.
But obviously, Capello is still not clear, the current European football is no longer the era of famous coaches talking about it. It is also an art for various head coaches to speak in the media. It is better to be low-key without this artistic cell.
After knowing what Capello said from the reporters, Wansheng smiled without hesitation, "Oh? Mr. Capello means that Bayern Munich cannot threaten Real Madrid? But I think Felix Maga Mr. Te must not see it that way."
This trick is called calamity.
Bayern Munich coach Felix Magath experienced the feeling of being shot while lying down. When he heard the news, he was still confused. He just knew that Real Madrid coach Capello talked about the group grouping. , and then the young coach of Manchester City mentioned himself and seemed to refute Capello's view that Bayern Munich was not worse than Real Madrid?
Felix Magath said confidently without fully understanding, "I think Bayern Munich is the best in Group G!"
Maybe the head coach of every team will say this, but when Magath said this, he found that the reporters looked a little strange. He couldn't understand the reason, so he talked about Bayern Munich's preparations for the Champions League. , and said that the team's goal is only the championship.
Magath said a lot of things, but it has nothing to do with the topics that Capello and Wansheng talked about. Some reporters wanted Magath to ridicule Wansheng, but they got this result. They could only shake their heads and smile bitterly.
After Magath knew the cause and effect, it was too late to say anything. He knew that if he did that, it would definitely become a bigger joke, so he hated both Capello and Wan Sheng.
Really want to talk. Among football stars. Few have a very good relationship, because they can easily become opponents on the green field, the same is true between Magath and Capello, the relationship between the two is not good, this time they are grouped together, and there are media The war of words on the Internet naturally made the relationship worse. As for Wansheng... This time Magath was dragged into the water. And humiliated in front of the media, isn't he the one who caused it?
Wan Sheng didn't know what Magath was thinking. He heard Magath's words, but he felt very funny. He was planning to fight in the media, but he didn't expect this result. The feeling of being too cold in the heights seems to be rivals with Magath and Capello. It is not interesting to be an opponent with Mourinho alone.
These so-called famous marshals are really a bit boring... They are probably outdated?
Wan Sheng thought so.
But the saliva in the media is nothing. The real victory or defeat will be decided on the field. When he gets there, Wansheng will not take it lightly. He must make the team make all preparations to be able to defeat Bayern Munich, Real Madrid and other century giants on the field.
The Champions League group stage this season is definitely a challenge for Manchester City.
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After the international break, the team will face the league again, and the next opponent is the newly-promoted Reading.
Wansheng is no stranger to Reading. When he led Derby County to the second league, Reading was a strong opponent. Manchester City also met in the cup last season. Coach Koper and Wansheng are also veterans. Acquaintances, but no one could have imagined that the Reading team led by Koper had an amazing performance last season, with 31 wins, 13 draws and 2 losses. The total score of 106 points is only the record of Derby County's promotion. Under the leadership of Coppell, the Reading club finally entered the English top league stage for the first time after 135 years of ups and downs.
This is exciting news for Reading fans. After 135 years of hard work, the team has made it to the top level for the first time. It is no exaggeration to celebrate.
Of course, that has nothing to do with Manchester City, the two teams are now direct league rivals.
Before the game against Reading, the team still has a lot of work to do. After the international match day, some players are in poor condition. Wansheng can clearly know this problem from the data of the football training master system. , In addition, the performance of some players in training can also see the problem.
This is the "international match day syndrome".
In the past, this problem mostly happened to the opponents of Wansheng, such as Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea, etc. These teams have more national team players, but now the problem occurs in Manchester City, because Manchester City also has many international team players, such as Morris, James, Anelka, Sun Jihai, Wang Xiaolei, Ziegler, etc., have all entered their respective national teams.
After a game with the national team, some of them were unstable.
In response to this situation, Wansheng can only ask them to make some physical and mental adjustments, but it will definitely take a few days to recover, but the game against Reading is imminent.
In the end, Wansheng chose to let those players who were in poor form rest for a round and let players in good form play.
In fact, there is another reason for Wansheng to do this, that is, the first game of the Champions League is approaching. Two days after the game against Reading, it is the first round of the game against Sofia Levski.
This is Manchester City's first Champions League game in a century...
Even if the importance of its 'historical significance' is not mentioned, in the Champions League group stage, it is necessary to win against the underdog Sofia Levski, otherwise it will not be so easy to score points against Bayern Munich and Real Madrid , so Wansheng must retain strength for this game.
But he did not expect the game against Reading to be so difficult.
As a newly-promoted team, Reading's performance was very previous, their defense was very firm, and the frontcourt only wanted to play, which also caused a lot of threat to Manchester City.
Such a seemingly unskilled team felt quite difficult to play. Wan Sheng was surprised by Reading's performance. In his opinion, the team's performance was actually not that bad, and the team played well. The suppression was played, but the effect on Reading was not so good, and occasional mistakes in defense could easily give Reading a chance.
In this way, it was Reading who advanced the ball.
In the 31st minute of the game, Reading's South Korean striker Xue Qixuan successfully scored with a corner kick, helping Reading take the lead.
This situation is unexpected.
After that, Manchester City maintained a long-term suppression of Reading in the second half, but only before the end of the game, Darren Bent helped the team equalize with a powerful shot in the chaos of the penalty area.
The game finally ended 1:1.
A draw is tantamount to a defeat for Manchester City, because in another game at the same time, Manchester United beat Tottenham Hotspur 1:0, and achieved a four-game winning streak in the beginning of the league. So far, Manchester City is worse than Manchester United. two points.
After the game, Wansheng and Koper shook hands politely, and then thought about the game along the way.
He knew that he and the team were a little careless.
Reading is a newly-promoted team, but they can get more than 100 points in the British Championship last season. They are definitely not underdogs. In this game, their defensive performance was very tough. Simple and direct football also brought Manchester City Great threat.
Such a simple and direct play can sometimes be very useful.
Wan Sheng has to admit that he learned a lesson from this game.
Maybe it has something to do with him being too young.
Just like what the media said, he is still too young, with too little experience, inexperience, and not enough accumulation. He always thought that Manchester City's tactics were the best, but now Koper uses very simple and direct football, Let him and Manchester City suffer a big loss.
He will remember this lesson.
Later at the press conference, Wan Sheng also directly said, "This is a lesson for us. We are a little careless. In addition, Reading performed very well today, and they deserved to take away a point!"
Wan Sheng's speech surprised many media reporters.
In everyone's impression, this young Chinese never admits defeat. In the face of giants such as Manchester United and Liverpool, he will always perform very strongly. Even if the game does not go well, he will find other reasons for the team, come' Explain that 'losing the game is not the team's fault.
Now he actually actively recognized the other party's performance?
This surprised many people.
But in fact, Wansheng has always believed that facts are facts. Reading is indeed doing very well. A victory or defeat in a league is nothing, and it is impossible for any team to guarantee that there will be no mistakes in 38 rounds of the league in a season, not to mention, In the past two days, the team was affected by the international competition day, and many of the main players did not play, so it is not surprising that they drew with their opponents.
This draw taught Wansheng and the team a lesson, but he did not put it in his heart. After the game, he had already started to think about the Champions League group match with Sofia Levski. (To be continued ~^~)