Chapter 180 The Upcoming Champions League

The next day the media reported Manchester City's draw with Reading.

Wan Sheng ignored the media reports, but the media would not easily "let go" of Wan Sheng, this was an opportunity they finally got.

After a season in Manchester City, Wansheng's coaching ability has been recognized, but the media hostile to Wansheng has not decreased, but has increased a lot. This is a feature of English football, and the regional differentiation is extremely serious.

Wan Sheng is coaching Manchester City. Other regional media will not have much affection for Wan Sheng. On the contrary, the stronger his coaching ability, the more hostile these media will be.

Manchester City were the league champions last season, and they have beaten Chelsea and Arsenal successively this season. It is not easy to see Manchester City 'not winning'. Now they are tied with the newly-promoted horses. They have something to say. , many media have focused on the Manchester City and Reading game, and made a lot of analysis.

Some media talked about Reading's game tactics, analyzed the reasons why Reading could draw against Manchester City, and greatly praised Koper's coaching ability, saying, "Koper has helped all Premier League teams find a way to deal with Manchester City. Method!"

"When other teams play against Manchester City, you can refer to Reading's style of play!"

There are also direct alarmists, "This draw is the beginning of the decline of Manchester City's performance!" With this 'reason', they can begin to ridicule the 'defending' goal mentioned by Wansheng before, "They even have a newly promoted horse. If you can't deal with it, what about defending the league title?"

"This young Chinese was a joke when he said that he wanted to defend the title. They are now two points away from Manchester United. It has only been four rounds. After 38 rounds of the league, they will be more than 18 points away from Manchester United. Whether they will qualify for the Champions League is another matter..."

have to say. The media who reported this passage really did a good job in mathematics. In this way, Manchester City is indeed unable to compete for the league championship.

Of course, it's not all bad news.

There are media supporting Manchester City and Wansheng. also indicated. "Wan Sheng's attitude towards the draw after the game was very good. As a successful coach who is less than 30 years old, he can face failure with a normal heart, which many people can't do."

But even the media that supported Manchester City were a little down in the face of this draw. "Maybe it would be more practical for Manchester City to aim for the top four in the Premier League..."

This is actually the general view of the English media.

After all, this is not the era when the Manchester City dynasty dominates the Premier League, like Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal. Even Tottenham Hotspur, Newcastle United. Even newly-promoted Redding has performed very well. No team in the Premier League feels 100% able to beat another team. As the defending champion, Manchester City will definitely be thoroughly studied by various teams. It won't take a big advantage, it's very difficult to win the Premier League title again.

However, the strength of Manchester City is also recognized. The performance of beating Chelsea and Arsenal in the first few rounds is amazing. Therefore, the media generally believe that it is more practical for Manchester City to compete for the top four in the league.

perhaps. Another reason is the strength of Manchester United.

Four in a row!

This time, Manchester United did not lose at the starting line: Manchester United won four consecutive victories. His best start to the Premier League in 14 years!

Manchester City drew with Reading and dropped two points; Chelsea not only dropped three points, but their recent three-game winning streak were all dangerous and unconvincing; not to mention Liverpool and Arsenal - the former was just beaten by Everton 42 The team's best Merseyside victory in the past year and the biggest home score in 1909, the latter only accumulated 2 points from the three games, just a line away from the relegation zone... Manchester United's first league game in four years champion? The outlook has never looked better.

Because of this, almost everyone is optimistic about Manchester United.

Although Manchester United's inaction in signings this summer has been criticized, and many media have 'criticized' Manchester United's signings before, this four-game winning streak has made the media's statement become, "The lineup does not change, Objectively, it gives Manchester United the most consistent and well-established squad."

If the before and after reports are put together, it will definitely make people laugh and laugh.

Compared with the sad song reported by Manchester City, Manchester United received unanimous praise, which is the difference between four consecutive victories and three victories and one draw.

Wansheng simply ignored these reports.

After the past few seasons, Wansheng can't be more clear about the face of the media. When the team performs well, those hostile media have to die, and other media are all touted, but as long as the performance is slightly worse, they will Will stand up and say a few words, and even make people feel that the object they are talking about is useless, as if they are going to be relegated next season.

If you really pay attention to them, you don't have to do anything else.

On the second day, Manchester City started to train normally. Wan Sheng didn’t mention much about the draw. What he said would put pressure on the players. With the football training master system in hand, he was very aware of the impact of the international match day as time passed. is gradually weakening.

After this international competition day, Wansheng also knew why the coaches of the giants always complained about the national team's game. This has a great impact on the team. It is normal for a few main players to be absent. Fortunately, these two With the recovery of physical fitness, the recovery of the player's state is not bad.

But it is also an achievement.

Manchester City didn't have many internationals before, only Anelka and James. James was only England's backup goalkeeper. Anelka was not liked by Domenech in the French team, and the competition with Henry has always been at a disadvantage. Now it is different. Now, there are more Manchester City internationals. The England team alone has Morris, Downing, and James. In addition, according to reports, McLaren's next national team roster is likely to appear Lescott and Darren - Bent's name.

Ziegler is already a young talent in Belgium, and he has already entered the Belgian national team.

Sun Jihai and Wang Xiaolei are both Chinese players.

Due to his outstanding performance in the club, Anelka has gradually become competitive in the French team. Just like some French media said, Anelka's performance in the Premier League is no worse than Henry's performance, and he should get the same amount in the French team. Pay attention to.

In addition, Portugal coach Scolari is already considering recruiting Koppelle Ferreira into his team, and Spain coach Aragones is also considering David Silva. There is also news from the German media that because Ozil and Boateng entered Manchester City, the German youth team is also considering giving these two teenagers a chance in advance to see their performance.

These are all brought by Wansheng, and Manchester City's international players will only increase in the future.

On the one hand. This also proves that the strength of Manchester City is being recognized step by step. Of course, Wansheng has already realized the consequences of having too many international players. On the international match day, the team has lost half of its main force, and the entire training ground seems a bit empty, and tactical training cannot be done at all. Only do some physical and personal training. This is very delaying the team training, not to mention that if a player is injured in the national team, it will also cause the club and the national captain time to quarrel.

Wan Sheng stood on the sidelines, watching the team's training, thinking about the national team and training.

He is considering whether to hang up a few Manchester City youth team players to train together on the international break. Although those players have little training value, they can also help the first team to train together.

It is also good for their growth.

anyway. They will also be a good addition to the lower leagues in the future...

...

Soon Manchester City ushered in their first opponent in the Champions League at home, and is considered to be the weakest team in this group - Sofia Levski.

This is Wansheng since coaching. First Champions League game.

In Wan Sheng's mind, he always felt that the Champions League was the real European competition, and the UEFA Cup was nothing at all, so even if he led Derby County to win the UEFA Cup, he didn't think it was a great honor, only the Champions League. Champions are what really matters.

When I played in the UEFA Cup, I didn't feel very good. Now, when I lead the team to play in the Champions League, Wansheng feels very excited.

He can't wait to play his first Champions League game.

...

Sofia Levski is a Bulgarian team, they can enter the Champions League group stage this season, and also create a new Bulgarian football history - they become the first Bulgarian team to enter the Champions League group stage, Sofia Levs Key has also won the attention of the entire European and even world football.

As a miracle-maker, Sofia Levski head coach Stanimir Stoilov is naturally famous.

If he can lead the team into the Champions League group stage, Stanimir Stoiloff has successfully completed the Champions League goal. If he can't imagine that he can get this honor in June, but where he is, he will be. Seeing what the scenery, when entering the group stage, Stanimir Stoiloff is considering whether the team has the hope of creating a miracle and crossing the group to enter the knockout stage.

Sofia Levski was assigned to Group G, which is what the European media called the 'group of death', and it was the most competitive group. Sofia Levski was seen as hopeless.

But in fact, Stanimir Stoilov didn't think so much, because any group could be counted as the death group for Sofia Levsky, and it would be better to be really divided into the death group. This means the team is likely to have a chance.

Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, Manchester City, these three opponents are not easy to deal with, but Stanimir Stoilov still has his own views.

It is not easy to score points against the Bundesliga hegemons Bayern Munich. Capello's 'galactic battleship' Real Madrid is definitely a difficult opponent. These two away games can be given up directly, but back to Bulgaria's home court, they still have A little chance, at least two games to grab 1 point is not too difficult.

But if you want to qualify for the group, one point is definitely not enough, then the only hope is to compete with Manchester City.

As long as they can beat Manchester City twice, Manchester City will definitely fight with Bayern Munich and Real Madrid in order to appear in the group. At that time, it will be Sofia Levski's chance.

That's what Stanimir Stoilov intends to do.

When the club's scouts handed him a report of a draw between Manchester City and Reading, he was even more determined.

Manchester City is a strong team in the Premier League. They were the Premier League champions last season, but they are not incapable of dealing with them. Since Reading in the Premier League can take a point away from Manchester City, Sofia Levski will definitely have a chance.

So how is the game played?

It's very simple, just refer to Reading's style of play, simple and direct, that kind of football Sofia Levski can also play.

Manchester City is good at passing, cooperating and controlling the rhythm, so what Sofia Levski has to do is to be tough on defense and more determined on offense, so that there will be opportunities on the road.

If you can score a goal, you will drop the entire defense, then there is also a chance for three points.

This may also be Sofia Levsky's only chance!

...

After thinking about the tactics, Stanimir Stoiloff thought that he should do something that a 'successful' coach should do, so he took the initiative to provoke a war of words.

"We came with a winning mentality," Stoiloff told English and Bulgarian media before flying to Manchester.

"We came to the Champions League, not for sightseeing, we will fight for all hope of qualifying! The game with Manchester City is very important to us, we must win this one."

"All the players, the whole team, have made adequate preparations for this game, and I have the confidence to win the game away!" Stoylov smiled and showed confidence when he said these words.

Bulgarian media were also infected by Stoilov's confidence.

Now Stoilov has become the most famous coach in Bulgaria, because he led the Bulgarian team into the Champions League group, which is historic, so the Bulgarian media has never been stingy with his praise, so much so that he also has a lot of praise for him. Incredible confidence.

Therefore, in their various reports, they focused on describing Stoilov's confidence, analyzed the prospect of group qualification for Sofia Levski in detail, and were full of confidence in the match between Sofia Levski and Manchester City.

"Stoiloff confidently says to take three points at Manchester Stadium!"

"Although it is an away game and the opponent is the defending Premier League champion, Manchester City's European experience is not even as good as Sofia Levski, their coach Wansheng is just a young man from China, no matter how successful he can be, he can't be covered. The lack of coaching experience...he will not be a match for the experienced Stoiloff!"

"Stoilov's advantages are obvious. Before he became the head coach, he was a Bulgarian international player. With his professional experience, it is easier for him to succeed in the head coach position! Now the two meet together, Stoylov has a great chance of winning!"

"Manchester City may be more famous and stronger, but they are only rookies in European competitions..."

"Manchester City has not been in good form recently. They have just drawn the newly promoted team in the league. How many chances do they have against the strong Sofia Levski?"

"Sofia Levski will take the opportunity to take three points at Manchester Stadium!" (To be continued ~^~)