Chapter 193 Two Problem Players

After Bergkamp scored, the game remained unchanged.

For Sheffield United, it is also a success to get a point away, but if you want to get a point, you must score goals, but in the face of Manchester City's powerful offensive, it is difficult for them to do much in the frontcourt. Head coach Warnock looked at the striker he created with his own hands, and could only shake his head with a wry smile on the sidelines.

Warnock is fifty-eight years old and is a veteran England manager.

At the age of 19, Warnock started his football career at Chesterfield, and then played for Rotherham United, Hartlepool United, Scunthorpe United, Aldershot, Barn Teams such as Sley, York City and Crewe have played a total of 326 league appearances in their 11-year career.

In 1972, at Hartlepool United, Warnock won the club's Player of the Year that year.

Warnock has never played for a very famous team, and he was only an ordinary player when he was a professional player, so his coaching career started very ordinary-starting from the amateur league, and rising step by step, accumulating a certain amount in the Sunday league. Following his experience, Warnock got his first full-time coaching job in 1981 at the Gensburg Trisolaran in the Northern Super League.

Afterwards, Warnock took charge of Burton and Scarborough.

In 1987, he worked with assistant coach Paul Evans to lead Scarborough to the National League title, the first team to be directly promoted to the Football League since the reform of the English professional league system.

Warnock, who had worked in the Peterborough United coaching staff in his early years, met Mick.-S, who was the team's assistant coach at the time. In 1988, Warnock became the manager of British Third Notts County, and Jones began to serve as its assistant coach. Also joining the coaching staff include former Scarborough assistant coach Evans and team doctor Dave Wilson. The four joined hands to lead Notts County to continuous promotion, and finally promoted to League One in the 1991-92 season. It is worth mentioning that during this period, Warnock rejected the coaching invitations issued by Chelsea and Sunderland, but unfortunately in the next year. Warnock was sacked as head coach after Notts County were relegated to the Premier League.

After that, Warnock went to Huddersfield, Plymouth, Oldham Athletic, Berry and other teams, and his coaching performance has been quite good.

In 1999, Warnock came to Sheffield United, the team he had supported since childhood. 2002-2003 season. He led his team to the semi-finals of the FA Cup and League Cup, but ultimately lost to Liverpool and Arsenal. The team eventually advanced to the League One promotion play-off final, but was defeated 0-3 by Wolves and missed the Premier League.

It was also Warnock's first defeat in the promotion play-offs in his coaching career.

2005 was a turning point when Jones began to continue working with Warnock, who was appointed assistant manager of Sheffield United. The two led Sheffield United to the Championship and runner-up. Achieved the team's promotion to the Premier League.

Now the two continue to work together to keep Sheffield United from relegation.

Obviously, it is very difficult to avoid relegation in the Premier League. This is no easier than upgrading in the Championship. For many teams, coming to the Premier League for a season is completely 'sightseeing', because they do not have the capital to stay. The team avoided relegation this season. The premise is to get more points, for this. He put the team in a drastic cleanup and buyout over the summer.

After a lot of work, Warnock is still feeling the hard way when the team really enters the Premier League - Sheffield United have only won one game so far.

Such a bad result is enough to show that Sheffield United's strength is insufficient, but on the other hand, the media and fans will also blame the head coach, especially after English football has a precedent of ten thousand wins, "Look, the young man from Derby County. The manager, the club did nothing to make Derby a Premier League champions team."

One can imagine how much pressure Warnock is under.

Many people know that Wansheng has been very successful in Derby County, but this has become the pressure of leading a team like Warnock to upgrade the coach.

So Warnock definitely doesn't have much affection for Wansheng, and now the two teams have become rivals on the field, even less so.

But even if there is no good impression, Warnock must admit the ability of Wansheng.

Manchester City was not a top team in the Premier League, but they won the league last season. Many media are not optimistic about Manchester City this season, but now this Manchester City is on the field, but Warnock has nothing to do, and even finished first in Manchester City. After a goal, Sheffield United are still unable to fight back.

This is the difference between the two teams!

At this time, Warnock stood on the sidelines watching the game. At the beginning, he frequently communicated with his assistant Jones next to him, but now it is almost rare, because both of them know that their team is difficult How many chances are there that, in the face of City's dizzying combination of passing and receiving, and a seemingly 'leaky' but 'extremely solid' defence, all their team can do is increase their defence from the back and take advantage of sudden counter-attacks just looking for opportunities.

This style of play is the only option, as they cannot compete with Manchester City.

Warnock can clearly understand that there are too many gaps between the two teams in terms of players' individual abilities, overall coordination and tactical arrangement. He has been a football coach all his life, but he has only just been able to lead the team to the Premier League, and a young Chinese who is less than 30 years old and has no professional football experience has surpassed himself in many aspects of coaching.

Warnock could do nothing but stand with a wry smile.

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As a manager, there is nothing left to do, and the performance of the Sheffield United players on the field can be imagined.

In fact, the Sheffield United players were still a little confident at the beginning of the game, but despite the fact that the opposing Manchester City were in a mediocre state, they didn't score a lot of chances, but... they didn't even have a chance!

The offense failed again and again, and the defense made loopholes again and again. After a long time, the team's fighting spirit was exhausted. When most players thought that the team had no chance to win, the team's state and performance were greatly affected. As a result, when the game went to 38 minutes, Manchester City was in the game. Another goal.

This is a header from Anelka.

Tangning's big-footed pass from the flank gave the Frenchman a chance. Anelka sent the ball straight into the dead corner of the goal.

Seeing this ball, Wan Sheng let out a long breath.

2:0.

After a two-goal lead. There is basically no suspense in the game.

After that, the two teams spent the first half. In the second half, Wansheng started to make frequent substitutions. David Silva, Bergkamp and Dunn were all replaced one after another. Other players in the same position had the opportunity to play and changed. The impact of the next three main players on a team is still very large. despite this. Sheffield United, who has no fighting spirit, can't shake Manchester City's defense.

The final game ended 2:0.

Wansheng was a little dissatisfied with the process of the game, because the team did not play well, but winning is the most important thing, so in the aftermath of the game, he gave the players, media and fans a smile, but after retraining the next day . Wansheng has higher training requirements for player recovery and physical recovery. He added difficulty to training and required each player to complete their own training tasks.

At the same time, a few players who performed "strange" on the field were also called by Wan Sheng to the office to chat individually, including George Barton and Koppelle Ferreira.

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"Do you think you are already a big star!"

In the office, Wansheng did not give Joey Barton any good looks, even though Joey Barton was a talented star who appeared in the youth academy of Manchester City, but in the past game. Joey Barton didn't even bother to run, from start to finish. There was no decent performance at all. Wansheng also expected him to replace Morris, but it seemed that he was thankful for his normal performance.

Last season, Joey Barton's performance was okay. Although he has the reputation of "bad boy", he seems to use it on opponents.

So far this season, Joey Barton hasn't had a great performance, which is actually a bit wrong. In terms of strength, Joey Barton has improved a bit, and is very adaptable to the team's tactics, and his body is fine. The question is, how can it continue to perform poorly?

After the game against Sheffield United, Wansheng had to call him to talk.

Unexpectedly, Joey Barton heard Wan Sheng's words, but was silent for a while, then raised his head and said, "I want to have more playing time."

"Playing time?" Wan Sheng didn't react for a while, and then looked at it thoughtfully.

Joey Barton was stubborn.

Wan Sheng understood what he meant.

Before Wansheng coached Manchester City, Joey Barton was the absolute main force of Manchester City's midfield, but after Wansheng arrived, he brought Morris, David Silva and Ivan Crewe successively, plus summer Ozil and others who came from here, Joey Barton's playing time was compressed.

Although he is still called 'Man City genius' by fans, in fact, he can only be Morris's substitute, a midfielder's substitute, and his playing time cannot be compared with Morris and David Silva. Compared, only when special tactics are used, or when a midfielder is needed, he will have the opportunity to start.

So far this season, Joey Barton has only played about 400 minutes, a little more than four games, which certainly cannot satisfy the ‘former Manchester City talent’.

But there is no way to back down!

Wansheng understood Joey Barton's mood, and he comforted, "Joey, you should know that my team is fair, whoever performs better and who is in better condition can start the game!"

"Compared with David, Li and others, you are not bad at all, and you are tougher on the field. As long as you perform well enough, I will give you more time!"

This is a promise and Wansheng's real idea.

But Joey Barton pursed his lips and said toughly, "But they can always start, and I can only be a substitute. I want to play more time, so that I have a chance to enter McLaren's team. . . …”

Wan Sheng frowned.

No one in the team dares to talk to him like that, not even a 'former Manchester City talent', it's about his authority as a head coach, he stood up and looked at Joey Barton, glaring at Barton's Eyes, he is very authoritative in the team on weekdays, Button was a little scared to be seen, and lowered his head unconsciously, he clenched his fists and said, "I have already said, my team is like this, if you show Well, there will be more opportunities, if it is always the same as the last game, don't even think about it in the next minute!"

Joey Barton gritted his teeth, turned around and left without saying hello.

Behind him, Wan Sheng touched his forehead.

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After Joey Button, there is Koppelle Ferreira. His problem is different from that of Button. Button is not proactive on the field, while Ferreira is too proactive!

In the last game, Ferreira defended in the backcourt and directly kicked down the opponent's player. If it wasn't for the referee's 'mercy', Ferreira had already been sent off with a red card. Despite this, he still accumulated three yellow cards. As a result, the next round of the league cannot be played.

The problem with Ferreira is that he seems to be unable to control his emotions. He is always too active in the game, and his defense is too strong. Although it is inevitable for the central defender to take cards, he is too tough in ordinary games, even It can be said to be violent, and something is wrong.

Wansheng hopes Ferreira can correct this shortcoming.

In football games, it is good to be tough on defense, but in any case, emotions must be controlled, otherwise it is easy for the entire team to suffer losses. Now Ferreira is only showing a sign, and Wansheng wants to take this sign. Squeeze, be sure to let him treat the game more rationally.

The conversation with Koppelle Ferreira was much more relaxed and pleasant than Joey Button.

Ferreira has no playing time problem and is quite satisfied with the current situation. In the summer, the club increased his salary. Although the salary cannot be compared with the big stars, the annual salary after tax is over one million euros, which is enough to make even the top leagues before. He was satisfied enough that he couldn't even play. What's more, Wan Sheng was very dignified in the team, and he was also Ferreira's mentor. Whatever he said, Ferreira nodded in agreement. Did Ferreira remember the details? , it is uncertain whether the mistakes will be corrected, but this attitude still makes Wansheng very satisfied.

After solving the team's problems, Manchester City began to seriously prepare for the Champions League group stage with Real Madrid.

This game is getting a lot of attention.

Two days before the start of the game, a large number of media reporters began to conduct interviews around the Manchester City training base. Among them, there were many English media, and a large part of them were from foreign media. Spanish media accounted for a part, and other countries also had quite a lot of media. A lot, which shows the degree of attention the game has received.

It is good for the game to receive attention, but Wansheng asked the entire team to ignore the reporters and concentrate on the recovery training, hoping to adjust the state to the end before the game. He also ignored the reporters at all, and planned to stay away before the game Accept any interview.

An unexpected news made Wan Sheng change his mind.

That's the news from the American "Science" magazine. Because his research on 'human movement and bodily function recovery' has received extensive attention and praise from the scientific community, the American "Science" magazine nominated him as the "Top Ten Outstanding Scientists in the World" in 2006. one.

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