Chapter 224 Dogs that Bark Don't Bite People

After the UEFA Champions League group stage is over, Manchester City will soon usher in a derby with Manchester United. The relationship of this game is undoubtedly the focus of the focus, not only the impact of the Manchester derby, but also directly related to the Premier League competition for the top spot.

For players on both teams, being able to play in such an important game is crucial.

In the Manchester City team, Nicolas Anelka looks very happy.

Wansheng did not say who will start the game against Manchester United, but in the game against Watford, he was sent to start the game, and it has been stated that in Wansheng's heart, he intends to let Darren Bent play against Manchester United. played in the game.

But after the game with Watford, it was different. Anelka completed a hat-trick himself. He believes that with his explosive state, the manager will definitely consider letting him play in the game against Manchester United.

For him, there is nothing more gratifying than beating a competitor.

Anelka felt like he was striving for what he wanted—a high salary, attention, and being a superstar—all these things were within his grasp at the age of 18, but his career had been a bit of ups and downs over the past few years. After a short failed career in Real Madrid, and then to love Paris Saint-Germain and Liverpool, he has hardly made any progress in the past few years. Although he has been attracting attention, he has not grown in his career, which is still very annoying to him.

Now he was about to get what was his own.

Manchester City's performance is getting better and better, and it has become the most concerned team in Europe. He has also become Manchester City's top scorer. I believe that after this season, his reputation will definitely be further improved.

But thinking about the team's young coach, Anelka still feels a little scared.

Despite his youth, no one on the team is not afraid of him.

The same is true of Anelka. He hopes to play in the game against Manchester United, but he is a little afraid to tell the coach himself. But in the end, the reminder of brother Claude still worked, "Nikola, you are the team's top scorer, and you have just completed a hat-trick and you are already qualified to ask for something."

So Anelka found Wansheng and said that he hoped to start the game against Manchester United.

Wansheng was a little surprised by Anelka's initiative to ask for a fight. He looked at the expectant face of the French in front of him. He was also a little moved. Although Anelka's life style and personality are a bit disgusting, when it comes to his ability and performance on the football field, he is indeed very good, especially when he just played against Wadford. He broke out and scored three goals personally, and Wansheng felt that he deserved the opportunity.

But Wansheng wanted Darren Bent to play. Because recently. Darren Bent doesn't stand a chance.

In a normal league, he would definitely directly decide which player to play, but unlike Manchester United's derby, the competition is very important to every player. As a head coach, he must at least make all players consider it fair, which is related to His authority on the team and the players' trust in him cannot be sloppy at all.

like the boss of a company. Faced with two equally capable employees, but always favoring one of them. Constantly raising wages for one person, but that one does not move at all, will definitely make all employees of the company unconvinced, and it is often easy to cause many internal problems, and internal problems are very important for a company or a team.

So Wansheng had to figure out a way to convince everyone.

In scrims, who will start with goals? Of course not. If you do this, it will deepen the contradiction between the players, and how to allocate the two teams will not be truly fair.

Otherwise, just play both of them! ?

Thinking of this, Wan Sheng suddenly had a flash of light.

Wansheng had been thinking about the game against Manchester United before, using normal tactics, but it would be very difficult to beat Manchester United at Old Trafford in this way. Manchester City is not much better than Manchester United. Cheng, Wansheng is sure that his Manchester City is one grade behind Manchester United. It is precisely because of the coaching skill bonus that Manchester City can perform so well and have the same performance and strength as Manchester United and Chelsea.

Comparing the lineups of various lines, it is difficult for Manchester City to compare with Manchester United, not to mention, this is an away game. In addition, Manchester United is surprisingly strong this season, and Manchester City's tactics have long been thoroughly studied by various opponents. The cost of winning is surprisingly high. As long as Manchester United has a solid defense and plays a game with Manchester City, the team really needs a lot of luck to win.

By the way, a surprise victory!

Wan Sheng looked at Anelka with a twinkle in his eyes.

"I'll think about it." He responded to Anelka, pushed the French out of the door, and wrote and drew on the tactical board himself, which made Anelka uneasy, but he left in the end. office.

On this day, Wansheng didn't leave until ten o'clock in the evening.

The next morning, Wan Sheng approached Pierce and Diamares to talk about his thoughts.

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"What did you say?"

"Having Anelka and Darren play together? You're crazy!"

Pierce and Diamares listened to Wan Sheng's words, and almost unanimously raised their objections, but Wan Sheng only smiled and began to write and draw on the tactical board, explaining the tactics he had thought of.

After some explanation, both Pierce were silent.

"It's a little dangerous!" Diamares pointed out the problem. "If they react and make targeted adjustments, then our defense will be dangerous."

"And it doesn't necessarily win!" Pierce added.

"Of course I'm not sure." Wan Sheng said, "There is no sure-win strategy in football games, but I think this way the team can play the most offensive ability. As long as we perform well enough, we will definitely be able to score goals one step ahead of Manchester United. , in the second half, we adjusted our tactics back and we were already ahead."

Thinking of this, Wan Sheng couldn't wait.

Wansheng thought of a good tactic, to put it bluntly, it is the maximum firepower, attacking Manchester City halftime!

Anelka and Darren Bent are both strikers who are good at standing in front of the goal. When the two play at the same time, there must be a positional conflict. Wansheng intends to make the two of them stand at the forefront. There is no need to cooperate with each other, because he put a Morris after the two to adjust, so that with Morris to adjust, the front can cooperate. Of course, this will lead to a series of problems, such as Morris going up front, there will be problems in the midfield, and so on. Even if Morris goes to the front. The two still can't work together, adding a forward is still a waste, and the support on the side is also a problem. If these problems are solved, then the team's defense will definitely have problems.

Therefore, after Wansheng did some further research, he planned to let the team attack with the most firepower.

One is to adjust the problem that both Anelka and Darren Bent want to play, and the other is to win by surprise. The chances of winning are also no lower than normal tactics.

After Wansheng explained it. The two of Diamares have no objection. Although they are assistant coaches, the team's tactics have always been decided by Wansheng. Since Wansheng has made a decision and made a reasonable explanation, they only need to follow Just do it.

Next, Wansheng worried about the whole team and explained in detail how to play with Manchester United. The team began to make targeted tactical preparations.

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Manchester City and Manchester United game, one must have one. That is the war of words between the two sides.

As early as before the last round of war, the media on both sides had already launched a full-scale 'battle', and those neutral media were also looking forward to the two teams fighting each other, each making various analyses and judgments.

Manchester City and Manchester United are sworn enemies.

The majority of Manchester City fans believe that Manchester United does not represent Manchester, especially after Manchester United has an American owner. Manchester City fans are more confident after winning the league title last season.

On the other hand, Manchester United has more supporters. These supporters are not all in Manchester. They have more supporters all over the world. Take China as an example, and I don’t know how many Manchester United fans there are.

These Manchester United supporters are surrounded by Manchester United. They absolutely support Manchester United and dismiss the Manchester City fans. They believe that better results represent everything, and historical glory is more proof of glory, so Manchester United is the representative team of Manchester.

The two statements are completely opposite, and more media have also participated in the debate.

Historically, Manchester United and Manchester City have an absolute advantage in terms of results, but Wansheng has always had the upper hand in the confrontation with Manchester United. So far, Wansheng has not yet failed in the game against Manchester United whether leading Derby County or Manchester City.

At the same time, Wansheng and Manchester United also have deep contradictions.

Many Manchester United fans believe that Wan Sheng was born in Manchester United, and no matter what the reason for him to leave Manchester United, he is a "traitor" of Manchester United.

Wansheng does not admit this.

He doesn't have any good feelings about driving away his own club, especially Manchester United manager Ferguson, who always looks annoying. Unlike Mourinho, he can still be friends with Ferguson off the field. Wan Sheng is right. The old Scottish man didn't like it at all.

Manchester United did not perform well last season. They opened up the points gap with Chelsea and Manchester City early, and failed to have the opportunity to join the championship competition. This season, Manchester United has performed quite well, and has been firmly occupying the top position since the league began. So the conflict between Manchester United and Manchester City is more profound.

This Manchester derby is more important than ever!

For this game, Manchester United supporters are very confident, because Manchester United is in a very brave state, and this is also a game at Old Trafford, so Manchester United's surrounding media "Manchester Sports News" first fired, "Manchester United Against Manchester City, there have always been more wins than losses. Last season, Manchester United was in a period of turmoil, and it was only when Manchester City was able to 'steal' the championship that belonged to Manchester United. From any point of view, Manchester City can't take away even a single league point at Old Trafford!"

"Manchester United team is full of fighting spirit, their strength and belief to win, so this game, Manchester United will definitely win!"

"Manchester Sporting" has always been a supporter of Manchester United. It is not surprising that they issued such a report, but soon, their old opponent, the "Guardian" who supported Manchester City, fought back, "Historical results do not matter at all, what matters is It's a recent result, Wansheng is undefeated against Manchester United, Manchester City are unbeaten with one win and one draw against Manchester United last season, and it is impossible for Manchester United to win at Old Trafford in any way."

"This kind of abnormal thing can only exist in imagination! Therefore, Manchester City will definitely win!"

After arguing over the outcome, the Manchester Sport has revisited the old topic. That is Wansheng's "betrayal". "He is one of Manchester United's biggest traitors in a century after Mangnoll and Dennis Law!"

The story of Dennis Law is an unforgettable period in the history of the Manchester derby. In 1974, the former Manchester United striker Dennis Law, who had switched to Manchester City, broke the door of his old club with his heel. Help Manchester City win 1-0. It was because of this goal that Manchester United suffered relegation that season, and Denis Law became the most famous "traitor" in Derby history.

However, 63 years before Dennis Law counterattacked, Manchester United actually had a "traitor". Like Dennis Law, he was also a "great man" in Manchester United history.

Mangnoll is considered to be the first great manager in Manchester United history.

1906. Mangnoll led Manchester United to win the Second Division runner-up. Returning to the ranks of the first division, in 1907, he poached five outstanding players including Billy Meredith from Manchester City in one breath, and the team's strength improved rapidly. That season, Manchester United won a historic eighth place. ; In 1908, Manchester United achieved their wish to win the first top league championship in history; in 1909, Manchester United made another breakthrough in history, they even beat Newcastle and Bristol and other teams. Won the first FA Cup trophy in club history; Manchester United won the league again in the 1910-11 season. This is the first trophy witnessed by Old Trafford (Note: Old Trafford was officially put into use in 1910).

However, in 1911, Mangnoll suddenly switched to the same city rival Manchester City. Eight months later, Mangnoll led Manchester City to win the league championship, and Manchester United, who lost the leader, only ranked 13th, and the bigger blow was still to come. Manchester United's vitality was severely damaged without Mangnoll. In 1913, Manchester United was relegated to the second division. Later, it was upgraded and relegated several times. Until the mid-to-late 1940s, it never won any honors.

"Manchester Sports News" put Wansheng and the two 'sages' together, which can be regarded as an alternative 'honor', but unfortunately the "Guardian" did not buy it at all, they said, "Wansheng was originally from Manchester City. "They think that Wansheng coaching at Manchester United for a week is nothing at all. If Wansheng does not succeed, who will remember that Manchester United once had a young Chinese coach in the youth team? On the contrary, as soon as Wan Sheng came to Manchester to coach, he chose Manchester City. Last season, Wan Sheng led Manchester City to win the Premier League championship, so Wan Sheng has been labeled as Manchester City.

Soon, the Manchester Sports Daily retorted, "Even in Manchester United for one day, he is still a Manchester United person. What's more, Wansheng came to Manchester United first. If there is no failure at Manchester United, how can he succeed in Derby County? "

When Wansheng heard this point of view, he really didn't know whether to refute or not.

That's right, it would be difficult for him to achieve the success he is now without Manchester United's failure experience, maybe he is still working hard to become a youth team coach?

But no if!

He failed at Manchester United, he was kicked out, and now, he has made it!

Wan Sheng himself doesn't have any good impression of Manchester United, which is enough, so when a media reporter interviewed, he said directly, "I'm not a traitor, I don't have a drop of Manchester United's blood on me! They said this, It's just trying to put pressure on me, but I don't have any pressure at all, like the Guardian said, I've never failed against Manchester United, not before, and not now!"

"Now that my team and I are ready, I think at the end of the game, those Manchester United people should shut up because we will be No. 1 in the league by then!"

Wansheng's must-win remarks aroused unanimous rebuttals from Manchester United supporters.

Soon Manchester United players came forward.

Manchester United full-back Gary Neville 'secretly' explained the team's confidence, "Manchester City's results are good, but we are better. In fact, the Premier League is no better than our form, and the day after tomorrow is at Old Trafford. The game at Ford Field, I think the team will definitely win!"

Portugal star C-Ronaldo also said excitedly, "This is our home court, our goal is to win the championship, and before winning the championship, we must first defeat Manchester City, I believe this is nothing to us."

Rooney also came out and said, "This is a derby, but to put it bluntly, Manchester City is just one of our competitors, they are nothing at all, we can win as long as we play seriously, that's what I want to say."

Manchester United general Scholes also took it out and said, "I will do my best to help the team win!"

Every Manchester United player stood up, just like the pre-war swearing-in meeting, each talking about their belief in winning, but what they said had no 'connotation', just to build confidence, or Manchester United manager Ferguson's words had more weight," After these two seasons, I have a deep understanding of his (Wan Sheng) coaching style, they (Manchester City) have not changed their tactics this season, and I have already figured out how to deal with it."

"The times are developing, and the sport of football is also discovering that it is not enough to always play the same way. I believe that after this game, he can understand this."

If others listened to it, they would think that Ferguson was giving advice to the 'junior', but it would be strange to think of a 60-year-old coach talking to a 30-year-old coach of a team of the same level.

There is no doubt that the old Scottish man's words are full of irony.

But Ferguson's words still carry a lot of weight, especially one of his remarks, 'I have studied their tactics thoroughly', which brings more confidence to Manchester United supporters.

So they made a louder sound.

In the face of Manchester United's scene where fans, media, players and the head coach came out to express their confidence, Wansheng asked all players not to talk about the derby in the media, and he was the only one in the team to face it. Manchester United's group firepower.

One person is definitely no match for these many people, and Wansheng can't spend all his time on the spout, so when a reporter came to interview again, he told the reporter a story, "One day I was walking on the road and suddenly A dog came out and barked at me, as if it was going to come up and bite me twice. I was a little afraid that he would hurt me, so I took two steps back, but its barking got louder. So I picked up the block. A brick was thrown at it with such force, and the dog was immediately scared away."

The person who came to interview was a reporter from The Guardian, so Wan Sheng didn’t say it too straightforwardly. He believed that the reporter would definitely be open-minded and arrange all the stories on Manchester United.

Sure enough, the next day, The Guardian believed that it had analyzed Wansheng's story, and came to the "reasonable" conclusion that "dogs that bark are bluffing and have no ability to bite people", and then the identity of the "dog" It's about Manchester United.

The "Guardian" did not talk about the Manchester United and Manchester City game in its entirety, but Wan Sheng, the "writer" of the story, got in touch with what happened, and everyone understood the "innuendo" of the story.

Immediately, the Manchester United supporters were disgusted as if they had eaten flies. They were furious with the satire of The Guardian, but they wanted to refute, but couldn't find good material. What's more, Ferguson didn't have the time to tell stories. Ah, maybe even if Old Man Socra came forward, he couldn't think of such a meaningful story.

At the same time, they also wondered why this Chinese is so confident, as if he is not afraid to annoy Manchester United at all. Does he really have any certainty of winning at Old Trafford?

What will he do?

Manchester United supporters are really a little guilty.

Fortunately, at this time, the game is about to start, and all the fog games will be revealed, and they don't need to spend any more brain cells.

At the pre-match press conference, Wan Sheng didn't talk about Manchester United anymore, but only talked about the state of the team, and he showed full confidence, "My team and I both believe that we will definitely be able to play at Old Trafford. Three points from the German Stadium!" He didn't take Manchester United in his eyes at all.

If you only look at Wansheng's performance, everyone would think that there will be some shady scenes in the game. Otherwise, why the game has not yet started, and Manchester City will definitely win? None of them knew where the young Chinese's confidence came from.

The Manchester City supporters couldn't think of it, and they simply thought that Wan Sheng was bluffing.

Just look at the Manchester City players who didn't speak up before the game. They must feel ashamed to be with such an unreliable head coach!

Yes, this is the correct answer!

Manchester United supporters came to such a conclusion and felt a lot more at ease. They seemed to have seen the scene of Manchester United sweeping Manchester City on the field. (To be continued ~^~)