Chapter 236 The Opponents of the Champions League Round of 16

After learning about Wang Xiaolei's fame, I don't know how many young people who look forward to becoming a star one day, hoping to be valued by Wansheng.

From the perspective of many domestic footballers, Wang Xiaolei's fame is directly related to Wansheng.

Let’s not talk about how talented Wang Xiaolei is and how hard he is working hard. To Manchester City, he can grow step by step to the point where he is now.

So the key is still Wansheng.

Soon the domestic media dug down and found another player, Dai Lin. He and Wang Xiaolei went to Europe together. In the end, he became famous together with Wang Xiaolei. Instead, after two years in the Derby County youth team, he returned to China. , For this comparison, some people are surprised. Dailin could also follow Wansheng to Manchester City two years ago, so why did he fail to pass?

Soon this question was put in front of Wan Sheng. Facing several domestic reporters who came to interview, Wan Sheng said calmly, "Xiao Lei trained very hard, he could finish my training almost every day. For the training tasks given, Dailin's talent is also good, but he doesn't work hard enough, and he always does less training tasks every day. I looked for him when I was in Derby County, but it didn't seem to work."

"I was coaching the first team at that time, but I didn't have time to always pay attention to the training of the youth team players, so after I made some training plans for the two of them, I loaned them to other teams to participate in the game, and at the same time I was able to absorb some game experience."

"When I left Derby, I saw Ray had grown a lot, but Daelin..."

Wan Sheng said and shook his head.

After listening to Wan Sheng's words, the media reporters knew that the reason for Dai Lin's failure to succeed was still himself, and they immediately sent the news back to China. Let domestic fans know why.

Wansheng will not pay attention to what the impact will be after this incident, because he still has a lot of things to do, but he doesn't have time to always care about the fame of small players.

The day after the match with Manchester United, the focus was actually the match between Chelsea and Arsenal.

The battle was equally striking.

1 to 1. In the end Mourinho and Wenger both left regrets.

Chelsea had a chance to overtake after the equaliser. But it allowed Arsenal to "slip away". They only caught up with Manchester United by 1 point and were 3 points behind the leader Manchester City.

In this game, the first goal came in the 78th minute. Flamini helped Arsenal score a goal. Arsenal saw the dawn of taking away 3 points, but they failed to withstand the Blues' counterattack.

Referee Willy's penalty. The London derby, which became more and more popular with the process, was basically under control. But the two key whistles were questioned.

Wenger had something to say after the game, "Before they scored, it looked like they had fouled Hleb." He was referring to the 84th minute when Ashley Cole broke Hleb's ball behind his back. Launched the attack that Essien later scored, and the Englishman seemed to kick the opponent's calf, but Willy signaled the game to continue.

But another penalty was enough to give Mourinho an excuse, and even caused a storm in the game.

63 minutes. Gremi crossed, Drogba fell in front of Arsenal's small penalty area. There was an uproar at the scene. Slow motion shows that Senderos, who is closely guarding behind him, hooked his opponent's shoulder with his left hand, tripped Drogba with his right leg, and did not touch the ball, which seems to be suspected of having a ball.

What happened next was hilarious.

Lehmann came up to fight the injustice, and seemed to accuse Drogba of diving, and pushed the Ivorian from the back. Drogba, who was as strong as an ox, received this slap on the back and actually fell to the ground. What happened at that moment? People are amazed at Lehman's "internal strength".

Not long after, Drogba got up to settle the account and bumped into Lehmann with his body. The 1.90 meter German big man collapsed to the ground as if struck by lightning, and the performance was quite exaggerated.

This contest of acting skills triggered a conflict between the players on both sides. The chaotic scene lasted for about 5 minutes. The referee Willy and the linesman became the targets of siege and grievance.

In the end, Drogba and Lehmann got a yellow card.

Sky Sports reported, "This is the result of the performance of the two people who are the protagonists of this hilarious five minutes."

Mourinho was still upbeat after the game, perhaps because they were the side to equalise later, "Chelsea were ready to fight, we were down with five minutes left at home but reacted unbelievably, and Should have won the game."

Mourinho praised his team. When Chelsea equalized the score, they had a good chance to overtake. Essien's shot from 2 meters in front of the goal hit the crossbar. on the column. Nevertheless, Mourinho admitted that the draw was acceptable and he had no regrets. "Everyone watched the game, we had a chance to win, and we worked hard to win."

"In the first half they had better control, better possession, more quality and confidence, and after they scored, we had an amazing reaction, scored an incredible goal and then had a good chance. Win. But based on how the opponents played in the first half and how they got a 1-0 lead, I accept a draw."

But in the end, Mourinho still did not forget to tease Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger.

"It's a bit of a surprise to me that a team that's 18 points behind the leaders, coming here not to win, just to secure a draw is almost saying 'we don't want to win the Premier League, we just want to A decent result at Stamford Bridge'."

"If Arsenal win the less played games and are still 15 points behind Manchester City, I don't think they can be champions. Arsenal have the quality, the organisation, the control, but as for the ambition to win? No. This game is only A team is fighting to win."

After talking about the game, Mourinho even had the mind to give Wansheng advice, "I think he must be very happy now, because we can say that we have lost two points, but if he thinks that the only opponents in the league are Manchester United, then Just wrong. Three points, one game and we're still contenders for the league title."

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After the game, Mourinho expressed his confidence in competing for the championship. He did not mention Manchester United, but kept mentioning Manchester City and Wansheng. Obviously, in the hearts of the Portuguese, Wansheng is the main opponent.

Wansheng didn't care about it at all.

In the memory of the last life, the league championship this season belongs to Manchester United, and Manchester United has not experienced much challenge to win the championship, so at the beginning of the league, Wansheng is Manchester United as the biggest competitor.

It also has something to do with Chelsea.

Mourinho's words sounded very confident, but in fact, everyone knows that the situation of the Portuguese is not very good, let alone now, even in the last life, Mourinho helped Chelsea win two consecutive league titles Champion, the situation has become worse this season, because Abramovich has better expectations. He hopes that the team can win the European championship, otherwise he spends hundreds of millions of euros on the Chelsea team, which is equivalent to It was a failure. Chelsea’s frequent and generous investment led to strong intra-team competition and problems in the locker room, which also involved a large part of their energy. This is also an important reason for the decline of Chelsea’s performance.

This is still the case in the previous life.

Mourinho failed to help Chelsea win a league title in this life, and his coaching journey to the Blues was a failure. If it wasn't for Abramovich, it would be difficult to find a suitable replacement, Mourinho would have already Being fired, and now Chelsea are only third in the league, the situation of the Portuguese can be imagined.

It can be said that Wansheng does not need to worry about Chelsea this season.

After the match with Manchester United, Manchester City is already No. 1 in the league. Wansheng wants to lead the team to continue the game, consolidate the top position in the league, and start preparing for the intensive Christmas schedule, but before that, he went with the club chairman Waddell. Participated in the draw for the Champions League round of 16.

After the competition in the group stage, a total of 16 teams from the eight groups advanced to the knockout stage. The principle of drawing lots is that the eight top-ranked teams in the group stage are seeded, and the eight second-ranked teams are determined by drawing lots. The teams that have faced each other in the group stage will avoid the draw, other club teams from the same country will also avoid the draw, and the second-placed team in the group will play home and then away in the knockout round.

The top seeded teams in the group are Roma, AC Milan, Lyon, Barcelona, ​​Manchester City, Manchester United, Chelsea and Valencia, and the eight second-placed teams are Liverpool, Porto, Inter Milan and Dynamo Kyiv. , Celtic, Bayern Munich, PSV and Lille.

Then according to the draw rules for the round of 16, it is impossible for Liverpool and Bayern Munich to meet Manchester City, and the only opponents Manchester City can face are Lille, PSV, Celtic, Dynamo Kyiv, Porto and Inter Milan. .

Among these teams, the only one that needs to be avoided is Inter Milan. In addition, PSV Eindhoven and Porto are also considered to be strong teams, but for Manchester City, as long as Inter Milan is not drawn, everything will be fine, so it is basically nothing for Wansheng to participate in the draw. Heart pressure.

Before the lottery ceremony, Wan Sheng also said the same, "We don't need to think about anything. We are the first in the group, and most of the other strong teams are also the first in the group. Everyone wants to beat the weak, and our hope is even greater."

This sentence is a bit offending.

If you let the media analyze it further, wouldn't the eight teams in the second group be underdogs? But Wansheng doesn't matter so much, in fact, everyone thinks this way, but if he doesn't say it, he doesn't care about anything. If he wants to come to UEFA, he can't be 'full' to target the first-time Champions League player. Man City, because no matter which team Man City plays, there is nothing to say.

Sure enough, after the guests who drew lots on behalf of Eindhoven came to the stage, they opened the paper with both hands, and a name was written on it, 'Manchester-City', which also means that Manchester City's opponent will be Eindhoven.

After Wansheng and Waddle watched the next draw together, when they left, he was interviewed by the media. He only smiled and said, "They are really unlucky!"

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