Chapter 364 Master's Degree

The next day, Wu Haibo finished his work and returned to China by plane. Wansheng also continued to lead Manchester City to the league.

Manchester City face Blackburn in the fourth round of the Premier League.

Mark Hughes led the team for 3 years. Blackburn's record showed an upward trend in the ups and downs. It only ranked 16th in the first season, and jumped to 7th a year later. Last season, it was slightly affected by injuries and the European war. Slipped to 10th, but not far behind sixth-placed Tottenham.

The media believes that "Mark Hughes has gradually built Blackburn into a solid mid-level team."

Last summer, Blackburn had 7 in and 9 outs, and the exchange rate was huge. This year, Mark Hughes chose another way. So far, 3 in and 2 out. In the hustle and bustle of the Premier League transfer market, Blackburn seems very quiet.

There are also the same places as a year ago. Blackburn once again strengthened the striker, buying Paraguay striker Santa Cruz from Bayern, and the Dutch European Youth Championship member Riggst.

It can be seen from Blackburn's transfer action that coach Mark Hughes is still not satisfied with the efficiency of the team scoring 50 goals in 38 games last season.

In order to strengthen the scoring ability, it is natural to buy strikers.

Buying Santa Cruz for £3.5 million is a bit of a gamble. Santa Cruz is a star player in Paraguay. When he came to Bayern Munich before, he was worth more than that, but in Bayern Munich, Santa Cruz did not perform well. , only scored 31 goals in 155 games, and the efficiency is not high. What's worse is his injury, which has always been a big problem for Santa Cruz.

However, fans are very confident in the vision of Mark Hughes. The South African striker McCarthy, who was introduced last year, overtook C-Ronaldo and won the bronze boots. The number of goals is second only to Chelsea striker Didier Drogba.

So Blackburn need to pay attention to the players, there are two, one is last season's bronze boot winner McCarthy.

He forcibly squeezed out a position in the competition between Drogba and Cristiano Ronaldo. Mourinho almost brought him to Stamford Bridge, but unfortunately Abramovich's policy of "saving expenses" prevented the South African from entering the giants.

The newly introduced Santa Cruz also needs to pay attention. In the era when African killers are rampant in the Premier League, Santa Cruz's handsome looks are very eye-catching, and his attacking power is good.

Many people think so. Santa Cruz is only plagued by injuries. Failed to get the most out of Bayern Munich.

When Manchester City is going to play Blackburn, naturally they also need to pay attention to these two strikers. In Wansheng's view, the combination of McCarthy and Santa Cruz is still very strong, so before the game, he specially warned the team's backers. Defend. Don't let the other party find opportunities easily.

With defense comes victory. Manchester City are good at playing fast-break football, but are also afraid of the opponent's surprise attack.

But when the game started, Wan Sheng had a wry smile.

Many media say that 'the Premier League team should not be underestimated', and it really is. Mark Hughes did not arrange to compete with Manchester City's offensive ability. Blackburn started a tough fight in the first minute. Solid defensive counter attack.

Manchester City struggled for a half. Also failed to break through the Blackburn gates.

In the first minute of the second half, Blackburn had a very good performance. They cooperated continuously in Manchester City's halftime. McCarthy fired a very powerful shot from outside the penalty area. Wang Xiaolei's vision was blocked and he failed to react immediately. Blackburn took the lead.

"McCarthy—"

"Goal!!"

"McCarthy scored a long shot from the outside and he put Blackburn ahead of Manchester City!"

Seeing Blackburn take the lead, the local fans cheered with excitement.

In the Premier League, it is rare for a team to lead Manchester City. The lead in the second half gave them hope of winning. Blackburn fans were quite excited, and they cheered loudly for the team in the stands.

Manchester City were unwilling to be led by Blackburn, and then they launched a massive offensive, completely suppressing Blackburn in the situation.

But to score a goal requires not only strength, but also a lot of luck. In the next 40 minutes, Manchester City failed to score.

Just as the game was about to end, Manchester City finally had a breakthrough.

In an attack, Manchester City launched continuous cooperation at the front of the penalty area, and then Morris suddenly picked a pass from the left side of the penalty area. Darren Bent swung his leg and shot, and the football flew directly into the goal.

1:1.

At the end of the game, Manchester City tied the score.

"Goal scored... 1:1, Manchester City tied the score at the last minute with Darren Bent's goal..."

The tone of the commentator at Ewood Park is very regrettable. As a stadium commentator, of course he supports Blackburn, but even after the game started, seeing Blackburn playing well, he never thought that Blackburn would have a chance to win. .

After Blackburn scored in the second half, he saw hope and at one point thought Blackburn would win.

In the end, Manchester City still tied the score.

If the goal is to concede first and then score, a draw against Manchester United is almost equal to a victory, but Blackburn took the lead in scoring, and it felt completely different until Manchester City scored at the end of the game.

"Just a few more minutes and Blackburn will win the game... what a shame..."

But Blackburn must accept the result.

All Manchester City players are not excited either. Not winning is a failure for them. Although a draw is nothing, Manchester City is now so strong that it can almost be described as sweeping the Premier League. Many Manchester City players think so. A little depressed.

However, as the team's head coach, Wansheng didn't have much thought.

"It's a good thing."

At the end of the game, he said to Bergkamp, ​​"We have been winning all the time, everyone will be under pressure, and the tie in the last round has instead alerted us. There are no underdogs in the Premier League. We did not play well in this game. I'm not surprised to play at a normal level, to draw, or even to lose."

After returning to the locker room after the game, Wansheng did not attend the press conference immediately, but took the opportunity to gather everyone and said, "I hope you can learn from the game. In the Premier League, we are not certain to win, Like today's opponent, Blackburn, such a team is strong enough to challenge us, if we want to play well, we can't underestimate any opponent!"

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After the four rounds of the Premier League, there is a ten-day truce period, which is also a period that causes headaches for many coaches-international match days.

Wansheng also encountered this problem.

No matter whether he coached Derby County or just started coaching Manchester City, the number of national team players in the team was small. After two seasons, it was different. Many players in the team were focused on by various national teams, so they were one by one. have entered the national team.

Wang Xiaolei and Sun Jihai are Chinese national team players.

There are four absolute main players in the back line. Dunn is a member of the Irish national team, Lexter has entered the England team, Koppelle Ferreira has been selected for the Portugal team, and Leto Ziegler has already entered the Belgian national team.

The frontcourt Morris and Darren Bent have all entered the England team, while David Silva and Torres belong to the Spanish team.

Elano Blumer is also a member of the Brazilian team. Fortunately, in the regular season, the Brazilian team will not recruit European players, and Elano Blumer does not need to fly in Europe and South America.

Even if there is one Elano Blumer left behind, Manchester City has 10 "internationals" and can almost make up a team.

So the international game day is enough to give Wansheng a headache. Others are better, such as England, Spain and other players, even if they go to the national team, it is not far away.

Wang Xiaolei and Sun Jihai are very special.

The Chinese national team does not seem to consider the player's 'distance' at all, and they have to call up European players to return for a warm-up match, and the state of any player will be affected.

Wansheng was quite dissatisfied with this, "If I didn't know, I thought my players were going to participate in the World Cup! But I also thought that the World Cup was last year and the Asian Cup just ended."

This sentence made many European reporters completely confused, but the Chinese reporters understood it. When they thought about it, they understood that Wansheng was talking about Sun Jihai and Wang Xiaolei.

The two had to go back to China for an 8-hour flight, plus other videos, to gather with China for training, which would take a day. After that, they had to rest to avoid jet lag, and then they would train and compete again. They would return to Manchester in two days... ... this is really enough to suffer.

After going through this "Dai Teng", one can imagine how much he is still in the state, and it is no wonder that Wansheng will complain publicly.

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On the international break, Manchester City didn't do well in training, and the entire team took two days off.

Taking advantage of the two-day vacation, Wansheng went to London.

As early as June, Wan Sheng had already applied for a master's degree in 'Sports Medicine' at University College London. Wan Sheng has been so busy that he has no time to go to London.

Originally, the degree certificate could be mailed, but Professor Ben Howard told him to come when he had time, and rushed over to take advantage of the holiday.

When he went to University College London, Wan Sheng went directly to Professor Ben Howard.

"You're here, Wansheng."

Ben Howard only looked up at Wan Sheng, then lowered his head and continued busy with his own business.

Wan Sheng knew the old man's work habits, so he found a place to sit down and took the instant coffee on the table to make a cup of coffee and waited. This certificate came over.

"This is your master's degree certificate."

Wan Sheng took it, glanced at it, and said, "Thank you."

"You don't seem to care at all."

Wan Sheng smiled and said, "I don't rely on this to find a job."

"That's right, but this is your success for a few years." Ben Howard also laughed.

"No, Huo-ke." Wan Sheng said, "I have the results of several years in my head, or, as well as the things in the newspaper, the certificate is just proof."

Ben Howard said helplessly, "Okay, then I should say, you don't need to care about this at all, but the school should be proud of having a talented student like you?"

"hey-hey……"

Wan Sheng smiled, he didn't dare to say that. (To be continued ~^~)