Chapter 375: Blind Optimism

Xie Yalong's resume is very gorgeous.

Fifteen years ago, Xie Yalong was already the vice president of BJ Sports University. In 1996, he was transferred to be the director of the Group Department of the National Sports Commission, and then successively served as the director of the Track and Field Management Center, the deputy director of the Sports Research Institute, and the AK of SX Province. Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, Secretary of the Party Committee of the Electronic Information Center of the State Sports General Administration and other positions, I don't know what the above positions have to do with football. In short, in 2005, he became the full-time vice chairman of the Chinese Football Association, responsible for the daily work of the Football Association.

The vice chairman, "responsible for the daily work of the Football Association", means that he can manage everything, so Xie Yalong is almost the top leader of the Chinese Football Association.

In the Chinese football circle, his power and influence are very large.

For many years in politics, Xie Yalong has a huge network of relationships, especially after serving as the vice-chairman of the Chinese Football Association, using various resources of the Football Association, his network of relationships is even larger.

Power, status and a huge network of relationships gave Xie Yalong a lot of confidence.

In Xie Yalong's view, Wansheng is just a person who has achieved a little in football. Maybe he is also very successful in business, but the Tagore Wan Group has just entered the country. What kind of relationship and influence can it have?

In short, in the domestic circle, he must be much stronger than Wan Sheng.

If he goes abroad, he is an ordinary person, but in China, Wansheng is an ordinary person.

The country is his territory!

When he wanted to suppress an ordinary person, he could think of too many ways. The only thing was that Wansheng people were not in the country, so some measures could not be implemented.

Therefore, the most direct method is to use the media's public opinion to fight fire with fire!

Isn't the media all about that damn young man? Don't most of the comments on various sports news sites support that guy?

It's ok!

That's just because the upper-level people didn't intervene!

A large-scale media such as "Xinlang Sports" manages news work. Power seems to be big, but in fact it is the bottom person. The real big people are those directors, investors, and superior leaders. These big people generally do not intervene in normal operations. But as long as they step in. The people at the bottom can only do it!

Xie Yalong made this move.

On the same day, he began to call many people constantly, using his network to spread out, and let those high-level people intervene in the news release.

The first person to "do things" was a senior executive of Xinlang.

This senior executive's name is Deng Zhilong.

Before Deng Zhilong contacted Xie Yalong on behalf of "Xinlang Sports", Xie Yalong gave many aspects, so when Deng Zhilong heard Xie Yalong's request. It doesn't feel like a big deal. Do it right away.

Deng Zhilong recruited an employee of the technical department who was involved in compiling the news on the front page, instructing him to write a remark that was unfavorable to Wansheng, and then published it on the front page news of "Xinlang Sports", and also promised to write a good year-end bonus. .

Ordinary employees can't refuse the leader's request at all, especially it seems to be beneficial, and publishing this kind of report is not harmful to themselves, so the news on the front page of "Xinlang Sports". A detailed analysis report on 'Wansheng is not patriotic' soon appeared.

Even under the report, many netizens refuted and denounced. But Deng Zhilong didn't care, anyway, he had already completed what Xie Yalong explained, and he didn't care about the specific effect.

Soon, other major domestic media also published similar articles and manuscripts.

Fans on the Internet are talking about it.

It is said that three people become tigers. When many media express similar opinions, some people who are not firm will also be affected. Everyone says this, is Wansheng really so unbearable?

Where there is doubt, there is controversy.

In the following two days, domestic fans and netizens could see remarks about 'Wansheng is not patriotic'. Some fans knew Wansheng well, but those who didn't know it, thought that China really came out of such an 'unpatriotic' guy.

As a result, there was once again a large-scale debate on the Internet.

There are more people who oppose Wansheng, and there are also many people who support Wansheng. The two sides are fighting on major websites.

But no matter what, compared to the previous domestic public opinion's support for Wansheng, it is much worse now.

This is exactly what Xie Yalong wanted.

Xie Yalong's approach is very effective, but he can hide from ordinary people, but he can't hide from well-informed industry insiders and those who are at a higher level.

What ordinary people see is that 'Wansheng's love is not patriotic' is being discussed everywhere, but those who know the news are very clear--

This is the Chinese Football Association's move to 'rectify' Wansheng.

The two sides have broken their wrists!

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At the same time, Wansheng is ready to lead the team to face Lyon in the first game of the Champions League.

Previously, Lyon coach Alain Perrin said that he was very confident in the match against Manchester City. Wan Sheng didn’t say anything in particular. In fact, he really dismissed it.

Lyon is a French giant, but in the European arena, its performance has been poor. In fact, it is mainly because of the level of the Ligue 1, and there is a gap between the Premier League, Serie A and La Liga.

Lyon is the leading team in France. Compared with the strong teams in other leagues, there is a gap, but it does not mean that Manchester City will definitely be able to defeat Lyon. After all, the strength gap cannot be won in the final game.

Wan Sheng didn't quite understand why Alan Perrin had so much confidence. Instead, he thought it was difficult for Lyon to please his own team.

However, while despising the opponent strategically, we must pay attention to the opponent tactically.

Wansheng still has some research on Lyon.

As France's 'representative team', Lyon has a French style. Their football is both technical and tough. If they really play, they are difficult opponents to deal with.

But in Wansheng's view, the problem is here.

Lyon's technical strength is good, and the game is also very tough. It can be said that their technology is not as good as that of the Spanish giants. Speaking of toughness, they can't keep up with the English giants.

The confidence of Wansheng's victory is also here, because Manchester City is just 'similar' to Lyon - with technology and toughness.

Manchester City's cooperation is good, but because many of the team are English teams, and many players focus on physical play, there is still some gap between Manchester City and the traditional La Liga giant Barcelona at a purely technical level. Manchester City are also tough and play very tough.

To put it in simple words, "Manchester City can deal with one of the most fierce competitions in the world - the Manchester derby, let alone. Is it facing Lyon - a French team?"

Both technical and tough. On both sides, Manchester City is better than Lyon.

If they play against other European giants, the team still needs to be cautious and deal with it carefully, Lyon... Manchester City is suppressing their strength in all directions.

However, if there is strength to suppress, it may not necessarily be able to win.

Lyon still has something to pay attention to, such as their midfield ability is still very strong. Two forwards. The combination of Govu and Benzema is also efficient, but only 'good'.

The strong combination of Lyon boasted by the French media can only be regarded as 'good' in the eyes of Wan Sheng. Compared with the combination of Torres and Darren Bent, Govou and Benzema are really...weak. !

Although he has a great grasp of the game, Wansheng still has some expectations.

In recent days, Wansheng has been emphasizing. "Play more practically and play more targeted." He was talking about offense. It's the ability in front of the door.

In retrospect, before the game against Aston Villa, the team had always played 'fancy', playing control, attacking football, smooth coordination, and suppression of opponents, but there was no goal. The number of goals scored in the season is not as good as that of Manchester United, which is enough to explain a lot of problems.

Manchester City were the league champions last season, and the team gave the impression that they played offensive football. By the end of the season, the team scored '11' fewer goals than Manchester United, the second in the league, and an average of 0.289 fewer goals per game. This is already a big gap.

Now think about it, that's the problem!

Therefore, when finding problems and trying to solve them slowly, Wansheng also hopes to use a Champions League match against a strong team to prove that the team is working in the right direction.

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Manchester City did not make any tactical changes to Lyon.

In fact, Wansheng convened Pierce, Diamares and Bergkamp to discuss this issue, but in the end, the four of them did not come up with any opinions on how to play.

"I think the team's normal play is enough. Our players are no worse than them, and there is no problem with the tactics. I don't think they have any players who need special defense." Pierce said.

Bergkamp added, "I agree with Stewart."

Diamares just nodded. He was in charge of leading the team in training and rarely expressed any opinion on how to deal with opponents.

Wan Sheng thought about it and said, "Alright then, let's play according to normal tactics!"

The opinion of the coaching staff is conveyed to the players, "Everyone use the things in training in the game, and we will definitely be able to defeat our opponents!"

Manchester City face Lyon confidently.

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Before the game, Wansheng had been busy training and did not have a war of words with Alan Perrin. If the opponents were replaced by AC Milan and Barcelona, ​​they would have to think about how to use words to attack their opponents. Lyon would be fine, even their coaches It's an 'acquaintance', so there's no need to spend that brain cell.

But the French media didn't see it that way.

They lacked understanding of Wansheng, and they all believed that Wansheng was a coach who was very good at fighting, but when they faced Lyon again, they died?

Was he afraid of Leon?

Many French media think so. They feel that Wansheng is showing weakness, and Manchester City must be unsure of the game, so they clamored even more. They reported the previous Alain Perrin and some recent Lyon players' remarks about the game again.

Under their advocacy, many Lyon players are very optimistic about the Manchester Stadium game.

"We can definitely win!"

"Manchester City did well, but it was in the league and last year they were only in the quarter-finals of the Champions League."

"That young Chinese doesn't have much European experience. Manchester City is also a new team. They participated in the Champions League once last year. How can they compare to us? We often participate in the Champions League!"

"So I don't dare to speak! It is said that he is arrogant in the English league!"

"Just be arrogant in England, it's not enough to meet us!"

"..."

In this atmosphere, Manchester City's home game against Lyon came.

Alan Perrin feels that he has the chance to win, because as far as he knows, Wansheng is not a silent person. He often fights with the coaches of various clubs in the media.

Now that he is the coach of Lyon, Lyon and Manchester City are in the same group, and they are also eligible to be on an equal footing with him, right? Therefore, since the other party does not reply, he must have no confidence.

So at the pre-match press conference, Alan Perrin said confidently, "We are all confident and capable of taking three points at Manchester Stadium!"

Wan Sheng looked at him with a "fool looking" look, and in retrospect, the Portsmouth coach Alan Perrin, whom he knew before, was not like this. Could it be that after a year of success, plus coaching Lyon, let him Become so arrogant?

Wan Sheng was a little confused.

He just said without much energy, "It's useless to say so much. The game is about to start, and we will see who wins and who loses in the game."

Lyon is very high profile.

Manchester City are very low key.

In the seriousness of many media, this seems very strange. Manchester City, who is at home, and the powerful Manchester City, did not say anything, but Lyon, who challenged on the road, made a big deal.

The Guardian pointed out that "Perrin seems to be blindly optimistic..."

All Lyon fans also stepped into the Manchester Stadium with blind optimism, strong self-confidence and a beautiful reverence for the game.

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In fact, Alain Perrin's coaching level is not bad, otherwise the Lyon club would not be able to choose him as the head coach.

In league and European competitions, he is also very serious about his opponent's research, and he has done a good job of preparing for the game. The only thing is that his impression of Manchester City is too thin.

In the season in charge of Portsmouth, he led the team to play against Manchester City, and the two records were not bad, so he thought he was very experienced against Manchester City.

But in fact, any team will make mistakes. Manchester City's loss to Portsmouth was a 'small' mistake. Injuries, intensive schedules and other effects, it is impossible for a team to always be the best. State, losing to a small club in the league is actually not a big deal.

That is to say, Alan Perrin's experience in playing against Wansheng is actually not an experience at all. It can only be said that he has experience in playing against Manchester City who are in a "bad state".

Now Manchester City has matured, the staff is complete, and the state is excellent, and the Manchester City team two years ago is completely equal to two teams.

In addition, Alan Perrin also overestimated Lyon's strength, or in other words, he overestimated the ability of his own players. (To be continued ~^~)