Chapter 410 Too Bad

Manchester City is the defending champion of the league and is currently the top team in the league. It has been unbeaten in 53 league matches, and it can naturally attract a lot of media attention.

So the media is also very concerned about the game of Tottenham Hotspur vs. Manchester City.

Many media are optimistic about Manchester City, and many media hope that Tottenham Hotspur can win, and some media hold a wait-and-see attitude. , they are not optimistic about Tottenham's victory.

Therefore, there are various analyses and comments in the media.

But just before the start of the game, the attention of the British media was diverted by another matter, that is, the problem of the England national team's coaching position.

Half a month ago, a big thing happened to the England national team - they were eliminated in the European Cup qualifiers.

McLaren's team performed well against the weaker teams in the European Cup qualifiers, keeping 6 wins and 2 draws at home and away against the 4 weaker teams of Andorra, Macedonia, Israel and Estonia in the same group. defeat record.

At that time, some media praised McLaren's coaching ability, but now it seems that if the 0-0 draw with Israel on the road is excusable, then England's 0-0 draw with Macedonia at home is still the final exit. Foreshadowing was laid.

What really stood in the way of England's qualifying were Russia led by Hiddink and Croatia coached by retired star Bilic. England had four games against Russia and Croatia, 1 win and 3 losses, and lost in the contest with their direct competitors. .

In fact, before the final 2 rounds of qualifiers, England still have a chance to advance or even win the group top, but at the Luzhniki Stadium in Russia, Wayne Rooney scored a goal. England conceded 2 goals in a row and was reversed by Russia. After that round, Croatia ranked first in the group with 26 points, England ranked second with 23 points, and Russia only had 21 points. That is to say. As long as Croatia qualified in the final round with a draw, even if Russia scored all 3 points in the final round, England would be able to beat Russia with the same score to qualify.

But no one expected that in the match at Wembley Stadium, England fell behind 0-2 in the 15th minute of the first half. Kranica and Olic made contributions to Croatia in the second half. McLaren put on Beckham emergency. England tied the score at 2-2 thanks to Lampard's penalty and Crouch's strike.

Just when everyone thought that England had come back from hell, Pedric, who came on as a substitute, took a long-range shot in the 76th minute to completely ruin England's hope of qualifying.

Because on the other side, Russia defeated Andorra 1-0 and overtook England to rise to second place in the group.

Neither the English players on the field nor the fans off the field could accept this cruel fact. Many people wept bitterly, while McLaren, whose eyes were equally dull, was holding a large umbrella at Wembley in the rain.

This has also become the topic of the British media mocking McLaren.

Less than 24 hours after the end of the game, the FA held an emergency meeting and decided to fire McLaren. McLaren, who had been in charge for only 1 year and 3 months, also became the shortest coach in English history.

After McLaren was 'fired'. The FA is looking for a replacement for the post.

England were knocked out of the Euro qualifiers, but the World Cup qualifiers are on the way. The FA needs to quickly find a competent manager to regroup the squad for World Cup qualifiers.

For football coaches, England head coach is a very attractive position, not only in terms of reputation, England has never been stingy with the salary of the national team coach.

The Swede Eriksson once got the world's largest football coaching contract, and McLaren's contract is far higher than the average level of the Premier League team, so he resigned from Middlesbrough for England's coaching position. The head coach position - there is always a great temptation to pay handsomely.

But now that the position has been tarnished by McLaren, who has been dubbed 'England's No. 1 bad guy for 135 years', rumoured candidates for the coaching position have taken a stand to distance themselves from it.

Harry Redknapp lamented that any England coach who refused the position would be considered a traitor.

There are media opinions that Redknapp is the most suitable replacement. At the post-match press conference of Portsmouth's 2-0 victory over Birmingham, Redknapp's topic of focus was not the game but the national team selection. Shuai, "If you're an Englishman and you're a Premier League manager and the FA comes to you and asks you to take over as England manager, I don't think anyone would say no. People exclude themselves just because they think You won’t get the job yourself. If the FA comes to anyone, how can you refuse? You go into football, it’s a dream to coach a Premier League team, it’s a huge dream to coach your own country.”

Redknapp believes that although the choice of people in this position is controversial, which job is not controversial, "We all want to remain loyal to our club, but if you refuse this job, it is almost treasonous. No doubt. What reason do you have for refusing to coach your own national team?"

But Redknapp still implicitly expressed that he had no intention of taking the position, "I have no chance, I am not a person who likes to pray for miracles. This is the truth."

Aston Villa manager O'Neill, a Northern Irishman, joined the race for the job last year, but on November 23**** made it clear he rejected the position, "I didn't want to and I didn't like it. Interviewed on hypothetical question, but I understand why this topic arose. Last time I was on the shortlist and didn't get the job, but I'm guessing I'll be on the list this time, apparently no one has contacted me "Now I have a responsibility to Aston Villa, unlike the last time when I didn't have a job at the club. My work here is just beginning and things are just getting right."

On November 24, after Aston Villa beat Middlesbrough 3-0 away, O'Neal once again stated his position, "This topic has passed to me, completely passed. I clarified it yesterday."

After that, Allardyce, Wenger, Kirbishley have either explicitly or implicitly rejected the position of England coach.

Even Wansheng has been rumored to be likely to take over as England coach, and even he has become one of the most popular candidates for the Premier League coach in the mouth of the media. The topic was asked by the media the day before the match against Tottenham.

Wan Sheng raised the corner of his mouth and said clearly, "I don't know why I would be a popular candidate. Even if I leave Manchester City, I will not choose to take over the England team."

"I am Chinese. My 'super dream' should also be to coach the Chinese team."

Wansheng's public statement greatly disappointed the British media.

Many people have analyzed the prospect of Wan Sheng coaching the England team before. Wan Sheng has coached in the Premier League for four seasons. He knows English football very well, and his coaching ability has been unanimously recognized. Many people think that Wan Sheng will take over the England team. The best result, but Wansheng refused. They can only consider other candidates.

In addition to Wansheng, the two favorites are Mourinho and Capello.

After Mourinho left Chelsea. Instead of finding a home immediately, he has been idle all the time, but for half a month, he has not expressed his views on this issue. The British media regard this as a symbol of indifference.

Capello, a famous European coach, expressed positive interest in coaching England, "I'm ready. It will be very interesting, I'm always keen to take on tough challenges. But I believe in Mourini. Au will get the job. If he refuses - assuming he is indeed a target of the FA. I'm ready."

Among these media's interviews and reports on England's handsome position, the happiest is the Chinese media. The sentence echoed by Wansheng was quickly moved to the homepage of various major domestic media as the content of key reports.

Although Wansheng only expressed his attitude towards England's coaching position, the phrase "I am Chinese, and my 'super dream' should be to coach the Chinese team" was analyzed by domestic media as saying, "Wansheng has a great future in the future. May take over the position of coach of the Chinese national team!"

I won't talk much about how long it will be in the future, but the expectations of domestic public opinion are obviously very high.

When Wan Sheng learned about the media report, he just smiled and shook his head, "I will take over the position of the national team coach in the future." How far is this "future"? He is only 30 and a half years old, and there are still several decades to come. It is also very possible to take over the position of coach of the Chinese national team in the middle.

The time horizon covered by this "future" is so vast that he can't even argue with it.

Wansheng can only sigh that the media is the media, and even the domestic media have extraordinary abilities in the language of "flickering".

At this time, the entire Manchester City team has come to the White Hart Lane Stadium, ready to play against Tottenham Hotspur.

Wansheng still attaches great importance to this league.

In the last round of the team's draw with Wigan Athletic, many media believed that the team's performance was declining. Coupled with Morris' injury, the team's morale was also affected.

Therefore, Wansheng hopes to use a victory to regain confidence inside and outside the team.

Before the game, Wansheng focused on analyzing his opponents and made targeted arrangements and training. As for the fight with Tottenham Hotspur, it would be meaningless to win, and it might be self-defeating, so he did not talk about the game before the game. , just concentrate on preparing for the battle.

This attitude also makes the media who want Tottenham to win arrogant!

When they reported that Manchester City was 'affected by injuries' and the team's performance declined, they were just making excuses. After all, Manchester City's 'slippage' was only a draw, the winning streak was ended, and the game was not lost. In addition, No matter how important Morris is to Manchester City, he is just a player, not completely irreplaceable.

It's different now.

Before the game, Wansheng, the coach of Manchester City, didn't even talk about the game, he must have lost much confidence!

Did something happen inside Manchester City?

Or, is this young Chinese really considering leaving Manchester City to be the England manager?

Many people began to become suspicious, and various reasons were analyzed one by one, as if something really happened.

Wan Sheng doesn't have the heart to pay attention to these "brain disabled people".

The game will start soon, let's talk about the outcome directly in the game!

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Juande Ramos is not the stubborn head coach who doesn't want to change his style.

Tottenham Hotspur has a fixed style of play, but when Juande Ramos took over as coach, he made some personal and targeted changes. What he brought to Tottenham Hotspur was Spain. In terms of style of football, from the point of view of play style, simply speaking, it is to increase the passing, increase the coordination, increase the fluency of the attack, and appropriately reduce the direct forward and backward passing.

This is a change in Tottenham's football style, but it makes Tottenham's attack play better, so Tottenham fans are still quite satisfied with Ramos' coaching because they see Tottenham's football is more beautiful.

But in essence, Tottenham Hotspur's tactical practicality has not been strengthened.

Their tactics have increased control, but less toughness, less practicality, so in terms of overall stats, such as goals, Tottenham are no better than last season. .

Juande Ramos has no actual understanding of Manchester City, but he did some targeted preparations before the game. In conclusion, he requires players to play tougher and more stable in the game.

But in this regard, just talking about it is not meaningful. Tottenham players do not know how to play tough and how to play against Manchester City in the game.

When Manchester City showed much more control than Tottenham in the game, Juande Ramos panicked.

He thinks everything is too good, he does not know the absolute gap between Tottenham and Manchester City.

Tottenham players do not have much confidence in the game against Manchester City, even at home. In the past two seasons, their best result against Manchester City was only a draw at home. Most of the other games ended in big defeats.

When Tottenham players find out in the game that there is no direct way to play what head coach Juande Ramos called 'tough', to play solidly, and they don't know what to do beated.

This daze directly affects the performance of the Tottenham team.

Not long after the game started, it was clear that Tottenham's defense could not stand up to Manchester City's attack.

After several waves of offensive and defensive transitions, the football has been firmly controlled by Manchester City, and they have achieved the suppression of the midfield and frontcourt. On the other hand, Tottenham, who is sitting at home, is difficult to attack even the midline.

"This opening is too bad for Tottenham!" said the broadcasters at White Hart Lane. (To be continued ~^~)