Chapter 417 Prayer

Ivan Krew, who had just passed the ball to Martin Petrov, was stunned. He didn't expect to score a goal with a long pass.

Are we ahead?

This Spaniard is really good!

"No wonder the coach asked me to pass the ball." Ivan Krew instantly remembered Wansheng's exhortation just now, and also attributed most of the credit for the goal to Wansheng.

This may be because he is not familiar with Martin Petrov, who is not very good in English pronunciation and only speaks to a few players in the team.

But that doesn't stop Ivan Kru's excitement!

"Nice job, Martin!" He rushed forward and hugged Petrov.

Other Manchester City players joined him, rushing to the front to hug Petrov.

Martin Petrov has never been happier than he is now.

————

"This is Martin Petrov's first goal in the league for Manchester City!"

"Since joining Manchester City, he has performed well in the game, but he has never scored. For a full-back, scoring fewer goals is not a problem, but as a player with an important attacking point, scoring is also very important. ."

"Congratulations to him for breaking his own scoring drought, and we hope he can bring more goals to Manchester City in the future!"

Berbat's words entered Wansheng's heart.

Wansheng is very aware of Martin Petrov's personal attributes and abilities. His personal technical abilities are excellent, especially dribbling and speed. He is outstanding in the whole team, and his shooting ability is not bad, but he has never scored. ball.

what is the reason?

At the beginning, Wansheng didn't find this problem. After a long time, as the game went on, he found that Martin Petrov was a bit old-fashioned German.

He doesn't seem to be eager to score goals, rarely inserting assists, and he doesn't dribble the ball to find opportunities.

There's nothing wrong with this approach, but it's a problem if you don't look for opportunities yourself.

Wansheng asked Petrov to pass the ball more, and he kept passing the ball on the field, asking him to break through, and he looked for opportunities to break through.

He has done well in both respects.

Wansheng didn't ask him to find opportunities by himself and add assists to complete the goal, Petrov would not do that.

This is so old-fashioned!

After noticing this problem, Wansheng started training and told Petrov to find opportunities by himself when he had a chance. Now that Petrov scored a goal, he felt that he had a job. results.

The sense of achievement of this kind of work is different from that of a player completing a goal. It is not excitement or excitement, but a feeling of success.

When Manchester City celebrated the goal, Wan Sheng stood on the sidelines with a happy smile on his face.

He was pleased with Petrov's goal.

————

Seeing the football fly into the goal and Manchester City celebrating the goal excitedly, Chelsea didn't feel good.

Chelsea players are sullen.

Head coach Avran Grant looked at the pitch seriously. He didn't expect that the goal would be the opponent's left midfielder Martin Petrov.

Granja still has some research on Manchester City.

In terms of goals, Manchester City's most capable player on the field is undoubtedly the striker Darren Bent, and the other threats are Ozil, Silva, Ivan Crewe and other players, and even later. Robert Carlos and Lescott are better than Martin Petrov. They have at least scored goals this season, but Martin Petrov has not scored a single goal.

He didn't expect Martin Petrov to take advantage of the opportunity to break his own scoring drought!

Could it be Chelsea's bad luck?

Grant shook his head. He knew that the team was negligent. Manchester City's offense on the right and in the middle was too strong, and Martin Petrov on the left mostly showed breakthroughs and passing. This game is even more so. The defense was negligent on the left of Manchester City.

Thinking of this, Grant immediately urged the team to pay attention to the left side.

Whatever Grant wants to make up for, City have already scored a goal to take the lead.

This is a fact.

The cheers at Manchester Stadium said it all.

Grant now has to think about how Chelsea can tie the game, or how they can get away with it at the Manchester Stadium.

————

Although conceded a goal, but for Chelsea, it is not yet to the point of certain loss.

The first half has not yet passed, and they still have time to catch up.

The score was behind, Chelsea did not panic, they still played very stable, but they did not know how to break through Manchester City's defense, mainly because Ballack was restricted.

Elano Blumer's defense against Ballack was too tight, it felt like defending "the enemy of life and death", and even when he couldn't defend, he didn't hesitate to use a foul to stop it.

This defense makes Ballack unable to play properly.

Other Chelsea players are angry at Elano Blumer's approach, they want to help Ballack share the defensive pressure and free Ballack from Brumer's 'clutch', but Blumer fully recognizes Ballack , even if other players have the ball around, he does not 'let go' Ballack.

This makes the rest of Chelsea and Ballack very helpless.

Blumer's defense is obviously the arrangement before the game. Blumer's defensive ability is quite good. Even if Ballack gets rid of Blumer, it will not be easy to face Manchester City's more stable defense than usual.

Chelsea players have a headache, and Grant, as a manager, has a headache.

He couldn't help but look to the side.

The Chinese seemed to be standing on the sidelines at all times and rarely returned to the coaching bench to sit.

It felt like... 'fighting' with the players!

Grant complained in his heart, and had to admit that the opponent's youth was really an advantage. If he stood on the sidelines and concentrated on watching the game, it would be difficult for him to complete the game. After all, as a coach, he can sit and there is no need. been standing.

But it's the same every time the opponent plays.

Some media also like to joke about Wansheng's habit, saying, "Why do Manchester City often win? Because they have twelve players, and they always have one more than the other."

Of course, now is not the time to think about that.

The Chinese's layout of the game was beyond his expectations. The steady defensive counterattack, the close defense of the backcourt general Blumer, and the two targeted changes all hit Chelsea's weakness.

He now somewhat understands why the other party was so successful.

The match between Manchester City and Chelsea is, to put it bluntly, just a league match, but the other side has seen Chelsea's recent situation and made strict arrangements for it. They must have done targeted tactical training before the game. Under such preparations, It is normal for Manchester City to have an advantage on the pitch.

Just talking about these two arrangements is not something that ordinary football coaches can make. Grant doesn't think he can make such an accurate judgment. Obviously, the opponent has his own deep understanding in preparation.

Capable people are always more likely to succeed.

Especially for football coaches, experience is very important, but talent is actually more important. Some football coaches have little experience, but they are very successful in leading the team. Some football coaches, even if they have professional star experience, become head coaches. Hard to achieve anything.

In the current world of football, there are many young and outstanding coaches, such as Mourinho and Benitez. They are all successful at the age of 40. Compared with football coaches, 40 years old is still very young.

This young Chinese made his name even earlier—under 30 years old, and even recalled that he started to succeed when he was only 25 years old.

Now think about it, this is really a talent problem!

Recalling that I was also a young and famous head coach, but unfortunately I never left Israel for most of my life and lost the opportunity to go further.

Grant was a little sad, but he still thought about how to make adjustments to save the situation.

Soon after several waves of attacks on both sides, the first half time came, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, and then the two sides entered halftime.

In the visiting locker room, Grant summed up the first half of the game and arranged the second half.

Simply put, it is to strengthen the attack!

In the case of falling behind and losing the ball, it is definitely the best choice to strengthen the offense. Of course, how to strengthen the offense is also a problem. Grant chose to directly replace the two frontcourts - Pizarro and Joe Cole!

Joe Cole needless to say, he is an old Chelsea player and an England international. He is outstanding in technology and speed.

Pizarro is a Peruvian player.

In 1999, at the age of 21, Pizarro became the fourth Peruvian player in the history of the German league.

After the success of Werder Bremen, Pizarro chose to join Bayern Munich. At that time, the worth of 8 million euros proved Pizarro's strength. After coming to Bayern, Pizarro continued the good period of Bremen. Momentum, fans affectionately called him "Inga God" (IngaGod).

Pizarro scored 37 goals in two seasons and became an important part of Bayern's 02/03 League Cup double.

In the days of Bayern, whether the striker is the Brazilian Elber, or the Dutch striker Makai, Pizarro can cooperate well with them and maximize Bayern's attacking power.

Regardless of the team's results, he was one of the most consistent players on the team, with a consistent number of goals over the course of several seasons.

Last season, Bayern did not play well in the league, coupled with the expiration of Pizarro's contract with Bayern, he chose a free transfer to the Premier League. Chelsea offered Pizarro a 4-year contract, and Pizarro was delighted to put on the Blues jersey.

But after Pizarro came to Chelsea, he performed very pitifully in half a year. With 10 appearances and only one goal, the coach Grant lost confidence in him.

Now, when the team is in crisis, Grant thinks of the former Bayern striker again.

At this juncture, he made a gamble-like adjustment.

"Hopefully he can bring goals to the team..."

When Pizarro and Joe Cole came on stage, Grant stood on the sidelines, silently praying. (To be continued ~^~)