Chapter 438: Deception and Lies

"Manchester Sports Daily" published a report analyzing the prospects of the four Premier League teams in the Champions League.

When talking about the situation of Manchester City, the report said to Morris, "...he used to be the core of Manchester City, but he has not performed well since his injury. Wansheng gave him the opportunity to play the full game twice, but But there is no return in return, obviously, Wansheng has lost confidence in Morris, and the game against Birmingham, only ten minutes to play is proof."

"Wansheng has given up using the game to make Morris adapt as soon as possible. He only gave Morris ten minutes, but until the end of the game, Morris still failed to seize the opportunity..."

The accompanying picture for this report is a picture of Morris's "regret" ending at the end of the game, making the report very real and sad.

At the same time, many other media also analyzed that Morris was in a bad state after his return, and asserted, "...In such a state, it is difficult for Morris to get playing time in the match between Manchester City and AC Milan."

"Without Morris, Manchester City's performance will be affected a lot, and their prospects in the Champions League are not optimistic..."

Perhaps the only thing the media is right about is that Morris is really important at Manchester City.

When Morris was injured, Manchester City also performed well, but it was not easy to survive game after game. Compared with the easy victory over opponents before Christmas, Manchester City's overall performance declined significantly.

But only this is true.

Wan Sheng did not 'give up' Morris, and Morris did not perform too badly. In fact, in the last ten minutes of the game against Birmingham, Morris was originally placed in the 'back midfielder' position, Wan Sheng just let him Appearance to adapt, it is completely to prepare for the game with AC Milan.

Morris played to adapt to the position, the important thing is to run and drive the team to attack, it is normal to have no performance.

On the contrary, Wan Sheng was very satisfied with Morris' performance, because he did not make any mistakes in the game, and also prevented Birmingham's counterattack. However, in the eyes of the media, Morris's 'defensive performance' is naturally not a performance. , because he is mainly at the center of the offense.

This is Manchester City's preparation for and AC Milan.

As early as half a month ago, Manchester City had already prepared for the game. For AC Milan's tactical play, they must have the ability to control the midfield. Just relying on the 451 or 442 formation, the tactics of the 'OS-F' system, in the middle The control ability of the field is not as strong as imagined, because Manchester City's tactical system is aimed at the overall formation. The defenders have to participate in the offense, and the forwards also need to contribute to the defense.

The control ability of such an overall tactic in a single position is definitely not as good as that of a targeted style of play.

Therefore, Wansheng arranged a style of play aimed at controlling the midfield. The main core is the movement and positioning of several players in the midfield. Morris is the core. He needs to 'lead the overall situation' after pulling, unless there is a special opportunity , otherwise it is difficult to have any outstanding points on offense, but there is no doubt that Morris is the most important of them.

In such preparations, the match with AC Milan is approaching, and the media have also begun to hype it up.

In the Champions League quarter-finals, there is no doubt that the match between Manchester City and AC Milan is the most worthy of reporting. The match between the two teams has been regarded as a collision between English football and Italian football.

The "British Football News" said so, they believe that Manchester City represents English football, "they are the top team in the Premier League and the defending champion of the league for two consecutive seasons. Manchester City's strength this season is at its peak, and they represent the level of football in England..."

Many British media echoed this statement.

Although in England, Manchester City has many hostile media, but the hostile media also recognize Manchester City's strength, and the British media are more "united". Whenever it comes to the Champions League, they will always be unanimous.

Therefore, Manchester City is regarded as the "representative of English football" by them.

But in response to this, the Italian media also said that they believe that Manchester City cannot represent English football at all, because Manchester City's tactical style is more focused on Spain than England. Several core players in the Manchester City team, such as Silva and Ozil , Torres, Koppelle Ferreira and others are not English players. Manchester City is more like a 'multinational coalition'. There are only a limited number of players who can really represent England, such as Morris and Darren. -Bent, Ivan Crewe, Lescott, and... can't find it.

When the Italian media said this, the British media immediately retorted, "...AC Milan's core player is Kaka, and Kaka is a Brazilian player..."

Italian media also said that they believe that the most important player in AC Milan is Pirlo, not Kaka.

Then the two sides launched a fierce debate on this issue. The core point is whether AC Milan can represent Italian football and whether Manchester City can represent English football.

But in any case, one thing is for sure, the British media hope that other countries will recognize 'Manchester City represents English football', the most important thing is that Manchester City is strong, and Manchester City's football is very good-looking, anyone will like to look good and win. 's team.

If Manchester City represents English football, doesn't it mean that English football is good-looking and powerful?

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Wan Sheng is noncommittal about the British media's behavior of "gold in their own face".

For him and Manchester City, it doesn’t matter if they represent English football. What matters is that they can win against AC Milan and get close to the Champions League semi-finals while completing last season’s revenge.

AC Milan thinks so too.

They were suppressed by Inter Milan and Roma in Serie A, and they wanted to compete in the Champions League to prove that the team is still the top giant in Europe, so they attach great importance to the game with Manchester City.

Galliani couldn't sit still as the game approached.

The famous Italian football manager took the initiative to stand up and provocatively said, "We were able to eliminate them last year, and we can still do it this year!"

"This is the San Siro, our place, and I'm sure my team will win here!"

Then he said with a smile, "Manchester City is a team that can bring us good luck. We eliminated them in the quarter-finals last season, and then we won the Champions League. This season, we met them again..."

Wansheng was walking out of Milan International Airport with the players when he learned what Galliani had said.

A British reporter immediately 'reminds' what Galliani said, Wan Sheng shrugged and said without any thought, "Maybe it's not our luck, beat the defending champion and then win the championship, just like in the movie Routine..."

The surrounding British media suddenly laughed.

Galliani thought hard about the lines for a long time, but was completely defeated by Wan Sheng's subconscious reaction.

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Wansheng and Manchester City players are no strangers to the San Siro stadium.

They lost here last season.

It left them with bad memories, and now they are here again, Wan Sheng said to the players in the locker room, "We are here again! This time we are here with the will of revenge! With the will of revenge! The belief in victory comes! There is a saying, where you fall, you will get up. We fell here last year, and now, we have to stand up!"

"Go now! Defeat them! Let them know how good we are!"

Manchester City players walked out of the dressing room full of fighting spirit, and then fought with AC Milan at the San Siro Stadium.

Twenty minutes passed.

The game was all smooth and normal, Manchester City didn't score, AC Milan didn't score either.

In this game, Manchester City adopted the familiar 'OS-F' system tactics, but the core point of the tactics has changed.

Before the whole team was centered on Morris, but now there are four core players, Morris, Silva, Ozil and Darren Bent. field.

From the start of the game to the present, both teams are in the tentative stage, and neither of them has a strong attack.

Manchester City are also adapting to a new style of play.

Compared with the previous style of play, the diamond-shaped positioning of Morris and Silva is to strengthen the control of the midfield, and it can even be said to be 'dominant'. In terms of position, Morris's The position is pulled back, and he has become the core of the team's offense and defense. Darren Bent's position is also pulled back. He does not need to stand in parallel with Torres, and he is more premise than Silva and Ozil. Positioning allows Darren Bent to have more space and more options for other players to pass the ball.

From the perspective of position, Manchester City's formation is pulled back, as if it is more focused on defense, but in essence, this is to deal with AC Milan's possible quick counterattack, and at the same time, strengthen the team's control near the midline.

Twenty minutes later, the effect has come out.

AC Milan's arrangement for the game is defensive counterattack. Ancelotti is very clear that Manchester City is a player who is good at attacking, so he chose to let the team relax and use the most familiar defensive counterattack to deal with it.

Ancelotti believes that the tactical aspect of the game is beneficial to AC Milan. In football games, "defense wins" is not an empty phrase. As long as they can keep the goal, they have many opportunities to counterattack.

After 20 minutes passed, Ancelotti felt wrong.

He found that the team's control in the midfield was extremely weak, especially in the defense of the midfield. Gattuso, Pirlo and other players could not effectively intercept in the midfield, mainly because Manchester City's cooperation in the midfield was simply too great. It’s smooth. The frequent passing and coordination makes people dazzled. The only thing players can do on the court is to follow the opponent’s players, and that’s it, which makes the team’s game very passive.

For AC Milan's defensive formation, the defense of the midfield line is very important. The two midfielders, Gattuso and Pirlo, keep running and intercepting, which is equivalent to erecting an erection for the team between the penalty area and the midline. A sturdy strong, the general team wants to break this 'wall' is very difficult.

It's different in the game now.

Manchester City's attacking coordination was so fluid that neither of them made any sense of running.

Manchester City easily got the ball in front of the net after stepping over the team's midfield defence, creating opportunities for their strikers.

Although Manchester City has yet to score, the game continues like this, and Ancelotti knows that scoring is almost a matter of time.

In contrast, AC Milan's offense has not achieved anything. So far, apart from Kaka using his personal ability once to complete a shot from the front of the penalty area, the team has not had any other offensive threats.

Ancelotti frowned.

He knows that the situation is not good for AC Milan. The more crucial point is that the game is played at the San Siro Stadium. If he can't play an advantage in his own home, then if he goes to Manchester, can AC Milan still win?

Many TV stations that broadcast the game are also discussing this issue. The British BBC broadcast commentator is expressing his opinion, that Manchester City continues to insist, and a draw at the San Siro is equivalent to success.

That way, back at the Manchester Stadium, City would have a good chance of knocking out the defending champions.

But in fact, Wansheng still hopes to score.

If he only wants to draw a draw on the road, there is absolutely no need for him to arrange such a tactic. He just needs to be conservative. After the overall formation is pulled, AC Milan will not have any good way to score.

Wansheng hopes that the team can play an advantage at the San Siro Stadium!

Only by playing an advantage away from home, then returning to the home court, the team can calmly eliminate the opponent.

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Morris was very active in the game.

He constantly interspersed and ran, guided the team's offensive, and frequently cooperated with his teammates, so that Manchester City's offensive wave after wave could continue to threaten AC Milan's goal.

Morris also made a great contribution in defense. Whenever the ball came under the control of AC Milan, he immediately went to defend Kaka.

This is the job that Wansheng entrusted to him.

At present, in the AC Milan team, the player with the best strength and the most threat to the team is Kaka. As long as Kaka is defended, AC Milan's offense will be limited by half.

However, AC Milan's offense often fails, so Morris has performed well on defense, but it is not so outstanding. He mainly drives the team's offense.

Morris is very active and active.

His mentality has changed. He is very hopeful that he can perform in the game and actively wants to prove himself to everyone.

Because his goal is the Ballon d'Or!

Golden Globe Awards!

That is the highest honor on behalf of European professional players!

A few years ago, Morris didn't even dare to think about it. Even before, he never thought that he could touch the goal award one day. After entering the England national team, he also felt that he was just playing with Gerrard and Lampard are competing for the main position. As for personal honor, he has never thought about it.

This is mainly related to age and experience.

Morris is 30 years old, and before the age of 25, he was not well-known in European football. As Wan Sheng said, he became famous too fast, and his mentality has not been adjusted at all.

Morris now knew his goal.

He will try his best to play and play hard, and help the team win championships one by one. As long as his performance is good enough, he will have the opportunity to compete for the top honors on behalf of the team and the individual.

So Morris worked very hard in the game. He didn't think about what might be injured. What's more, after his position was pulled in this game, it was not easy for the opponent to defend him.

Morris kept running and led the team to suppress AC Milan. He was very active. Even after the position was pulled, his sparkle overshadowed Silva, Ozil and Darren Bent. AC Milan Due to the blocked offense and most of the time on defense, their core Kaka simply can't compare to Morris's performance.

Morris was the best player in the game.

Seeing Maurice's performance, the Italian media said angrily, "Before the game, the British media commented that 'Wan Sheng has given up Maurice', and even said Maurice would not start, it was a complete scam!"

"They used a lie together to make AC Milan less wary of Maurice..."

"British people always say that they have a gentleman's demeanor, but under the gentleman, they hide deceit and lies!" (To be continued ~^~)