Eddie Howe is undoubtedly a coach influenced by the current trend of "pass and control football". He told Wen Sheng that he hopes the team can control more possessions of the ball in the frontcourt and create more opportunities.

This is what Guardiola's Barcelona does. They also put themselves in possession of the ball in the frontcourt and use delicate cooperation to tear apart the opponent's defense to create shooting opportunities.

Counterattack?! In fact, his team pressed too hard, pushing the opponent's forwards back into their own half, and even most of the clearances fell at the feet of their defense and midfielder.

Very few take advantage of their opportunity to counterattack.

This is a football school, a philosophy.

Wen Sheng acknowledged the power of this tactic, but it placed extremely high demands on players, and ordinary teams simply couldn't do it.

"This is just a way! I am not obsessed with ball possession! Of course I will not ignore ball control. It is also a good choice to control the ball when appropriate, such as when you need to be stable, such as when you need to delay time.

You can control the ball!" Wen Sheng stated straightforwardly.

Delaying time, the straightforward Wen Sheng caused Eddie Howe to laugh.

"In daily training, I also emphasize the ability and control of one shot!" Wen Sheng also smiled, "But I care more about creating shooting space!"

Barcelona's ball control is sometimes ineffective, which makes people sleepy. When encountering Mourinho, Mourinho is not particularly inferior in terms of results.

Wen Sheng asked the bartender for a piece of paper, scribbled on it, and explained his own reasoning, "If the opponent's defense is compressed too tightly, and the opponent places a bus in front of the goal, it usually relies on the opponent's defensive system caused by the player's rhythm changes.

The shock is in the area of ​​20 to 30 meters inside and outside the penalty area, and the shooting space created is also extremely limited!"

"My current thinking is this. I will not compress the opponent's defense and only try to disrupt them with rhythm changes at the front of the penalty area. I will disrupt the opponent near the midfield, which will cause shock to their defense.

The area is not the 20 to 30 meters inside and outside the penalty area, but their entire defensive half, so our forwards will have more shooting space!"

"But you also let the ball get closer to your own goal!" Eddie Howe laughed.

The most basic rule of defense is to keep the ball away from your own goal. Guardiola's team follows this defensive philosophy, just keep the ball close to the opponent's goal and far away from your own goal.

Wen Sheng was immediately stunned. There is no way to explain this. Everyone has different ideas. This is not a question of who can convince whom, but who is more effective.

However, this kind of exchange is still very pleasant. Whether it is defense or offense, the two people have their own exchanges. Eddie Howe is still the head coach of Bournemouth, but Bournemouth is still in the English second division. To be precise

It is said that it has been upgraded and will be promoted to League One next season.

It was a pleasure to be accompanied by Eddie Howe during the three-day training. By the end of the training, the two of them had become good friends and talked about everything.

"Eddie, maybe we can arrange a warm-up match in the summer!" Wen Sheng said to Eddie Howe after parting.

"That's great! I just need a warm-up partner! When I'm free, I can also visit your training?!" Eddie Howe was very happy.

"That's no problem. You can come at any time! But it's best to call me first. If it's a holiday and you miss out, I'll be guilty of a big sin!"

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Everything has been going well recently, and there is no need to worry about too many things. Wen Sheng feels that his life is not too happy. Three days of training allowed him to obtain the highest level certificate.

Returning to Croydon, Wen Sheng, accompanied by Zahavi, signed his name on the regular contract, and Crystal Palace immediately announced the news of Wen Sheng becoming a regular player.

Wen Sheng's contract extension certainly made Crystal Palace fans rush to complain, but it did not cause too much trouble in English football. After all, the national team was about to go on a tour, and Wen Sheng's own story was not big news in front of the national team.

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This also made Cheryl unhappy. What she was unhappy about was not that Wen Sheng's contract extension did not create any waves, but her exclusive interview that consumed a lot of brain cells.

Her earlier plan to publish that interview was wrong. She should have anticipated the impact of the World Cup on the report, but neither she nor Wen Sheng noticed this. As a result, the interview was delayed until the Crystal Palace upgrade was completed.

As you can imagine, the column in The Times has little influence in the face of the World Cup.

Wen Sheng had no choice but to comfort her, I can cooperate with you in your show! Try to become an instant hit.

Only then did Cheryl ease her depression a little, and a smile appeared on her face.

Wen Sheng secretly sighed, who said that he would not use my name in the first place, but now he is really taking advantage of me!

After signing the contract, Wen Sheng stayed at home for a day and sorted out his work arrangements for the summer, transfers, upgrading the team, getting rid of the players he didn't want, and going to the TV station to do programs. These were all things that needed to be done.

The transfer was already underway. Wen Sheng began to call young players. There were not many old guys left in the team. Lawrence had announced his retirement, leaving only Davis, Lee, Flahavan, Derry, and Derry.

Allen Li Wensheng wants to stay, but Davis and Flahaven Wensheng will let them leave.

It took less than a day for Wen Sheng to contact all the people he didn't want. He spoke very tactfully on the phone, but basically his meaning was very clear and everyone could understand it.

The purge list is then sent to general manager Pete Morelli, and the work is completed.

On June 7, the England national team arrived in South Africa, and on this day Wen Sheng recorded the special episode "Here is the World Cup" of ITV's "433" program.

Cheryl is the host, and there are two guests, one is the head coach Wen Sheng, and the other is a famous football player in England. The famous player in this episode is Wen Sheng’s friend Ian Wright.

According to the program team, Wen Sheng should prepare well behind the scenes, but Wen Sheng did not. He is a fan. How could he forget the 2010 World Cup? He still remembers many details. Anyway, the issue is focused on the England national team.

But he was a little nervous. You should know that this was his first time on a TV station. Many TV stations wanted to invite him to do programs before, but he didn't even do an exclusive interview, let alone appear on a TV show.

"Daniel! Are you nervous?!" Wright asked with a smile seeing Wen Sheng sitting a little uncomfortable in the dressing room.

Cheryl was busy with her own affairs and naturally had no way to accompany and comfort her lover.

"Indeed, this is my first time on a show!" Wen Sheng said with a grimace.

"Haha, man! I didn't expect you to be so nervous! I saw you weren't nervous at all when you were at Wembley!" Wright teased Wen Sheng.

Wen Shengxin said who said I wasn't nervous? I was nervous too, so I kept yelling on the sidelines!

"Relax!" Wright patted Wen Sheng on the shoulder, "It's just some ordinary interactive Q&A, it won't be that difficult! Remember, as long as your words are sharp and your opinions are well-founded!"

Huh?! Wen Sheng looked at Wright suspiciously.

"Ratings! You understand!" Wright winked.

Wen Sheng had an epiphany, his damn words were sharp?! Isn’t it just to catch people’s attention?!

But the national team is about to go on tour, is this really a good idea?!

Wen Sheng is not a supporter of the England national team. He supports Italy or France more, but these two teams did not qualify for the group stage in the World Cup in South Africa.

But now that I am an Englishman, it is a bit too much to sit in the audience and criticize the team! It is not kind.

Being familiar with Wright, Wen Sheng was not shy about Wright's identity and immediately raised his doubts.

"Criticism is also a kind of support!" Wright would argue.
Chapter completed!