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181. The hard-pressed central defender

"Mr. Mancini, can you tell me what you think of this game?!"

Mancini certainly can't escape. The league has regulations that require coaches to be interviewed by reporters after the game. It doesn't matter if you don't accept the interview, just prepare the money.

Before the game, Manchester City and Manchester United both had 14 points, Chelsea had 15 points, and Arsenal had 12 points. The points difference between the two teams was relatively close.

In this round of games, Manchester City plays Crystal Palace away, Arsenal plays Birmingham at home, Manchester United plays West Brom at home, and Chelsea plays Aston Villa away.

None of the opponents of the major giants are strong teams. Only Aston Villa, which Chelsea faces, is a bit dangerous. After all, O'Neill's team was one of the top seven teams last season.

Neither Manchester City nor Chelsea nor Arsenal want to fall behind. Arsenal won yesterday's game, Manchester United tied, and Chelsea also tied. If Manchester City can win Crystal Palace, they will top the league.

But now Mancini's team has been defeated by Crystal Palace and missed the opportunity to top the league.

How did Mancini evaluate this game?!

"We look too tired! And they are a difficult team to deal with. They pass the ball quickly and sharply in the frontcourt. Our defense is too easy to tear apart! Today's score is not true for both sides.

A manifestation of strength!" Mancini thought about it and decided to make peace.

"Today's game was very targeted and seemed to restrict your midfield. Mr. Mancini, do you think your adjustment was too late?!" The reporter was not asking a question but an open question.

"I don't think so! We played well at the beginning of the second half!" Mancini opened his eyes and said nonsense. Before the change of formation, his team had no advantage at all. It relied on the players' individual fights and the two wings.

A mindless pass, Tevez had no choice but to work hard on his own, and Adebayor was completely misfired.

"Do you think today's rotation is correct?! Do you think your opponent is a newly promoted team, so you made a larger rotation?!" The reporter's questions became more and more pointed, and Mancini was sweating on his forehead.

Damn it, I should have been fully prepared! Mancini secretly regretted it.

It's naturally much more relaxed over there at the Crystal Palace.

Captain Delhi said happily in an interview: "We played very well in this game! This is our home court, we have more than 20,000 fans at the scene, and we lived up to everyone's expectations!"

"I'm very happy that I scored two goals in the game! The most important thing is that we won this important game! I had a bad time some time ago! Thank you to the boss! He has always trusted me!" Val

Dee was very excited.

Wen Sheng thanked the fans and players after the game.

"The atmosphere was great today! I want to thank the fans for their support, they are our twelfth man! Of course the guys performed great! The opponent is not an easy opponent to deal with, and Mr. Mancini is also a good player.

Coach! We showed our strength!"

"I want to say it again, we have the ability to cause trouble for any team! Today also proved it!"

But when reporters asked about Morgan's injury, Wen Sheng seemed to have just remembered this question and felt a little sad.

"We still don't know what is the situation with Wes?! Patrick can't train yet, Oguqi was injured during the national team match day, and now we have no one at the center back position, only Virgil and Mahdi are left. I

I hope Weiss is okay!"

Regarding Van Dijk's performance, Wen Sheng also expressed his approval.

"I'm happy for Virgil! This is his first appearance in the league! He has improved a lot in the past three months! Now we have some difficulties at the center back position and I hope he can take on the responsibility

responsibility!"

Although Van Dijk's performance is excellent, Wen Sheng is also worried. Now there are only two central defenders. It's so hard. Why does God go against my central defender?!



"The newly promoted team Crystal Palace completely suppressed Blue Moon Manchester City at their home court. They used fierce offensive and solid defense to defeat their opponents. On the other hand, Manchester City's players were like headless flies..." "Mirror"

Newspaper" reduced Manchester City to almost nothing after the game.

"Mancini looked very embarrassed after the game. His on-the-spot response was completely behind Daniel Wen. Wen's team suppressed his team in almost all aspects in terms of statistics..." BBC reported Mancini

England has been demoted to the point of being worthless, while "England's" humanities have been exalted to the sky.

All major sports media criticized Mancini one after another, and commentators from all walks of life listed several of Mancini's crimes in the game.

As a foreign monk, Mancini is destined to be treated more harshly by the English media. Wen Sheng's reputation in the media seems to have become a local hero fighting against foreign humiliation.

Wen Sheng has been in a particularly good mood in the past few days. He doesn't pay attention to outside comments. The reason for his good mood is...

First of all, the team won the game and reached 12 points. It is not far away from the top four. In terms of 12 points in 8 rounds, it is completely acceptable. Keep this state and avoid relegation this season.

Secondly, Wes Morgan was not seriously injured. After the game, he was taken to the hospital for examination by Manos. The problem was not too serious and he could return to the team in about half a month.

Finally, now that Vardy has scored, the team's understanding is getting better and better, which means it's time to produce results.

Wen Sheng is full of confidence in the next game.

On the morning of the 20th, Crystal Palace held a pre-match press conference for the third round of the Europa League at the Beckenham training base.

The third round will start on the afternoon of the 21st. Crystal Palace will go to Italy to challenge Naples.

Crystal Palace's performance in the league was a bit bumpy, with ups and downs, robbing the rich and giving to the poor, but their performance in the Europa League was very strong, winning two games, occupying the top spot in the group, and the qualifying situation is also very good.

"We have a good momentum now, but in Naples, the game there has never been easy to play! I know that if we want to make a difference at the San Paolo Stadium, we must maintain a humble and cautious attitude to deal with the game!"

"The team is very young, and sometimes it is inevitable that there will be some ups and downs in form. I hope everyone can calm down!"

Naples is not easy to deal with. Their head coach Walter Mazzarri may not be well understood by the English media, but Wen Sheng knows him very well. This person is quite awesome. At least Mazzarri was very good during those years in Naples.

awesome.

Everyone knows that later Conte was very good at using a three-back formation, but Mazzarri had already done this in Naples.

The tactics that Mazzarri implemented in Naples, the free switching between three and four backs, the real rise of Naples was actually achieved under his leadership.

Italian head coaches conduct tactical research in a set way.

Therefore, Wen Sheng's caution in the press conference came from sincerity. He knew that playing against Naples away from home would be much more difficult than playing against Manchester City.

On the afternoon of the 20th, the entire Crystal Palace team boarded a plane bound for Naples.

After arriving in Naples, Wen Sheng strictly prohibited the players from going out. Italian fans are notoriously bad, and Naples is the home of the Mafia, so it is best to be cautious.

Having breakfast in the restaurant the next morning, Morelli told Wen Sheng that several Crystal Palace fans were besieged by local Naples fans last night, and two of them were injured.

"I knew that all the fucking people here are mafia!" Wen Sheng knew in his previous life that there were many extreme fans in Italy, but now he heard that his own fans were actually injured, which made Wen Sheng very angry.

These extreme fans are unreasonable, and most of them are involved with the local evil forces. If you are a foreign fan, they will beat you up if you don't like it, unless you don't wear the jersey.

When going to this place to watch football, it is best not to go alone, or even if the number of people is too small, it is best to go as a group.
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