The club was also aware of the fight between De Bruyne and Benatia. The top management did not disagree with Wen Sheng's handling of the incident. Originally, what they were most worried about was that this incident would affect the mentality of other players. They were also worried about the lack of De Bruyne.

Ney and Benatia may have affected the results, but Wen Sheng led Crystal Palace to advance to the Europa League semi-finals, and also won consecutive victories in the league, rushing back to fourth place.

So the club really has nothing to say.

Wen Sheng has been instilling in Parrish and others that the team's strength is limited and it is difficult to face a two-front battle. Of course, Parrish and the others are not fools and know that what Wen Sheng said is the truth.

But when the Europa League actually reaches the semi-finals, the taste will be natural and different.

On the 25th, Parish, Browett and other bigwigs invited Wen Sheng to a banquet. During a casual dinner at Parrish's villa, several bigwigs unanimously expressed their yearning for the Europa League championship.

"Daniel, think about it, if you can win the championship, what does it mean to us fans?! Of course I know it is not easy to win the championship, but I think we should show our fist this time when we face Benfica away from home! Show our strength

Strength!" Browett suggested to Wen Sheng.

The opinions of the other big guys were very similar. In fact, they were just reminding Wen Sheng, you kid, this is the semi-finals. Stop using the substitutes all the time. Let the main players come on.

They had good luck against Dynamo Kyiv. They had the upper hand in the two rounds, but they were eliminated due to penalty kicks. Don't expect to be so lucky in the semifinals.

Now that we have entered the semi-finals, it is all fake if Wen Sheng's mentality has not changed.

During the quarter-finals, he really had an indifferent attitude, and sometimes when the schedule was too difficult, he thought it would be better if there was no Europa League.

Now, he also wants to win the championship. There are only three games left. It's worth giving it a try. Whether he can succeed or not depends on fate of course.

"The team is in good shape now! Who doesn't want to win the championship? The players are also eager to win the championship. As a head coach, I am not tempted! Don't worry, I have arrangements and plans, and we will try our best to win the championship!"

"However, I don't make any guarantees! If this is the board goal you gave me, I can only say that I will try my best to complete it!" Wen Sheng released a positive signal, but first gave himself a back-up and reminded everyone of the contract

There is no such thing as a Europa League champion.

After dinner, uncle Wayne also told Wen Sheng about the benefits of winning the championship.

"Uncle! How can I not know the benefits! But the key to the problem is that victory requires luck! In recent years, only one team has won the championship simply by relying on its absolute strength!"

"who?!"

“Barcelona!”

Wayne shrugged, feeling that he didn't quite agree with Wen Sheng's statement.

Wen Sheng indeed thinks so. In his previous life, he read a book, "Football - The Game of Numbers". In this life, he has also come into contact with many football theories, football journalists, and data experts. There are different opinions on what determines the outcome of a game.

, the expression luck is essential.

Data experts believe that 60 to 70 percent of the outcome of a game is determined by luck, and other factors only account for a small part of the determining factors.

In other words, football is won by luck.

What the head coaches and players have been trying to do is to maximize the small number of decisive factors other than luck. In the end, the rest depends on luck.

Wen Sheng does not think this statement is nonsense. After reading and studying the data of data companies, it is easy to draw such a conclusion. This is not a wrong statement.

It is not for nothing that Barcelona is called the Cosmos Team by Chinese fans. They have taken many decisive factors other than luck to the extreme. They deserve to win, and others have nothing to say about winning.

They will also win the Champions League this season, and Manchester United is no match for them.

But even with Barcelona like this, they don’t have the ability to win the Champions League every year. To say that strength determines everything, they should win the championship every year, but this is not the case!

"So what we do is try to achieve the best except luck. The final result still depends on the judgment of fate!" Wen Sheng concluded to his uncle.

Wayne suddenly realized it, and then said suspiciously: "So, are you useless as a head coach?!"

"Who says it's useless?! We can help the team perfect other determining factors! Maybe we can defy fate!" Wen Sheng laughed.

…

The first round of the game against Crystal Palace is away from home. The game will be held on the evening of the 28th, and the team will fly to Lisbon, Portugal on the 27th.

The Portuguese Super League has the traditional top three, Benfica, Porto, Sporting CP, and Benfica and Sporting CP are all located in Lisbon, the capital of Portugal.

There is no need to go into details about the history of this team. Anyway, they are very brilliant. Compared with them, Crystal Palace’s historical achievements are like an ant and an elephant comparing their weight, so pale and feeble.

Crystal Palace has been called a dark horse by the English media and continental European media this season.

They are dark horses in the league, and they are still dark horses in the Europa League.

A dark horse winning the championship is a miracle and something unimaginable.

The mainstream sports media in Europe are not very optimistic about the dark horse Crystal Palace's semi-final trip. The reason is very simple. Crystal Palace was already shaky in the quarter-finals and almost failed to advance. Their bench is not that deep, and they are facing the fourth place in the domestic competition.

Strong pressure, not to mention that Benfica is stronger than them.

The mainstream media in Europe are not optimistic about Crystal Palace's away game. Several major gaming companies obviously defined Crystal Palace as a weak position in the initial draw.

But is Crystal Palace really worse than Benfica?!

Wen Sheng doesn’t think so!

And I also think these media are too fickle.

There is no exception for this group of young people on the team. Everyone has been praised by the media this season, thinking that they are practical players and a group of talented boys. Obviously the team has such good results and can compete with Arsenal and Chelsea.

, Manchester City, Tottenham and other famous teams are competing for the top four. How come at this moment, these media actually think that we are inferior to Benfica?!

Wen Sheng couldn't figure it out, and he guessed that his players must not be convinced either!

It's good to be unconvinced! It's good to have a good fight with Benfica.

On the evening of the 28th, Benfica’s Stadium of Light was brightly lit, and the stadium was already filled with eagerly awaited fans.

After leading the team to defeat Real Madrid led by superstars such as Di Stefano and Puskas in the 1962 Champions League final, Gutman asked the Benfica board of directors for a salary increase, but was rejected. In anger, the Hungarian issued a "

Vicious Curse": "From now on, Benfica will not win the European Championship in 100 years."

The words came true. After that, Benfica really couldn't win the European championship. So far, they have reached the Champions League finals five times and the Europa League finals once, but without exception, they all lost.

Didn't win a single championship.

The Stadium of Light is not a good place either. After being rebuilt in 2002, it was used as the final venue for the European Cup in Portugal. This venue was not very protective of the owner. Portugal lost 0:1 in the final, which became the Greek myth of Rehagel.

Sitting in the visiting team's dressing room, Wen Sheng was encouraging the players of Crystal Palace. He used the Gutman Curse and the Greek mythology of 2004 to preach that the team would definitely beat Benfica in the away game today. Look, they didn't have that luck.

Champions, when the game goes up to the next level, this stadium will not bring them good luck.

And we are considered by them to be the dark horse. The dark horse's journey ends here today, but I never think that we are the dark horse. We have the strength to defeat them!

"I've studied everything about them, and I really didn't find out what makes them stronger than us! Can you tell me what makes them stronger?!"

In Wen Sheng's impassioned speech, the emotions of the Crystal Palace players were aroused.
Chapter completed!