In June 2010, Abdullah Althani, a member of the Qatar royal family, spent 40 million euros to buy equity in Malaga. At that time, Spanish media alleged that La Liga Manchester City would appear. But to be fair, Althani is rich, but it is too unsatisfactory. Although he bought a lot of people in Malaga in the summer of that year, the strength was still very different from Manchester City. The veterans introduced a lot and their salary increased steadily, which made Malaga a nursing home for a while.

After Chilean engineer Pellegrini was dismissed in Real Madrid, he was immediately invited by the wealthy Malaga. The head coach who led the yellow submarine Villarreal to make a name for himself has become the coach of the upstart Malaga. Under the leadership of the engineer, Malaga's performance has steadily improved in the past two years.

However, after the engineer renewed his contract with Malaga in July 2012, the team's rich boss Al Thani was not ready to invest and was unwilling to spend even a penny on Malaga, which led to Malaga having to sell his players. Longton and Cazorla both left the team in this context.

Malaga owed the players several months of salary at that time, and the situation was quite bad. Malaga fans must thank Pellegrini. The Chilean coach chose to stay in this situation, but did not choose to leave, and convinced many of the team to stay. This season, they not only advanced unbeaten in the group stage without losing in a game when they debuted in the Champions League, but also ranked fourth in the league and are still in the Champions League.

This is the situation that Manchester City faces. He has no money and is punished by the UEFA Fiscal Fairness Act next season, even if La Liga is the first, he will not be able to participate in the European game. However, this team of Malaga is also Malaga with a strong fighting will, and Pellegrini cannot be underestimated.

Malaga is a good draw but this is true in terms of paper strength. As early as December, when the group draws lottery, Wensheng thought it was a good draw, because Wensheng never thought that Manchester City would be worse than other giants on the continent. Except for Barcelona and Bayern, Wensheng believed that Manchester City could fight with any other team. No matter how strong Malaga's mental power is, it is still futile to have no strength to support it.

Of course, this understanding does not mean that Wen Sheng will underestimate them. Joey's intelligence collection work began early. The coaching team also held several meetings for this game to discuss strategies against the enemy.

After defeating Southampton, Manchester City will play the first leg with Malaga after the FA Cup against Leeds United on the 17th, with Manchester City heading first and then away.

Leeds United itself is not strong, as long as Manchester City is careful, they should be able to pass the game smoothly. Moreover, with Toure, Drogba and others returning, Wen Sheng has more and more cards. He did not make much preparations for this game, but instead dealt with his main energy on Malaga.

Every night he never tires about watching videos of Malaga this season, analyzing and comparing the characteristics of their team.

"Do you know how to play in the Champions League? To be precise, how should you play in the Champions League knockout stage?!" In the tactical conference room that day, Wen Sheng asked his friends with a calm smile.

"It must be more cautious than in the league!" Webster smiled.

"Pay more attention to details!"

"We must master the scale of the movement!"

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Everyone was discussing each other in a verbal discussion. Wen Sheng sat on the table and listened patiently to everyone. Some talked about the points and some talked about the details, but failed to grasp the core issue.

Wen Sheng used a watercolor pen to write down UEFA's knockout rules on the tactical blackboard.

He circled the words "Away goal rules" with a watercolor pen, "Gentlemen, do you understand the away goal rules?!"

"What the hell do you want to say Danny?! Who doesn't know this rule?! Who doesn't understand?!" Hawking shouted impatiently.

"Haha, I admit that you understand this rule, but sometimes you may not be able to use the rules!" Wen Sheng replied confidently, "Okay, the next question, what do you think is the most important thing we should do at home?!"

"We must make good use of our home advantage and give them a big score at home, making it difficult for them to recover! In this way, we will be more calm when we go away!" Joey gave his own opinion.

"What do you mean is that we should be more inclined to take the initiative?!" Webster asked. As a goalkeeper coach, he is indeed mainly responsible for goalkeeper training, but it does not mean that he is not a person without ideas, nor does it mean that he has no understanding of the team's tactics. Webster also has a goalkeeper coach certificate and a coach A-level certificate.

"That's of course!" Joey replied confidently, "We have the support of fans at home, we are familiar with the venue conditions, the climate conditions, and everything is familiar with us. If we know this, we have an advantage, so we should naturally make good use of this advantage! When we go away, where is the venue conditions?! The grass is growing but the grass is shallow?! Is the grass flat?! We don't know what the climate will be like at that time. I think that is a disadvantage. If we want to advance in a two-round-based game, we must subdue them under favorable conditions!"

"But what if we lose the ball?" Kidd asked back.

"I'm talking about big scores. If we can end the first leg with a score of 4:1 or even 5:1, what's the point of losing a away goal like this?!" Joey defended.

"You sure we can beat them with a score of 4:1 or 5:1?" Wen Sheng asked in anger.

Joey has nothing to say, no one can guarantee that the team will score so many goals, football is round.

"What do you think is the most important thing?!" Hawking turned his attention to Wensheng who asked the question.

"At least from the perspective of using rules, I think the most important thing we should ensure at home is not to concede the ball!" Wen Sheng gave his own meaning.

"You can't be sure of this!" Joey was indignant. He was not sure that the team could score a goal, but Wen Sheng was not sure that the team would not concede the goal.

"Yes! Football is round! But I said, I just said that the most important thing we should ensure is not to lose the ball! Make sure, make sure, Joe, do you understand?! Our response strategy at home should be based on this basis. Our offense needs to be carried out without losing the ball, and our defense needs to be paid more attention!" Wen Sheng emphasized with gesture.

"It's not that we don't attack, it's not that we don't need to score goals at home, it's not that we don't need to win, but that the basis of all this must be based on the principle of not conceding the ball!" Wen Sheng's tone was very firm.
Chapter completed!