455. Disputes in the dressing room
The victory of the Charity Shield without bloodshed brings not only honors and injuries. After this game, Silva confirmed that his knee ligament was injured, and he finally confirmed that he needed a minor surgery. The time of absence was not yet certain. After Silva joined Manchester City, he was injured, which caused Silva's speed and explosive power to be much worse than before. He began his transformation and became an organized front midfielder. After Wen Sheng arrived, Manchester City advocated oppressive play more often, which gave Silva room to play. Even on the wing, he did not need to rely too much on speed support and became a key player for Manchester City.
In addition to Silva, Kompani, the defender, also needs to be absent for three weeks due to a waist injury. The first round of the new season has not yet begun. In fact, the personnel at Manchester City have begun to have injuries. This is also the reason why Wensheng fought with Mourinho in anger.
On the 17th, St James' Park Stadium on the banks of the Tyne finally ushered in the first match of the new season, and the opponent they will face is the four-time champion Manchester City.
Newcastle achieved an amazing ranking in the first half of last season under Padu's leadership, but in the second half of the season, Newcastle was awkward and ended up only in the middle.
Padu is actually not very old, but he is in his early 50s, but now he is full of hair. With years of experience in Premier League coaching, Padu is still at the level. The French Gang he built for Newcastle is an important reason why Newcastle can remain in the middle in recent seasons.
Padu is also wise in this game. He did not choose to fight against Manchester City. From the Charity Shield game, Padu can see that Manchester City hedging is also a very dangerous opponent, and the midfielder has a strong ability to transfer ball quickly.
Padu's tactics are very targeted. He strengthened the double-teaming in the midfield position, with the main purpose of encircling De Bruyne. Instead, he let go of the two wings a little, and he defended intensively in the penalty area.
De Bruyne's scoring was extremely hard and difficult. Silva did not start. Wen Sheng used the combination of Casemiro and Dembele in the midfield. Dembele could not provide good screenings against De Bruyne. Occasionally, the dribbling of the midfield was eye-catching enough, but he didn't handle it well in the passing phase.
"Manchester City is in big trouble!" After more than 60 minutes of the game, Manchester City failed to break through Newcastle's goal. Instead, Newcastle's counterattack was very exciting. Ian Dake, who commented on this game, said bluntly in the live broadcast.
"They do run the ball very quickly, but the frontcourt lacks effective cooperation. De Bruyne was watched very hard and passing the ball was not comfortable! Costa and Chamberlain on both wings will only break through the cross, and the offensive methods are too single!" Manchester City legend Dikov, who commented on the game with Dake, was really speechless about Manchester City's tactics.
"It seems that they are too far from last season!" Dark continued to comment, "Their offensive cooperation in the frontcourt last season was very diverse and delicate, but now the attack method is too rough. Newcastle has been focusing on his own defense, and it is too difficult for Dzeko to find space!"
As Dake said, Manchester City did encounter a lot of trouble. Padou made up his mind to score a point and paid great attention to his defense during the counterattack. The full-back on both wings would never easily pass the half and recovered very quickly.
Wensheng tried to give more support to the frontcourt in the midfield and backcourt. From speeding up the pace to slowing down, Manchester City's offensive quality improved, but it was still a little bit worse than victory. In the end, the game had to end with 0:0.
De Bruyne, who entered the locker room, was extremely angry. He believed that he did not give him enough support in the midfield and backcourt. Costa and Chamberlain on both wings were too close to the wing, which also made him have some difficulties in making the ball. Unlike Cross, De Bruyne was more inclined to pass forward in passing. He also made many mistakes in this game because he did not get too much support.
The one who was in a quarrel with him was Dembele. Dembele did not achieve a tacit understanding when he cooperated with him several times, and the two sides may not be happy.
Wensheng was also very annoyed that he failed to win Newcastle in the first game. This was the planned three-pointer, but Padu told him with facts that Newcastle is not a soft persimmon.
Until Wensheng returned to the locker room, De Bruyne and Dembele were still discussing the details of the game fiercely under the dissuasion of their teammates.
Wen Sheng's arrival failed to stop the two of them from arguing. It was not until the teammates repeatedly dissuaded that the two of them calmed down and remained silent.
"You are not moving, are you?" Wensheng looked at Debrauer and looked at Dembele.
Neither of them answered this question, Milner said: "How is that possible?! Boss! It's just that I couldn't win this game, and everyone felt a little uncomfortable!"
"Then are you angry now?! If it disappears, I hope you can shake hands and hug them!" Wen Sheng said to the two again.
"No one will be happy if I failed to win this game! I am not happy either! I allow you to argue because everyone has a different understanding of the game, but I hope this quarrel is positive, not negative! I also hope that you can let go of prejudice and improve together! The main responsibility for not being able to win the game lies with me. Of course, your game is not completed very well, and your spirit itself is not good. This is what we need to improve in the future!"
"The new season is not easy for us. I know some of you have burnout, but I hope you can cheer up even if you want. Is the four-champion champion the end? At least not in my opinion! We can have another four-champion champion! We are not the leader now. Chelsea, Manchester United, Liverpool, and Arsenal are all eyeing us. If you are not careful, we will become a laughing stock!"
"I hate being a joke! I hope you can hate being a joke too! This game is worth our deep thought, where we are not doing well enough!"
Wen Sheng's tone was calm and he was not angry. In his opinion, it was meaningless to be angry.
And this game really requires too much summary, and Costa and Chamberlain need to improve their own way of playing football.
Last season, due to Silva and Kroos, the winger on one side was defined as the winger and needed the ability to sprint and breakthrough. However, in this game, the midfielder originally lacked control of the ball and it was easy for the opponent to siege De Bruyne, and it was meaningless for Costa and Chamberlain to still guard the wing.
What's more, when De Bruyne is surrounded, the full-backs on both wings should make more contributions. We can't play the ball in the middle, at least we should think of some solutions on the wing, but Milner and Hills, who started, did not do well enough. They had a lot of crosses, but the effect was very poor.
Manchester City only completed 11 shots in the game, with only 2 shots on the right side. Newcastle only had two fewer shots than Manchester City, which is extremely abnormal!
Chapter completed!