Chapter 102 Free Lessons
The battle between Manchester City and Chelsea at home has reached the 70th minute.
The score displayed on the scoreboard is 3:0, and the home team Manchester City leads Chelsea by three goals. This score makes people watching the game in the first grade of junior high school feel incredible. Chelsea is definitely a top-notch team in the Premier League. It seems very strong this season, with stars in the team, but three goals are sought?
Even if it’s not Stamford Bridge Stadium, you don’t have to play like this!
By this time, everyone knew that Chelsea had almost no hope. Not to mention winning, they wanted to tie the score, but it was just a possibility that exists in theory.
However, the Chelsea player did not give up. As the captain, John Terry was in a low mood, but he still shouted and told his teammates to cheer up. His teammates, Frank Lampard, who is very prestigious in the team, is also doing the same thing. He is more practical than Terry's approach. Now he is running and struggling to tell his teammates what to do.
Driven by the two, Chelsea regrouped and continued to fight with Manchester City.
With the victory or defeat of the game determined, Chelsea, as the backward side, played better than before. Perhaps this is related to their mentality. They have been worried about the offense just now and have to worry about the goal. Now they are all three goals behind, so what are they worried about? It doesn’t matter whether the opponent scores or not, so let go and play!
With this relaxed mentality, Chelsea played better and better, and the game between the two teams became very intense. For a moment, Manchester City could not effectively suppress it. As a result, Chelsea recovered a goal in the 83rd minute of the game.
This was Lampard's corner kick. After the football chased into the penalty area, Kopelle Ferreira pushed back. Lampard got the ball on the spot. Then he completed an accurate cross. Mr. Warcraft Drogba headed eight meters in front of the goal and accurately pushed the ball into the net.
3:1.
After Chelsea scored this goal, no one cared about it. After all, there were only 10 minutes in stoppage time. Chelsea was still two goals behind, and it was a bit whimsical to catch it. But the Chelsea player did not give up. Drogba, who scored the goal, did not celebrate. He quickly ran into the goal and put the ball back to the center line, and was about to kick off again.
The game continued next, and Wan Sheng shouted to remind everyone to stabilize the defense. But Manchester City could no longer play the previous suppression, and some players were obviously out of shape, as if they were waiting for the end of the game to celebrate the victory.
This situation made Wan Sheng frown.
Just after the 90th minute of the game, the game changed dramatically because Chelsea scored again, and the ball had some luck. Lampard made a high cross from 30 meters on the left and went straight to the back corner. Drogba and Terry did not encounter the ball in the competition for the top, but goalkeeper James was disturbed and he did not see the football. As a result, the ball was directly hung into the far corner of the goal.
3:2.
This is Lampard's goal, and his twelfth goal in the league. He is even about to catch up with Anelka and Henry, just like George Woodgate exclaimed after seeing the goal, "Lampard's goal! He is a midfielder, but he scored the most goals in the league with Chelsea. Perhaps he has hope to compete for the Premier League Golden Boot. His performance is really good!"
At the same time, he reminded Manchester City to be careful, "It's 3:2, Manchester City only has one goal left in the lead. Maybe they should be more careful, otherwise Chelsea will really have the chance to tie the score in the next time."
Many people have also begun to worry about Manchester City.
This also includes Wan Sheng. Seeing Lampard's goal, Wan Sheng was sweating coldly. The goal just now had a bit of luck, but it was a goal no matter what. Now Chelsea is only one goal behind, and there is still three minutes left in stoppage time, so they have a good chance to tie the score.
He started to command the defense with a little anxious voice. "Retreat, defend!"
"Pass!"
"Pay attention to the left side! The left side! There is someone missing there!"
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Amid the shouts of Wan Sheng, Manchester City's goal was in a row, and Manchester City fans in the audience stopped cheering, but looked at the direction of their goal with concern.
In the last three minutes of the game, Chelsea launched a crazy offensive. They gave up all defenses, and even the goalkeeper attacked to overwhelm the center line. Fortunately, the reminder of Wan Sheng restored the Manchester City players to a little bit of form and became much more serious.
Fortunately, Manchester City still held the goal until the referee blew the end whistle.
In the end, the two teams ended the game 3:2.
When the game ended, both the failed Chelsea players and the winning Manchester City players all breathed a long sigh. It made people feel physically and mentally exhausted when experiencing this battle. Now that it is finally over, they can relax.
After winning Chelsea, Manchester City's league advantage turned into 4 points, which opened a relatively safe gap with Chelsea, but after the game, Wan Sheng's face did not show joy.
He was very dissatisfied with the team's final performance.
After the game, Wan Sheng did not go to the press conference as soon as possible, but instead went back to the team's locker room. When he walked in, there were players inside shouting. Wan Sheng frowned and pushed open the door.
Everyone in the room looked over and became much quieter.
Wansheng glanced at everyone, looked them in the eyes, and asked, "We worked hard to win the advantage in 70 minutes, but almost lost all of them in 20 minutes. What's there to celebrate?"
Everyone was silent, and many people lowered their heads.
They were also a little ashamed of their performance in the last 20 minutes. At that time, they all felt that the team would definitely win, so they just passed the time and waited for the end. They had no intention of continuing to play hard, which led to Chelsea almost tied the score.
Wan Sheng looked at everyone, especially the expressions of several young players lowering their heads, and was very satisfied. For young people, especially those who just won, it is not easy to admit their mistakes, but he still must remind everyone not to be careless, "I have told you more than once that the football match is 90 minutes. We should not relax until the game is over!"
"I said before that we should continue the victory until the end of the game, but you only did half of it!"
"Fortunately we won now, 3:2, a very good result, but think about the last three minutes, how do you feel? Yes. That's very dangerous, they almost tied!"
"If they tied, we would lose the game. They must be happy. Because they didn't even have hope of winning before, this was what we gave to them 'generous'."
"We won the game, but I hope you guys remember the last twenty minutes, which is a lesson learned from 'free'."
After Wan Sheng's words, the team's excitement of winning was diluted a lot. After that, each player sorted out his own things and did not celebrate any more.
Diamares and Pierce both felt that Wan Sheng was a bit too much. After all, the team won the game, especially Chelsea. The team had reason to celebrate it, but Wan Sheng said seriously, "I must remind them, because we have more than this game to play!"
He did say that on purpose.
It is not just for this game, but for the entire team, and it is good to win the game. The team performed very well in the front. If it weren't for the last 20 minutes, the team's performance could be described as perfect. Chelsea was not an opponent at all, but this is not entirely good news. Wan Sheng was lucky to have the "dangerous" twenty minutes. Although it was dangerous, it finally won, and danger became a lesson of "free".
The lessons are not all free, such as the "Istanbul Night" created by Liverpool, and AC Milan was taught a lesson. They knew that in the Champions League, three goals in the first half would not be 100% able to win the final victory, but they paid a Champions League trophy for it.
This lesson is painful.
Manchester City won this game, so the lessons were obtained for free. It is actually a very good thing to have a "learning" without giving.
What Wan Sheng has always been worried about is the team's mentality.
He was not worried about this problem before, because Manchester City is just a "Premier League powerhouse". The powerhouses are not as good as giants, but they can achieve the best results, so the mentality of the whole team is fine. On the contrary, Wan Sheng also emphasized that everyone should have a "strong team mentality".
But now it's different.
Manchester City has been on the league's first throne for too long. Before, the media would think that Chelsea was stronger, but what about this game? It is estimated that they will be flattering Manchester City afterwards.
In this case, what changes will the team's mentality change?
Everyone knows that the team is a strong team. After defeating Chelsea, they will almost certainly think that the team is the strongest in the league, but this is a bit arrogant. If we don’t talk about the preparations for the game, Manchester City is not that strong just talking about the team’s strength. If we play another game, it is hard to say who wins and who loses. Therefore, the mentality of "first" is a bit high, and even some are arrogant. This mentality will make the team careless and will definitely affect its subsequent state. Especially when facing a tough team, if you can’t play an advantage, the players’ mentality may be unbalanced.
This is a very serious issue, so Wansheng must pour cold water on the team and remind them to take every game seriously.
Just as Wan Sheng talked about team issues with two assistant coaches, the media reporters had already obtained the game statistics, and they were all surprised by Manchester City's data because it was simply too gorgeous.
In terms of ball control alone, Manchester City reached 70% of the game!
In other words, for 70% of the time, football is controlled by Manchester City players, while Chelsea only has 30%. This is a considerable gap, even more than twice. There is often such a ball-control gap, and the strength gap between the two sides will be very large, but this game is a match between Manchester City and Chelsea. One is the first in the league, the other is the second in the league, and the second in the league is still smooth in the Champions League. No matter how you calculate it, there will be no such big gap.
But the data is there, and that's the fact that Manchester City beat Chelsea in possession.
"This is the tactical reason for Manchester City." A professional retired star analyzed after the game. "Their tactics are mainly controlled and they firmly control the ball under their feet. It is difficult for Chelsea to deal with this style of play. On the other hand, if Chelsea controls more balls, it means that Manchester City will definitely not play well."
This analysis has been recognized by many people.
At the same time, more people began to analyze Manchester City's tactics. They found that Manchester City's playing style was actually the same as "killing" one, but the center of gravity was focused on control. So on the surface, the style changed a lot. Finally, a commentator concluded, "Marcelona's playing style was too unexpected, and Chelsea was not prepared for this, which is also the reason why they were suppressed throughout the game."
Although the outside world has a thorough analysis of Manchester City and the game, this does not hinder the media's interest in Manchester City. There are many people paying attention to this focus battle, and Manchester City won the final victory, so they have reason to gain more attention.
This is different from before the game.
Before the game, the media analyzed the situation of the two teams and when analyzing the game, they paid more attention to Chelsea. They believed that Chelsea's winning rate was higher, and many stars in the Chelsea lineup were also one of the reasons for the attention. In comparison, Manchester City was much worse than those of the stars in the team. The only stars that can be talked about in the team were Morris and Anelka, who was only the "preparation" of Domeneck's French team. In short, Manchester City received far less attention than Chelsea before the game.
Now when Wan Sheng appeared in the press conference venue, he felt the change. Many of the reporters surrounding Mourinho turned to him, and other media reporters rushed up to surround him.
Media reporters' enthusiasm for him was obviously higher than Mourinho, which made Wan Sheng feel a sense of pride and satisfaction.
So he said to many media reporters with the winner's smile, "I have said before that this is a game that can only win but not lose for us, so" he continued indifferently, "We won."
This made some media reporters recall what Wan Sheng said before the game. He used "hiding cars on the road" to explain that "victory is something the team must do". There is no reason, only the result.
When Wan Sheng said this, the Manchester City media felt very happy, and neutral media also found it interesting to describe it like this, but the media supporting Chelsea felt unhappy. An London reporter couldn't help but ask, "What do you mean is that a game that must be won will definitely win? Then why do you think that this game is not a game that must be won for Chelsea?"
Next he explained, "If Chelsea can win, their points will surpass Manchester City and rank first in the league."
After saying that, he found that Wan Sheng was looking at him with the idiot's eyes. He understood and his face turned red.
Before he could say anything, Wan Sheng replied lightly, "We won."
"What?" He didn't understand.
"I said, the result of the game was 3:2. We won and Chelsea lost the game." Wan Sheng explained seriously, and other reporters who reacted laughed.
The result of the game was 3:2, Manchester City won, so what else is there to say about Chelsea? The post-match stage will always belong to the winner!
Not to mention Mourinho's location is empty, the Portuguese had already left early as the arrival of Wansheng.
Next, a reporter asked about the last 20 minutes, which was very dangerous for Manchester City, and Chelsea almost tied the score.
However, Wan Sheng was not as serious as he said to the players. Instead, he said without caring about it. "If they could perform as well as in the end, I think the victory should belong to them. But it is impossible for the football game to remain in shape forever. 90 minutes is the whole game, so we won." His meaning was completely opposite to what he said in the locker room.
This is Wansheng's attitude.
When dealing with the team, you must always maintain a serious attitude, but no matter what happens, you will praise and support the team and players.
This is the attitude a successful head coach should have. (~^~)
Chapter completed!