There was a man and a woman talking about Manchester City and Wan Sheng, but they were different from other fans because they were Anita and her brother James. The two watched the game on the spot. Anita took it for granted, and James was surprised by Manchester City's victory.

Needless to say, Manchester City showed strength throughout the game, James was even more surprised by Wan Sheng's success.

During the game, the commentator spent a lot of time talking about him. After the game, he became the biggest contributor and star in Manchester City's victory.

This is strange.

Often, in a game, the most eye-catching thing is always the player. This law is broken by Wan Sheng. He is just a coach who is standing on the sidelines to direct the game, but he is more eye-catching than the stars who play football.

James actually had a good impression of Wan Sheng. He met Wan Sheng at Wadell's manor. At that time, he did not indicate his identity, just to see what the person his sister liked was.

"A very capable football coach." This is how James' impression of Wan Sheng.

The match between Manchester City and Chelsea has deepened his impression of Wan Sheng's ability, but the football coach is only a football coach. For the Murdoch family, the success of this profession is nothing, so James actually doesn't value it, and he doesn't think Wan Sheng has anything special.

When James felt a little uncomfortable when he heard his sister constantly praise Wan Sheng, he couldn't help but say, "What's the big deal about a football guy!"

Anita immediately frowned and said dissatisfiedly, "Brother, what are you talking about? He is very outstanding, especially his research."

"Haha?" James felt that he understood Anita's mentality very well. It was said that a woman who was in love had a low IQ, and she would know her current appearance. So he said funny, "How is it so outstanding? Tell me? I don't know what research a football player can do!"

"He graduated from University College London."

"So too, that's nothing." James shrugged. "If my father hadn't insisted that I go to Cambridge, I would have chosen that university."

Anita blushed and said unwillingly, "He has done research and kinematics research. He is a genius! When he publishes his research results, I promise you will be shocked!"

Seeing Anita's angry look, James hurriedly said, "Okay. Little Anne, don't be angry. I don't like him, as long as you like it." He felt sorry for his sister, but because of this, he was always worried about his sister's emotional problems.

And what did that Chinese say? It’s still past.

"But it's just a football coach." James was also here. Finally, he shook his head and thought. "Forget it, as long as little Annie likes it."

Wan Sheng didn't know how Anita felt about him. He just felt that he was very close to Anita and didn't think so deeply. Naturally, he didn't know that his emotional issues had been "decided".

In the tense preparation training, Manchester City welcomed a new opponent. On December 31, Manchester City challenged Middlesbrough away.

Middlesbrough has a special situation recently, and their performance in the league is a bit bad. However, their focus is on the League Cup, and head coach McLaren also hopes to lead the team to achieve results in European competitions. This may be because Middlesbrough is difficult to make any breakthroughs in the league. The competition in the top ten Premier League this season is very fierce. They are even seven points away from the tenth Derby County. This point gap means that they have almost no hope to compete for the top few. Therefore, the only thing McLaren can pursue is to lead the team to achieve results in the European season.

In domestic competitions, Middlesbrough’s principle is to grab points if you can, and give up if you can’t. Faced with a match against Manchester City, they directly regard the draw as their target.

"As long as we get one point, it's equivalent to winning." McLaren said before the game.

No one would laugh at him because there are not many teams who can score a point from Manchester City, especially after Manchester City defeated Chelsea, many people think that McLaren is just taking this for granted.

It is worth mentioning that this is the first time the two teams have met in the league this season.

The league has reached the 20th round, but due to the conflict between Middlesbrough's League Cup and the league schedule, this game is equivalent to a postponement and can only be arranged at the end of December. So many people have expectations for the game, especially Middlesbrough fans. They hope that the team can do what other teams have not done, that is to what McLaren said to be a "draw with Manchester City".

Manchester City fans are also looking forward to the game.

After watching the game with Chelsea, they felt that the team was very strong and they looked forward to the team slapping other opponents, and such a game would ignite their enthusiasm.

So on this day, it is possible to imagine how popular the Riverside Stadium was. It could only accommodate 35,000 people, and even 40,000 people flooded in. Many fans were all standing in the back row or in the aisle. The occupancy rate of the stadium exceeded 100%. This was the result of Middlesbrough restricting the sales of "station tickets".

For an ordinary league game, such a hot scene is definitely rare.

This also reflects the current level of attention Manchester City has attracted.

Before the game, Wan Sheng carefully did ideological work to the players, making them forget their previous games with Chelsea and deal with new opponents with a calm mind. In addition, he particularly emphasized not to be influenced by fans.

"Look at those people, some of them are here to support us, but more people want us to lose? Why? Because we are the first in the league, and here is the Riverside fans, it is Middlesbrough's home court, and they hope Middlesbrough can beat us!"

"No matter what they did during the game, don't pay attention to it! Play your ball seriously! This is what you have to do, nothing else has to do with you!"

"Go to the game seriously, guys! Kill them!"

After Wan Sheng finished speaking loudly, all Manchester City players came out of the locker room, all of them came with confidence to win.

They all easily defeated Chelsea, what does Middlesbrough count as?

But when it really hit the green field, Manchester City players quickly discovered that the game was not as easy as imagined, and the opponent was not as easy as imagined. Importantly, Middlesbrough defended very closely, which made them very difficult to attack.

Middlesbrough was completely like a desperate stance. They perfectly executed McLaren's declaration of "Getting is victory", so the game was very ugly, but they didn't care at all. Even at the home stadium, the same was true for them. They only care about the result of a draw, which was equivalent to a victory.

They did this, so the defense was very stable and tight.

Manchester City players feel a little bad.

In the last game against Chelsea, they played with a desperate mentality, but found that the game was not as difficult as imagined, so they all felt very relaxed, but now they were dealing with the game with a relaxed mentality, and found that Middlesbrough was not as weak as imagined. It was not easy for them to score goals.

This mentality gap caused Manchester City to perform poorly in the first half and naturally failed to break through the Middlesbrough goal.

During the break, commentator George Woodgate also commented, "Middlesburg played very steadily in the first half. They seemed to want to defend until the end of the game, but Manchester City played a little messy. Their players seemed to be out of shape and made several mistakes in succession."

In this case, Wan Sheng also had a headache.

He has always been worried that the team would be careless, but now the problem still arises. After defeating Chelsea, it is really difficult for these players to adjust their mentality. Of course, the opponent's defense is also a reason, but the important thing is that it is really not easy to break the Middlesbrough goal.

Wan Sheng has no good idea. Facing intensive defense, anyone will have a headache, and this is no longer something tactical can solve.

He regretted not bringing Ivankru.

If Ivankru is there, the team will have a better chance of scoring goals with an excellent free kicker. But it doesn’t make sense to regret it. He can only continue to encourage everyone to play hard.

But spiritual encouragement alone is difficult to show a great effect. Especially the opponent, Middlesbrough, has always used the sea of ​​people to build up the defense near the penalty area. It is difficult for football to cooperate in the frontcourt. In addition, many Manchester City players are not in good shape, so Manchester City has not scored a goal for a long time.

Halfway through the second half, the problem arose, with the full-back Sinclair being tackled to the ground while dribbling, but he couldn't stand up again.

The referee signaled the team doctor to carry a stretcher on the court, and Sinclair was carried down.

Wan Sheng replaced Sinclair with young player Miller and then asked about Sinclair's injury. The team doctor's conclusion was not optimistic, "He probably needs to recuperate for a while." However, seeing Wan Sheng's face, the team doctor added, "The specific situation depends on a careful examination before knowing", but this comfort is difficult to play a role.

After that, Wan Sheng returned to the sidelines and continued to watch the game, but the situation was still the same. Manchester City had no good idea for Middlesbrough's intensive defense. Although they had always controlled the ball, they broke through the defense few times.

At this time, Wan Sheng was extremely eager to have a top star.

Anelka and David Silva are also excellent, but they still have some gaps in their abilities with superstars such as Kaka, Ronaldo, and Ronaldinho. It is difficult to influence the game alone. Even if it is not Kaka and others, like Rafael Van der Fate who played for Derby County last season, Van der Fate is also excellent. He is fully capable of relying on himself to disrupt the opponent's defense.

Manchester City now has no choice.

Their cooperation and transmission plays very well, but the opponent's intensive defense is the nemesis of cooperation and transmission. In the frontcourt, the cooperation cannot be played at all. With repeated failures, Manchester City's overall performance is even worse.

In the end, Manchester City failed to break through Middlesbrough's goal until the end of the game.

McLaren's goal of "Grading is Victory" has been successfully achieved

The game was not won and the general was injured. Wan Sheng naturally was not in the mood to deal with the reporters. He was more concerned about Sinclair's injury.

In the post-match press conference, facing the media who were surprised by the results of the game or gloating, Wan Sheng only praised the opponent, "They did a good job in defense, but for us, the draw was also an acceptable result."

This is Wansheng's style.

Middlesbrough has no grudges with Manchester City, and he and McLaren have a good relationship in private, so there is no need to be hostile because of the game. If Mourinho is, he might mock the opponent, "it's like parking a bus in front of the goal," but Wan Sheng won't, because he knows that the team's poor performance is the key.

Wan Sheng felt that the warning effect of the game to the team was quite good. The team could bear the result of losing two points. The most important thing is that with this lesson, the team would not continue to make careless mistakes, so the draw was acceptable.

Of course, no one will be happy about it.

Wan Sheng was most worried about Sinclair's injury. After the game, he went directly to the hospital. After more than an hour, the examination was confirmed and Sinclair would have to be on standby for at least two months.

Hearing this result, Wan Sheng immediately frowned.

For the team, Sinclair's importance is beyond doubt. From the start of the game to now, he has been the main wing forward. Even though David Silva performed well and Ivankru's transfer to Manchester City did not affect Sinclair's appearances. He is good at strength and in a stable state. Although he is not a star player, his stable state is reassuring.

Now that Sinclair can't play, he's going to have a headache for the wing.

Fortunately, Musampa recovered from injury, David Silva can also serve as the wing forward, and Ivankru is gradually adapting, so there is no need to worry that no one can be used.

Wan Sheng is still worried about the team's situation.

The time after Christmas is something that every English team must pay attention to. The cold temperature and dense schedule can easily lead to a large number of injuries in the team, and Sinclair's problem reminds Wan Sheng.

His personal recovery training can help players recover faster, and personal physical condition training can help players maintain good physical condition as much as possible. However, these two items do not directly prevent injuries. In other words, if his players are on the court, they will still be injured, so injuries must be taken seriously. Especially the team's current bench depth cannot be compared with the big ball club. Several players are injured, which can easily affect the performance of the entire team.

After returning to Manchester, Wansheng increased the time for personal state training.

At present, tactics and personal abilities have reached a limit, and it is difficult to improve anything in a short period of time when training. In comparison, maintaining the team's state has become very important. He requires each player to complete at least two personal physical condition trainings a day so that his physical health can be maintained above the standard line's '5-point evaluation value'.

In the football training master system, the evaluation value of the individual's physical condition is a comparative data. For example, David Silva is '84/80', which means that his health evaluation standard is 80, and the standard exceeds 80 indicates that his current physical condition is healthy.

Perform personal physical condition training to improve your health. One training is to increase your level of health. Only one point will be added. There will be two points when you do it twice a day. In the case of being healthy, it is still easy to exceed '5' points.

The increase in this evaluation value can reduce the probability of accidental injury.

But soon reality told Wan Sheng that the training master system is not omnipotent. Even if the probability of injury becomes lower, the player will still be injured.

In the 21st round of the Premier League, Manchester City's home match against Tottenham Hotspur ended 1-0, and it was good to score a three-pointer, but David Silva fell on the way.

Like Sinclair, he was shoveled to the ground, and the result was the same, he was carried off on a stretcher.

When he was carried off, Wan Sheng saw David Silva's expression, which was a bit sad and desperate.

For a professional player, his biggest enemy is injury. David Silva has not experienced too much injury, and he did not expect that it would be his turn so soon.

Wan Sheng was also anxious about Silva's injury, but he knew that he had to stay calm and comfort the young man. (To be continued...)
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