Manchester City's Stamford Bridge Stadium is indeed worthy of a big book, but the first round of the Premier League is more than this focus, and Manchester United's game has also attracted countless attention, because in the first round, Manchester United performed very strongly, and they defeated the 'farmer' Fulham 5:1.

Manchester United is in great shape. After the game, the media commented, "Among the favorites to win the championship, Manchester United was very successful in team warm-up and personnel adjustment."

In the past, Manchester United was characterized by their ability to play in the second half. This was the case when Manchester United and Arsenal ruled English football a few years ago. Manchester United always performed very well in the second half, and gained an advantage in the league competition with Arsenal in the near future.

However, due to the intervention of Derby County, Manchester City and Chelsea in the past two seasons, the Premier League is no longer as slow as a marathon. The three-round endurance race has become a rush-sprint race. Just look at the points of Manchester City and Chelsea last season, you will know that in the end, there will be almost no chance of playing force, so you must start playing force in the first round.

Obviously, after two seasons of decline, Manchester United has been holding it in full force. They have made full preparations for the pre-season warm-up in the Netherlands Absterdam Four-National Championship. In terms of personal condition adjustment and overall team cooperation, they are currently the best team. Public opinion believes that it is even better than Manchester City and Chelsea.

Manchester United has two outstanding highlights this season. One is that the veteran is in good shape and is in the best shape in his career. For example, Giggs, who is the captain of Manchester United on the court. Scholes' offensive planning in the midfield is very important. He has a strong reading ability of the game, a broad vision, and a reasonable pass. Although there are some old problems with defense, Manchester United's offensive ability with Scholes has been greatly enhanced. Scholes' ability to recover from eye disease is very important for Manchester United. The performance of the two veterans is close to the peak.

The second point is related to the new star. After Van Nicht left, Manchester City lost its internal spear and shield. Rooney and C-Ronaldo cooperated well. Both sides had wonderful passes and scored goals. Fans also gave the greatest encouragement and support to C-Ronaldo, eliminating his worries.

For the Portuguese, the biggest test is away games. What is certain is that all away fans will cause great interference to his performance.

There is no need to worry about home court, Manchester United's two major stars will cooperate without interruption in the future.

The most worrying thing about Arsenal's situation in the championship team was that Wenger's tactical thinking had a problem in the first game. They attached too much importance to the cooperation of short passes and did not exert their power when they encountered the Iron Barrel attack.

With Adebayo sharing the pressure for Henry, there is no big problem with the front line.

However, there are great hidden dangers in the defense line. The left defender Hoyt seems to be incompetent enough. The central defender Jolu and Toure have not had a good understanding of each other, which is not particularly ideal. In general, Arsenal's defense line is very worrying.

For several teams winning the championship, Liverpool has the most abundant players, and Benitez is still debugging the ideal lineup. Therefore, the main lineup in the first round has changed. Judging from the situation, the three players, Centen, Fowler and Cronkamp, ​​are not in good condition, and these three positions need to be adjusted.

The injuries of Riser and Carragher also add to the team's solid defense, but we can't say that they are overly worried, because Benitez has a large number of players to rotate in the center and left back, so the trouble will not be too big.

This is the media’s summary of the winning team after the first round.

Since Manchester City beat Chelsea, there are some small differences in media comments. From the odds adjustment of Bocai Company, it can be seen that among the teams that are most likely to win the championship. Manchester City and Chelsea, Manchester United tied for first place, Liverpool and Arsenal were the second, and the chances of other teams are very slim.

Wan Sheng doesn't care much about the analysis of the Premier League situation by the media and football related people from all walks of life. In fact, this has been kept in his mind for a long time.

His judgment is also that the most threatening opponent this season will be Manchester United. The direct reason is that in my memory, the Premier League champion this season is Manchester United.

This is enough.

Especially after defeating Chelsea with a big score, he found that this season's Chelsea is even worse than last season. Because they have internal problems, even the strongest team has internal problems, they are easily defeated, so the focus of this season is still the mortal enemy in the city.

In addition, of course, the Champions League is also the one that needs to be paid attention to.

There are still a few days left for the Champions League group draw. Before that, Wan Sheng can lead the team to play the league with peace of mind. Three days later, Manchester City ushered in the second round of the league, and they faced Portsmouth at home.

Before this game, there was debate in the media about the victory or defeat.

Although Manchester City beat Chelsea away from home, in fact, they did not have a psychological advantage in the game against Portsmouth, because last season Portsmouth had a very good result. Manchester City had two rare defeats, one of which was the game against Portsmouth.

This is also what Portsmouth fans and the media talk about.

They made such a voice before the game, "Manchester City is the defending Premier League champion, but we beat them", which made them very motivated, "Even if they beat Chelsea in a big away score, they can't beat us easily!"

So Manchester City media regarded this as a battle of 'revenge'.

However, neutral media still rationally believe that Manchester City has a greater chance of winning, because Manchester City is the defending champion and one of the three most likely teams to win this season. Manchester City is in a very good condition and is playing at home. With these many advantages, even if Portsmouth has a psychological advantage, how many opportunities can it have?

The competition proved this.

In this game, Manchester City took advantage of its home court advantage, followed the tactics of the previous game against Chelsea, and used the frequent cooperation in the middle of the midfield to strongly attack the Portsmouth defense line.

Faced with such a strong attack, Portsmouth didn't even have the power to fight back. After only ten minutes of the game, they seemed to give up on the offense and retreated to their goal.

So the game was quite good, of course, that was for Manchester City fans.

In the last game against Chelsea, Chelsea performed quite strongly and was not weaker than Manchester City. It was actually difficult to play with the advantages of Manchester City's cooperation, especially in the second half, after Chelsea switched to offside tactics to limit Manchester City's space, Manchester City's cooperation did not start.

This game is different. Portsmouth has no ability to limit Manchester City at all. There is a gap between their player abilities and Manchester City players, and there is a huge gap in overall tactics.

Manchester City has an absolute advantage on the field, and the players are playing more and more in a state of shape. In addition, they play at home. Tens of thousands of Manchester City fans cheered, but Manchester City performed better and better. Portsmouth had no chance at all. Even if they got the ball, they could not conquer half.

But it is worthy of the credit. Portsmouth's defense.

They retreated to the half, with a bunch of players standing in front of the goal, but the defense was not messed up, which caused great trouble to Manchester City's offense, but Manchester City did not score a goal for a long time.

It was not until the 56th minute of the game that Manchester City used a free kick to score.

Ivan Krue was the one who gave the free kick.

A few years ago, Ivan Kru began to focus on training set pieces. For several years, he spent a large part of his time on set pieces. Now Ivan Kru's set pieces evaluation has reached a high of '95'. In addition, the attribute bonus of coaching skills of Wansheng, when Ivan Kru took a free kick in the official game, he was able to even play his nearly '1' evaluation ability. This ability evaluation is absolutely terrifying!

As long as Ivan Kru is in shape and plays a free kick in the position he is good at, he has a high chance of shooting the ball directly into the goal!

Of course, no shot can be scored 100%. Whether a goal can be scored depends on the players' temporary performance, the opponent's players and goalkeepers' performance, but the threat Ivan Krue can create is absolute. The threat of playing free kicks in the position he is good at is no less than the famous David Beckham.

This is Ivan Kru now!

Many people know that Ivan Krue's free kick is good, but he has not become very famous so far. One of the reasons is also related to "face". In this star, you have to look at the world of face. A player with ordinary appearance and ordinary ability. Even if he performs well in one aspect, it is difficult to become famous directly.

But Wan Sheng is sure that as long as Ivan Krue performs like this, he will definitely become more and more famous.

For example, now, almost all Manchester City fans cheered for Ivan Cru, and the live commentator Berbart was also praising Ivan Cru, "Just just now Ivan Cru's free kick scored directly! At 25 meters, he shot directly, and the football turned over the wall and hung directly into the dead corner! Portsmouth goalkeeper Westward had no way at all, and he could only watch the football fly in!"

"1: Ivan Kreu helped Manchester City take the lead!"

"We can see that since we came to Manchester City in January, Ivan Krew has performed better and better!"

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After Ivan Krew scored, Portsmouth had no choice but to try to counterattack if he wanted to win, but it was obviously difficult to play a lot of role.

Although Portsmouth still got a good opportunity in the second half, they did not seize it. Instead, Manchester City used the pass to play a free time before the game ended. Darren Bent, who came on the bench, found an opportunity and sent the ball directly into the goal.

The score was also frozen at 2:.

At the post-match press conference, Wan Sheng talked about the game and praised Ivan Krue. "I was optimistic about him a few years ago. He has a strong ability in set pieces, just like the goal in the game. His shot was beautiful and made the opponent unable to defend!"

"He is a genius in this regard! I believe he can score more goals!"

After that, Wan Sheng did not talk about the game because he thought there was nothing to say about the game. Portsmouth was just a weak team in the relegation team. Even if they said before the game, "There is a psychological advantage to play against Manchester City", it would not change the fact that they were weak teams.

Wansheng talked about the upcoming Community Shield Cup.

"This is my second time leading the team to participate in the Community Shield Cup. The last time my opponent was Arsenal. I won. This time my opponent was Liverpool. I think I can still win!"

The last time was the season when Derby County was promoted. One season before, Derby County won the FA Cup and played the Community-Department Shield Cup against Premier League champion Arsenal. This time Manchester City is the league champion and will play against last season's FA Cup champion Liverpool.

"I know the schedule is a bit difficult, but we will not give up a decision on the championship." Wan Sheng expressed his attitude.

Previously, some media believed that Manchester City would not be competing for the Community Shield Cup with all their hearts because their first three rounds were a headache. Chelsea, Portsmouth and Arsenal had a headache enough. The Community Shield Cup would still play against Liverpool, which is not a friendly match.

However, Wan Sheng still attaches great importance to the game because it is one of the rare champions to decide the outcome.

Although the champion is a bit useless and does not add much to his coach's honor skills, the champion is the champion. It is better to have one more champion than not. When he sees the champion, he will not give it to the annoying Spaniard.

In fact, the attitudes of the two teams are completely opposite to the media's speculation.

Wan Sheng attaches great importance to the championship, but Benitez does not, because they are about to face a more important game - a derby against their arch rival Everton, which is the most important for Liverpool, especially the Community Shield Cup has to face Manchester City. If they have a big fight with Manchester City and face Everton a day later, it will be really dangerous.

So Benitez's attitude towards the community shield is - Suiyuan.

It is best to win the championship, and it doesn't matter if you can't. As long as the whole team try its best to play, he sent many new players who have just joined the team in the game. Pennant and Bellamy both got the opportunity, and Paletta and Dior who returned on loan also played, but it is obvious that such a lineup is completely equivalent to training the team. Benitez claimed to the public that he attached great importance to the community-district shield, but when Wan Sheng saw the Liverpool lineup roster, he knew what Espanyol was thinking about.

Wan Sheng also breathed a long sigh.

Facing the temptation of the championship, it would be great if the opponents did not compete. Of course, it would be embarrassing to capsize at this time. He would never allow such a thing to happen. So in the locker room before the game, he talked to everyone about his importance to the game, and emphasized that Liverpool should not be underestimated.

"They are strong, especially the defense, and a few new forwards are excellent, and I don't want to see any of you careless in the game, otherwise the next game, unfortunately, you can only watch others play on the bench."

This is a "old" threat, but it works very well. The competition within Manchester City is still very fierce, such as the forward line, Darren Bent wants to replace Anelka all the time, and David Silva also has to face the competition from Joey Patton, Ozil, Ivan Cru and others. Even the main players who play, central defenders Dunn, Sun Jihai, Ricardo Costa and others are eyeing them in the back.

No one wants to become a substitute, and all players who appear will work hard.

So in this game, Manchester City defeated Liverpool 2:1 very steadily. Although it only seemed dangerous, Liverpool's goal appeared in stoppage time before the end of the game, which means that Manchester City won without much pressure.

Many people have also seen Manchester City's stability in this game.

In terms of playing style, Manchester City's offensive football is actually very radical, but when the game is played, their defense is very stable and the game is controlled very steadily. So when they have an advantage, they will play very steadily. If the opponent does not perform surprisingly, it will be difficult to defeat Manchester City.

This is stability.

Benitez also marveled at Manchester City's 'stability'. At the post-match press conference, Espanyol praised this, "We lost the Community Shield, but that's okay. We learned more about the opponent through the game. Manchester City played very steadily throughout the game, and they deserved the victory. I can hardly imagine that while maintaining a gorgeous offensive football, they can still play so steadily. From the second half, we have no chance. Their passing is done so well."

Wan Sheng humbly said, "We still have a lot of room for improvement in our playing style."

Then he talked about the championship, "Of course, the most important thing is that we won the championship, the Community Shield Cup. Many people say it is useless, but they are not even qualified to participate. We won the championship, which is worth celebrating. I will give the team a day off tomorrow. If their efforts have gained, they should also get the reward of relaxation." (To be continued.)
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