Wan Sheng was too lazy to say anything to Stoilov, and too lazy to pay attention to what the Bulgarian media said.

He focused all his energy on preparing for the game.

Wan Sheng attached great importance to the first Champions League in his coaching career. He did not think about how to win, but how to win beautifully. There is no suspense and perfection. For this goal, the whole team of Manchester City was focused on preparing for the game two days before the game. Wan Sheng focused on analyzing the opponent and made targeted arrangements and training. As for talking with Stoilov, it was meaningless for a perfect victory, and perhaps it would backfire. So he did not talk about the game before the game, but instead talked to the media to prepare for the game.

This attitude makes the Bulgarian media even more arrogant!

In fact, when they reported Stoilov's confidence, they still had doubts about Sofialevsky's strength. Although Sofialevsky entered the Champions League group stage historically, he tried his best to play the qualifiers and entered the group stage.

Where is Manchester City?

Manchester City is the Premier League champion. They do not need to participate in the qualifiers and go directly to the group stage!

Let’s not talk about whether the Premier League is first or not. Just talking about the process of entering, we know that the two teams are both Champions League rookies, but in fact there is still a big gap.

Take the key high school entrance exams for example. Manchester City is like students who are very good at studying and even win the first prize in the Olympics. They are directly submitted to key high schools. Among all the students who are recommended, Manchester City is the very excellent one. They pass the exam without having to take the exam.

Sofialevsky was different. They prepared for the exam hard and then got into the exam in a difficult situation. This was not entirely because they had the ability to pass the exam, but because they happened to catch up with the exam questions they knew during the exam, and they were lucky enough to pass the exam.

This is the difference between the two teams entering the Champions League group stage.

Just by looking at the process, you can know that Sofialevski's strength cannot keep up with Manchester City. What's more, compared with real strength, the two teams are not comparable. Players from various positions in Manchester City may have no advantage compared to other European giants, but they are more than one level stronger than Sofialevski. In addition, this game was played at Manchester Stadium again, how many opportunities does Sofialevski have to take away three-pointers?

The Bulgarian media's previous report on Stoylov's confidence was just to bring some hope to Bulgarian fans and enhance Sofialevsky's fighting spirit.

But now there is a difference.

When they saw Wan Sheng, as Manchester City head coach, kept silent about the game and only talked about preparations, they also felt that Sofialevsky had a good chance.

Look, how much this young Chinese attaches great importance to Sofialevsky. He keeps talking about preparations, and he must be unsure of the game. Doesn’t this mean that Sofialevsky has a good chance?

So their analysis of the game was more inclined to Sofialevski, just as Sofialevski could definitely take away three points from Manchester Stadium.

Perhaps only the Bulgarian media, who lacks understanding of Wan Sheng, will do this. In the English media, there is no such thing as saying that Sofialevsky will win. Even if it is hostile to Manchester City, it is rational. They agree with Manchester City's strength very much, so they will not be dizzy and say that Sofialevsky will win. At most, they just said, "Manchester City has no experience in European competitions and may have poor performance in European competitions."

That's all.

As for Sofialevsky? If a Bulgarian team can threaten the Premier League championship, that would be a joke!

But Bulgarian fans didn't see much of the English media reporting, so they were optimistic about this away game. Many Bulgarian fans came to the scene, all of whom were flying from Bulgaria to cheer for Sofialevsky.

Not only Bulgarian media and fans were lost, but even head coach Stoilov found Wan Sheng didn't say much. He was a little confident, so he expressed his confidence again before the game, saying that his team would definitely take away three points at Manchester Stadium.

Wan Sheng was too lazy to even talk nonsense.

Since you said you want to defeat Manchester City, then come on. Anyway, the game is about to begin, so let’s see the truth on the court!

This situation seems a bit weird.

In the past, Wan Sheng was always the one who was high-profile. He went to other teams more than once and claimed to defeat his opponents in a high-profile manner. Now other "weak teams" have actually gone to Manchester City to talk about winning. This makes many media feel very interesting.

The specific result is, no one can confirm that the game has not started, but the English media must be more inclined to Manchester City, because no matter from which aspect of analysis, it is difficult for them to draw the conclusion that Manchester City may lose.

The competition began in this public opinion environment.

In fact, Stoilov's tactical thinking is fine. He plans to play according to the style of Reading and Manchester City.

Sofialevsky has a tough defense, but the offense is direct, and Sofialevsky has a tough defense.

But he didn't consider other factors well. At least, Sofialevsky is not Reading. According to strength, they may not be better than Reading. The two teams' playing styles will definitely be different. Just knowing how to play may not necessarily achieve the same effect.

In addition, the time for the match against Reading was after the international match day. In that game, Manchester City had many main players, such as Anelka, Morris, Ziegler, Sun Jihai, Tangning, etc., and Manchester City's semi-substitute lineup naturally could not match the strength of the main lineup.

Stoilov thought everything was so beautiful.

So the game just started, and Sofialevski's players found that it was really difficult to limit Manchester City's offensive with tough defense as head coach Stoirov said.

They can't stand Manchester City's attack in the backcourt!

In addition, when explaining the tactical strategy, Stoilov talked about the simplicity and directness of the offense, but Sofialevsky did not have an excellent midfielder, and the team was not connected closely enough. In addition, the personal abilities of the forward players were limited, and their simple passes could only be intercepted by Manchester City again and again. In other words, their simplicity could not be played directly at all.

After several rapid offensive and defensive transitions, the football was firmly controlled by Manchester City. Sofialevski could only defend his half and could not even attack the center line.

Manchester City is not in a hurry to attack. They just control the ball and pass it back and forth, which looks like they are playing a friendly match with Sofialevsky on the offense and defense of the half-court, but Sofialevsky has no way of doing anything.

Some players tried to go forward and grab the ball. Only then did they find that one person kept running and could not pose any threat to Manchester City's transmission. The players who went up were like monkeys, and were fooled by Manchester City players. They were very angry but still had no choice.

Stoillov carefully watched Manchester City's game video. He noticed Manchester City's control style and felt that as long as the defense is tough, Manchester City's offensive can be limited. However, the video is different from the scene. Now, after actually experiencing it, he is even more surprised by Manchester City's tacit cooperation and transmission. With a few passes at the feet of Manchester City players, the football can quickly move from the right to the left, or from the backcourt to the frontcourt, or even when the ball is unstable at the moment. They can quickly transfer the ball out, pass it around the half-court, until they find an opportunity, and suddenly launch a fast-paced attack.

Such a transmission and cooperation look dazzling!

When Manchester City suddenly launched an attack, the threat was even greater, and it was like the car that was already running fast had a speed up, which was really difficult for people to adapt. Then Sofialevski's defense was prone to loopholes, and the players in front of Manchester City found an opportunity to complete the shot.

Faced with this kind of offensive, Sofialevsky had no way to do it. Not long after, their three fronts were almost compressed into one line, and even their defensive positions were in chaos. Many times, midfielders were almost standing behind the central defender. This shows how lacking their tactical qualities are.

In this situation, let alone counterattack, it’s thankful that they can play well in the half-court defense!

Then Morris passed the ball through a penetrating pass, making Sofialevsky's half-time defense useless. This was a pass on the left side. Morris shook the player and made room to send the ball accurately to the front of the penalty area. The football flew past the feet of two Sofialevsky players and appeared directly in front of David Silva.

This is almost an opportunity to tailor Silva. Silva ran over, waved his right foot instantly, and slapped hard on the lower edge of the football!

"Bang!"

After a muffled sound, the football rushed straight out like a meteor against the turf.

"David Silva!" Berbart shouted, and then a long roar showed the result, "goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool!!!!!!!"

"David Silva!!!goal!!!goal!!!goal!!!"

"The ball is in! The ball is in! David Silva used a direct shot from the outside of the penalty area to help Manchester City take the lead! 1:0! The game lasted only 13 minutes and Manchester City scored a goal!"

Under the excited voice of the commentators, David Silva, who scored the goal, was quite excited. This was Manchester City's first Champions League game and the first Champions League game he participated in.

In such a game, it is quite meaningful to score the first goal.

Many teammates came to celebrate happily. They and David Silva kept making noise on the sidelines while enjoying the cheers from Manchester City fans in the stands.

At the same time, Wan Sheng on the sidelines also clenched his fists.

The goal against Sofialevski is nothing, but in the first ten minutes of the game, plus this goal, the first Champions League game is basically equivalent to winning!

The team will not be under any pressure after that.

After Manchester City took the lead, they played smoother.

But they did not rush to score again, but instead controlled the football freely and gained more time to control the ball, so as to slowly look for opportunities on the periphery. As long as they found an opportunity, they would suddenly speed up the pace and launch a threatening fast attack.

This is what Manchester City is best at playing.

Control the ball, change the rhythm, fast attack, and the three are combined to completely control the situation.

In order to win the first Champions League game, Wan Sheng gave a special reminder of his playing style before the game, so that the team will mainly control the ball after scoring the first goal. When controlling the ball, the football is mostly in the midfield, and the team will not push too far, so that they will not give it a chance. Under Manchester City's control, football can still play a very big threat.

If you want to really play well in this tactical style, the player who starts the attack is the key.

Manchester City's job is Morris and David Silva!

Morris had always been responsible for this task himself, but now David Silva is growing up and has already gained some leadership temperament. His personal skills cannot keep up with Morris, but he is also quite outstanding. In some aspects, such as technical ability, David Silva is even stronger than Morris.

There are two benchmarks in the midfield. When they see opportunities, they will launch an offensive slogan, and then the whole team will intentionally speed up the passing speed. When the speed increases, all Manchester City players can feel it, and they will know that the team is going to launch an offense.

When the pass and receiving speed becomes faster, the opponent will be somewhat uncomfortable, and it will be more likely to make mistakes in running, standing and defense. At this time, Manchester City will increase forward passes and then look for opportunities in the frontcourt.

Stoilov hopes that his team can use tough defense to limit Manchester City's offensive, but when facing such an offensive, the Sofialevsky players on the court only feel busy, and it is not easy for them to be tough: when they do this, football is not around at all, and those players who have the opportunity to defend, one of them does not pay attention, and the football rolls to the other side, so they can only run around the backcourt, but there is no way to do it.

So the chaos during Sofialevsky's defense can be imagined.

Although they tried hard to defend well, the defense in front of the goal has always been very strict, but in the 31st minute, Manchester City still got a good opportunity to score the second goal.

This is Ivan Krue's assist.

The center back Kopelle Ferreira, who followed up, used his head to send the ball into the goal with a header!

2:0!

Half an hour later, Manchester City has led 2:0.

This was a match at Manchester Stadium. Seeing this goal, everyone knew that the game had basically lost the suspense.

Kopeller Ferreira was very excited after scoring the goal. When he came to Manchester City last year, he was a little confused about his future. Now he has become the absolute main player in Manchester City's backcourt. However, as a central defender, it is very difficult to score goals, especially in such a Champions League field. But now he has done it, a header, and he is a little unbelievable after scoring.

Ferreira hugged his teammates very excitedly, and kept saying, "2:0! My header! Haha!" Several teammates stepped forward and kept touching his short hair, and he didn't care at all.

At this moment, Stoillov on the coach's bench looked very ugly. Before the game, he thought Manchester City was nothing special. The young Chinese was just lucky to lead Manchester City to success. He wanted to use Reading's playing style and tactics to fight Manchester City. Even if it was difficult to win the game, there was still hope for a draw, but what he didn't expect was that the hope would be shattered so quickly.

It's only half an hour!

Half an hour has proved that the countermeasures he worked hard to come up with and the confidence he expressed before the game have become a joke!

The team's tough style of play is correct, but the team's strength cannot keep up with it at all. The backcourt defense is in chaos. Facing Manchester City's control style, it is not easy for the team to grab the ball. Now it is difficult to see football reach Manchester City's halftime for a few minutes.
Chapter completed!