Chapter 224 Dogs that bark don't bite people(1/2)
After the UEFA Champions League group stages are all over, Manchester City will soon usher in a derby against Manchester United. The relationship between this game is undoubtedly the focus. It is not only the impact of the Manchester derby, but also directly related to the British competition.
It is very important to be able to play in important games for both teams.
At Manchester City, Nikola Anelka seemed very happy.
Wan Sheng did not say who will play against Manchester United, but sending him to play in the game against Watford has shown that in Wan Sheng's heart, he intends to let Darren Bent play in the game against Manchester United.
But after the game with Watford, it was different. Anelka completed a hat trick by himself. He believed that in his own form, the head coach would definitely consider letting him play in the game against Manchester United.
For him, nothing is more delightful than beating his competitors.
Anelka feels that he is striving for the high salary he wants to get, attract attention, and become a superstar. These things are within reach at the age of 18. However, for a few years, his career has been a bit ups and downs. His short failed career in Real Madrid in his early years, and then to the love of Paris Saint-Germain and Liverpool. He has made almost no progress in the past few years. Although he has been attracting much attention, his career has not grown much, which still bothers him very much.
Now he is about to get his own thing.
Manchester City's performance is getting better and better, and has become the most popular team in Europe. He has also become Manchester City's number one scorer. I believe that after this season, his fame will definitely be further improved.
But thinking about the team's young coach, Anelka still feels a little scared.
Even though he is young, no one on the team is not afraid of him.
The same is true for Anelka. He hopes to play in the game against Manchester United, but he is a little afraid to say to the head coach, but in the end, brother Claude's reminder still worked, "Nicola, you are the team's number one shooter. You have just completed a hat trick and are already qualified to ask for something."
So Anelka found Wan Sheng and said that he hoped to play in the game against Manchester United.
Anelka's proactive request for the game surprised Wan Sheng. He looked at the Frenchman's expectation face in front of him and was slightly moved. Although Anelka's lifestyle and personality were a bit offensive, he was indeed very outstanding when talking about his abilities and performance on the football field, especially when he just broke out in the game against Wardford, he scored three goals in his own personal opinion. Wan Sheng felt that he deserved the opportunity.
But Wan Sheng wanted Darren Bent to play again, because Darren Bent has no chance in recent times.
In the normal league, he would definitely decide which player to play, but unlike Manchester United's derby, the competition is very important to every player. As the head coach, he must at least make all players consider it fair. This is related to his authority in the team and the trust of the players in him, and he is not careless at all.
Just like the boss of a company, when facing two employees with equally excellent abilities, they always favor one of them, giving one constant salary increase, but not moving, which will definitely make all employees of the company unwilling to convince them, and it is often easy to cause many internal problems, and internal problems are very important for a company or a team.
So Wansheng must come up with a way to convince everyone.
In training matches, who can be determined by scoring goals? It is definitely not possible. If you do this, it will be equivalent to deepening the conflicts among the players. Moreover, no matter how you allocate two teams, you cannot achieve true fairness.
Otherwise, both of them would just come on stage!?
Thinking of this, Wansheng suddenly had a flash of inspiration.
Wan Sheng had always thought about the match against Manchester United. He adopted normal tactics, but it was very difficult to defeat Manchester United at Old Trafford in this way. Manchester City is not much better than Manchester United. Without the coaching skills bonus of the football training master system, Wan Sheng would be sure that his Manchester City was still one level behind Manchester United. It is precisely because of the coaching skills bonus that Manchester City can perform so well and have the same sporting strength as Manchester United and Chelsea.
Compared with the lineups of each line, it is difficult for Manchester City to compare with Manchester United, not to mention that this is another away game. In addition, Manchester United is surprisingly strong this season, and Manchester City's tactics have been thoroughly studied by various opponents, and there is no capital to win at all. As long as Manchester United defends firmly and plays steadily with Manchester City, the team really has to rely on a lot of luck to win if they want to win.
By the way, win by surprise!
Wansheng looked at Anelka, his eyes flashed.
"I will think about it." He responded to Anelka, then pushed the French out of the door and wrote and painted himself against the tactical board. This made Anelka feel uneasy, but eventually left the office.
On that day, Wansheng worked until ten o'clock in the evening.
The next morning, Wansheng found Pierce and Diamares and talked about his thoughts.
"What did you say?"
"Let Anelka and Darren appear together? You're crazy!"
After hearing Wan Sheng's words, Pierce and Diamares almost objected at the same time, but Wan Sheng only smiled slightly and began to write and draw on the tactic board, explaining the tactics he had thought of.
After some explanation, Pierce and both of them were silent.
"It's a bit dangerous!" Diamares pointed out the problem. "If they react and make targeted adjustments, then our defense will be dangerous."
"And this may not necessarily lead to victory!" Pierce added.
"Of course not sure." Wan Shengdao, "There is no tactic of affirming victory in football games, but I think the team can play the offensive ability most likely. As long as we perform well, we will definitely score a goal ahead of Manchester United. In the second half, we will adjust the tactics, and we are already ahead by then."
Thinking of this, Wan Sheng couldn't wait.
Wan Sheng’s tactics, to put it bluntly, is the maximum firepower, and attacks towards Manchester City at halftime!
Anelka and Darren Bent are both good at playing forwards in front of the goal. There will definitely be a conflict between positions when they play on the court at the same time. Wan Sheng plans to let both of them stand in the front position, and there is no need to cooperate with each other, because he put a Morris after the two to adjust. In this way, with Morris adjusting, the front can cooperate. Of course, this will lead to a series of problems, such as Morris going to the front. There will be problems in the midfield. For example, even if Morris goes to the front, the two still cannot cooperate. It is still a waste to add a forward, and support from the side is also a problem. If all these problems are solved, then there will definitely be problems in the team's defense.
So after Wan Sheng conducted some research, he planned to let the team attack with the greatest firepower.
This is to adjust the problem that Anelka and Darren Bent want to play. The second is to win by surprise, and the chances of winning are no less than normal tactics.
After Wan Sheng explained it, Diamares and the other two had no objections. Although they were assistant coaches, the team's tactics were always decided by Wan Sheng. Since Wan Sheng made a decision and made a reasonable explanation, they just needed to follow them.
Next, Wan Sheng was anxious about the whole team and explained in detail the way they played with Manchester United. After that, the team began to prepare for targeted tactics.
There is one thing that must be done in the match between Manchester City and Manchester United, that is, the battle of words between the two sides.
As early as before the last round of war, the media of both sides had already launched a comprehensive "fight". The neutral media also looked forward to the two teams fighting, each making various analysis and judgments.
Manchester City and Manchester United are originally mortal enemies.
The majority of Manchester City fans believe that Manchester United cannot represent Manchester, especially after Manchester United has an American boss, this view is more convincing, and the only team that can represent Manchester is Manchester City. After Manchester City's performance increased and won the league championship last season, Manchester City fans were more confident.
On the other hand, Manchester United has more supporters. Not all of these supporters are in Manchester, but there are more supporters all over the world. Take the distant China as an example, I don’t know how many Manchester United fans there are.
These Manchester United supporters are surrounded by Manchester United. They absolutely support Manchester United and are disdainful of Manchester City fans. They believe that better results represent everything, and historical glory can prove glory, so Manchester United is the representative team of Manchester.
The two statements are completely opposite, and more media have also participated in the debate.
In history, Manchester United has an absolute advantage in the results of Manchester United, but Wan Sheng has always been at the upper hand in the confrontation between Manchester United. So far, Wan Sheng has not lost the game against Manchester United, whether leading Derby County or Manchester City.
At the same time, there are also deep contradictions between Wansheng and Manchester United.
Many Manchester United fans believe that Wan Sheng was born in Manchester United. No matter what the reason he left Manchester United, he is a "traitor" of Manchester United.
Wansheng doesn't admit this.
He has no favoritism for driving away his club, especially Manchester United coach Ferguson, who always looks annoying. He doesn't have the same kind of friend as Mourinho, and he can still be friends with Ferguson off the court. Wan Sheng has no favoritism for the old Scotland man.
Manchester United performed poorly last season. Manchester City opened a point gap with Chelsea early and failed to have the opportunity to join the championship battle. This season, Manchester United has performed very well and has been firmly occupying the list since the start of the league. Therefore, the conflict between Manchester United and Manchester City has become more profound.
This Manchester derby seems more important than usual!
Manchester United supporters are full of confidence in this game because Manchester United is in a very brave state. At the same time, this is also a game held at Old Trafford Stadium. Manchester Sports, a media-supporting media, fired the first shot. "Manchester United and Manchester City have always won more than lose. Last season, Manchester United was in a turbulent period, which made Manchester City succeed and 'steal' the champion that belonged to Manchester United, but now Manchester United is united and strides close to the league. No matter from any perspective, Manchester City can't take away even one league point at Old Trafford Stadium!"
"The whole Manchester United team is full of fighting spirit, and they have the strength and belief to win, so Manchester United will surely win in this game!"
Manchester Sports News has always been a supporter of Manchester United. It is not surprising that they made such reports, but soon, their old opponent, the Guardian who supports Manchester City, launched a counterattack. "The historical performance is irrelevant at all. What is important is the recent results. Wan Sheng has never lost in the match with Manchester United. Manchester City remained unbeaten against Manchester United last season. In any case, Manchester United cannot win at Old Trafford."
"This kind of abnormal thing can only exist as you imagine! Therefore, Manchester City will definitely win!"
After arguing about the victory or defeat, Manchester Sports News reiterated the old topic, that is Wan Sheng's 'betrayal'. "He is one of Manchester United's biggest traitors in a century after Mangenor and Dennislaw!"
Dennislaw's story is an unforgettable part of the history of the Manchester Derby. In 1974, former Manchester United meritorious scorer Dennislaw, who had already transferred to Manchester City, used his heel to break through the goal of his old club and helped Manchester City win 1-0. It was precisely because of this goal. Manchester United suffered a relegation that season, and Dennislaw also became the most famous "traitor" in Derby history.
However, 63 years ago when Dennislaw turned against him, there was actually a "traitor" in Manchester United. Like Dennislaw, he is also a "great man" in Manchester United's history.
Mangenor is considered to be the first great head coach in Manchester United history.
In 19o6, Mangnoll led Manchester United to win the runner-up in the second division in the second division and re-killed the A division. In 19o7, he poached five outstanding players from Manchester City, including Billy Meredith, and the team's strength improved rapidly. That season, Manchester United won the historic eighth place; in 19o8, Manchester United achieved his wish to win the first top league championship in history; in 19o9, Manchester United achieved another breakthrough in history, and they defeated Newcastle and Bristol and won the first FA Cup trophy in club history; in 191o11, Manchester United won the league championship again, which was a trophy witnessed by Old Trafford (Note: Old Trafford Stadium was officially put into use in 191o).
However, in 1911, Mangenoer suddenly turned to his city rival Manchester City. Eight months later, Mangenoer led Manchester City to win the league championship, while Manchester United, who lost the lead, ranked 13th. The bigger blow was still behind. Manchester United, who lacked Mangenoer, was seriously injured. In 1913, Manchester United was demoted to Class B and later upgraded several times. He did not win any honors until the mid-to-late 40s.
Manchester Sports News put Wan Sheng and two 'predecessors' together. It is also an alternative 'honor'. Unfortunately, the Guardian did not buy it at all. They said, "Wan Sheng is originally a Manchester City man." They believe that Wan Sheng coached for a week at Manchester United, which is nothing at all. If Wan Sheng did not succeed, who would remember that there was a young Chinese in Manchester coaching in the junior team? On the contrary, Wan Sheng chose Manchester City as soon as he came to coach. Last season, Wan Sheng led Manchester City to win the British League championship, so Wan Sheng has been labeled as Manchester City.
Soon Manchester Sports News retorted, "Even if he is at Manchester United for one day, he is still a Manchester United player, not to mention that Wan Sheng came to Manchester United first. If he had no experience of defeat at Manchester United, how could he succeed in Derby County?"
When Wansheng heard this view, he really didn't know whether to refute or not.
That's right, without Manchester United's failure experience, it would be difficult for him to achieve his current success. Perhaps he is still working hard to become the youth team coach?
But no if!
He failed at Manchester United, he was kicked out, and now, he succeeds!
Wan Sheng himself has no good feelings for Manchester United, which is enough, so when a media reporter interviewed, he directly said, "I am not a traitor. I don't have even a drop of Manchester United's blood on me! They said this just to create pressure on me, but I have no pressure at all. Just as the Guardian said, I have never failed to fight with Manchester United. I didn't have it before, and I won't be there now!"
"Now, my team and I are ready. I think at the end of the game, those Manchester United people should shut up because by then we are already the first in the league!"
Wan Sheng's remarks about winning have aroused unanimous rebuttal from Manchester United supporters.
Soon, Manchester United players stood up.
Manchester United full-back Gary Neville's 'secret' shows the team's confidence, "Manchester City's performance is good, but we are better. In fact, England is in a better shape than us. The day after tomorrow it will be at Old Trafford Stadium, and I think the team will definitely win!"
Portuguese star Ronaldo also said excitedly, "This is our home court, our goal is the championship, and before winning the championship, we must defeat Manchester City first. I believe this is nothing to us."
Rooney also came out and said, "This is a derby, but to be honest, Manchester City is just one of our competitors. They are nothing at all. We can win as long as we play seriously. That's what I want to say."
Manchester United general Scholes also took it out and said, "I will do my best to help the team win!"
Each Manchester United player stood up, just like the pre-war oath-taking meeting, each talking about the belief in winning, but what they said had no 'connotation', it was just to build confidence, and Manchester United coach Ferguson's words were more important. "After these two seasons, I have a deep understanding of his (Wan Sheng) coaching style. Their (Manchester City) tactics have not changed much this season, and I have already thought of a way to deal with it."
"The times are in progress, and the sport of football is also emerging. It is not possible to always use the same old style of playing. I believe that after this game, he can understand this."
If others heard this, they thought Ferguson was giving tips to the "schools", but if you think about an old coach over 60, it would be a bit weird to talk to the coach of the same team.
There is no doubt that the old Scottish man's words are full of irony.
But Ferguson's words are still very important, especially his statement, "I have studied their tactics thoroughly," which brings greater confidence to Manchester United supporters.
So their voices became even more intense.
Facing the scene where Manchester United are almost fans, media, players and head coaches stand up to express their confidence, Wan Sheng instead told all players not to talk about the derby battle in the media. He is the only one in the team facing Manchester United's group firepower.
A person must not be able to compete with so many people. Wan Sheng could not spend all his time on the gutter water. So when a reporter came to interview again, he told a story to the reporter, "One day I was walking on the road, suddenly a dog rushed out and barked at me, as if he was about to come up and bit me. I was a little afraid that he would hurt me, so I took a step back, but its screams became louder. So I picked up a brick and threw it hard, and the dog was scared away immediately."
To be continued...