The match between Manchester City and Aston Villa is still ongoing, and the score on the field is still 0:2, with Aston Villa who is away from Manchester Stadium leading by 2 goals.

Many people are talking about Aston Villa's lead.

This is rare.

For two seasons, Manchester City has been too strong in the league, winning the league championship twice, and the league has been unbeaten for 42 rounds. Manchester City's strength can even be described as "dominating". They have dominated for more than two years.

Wan Sheng coached Manchester City for 80 rounds of the league, but only lost 4 games.

The average loss of 1 game in 20 games is very small. Just looking at the data, you can tell how rare Manchester City loses, let alone, Manchester City has not lost so far last season, so when we saw Aston Villa scored 2 goals in the first half, the discussion between the media and fans was evident.

At this time, Wan Sheng stood on the sidelines, motionless.

He frowned and looked at the contest on the field, calmly analyzing what to do.

The situation of falling behind by 2 goals was much unexpected, which was enough to make an experienced old coach panic, but Wan Sheng was very calm. He knew that as the team's head coach, he must remain calm.

Attack is a must, but the first half is not a good time, because time does not allow him to make slightly larger adjustments to his tactical style.

Only after halftime can you change the lineup and play style.

Time passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye, 40 minutes passed in the first half.

Live commentator Berbart couldn't help but say, "There is not much time in the first half. It seems that two goals will enter the halftime break with 0:2. Manchester City won 3 and draws 1 before, and they are in excellent condition, but the international match day affected the team. Wan Sheng had to replace a large number of..." He explained to the fans why Manchester City fell behind.

Of course, it is also indispensable, "The opponent's performance is so good. Two goals are scored at two opportunities, this is a football game. It is full of uncertainty."

As Berbart said, the big screen also pointed to the Manchester City coaching seat. Wan Sheng was still standing on the sidelines, looking at the field seriously, frowned slightly, as if he was troubled by the situation on the field.

"Marcelona is playing a little passive now. They have strengthened their defense. Perhaps Wan Sheng is hoping that the team will not make any mistakes."

"We should look forward to the second half."

At this time, Wan Sheng was watching the game field. But in fact, Siwei was no longer on the court. He kept recalling the team's tactics and playing styles when he led Derby County a few years ago.

When he officially served as head coach and led Derby County to play in the League One season, Derby County's offensive football tactics had just taken shape, so he did not use control and fast break styles in every game, especially in the FA Cup and when he played against Premier League teams, the team was not strong at that time. There was a clear gap with Premier League teams, but he still won one game after another and defeated Manchester United in the FA Cup final and won the championship.

In the subsequent Premier League season, Derby County began to focus on the "kill" tactics, but when facing Manchester United and Chelsea, they continued to change their tactical styles, mainly because when players are not strong, the "kill" tactics are not effective against strong teams, and instead a stable defensive counterattack is more suitable for fighting against strong teams.

It's different to come to Manchester City.

Since last season, the team's strength is no less than any opponent. A set of 'os-' tactical system alone is enough to sweep the Premier League.

So the team kept playing like this and achieved the expected results.

But now I'm having a problem.

The team's performance is actually good, and the tactics have been played out. However, some new players are not very adaptable to the tactics, so the tactical power is not ideal, and the opponent's excellent performance has caused the current situation.

So with the current lineup, should we change the playing style?

Wan Sheng suddenly thought of the game against Ipswich a few years ago at Portman Road Stadium. At that time, Derby County had no good way to face Ipswich's stable defense, so the team began to seek to score with long shots.

In that game, the team's offensive strategy was very simple, and they were to rely on long shots to continuously "bomb" the opponent's goal.

In the end, the team won the game.

At that time, there were not many players with long-range shooting ability in Derby County, but now, Manchester City is much stronger than that of Derby County. Many of the 11 players have good long-range shooting ability, such as Morris, Robert Carlos, Lescott and other players, who are even more outstanding in this regard.

Of course, copying that simple and rough style of playing will definitely not be worth the cost.

But before and after comparison, Wan Sheng discovered some problems, and he suddenly felt a sudden realization.

The team's performance cannot be completely blamed for their backwardness in the first half, because the team's performance is expected, but the opponent's performance is still too good.

So after halftime and entering the locker room, Wan Sheng did not blame the players.

The players didn't know this. They only knew that they were two goals behind in the first half, which naturally meant that the team performed poorly. So when they entered the locker room, many people lowered their heads and did not dare to look at Wan Sheng.

The atmosphere in the locker room is very depressing.

At this time, Wan Sheng spoke, "I remember, I told you that you should treat the team as a wealthy family and have the heart of a strong team!" Everyone saw it when they heard the head coach speak.

"Is there any?" Wan Sheng continued to ask.

Morris, Darren Bent and others nodded. That was the first two seasons. They also encountered early concealment of the goal, but eventually caught up with the points.

"Whether you treat the team as a giant or have the heart of a strong team, it is all about maintaining a stable mentality." Wan Sheng said, "I can tell you clearly that your performance in the first half was not bad, but because the opponent's performance was too good..."

"This is not a shirk of a press conference, but a fact."

"Think about it, how many opportunities did we have in the first 20 minutes and how many opportunities did the opponent have? But they scored two goals, and we didn't score a single goal. The opponent is very efficient, maybe they are lucky, so they have two goals. This is the case with football matches. The key to winning or losing depends on the grasp of the opportunity."

"No matter what the score is, we are ahead, or the opponent is ahead, I hope you can maintain a stable mentality."

"Do you understand what I mean?"

Wan Sheng asked in an emphasis.

Everyone immediately responded and said 'know'.

Wan Sheng did not use any means to motivate the team's fighting spirit, but he knew that this was enough. Compared with last season, the team has become much more mature. Young players such as Ozil and Lescott are no longer rookies in the Premier League. They are all much more mature.

Because of maturity, the mentality is stable.

They don’t need to motivate their fighting spirit, they all know what to do on the court.

Manchester City is already a mature team!

Next, Wan Sheng talked about his playing style in the second half.

Wan Sheng’s playing style is very simple, just look for opportunities in the frontcourt, which does not change much of the overall tactics, but only changes the method of shooting.

He stressed, "We don't need to pass the ball to the opponent's goal."

The nature of this is a bit joking, but it is the mentality of many players in the team at present.

The team's tactics have a great impact on them. Many times they pass the ball to the opponent's goal. The opportunity they get in front of the goal is quite average. They often encounter opportunities to directly push and shoot the goalkeeper.

This shows the skillful tactical cooperation and proves the success of tacticality.

However, if you want to complete such a goal, many players often need to cooperate continuously, and you cannot make any mistakes in the middle, so it is easy to miss the opportunity.

This is the problem that Wansheng found in the first half.

It is good to be skilled in tactical coordination, but paying too much attention to this requires a lot of money.

For example, when a player gets a good opportunity in the frontcourt, he sees someone defending himself. Perhaps the first choice is to pass the ball to his teammates, rather than shooting in a place where he is not sure, but what about after passing the ball? Teammates may not be able to get a good opportunity, and the offense must be started again.

Once, twice, many times, not only wasted opportunities, but also time.

When the team is leading, it is naturally nothing. This will strengthen the control of football, slowly consume time, and not give the opponent a chance, but when you are behind, it will be less than the loss to play like this.

In short, when playing, the team should not pay too much attention to cooperation, but also pay attention to "efficiency".

Just like Aston Villa's two goals in the first half, there was actually not much cooperation at all. The player gave the ball to his teammates, who took the pressure and shot, so the ball went in.

Both goals are the same.

No one dares to say that he can score by grabbing the position with a high-altitude pass, but Manchester City scored too few goals.

This has become a problem.

In many corner kick opportunities, the team also subconsciously uses tactical foot balls. A corner kick is like a sideline ball, without direct grabbing, without direct heading, and only continuous passing and passing.

Waste opportunities, waste time!

Without the 0:2 lag in this game, Wansheng would not have discovered this problem.

Now he found out.

So Wan Sheng felt that even if he lost the game, it was worth it. With this lesson, the team's subsequent game will definitely become more targeted and more efficient.

After listening to Wan Sheng's explanation, many players felt a sudden realization.

Especially several new players, such as Robert Carlos, after joining Manchester City, he was amazed at the team's cooperation, but at the same time he felt very awkward in the game.

He always thought it was because he was not familiar with tactics.

Now he understood.

There are problems with the team's overall idea.

When he assists in the frontcourt, the first thing he thinks about is to hand over the ball to the most suitable teammates, rather than finding opportunities to shoot. Others will also think of this. As a result, the team's cooperation is played, but the ball cannot be entered.

The game was very exciting, but there were no goals.

Why?

The reason has been found! (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!