Faced with the fighting spirit of Glasgow Wanderers, even Manchester City must be careful to deal with it

Before the game, Wan Sheng told the players to play seriously and not to regard their opponents as a Soviet Super League team, but to compete as opponents of the same level. "Their continuous victory over Stuttgart and Lyon is definitely not a weak team. We must compete with them with the mentality of dealing with opponents of the same level..."

Wan Sheng said something to make the team careful, and the arrangement tactics are also focused on stability.

Although he attached great importance to the game, Wan Sheng still felt that he underestimated his opponent during the game.

I have to admire Glasgow coach Smith's coaching ability. He did not show any arrogant mentality because of his continuous defeats of Stuttgart and Lyon. He knew that the Manchester City he faced was definitely the strongest team in the group - Manchester City also defeated Stuttgart and Lyon in the first two rounds, and performed very easily in every game.

Whether in terms of player abilities or overall lineup, there is a big gap between Glasgow Rangers and Manchester City. Their only advantage is that they play at home. Relying on their advantages in home stadium, Glasco Rangers strive to... defend the goal!

Looking at the Glasgow Wanderers' playing style, Wan Sheng could only smile bitterly on his face.

The Glasgow Rangers rely on their home advantage to choose to defend with all their strength. It has to be said that this is the best way to play with Manchester City. Faced with such tough defense, even if there is a win, there is no good way.

Manchester City performed well throughout the game.

In just the sixth minute, Manchester City almost scored. Ivan Kreu took a corner kick from the right, Boateng headed the ball in front of the goal, and the football flew slightly above the crossbar and flew out of the baseline.

Two minutes later, the opponent's defender Queliar was suspected of handball, but the referee did not make a penalty.

Then in the 15th minute, Darren Bent made a straight pass to the penalty area, and Morris followed up and shot from a small angle of 10 meters on the right, but was blocked by goalkeeper McGregor.

One minute later, the opponent's full-back Will fouled Morris. Carlos took a free kick at 35 meters and the shot was slightly off.

Manchester City continued to attack against Glasgow Rangers for 20 minutes, but failed to score. After that, Glasgow Rangers began a counterattack for a period of time. Spanish winger Novo caused trouble for Manchester City on the wing. First, the cross after breaking through the heel was confiscated by Wang Xiaolei, and then Alan Hutton passed the ball. Novo's shot through the right edge of the penalty area was blocked by Boateng.

Three minutes later, the opponent's midfielder Alan Hutton fouled Moridi in front of the penalty area. Ivan Cru's free kick from 28 meters on the left was still pushed out of the crossbar by the opponent's goalkeeper McGregor.

The same goes for the next time.

Manchester City keeps looking for opportunities in the frontcourt and constantly tear the Glasgow Rangers' defense with cooperation, but Glasgow Rangers' defense has done a lot of defense, the players have performed well, and have been using tactical fouls to stop Manchester City's attack. After going down again and again, Glasgow Rangers' defense is stable. Coupled with some luck, it actually delayed the time to the 80th minute.

Not only that, in the 80th minute, the Glasgow Rangers also had a good opportunity to score. After Dunn, who came on the bench, cleared the corner kick, Barry Ferguson passed the ball to the right side of the penalty area, and Kusin, who successfully counter-offside and had no defense, got a chance from 10 meters. He directly chose the shot, and this shot could almost determine the outcome of the game.

Fortunately, Kusing's shooting accuracy was very average, the football was slightly slanted, and it deviated from the post and flew out of the baseline.

Manchester City then continued to siege against the Glasgow Rangers goal, but Manchester City did not score until the last minute of the game.

In the end, Manchester City and Glasgow Rangers shook hands 0:0.

Regarding this result, Glasgow Rangers are definitely able to accept it. After the game coach Smith said, "We played a very dangerous game, but the result is not bad. We did not concede the ball, which is the greatest luck."

Wan Sheng just smiled bitterly.

Manchester City had a great advantage in the whole game. There were some opportunities, but they still failed to score in the end. This was a bit of luck. In addition, several players performed poorly in front of the goal.

The "foul" used by the Glasgow Rangers to stop Manchester City's offensive was very direct and decisive, and it also had a good effect. The three of them substitutions were all used in the defense. Wan Sheng also praised, "If they can persist in this game, I believe there will be no problem getting a quota in a group."

So far, Manchester City and Glasgow Rangers have both scored three points in the group, and the winning and losing relationship is the same. Manchester City only has a slight advantage of two goals and occupies the first place in the group.

As long as the Glasgow Rangers can play the next game well, there is still a lot of hope for them to qualify.

Perhaps the appearance of the group is nothing to all the strong teams, such as Chelsea, after three games, they also won two wins and one draw, with 7 points, and Manchester City also won two games, but Glasgow Rangers are Scottish teams. They can appear in the Champions League group and enter the quarterfinals, which can be described as "historic". They are the defending champions of the Scottish Super League, but they need to play in the Champions League qualifying round to enter the Champions League round of 32. Even if they enter the Champions League, they are still only the fourth-level team.

This is the gap between the minor leagues and the major leagues.

However, Manchester City can still accept the away draw with Glasgow Rangers, because they still remain first in the group. Especially in this game, Manchester City did not send out all the main lineups. For Manchester City, the Champions League group can only qualify. Whether it is the first in the group is not even important. Instead, the next league with Chelsea is crucial.

Wan Sheng told the media that he "didn't care whether he tied the unbeaten record", but in fact, he attached great importance to it in his heart.

The unbeaten record of the Premier League is definitely a very worthy honor, especially the football training master has also released the "Unbeaten Achievement Mission". Complete the mission can receive a skill reward of "Haven of Kings", which must be completed.

So since the end of the tenth round of the league, Wan Sheng has been preparing for the match against Chelsea.

This game is still very difficult for Manchester City.

One is that it is away games, playing against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, which is naturally very unfavorable to Manchester City.

The second point is the current situation in Chelsea.

Although Chelsea's coach in the summer, and his biggest league rival in Wan Sheng in the past three years, Mourinho left the coach position, the Chelsea club also encountered the embarrassment of "no coach". Israeli coach Grant, who was pushed to the stage, is very unknown in Europe, but at least Chelsea is currently in good shape.

Take the Champions League for example. In Group B, Chelsea ranked first in the group with 7 points. If they can beat Schalke 04 in the next round of the game, they will lock in a group qualifying place in advance.

"You definitely didn't expect that we could still go so consistently in the Champions League, especially after head coach Mourinho left, many people thought our results would plummet."

"But I'm still not satisfied with the team's performance. In the past Champions League, we should have beaten our opponents at home. We created too many opportunities, but unfortunately, there is no opportunity we can seize."

“This is the most difficult time I have been in a team for several seasons, and when a team has a strong lineup like ours, many games are considered to be a matter of course to win, so we have no reason to lose.”

Lampard talked about the team's situation.

He admitted that after Mourinho left, there was some chaos within the team, but after Avran Grant took over the team, Chelsea's performance was not as bad as expected - ranking third in the league and first in the Champions League group.

“We still maintain extremely high competitiveness.”

"I know that many people are paying attention to the next game against Manchester City. The reason for attention is not us, but the opponent, Manchester City. If they tie this game, they can tie Arsenal's unbeaten record. That is an amazing honor for them, but it does not mean anything to us. We don't want to be a stepping stone for them to set records."

Lampard said with a fierce fighting spirit, "My teammates and I will do our best to perform in the game. I believe that after this game, people will no longer talk about Manchester City's unbeaten. What should be discussed is when we can return to the league first..."

Lampard is boosting morale for his team, which is certainly not what Manchester City hopes to hear, but no one in Manchester City has come forward to say anything more.

Wan Sheng will not stand up and compete with a player, and he does not want anyone in the team to participate in the battle of words, but he does not mind sarcasticating Grant, "I discovered a strange situation. After the start of this season, the players who speak for Chelsea have always been the players, not the head coach."

"If no one told me, I would have thought Chelsea would not have a head coach."

Wan Sheng said this to cause some trouble for Chelsea. The newly-appointed Israeli Grant must hope to establish authority, but he has just arrived in the Premier League and is not good at dealing with such many "bad-minded" media.

So the one who came out to speak became Lampard.

If no one said it, it would be nothing, but once Wan Sheng spoke, the situation would be different. Chelsea players would definitely look down on Grant even more, thinking that he would not even have the ability to settle the media, and Grant would be embarrassed to deal with it.

But anyone knows that Grant must come forward and respond, otherwise his coach's authority will be hit hard.

Sure enough, Grant soon stood up and responded, "I'm not like some people, good at showing off in the media. I just need to lead the team to play the game well."

Wan Sheng responded with a smile, "It's like he's very good at leading the team. But as far as I know, Chelsea has the most gorgeous lineup in the Premier League, but they are only third in the league."

“If by the end of the season, his team is unable to compete for the championship, will some people say, ‘I’m not good at leading the team, I just have to show off my word’?”

When Grant heard the news, he felt angry, but he didn't know how to respond.

On the morning of the day when Manchester City and Chelsea match, the Sun commented on Manchester City and Chelsea's "tactful" comments, "Grant is really an honest person..."

In other words, honest people are easily bullied...)

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