Reports from European media after the game were almost always praised for Manchester City's performance.

As the head coach, Wan Sheng was repeatedly mentioned, and players were also evaluated. Morris was the best performer among the players, and he became the focus of media reports that day.

After the game, at a press conference, Wan Sheng praised Morris and said, "I have always believed that he is the best, and today he proved it with his performance."

"The last goal was not the main point, and Lee's organization of the offense was even more critical. He made the team play exciting and practical. There is no doubt that he was the protagonist of today's game."

Wan Sheng brought Morris to the venue and asked him to accept interviews from all media.

Asked by reporters, Morris excitedly talked about his feelings about the game and confidently talked about the team's good situation in the Champions League. What annoyed the Italian media was that Morris' tone was almost the same as Wan Sheng. When talking about the game against AC Milan, he also said, "I believe we will definitely be able to eliminate AC Milan."

"They eliminated us last season, and this time it's our turn to enter the semifinals!"

Morris's words give people the feeling that AC Milan will definitely be eliminated and there is no hope of qualifying.

But the Italian media still expect AC Milan to qualify!

In the quarterfinals of the Champions League, the two confrontations between England and Italy have ended, and both Italian teams have lost the game.

In the first leg, Roma lost 0-2 at their home court, and the situation was even worse than AC Milan. In the first leg, he lost 0-2 at home. He went to Manchester United's territory and Old Trafford Stadium. Who can expect Roma to eliminate Manchester United?

Roma and Manchester United are old enemies.

Last season, Roma's opponent in the Champions League quarterfinals was also Manchester United, who won 2-1 at home but lost 1-7 away.

This season, Roma and Manchester United have faced twice in the group stage, with Roma draws and 1 loss. Before the game, the Romans firmly believed that "it's impossible to do three things."

"When we meet again, we will definitely take revenge."

The Italian media promoted morale to Rome and put on such a title.

In fact, Wan Sheng also sympathizes with Roma because the two teams are almost 'complained with each other'. Manchester City meets old opponent AC Milan, Roma meets old opponent Manchester United. Both teams were eliminated last season, and now the Romans also have a chance to take revenge.

It’s a pity that the Romans were a little unsatisfied.

They staged a passionate showdown with Manchester United on their own territory, the Olympic Stadium of Rome. After 90 minutes of competition, Rome finally lost to Manchester United 0-2.

c-Ronaldo, Rooney's goal completely dropped Roma from the dream of "Triple Crown" paradise to hell.

After the game, although Roma and Manchester United shot 12 times, Roma had 51-on-49 possession and corner kicks had an absolute advantage, Roma, who lacked Prince Toti, showed lack of goal-scoring ability.

Two teams in England and two Italian teams played, one was 1-2 and the other was 0-2.

Italy lost completely.

From the perspective of the Italian media, we naturally hope that a domestic team can advance to the Champions League semi-finals. AC Milan lost only one goal, which is much greater than Roma's hope.

But Wan Sheng and Morris's "master and apprentice" were unforgivable.

They didn't even say a word, "Acc Milan has a little hope", and mentioned the fight with AC Milan, just a word, "Manchester City will win", which made the Italian media hate it.

Wansheng and Morris don’t care about that much.

For Manchester City, the first leg is over, and they just need to wait for the second leg to do their best. As for what the media said, it doesn't matter at all.

That night, all Manchester City flew back to Manchester.

The next day, Wansheng gave the whole team half a day off.

In the afternoon, the team returned to normal training and prepared for the FA Cup.

Such a hurry to gather training is actually a forced one, because one day off from the Champions League quarterfinals is the FA Cup match.

The two games are only one day apart, and it would be nice to have half a day of vacation.

In the afternoon training, there was no preparation or anything like that. The main thing was to let the players who played do some restorative training, and Wan Sheng also talked to the players about their next opponents.

Barnsley, a professional team in South Yorkshire, north England.

Currently belonging to the English League One (third level) team, they have been in the low-level league for a long time. The last time they have been promoted to the top league was in 1997, but they failed to relegate after only one season and returned to the secondary league.

Barnsley performed very well in the FA Cup this season. It is hard to imagine that this third-tier team has eliminated two strong teams, Liverpool and Chelsea, and reached the quarterfinals of the FA Cup.

Some British media even called them the 'Miracle Team'.

For a team in the third division, it is not easy to defeat a strong team, but Barnsley defeated two teams in a row, which makes them look very motivated. Even when they meet Manchester City, many of their players stood up and said, "We defeated Liverpool, defeated Chelsea, and defeated another Manchester City is nothing..."

"We are good at creating miracles, especially in O'Keewell..."

Some players not only have fighting spirit, but also express their opinions after actual investigation, "They were fighting with AC Milan the day before yesterday, and they definitely have not recovered now. We have a great opportunity to continue to create miracles!"

"We will be able to enter the semifinals by defeating Manchester City!"

The British media encouraged Barnsley's spirit of bravery to challenge strong teams and being able to win. Many media have made targeted reports on this, and some media even said, "Manchester City is likely to lose to Barnsley."

Wansheng even disdains to say more about this.

At the pre-match press conference, Wan Sheng only talked about the team's recent situation and did not say anything about Barnsleydo. Some media understood this as "deficiency in mind."

But as the game began, they immediately shut their mouths.

Manchester City scored in the third minute!

When Robert Carlos hit the ball into Barnsley's goal, the fans at Okeywell Stadium shut their mouths.

It's hard to imagine...

Before the game, most media reports were centered around Barnsley. Barnsley fans also felt that the team had great hope. They all came to watch the game with hope. As a result, Manchester City, who was away from Okeewell, scored a goal in just three minutes.

Carlos's goal was successful and many people shut up.

There were no surprises in the next game. Manchester City relied on the goals of Carlos, Lungberg and Darren Bent, who came on as a substitute, to defeat Barnsley three goals away.

After the game... no one said anything more.

The British media described Manchester City's victory as 'very normal', "It's normal to defeat a three-tier team as the defending Premier League champion."

Everyone agrees with this view.

By this time, no one mentioned the miracle created by Barnsley. Perhaps only Barnsley's players will remember that they have successively eliminated Liverpool and Chelsea and are looking forward to the glory of entering the semi-finals of the FA Cup in England.

After the quarterfinals of the FA Cup, it was the 33rd round of the Premier League, with Manchester City playing against Liverpool at home.

This is the first time Manchester City and Liverpool have played against each other this season.

In fact, according to the schedule announced by the FA, this game will be held in January after Christmas, but due to conflicts with the English League Cup semi-finals, the game has been postponed until now.

The game was difficult for both teams.

Manchester City has just experienced a battle with AC Milan, and Liverpool has just fought against Chelsea for a desperate match. Both teams are in a bad state.

Even if the venue is Manchester Stadium, Manchester City cannot guarantee its condition. Torres' two consecutive shots are a testament to the fact that Torres misses his two consecutive shots.

The same goes for Liverpool.

The only active Steven Gerrard in their appearance, he also went straight out of the baseline with three shots in the first and second half.

Finally, 90 minutes later, the two sides exchanged blank papers.

0 to 0.

Manchester City can accept this result, because the team still has 5 points advantage over Manchester United, so Liverpool is a bit dangerous. They are currently ranked fifth in the league and 3 points less than fourth-place Arsenal.

If they draw this game, they will lose 5 points, and it will be very difficult to catch up in the last 5 rounds.

This has nothing to do with Manchester City.

In fact, after playing against Liverpool, almost all the news related to Manchester City in the British media has nothing to do with the game. Everyone is discussing one character, that is, Manchester City club chairman Thaksin.

Last summer, Thaksin Consortium acquired Manchester City Club with capital injection.

Many people believe that Thaksin gave up Thai politics, devoted himself to football, and wanted to do something in the UK, but in fact, from last summer to now, Thaksin has done almost nothing except injecting funds into the club.

Now Thaksin himself has left Britain long ago.

After Christmas, Thaksin went into exile to Japan due to political pressure from the Thai government.

At the end of February, Thaksin arrived in Hong Kong, took a Thai Airways flight from Hong Kong, and arrived at Bangkok Suvarnabhumi International Airport.

After arriving in Bangkok, Thaksin knelt on the land and clasped his hands to journalists and their supporters to show respect for Thailand. At the same time, Thaksin sought political refuge and defended the dozens of charges he faced.

Then Thaksin returned to Japan.

Thaksin told the media, "My wife and I were invited by China and will attend the Beijing Olympics. After the Beijing Olympics, I will return to Thailand with my wife."

On the day of Manchester City's match against Liverpool, the British government had already stated that "no more political protection to Thaksin."

The British government means that even if Thaksin comes to the UK, he will not be allowed to enter the British territory. But the key is that Thaksin is still the chairman of Manchester City Club.

If the president of a club is refused entry into the country by the government, it means that he will not be able to return to Manchester City Club to host the work in a short period of time, so the Manchester City Club will be no longer a chairman.

"Will Manchester City clubs be turbulent?"

"Will the Thaksin issue affect the team's performance?" Some media even worried about the issue of paying players for Manchester City clubs.

In response, Manchester City Club Press Officer Richardson quickly stood up and said, "The club's operations are normal, and the club's senior management also has a board of directors' ruling."

But the outside world is still talking about it-

"Manager Sinar may represent Thaksin and succeed to the club's chairman position."

"The board of directors is dissatisfied with Sinar, he does not have enough prestige."

"Wan Sheng's position as the coach has been affected."

"Thaksin is likely to choose to sell his shares in Manchester City Club..."

“…”

Amid all kinds of rumors, there was some turmoil within the club, and many players were also talking about it privately. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!