373. Sherwood's thoughts
Originally, this press conference was a press conference against Tottenham, but under the guidance of this group of unscrupulous reporters, and under the guidance of Wen Sheng, a militant element, how did it become a place for Wen Sheng to play psychological warfare?!
There was less to say about Tottenham, with both Wensheng and Sergio Aguero answering the right questions.
Wen Sheng's words at the press conference will naturally reach the ears of the madman Mourinho.
Will Mourinho be so easy to get along with, Mourinho immediately countered Wen Sheng, "When he was promoted to the Super League at Crystal Palace, he seemed to have spent more than 50 million pounds in his first season, right?!" I think his boss must have been very generous! He also spent more than £100 million in his first season at Manchester City! I think he's always forgetful! ”
"And it seems to me that Wen is a person who suffers from persecution paranoia and did not instruct the media to talk nonsense! He thinks too much about himself! ”
Yes, this is also the one who rolled up his sleeves and got to work.
Wensheng did not have time to reply to Mourinho because he was going to London.
Tottenham's opponent is naturally an opponent who can't be more familiar, in the first half of the season, when everyone met in the first leg, Wen Sheng kicked Boas away, he himself did not admit such a thing, but the media threw the pot on his head.
The current manager of Tottenham is Sherwood, Sherwood is a veteran of Tottenham, who won the Premier League title with Blackburn Rovers when he was a player, and after retiring he returned to Tottenham to work for Tottenham, when Villas-Boas was an assistant coach, and then after Boas left, he was appointed interim manager by Levy.
Not long ago, Levy finally turned Sherwood into a regular, but ...... Levi must not have been too happy with Sherwood.
Having just hit a big nail in Boas, how could Levy still be willing to call the fate of the team to the inexperienced Sherwood, he wants to pick an experienced and capable manager with more seniority to run in his team, and his target is Van Gaal, who is idle at home.
Tottenham bought a bunch of young people, and Van Gaal has always been known for being good at cultivating and tapping the potential of young people, which is very suitable for Levy's conditions, but the problem is that he took over halfway, and Van Gaal does not look down on Tottenham very much, not to mention the high salary, so Levy did not negotiate.
After Sherwood came to power, Tottenham's appearance has improved, and the record is also good, Levy had no choice but to give Sherwood a formal contract for one and a half years, except for the second half of the season, in fact, Sherwood's contract is only until next season.
From this contract, you can see Levy's thoughts, he has no desire to cooperate with Sherwood for a long time, even if he is young and the salary is a little harsh, a two-and-a-half-year contract should still be given.
After Sherwood turned regular, it seems that suddenly Tottenham has come to the spirit, and the last 8 games are unbeaten, many of which are unlucky people like Manchester United who have become the soul of Tottenham.
In general, Tottenham are in the category of those who are in good spirits and have good results, but it has to be said that they have picked up fewer points at home than away this season.
Sherwood was full of praise for Wen Sheng and Manchester City in his pre-match press conference, but he, like Tottenham's players, was holding back his anger and wanted revenge for the first leg, and they were also more arrogant and thought that they had been in good form recently and could go head-to-head with Manchester City.
Tottenham don't play well at home and don't play well away from home, and that's a reason why we have to dig deeper.
The situation is about like this, at home, Tottenham, as a team determined to be in the Champions League, must be the main attack, but their away opponents, in White Hart Lane, will definitely be more cautious, at least not as open as at home, how to come, Tottenham Hotspur will not be able to attack, will be repeatedly made by opponents, and will naturally lose more points.
When it comes to the away game, Tottenham's main attacking style is a good thing, the opponent is open at home, Tottenham also plays offensive mode, and the open game is beneficial to Tottenham.
Sherwood knows very well what his team is best suited for, he knows what the situation is, so he has confidence in Manchester City's game, because Manchester City is certainly not one of those weak chickens, except for a few teams in the Premier League that can make Manchester City more defensive, other teams certainly cannot change the fact that Manchester City will play home and away.
Tottenham's home stadium, Manchester City must still attack.
Who's afraid of whom?! Sherwood has also learned from Cardiff that City's defence doesn't look so solid when pressing high.
Sherwood calculates Manchester City, Wen Sheng does not count him, Sherwood has paid more attention to the balance between attack and defense since he came to power, and it seems to be more focused on defense, but at home Tottenham Hotspur is often very active in attack.
Against the attack, Wen Sheng wished that his opponent would think so, and he even thought about learning from Cardiff and letting Tottenham taste the power of his backfield.
The White Hart Lane crowd was furious, and Tottenham's players were motivated by the noise, and they started to defend high from the start, but City were prepared and Navas was too.
Kroos' position was retreating deep, with Casemiro at his side to protect.
Manchester City's side are also running more frequently at the back than before, and Wen Sheng is not afraid of the opponent's high pressing, and he plans to use the small range of the back to pierce Tottenham's defensive strategy today.
The effect is very good, in the third minute of the opening game, Manchester City broke through Tottenham's high pressing after a small range of cooperation on the back side, Shears went straight to the front on the side, Aguero may have just played in the league, he felt a little sluggish in his sense of smell, and he couldn't completely get rid of Aldveld after starting, and the final shot was relatively hasty, and the choice was not good, but he asked for a corner.
Tottenham's corner defense looked careless, after De Bruyne sent a corner, Tottenham actually missed Kompany, captain Kompany was unguarded, jumped high and easily headed the ball into the door of Lloris's handle.
Away City, who were playing away, took the lead in just a few minutes, and with Sergio Aguero's barely shot on target, it was only the second time City had on target.
The Tottenham fans probably didn't come back to their senses, and it was a few seconds before boos rang out in the stadium and Sherwood's face turned black.
He didn't realize the problem of his tactics, but thought that the Tottenham players were too cheating when defending corners, how could such a thing be done?! What a fool!
Sherwood, who was full of thoughts about the best start in the team's history, felt that this time it was probably going to be cold, and he might be going to lose.
But in the blink of an eye, Sherwood was ready for himself, and he felt that his tactics would definitely work, and the time was too short for the players to play yet.