53. Wensheng's distress
A crisp counter-attack, two goals, and despite still flawed defensively, Palace won 2-0 away at leaders Newcastle.
The Crystal Palace players, who were already severely overstretched, breathed a sigh of relief at the moment when the final whistle blew that the score was ideal and the process was difficult.
Under the leadership of captain Derry, everyone slowly walked to the away team's fan area to thank the fans who came from afar, the fans did not leave, they frantically called the names of everyone in the team, crowded in the front row and stretched out their hands to shake hands with the players, the players walked to the first row of seats at the request of the fans, took photos with the fans, signed autographs, and accepted everyone's praise beautifully.
The most popular is of course Valdiro.
In two games in a row, Jamie Vardy scored five goals with overhead kicks and took out two formidable opponents.
He has completed the transformation from parallel goods to darlings.
Derry looked at the joyful Vardy and felt a lot of emotion in his heart, what kind of magic does Daniel have?! Where is the end of the team?!
After hugging the players, Wen Sheng was interviewed by reporters in the interview area.
This game is a classic, and the story that happened in the middle is enough to make people talk about it.
Joey. What Barton said in the conflict with Wensheng has already been spread by everyone, and the story is really funny.
"The hair hasn't grown!" This sentence is used to describe Wen Sheng, and reporters always feel that there is still some truth.
"Daniel, congratulations to your team! Can you tell us how you're feeling at this moment?! Sky Sports reporter Jordan. Miles smiled and congratulated Wen Sheng, he heard Patton's words scolding Wen Sheng, and now when he saw Wen Sheng, he couldn't help but want to laugh, and he was trying to hold back.
"I'm so proud!" Wen Sheng didn't think much about it, and said sincerely: "Even though we eliminated Wolves two days ago and entered the fifth round of the FA Cup, no one believes that we can get three points here at St. James's Stadium!" But I tell my players that I believe in them and I believe they can do it! ”
"The results were fantastic and I'm so proud! We are really a very good team! ”
"Do you think your team is at its best right now?! Now you've beaten Wolves and Newcastle in quick succession, and you weren't looking forward to you before the game, but you did it! Miles finally had a "serious" look on his face.
"No, I think we could have done better! There are a lot of young people in the squad and there is still a lot of room for us to grow! I believe we will do better in the future! Wen Sheng denied it.
"Speaking of young people, we saw that just forty minutes into the first half, you replaced Wilfrid. Zaha, is there any reason for this?! Can we assume that you are not satisfied with his performance?! "This thing is destined to be the focus of this game, Wilfried. Zaha is likely to be another young talent to make his debut under Wen Sheng, but now he could be a joke.
"No, no, no, the adjustments I've made are just tactical needs! Ryan has better defensive awareness! In the first half, the opposition put a lot of pressure on us and I had to change some of my pre-match plans! Wen Sheng didn't intend to make his grievances public, he had high hopes for Zaha, and if he went too far, he would leave three points of leeway.
No matter what the outside world thinks, Wen Sheng is what he says, saving face for Zaha.
Wen Sheng said this, Miles' reaction was not to believe it, but he didn't dig into it, and it was useless to ask!
"About Joey. Barton, do you want to say something?! What did he say to you at the time?! Miles asked, pretending.
"I want to say something?! I don't think I need to say anything more about his character, everyone knows what kind of person he is! Suffice it to say that on the pitch he was a criminal, today he tackled my players again and again, and the foul on Alassane was murder! What can I say?! Newcastle will still take him in, I just don't understand! Wen Sheng lashed out at Barton.
Joey. Barton has no good reputation in English football, the kid has fought off the pitch before, has been in jail and has a rough style on the pitch.
He was produced by Manchester City's academy, but later because this kid was so bad, Manchester City didn't dare to renew his contract.
That's why he came to Newcastle.
Newcastle are a strange home base, owner Ashley is a famous miser in England, rich but a dime, and his team always takes in bad boys.
Bowyer, Dier, and Barton don't have a good reputation, but Newcastle always takes in this kind of player.
Let's just say that this Barton is in jail, Newcastle still keeps him, this kid doesn't know what to do, Alain. When Shearer was the head coach, Barton and Shearer had a falling out, scolding each other and staging a good show that would not get along.
Wen Sheng doesn't know much about Barton's story, and he doesn't know where Barton went after leaving Newcastle, after all, Barton's strength is limited, and the giants can't look down on it and can only go to middle and lower teams, but Barton is too famous for what he does, at least he knows the bad things he is famous for.
didn't say it explicitly, but Wen Sheng had the meaning of leading readers to recall Barton's past, to put it bluntly, it was to tell everyone that Barton was a bad guy in his bones.
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The players packed up and had dinner at the hotel where Newcastle was staying, and after 7 o'clock in the evening, the Crystal Palace players got on the bus and prepared to return to London, according to the plan, Crystal Palace had to face Peterborough at home on the 30th, and time did not allow them to spend the night in Newcastle, the players did not have a holiday tomorrow, and there was a training session in the evening.
It wasn't until the bus was about to depart that Wen Sheng was late.
"How's the conversation with Hughton?!" Wen Sheng sat down in his old seat, next to him was Lawrence.
"I'm not convinced, he said I was cheating!" Wen Sheng snorted, "I said you shouldn't have sent that bastard from Barton!" ”
Not only Lawrence, but several people around couldn't help but laugh.
Wen Sheng himself was happy, overall a cup after the game was not bad, Hughton was a good guy, there were many dissatisfaction with Wen Sheng's performance on the field, and the two of them even sprayed a few words on the sidelines, but the two of them reconciled on the bar, and Hughton was full of praise for Wen Sheng.
"Damn, we should be on a plane!" Wen Sheng is not interested in long-distance travel at all, which is really unpleasant.
"Then you should use your manager's authority to put pressure on that miser at Carlton!" Lawrence teased Wen Sheng.
Wen Sheng pouted and acted helplessly, don't even think about it, the budget-conscious Carlton would not agree, he would do anything to save a dime, let alone more than a dime.
After a moment of silence, Wen Sheng suddenly asked Lawrence in a low voice, "Matt, how are you feeling?!" Is it okay?! ”
Lawrence smiled wryly and shook his head, "It looks like I'm really old!" You don't know that Carol is as strong as a cow! My old bones are falling apart! ”
"I'm afraid I can't do the game in Petersburg!" Lawrence added in a low voice.
Wen Sheng nodded, after all, Carol will soon become a "British Emperor Star", her ability is still very good, her body is as strong as a calf, and it is indeed a bit difficult for the old Lawrence to deal with him.
Wen Sheng is a little worried now, in early January, the schedule was not intensive, the team got a certain amount of rest time, two days off, but in the second half of the year, this day is much more difficult, within eight days, Crystal has to play three games in a row, the first two games of Wolves and Newcastle are not easy to deal with, physical fitness can no longer keep up.
Not only Lawrence, I'm afraid that the other players will be a little weak when they play again.
Peterborough are currently bottom of the Championship and have not won a game away so far this season, and have recently suffered four consecutive defeats, but it is also quite a tough bone for Crystal Palace at the moment.
"I don't even know what to do now!" Wen Sheng said to himself: "The team is doing very well, I am proud to play alongside you, but now it seems that Neil's choice to leave is undoubtedly a wise decision, it is really too difficult!" We're so thin! ”
Lawrence doesn't think that Wen Sheng is a person who gives up easily, and the current annoyance is more of a dissatisfaction and venting on the current situation.
"Daniel, in fact, I was really optimistic about you at the beginning, I believe in you! But I never thought that you could do so well, I see your hard work and dedication! But sometimes you put too much pressure on yourself and the future is definitely tough, but you have to relax and put in the effort to have a clear conscience! Lawrence was relieved.
Wen Sheng guessed that Lawrence was a little interceding with Zaha, and he immediately shook his head.
"Too much pressure?! Matt, it takes a hundred refining to become steel! I and the young people in the team, or we can say that we all need pressure, so let that pressure push us to grow! ”