On June 10, Abdullah, a member of the Qatari royal family. Al Thani spent 40 million euros to buy the equity of Malaga, at that time the Spanish media were clamoring for La Liga Manchester City to appear, but in all fairness, Al Thani is rich, but it is not good, don't look at his Malaga in the summer of that year, he bought a lot of people, but the strength is still very different from Manchester City, the veterans have introduced a lot, and the salary is rising, so that Malaga has the name of a nursing home for a while.

Chilean engineer Manuel Pellegrini was immediately invited by the deep-pocketed Malaga after his dismissal at Real Madrid, and the manager who led the yellow submarine Villarreal to fame became the manager of the upstart Malaga, and under the leadership of the engineer, Málaga's results have steadily improved in the past two years.

But after the Engineer renewed his contract with Malaga in July '12, the team's local tycoon owner Al Thani was not ready to invest and was unwilling to spend even a penny for Malaga, which led to Málaga having to sell his players, and Rondon and Cazorla both left the team in this context.

Malaga had to thank Manuel Pellegrini for the fact that the Chilean coach chose to stay and not leave, and persuaded many of the team's biggest names to stay, not only did they go unbeaten in the group stage after making their Champions League debut, but they also finished fourth in the league and are still in the Champions League zone.

Manchester City is facing such a situation against the opponent, there is no money to be punished by UEFA's Financial Fair Play Act, and Malaga will not be able to participate in European competition next season even if it is the first in La Liga, but this Malaga is also a Málaga with a strong fighting will, and Pellegrini should not be underestimated.

Malaga is a good sign, but on paper, it is so, as early as December when the group draw Wen Sheng thought it was a good sign, because Wen Sheng never thought that Manchester City would be worse than other giants on the continent, except for Barcelona and Bayern, Wen Sheng believes that Manchester City can break with any other team, no matter how strong Malaga's mental strength is, it is still futile to have no strength to support.

Of course, having this understanding does not mean that Wen Sheng will underestimate them, Joey's intelligence gathering work began early, and the coaching staff also held several meetings for this game to discuss the strategy against the enemy.

After the win over Southampton, Manchester City will play the first leg against Malaga after the FA Cup against Leeds United on the 17th, with Manchester City playing home and away.

Leeds United itself is not strong, as long as Manchester City is careful, it should be able to pass smoothly, and with the return of Toure, Drogba and others, Wen Sheng has more and more cards in his hand, he did not make too much preparation for this game, but focused on Malaga.

Every night he takes the trouble to watch the footage of this season's Malaga and compare the characteristics of their team.

"You know how to play in the Champions League?! To be precise, how should the Champions League knockout stage be played?! On this day in the tactical conference room, Wen Sheng asked his partners with a calm smile.

"You have to be more cautious than in the league!" Webster laughed.

"Be more detail-oriented!"

"We have to get the scale right!"

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Everyone was talking about it, Wen Sheng sat on the table and listened to everyone patiently, some talked about the point, some talked about the details, but did not grasp the core issue.

Wen Sheng wrote UEFA's knockout rules on the tactical blackboard with a watercolor pen.

He circled the words "Away Goals Rule" with a watercolor pen, "Gentlemen, do you understand the away goals rule?!" ”

"What the hell are you trying to say Danny?! Who of us doesn't know this rule?! Who wouldn't understand?! Hawking exclaimed, as if impatiently.

"Haha, I'll admit you know the rules, but sometimes you may not be very good at using them!" Wen Sheng replied confidently, "Okay, next question, what do you think is the most important thing for us to do at home?!" ”

'We have to make the most of our home advantage and give them a big score at home and make it difficult for them to recover! This way we will be more relaxed when we get to the away game! Joey gave his opinion.

"You mean we're going to be more inclined to take the initiative?!" Webster asked, as a goalkeeper coach, he is indeed mainly responsible for goalkeeper training, but it does not mean that he is not a person without ideas, nor does it mean that he has no knowledge of the team's tactics, Webster has both a goalkeeper coaching certificate and a coaching A-level certificate.

"Of course!" Joey confidently replied, "We have the support of the fans at home, we are familiar with the stadium conditions, we are familiar with the weather conditions, we are familiar with everything, we know this well, we have an advantage, and we should take advantage of it!" And when it comes to the away game, where are the conditions of the venue?! The grass is long or shallow?! Is the grass level?! We don't know what the climate will be going to be, and I think that's a disadvantage. If we want to advance in a two-turn tournament, we have to subdue them under favorable conditions! ”

"But what if we lose the ball?!" Kidd asked rhetorically.

"I'm talking about the big score, if we can finish the first leg with a score of 4:1 or even 5:1, what does it matter if we concede an away goal like this?!" Joey argued.

"Are you sure we can beat them 4:1 or 5:1?!" Wen Sheng interjected and asked.

Joey has nothing to say, no one can guarantee that the team will score that many goals, football is round.

"What do you think is the most important thing?!" Hawking set his eyes on Wen Sheng, who was asking.

"At least from a rule-of-use perspective, I think the most important thing we should make sure at home is not to concede a goal!" Wen Sheng gave his own meaning.

"You can't be sure of that either!" Joey was indignant, he couldn't be sure that his team would score, but Wen Sheng couldn't be sure that his team wouldn't concede.

"Yes! Football is round! But I said, I'm just saying that the most important thing we should make sure is not to concede a goal! Sure, sure, Joe, understand?! Our strategy at home should be based on that, our attack needs to be done without conceding a goal, and our defense needs to be more focused! Wen Sheng gestured emphasized.

"It's not that we don't attack, it's not that we don't need to score goals at home, it's not that we don't need to win, it's that the foundation of it all has to be based on the principle of not conceding goals!" Wen Sheng's tone was firm.