A lost battle.

The defeated army will not be brave enough.

Losing 1-2 away from home, in the two-legged knockout round, it is not bad to be able to comfort yourself, but you must not fool yourself to the point of being optimistic. At the post-match press conference, Lin Sen simply closed most of his mouth, sparing words like gold.

In this game, there are three issues that reporters are most concerned about, only one is related to Manchester City, and it is also a "picky" question, about the use of Azpilicueta, and then, Linson only replied with one sentence that made all the reporters who were waiting for him roll their eyes: technical and tactical reasons. Then, Lin Sen handed the microphone to Mourinho, and the madman was not polite.

The remaining two questions, one is a more subjective confidence problem, with a 2-1 scoreline, how much confidence does Real Madrid have to break through in England? The other is the plausible goal.

The previous question is actually a question for Mourinho to ask in vain, confidence? Even in front of Lin Sen, Mourinho has no reason to have a second answer. As for the second question, Mourinho, who had apparently watched the replay, shrugged his shoulders and replied even more cunningly.

"A goal like that, no matter what the referee decides, can be questioned, and from Pepe's point of view, his emotions are normal, and I would say that Rizzoli had a good game."

Hearing Mourinho's words, Lin Sen muttered a little in his heart.

Yes, judging from Rizzoli's card situation, it seems that Real Madrid has suffered more losses, because the only red card in this game Rizzoli gave them, but in fact, whether it is a loss or not, the criterion is not who gets the most cards, but whether it should or not. It is clearly not the former that suffers from a red card for an action that should have been given a red card, and a yellow card for an action that should not have been warned.

Of course, Lin Sen has nothing to complain about Rizzoli. At the very least, the Italian referee withstood the home pressure at the Bernabeu and gave them a red card, and you can't expect more for Manchester City.

After attending the press conference, Lin Sen and Mourinho, who left the venue, still did not have much communication, and the two seemed to have a very tacit understanding and remained silent until the end of this encounter.

For Jose Mourinho, it is said that he has the courage to be the enemy of the world, but in reality. If you can, no one wants to make too many enemies, although it can be said that work and life are two different things, but how many people can really be enemies at work and friends in private? Among his peers, Mourinho's relationship with several other giants during his tenure as Chelsea manager is a typical Muslim-style relationship: Mourinho has almost had a war of words with the coaches of several other giants, and there is even no lack of explicit irony, but the only one who has really become friends with Mourinho is the old man, and he is a complete enemy relationship with Benitez. Arsene Wenger, on the other hand, falls somewhere in between.

Relationship with Lin Sen? From now on, more like Alex Ferguson, but a duel. It's not enough to get Mourinho to put down his body and have a war of words with Linsen, unless one day Mourinho returns to the Premier League and Linsen is still in the Premier League.

And Linsen, he has always regarded Mourinho as a role model for the manager, but not God -

Lose the first round of elimination. Although in the eyes of the English media, it is not a shameful thing, the whole world knows how terrible Real Madrid is. The media in England especially know how good Mourinho is, so Manchester City's 1-2 score at the Bernabeu is a completely acceptable ending, at least, Manchester City did not lose the suspense of promotion.

But the media is the media, and losing to Real Madrid will inevitably hit the morale of the Manchester City team.

Back to the league, in the 32nd round, he went to Anfield Stadium to challenge Liverpool, whose league results have improved greatly after the change of manager, but Manchester City lost cleanly, 0-3.

Facing the high-spirited Kenny the Great after the game, the expressionless Linsen at the press conference was the same as at the Bernabeu Stadium before, facing questions from the media, half a sentence was missing, but when summarizing the game, he took all the responsibility for the loss on himself: It is my responsibility to lose, I have nothing to say, congratulations to Liverpool, they deserve to win the game.

Another defeat.

Due to Manchester United's 2-0 win over Fulham at home in this round, Manchester City finally "tripped" in the competition with the city's rivals, three points behind, and more unfortunately, Manchester City was the only strong team in this round, whether it was Arsenal or Chelsea, they won the game in this round, so Manchester City's lead over Chelsea and Arsenal was only one and two points that could be ignored.

The only thing to be thankful for is that in any case, Manchester City will basically not fall out of the first group, because the gap between Tottenham Hotspur, which is fifth in the league, and Manchester City is still as high as ten, unless Manchester City has a suicidal losing streak in the last few games, otherwise next season's Champions League qualification is basically impossible to run.

For Manchester City's two consecutive defeats in the Champions League, the English media did not have cynicism this time, but generally sympathized.

Sympathy, of course, does not come in vain, but because of the existence of objective factors. From mid-March to mid-April, Manchester City's fixtures are the most difficult in Europe, let alone in the Premier League.

On March 22, the thirtieth round of the league was played away to Chelsea.

On April 2, the 31st round of the league was played at home to Sunderland.

On April 6, the first leg of the quarter-finals of the Champions League was away to Real Madrid.

On April 9, the 32nd round of the league was away to Liverpool.

On April 14, the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals was played at home to Real Madrid.

On April 17, the FA Cup semi-final against Manchester United.

In one month, six games, except for Sunderland, there was no weak hand!

For such a schedule, Lin Sen did not complain except that he was unlucky, the Champions League, the league and the cup were originally separated, and they happened to collide together, complaining, but not complaining. Of course, it is also true that Manchester City's results are poor, and Linson does not intend to use the schedule as an excuse, rather than having this mind, it is better to spend more time thinking about Real Madrid in the city again.

In the second leg against Real Madrid, the enthusiasm of the fans was not diminished by Manchester City's backwardness. According to Manchester City's official news, this game, the City Stadium will usher in the highest attendance of the stadium since its completion, not only that, but there will also be countless Manchester City fans who regret not being able to buy tickets will gather on the big screen in City Square Tongguò Square to watch the game together.

The fans were enthusiastic, and the Manchester City club was of course happy, but at the same time, it was also a kind of pressure on the team.

At this time, for the first time in Linsen's coaching staff, there was a disagreement on the game strategy of the second contract Real Madrid game.

The two sides of the disagreement are Tang Hua and Kidd.

Tang Hua believes that Manchester City should attack this battle, and his basis lies in the stack of numbers in his hand. He believes that many teams will habitually defend when they encounter a team like Real Madrid, thinking that playing against a team like Real Madrid is purely suicide, but as everyone knows, this has fueled Real Madrid's offensive in a certain way, and Manchester City does not need to be afraid of Real Madrid at all, because Manchester City has enough ability to play against Real Madrid, this ability not only comes from Manchester City's offensive line, but also because Manchester City's defense line is more complete than Real Madrid.

Tang Hua laid out the numbers of Manchester City and Real Madrid this season in an attempt to prove himself right. However, assistant coach Kidd, who has always been polite to Tang Hua, who is a theorist, shook his head at Tang Hua this time, and he was very resolute.

Unlike Tang, who has a number of views that he supports, Brian Kidd's views are a little "thin," but his views have won the support of another member of the coaching staff, and that is Dina.

Tang Hua is the main attacker, and Kidd is the main defense.

Of course, this word is not purely literal, but a defensive counterattack. Kidd believes that although Real Madrid are ahead, they can't just shrink back defensively, even if their manager is Jose Mourinho. In this case, Manchester City, who theoretically only need one goal as long as they can defend it, does not need to risk a dangerous attack with the opponent, but should grasp the advantage of that away goal.

And Dina's support for Kidd is not without reason, she was born in Atletico Madrid, she knows too well the temperament of Real Madrid, she doesn't think that Mourinho can change, just as in the previous chat, she has always been not optimistic about Mourinho's ending in Real Madrid, because in his opinion, to use a more popular language, is to restrain style.

Regarding Dina's statement, Lin Sen, who knew the ending of Mourinho's Real Madrid, admired it in addition to admiration.

However, at the moment, the views of the two sides are at odds, and Lin Sen is not in a hurry to draw conclusions, as a head coach, his responsibility is of course the final word, but it does not mean that he will kill the other side with a stick. No matter what he chooses in the end, Tang Hua's views and Kidd's views will help him prepare for this game.

Lin Sen looked at a person on the other side.

Tang Hua is the technical coach, Kidd is the assistant coach, Dina is the physical coach, although each coach, the things at the tactical level are the same, but the different focus of each coach determines the different understanding of the problem, Lin Sen has understood their ideas, and now, he wants to know the views of another position.

This person is goalkeeper Given.

Given, who has made up his mind to become a goalkeeper coach and enter Linsen's coaching staff, although he is still a member of the Manchester City team, but since the winter transfer of this season, Linsen has begun to consciously let Jiwen participate in some coaching meetings, of course, he does not necessarily have to speak, but now, Linsen wants to hear his opinion.

As soon as Lin Sen said this, the others immediately turned their eyes to Jiwen.

Rao is everyone present Ji Wen is already very familiar, but at this time, in the face of so many eyes, Ji Wen still feels a little uncomfortable, but he also knows that he must get used to this kind of gaze. (To be continued......)