Chapter 54: Excuses

Luciano, of course, had nothing to say.

What do you say to him as an assistant coach for such a failure? Praise the strength of the opponent? He couldn't say it, and he didn't dare to say it. Scolding your own team for being embarrassed? He couldn't say it, and it wasn't his turn to say it. Therefore, this press conference is just a routine that Athletic Bilbao has to participate in at home.

Now, forgetting about this game is what all Bilbao people want to do, and anything that touches anything related to this game can be a dull pain.

"Excuse me, Mr. Lin, can we consider the result of this match to be the result of a personal vendetta?" The first to ask questions was Moreno, and this time, he finally got ahead of his old enemy, Alfonso.

Lin Sen glanced at Moreno, a smile appeared on his face, and joked, "I recognize you, Mr. Moreno." Your question is still so acute, and I'm glad to see you again. ”

"Uh...... I'm glad to meet you too. Moreno paused for a moment, he didn't expect Lin Sen to catch up with him at this time, but out of politeness, he still had to be polite.

"So, since we're old friends, I think I'd better be honest, whether this game is a personal grudge or not depends on how you look at it. You can think no, because it's not me who drew Manchester City and Bilbao in a group, it's UEFA. You can think so, because as a manager, I've had some things that haven't been pleasant here. An eight-to-one score is a big score, but no matter what the score is, it doesn't change the nature of the meeting. ”

"But with all due respect, is it ungraceful for you to put on an attacking player when Manchester City are already 6-1 ahead?" At this point, Moreno could not continue to speak. A reporter from a local media outlet in Bilbao suddenly interjected, with a hint of exasperation in his voice.

Hearing this unexpected question, Lin Sen was silent for a while, and out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at the press officer of Athletic Bilbao who hosted the press conference, but found that he had no intention of stopping it at all, so he still smiled and did not avoid it, but slowly answered this question: "I don't know if this is really a loss of grace, I only know that losers have no grace at all." Because grace always belongs to the winner. I think you know this better than me, Mr. Reporter, that winning is the greatest demeanor. With all due respect, if it was us who lost today, I don't think we would be talking about any grace at this time. ”

"Of course it's not a matter of demeanor, because we're not like you."

"Really?" Lin Sen smiled faintly, "I just know that Mr. Albayz doesn't think so. ”

Looking at his speechless Spanish counterpart, Moreno, who was a little upset because he was interjected, sneered in his heart, isn't this self-inflicted. Talking about grace with the winners?

At this time, the reporter below raised his hand again, Lin Sen didn't plan to wait for the press officer to speak this time, he said directly to the person below. "Rod."

It's just a Rhodes, not a journalist, and no gentleman, and the intimacy can be seen. However, the other reporters present all smiled bitterly in their hearts after hearing Lin Sen's words, but they couldn't talk about envy, jealousy and hatred, everyone knew it. Last season in Malaga, Le Libre was the media that had the most good things to say about Malaga, and it turned out that people do have a vision.

"My question has nothing to do with this match, Mr. Lin." Rod stood up, although Lin Sen directly and affectionately called his name, he couldn't just call Lin Sen's name, "What I want to ask is, in the future, is it possible for you to return to Spain to coach?" ”

After asking, Rod looked at Lin Sen with eager eyes, and the other reporters suddenly came to their senses, Rode's question really has nothing to do with the game, but obviously everyone wants to know the answer. Because after Linson left La Liga, the head coach of Real Madrid should have shouldered the "honorable" task of fighting with Guardiola, but it was Pellegrini who took over, a well-known good man.

Obviously, if one day Lin Sen really returns to La Liga, after Manchester City's gilded Lin Sen, the next time he returns, it will undoubtedly be earthquake-level.

And for this question, Lin Sen really thought about it seriously, and then he shook his head, "I really want to answer your question seriously, dear Rod, but I'm sorry, I have the answer to this question, I personally can't give it to you, you know why." ”

"What if you could decide?" Rod still didn't give up.

"Then the answer is yes." Lin Sen smiled and said, "I'm very satisfied with my current position at Manchester City, but no one can say for sure what will happen in the future." I'm also young as a coach, so, why not? ”――

The Manchester City team, which returned to Manchester, was warmly welcomed by Manchester City fans at the airport.

As soon as he walked out of the aisle, Lin Sen, who was hung by the fans with several sky blue scarves around his neck, smiled brightly, the so-called high-spirited, nothing more than that, the team is very united, the record is very good, the fans are very happy, Mubarak has just invited him to dinner, at the beginning of Manchester City, can you think better?

And the team, the team is more deserving of such a welcome, since the beginning of this season, Manchester City has maintained a winning record in the third line, including many tough battles such as beating Arsenal and Manchester United in the league, and now in the Europa League, it has swept away the previous weakness on the European battlefield, beating Athletic Bilbao 8-1 away, and after investing so much money in the summer transfer market, this is the Manchester City that Manchester City fans want.

As for poor Athletic Bilbao, they deserve it. Provocation comes at a price, big or small, and the next day Marca used a huge 8:1 as its own front-page headline, and they magnified the defeat to the level of La Liga as a whole, believing that it was a major setback for La Liga against the Premier League in the race for the world's top league.

And "Liberty" adheres to their neutral position, but only restores the whole game, including Olbayz's provocation, including Linsen's fingers, and of course, Linsen's substitution, is this a personal vendetta? Don't listen to Lin Sen's nonsense at the press conference, this is of course a personal grudge, but it is also a fair duel, just like the legendary cowboy duel in the American West, two people, two guns, after the gun, the grudge is settled. Of course, Lin Sen and Athletic Bilbao, the grudge is destined to be temporary.

Unlike the Spanish media, the English media did not save any face for the Spaniards for Manchester City's victory, and while praising Manchester City, The Sun used headlines such as "Who will stop Manchester City" to attract attention, but because after Chelsea's defeat to Wigan in the last round, Manchester City has become the only team in the entire Premier League to remain unbeaten, and it is a complete victory. It's just that just two days after the Sun newspaper reported it, Manchester City was in trouble.

On October 3rd, the eighth round of the English Premier League, Manchester City, who was a guest at Villa Park, encountered a stubborn resistance from Aston Villa, and finally Manchester City could only rely on a controversial penalty by Robinho to reluctantly retreat from Villa Park.

Of course, for this draw, in fact, Linson has enough excuses, due to the main force in the game against Bilbao two days ago, Manchester City in this game is actually just a rotating lineup, Bale, David Silva and other key players have been rested, the draw is not unacceptable for Manchester City, although outside of this game, Manchester City had to "return" the top position to Chelsea. The good news is that it is not only Manchester City that is unlucky in this round, in addition to Chelsea, the other giants are all draws or losses in this round, Manchester United was forced to draw 2-2 by Sunderland at Old Trafford, and Tottenham Hotspur also drew 2-2 with Bolton, Liverpool? It was Chelsea who beat them.

And excuses, excuses, are excuses because you can't always think of it as the reason for your own failure.

In the ninth round of the Premier League, Manchester City suffered another draw, still on the road, the score was still 1-1, and it was the Wigan team that had ended Chelsea's winning streak before to draw them. And this time, in addition to Liverpool's "never abandoned" unlucky with Manchester City, the other giants are "unjust" to take the first step, Chelsea 5-0 Blackburn, Arsenal 3-1 Birmingham, Manchester United 2-1 Bolton, Tottenham 2-1 Portsmouth......

After this round, Manchester City is still in second place in the league with six wins and two draws, but Chelsea at the top of the table has extended its lead to four points, and behind Manchester City's ass, Manchester United has 19 points, Tottenham Hotspur 19 points, Arsenal 18 points, the shape is still delicate, but for Linsen, it is no longer a good sign that he has suffered two draws in a row, and this time he knows he has no excuses.

Due to the international break, Manchester City, who had played twice for a week, took advantage of this to get a little respite, against Wigan, Linson sent the main lineup, but the game still developed into the most painful coach to score, Suarez's individual performance saved Manchester City. Just when Lin Sen was frowning at how his team could get back on the winning track, something happened that made him even more irritable.

Adriano was late for training.

Of course, if it was just late, Lin Sen would not be angry, after all, it is excusable to be late occasionally, the problem is that Adriano was also photographed appearing in a nightclub, and the photo was published in the famous "Sun". (To be continued......)