Self-confidence will burst.

After winning Blackburn Rovers 5-0, in fact, for the Gamble Cup match with Barcelona, many Manchester City fans are not without illusions in their hearts, fantasizing that Manchester City can overturn the new Champions League championship at Camp Nou, after all, Linsen has not won Barcelona, but Manchester City fans have miscalculated one thing, that is, Barcelona may accept losing to Manchester City, but absolutely unwilling to lose to Manchester City, where the head coach is Linsen.

Barcelona, which is a semi-main force, really didn't let Manchester City succeed, or to be precise, didn't let Linsen succeed.

Not many people will take the result of this game seriously, including the Barcelona fans who may be happy for a day or two, the Manchester City fans who may be unhappy for a night or two, and Linson who uses this game as a testing ground.

Five to zero can indeed cover up a lot of things, making people think that Manchester City is walking on a sunny avenue, the right time and place and one qiē shun lì, Lin Sen really hopes that his team is really like what the former Sky Sports commentator said, all worries are superfluous, and he has already helped Manchester City solve a qiē in three or two clicks, however, the fact is that the problem of saving zài will still exist, it may not be discovered for the time being, but if it saves zài, it will definitely appear, as long as certain conditions are met.

Barcelona is such a condition.

Against Barcelona, City had just five shots on goal in the whole game, including two anti-aircraft guns that almost knocked the plane down, and a pointless long-range shot that was a pure waste of effort, so there were only two shots on goal in the real sense. One was a quick counter-attack from Manchester City, Wright Jr. relied on his pace to break through the flank and cross, Adriano's header was 108,000 miles wide of the goal, but there were no tactical problems in this attack. On the other occasion, Vidal snatched a chance in midfield, also from Adriano, and it was the only time City had a shot inside the woodwork in the whole game.

Shots are a bellwether of the offense, and the number of shots on goal represents the difficulty of the offense. And the quality of the shot represents the efficiency of the attack. So, needless to say, Manchester City lost this game without being wronged at all.

There are many reasons for the loss, and the best excuse for Manchester City fans is naturally that the main force is not on, but in Linsen's view, the ability gap is a reason, and the tacit understanding and execution are also the problem. But Xavi Martinez and Vidal, who are on the left and right, are stunned that none of them have gone up to defend closely, which is a tacit problem. Another goal conceded is a corner kick, corner kick defense, which is a set of detailed defense plans for everyone, losing the ball, there must be someone dereliction of duty, there is no effort to say, because the head coach obviously cannot arrange a 1.6 meter to mark a 1.9 meter 9. Everyone will have someone who is responsible for guarding, and if there is really a gap in strength, another person will definitely be arranged to fill the position, in terms of numbers. The defense always has an absolute advantage, so conceding the ball, that's a matter of execution.

Fortunately. Both of these problems can be solved on the training ground. And this game is not without highlights in the eyes of Linsen, for example, Adriano as a striker played very hard. Although the effect is not satisfactory, at least, Adriano's attitude is what Lin Sen wants to see.

When Manchester City returned to Manchester, their position in the league table was undoubtedly down with a game in hand, but not much in the league table, just from second to fourth place, because of the upset in the second round of the league, the defending champions Manchester United lost 0-1 away to Burnley. Tottenham, who won Liverpool in the first round and swept Hull City 5-1 away in this round, plus Chelsea, who beat Sunderland 3-1, and Arsenal, who were also postponed due to the Champions League qualifying round, are the three teams currently ranked above Manchester City.

Tang Hua handed over three team analysis reports to Lin Sen after Lin Sen came back, and the objects were the three opponents of Manchester City in the next ten days, Wolves, Brighton and Portsmouth, because Tang Hua was going to participate in coach training in a few days, and he told him that Lin Sen had already signed up for the next round of assessment, and if he passed Guò, maybe he could sit in the coach's seat of the official game earlier.

In this regard, Lin Sen just smiled and wished him good luck, like most exams, coach training will be held every month, and the assessment is held once every period of time, Lin Sen took more than half a year when he took the exam that year, so to be honest, Tang Hua was a little "in a hurry", but Lin Sen would not stop him, since he is a genius, there must always be something different.

Tang Hua handed in three team reports, the most surprising to Lin Sen was Brighton's, and I don't know where Tang Hua found the information, Brighton, the full name should be called Brighton and Hove F. Football Club, is a team from the southeast coast of England, nicknamed "Seagull", the most distinctive sign on their team emblem is also a seagull with wings spreading, this team has not been promoted to the Premier League in history, and was promoted to the Championship in the season when the English League One was renamed the Championship, but it was only relegated to the first division after only one season.

There is no contempt, but for Manchester City, Brighton and Hove Albion are not opponents by two levels, from this aspect you can see why the League Cup is called the League of the Poor, against Manchester City is not Brighton's misfortune, on the contrary, it will be Brighton's luck, because compared with many small teams that have not seen what the Premier League team is like and have been eliminated, the income from this game may be able to make their club's finances much more abundant all of a sudden.

Four days later, on 23 August, Manchester City Stadium hosted City's first home game of the season, and on this day, the stadium was packed with nearly 50,000 fans.

The proximity of the fans to the stadium, as if the fans could rush into the stadium at any moment, is one of the features that sets the Premier League apart from other major leagues. There is almost no protective belt between the stands and the stadium, and the mutual trust between the fans and the team has become the most effective protection, and this move has also shortened the distance between the team and the fans, so that the fans have really become the twelfth person on the field, of course, this is for the home team.

Standing on the coach, the fans are just a few steps behind you, and you can even clearly feel the eyes of the fans behind you and hear their shouts clearly.

This is the coach's paradise.

Here, too, can be a hell for coaches.

Here, it's the Premier League, it's Manchester City's home stadium.

Tang Hua was sitting in the stands not far from the coach's seat, Lin Sen didn't need to look at him, and he knew what color would be on the top of his head at this time, there was no doubt that for the next assessment, Tang Hua had a little more determination.

Linson fulfilled the wishes of all Manchester City fans, and in his first home game of the season, Linson fielded his strongest line-up: goalkeeper Given, the backline from left to right, Bridge, Dunn, Kompany and Zabaleta lined up, midfielder De Jong with Vidal, three attacking midfielders from left to right, David Silva and Arjen Robben, and the forward was Robinho, who returned from injury.

Every name is a cheer, especially when David Silva and Robben appear.

In just one game, David Silva has become the new idol in the hearts of Manchester City fans, and Arjen Robben will prove before their eyes whether he is worthy of adoration as well.

Eight minutes later, cheers erupted over the City Stadium.

World Wave!

From Alger Robben!

The Dutchman cut inside after receiving Vidal's pass with his trademark long run down the flank, and after smashing two Wolves defenders in quick succession, Matt Murray curled a left-footed ball from the edge of the box into the corner.

After the goal, Robben ran to the corner flag area with open arms, and the excited Manchester City fans gave warm applause, and a harmonious picture appeared in the live broadcast footage of the game.

Wolves coach Mickey McCarthy on the sidelines how to look helpless, they lost to West Ham United in the last game, this game is to try not to lose two in a row mentality, McCarthy studied Manchester City and Blackburn for a week, and like Allardyce, he also thinks that Blackburn is completely lost to David Silva, for this reason, he specifically gave up a striker in his 442 formation, added a defensive midfielder Castillo, plus Karl Henry, These are the two "bodyguards" he specially prepared for David Silva, but he didn't expect that David Silva hadn't had time to watch it, and Robben over there had already scored an unreasonable goal.

Unwilling to concede the goal, the Wolves tried to fight back, playing the most simple and direct long pass rush, this is indeed a good solution, in the midfield, the Wolves must not take any advantage, especially the two defensive midfielders are also contained by David Silva, even a simple pair is not enough, at this time fortunately give up the midfield, the use of long passes to directly attack Manchester City's penalty area, is also a kind of strengths and avoidance.

It's just that the long pass is simple and straightforward, and the problem is that the success rate is really a bit miserable.

Towards the end of the first half, Vidal, who had replaced Xavi Martinez, scored his first goal for Manchester City with a long-range strike to make it 2-0, and the Sky Sports pundit, who was in charge of broadcasting the game, came to a direct conclusion: the game was over.

This conclusion may have angered many Wolves fans, but unfortunately, he was right.

In the second half, Wolves conceded another goal and Arjen Robben scored twice.

The match ended in a 3-0 draw.

Two games, six points, eight goals, goals conceded, zero.

On the afternoon of the end of the game, Lin Sen received an invitation letter.

From UEFA. (To be continued......)