Chapter 236: The opponent of the Champions League round of 16

After learning about Wang Xiaolei's fame experience, I don't know how many young people are looking forward to becoming stars one day, hoping to be valued by Wansheng.

From the perspective of many domestic football people, Wang Xiaolei's fame is directly related to Wansheng.

Wang Xiaolei's talent and hard work are not to be said for the time being, if there is no Wan Sheng, he would not have been able to play in Europe, he would not have joined Derby County, and he would not have the experience of the lower leagues, and then Wan Sheng brought him to Manchester City, and he could grow step by step to the point where he is now.

So the key is still Wansheng.

Soon the domestic media dug into the bottom of the matter, and found another player, Dai Lin, he and Wang Xiaolei went to Europe together, but he was able to become famous with Wang Xiaolei, but after two years in the Derby County youth team, he returned to China, in contrast, some people are strange, Dai Lin two years ago, can also follow Wan Sheng to Manchester City, so why didn't he go over?

Soon this question was put in front of Wan Sheng, in the face of several domestic reporters who came to interview, Wan Sheng said very calmly, "Xiao Lei was very diligent in training, he was able to complete the training tasks I gave almost every day, Dai Lin is also talented, but he is not hard enough, and he will always do less training tasks every day, I looked for him when I was in Derbyshire, but it didn't seem to work." ”

'I was coaching the first team at the time and didn't always have time to follow the youth team players in training, so I made some training plans for the two of them and then loaned them out to other teams to play and absorb some game experience.

"When I left Derbyshire, I saw Ray grow a lot, but Dahlin ......"

Wan Sheng said and shook his head.

Listening to Wan Sheng's words, the media reporters knew that the reason why Dai Lin failed to succeed was still in himself, and they immediately sent the news back to China, so that domestic fans knew the reason.

What will be the impact after this incident. Wan Sheng doesn't pay attention to it, because he still has a lot of things to do, but he doesn't have time to always care about whether the young player becomes famous or not.

The day after the Manchester league game, the focus was on the match between Chelsea and Arsenal.

The big battle is no less remarkable.

1-1, in the end Mourinho and Arsene Wenger both left regrets.

Chelsea had a chance to overtake after the equaliser, but Arsenal slipped away, with just one point behind Manchester United and three behind leaders Manchester City.

The first goal of the game came in the 78th minute, when Flamini helped Arsenal to score. Arsenal saw the silver lining of the three points, but they were unable to withstand the Blues' comeback.

Referee Wiley's decision basically controlled the London derby, which became more and more popular as the process progressed, but two key blows were questioned.

Arsene Wenger had something to say after the game: "Before they scored, it looked like they had fouled Hleb. He was referring to the 84th-minute when Ashley Cole cut off Hleb from behind and launched the attack that would later be scored by Essien, and the Englishman appeared to kick the opponent's calf. But Willy motioned for the game to continue.

However, another penalty was enough to give Mourinho a plausible and even caused a storm in the game.

In the 63rd minute, Geremi crossed and Drogba went down in front of Arsenal's small penalty area. The scene was in an uproar. Slow motion shows Senderos, who is close to the back, hooking his opponent's shoulder with his left hand and tripping Drogba with his right leg without touching the ball. This seems to be a bit of a ball.

What happened after that was ironic.

Lehmann came up to fight and seemed to accuse Drogba of faking a fall and pushing the Ivorian from behind. Drogba, who was as strong as an ox, received this slap on his back and actually fell to the ground, and the situation at that moment made people marvel at Lehmann's "internal strength".

Soon after, Drogba got up to settle the score, and his body hit Lehmann, and the 1.90-meter-tall German man collapsed to the ground like a lightning strike, and the performance was quite exaggerated.

The contest of acting skills sparked a clash between the players of both sides, and the chaos lasted for about 5 minutes, with referee Wiley and the linesman besieging the target.

In the end, Drogba and Lehmann each received a yellow card.

Sky Sports reported, "It's the result of a performance by two people who are the protagonists of this hilarious five-minute show. ”

Jose Mourinho remained optimistic after the game, perhaps because they were the side who equalised later, 'Chelsea were ready to fight, we were behind with five minutes left at home but we reacted incredibly and we deserved to win the game. ”

Jose Mourinho praised his side and had a good chance to overtake when Chelsea equalised, as Essien's shot from two metres hit the crossbar and Frank Lampard rounded Lehmann but fired at the post from a tight angle. That said, Mourinho admits that a draw is acceptable and he has no regrets: "Everyone watched the game, we had chances to win and we tried to win. ”

'In the first half they controlled better, had better possession, had more quality and confidence, and after they scored we had a fantastic reaction to score an unbelievable goal and then had good chances to win. However, based on the performance of the opponent in the first half and the fact that they took a 1-0 lead, I accept a draw. ”

However, in the end, Mourinho did not forget to tease Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger.

'It was a bit of a surprise to me that the team that were 18 points behind the leaders came here not to win, just to keep a draw, which is almost to say 'we don't want to win the Premier League, we just want a decent result at Stamford Bridge'.

'If Arsenal had won fewer games and were still 15 points behind Manchester City, I don't think they would have been champions. Arsenal have the strength, the organisation, the control, but as for the ambition to win? No. There is only one team fighting for victory in this game. ”

After the game, Mourinho even had the heart to give Wansheng advice, "I think he must be happy now because we can say that we have lost two points, but if he thinks that the league opponent is Manchester United, then he is wrong. Three points, one game, we are still strong contenders for the league title. ”

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Jose Mourinho expressed his confidence in the title race after the game, and instead of mentioning Manchester United, he kept mentioning Manchester City and Wan Sheng, who is clearly the main opponent in the hearts of the Portuguese.

Wan Sheng didn't care about this at all.

In the memory of the previous life, this season's league championship belongs to Manchester United, and Manchester United has not experienced much challenge to win the championship, so at the beginning of the league, Wansheng is Manchester United as the biggest competitor.

It also has to do with the situation at Chelsea.

Mourinho's words sound very confident, but in fact, everyone knows that the situation of the Portuguese is not very good, let alone now, even in the last life, Mourinho helped Chelsea win two league titles in a row, and the situation has become bad this season, because Abramovich's expectations are better, he hopes that the team can win the European championship, otherwise the investment he spent on the Chelsea team of hundreds of millions of euros is tantamount to failure, Chelsea's frequent large-scale investment has led to strong intra-team competition and locker room problems, It will also take a large part of their energy into account, which is a big reason for Chelsea's declining results.

This is still the case in the previous life.

Mourinho has not been able to help Chelsea win a league title in this life, his coaching journey to the Blues is tantamount to failure, if it were not for Abramovich's difficulty in finding a suitable replacement, Mourinho would have been sacked, and now Chelsea are only third in the league, the Portuguese's situation can be imagined.

It's fair to say that Wansheng doesn't have anything to worry about for Chelsea this season.

Manchester City are already top of the league after the game against Manchester United, and Wan Sheng will need to lead the team to continue the game, secure the top spot in the league and start preparing for the intensive schedule for Christmas, but before that, he went to the draw for the Champions League last-16 knockout round with club president Waddell.

After the competition in the group stage, a total of 16 teams from the eight groups advanced to the knockout stage, and the principle of the draw is that the eight first-ranked teams in the group stage are seeded and the eight second-ranked teams are determined by draw, of which the teams that have met in the group stage will be avoided in the draw, and the club teams from the same country will also be avoided in the draw, and the second-ranked team in the group will play home and then away in the knockout round.

The top seeded teams in the group are Roma, AC Milan, Lyon, Barcelona, Manchester City, Manchester United, Chelsea and Valencia, while the eight second-placed teams are Liverpool, Porto, Inter Milan, Dynamo Kyiv, Celtic, Bayern Munich, PSV Eindhoven and Lille.

Then according to the draw rules for the round of 16, Liverpool and Bayern Munich are unlikely to meet Manchester City, and the only opponents Manchester City can face are Lille, PSV Eindhoven, Celtic, Dynamo Kiev, Porto and Inter Milan.

Among these teams, the only one that needs to be avoided is Inter Milan, and PSV Eindhoven and Porto are also considered to be strong teams, but for Manchester City, as long as they don't draw Inter Milan, everything will be fine, so Wan Sheng has basically no psychological pressure to participate in the draw.

Before the draw ceremony, Wan Sheng also said, "We don't need to think about anything. We are the top team in the group, and most of the other strong teams are also the top team in the group, everyone wants to play the underdogs, and our hopes are even greater. ”

This sentence is a bit offensive.

If you let the media analyze it further, wouldn't the eight teams that are second in the group all be underdogs? But Wan Sheng doesn't care so much, in fact, everyone thinks so, but he doesn't say it, he doesn't care about anything, and it is impossible for UEFA to 'eat enough' to target Manchester City, who is participating in the Champions League for the first time, because Manchester City has nothing to say no matter which team it plays against.

Sure enough, after the guests who drew the lot on behalf of PSV took the stage, they opened the paper with both hands, and a name was written on it, 'Manchester-City', which means that Manchester City's opponent will be PSV Eindhoven.

Wan Sheng watched the next draw with Waddell, and then when he left, he was interviewed by the media, and he only smiled and said, "They're really unlucky!" ”

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