After the game, the European media reports were almost all praise for Manchester City's performance.

Wan Sheng as the head coach has been mentioned repeatedly, and one player after another has been evaluated, and Morris is the best performance among the players, and he became the focus of media coverage that day.

Speaking at a press conference after the match, Wan Sheng praised Morris and said, "I always believed he was the best, and he proved it with his performance today. ”

"The last goal, the last kick is not the main thing, Lee's playmaking attack is more crucial. He's got the team to play well and he's got a lot of work. Without a doubt, he was the protagonist of today's game. ”

Wansheng brought Morris to the venue and asked him to be interviewed by all the media.

Under the questions of reporters, Morris excitedly talked about his feelings about the game, and confidently talked about the team's good situation in the Champions League, to the annoyance of the Italian media, Morris's tone was almost the same as Wansheng, talking about the game with AC Milan, also said, "I believe we will definitely be able to eliminate AC Milan." ”

"They eliminated us last season and this time it's our turn to reach the last four!"

Morris's words give people the feeling that AC Milan will definitely be eliminated, and there is no hope of qualifying at all.

But the Italian media is still counting on AC Milan to qualify!

In the quarterfinals of the Champions League, the two meetings between England and Italy have ended, and both Italian teams have lost the games.

Roma lost 0-2 at home in the first leg, the situation was worse than AC Milan, and they could lose 0-2 at their home stadium in the first leg, and went to Manchester United's turf, Old Trafford, who could expect Roma to eliminate Manchester United?

Roma and Manchester United are old rivals.

Last season, Roma's opponents in the last 16 of the Champions League were also Manchester United, winning 2-1 at home and losing 7-1 away.

This season, Roma and Manchester United have met twice in the group stage, with Roma drawing 1 and losing 1.

"If we meet again, we will take revenge."

The Italian media boosted the morale of Rome with such headlines.

In fact, Wan Sheng is also very sympathetic to Roma, because the two teams are almost 'in the same condition', Manchester City meets old rival AC Milan, Roma meets old rival Manchester United, both teams were eliminated last season, and now Romans also have a chance to revenge.

It's a pity that the Romans are a little weak.

They played Manchester United in their own turf, at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, and after 90 minutes of battle, Roma lost 2-0 to Manchester United.

The goals of C-Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney completely made Roma fall from heaven to hell dreaming of the 'treble'.

The data after the game shows that although Roma and Manchester United both had 12 shots on goal, Roma had a 51-49 advantage in possession, and 10-to-1 in corner kicks, but Roma, who lacked Prince Totti, showed a lack of ability to score goals.

Two teams from England and two teams from Italy played each other, ending up 1-2 and 1-0.

Italy was defeated.

From the point of view of the Italian media, it is natural to hope that a domestic team can advance to the semi-finals of the Champions League, and AC Milan has 'only' lost by one goal, which is much more hopeful than Roma.

But Wan Sheng and Morris 'master and apprentice' together, their mouths are unforgiving.

They didn't even say a sentence, "AC Milan still has a little hope", and when they mentioned the match with AC Milan, it was a sentence, "Manchester City will win", which made the Italian media hate itchy.

Wan Sheng and Morris don't care so much.

For Manchester City, the first leg is over and they just have to wait for the second leg to do their best, as for what the media says, it doesn't matter at all.

That evening, the whole city flew back to Manchester.

The next day, Wan Sheng gave the whole team a half-day off.

In the afternoon, the squad returned to normal training for the FA Cup.

Such a hurried assembly training is actually a last resort, because one day between the quarterfinals of the Champions League is the English FA Cup.

With only one day between the two games, it's good to have a half-day off.

In the afternoon training, there was no preparation or anything like that, the main thing was to let the players do some recovery training, and Wan Sheng also talked to the players about the next opponents.

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Barnsley, a professional team in South Yorkshire, north of England.

They are currently part of the English First Division (Third Division) and have long been up and down in the lower divisions, most recently promoted to the top flight in 1997, but only played one season before losing relegation and returning to the second division.

Barnsley have been in excellent form in the FA Cup this season, and it's hard to imagine that this third-tier team has eliminated two strong teams, Liverpool and Chelsea, to reach the last eight of the FA Cup.

Some British media even called them the 'miracle team'.

It's not easy for a third-tier team to beat a strong team, but Barnsley have beaten two in a row, which makes them look scrappy, and even against Manchester City, many of their players have stood up and said, "We beat Liverpool, we beat Chelsea, and it's not a ...... to beat another Manchester City"

"We're good at doing miracles, especially when it's in Okewell......

Some players not only have fighting spirit, but also express their opinions after investigating the situation, "They were playing against AC Milan the day before yesterday, and now they are definitely not back to form, we have a great chance to continue to create miracles!" ”

"Beat Manchester City and we'll be in the last four!"

The British media encouraged Barnsley's courage to challenge the strong team and the spirit of being able to win, and many media reported on it, and some media even said, "Manchester City is likely to lose to Barnsley." ”

In this regard, Wansheng didn't even bother to say much.

In the pre-match press conference, Wan Sheng only talked about the team's recent situation and did not say anything about Barnslido, which some media interpreted as a 'lack of confidence'.

But as soon as the game began, they immediately shut up.

Manchester City scored in the third minute!

When Robert Carlos slammed the ball into the Barnsley goal, the Okewell Stadium fans kept their mouths shut.

It's hard to imagine......

Before the game, most of the media coverage focused on Barnsley, and Barnsley fans also felt that the team had a lot of hope, and they all watched the game with hope, and only three minutes later, Okewell's Manchester City scored the goal.

Carlos' goal success silenced many.

There were no surprises in the rest of the game, as City relied on goals from Carlos, Ljungberg and substitute Darren Bent to win three goals away at Barnsley.

Post-match ...... No one said anything more.

The British media described City's victory as 'normal', "It's normal to beat a team in the third tier as the reigning champions of the Premier League. ”

Everyone agrees on this view.

By this time, no one has mentioned the miracle created by Barnsley, and perhaps only Barnsley's players will remember their successive knocks out of Liverpool and Chelsea, hoping to reach the last four of the English FA Cup.

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After the FA Cup quarterfinals, it will be the 33rd round of the Premier League, Manchester City hosts Liverpool.

This is the first time Manchester City and Liverpool have met this season.

In fact, according to the FA's published schedule, the game was to be played in January after Christmas, but due to the time conflict with the English League Cup semi-final, the game has been postponed until now.

The game was tough for both teams.

Manchester City have just experienced a big battle with AC Milan, and Liverpool have just played Chelsea, and both teams are not in good shape.

Even though the venue was Manchester Stadium, City were not in good shape, as evidenced by Torres' two consecutive shots off target.

It's the same with Liverpool.

Steven Gerrard, the only active player in their lineup, also had three shots straight off the line in both halves.

Finally, after 90 minutes, the two sides exchanged blanks.

0 to 0.

City are more than comfortable with this result as they still have a five-point advantage over Manchester United, while Liverpool are a bit of a danger as they currently sit fifth in the league, three points less than fourth-placed Arsenal.

A draw would have them five points less and it would be very difficult for them to catch up in the final five rounds.

It has nothing to do with Manchester City.

In fact, after the match with Liverpool, almost all the news related to Manchester City in the British media had nothing to do with the game, and everyone was talking about one figure, that is, Thaksin, the president of Manchester City FC.

Last summer, the Thaksin consortium bought Manchester City with a capital injection.

Many people think that Thaksin has given up on Thai politics to devote himself to football and want to do something in England, but in reality, Thaksin has done almost nothing but inject money into the club since last summer.

Now Thaksin himself has long since left England.

After Christmas, Thaksin went into exile in Japan due to political pressure from the Thai government.

In late February, Thaksin arrived in Hong Kong, where he took off on a Thai Airways flight to Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi International Airport.

After arriving in Bangkok, Thaksin knelt on the ground and folded his hands to journalists and his supporters to show respect for Thailand, while Thaksin sought political asylum and defended dozens of charges against him.

After that, Thaksin returned to Japan.

Thaksin told the media, "My wife and I have been invited by China to attend the Beijing Olympics, and after the Beijing Olympics, I will return to Thailand with my wife." ”

And on the day of the match between Manchester City and Liverpool, the British government had already said that it would "no longer provide political protection to Thaksin." ”

The British government means that even if Thaksin comes to the UK, he will not be allowed to set foot on British soil, but the key point is that Thaksin is still the chairman of Manchester City FC.

The president of a club is denied access to the country by the government, which means that Thaksin will not be able to return to Manchester City Club to preside over the work in a short time, so Manchester City Club is equivalent to having no chairman.

"Will Manchester City FC be in turmoil as a result?"

"Will Thaksin's problems affect the team's results?" There are even media outlets worried about the payment of player wages for Manchester City FC.

In this regard, Manchester City FC press officer Richardson quickly stood up and said, "The club is operating normally, and the club's top management also has a board decision. ”

But there is still a lot of talk about it in the outside world.

"Manager Sinar may represent Thaksin and succeed him as president of the club."

"The board is dissatisfied with Sinal, he doesn't have enough prestige."

"Wansheng's position is affected."

"Thaksin is likely to choose to sell his stake in Manchester City FC......"

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Amid all the rumours, there was some turmoil within the club, and many players were talking about it in private. (To be continued.) )