Elite Coach Forum.

The original reason for the establishment of the forum was to bring together the top figures of European football and let them discuss the problems that arise in the top league, and then it evolved into a gathering of coaches of Europe's top clubs to exchange experiences, and the content of the forum has become more extensive, such as the latest technical and tactical trends, the reform of the European club league, the role of the modern coach, How coaches respond to the demands of the current high-intensity competitions and the relationship between coaches and their associations are all discussed in the forum, which is generally arranged at the beginning of each season and will play a certain role in UEFA's decision-making on relevant policies and rules.

The Elite Coach Forum has been held for 10 sessions so far, which means that this year is the 11th, and the objects invited by UEFA are generally the head coaches of major European giants, such as Ferguson, Mourinho, Ancelotti and other famous coaches are frequent visitors, so almost every forum is star-studded, quite a bit of Jin Yong's martial arts novels when the meaning of the Chinese mountain sword.

Lin Sen didn't expect that he would receive an invitation, this is not self-indulgent, Manchester City is not a first-line European giant for the time being, and for UEFA President Platini, who is vigorously implementing the Financial Fair Play Act, Manchester City, which has not had "financial fairness" for several seasons, is simply a typical negative teaching material, even personally, Malaga's results are not enough to make him a European coach, which is self-aware that Lin Sen still has.

However, the fact is that UEFA nevertheless sent him an invitation to participate in the Coaches' Forum held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, in early September. Lin Sen thought about it for a long time, and didn't understand what made UEFA look at him, but since he had already received the invitation, there was no reason not to go, Lin Sen felt that he should be able to meet many acquaintances, such as Pellegrini, such as Pep Guardiola, who just said goodbye next year.

On August 25, against Brighton in the League Cup, Manchester City, who played as a substitute, were bloodless. Beat the opponent 2-0 and enter the third round. Two days later, Manchester City found out their third-round opponents, Championship side Sheffield on Wednesday. However, the draw for the Carabao Cup is nowhere near as eye-catching at the moment as the other draw.

On August 28, the draw for the 2009/2010 Europa League group was officially held, and the 48 qualifying teams were divided into 12 groups. Because most of the opponents are not familiar with each other, it is natural that they can't talk about joy or worry.

For Linsen, this was originally just a routine, not his boasting, and the current Manchester City in the Europa League, there is no opponent to avoid. But when the results of the grouping came out, he quickly realized that it was really a rather interesting grouping.

Manchester City, who were not seeded, were drawn in Group L of the final group, along with the nationals of Portugal, Austria Vienna and ...... When a note with the team's name on it was taken out of the ball by UEFA officials, opened and read out. The corners of Lin Sen's mouth curled up in a more obvious arc.

The last team, from Spain, is called Athletic Bilbao.

After leaving Malaga, Linson thought he might not be able to meet this team for a long, long time. But I never thought that the gathering of enemies would be so fast. This is called, it's not that enemies don't get together. There will always be people to worry about.

Who is worried?

In a subsequent interview, Marwood, who represented Manchester City at the signing ceremony, said he was generally satisfied with the results of the group, after politely saying that the other teams were good teams. An attentive reporter brought up the feud between Linsen and Bilbao, to which Marwood laughed and called the reunion what makes football so appealing.

It's not the same as Marwood's understatement. For Bilbao, meeting Manchester City, one of the strongest teams in the group stage, is obviously not good news. But in an interview, Bilbao's president Marcua still said in righteous words: We will not be afraid of Manchester City, I have enough confidence in our team. In fact, Manchester City will make us more motivated and everyone knows why. Javi Martinez? Welcome him home.

It seems that no one is worried.

On August 30, the fourth round of the English Premier League, Manchester City challenged Portsmouth away, facing the league vice-captain who had suffered three consecutive defeats, Manchester City did not give Portsmouth any chance to turn over, and the score of 3-0 gave the opponent four consecutive defeats at the same time, but also won three consecutive wins.

With a three-game winning streak, Linson's start to the game at Manchester City can't be compared to his seven-game winning streak in Malaga for the time being, but it's undoubtedly good enough.

After four rounds of matches, only two teams in the entire Premier League can be said to be better than Manchester City in terms of record, and these two teams without exception have taken advantage of one more game than Manchester City, Carlo Ancelotti's Chelsea tepidly won four consecutive wins, and is currently at the top of the league standings with goal difference, followed by Tottenham Hotspur, who also won four consecutive games, followed by 12 points, and then Manchester City, which won three in a row. Manchester United, who lost 2-1 to Alex Ferguson, are already three points behind Manchester City and have fallen to seventh place.

After this round of the league, the FA's official website also announced the list of candidates for the Premier League of the Month in August, in terms of best players, Manchester City has two players selected, namely David Silva and Kompany, the two are selected enough confidence, David Silva scored three goals and three assists in three league games, Kompany's Manchester City defense has conceded zero goals in three games, and Linson has also become one of the candidates for the best coach, the other two are Ancelotti and Redknapp.

The best player should say that David Silva has a better chance of winning, after all, the number is there, and Kompany has little hope, not that he is not important, but the defenders obviously suffer in this regard. As for the best coach, if it is not unexpected, it should be Tottenham's Redknapp, the reason is very simple, in terms of the number of wins, Lao Lei has one more game than Linson, in terms of the difficulty of winning, compared with Ancelotti, Lao Lei faces a stronger opponent, and defeating Liverpool in the first round is Lao Lei's triumph.

After being poached by himself, Redknapp, who did not have any big money in the summer transfer market, was able to lead Tottenham to play such a strong start, which surprised Linson, in contrast, Liverpool's Benitez is a bit self-inflicted, and letting go of Xavi Alonso is destined to be a foreshadowing for him to leave Liverpool, this kind of thing can be big or small, Aquilani is obviously not a small matter, in fact, Italian players who are used to a slow pace, there are few examples of success in the Premier League, Di Canio, Zola can only be considered a special case.

Heading into September, the next step is the international break, and as Linsen had predicted, the Netherlands pulled off Arjen Robben and Frenkie de Jong, Spain drew David Silva and Brazil drew Robinho...... After reading the selection list, Lin Sen can only smile bitterly, of the 24 players in the first team, only seven have not received a call-up order, and the remaining list also includes future internationals such as Cahill, Azpilicueta, and Javi Martinez.

From now on, the FIFA virus is no longer a trivial matter that Lin Sen can deal with lightly, but a major matter that he must deal with carefully. And Manchester City's next league opponent is Arsenal, which has just suffered a defeat.

Lin Sen did not set up any obstacles for the players who got the call-up order, and won glory for the country, which is a good thing, and the cooperation at this time is also to prepare for the future cooperation between the head coaches of various national teams and himself. However, for a few "fragile items", Lin Sen still had to be a "mother", such as Robben, such as Robinho, after explaining that a few people must be handled with care, Lin Sen also called the head coach of each national team and took the initiative to send them a report on the player's personal physical condition specially prepared by Dina in the past.

Since we want to cooperate, it is naturally a good cooperation. The most important thing is that the players themselves don't get injured. It's easy to borrow and repay, and it's not difficult to borrow again. Of course, if his own cooperation is exchanged for the head coach of the national team turning a deaf ear, then it will be Hugh to blame Lin Sen for engaging in a non-violent non-cooperation movement next time.

After doing these things, Lin Sen prepared to leave for Nyon, Switzerland.

But before that, he had to prepare a new suit. Because the old set was wrinkled when he turned it out again when he was careless in keeping.

That's the only set he's in.

Lin Sen is not used to wearing suits, after nearly two years as a head coach, he has only worn a suit and leather shoes on the sidelines a handful of times, most of the time, he is either dressed in casual clothes or simply a sportswear issued by the club, but when he goes to Nyon to participate in this kind of meeting, Lin Sen still has to put on a skin that symbolizes strict treatment, because the occasion requires it.

Lin Sen originally planned to call Dina to accompany him to buy it, because he felt that women's eyes were always a little better than men's, at least she saw them, at least she would not be ashamed to wear them out. It's just that during the international break, Dina wants to go back to Spain to accompany her baby daughter, but Ariel is interested after knowing it, Lin Sen originally planned to pull Tang Hua and prepare to buy him a set as well, which can be regarded as congratulating him in advance for passing the guò coach assessment, Tang Hua was originally a little moved, but when he saw Ariel, he decisively abandoned his boss.

After walking around half of Manchester and working as a hanger for a long time, he finally found one that was satisfactory to Ariel's eyes, and then, Lin Sen felt that Tang Hua was really a genius. (To be continued......)