Adriano, who stepped onto the city court, bent down and gently touched the grass with his hand, then quickly stood up and drew a cross on his chest with the hand that touched the grass.

It's a habit he does every time he plays.

This game is not only important for Manchester City, but also for him.

The surprise of getting a chance to start in Europe's top leagues was almost unthinkable for Adriano a few years ago, but now, the moment he walked out of the tunnel, Adriano experienced the feeling he had when he landed on the European stage for the first time, with a hint of apprehension, fun and excitement and a hint of anticipation.

Adriano has a lot to thank for this opportunity.

First of all, he needs to thank his agent Rinaldi, when he has no ball to play, Rinaldi is still helping him take care of a qiē, he also needs to thank his girlfriend Daniela, when he is most frustrated, she still does not give up on him, he also needs to thank Dina and Ariel, if it weren't for these two people, maybe he wouldn't be able to hold on to Manchester City at all, of course, he also needs to thank the person who is standing not far behind him at this time.

The Chinese who brought him here from Brazil.

Lin Sen, who was standing in front of the coach's seat, was also looking at Adriano on the field, and unlike the other players, the color of the love on the top of the Brazilian's head was constantly changing in his eyes...... However, Lin Sen can understand Adriano's change in mood at this time, because it is difficult for any person to remain calm at this time after experiencing so many things.

Let Adriano, who has never started in the league before, start in such a game, Linsen's move may seem to many people, a little suspicious of rushing to the hospital, but in the Manchester City team, it has not caused any controversy, the reason is simple, Adriano is in excellent form in training. Of course. What helped Lin Sen make this decision was also Dina's physical fitness report and Ariel's psychological report......

In the four months since July, Linson has finally been reinstated to the standard of a professional player, both physically and mentally.

So, Lin Sen decided to give Adriano a chance.

If you do something wrong, you will be punished. If you do a good job, you will be rewarded. It may sound naïve, but it's one of the basic principles of management.

Coyle has put a lot of preparation into this game. Because compared to Manchester City, Coyle's side have far less trouble and much more time.

Koyle doesn't need to worry about the feelings of any big-name players, nor does he need to balance the playing time of the players, and even, in order to be able to concentrate on the relegation task of the league, Burnley, who did not interfere with European competitions, even chose to give up the League Cup early, and it was a bit of a coincidence that they were eliminated in the second round of the League Cup by Sheffield Wednesday, who were then eliminated by Manchester City on Wednesday.

At this time, Coyle is like Linson who coached Malaga last season. There isn't much off-site interference. There weren't too many on-field concerns, he and his team, from top to bottom, were focused. The only goal of each week is to beat their league opponents as much as possible.

For promoted Burnley, Manchester City are undoubtedly a behemoth. But in Coyle's view, if Burnley can beat Manchester United. Why can't Manchester City be beaten? What's more, Manchester City are clearly in trouble at the moment.

Coyle anticipated that Linson might adopt the same formation as he did in the previous game against Birmingham City, as he knew. Although Burnley's record is better than Birmingham's, in front of a team like Manchester City, there is not much difference between Burnley and Birmingham. It's just that he expected the formation, but he didn't expect the starters, especially Adriano's play.

Coyle thought that Linson would let Bellamy continue to start, because in the last game against Birmingham, it seemed that he and Suarez worked well together, even if it wasn't Bellamy, it could be someone else, but it shouldn't be Adriano, who was also rumored to be sent to the reserve team some time ago.

What is the difference between Adriano's and Bellamy's? Just three minutes into the game, he got the answer.

On the top of the head of Biki, the commanding height of Burnley's defense, Adriano fought for a header, and then blocked Biki, who did not have an advantage on the top of his head and tried to regain the advantage at his feet, and looked at Biki, who tried his best but still failed to take advantage of Adriano's body, Coyle inexplicably flashed a ridiculous picture in his heart.

That's the scene of children and adults grabbing toys. This is not a matter of skill at all, but a more simple gap in ability.

Is this really the Adriano who has been abandoned for half a year? Coyle's heart sank.

Although Manchester City's attack was still fruitless in the end, this time in the competition, Biki completely fell below, which made Coyle a little uneasy.

Just when Coyle, who was taken aback by Adriano, was still thinking about how to deal with Adriano, Manchester City had already taken the lead in opening the situation, and this attack had nothing to do with Adriano.

In the ninth minute, David Silva sent the ball in the back of his body and Suarez went solo to meet the Uruguayan star's shot, Burnley goalkeeper Jensen made a good save, but he couldn't make a second time, and Bale made a perfect effort to fill the empty net.

One to zero.

Manchester City's start was unusually smooth, but compared to the excited fans, Lin Sen was much calmer, anyway, Lin Sen had already made up his mind, before the referee blew the whistle, unless it was more than three goals ahead, he absolutely did not believe that God had let him go. Sure enough, after this goal, the game entered the most familiar egg-pain rhythm of Lin Sen, and began to do push-ups between scoring and not scoring.

Of course, the whole first half was not without surprises. Although he didn't score, Adriano had a good appearance, especially in the "battle" with the opposition defence, the Brazilian showed his overwhelming advantage, and it is a pity that Adriano could not turn this advantage into a help for the team because of the lack of games.

At halftime, after analysing the highlights of the first half and giving some necessary explanations, Linson walked up to Adriano's side.

"Tired?" Looking at Adriano, who seemed to be sweating on his forehead, Lin Sen asked with a smile.

Adriano was certainly not the player who ran the longest distance in the first half, but Linson knew that Adriano was definitely the most tired player in the first half, because he was almost under the rotating supervision of the opposing two central defenders throughout the first half, and Ade did not choose to tie his hands down.

In response to Lin Sen's question, Adriano did not speak, but just shook his head, indicating that he was not tired. He wasn't lying, and Dina couldn't have lied to Lin Sen about the military situation in this regard, and Dina had an almost paranoid demand for work, since she said that Adriano had met the conditions to start, then the Brazilian must have enough fitness to play at least 90 minutes.

'It was a good first half, but I think you could have played better...... Be proactive. ”

"Active?"

"Yes, initiative. You did a good job in the first half to create chances for your teammates, but standing up as a striker doesn't mean you really have to think of yourself as a stake and not moving, because you have to remember that you're still a striker. Remember what I told you before the game? ”

Adriano nodded.

Before the game, many people, including Dina, were speculating about what Lin Sen said to Adriano, but in fact, the conversation between the two was only a few words, and the longest of them was: Don't think about what one person changes the game, this game has only one task, that is, to defeat the opponent in front of you, use your body, and your strength.

"Then I tell you that your vision should be a little farther. Those two centre-backs on the other side are just your obstacles, not your opponents. ”

Yes, to put it bluntly, Lin Sen is encouraging Ade to shoot.

In this game, Lin Sen assigned Adriano the role of a standing striker, and Ade successfully completed the task, but now, Lin Sen wants more.

For Adriano, after coming to Manchester from Brazil, Linsen always felt that he was honest a lot, although he just got out of the nightclub some time ago, but he was still honest after all, especially after returning from the reserve team, Linsen always felt that he was missing something, and now after watching half the game, Linsen finally understood that what Adriano lacked was what once made him invincible on the field: aggressiveness.

The so-called aggressiveness, in fact, in other words, may be more understandable, is ruthlessness. Adriano, once known as the most versatile striker on the planet, except for the right foot, he has almost no weaknesses, his height, strength, and skill are impeccable, and it is this almost unreasonable ruthlessness that allows him to take these advantages to the extreme.

But now, Adriano has lost such a thing, no wonder, why is he so unreasonable now?

For this, Lin Sen has no way for a while, because if he wants to find this back, there is no shortcut at all, he can only rely on successes again and again to accumulate, a successful pass, a beautiful breakthrough, a just right assist, a simple goal, every time is a success, Adriano is destined to find himself slowly like this.

But there is no way, just because you can't show him the way.

In the second half of the game, Linson did not make any changes, and Coyle took the lead in seeking changes, removing a striker and replacing him with a midfielder.

Obviously, although the score is behind, Coyle has seen that his team's backline is too passive, and the main reason for passivity is Adriano's survival, his advantage is too obvious, if it is not for not knowing why Adriano's desire to shoot is really not high, it is likely that there will be more than one goal conceded in the first half. Therefore, in the second half, there had to be someone to keep an eye on the Brazilian.

Koyle's choice is the experienced Icelandic defender Gudjanssen. (To be continued......)