With the Champions League group stage all over and Manchester City heading to a derby with Manchester United on the horizon, the line is undoubtedly in the spotlight, not just in terms of the impact of the Manchester derby, but also in the race for the top spot in the Premier League.

It was crucial for both teams to be available in such an important game.

In the Manchester City team, Nicola Anelka looked very happy.

Wan Sheng did not say who would start the game against Manchester United, but in the game against Watford, sending him to start has already shown that in Wan Sheng's heart, he intends to let Darren Bent play in the game against Manchester United.

But it was a different story after the Watford game, with Nicolas Anelka scoring a hat-trick of his own, believing that with his explosive form, the manager would consider him playing against Manchester United.

For him, there is nothing more joyful than beating the competition.

Anelka feels like he's fighting for what he wants step by step - a high salary, attention, being a superstar, these things, at the age of 18, he had a lot of ups and downs, but in the past few years, his career has been a bit up and down, from a short failed career at Real Madrid in the early years, to the love of Paris Saint-Germain and Liverpool, he has barely improved in the past few years, and although he has been in the spotlight, there has been little growth in his career, which is still very annoying to him.

Now he's about to get what belongs to him.

Manchester City's results are getting better and better, and he has become the most talked-about team in Europe, and he has also become Manchester City's top scorer, and I believe that after this season, his reputation will definitely increase even further.

But thinking about the team's young manager, Anelka still feels a little scared.

Despite his young age, no one in the team is not afraid of him.

Nicolas Anelka, too, wanted to play against Manchester United but was a little afraid to speak to the manager personally, but in the end his brother Crowder's reminder worked. "Nikolai, you're the team's top scorer, you've just scored a hat-trick and you're already entitled to ask for something."

Anelka then found Wan Sheng and said that he wanted to start against Manchester United.

Anelka's initiative to ask for the battle made Wan Sheng a little surprised, he looked at the French expected face in front of him, and was also a little moved, although Anelka's life style and personality are a little disgusting, but when it comes to the ability and performance on the football field, it is indeed very good, especially when he just broke out in the game with Wadford. With three goals scored individually, Wan Sheng felt he deserved his chance.

But Wansheng wants to play Darren Bent again, because in recent times, Darren Bent has not had many chances.

In a normal league, he would have decided which player to play, but unlike Manchester United's derby, the tournament is important to every player and he has to at least make it fair to all the players as manager. It's about his authority in the team and the trust the players have in him, and it's not a matter of sloppiness.

It's like the boss of a company, facing two employees with the same excellent ability, but always favoring one of them. Giving this one a constant salary increase, but that one not moving, will definitely make all employees of the company unconvinced, and it is often easy to cause many internal problems. Internal issues are very important for both a company and a team.

So Wansheng had to come up with a way to convince everyone.

In a training match, decide who starts with goals? Definitely not, if it does. It is equivalent to deepening the conflict between the players, and how to distribute the two teams cannot be truly fair.

Otherwise, why don't both of them play!?

Thinking of this, Wan Sheng suddenly had a flash of inspiration.

Before, Wansheng has been thinking about the game with Manchester United, using normal tactics, but it is very difficult to beat Manchester United at Old Trafford, Manchester City is not much better than Manchester United, if there is no football training master system coaching skills bonus, Wansheng is sure that his Manchester City, and Manchester United is a grade worse, it is because of the coaching skills bonus, Manchester City can perform so well, and Manchester United, Chelsea has the same play and strength.

Compared with the lineup of each line, Manchester City is difficult to compare with Manchester United, not to mention, this is an away game, in addition, this season's Manchester United is surprisingly strong, Manchester City's tactics have long been thoroughly studied by various opponents, there is no surprising winning capital, as long as Manchester United has a solid defense, and Manchester City plays steadily, the team really has to rely on a lot of luck to win.

That's right, surprise wins!

Wan Sheng looked at Anelka, his eyes shining.

"I'll think about it." He responded to Anelka's remark, pushing the Frenchman out the door and writing and drawing himself on the tactical board, which made Anelka nervous, but eventually left the office.

On this day, Wansheng worked until 10 o'clock in the evening and did not leave.

The next morning, Wan Sheng approached Pierce and Diamares to talk about his thoughts.

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"What did you say?"

"Let Anelka play with Darren? You are crazy! ”

Pierce and Diamares listened to Wan Sheng's words and almost unanimously objected, but Wan Sheng only smiled slightly and began to write and draw on the tactical board, explaining the tactics he had come up with.

After some explanation, both of them fell silent.

"It's kind of dangerous!" Diamares pointed out the problem: "If they react and make targeted adjustments, then our defence is in danger. ”

"And it doesn't always win!" Pierce added.

"Of course not sure." "There is no strategy for sure to win in football, but I think this team can play the best possible attacking ability, as long as we play well enough, we will definitely be able to score one step ahead of Manchester United, and in the second half, we will adjust the tactics back, and we are already ahead at that time." ”

Thinking of this, Wansheng was a little impatient.

Wan Sheng's tactics are the most powerful firepower, attacking Manchester City's half!

Anelka and Darren Bent are both good at being forwards in front of the goal, and there must be a conflict of positions when the two play at the same time, Wan Sheng intends to let the two of them stand in the front position, and they don't need to cooperate with each other or anything, because he put a Morris after the two to adjust, so that with Morris as an adjustment, the front can be cooperated, of course. This will lead to a series of problems, such as Morris going to the front, there will be problems in the midfield, and for example, even if Morris goes to the front, the two still can't cooperate, it is still a waste to have an extra striker, and the support on the wing is also a problem, if these problems are solved, then the team's defense will definitely have problems.

So Wansheng did some more research. I plan to let the team attack with the most firepower.

This is to reconcile the problem that Anelka and Darren Bent both want to play, and the second is to surprise and win, and the chances of winning are no less than normal tactics.

After Wan Sheng explained, Diamares and the two had no objections, although the two are assistant coaches, but the team's tactics have always been decided by Wan Sheng, since Wan Sheng has made a decision and made a reasonable explanation, they just need to follow it.

Next, Wansheng was anxious about the whole team. After explaining in detail the style of play against Manchester United, the team began to make targeted tactical preparations.

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The game between Manchester City and Manchester United, there is one thing that must be there. That's a war of words between the two sides.

As early as before the last round of the war, the media on both sides had already launched a full-scale 'battle', and those neutral media were also looking forward to the two teams playing each other, each doing various analyses and judgments.

Manchester City and Manchester United are bitter enemies.

The majority of Manchester City fans. The argument that Manchester United is not representative of Manchester is more convincing, especially after Manchester United have an American owner. The only team that can represent Manchester is Manchester City, who have been more confident after their results have risen and won the league title last season.

Manchester United, on the other hand, has more supporters, not all of whom are in Manchester, but more supporters all over the world, taking distant China as an example, I don't know how many Manchester United fans there are.

These Manchester United supporters are all Manchester United's supporters, they absolutely support Manchester United, and they dismiss the claims of Manchester City fans, they believe that better results mean everything, and historical glory is more proof of glory, so Manchester United is the representative team of Manchester.

The two statements are completely opposite, and more media are involved in the debate.

Historically, Manchester United and Manchester City have an absolute advantage in results, but the confrontation between Wan Sheng and Manchester United has always been in the upper hand, so far, Wan Sheng has not tasted defeat in the game with Manchester United, whether it is leading Derby County or Manchester City.

At the same time, Wansheng and Manchester United also have a deep contradiction.

Many Manchester United fans believe that Wan Sheng was born at Manchester United, and no matter what reason he left Manchester United, he is a 'traitor' to Manchester United.

Wansheng doesn't admit it.

He doesn't have any good feelings about driving out his club, especially Manchester United coach Alex Ferguson, who always looks annoying, unlike Mourinho, who can still be friends with Ferguson off the field, Wan Sheng has no good impression of the old Scottish man.

Last season, Manchester United did not have a good result, opening up the points gap with Chelsea and Manchester City early, and did not have the opportunity to join the title race, and this season, Manchester United has achieved quite good results, and has been firmly at the top of the table since the start of the league, so the conflict between Manchester United and Manchester City is more profound.

This Manchester derby is more important than usual!

For this game, Manchester United supporters are full of confidence, because Manchester United is in great form, and this is also the game at Old Trafford, so Manchester United's crowded media "Manchester Sport" first fired, "Manchester United and Manchester City have always won more and lost less, and Manchester United was in a turbulent period last season, so Manchester City people succeeded,' Stealing the title that belonged to Manchester United, but now that Manchester United are united and making great strides in the league, Manchester City will not want to take away even a league point at Old Trafford from any point of view! ”

"Manchester United have a lot of fighting spirit, they have the strength and belief to win, so in this game, Manchester United will definitely win!"

Manchester Sport, who has always been a Manchester United supporter, is no surprise that they made such a report, but soon their old rivals, the pro-Manchester City Guardian, hit back: "Historical results don't matter at all, what matters is recent results, Wan Sheng is unbeaten against Manchester United, Manchester City were unbeaten against Manchester United last season, and in any way, Manchester United are unlikely to win at Old Trafford." ”

This kind of abnormal thing can only exist in the imagination! So, it will be Manchester City who will win! ”

After arguing about the winner, Manchester Sport revisited the old topic, which was Wansheng's 'betrayal'. "He is one of the biggest traitors of Manchester United in the past 100 years, after Mangnor and Denis Law!"

The story of Dennis Law is one of the most memorable episodes in the history of the Manchester derby, in 1974, former Manchester United star goalscorer Dennis Law, who had already switched to Manchester City, broke through his old club with his heel to help Manchester City win 1-0, and it was because of this goal that Manchester United suffered relegation that season, and Dennis Law became the most famous "traitor" in derby history.

However, 63 years before Denis Law's counterattack, Manchester United actually had a "traitor", the same as Denis Law. He is also one of United's all-time greats.

Mangnor is considered to be the first great manager in Manchester United's history.

In 1906, Mangnor led Manchester United to the second division runner-up and returned to the first division, and in 1907 he poached five outstanding players from Manchester City, including Billy Meredith, and the team quickly improved, and that season, Manchester United finished eighth in history; In 1908, Manchester United fulfilled their long-cherished wish to win the first top-flight title in history; 1909 year. Manchester United made another breakthrough in their history when they won the first FA Cup trophy in the club's history by beating the likes of Newcastle and Bristol. In the 1910/11 season, United won the league title again. This is the first trophy witnessed by Old Trafford (note: Old Trafford was officially opened in 1910).

However, in 1911, Manguere abruptly switched to city rivals Manchester City, and eight months later, Manguere led City to the league title. Manchester United, who have lost their leader, are only in 13th place, and an even bigger blow is yet to come, without Mangnor's Manchester United's vitality. In 1913, United were relegated to the second division, and were promoted several times until the mid-to-late 40s, where they never won any honours.

"Manchester Sport" put Wan Sheng and the two 'sages' together, which is also an alternative 'honor', but unfortunately the "Guardian" did not buy it at all, they said, "Wan Sheng was originally Manchester City", they think that Wan Sheng has been coaching Manchester United for a week, it is nothing at all, if Wan Sheng is not successful, who will remember that Manchester United once had a young Chinese coach in the junior team? On the contrary, Wan Sheng chose Manchester City as soon as he came to Manchester to coach, and Wan Sheng led Manchester City to win the Premier League title last season, so Wan Sheng has been labeled as Manchester City.

Soon "Manchester Sport" retorted, "Even if he is at Manchester United for a day, he is still a Manchester United man, not to mention, Wan Sheng came to Manchester United first, if he didn't have the experience of failure at Manchester United, how could he succeed in Derby County?" ”

When Wansheng heard this point of view, he really didn't know whether to refute it or not.

Yes, it would have been difficult for him to achieve his current success without Manchester United's failures, and perhaps he is still working hard to become a youth team manager?

But there are no ifs!

He failed at Manchester United, he was kicked out, and now, he's succeeded!

Wan Sheng himself doesn't have any good feelings about Manchester United, which is enough, so when interviewed by media reporters, he said directly, "I'm not a traitor, I don't have even a drop of Manchester United blood on my body!" They say this just to put pressure on me, but I don't have any pressure at all, like the Guardian said, I haven't lost against Manchester United, I haven't done it before, and I don't want to do it now! ”

'Now that I'm ready for my team and I think at the end of the game, those United guys should shut up because we're top of the league by then!"

Wan Sheng's winning remarks drew a unanimous rebuttal from Manchester United supporters.

Soon there were Manchester United players who stepped up.

Manchester United full-back Gary Neville 'secretly' illustrates the team's confidence: "Manchester City's results are good, but we are better. In fact, there is no better form in the Premier League than we are, and the day after tomorrow it is at Old Trafford and I think the team will win! ”

Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo also said excitedly, "This is our home stadium, our goal is to win the title, and before we win the title, we have to beat Manchester City, I believe it is nothing for us." ”

Wayne Rooney also came out and said, "It's a derby, but to put it bluntly, Man City are just one of our competitors, they're nothing, we just have to play hard and we can win, that's what I want to say." ”

Manchester United big man Paul Scholes also took over, saying, "I will do my best to help the team win!" ”

One by one Manchester United players stood up, just like the oath meeting before the war, each talking about the belief in winning, but what they said did not have any 'connotation', just to build confidence, or Manchester United coach Alex Ferguson's words carried more weight, "After these two seasons, I have a deep understanding of his (Wan Sheng) coaching style, their (Manchester City) tactics this season have not changed, I have already figured out how to deal with it." ”

"Times are evolving, and the sport of football is discovering that it is not okay to always play the same old way. I'm sure after this game he understands that. ”

If others listen to it, they think that Ferguson is giving a reminder to the 'juniors', but it is a little strange to think about a 60-year-old coach who is so similar to the 30-year-old manager of a team of the same level.

There is no doubt that the old Scottish man's words are full of sarcasm.

But Ferguson's words carried a lot of weight, especially his statement that 'I've studied their tactics', which gave more confidence to United's supporters.

So they made louder noises.

In the face of Manchester United, almost the fans, the media, the players and the manager fully stood up to express their confidence, Wan Sheng instead asked all the players not to talk about the derby in the media, and the whole team was the only one who faced Manchester United's collective firepower.

One person is definitely no match for these many people, and Wan Sheng can't spend all his time on spitting, so when a reporter came to interview again, he told the reporter a story, "One day I was walking on the road, and suddenly a dog came out and barked at me, as if it was going to come up and bite me twice, I was a little afraid that he would hurt me, so I took two steps back, but it barked louder." So I picked up a brick and threw it at it, and the dog was scared away. ”

It was a Guardian reporter who came to interview, so Wan Sheng didn't say it too bluntly, and he believed that the reporter would have a big brain and put the story all on Manchester United.

Sure enough, the next day, the Guardian believed that it had analyzed Wan Sheng's story and came to the 'reasonable' conclusion that "dogs with loud barks are bluffs and have no ability to bite people at all", and then the identity of the 'dog' was proposed to Manchester United.

The Guardian did not talk about the Manchester United and Manchester City match in its entirety, but the 'writer' of the story, Wan Sheng, reconnected with what happened, and everyone understood the 'insinuation' of the story.

Suddenly, Manchester United supporters were as disgusted as flies, and their "Guardian" sarcasm provoked great anger, but they wanted to refute, but they couldn't find good material, and more importantly, Ferguson didn't have the leisure to tell stories, maybe even if the old man Socrates came forward, he couldn't think of such a connotative story.

At the same time, they also wonder why this Chinese is so confident, as if he is not afraid to annoy Manchester United, is he really sure of winning at Old Trafford?

What will he do?

Manchester United supporters are really feeling a little weak.

Fortunately, at this time, the game is about to begin, and all the fog of the game will be revealed, and they don't have to spend more brain cells.

In the pre-match press conference, Wan Sheng did not talk about Manchester United again, but only talked about the state of the team, and he showed full confidence, "My team and I believe that we will definitely take the three points at Old Trafford!" 'He didn't look at Manchester United at all.

If you only look at Wansheng's performance, everyone still thinks that there will be some shady scenes in the game, otherwise how can Manchester City definitely win before the game starts? None of them knew where the confidence of this young Chinese came from.

Manchester City supporters couldn't think about it, and simply thought Wan Sheng was bluffing.

Just look at the fact that the Manchester City players didn't stand up and speak before the game, they must have felt ashamed to follow such an unreliable manager!

Yes, that's the right answer!

Manchester United supporters have come to such a conclusion, and they feel a lot more relieved in their hearts, as if they have seen Manchester United sweep Manchester City on the field. (To be continued.) )