Barcelona's intention to invite Wan Sheng to replace Rijkaard as the team's coach and lead Barcelona to next season is not just a rumor.

After the first leg with Barcelona, Barcelona FC president Joan Laporta called Wansheng's 'nominal' agent, Kevin Tagore, to inform him that Barcelona were interested in inviting Wansheng to coach.

The reason why I say 'nominal' is because Kevin Tagore is very busy, and many things in Tessen's personal work are handled by the 'lawyer advisory group' of Tagorewan Group, and nominally Kevin Tagore is still an agent, but in essence, Kevin Tagore has rarely been involved.

There are many members of the Tagore Wan Group's 'lawyer advisory group', and the person in charge has not appeared in public, and Wansheng has almost no work in commercial advertising and contract signing recently, so the European side does not know the situation.

Laporta's desire to ask some questions about Wansheng's whereabouts through Kevin Tagore is a bit of a piano for the cow.

Tagore still knows a little about Wansheng's recent work, but he is too busy with his own work, how can he be in the mood to talk to Laportado? In Tagore's mind, it would be better for Wansheng to return to China and participate in the management of the group company.

However, Tagore knew that Wan Sheng would not make up his mind so quickly about which club to coach, so he just responded to Laporta, and then there was no further action.

There was no reply, and Laporta did not give up, he directly found Wansheng's phone number through his connections, and then called.

It was the second day of the Manchester City and Liverpool match.

Wan Sheng was a little surprised to receive a call from Laporta, he didn't expect the other party to really invite him, if he didn't think about where to go, Barcelona is really a good choice, but unfortunately he has already made plans, the club he will coach in the future must at least belong to the Tagore Wan Group, so as not to work for others.

Barcelona?

This century-old European giant will never be acquired, so he regrettably refused, "I'm sorry, I have no plans to coach at Barcelona." ”

"What?"

Laporta was stunned for a moment, the smile on his face suddenly froze, he didn't expect that the other party would directly refuse his invitation, and he didn't even find an excuse.

It's the naked-naked, saying, "I'm not interested in Barcelona!" ”

How is this possible?

Will there be a manager in the world who is not interested in coaching Barcelona?

Laporta didn't expect this result at all, maybe he didn't remember before, Barcelona's sworn enemy Real Madrid president Calderón also invited Wan Sheng, but was also directly refused, at that time he also ridiculed Real Madrid for being unattractive, and wanted to invite a head coach was directly refused.

Now this is happening to himself.

Laporta thinks that in the name of Barcelona, attracting Wansheng is what should have happened, and he even thought that Wansheng should have come to Barcelona to coach, just like those media said, Wansheng's coaching style is very suitable for Barcelona, he is simply the best candidate for Barcelona next season, and God arranged the coach for Barcelona.

But the result did not seem to go in the direction he wanted, and the other party directly refused...... Refused?

Laporta suddenly felt a sense of humiliation!

Although Barcelona lost 0-2 at home to Manchester City in the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals, Barcelona is a giant of the century and one of the most powerful clubs in the world, and it is not comparable to a team like Manchester City's sudden rise.

Rejection of Barcelona?

What the hell is going on in the mind of this young Chinese!

Laporta held back his anger and continued to persuade, "Wan Sheng, as far as I know, you haven't coached a big club before, right? For you, it is an opportunity to coach Barcelona, Barcelona is a real giant, not at all comparable to Derby County and Manchester City! ”

Laporta spoke in a proud tone, as he believed Barcelona were a real giant.

Wan Sheng couldn't help but laugh when he heard the other party's tone, "I'm sorry, Mr. Laporta, I don't think it's a chance to coach Barcelona, if you think it is, then leave it to someone else!" ”

Since becoming a real head coach and entering European football, Wansheng has felt too much pride in coming to the proud club, whether it is a big club in England, a big club in Italy, or a big club in Spain now, they have a kind of arrogance.

Wan Sheng hated this feeling, because the other party's arrogance was directed at him.

It's as if he went to coach and got a gift, but on the contrary, Wansheng thinks that it is the other party's great luck to coach by himself!

This is the superiority of the wealthy!

It's a pity that Wansheng is very unhappy with this kind of premonition!

He didn't understand what superiority a team was about to lose, just because they had been brilliant?

No, brilliance can be fought for by yourself!

The other party has a glorious history, and it is not his own, so Wansheng does not want to coach a wealthy club at all, unless he ...... That giant family belongs to himself, Barcelona is definitely impossible, Wan Sheng finally gave a very certain answer, "Mr. Laporta, let me tell you this, no matter how good the conditions you offer, no matter how sincere the invitation, I will not go to coach, goodbye!" ”

"Bastard! Bastard! ”

Laporta, who heard Wan Sheng's last words, was greatly annoyed, and he roared angrily, "This damn Chinese! Damn it! How dare he look down on Barcelona! What right does he have to say that! What are the qualifications! ”

"Bastard! Bastard! ”

Laporta said angrily to his assistant, "I want him to know that he must look down on Barcelona's fate!" Definitely! ”

"Go tell Frank that if you can't win this game, go back to Holland!"

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Rijkaard received a notice from the club.

Laporta's message to him was 'must win', and he didn't know why Mr. President was so angry, and he thought it was because he was dissatisfied with his coaching results.

In the eyes of the Dutchman, this is actually normal, with the team having won nothing in the league and cup this season, and lost two national derbys, the only thing left to count on is the Champions League.

The Champions League is not only the hope of the club, but also his own hope, and the Dutchman knows very well that if he cannot lead the team to win the Champions League, he will definitely be swept away by the club.

As a manager who led Barcelona to the 2006 European Championship, being swept away sounds a bit tragic, but the world of football is like this, many managers have led the team to glory, but this does not mean that when he leads the team to poor results, it will be accepted by the club and the fans.

Barcelona are going through a period of turmoil, and it will take at least a season to stabilise this period, and only the champions can speed up the process, so without pressure from the club's hierarchy, Rijkaard also knows that he must lead the team to the Champions League final first.

It's not easy.

Manchester City took home two clean sheets from the Camp Nou in the first leg and will need at least a 2-0 score to win the second leg.

This is quite a demanding reversal!

Fortunately, there are no different voices within Barcelona and every player is fighting to reach the final at the crucial moment of the Champions League semi-final.

So Rijkaard also broke the boat, and made a vow before the game, saying, "We will definitely try to complete the comeback at Manchester Stadium and eliminate them!" ”

The Dutchman's words did not get much response, and the Catalan media reported the fighting spirit of the whole Barcelona team, as Manchester City were also fully focused on the Champions League semi-finals, and they also had a huge advantage of two away goals.

In the face of Rijkaard's 'provocative' remarks, Wan Sheng also shot back, "Oh? Rijkaard says his team is struggling for a comeback? Then I'll let them know how Barcelona managed to complete the reversal that they didn't have a chance to turn around! ”

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Wan Sheng's very affirmative words hurt the hearts of many Spanish media who had hopes of Barcelona advancing to the final, and even made some of them angry!

"As" newspaper expressed its opinion, "This Chinese is arrogant to the point of madness, he even thinks that Barcelona has no chance at all, and he has been carried away by the constant victories." ”

"We're happy to see that, it gives Barcelona a better chance of coming back!"

At the same time, many English media are worried that Wansheng's 'arrogant' attitude will anger Barcelona, causing the 'Dream II Team' to play at a super level and really complete the reversal at Manchester Stadium.

After all, it's Barcelona!

As the giants of the century, Barcelona will not be surprised if they 'go crazy' and play any kind of game.

But Wan Sheng knew in his heart that no matter what he said and did a lot, it would be impossible to wear down Barcelona's fighting spirit to complete the reversal.

This is the semi-finals of the Champions League, not an ordinary league, no matter which team, they will definitely do their best, what they say or do before the game, in fact, it doesn't matter, why should he endure to let the other party be arrogant?

What's more......

MD, Lao Tzu won 2-0 in the first round, is Lao Tzu not arrogant? You guys are two goals behind, what's there to be arrogant about?

He just can't get used to this kind of arrogance!

After a few words from the head coaches of the two sides, they were all bored and ready for the game, and only the media on both sides kept talking, and no other players were involved.

They put all their energy into preparing for war.

Soon the game came.

On this day, Manchester Stadium was packed, and every Manchester City fan was looking forward to the team's Champions League match, because Manchester City had never made a breakthrough in the Champions League in its history, and reaching the last four had made history, but no fan was satisfied with it.

As a team that has won the league championship for three consecutive years, winning another Champions League title can highlight the team's strong glory!

Manchester City fans were so enthusiastic that they began to cheer on the team frantically as early as ten minutes before the start of the game, after all the players had finished entering the stadium.

The atmosphere is good for City.

Every Manchester City player can get a lot of fans' welcome, on the contrary, every player in Barcelona has received a lot of 'boos'.

Especially...... Messi.

Now the Argentine genius has felt the price of being a top star.

Messi was the focus of conversation before the first leg between Manchester City and Barcelona, and he has more of a 'taste' of focus than Morris because he is very young and everyone is optimistic about his future.

The first leg was a tragedy for Messi.

For 90 minutes, he didn't play well, and he was restricted all the time.

When Messi came out, the Manchester City fans made a sound of ridicule, which felt very harsh to Messi's ears.

Messi gritted his teeth secretly and vowed to perform as best he could to respond to all doubts and disdain, but what he didn't see was the 'smile' in the eyes of the young Chinese coach in front of the Manchester City coach's seat.

That 'smile' must have a meaning.

If Messi sees it, maybe he should think about how he can behave normally, instead of trying to prove something.

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In this game, Wansheng continued to arrange the defense against Messi.

With the experience of defending in the last game, Manchester City players have a lot of experience in defending Messi, and they all know that this young star of Barcelona is very afraid of strong physical collisions and confrontations.

This is perhaps also a common problem for players in the Spanish league.

There is a big gap between the confrontation of the Spanish league and the Premier League, so the Spanish team and the English team are worse in terms of confrontation, and Messi is also a special one, because he has just been affected by injuries this season, and he is still very afraid of injury.

Newcomers to professional players, after the first injury, will have some psychological resistance, and it is not a big deal to say it, the key is that Messi is the core player of Barcelona, and Manchester City focuses on defending him.

So the problem was magnified.

If Manchester City didn't defend against Messi, maybe the Argentine kid could still perform very well, but there is no 'if' on the football field, if you don't defend Messi, the game will not be easy to win, and Wansheng must let the team do so.

With the experience of the last game, Manchester City also know how to play.

That is, according to the tactics of the last game, to stabilize the team and play defensive counterattack.

Manchester City are not in a hurry because they have a two-goal advantage and Barcelona have to attack, even if it is away from home.

The initiative and passivity of both teams are already obvious.

In the game, Barcelona took the initiative to attack, but in the overall situation, they were very passive, because they even attacked 'passive', and if they wanted to complete the reversal, they couldn't think too much, and it was necessary to attack with one heart.

But this kind of attack, under the strict defense of Manchester City, is difficult to have much effect. (To be continued.) )