Chapter 195: The Price of Carelessness

The English media is completely tilted in favour of Manchester City, who can't wait to see how Manchester City will finish off Real Madrid.

But this kind of public opinion tendency is not a good phenomenon for Wansheng.

Real Madrid have been in a bad situation lately, they have suffered their first defeat in La Liga, they still lost to a small club, and they also lost to Bayern Munich in the Champions League, with only three points, but no matter how bad their results are, they are Real Madrid, they have enough stars, they have a gorgeous squad, no one can deny that.

Perhaps, Real Madrid's results have something to do with their internal personnel problems, etc., but the framework of the stars is there, and this kind of team cannot be underestimated in any way.

Even if the pressure of playing Real Madrid is much less than playing Bayern Munich, and the team is playing at home, Wansheng must tell everyone that Real Madrid must not be underestimated.

"Don't listen to the voices from outside, we have to prepare seriously and take the game seriously! Real Madrid is not easy to play against, we are not strong enough to that extent! ”

In the moments leading up to the game, Wan Sheng had to pour cold water on the team.

He wants the team to win and has some confidence, but he has to do it because he knows that if the team underestimates the opponent, it will inevitably pay a heavy price!

But when it comes to the playing field, it's a different story.

On the third match day of the Champions League group stage, Manchester Stadium, the game on the field has just begun, many fans have not yet been able to get into the state, the situation in the stands is a little chaotic, the managers and substitutes of the two teams have just sat down, the big men on the rostrum are still talking about interesting things leisurely, and some media reporters who are shooting are just getting ready.

It was at this time. The shout for a goal on the radio made everyone's mouth open in surprise.

“Goooooooooooooooooal!!!!!!!!!”

"Let's see—let's see—"

"Oh my God! Oh, God! ”

“Goooooooooooal!!! The ball went in!! The ball went in!! Nikolai Anelka - "

“1:0! 1:0! ”

"It's only been two minutes since the start of the game, I'm still drinking a drink sorry, I'm so surprised, so surprised! The goal went in, it was Anelka. He received a pass from Morris and sent the ball directly into the door of Casillas' handle with a cold shot! In just two minutes, the French striker gave Manchester City the lead! ”

"Two minutes! Two minutes! God—"

"Even if the English media had expectations for Manchester City before the game, I couldn't imagine that Manchester City could score in the second minute, which is amazing."

“”

At the shouts of Belbart, everyone in the audience came to their senses, and then looked at the score on the scoreboard, which had become 1:0. Just now, Anelka received a pass from Morris and directly helped the team change the score

On the field, the Real Madrid players were a little confused.

They couldn't help but think of the last league game against Getafe, which was full of desperate memories, very bad memories, and now it seems to be happening again, and they came to Manchester with the determination to win. As a result, just two minutes later, City took the lead.

How so?

It was Raul who reminded everyone. "The game has just started, we have a lot of time, it was just an accident, we will chase it back!" He said with his fists clenched.

Raul's words struck a chord with his Real Madrid team-mates.

The great Real Madrid, it is impossible to be knocked down by a single goal, as Raul said. The game has just begun, and the goal just now is really unexpected, it can only be said that the start has not yet entered the state, and the defense is very sparse, in addition. Anelka's shot was also too sudden, completely catching Casillas off guard, and this kind of goal was completely sudden play by the player, which was simply impossible to replicate.

At the same time, Anelka, who had just scored a goal, was also celebrating with his teammates.

Anelka felt quite excited, this is his second goal in the Champions League, the last game against Bayern Munich, he also scored a goal, but no footballer will be afraid of scoring too many goals, especially with a team like Real Madrid, it is particularly precious, so after the goal, Anelka was quite excited, he ran from the penalty area all the way to the corner flagpole, and then knelt directly to the ground in the direction of the Manchester City fan stand, he raised his arms and kept shouting, the sound of the stadium was too noisy, It's hard to know exactly what he's talking about, but his excitement is something for all to see.

After that, Manchester City's team-mates rushed over to gather Anelka in the middle and celebrated the goal together.

Everyone's expressions were quite relaxed.

Before the game, many media and fans in England were expecting Manchester City to beat Real Madrid, in this atmosphere of public opinion, even they felt that Real Madrid was not difficult to play, although Wan Sheng emphasized that they should take the game seriously, and they did so, but they still felt very relaxed when they scored at the beginning.

A lot of players are thinking-

"What about Real Madrid? Isn't it unfavorable? ”

"We're much better than Real Madrid!"

'It was a comfortable win for sure, we had a goal in just two minutes!'

“”

It is not surprising that there are similar thoughts, even many fans in the stands are thinking so, and Wan Sheng, who is standing on the sidelines, is also happy to watch the game, in any case, the goal in the first two minutes of the game is still in a happy mood.

But the next game was a big surprise!

After the game restarted, Real Madrid launched a big attack around the Manchester City half, breaking through, passing and attacking directly in front of the goal, which caught the Manchester City defense a little unprepared, and only 7 minutes later, Real Madrid took advantage of the leakage of Copelle Ferreira's defense and successfully sent the ball to the goal, and the Dutch goalscorer Ruud van Nistelrooy, who transferred to Real Madrid from Manchester United in the summer, sent the ball directly to Dunn with his back to the net.

1:1。

And that's just the beginning.

After Real Madrid equalized the score, they continued to maintain offensive and suppression, making Manchester City very passive, and Wan Sheng watched the situation on the sidelines and anxiously reminded the team to 'be stable'. But under the waves of Real Madrid's attack, Manchester City's backfield defense is still frequent.

More importantly, Manchester City has been suppressed in the situation.

Manchester City's tactics are to play control and suppress, and if they are counter-suppressed, then all the subtle tactics are meaningless, because the formation retreats to the back. The subtlety of the match simply can't be played, the football is always at the feet of the opponent, and the so-called control is simply impossible.

And so, in the thirtieth minute, Real Madrid took advantage of another corner kick opportunity, which was sent into the goal by central defender Cannavaro.

1:2。

Real Madrid overtook the score!

There was a dead silence at the Manchester stadium, with only the shouts of some Spanish fans remaining, and all the Manchester City fans were silent.

On the pitch, looking at the football in the door. Copelle Ferreira's eyes were full of apologies.

In the corner kick just now, Ferreira was responsible for defending the front post, but he was pushed by Van Nistelroy and couldn't jump, and the ball fell directly into the middle of the box, and Cannavaro got the chance, and he felt that the goal was still his responsibility.

In addition to Copele Ferreira, the rest of his teammates were also a little dazed, and they didn't know why the game had turned out like this. Obviously they are favored by the media, obviously in the 2nd minute. They had a goal, they had a goal to lead the opponent at the beginning, it was a good situation, but now the half-time is not over, and the opponent has overtaken the score?

Many players subconsciously looked at the sidelines, and what they saw was Wan Sheng's somewhat annoyed expression.

Wan Sheng had reason to be angry.

Before the start of the game. He stressed not to underestimate Real Madrid, when it comes to real strength, Real Madrid is definitely above Manchester City, even if it is a home game, it is not easy to beat Real Madrid. They are not in a position to underestimate their opponents at all.

The result?

What he said didn't work at all!

Obviously, the players on the field all underestimated their opponents, and their performance was so bad that they made frequent mistakes on the field, and the team's tactics could not play at all.

Real Madrid's two goals seem to be Copelle Ferreira's mistakes, but in fact, the main thing is that the overall performance of the whole team is not good, otherwise how could Real Madrid have so many chances in front of goal? It is impossible for any good central defender to defend without making mistakes, the opponent has too many attacks, and mistakes are inevitable, of course, this is not to excuse Ferreira's mistakes, and his performance is not much better, mainly because Wan Sheng is more annoyed by the performance of the whole team.

Every player on the field is the culprit who is overtaken by the opponent!

None of their performances really satisfied Wansheng!

At half-time, in the Manchester City dressing room, the atmosphere was a little heavy.

Wan Sheng stood in the middle, his eyes scanning everyone's faces, and every player he saw lowered their heads unconsciously, they didn't dare to look up at each other.

When you think about the first half of the game, and then you think about the look on the face of the coach now, they feel a little scared.

The heavy breath lasted for three minutes.

No one spoke, no one looked around, everyone lowered their heads and said nothing, some people couldn't help but raise their heads, but they immediately lowered their heads when they saw Wan Sheng's chin.

They were apprehensive.

So far this season, the coach has never been so serious and angry.

It wasn't until Wan Sheng finally spoke, "Do you remember what I said?" A heavy voice landed, but all the players exhaled unconsciously, the atmosphere just now was too dull, they were even a little out of breath, although the coach's tone was not good, but as long as he opened his mouth, it was much better than just now.

Some players raised their heads.

Wan Sheng looked over, it was Lee Morris, and only players like Morris who were very close to Wan Sheng dared to speak, "Boss, you said that you can't underestimate your opponent, and you have to treat the game with 100% energy!" ”

"Good!" Wan Sheng looked at Morris, "But you don't seem to remember my words?" ”

Morris immediately lowered his head and said, "I'm sorry. ”

Wan Sheng snorted coldly and didn't say anything more, compared to other players, Morris performed very well, although in the first half he completely became a 'defensive back' from the core of the team's attack.

Immediately after, Wan Sheng looked at Copelle Ferreira. (To be continued.) )