In the first leg of the Champions League round of 16, the score between Manchester City and Celtic was 2-3, and Manchester City got a victory, with 1 goal difference and 3 away goals, and the qualifying situation is still very favorable.

The second leg is at home, with Manchester City knocking them out of the Champions League quarter-finals without conceding by two goals and not allowing Celtic to score three goals.

After the game, the British media chanted, "Manchester City has one foot in the quarterfinals!" ”

This is not the first season for Manchester City, the results of the previous two seasons have been very stable, they rarely have big ups and downs, so almost no one is worried that Manchester City will have a big dip and lose their qualification.

The first round of matches in the Champions League round of 16 was all over the day, and the British media were very happy with the results of the first round, as all four teams in England played favourable scores.

With the exception of Liverpool's 2-0 home win over Inter Milan, Chelsea and Manchester United both drew away from home.

Chelsea and Olympiacos had a bit of a disappointing fixture, with a 0-0 scoreline not reflecting the difference between the two teams, but back at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea's hopes of victory remain strong.

Manchester City, on the other hand, drew 1-1 away to Lyon, a draw plus a goal difference, and Manchester City are also in a very good position to qualify.

After summarizing the results of the first leg, the British media said, "All four teams in England are expected to advance to the quarterfinals of the Champions League!" ”

It's the swagger of English football!

There are only eight teams in the Champions League quarterfinals, and if all four teams in England reach the quarterfinals, it will be equivalent to occupying half of the country, and the "Sun" lamented, "UEFA should re-set the rules for English football, and the draw for the quarterfinals will also follow the principle of the round of 16 draw, that is, teams from the same country will not meet together......"

Of course, this is impossible.

For example, in the 2005-2006 Champions League, Liverpool participated in the special case, England had five teams competing for the Champions League, and if all five teams reached the quarterfinals of the Champions League, the draw would not be able to take place.

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Just when the British media was hyping up the Champions League for their own teams, Wan Sheng had already led the team back to Manchester.

Taking advantage of the gap at the end of the first round of the Champions League knockout round, Wan Sheng rarely gave the team a day off, and when he announced the news, all the players cheered excitedly, and they were even happier than winning the game.

Manchester City's schedule is too dense and it will be too difficult for them to take a holiday.

Even now, after a rare day off, they will face the Carabao Cup final at Wembley Stadium in four days' time, against bitter rivals Manchester United, who have just fought each other in a 'brutal battle'.

Perhaps only a few people in the team can relax, such as Copelle Ferreira and Mesut Ozil, because of the last Manchester derby, they were banned by England and could not participate in the game at all.

That's a regret, but it's also a relief.

Even if they can't compete, if City win the title, they will be able to claim a medal.

Many teammates envy them, after all, the pressure of the dense schedule is too great, and they in turn envy their teammates, and the League Cup battle with Manchester United is definitely a game that cannot be missed, but unfortunately they are banned and cannot participate at all.

Wansheng also took the opportunity to remind everyone not to be impulsive in the game.

"We're going to fight for the title, not to fight for the opponent." "Even if it's against Manchester United, what we need to do is beat them, not beat them with our fists," he said. ”

"It's a football match, not a boxing match."

Wan Sheng said with a fist.

A group of players burst out laughing, and Wan Sheng disbanded the team.

The next day, Wan Sheng originally wanted to rest at home for a day and relax a little, but he didn't expect a piece of news that made him unable to rest.

Bill Nix sent a message about his contract extension with the club.

In fact, the issue of Wansheng's contract renewal was raised by many people as early as the end of last year, and there were many mentions in the British media.

For example, the former chairman of the club, Waddell, actively wants to renew Wansheng's contract, but he is no longer the chairman of the club, and the one who occupies an absolute stake in the club is also the current chairman Thaksin, but recently, Thaksin has been disturbed by Thailand's domestic politics and has no energy to ask about the club.

This time, some of the Manchester City club's directors held an internal meeting again, and Sinal finally got the go-ahead to attend on Thaksin's behalf.

The main purpose of the meeting was to discuss the issue of renewing Wansheng's contract.

It is not too much of a problem for the club to renew the contract of the manager, the chairman and the general manager and other managers can decide together, but Manchester City is different, Thaksin has not been able to really invest in the club, and many times he cannot be contacted at all.

Wansheng's contract extension is by no means a trivial matter, because he must sign an extremely heavyweight contract to renew his contract, and his current salary has reached nearly 100,000 pounds a week, and his salary will definitely rise if he wants to renew his contract.

And that's just normal.

Considering Wan Sheng's success, many of Manchester City's directors believe that a huge contract is needed to keep him, as other clubs certainly don't mind offering a higher salary contract to poach him.

Bee Nix called, and the purpose was actually to test the idea of victory.

The personal relationship between the two is very good, but with so much money involved, and it is the head coach's contract extension, Billy Nix, as the manager of the club, still can't make the decision directly, and all this still has to be finalized by the club board.

Wansheng heard the news and was also thinking about it.

In fact, Wansheng is not in a hurry to renew his contract, because he has not considered whether he will stay at the end of the season, which involves a question of 'winning the championship'.

Any club will gradually decline when it comes to glory, Manchester City FC has already had this problem, when they were unbeaten in the league before, they still have a lot of fighting spirit to fight for, but next season, the team has won three league titles in a row, will the players still have such motivation to fight?

This is just one aspect to consider.

The salaries offered by Manchester City FC are no longer really attractive to Wan Sheng.

Even if the club raises the salary, he is just 'working' in the club, and the players he has cultivated have nothing to do with him when they transfer and leave, he is just a 'part-time' head coach.

This kind of thing is put on other head coaches, in fact, it is nothing at all, and it is a little unacceptable when it is put on Wansheng.

Wansheng has a Tagore Wan group, and the money he earns as a head coach is not even a fraction of the group company, and he has no need to 'work' for other people's clubs.

As far as the football training master system is concerned, he is now considering the 'football school investment plan', and when the football school infrastructure is completed in May and June, then he can start the enrollment plan, and then he will have a group of young players under him, which is more beneficial to the upgrade of the football training master system than a single team.

In addition, there are other factors, such as the invitation sent by the Chinese Football Association, wanting this, Wansheng feels very funny.

Xie Zhuanlong fell, and another Xie Zhulong stood up.

After a few months, the Chinese Football Association has a new vice chairman, a leader directly assigned by the State General Administration of Sports, surnamed Zhang, and the domestic media call him 'Director Zhang', because he previously held a leadership position in sports project management in the State General Administration of Sports, in fact, his position is the vice chairman of the Chinese Football Association.

Director Zhang became the vice chairman of the Chinese Football Association, which is definitely equivalent to a promotion.

After taking office in the Chinese Football Association, Director Zhang knew that he was already in the field of vision of fans across the country and the national media, and he also hoped that he could rise up to do something, first of all, the first thing to do was to arrange the head coach of the Chinese national team.

Forado Petrovich stepped down after only three months as the coach of the Chinese national team, because he failed to lead China to 'create a miracle' and enter the 2010 World Cup finals, in fact, the Chinese national team had a very dismal performance in the World Cup qualifiers, Forado led the team to only three rounds, and the Chinese team suffered an early elimination in the Asian zone of the World Cup qualifiers, and Forado was directly dismissed.

Since then, Latomir Dujkovic, the 'head coach' of Chinese football, has concurrently served as the 'double' head coach of the Chinese national team and the Chinese Olympic team, in fact, after the World Cup qualifiers were eliminated, the Chinese national team only had some A-level warm-up matches arranged by FIFA to play, and few fans cared about those warm-up games, and Latomir's job was mainly to lead the Chinese Olympic team.

However, the Chinese national team definitely needs a capable head coach, which is the first important task in front of the Chinese Football Association.

Director Zhang immediately thought of Wansheng.

Wan Sheng is the head coach of Manchester City FC, who has led Manchester City to play well in Europe, and is the most popular and outstanding coach in China, and one of the top football coaches in the world.

If Wan Sheng can take over the position of head coach of the Chinese national team, it will definitely make the media and fans very satisfied.

This can be regarded as his political achievement!

Do you see it?

The previous vice chairman Xie Zhulong wanted Wan Sheng to be the head coach of the national team, but then it was unsuccessful for various reasons, and now I have become the vice chairman, the first thing is to put Wan Sheng in the position of national team coach, so that the media and fans are all satisfied, what is this not a political achievement?

Director Zhang thought so, he didn't even think about whether Wansheng agreed or not.

Previously, Director Zhang worked in the General Administration of Sports, which manages various sports affairs in China, including participation in the Olympic Games, but no matter what event, as long as he represents the country, which player is not eager to fight? (To be continued.) )