Chapter 45: Three Away Aways

Manchester United lost the game by a big score, and the clubs that rival Manchester United are happy to see the joke, and this mentality is based on the fact that Manchester City are not qualified to compete for the league title.

Manchester City is just a Premier League powerhouse, neither money nor personnel can support them to become strong, and the competition for the league title is a whole season thing, without a strong background and strength, it is impossible to have a chance to win the title.

Last season, it was a miracle to lead Derby County to the league title.

Miracles are created, but no one thinks that this young Chinese can create another miracle.

Therefore, even if Manchester City beat Manchester United by a big score, even if they showed the tactical strength to press, they are only Manchester City, just a Premier League powerhouse, and it is difficult for the Premier League powerhouse to compete for the league title.

These are the thoughts of the media and various clubs, and they are also the public's views on Manchester City's new season, after Wan Sheng leads the team, maybe Manchester City's results will be better, but it is definitely not to the extent of competing for the league title, they are also competing for a place in European competitions.

Manchester City have always been aiming for this.

In addition, this view is supported by Wansheng's attitude.

In the last summer, when the young Chinese led Derby County to the first game, he stressed to the media that the team's goal was to compete for the Champions League place, that is, the last four, but now the young Chinese did not say much, he specifically targeted Manchester United's young players, but it was just a war of words, he did not emphasize the team's goals, which means that Manchester City probably have no fixed goals for the new season.

Competing for better grades? Perhaps.

If they knew that Wansheng's goal was only to win the championship, it is estimated that they would not be so optimistic, but now the public is unanimously praising Manchester City and Wansheng.

Wansheng has received more attention.

At the same time, this game has also attracted the attention of many foreign media, and naturally Wansheng has also received the attention of many foreign media.

The most noteworthy is the Chinese media.

As a matter of fact. Outside Manchester City's training base, there have always been many oriental faces, most of whom are Chinese, because Manchester City has two Chinese players and a Chinese head coach, and now in China, many fans regard Manchester City as a 'Chinese overseas team'.

The 'China Overseas Team', naturally, is very worthy of an interview.

After this game, there is more domestic attention. There were fans who didn't know what club Manchester City was, but after CCTV broadcast the game live, everyone knew that there were two clubs in Manchester, England, one of which was the famous Manchester United team, and this famous team lost to another team by five goals.

This is Manchester City!

The only top-flight club led by a foreign coach; The only overseas club with two Chinese players!

As a result, there are even more Chinese reporters who come to cover the news, and almost as long as the domestic media that pay attention to European football will send reporters to cover them.

Wan Sheng did not give his compatriots any preferential treatment, in fact, he has never been interested in these media reporters. I can't think of taking care of my compatriots who have endured the wind and rain outside, not to mention that journalists are journalists, and interviewing is their profession. Now they have to go through the experience of not being able to interview, so they don't need special care at all.

In addition, in recent times, Wansheng has appeared in addition to regular press conferences. Having never been interviewed by any media outlet, including Manchester City's partner media, it is impossible for him to think of his compatriots.

In a word. More attention has been paid, but Wansheng has not appeared in the public eye.

So many domestic media directly contacted Manchester City Club to ask for an interview with Wan Sheng, Manchester City Club is happy to see Chinese media to do interviews, the same city rival Manchester United in the East is very good publicity, there are many Manchester United fans, they also hope that other continents do some publicity, expand the club's influence.

But when Wansheng was notified here, Wansheng refused all, and there were only three words when he refused, "No time!" ”

Wansheng really didn't have time.

Just leading the team to train, preparing for the game, and dealing with the team consumes all his working time, and he has to continue to sort out his master's thesis - this work started in the summer, with Anita's help, and now he is only halfway done, where does he have time to deal with those media reporters?

But his refusal upset the media.

Many domestic media reporters were indignant, slamming Wansheng for throwing big cards, "winning a game and the tail will go up to the sky", some media described it like this, in fact, they all know that before this game, they can't interview Wansheng if they want to.

These voices still have a certain influence.

Many domestic fans who want to know the news of Wansheng find that there is no report of Wansheng coaching in the media, but all kinds of criticisms, and they will naturally think that Wansheng is a person who plays a big name, but the Chinese people have an advantage that they take everything for granted, for example, now, when the media reports that Wansheng plays a big name, many people think that Wansheng should play a big name.

"You have the ability to lead a team to beat Manchester United 5-0!"

"If you can do it, play whatever you want!"

"Wansheng still needs to play? He's a big name! He is the head coach of the Premier League's 'small treble' team, and now he is coaching Manchester City and dares to wrestle with Manchester United! ”

"Look at the British report, people Wansheng openly dare to scold C-Ronaldo and Rooney, do you dare?"

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There is a lot of noise about Wansheng in China, but the public fans basically support Wansheng, in fact, the fans are very satisfied, they feel that Wansheng really led the team to play results, and they are doers, much better than some domestic guys who frequently appear in the public eye, but lose again and again.

Therefore, domestic fans only support Wansheng, and whatever the media says, it is not very useful.

It is precisely because of the trend of support from domestic fans that even if Wan Sheng refused countless interviews, the domestic media still gritted their teeth and came to Manchester City to do interviews, even if they couldn't interview Wan Sheng, they could make up a lot of reports by filming Manchester City's training and interviewing Sun Jihai, Wang Xiaolei or other Manchester City players.

Soon the reporter thought of a good way, they went to interview those players who were more familiar with Wansheng, so that they could go to Wansheng from the side to make some reports.

As a result, Morris and Ziegler became the targets of Chinese media interviews. Because they came to Manchester City with Wan Sheng.

Morris and Ziegler are used to interviews with reporters.

Morris has long been famous, even when Gregory was coaching, he was a core player in the team, and there are still many local media who want to interview him; Ziegler has also grown up in two years, and as he has been getting better and better, he has received more attention, not only from the team's supporting media, but also from the Belgian domestic community, and he has already caught the attention of the Belgian media and has a good chance of being in the Belgian national team.

However, it is definitely the first time in history that the two have been interviewed by so many Chinese media at the same time. They were very interested in this, and when the reporter asked about the topic of Wansheng, they would also say something.

With the two of them having a reverence of more than 100 for Wansheng, you can imagine how convincing and capable Wansheng is in their hearts.

After summarizing their statements, many reporters have created a perfect head coach who is extraordinary, conscientious, hardworking, cares about the players, and gets along with many other advantages.

Such a person is a saint, not a human being

Journalists have found out, but they can't dig out the shortcomings of Wansheng from Morris and Ziegler. As a result, they had to focus on other players, and their focus shifted to 'digging out the shortcomings of Wansheng'.

Many reporters lamented that it is really a difficult job to do Wansheng's report

The Manchester derby has been over for a few days. But the impact of the game has not gone away.

There are often news reports within the Manchester United club, there are conflicts between the players in the team, and there are conflicts between captain Keegan and manager Alex Ferguson, in short. It was a big game for Manchester United, after all, it was a five-goal loss in the city derby, which was a very painful experience.

But one thing is for sure. That is Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson, who must be very unhappy with Wansheng.

On the second day of the game, Ferguson made a statement about the result: "Anything can happen in football, there are always all kinds of accidents, and yesterday's game was an accident. I didn't expect them to perform so well and I didn't expect the team to be out of form in the first league game."

"There are many reasons for losing, but I'm sure if we meet them again, it won't be like that again!"

The old knight almost gritted his teeth and said the last sentence.

His meaning couldn't be more direct, that is, don't be too complacent if you win the game, we will take revenge next time!

Ferguson's voice soon reached Wan Sheng's ears, and he smiled disdainfully and said, "I watched a movie yesterday, and there were some gangsters in the movie, and after they lost the fight, they always had to say something like 'you wait for me next time', but the next time they appeared, they would still fail, and they could only be used as supporting roles." ”

"They are so pitiful, if I were a director, I would definitely pay them more"

Wan Sheng's words seemed to have nothing to do with the response, but everyone present understood what he meant, that is, Ferguson was like a thug who would say a cruel word after losing the game.

Quite a few people laughed.

Ferguson also quickly knew what Wan Sheng said, so he found that in the fight, unless he relied on the old and sold the old, it was difficult for him to fight this young man with his real skills, especially after Manchester United lost the game by a big score.

He was silent.

Wan Sheng didn't say anything more, after all, the game was over, and there was no other thing to do in a war of words or something, except for letting others see jokes.

Next, the team's focus is on preparing for the second round of the league.

Manchester City's second round of the league was quite easy, and their opponents were promoted Sunderland. Sunderland were the champions of the Championship last season, which can't help but remind people of the miracle of Derby last season, but the miracle of Derby County is rare in a century, and Sunderland, as the champions of the Championship, can only set realistic goals after being promoted to the Premier League.

Their head coach has always been McCarthy.

Wan Sheng knows McCarthy, the two have played twice in the second division, and have been in contact privately, and now McCarthy is still in charge of Sunderland, he did well last season, but in the Premier League, whether he can be relegated as he wishes, still depends on luck.

The above is the public's opinion of Sunderland, and these opinions are also well-founded, mainly in the summer, Sunderland did not make a big move, they just brought in two young strikers, that is, they still have to rely on the old squad to play in the new season, and it is difficult for the old squad to have any prospects in the Premier League.

They suffered Waterloo at the Stadium of Light in the first round, conceded three goals against Charlton Athletic and lost the game, and met Manchester City in the second round, which the media thought was also a game where there was no suspense.

The same goes for competitions.

Despite Sunderland's tenacity at home, they struggled to pull off a miracle against a strong Manchester City side, who were kept under pressure throughout the game, with just four shots on goal and not a single threatening shot on target.

Defensively, however, they did well, but ultimately lost 1-0.

The only goal came at the start of the second half, when Sinclair's insertion created a chance for Joey Barton, who scored the only goal of the game with a cold shot from just in front of the box.

After two rounds of Premier League matches, Manchester City has accumulated 6 points and 6 goal difference from two games and two wins, beating Chelsea, which also has two wins and 5 goal difference, ranking first in the league standings.

Many media outlets were amazed by Manchester City's results.

But there are also many people who take it for granted, after all, Manchester City won Manchester United five times in the first round and ranked first in the league directly, and only won Sunderland by one goal in the second round, completely relying on the goal difference advantage in the first round to rank first in the league.

Everything depends on the next round.

Soon the final league game of August, the third round of the league, began, and four games were postponed due to the Community Shield and other cup fixtures, but Chelsea and Arsenal, who played a day earlier, both won by four goals, leaving City under some pressure for the next day.

Manchester City's opponent is Birmingham.

Birmingham's team has always been up to the bottom, they have no relegation pressure, and there is no ability to go up, the media believes that Manchester City's winning rate is still very high, they deserve to win Birmingham, but in the end Manchester City only got 0:0 away from home.

Both teams failed to score and the two sides drew with a draw.

After the game, there were a lot of media complaints about Manchester City's performance, and those media who had been preparing to launch an opposition to Wansheng could finally jump out triumphantly, because they got favorable evidence that Wansheng's performance was declining.

"See? The first game is 5:0, the second game is 1:0, and the third game can only be 0:0, it seems that this Chinese team, the forward goal is definitely a problem! ”

But Wan Sheng didn't give a damn about it.

For him and the team, the results of the first three rounds of games have met expectations, and the results of two wins and one loss are already very good, not to mention, the team can come up three consecutive away games!

Three away games!

First the Manchester derby, then away to Sunderland, then to Birmingham, the three league games almost traveled all over the north of England, which naturally affected the form of the whole team, even if the away side is not considered, it is normal for performance to suffer.

Of course, those media who are hostile to Wansheng will not think about this, they are like lost dogs who have been hungry for a few days, and they bite something when they see it.

They took the opportunity to criticize Wan Sheng, and it was already a matter of habit.

One of the most prominent is the Daily Mirror, a British tabloid on the same level as The Sun, who has been unable to cover Derby County for the past two years, and has now been removed from Manchester City.

Their hatred with Wan Sheng has reached the point of irresolvability, and when they find an opportunity to criticize Wan Sheng, you can imagine what they will do. (To be continued......)