Manchester Sport published a report analysing the prospects of four Premier League teams in the Champions League.

Commenting on City's situation, the report said of Morris, "...... He used to be the heart of Manchester City, but he has not performed well since returning from injury, Wan Sheng gave him two chances to play the full game, but it was not in return, it is clear that Wan Sheng has lost faith in Morris, and only ten minutes of playing against Birmingham City is proof. ”

"Wan Sheng has given up on using the game to make Morris adapt as soon as possible, he only gave Morris ten minutes, but until the end of the game, Morris still couldn't take the opportunity......"

The accompanying picture of this report is the picture of Morris 'regretful' ending at the end of the game, which makes the report very real and sad.

At the same time, many other media also analyzed that Morris was not in good shape after his comeback, and asserted, "...... In such a state, it is difficult for Morris to get playing time in the match between Manchester City and AC Milan. ”

"Without Morris, Manchester City's performance will be affected a lot, and their prospects in the Champions League are not optimistic......

Perhaps the only thing that is right in the media is that Morris is really important at Manchester City.

Manchester City also performed well when Morris was injured, but it was not easy to survive one game at a time, and compared with the easy victory over one opponent after another before Christmas, Manchester City's overall performance has dropped significantly.

But that's the only way to do that.

Wan Sheng did not 'give up' Morris, and Morris did not perform too badly, in fact, in the last ten minutes of the game with Birmingham, Morris was originally placed in the 'back midfield' position, Wan Sheng just let him play to adapt, completely to prepare for the game against AC Milan.

Morris came out to adapt to the position, the important thing is to run and lead the whole team to attack, and it is normal to not show much.

Wan Sheng was very happy with Morris's performance, as he did not make any mistakes in the game and prevented a counter-attack from Birmingham, however, in the eyes of the media, Morris's 'defensive performance' is naturally not a performance, because he is mainly in the heart of the attack.

That's how Manchester City are preparing for AC Milan.

As early as half a month ago, Manchester City was already preparing for the game, for AC Milan's tactical play, it is necessary to have the control ability of the midfield, just relying on the 451 or 442 formation, the tactics of the 'OS-F' system, the control ability in the midfield, is not as strong as imagined, because Manchester City's tactical system is aimed at the overall formation, the defenders must participate in the attack, and the striker players also need to contribute to the defense.

The ability to control such an overall tactic in a single position is definitely not as good as a targeted style of play.

Therefore, Wansheng arranged a style of play for midfield control, the main core is the running and standing of several players in the midfield, Morris as the core, he needs to pull back to 'dominate the overall situation', unless there is a special opportunity, it is difficult to have any outstanding points in attack, but undoubtedly, Morris is the most important of them.

In the midst of such preparations, the match with AC Milan is approaching, and the media has begun to hype it up.

With four Champions League quarter-finals, there is no doubt that the clash between Manchester City and AC Milan is the most worthy of coverage, and the clash between the two teams has been seen as a collision between English football and Italian football.

That's what Football Newspaper says, arguing that Manchester City represent English football, "They are the top team in the Premier League and the reigning champions for two consecutive seasons. Manchester City are at the peak of their form this season, and they represent the level of football in England......"

Many British media echoed this statement.

Although there are many hostile media in England, the hostile media also recognize Manchester City's strength, and the British media are also relatively 'united', and whenever they come to the Champions League, they will always be unanimous to the outside world.

That's why Manchester City is hailed by them as the 'representative of English football'.

But in response to this, the Italian media also have something to say, they think that Manchester City does not represent English football at all, because Manchester City's tactical style is more focused on Spain than England, and several core players in the Manchester City team, such as Silva, Ozil, Torres, Copelle Ferreira and others, are not English players, Manchester City is more like a 'multinational coalition', and there are only a limited number of players who can really represent England, such as Morris, Darren Bent, Ivan Crewe, Lescott, and then ...... I can't find it.

When the Italian media said this, the British media immediately retorted, "...... The core player of AC Milan is Kaka, and Kaka is a Brazilian player......"

The Italian media also have something to say that they believe that the most important player for AC Milan is Andrea Pirlo, not Kaka.

Then the two sides launched a fierce debate on this issue, and the core point is whether AC Milan can represent Italian football and Manchester City can represent English football.

But in any case, one thing is certain, the British media is very keen for other countries to recognise 'Manchester City represents English football', the most important thing is that Manchester City is strong, and Manchester City's football is very good, and anyone will like a team that looks good and can win.

If Manchester City represents English football, doesn't it mean that English football is beautiful and powerful?

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Wan Sheng is noncommittal about the British media's behavior of 'putting gold on his face'.

For him and Manchester City, it doesn't matter if they represent English football, it's important to win against AC Milan and get closer to the last four of the Champions League while completing last season's revenge.

AC Milan thinks the same way.

They were pinned down by Inter Milan and Roma in Serie A and are hell-bent on competing in the Champions League to prove that they are still the top clubs in Europe, so they are very serious about playing against Manchester City.

As the game approached, Galliani couldn't sit still.

The famous Italian football manager took the initiative to stand up and provoke, saying, "Last year we were able to eliminate them, and this year we can still do it!" ”

"This is the San Siro Stadium, it's our turf and I'm confident that my team will win here!"

Then he said with a smile on his face, "Manchester City are a team that can bring us good luck, we eliminated them in the quarter-finals last season, then we won the Champions League, and this season, we met them again......

When Wan Sheng learned what Galliani said, he was walking out of Milan International Airport with the players.

A British reporter immediately 'reminded' what Galliani said, Wan Sheng shrugged his shoulders and said almost without any thought, "Maybe it's our good luck or not, beating the defending champion and then winning the championship, it's like the routine in the movie......"

The surrounding British media burst into laughter.

Galliani pondered his lines for a long time, and was completely defeated by Wan Sheng's knee-jerk reaction.

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Wan Sheng and Manchester City players are no strangers to the San Siro Stadium.

Last season, they lost here.

There are bad memories left for them here, and now that they are here again, Wan Sheng said to the players in the dressing room, "Here we are again!" This time we are here with a fighting spirit of revenge! Come with the belief of victory! There is a saying that you get up from where you fall, last year we fell here, and now, we have to get up! ”

"Go now! Beat them! Let them know we're awesome! ”

The Manchester City players walked out of the dressing room in high spirits and then went into a big game with AC Milan at the San Siro.

Twenty minutes passed.

The game went smoothly and normally, with Manchester City not scoring and AC Milan not scoring.

In this game, Manchester City used the tactics of the familiar 'OS-F' system, but the core of the tactics has changed.

Previously, the whole team was based on Morris, but now there are four core players, Morris, Silva, Mesut Ozil and Darren Bent, with four players in a diamond-shaped position, and the running area includes the whole field.

Since the start of the game, both teams have been in the tentative stage, and the offensive intensity is not too strong.

Manchester City are also adapting to a new style of play.

Compared with the previous style of play, the diamond-shaped position of Morris, Silva and other four-person is to strengthen the control of the midfield, and it can even be said to be 'dominance', in terms of position, Morris's position is pulled back and becomes the offensive and defensive core of the team, and Darren Bent's position is also pulled back, he does not need to stand parallel to Torres, and he has to be more predicate than Silva and Ozil, such a position can ensure that Darren Bent has more space, and other players will have more options for passing.

From a positional point of view, City's formation is pulled back, as if it is more defensive, but in essence, it is to deal with AC Milan's possible rapid counter-attack, and at the same time, to strengthen the team's control near the halfway line.

Twenty minutes, the effect is already out.

AC Milan's set-up for the game is to defend and counter-attack, and Ancelotti is well aware that Manchester City are good attacking players, so he chose to let the team sit back and use the most familiar defensive counter-attack to deal with.

Carlo Ancelotti believes that the tactical aspect of the game is in AC Milan's favour, and that 'defending wins' is not an empty phrase in football, as long as they can defend the goal, they have plenty of opportunities to counter-attack.

After 20 minutes, Ancelotti didn't feel right.

He found that the team's control in the midfield is extremely weak, especially in the defense of the midfield, Gattuso, Pirlo and other players are simply unable to effectively intercept in the midfield, mainly because Manchester City's cooperation in the midfield is simply too smooth, the kind of frequent transmission and cooperation, people are dazzling, the only thing the players on the field can do is to follow the opposing player, that's all, which makes the team's game very passive.

For AC Milan's defensive formation, the defense of the midfield line is very important, and the two midfielders, Gattuso and Pirlo, constantly running and intercepting, are equivalent to erecting a solid force for the team between the penalty area and the middle line, and it is very difficult for the average team to break this 'wall'.

Now it's different.

City's attacking co-ordination was so fluid that neither man's movement made sense.

City easily got the ball in front of goal after stepping over the team's midfield defence, creating chances for their forward line.

Although Manchester City have not yet scored, the game continues like this, and Ancelotti knows that it is almost a matter of time before he scores.

In contrast, AC Milan's attack has been unsuccessful, and so far there has been no threat to any other attacking team, except for Kaka, who used his individual ability to finish on the edge of the box.

Ancelotti frowned.

He knows that the situation is not good for AC Milan, and more importantly, the game is played at the San Siro Stadium, if they can't play at their home stadium, then go to Manchester, can AC Milan still win?

Many TV stations that broadcast the game live are also discussing this issue, and the BBC radio commentator is expressing his opinion, believing that Manchester City continue to insist that a draw at the San Siro Stadium is equivalent to success.

In that way, back at the Manchester Stadium, Manchester City will have a good chance of knocking out the defending champions.

But in fact, Wan Sheng still hopes to score.

If he only wants to play a draw away from home, he doesn't need to arrange such a tactic at all, he just needs to be conservative and let the overall formation pull back, AC Milan will not have any good way to score.

Wansheng hopes that the team can play at the San Siro Stadium to play to the advantage!

Only by playing away from home can the team calmly eliminate the opponent when it returns to home.

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Morris is very active in the game.

He constantly interspersed with runs, guided the team's attack, and frequently cooperated with his teammates, so that Manchester City's offensive wave after wave could constantly threaten the AC Milan goal.

Morris also made a big contribution defensively, and whenever the ball was under AC Milan's control, he was the first to defend Kaka.

This is the job that Wan Sheng gave him.

At present, the AC Milan team has the best strength and the most threatening player for the team is Kaka, as long as Kaka is kept, AC Milan's attack is equivalent to being limited by half.

However, AC Milan's offense often can't play, so Morris has a defensive performance, but it is not so prominent, he mainly leads the team's attack.

Morris is very active and active.

His mentality is different anymore and he really wants to show in the game and he wants to prove himself to everyone.

Because his goal is the Golden Globe!

Golden Globe Awards!

That's the highest honour for European professional footballers!

A few years ago, Morris could not have imagined, even before, he never imagined that he would one day touch the goal award, after entering the England national team, he also felt that he was just competing with Gerrard and Frank Lampard for the main position, as for personal glory or anything, he never thought about it.

It's mostly related to age and experience.

Morris is 30 years old, and before the age of 25, he was not famous in European football, as Wan Sheng said, he became famous too quickly, and his mentality has not adjusted at all.

Now Morris knows what he's aiming for.

Play hard, play hard, help the team win one title at a time, and if he performs well enough, he has a chance to compete for top honours in the national team and in the individual.

So Morris worked very hard in the game, he didn't think about what might be injured, not to mention, in this game, his position was pulled, and it was not easy for the opponent to defend him.

Morris was constantly running, leading the team to suppress AC Milan, and he was very active, even after the position, his shine overshadowed Silva, Mesut Ozil and Darren Bent, AC Milan were blocked in attack and defended most of the time, and their core Kaka could not compare to Morris's performance.

Morris was the best player of the game.

Seeing Morris's performance, the Italian media said angrily, "Before the game, the British media commented that 'Wan Sheng has given up on Morris', and even said that Morris will not start, which is completely a scam!" ”

"Together, they used a lie to make AC Milan less wary of Morris......"

"The British have always said that they have a gentlemanly demeanor, but what they hide under the gentleman is deception and lies!" (To be continued.) )