The Chinese media are quite excited about Wang Xiaolei replacing David James in the starting list, Wang Xiaolei has also started before, but it was all in inconsequential games, and this is the League Cup final, and it is also the Manchester derby between Manchester City and Manchester United, so it naturally means a difference to be able to play such an important game.

Although it was due to James' injury that Wang Xiaolei got his chance, it didn't matter, the important thing was that the young Chinese teenager was about to make his debut in the tournament.

Manchester City has two Chinese players and one Chinese coach.

Sun Jihai has been reported for a few years, and has also been concerned for a few years, Wansheng became famous later than Sun Jihai, but as a coach, although his coaching results are much more interesting than Sun Jihai's play, but the more reports are a bit boring, and the coach is not directly out of the game, and the eyeballs that can be directly attracted in the real game are really limited.

In comparison, Wang Xiaolei is different.

He is a young player, and he is also a young player who is not too famous, many fans know that Manchester City has two Chinese players, but Wang Xiaolei is too young and has not played much before.

But Wang Xiaolei is highly anticipated!

He is regarded as Wansheng's 'descendant', because he was brought to Europe by Wansheng, and many fans also regard Wang Xiaolei as Wansheng's 'contribution to Chinese football', Wansheng as a head coach who is good at cultivating young talents, has always been famous for foreign players, and now there should be a domestic player, right?

Wang Xiaolei's youth is also very attractive, Sun Jihai is the present of Chinese football, Wang Xiaolei is the future, many media fans want to see how this 'future' can perform.

Another reason for the media's expectation is that it is linked to Manchester City and Wansheng, Wang Xiaolei is also the second goalkeeper of Manchester City no matter how little he plays, and he can become the second goalkeeper in a strong European team, and his strength will not be bad no matter what.

Other than that. Many of Wansheng's players and Wansheng's favored players have become famous one by one, such as Baker Alfred, Vidic, Burton Reiter, Morris, Frank Ribery, etc., these players did not have a list before, when Wansheng favored them and brought them to their own players, they became big stars one by one.

Is it now the turn of a Chinese player? So more eyes looked at Wang Xiaolei.

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What the FA has allocated to Manchester City is a small pitch on the outskirts of Cardiff where they can train for the day, as the game is played at 6pm. They have every time to train all day.

Of course, it is impossible to train all day if the team wants to stay in shape, but two hours of form training in the morning is still necessary.

The team's plan is to have two hours of individual training in the morning, then rest until 3 o'clock in the nap time, and train freely with the whole team in the afternoon, which can do tactical coordination training or individual training. It's all about everyone getting in the best shape for the upcoming game.

During this period, there was very little training for the competition.

In the final preparation time, there is no need to do training for the game, one is that everyone is familiar with it. Knowing how to fight, no matter how much you repeat, it doesn't make much sense, and in addition, it's better to keep some external training. Otherwise, the media wouldn't mind telling Manchester United what they learned.

The training on this day was very ordinary, and the most striking thing was the attention of media reporters to Wang Xiaolei, which can be seen. Many cameras outside the venue frequently pointed at Wang Xiaolei.

There are quite a few cameras that are there to film him!

In fact, not only the Chinese media, but also a large number of foreign media are also paying attention to Wang Xiaolei, because he is on the field in place of David James, even if David James can't play the main force in the England team, but he is still the main force in the past, Manchester City's absolute NO.1 goalkeeper, everyone wants to know, how much impact will he have on Manchester City if he doesn't play, can this goalkeeper who replaces James play the role of James?

When seeing Wang Xiaolei's young face, many media also questioned - can he do it?

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The domestic media is expecting, and the foreign media is questioning.

The difference is between caring and not caring, and there is the issue of 'bearing the bottom line'.

Due to the heart-wrenching results of the Chinese team, the domestic media and fans are absolutely very strong in the performance of the players, for example, the last time Sun Jihai performed averagely, the domestic media can say that "Sun Jihai can run the trick is also a success", this is the limit of the media's acceptance of the player's performance, they think that the players of their own country, in the top foreign leagues mediocre performance, is already quite good, in other words, how many players in the world have the ability to step on the top field, and have a qualified performance? Thinking about it from such a different perspective, this sentence is actually quite correct.

In contrast, the 'bottom line' of foreign media is different.

It's like the English media, England is a country with so many football talents that mediocre players are not valued at all, and it's not easy to get the name to be remembered if you only play soy sauce in the Premier League.

Therefore, their expectations for the players are higher, for example, looking at Wang Xiaolei now, their view is that Wang Xiaolei can completely replace James, so that he can be qualified.

If you want them to think that you are outstanding, Wang Xiaolei needs to show excellent form in the game and make people feel better than James's performance.

One might think that this is too much for a young player with little reputation, but there are so many talents in Europe!

Wayne Rooney, for example, played for Everton in the Premier League at the age of 16 and a half and scored two goals in his first game.

For example, C-Ronaldo, who is worth £1,300 at the age of 18, is directly regarded as Beckham's successor when he comes to Manchester United.

For example, Joey Barton, who played for Manchester City at the age of 20, scored a personal goal in just one week, and quickly occupied the main position in midfield, becoming an indispensable midfield for Manchester City.

Like Lescott, who has been hailed by the English media as 'Ashley Cole's successor'.

In addition to the above players, Manchester United also have Fletcher, Richardson, Saha, Manchester City also have Leto Ziegler, Copelle Ferreira, Darren Bent...... Manchester United and Manchester City alone have a lot of outstanding young talent, but what about the whole of Europe?

So being young is not a problem at all, and in such a competitive environment, wanting to attract attention. It has to be more attractive than the performance.

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Wansheng also hopes that Wang Xiaolei can perform well.

In fact, Wansheng is still somewhat sure of what Wang Xiaolei will perform, which comes from the football training master system, and the evaluation of Wang Xiaolei's personal ability - 85, which is not low for the goalkeeper.

In contrast, David James is only '84', that is to say, Wang Xiaolei's comprehensive personal ability is higher than David James.

It's actually quite understandable.

Wang Xiaolei came to Europe for training more than two years ago, and he has been working hard according to the individual training plan given by Wansheng. And these training contents have been completed in full.

In addition, despite not playing much, he has been following Wan Sheng.

Wan Sheng coached Derby County, he was also in Derby County, Wan Sheng coached Manchester City, he also came to Manchester City, even if he was out on loan for a while, but at that time he was still a player under Wan Sheng.

In this regard, it is not an exaggeration for Wang Xiaolei to be classified as Wansheng's 'descendant'.

Of course. The important thing is that Wang Xiaolei's personal ability has been improving.

More than two years ago, his overall ability was nothing, but his personal potential was higher, and after two years, he has reached the level of a world-class goalkeeper.

But the goalkeeper position. Comprehensive individual ability does not represent everything, experience and mentality are more important, so Wansheng can only use James in important games, leaving only some irrelevant games. Give Wang Xiaolei the opportunity to play to increase his game experience, but Manchester City are going to win the league title this season, and every game is very important. So Wang Xiaolei doesn't have many opportunities to play.

In this regard, the players also need some luck.

For example, now, Wang Xiaolei's luck came, David James was injured, and he became the starting goalkeeper.

Wan Sheng asked Ms. Dina McGovern to give Wang Xiaolei psychological counseling, and he also went to talk to Wang Xiaolei, hoping that he could reduce some pressure and be more relaxed in the game, so that he could have a stable and excellent performance.

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By this time, the atmosphere of the big battle between Manchester City and Manchester United had spread.

More than two hours before the start of the game, Cardiff Millennium Stadium was surrounded by fans, with a large number of Manchester fans coming here to cheer on their team, and many fans in Cardiff who were following the game, and tickets were sold out a week ago.

The media's attention to the game is all-encompassing, but they are most concerned about the situation of the two teams, which directly affects their judgment of the outcome of the game.

The injuries at Manchester City, the results of the last few league games, the FA Cup, the injury of David James, etc., have given the media a feeling that Manchester City are in a crisis, they are in a constant state of injury, they are not in good form, and this big game against Manchester City will be difficult.

The more direct reason is Wansheng's low profile, he has not appeared in the media in public before, so it makes people think that he is not confident to win the game, so he has to adopt a low-key strategy and try not to annoy Manchester United.

It's a voice that is still very marketable in the media and among Manchester United fans.

In the eyes of many people, this is the truth of the facts, otherwise how could Wansheng be so low-key?

Ferguson was the first to appear in the pre-match press conference, confident that Manchester City would win the Carabao Cup: "The title should be ours. ”

'We need this title and like a lot of people have said, it's the closest we've come to winning it in two seasons and we can't pass up that opportunity.'

'Everyone in the team is looking forward to the game and looking at their expressions gives me more confidence.

After expressing confidence, some media outlets asked about the sensitive issue of Ruud van Nistelrooy not being in the starting line-up, to which Ferguson seriously said: "He will be disappointed, but only disappointed, this is football. I had the same experience, when I was dropped in the 1965 cup final and that happened. But a lot of things can't be done, and professional players have to face competition, and I'm sure he knows that. ”

'Saha should start because he has already scored five goals in the Carabao Cup. After a full recovery, he has scored 10 goals in 13 games and is in great form, we should believe in him. ”

When Ferguson said this, he was full of confidence, and that steady expression alone was enough to make people trust.

In contrast, Wan Sheng, who was late to the party, seemed to be in a hurry, he had just finished training with the team, and he appeared at the press conference without having time to change clothes.

Wan Sheng stood on the stage and glanced down, there were at least two hundred reporters in the venue.

With such a large number of journalists, it is difficult to fit in the conference hall of Manchester Stadium, but fortunately, the Millennium Stadium is the main stadium of the Welsh national team, which can accommodate so many journalists.

Even if Wan Sheng has experienced a lot, the current battle can be called a big scene, and the general Premier League cannot be compared at all, and the most watched game he has experienced is the game against Chelsea and Manchester United.

The opponent is still Manchester United, but the title tie means something completely different, and with the FA's promotion of the 'Wales Cardiff Manchester Derby', the level of attention has been raised to another notch.

This kind of large-scale game made Wansheng a little uncomfortable, but more excited.

Sometimes Wansheng will also look forward to leading the team to participate in the Champions League, playing against Europe's top giants, and leading the team to play under the attention of the whole world.

The current game is not much worse, and compared with the average Champions League competition, it is also better.

The thought of leading the team to defeat Manchester United in front of so many media and fans, single-handedly making Manchester United 'two years without a championship', Wan Sheng couldn't help but be excited.

He held back his emotions, but he couldn't help but smile.

It was an excited laugh, but the reporters in the audience interpreted it as kind, so they felt that Wan Sheng was not confident, but Wan Sheng didn't care what they thought, when he was about to speak, the smile on his face became stronger, and then he stood on the stage and said, "There are so many people here today, and it is the first time I have seen so many people in the venue." ”

"Looks like this is the third time I've been to this stadium?" He dragged his chin and thought for a moment before continuing, "It seems to be yes, that's right. The first two times, I won the championship, so the championship in this stadium is not that important to me......"

'Our goal this season is the league title, which is more important than the League Cup. That championship means a lot and the whole team is working hard. So when I think about it, I didn't think of a reason to compete for the championship......"

As soon as the reporters in the audience heard this, they immediately confirmed their thoughts -- this China no longer has much confidence, and he began to make excuses for failure!

Don't want to win the championship!?

The devil believes it!

It's because you can't win the championship!

But Wan Sheng's words were not over, he continued with a serious face, "So I want to say that we came to Cardiff this time to prevent Manchester United from taking away the championship!" (To be continued......)