In the final minutes of the game, Manchester City did not rush to launch a fast attack, but began to deliberately practice the offensive formation, Wan Sheng replaced four players in the midfield in a row, so that Boateng, Ricardo Costa and others on the bench also came out to adapt.

Then he stood with Zhu Guanghu and watched the game between the two teams.

Wansheng mainly pays attention to the performance of his team, this is an exchange match with the Chinese team, and it is also a warm-up game for Manchester City, and the warm-up game must have the effect of a warm-up game, otherwise the warm-up will lose its meaning, he noticed the lack of experience of David Silva in the front, and also considered how to make up for the problem, after all, experience is not a thing that can be improved in one or two games, changing the formation, changing the player matching, it is possible to make up for something.

Towards the end of the game, Zhu Guanghu asked Wan Sheng what he thought of the Chinese team's performance in this game.

In anyone's eyes, the performance of the Chinese team in this game is not good, because they can be said to have no achievements in attack, and they can't break through Manchester City's front, middle and back, almost all over the field, but Wan Sheng didn't say anything more on offense, but talked about defense, "Your players should increase their running, increase their enthusiasm for fighting, don't be afraid of not grabbing, as long as everyone runs a little more, the defensive intensity will definitely increase a lot." ”

'It's okay if one person gets shaken, you have a lot of defence at the back, tactically speaking, there's not a lot of holes in the defense, the running, especially the midfielders' running, has to be increased. I found that Zhao Xuri and a few other players, they saw the ball to the backcourt, they didn't chase it, this is very bad, when defending, it doesn't matter whether the frontcourt players or the backcourt players, if they can always chase to the end, even to the penalty area. We won't have much of a chance. ”

"Don't be afraid that the counterattack can't be attacked, defense is the most important thing, if you can't defend it, there is no point in wanting to counterattack."

Wan Sheng said something about the Chinese team's defense.

This is where he thinks the problem of the Chinese team in defense, Zhu Guanghu nodded frequently when he listened, even if he is an old coach, but the highest coach is the current Chinese national team, and his vision must be much worse than Wan Sheng.

In the end, Wan Sheng did not forget to recommend his players, "I don't know why you chose Li Leilei as the starting goalkeeper, but in terms of ability." Wang Xiaolei is much better. ”

This is an absolute fact.

Wang Xiaolei is inexperienced, but in the personal strength evaluation of the football training master, it has reached 85 points, which is quite a good value for a goalkeeper, even higher than David James, while Li Leilei, the main goalkeeper of the Chinese team, only has 79 points, 6 points of strength evaluation gap. It's almost a notch off.

In addition, don't forget that Wang Xiaolei also enjoys the ability bonus of the players' union, which is not the effect of coaching skills. So it is also effective when playing for the Chinese team.

Li Leilei is 29 years old and has little room for improvement.

Although he has more experience, the gap between the two abilities is too big, like two people fighting. A thin guy with little strength, even if he is proficient in various fighting moves, it is difficult to beat an extremely strong boxer. Even if this boxer is a novice.

Therefore, Wang Xiaolei is enough to replace Li Leilei's main goalkeeper position.

Of course, Wan Sheng is not willing to say more about the main substitute of the Chinese team, he knows that there are still many problems in the domestic football environment in 2006, even if everyone knows that Wang Xiaolei has a higher level, but maybe it doesn't matter who will serve as the main force and strength?

Wan Sheng can only point to the end and recommend his own players, which is all he can do

This exchange match, from the beginning to the end, went very smoothly, and Wan Sheng and Zhu Guanghu also talked happily.

The two left each other's phone numbers in order to communicate again, and Wansheng was also very happy to meet a well-known coach in China, one more friend and one more way, in China, no matter when, the social circle is still very useful.

The game ended 4:0, until the end both sides did not score again, conceded four goals, it was definitely a big defeat for the Chinese team, but after the game the Chinese team did not have a big defeat atmosphere, perhaps because, at the beginning of the game, they knew that they would definitely lose, Manchester City is coached by China, but it is also the Premier League champion team last season, and the Chinese team is difficult to show in the Asian Cup, the difference in strength between the two teams is huge, so it is very normal to lose.

After the game, the players of both sides were not in a hurry to leave, and one by one the Chinese players approached the Manchester City stars to ask for autographs.

This can be regarded as a harmonious and friendly scene.

Bergkamp is the most popular, many Chinese players grew up listening to his name, or striker Shi Jun is faster, first to find Bergkamp, and directly took off the jersey, in the face of this scene, Bergkamp and he exchanged jerseys with funny.

Almost every Manchester City player has someone who has come to them to exchange jerseys or ask for autographs, even Boateng and Ozil, who have just joined the Manchester City team, but there are also players who are not cared for, that is, Sun Jihai and Wang Xiaolei, who were originally national team players, so naturally no one looked for them.

The two walked next to Wan Sheng and watched the 'harmonious' scene on the field together.

As a result, after the game, it seemed to become a star autograph conference, the atmosphere between the two sides was very harmonious and friendly, reflecting the purpose of the warm-up game, some reporters rushed over, Wan Sheng, Sun Jihai, Wang Xiaolei also integrated into the atmosphere, took a photo together, and then other players saw it, and also rushed over to take pictures with Wan Sheng, and suddenly Wan Sheng became a 'hot item', and all Chinese players came over and wanted to take pictures with Wan Sheng alone.

Wan Sheng was distressed and wanted to refuse, but had no choice but to meet their requirements one by one.

After finally finishing the photo, Wan Sheng found Zhu Guanghu to shake hands, but he didn't expect Zhu Guanghu to ask Wan Sheng for an autograph, he took out a jersey and handed it to Wan Sheng, "My grandson likes you very much, he called yesterday and told me that he must have an autograph"

Wan Sheng shook his head with a wry smile, but still signed his name with a pen, he felt that the game had become his autograph.

When it was all over, it was finally a lot easier.

After the game, Manchester City and the Chinese team held a press conference together, in which Zhu Guanghu talked about Manchester City, the 'high-end' tactics adopted by Manchester City, and the personal ability of Manchester City players. He spoke highly of it, and he admitted frankly, "There is a big gap between our players' individual ability and them, and in terms of tactical play, we are also very different. Losing 4-0 was not a good result, but it was a rare experience for us against the best teams in Europe. ”

"With this experience, I believe we will play against strong teams in the future. There will be more and better preparation, and the performance will get better. ”

In contrast, Wan Sheng can't say the same about the Chinese team, if his statement is similar to Zhu Guanghu, it will definitely be considered 'sarcasm' by the domestic media, because everyone knows that the strength of the Chinese team is very different from Manchester City, so he told the truth, "The overall strength of the Chinese team is still good." But I think they should play more tenaciously and harder. ”

Then he sent his blessings, "Here, I wish the Chinese team can qualify early in the group stage of the Asian Cup qualifiers!" ”

In fact, Wansheng still has some real evaluations that he didn't say.

Throughout the game. There are still players in the Chinese team who have two points of performance, that is, the central midfielder Dong Fangzhuo, the only pity is that Dong Fangzhuo does not seem to cooperate with his teammates very tacitly. He had a few wonderful passes, but his teammates failed to receive them, which may be the gap between the European players and the domestic players in terms of coordination awareness. Then it's like Dong Fangzhuo made a mistake, but he doesn't want to say more about this, because it's completely unnecessary, and it's easy to cause some trouble, for example, the media will think that he has taken a fancy to Dong Fangzhuo and the like, Dong Fangzhuo is now a Manchester United player, and he is about to obtain a British labor certificate, so it's better not to say too much trouble.

After the game, the domestic media reported on the game, and due to the score of 4:0, the Chinese team did not have any bright spots in the game, so the media coverage was still dominated by Manchester City, and every player in Manchester City received a detailed report and analysis.

In these analyses, it is not difficult to see the media's surprise at the quality of Manchester City's players.

Not to mention big-name stars such as Anelka and Bergkamp, young players such as David Silva and Darren Bent have been well received, and even Mesut Ozil and Boateng, who played last, have been unanimously affirmed by the domestic media.

'It's a young, energetic squad and a lot of them have a better future ahead of them. Here's the magic, they are now the reigning champions of the Premier League. ”

"It is foreseeable that Manchester City will still be a strong contender for the Premier League title this season, and maybe they have a chance to win the Premier League title for the rest of their lives!"

Then the media mentioned Sun Jihai and Wang Xiaolei, "Wang Xiaolei played the whole game, and the 19-year-old young player performed extraordinary in front of goal. Sun Jihai played 70 minutes and performed quite strongly, and Manchester City's third goal was also directly related to him. ”

What followed was a bunch of compliments.

In this game, the Chinese players are worthy of praise for the two of them, and the helpless thing is here, both of them are still playing for Manchester City

While the Chinese media have been vigorously covering Manchester City, the British and European media have taken a different approach.

The current British media deliberately ignore Manchester City, just because Manchester City's transfer is really difficult to attract people, except for a heavyweight Downing from Tottenham Hotspur and a veteran Bergkamp signing, there is almost nothing else to talk about.

The rest of the Premier League is different.

Almost all the eyes of the British media are drawn to a few clubs such as Chelsea, Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal and many others, as they always have heavyweight transfer news to report

The Chelsea move is undoubtedly the most intriguing.

As of the start of August, Shevchenko and Ballack were the most notable players to bring in, and although both will be 30 years old by the end of September, the media believes that there is no problem for the two to maintain their form for a year or two.

The introduction of these two superstars has another meaning, which is to further enhance the prestige and image of Chelsea Football Club, laying the foundation for attracting more superstars in the future, and creating a virtuous circle.

Kalou and Mikel are young and uncertain, and if they adjust well, they could surprise the team, and the arrival of Hilario has further strengthened the depth of the goalkeeper position.

Of the players Chelsea let go, Crespo scored 10 goals last season, but the media believe Shepchenko's arrival will be enough to make up for the loss. Gudjanssen's versatility has lost its appeal as the forward line and midfield have been further strengthened. Duff's departure was foreshadowed last season (just 18 league starts) and Mourinho will be counting on Kalou and Wright-Phillips to replace the vacant spots on the wing.

It is worth mentioning that Chelsea have strengthened the midfield so far, while the back line has not moved much. The left wing-back took the "soft underbelly" Del Orno and took back Bridge, and the strength has improved, but the latter's injuries are easy to affect his form, and it is still not completely reassuring. Ferreira and Geremi on the right are also relative weaknesses, and the centre-back duo does not have a relatively close substitute except for John Terry and Carvalho.

So they targeted the full-backs, and it was imminent to bring in a strong full-back.

Ashley Cole, who plays for Arsenal, has been at the centre of the story as his name is always associated with Chelsea, and there is no doubt that a successful poaching could take Chelsea's left flank up a notch

Manchester City, who were in turmoil last season, stabilised with the £18.6 million signing of Michael Carrick, a transfer record for the Glazer era, and spent only £8.5 million on three transfers last summer, which was not even a fraction of Carrick's fraction.

However, considering the more than £10 million recovered from the sale of Ruud van Nistelroy and the £12 million breach fee paid by Chelsea for Mikel, Manchester United not only did not "lose money", but also had a slight surplus

Liverpool's transfer expenses are not "tens of millions of pounds", they are all based on affordability.

A good striker like Bellamy only cost £6 million, Pennant $6.7 million, Paletta $2 million and Aurelio join for free.

However, with the agreement reached with Feyenoord, the arrival of Dutch international Kuyt will cost the Reds their first "tens of millions" this summer, according to British media, Kuyt's transfer fee is around £10 million.

Liverpool's biggest problem last season was the lack of goals up front, the lack of a leading scorer with a high scoring percentage.

With the departures of Morientes and Cisse this summer, and the arrival of Bellamy and Kuyt, Benitez pinned his goal hopes on a reshuffled attack.

At Blackburn Rovers last season, Bellamy scored 13 league goals in 27 games and was quite efficient. Kuyt has an extremely high scoring rate in the Dutch league, scoring 71 goals in 101 Dutch league games and 22 goals last season.

If the duo "transplant" last season's goal rate to Liverpool, Liverpool will undoubtedly turn into a fearsome team

Compared to the likes of Chelsea and Liverpool, Arsene Wenger has not made much of a move in the transfer market, with Czech Rosicky being the only and most high-profile acquisition, and the £8 million transfer fee is relatively cheap.

Of course, Arsene Wenger's proudest signing was the retention of Thierry Henry, which he even described as feeling like a new world-class player has been introduced.

The departure of two players in midfield is not a scathing, Pire has gone to Villarreal, the French gang has been further dismantled, and Bergkamp will announce his retirement even if he does not leave, so it doesn't matter.

The key was the arrival of Rosicky, who added depth to Arsenal's wide and attacking players.

The media commented, too, "Arsenal's strength has risen. ”

Considering last season's fourth-place finish in the league and runners-up in the Champions League, they will still be serious contenders for the league title

Compared to the above teams, as the defending champions Manchester City has little news to report, after the unknown Boateng joined Manchester City, Manchester City announced the closure of the transfer window, and there was basically no news to leak.

The warm-up match with Nottingham Forest did not see the highlights at all, and the exchange match with the Chinese team, the British media did not care.

In short, Manchester City have been 'invisible' this summer.

Maybe in previous seasons, this was normal, but considering that Manchester City were league champions last season, it was a bit abnormal.

When the British Football Newspaper commented on the 20 teams in the Premier League, it said of Manchester City only, "The defending champions are worth looking forward to, but maybe their goal should be on the Champions League places." (To be continued.) )