The other team is Utrecht, this team is Mertens' old club, speaking of which Utrecht can definitely contribute to Mertens in the Europa League, he probably didn't expect to meet his old club in the European competition so soon.

I don't know much about Utrecht Wensheng, in his previous life, he knew more about the Premier League, Serie A, La Liga, and Bundesliga, and he paid much less attention to other second-rate leagues such as the Eredivisie and the Portuguese Super League.

He knew Mertens, but he didn't know that Mertens had been in Utrecht.

As for the other team in the group, Bucharest Star, Wen Sheng is even more unknown.

Napoli are Crystal Palace's number one rivals, while Utrecht and Bucharest don't know much about them, and he is a little worried about facing an unfamiliar opponent.

These small teams are not well-known, and their technical and tactical style of play is completely unknown, which is not conducive to the preparation of Crystal Palace, and it is not impossible for the boat to capsize in the gutter.

Just this season, there is a giant team in Wensheng's memory who was disgraced in the Europa League, and that is the famous Serie A old woman Juventus!

They drew six in a row in the group stage of this season's Europa League and picked up just six points, which is completely inconsistent with the media's assessment of their title contenders.

Therefore, the strength of some teams in European competitions is indeed not strong, but because they are unfamiliar to many top league teams, the probability of upsetting both the Champions League and the Europa League is much higher than that of the league.

This season's Europa League is not a key task, Wensheng's plan for this season is very simple, that is, the league relegation, from the first three games, in addition to the first Wigan is easy to deal with, Arsenal and Fulham are actually not easy to deal with, and if the other opponents in the league are familiar with their own tactics, it may be more difficult to deal with.

These teams in the Premier League, whether they are players or coaches, have improved a lot compared to the Championship teams, not to mention that their tactics are not as rigid as some teams in the Championship.

Because of the sufficient expectation of difficulties, Wensheng will think that relegation is the most critical and core task, and the Europa League is a training ground for Wensheng.

In the league, you can be conservative and solidify your defense and try to get points, and in the Europa League, you can practice your attacking tactics well, especially when De Bruyne gets the ball.

Lose?! There is no problem, it's a big deal to be eliminated, the temptation of the Europa League championship is of course great, but to tell the truth, Wen Sheng doesn't think his team can go to the end, even if he qualifies, when the league conflicts with the Europa League in the future, he will first protect the league.

Last season, Wensheng struggled with whether to give up league points and give up the FA Cup, which was strongly opposed by Delhi at the time.

Before the national team break, Wen Sheng organized a meeting of the coaching staff to discuss the draw and goals of the Europa League, and he did not say anything at the meeting, but expressed the general effect that the European competition should be used as a training ground.

This is to give up in everyone's ears.

"Daniel, you're getting less and less daring?! Last season, you said that we are a team of young people, and everyone must have the courage to rush forward, and now you are giving up! Lawrence inherited the mantle of Derry and questioned Victor's decision.

Hawking and Hall also questioned Wen Sheng's decision to "give up lightly" was too hasty.

Only goalkeeper coach Webster agreed that the team should focus on the league.

Wen Sheng was a little depressed, did I say give up?! When you gave up the League Cup, you didn't say a word of, and now when you come to Europe, everyone is like a chicken blood, and you don't pee on ourselves, can you? Will it work?

Wen Sheng feels that his biggest advantage is that he can look at himself in the mirror at any time.

"Everyone, everyone... I didn't say anything about giving up. Can you understand what I mean?! We are now facing a multi-front battle, and we have to have a more important one, right?! First in the league, second in the Europa League, third in the FA Cup, no doubt! ”

'We were right in pre-season but the situation has changed, so we can't stick to the rules, Boateng is a weak organiser and can't expect him to do a lot of work, Kevin De Bruyne has the potential to do that, so naturally we have to make adjustments...

It is normal for the head coach to constantly adjust during the season according to the characteristics of his players, and last season Wen Sheng also made continuous run-in adjustments after taking over the team, which everyone knows and understands.

"It's a long league to talk about, it won't end until May next year, but is it really long?! We need to run in, and running in is risky, who can guarantee that it will be successful?! ”

"It doesn't matter if the Europa League is out, I definitely won't get out of class, your job can be kept, I'm going to get out of class if I don't win a few rounds of the league, which is more important, don't you understand?!"

"Where is the most suitable place for us to train troops, you still don't understand?!"

There are some questions that Wen Sheng has to think about, for example, the position under the buttocks, his career has just started, no matter what, he has to keep the position under the buttocks, and it is really difficult to predict whether he can keep the future development.

There are often coaches in the news media who are dismissed because of poor results, and nine out of ten coaches with poor results refer to the league, and as for the European results, only those giants will have special requirements, teams like Crystal Palace mainly value the league, and Parrish's explicit request is also relegation, without mentioning how we are going to do the Europa League.

There are many reasons to lose in Europe, and the manager can make many excuses, but whether the league is not organized or for other reasons, the head coach has a bigger blame, and even sometimes no matter how good the European game is, the league has to be dismissed, because everyone puts the league in the main position.

There are some things that Wen Sheng doesn't want to say clearly, but this group of big bosses can't understand it one by one, the league is a matter related to everyone's job, how can you test too much in this kind of field, unless the team has a certain strength, it is almost the same, so Wen Sheng's transformation of the team has always been carried out slowly, not overnight.

Who doesn't care about their jobs, to be clear, everyone here was dug up by Wen Sheng with a hoe, Wen Sheng said goodbye to the Crystal Palace, they basically mean losing their jobs in the Crystal Palace, once a son of heaven and a courtier, latecomers will not use them, Lawrence is likely to stay, and others are not very likely.

"Besides, experimenting in the Europa League is not about giving up, if it works well, we can slowly transplant it to the league! Inevitably, we will encounter a tough battle, and the problem of positional warfare will always have to be solved! Wen Sheng emphasized.

In general, it was a style of experimentation, a little more conservative and cautious in the league and a little more aggressive in Europe.

In fact, Wen Sheng didn't show too much that he hoped that his defensive line could be tested enough, and the main attack in the European competition would reveal a big gap in defense, and at this time the defense line needed to adapt to faster offensive and defensive transitions and single defense and co-defense.

The growth of players depends on these, the midfield line has a lot of energy to help the team defend, the defenders are in extreme protection how to grow, and in European competitions, a win will even require the full-back's own assists.

To put it bluntly, how can you still disagree, this matter is good for the team after all, as Wen Sheng said, this is an excellent test opportunity for the team and the players, and it can also be used for reference in the league in the future, and gradually change the style, who would like to play defensive counterattacks for the rest of their lives?!

Wen Sheng doesn't like it, and on the premise of ensuring victory, he also hopes that the team's style of play will be more passionate and more brilliant on offense.

After the meeting, Lawrence privately found Wen Sheng to apologize, he bluntly said that he was a big boss, not as far as Wen Sheng thought, but Wen Sheng told him, "Do you know why I like to discuss with you?!" Because we can only be a strong team if we merge in constant disputes, and we can lead this team up! ”

"If every one of you doesn't understand what I'm thinking, and just does what I'm told, then I won't get the right advice! I'm not a god! ”

Lawrence was greatly admired, and the head coach Chinese Sheng from the past is also very unusual and rare, many head coaches like to be arbitrary, do not listen to the opinions of their peers, and the auxiliary role of the coaching staff is only on the training ground.