Chapter 102: Free Lessons

The big game between Manchester City and Chelsea has reached the 70th minute.

The scoreboard shows that the score is 3:0, the home team Manchester City leads Chelsea by three goals, this kind of score makes people who watch the game for the first time, it is incredible, Chelsea is definitely the top team in the Premier League, this season seems to be very strong, the team is star-studded, and the result is poured into three goals?

Even if it's not Stamford Bridge, you don't have to play like this!

By this time, everyone knew that Chelsea had little hope left, let alone winning, and that their desire to equalise was only a theoretical possibility.

The Chelsea players didn't give up, though, and John Terry, captain, was in a down-to-heart mood, but he still shouted at his team-mates to cheer up, and his team-mate, midfielder Frank Lampard, who was a respected midfielder in the team, was doing the same thing, and he was doing more than Terry, and now he was running and scrambling to tell his team-mates what to do.

Led by the two, Chelsea regrouped and continued to fight Manchester City.

With the outcome of the game decided, Chelsea as the lagging side played better than before, perhaps it also has something to do with their mentality, just now they have been worried about the attack, but also for the goal, now they are three goals behind, what are they worried about? It doesn't make a difference if the opponent scores or not, so let go and kick!

With this relaxed mentality, Chelsea played better and better, and the game between the two teams became very intense, and for a while Manchester City were unable to play an effective press, and as a result, Chelsea recovered a goal in the 83rd minute.

It was a Frank Lampard corner and the ball was chased into the box before it was headed back by Copelle Ferreira, who got on the ball again and then slotted in a pinpoint cross. Mr. Drogba flicked his head at the goal from eight yards in front of the goal and accurately headed the ball into the net.

3:1。

After Chelsea scored this goal, no one cared, after all, including stoppage time, there were only 10 minutes left, Chelsea were still two goals behind, and it was a bit whimsical to want to chase it back, but the Chelsea players did not give up, Drogba did not celebrate, he quickly ran into the goal to put the ball back on the halfway line, and was ready to kick off again.

Then the game continued. Wan Sheng shouted to remind everyone to stabilize the defense, but Manchester City could no longer play the previous press, and some players were clearly out of shape, as if they were waiting for the game to end and celebrate the victory.

Wan Sheng frowned when he saw this situation.

Just 90 minutes on, the game took a dramatic turn as Chelsea scored again, a stroke of luck when Frank Lampard's lobbled cross from 30 yards out from the left went straight into the back corner, with Didier Drogba and John Terry failing to touch the ball in a duel. But goalkeeper James' realization was disrupted and the ball was not seen, and as a result, the ball was hoisted straight into the far corner of the goal.

3:2。

It was Frank Lampard's goal and his twelfth in the league. He was even close to catching up with Nicolas Anelka and Thierry Henry, like George Woodgate exclaiming, "Frank Lampard's goal!" He's a midfielder, but he's scored more goals in the league than Chelsea. Maybe he has a chance to compete for the Premier League Golden Boot, and his performance is so good! ”

At the same time, he reminded Manchester City to be careful, "It's 3:2. Manchester City have only one goal ahead and maybe they should be more careful, otherwise Chelsea could really tie the scoreline for the rest of the day'

A lot of people are starting to worry about Manchester City.

That also includes Wan Sheng, seeing Frank Lampard's goal, Wan Sheng pinched a cold sweat, the goal just now was a bit of luck, but it was a goal anyway, now Chelsea are only one goal behind, and with three minutes of stoppage time, they have a good chance of tying the score.

He was a little anxious and began to command the defense with a shout, "Retreat, defend!" ”

"Pass the ball!"

"Watch to the left! Left! There's a leak there! ”

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In the shouts of Wan Sheng, Manchester City's goal continued to be in crisis, and the Manchester City fans in the audience stopped cheering, but looked at the direction of their goal worriedly.

In the last three minutes of the game, Chelsea launched a frantic attack, they gave up all defence, and even the goalkeeper came out to dominate the halfway line, but fortunately, Wansheng's reminder made the Manchester City players a little more healthy and serious.

Fortunately, until the referee blew the final whistle, Manchester City still held the goal.

In the end, the two teams ended the game 3:2.

When the game was over, both the losing Chelsea players and the winning Manchester City players let out a long breath that the big battle was physically and mentally exhausting, and now that it was finally over, they could relax

The win over Chelsea turned Manchester City's points advantage in the league into four points, opening a relatively safe gap with Chelsea, but after the game, Wan Sheng's face did not show joy.

He was very unhappy with the team's performance at the end.

After the game, Wan Sheng did not go to the press conference for the first time, but went directly back to the team locker room, and when he walked in, there were still players shouting inside, Wan Sheng frowned and pushed the door open.

Everyone in the room looked over, and then it became much quieter.

Wan Sheng glanced at everyone, looked them in the eye, and asked, "What is there to celebrate when we worked hard to win the advantage in 70 minutes and almost lost it all in 20 minutes?" ”

Everyone was silent, and many people lowered their heads.

They were a little ashamed to think about their performance in the last 20 minutes, when they all thought the team was going to win, so they just spent time waiting for the end of the game, and they didn't want to continue to play hard, which led to Chelsea almost levelling.

Wan Sheng looked at everyone, especially the expressions of several young players who lowered their heads, but felt very satisfied, for young people, especially young people who have just won, it is not easy to admit mistakes, but he still has to remind everyone not to be careless, "I have told you more than once, football games are 90 minutes, until the end of the game, we should not relax!" ”

"I've said before that you're going to extend the win until the end of the game, but you're only halfway there!"

"Now it's good that we won, 3-2, a good result. But how did you feel when you think about the last three minutes? Yes, that was dangerous, they almost tied it! ”

"If they tie, we lose the game, and they must be happy because they didn't even have any hope of winning, and this is our 'generosity' to them."

"We won the game, but I want you to remember the last 20 minutes, it's a lesson learned 'for free.'"

After Wan Sheng's words. The excitement of the team's victory was diluted a lot, and after that the players sorted out their things and didn't celebrate any more.

Diamares and Pierce both felt that Wan Sheng was a bit too much, after all, the team won the game, especially Chelsea, and the team had reason to celebrate, but Wan Sheng said solemnly, "I have to remind them because we don't have this game to play!" ”

He did say that on purpose.

It's not just for this game. It's about the whole team, it's good to win the game, the team played pretty well in the front, if not the last 20 minutes. The team's performance can be described as perfect, Chelsea are no opponent at all, but this is not entirely good news, Wan Sheng is glad to have that 'dangerous' 20 minutes, albeit dangerous. But in the end, the victory came, and the danger became the 'free' lesson.

Lessons aren't all free, like Liverpool's 'Istanbul Nights'. AC Milan have learned their lesson that in the Champions League, a three-goal lead in the first half is not 100 per cent a final victory, but they paid for it with a Champions League trophy.

The lesson is painful.

Manchester City won this game, so the lesson was 'free', and it was a very good thing to have a 'lesson' without paying.

Wansheng has always been worried about the team's mentality.

He didn't worry about this problem before, because Manchester City is just a 'Premier League powerhouse', and the powerhouse is not as good as the giants, but they can play the best results, so the mentality of the whole team is no problem, but Wansheng also emphasizes that everyone must have a 'strong team mentality'.

But now it's different.

Manchester City have been sitting at the top of the league for too long, and there were media who thought Chelsea were stronger, but what about after this game? It is estimated that it will be followed by the praise of Manchester City.

How does the team's mentality change in this situation?

Everyone already knows that the team is a strong team, after the victory over Chelsea, they will almost certainly think that the team is the strongest in the league, but this is a bit of a nobody, if you put aside the preparation for the game, just talk about the strength of the team, Manchester City is not so strong, and if you play another game, it is difficult to say who will win and who will lose, so' First's mentality is a bit high, and even some have no one in mind, this mentality will make the team careless, and it will definitely affect the state in the future, especially when encountering a tough team, if you can't play an advantage, the player's mentality may be unbalanced.

This is an issue that needs to be taken very seriously, so Wansheng has to pour cold water on the team and remind them to take every game seriously

While Wan Sheng was talking to the two assistant coaches about the team, the media reporters had already got the game statistics, and they were all surprised by the Manchester City stats, because they were simply gorgeous.

In terms of possession alone, Manchester City reached 70 per cent of the game!

In other words, 70% of the time, football is controlled at the feet of Manchester City players, and Chelsea is only 30%, which is a considerable gap, even more than double, there is often such a game of possession gap, the difference in strength between the two sides will be very large, but this is a game between Manchester City and Chelsea, a league first, a league second, the league second is still in the Champions League, no matter how it is calculated, there will not be such a big gap.

But the stats are there, and that's the truth, with City beating Chelsea in possession.

'That's the tactical reason for Manchester City.' A professional retired star analyzed after the game, "Their tactics are mainly control, firmly control the ball at their feet, it is difficult for Chelsea to deal with this style of play, on the other hand, if Chelsea have more possession, it means that Manchester City must not play well." ”

This analysis has been recognized by many people.

At the same time, more people began to analyze Manchester City's tactics, and they found that Manchester City's style of play was actually still 'dead', but the focus was on control, so on the surface, the style has changed a lot, and finally a commentator concluded, "Manchester City's style of play is too unexpected, Chelsea are unprepared for it, which is why they are suppressed throughout the game." ”

Despite the thorough analysis of Manchester City and the game, this did not stop the media from taking an interest in Manchester City, which was followed by a lot of people, and with the eventual victory, they had reason to get more attention.

It's not the same as it was before the game.

Before the game, the media analyzed the situation of the two teams, and when analyzing the game, they paid more attention to Chelsea, they believed that Chelsea's winning rate was greater, and many stars in the Chelsea squad were also one of the reasons for the attention, in comparison, Manchester City was much worse, and the only stars in the team who could talk about were Morris and Anelka, and the latter was just Domenech's French team's 'preparation', in short, Manchester City received far less attention than Chelsea before the game.

Now when Wan Sheng appeared at the press conference, he felt the change, many of the reporters around Mourinho turned to him, and other media reporters also rushed up to surround him.

The enthusiasm of the media reporters for him was significantly higher than that of Mourinho, which made Wansheng feel a sense of pride and satisfaction.

So with a winner's smile, he said to many media reporters, "I said before that this is a game that we can only win and not lose, so," he continued without thinking, "we won." ”

This reminded some media reporters of what Wan Sheng said before the game, when he used 'dodging cars on the road' to illustrate that 'winning is what the team must do', and there is no reason, only the result.

Hearing Wan Sheng say this, the Manchester City media felt very happy, and the neutral media also found it interesting to describe it like this, but the media supporting Chelsea felt uncomfortable, and immediately a London reporter couldn't help but ask, "You mean that the game that must be won will definitely be won?" So how do you think this game is not a must-win for Chelsea? ”

He went on to explain that 'if Chelsea can win, they will overtake Manchester City and take top of the league'

When he finished speaking, he found that Wan Sheng was looking at him with idiot eyes, he read it and his face turned red.

Before he could say anything, Wan Sheng replied lightly, "We won." ”

"What?" He didn't get it.

'I said, it was 3-2, we won and Chelsea lost. Wan Sheng explained seriously, and the other reporters who reacted laughed.

The result was 3-2 and Manchester City emerged victorious, so what else could Chelsea have to say? The stage after the race always belongs to the winner!

Regardless of the fact that Mourinho's position has been emptied, the Portuguese had already left early when Wan Sheng arrived.

Then another reporter asked about the last 20 minutes, which were dangerous for Manchester City, and Chelsea came close to levelling.

However, Wan Sheng did not take the players as seriously as he said, but said without caring at all, "If they can play as well as they did at the end, I think the victory should belong to them." But you can't stay in shape forever in football, 90 minutes is the whole game, so we won. He meant the exact opposite of what he said in the dressing room.

This is the attitude of Wansheng.

Always take the team seriously, but no matter what happens, you will praise and support the team and the players.

That's the attitude of a successful manager. (To be continued......)