The match between Manchester City and Aston Villa is still going on, and the score on the field is still 0:2, and Aston Villa, who visited Manchester Stadium, leads by 2 goals.

A lot of people are talking about Aston Villa's lead.

This is rare.

In the past two seasons, Manchester City have been too strong in the league, winning the league twice, and running a 42-game unbeaten run in the league, Manchester City's strength can even be described as 'dominant', they have dominated for more than two years.

Wan Sheng has only lost four of his 80 league games in charge of Manchester City.

With an average of 1 loss in 20 games, the odds are very small, just by looking at the data, you can know how 'rare' Manchester City loses, not to mention, Manchester City has not lost until last season, so when you see Aston Villa score 2 goals in the first half, how hot the discussion among the media and fans is.

At this time, Wan Sheng was standing on the sidelines, motionless.

He frowned and watched the battle on the field, calmly analyzing what to do.

The two-goal deficit was a big surprise, and it was enough to panic even a seasoned coach, but Wan Sheng was very calm, knowing that as the head coach of the team, he had to stay calm.

Attacking was a must, but the first half wasn't a good time because time didn't allow him to make a slightly bigger adjustment to his tactical play

At halftime, changes to the lineup and style of play can be made.

――――

Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, 40 minutes passed in the first half.

Belbart, the on-site commentator, couldn't help but say, "There wasn't much time left in the first half. It seems that the two goals will go into the break at 0:2, and Manchester City have won three and drawn one before, and are in excellent form. But the international break affected the team and Wan Sheng had to make a large number of changes...... "He explained to the fans why City were behind.

Of course, it is also indispensable, "The performance of the opponent is too good, two chances and two goals, this is a football game, full of uncertainty. ”

With Belbart's words. The big screen also pointed to the Manchester City coach's box, and I saw Wan Sheng still standing on the sidelines, looking at the field seriously. His brows furrowed slightly, as if he was troubled by the situation on the field.

"Man City are playing a bit passively now, they have strengthened their defence, maybe Wan Sheng wants the team to stop making mistakes."

'We should be looking forward to the second half.'

At this time, Wan Sheng was looking at the playing field. But actually. Thinking is long since off the pitch and he keeps recalling the tactics and style of play he used to lead Derby a few years ago.

In the season when he was officially the head coach and led Derby County to League One, Derby's attacking football tactics were just taking shape, so they didn't use control and fast attack in every game, especially in the FA Cup against Premier League teams. At that time, the team was not strong, and there was a clear gap with the Premier League teams. But they still won game after game and won the FA Cup final against Manchester United.

In the following Premier League season, Derby County began to focus on the tactics of 'killing the team', but when facing Manchester United and Chelsea, they still kept changing their tactical play, mainly because when the players were not strong, the 'killing' tactics were not good against strong teams, but the solid defensive counterattack was more suitable for playing against strong teams.

It's different when you come to Manchester City.

Since last season, the team has been no weaker than any opponent, and a 'OS-F' tactical system alone is enough to sweep the Premier League.

So the team has been playing like this, and it has achieved the expected results.

But now I have a problem.

The team's performance is actually not bad, the tactics have been played, but some new players are not very suitable for the tactics, so the tactical power is not ideal, coupled with the excellent performance of the opponent, which has caused the current situation.

So with the current lineup, should we change the style of play?

Wan Sheng suddenly remembered the game against Ipswich Town at Portman Road a few years ago, when Derby County faced Ipswich's solid defense and had no good solution, so the team began to look for long-range shots to score.

In that game, the team's offensive strategy was very simple, which was to rely on long-range shots to constantly 'bombard' the opponent's goal.

In the end, the team won the game.

At that time, there were not many players with long-range shooting ability in that Derby County, and now their own Manchester City is much stronger than that Derby County, and many of the 11 players have good long-range shooting ability, such as Morris, Robert Carlos, Lescott and other players, and they are very good in this regard.

Of course, copying that simple and rough style of play will definitely outweigh the losses.

But before and after the comparison, Wan Sheng found some problems, and he suddenly had a feeling of sudden realization.

――――

The first half was behind and you can't blame the team's performance entirely, because the team performed as expected, or the opponent played too well.

So at halftime, after entering the locker room, Wan Sheng did not blame the players.

The players didn't know this, they only knew that if they were two goals behind in the first half, it was naturally the team's poor performance, so when they entered the dressing room, many people lowered their heads and didn't dare to look at Wan Sheng.

The atmosphere in the locker room was very depressing.

At this time, Wan Sheng spoke, "I remember, I told you that you must treat the team as a giant and have the heart of a strong team!" "When I heard the manager speak, everybody looked at me.

"Yes?" Wan Sheng continued to ask.

Morris, Darren Bent and others all nodded, and that was two seasons before they also conceded early goals but eventually caught up on points.

"Whether it's treating the team as a giant or having the heart of a strong team, it's all about maintaining a stable mentality." "I can tell you clearly that your performance in the first half was not bad, it was just because the opponent's performance was too good......

"This is not a prevarication at the press conference, but a fact."

"Think about it, how many chances did we have in the first 20 minutes and how many chances did the other side have? But they scored two goals and we didn't score a goal. The opposition was very efficient and maybe they were lucky, so they scored two goals. Football is like that, and winning or losing depends on the chances you have. ”

"No matter what the score is, we are ahead, or the other side is ahead, I want you to keep a steady mentality."

"See what I mean?"

Wan Sheng asked emphatically.

Everyone immediately echoed and said, 'Yes.'"

Wan Sheng did not use any means to motivate the team, but he knew that this was enough, compared to last season, the team has matured a lot, such as Mesut Ozil, Lescote and other young players, are no longer rookies in the Premier League, they are much more mature.

Because of maturity, the mentality is stable.

They don't need to motivate them to do anything, they all know what to do on the field.

Manchester City are already a mature team!

Next, Wan Sheng talked about the style of play in the second half.

Wansheng's style of play is very simple, that is, to find an opportunity in the front court to shoot, and there is no big change to the overall tactics, but the means of shooting are changed.

"We don't need to get the ball into the opposition goal. ”

It's a bit of a joke, but it's the mentality of a lot of players in the team at the moment.

The team's tactics have affected them too much, a lot of the time they pass the ball into the opponent's goal, and the chances they get in front of the goal, facing the goalkeeper are quite average, and they often have the opportunity to push directly into the empty goal.

This shows the skillfulness of the tactical coordination and the success of the tactics.

But if you want to complete such a goal, you often need a lot of players to cooperate uninterruptedly, and you can't make a little mistake in the middle, so it's easy to miss opportunities.

That's what Wansheng found in the first half.

It's good to be tactically skillful, but if you focus too much on that, you have to pay a lot of money.

For example, when a player gets a good chance up front and sees someone defending him, maybe the first choice is to pass the ball to his team-mate instead of shooting where he is not very sure, but what about after passing? Team-mates don't always get good chances, and the offense has to start all over again.

Once, twice, many times, not only the opportunity was wasted, but the time was wasted.

When the team is ahead, it is naturally nothing, so it can also strengthen the control of the football, slowly consume time, and do not give the opponent a chance, but when it is behind, it is worth the loss to play in this way.

In short, when the team is playing, it should not focus too much on cooperation, but also on 'efficiency'.

It's like the two goals of Aston Villa in the first half, in fact, there is not much cooperation at all, that is, the player gives the ball to his team-mate, and the team-mate shoots under pressure, so the ball goes in.

This was true for both goals.

No one would dare to say that a high lob can be scored if you grab a position, but Manchester City have too few goals like this.

This has become a problem.

In many corner kick opportunities, the team also subconsciously does tactical foot kicks, a corner kick is like a sideline ball, there is no direct grab, no direct header attack, some are just continuous passes, passes.

Waste of opportunity, waste of time!

If it weren't for this 0:2 down, Wansheng wouldn't have found this problem.

Now he found out.

So Wansheng felt that even if he lost the game, it was worth it, and with this lesson, the team's future games will definitely become more and more targeted and efficient.

After listening to Wan Sheng's explanation, many players had a feeling of sudden realization.

In particular, several new players, such as Robert Carlos, who joined the Manchester City team and were amazed by the team's cooperation, but at the same time felt awkward in the game.

He always thought it was because he wasn't familiar with tactics.

Now he understood.

There is a problem with the overall thinking of the team.

When he assists the front court, the first thing he thinks about is to give the ball to the most suitable teammate, rather than looking for an opportunity to shoot, and other people think the same way, and as a result, the team's cooperation is played, but the ball can't go in.

The game was a great game, but there were no goals.

Why?

The reason has been found! (To be continued.) )