Chapter Seventy-Four: Tough
On this morning, Bischev arrived at the training ground at the same time as usual, and at this time he could always see that Anelka was already on the training ground, perhaps in the habit of the first team, who always came a little earlier.
The two trained together every day in the reserves, but they didn't have a word to talk about each other, but in fact, Bischev felt that he still felt sorry for Anelka, and in any case, only the two of them were sent down in the reserves, and the situation of the two was the same.
Bischev felt that the 'future' of the two would be the same-
Or get back to the first team together, provided that the damn Chinese get out of Manchester City; Either you can only leave Manchester City on a transfer.
But today, when Bischev came to the training ground, he didn't see Anelka, he felt very strange, after so many days, Anelka had not been late once, why did he come later today than himself?
He asked someone with a familiar face, "Hey, man, do you know where Nikolai went?" Did he come? ”
Paristini felt weird, and Bischev didn't usually talk to them, but he replied, "I heard they went back." ”
"Went back? Where's the back? Did he transfer away? ”
Paristini rolled his eyes, he was a little skeptical of the IQ of the guy in front of him, "Of course it's back to the first team, he's the team's top scorer!" ”
"What? Back in the first team? Are you sure? Bischev's expression was a little complimentary, he really didn't expect this to be the result.
"Of course, it was Malwood."
"How did he go?"
'It looks like he went to the first-team manager this morning and then went straight back to training.' Paristini said as a matter of course, "I guess it's to apologize or something, he's a big star, it's okay to have a little trouble with the coach, and you can go back if you apologize." ”
With that, Paristini walked away, leaving only an exaggerated Bischov in place. Paristini's 'take it for granted' theory made him feel unacceptable - what does it mean to apologize and go back? On what basis should we apologize to that damned Chinese?
Unless that Chinese asks me to go back, I will not apologize!
Thinking of this, Bischev gritted his teeth even more at Anelka's behavior, 'This weak Frenchman, did he think that apologizing to that Chinese and then returning to the first team would be over?' He has already offended that Chinese, and he will definitely not end well! ’
……
Anelka didn't know that there was a Bischoff in the reserve squad who was thinking about him, and when he returned to the first team, he trained with the team - no different than before.
The only thing is that there are teammates who talk about it all the time.
"Nikolai. You're back? ”
"How did you get back? Has the Boss forgiven you? ”
"I thought you were going to be in the reserves for a few more days!"
“……”
Hearing these words, Anelka was a little embarrassed, he secretly looked at Leto Ziegler, who knew what was going on, hoping that he wouldn't say it, fortunately, the Belgian kid was not a talkative person, and he didn't talk about the morning's events everywhere.
So that when everyone knows that he is back, the matter will be over, and Anelka will feel good, and he will kind of get back to how he used to feel.
Now he's back in the first team. However, Anelka is very confident in his own strength, and he believes that he is much better than the others, and if he is willing to work hard, he will definitely regain the main position.
He has to keep trying. Insist on performing well so that his position can be secured.
As Eric Manasse said, only by performing well, only by helping the team win the championship. He's going to be expected by everyone, and getting a big contract won't be a problem at all, and now all he needs to do is keep a low profile, work hard and perform.
Wan Sheng didn't know what Anelka thought. Of course, he doesn't care at all, he likes the overall training atmosphere of the team.
He wants the team to keep the competition fierce so that everyone can train harder.
It's a lot stronger now than it used to be.
Among the previous strikers, Anelka is the main force that can not be steady, Darren Bent is too young, inexperienced, and not well-known, so he can only be a substitute, as for Andy Cole and Robbie Fowler, the two veterans have nothing to say.
It's a very bad competitive environment because no matter how hard you try, it's very difficult to change the main team, the substitutes, and now it's different, and after Anelka returned to the first team, he also knew he had to regain his main position, and Darren Bent also realised that his position was very precarious, so both of them will work very hard to train.
It's similar for players in other positions.
There are Morris, Joey Barton and David Silva in the middle of the midfield, all three can be said to be the main force, but there are only two positions in each game, and to fight for these two positions in key games, it depends on who will win in training, so the three of them have worked very hard.
At the back, Leto Ziegler has always been the hardest trained, and Lescott is not bad, and Ricardo Costa is well aware that it will be a long time before he fights for a place in the main line.
Copelle Ferreira has half a starting point, but under pressure from two strong rivals, Dunn and Distin, he doesn't have the right to be lazy in training.
In short, the atmosphere of competition in the team is still very good.
Wan Sheng is still very satisfied with this, he needs such a healthy competition training atmosphere, there is no absolute main force and substitute in the team, as long as the training is not hard or the state is not good, the main force can also be directly reduced to a substitute.
Only in such an atmosphere can the team be revitalized and its strength can be improved rapidly.
……
In the thirteenth round of the league, Manchester City's opponent is Blackburn.
Whether it is in Derby County or now Manchester City, every time he encounters this opponent, Wan Sheng feels a little headache, because Blackburn's style of play is too tough, although their strength is actually not strong, and last season's goals were the fewest in the Premier League, but their fierce and tough defense still makes people not want to meet.
In the summer, Blackburn's biggest change was the purchase of Bellamy.
Last season, Blackburn's forward line was lackluster, scoring the fewest goals in the Premier League, and manager Hughes bought compatriot Bellamy from Newcastle, Bellamy's arrival has greatly improved Blackburn's forward ability, and so far Blackburn's results are also good, they are eighth in the league, second only to Newcastle United, who have performed well.
Blackburn are not easy to deal with, and Wan Sheng believes that this is also a test for the team - the biggest problem of the team at the moment is that they are not tough enough, and it is easy to be at a disadvantage in the fight when playing against teams like Blackburn and Bolton.
So before the game, Wan Sheng emphasized the scramble and the physical collision.
But when it came to the game, Manchester City still played very hard, mainly because Blackburn's defense was too tough, they handled the ball very decisively in defense, and it was difficult for Manchester City to take advantage of the front court just by relying on tactics and individual skills.
Wan Sheng has been standing on the sidelines, waving his hands and shouting to command the team, he hopes that the team can play tougher.
But the actual effect is not obvious.
The team is still a little weak up front, and many times because of the opponent's fierce defense, and finally missed a good opportunity.
In the end, Wan Sheng chose to replace David Silva because he found that Silva's midfield was indeed a bit weak - the Spaniard still needs to adapt to English football.
After Joey Barton came on, things were noticeably better.
Joey Barton has already been nicknamed 'Bad Boy', which shows what his style of play is like, and the midfield he leads is no weaker than his opponents in terms of scrambling, and Manchester City have quickly used tactics and technology to establish a score advantage.
In the 63rd minute, Joey Barton shifted the ball across to the left and Lescott gave him the lead with a long-range shot.
It was the only goal of the game.
After such a game, Manchester City gained a lot, Wan Sheng also gained a lot, and he found that players with different styles are actually very useful.
He used to think Morris and David Silva were the perfect pairing, but this match showed him that Joey Barton was clearly more practical against an opponent like Blackburn Rovers – even though he was a bit of a technical gap with the other two.
In the training that followed, Wan Sheng began to emphasize physicality and toughness.
He has been emphasizing technicality before, which may work in Spain, but this is England, he must make the team not fall behind in the fight to be qualified to fight with the opponent in terms of technique, he didn't pay much attention to it before, a few young players in the lineup, so that the team's style is softer, and now it's too late to correct.
Wan Sheng didn't bother with anything.
Everyone makes mistakes, not to mention that his coaching experience is still very short, it is impossible not to make mistakes at all, but fortunately, it is still too late to correct, and the team is also in a process of slowly strengthening, and the tactics are slowly improving, finding problems and solving problems, which is good news in itself, which shows the progress of the team, relative to him, is also his own progress.
However, the team didn't have time to settle anything, and the league had already entered the next round.
This time Manchester City's opponent is Liverpool.
The match between the two teams is still very interesting, Manchester City are currently in the top of the league, and many people are following Manchester City's game. Rafael Benitez's Liverpool are by no means soft persimmons, and despite their mediocre results, they are the 'reigning champions of the Champions League', and the name of the 'declining giants' is enough to make all teams cautious.
But that wasn't the key to attracting attention to the game, and a pre-match voice sent the media buzz to a climax.
"From now on, only we can represent Manchester." (To be continued......)