In the media coverage of the league, Manchester City is still very concerned, one is that the Manchester City coach is Wan Sheng, in the past two years, Wan Sheng has been very eye-catching in England, in addition, after four rounds, Manchester City is also ranked second in the league, second only to Chelsea, who won all four games, so they have increased their attention to Manchester City in the media, although they do not think that Manchester City's results can last until the end of the season, but at least at present, Manchester City's results are very good, and they even beat the strong Manchester United by a large score, And Manchester City has a lot of topics, such as Wan Sheng, such as their financial problems, and then some of their players.

With four rounds of the league going on and into the September international break, many of the players are starting their national team journeys, and the media is also starting to pay attention to the players who have made it to the national team.

This also puts more pressure on Wansheng.

When he was in Derby County, he didn't need to think about the international break, the team's limited two or three national team players were only substitutes for each national team, and they rarely had the opportunity to play, and several core players were almost all out of the national team, so the international break was a day off for Derby, and after the international break, he could also take advantage of the fact that other competitors were affected by the international break to beat or pull down a few points. 、

Now it's different.

Manchester City has always been a Premier League powerhouse, even if the results are not so consistent, and they even had to fight for relegation last season, but the overall framework of the team is very good, and there are still a few national team players in the team.

Before the arrival of Wan Sheng, the most talked-about ones were, of course, Wright-Phillips, Anelka and Distin.

Wright-Phillips has already moved away, and whether he enters the national team or not has nothing to do with Wan Sheng; Distin still needs to be worried, he is also the captain of the team and the main central defender, Wan Sheng is still more worried that his return to the French team will affect the state; The good news is about Anelka, because this time France coach Domenech still did not call up Anelka.

Anelka is definitely a 'national treasure' of French football!

Now the French national team is still counting on the '98 World Champions' generation of stars led by Zidane to continue to spread residual heat for the national team. In order to maintain the results of the French team on the world stage, it is very difficult for newcomers to come out in this situation, let alone in 2000, when all positions in the French team were occupied by the '98 generation' players.

But in that competitive environment, where there was little room for the youngster, Anelka found his place and helped France win the 2000 European Football Championship and the 2001 Confederations Cup.

This is Anelka!

At only 20 years old, he was able to compete with the older generation of stars, and this performance was naturally regarded by France as a 'national treasure' talent. Unfortunately, it didn't take long for Anelka to be replaced by three-time England Footballer of the Year Thierry Henry and a number of other strikers due to injury and form problems, and he was not able to make the national team again since last winter.

This shows how bad Anelka's situation is at the moment, which is one of the reasons why he desperately wants to perform.

However, this is good news for Manchester City clubs, after all, there is a conflict between the interests of the national team and the club, and no club likes its own players to work for the national team. Especially the main force in the team, Anelka is the team's main striker, and he has been in very good form recently, if he enters the national team, he will affect his state or even get injured. Absolutely bad news for the club.

In short, Anelka's failure to enter the national team made Wan Shengchang exhale.

But Wansheng needs to worry about more than just Anelka, in fact, Manchester United's original squad really has a place in the national team. At present, there are only two, one is the captain Distin, and the other is Sun Jihai. Sun Jihai was one of the regular players in the Chinese team, and although he could only be used as a substitute in the 2002 World Cup, he finally became a regular defender with his performances at Manchester City.

These two still have to worry because they are both defenders, and losing two defenders in one go would definitely be a big blow to Manchester City.

At the same time, the players who came to Manchester City with Wan Sheng also need to worry about, and the two most noteworthy of them are Wan Sheng's 'descendants', which are naturally Morris and Ziegler.

England coach Eriksen finally appeared on the list of national team players announced at the end of August, and the name of 'Lee Morris' finally appeared, which attracted widespread media attention, in fact, many people thought last season that Morris's performance was enough to enter the England national team, and his partnership with 'double Germany' may even become a new move for the England team, making the England team play more technical and more capable in midfield.

Morris's position in the core midfield of Derby County and Manchester City is obvious to all, in terms of individual ability, he is difficult to match Gerrard and Lampard, but he is better than the two in that he is the core of the midfield, and the attack led is more technical, which only needs to look at the football of Derby County and Manchester City, which is obviously more than twice as strong as the 'savage football' played by Liverpool, which is why the media will expect Morris to enter the national team, after all, anyone wants their country's football to be more technical.

So this time Morris really entered the England national team, which is worth looking forward to.

Amazingly, another new Manchester City player has also been added to the England squad, and that is the young full-back Lescott, who moved from Woolfhampton to Manchester City.

Lescott is not too famous, he has only just landed in the top flight, and there are no particularly surprising performances, so it is surprising that he can be included in the England squad, but considering that England full-backs have always been criticized, whether it is Gary Neville or Ashley Cole, it is understandable that Eriksen is trying to give young players a chance this time, perhaps he just observed Morris's performance and found out. Hidden' Lescott, anyway, Wan Sheng understands it this way, otherwise it is difficult for him to imagine how Lescot got into the Swedes to achieve it.

In addition, Leto Ziegler, who is opposite Lescott, has also entered the Belgian national team, and he has become a 'Belgian genius', a young star of the Belgian national treasure.

Almost all of the Belgian media are focused on Ziegler, who has been consistent at Derby County and is now a regular full-back for Manchester City. The direct selection of the Belgian national team has been successful, and there is no suspense at all, and even the Belgian national team has to vacate a regular position for him.

After counting it carefully, there are still more players in Manchester City's national team, which also makes Wansheng more worried.

When he was at Derby, Wan Sheng was even in the mood to sarcastically say a few words about Eriksen's not calling up his players, but now he also feels why Jose Mourinho, Ferguson and other managers hate the national team very much.

This is a complete conflict of interest.

No one wants to sacrifice the interests of his team for the sake of the national team, even if he knows in his heart that it is a good thing that his players can enter the national team. But he was still very worried, and couldn't help but scold those national team coaches.

Now there are a lot of players in the team, there is a Morris in the midfield, and there are a lot of people in the backfield, Sun Jihai, Distin, Ziegler, Lescott, almost half of the backfield has gone to play in various national teams, which also gives the two new Portuguese defenders a chance, that is, Ricardo Costa and Copelle Ferreira.

Due to the late arrival of the team, he did not participate in the summer preparations. It will take a long time for Ricardo Costa and Copele Ferreira to adapt to the team's tactics, so they didn't get much of a chance, the only being that Copelle Ferreira was in the squad once but didn't get a chance to play.

However, both of them are serious about their training. As time went on, they began to adapt to the team's tactics and it looked like they were not far away from landing in the Premier League.

Now when several competitors go to the national team to report, both of them wear the main selection 'vest'. Train with your teammates.

It's interesting because their opponents are defenders with two youth team players.

It can be seen from here that with the departure of several main defenders. It's hard to compete in normal training.

Wan Sheng wasn't worried about this.

Now he looks at the young faces on the field, and he is a little worried about the future of the team, he is not worried about the future results or anything, he is very confident in the team's results, he is worried that with his ability to lead the team, the team will definitely get good results, the overall performance will definitely be excellent, and some players with strength and potential will definitely play very well, so by the end of next year, how many players will stay in the team?

Up front, Anelka, Darren Bent, no surprise, will be gone next year.

In the midfield, Joey Barton was originally a regular of the England national team, but he couldn't enter this time, and it is estimated that Eriksen is just considering one more Morris; On the other side, if David Silva performs well, there are still plenty of opportunities, maybe he can catch up with next year's World Cup?

At the back, the talented Copelle Ferreira will definitely show the light, compared to the somewhat mediocre Ricardo Costa, with his composure can also find opportunities in the Portuguese team, right?

In this way, there is really no one on the team.

Wan Sheng suddenly felt a little sad for next year, although there was still a year, but he had a feeling that that kind of situation would happen sooner or later, but on the other hand, it also represented his success in cultivating players? Who made him a manager who focused on training and specialization?

Thinking of this, Wan Sheng was slightly comforted.

But no matter what he thinks, it can't change the fact that his outstanding players are going to enter the national team, and it can't affect their experience in the national team, such as whether they are injured or not, then maybe it is more effective to pray to God.

With the international break seven days long and all the players returning after seven days, Wan Sheng's fears were fulfilled and his team finally began to experience the pain of the 'international break'.

This time it was Sun Jihai who was most affected.

This is unexpected, he originally thought that the most affected would be Morris or Distin, after all, England and France are going to participate in next year's World Cup, this period of time the two teams of the game is quite important, for next year's preparation is about to begin, the state of the players is related to whether they can participate in the World Cup, each player will naturally be seriously involved.

But Sun Jihai was most affected, and he just went back to participate in a warm-up game.

A warm-up game was nothing, mainly due to jet lag back and forth, coupled with the fatigue of the game, which caused his state to be seriously affected, so after Sun Jihai returned to the team, Wan Sheng could only let him rest for a day, and then come to the team to report and do some training to recover his state.

At the same time, he also scolded the Chinese national team in his heart - a meaningless warm-up game, as for the recruitment of players from the European League?

But he also had to prepare for the impact on Son's form, and Kopele Ferreira got his chance and was named in the squad for a fifth-round home trip against Portsmouth, where he was a regular and started alongside Distin.

Portsmouth are the underdogs in the Premier League, having managed to escape relegation last season, but are only two goals away from Crystal Palace.

Boss Palin's goal for the new season is clear: to secure his place in the Premier League, but he still has to worry about a squad that lacks star players.

In the summer, Portsmouth's forward line was almost hollowed out, Yakubu went to Middlesbrough, Fleur and Camara also left the team, and the striker Mbesuma brought in from the South African Emirates finally got a labor certificate, but the strength is still unknown, and Caladas from Benfica, who will score for Portsmouth in the new season, needs to be carefully calculated.

At this point, Manchester City is just the opposite, Wan Sheng is most satisfied with the team's forward lineup, Anelka, Andy Cole plus rising star Darren Bent and Robbie Fowler who can guarantee efficiency as long as he plays, the four can take out one of them and can be independent.

Of course, Wan Sheng will not be bored enough to compare the team to poor Portsmouth, who is more concerned about Kopele Ferreira's performance in this game.

It's a great opportunity for Copelle Ferreira, and he's quite excited himself.

Before the game, he was comforted by captain Distin and other teammates, but it was difficult to reduce the anticipation of the game, after all, this was his first start, although he was also a player with high expectations from the club in Porto, but he did not really play after all, and now he really wants to start in the Premier League, and he still feels some pressure.

It wasn't a big game, but it meant a lot to him.

Ahead of the game, the media were given a starting XI and noticed a change in the position of City's centre-backs.

In the eyes of the media and fans, Manchester City's main central defenders are Distin and Dunn, and then we can only talk about Sun Jihai, the Portuguese central defenders introduced in the past two summers can only be regarded as players who increase the depth of the bench, and they have nothing to expect at all.

Now that one of them is about to start, they are wondering, is Sun Jihai's state affected? How else could Kopele Ferreira start?

Wan Sheng confirmed the news in his pre-match press conference, complaining, "He just played a warm-up game, but he had to fly for 16 hours (back and forth), plus the rest of the time, he did almost nothing, and now he needs to rest, but I think he will be back soon." ”

Someone asked about Copelle Ferreira.

Wan Sheng commented positively, "He is a very good defender, I have high hopes for him, I think he will be an indispensable core player in the team's backfield......" (To be continued......