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578. FA Cup out

The 29th round of the league has all ended, and the schedule for March has all ended. Next is the national team competition, and the war will not be rekindled until early April.

On April 1, the Premier League announced the best of the month on its official website. Wensheng won the best coach of the month in March with his all-win record. This season is no better than last season. Including this time, Wensheng has only won the best of the month twice. He is very moved by the trophy in hand.

April 1 is also April Fools' Day in the West. After receiving the trophy, Wen Sheng joked in an interview with the media, "This is my April Fools' Day gift! I thought this was an erratic one, but I didn't expect it to be true!"

"I hope this award can bring me good luck!" This is Wensheng's heartfelt wish.

When talking about the fight with Chelsea, Wensheng also emphasized: "In fact, there are several rounds of the season, and the championship drama between us and Chelsea is still not over! I like this state, and I think their existence can inspire our passion and fighting spirit!"

It’s a bit against my will to say this. Who would have a competitor? But since this is the case, Wensheng can only say it in the better direction!

Because he is Wensheng, most of the reporters adopted his statement, and competition may be a good thing.

After winning the best of the month, Manchester City ushered in a derby on April 4, which was the sixth round of the FA Cup. The last time he played a tie with Manchester United at Old Trafford, the game time between the two sides was moved to this weekend and the location was changed to the Etihad Stadium.

To be honest, Wen Sheng was disgusted with the tradition of the FA Cup being always arranged on weekends, squeezing normal league time, which led to the originally planned game against Crystal Palace being postponed in the middle of the week, but playing for the old club Crystal Palace is another away game, and the team is going to London.

After returning from London, Manchester City went to Old Trafford to play a league derby with Manchester United. It is clear who takes advantage of it at a glance.

In the eyes of the media, Wensheng is basically a pissy person, and it is good to get along with mid- and lower-stream teams, but when facing upstream or mortal enemies, they always hold on to some problems. Everyone thinks that Wensheng is a very sour person.

This time, it was indeed not surprising. He was sad again at the pre-match press conference of the FA Cup, saying that his team was going to run away games, that Manchester United is good, and Chelsea is good.

Van Gaal couldn't stand Wensheng's noise. He mocked Wensheng, "When they benefited, he never said such words!"

Van Gaal's work at Manchester United this season is very effective. Although it started badly, they slowly adjusted their state without the drag of the European game and their rankings gradually rose. They are currently ranked fourth in the league standings. Although the gap between Manchester City and Chelsea is a bit big, they are at least shortlisted for the Champions League.

With the FA Cup reaching this point, whether it is Van Gaal or Manchester United players, they naturally have greater ambitions, let alone the opponent or Manchester United.

Wensheng had to consider Crystal Palace, so Wensheng still took rotation in the FA Cup match.

Manchester City's state in this game is hard to describe. Van Gaal has brought Manchester United more skilled play. Although Manchester City, who is at home, can take a certain initiative, it cannot completely curb Manchester United's offense. Both sides seem very cautious on the court and don't create many opportunities. However, this time the away team Manchester United gained the upper hand in seizing opportunities. They relied on the goals of Rooney and Di Maria to get two goals, and then Manchester City could no longer win the score.

The derby, which was hyped by the media before the game, ended with the away team Manchester United defeating Manchester City 2-0, which really surprised many media.

Wen Sheng was extremely disappointed with such a result, "We did not do well enough on the defensive end, so it is natural to be punished!"

Just after the game, Manchester City held an entire hour of analysis meeting in the locker room, and the players were also disappointed with the game.

After the team completed the analysis, the coaching staff had not left the stadium, so everyone went to Wensheng's office to continue the meeting. In front of the players, the coaching staff was not good enough to say something, but there was nothing to be taboo inside.

"The offensive line is not clear! Whether it is Chamberlain or Cuadrado, they have no tacit understanding with Dzeko and Defoe, and the offense is completely unruly! To be honest, not everyone is Silva or De Bruyne, and not everyone is Suarez. Too much freedom is not a good thing, this game is an obvious example! And we also encountered similar problems in previous games!" Hawking thought the offense was too confusing.

Everything is divided into two. If you change a player with strong abilities, it is a good thing to have a higher degree of freedom, but a player with poor abilities may not be a good thing to have a higher degree of freedom.

"I don't deny their efforts. They work very hard on the court, but the direction is wrong. They interact too little in the middle in the wing position, and the passing timing is not in place. They always want to change the game alone! How can it be so easy?!" Brian also complained about the same problem.

"The two goals they got were not the counterattacks we lost in the frontcourt?!" Lawrence also said, "Every time, one shot is accurate, and there is a slight mistake in the defense, and then Albiol and Van Dijk can't make up for it, but they want to make up for it."

"What you mean is that we must strengthen the design of the offensive line?!" Wen Sheng asked back. It was not that Manchester City did not have the offensive line design, but focused on the performance of players' abilities.

"The specific game must also be adapted to local conditions!" Hawking said. "If Silva and the others held the ball, they would have clear ideas and know how to guide the offense. It would be difficult for Chamberlain and Cuadrado to have a clear understanding of the game!"

"Donald means that Silva and the others are handsome men, and Chamberlain and Cuadrado are just soldiers!" Brian smiled.

Wensheng also laughed, everything everyone said makes sense.

"But the workload is quite large, and it is too easy to make players confused!" Wen Sheng thought to himself, why did he think so?! Because Manchester City's current formation transformation is diverse, and the roles played by each player in each formation are different. If they still want them to remember various routines and adapt to various routines, the burden on them is too heavy.

Wensheng also raised his own concerns. This topic really made everyone think deeply, and letting players bear too much is not a good thing.

Wensheng returned home in the evening, and Wensheng called Silva and other players to ask their opinions. Some of the words they might not say in the locker room analysis meeting. After all, they have to maintain the authority of the leader, but there is no problem in private.

Keeping communication smooth can also have a good motivational effect, so that everyone can truly unite. Communication is a good thing.
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