On the evening of May 18, the meeting between Wen Sheng and Boas was completely warm and harmonious. They greeted each other politely and wished them good luck, then turned and left.

Wen Sheng has long known that Villas-Boas is a great man. Although he dismissed the achievements of Porto led by Villas-Boas in the locker room, he still admires Villas-Boas as a young coach in his heart, no matter what he did in other places later.

The team was not going well, but he did really well in Porto.

Wen Sheng can also understand that being a head coach in the top four major leagues, the Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, and the Bundesliga, is not as simple as knowing tactics. The important thing is personnel management. Maybe Villas-Boas was a little constrained later.

Later, when Boas went to China, he didn't pay much attention to it.

However, in this kind of admiration, Wen Sheng is also a little proud. No matter what Boas is like, at least I have done a good job. I am not worse than Boas. I am at least more famous in Europe than him.

Wen Sheng is really not bragging. Villas-Boas is indeed young enough, but above his dazzling light there is Wen Sheng who has risen like a legend in the past two years.

A serious university student, a young academic coach with no career to speak of like Villas-Boas. The key is that he leads a Premier League team. He doesn’t want to be famous?! No way!

Must be famous!

So although Boas is young, it is not enough in front of Wen Sheng who is less than thirty years old.

The Bundesliga would later produce Nagelsmann, who became the head coach of Hoffenheim in the Bundesliga at the age of only 28. However, he still became the head coach of the top league team later than Wen Sheng.

Looking at the improvement in the status of head coaches, it is estimated that Wen Sheng and Nagelsmann will be remembered by people for a long time. Top league head coaches under 30 years old are definitely top rare animals.

Boas was also jealous of Wen Sheng because he was indeed too young. Boas thought that maybe he was not a genius, but Wen Sheng standing opposite was the genius.

The "genius" Wen Sheng sent out a 4231 formation in this game, but in fact it was 442. He could not bear Vardy's running in the frontcourt nor the veteran Klose's experience and shooting skills, so he took a bit of a risk.

Two forwards were sent, but the formation reported was still 4231.

Veteran Speroni is still at the gate. This season his condition is obviously not as good as last season, but he is still a relatively reliable link in the team, at least more reliable than the defenders in the first half.

The central defender position is the partnership of Benatia and McCarthy. Since McCarthy's return, the combination of him and Benatia has been very popular with Wen Sheng. Of course, they may not be top-notch, but they are currently Wen Sheng's favorites.

The team is the best, and its performance is relatively stable. It is impossible not to make mistakes, but it is a fact that few goals are conceded.

Therefore, they won Wen Sheng's trust and firmly suppressed everyone else on the bench.

The reason why Wen Sheng has the idea of ​​renting out Van Dijk is because these two players are relatively good. Wen Sheng is still weighing whether to sell Onyewu, who is dissatisfied with his playing time, or loan out Van Dijk.

There is no doubt that the two full-backs are Klein and Hills. After all, Johnson's ability is still a little bit behind. These two young players have improved too fast. The defensive end has improved a lot this season.

The defensive midfielder position is a partnership between Deli and Kanter. There is almost no suspense. Deli has been injured frequently this season and his ability has declined. But he is the captain after all. As long as he does not go out on the defensive end, it is actually okay. He also has experience.

A lot more young than Matic and Stroman.

On both wings is the Belgian combination of Mertens and De Bruyne. Mertens moves very well. He could assist and score goals in the Eredivisie, but after coming to the Premier League, Mertens's physical confrontation is very difficult.

The biggest disadvantage is that he adapted quite well. He reduced dribbling and moved much better, so he scored pretty well, and he had the speed to advance with the ball during counterattacks.

As for his fellow countryman De Bruyne, there is no need to say more. The Premier League Rookie of the Season probably won’t go to his family, but De Bruyne.

The forward partners are Vardy and Klose. Vardy has been slow to adapt to the league and has found his feet late. Coupled with injury problems, he has actually not scored many goals in the Premier League this season.

But he is the killer whom Wen Sheng focuses on training, and his brother-in-law is almost a fact. Wen Sheng does not want to put Vardy on the bench and shine.

Not to mention Klose, the veteran is plug-and-play and can score goals in just a few games. Before Klose came to the Premier League, many media were not optimistic about his prospects, but in fact, so what?

Klose's ability to adapt is very strong. Of course, he is not as fast and running as when he was young, but his shooting skills and positioning ability are still there. His agility in front of the goal is a gift, and his sense of smell is very good, so he can score goals.

Villas-Boas's Porto has a 4-3-3 formation, with all the main players deployed.

The Iberian Peninsula is often the first game for South American players to land on the European continent, and Porto is a veritable South American coalition.

The goalkeeper position is Brazilian Hilton, the center back is Cape Verdean immigrant Rolando and Argentinian Otamendi partner, the two full backs are Uruguayan Pereira and Romanian Sapunaru, and the midfielder is Brazilian Fernando

, Portuguese starlet Moutinho and Colombian Guarin.

The striker is composed of Colombian Falcao, Brazilian Hulk, and Portuguese Varela.

There are 7 South Americans in the entire lineup.

What is the biggest advantage of South American players? They really do not lack skills and their personal skills are very good.

So Porto's control ability is really good.

Wen Sheng's emphasis before the game that the team needs patience is not nonsense. Crystal Palace must play patiently.

Of course, why so many South American players started to land in Europe from the Iberian Peninsula is because this is Europe after all, and football already pays great attention to integrity. From here, adapting to the overall environment of European football will help them land in the top European leagues.

The South American players on this team are gradually adapting to the overall playing style of the European continent. Porto, under the leadership of Villas-Boas, has also done a relatively good job in overall play.

The pre-game ceremony was quickly completed.

Spanish referee Velasco Caballo blew the whistle, and the match between the two sides officially began. Porto kicked off first.

Just after the kick-off, Porto midfielder Moutinho sent a long pass to Hulk on the right. Hulk slapped Hills when he was fighting for the top. Caballo warned Hulk.

Wen Sheng was very dissatisfied and thought this should be a yellow card.

The first one to enter the state was Crystal Palace. In just two minutes, Crystal Palace created a threat in front of Porto's goal. De Bruyne's diagonal pass perfectly avoided Otamendi, and Vardy was interfered by Rolando.

Couldn't touch the ball.

Immediately after Crystal Palace's corner kick opportunity, Benatia completed Crystal Palace's first attack, let alone, it was a bit threatening.

Wen Sheng expressed regret. He certainly hoped that Crystal Palace could score as early as possible, so that he could stabilize his mind and play defensive counterattack. Anyway, he was more familiar with this tactic.

The performance of Crystal Palace's two wings was very impressive, especially De Bruyne's sudden change of position. This was unexpected by Villas-Boas, because everyone knew that De Bruyne would definitely get more space to play in the middle, and both sides

The forward tactics mean that Crystal Palace will have fewer people in the midfield, and Klose does not have the ability to run back and forth like De Bruyne.

He prefers to believe that Wen Sheng will put De Bruyne in the center and Vardy on the wing, because this is what Wen Sheng has used before.

Porto was ill-prepared for De Bruyne's defensive restrictions, but Klein's support and Klose's timely response gave De Bruyne room to play on the wing.
Chapter completed!