139. Confidence
The guys in the coaching staff understood what Wensheng meant at this moment. After careful consideration, they found that Wensheng's interpretation made sense. There was much room for the away game without conceding the ball at home.
But this is not in line with the universal view. In European games, many teams will try every means to defeat their opponents at home, because everyone knows that away games are more difficult to play than at home, and there are more uncertainties than at home.
"If, I mean, if!" Hawking raised his own question, "What if we lose the ball first?! Your thoughts will go bankrupt!"
"If we concede the ball first, we should do it as Joe said. We not only need to equalize the score, but also create a big score and take more initiative in the two rounds as much as possible in our own hands!"
"One game determines the fate of two games?!" Brock Hall teased.
As a physical coach, Brock Hall is not from a football major, and his professional level is much worse. Every tactical discussion he is basically an audience. He is involved because he needs to understand the coaching staff's ideas and adjust the physical training plan. Of course, he also understands the coaching staff's tactical intentions, otherwise Wen Sheng would have let him get out long ago. What he needs is not a nerdy physical coach, he needs a physical coach who understands football and data.
Wensheng snapped his fingers and responded to Hall's words, meaning "Yes, that's it!"
"If the opponent is a Málaga opponent who is obviously weaker than us, I said yes, that's it! The first leg was our home court and we can't do it without conceding the ball, then it really should put the fate of both teams above this game, which sounds a bit risky, but I think it's worth it!"
Kidd said again: "It's not easy for them to score. I think they might want to hold us back to win a draw in the away game. 0:0 is acceptable, and 1:1 should be a very ideal result for them!"
Wensheng gave Kid a thumbs up, "Yes, it doesn't matter what they think. Pellegrini thinks 0:0 is unacceptable to us? No, I think I can accept 0:0, but I definitely don't like the 1:1 score!"
"I can accept 0:0!" Hawking raised his hand.
Everyone laughed, everyone agreed with Wen Sheng's statement, and the next step was to discuss the details.
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Leeds United is also a strange opponent to Manchester City. The last time the two teams faced each other back in 2004, when even Richards was not able to appear in the first team.
Wen Sheng is not worried about this at all. Recently, Manchester City has been strong and has no injuries and is in a good position. Wen Sheng has a lot of room for formation. In this game, he has used many substitutes. Silva started as a midfielder, and both De Bruyne and Toure have a chance to rest.
On the afternoon of the 17th, the match between Manchester City and Leeds United was a focus match in the fifth round, because this game was a master-apprentice duel, and Leeds United's coach was Neil Warnock, who brought the literary victory to get started.
When the master and apprentice met, Warnock "kindly" persuaded Wensheng to do something like the FA Cup without spending too much effort, but Wensheng suggested that Warnock leave the Leeds United vortex as soon as possible.
Leeds United's boss is Bates and Ken Bates. If it were Premier League fans in the early years, they should know this name. This former identity was the chairman of Chelsea. His best deal was to win Chelsea by 1 pound and later sold it to Abramovich at a high price, which made a lot of money.
After leaving Chelsea, the old guy joined Leeds United again in 2005. He never admitted that he was the owner of the club, claiming that he was only favored by anonymous investors to ask him to be the chairman. However, only he himself knew what the facts were. Leeds United was good at his leadership, but his internal management was a mess. Warnock had regretted getting on the boat before. In an interview with reporters, he revealed that he wanted to leave three or four times.
Wen Sheng was talking about this joke. It made Warnock very angry when he said it. He reached out and slapped Wen Sheng. Wen Sheng smiled and avoided it.
In the fifth round, Leeds United, as a champion team, has a very high probability of meeting Premier League teams. For them, this game may be the end of the FA Cup journey this season.
But who will not have expectations?! Who will not have dreams?!
Leeds United also wanted to go to the end, so their plan was very simple to defend Etihad. Maybe it wasn't necessarily possible to steal one. It would be nice to drag Manchester City to their home court to play.
However, they did not expect that Wensheng's Manchester City was too cautious. After the opening, they were always careful of Leeds United's counterattack. The offensive battle was tepid and the routine was simple and direct. Leeds United's bus was effective, but don't think about the chance of counterattack.
It is completely different from the fourth round of the third round. In those two rounds, Chinese wins adopted relatively radical tactics. He didn't want to play in the playoffs and attacked with all his strength. He wouldn't feel distressed if he was really upset by his opponent.
But this game is already in the top 16, why do you still feel sorry for the defeat?! He also wants to enter the end, so for the same event, his attitude determines the team's tactics.
Leeds United completely gave up possession of the ball, and they probably knew that the ball was not a good thing under their feet. Manchester City's offense was fruitless in the first half, and both sides entered the second half.
After the start of the second half, Manchester City suddenly launched a fierce attack, Silva gave an assist. Aspas, who had not scored for a long time, got rid of the opponent's defense in the penalty area and scored a small angle shot, which finally gave Manchester City a 1:0 lead.
After Leeds United was scored, they reacted quickly and immediately launched a counterattack. Different coaches had different choices. Warnock was a little tough, and the ending just now was a bit miserable. Leeds United was defeated by Manchester City three times later. Dogs left scored their first goal to join Manchester City. Silva and Aspas completed a counterattack goal respectively.
Leeds United played a bit terrible, but anyone with discerning eyes knew that this was the power of the knockout system, and Leeds United was not bad and performed normally.
As head coaches, Wensheng and Warnock each have their own busy schedules. They usually contact each other by phone and rarely meet. They finally met once. Wensheng invited the old guy to have a dinner together after the game, and Warnock did not postpone it.
"It seems you're ready!" While dining together, Warnock asked Wensheng.
"What is ready?! For Malaga?! It's ready!" Wen Sheng smiled, "No matter what, we are still much stronger than them on paper, and I have confidence in advancing!"
"You can't underestimate Pellegrini! He led the team very well in Villarreal!" Warnock reminded.
"I know, of course, Malaga is not that easy to deal with, but we can't be too careful!" Wen Sheng was still very confident.
Chapter completed!