Adriano, who stepped onto the city court, bent down and gently touched the grass with his hand, then quickly stood up and drew a cross on his chest with his hands that touched the grass.

This is his habitual action every time he plays.

This game is not only important to Manchester City, but also to him.

Surprising to get a chance to start in the top European league, this is almost unimaginable for Adriano a few years ago, but now, the moment he walked out of the player channel, Adriano felt the feeling when he first landed in the European arena, with a hint of uneasy, interesting excitement, and a hint of expectation.

Adriano needs to thank many people to get this opportunity.

He first needs to thank his agent Rinaldi. When he had no ball to play, Rinaldi was still helping him take care of everything. He also needs to thank his girlfriend Daniela. When he was most disappointed, she still kept him unyieldingly. He also needs to thank Dina and Alyl. If it weren't for these two people, maybe he wouldn't have been able to hold on to it at Manchester City. Of course, he still needs to thank the person who was standing not far behind him at this time.

The Chinese who brought him here from Brazil.

Lin Sen, standing in front of the coach's seat, also looked at Adriano on the court. Unlike other players' stable emotions, the emotional color on the Brazilian's head was constantly changing in his eyes... However, Lin Sen could understand Adriano's emotional changes at this time, because it is difficult for anyone to remain calm after experiencing so many things.

Lin Sen's move may be a bit suspected of seeking medical treatment in many people's eyes, but it has not caused any controversy in Manchester City. The reason is very simple. Adriano's condition in training is indeed excellent. Of course, those who helped Lin Sen make this decision include Dina's physical fitness report and Alyl's psychological report...

From July to now, in four months, Linson has finally got Adriano who has returned to professional player standards, both physically and psychologically.

So, Linson decided to give Adriano a chance.

If you do something wrong, you need to be punished. If you do it well, you need to be rewarded. It may sound quite naive, but this is one of the basic principles of management.

Coyle made a lot of preparations for this game, because compared to Manchester City, Coyle's team has much less trouble and much more time.

Coyle doesn't need to worry about the feelings of big-name players, nor does he need to balance the players' playing time. In order to concentrate on the league's relegation task, Burnley, which has no interference in European competitions, even chose to give up the League Cup early. Coincidentally, the one who eliminated them in the second round of the League Cup was Sheffield, who was subsequently eliminated by Manchester City, on Wednesday.

At this time, Coyle was like Linson, who coached Malaga last season. There was no off-court interference and no too many on-court concerns. He and his team were focused from top to bottom. The only goal of each week was to defeat their league opponents as much as possible.

For the newly promoted Burnley, Manchester City is undoubtedly a behemoth. But in Coyle's view, if Burnley can beat Manchester United, why can't it be defeated? What's more, Manchester City is obviously in trouble right now.

Coyle expected Linson to adopt a formation in this game from the last game against Birmingham, because he knew that although Burnley's record was better than Birmingham, there was not much difference between Burnley and Birmingham in front of a team like Manchester City. However, he expected the formation, but did not expect the starting lineup, especially Adriano's appearance.

Coyle originally thought Linson would let Bellamy continue to start, because in the last game against Birmingham, he and Suarez seemed to cooperate well. Even if it wasn't Bellamy, they might be others. However, they shouldn't be Adriano, who was rumored to be transferred to the reserve team some time ago.

What is the difference between Adriano's and Bellamy? He got the answer in just three minutes of the game.

On the head of Bikey's commanding heights in Burnley's defense, Adriano fought for the header, and then blocked Bikey, who had not gained the advantage over his head and tried to regain the advantage under his feet. Looking at Bikey who tried his best but still failed to gain a little advantage from Adriano, an absurd picture flashed inexplicably in Coyle's heart.

That is the scene where children compete with adults for toys. This is no longer a question of skills, it is just a simpler gap in ability.

This is really the heart of Adriano Coyle who has been abandoned for half a year.

Although Manchester City's attack ended in vain, Biki fell completely below this time, which made Coyle feel a little uneasy.

Just when Coyle was shocked by Adriano, he was still thinking about how to deal with Adriano, Manchester City had already opened up the situation first, and this attack had nothing to do with Adriano.

In the ninth minute, David Silva sent the ball behind him, and Suarez went to the meeting alone. Facing the Uruguayan star's shot, Burnley's goalkeeper Jenson made a beautiful save. Unfortunately, he failed to make the second time. Bale, who arrived, made up the ball into the empty goal.

One to zero.

Manchester City's start was extremely smooth, but compared with the excited fans, Lin Sen was much calmer. Anyway, Lin Sen had made up his mind that before the referee blew the whistle, he would definitely not believe that God had let him go unless he was more than three goals. Sure enough, after this goal, the game entered the most familiar rhythm of Lin Sen's pain, and began to do push-ups between scoring and not scoring.

Of course, the entire first half was not without surprises. Although there were no goals, Adriano performed well, especially in the "fight" with the opponent's defense line. The Brazilian showed his overwhelming advantage. Unfortunately, it seems that because of the lack of the game, Adriano could not convert this advantage into help to the team.

During the intermission, after analyzing the highlights of the first half and making some necessary explanations, Lin Sen walked to Adriano.

"Tired?" Lin Sen asked with a smile, looking at Adriano, who seemed to be sweating on his forehead.

Adriano is definitely not the player with the longest running distance in the first half of Manchester City, but Linson knew that Adriano was definitely the most tiring player in Manchester City in the first half, because throughout the first half, he was almost under the rotation of two opponent's central defenders, and Adr did not choose to surrender.

Adriano didn't say anything about Lin Sen's question, but just shook his head, saying that he was not tired. He did not lie about this, and Dina could not lie to Lin Sen's military information in this regard. Dina had an almost paranoid requirement for work. Since she said that Adriano had met the conditions for starting, the Brazilian would definitely have enough physical fitness to play for at least ninety minutes.

"I played well in the first half, but I think you can play more... take the initiative."

"initiative?"

"Yes, take the initiative. You did a good job in the first half of the game, but standing forwards don't really want to treat yourself as a wooden stake without moving, because you have to remember that you are still a forward. Remember what I said to you before the game?"

Adriano nodded.

Before the game, many people, including Dina, were speculating about what Linson said to Adriano, but in fact the conversation between the two was just a few words, and the longest sentence was: Don’t think about what to change the game by one person. In this game, you only have one task, that is, defeat the opponent in front of you, use your body, and your strength.

"Then I tell you that your eyes should be farther away. The two central defenders on the opponent are just your obstacles, not your opponent."

Yes, to put it bluntly, Lin Sen is just encouraging Ade to shoot.

In this game, Lin Sen arranged the role for Adriano as a standing striker. Ade completed the task successfully, but now, Lin Sen wants more.

Regarding Adriano, after coming to Manchester from Brazil, Lin Sen always felt that he was a lot more honest. Although he had just left the nightclub some time ago, he was still honest. Especially after returning from the reserve team, Lin Sen always felt that he lacked something. Now after watching the half game, Lin Sen finally understood that what Adriano lacked was exactly what he had once made him invincible on the court: aggressiveness.

The so-called aggressiveness, in fact, to put it more easily understandable, is ruthlessness. Adriano, once known as the most comprehensive striker on the planet, had almost no weaknesses except for his right foot, his height, strength, and skills. What made him use these advantages to the extreme was this almost unreasonable ruthlessness.

But now, Adriano has lost such a thing, no wonder, why is he unreasonable now?

Lin Sen had no choice but to do this, because if he wanted to find this, there was no shortcut at all. He could only rely on success to accumulate, a successful outsize, a beautiful breakthrough, a just right assist, a simple goal, and every time he was a success. Adriano was destined to be able to find himself slowly.

But having no way does not mean that you can't point him in the direction.

In the second half of the game, Lin Sen made no changes. Coyle took the lead in seeking change, removing a forward and replacing a midfielder.

Obviously, although the score is behind, Coyle has already seen that his team's defense line is too passive, and the main reason for being passive is Adriano's existence. His advantage is too obvious. If it weren't for not knowing why Adriano's shot was not high, there would probably be more than one goal conceded in the first half. Therefore, one person must be staring at the Brazilian in the second half.
Chapter completed!