Chapter 37 Under the sign
Every match day, Lin Sen’s schedule is very programmatic.
In order to cater to fans, basically all games are held in the afternoon. If it is not a weekend, the game will be scheduled until the evening. Based on this schedule, if it is a away game and the distance is relatively far, Manchester City will generally rush to the away game one day in advance, and if it is a home game, it will generally train as usual in the morning. Of course, the training content is mostly easier.
At this time, Lin Sen, as the head coach, had basically no difference in the morning schedule. At noon, he would confirm the final game preparation with his coaching staff, and then Lin Sen handed himself to the game completely. Therefore, Lin Sen, who had a game that day, did not know that the Milan Sports Daily gave a comment on the draw that day that made some Manchester City fans instantly angry.
This is the last league game before Christmas, and the opponent is Moyes' Everton. Although there is no holiday for Christmas for the Premier League, no one wants to spend Christmas with a bad mood. To put it bluntly, they all hope to use a victory to make their supporters have a happy Christmas. Therefore, Manchester City, who plays at home, will still do their best in this game, especially when the opponent is in dire straits.
Everton, the eighth-ranked league last season, lost Lescott this season, and his performance plummeted. In Manchester City's black September, in addition to Liverpool and Manchester City being brothers in distress, Everton's situation was even more miserable at that time, because at that time, they were the deputy league team leader for three consecutive rounds, and even now, they are only two points away from the relegation zone.
This is undoubtedly the most difficult moment since Moyes coached Everton. Linson had no personal opinion on Moyes. Lescott's affairs have long been gone, but he was used to being hurt by being injured. Naturally, it doesn't matter what makes others worse.
In this game, Lin Sen continued his own rotation system, but the rotation system does not mean that the "rotating"-level lineup is on the field. Since Lin Sen hid most of the main players in the last round, Manchester City actually had the main team in this game. However, what Lin Sen did not expect was that Manchester City encountered huge difficulties in this game that should have been a painful blow to the water dog.
Everton, who had been forced to the edge of the cliff, burst out with amazing energy. Less than twenty minutes into the game, they led Manchester City two goals away, with Cahill and Bynes scoring respectively, and then they resisted the counterattack after conceding the ball, successfully maintaining it until the end of the first half.
Such a result is obviously not what all Manchester City fans want to see, nor what Lin Sen wants to see. In the second half, Lin Sen, who was also forced to the corner, started to storm. After the halftime, he used up three substitutions directly. The formation also changed from 4231 to a more pure 4333. So, the second half became Manchester City's offensive exhibition match.
Facing Manchester City's tide of offensive, Everton united for twenty minutes, but in the end, Manchester City found a breakthrough, a free kick. Bale's arc ball knocked on Everton's goal.
At this time, Moyes made a decision that he regretted. He replaced midfielder Koleiman with forward Saha. He tried to increase the deterrence of the frontcourt to curb Manchester City's almost unscrupulous offensive, but such a brave decision did not achieve the result he wanted. Not only that, this substitution also destroyed the balance of Everton's midfield. In the 81st minute of the game, Yaya Toure made a straight pass and Suarez went to the meeting alone.
Two to two.
The last ten minutes of the game returned to the same starting line, almost becoming a half-court offensive and defensive battle. Manchester City, with high morale, almost overwhelmed the defense line through halftime, but Everton, who lost the good game, stabilized and began to defend and counterattack. Facing the opponent's iron barrel formation, Manchester City did not have many opportunities to start, but Everton got an excellent opportunity. If Kompany had not returned to defend at the last moment and destroyed Sachah's single shot in time, Everton might have even achieved a decisive victory.
When the referee blew the end of the game, Lin Sen had to accept the result of being tied by Everton at home. This draw, which was not good in terms of results, was not bad in terms of process, also ended the four consecutive wins in various competitions in Manchester City.
Fortunately, the "accidentally" tied by Everton did not make Manchester City lose the top spot.
Another focus battle in this round, with Chelsea vs. Manchester United.
Before the game, Chelsea ranked third with nine wins, five draws and three losses in 17 stages. The ones ahead of them were Manchester City and Manchester United, which remained unbeaten in one round of the game, were 35 points and 34 points respectively. This game was also widely regarded by the media as Ancelotti's life-and-death battle. Due to Lin Sen's "makeup", Ancelotti failed to achieve his feat of winning the double championship in the first year of his history. This undoubtedly reduced him a lot of points in Abraham's mind. This season, Chelsea has so far started to open high and end low. They have been unable to win five rounds. If there is any mistake in this battle, it is actually not surprising that what will happen.
The final result of the game was that Ancelotti achieved his redemption. Chelsea finally played a beautiful blocking battle at Stamford Bridge, defeating the visiting Manchester United with a score of 2-1. It ended Manchester United's unbeaten record in the new season. Ancelotti also temporarily solved his urgent needs, but anyone knows that if Ancelotti wants to make his butt more stable, it is obvious that this victory is not enough.
It is worth mentioning that since Drogba's form has declined significantly compared to last season, Chelsea, who has been trapped by the powerlessness of the forward in the past stage, has once again been linked with Liverpool's Torres as the winter transfer period approaches. And this time, at least, Lin Sen knows that it will probably come true, and he is also very clear about the result of this transfer.
Lin Sen has no interest in intervening in this turn of fate of Torres. Compared to this, he is more interested in who Liverpool will introduce to replace Torres, because Suarez is already in his own team.
Moreover, when it comes to winter transfers, in addition to the game itself, Linson has not lacked the thought of the opponent's left-back Bynes.
Bridge's condition can be described as Jiang Heri Down. In this game, Manchester City's first goal was to concede, and he was not closely watching the man on the wing, giving the opponent Ottoman a chance to assist calmly. This is not the first time Bridge has made such a low-level mistake this season. Compared with the performance of left-back Bynes, who scored the second goal, Bridge can be said to be a complete defeat in this game.
At the left-back position this season, Azli Piqueta's number of games has improved significantly compared to last season, and the number of games he has increased directly is Bridge. This is not that Azli Piqueta's ability suddenly increased by leaps and bounds, but Bridge's condition really forced Lin Sen to trust the young Spaniard. Bridge had no complaints about this, but Lin Sen knew that his emotions were obviously wrong. Lin Sen had no choice. On Bridge's issue, he had done everything he could, and even did a lot of things he could not do. But in the final analysis, a player's career must be in his own hands.
If it was last season, Lin Sen might be able to go through it so well and save the problem until the summer to solve it, but this season is not enough, because in the second half of the season, Manchester City will not only face the increasingly fierce championship battle in the league, but also have a more cruel knockout match waiting for them in the European arena, not to mention that the FA Cup will also start in the second half.
Therefore, Lin Sen has made up his mind to find a main level left-back during the winter transfer period. But finding is one thing, and finding it is another. The winter transfer period is different from the summer. Top left-backs are originally scarce resources, not to mention that what Lin Sen wants is the main left-back who is qualified to participate in the Champions League.
Champions League qualification alone can eliminate many goals, and the main level eliminates many potential stocks in Lin Sen's mind. There are actually very few remaining goals, and Bynes is undoubtedly the most suitable one.
This summer, Bridge withdrew from England due to the influence of his wife's goal. Bynes was among the candidates Capello selected for Bridge. Although Capello chose Warnock of Aston Villa for the last roster to South Africa, this did not hinder Linson's judgment of the player. After Ashley Cole grew old, it was not Warnock, but Bynes who replaced him in England. The left-back who came from Wigan Athletics and turned to the Toffees for three years ago quickly gained a foothold in the Everton team. This season is one of the few highlights in the "declined" Everton team.
However, Bynes is good, but Moyes is difficult to deal with.
Lescott's transfer has proved this, and now Everton's performance is bad, Linsen is really optimistic that Moyes lets go of his main left-back. Therefore, in addition to Bynes, there is another alternative target in Linsen's sight, that is, Serbian left-back Clarov, who should have come to Manchester City in the summer, according to the original trajectory.
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After the game against Everton, Lin Sen was quickly asked about the Champions League draw, and naturally the comments from "Milan Sports" were indispensable.
Lin Sen didn't even think about the lottery draw, accusing UEFA of making tricks in the lottery draw? Do you have any evidence? Or complain about your bad luck? Is it necessary? Polite the great history of your opponent AC Milan? That's even more unnecessary. So, the matter is that simple. Since you have already drawn it, you will see you on the court.
As for "Milan Sports", Lin Sen had already seen the other party's arrogance when he played Inter Milan last time. This was not new, but this time Lin Sen did not intend to slander the slander, but replied in a tit-for-tat way.
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