A defeat.—{2}{3}{w}{x}]

A defeated general is not worthy of courage.

He lost one-to-two away. In the knockout round of two rounds, it is not bad to comfort himself, but he must not deceive himself so much that he thinks the situation is optimistic. After the post-match press conference, Lin Sen simply closed his mouth and said with a pity.

In this game, the reporters had three most concerned issues, only one was related to Manchester City, and it was also a "picking" issue. Regarding the use of Azpilicueta, Lin Sen only replied to a sentence that made all the reporters who were looking forward to roll their eyes: technical and tactical reasons. Then, Lin Sen handed the microphone to Mourinho, and the madman was not polite.

The remaining two questions, one is a more subjective confidence issue. With a 2-to-1 score, how confident is Real Madrid still have to break through in England? The other is the specious goal.

The previous question is actually a waste of time to ask Mourinho. Confidence? Even in front of Lin Sen, Mourinho has no reason to have a second answer. As for the second question, Mourinho, who has obviously seen the replay of the game, shrugged his shoulders and his answer was even more cunning.

"A goal like that, no matter what kind of penalty the referee makes, it may cause doubts. From Pepe's perspective, his mood is normal. What I want to say is that Rizzoli enforced a good game."

Lin Sen was a little confused when he heard Mourinho's words.

Yes, judging from Rizzoli's card situation, it seems that Real Madrid suffered more losses, because Rizzoli gave them the only red card in this game, but in fact, whether they suffer losses is not the standard of who gets the most cards, but whether they should. An action that deserves a red card is given a red card, and a action that should not be warned will be given a yellow card, and an action that should not be given a warning will obviously not the former.

Of course, Linson had nothing to complain about Rizzoli. At least, the Italian referee withstood the pressure of the Bernabeu and gave the opponent a red card. For Manchester City, you can't expect more.

After attending the press conference, Lin Sen and Mourinho left the venue still did not communicate much. The two seemed to have a very tacit understanding and remained silent before the end of this fight.

For Mourinho, the outside world says that he is brave enough to be enemies with the world, but in fact, if possible, no one wants to make too many enemies. Although it can be said that work and life are two different things, how many people can really be friends in their work? Among the people, Mourinho's relationship with other giant coaches during his time as Chelsea's head coach is a typical Mourinho relationship: Mourinho has had a fight of verbal battles with the coaches of several other giants, and even has explicit irony. However, the only one who really becomes friends with Mourinho is the old Lord, and he has a complete enemy relationship with Benitez. Wenger is just between the two.

The relationship with Lin Sen? From now on, it looks more like Ferguson, but a showdown is not enough to make Mourinho let go of his figure and want to verbal battle with Lin Sen, unless one day Mourinho returns to the Premier League and Lin Sen is still in the Premier League.

Lin Sen, he always regards Mourinho as a role model for the head coach, but it is not God.

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Losing the first leg knockout round. Although it is not a shame in the eyes of the English media, the whole world knows how terrible Real Madrid is. The English media especially knows how powerful Mourinho is, so Manchester City's 1-2 score at the Bernabeu is a completely acceptable ending. At least, Manchester City does not have the suspense of losing the promotion.

But the media is the media, and losing to Real Madrid will inevitably hit Manchester City's morale.

Back to the league, in the 32nd round, Liverpool, whose league results improved after going to Anfield Stadium to challenge the coach, ended up losing completely, zero to three.

Facing the energetic Kenny the Great after the game, Lin Sen, who had no expression on his face at the press conference, faced with media questions like before at the Bernabeu Stadium, was owed half of the words, but when summarizing the game, he took all the responsibility for losing: it was my responsibility to lose, and I had nothing to say. Congratulations to Liverpool, they deserved to win the game.

Another defeat.

Since Manchester United beat Fulham 2-0 at home in this round, Manchester City finally "stumbled" in the competition with its arch-rivals in the same city and fell behind by three points. What's even more unfortunate is that Manchester City, who lost, is the only strong team in this round. Both Arsenal and Chelsea won the game in this round. In this way, Manchester City's lead over Chelsea and Arsenal only has a few negligible points and two points left.

The only thing to be thankful is that perhaps no matter what, Manchester City basically won't fall out of the first group, because the gap between Tottenham, the fifth in the league, is still as high as ten. Unless Manchester City has a suicide losing streak in the last few games, the qualification for the Champions League next season will basically be unable to escape.

Regarding Manchester City's two consecutive defeats in the Champions League in the Champions League, the English media rarely showed sympathy for not taking advantage of the situation, but generally expressed sympathy.

Of course, sympathy is not for nothing, but because of objective factors. From mid-March to mid-April, Manchester City's schedule is the most difficult schedule in Europe, let alone in the Premier League.

On March 22, the 30th round of the league away against Chelsea.

On April 2, the 31st round of the league was against Sunderland at home.

On April 6, the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals was away against Real Madrid.

On April 9, the 32nd round of the league will be away against Liverpool.

On April 14, the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals vs. Real Madrid at home.

On April 17, the FA Cup semi-finals vs. Manchester United.

In one month and six games, there were no weak players except Sunderland!

For such a schedule, Lin Sen did not complain except to claim to be unlucky. The original schedule of the Champions League, League and Cup was separated. They happened to collide with each other and complained about the world, but they were not blamed. Of course, it was a fact that Manchester City's poor performance. Lin Sen did not intend to use the schedule as an excuse. Instead of having this idea, it would be better to spend more time thinking about Real Madrid, which is at the city again.

In the second leg of the game with Real Madrid, the enthusiasm of fans has not been reduced due to Manchester City's backwardness. According to official news from Manchester City, in this game, the city stadium will usher in the highest attendance rate of the stadium since its completion. Not only that, there will be countless Manchester City fans who regret not being able to buy tickets will gather in the city square to watch the game together through the big screen of the square.

The fans are full of enthusiasm, and Manchester City clubs are of course happy, but at the same time, it is also a kind of pressure on the team.

At this time, Lin Sen's coaching staff had a disagreement on the game strategy of the second round of Real Madrid.

The two sides who are disagreeing are Tang Hua and Kidd.

Tang Hua believes that Manchester City should attack in this game, and his basis lies in a stack of data in his hands. He believes that many teams will habitually defend when they encounter teams like Real Madrid, and think that playing against teams like Real Madrid is simply suicide. However, this has promoted Real Madrid's offensive to a certain extent. Manchester City does not need to be afraid of Real Madrid at all, because Manchester City has enough ability to play against Real Madrid. This ability not only comes from Manchester City's attack line, but also because Manchester City's defense line is more complete than Real Madrid.

Tang Hua showed off all the data from Manchester City and Real Madrid this season, trying to prove that he was right. However, the assistant coach Kidd, who has always been very polite to Tang Hua, shook his head at Tang Hua this time and was very determined.

Unlike Tang Hua's view that supports various data, Brian Kidd's view is a bit "thin", but his view has won the support of another member of the coaching staff, that is Dina.

Tang Hua is the main attacker, while Kidde is the main defense.

Of course, the word "guard" does not mean purely literally, but a defensive counterattack. Kidd believes that although Real Madrid leads the score, they cannot just shy down and defend, even if their head coach is Mourinho. In this case, theoretically, as long as they can defend and only one goal is enough, Manchester City does not need to take risks and play dangerous attacks with the opponent, but should grasp the advantage of that away goal.

There is a reason why Dina supports Kidd. She is from Atletico, she knows very well, but she doesn't think that it can be changed by Mourinho. Just as in previous chats, she has always been unfavorable to Mourinho's ending at Real Madrid, because in his opinion, speaking in a more common way is incompatible with style.

Lin Sen, who knew Mourinho's Real Madrid ending, was not only admired but also admired Dina's statement.

However, at the moment, the views of both sides are stalemate, and Lin Sen is not in a hurry to draw a conclusion. As the head coach, his responsibilities are certainly a final decision, but it does not mean that the other side is killed with one stick. No matter what he chooses in the end, Tang Hua's views and Kidd's views will help him prepare for the pre-match game.

Lin Sen looked at a person on the other side.

Tang Hua is a technical coach, Kidd is an assistant coach, and Dina is a physical coach. Although the things are the same at the tactical level between each coach, the different focus of each coach determines the different understanding of the problem. Lin Sen has already understood their ideas, and now, he wants to understand the views of another position.

This person is goalkeeper Ji Wen.

Ji Wen, who has made up his mind to become a goalkeeper coach and join Lin Sen's coaching staff, although he is still a member of Manchester City's team, since the winter transfer this season, Lin Sen has begun to consciously let Ji Wen attend some coaching meetings. Of course, he doesn't have to speak, but now, Lin Sen wants to hear his opinion.

After Lin Sen said this, the others immediately turned their attention to Ji Wen.
Chapter completed!