Manchester City assistant coach Weissen coaches Braga and signs for three years

TuBoot Net, May 28, Braga officially announced the news that the 42-year-old Manchester City assistant coach Carlos Vessenz will replace Lagers as the first team coach. The two sides signed a three-year long contract, marking the official launch of the "Guardiola" tactical reform of this Portuguese superpower team.

Wesens's career is deeply imprinted with the "Manchester City gene". Since joining the Blue Moon youth training system in 2017, he has gradually been promoted from U18 assistant coach to the first team coaching staff. As Guardiola's core assistant in the past four seasons, he has deeply participated in Manchester City's historic achievements such as the "Triple Crown" (2023) and the three consecutive Premier League championships (2021-2023). His good at "ball control and oppression + full-back recruitment" tactics (such as transforming Cancelo into a "pseudo-winger") and "setting ball integration" concepts (Manchester City's set-piece score accounts for 18% this season), are regarded as an important inheritor of melon-style philosophy.

Braga chose Vessen to break through the bottleneck of the "Portuguese Super Fourth". Although the team has won the European competition qualification in the past five years, it has never been able to shake the "three-tall" of Benfica, Porto and Portugal Sports. Although his performance with 66 points in 34 rounds last season was firmly in the middle, his offensive efficiency (1.6 goals per game) and defensive stability (conceded 38 goals) were both behind the top three. Weissen's "data training" (Manchester City youth training is famous for its data analysis) and "high-intensity pressing" systems are expected to activate the team's offensive and defensive conversion rate.

It is worth noting that Weissen's identity as a "rookie coach" may bring variables. He had only had the youth team coaching experience before, and the first team's on-site command experience is to be tested. But Braga's management obviously values ​​its "system adaptability" - the club's technical director Louis Martins revealed: "We have been following and studying Manchester City's tactics for three years. Wesens can implant a mature ball-control system into the team, which is difficult for traditional Portuguese Super League coaches to provide." At the signing ceremony, Wisens stated: "Braga's European heritage and youth training tradition have attracted me. Our goal is to return to the Champions League and go further in the UEFA Cup." His debut may be the UEFA qualifiers in July. If we advance smoothly, we will usher in a direct dialogue with Premier League teams - this is the touchstone to test the effect of "melon-style tactics" in Portuguese Super League. From Manchester's coaching seat to Braga's Algaff Stadium, Wiessen's transfer reflects the "Manchester City expansion" in European football - after Guardiola's disciples Arteta (Arsenal) and Alonso (Leverkusen), another Blue Moon coach embarked on the road of independent coaching. And Braga's lawn may become the next "melon-style philosophy experimental field". When Weissen's official debut on June 16, the tactical territory of the Portuguese Super League may have quietly opened a new chapter.