Chapter 63: Accidents

As the Derby players celebrated, United boss Alex Ferguson's brow furrowed, and he had no idea that it would be Derby County who would score first.

Now he's feeling annoyed.

In normal times, he would definitely yell at the players who don't look good on the pitch, scold angrily, and vent, which is why many Manchester United players are afraid of Ferguson - his yelling is really a bit terrifying, but now Ferguson has no way to vent, mainly because of the goal just now, it is really difficult to blame his players.

The goal was a perfect display of Derby's coordination, not that there was anything wrong with United's defence, but that Derby played too well together.

Layton Baines' shot was blocked by O'Shea with his body, which was a very good defense, and then the football fell at the feet of Ziegler, which can only be said that Derby County was lucky, and Ziegler played very well, he directly shook off the somewhat careless Roy Keane, and then his pass found Morris, Morris in the penalty area of the general's demeanor, even if O'Shea is good, it is normal to be deceived, Ivan Crewe inserted very timely, so there was this goal.

If there is one Manchester United player who has a bad performance during this period, it must only talk about Roy Keane.

But the point is that Keane is the captain of Manchester United.

Even if Ferguson is dissatisfied with Roy Keane's appearance just now, it is absolutely unwise to go to the game and shout at the captain on the field?, not to mention, Keane has been playing for Manchester United for eleven years, Ferguson knows Keane too well, and at the same time Keane also knows Ferguson very well, many times even Ferguson doesn't need to say, Keane understands what he means, and Keane has always worked hard in the game, and it is rare to see a veteran who can maintain his condition, so Ferguson can only hold back his anger in his heart.

But the situation on the field is not optimistic.

Ferguson didn't expect Derby County to score first, in fact. He still has some certainty about this game, especially since the core players of Derby County - Van der Vaart and Ribery are not playing, in this case, it is difficult for Derby County's attack to threaten Manchester United's goal, Manchester United can completely let go of the attack.

The only thing he didn't expect was that Derby County could perform so well.

With the opposition scoring first and the first half coming to an end, it was clear that United were going to return to the dressing room with a goal down and that was a very bad game for United.

But there wasn't much time left in the first half, and Ferguson had to do whatever he wanted to do in the second half

Same as Ferguson thought. When the game resumed, Derby County began to focus on defence, and as a result, United failed to break through the Derby County goal after half a day, and when the referee blew the whistle at the end of the first half, the score was still 1-0, and Derby County led Manchester United by one goal.

Both teams returned to the locker room to rest.

The whole Derby County were still very happy, and so was Wan Sheng, who was able to take the lead into half-time. It couldn't have been better for Derby, so the atmosphere was relaxed throughout the Derby team.

However, Wan Sheng still told everyone to play seriously in the second half and defend more tactically.

It would be a mistake to think that a one-goal lead would lead against Manchester United. Even if the whole team went to defense, Wan Sheng was not sure that the team would be able to hold the goal for 45 minutes, so he still had to take the second half seriously.

Soon the intermission ended. Both teams returned to play to start the game.

The media and fans were talking about the game at half-time, and the score was very favorable to Derby County, but some media still thought it. It is not easy for Derby County to win, after all, Manchester United achieved absolute pressure on Derby County in the first half, and Derby County cannot always play such a perfect combination, for Derby County, the most important thing is still to defend well.

The views of these media are the same as those of Wansheng.

Wan Sheng was cautious to arrange the second half of the game, watching the game from the coach's bench, he was also very serious, but what he didn't expect was that at the beginning of the second half, an accident appeared - Morris grabbed the ball near the center circle, and Roy Keane had a physical collision, both fell to the ground, as a result, Roy Keane stood up like no one, and Morris was lying on the grass with his right leg on his face full of pain.

Wan Sheng stood up in shock.

The referee rushed over, checked Morris's situation, and immediately waved his hand to enter the field on a stretcher, Morris was carried down, Wan Sheng didn't have time to ask Morris's situation, and could only let Peter Kennedy replace Morris.

Morris' injury is still quite a blow to Derby.

Not only in terms of morale, Morris is the offensive core of the whole team, and the defense can also be called half of the core, with Morris, the midfielder is more than one step stronger in terms of interception ability and counterattack ability, and many players on the field often look at Morris's position when they run, Morris is undoubtedly important to the team, because of this, in the game with Manchester United, Wansheng let Van der Vaart and Ribery rotate, but did not consider letting Morris rest for a round, as long as Morris is on the field, the team has a chance to win.

But Morris was injured and he had to send Peter Kennedy off the bench.

Peter Kennedy's ability is not bad, compared to Morris, in terms of personal ability, he is not too bad, but in terms of mental attributes such as the overall situation, the two have no comparison, mental attributes directly affect the game play, as well as the role of the whole team, the ability of the two is not too bad, but on the court, it is difficult for two Peter Kennedy to reach the last Morris, Morris's role in the whole team is much more important than his personal ability.

Wan Sheng was very clear about the situation of the two, so after Morris went off the court, he hurriedly commanded the team to strengthen the defense.

As for the offense, counterattack or something, or wait for the stable state to think about it, the most important thing is defense, if you can keep until the last moment of the game, then you can win the victory, if you can't keep the goal, without Morris and Manchester United to fight, it is estimated that even a draw is difficult to guarantee

Manchester United also knew that Morris's departure would have a big impact on Derby, but they didn't expect it to have such a big impact, and in the next game, it was difficult for Derby County to play offensively, basically defending, and football could not even play half time.

The good thing is that the team is doing a good job defensively.

At this time, the most prominent players in the Derby County table are central defenders Nemanja Vidic and Alfred, with Vidic and Alfred partnering in central defence. Both are not very old, one is twenty-three years old, the other is twenty-one, but the defense of the two makes the Derby County penalty area very solid, many times Manchester United hit the ball into the box, it was directly destroyed, under the defense of the two, the Dutch striker Ruud van Nisney has not shown much so far.

It was another Manchester United attack, with the ball being passed to Ruud van Nistelrooy, which was quite a threat to the Derby County goal. But the next moment, Vidic appeared in front of Vanney and squeezed the ball straight out of the touchline.

"Derby cleared the ball out of the box!"

Alf, the on-site commentator, shouted, "It's Vidic! The Serbian arrived at Derby County in the summer, initially as a substitute centre-back, but in recent times he has started a number of times, with three centre-backs in the team, Marcus. Alfred and Vidic took turns to start, and so far Vidic's position is very secure, he is second only to Alfred as a talented defender! ”

Alfi complimented Vidic and compared him to Alfred. From his words, you can hear that he thinks Vidic is good, but Alfred is even better, and one is that Alfred's first team has been in Derby County for a long time. He has long proven himself with his watch, and the second is that Alfred is a local player in the Great Derby County. Two years younger than Vidic, it's no surprise that local Derby County fans prefer Alfred.

However, which of the two is stronger, it is really difficult to say, that is, Wan Sheng has an accurate answer.

Vidic and Alfred are almost the same in terms of personal attributes, in the football training master system, regarding the comprehensive evaluation of the player's ability, Vidic is '84', Alfred is '85', the number of the two is very good-looking, and there is not much difference.

It seems that compared with Morris's comprehensive evaluation of nearly 89 and Van der Vaart 92, there is a gap between the two of them, but the comprehensive attribute evaluation of defenders is lower, this is because defenders will have a big gap with frontcourt players in terms of offensive ability attributes, and frontcourt players, even if they rarely participate in defense, but a professional player, no matter how bad the defensive ability is, will always pass, in short, the comprehensive evaluation of about 85 is not low, this can be the main central defender of a strong team, even if it is a Manchester United central defender, Rio Ferdinand, the most valuable defender in England, has a comprehensive rating of only a yellow level (80-90), and an evaluation of around 84 is quite good.

The number jù is about the same, and then you have to look at the talent, and Vidic is stronger in this aspect.

Alfred has been training under Wansheng for nearly two years, and after training for such a long time, his ability to improve quickly has almost improved, and even in many attributes, such as physical confrontation, steals, etc., have been improved to Cheng Dù close to potential, that is to say, it is not easy for Alfred to have a big improvement, but Vidic has only been in Derby County for half a year, and he still has a lot of room for improvement in many personal ability attributes.

So Vidic is still a little better than Alfred.

However, for now, Alfred is better, his ability attribute evaluation is higher than Vidic, and he has more experience in the English league, although Vidic is two years older than Alfred, but he has been playing in Serbia's small league before, and has no experience in the English league at all, so he is naturally not as good as Alfred.

But really speaking, both of them can be attributed to the 'rookie' level of the professional league, after all, both have just landed in the top league, and the game experience is actually not very strong, they can guard against Vanney on the field, and they can be very good in defense, and the reason for this is still attributed to Wan Sheng.

has good abilities, plus Wan Sheng's bonuses of various defensive skills and attributes, it is really strange if they are not good, so although Wan Sheng is very satisfied with the two of them in defense, he is not surprised at all.

Of course, Wan Sheng is not surprised, but others are surprised.

For example, those media, and a lot of media commentators are talking about the game now, they are praising Nemanja Vidic and Alfred, and it's clear that their defence played a key role in keeping the ball in the back of the net, and besides, both of them are not very old, so they certainly deserve praise.

Some media even asserted that "these two defenders of Derby County will become a sought-after commodity in the transfer market next summer"

This is recognized by many people.

For fans, ordinary players pay more attention to the 'stars' in the transfer market, such as Michael Irving, Arjen Robben and Wayne Rooney in the summer. The transfer of these front-court stars is very eye-catching, but as a football club, in fact, the most lacking is defensive players, especially central defenders, in the transfer market, there are many players who can score goals in the frontcourt, for example, now Aston Villa's star Defoe is a player with guaranteed goal efficiency, but Aston Villa even decided to directly terminate Defoe's contract for the sake of the club's economy, and other teams want to get Defoe. There is no need to shell out a penny of transfer fees at all.

In the transfer market, there are very few good defenders, let alone excellent young central defenders, and in a few years, there was a Leo Ferdinand in England, and when he joined Manchester United in 2002, he was worth as much as 30 million pounds, which is also the highest value of a defender in the world.

Nemanja Vidic and Alfred are hard to compare to the 'Leeds captain' of the past, but there are certainly plenty of clubs who want them. This will ensure that the defence will be solid for at least a few years.

Derby County have two talented centre-backs, which is still very enviable, but it is not easy to keep the net completely.

United's offensive continues.

With 31 minutes of the second half played, United were able to break through the door of the Carragechi handle. It was midfielder Paul Scholes who scored the goal, and when Ruud van Nistelrooy was restricted, Ryan Giggs cut in and played the ball to Scholes. Paul Scholes lobbles the ball into the far corner on the right side of the box.

"1-1, Manchester United equalized!"

Seeing Manchester United score, Wan Sheng also felt quite helpless. After Morris went off, the team obviously had a big gap with Manchester United, and it was really not easy to completely defend the goal, and it was good to be able to hold it for so long.

Next, Wan Sheng continued to arrange the defence, and then replaced Marcus and added a central defender to limit United's attack on the middle.

Marcus was still very effective and made it more difficult for United to score again, and in the end the United were unable to score again thanks to the solid defence of the three centre-backs.

When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the match, the score on the scoreboard was still 1:1.

Derby County held on to a hard-fought draw at home

Playing against Manchester United and getting a draw, this result is still acceptable, but Wan Sheng is not in the mood to think about the result after the game, he is more concerned about Morris's injury.

After a temporary diagnosis by the team doctor, Morris was still seriously injured, and as a result, he was taken directly to the Great Derbyshire Hospital for a detailed examination.

Wan Sheng hurriedly attended the press conference, left without saying a few words, and went directly to the hospital to understand the situation.

An hour later, the detailed diagnosis came out - Morris suffered a calf muscle strain with a certain tear, and it would take at least three months of recuperation to fully recover.

"Three months" Wan Sheng calculated, "even if you do recovery training, it will take at least two months"

He could only shake his head and smile bitterly.

The intensive schedule after Christmas is the most critical for the team, and Morris is also the most important player for the team, Wan Sheng would rather be injured by Van der Vaart than Morris Of course, there is nothing to replace, but Morris is undoubtedly important to the team, and he will definitely miss the difficult schedule after Christmas.

Wan Sheng was a little annoyed by his carelessness, he thought things too ideally.

Several players in the team, who often start and play the whole game, originally thought that with the recovery training task as a guarantee, the team would be able to cope with the dense field, but obviously the players still need to rest, continuous games, not only physically, but also mentally a kind of pressure.

In order to win against Manchester United, he did not consider giving Morris a round of suspension.

Now Morris is injured.

Although he always knew that injuries were inevitable, he still felt anxious when something happened, but anxiety obviously did not have the slightest effect, Wan Sheng calmed down, entered the hospital room to visit Morris, and told him to recuperate, and then returned to the club and began to study the strategy to deal with Everton.

No matter what happens, the schedule will continue, and his goal will not change - this season, he must win three titles, and the League Cup is the easiest to win, so the League Cup must be fought for! (To be continued......) R1292