In the East Midlands, there are two teams, Derby County and Nottingham Forest, which belong to the town of Great Derby and Nottingham Forest respectively, which used to be less than half an hour's drive away. 》f

The two teams have a lot in common.

Historically, Nottingham Forest is certainly stronger than Derby, whose biggest glory is that they have won the English top flight once, and Nottingham Forest have won the European Champions Cup twice.

But the glory of the two teams actually has one thing in common, that is, the head coach who led both teams to success is Brian Howard Clough.

Many people know the glory of Nottingham Forest, and know that Brian Howard Clough, who led Nottingham Forest, is a legend of Nottingham Forest and one of the greatest managers in England's century-old history, but few people know that Brian Howard Clough first became famous in Derbyshire.

When Brian Clough first became the head coach, he was not famous at all, and it was because of his six years at Derby County that he led Derby County to promotion to the top flight and led Derby County to the top league championship that people knew that Brian Clough was a capable manager.

Brian Clough left Derby County due to a dispute with the chairman and the board of directors, and spent the next three years moving from club to club without fail, before moving to Nottingham Forest and starting his success at Nottingham Forest.

In other words, Derbyshire and Nottingham Forest are not only located in the East Midlands, but also have a long history of glory.

Often, the more they are in the same area, the more they have various origins, the more fierce the competition between the two teams will be, and the fans will look at each other like mortal enemies, but in fact. There is no deep tension between Derby County and Nottingham Forest.

Maybe it has something to do with the fact that they are 'all fallen people at the end of the world'.

Nottingham Forest was once glorious, but after the departure of Brian Howard Clough, it fell very quickly; Derby's glory was short-lived, but they have been moving between the top flight and the second division.

However, both teams are now League One teams.

It's always the case that both clubs are in a bad situation, and there is less hostility towards each other, and some fans even hope that the other club can rise - at least so that there can be a top league team in the East Midlands!

It is for this reason that many media outlets advocated the 'East Midlands derby' before the game, but there were few fans who responded accordingly. There was no obstacle for the Derby County buses to enter the City Stadium and there was no excitement among the fans before the game, as if it were just a normal game.

In fact, Wansheng has a very good relationship with Nottingham Forest coach Hart, and in the coaching circle, the best relationship with Wansheng belongs to the Nottingham Forest coach.

The two got to know each other when Wan Sheng went to Nottingham Forest for an interview.

Wan Sheng didn't get the results he wanted in that interview, but he had a good sense of Nottingham Forest boss Hart - at least he didn't laugh at him. I didn't question my resume.

It's not easy.

At that time, Wan Sheng went to various clubs for interviews, and many interviewers ridiculed him for 'not being able to do his best', or just refused outright, and even suspected him of fabricating his resume. After all, his resume is a bit terrifying.

Hart didn't do that, and he politely told him the reason for Wansheng's refusal.

This also made Wansheng have a good impression of Hart.

Before this game, the two teams also talked on the phone, but only to talk about private life and friends. It doesn't have anything to do with the game, but when it comes to the game, the two become real rivals. There's no friendship anymore.

Before the game, the managers shake hands with each other, which is a courtesy handshake.

The camera captured the footage.

Wan Sheng and Hart's hands touched and left, the two looked at each other, shook their heads at each other and separated, it really felt the same as the enemy, the commentator chuckled and said, "It seems that Wan Sheng and Hart don't get along well, but we can look forward to the game"

Often the manager 'does not get along', which means that the two teams are not getting along, not to mention, this is a derby, and the intensity of the game can be imagined

The lineup sent by Wansheng is exactly the same as the last game against Sunderland, and there is no change in every position.

In the last game, this lineup waved well, but in the end it still lost the game, and the media felt that Wansheng would definitely change the lineup, but I didn't expect the Derby County lineup to remain unchanged, and some media reporters felt incredible when they saw the Derby County list and lineup.

"Doesn't he want to win?" Some people were surprised.

But Wan Sheng doesn't see it that way, the team lost at home in the last game, but it has nothing to do with the lineup, it really comes down to luck, he believes that there is no problem with such a lineup.

The team's formation is an attacking 442, which is said because the two wing-backs are Frank Ribery and Weberson, the midfield partners are Ivan Crewe and Morris, and the technical and defensive Ferdinnan and Osman do not play.

The heart of the team is Morris.

As long as Morris is stable, this lineup can swing a strong offensive ability, but it is also weak defensively, which can only be compensated for by the overall tactical defense of the team and the individual ability of the players.

With the recent tactical adjustments, Morris has become the star of the team.

In fact, many times Morris's appearance on the court is not conspicuous, and his personal ability is not too prominent, but one of his strong points is that the overall ability is not bad, and he has always been very stable, the overall situation is very good, and the technique is relatively good.

Morris as the core, leading the whole team's offense and defense, he is the most important player in the team, as long as he can show Xiàn stability, he can give others the opportunity and space to show Xiàn, and then play rhythm, play feeling, the team's swing will naturally not be bad.

Morris also sensed the importance that Wansheng valued him.

Last season, Morris was not a key player in the team. He was used by Wan Sheng as an ordinary forward, and at that time Morris was worried about his position, and at that time he felt that Wan Sheng was a little less important to him, at least not as good as the young man Bolton Reiter, but Morris was determined to stay at Derby County because he saw himself growing under Wan Sheng's training.

Now that Morris has received so much attention, everyone in the team is a little envious, because they know that Morris only needs to have a stable table as the core of the team. He can become famous very easily.

At least in the second division, it is not difficult to be a central figure in media coverage.

With such attention, Morris also feels the pressure, and he has worked harder in training, and he hopes that he can do better, at least not to disappoint Wansheng, who fancies him.

In fact, Morris does not have much luxury, after all, he is twenty-five years old, and at the age of twenty-five, he is still playing in the second division. It's almost impossible to become a truly world-class star, and it's good enough for a player like that to play in the top flight in his career.

But now Morris has become the offensive and defensive core of the team. In particular, Derby County is also ranked second in the league, and he has naturally received a lot of attention from the outside media.

Playing against Nottingham Forest, Morris kept in mind Wansheng's advice to himself, "Be steady!" Everyone else can come up and fight it. But you are the offensive and defensive core of the whole team, and your table must be stable! You only need to remember one word on the playing field, and that is steady! ”

Morris understood Wansheng's words.

Previously, he was at the heart of the attack. His job is to organise the attack, and the purpose of the attack is to break down the opposition defence and find opportunities to score. But the offensive and defensive core of the whole team is different, in addition to organizing the attack, he also needs to pay attention to the rhythm of the whole team, as well as the team's defense, if you want to do this job well, it is not enough to organize the attack, he needs more is a steady swing, try not to make mistakes.

It's not easy to be stable.

Derby's tactics are still attack-oriented, if you want to be stable, you can't rush forward, and similarly, the team also needs to take the initiative to attack, and you can't always stay behind and let your teammates rush over, the most important thing is to grasp the degree.

Morris tried to do just that.

In the previous two games, Morris continued to look for experience, summarize the lessons of failure, let failure become his own game experience, and improve his performance little by little, and now Morris can do well.

Derby's tactics are still attack-oriented, but with Morris leading them, the attack is different.

Before, Derby's attack can only be described in one word, that is, 'fast', fast attack, fast counterattack, as long as the football is at the feet of Derby County players, you must be careful that they suddenly pass the ball to the front, or even into the penalty area, this is the speed of attack.

Now Derby County's attack may also be described as 'fast', but professionals who have studied football, as long as they look at it for a while, can find other more suitable words to describe it, that is, 'rhythm'.

When it comes to attacking, Derby County is still fast, but their speed is no longer the aimless, fast attack for the sake of speed.

Now they can grasp a certain rhythm.

The whole team has Morris as the core, when they attack, they will be fast, sometimes after they break the ball, see the opponent defend tightly, Morris will also do some back passes, or simply take the ball slowly, so that it can limit the rhythm of the team, but when attacking, Derby County can play that kind of fast football, this change of rhythm makes their offense very sharp.

If you want to describe Derby's current attack, that is, 'if you want to be fast, you can be slow, and you can slow down', which is compared to the previous 'fast' football, the overall offensive ability has increased a lot, and the offensive effect is definitely better.

In the face of such Derby, Nottingham Forest also played with a lot of headaches.

Their impression of Derby County is still stuck in last season, that game was also at City Square, Derby County only knew defense at that time, and then took advantage of a gap to use the counterattack to score a goal to gain an advantage, and finally won the game, although they lost the game, but the feeling of that game was completely different from now, at that time they suppressed Derby County in attack, as long as they can play well, they still feel that they still have a good chance.

Now the situation is reversed and they are suppressed by Derby.

Even before the game, head coach Hart reminded them to strengthen their defense. Now Derby County have changed their tactics, but they didn't expect such a big change from Derby either.

Especially when they attack fast and slow, they play very uncomfortably!

Many Derby County fans have also seen the team's changes in attack, and if they were to describe it, it would be that the team's attack seems to be more varied, and at the same time, this change has made it more difficult for opponents to deal with, but they have also become more beautiful

Nottingham Forest coach Hart sat in the dugout, watching the game on the pitch and frowning.

He watched the video of Derby's recent game before the game. Now that they have been using new offensive tactics, he has also arranged the most advantageous tactic, which is to defend and counterattack.

England's teams will play defensive counter-attacks, and the same is true for Nottingham Forest, defensive counter-attacks, long passes and hanging are definitely their old skills, the best tactics, and now the best tactics, have become the most effective tactics to deal with opponents, which is really a very good situation.

But Hart wasn't careless. He knows that Derby County are second in the league after nine games, and it is not just a matter of relying on a surprising set of tactics, but their attack is quite sharp, as can be seen from their goal figures.

It will not be easy to rely on defensive counter-attacks to win against Derby County. So before the game, he told the players to pay more attention to defense and disrupt the opponent's fast attack with solid defense.

But now that kind of defense really doesn't work.

Derby County's attacking rhythm was distinctive, and the transition between fast and slow was very uncomfortable for Nottingham Forest's players, a situation that Hart did not expect. As a result, when he saw that the team was passive, he couldn't think of a way for a while

The City Square commentator also saw Nottingham Forest's passivity, all because Derby County played very well. Not to mention the tight defence, the rhythm of the attacking kicks is clear, and while the spectacle of the game is greatly increased, the threat to the Nottingham Forest fans is also greatly increased.

If you look at the game from a neutral point of view, the commentator has to say, "Derby played so beautifully!" ”

But he can't say that because he's the commentator at City Square and his commentary is for Nottingham Forest fans.

So all he could say was, "Nottingham Forest are a bit passive, Derby County are catching our players off guard with a mean attack"

This left some other fans who heard the broadcast a little confused, where was the despicable Derby County attack? It's very beautiful, very ornamental, okay

Wan Sheng didn't know that Morris was the core, leading the team's offensive rhythm to be distinct, and guiding the team's offense was very ornamental, and Derby County won a lot of recognition from other fans and even the media, in fact, he arranged his tactics based on practicality, not whether the game he played was good or not, and that didn't matter to him at all.

But now the team has the upper hand, and Wan Sheng hopes that this advantage will lead to goals.

Wan Sheng sat in the coach's seat, and kept muttering, "Don't be unlucky", he was really afraid that like the last game, the team had the upper hand for a long time, and he didn't score for a long time, and the opponent scored first.

That's really bad luck.

Fortunately, Derby County's luck was not so bad in this game, and in the 34th minute of the first half, the goal finally came.

The goal was an assist from Ivan Crewe.

However, the player who took the most credit was Ribery, who dribbled the ball on the flank and suddenly cut inside to the middle, which was a real headache for the Nottingham Forest defenders, who followed Ribery but could not prevent Ribery from passing the ball to Ivan Crewe laterally.

Ivan Crewe met the ball and slotted it straight into the left-hand corner of the net, and Cahill followed up and volleyed the ball into the net with the outside of his instep.

Nottingham Forest really didn't have much to do about this goal, they didn't adapt to the fast-changing football of Derby County, and as a result, they had to deal with the excellent skills of Ribery on the wing, their defensive attention was almost all on Ribery, Cahill and others, and with the two shifts in football, they still couldn't stop Ivan Crewe from passing the ball to the danger zone.

So the Nottingham Forest players are feeling very powerless.

Although it was just a goal, it was still a big blow to their morale, before they thought about delaying the game, as long as the opponent didn't score, no matter how good the game was, it was useless, but now that the opponent has scored, the delay can't be delayed, they feel helpless for a while, and they don't know how to continue.

Fortunately, head coach Hart stepped up in time to keep the team solid defensively, which allowed them to hold the net in the first half and drag the game until halftime.

But after the break, Hart still didn't think about how to deal with Derby's changing tempo.

This kind of attack, the technical content is really a bit high compared to the level of the League One team, he can't think of how Derby County can play such football after a summer of adjustment, if they can play like this in every game, not every game can easily gain an advantage?

Considering Derby's second-best finish in the league, Hart is relieved.

No wonder they have such good results!

This young Chinese man is really remarkable, and it is not surprising that he was able to adapt them to such offensive tactics and achieve excellent results. (To be continued!)

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