In previous years, only three teams could have joined the race for the league title - Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool, the first two are regulars in the title race, while Liverpool have fought for it every year but never succeeded.

This year, unlike in the past, there is another team in the race for the Premier League title - Chelsea, and all the media must admit this, because Chelsea were second in the league last season, and after continuing to add strength this season, they are capable of competing for the league title, at least they are much more reliable than Liverpool, who shout for the league title every season.

So the teams competing for the league title have become four - Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool, these four teams are also known as the 'Premier League Four' by the media, in their opinion, the championship will definitely be decided from these four teams, even if the other teams are good, it is unlikely to compare with these teams, heritage, strength, etc., many things determine the gap between other teams and these four teams, so that they will not have any chance.

But after more than a dozen rounds of competition in the league, Derby County came out on top.

A promoted horse, even if the first few rounds of the league are good, the media does not care, in their eyes this is a 'dark horse', that's all, but after more than a dozen rounds, Derby County is still ranked second in the league, only three league points behind the first-placed Chelsea, especially after this home win over Chelsea, anyone must admit that Derby County has the ability to compete for the league title*!

Compared with the 'Premier League semi-finals', Derby County has not changed its name, but so far Derby County has shown amazing strength, in terms of squad strength, they are not worse than the average Premier League powerhouse, in terms of results, they have beaten Chelsea, and Chelsea have the same points, only one point behind in the second place in the league. Such a result was enough to catapult Derby County into the eyes of the media as a 'team that could compete for the league title'.

It's not just the media that's what everyone is looking at, and when the game is over, many Derby County fans are talking about whether the team is likely to compete for the league title.

"We lost to the top of the league, we definitely have a chance to win the title!"

"Premier League champions! Hard! But I hope Wansheng can do it! ”

"The championship is a bit far for us, what Wansheng can do, we just watch, no matter what the final result is, I support Wansheng!"

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That's what the fans are saying.

As far as Derby County is concerned, a number of players also feel that the team has a chance. Before, they didn't dare to think about the league title, and Wan Sheng's highest goal was to 'fight for Champions League qualification', but now that they have won against Chelsea, many players are starting to dream of the league title

After the game, after Wan Sheng and Mourinho hurriedly shook hands, they rushed directly into the field to celebrate the victory with the players, while Mourinho went directly to the press conference.

After weekday games, Mourinho likes to go to press conferences. Because Chelsea are usually the winners, it's quite enjoyable to go to a press conference and see the league against the opposing media, but today was different. Chelsea lost the game, but Jose Mourinho was not convinced by the defeat, scoring just one goal in the whole game, again in the first half. The second half went on for a long time and Chelsea failed to score again.

So Mourinho put the blame for the loss on Derby's style of play.

'I'm disappointed because there was only one team in this game playing for the win. And the other team is just about not conceding a goal. ”

'I've heard that Derby are the best at attacking, but all I've seen is defending, defending and defending, they're not playing football at all, in our country's parlance, they bring a bus and park it in front of the goal, everybody's there to block the goal. That's how the game starts and how it ends. ”

'It turned out a little unfairly, we played very good attacking football and only scored one goal and they scored two with two sneak attacks. I'm not complaining about my players, I'm happy with their appearance, of course the shot is not satisfactory. ”

'If I had paid £40 for tickets to watch this game, I would have been very disappointed because there was only one team playing football.

After saying these words, some journalists began to refute Mourinho because Derby scored two goals and won the victory, and Derby County were blown a point out of the first half.

To which Mourinho said, "The penalty that was blown off? No, I don't think so, it was the referee's decision and we should respect the referee's decision. ”

Many reporters were dumbfounded when they heard this.

They were amazed at the thickness of the Portuguese's skin, knowing that Chelsea had a few games before, even if they won Mourinho, they did not forget to sarcastically 'make a decision against Chelsea', and now the referee makes a decision in Chelsea's favor, it becomes 'respect the referee's decision'?

Mourinho obviously won't comment much on this issue, and then he started talking about Derby County, praising the Derby County front-court player, "Those two goals were beautiful and I saw a very good player, Rafael van der Vaart, I noticed him in the summer, but unfortunately Derby County took the lead, but now I want to bring Van der Vaart to Stamford Bridge, he will be an integral part of Chelsea!" ”

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It was the first time that Mourinho had done the public poaching action at the press conference, and generally speaking, Chelsea made an offer in private, but now Mourinho is doing this, obviously very impressed by Van der Vaart.

It also made some media reporters excited, does this mean that Chelsea are about to start poaching Derby County?

Van der Vaart!

Regardless of whether Mourinho's words are true or not, Chelsea are certainly capable of buying Van der Vaart, and they are certainly much more attractive than Derby County, and many media reporters already know what to report on in addition to the game.

When Wan Sheng came to the press conference, Mourinho had already left, and the two did not meet, but this did not impress Wan Sheng knew what Mourinho said, and naturally there would be a press officer to tell him the news, but he didn't care about Mourinho's words at all.

Lash out at Derby's defence?

That's what a losing team does, especially guys like Jose Mourinho. He will naturally push the responsibility for the loss and express his dissatisfaction with the game, as the winner, Wan Sheng doesn't care at all.

As for Mourinho talking about Van der Vaart or something, Wan Sheng has already been mentally prepared, after the Derby County table Xiàn is excellent, he knows that many outstanding players in the team will be favored by various clubs, but even if they are fancied, it will be a matter of next summer to transfer and leave. The winter transfer team will definitely not sell people, Wan Sheng has already made it clear to the players in this regard, and he has only one meaning - if he wants to leave, he can, the club will let him go next summer, but this season must be good.

Wansheng is not worried about the impact this will have on the club, because everyone knows that Derby County will not be able to retain people in the first place, but at the end of the season. If Derby County can win a few titles, it will be enough to keep the hearts of some players, right?

Wan Sheng walked into the press conference and immediately became the focus of the audience, following the Derby County's win over Chelsea. The league points have caught up with Chelsea, which is a result that is simply unexpected.

While everyone is surprised by Derbyshire's results, they also have to ask. How did he do it? ’

A lot of people are curious.

Wan Sheng sat comfortably on the rostrum and replied, "I sue the players." We are a strong team! The strong team is not only about strength, but about having the heart of a strong team, we will not admit defeat at any time, and will work hard until the last moment of the game. ”

'It was like that, we were blown off a penalty in the first half, we were one goal behind, it was against Chelsea, nobody would have said we could have equalised, but I told the players that we were a strong team and we had to hold on until the end and now we did it, I'm not surprised at all'

After talking about this, Wan Sheng talked about the goal of this season again, he said with a smile, "I think, after this game, our goal should be a little farther, I only planned to lead the team to qualify for the Champions League, but now I find it very interesting to win the championship." ”

Hearing this, no one in the audience was surprised.

On the question of Derby's goals for the new season, Wan Sheng talked about it several times, the first time was at the beginning of the season, when Wan Sheng talked about the team's goal of qualifying for European competitions, that is, the top six in the league; Then Derby County went all the way to the top six, and Wan Sheng turned the goal into qualifying for the Champions League; And now that Derby County have won against Chelsea, anyone has to admit that Derby County are capable of fighting for the league title.

As for whether they can do it, it will depend on their next table and the table of their rivals, but one thing is for sure, and that is that Derby County have the ability to fight for the title.

So when Wan Sheng said this, there was no reporter to refute it, they took it for granted, even those Derby County hostile media, must admit that the young Chinese in front of him have been quite successful this season, and he has raised his goals again and again to the highest league championship stage, which makes people feel normal.

That's what results bring.

After leaving the press conference, Wan Sheng returned to the locker room, as the whole team was excited because of the home win.

When Wan Sheng walked in, there was a mess in the locker room.

When the players saw their head coach appear, they also fell silent, no one spoke, they just looked at Wan Sheng, which meant waiting for Wan Sheng to say a few words.

Wan Sheng looked at everyone with a smile and asked, "How does it feel to be a strong team?" ”

"Good!" Quite a few people replied loudly.

After this game, many players' reverence for Wansheng has increased a lot, especially for new players, who are expected to break through the 80-point mark, compared to 100 points of reverence value, 80 points is nothing, but 80 points actually represent the player's absolute trust in Wansheng's ability to lead the team.

"Very good indeed. As long as you believe in yourself, believe in the team's ability, and never give up in the game, then we have the confidence to face any opponent head-on! ”

"Now, I can say it definitively – our goal is to win the league!"

"That's what I said to reporters at the press conference just now, and now I want to ask you, are you confident that you will fight for this championship with me!?"

Wan Sheng asked loudly waving his arm.

If Wan Sheng had said anything about the championship before, few players would have responded, but after winning this game, the team's confidence has increased greatly. Everyone scrambled to shout out-

"Have faith!"

"We're going to win the league!"

"To hell with the other teams! The champion must be ours! ”

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With the shouts one by one, Wan Sheng and the players, everyone felt a surge of power in their hearts, and one thing they could all feel was that now they have truly become a strong team and have the confidence and fighting spirit of a strong team.

This gives them confidence, makes them stronger, and makes them brave to move forward!

The thought of the league title makes them feel even more hot – like Chelsea were in the league title and they beat Chelsea. Now they are catching up with Chelsea in league points, so they can definitely fight for the league title as well!

That's faith!

Wan Sheng looked at the expression on everyone's faces, and also felt very satisfied, a lot of realistic things were in front of him, so he didn't dare to set his goals too high, but now he has no scruples, because the whole team is full of confidence, and now he can try his best to think about what he can strive for, this is what he wants.

He believes that as long as you try your best. The team will definitely achieve better results.

They are well on their way to winning the league title!

The following day, the English media covered the Derby County and Chelsea match overwhelmingly.

The media that support Derby County and those hostile to Chelsea report nothing more than a big praise for Derby County and a mockery of Chelsea by the way.

Neutral media similarly praised Derby's cousin, speaking in passing about Wan Sheng's remarks about 'fighting for the league title'. Some big coaches also commented on this, such as Ferguson, who said rather sarcastically, "It looks like we have another competitor." ”

Having said that, the disdain on the old knight's face was unmistakable. Presumably, in his eyes, he didn't think Derby County were capable of fighting for the title.

Arsene Wenger congratulated Derby County on their victory with a smile on his face, and at the same time expressed his envy for several outstanding players in Derby County, but did not say anything about Wan Sheng's title race.

The other coaches have nothing more to say. After all, their team didn't even qualify for the championship.

At the same time, Wan Sheng was sitting in the office, writing and drawing on the tactical board, which was a habit he had come to the team in the morning, and how to improve the tactics and make the team play better was a long-term job, when the club's press officer, Richardson, stood in front of the door and knocked on the door twice.

Wan Sheng looked up and looked at him suspiciously.

Richarson said directly, "Mr. Wan Sheng, a Chinese reporter has asked for an exclusive interview with you. ”

"Refuse!" Wan Sheng said without hesitation.

For the interviews of these media reporters, he has always directly refused, whether it is a domestic or foreign reporter, after setting a precedent, there will be many things, and he has no time to accept some unnecessary interviews, which means nothing to him, just to create value for the interviewed media.

However, Richarson continued, "It's CCTV TV, which is said to be very influential in China."

"What?"

"Central TV." Richarson repeated.

"CCTV?" Wan Sheng was stunned for a moment, thought about it, and still looked forward to it a little in his heart.

This is CCTV, it's not a salary wave, it's not a search pot, it's CCTV, for an ordinary person, it's definitely a great honor to be on CCTV, even if those stars want to show their faces on CCTV, it's not easy for CCTV to have an exclusive interview with themselves?

Wan Sheng thought about it carefully, and finally nodded in agreement.

It is rare to get an interview with CCTV, even if you lead the team to lead the team in the Premier League, but in terms of the domestic media industry, it is not easy to be on CCTV, if you can show your face on CCTV, increase your domestic fame and establish some positive image is still very beneficial. (To be continued......) R1292