Wan Sheng made the Dutch media gnash their teeth at the press conference, and they couldn't figure out why the manager of the Premier League, who was beaten 1:1 by AZ Alkmaar at home, had any confidence to say that he must win.

They wanted to refute, but Wan Sheng didn't pay attention to it.

So they could only hold their depression in their hearts, just wait for the game to end, and criticize this 'arrogant guy'.

You said before the game that you were so sure, what if Derby County lost?

What will you say then!?

A lot of Dutch journalists were thinking so, and some of them even started to draft the post-match coverage, thinking that although Derby County have a good record in the English league, this is a European venue, and Alkmaar are much more experienced in European competition than Derby, at least they will have a chance to play in the UEFA Cup once in a few years.

What about Derbyshire?

I haven't been to it in decades!

What the Dutch media reporters think, Wan Sheng doesn't care.

He said 'win', which is an expression of self-confidence, and it is also a strategy, if you use it, it is like a tactical and strategic statement, no matter what, you must despise the opponent strategically, AZ Alkmaar defends well? AZ Alkmaar have European experience? AZ Alkmaar strong?

But so what!

It's just a small team, Derby County is a small team, but it's a small team in England, and it's still a strong team that can compete with Chelsea for the league title this season!

And tactically, Wan Sheng attaches great importance to the opponent.

Although Derby County did not have time to do any targeted training, Wan Sheng made the most reasonable choice in terms of the arrangement of the playing personnel, and also made some arrangements for AZ Alkmaar, in addition, after returning to the dressing room, Wan Sheng talked about the attitude of the players about the game. It's completely different from the press conference.

"Guys! We could have just drawn at Stamford Bridge against Chelsea and we didn't pull down points. The UEFA Cup is also what we want to fight for, and now I want to ask you, is there any one of you who doesn't want this title? ”

Naturally not.

There was a sparkle in the eyes of all the players.

Most of the players in the dressing room are young players, and these young players are good, but in fact, they are just newcomers who have just entered the professional arena, and there is no honor on them at all. Any honour is worth chasing, let alone the UEFA Cup.

The veteran players of those teams, such as Marcus and Morris, have never won the accolade, and naturally the championship is more hungry, and the same is true of Ian Taylor, who is a legend of Aston Villa, but that's all.

Aston Villa have been in the middle of the Premier League, having won two Carabao Cups at Aston Villa. And then it was gone. In his two seasons at Derby, he has already won a League Cup, an FA Cup, the Community Shield and a League One title.

Ian Taylor, who was originally at the end of his career, won more honors in the two seasons of his retirement than in his 'legendary' glory days.

All in all, everyone in the team is very hungry for the championship!

"Looks like you all want to win the championship!" Wan Sheng's face became stern with a smile. 'But now it's AZ Alkmaar who stands in our way, I think in the last round, you already know how difficult it can be, and those Dutchmen even think AZ Alkmaar is far better than us. And they can still show proof - they can draw 1-1 at home and now back to their home stadium, is there any reason for them to lose? Do you agree with that? ”

"Of course not!"

"We'll let them know right away!"

"Damn it! It's so arrogant to draw a game! Be sure to give them some color and see! ”

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Look at the players talking loudly in the dressing room. Wan Sheng nodded in satisfaction. He was just boosting morale, and the others knew what he was about, but they were encouraged because he was telling the truth, and the Dutch people thought so.

It's a plain trick, old-fashioned, but it works

Derby County took to the pitch in a big way, ready to take on AZ Alkmaar.

Although the morale of the whole team is good, the reality is still to be faced, this game will be difficult indeed, and the whole Derby team is clear from the opening experience of AZ Alkmaar's solid defence.

Derby's tactics remain the same, still the traditional 'OS-Fast' style of play that the team is familiar with, using a full-court tight defense to take the initiative and then launch wave after wave of fast attacks.

The last game and Chelsea's left and right rotation style of play had an effect, but Wan Sheng thought about it, and finally let the team continue to use the original tactics, one is that the team is more familiar with this style of play, and everyone knows what to do on the field, and the other is that the offensive tactics of left and right rotation are not mature at all, not to mention whether the team adapts to it, first of all, this style of play has only gone through half a game, and Wan Sheng has not figured out what loopholes there are, in case AZ Alkmaar has studied the game between Derby County and Chelsea before the game, And then to make arrangements for loopholes, then you really have to be passive.

Some surprising tactics can only have a surprising effect when they are taken out at special times, so Derby County still played the original tactics in this game.

Before the game, Wan Sheng gave careful advice to the defense.

Now the score between Derby County and AZ Alkmaar is 1:1, AZ Alkmaar have a goal difference, if they are given the opportunity to score a goal, then the team is a little dangerous, and the most dangerous attack of the opponent is a quick counterattack, in Alkmaar's defence-oriented play, they take the initiative to advance but not much threat.

Therefore, Wansheng specially told the back line, the two central defenders can not be plugged in as much as possible, and ensure the stability of the backfield defense at any time, so that the offense will be much more stable.

What can be seen on the field of play is that the two teams are fighting fiercely.

It has only been ten minutes, the referee has already stopped the game several times, one of the Alkmaar midfielders and Osmane have received a yellow card, quickly gave two yellow cards, and also calmed down the players of both teams a little, but there are still a lot of confrontations in the game, especially in the midfield. AZ Alkmaar did not skimp on small moves or tricks in order to limit Derby's attack.

In this case, the action of the Derby County players also increased.

Fortunately, the referee Bol, who enforced the law in this game, had a very tough wrist, and a slightly larger action was a warning, and a dangerous action was directly a yellow card.

Derby County feels that it doesn't matter, in fact, European competition is also European competition no matter how you say it, in terms of physical confrontation. Not at all as good as the Premier League, AZ Alkmaar's defensive action is very big, but if you get the Premier League schedule, it will become very ordinary, and the Derby County players are not uncomfortable at all, to say that they are not adaptable, maybe the referee's penalty scale makes them even more uncomfortable, because many of their actions will not be blown off in the Premier League, but here it is a foul.

Overall. Derby County were in good shape, threatening AZ Alkmaar on a couple of occasions in the 20 minutes, and it was clear that the whole Derby squad was in good shape.

Seeing the frequent crises in the penalty area, Alkmaar fans are also starting to worry about the goal.

In fact. Before the start of the game, many Alkmaar fans thought that Derby County had nothing to fear, and this idea came from the score of the first leg, 1:1. With a draw on the road and a goal difference, it's even easier to get back home.

Or even say. AZ Alkmaar just had to hold on to the back of the net and after 90 minutes, they would naturally be eliminated by goal difference.

But now AZ Alkmaar didn't dare to think so, because it was clear on the field that Derby's attack was quite threatening, and most of the time it was Derby County attacking, their own team rarely advanced too far, and a few counter-attacks did not start at all.

AZ Alkmaar fans watched the game closely, lest in the blink of an eye, the ball would fly into their own goal.

Luckily, AZ Alkmaar was out of luck.

Throughout the first half, their goal appeared to be in danger, but at least the referee blew the half-time whistle and Derby County still failed to score.

It was only then that AZ Alkmaar fans breathed a sigh of relief.

Maybe you can hold it until the end of the game, right?

That's what they thought.

The media commentator covering the game also commented on the game at half-time, and although neither side scored in this first half, it was clear that Derby County were the protagonists as they completely overpowered AZ Alkmaar.

Some Dutch media outlets are also starting to worry about AZ Alkmaar, "Hopefully they can hold on until the end of the second half!" ”

'It's very difficult to defend and defend because Derby didn't score in the first half and there was some luck in that, so if I want Alkmaar to take the initiative, there aren't a lot of people at the back of the field'

Some media commentators have even started to give Alkmaar advice.

But obviously whatever they say has no effect, at least it doesn't affect the AZ Alkmaar boss's game set-up, or Derby County's table.

At the start of the second half, Derby County suddenly launched a fierce attack......

In the opening time, the players on both sides have not recovered from the halftime break, and their state has naturally been affected somewhat, and Wan Sheng is to let the team take advantage of this time to break out into a strong offensive.

Van der Vaart proved it with a goal!

It was a chance that Morris found in the opening two minutes of the second half, after receiving a pass, he shook off the Alkmaar midfield, and suddenly passed the ball to the left side of the penalty area, where it was Bolton Reiter, who met the ball and turned and volleyed directly, but the ball bounced off the leg of the defender next to him, and suddenly Alkmaar was in chaos.

In the confusion, Van der Vaart was the first to get on the ball and slammed it into the back of the net with his backheel.

"The ball is in! 1:2, Derby County leads away! The England commentator made an excited voice to announce the goal to the fans.

With this goal, Derby County have the advantage again.

Needless to say on a goal, it's an away goal, but it's also an away goal, which means that if AZ Alkmaar can score next and Derby don't score, the two teams will go to extra-time after 90 minutes.

This goal almost made the two formations flip over instantly!

Just now Derby had to score to beat AZ Alkmaar or be knocked out of the competition, and now AZ Alkmaar must score to level Derby.

Van der Vaart's goal was understandable.

The Derby County players let out a long breath and celebrated excitedly.

Wan Sheng stood on the sidelines and took a long breath.

He still feels a lot of pressure when the team doesn't score for a long time, but now that he finally has scored, he can rest assured.

Suddenly, he felt relaxed. (To be continued......)