Chelsea's home game against Derby County is the focus of the whole of England, as the two sides are league first and second on the same number of points, so this one has been dubbed the 'title race' by the media, and there is no doubt that whichever team can take all three points will have the advantage in the league competition.

Chelsea have failed to pull down Derby County in league points for nearly half a season, and Derby County have not been able to surpass Chelsea in points, and the competition between the two teams is so fierce that they can only rely on the negligence of their opponents to gain the upper hand.

Now is the only chance.

It's Chelsea's chance to pull away the points, and it's Derby's chance to top the points.

However, the game was against Derby County, and it was played at Stamford Bridge, where Chelsea certainly had a big advantage at home.

As a result, before the game, the media discussed the game more favourably towards a Chelsea win – despite the two meetings this season and Derby County having won, no one dared to underestimate Chelsea.

However, Derby County's two victories have found a topic for the Derby County media and fans, they used two wins to mock Chelsea, and the Chelsea media held their breath but could not refute it, after all, Chelsea did lose to Derby County twice, maybe you can find the reason for the 'away game', but the past League Cup final, but it was played at Cardiff Millennium Stadium, and the Chelsea media could not come up with substantive content to refute the game of losing the neutral stadium.

The battle of words between the media on both sides is still very interesting for onlookers.

However, it is difficult for this to affect the preparation of both teams.

In fact, after the match against AZ Alkmaar, the media was right about Kluivert and Van der Vaart, who had a headache from the start of the Chelsea game.

Kluivert have scored a lot of goals and been in excellent form in recent times, while Van der Vaart was injured before he was injured. It is the team's iron-clad main force, and when Van der Vaart recovers from injury, in the face of this important game, the question of who starts the two will be.

The two are basically in the same position, both are second strikers, or shadow strikers.

In terms of form, Van der Vaart has recovered well in training, as has Kluivert, both of whom are in very good form.

So Wansheng fell into this happy trouble.

Who exactly did Kluivert van der Vaart start? Wan Sheng still couldn't make up his mind.

It's always good to have competition in the team. Especially with these two players in excellent form, no matter who stands out in the competition, it will definitely be beneficial to the whole team, but in the face of this important game, Wan Sheng must choose between the two, and no matter who chooses, the other will be very dissatisfied.

This is a problem that must be faced.

At this time, Wan Sheng also experienced the helplessness of those head coaches who coached giant teams, in the past, he would always think about how many big-name stars there were in teams such as Real Madrid. The results are so poor and so bad, but now he has a similar problem - when two stars in the same position are in excellent form, who to start?

Wan Sheng doesn't need to pick a player with a bigger name - he definitely says nothing about the team. He doesn't need to take care of the player's thoughts, but he doesn't know exactly who to choose, and the team will be better.

So Wan Sheng decided to arrange a training match to decide who would start between the two.

Training matches. Whoever is better will start!

However, the training match was ultimately inconclusive, as both Kluivert and Van der Vaart were very good. The two were divided between the two sides, Kluivert scored two goals, Van der Vaart scored one goal and one assist, and the comparison between the two was about the same, Kluivert scored more goals, while Van der Vaart scored and contributed more to the attack.

This gave Wansheng a headache.

In the end, Wan Sheng still chose Kluivert, his main consideration was stability, after all, Kluivert's performance has been very good recently, and there is no need to make sudden adjustments.

Diamares also agreed with Wan Sheng's decision, "Padraic is really good, Rafael will let him play next time!" ”

Despite saying this, Wan Sheng still called Van der Vaart alone to reassure him, "Rafael, you have just recovered from injury, in this game, I asked Paderick to start, but he has a physical problem, you can definitely play, and you will also start when you go to the Netherlands." ”

Wan Sheng said seriously to Van der Vaart.

In fact, for the players, Wan Sheng doesn't need to explain so seriously, but he must appease Van der Vaart, otherwise if Van der Vaart has any ideas in his heart, it will not be good to affect the state recently, and more importantly, Van der Vaart's state is really good, and his strength is the strongest in the team.

Van der Vaart was a little surprised.

He was indeed a little dissatisfied when he heard that he was not in the starting list, but he didn't expect the coach to find him alone to talk about this issue, he was slightly moved, and he also felt that he was valued.

"Boss, it's okay, we still have the UEFA Cup!" Van der Vaart replied.

It's like Van der Vaart comforting Wan Sheng.

Wan Sheng shook his head and smiled, he hoped that Van der Vaart could understand that the coach had to communicate with the players, otherwise it would be bad for both sides to have a bad mentality

It's March in London, and it's raining in spring.

The long-sleeved shirt still felt a little chilly, which was not a good weather for watching the game, but Stamford Bridge was filled with enthusiasm and more than 30,000 Chelsea fans were cheering wildly in the stands, making the stadium look very hot.

It was Chelsea's home game against Derby County!

By this time, the game had reached the 41st minute of the first half, and the scoreboard showed the game to be 1-0, just after Chelsea striker Didier Drogba received a pass from Dharmien Duff and fired a low shot into the near corner in front of goal to open the scoring for Chelsea.

"Drogba! Drogba's goal! ”

'Didier Drogba scored the first goal for Chelsea! In the final minute of the first half, Chelsea took the lead over Derby! ”

'It was a brilliant pass from Damien Duff and Didier Drogba calmly smashed the ball into the near corner and there was no reaction at all from Karachi! A beautiful goal! ”

'After taking a one-goal lead, the shape is very good for Chelsea, with a goal advantage and it will be tougher in the second half.

You don't need to say more about the live commentator, just look at the corner of the audience. The silence of the Derby County fans knows how difficult it is for Derby County at this time.

More than just a goal, Derby County were somewhat suppressed throughout the first half.

At Stamford Bridge, Chelsea showed quality and form, with a solid defence and a strong attacking attack that made it difficult for Derby County's players up front to make a difference, and the backfield was a bit stretched defensively, with Chelsea playing well on a number of occasions. Finally took the lead in the final minute of the first half.

Seeing this goal, Mourinho in the coach's box also smiled at the corner of his mouth.

Chelsea have done a lot of preparation for the game and it was a must-win game for Mourinho and for Chelsea as a whole.

Chelsea lost the first half of fixtures at the Pride Stadium and then the Carabao Cup at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff at the end of last month, making Derby County almost Chelsea's worst enemies. Before the game, many media outlets also referred to the game as Chelsea's 'revenge battle'.

The pressure in the media is not yet a big deal, the key is the impact of the win or defeat of the game.

If we lose this game again, the mentality of the Chelsea players will be affected, and we will lose all three games against Derby. One can imagine how disadvantageous Chelsea will be against Derby County.

In addition, pressure from the club's top management is also a problem.

Club president Roman Abramovich gave Mourinho an ultimatum before the game, "must win". This is Abramovich's 'order', and Mourinho himself is not willing to always lose to a young man who is almost 17 years younger than him.

Chelsea need to win.

Chelsea fans need to win.

Mourinho himself needs to win.

So Chelsea were very strict with the game and they prepared for a few days. The special training was done specifically for this game, but fortunately, the preparation was still fruitful, and just like on the pitch now, Chelsea played with the advantage and scored a goal.

Scoring late in the first half was still very important to give them the lead to the second half, the leading side always has an advantage, and Derby County had only one choice in the second half, and that was to attack.

In Mourinho's opinion, this game is a win!

In support of Mourinho's certainty of victory, Chelsea have won all of their games this season by scoring a goal at home.

Jose Mourinho's '1:0' doctrine is not a joke, when Chelsea take a one-goal lead, they can calmly defend and use solid defensive counterattacks to play against each other, while Chelsea defend solidly, but no team dares to say that they will be able to break through.

Chelsea have conceded the fewest goals in the league so far, and their defence is evident, and when they opted to defend solidly, Derby's so-called full-court pressing became a joke as Chelsea themselves ceded the initiative in attack.

These are the sources of Mourinho's confidence to win

Wan Sheng stood on the sidelines, watching the game seriously.

What Mourinho can see, he can see, he can know what Chelsea will play next, but it doesn't work at all, and when Chelsea take the lead, the initiative is on Chelsea's side.

Now the score is unfavorable, the opponent is in very good form, the game is very targeted, and Chelsea seems to have a home advantage in Chelsea's favor.

Now what?

Wan Sheng thought carefully.

In fact, he had been thinking about it for ten minutes since the game, when Derby County were already a bit passive and it was very difficult to beat Chelsea at Stamford Bridge by relying on a head-to-head battle.

It's not easy to deal with this team.

But how?

Wansheng knows that if you want to beat such a Chelsea, it is very difficult to play normally, relying on fighting spirit, relying on fighting problems The opponent is also very combative, and the opponent is also very hard, and this is still in the opponent's home field, when all the circumstances are unfavorable to their side, if they want to fight hard to win, then they really have to ask God.

So this is not wise.

But how do you win?

Wan Sheng carefully stared at the position of the team's front and back courts, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and then he thought carefully, his eyes were fixed on the court, but he didn't know what was happening on the field at this time.

Until someone next to him pushed it, Wan Sheng was startled.

"What's wrong?"

"Wan Sheng, the first half is over." Diamares explained helplessly.

Wan Sheng looked at the stadium and found that the players of the two teams had already walked towards the sidelines, so he smiled embarrassedly and turned around and walked towards the locker room. (To be continued......)