Derby County won the Carabao Cup and the team celebrated late in Cardiff, but the next morning everyone got up early to pack up and flew back to Nottingham East Midlands Airport that morning, before the whole team took the bus back to the town of Great Derby.

At the East Midlands airport, there were plenty of Derby County fans who came to greet them.

Although this is the territory of Nottingham Forest fans, but Nottingham and Derby County are only a few dozen kilometers away, the entire East Midlands area, the fans of the two teams are also duplicated in many areas, and it is because of this that the identity of the sworn enemy has been created, so there are still a lot of fans who come to the airport to greet the whole Derby team, but Derby County only stayed at the airport for a while, and then left by bus, after all, this is not a place to celebrate.

Only by returning to the town of Great Derbyshire is you really returning to your own turf.

The League Cup is the lighter weight of the various championships in English football, far less than the top-flight champions and the FA Cup champions, but it is still much higher than the lower league titles, and it is only worse than the two titles mentioned above. Some mid-table teams are also very eager for this title, especially this title won against Chelsea, and the gold content is even higher.

For Derby County clubs, the Carabao Cup is also extraordinary.

Derby County FC has never won the League Cup in its history, and this title is equivalent to writing a new honor in the history of Derby County FC, so the whole Derby County and the fans are very excited.

On this day, the town of Great Derby celebrates wildly.

This reminds people of the celebration of the FA Cup in May last year, and the current celebration is no less than the FA Cup championship at that time, which is also related to history, after all, Derby County have won the FA Cup twice, and the League Cup is really the first time.

The first time is often very important and has special significance!

For women, that's it. The same is true for a team's honor.

Derby County fans don't really have much ambition and they are satisfied with the team's results now, and they feel that Derby County can compete with Chelsea for the title in the league alone, which is already a great achievement, and they have never expected the team to win many trophies this season.

But the reality is much more optimistic than expected, and this is already the second championship of the season.

First the Community Shield, then the League Cup, the two minor titles have already satisfied the Derby County fans, so the atmosphere in the town of Greater Derby is like a celebration of the league title. But in reality, it's just a League Cup winner.

At least, Wan Sheng wasn't excited when he came back.

When you win the championship is very exciting, and after the excitement is nothing, now that you think about it, it's just a League Cup winner, England's second-placed cup, what's the point? He's going to be excited, and at least excited for the Premier League title. And the UEFA Cup winners are excited, compared to the League Cup is nothing!

Other people think very differently than Wansheng.

The Great Derbyshire is a large town in the East Midlands, but it's nothing more than a 'town'. No matter how big it is, it can't beat Century City, and it is not easy for a team in such a small place to get an honor, so the Derby County fans are all very excited.

When the team bus pulls into the town of Great Derby. Many fans followed the back of the bus.

The three streets of the main block were already crowded with fans, and the buses were almost struggling to get inside. The car is not moving as fast as it is slowing down, but the bus is certainly not driven here, but to show the fans the championship trophy.

The roof of the bus was lifted in the center, and Wan Sheng stood on the second floor with Morris, Ivan Crewe and Alfred and other players, constantly holding high the trophy to thank the fans.

This work will go on for a long time.

According to the club's arrangement, the bus will take two to three hours to parade through the streets, but depending on the enthusiasm of the fans, the parade will definitely take longer.

At first, Wan Sheng was still enthusiastic and personally raised the trophy and waved to the fans around him, and the fans also gave applause and cheers as he thought, but after a long time, Wan Sheng couldn't stand it, and he quickly handed over the work to Morris, who lasted less than ten minutes and handed it over to other teammates.

From top to bottom in Derby, Ferdinand and others, who did not play at all in the final, went up, and this completed the parade.

In the street parade in May last year, Wan Sheng did not participate, and now he personally participated in the goal, only to feel very pleased with his decision last year, sure enough, he made a right choice last year, but unfortunately today he made a mistake in judgment, and he just laughed at it, after all, he won the championship, and other teams have no chance to do so, I am afraid that Chelsea, as a loser, is now reflecting on the reasons for the loss, and Mourinho also has to withstand the pressure from the club's upper Abramovich and from the lower fans.

Mourinho's situation is definitely much worse than Wansheng

The team's bus finally arrived in the center of the town, where the mayor of Great Derbyshire and a group of town officials were already waiting.

After a brief greeting, the town government officials met with the whole Derby County team, and the mayor also found Wan Sheng to chat for a while, this time is completely for the players and fans, the Derby County club's arrangement is also to carry out some interaction between players and fans, in the interactive exchange, there are lucky fans can ask questions to any player, just like a reporter on-site interview, of course, try to say what you want to know.

Finally, the influential people among the fans talked about the speeches one by one.

The first one to be won was Wansheng.

In more than two and a half years at Derby County, Wan Sheng has been recognized by the vast majority of fans, and when he walked on stage, the fans consciously quieted down and waited for his speech.

Wan Sheng's opening made the fans excited, he pointed to his feet and said, "In more than two months, I can be sure that the team will celebrate the championship!" ”

Hearing this, the fans in the audience became even more excited.

Then Wan Sheng said some words of encouragement, and then one by one the players also went up to say a few words, even the 'shy big boy' Leto Ziegler came to the stage, Ziegler said a few words nervously, and there was nothing new, but the fans still applauded enthusiastically.

In the end, the mayor of the town of Great Derby went up and talked a few more words, which was nothing more than congratulating the Derby County club on winning the League Cup. Later, it was said that some of the celebrations encouraged by the town government and so on.

The mayor's speech made Wan Sheng a little familiar, and he couldn't help but think of the speech of the domestic leader, and talked about it again and again, and there was not much substantive at all.

didn't listen to a few words, Wan Sheng was a little out of the world.

But soon he felt someone shaking his body, Wan Sheng came back to his senses, and saw that it was Diamares, Diamares pointed to the front and said, "Wan Sheng, go up!" ”

The others shouted along.

Wan Sheng is not sure why. I heard Mr. Mayor say enthusiastically, "Because of this, the town government has decided to award Mr. Wan Sheng the 'Honorary Citizen' medal."

Then Wan Sheng was pushed up in a daze, and took a small medal and something similar to a certificate from Mr. Mayor.

After the celebration was over, Wan Sheng learned that this thing was originally a 'Honorary Citizen' medal issued by the town government, especially awarded to outsiders who have contributed to the Great Derby County, and with this certificate, the Great Derby County will enjoy the same treatment as the citizens of the Great Derby County. These benefits are mainly welfare policy things, and for a football coach like Wan Sheng, it is completely meaningless, but it is only a symbolic honor. It's like the knighthood of Sir Alex Ferguson, it doesn't mean much, just a symbolic honor, of course. This so-called 'honorary citizen' is completely different from the 'knighthood' of Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth

The Derby County celebrations lasted all day and the team and fans enjoyed the process. The only regret is that the club's top management is not involved, thinking that Jie Smith and Wilcox have already begun to transfer power, and now Derby County FC is in a vacuum of rights transfer, and the biggest talk of the whole club is Wan Sheng, because the new chairman will not take office until April.

Until then, Ji-Smith, who had not yet lifted his burden, had been busy transferring the club and had no time to manage it.

In terms of the media, since last night, the media has been intensively covering this final.

The main focus of this final is the competition between Chelsea and Derby County, the two teams are the biggest rivals in the league and the most likely team to win the championship, and the intersection of the competition between the two teams is mainly in the league, so this League Cup final can be regarded as an extension of the league competition.

Many media reported this before the game, perhaps because the League Cup championship was like chicken ribs for both teams, and it was really just an honor.

Now, the pro-Chelsea media don't talk about it anymore because Chelsea lost the game, so they started talking about Wansheng's 'hubris', talking about Wansheng's words after the game, and making a series of criticisms.

However, most of the media is not supportive of Chelsea, and even many are hostile to Chelsea, especially supporters such as Manchester United and Liverpool, who are very hostile to Chelsea, and when they see Chelsea lose to Derby, they begin to continue to fall into the trap and gloat over Chelsea's loss.

There are also some neutral media, and the supporting Derby County, who are the only ones who really analyse the game, who praise the way Derby County play, praise Wan Sheng for making the right substitutions in the game, and use that to analyse the rivalry between Chelsea and Derby County in the league.

Based on the analysis of this game, Derby County is not weaker than Chelsea at all, so they concluded that the two teams must be in a battle in the league, and it is really difficult to say who will die.

It's a very different view from the pro-Chelsea media.

The pro-Chelsea media believe that Derby's good results are only temporary, and this view has been maintained for more than half a season, and there are still many media outlets who hold similar views, although Derby County points have not been pulled down, but these media like to use things such as 'bench depth' and 'heritage'.

Maybe it's also because Chelsea is fighting with Derby County, and they can't talk about anything with Manchester United, Liverpool and other teams, because in the history of football, the latter two teams have much better results than Chelsea, so the foundation is naturally much deeper.

Of course, what these media say will not affect Derby County FC, because the League Cup title already belongs to Derby County, and as for the league title, it is not something they can say about Chelsea.

After a series of events to celebrate the title, the Derby County squad is back on track.

After the big game with Chelsea, there was a week-long break between games, and Wansheng generously gave the team three days off, after which the whole team returned to training on the field, and the atmosphere in the team became strict again.

The whole team knows what they're up against.

"Three days, you should have rested enough!" Wan Sheng stood in front of all the players and said sternly, "Next, we all have to cheer up!" Because a crucial game is coming! ”

Wan Sheng didn't talk much about the schedule, but everyone knew what he was talking about.

In March, Derby County have three league games and two legs in the UEFA Cup, with AZ Alkmaar, a Eredivisie powerhouse, and Birmingham, Chelsea and Charlton Athletic.

Birmingham and Charlton don't have much to say, the 'vital league' is the league against Chelsea.

The league game falls on the 16th of the month, and the biggest headache is that the game is sandwiched between the two legs of the UEFA Cup with AZ Alkmaar.

The only good thing is that the first round against AZ Alkmaar is at home, but the home-and-away schedule is not good for Derby, but considering the league against Chelsea, the home-and-away game still makes Wan Shengchang breathe a long sigh of relief, and even so, he has to face a difficult choice - the league or the UEFA Cup?

AZ Alkmaar are not well-known but by no means easy teams to deal with, especially in the second round of away games, which is only two days away from the league game against Chelsea, which means that after the match against Chelsea, the whole team will fly to the Netherlands the next day without time to rest.

Such a schedule is extremely difficult, and Wansheng also faces difficult choices.

However, the difficulty of the schedule does not mean that you have to give up a competition, after all, a league game against Chelsea cannot determine the title, and even if you don't play with the main team, Derby County will not necessarily lose to AZ Alkmaar.

The media commented that Derby County should give up the UEFA Cup and focus on the league, but Wan Sheng did not want to give up, his goal was to win three titles, if he gave up the League Cup, in case the league competition failed, wouldn't the 'honor task' not be completed?

So in both events, the team has to fight for it.

However, there must be a question of focus against two opponents in a short period of time, and it will definitely be more important to play against Chelsea, because this is the first time that the team has a chance to surpass Chelsea in the table, and if they can win at Stamford Bridge, it will also be very significant to improve the morale of the whole team.

It can be said that winning this game, Wan Sheng's chances of leading the team to win the league championship can reach at least eighty percent, or even more!

It's the same for Chelsea.

A win over Derby County would clear Chelsea's morale and make it difficult for Derby County to compete for the title.

How to do it, Wansheng already has a concept

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