Chapter 30: Top 3 in the League

"It's the 10th round of the Premier League, Newcastle United host Derby County, it's the 31st minute of the first half, and just now, Derby County midfielder Lee Morris scored the first goal of the game!"

"0-1, Derby County leads away!"

'But I have to say that the setter of this goal was Baker Alfred, and it was a straight shot that penetrated the Newcastle United defence, it was so subtle!'

'I wouldn't say anything if it was from Rafael van der Vaart or Frank Ribery, but Alfred is a Derby County defender and it's hard to imagine that this kind of subtle pass came from the feet of a defender.

"Maybe we should focus more on the 21-year-old!"

"But it could also be luck, after all, it was just a pass, Alfred didn't show his attacking talent before, but this time he did it for Derbyshire! At least half of this goal is due to him! ”

George Woodgate commented on the goal.

He kept talking about Alfred, and Morris, who scored the ball, was completely ignored, but it is understandable, after all, the ball is mainly Alfred's 9 passes are too good, and when Morris appears in front of the ball, he can shoot directly with his feet. This kind of ball can be scored by a frontcourt player with a little footwork, not to mention, Morris is one of several stars in the Derby County team, and with his consistently excellent performance, he still has some reputation in the Premier League.

Wan Sheng stood on the sidelines, and he was also very happy with Alfred's watch.

However, he is not surprised that Alfred can pass this kind of ball, after a month of personal training, there is a double bonus of 'rapid progress' coaching skills, Alfred's passing evaluation has increased to 85 points, this evaluation number jù, can be compared with the average frontcourt player in the Premier League, plus the attribute evaluation bonus of other coaching skills. Alfred's normal performance on the ball can reach the level of about 90, which is enough for him to have such a wonderful performance when he has 'inspiration'.

Of course, it's the 'inspiration' that matters.

'Inspiration' is not a good thing, this is the occasional highlight of the star, that is a bit of a chance and luck, and the state of the game, this game Alfred is obviously in very good shape, so when there is a chance. 'Inspiration' came, and he came to such a surprising appearance.

After Morris scored, Derby County took a one-goal lead, and the shape of the two teams was different.

However, neither team adjusted their tactics, and the game continued as normal, Newcastle United were kept under pressure, but their defense did well, and the score remained unchanged until the end of the first half.

After an intermission. Soon the game went into the second half.

Newcastle United veteran coach Robson asked his players to attack more in the second half at halftime, which was also no choice, and Newcastle United were behind. They have to step up their attack to have more chances to score, and if they can't salvage the situation, it's not easy to hit the counter-attack, and the first half showed something. At least Derby County are also cautious in attacking and defending at the same time, and it will be difficult for Newcastle to play a quick defensive counter-attack to threaten the Derby goal.

But Robson didn't expect that Derby County also adjusted their tactics.

Derby County's tactical adjustments. It's very simple to say, that is, the compression formation, the three-line retreat starts to play a conservative defensive counterattack, and the tactics do not need to change anything, just the retreat is enough, this is the advantage of 'os-fast', the emphasis on offense, the emphasis on defense can be, the power of both styles of play is also very good.

With a goal advantage in hand, victory is definitely the most important thing, so there is no need to fight hard with Newcastle United, after all, Newcastle United is also an old powerhouse, they played well, and it is not surprising that they will turn the tables at home.

This is Wansheng's 'utilitarian' heart.

He admits it.

In fact, Wansheng adjusted the formation to make the team's offensive ability stronger, that is, to let the team quickly score first, so that the team will be in a favorable position, and after the first goal, the team can begin to shrink the formation to attack and defend and counterattack, so that the initiative is always in his hands, and the opponent can only 'passively' attack, of course, it is okay not to attack, anyway, Derby County is ahead, and there is nothing to be afraid of delaying time.

That's what professional football is all about, winning is all about winning anyway, so why bother going to go head-to-head with your opponent when it's more likely to win with a shrinking formation?

In this case, Newcastle United can only take the initiative to attack, and this change in Derby County also makes Newcastle United players very uncomfortable, tactics focus on defense, and Derby County focuses on offense, just like the two teams, when the offense is biased, Derby County is very fierce, completely suppressing Newcastle United, focusing on defense Now, Derby County is like a turtle shell, Newcastle United attacks to the front, they have to face this turtle shell defense, and they also have to pay attention to the opponent's counterattack, Because Derby County are quite fast on the counter-attack, one mistake on their part will be very dangerous for their own goal.

In this case, Newcastle United can only grit their teeth and attack, because they are behind the score, and they have no choice!

As a result, in the 77th minute of the game, Derby County used a fast break to break the door of Newcastle United again, this time it was Morris who scored the goal, he received a pass from Ribery to score the ball, and scored twice to rewrite the score to 0:2, and Derby County led by two goals away.

At this time, even Newcastle United fans felt that there was little hope for the team.

It's not that the opponent is leading too much, in fact, although the advantage of two goals is not small, but it is definitely not big, but Newcastle United has not mastered the initiative throughout the game, they have only threatened the Derby County goal once so far, and that was in the first half, that is to say, their attack in the second half has not been able to break through the Derby County defense so far, and the occasional shot is also a long shot from outside the penalty area, but Derby County has used attack opportunities again and again, but a few players have stepped forward to stir up a mess of the Newcastle United defense.

It's the kind of scene that makes Newcastle United fans despair.

Old coach Robson looked at the game, and then turned his head to look at the young Chinese in the coach's box on the other side, and couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart, he found that the situation of the game was in the hands of the opponent from the beginning, and Newcastle United had been in a passive situation, and he was a little unwilling. But more helplessly, because he has no way to change the current situation.

"Maybe I should have retired a long time ago!" Robson thought.

Robson's life is a football legend, he is the most legendary coach in British football, once led the LinkedIn Gran national team to the 1986 and 1990 World Cups, although they were defeated by the final champions Argentina and West Germany, but Italy's World Cup semi-final results have been the best record of the England national team in the World Cup in the last 40 years.

In addition to his contributions to the national team, Robson personally brought Ronaldo, a talented player, to the pinnacle of world football during his tenure at PSV Eindhoven and Barcelona; During his time at Barca, Robson also produced Jose Mourinho, the current Chelsea manager. At that time, the Portuguese was Robson's translator and assistant.

Robson is undoubtedly the best coach in England in the past few decades, and in 2002, Robson was knighted by Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace, becoming the eighth person in English football to receive this royal honor.

Robson has been battling cancer for more than a decade and now wears a pacemaker and hearing aids.

This is a legendary coach to be respected.

But anyway. Robson is 72 years old, and in the summer, he had already decided to retire at the end of the season, and he would have liked to have a good result. made his coaching career end perfectly, but looking at the current game, Robson suddenly felt powerless.

His opponent is only a 27-year-old, and Newcastle United are no worse than Derby County. The game was played at St James' Park, but he found himself helpless and could not do anything about the game as he watched his team lose to Derby County.

"Old"

In Robson's exclamation. More than ten minutes passed in the game, and soon with the referee's whistle, the game was over.

Both teams were goalless in the closing stages, with Derby County winning against Newcastle United at St James' Park thanks to two goals from Morris.

After the game, the Derby County fans celebrated wildly.

Ten rounds of league play, Derby County won 6 and drew 4, got 22 points, if nothing else, this round is over, Derby County have risen to at least the top three in the league standings, which is one of the big reasons why Derby County fans are excited, not just wins.

The current results of Derby County are really unthinkable.

In the summer, almost all Derby County fans thought that the team could only fight for relegation, entering the first season of the top flight, and there was no doubt that the goal would be relegation, even if Wan Sheng said in front of the media that 'the team's goal is to qualify for European competitions', but they didn't take it seriously, in the eyes of most people, it was a bit idealistic, not too realistic at all, as long as the team can be relegated, they are already satisfied.

However, since the fifth round of the league, Derby County have stepped into the top six of the league, and now they are in the top three of the league, and possibly even second, with the gap to the league top Chelsea is only three points, a difference of one game.

This result made the fans quite surprised, but also quite excited, the top three in the league, this is definitely something they can't think of, but when a group of media said 'Derby County is in crisis', the team was silently promoted to the top three in the league Derby County fans are a little confused, and now they think that no matter what those media say, they should believe in the team's head coach Wan Sheng.

Only what Wan Sheng said is true, just like in the summer he said that the team wants to qualify for European competitions, and he said before that he wants to qualify for the Champions League, and now they believe that the team will definitely be able to do it

At the post-match press conference, Wan Sheng's face looked very solemn.

He looked like Derby County had just lost, but in fact, looking at the reporters in the audience with the same expression of 'eating stool' on their faces, he felt extremely happy, but he didn't show his face, but instead kept his face strained, as if he was very dissatisfied with the team's table.

Just when the media reporter felt strange, Wan Sheng spoke, "In this game, we won the game, 2:0, the result is very good, but I can now be sure that the team is only one step away from the crisis"

Hearing this, the reporters in the audience were stunned.

But Wan Sheng didn't care about the reporters' expressions, after saying this, he didn't stay at the press conference for a moment, he turned around and left, leaving only one sentence, "I have to deal with the upcoming crisis seriously, so I have to go back first"

When his figure disappeared around the corner, the venue erupted into a loud noise.

One reporter after another was so angry that he scolded his mother!

They are here to do interviews, but not to listen to nonsense, obviously Wan Sheng's two sentences are not only nonsense, but also pure irony, after Derby County's two-goal away victory over Newcastle United, manager Wan Sheng said that Derby County is only one step away from crisis?

This TMD is definitely deliberately disgusting to the media covering the crisis!

And in the venue, except for a very small number of pure Derby supporters, most of the reporters did similar reports, and then they found that they were all hit by this 'map cannon', and there was no useful content at all, they can't beat Newcastle United away at Derby County, and finish in the top three of the league, what do they say 'Derby County is in crisis'?

It's!

Even the most stupid guy wouldn't believe it, is it a 'crisis' rhythm for a team that was promoted last season, and is in the top three of the league after ten rounds?

Think about the recent round of Derby County and Crystal Palace, before the game this Chinese said 'the team is not far from the crisis', after the 5-0 victory over Crystal Palace, he said 'the team is closer to the crisis', and now 'the team is only one step away from the crisis' Is it the next game, if Derby County wins again, he will say 'Derby County is already in crisis'?

Thinking of this, the reporters all gritted their teeth with hatred.

But at the same time, those local Derbyshire reporters were secretly happy because they received the news in the MSN group.

"There are five questions that can be asked."

Wan Shengfa's simple sentence made all the reporters in the group understand. Those reporters who are online on their mobile phones or computers immediately became excited, and even other reporters who are not online can also know about these interviews through guò message records, and this is how Wansheng was interviewed.

Do those hostile media reporters still want to interview him?

Dream on!

Only media reporters who support the team have this opportunity!

As for what other media say about him, Wan Sheng doesn't care at all, after the baptism of many negative reports, he has already had a heart that is much larger than ordinary people. (To be continued......)