Chapter 42
Van der Vaart boosted Derby's morale after helping his side equaliser, while Schalke 04 were a little flustered. ใ้ ใ็นใๅฐใใSay,x.
That's the difference between the first goal and the last goal.
Until now, the two teams have stood in a draw, both have scored only one goal, but the morale of the two teams is not comparable, before Derby County fell behind, only thinking about equalizing, Schalke 04 is guarding the goal, but also wants to expand the score advantage, then it is completely different, score a goal naturally want to score two goals, Derby County began not to be satisfied with the draw, want to pursue victory, and Schalke 04 morale is a little low, thinking about to keep the goal, especially Derby County's full-court pressing gave them a lot of pressure, the offense can not play, Naturally, defense is about doing well.
Schalke 04's defense proved to be very good indeed.
Despite the morale of Derby County, who were also a game at the Pride Stadium, Derby County were unable to score again until the last minute of the game.
At the end of the game, all the Schalke 04 players were really relieved.
Think about the strength of Derby County in the second half, they have been happy for the draw, and the Derby County players are somewhat dissatisfied, they still hope to win, but unfortunately Schalke 04 is not a soft persimmon that is anyone's best, after a not so good first half, it is too difficult for Derby County to win.
In the end, thanks to Van der Vaart's goal, Derby drew at home to Schalke 04.
After the game, Wan Sheng didn't have a cold face, after all, a draw is still acceptable, just like he said himself, Derby County lost the game, this is the group stage of the UEFA Cup, and the qualification is determined by the last points, not one or two wins or defeats, so a draw is nothing.
This is also a valuable point.
With that point in hand, plus the win in the previous game, Derby County and Schalke 04 are level on points. And with goal difference to establish the first place in the group.
After the game, the focus of discussion about the Derby County game became Rafael van der Vaart, and the previously popular Ribery was temporarily forgotten, of course, there were also media references to Ribery, but those words were not very good, their evaluation of Ribery in the game was one word - poor!
The sounds gave Ribery a sense of heaven to hell.
After the last UEFA Cup group stage game, England all praised him, and now Kwon England seems to be showing disdain for him, and he likes the media to praise and praise. I hate the media's criticism of myself.
So when he returned to the training ground, Ribery's face was still very bad.
Some teammates comforted Ribery, but Ribery was still the same, he was unhappy with his substitution at the end of the first half in the game, and when he was training in a group, he still insisted on using his ability to make breakthroughs and look for opportunities.
Once, twice
Many times!
Diamares' whistle blew and he reminded Ribery that he should make more passes. And patiently explained, "Everyone else has run to the position, you are like this, in the game, it is easy to be surrounded and lose the ball"
Ribery's petty temper was committed again. "But I think I can find my own chance!"
"Your thoughts are dangerous, Frank! Football is a one-man sport, and when you face a defense, the first choice should be passing. Instead of looking for opportunities yourself, your skills are good, but can you guarantee that you will be able to beat each other every time? If you make a mistake."
"Mr. Diamares. Everyone makes mistakes, but as long as I succeed, I can give the team a chance! Ribery insisted.
Diamares is a little speechless, he is not a sharp-tongued person.
Wan Sheng walked over.
He heard Ribery's words and knew that this guy was still angry about the last game, but he was also angry, it had been two days, and this guy hadn't figured it out yet, what a fool!
But Wan Sheng didn't want to remind him of anything, it was better for him to figure out this kind of thing by himself.
If Ribery has been like this, he doesn't mind putting Ribery on the bench all the time, or even in the audience, even if there is no Ribery, the team will be worse, but it is much better than Ribery playing wantonly on the field.
"Frank, since you don't feel like you need to cooperate with the others, let's go over there and watch!" Wan Sheng said directly to Ribery.
With that, he walked to the sideline and motioned for Ribery to follow.
Ribery was stunned, he dared to refute Diamares, but he didn't dare to refute Wan Sheng, no one in the team did to provoke Wan Sheng's majesty, even if he was reluctant, he still followed Wan Sheng off the field, and when he got to the sidelines, Wan Sheng only said, "Watch here!" Look at Raphael, look at Lee, look at the others"
Ribery didn't know why, so he could only sit down and watch the training.
In the next two days, whenever there was a confrontation training, Wansheng always called Ribery to the sidelines, and then the two watched the training together, what I didn't know was that I thought Ribery was also a coach, but in fact, the whole team was quite sympathetic to Ribery, and Wansheng watched the training together, and definitely did not participate in the training easily, just sitting next to Wansheng was under great pressure, and every time Ribery's dark face was known, he knew how he felt
The thirteenth round of the Premier League is fast approaching, with Derby County taking on Middlesbrough at the Pride Stadium.
There was a lot of media coverage before the game.
Those Derby County hostile media, all hope that McClaren's team can beat Derby County and break their unbeaten golden body, they are still more optimistic about Middlesbrough, just in the last round, Middlesbrough won 3-1 against Charlton, this kind of table makes people know that Middlesbrough is in very good form now, and it also gives people a lot of confidence.
But to the disappointment of many media, the two teams were not hot before the game, or that there was no hostility between the two sides at all, they reported for a long time, just fanned the wind, but the fire did not ignite at all.
And so it is.
The relationship between Wansheng and Middlesbrough coach McClaren is still very good, although the two are now opponents, there is no need to target each other before the game, both sides have a tacit understanding of a very low-key situation, how to report in the media, in short, the coaches and players of the two teams did not say much.
The game was approaching in such a dull atmosphere.
Wan Sheng didn't ask the team to do much to prepare, in fact, after a bit of research on Middlesbrough. Wansheng believes that the team does not need to prepare anything, the current Middlesbrough is not much different from last season, in the summer they introduced Viduka and Hasselbaink two strong strikers, the strength is considered to have been strengthened, but that's all, Middlesbrough's economic conditions do not allow them to strengthen anything, that is, the current Middlesbrough team is sharper than last season.
Wansheng has the confidence to let the team and Middlesbrough collide head-on!
At present, the team's forward line is led by Van der Vaart, who can be said to be an all-round striker. After a few months of training, the dark injury on his leg has almost recovered, and his speed has improved greatly, in terms of number of evaluations, it has exceeded 90 points, which makes his ability more comprehensive, it can be said that the current Van der Vaart is a world superstar level, and every ability is very outstanding. There are no flaws at all.
Such a forward line is naturally much stronger than Middlesbrough, although Hasselbaink is good, but after all, he is only a veteran, maybe he is much stronger than Ian Taylor. But that's all there is to it, and it's not comparable to a superstar player like Van der Vaart.
In the midfield, Morris, Ivan Crewe and others are very good and have good quality. The state is also good, Wansheng does not need to worry about this aspect, and the most satisfying thing for Wansheng is the defense. With the return of captain Marcus, the team's defense can really be described as full of talent, even the substitutes Lichtsteiner, Leto Ziegler and other players are in very good shape, it can be said that the back line is the most prominent point of Derby County.
In short, the current Derby County third line is no worse than Middlesbrough, and at the Pride Stadium, he is fully confident that his team can beat their opponents with dignity.
This is Wansheng's idea and intention.
But after the start of the game, the most noticeable thing was not the Derby tactics or anything, but the left side of the Derby County, and the main player Frank Ribery did not start.
The camera points to the Derby County bench.
I saw that Ribery was sitting next to Wan Sheng, his face was a little 'difficult', and he looked like he was not in a good mood.
Sky TV commentator George Woodgate said, "Wansheng didn't put Ribery in the main lineup, is he going to rotate this game? โ
Some people who know about the last UEFA Cup group stage are wondering if something will happen within Derby, or that Ribery and Wansheng will have a conflict? Otherwise, how could Ribery be on the bench?
So after the opening of the two teams, there were many commentators who talked about Ribery with great interest when introducing the lineup, as if Ribery was the protagonist, but in fact, he didn't play at all.
But by the first five minutes, everyone's attention was back.
At this point, Ribery didn't matter, because the game was very exciting, the two sides attacked and defended each other, and every attack was exciting, especially Derby County, they attacked two waves in a row, all of which went directly from the middle, one ended with a long-range shot saved, and the other was to pass the ball into the box, but it was a pity that Bolton Reiter did not grab the position and took good chances.
You must know that it was only five minutes into the game, and many people began to worry about the Middlesbrough goal.
Middlesbrough coach McClaren also frowned, he knew that Derby County was not easy to deal with, otherwise they would not have remained unbeaten until now, but he didn't expect that Derby's attack was so threatening, and the opponent was advancing the attack in a dignified manner, but the defense he arranged was in frequent crises?
Is Derbyshire already strong enough to do this?
He couldn't believe it, in his impression, the Derby County team in the summer warm-up game was definitely not so strong, Middlesbrough could still take advantage of the game at that time, but now the opponent's attack is obviously much more threatening.
But how is this possible?
How long has it been, and the other party will progress so quickly?
Just when McClaren was still thinking, the Derby County attack paid off, this was in the thirteenth minute of the game, Ivan Crewe on the wing burst into the bottom line, completed a high hob cross, Bolton Reiter grabbed the position, jumped up directly to point the ball in front of the penalty area, Van der Vaart followed up with a powerful shot.
The ball flies into the goal through the hands of goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer! (To be continued......)
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