"We can see that Rafael van der Vaart and Frank Ribery were not in the Derby County starters, these two players are the absolute heart of Derby, who are currently Derby's top scorer and second only to Arsenal's Thierry Henry. Ribery was also a key player at Derby County, making Derby more flexible on the left flank, but neither was in the starting line-up or on the bench.

Following the narrator's words, the camera pointed to the Derby County bench, and sure enough, Van der Vaart and Ribery were nowhere to be seen.

The commentator continued to analyze, "In the pre-game press conference, Derby County coach Wan Sheng did not talk about the starting lineup, but we would not have thought that Derby County and Manchester United would not let the core players play. ”

'It's Derby's home stadium, but even with Pride Stadium and Van der Vaart and Franck Ribery not playing, it's too difficult for Derby County to beat Manchester United'

The commentator belongs to the British BBC radio sports channel and is neutral towards the game, while the Manchester commentator who supports Manchester United said directly, "Maybe Derby County is afraid of Manchester United, and the manager Wan Sheng thinks that this game will definitely be lost, since it will lose, the core players naturally don't have to play"

However, someone still analysed that "Derby County have just experienced a big game against Chelsea, it hasn't been long yet, they have a very busy schedule, Van der Vaart and Ribery often play the whole game, they [need some rest]. ”

"But then the game is a little too difficult to play."

The last sentence of "Maybe it would be wise for Wansheng to give up the game, but it will disappoint the fans" The last sentence is obviously a sarcasm of Derby, but in the end, whether it is supporting Derby, Manchester United, or the neutral media, they are not optimistic that Derby County will play Manchester United without Van der Vaart and Ribery, although Manchester United has not been very smooth this season compared to previous years. The club fell into the whirlpool of acquisitions again, but the strength of Manchester United led by the old jazz has not weakened, and the addition of stars such as Rooney and Alan Smith in the summer, Manchester United's overall strength has improved.

Compared to Derby, Manchester United's squad is definitely very flashy. For example, the striker is Van Nistelroy and Alan Smith, so that even the famous Rooney has to sit on the bench, while the Derby County striker is Kluivert and Ian Taylor, this forward line is not comparable to Manchester United at all, and there is only one Burton Reiter on the bench, Reiter is also good, but it is still too bad compared to Rooney.

In short, with Van der Vaart and Ribery not playing, Derby's squad is a bit pitiful compared to Manchester United. In such a situation, almost everyone is not optimistic about Derby County

At the beginning of the game, both teams were in the tentative stage, and the field was not very intense. So a lot of media are talking about this topic.

Soon as the discussion followed, the analysis of Derby County deepened.

Van der Vaart and Ribery's non-appearances were analyzed by media reporters because Derby's schedule was too dense. The core players can't always play the whole game, so they have to have a certain amount of rest, and Wan Sheng will let them rest for a round in this game.

But it's hard to understand. Because this is a game against Manchester United.

Naturally, the media would not have thought that the reason why Wan Sheng let the two rest was to focus on the League Cup, which seemed incredible to others - for a promoted team, obviously the league results are more important, the League Cup is originally a chicken rib, even if it wins the championship, what can it do? In any case, it is not important to keep the league standings.

If Derby County focuses on the league, they will finish the season in second place in the league if they keep their standings, and they can participate in the Champions League next season, and the League Cup title has no meaning at all, financially speaking, it will not bring much benefit to the club, and in terms of honor, the League Cup is definitely a chicken rib for the top teams in the Premier League.

So they put it down to 'Wan Sheng is not sure about the game, thinking that even if the whole squad plays, it will be difficult to beat Manchester United'.

At the same time, Wan Sheng was sitting in the coach's seat, watching the game carefully.

As for how the media analyzes the game, Wan Sheng doesn't care at all, but the media is right about one thing, the rotation is just to let the players get rest.

Wan Sheng is in the football training master system, and it can be clearly seen from the number jù that Van der Vaart and Ribery's physical condition has been affected somewhat, so he did not hesitate to rotate the two, losing a league game is nothing, so that the players will lose more than they lose because of a game, causing injuries and other problems, and compared to the League Cup quarterfinals, the importance of a league is much weaker.

But to say that Derby County gave up the game? That's absolutely nothing.

Without Van der Vaart and Ribery, Derby County would 'absolutely' not be able to play Manchester United? There are no absolute things in the world, if you really take it, last season the team did not have Van der Vaart, and still defeated Manchester United, it was still at the Millennium Stadium, and this game is at Pride Stadium, which is the home of Derby County, the team can naturally play better, and now the starting lineup, Morris, Kluivert, Vidic, Layton Byrne, Alfred and other outstanding players are on the field, for this game, although Wan Sheng does not guarantee a 'sure' victory, but it is not' Definitely 'losing, he still has a certain confidence in winning, of course, the key depends on the team's table.

The formation of Derby County on the field is 442, Wansheng considers that the defensive ability of this formation is stronger, and this one does not have Van der Vaart and Ribery, the offensive ability is naturally worse, then the team can focus on defense, defensive counterattack is also the specialty of the 'os-fast' tactic, as long as Manchester United does not score, the team will be undefeated first, if you can rely on counterattack goals, the team may still win the victory, this is Wansheng's attitude towards the game.

In the current dense schedule, Wansheng is not in the mood to think about what game is not beautiful, while ensuring the state of the team, getting points is the most important thing.

At the same time, on the other side, Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson was also watching the game.

This is the first time in more than half a year that Manchester United have played Derby County again. The two teams met a little late, thanks to the FA's fixtures, but Ferguson felt it was a timely fixture, and Derby County are riding fast in the Premier League, even beating top Chelsea in the Premier League, and a win away from home would certainly give the team a lot of confidence.

Manchester United need confidence right now.

Ferguson wasn't sure about the game before, after all, it was an away game, and Derby's form, just look at their results. But seeing that Van der Vaart, who is more difficult to defend, and Ribery did not play, and then looking at the situation of the Derby County game from the beginning to the present, Ferguson knows what Wansheng is thinking, defense? Can Derby County really defend the back of the net?

If Derby County and Manchester United play against each other, Ferguson is not sure yet, but in terms of defense, Derby County is really short and avoids its strengths.

Ferguson doesn't think Derby can defend for 90 minutes.

Manchester United's attacking ability is no worse than other teams. The Derby County defence is clearly not as good as their attack, so Ferguson believes this win will be for Manchester United.

However, Ferguson seemed to be overly optimistic, and United didn't find much of a chance for at least the first 20 minutes. Under Wan Sheng's advice, the Derby County defense was still very solid, and as a result, both teams did not take advantage of their chances for a long time in the opening period. Football has been weaving through the midfield and it has rarely been the case that United's attacks have been able to break into the Derby County penalty area.

But Ferguson wasn't in a hurry, knowing the game was just getting started.

As time passes. Manchester United will step up their attack little by little and control the game until they break down the Derby County goal.

Ferguson was convinced.

But what he didn't notice was that on the other side of the Derby County coach's box, Wan Sheng was watching the game with a smile, so relaxed, as if he wasn't worried about the game at all

In fact, Wan Sheng is satisfied with the team's performance.

Ferguson may be right to believe that United will be able to break down the Derby County goal by slowly stepping up their attack, but it will be very difficult to do so, because what Wan Sheng sees is that United are stepping into the defensive vortex of the team.

In this game, Derby's defense has made a lot of preparations.

Wansheng has always asked the team to conduct tactical training, and constantly added content to the tactical training, the purpose of which is to improve the 'os-fast' tactical system, which needs to increase the technicality, so as to make the attack more fluent, at the same time, the defense also needs to be strengthened, there are many ways to strengthen, and the method Wansheng thought of is to refer to the FA Cup final and Manchester United games, the use of 'running area defense'.

'Running zone defense' is no longer 'zone defense', the only and ' Zone defense' next to the side is the concept of defense, or each player is responsible for a certain area, but the area planned by Wansheng is very large, for example, the central defender can supplement the defense, the fullback can also help defend the middle, the player is responsible for the area is large, the running range is large, the use of running to fill the defense, you can let each player on the other side, to the front court will encounter at least two or more defensive players, this is the end of last season, Wansheng in order to limit the individual play of Manchester United stars came up with a defensive method.

But now, if you want to replicate the same defensive method and play against Manchester United, it is obviously worth the loss, because then Derby County will not be able to divide the energy in attack, all the players are defending, it is better to pile them all up near the penalty area, after all, the crowd tactic is always the most practical, and the players do not need to consume too much physical energy.

Therefore, Wansheng only applied this defensive style to the front of the penalty area, allowing the team to form a solid barrier horizontally in front of the penalty area, while the two central defenders were at the end to prevent the opposing star, such as Ruud van Nistelrooy, from breaking through the defense.

As a result, the team's defense is much stronger than before.

This kind of defense may sound a bit complicated, but in fact, it is theoretically a concept of 'weakened player position', Wansheng is very clear that the development trend of football in the next ten years is that the sense of position of each player is getting weaker and weaker, attacking players to participate in defense, defensive players, such as fullbacks, central defenders to participate in the attack.

This is a big trend in the development of football.

At the end of 2004, this theory of football tactics was still a bit ahead of its time, and the principle of football tactics was to maximize the role of each player on the pitch, such as when the team was defending with all their might, two strikers were standing in front and waiting for the ball. This is obviously a waste of resources, and many people may think that they can create a counterattack if they have the opportunity, but in essence, the two strikers do not provide any help to the team most of the time, and they are always in the front court for the theoretical 'opportunity', so it is certainly not as good as defending when it is time to defend and being in a good position when it is time to attack.

So Wansheng requires players to increase their running, and increasing their running consumes physical energy, and in the whole team. Physical fitness is the foundation of a qiē.

Now on the field, Derby County are using such defensive tactics, Manchester United seem to attack wave after wave, but in reality, they have not found any good opportunities, thinking that it is difficult to break through Derby's defence.

The best way to break this kind of defense is to cooperate exquisitely, as long as the cooperation is played, no matter how good the defense is, it is impossible to completely restrict. The other way is that the star plays individually, if Manchester United has a Maradona, and he passes 3 or 5 players in a row, the defense will naturally be broken directly.

But the above two methods. It won't be easy for Manchester United to do that.

Manchester United's football is not as technical, and their stars are not very individual, even on the wing, C-Ronaldo does not break through much, which also makes Derby County seem passive. In fact, there are no loopholes in the backfield.

Of course, the game still depends on the performance.

The defensive tactics have been laid out, but it's really on the playing field. If you play well, or if you're lucky, United can get the ball into the box and find opportunities, but it's enough for a team to limit the opposition attack as much as possible.

Manchester United didn't play beyond their expectations and their luck didn't seem to be great.

It wasn't until 30 minutes into the game that United posed no other threat to the Derby goal goal except for a few shots from the perimeter, and by this time, United boss Alex Ferguson had also sensed the solidity of the Derby County defence, which he had not expected before.

Ferguson glanced at the Derby County dugout and saw the young Chinese sitting there calmly, clearly not too worried about the game.

Then he started to worry.

Now football is controlled at the feet of Manchester United most of the time, but Manchester United has not been able to break through the Derby County defense for a long time, it will definitely be unfavorable to Manchester United, Ferguson knows that it is a dangerous time for Manchester United, if it continues, the players are impetuous, and it is likely that the opponent will seize the opportunity, shrink the defense line and go to the game steadily, and there will be no chance in the first half.

Whether to step up the attack and fight for it now, or delay the decision until the second half is a difficult decision.

In the end, Ferguson waved his hand and decided to step up the attack.

If Derby County had been in the squad, Ferguson would have dragged the game into the second half, but with Van der Vaart and Ribery not playing, Ferguson would not be content with a draw, and he needed to maximize his chances to win, so the goal in the first half was crucial.

Ferguson's maneuvers in directing the game attracted a lot of attention.

Various commentators are talking about Manchester United stepping up their attack, and some pro-Derby media outlets are also starting to worry about Derby's goal, "It's not easy to defend just by relying on defense"

Wansheng naturally knows this truth.

No matter how good the tactics are, no matter how subtle, but if you want to rely on defense alone and hold on for 90 minutes, it is really a bit 'too imaginative', Wansheng naturally will not put all his bets on defense, but see Manchester United strengthen the attack, he also came to the sidelines.

He put his hands on his head and waved his wrists.

It's not a big move, but Wan Sheng only did it to one person, and that is Morris, Morris is the captain on the field and the core of the field, as long as he sees it, then the other players will soon know what to do.

Wansheng's adjustment is very simple, that is, to tell the sù team to find more opportunities to counterattack!

Defensive counterattack, without counterattack, it can be directly called 'defense', counterattack is naturally quite important, Manchester United wants to strengthen the attack to break the Derby County goal, this is also an opportunity for Derby County, they can use the counterattack to play fast attack to find opportunities to break Manchester United's goal. (To be continued......) R1292