Chapter 146: Victory in sight
Morris helped Derby County equaliser and, after the goal, Morris made a lap swing to the fan stands, shouting and hugging under the Derby County fan stands, and the stands responded with a louder cheer.
Maurice is really excited!
Since Wan Sheng coached the team, he has been valued as the core of the team's midfield, the absolute main force, and there has been no change until now, but this season, he has been overshadowed by the brilliance of Cahill and Ribery, although no one can shake the main position of the team, but he is still very unwilling, and has been working hard to show that he can be excellent.
It's the most talked-about game of the season â the FA Cup semi-finals!
The team prepared a lot for this semi-final and he hopes that he can score in the game to prove something.
He did it!
There is no doubt about the importance of this goal, and if the team can win in the end, his goal will definitely be the most important because it is the equaliser.
To Morris's expression, Wan Sheng also nodded with satisfaction.
In fact, in Wansheng's view, Cahill, Ribery, and Morris are all the absolute main force of the team, but in fact, there are differences, such as Morris and Ribery, they are the players who initiate the attack, and it is precisely because of their hard work that the team can suppress the opponent, but Cahill's position can be replaced, which is considered from a tactical point of view, after all, there are many strikers who can score.
However, Cahill is clearly stronger than the other two because he scores more goals and shines brighter.
That's the difference between professional and amateur.
Amateurs value the table, what they value is whether they can attract the attention of the fans, they don't care who creates the opportunity, they only care about the person who seizes the opportunity, and because of this, the value of those excellent strikers will rise gradually, but this kind of player tends to fall faster. When he appears in an unsuitable team and an unsuitable tactical system, he will not have a good appearance, so that he will be labeled as a parallel commodity by the media, and it will be like stepping from heaven to hell.
There are many players with this experience, such as Michael Owen, the golden boy of England who is about to leave Liverpool for Real Madrid, he will not adapt to the atmosphere of La Liga, and he will not be able to play the main team in the team to affect the state, etc., even if he plays, it is difficult to have an excellent performance; For example, Shepchenko, who will go from AC Milan to Chelsea in the future, the Ukrainian nuclear warhead has been at its peak recently, but after going to Chelsea, it was quickly reduced to a substitute. Until I left, I didn't have any more expressions.
It will be a big problem for the forward players to not adapt to the team, but players like Morris and Ribery will cooperate with the team to create opportunities, and such players will not be bad no matter where they go.
After Morris helped the team to score, Millwall fans were quite disappointed, they had expected the team to be ahead all the time, but they were tied so quickly, which made them start to worry about the situation.
Many reporters in the media gallery were also quite disappointed.
They are also counting on Millwall's miracle victory over Derby. It didn't take long for Derby County to get back on the scoreline, and Millwall still had a chance, some media reporters thought comfortingly.
But soon they were even more disappointed
Morris' goal equalised for Derby County and the two teams were back on the same page. The Derby County players also relaxed a lot.
Millwall, on the other hand, were disappointed and, in fact, their goal was sudden. Neither of them expected their team to take the lead so quickly, and Derby's goal was somewhat justified as Derby County dominated the field. The midfielder keeps creating opportunities for the front, and when there are more opportunities, the chances of scoring goals are naturally bigger, and it is normal to have a goal.
It is precisely because of the contrast in the scoring feelings of the two teams that Millwall is a little skeptical for a while - can we really beat Derby County and create a zĂ o miracle?
They started the game with that mentality, and the result was a little worse, the first wave of attacks did not reach the vicinity of the Derby penalty area, and then Derby launched a counter-attack, Ribery quickly dribbled the ball wide to find a gap for the players who cut in behind him, Cahill seized the opportunity and fired a powerful shot to help Derby County overtake the score.
Just two minutes later, when the ball flew into Millwall's goal again, Millwall felt like the world was falling apart
How far away is heaven and hell?
If you ask Millwall fans now, they'll be able to say the answer right away: "Two minutes away"
It took just two minutes for Derby County to go from equaliser to overtake, and perhaps in such a short period of time, Millwall just took a nap and were scored twice in a row.
Especially the last goal was scored by Cahill, Millwall fans are all too familiar with Cahill, since 1997, Cahill played for Millwall at a young age, and it was not until last season that Millwall sold Cahill to Derby County.
And then Cahill broke out!
He seems to have found the peak of his life, constantly scoring goals and scoring goals in the league and the FA Cup, and in his six seasons at Millwall, Cahill has scored a total of 44 goals, and so far this season, Cahill has scored 35 goals, including 29 in League One alone, why did this Australian, who did not have this form when he was at Millwall, burst out of strength when he arrived at Derby?
Millwall fans couldn't figure it out.
The only thing they know is that if Cahill can be so productive at Millwall, even if he is injured before the summer, the team will never consider selling him.
As a result, Cahill is now in such an important game against his former club Millwall to help Derby County score the winning goal.
Millwall fans were quite disappointed
The reporters in the media table were also disappointed, they just thought that Millwall still had a chance, but when they saw this ball, they suddenly found that they really thought a little too much, perhaps, just like the Chinese said before the game, in the face of the absolute strength gap, no matter how high the fighting spirit is, it is nothing, and miracles are impossible.
Gary Cahill didn't think so much and was happy after the goal. However, he didn't celebrate, he was very indifferent, because it was a goal against Millwall, he had been with Millwall before, six years was definitely very emotional, and Cahill also had a familiar, familiar feeling when facing Millwall fans, so he didn't celebrate when he scored Millwall's goal.
The rest of the Derby players were also aware of the incident between Cahill and Millwall, so they just clapped their hands at each other to express their joy at the goal. It's like scoring goals is nothing to them.
Wan Sheng stood up from the coach's bench and slapped the goal twice like an ordinary fan.
That's all.
The whole Derby team looked like they were saying, "It's just a goal, it's just a scoreline, we don't care at all, it's nothing"
This feeling made Millwall even more depressed.
Millwall's manager, Wise, was also on the field and his own feeling was that. They seemed to be stuck in a quagmire, he just wanted to organize the team to attack, but as soon as the attack reached the midfield, they had to face the opponent's seemingly endless pressing. They were scrambling and they didn't have the kind of players who were very good at their feet, so they played messily and the football was quickly snatched back.
Such a situation. It really didn't make Wise have any way at all.
He suddenly thought of what the opponent's Chinese coach said before the game, "In the face of absolute strength, a miracle is impossible." He didn't remember it very clearly, but that's what it meant.
Looking at the current situation, he suddenly absolutely said that this sentence is very reasonable In front of Derby County, it is not easy for Millwall to attack more than half the court, so how can he create a miracle?
Wise hurriedly shook his head.
He knows that he should never think about this in the game, especially since he is now the leader of the team, the interim manager of the team, and the commander of the game, no matter who in the team has the heart to give up, he must not give up, especially the game is just in the first half, and there is still a lot of time.
So he started reminding everyone to be defensive.
If you let Derby County score again, when you are two goals behind, the team wants to equalize, it is really a bit of a miracle, so defense is the most important thing, as long as you can defend well, a goal gap is not the end, they still have a chance in the second half.
So Wise commanded the team to do a good job of defense.
But defense is not something that a team can do well with a little effort, and at the same time, it also depends on the opponent's watch, and the watch is very average, so it may be able to defend well, but if it is quite good at the watch, then it is extremely difficult to defend the goal just by defending.
That's the way it is, Derby are in very good form, they are very good at attacking, and it will not be easy for Millwall to be passive in the back of the net.
Wise's efforts to dictate the defence had some effect, but it was nothing more than that, as Derby attacked for a while, failing to take advantage of several chances, and as a result, it was already 40 minutes into the first half, but when the game went on in the 43rd minute of the first half, Derby broke the Millwall goal again.
"Ivan Crewe!!" The on-site commentator shouted out the name of the scorer.
It's Ivan Crewe's direct free-kick loin!
When Derby County got this free kick opportunity of about 23 meters in front of the goal, Millwall probably did not expect it to be converted into a goal, the players of the League One team generally have limited skills, and few players will be very good at free kicks, but they have done some research on Derby County before the game, and they also know that the opponent's Ivan Crewe player has scored a few direct free kicks in the league, so they still attach great importance to defense.
But they didn't expect Ivan Crewe to score the ball in a high curling shot, and after the ball went around the wall, it fell directly into the top left corner of the goal, which was quite tricky, and although Millwall goalkeeper Marshall judged the angle, he was slow to save and finally could only watch the ball fall into the goal.
3:1ďź
In the closing stages of the first half, Ivan Crewe extended Derby's lead!
On the coach's bench.
Wan Sheng saw Ivan Crewe's goal, and also stood up and walked to the sidelines, clapping his hands in celebration.
His expression was still indifferent, as if the goal was a matter of course, but he was happy in his heart because he knew that with a two-goal advantage, the game was almost guaranteed.
Now, Wan Sheng can say for sure that it is only a matter of time before Derby County are close to reaching the FA Cup final. (To be continued......)