Chapter 53: Incomprehensible
“gooooooooooooooooooooooooooal!!!”
"The ball went in !!"
'Derby equalised! The goal was scored by the number 18 full-back Leiden Baines!! It was his fourth goal of the season, and as a full-back, he was able to score four goals in thirteen league games, not even worse than some of the frontcourt players, he was really remarkable! ”
'Bynes is just under 22 years old and when he came to Pride Stadium last year, no one paid attention to him because he didn't have much of a reputation when he played for Wigan Athletic, just a young player who had just been promoted to the first team, but Wan Sheng brought him to Derby County and look at it now! He broke the Chelsea goal! Chelsea claim to be the most solid defence in England, but their goal was penetrated by a full-back! ”
"It's an extremely accurate long-range shot!"
Pride Stadium commentator Alfi roared.
In the midst of his roar, the entire Pride Stadium also boiled, and the Derby County fans scrambled to express their excitement with yells in the audience, and every fan cheered and celebrated, for the first time after holding back for a whole game.
From the beginning of the game, Derby County have been on the passive, then the ball was blown away by a penalty, and then Chelsea took the lead, so far this season, at their own home, they felt so depressed for the first time, and the second half was not as smooth as expected, but now it finally did not disappoint them, Derby equalised, and they saw hope of winning.
You know, their opponents are Chelsea!
Even if a penalty is blown away in the first half, Derby County fans can still feel how strong Chelsea are, and when playing against other teams, they don't care about a penalty or anything at all - because they believe they can score more goals, but unlike Chelsea, a penalty can almost make the difference between victory and defeat. The main reason is that the opponent is too strong, Derby County have to defend passively at home, those fans who have studied football can naturally see this, and there is a reason why Derby County chose to strengthen their defense, but now the team finally scored, and with this goal, the two teams are back on the same running line.
Win, there's still a chance!
This goal also made Wan Sheng's heart feel a lot more calm.
When the goal was scored, he rushed out of the bench with other assistant coaches and substitutes to cheer and celebrate, and his heart was excited. Because he knows that with this goal, the team can go for the win.
And, there's a good chance!
It's not just a goal, it's like a penalty that was blown away in the first half and it was a morale booster.
Many players have been behind in the game, and they have no hope, and it is difficult to play effectively in attack. Despite his tactical set-up, the players also had doubts about tactics – could they really beat Chelsea by playing like this?
This confusion affected their performance.
But now that they have scored, there are no more doubts and they believe that the team can win. So they can play better!
Wan Sheng believes that this goal is just the beginning.
It's not the end!
The goal also had a big impact on Chelsea, who thought they would score a goal and play according to Jose Mourinho's tactics to achieve the final victory. But Derby County equalised the scoreline, and it was a relentless blow - their confidence in the team's victory would be shaken, and they were beaten straight by Derby County's head-to-head blow.
At this moment. Even the Blues fans, who had been arrogant for half the day at the Pride Stadium, were silent.
Wan Sheng raised his arms and let out a long roar.
Diamares stepped forward to hug him, others came over to hug and celebrate, and everyone saw hope of victory in the goal.
Yes, it's a win, not just a tie!
The game is to win, in their hearts there is no 'tie is victory' hell thinking, to play is to win, especially here is the Pride Stadium, but there is no tie, Derby County and Chelsea, the second in the league and the first in the league, the draw will not be satisfied with both sides, that will only cheapen the Manchester United, let the Arsenal people
As Derby County cheered, Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho, who was sitting in the other dugout, was on the verge of dripping water.
He didn't expect Derby County to be so good.
However, as a manager, he can see more in this attack, at least the goal is not just a chance long-range shot from Derby County, and its credit is more on Van der Vaart, who has completed the breakthrough with the ball before, the Dutch player, Mourinho is also very concerned, he told his players to pay attention to Van der Vaart, such advice is very important for Chelsea.
Take a look at their line-up at the back - Claude Makelle, Frank Lampard, Carvalho!
This is the world's top defensive line-up, the individual quality is quite strong, the average star is not worth mentioning compared to them, and Van der Vaart was 'special pointed' by Mourinho, which is also an honor, but even so, it can be seen that Chelsea's defense is still played by Van der Vaart.
The most important reason is still on Ferreira.
That time the defense Ferreira made a mistake, he was deceived by Van der Vaart's gorgeous foot technology, but he couldn't stop it at the first time, and Makelle's closing block is naturally impossible to talk about, in this regard, Mourinho is also helpless, Ferreira is his favorite general, he believes in Ferreira's ability, but in a short time Ferreira seems to be not very suitable for the fierce collision of the Premier League, many times he has to defend with technology, but the defense of Premier League football needs more body.
In addition, Mourinho has seen Derby County play a delicate fit.
Van der Vaart, Morris, and then Leiden Baines who scored the goal, even if Chelsea plays this kind of attack, there will only be two results, either Van der Vaart plays the ball and rushes into the penalty area to find opportunities, or Morris takes the ball into the penalty area, or shoots directly with his feet, there will be nothing to Leyton Baines at all, but Derby's smooth attack handed the ball to Baines who was inserted behind, which Chelsea's defense did not react, and Morris's actions completely deceived Chelsea's entire defense, That's why Leyton Bynes found the ball in the back of the net so easily, and of course, his shot was quite spectacular. It is difficult for an average player to make such a powerful and accurate outside shot in a game.
There were only three Derby County players involved in the entire goalscoring process - Van der Vaart, Morris and Baines.
Van der Vaart showed his superb technique at the feet, Morris showed his selflessness while showing his experience in the game, and Leighton Baines, who was cut in later, seized the opportunity and showed his shooting skills to send the ball into the net of Cudicini's goal.
That's how the goals sums it up.
When Mourinho saw this, he could only sigh, "There are so many geniuses in Derby"
An offense. Three players, 21 and a half years old Van der Vaart, the same age of Layton Baines, in comparison, 26-year-old Morris seems to be a little older, but this attack, he completed a perfect connection, it can be said that all three are very good, and among them, only Van der Vaart is a little famous, Morris and Baines names. That is, Cheng dù, who is a little higher than the 'passerby A' player.
If you ask a fan who knows Derby, he will naturally know the names of the three, and if he doesn't know the Derby fans, it is impossible to know Morris and Baines. They will only know about Van der Vaart, because Van der Vaart is the player who scores more goals, and the player who scores more goals is what the fans pay attention to.
Perhaps more importantly, neither Morris nor Bynes are England national team players. He has not won any personal accolades, and his fame is that the occasional media report on the Derby County game is mentioned in passing, so there is no need to talk about it at all. In short, the appearance of these two players far exceeds their fame, and Mourinho is still very surprised by this, he has heard a lot of media say that Derby County's 'talent is piling up' or something, and he is still a little dismissive, but now he finds that seeing is believing, at least this Leighton Baines is very good, and Morris is comprehensive and steady enough to shoulder the responsibility in midfield.
Van der Vaart? That's a real genius!
Less than twenty minutes into the second half, Derby County equalised, meaning there was likely to be a twist in the game, but the shape was already tilting towards Derby's side.
Even if it ends with this scoreline, everyone has to give Derby a thumbs up.
It wasn't just a 1-1 game, Derby County were blown a penalty and the post-match media could have said 'Chelsea relied on the referee's help to draw against Derby', putting Derby on their favour.
But Derby County certainly weren't satisfied with a draw, with a goal from Leiton Bynes boosting the morale of the squad and their table on the pitch more alive when the game resumed.
Seeing the score rewritten to 1:1, Derby County is getting better and better on the field, those hostile media reporters who support Chelsea or Derby County are not very good, and those media reporters who support Derby County and hope that Derby County will win are cheering, Derby County can equalize so quickly, and in the next time, we can expect Derby County to achieve a comeback!
Many people are looking forward to the next game, and their eyes are also full of hope when they look at Wansheng.
Even though the game was played at Pride Stadium and there was a large group of media hoping that Derby County could beat Chelsea, in fact, in real hearts, not many people thought that Derby County had a chance, after all, it was Chelsea, although the two teams ranked first and second in the league, but Derby County was just a 'dark horse', compared to Chelsea's gorgeous line-up, their line-up was shabby.
But now Derby County has done it.
In the passive situation of being blown away by a penalty and falling behind, Derby equalised, so is it time to take the lead?
Is this young Chinese really going to beat Chelsea?
Although the game is not over and the results have not yet been determined, many media reporters who did not know Wansheng before, or who have not had much contact with Derby, have already marked Wansheng as 'very capable'.
And on the field, Derby County proved it.
They were not at a disadvantage in the game against Chelsea, the two teams were evenly matched in attack and defence, and the game went from dull at the beginning to an extraordinary one now
Mourinho still made a small adjustment, he replaced Ferreira with Gallas, and made this adjustment, one is because of Ferreira's mistakes, in fact, about Ferreira, there have been many media voices questioning the outside world, because Ferreira has always been very flat, and the table is not as good as other backfield players, and even inferior to some substitutes, but Ferreira has been playing a lot, and the media understands this as Mourinho' Take care of his own players', Mourinho is also a little pressured in this regard, he doesn't care about what the media says on the surface, but who really doesn't care what others say?
What's more, the media's claims are well-founded.
Ferreira is indeed not good!
If the game ended here, it could be considered that Ferreira had made Chelsea lose two points, and one of his mistakes buried the team's efforts, in this case, Mourinho could only replace Ferreira.
In addition, there is another meaning of making this substitution, Mourinho is to bring confidence to the players on the field, he replaced Ferreira, which means that he has not given up the game yet, so that the players on the field continue to work hard to win.
When the game restarted, Chelsea were more serious.
Nowhere is this more evident than in the frontcourt players, especially Robben in front, who does not hesitate to run back and forth, many times directly hitting the baseline in search of opportunities.
While Chelsea were a bit passive, Arjen Robben was trying to help the team regain control of the game in his own way.
Mourinho, meanwhile, was thinking about Derby's attack.
He saw a difference.
20 minutes into the second half, he can already see a little something, especially in these 20 minutes, Derby County into the team's penalty area only a handful of times, this is a bit of a problem, to say that Derby County can not break the team's defense, no one will believe it, although the opponent put a lot of energy into the attack, but it can be seen that the opponent's front court players are very strong, the state is also very good, there are a few opportunities in the attack, can send the ball directly into the penalty area, but they did not do that, It seems that in order to maintain the formation and not give Chelsea a chance to counter-attack, they would rather come and shoot from the edge of the field than send the ball into the box lightly.
Of course, there are times when the ball goes into the box, but that's only for 20 minutes every once in a while, only once.
That's not normal.
The most obvious number is that Derby County had seven shots on goal in 20 minutes, six of which were from distance, two of them were goal-threatening, and scored a goal, which was a bit too much of a shot on goal.
Mourinho doesn't quite understand why, is it a bit of a fantasy that the opponent is going to rely on long-range shots to score?
In his opinion, this is incomprehensible.
Chelsea have Frank Lampard, Makelelele, Arjen Robben, Gudjohnson, these players are all very good at long-range shooting, but despite this, it is difficult for Mourinho to imagine that he will make the team focus on long-range shooting, and the long-range shooting ability of the opposing players can be better than Chelsea?
He shook his head.
Although he didn't trust his own judgment, Mourinho called the captain of the field, Claude Makelele, and told him to strengthen the defense in front of the penalty area and not let the opponent take his feet lightly.
Just in case! (To be continued......)