Chapter Seventy-Seven: Similar Rivals

After studying the football training master system and using experience to upgrade the union system to an 'offensive attribute improvement' effect skill, Wan Sheng was satisfied and began to seriously study the next opponent.

Ipswich.

It's an intractable opponent.

Ipswich Town is coached by former Manchester City star Jo Leell, a Manchester City Academy star who has been a star in the club's history. Jo Leal has had a brilliant playing career, he was once Manchester City's top scorer and was very famous throughout Europe, but that was decades ago.

After retiring from Manchester City, Joo Leal began his coaching career.

Zu Leal started at the age of thirty-five, and now it has been more than twenty years, and he is already in his sixties.

During his more than 20-year coaching career, Joo Leal has managed a number of teams, including Manchester City and Fulham in England, and in 2oo1 he left Fulham to become Ipswich Town manager.

It took a year for Zu Leal to complete the transformation of Ipswich and have the ability to impact the UK. This season he has led the team to try to attack the English and now finish seventh in the league as well.

Ipswich has a chance.

As long as they win the final three rounds of the league and they can qualify for the promotion play-offs, Ipswich will be able to surpass their previous place, Nottingham Forest, so the last three rounds will be very important for them and could even determine whether they are promoted to the Premier League.

That's not good news for Derbyshire.

Ipswich are seventh in the league and are strong at Portman Road, so the game is very important for them and they will do their best to win, so Derby County will have to face a tough battle if they want to win.

Wan Sheng is not afraid of a tough game.

Derby County and Leicester City both played big battles in the last round and scored two goals to win, compared to seventh in the league, and it was Ipswich's tactical style that gave him a headache.

This is a team that is known for its defense.

Ipswich Town don't score many league goals in the league, and the attacking ability of the forward line is not strong, if you only want to fight for a draw, as long as you play a solid defensive counterattack, it is very possible.

The key is that Wansheng wants to win.

If you want to win the game, you must have to score, but Derby County is not good at attacking, especially pushing the offense, Wansheng has always emphasized defense, rarely let the team train to advance the attack, the team's offensive ability to advance is not strong, and the head-on and Ipswich head-on, Derby County really has no advantage at all.

But a veteran manager like Jo Lehr must have been very solid defensively, and there will be no loopholes in the tactics against Derby, and it is not easy to make a 60-year-old coach make mistakes.

So if Derby County wants to score and win, it seems that there is only one way to fight head-on.

Such...... Is it?

Wan Sheng was a little hesitant.

He spent a day watching Ipswich Town and it seemed that the team was better than Derby County as a whole, they were good at counter-attacking and most importantly, a lot of the time they didn't care about face-saving and they would choose to counter-attack at home in order to win.

It's really difficult to defeat such a 'turtle' opponent.

In particular, Derby County, similar to Ipswich, is also a 'turtle' who is good at defending and counter-attacking...... Maybe be more patient with them?

He wants to win, and the other side definitely wants to win too. When it comes to the playing field, if both sides defend solidly, who will not be able to resist it first?

Wan Sheng's eyes lit up.

This may be the team's chance!

Ipswich are seventh in the league, they want to try to get into the top six of the league, they have to win the game, and their team can fully afford to lose, because the team's goal is relegation, if they can't win, it's just that they can't be relegated two rounds in advance, the next win can also complete relegation, and even if Sherington loses on Wednesday, they can be relegated even if they lose to Ipswich.

So I'm not afraid to be patient with each other.

The corners of Wan Sheng's mouth hooked.

……

Meanwhile, Ipswich Town boss Joe Leal is also studying Derby County.

He was holding a newspaper in his hand, which was none other than Derbyshire Sport, which covered the topic of recent mainstream media talk in Derbyshire - Derbyshire's internal problems.

He has been following the news from Derbyshire.

Because this Sunday, Ipswich Town will be at home to Derby County.

Originally, Joo Leal was not too worried about Derby County, and he did not think that the team near the bottom of the league could pose any threat to Ipswich, but they did not expect their results to rise sharply after they were replaced by a young Chinese manager two months ago, and even beat second-placed Leicester City at home in the last round.

How would Derby County, led by such a young man, be different from Gregory's side in the first half of the season?

Zu-Lyle was a little unsure.

The most unacceptable thing for a football coach is not knowing their opponents, so Jo Leal has been following Derby County for the past few days to find out what they are talking about.

The local media of Derby County did not evaluate Derby County very well, especially the Chinese coach, and even criticized and slandered him, but Zu Leal didn't take it seriously at all, he has been a coach for decades, how can he not know the faces of these reporters?

They sometimes say things like farts.

A manager who leads a team that is on the verge of relegation, wins in a row, and beats second-placed Leicester City, with hopes of relegation two rounds earlier, will be an incompetent manager?

He certainly didn't believe it.

It's not something that can be done by luck.

But there is some truth to their reports, such as this one about the dissatisfaction of the Derby County players with the manager. It is normal for a Chinese coach who is about the same age as the player to be unable to suppress the team's dressing room and players, and even he himself sometimes has a headache for the players' contradictions.

He knew very well how strict the problem was.

It is almost impossible to say that the internal problems of the team will not affect the results, and if Derby County really has problems because of this, let alone the results or anything, it is a question of whether Derby County can play normally.

However, he is the coach of Ipswich and wants to see problems with his opponents.

That would make it easier for Ipswich to win.

But Jo Leal is not going to put his hopes in this, he has studied the game of Derby and the way Derby has played, and his current Derby County is very similar to Ipswich Town, both of which are defensive teams.

Two teams with similar playing styles can be compared.

In terms of individual ability, his team is a little higher. In terms of tactical play, after nearly two years of transformation, the team's playing style has become quite mature. In terms of overall strength, his team advantage is very obvious. Add to that home advantage and possible problems within the opposition, and Ipswich have the edge in almost every aspect.

Zu Leal couldn't think of a reason to lose.

He put his mind at ease and arranged the team's training and was ready to play at home.

……

Portman Road Field.

The sun shines over the green space, making the huge green space bright and dark, which is a rare good weather. The afternoon in England in April was not very warm, but the cries of the 30,000 fans in the stadium filled the city with heat.

In the spectator stands, the horse-shaped emblem of the white seats told everyone that this was the territory of Ipswich.

Ipswich, known as the "Tractor Boy", partly because of Ipswich's agricultural background, and partly ridiculed as "redneck" by fans of other teams, but now, the nickname "Tractor Boy" has become the label of Ipswich, and even many Ipswich fans call the team so.

They even supported the team with banners painted on tractors.

At this time, there are many such flags in the spectator stand, and the only one that can not be found is in the southeast stand, where a group of fans are dressed differently from other fans, and it is clear at a glance that this is not Ipswich fans, but the Derby County fans who came to challenge today.

The Derby County fans were not loud, but perhaps because of the small number of people, they were organized to shout neatly.

"Derbyshire, come on!"

As soon as you get close to the southeast stand, you can hear their shouts.

The fans all looked to the stadium.

The players from both teams have just warmed up, and then one by one they enter the players' tunnel, return to the locker room to rest, and then prepare to enter the field for the official game.

Away team locker room.

Wan Sheng was sitting on a stool in the middle, watching the players push the door in one by one. After everyone returned to the locker room, they sat in a circle.

Only then did he speak for his final advice, "Did you remember what I said?" ”

Everyone nodded.

Leitt, Alfred, and a few others shouted in response, "Remember." ”

Wan Sheng smiled and said seriously, "I have told you all that should be said, now I want to emphasize one more point, in a game for a while, we must not attack rashly, don't give them any chance, we are not in a hurry to score, as long as we hold the goal, it is a victory." ”

"Win or lose, it's to watch the second half, understand?"

Wan Sheng glanced at everyone.

The players collectively shouted, "Got it!" The voice was loud, a little heckling, but Wan Sheng was still very happy that everyone could answer like this.

This shows that everyone is relaxed.

A relaxed mindset allows them to swing better in the game.

In the face of an opponent like Ipsvich who is difficult to beat, Wansheng still has a lot of pressure, but he does not put pressure on the players, he only shows confidence.

So everybody felt relaxed.

They believe in winning.

When they saw that Wan Sheng was very confident, they believed that the team could win, and the only thing they had to do when they got on the field was to play according to the arrangement.

They have nothing to worry about

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