Chapter 54: A Natural Assistant
Seeing Watford recover a goal, Diamares didn't know what to do, he thought about making substitutions, but the second half of the game had just begun, not to mention, whether to change offensive players to strengthen the offense and strive to open up the score gap, or to replace defensive players to strengthen the defense and keep this advantage?
If he had to make his own decision, he would definitely choose the latter.
With a goal advantage, choose to defend, and even if the opponent scores another goal, there is a point in hand, and a draw is certainly guaranteed. There are also advantages to attacking options, as long as they can open up the gap, they will definitely get three points.
How to choose, Diamares hesitated.
Now he suddenly thought about it, it would be nice if Wan Sheng was here, if Wan Sheng was here, he would definitely draw a direct conclusion on this kind of question.
So how will Wansheng choose?
Offensive!
Diamares still knows Wan Sheng quite well, and he knows that in the hearts of this young Chinese, a draw is estimated to be equated with defeat, so he will definitely choose to attack.
But when he thought of substitution, Diamares suddenly thought that his judgment should be wrong, if it was Wansheng, he would definitely not move now, at most go to the sidelines to tell a player, and he would not change at all because the second half of the game had just begun!
Soon Diamares won't have to think about it because the Derby County players on the pitch have already made his choice for him.
It was a wave of attacks from the left.
Ribery broke through the bottom line with the ball, and then sent a ball straight to the right side of the penalty area, Bolton Reiter followed up and pushed the ball to the left, and Morris, who had just followed, got up and hit the goal.
The ball went in.
Morris scored the third goal and gave the team a two-goal lead again.
With this goal, Diamares doesn't have to worry about anything.
The fact that the team has scored again shows that the team is in good shape at the moment, and there is no need for him to make substitutions. It made Diamares feel even more depressed, he sat here and struggled for so long, and now what he did with himself, the players on the playing field could solve a problem, and at the same time, his thinking so hard became useless, wasting a lot of brain cells in vain.
But what exactly did he do today?
Diamares couldn't figure it out.
He now replaces himself as Jim, and he probably does the same as he can do, and there will be no difference at all, because the game actually has nothing to do with him, and he didn't say anything to boost everyone's morale before the game. The team was just playing as planned, and he worked hard and nervously to prepare for the game, and the game proved that his worries were completely useless.
After Morris' goal, Diamares finally didn't have to think too much, he just sat in the dugout and watched the game without thinking about anything.
The rest of the game was nothing to go by, with Derby pressing Watford on the attack and Watford looking for an opportunity to create a counter-attack. As a result, every counterattack ended in a mistake, and the game time passed slowly.
In the end, Derby County did not score either, and the game ended 3-1
Winning this one changed the Derby County league standings. Because Norwich drew against their opponents in another game at the same time, many fans in the stands knew the news during the game, and they cheered for the fans to dominate the league table.
Derby County fans simply didn't expect the team to do the same. Maybe the future is still possible, but that's the future, not the present, and now Derby County just over a year out of the UK. But facing the team's biggest crisis in more than a decade - lack of money, overall weakness, etc., these bad problems appeared at the same time in Derby, and Derby County could only target relegation.
The result?
Eight league rounds have passed, and Derby County have risen to the top of the league!
It's unbelievable!
One can imagine the mood of the Derby County fans, who did not expect the team to achieve such a good result, and as a result, they reveled in the stands.
After the game, Diamares also knew the news, and many other people in the club saw Diamares and said, "Man, good job!" Diamares smiled at them.
Diamares was in a better mood when he knew that his team had left Norwich in the league table, and the important thing was that Norwich drew against the opponent in his own game.
What is it? It's luck!
In contrast, Wan Sheng's luck is not as good as his own, he has always been able to lead the team to victory, and as a result, his competitors have always won.
Diamares feels like he's finally found something better than 10,000 wins, and that's luck, which is also important in football. Compared with other sports, the 'luck' in football games is more important, sometimes luck is also very dramatic related to the team's major events, such as those teams on the verge of relegation, all hope that luck can come, and at the same time hope that the bad luck of competitors keeps losing, and for example, the team with good results will also hope that competitors are unlucky, and at the same time hope that their luck is good.
Luck is also very important in a single game.
There are games where both sides can't score no matter how hard they try, but maybe a missed shot can produce a classic goal, and that's luck. Bad luck is also obvious, the feet are both on the goalposts, which is not uncommon in football games, and as a result, the team that has the absolute advantage on the field will lose to the team that is weaker than itself because they do not score again and again.
Now luck is on Diamares' side!
At least that's what Diamares himself saw as he led his side to victory while Norwich drew with their opponents, only to see Derby County squeeze Norwich out of the league table due to their bad luck.
And just like that, after a match of 'leading the team to win without doing anything', Diamares finally had a smile on his face.
However, at the press conference, Diamares's mood was 'restored' again, because throughout the press conference, no reporter cared about his problems, or even the team's problems, but all of them were concerned about Wansheng's problems.
"Where's Wan Sheng?"
"Is Wan Sheng the conductor of this game?"
"Did you see Wan Sheng after the game? Is he happy? Derby County can be in the league standings! It was amazing to live this life during his ban. ”
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Diamares was struggling with such questions, and at this moment he wished a reporter would ask. "What do you think of the Derby County victory?" or "Do you have anything to say about a team being in the league?" "For similar questions, the key is 'what you think', 'what you think', not 'Is Wansheng happy?' , 'How about Wansheng'.
But apparently the reporters did not understand Diamares' thoughts, and they continued to ask questions of their own concern.
For them, it really doesn't matter what Diamares thinks or thinks.
What Diamares didn't show up was, in fact, when the reporters asked him, he was relieved. He didn't think much about how the reporters would deal with the reporters who really asked the relevant questions according to their own ideas.
But in reality, he knew it deep down.
If a reporter asks, 'What are your moods now?' he will be a little satisfied and nervous at the same time, because he doesn't know how to answer, is he really thinking? Or is it some hypocritical lie to respond to the reporter's question?
It was another question of choice, and he didn't know what was the best way to answer it
After this game. Diamares was a little silent in the team and there was a lot less smile on his face.
There was no smile when he communicated with the players, the daily training became very strict, and occasionally the players joked with him. He was treated with a wooden expression.
As a result, many people in the team are a little afraid of him.
Diamares is thirty-five years old, he is already older than the player, and now he looks like this every day, and many people think he is not easy to get along with. At the same time, it also made him improve his majesty in the team a lot, which is beneficial to everyone in the team to train seriously.
Under the supervision of Diamares, the team's training attitude has been a lot more serious in the past few days.
Wan Sheng showed a change in Diamares. But he didn't say anything, he knew that this was the result of Diamares who cared too much about leading the team, as long as he crossed this threshold, if he could change a little, face up to the pressure of work, and work hard to face difficulties, then maybe there will really be a new Diamares, he may really hope to become a head coach in the future, if he can't step up, he is still a normal Diamares, an assistant coach who gets along well with the players and does a very outstanding job.
Diamares was very unwilling in his heart, he knew that he did not do well in the last game - although, in fact, he did nothing, but the pressure he put on himself almost crushed him, and he really couldn't imagine what he would have done if Mr. Ji-Smith had really chosen to let him take over as head coach at that time.
Because of this thought, he felt even more depressed.
It's like a person who strives to become a billionaire, but when the opportunity finally presents itself, there is a condition that he put all his savings so far into the goal, and if he succeeds, he will become a billionaire, and if he fails, he will have nothing.
Faced with this choice, how many people dare to gamble?
In the past, Diamares thought that he was the one who dared to bet, but the opportunity was really in front of him, but now he does not dare to block this in any case, he would rather live the life of an ordinary person than bear the pressure of having nothing.
He's got that, so he's become more depressed and his ability is put aside, which means he's not ready to take on the role of manager right now.
How sad is it to think that you have always wanted to be a head coach, but in fact you are not even mentally prepared to take on the pressure of being a head coach?
Diamares is now going through this mental struggle.
For several days, he didn't figure it out.
On this day, Derby County welcomed Watford again, in the Carabao Cup, at the Vicarrag Road Stadium, with Diamares leading the team to Watford, Hertfordshire.
The two teams have only played each other before, and they know each other quite well.
Now it's just a change of location, the event has also changed from the league to the League Cup, the other difference is the players, this game Derby County used rotation, after all, you can't let all the main players play, that will be easy to get injured, and the guide zhì players are in no state, Morris, Ribery did not play. Peter Kennedy and Ivan Crewe have their chances.
Even with a few changes in the squad, the Derby County tactics are still there, and Watford are still being played at the Vicarage Road Stadium.
However, luck didn't seem to be on the side of Derby County in this game, and it was Watford who scored first, and they used a wave of push to break the door guarded by Oakes.
In the second half, the two teams exchanged positions and Derby County quickly pulled a goal back, but before the end of the game, Watford pressed all over the board and scored in the chaos. In the end, he won the game.
The moment the game ended, it also meant that Derby County were out of the League Cup.
This result is disappointing.
However, Diamares didn't feel guilty or anything, because Wan Sheng told him before the game that the team doesn't have to care too much about the League Cup, the goal of this season is the league championship, the League Cup, the FA Cup, this kind of game, Derby County wants to win the championship is a little too difficult, after all, in the end, it will definitely meet the British team, even Manchester United, Arsenal and other teams. For a League One team, it is even more difficult to win a cup than to win a league title.
And the league is the foundation, only to play the league well. They will be able to be promoted to the English and win the cup, which means that they will be able to play in European competitions next year, if they can't be promoted. There is no point in playing in European competitions either
Three days later, Derby County had another league game against Sunderland.
Compared to Watford. Sunderland were a little tougher to deal with, but Derby County were still at home and there were plenty of Derby County fans who had just taken over the league table, having sold out a day earlier and the stadium stands were full of fans as the game was about to start.
It's rare for the first time in more than a year that Pride Stadium has welcomed so many fans since being relegated from England.
But under the watchful eye of many fans, Derby County lost.
It was Derby's first defeat in the league.
Throughout the game, Derby County's forward line looked a little weak, and two defensive errors allowed Sunderland to seize their chances, and in the end, Derby County were beaten 2-1 by Sunderland.
The defeat ended Derby's unbeaten run in the league and moved one point behind Norwich in league points to re-enter the league into second place.
After the match, Diamares' expression was strange.
Diamares didn't see much joy on his face after winning the last game and ending up in the league standings, but he looked happy when Derby County dropped to second place in the league this one.
No, it should be said that it is easy.
Diamares had a smile on his face again, as if he had gone back to the way things were, even joking with Ian Taylor on the bus and talking about what Taylor planned to do when he retired.
It's kind of weird.
What others don't know is that when Diamares sits in the dugout and looks at the situation where his team is behind, he feels a deep sense of helplessness and despair, he doesn't know what he can do or what he can do to turn the tide.
The players fought the pitch and Diamares was desperate in his seat
That's the game.
But at the end of the game, Diamares suddenly figured it out, he saw that he was not suitable for being a manager at all, the job was too stressful for him, his marriage was happy and his life was happy, maybe because of this, he simply could not bear too much pressure.
Even if you have the ability, you can't.
After figuring this out, Diamares felt relieved, he didn't need to worry about the team's failure, because Wan Sheng's ban ended, and this qiē had nothing to do with him.
He was able to go back to his old life.
In fact, he enjoys the kind of life that is not under great work pressure, relaxed and comfortable, and now this kind of pressure is still let Wansheng bear it.
He, the 'can't', just follow in the footsteps of the 'capable'
Wan Sheng didn't know that Diamares had put himself in the category of 'capable'.
If he knew, he would definitely complain, "A man can't say he can't!" And made a joke to Diamares, "It's not that you can't, you don't lift it." ”
Of course, he didn't know.
At the same time as the Derby County loss, he was also watching the game and knew the result for the first time, he had dinner and went to the club from home and waited in front of the club.
It didn't take long for the club bus to return.
One by one, the players got out of the car, and it seemed that Wan Sheng was walking towards this side, and he didn't let everyone gather.
The players are a little apprehensive in their hearts, because they lost this game, this is the first defeat of the new season, they don't know what Wansheng is going to say, but in the face of such a situation, everyone will think badly.
But they didn't expect that Wan Sheng put a smile on his face under everyone's gaze and said, "We lost the game. ”
Everyone bowed their heads and was silent.
"But that's okay." Wan Sheng clenched his fists and said, "There are winners and losers in every game, and it is impossible for any team not to lose, this is something that will happen sooner or later, and we don't need to pay special attention to it." ”
"However, our goal is to win the championship!"
"What kind of team can pursue the championship? Let me tell you, the answer is not a strong team, and certainly not a team that does not dare to face defeat, it should be a team that never admits defeat! ”
"It's okay to lose a game, we have to learn from our failures and try to do better in the next game, and then we can win more!"
"Do you understand!?"
After Wan Sheng finished speaking, he announced the disbandment of the team, and before that, he also notified, "The holiday will be canceled tomorrow, and normal training will continue." ”
The players looked at each other and sighed in agreement.
The whole process, Diamares saw it, he knew that Wansheng was cheering the players, and he also knew that the effect was very good, although when it was finally announced that tomorrow's holiday would be canceled, the players sighed, but their spirits were really much better than before.
That's what those words do.
Wan Sheng let them convey the message that they don't care about failure, and then encouraged everyone, and used the goal of the championship to rekindle everyone's fighting spirit, only the cancellation of the holiday Many people may be disappointed, but that has nothing to do with whether there is fighting spirit.
That's what Diamares came up with, and he also came to the conclusion -
Perhaps, Wan Sheng is a natural head coach; And he himself was born to be only Wansheng's assistant.
He was completely relaxed and completely relieved. (To be continued!)
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