Alfred is only 23 years old, but he is already one of Derby's most important players.

Two and a half years ago, Alfred was promoted to the first team by Wan Sheng and excelled at centre-back, quickly becoming the team's first-choice centre-back with his performances in the relegation battle with the team, and he has been consistent and outstanding for the next two seasons.

He was also one of the key contributors to Derby's victory.

Last summer, Wan Sheng's departure was a big turning point for Derby County and Alfred, and some familiar teammates also left, and Alfred was greatly affected.

He can't leave like everyone else because he's a Derby native and loves the team so much.

In fact, Alfred is already being hailed by fans as the future star of Derby.

Alfred had to get used to it and continue to fight for Derby.

Soon he found himself under increasing pressure, one was that the team's results were not comparable to last season's, and every game became difficult, and the other was that the team's captain Marcus had slipped due to age and other reasons, so he had to shoulder the responsibility of defence.

Say the important thing three times - Alfred is only 23 years old!

In addition to those stars who became famous at a young age, the average player has just entered the professional league at the age of 23, and Alfred has officially played for more than two seasons, and he is not at all mentally prepared to face all this suddenly, and many changes in the team make him feel uncomfortable.

He has lost good teammates, the strength of the team has dropped a lot, and more importantly, there is no manager above him who can guide him - Bosroyd does not see him as a newcomer, but expects him to stabilize the team, and even wants him to take over as captain. And these can only add pressure to him.

In short, Alfred was under a lot of pressure, and he had to deal with it.

In this game against Manchester City, Alfred was also told to defend well, he not only has his own tasks, but also the heart and commander of the Derby County defense. It can be said that it is a heavy responsibility. It was originally a game against his mentor's team, and everyone knew that the chances of winning were not great, and with such a heavy responsibility, Alfred's mentality can be imagined, and he has always felt a big burden on his heart.

Alfred felt powerless for the goal just now, and at the same time, he was also blaming himself, and he took all the blame on himself.

However, after Wan Sheng encouraged him, he relieved a lot, and he thought of how Wan Sheng encouraged him before. Keep cheering him on, and then he gets better and better and slowly becomes the absolute workhorse of the team.

Think about it now, can it be worse than not being taken seriously in the youth team before?

No, it won't!

"Nothing to be afraid of, Baker, come on! Mr. Wan Sheng believes that you can do it! The fans believe in you too! Alfred kept cheering himself up, while also nodding at Wan Sheng.

Wan Sheng gave him a thumbs up and smiled.

Wan Sheng was originally the focus of the game. Alfred is Derby's most highly regarded key player, and the tacit action between the two was immediately recorded on camera. At the same time, some commentators who were reporting on the goal also changed the subject here.

George Woodgate commented, "Wan Sheng seems to have had some exchanges with Baker Alfred, and it is rare to see the opposing coach in the game. That's probably not going to be a good thing, but Baker Alfred used to play under Wan Sheng, and he was also promoted from the youth team to the first team, and the relationship between the two is very good, presumably Wan Sheng said something encouraging."

Woodgate's speculation is still very close to reality.

But some unrelated media is different. Like a special guest on Manchester TV, Gascoigne, who had just retired from Boston Land, commented with a smile, "Wan Sheng probably said to let Baker relax, and the phrase he shouted was probably 'Beck, relax, don't take it so seriously'", and then Alfred agreed, and he nodded at Wan Sheng. ”

He added, "Manchester City are now 12 players and Derby County have one less player, only 10. ”

"It seems that there is no suspense in this game!"

Gascoigne was talking nonsense, but his last sentence was right, and there was no suspense in the game.

Even if it was only 1:0, Derby County coach Adrian Boothroyd felt that there was little hope, but he was prepared for defeat, and he was more worried about the scene just now - what did Alfred say to Wan Sheng?

These small details will have a great impact on the relationship between the player and the coach, but Bosroyd quickly shook his head and ignored it, because reason told him that there was no point in thinking about it, and first of all, even if there was something about it, he couldn't blame Alfred, because Alfred was Derbyshire' Now the team's defense is completely supported by him, and if there is no Alfred, he will even need to worry about relegation, so it is pointless to think about those, so it is better to think about what adjustments the team can play better now?

This question, Bosroyd thought about for a long, long time until the beginning of the second half, and he didn't come up with it.

He can't be blamed for that.

The whole team of Derby County is actually in good shape, but the tactics of Manchester City and Derby County are too similar, coupled with Manchester City's strength and technology, Derby County is naturally suppressed very much, in this case, even if you come up with any effective means, the team is difficult to adapt, it is better not to make changes, let the team play at will.

In the second half, Manchester City's performance was still very consistent, while many of the Derby County players seemed to be a little tired, or they felt a little irritated when they couldn't attack, in short, their form was affected, and as a result, a few mistakes were lost.

It wasn't long before City scored the second goal.

Prior to this goal, it was worth mentioning that Musampa came off the bench for the first time since returning from injury.

In the first game of the season, in the Manchester derby between Manchester City and Manchester United, Musampa was injured and seriously injured, which also caused Manchester City to be unavailable on the wing for almost half a season, and Musampa returned to the team to train normally last month. The form also recovered quickly, so Wan Sheng gave him a chance to adapt to the game.

Now Manchester City will have a lot more on the wing, Musampa is back from injury, Ivan Crewe will also report later, plus Sinclair and veteran Reina. David Silva, Joey Barton and others who can play as full-backs, Wan Sheng does not have to worry about the wings, of course, now it is only Musampa who is talking about it, and Manchester City's second goal is also very related to him.

It was a counter-attack from Musampa that helped the team find the chance.

Derby's fast break up front was intercepted by Lescott on the flank and Peter Kennedy snatched it back before Musampa appeared. He hooked the ball away from Kennedy's back and kicked it into the front court.

Robbie Fowler grabbed the ball and passed it back to Morris, and after two passes the ball was at the feet of Darren Bent, who shook off Mill and dribbled into the box.

Facing goalkeeper Karachi, Darren Bent calmly finished with a low shot. Send the ball into the far corner!

“Gooooooooooooooooooooooal！！！！！！ The ball went in-!! ”

"Darren—"

"-Bent-!!"

George Woodgate yelled, "2:0! 2:0！ The scorer was scored by Darren Bent. The youngster from Ipswich Town scored the second goal for Derby County! ”

'It was a terrific goal and Darren Bent showed his skill at his feet as he broke past Mir and used his pace to shake him off, and he didn't show any nervousness against veteran goalkeeper Karachi. Instead, calmly send the ball into the far corner! ”

"Remarkable! Terrific! ”

'He's not yet 22 years old, but he's already showing the potential to be a superstar, and I see him as if I'm looking to see the future of England, maybe we should expect him to be a partner with Wayne Rooney'

George Woodgate keeps praising Darren Bent, who has just completed an excellent goal. It also deserves so much praise.

'The goal helped City to a 2-0 lead over Derby County and it looked like there was no suspense in the game, and despite Derby County at home, it looked more like Manchester City's home stadium. Manchester City dominate the field, and even the Derby County fans in the crowd are not necessarily supporting their team."

Following George Woodgate's words, the camera points to the east side of the auditorium, where a banner reads, 'Welcome to Pride Park, Bosroyd - Die!' It was obviously organized by the fan group, and it is not known when it was raised.

"Bosroyd must have been upset to see it." George Woodgate joked.

The camera also pointed to Bosroyd, and the Derby County boss was seen looking at the pitch with a blank face, seemingly unaware of the east stands.

But obviously this is not possible, because the assistant coach and the substitute players next to him are pointing to the east, and looking at their appearance, some of them are still laughing, and it can be seen from here that Boothroyd is not very majestic.

Perhaps Bosroyd was thinking about what to do after the game.

In fact, in the face of the game, Bosroyd was mentally prepared to lose, but the task given to him by club president Pierce was 'at least not to lose', and he couldn't refuse this task, so he needed to think about how to deal with Pierce, but the media reporters were not a problem, even before the game, no media reporters would think that Derby County would win, so now it is most normal to lose to Manchester City.

At the same time, the Manchester City dugout celebrated the goal.

However, Wan Sheng was not involved, after all, this is at Pride Stadium, there are many teams supporting him, and he can't celebrate because the team won Derby County, so although he is happy, he just smiles and does not show how excited he is.

Of course, the external form is not important, Wansheng is more concerned about winning or losing.

With this goal, the team has won the game, and this Christmas battle is also a game against his old club, which has been won!

As many people thought, Derby County had little chance of turning the tables around, and the game ended with Manchester City winning.

The only thing was to get to mid-game, and neither team scored again.

By the end of the game, the whole Derby County team was demoralized, and Manchester City did not seize the attack, but played the game as if it was a tactical exercise, and the two sides played a tacit understanding and did not score again.

Of course, none of that matters.

In the end, Manchester City won 2-0 away at Derby County.

The result of the game was not unexpected, but after the game, the media cared about a lot of things, and some reporters hoped that Wansheng would comment on the current Derby County, what is the difference compared to last season, these are the media that once supported him, and Wansheng will not refuse to answer, so he said two words, "I see that my tactics have become much simpler, this is probably the work done by Mr. Bosroyd, he has made some changes on the basis of my tactics to adapt to the current Derby County." ”

Wansheng specifically emphasized 'my tactics' in order to maintain his 'tactical ownership', about this, probably Bosroyd will not like to hear it, but the mass media and fans are obviously very recognized, because this season's Derby County play the same set last season, and the tactical play is roughly the same, so it is not too much to say that the tactics are Wansheng.

"But now this Derby team is a lot weaker." Wan Sheng commented, "I played two games with them, and I feel that this is not the team of last season, whether it is the midfield or the backfield, it is much worse, but their forward line is not bad, and Reiter is doing a good job"

After Wan Sheng criticized, of course, he would not forget to praise his disciples, even if Leiter actually did not perform much in this game, but young people also need to praise it, as for those players introduced by Bosroyd, does it have anything to do with him?

He doesn't care!

Wan Sheng left the press conference after speaking, and then Adrian Boothroyd walked in, he seemed to not want to meet Wan Sheng, but after learning Wan Sheng's words, he was still red with anger.

However, he knows that he is talking too much and making many mistakes now, so it is the safest thing to try not to make any remarks, so his anger can only be held back in his heart.

Wan Sheng and Bosroyd, the two are very different treatments, and this is the difference between a winner and a loser.

Wan Sheng left the press conference after speaking, and then Adrian Boothroyd walked in, he seemed to not want to meet Wan Sheng, but after learning Wan Sheng's words, he was still red with anger.

However, he knows that he is talking too much and making many mistakes now, so it is the safest thing to try not to make any remarks, so his anger can only be held back in his heart.

Wan Sheng and Bosroyd, the two are very different treatments, and this is the difference between a winner and a loser.

The world of football is such a reality (to be continued......