After winning Birmingham, Derby County has entered the FA Cup round of 16, and at this stage it is easy to meet strong teams, such as Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and other Premier League giants, all of whom have entered the round of 16, and the FA Cup is played in a one-legged and one-draw method, that is, Derby County enters the round of 16 and selects the top 16 opponents by draw.

Representing Derby County in the draw was club chairman Gill-Smith.

At present, the Derby County club is very busy, Wan Sheng has to lead the team to train, because the team's record is very good, which also drives the team's surrounding operations busy, Wilcox's work is also a lot busier, and there is only one idler Ji Smith, so he went to London to participate in the draw ceremony.

The draw for the round of 16 is simple, that is, the representatives of the sixteen teams select eight people and take turns to choose their opponents.

Jie Smith had good luck as he helped Derby County draw one of the best picks in the form of Cochester United.

It was one of only two English Second Division teams in the FA Cup round of 16 to have been drawn in the last 16, which was a bit of good luck, and the whole Derby County club gave a thumbs up to Gil Smith when they heard the news.

"Well done, Jill!"

"You've got a lot of luck!"

"Come, let me touch your hands, chubby, all meat"

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Although Ji-Smith is the president of the club, he is very kind in the club, many staff and players often chat with him, and it is rare for so many people to praise him, even Wansheng and Wilcox have praised him, so he is very happy all day, and he also cares about the team's current training and state to Wansheng. And patted Wan Sheng on the shoulder, pretending to be a chairman, "Do a good job, I believe that we will definitely be able to appear in the Premier League next season!" ”

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Wan Sheng felt speechless, he remembered that at the beginning of the season, Ji Smith didn't say that, and what he said to himself at that time still seems to echo in his ears, "Wan Sheng." We haven't invested much this season, so we just try to keep the team relegated."

That look of no confidence made Wan Sheng really remember it, it was useless for him to guarantee it at the time, Ji Smith just didn't have confidence in the team, Wan Sheng thought he was a pessimistic person, how do you know that now when he sees the team's good results, he has helped the team draw a good sign, and it has become like this.

All right

At all costs. He has led Derby County to a good result, and he also has a credit and honor for Ji-Smith, not only because of this good signing, but also because he is the president of the club. In the history of Derby County FC in the future, when it is recorded that he led the team to complete the promotion, the name of Ji Smith will also be attached, just because he is the chairman of Derby County FC. And it was he who agreed to enter the club himself.

But Wan Sheng was just joking with Ji-Smith.

January is still quite busy, with three league games to play in Derby County in less than ten days. They have their first game this weekend – away to Stoke City.

In this game, Wan Sheng rotated several players who fought in succession, such as Alfred, Osman, and Ivan Crewe, and some players who rarely played on weekdays also had a chance to play.

Seeing the adjustment of Derby County, the media also realized that Derby County is actually very difficult, otherwise the Chinese will not always use rotation in the league, Derby County's main squad strength is still very strong, but the substitute lineup is not sure, it is always much worse than the main lineup.

They are hopeful of a victory for Stoke City.

Unfortunately, in the end, Derby County still defeated Stoke City away and continued to maintain the lead in the league.

At this time, many media suddenly realized that Derby County's results seemed to be much more gorgeous than the first half of the schedule after Christmas, and the results of Derby County in the first half of the schedule were also very good, and the league maintained the first advantage, but in fact, it took them half a season to open a six-point gap with Norwich, and they also gave up the League Cup halfway.

In the second half of the season, they have drawn just one league game with Norwich City, won all other leagues, and won two FA Cup games against Premier League sides.

Such a record is too conspicuous.

However, by this time, many of the Derby's hostile media had changed their strategy of covering Derby, and sometimes they had to do some coverage of the Derby game, but after Derby's win over Tottenham Hotspur, they had another reason to downplay Derby's victory.

Derby County can beat Tottenham Hotspur on the road, and one or two league wins are just too normal!

First in the league, winning two games, is there anything worth reporting?

It was normal for Derby County to win against Stoke City, there was nothing to say about it, so they talked about the game in the report and claimed that 'Derby County won the league and retained the points advantage at the top of the league', 'this win is normal, you can't expect a team in the 10th place in the league to beat the top of the league, even at home'.

That's what the media says.

They deliberately downplayed the Derby County victory, believing it to be a normal outcome.

But then Derby won again!

It was another 'normal' game, with Derby County taking on Gillingham at the Pride Stadium, and the two teams met at Gillingham at the beginning of the season, with Derby County handing over a perfect 4-0 answer, and now that the venue has been changed to the Pride Stadium, it will be even harder for Gillingham to win.

The final score was 3:0, and in the face of Derby's stormy attack, it was difficult for Gillingham to have any good performance, this is the difference in strength between the naked and the naked, and it is difficult to change the result if it is who arranges the game.

"It's not big news that Derby County have won again, Norwich drew with Wigan Athletic, congratulations to Derby County for opening up the league points gap again"

The Daily Mirror's sports section is sour.

Derby's back-to-back wins have forced the most hostile Daily Mirror to talk about their game, although in the report, the Daily Mirror's commentary on the game is still a 'normal victory'.

'They won the first half by four goals away and it was no surprise that they won this one, after all, no one can expect Gillingham to beat Derby County who are struggling to be relegated'

'But then Derby will face a challenge from Reading'

The Daily Mirror finally commented.

Reading are indeed a tough team to play against, with the last time the two teams met at the start of the season, when Derby drew 1-1 with Reading. Against Reading's solid defence, Derby County don't have much to do.

That's how Reading's local media reported on the game.

'The last time we drew against Derby, this time we are back at home and we have a chance to beat Derby!'

'We're at home, we've got a lot of chances, we're not scared of being top of the league like other teams!'

"Even though they are sharp, we have a solid defense!"

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The pre-match Reading media was full of excitement, which also attracted more Reading fans to watch the game, and manager Koper also expressed his team's confidence before the game. "We're going to try to win! They're league top but we're not bad either! ”

It's a pity that it's not like this on the field

In the last game, the Reading team used a solid defense and counterattack to draw against Derby County, but that Derby County is a Derby County whose tactics are not perfect, and now Derby County, after half a year of training, the tactics have been quite perfect, and the ability of each player has also been improved to a certain extent, which is like playing a boss in the game. Team Reading is the little boss, Derby County is the player, and when the player is level ten, he can't break the defense of the small boss at all. As a result, the two teams stood at 1:1, but now, half a year later, the player has risen to level 20, and Team Reading is still the little boss. There is no change at all, so that it is conceivable that the two teams will play again.

4:0, Derby County got a perfect big win.

The whole game. Reading were completely suppressed on their home turf, with only a measly two-shot finish on goal, and the only solid defence to rely on seemed to be a joke in front of Derby's sharp attack - long-range shots, headers, free-kicks, and powerful shots that broke through the penalty area, the four goals included four ways of shooting, and it also proved that Reading could not rely on defense to keep the goal, and manager Colwill's so-called confidence was completely lost when Derby County scored two goals in the first half.

After the win over Reading, Derby County's January campaign ended perfectly, with all four league games and two FA Cup victories declaring, a frenzied record that surprised even those accustomed to Derby County wins

The Daily Mirror office building, Fries-Baker neighbourhood, London.

A young journalist is sitting at his desk, on a computer screen in front of him, playing the end of the Derby County and Reading game.

He turned off the video, switched to the document, and after a little thought, wrote an article title, "Derby County beat Reading 4-0!" ”

And then there's the comment -

"It's a very normal league. Reading host Derby County, who eventually won against Reading. Derby County, who are top of the league, have a normal league win, but Norwich City is more noteworthy, with a narrow 1-0 win over Ipswich Town, who defended solidly, but in the end they were beaten by

At this point, the office door was pushed open.

A middle-aged man walked in and asked, "Glenn, is the League One match report ready for tomorrow?" ”

Glenn immediately stood up and replied, "Mr. Brand, I just watched the Derby County game and was about to continue writing!" ”

"Let me see."

Brand walked directly to Glenn's desk and sat down, looked at the text on the computer, looked at it a few times and frowned, and turned to look at Glenn, "You still plan to report like this?" ”

Glenn was stunned for a moment and asked rhetorically, "Didn't you say we were going to downplay the news of the Derby County victory?" ”

"Idiot!"

Brand was a little annoyed, "Even if we want to downplay the news of Derby's victory, we have to consider the feelings of our readers!" We've gotten more than a dozen complaints today saying we're reporting on Derby County with discriminatory overtones! ”

"If you continue to report like this, it is estimated that there will be a hundred complaint calls tomorrow, and even I will be questioned by then!"

"What an idiot you are! I can't even do that! ”

Brand reprimanded angrily—

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