Nottingham Forest manager Hart is sitting firmly in the dugout, watching the game on the field, full of confidence.

The teams that are both East Midlands and are in the same League One are still paying a lot of attention to each other. When Wan Sheng became the Derby County manager, Hart quickly found out.

He didn't pay much attention.

But before the game against Derby, Hart studied the last game against Bradford, which was the only game that the new coach led the team, which was very helpful in developing a strategy against Derby. From a coach's point of view, the key to Derby's goal in that game was the substitution adjustment in the 80th minute.

David Moyes came on and Derby's counter-attack was immediately much smoother.

In other words, this young Chinese coach of Derby County is not a 'straw bag' as the media said, winning the game does not depend entirely on luck, he still has a little ability, so Hart is not a little careless when dealing with the game.

But when he got the Derby County squad, Hart was still puzzled, because there was a very unfamiliar name on the Derby County list.

Baker Alfred?

Who's this?

Hart was completely at a loss, and after a little understanding, he learned that he was a player promoted by the youth team of Derbyshire, and he was not yet twenty years old, which is very young, and he did not have any experience in the professional league before, not even substitute appearances, warm-up games, and only participated in the youth league in the middle of England.

How can such a young man be in League One?

What a surprise!

Hart couldn't figure out why Alfred would, he felt that it was a mistake made by the opponent, and as an opponent, all he needed was to catch the opponent's mistake.

Derby's previous center-back combination was Marcus and Nico Hertzger, but now it has become Marcus and Alfred, Nico Hertzger is good, and the table is better than captain Marcus, the combination of the two central defenders has always been very calm and sophisticated, and it is the cornerstone of Derby's good defense. And now, Alfred's point is likely to be the key to their victory.

So Hart kept telling the players to look for more opportunities at Alfred's point before they came on the field.

As long as they can find a breakthrough in Derby's defense, even if they defend with all their might, it will not help, no matter how good the formation is, there are gaps and loopholes, and it is useless to defend well elsewhere, as long as they seize this hole, Nottingham Forest will be able to play smoothly and easily find the opportunity to strike a fatal blow.

Hearing the manager say this, the Nottingham Forest players are also full of momentum.

They are gearing up to 'teach rookies', and in the professional league, they can teach rookies, which is really interesting activities.

In this way, the game had just begun, and Nottingham Forest launched a fierce attack against Alfred's point, and their football kept passing in the direction of the penalty area, trying to find a gap in Alfred and find a chance to kill him closely.

Such a targeted attack can be quite stressful for any defender.

In the face of such pressure, some inexperienced young players are likely to collapse, and almost every Derby County player is worried about Alfred, and the Derby County fans in the stands are also sweating for Alfred.

A lot of media reporters have already made up their minds about Alfred --

“…… Maybe he will be an excellent central defender in the future, but now, his future has been cut off in advance, and it is only to blame that he met a rookie coach who did not leave him any room to grow, so he faced the cruel professional league directly! ”

……

Wan Sheng sat in the coach's seat, his expression looked very calm, but his eyes kept staring in the direction of Alfred.

He knew the pressure Alfred was going to under.

When he chose to make Alfred a centre-back, he knew he would have to deal with it, but he did so anyway, not only because there was no better option for the team in this position, but also because of the trust he placed in Alfred.

He chose to believe in Alfred.

At the same time, he also believes that Alfred trusts himself, and as long as he believes in himself, this unwavering belief will allow him to show his abilities, then there will be no problems in defense.

What gives Wansheng confidence is also Alfred's mental attribute evaluation.

Whether it is the 'firm' evaluation in the pursuit of victory, or the 'will' evaluation against difficulties, or the 'confidence' evaluation that Alfred lacked before, the value is very high, and the only slightly lower is 'confidence', after all, Alfred has not played in the professional league, and his confidence in his first game is still slightly lacking, and this evaluation is only '71' points.

But the bet is that Alfred will be able to increase his confidence in himself and the game after successfully defending again and again.

As long as he can complete a few successful defenses, Wansheng believes that he will overcome the mental obstacles and grow into a solid defensive cornerstone of the team. Slowly, he will also stand out and become a defensive general, a defensive backbone, and a famous star.

And this game is used to hone him.

That's right, Wansheng used the match against Nottingham Forest as a platform to hone Alfred. If he succeeds, he can harvest an excellent young centre-back talent, and if he fails, Alfred will not be able to do much for a short time.

That's all.

As he said to Diamares, he can afford to lose!

However, Wan Sheng doesn't like to fail, and he stares at Alfred, hoping that Alfred can show that he is excellent, which means his success.

……

There was also someone on the Derby County bench who was unhappy with the Wansheng sending Alfred, and that was Peter Kennedy. When Gregory was in charge, Kenedy was the team's midfielder, and although he didn't have a clear starting point, he still played regularly.

Originally, he saw Nico Hertzger being beaten to the youth team and thought that he would become the main central defender, but he didn't expect Wansheng to choose Alfred.

A competitor never thought of.

In fact, Peter Kennedy doesn't care about not being able to become a central defender, after all, he is not a pure central defender, even if he is clearly the main central defender now, after the summer and next season, he will still return to the central midfield position.

A few games, that's not called the main force.

But he didn't compete with Alfred, which still made Kennedy feel resentful, even if he was not a pure central defender, but his defensive ability was not as good as a rookie?

He had some hope that Alfred would be crushed soon.

……

Nottingham Forest's attack was quite fierce!

As an attacking team, they kept Derby County at the start of the game at the familiar Town Square stadium.

Nottingham Forest's players formed a sharp spear, and the tip of the spear stabbed towards Derby County with a cold light, and the players of Derby County formed a hard shield to meet the attack of the spear, which was a battle between spear and shield.

Alfred is the point of contact between the spear and the shield.

He has other teammates to help back him up, but he's still under a lot of pressure, and if he collapses, the shield will collapse completely, and he's the top priority for maintaining Derby's defence.

A rookie who is participating in a professional league for the first time has to face such pressure, which is really worrying all the time.

Almost everyone looked over.

As everyone thinks, Nottingham Forest have been actively looking for Alfred to attack, and when Nottingham Forest attacked, Alfred didn't even have time to catch his breath, the football always came to his position, and he had to face defensive pressure all the time.

Over and over......

Before the opponent passes the ball to the penalty area, he has to defend the opposing player closely, and does not let the opponent break through him, looking for opportunities to steal; The opponent dribbles horizontally in front of the penalty area, and he needs to hold his position tightly and be ready to block the shot with his body at any time; The opponent hoisted the ball high into the penalty area, and he needed to fight with the opposing striker, fight for the point, and push the ball out of the danger zone.

In the face of attack after attack, Alfred needs to do a good job every time without any mistakes, and he knows that the most important thing for a central defender is to be stable.

At first, Alfred was still a little nervous.

He was really excited to play in the first professional league and was encouraged by captain Marcus to calm down, but when football came to life and he had to face the defence, he still didn't know if he could handle it.

But the first defense worked.

He guarded the opposing striker closely, did not give the opponent a chance to shoot, and even passed the ball a little incorrectly, and the football was driven out of bounds by other teammates.

The second time it worked again.

The ball flew high from the wing, and he carried the opposing striker and jumped up to push the ball out of the penalty area with his height advantage.

The third defense was still successful......

Fourth ......

Defensive successes after defensive successes have given Alfred a great deal of confidence. At the beginning, he didn't know if he could handle it, but he gradually realized that professional football is nothing more than that, just like on the training ground, he just needs to do his defensive work, defend steadily and not make mistakes, and be able to deal with the opponent's attack.

He now has what it takes to deal with it!

Confidence can show better, success after success brings self-confidence, self-confidence brings better performance, this is a virtuous circle, Alfred is proving with the table on the field.

Derby County dugout.

Wan Sheng looked at Alfred defending again and again, he exhaled lightly and smiled.

……

Many people at the scene paid attention to Alfred's watch.

There are media reporters, players from both teams, coaches, and many fans in the audience, as long as you pay close attention to the game, whether you are a veteran football person or not, you can see that Alfred's point is very important.

This is a rookie.

They all felt that the rookie rookie would not be good, and they also saw that Alfred's defensive performance was indeed a little difficult and a little immature, and he was constantly adjusting himself to face Nottingham Forest's attack.

His face was grim.

It seemed serious, like fear, fear, and there were many ways to interpret the expressions of the players on the field, and the interpreter Lyle Woodgate interpreted the latter, and when the big camera pointed to Alfred, he shouted, "See? The young man is worried about the defense! ”

The dirty jersey, the dirt on his face, seemed to say a lot about Woodgate's words.

All it took was a chance to validate the youngster's mistake in defence before Nottingham Forest took advantage of the opportunity to slot the ball into the Derby County goal.

'Nottingham Forest are storming Alfred's point and it looks like Alfred is nervous, he's on the verge of running out and it's only a matter of time before the home side score!' Lyle Woodgate emphasized.

Many people supported his argument.

Then they started expecting Alfred's mistakes, expecting Nottingham Forest's goals, and they waited and waited, it was just a matter of time, just wait.

One minute.

Five minutes.

Ten minutes.

Twenty minutes.

The score on the field was still O:O, and Alfred didn't see any big mistakes, but everyone now that Derby County's defense is becoming more and more solid.

At the beginning of the game, Nottingham Forest still had a chance to shoot, but in the last five minutes, Nottingham Forest did not even have a shot on goal, and what they were expecting, the point breakthrough at Alfred, seemed to be a joke, because Alfred did not make any big mistakes at all, and his defense has been tenacious.

In the face of Nottingham Forest's attack against him, he withstood for twenty minutes!

Twenty minutes is a crucial point in time, and any team will not attack for more than 20 minutes in a row, not only because the fitness cannot keep up, but also because the confidence of the players is also a big problem - if you don't score for 20 minutes in a row, can you score if you continue to attack like this?

So generally, at the 20-minute point, the tempo of the attack slows down a bit and they need to make some adjustments to complete the 90-minute game.

But Nottingham Forest didn't do that.

Attacking for 20 minutes in a row, it doesn't matter if there is no goal, the most unacceptable thing for them is that they have not broken through the opponent's rookie defense once!

This is really unacceptable.

Each of their frontcourt players feels that they are facing that rookie, and there must be no problem in breaking through the defense, everyone sees the failure of others, and they feel that it is a mistake, or absolutely careless, etc., without really facing it themselves, they don't believe how good a rookie defense can do.

So their offensive became more violent.

One at a time......

Alfred's pressure has not lessened, but has increased a lot. But after twenty minutes of play, he has adapted to the opponent's constant attack, when adapting to this rhythm, all he needs to do is to persevere, steady dìng's defense, steady dìng's appearance, this is what he needs to do, know how to do it, do it according to the idea, defense for him, is just a repetitive task, and the pressure is gradually reduced.

With Nottingham Forest's attack, Alfred is even better!

He became the center of attention--

"Alfred has broken the ball!"

"Alfred! He blocked the shot with his body! He is an iron-clad man, bravely blocking the gun's hole with his body! ”

"It's Alfred again, he pushes the ball out of the box and makes a clean clearance!"

What many people don't realize is that their mindset of watching Alfred's watch has changed.

They've been wondering when the young rookie is going to make a mistake so Nottingham Forest can take advantage of the opportunity to score the ball, and now what they want to see is another successful defence from Alfred, and the phrase 'It's Alfred again' sounds really happy!

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