Chapter Forty-Three: The Ottoman Who Can't Run

West Bromwich Albion fans will be hoping for more mistakes from Derby full-back Frank Ribery to give Derby County a chance to squander attacking opportunities to West Bromwich Albion's advantage, and they will have a reason to laugh at the guy when the time comes.

They thought well, but when the game started, it was West Bromwich Albion who were the first to get into trouble.

In the opening three minutes, West Bromwich Albion attacked twice in a row, both of which were intercepted just past the halfway line.

The first time was West Bromwich Albion's normal advance, the Derby County formation retreated a lot, in the face of Derby County's tight defensive formation, West Bromwich Albion adopted a strategy of slow advancement, slowly looking for opportunities on the periphery, as a result of a forward pass mistake by midfielder Thomas Gardso, and the football was snatched away by Derby County.

The second was a fast break after a steal in the backcourt.

West Bromwich Albion defended intensively at the back, blocking Derby's cross, and then they pressed forward to take advantage of the opportunity to attack quickly, but unfortunately the football had just passed to the halfway line, and it was snatched back by Derby, and the attack was over, and they had to face Derby's counterattack.

In three minutes of two attacks, West Bromwich Albion actually failed to really score the Derby County half, which made West Bromwich Albion fans a little silent, and their active atmosphere dropped a lot for a while, because in the first three minutes, it was basically Derby County who attacked with the ball, and their goal was threatened.

That was after West Bromwich Albion's counterattack was aborted.

The football reached the feet of Ribery on the side, Ribery took the ball and rushed forward, and after reaching the left corner of the penalty area, he suddenly found a gap and passed the ball to the middle of the penalty line, and Cahill, who was following the ball, won the ball and volleyed directly, the shot was quite powerful, but unfortunately it was slightly off the verge and flew out of the bottom line against the post. Even that was enough to send West Bromwich Albion and their supporters into a tailspin.

West Bromwich Albion fans have forgotten the name 'Ribery' a bit.

They originally wanted to laugh at Ribery, but looking at the current situation of the team, they really couldn't find a reason to convince themselves to laugh at Ribery, even if it was just thinking about Derby's first attack, the time when Ribery's cross failed, but that time he also brought the ball to the bottom line and almost passed the ball out, and West Bromwich Albion really hasn't even passed half time so far, let alone that. Looking at the game from a normal point of view, from the beginning of the game to the present, the Frenchman has not been bad, so far he has broken through twice personally, and he has not been stopped, only one of the four passes failed, and one of the threatening passes has put West Bromwich Albion in danger.

With just three minutes to play, what more could you ask of a full-back?

As a result, West Bromwich Albion fans were consciously silent a lot

On the coach's bench.

Wan Sheng looked at the game and nodded with satisfaction.

That's what he wants to see. Use the mid-line squeeze defense to stop the opponent's attack, and then use the solidity of the defense to give the team more offensive opportunities than the opponent. That's what he wants, and now the players on the pitch are doing well.

At the same time, he was also very satisfied with Ribery's watch.

Three minutes, two dribbles, four touches. Only once did he break through to the bottom line and was snatched away, but there were no other mistakes and a threatening kick was created. This kind of table can be said to be quite good, which is what he has always wanted to see.

Ribery always shows that it is not good when he swings his personal ability, in fact, it is not entirely that other people's abilities can't keep up with his rhythm, and there is also a very important point, that is, Ribery can't grasp the 'degree' of passing and personal impressions, and he doesn't know under what circumstances it is better to choose to dribble the ball or pass the ball directly.

But Wan Sheng couldn't teach him in this regard.

Wan Sheng has never been a professional player, he is a head coach, he is only responsible for the team's general planning of tactics, and the players follow the tactics. In what specific situation, whether to pass or break forward, players need to make a choice based on their own ability.

If the pass is more secure, then choose to pass, and if you want to break through more often, then choose to break through.

In short, it is up to the players to take care of it.

Looking at Ribery's table now, it is obvious that he has improved in this regard, Wan Sheng also nodded with satisfaction, he likes to win, and he also likes to see his players attack, which means that the strength of the team has improved.

At the same time, there was a lot of discussion about the game among the reporters in the media box, they didn't want to see Derby County dominating, most of these reporters wanted Derby County to lose, so they were worried about the situation on the field, as if they were all West Bromwich Albion fans.

"West Bromwich Albion seem to be a little out of shape!"

"They seem to be suppressed."

"The race has just begun"

"That's right! It's just the beginning of the game, we have to have faith in McGson, West Bromwich Albion are just a little uncomfortable with this stadium! ”

This argument was unanimously agreed by the journalists.

They don't believe that West Bromwich Albion are not as good as Derby County, and it is just that they are not used to the stadium when they are suppressed at the beginning, after all, this is the Pride Stadium, it is the home stadium of Derby County, and it is normal for West Bromwich Albion to take a while to get used to it.

This is the so-called 'home advantage'!

Despite all that thought, they had a little worry on their faces, they were worried about West Bromwich Albion's goal.

Even if they don't admit it, but they know in their hearts that Derby's attacking ability is still certain, which can be seen from their previous games have always been able to score, the game goes on like this, West Bromwich Albion is likely to be scored first, and then when they adapt, they can only face the backward situation, which is definitely not good for West Bromwich Albion, so they are worried about West Bromwich Albion.

As the reporters in the media table thought, Derby County then had a big advantage, and they launched an attack around West Bromwich Albion, and the wave of attacks made West Bromwich Albion quite overwhelmed, and their goal was also in crisis after crisis

on the playing field.

Derby County show off their attacking prowess!

West Bromwich Albion have tried hard to show their defensive ability, but judging by the busy form of the West Bromwich Albion goalkeeper, they have not done a very good job defensively.

At the same time, many people were surprised to find that the most eye-catching player on the pitch was not the attacking players of Derby County or the defensive players of West Bromwich Albion, but the defender of Derby County, Leon Osman.

In just ten minutes, Osman made three steals!

At the beginning of the game, when Osman completed the steal, no one paid attention to him, after all, the back players, especially the defensive back players, can actually be classified as 'blue-collar workers on the field', they do the dirtiest and most tiring work, but it is difficult to attract attention when looking at the watch.

However, with two West Bromwich Albion counter-attacks halted at the feet of Osman, many people have taken note of the young midfielder who Derby County have loaned from Everton this summer.

The on-site commentator Alfi was the first person to mention Osman's name, and when Osman made the first steal, the game had just begun, so Osman was a little ignored, but as he grabbed the ball twice in a row, Alfi also shouted in surprise, "It's Osman again!" Well done! ”

Fans who heard Alf's shouts also began to pay attention to Osman.

In fact, there is no need to pay attention to it.

As the game progressed, Osman had become the most active person on the field, especially when West Bromwich Albion had the ball, he was always running, adding, subtracting, adding and subtracting, and this was what Osman did the most.

Run, keep running.

It's hard to notice when you glance at the court, but after watching the game for so long, you can clearly notice, "This guy doesn't seem to have stopped."

Whenever West Bromwich Albion got the ball, Osman began to run non-stop, and after the other players were flashed, they would stop and breathe a sigh of relief, but Osman was different, after he was flashed by the opponent with a pass, he immediately went to chase the player who received the ball, and then continued, and continued!

It never stops

It wasn't until the football returned to the feet of Derby County that Osman would stop to catch his breath, and only at this time would the nervous nerves of those fans who paid attention to Osman relax, and sighed in their hearts, "So this guy will be tired too!" ”

But Osman will soon follow the rhythm and get into the attack with his team-mates, and the next time West Bromwich Albion get the ball off, he will be able to run again again.

Quite a few people were surprised by Osman's physical fitness.

Ordinary people would never be able to persevere in such a continuous run, but Osman persevered, and he looked very relaxed, not tired at all.

"This guy is in great health!" Some reporters in the media table sighed.

Fans and reporters alike, not to mention the West Bromwich Albion players on the pitch, now feel that their attack is being hindered, and the biggest reason is the guy who keeps running!

They have always relied on short passes with penetration to attack, but the opponent's defense near the midline is very dense, so their passing must be very accurate, but the opponent also has such a guy running around and pressing, every time they hit the ball to the middle line, they have to be careful not to let this guy get entangled, and when he runs over, they can only pass the ball to his teammates, but he immediately followed his teammates and their existing guy is entangled, and it is really not easy for them to hold the ball near the midline.

Most of their attacks were stopped in midfield!

Whenever the attack hits this position, they feel a headache, so they try to play the long pass directly, move the ball to the two wings, but the Derby County defense is very dense, if you want to receive the long ball, you have to fight with the Derby players, they don't have any advantage in this regard, and a lot of attacks are stopped in this way.

In short, they are in trouble on offense! (To be continued!)

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