Derby County met Arsenal in the first round of the league, which was an early collision between the two teams.

They won the Premier League last season and the FA Cup last season, and in August they have a 'Community Shield' to play, which is not a big trophy, but it is worth fighting for as the first trophy of the tournament.

When the two teams collided in the first round, Derby County supporters were cursing the damn schedule, the first round of the league is quite important for any team, there is a word in China called 'good start', and there is a similar saying in Europe, called 'the first step to success', winning the first game is a good start, but the first game met last season's league champion, which is not a good sign, especially Derby County is still playing away, so many Derby County fans are cursing the FA that makes the schedule.

Of course, there is no point in doing so.

But this also shows that even Derby County supporters are not optimistic about the team can beat Arsenal, let alone the media rhetoric, fortunately, in recent times, Derby County has not appeared in the media much, in addition to the local media, many large media have given up on Derby County a little, because they feel that Derby County is just a relegation team, although their young manager said before the start of the European Championship that the team wants to fight for a place in the European competition, but who believes it?

In the summer, Derby County made some moves, but they could sell the team's main goalkeeper Oakes and the leading scorer Cahill, they are tantamount to 'breaking even', most people think that Derby's strength has declined, after all, Van der Vaart and Karachi have not yet proven themselves in the Premier League, even if the strength of these two can still be guaranteed, but no one is optimistic that they can do better than Cahill and Oakes, so the public believes that Derby's strength has declined.

They were originally just a promoted horse, and their strength has declined a little more, and they can only fight for relegation this season.

What is there to focus on a team that is struggling for relegation?

to the outside sound. Wan Sheng was also very clear, but he didn't care at all, and after the warm-up with Middlesbrough, he was stuffy in the office to prepare for the first game of the new season.

The preparation he did was not to study Arsenal, in fact Arsenal had nothing to study, their squad had hardly changed from last season, and Van Persie, a new addition, would certainly not have played in the first game, so the media reports and videos of last season's games were enough, and his preparation was to study the formation of the team.

In Soccer Training Master, Wansheng opens the platoon system. Move the player's position again and again, while observing the 'offensive' and 'defensive' evaluation values displayed below.

Wan Sheng has not used the formation system for a long time, but at the beginning of the new season, some tactical adjustments have been made, and he still has to use this system to simulate the team's formation to find out the most suitable formation strategy for the current player configuration.

This system is somewhat 'mechanical', 'digital', and its usefulness is not great, but in the case of fixed tactics. It's still good to use this to choose the best position, such as having the full-backs stand up front or back, and in what range to run. These will affect the overall attacking and defensive ability of the team, and he will have to find the most suitable formation to deal with Arsenal.

Against a team like Arsenal, the defense naturally has to be better, otherwise Arsenal will play in form. The goal is difficult to defend, and at the same time, the attack must not be weak. Otherwise, the game is completely passive, which is not what Wansheng wants to see, and he needs to find the best strategy to balance the two.

This job seems to be just to open the system, adjust the player's position, and play game simulation, but the workload is still quite large, after all, there are ten players on the field in addition to the goalkeeper, to find the optimal strategy must constantly adjust the position of ten players, Wansheng has been doing this almost all day, until the afternoon, he looked at the above defensive and offensive attribute values, and then exhaled with satisfaction.

Next, he will explain the formation and positioning to the players.

Tactics don't need to be explained, nearly a month, he has been getting the team to adapt to the tactics, and now the team has been enough to apply the 'os-fast' to actual combat, and the strength of the play is not worse than the team's ability at the end of last season, that is to say, there is an improvement, I am not sure, but the strength of the team has at least increased, which is already quite good, Wansheng believes that with the progress of the league, the team is becoming more and more skilled in adapting to tactics, and the strength that can be played is naturally getting stronger and stronger.

Just like last season, the results are getting better and better.

That's what he wants to see

Soon the first round of the Premier League is approaching.

The Premier League started, and the English media also began to make some reports, such as many large media to make some team comments, in the comments of various media, the top four league strength is undoubtedly Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool, among these four teams, the media believes that Arsenal and Manchester United are stronger, Chelsea is third, and Liverpool can only be ranked fourth.

There are some ratings for other teams as well, with Derby County finishing last out of 20 with just six points, but that's normal and generally promoted horses are in that position.

Compared with the positioning of the promoted horses and the prospect of only fighting for relegation, there is little news about Derby County before the first round of the Premier League, and the whole of England is focused on Chelsea's home game against Manchester United in the first round, which is a heavyweight match that tests two strong teams, and the other games become unimportant in comparison, not to mention this one, Arsenal hosts Derby County, and in the eyes of most people, there will be no suspense at all.

Even those media that have been hostile to Derby County have not made relevant reports, in their opinion, Derby County has not been able to turn over the waves, before Derby County was the focus, they will do some reports, but now Derby County is only a relegation team, such a team is not even qualified to let them report, because no one pays attention at all, even if the Chinese loses? Nobody cares.

It's normal for a relegated team to lose to Arsenal, so they don't even have to report it.

What they are waiting for is that when Derby County is mired in relegation, they can just go down the ground and laugh at it.

So ahead of the Derby-Arsenal game, the media was unusually quiet, and apart from some pure Derby and Arsenal media, there were few other media outlets that would care about the game.

The Arsenal media certainly don't care about Derby County, who don't think there will be any suspense in the game, as Arsenal were last season's league champions. Encountering a promoted horse in the first round is sure to be a victory. The Derby County media will also cover the game, looking forward to the team's top flight table next season, but they are also not optimistic about the first round, and the local Derby County media has really little influence compared to the whole of England, and their voices are completely buried.

It was in this low-key atmosphere that the entire Derby County squad had arrived at Highbury Stadium.

In the pre-match press conference, the managers of both teams were very low-key, Wenger did not say much, and Wan Sheng also did not say anything more about the game. The media also did not comment on the attitude of the two, as if it should have been.

In short, both teams were silent.

In this atmosphere, Wan Sheng returned to the locker room, and the players also returned to the locker room in turn after warming up from the court.

After all the players returned to the locker room, Wan Sheng turned on the computer he was carrying, opened a video text in the computer, and in everyone's confusion, the video played. Shown above is the moment when Derby County and Manchester United played a penalty shoot-out last season.

"Weberson was probably too nervous, he couldn't get the ball on the foot, the score was still 3:2, and Derby County was ahead of Manchester United!"

"Roy Keane! Manchester United's captain stood in front of goal. He stepped forward and shot! ”

"Oakes! Ox! He blocked Roy Keane's penalty! 3:2！ 3:2！ Derby County wins! It's game over! Combined with the score of the first 120 minutes, Derby County defeated Manchester United 5-4 and won the FA Cup! ”

'This is Derby's second FA Cup title, but their last title was back in 1946, at the end of World War II!'

"This championship means a lot to them! Derby County have been almost perfect this season. They won the League One title with a series of points, they beat Manchester United to win the FA Cup, they are the 'double' of League One! ”

Away team dressing room at Highbury Stadium. Filled with the roar of the commentator in the video, the players on the screen are excitedly celebrating the goal, and many of them are crying with excitement.

Even now, when I see the video, many Derby players can't help but get excited.

They couldn't help but cry when they recalled the win over Manchester United last season. Wan Sheng is also very excited, and when he recalls the end of last season, he feels a rush of blood spreading in his heart, which is why he wants to show this game video to the players.

He wants to remind the players of what it was like to win the title last season!

"Do you know why I let you watch this video?" Wan Sheng's majestic voice resounded in the dressing room, and as the game approached, the enthusiastic voices of the fans, the vast majority of whom were Arsenal fans at home, were already ringing out the window.

'It's an honour for us, just two and a half months ago, most of you were involved and we were at the top of the FA Cup, but that was just the beginning!'

"Now, here, it's the www.biquge.info of this season's Pen Fun Pavilion! Our opponent is Arsenal, the opponent is very strong, we are still playing away, but I want to tell you that we are not a weak team! We beat Manchester United last season and now that we have a stronger squad, we can beat Arsenal for sure! ”

"It's the first round of the league! No one on the outside world is optimistic about us, but each of you should be aware of the efforts we have put in this month! ”

"Now, it's time to test the results!"

Wan Sheng stretched out his arm and pointed out the door, "Guys, what are you waiting for!" Go kill them! ”

"Good!"

"Rush into the field and kill them!"

"those Londoners!"

The players were excited one by one with hideous expressions, from the locker room door, Wan Sheng walked at the back of the team, he wanted this effect, he wanted to tell everyone, we are not a weak team, tell them, we can beat Arsenal, give the players confidence, let them be full of fighting spirit, then the game is equivalent to winning half of the game.

For a head coach, let the team train to improve the strength, arrange the most suitable tactics and formations, plus the pre-game motivation for the whole team, and improve the team's fighting spirit, Wansheng has done everything he can, and the next thing is to look at the team's table

The Arsenal players never imagined that they had only been seen for ten minutes, and the Derby County team in front of them had completely changed, and in the player tunnel, the Derby County players all looked at their opponents viciously, as if there was some deep hatred between the two sides.

One of them touched me the most.

In the tunnel of the players, Vieira felt a very hostile gaze, he turned his head to look at a pair of fierce eyes, it was a white player who was much shorter than him, his eyes were slightly sunken, and with that strong body, he really looked a little hideous.

It was Leon Osman.

But you don't seem to know him, do you?

Vieira thought.

He was puzzled, Arsenal and Derby County had never played each other, his understanding of Derby County players could be said to be a bit blank, and manager Arsene Wenger only introduced a few outstanding Derby County players before the game, such as Morris and Ribery, this sunken-eyed guy is definitely not among them, so why does he look at himself like this?

The question had been hanging over Vieira's mind.

Finally, the players of both sides came out, and after guessing the coin and picking the side, the game between the two teams officially began as the atmosphere in the audience became enthusiastic.

After the start of the game, Vieira still wanted to look at him hostilely, this question has been lingering in his mind, but he soon had a chance to solve his doubts, in the first dribble, the guy who 'glared' at himself came to defend, Vieira wanted to get past him, but two consecutive shakes, except for almost being cut off by the opponent, there is no effect at all, so Vieira can only choose to pass the ball to his teammates.

Seeing that the other party was about to run away, Vieira hurriedly seized the opportunity and asked, "Boy, do we know each other?" ”

Osman shook his head.

"Do we have a grudge?"

Osman still shook his head.

Vieira was even more puzzled, and he asked directly, "Then why are you looking at me like that?" It's like we're having some kind of holiday? ”

Osman turned his head to stare at Vieira and said very seriously, "Boss asked me to keep an eye on you, we are opponents now!" You still don't have so much nonsense! ”

Osman said this and ran away.

Vieira ran a few steps forward, still a little confused just because the opposing manager told him to keep an eye on him, and then he looked at himself with that kind of hatred?

Is that really just that?

Vieira unconsciously turned his head to look at the Derby County dugout, where the opposing young manager was sitting with a stern smile on his face.

Before the game, Vieira barely paid attention to the opposing manager, because the two would not intersect at all, but now he suddenly felt that this young manager of Derby County really had a certain ability, otherwise the young boy just now would not have faced him at Highbury Stadium, and he was full of hostile fighting spirit.

If it weren't for the Derby players, even if they were at home and had an advantage in quality, it would not be easy to beat their opponents, and Patrick Vieira suddenly felt that he should remind his team-mates to pay more attention.

This opponent seems to be a bit difficult to mess with. (To be continued......) R1292