Chapter 43: The Beloved

“oal!!!!!!!”

"The ball went in !!"

"Rafael van der Vaart! Raphael van der Vaart! Raphael—"

The announcer in the radio room, Alf, roared excitedly, and the Derby County fans in the audience shouted like a video, "--Van der Vaart-"

The cheers of the tsunami resounded at Pride Stadium!

It was a really good goal, it wasn't Van der Vaart's shot that was on goal, but the combination that came before, Ivan Crewe's cross was quite accurate, and Bolton Reiter found an opportunity in the box, as a high school striker, he could shoot himself in this position, but he still chose to give the ball to a team-mate in a better position, and then Van der Vaart followed up with a brilliant shot to send the ball into the Middlesbrough goal.

It was a team-wide goal.

From a professional point of view, but the honor of scoring always belongs to the player who scored the goal, Van der Vaart shouted excitedly, he ran to Reiter, gave the latter a tight hug, to thank him for his selfless pass, and then he ran wildly on the pitch, running all the way to the camera lens of the corner flagpole, laughing and nodding his fingers, the action was a bit funny, but everyone knew Van der Vaart's excitement at this time, because he had completed the goal.

Derby County on the bench.

Ribery was watching the game and when he saw Van der Vaart score, he just cheered and then continued to sit there, in fact, he was very envious.

Normally, he was able to celebrate goals with his team-mates.

It doesn't matter if it's him or not, but he's going to be in the cheers and celebrations when he's on the pitch. I still love the feeling of being celebrated.

But now he can only sit here and the goal has nothing to do with him.

When he saw Van der Vaart score, Ribery even felt a little jealous in his heart, because it was not him who scored the goal, and it had nothing to do with him. He could only sit and watch the game, instead of going out on the pitch and fighting for victory with others.

He very much wanted to play, and he frequently looked at Wan Sheng.

Wan Sheng felt Ribery's gaze, he just smiled, turned his head and glanced at Berry, and said. "Keep watching patiently."

Ribery could only sit with his head bored and continue to watch the game.

With just over half a minute to celebrate, many games were restarted and the two teams were still very close, with McElla's Middlesbrough strong and tenacious. Even though this is the Pride Stadium, they are still playing very well, at least not completely suppressed by Derby County, and can create a threat in some attacks.

But at this moment, the brightest in the field is undoubtedly Van der Vaart, because of his goal just now, but also because of his appearance at this time.

Whenever Derby County attacked, Van der Vaart was always a key figure. It's either the key football pass, or the player who shoots, and sometimes he even plays the two key tasks of creating chances and shooting himself. But that doesn't mean Van der Vaart has to pass or anything, in fact he's more of a frontcourt core on the pitch.

Just like this attack, Morris and Van der Vaart passed each other four times, and the football quickly reached the edge of the penalty area, and then Van der Vaart suddenly got rid of it and shot directly from a distance!

There were no goals allowed. But it still made the Middlesbrough players break out in a cold sweat!

This cold shot is too threatening!

Soon Middlesbrough's counter-attack hit the halfway line only to be intercepted by Leyton Baines on the wing. Baines took the ball and transferred directly to Morris, who forwarded to Burton Reiter. Reiter passed back to Van der Vaart, Van der Vaart pushed back to Morris, suddenly started to move forward to get rid of the defender, Morris's hanging pass fell directly to his feet, and Van der Vaart completed the shot again.

This series of combinations was all for the last shot, but the ball was blocked by the Middlesbrough defender, and it was a pity that he couldn't score.

But almost all the commentators and Derby supporters were very excited, because Derby's attack was so wonderful during this time, and Van der Vaart's performance was really good!

"Raphael van der Vaart!"

"The 21-year-old youngster, known as the 'captain of Ajax', is the core of Ajax, the most indispensable midfielder, and in the summer, Derby spent 7 million euros to bring him from Ajax!"

"Van der Vaart is a midfielder in Ajax, the position is very deep, but after coming to Derby, he directly replaced Cahill as a shadow striker, in many interviews, Van der Vaart said that he likes to play forward, so he chose to come to Derby, I don't know how Derby County coach Wan Sheng considered buying Van der Vaart, but looking at his current table, the 7 million euros are really worth it!"

"So far there have been 12 rounds of the league, and with this goal just now, Van der Vaart has already helped Derby County score eight goals!"

"Wansheng brought him to Derby County to replace Cahill who went to Everton in the summer, many people think that it is difficult for Van der Vaart to replace Cahill, the value of the two is an important reason, Cahill is twice as expensive as Van der Vaart, but Cahill in Everton, so far only helped Everton score 3 goals, and Van der Vaart has scored 8, and the goals of the two are enough to say a lot."

"Also, Van der Vaart is one of those all-round players, obviously he can do more in the Derby attack, while Cahill is a pure striker, he has to score more goals to catch up with Van der Vaart's appearance, so far, Van der Vaart is really playing much better than Cahill!"

"That's the vision of Wansheng"

With the commentator's words, the camera camera pointed to the Derby County coach's seat, only to see Wan Sheng looking at the game with a relaxed face, seeing the camera coming, he also waved his hand jokingly, "Wan Sheng, a 27-year-old young coach, but his vision is very worthy of recognition, Van der Vaart, Ribery, Morris, etc., now Derby County's lineup, most of the players are Wansheng single-handedly excavated, they are all very good players, just by virtue of this." Perhaps Mr. Derby County Chairman Mr. Gi Smith should consider giving Wan Sheng ten times his salary, and he will make more than ten times the profit for Derby County Club."

The narrator quipped

on the pitch.

As the 'darling' of the commentators, Van der Vaart also feels that he is in very good shape, every time he gets the ball. It feels like the goal is close at hand, as long as he tries to do it, he is very close to the goal, so he runs very aggressively, fights fiercely with opponents on the field, and with the skill of his feet, he can play well in every attack. He was so engrossed in the game that it was no longer an official league, but an exhibition match featuring him.

It's a great feeling!

Wan Sheng was also looking at Van der Vaart running on the field, and he was very happy to see Van der Vaart's play. But unlike the others, he was not at all surprised that Van der Vaart could have such an appearance.

In the football training master system, Van der Vaart's strength rating is more than 90 points, which is a real number of world superstars!

Whether it's passing, dribbling or shooting, Van der Vaart's attribute rating is around 95 points, and now after recovery training, the dark injury on his leg is gone, and his speed has regained about 90 points. What's so strange about this kind of strength player who can have a good performance in attack? On the pitch now, Van der Vaart is two teams. The strongest of the 24 players.

In addition, the team's tactics now also give Van der Vaart more room to play.

In the 4321 formation, Van der Vaart's position was on par with Morris, but in reality, it was only theoretical, and it came to the real game. It's impossible to make two players level because they are strikers. Morris is used to playing in midfield, so Van der Vaart is always a bit earlier than Morris. The two are divided into left and right positions, but soon in the attack, the two are not divided between left and right, and the top will always be Van der Vaart, that is to say, the entire front of the penalty area, including the left and right penalty areas, and the front of the goal, are all Van der Vaart's space to play.

In addition, in this game, Wan Sheng is also an attack on the middle arrangement.

Ribery did not play, and there will not be anything too prominent on the wings, after all, Ivan Crewe and Leiton Baines have limited abilities, they are not the kind of players who can stand out very well in attack, so the two wings are more of a support than the first choice, so almost every goal cannot be avoided by Van der Vaart.

That's why Van der Vaart is so conspicuous.

Van der Vaart's table also attracted the cautious attention of Middlesbrough players, he was taken care of by the opposition in the front, but Van der Vaart's table did not disappoint, in a tight defense, he can still repeatedly pass the ball threateningly, repeatedly create chances, and even find space to shoot in front of the penalty area, this kind of table is too prominent.

Even Wan Sheng sighed with a smile, "He's in such a good state"

On the other side, Middlesbrough coach McClaren couldn't laugh, he frowned and watched the game, his eyes kept paying attention to the direction of his goal, especially when he saw Van der Vaart, he frowned, turned his head and glanced at the Derby County coach's box, thinking, "How on earth did he see that this Dutchman kid would be very good as a striker?" ”

McLaren was puzzled.

As a manager, he will also be optimistic about some players, but if Middlesbrough needs more strikers, he prefers to bring in veterans who will definitely have a good appearance, such as Hasselbaink on the field now, young players are always uncertain, not to mention young players like Van der Vaart, who played in the midfield at Ajax before and are about to play as a striker, such players will be understood by him as 'brain impulses'. I hope to attract more attention', etc., there will be no good comments after all, after all, they have become the main midfielders at Ajax, in order to change positions to transfer?

It's hard to imagine.

Just when McClaren was still thinking, Derby County scored again!

This time it's Ivan Crewe!

Derby County played to the edge of the penalty area, where Van der Vaart and Morris combined short distances to find the opportunity to point the ball straight into the space on the right, where Ivan Crewe had already followed the tempo of the advance, cut in appropriately and ran into position to meet the ball and push straight into the near corner.

Middlesbrough goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer reacted half a beat slow to the quick shot, and by the time he pounced on position, the ball had already flown into the back of the net.

“2:0!”

'Ivan Crewe helped Derby extend their advantage!'

"The first half is not over yet, but if the game goes on like this, Middlesbrough will not have any chances in this game, Derby County's table is too good!"

Sky TV commentator George Woodgate exclaimed excitedly. (To be continued) R466