In the East Midlands area, there are two teams, Derby County and Nottingham Forest. These two teams belong to the Greater Derby County and Nottingham Forest, which was less than half an hour's drive away.

The two teams have a lot in common.

In terms of historical glory, Nottingham Forest is definitely better than Derby County. Derby County's greatest glory is that it once won the top league championship in England, and Nottingham Forest has won the European Champions League twice.

But the once glory of the two teams actually has one thing in common, that is, the head coaches who led both teams to success were Brian Howard Clough.

Many people know the glory of Nottingham Forest. Brian Howard Claff, who led Nottingham Forest, is a legendary figure in Nottingham Forest and one of the greatest head coaches in England's century history. However, few people know that Brian Howard Claff first became famous in Derby County.

When Brian Claff first became the head coach, he was completely out of fame. It was because he led Derby County to upgrade to the top league and lead Derby County to the top league championship after six years in Derby County that people knew that Brian Claff, a capable head coach.

Due to conflicts with the chairman and the board of directors, Brian Clough left Derby County and went to various clubs for the next three years, which was a very failure. Then he went to Nottingham Forest and began to succeed in Nottingham Forest.

In other words, Derbyshire and Nottingham Forest are not only located in the East Midlands region, but also have great historical glory.

Often, the more you are in the same area, the more you have various sources, the more fierce the competition between the two teams will be, and the fans below will look at each other like mortal enemies, but in fact, there is no deep conflict between Derby County and Nottingham Forest.

Perhaps this has something to do with them being "all the same people who have fallen into the world".

Nottingham Forest was once glorious, but after Brian Howard Clough left, he fell very quickly; Derby County was glorious for a short time, but they kept wandering between the top and second divisions.

However, both teams are now League One teams.

This is also considered to be a "both fallen person". The situation of both clubs is always not good, and there is much less hostility between each other. Some fans even hope that the other club can rise - at least to allow a top-tier team in the East Midlands region to appear!

It is precisely this reason that many media advocated the "East Midlands Derby" before the game, but the fans responded very little. The buses in Derby County drove into the city stadium without any obstacles, and there was no hot atmosphere between the fans before the game, as if it was just an ordinary game.

In fact, Wan Sheng has a good relationship with Nottingham Forest head coach Hart. In the coaching circle, the one with the best relationship with Wan Sheng is this Nottingham Forest head coach.

The two met with each other when Wansheng went to Nottingham Forest for an interview.

In that interview, Wan Sheng failed to get the desired result, but he had a good sense of Nottingham Forest coach Hart - at least the other party did not laugh at him and did not question his resume.

This is not easy.

At that time, Wan Sheng went to various clubs for interviews. Many interviewers laughed at him for being overestimated, or simply refused, or even suspected that he had fabricated his resume. After all, his resume was a bit horrible.

Hart didn't do this, and he politely told Wansheng why he refused.

This also made Wansheng very fond of Hart.

Before this game, the two teams also had a phone call, but they just talked about private life and friends' topics. It had nothing to do with the game, but when they arrived at the game, the two became real opponents and had no friendship.

Before the game, the head coaches wanted to shake hands with each other, which was a polite handshake.

The camera captured this image.

Wan Sheng and Hart's hands were touched and left. The two looked at each other, shook their heads and separated. It felt like they were the same as the enemy. The commentator chuckled and said, "It seems that Wan Sheng and Hart are not happy... but we can look forward to the game..."

Often, the head coach is not happy with each other, which means that the two teams are not faster, not to mention that this is a derby battle, and the intense game can be imagined.

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The starting lineup sent by Wansheng is exactly the same as in the last game against Sunderland, and there is no change in each position.

In the last game, this lineup performed well, but eventually lost the game. The media thought that Wan Sheng would definitely change the lineup, but unexpectedly, the starting lineup of Derby County remained unchanged. Seeing the starting lineup of Derby County, some media reporters felt incredible.

"Don't he want to win?" Some people thought in surprise.

But Wan Sheng doesn't think so. The team lost the last home game, but it has nothing to do with the lineup. It can really be attributed to luck. He believes that there is no problem with such a starting lineup.

The team's formation is more aggressive than 442. The reason for saying this is that the two full-backs are Frank Ribery and Weberson, the midfield team is Ivan Crew and Morris, and the skills focus on defense are neither played.

The core of the team is Morris.

As long as Morris performs stably, this lineup can play a strong offensive ability, but it also seems weak in defense. This aspect can only be compensated by the team's overall tactical defense and the players' personal ability.

With recent tactical adjustments, Morris has become a star in the team.

In fact, many times Morris' performance on the court is not conspicuous, and his personal ability is not very outstanding, but what he is very strong is that his overall abilities are not bad, and his performance is always stable, with a good overall view, and his skills are relatively excellent. One of these qualities may not be anything, but together, it is very amazing.

As the core, Morris drives the offense and defense of the entire team. He is the most important player in the team. As long as he can perform steadily, he can give others the opportunity and space to perform. At that time, he will play rhythm and feel, and the team's performance will naturally not be bad.

Morris also felt Wan Sheng's importance to him.

Last season, Morris was not the core player of the team. He was used by Wan Sheng as an ordinary forward. Morris was worried about his position at that time. At that time, he felt that Wan Sheng did not value him, at least not as good as the young player Burton Reit. However, Morris was still determined to stay in Derby County because he saw himself growing under Wan Sheng's training.

Now that Morris has received such great attention, everyone in the team is a little envious because they know that as long as Morris has a stable performance and as the core of the team, he can easily become famous.

At least within the second division, it is not difficult to be a core figure in media coverage.

Under such attention, Morris also felt the pressure and worked harder in training. He hoped that he could do better, at least not disappoint Wan Sheng who was interested in him.

In fact, Morris didn't have much luxury. After all, he was already twenty-five years old and still played in the second division at the age of twenty-five. It is almost unlikely that he will become a real world-class star. Such a player will be able to play in the top division in his career.

But now Morris has become the core of offense and defense of the entire team. Especially Derby County is ranked second in the league, so he naturally has attracted considerable attention from the outside media.

In the match against Nottingham Forest, Morris remembers Wan Sheng's advice to himself, "You must be stable! Everyone else can come forward to fight. But you are the core of the offense and defense of the entire team, and your performance must be stable! You only need to remember one word on the court, that is stability!"

Morris understood Wansheng's words.

Before, he was the core of the offensive. His job was to organize the offense. The purpose of organizing the offense was to break through the opponent's defense line and find opportunities to score goals. But the offensive and defensive core of the whole team is different. In addition to organizing the offense, he also needs to pay attention to the rhythm of the whole team and the team's defense. If you want to do this job well, just organizing the offense is not enough. What he needs more is to perform steadily and try not to make mistakes.

It is not easy to be stable.

Derby County's tactics are still mainly offensive. If you want to be stable, you cannot advance rashly. Similarly, the team also needs to take the initiative to attack and cannot always stay behind. Let your teammates rush over. The most important thing is to grasp the degree.

Morris tried to do this.

In the previous two games, Morris kept looking for experience, summarizing the lessons of failure, making failure his own game experience, and improving his performance bit by bit. Now Morris can do a good job.

Derby County's tactics are still mainly offensive, but under the leadership of Morris, this kind of offense is different from before.

Derby County's attack before can only be described in one word, that is, "fast", fast offensive speed and fast counterattack speed. As long as the football is at the feet of Derby County players, be careful that they will suddenly pass the ball to the frontcourt or even into the penalty area. This is the speed of the attack.

Derby County's attack now may also be described as "fast", but professionals who have research on football can find other more suitable words to describe it as long as they look at it for a while, that is "rhythm".

When launching the attack, Derby County was still very fast, but their speed was no longer the aimless attack for the sake of fast speed.

Now they can grasp a certain rhythm.

The whole team is centered on Morris. When they launch an attack, they will be fast. Sometimes after intercepting the ball, they see the opponent's tight defense. Morris will make some back passes appropriately, or simply dribble the ball slowly by himself, so that the team's rhythm can be limited. However, when attacking, Derby County can play that fast football again. This rhythm change makes their offense very sharp.

To describe Derby County's current offense, it is to "get fast and slow down as you want." Compared with the football that could only play "fast" before, the overall offensive grasp ability has increased a lot, and the offensive effect is definitely better.

Facing such a Derbyshire, Nottingham Forest also had a headache.

Their impression of Derby County was still in last season, and that game was also at the City Square Stadium. At that time, Derby County only knew how to defend, and then took advantage of a counterattack to score a goal and finally won the game. Although they lost the game, the feeling of that game was completely different from now. At that time, they suppressed Derby County and attacked. As long as they could play well, they still felt that they had a chance.

Now the situation is reversed and they are suppressed by Derbyshire.

Even though head coach Hart reminded them to strengthen their defense before the game. Derby County has changed its tactics, they did not expect Derby County to have such a big change.

Especially their attack...it was fast and slow, and they were very uncomfortable with the kick!

Many Derby fans have also discovered the changes in the team's offense. If they were to describe it, it would be that the team's offense seemed to be more varied, and this change also made it more difficult for opponents to deal with, and they also looked better.

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Nottingham Forest coach Hart sat on the coach's seat and frowned as he watched the game on the court.

He watched Derby County's recent game video carefully before the game. He found that they had been using new offensive tactics, so he also arranged the most advantageous tactic, which was defensive counterattack.

England teams will play defensive counterattacks, and the same is true for Nottingham Forest. Defensive counterattacks and long passes are definitely their old profession. The best tactics now have become the most effective tactics to deal with opponents. This is really a good situation.

But Hart was not careless at all. He naturally knew that Derby County could rank second in the league after nine rounds, not just relying on an unexpected set of tactics. Their offense was still quite sharp, which can be seen from their goal numbers.

It is not easy to defeat Derby County by relying on defensive counterattacks. So before the game, he reminded the players to pay more attention to defense and disrupt the opponent's rapid offense with solid defense.

But this kind of defense is really not very effective now.

Derby County's offensive rhythm was clear, and the conversion between speed and slow made the players on Nottingham Forest very uncomfortable. This situation was something Hart did not expect. As a result, when he saw that the team was passive, he could not think of a solution for a while.

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The commentator of the City Square Stadium also saw the passive situation of Nottingham Forest, all because Derby County played very well. Not to mention the defense is very strict, the offensive rhythm is clear, and the game is greatly viewed, and the threat to Nottingham Forest fans has also increased greatly.

If you look at the game from a neutral perspective, the commentator must say, "Derby County played so beautifully!"

But he can't say that, because he is the commentator of City Square Stadium, and his commentator faces Nottingham Forest fans.

So he can only say, "Nottingham Forest is a little passive, and Derby County is using its mean offense to catch our players off guard..."

This made some other fans who heard the radio a little confused... Where is the Derby County offense despicable? It's very good to look at and be very viewable.

Wan Sheng didn't know that Morris, as the core, led the team's offensive rhythm to be distinct, resulting in the team's offense being very interesting, and it won the recognition of many other fans and even the media. In fact, his tactics were all about practicality, rather than whether the game played was good or not, which was not important to him at all.

But it is certain that the team has the upper hand now, and Wan Sheng hopes that this kind of upside will bring goals.

Wan Sheng sat on the coach's seat and kept muttering, "But don't be lucky anymore..." He was really afraid that like the last game, the team had the upper hand for a long time and was delayed in scoring the goal, but the opponent scored the first goal.

That's really bad luck.

Fortunately, Derby County's luck in this game was not so bad. The goal finally came in the 34th minute of the first half.

This goal was Ivan Kreu's assist.

However, the player who made the most credit was Ribery. Ribery dribbled the ball on the wing and suddenly cut into the middle. This erratic dribbled the ball really made Nottingham Forest defensive players feel a headache. They followed Ribery but failed to stop Ribery from passing the ball to Ivan Krew in the horizontal direction.

Ivan Krue pushed the ball straight to the left corner of the goal, and Cahill followed up and shot the ball into the net with his outer instep.

Nottingham Forest really doesn't have many ways to score this goal. They were not very adapted to the football with the speed and speed of Derby County, and they had to deal with Ribery, who had outstanding wing skills. Their defensive attention was almost on Ribery, Cahill and others. With the two shifts of football, they still failed to stop Ivan Kru from passing the ball to a dangerous area.

So the Nottingham Forest players feel powerless.

Although it was just a goal, it still had a big blow to their morale. They had thought about delaying the game before. As long as the opponent didn't score, it would be useless no matter how good he played, but now the opponent scored the goal, he couldn't delay it. They felt at a loss for a moment and didn't know how to continue.

Fortunately, head coach Hart stood up in time to let the team defend steadily, which allowed them to defend the goal in the first half and delayed the game to halftime.

But after the halftime break, Hart still didn't think about how to deal with Derby County's offense with a distinctive rhythm.

This kind of offense has a very high technical content compared to the level of the League One team. He couldn't think of how Derby County could play such a football after a summer of adjustment. If they could play like this in every game, wouldn't they easily gain an advantage in every game?

Thinking about Derby County's second-place finish in the league, Hart felt relieved.

No wonder they have achieved such good results!

This young Chinese man is really amazing. It is not surprising that he can adapt to such offensive tactics. The results are excellent. (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!
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