Chapter 30 The top three in the league
"This is the tenth round of the Premier League, Newcastle United played against Derby County at home. It is now the 31st minute of the first half. Just now, Derby County midfielder Lee Morris helped the team score the first goal in the game!"
"0:1, Derby County is leading the away game!"
"But I have to talk about it, the assist of this goal is Baker Alfred. This straight pass directly penetrates Newcastle United's defense line, which is really exquisite!"
"If this pass came from Rafael Van der Fate or Frank Ribery's feet, I wouldn't say it specifically, but Alfred is the Derby County defender. Such a delicate pass came from a defender, which is really unimaginable..."
"Perhaps we should focus more on this 21-year-old young player!"
"But this may also be luck. After all, it's just a pass. Alfred did not show off his offensive talent before, but this time he made a contribution to Derby County! At least half of this goal is attributed to him!"
George Woodgate commented on the goal.
He has been talking about Alfred, and Morris who scored the ball was completely ignored, but it is understandable that after all, this ball is mainly because Alfred passed too well. When Morris appeared in front of the ball, he could directly shoot. Any frontcourt player who had some footwork can score. What's more, Morris is one of the several stars in the Derby County team. With his outstanding performance, he is still famous in the Premier League.
Wan Sheng stood on the sidelines and he was also very satisfied with Alfred's performance.
However, he was not surprised that Alfred could pass this ball. After a month of personal training, he had a double bonus of "Speed Improvement" coaching skills. Alfred's passing evaluation has been increased to 85 points. This evaluation data can be compared with ordinary frontcourt players in the Premier League, plus the attribute evaluation bonus of other coaching skills. Alfred's normal performance can reach about 90 in passing. This evaluation data is enough to give him such a wonderful performance when he has "inspiration".
Of course, what is important is actually "inspiration".
The thing about ‘inspiration’ is not good. This is the star’s occasional outstanding performance. It depends a bit on opportunities and luck, and the game state. Alfred’s condition is obviously very good in this game, so when there is a chance, ‘inspiration’ comes, and he comes to such an amazing performance.
After Morris scored, Derby County led by one goal, and the situation between the two teams was different.
However, neither team has adjusted its tactics and the game is still going on normally. Newcastle United has been suppressed, but their defense has done well. As a result, the score was not rewritten before the end of the first half.
After a half-time break, the game soon entered the second half.
Newcastle United coach Robson asked the players to attack more in the second half at halftime, which was also unsuccessful. Newcastle United was behind. They had to strengthen their offense to have more goals. If the situation could not be restored, it was not easy to counterattack. The first half game has proved something. At least Derby County is also cautious in its defense while attacking. It is difficult for Newcastle League to make a fast defensive counterattack to threaten Derby County goal.
But Robson did not expect that Derby County also adjusted its tactics.
Derby County’s tactics adjustments are simple, that is, to compress the formation, and the three-line retreat begins to play a conservative defensive counterattack. There is no need to change the tactics. It is enough to just retreat. This is the advantage of ‘os-fast’, which focuses on offense and defense. The power of both styles of play is very good.
With a goal advantage in hand, victory is definitely the most important thing, so there is no need to fight with Newcastle United at all. After all, Newcastle United is also a veteran strong team. If they perform well, it is not surprising that they will turn the tables at home.
This is Wansheng’s “utilitarian” mind.
He admits this.
In fact, Wansheng adjusts the formation to make the team stronger offensive ability, which means that the team will score goals quickly, so that the team will be in a favorable position. After scoring the goal first, the team can start to shrink the formation and attack offensively and defensively. In this way, the initiative will always be in his hands, and the opponent can only attack "passively". Of course, it is okay not to attack. Anyway, Derby County is leading, so you don't have to worry about delaying time.
This is how professional football is. Victory is the most important thing. Since the contraction of the formation is more likely to win, why bother with your opponent head-on?
In this case, Newcastle United can only take the initiative to attack, and this change in Derby County has also made Newcastle United players very uncomfortable. The tactics focus on defense. Like Derby County, which focuses on attack, it is just like the two teams. When Derby County is focusing on attack, Derby County has a very strong offensive, completely suppressing Newcastle United and focusing on defense. Now, Derby County is like a turtle shell. When Newcastle United attacks in the frontcourt, it has to face the defense like this turtle shell. At the same time, they must pay attention to their opponent's counterattack, because Derby County's counterattack speed is quite fast. If they neglect, their own goal will be very dangerous.
In this case, Newcastle United can only grit their teeth and attack because they are behind in the score and they have no choice!
As a result, in the 77th minute of the game, Derby County used a fast break to break through Newcastle United's goal again. Morris was still the one who scored this time. He received a pass from Ribery to score the ball, and scored twice in his own goal, rewriting the score to 0:2, and Derby County led two goals away.
By this time, even Newcastle United fans felt that the team had little hope.
It’s not that the opponent has led too much. In fact, although the advantage of the two goals is not small, it is definitely not big. However, Newcastle United has not taken the initiative in the whole game. They have only threatened Derby County goal once so far, but in the first half, that is, they have not been able to break through the Derby County defense line in the second half. The occasional shots are also long shots outside the penalty area. On the contrary, Derby County takes advantage of the attack opportunities again and again, but a few players have stepped forward to disrupt the Newcastle United defense line.
This scene made Newcastle United fans desperate.
The old coach Robson watched the game and turned to look at the young Chinese on the coach's table on the other side. He couldn't help but smile bitterly. He found that the situation of the game had been in the hands of the opponent from the beginning, and Newcastle United had been in a passive situation, and he was a little unwilling to accept it. But more of it was helpless because he could not change the current situation.
"Maybe I should have retired long ago!" Robson thought.
Robson's life was a legendary football. He was the most legendary coach in the British football world. He once led the England national team to compete in the 1986 and 1990 World Cup. Although he lost to the final champions Argentina and West Germany, the Italian World Cup semi-finals were the best record that the England national team has created in the World Cup in the past 40 years.
In addition to making great contributions to the national team, Robson personally brought the talented player Ronaldo to the peak of world football during his coaching in Eindhoven and Barcelona. During his coaching days, Robson also trained Mourinho, the current Chelsea head coach. At that time, the Portuguese was Robson's translator and assistant.
There is no doubt that Robson is the best coach in England in the past few decades. In 2002, Robson was awarded the Jazz title by British Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace, becoming the eighth person in English football to receive this royal honor. From then on, fans have to add a private r to the front when calling him.
Robson has been fighting cancer for more than a decade, and now he still has a pacemaker and hearing aids.
This is a legendary coach worthy of respect.
But no matter what, Robson is already 72 years old. In the summer, he has been confirmed to retire at the end of the season. He originally wanted to have a good result and make his coaching career perfectly end, but looking at the current game, Robson suddenly felt powerless.
His opponent is only a 27-year-old man, and Newcastle United is no worse than Derby County. The game was played at St James' Park Stadium, but he found himself helpless about the game and could only watch the team lose to Derby County and helpless.
"Old..."
In Robson's sigh, the game time passed by more than ten minutes, and soon the whole game ended with the referee's whistle.
Neither team scored in the last time, and Derby County defeated the home team Newcastle United at St James Park with two goals from Morris.
After the game, Derby County fans celebrated wildly.
The league was held for ten rounds, with Derby County winning 6 and 4 draws, and 22 points were obtained. If nothing unexpected happens, the end of this round, Derby County's league rankings rose to at least the top three, which is also one of the important reasons why Derby County fans are excited, not just victory.
The current Derby County results are something they dare not even imagine.
In the summer, almost all Derby fans think that the team can only fight for relegation. Entering the first season of the top league, there is no doubt that the goal will be relegation. Even if Wan Sheng said in front of the media that 'the team's goal is to compete for European competition qualification', they did not take it seriously. In the eyes of most people, it is somewhat idealistic and unrealistic. As long as the team can relegate, they are already satisfied.
But since the fifth round of the league, Derby County has entered the top six of the league, and now it is even among the top three of the league, and may even be second. The gap with Chelsea, which is the first in the league, is only three points, just a game difference.
This result surprised the fans and was also very excited. The top three in the league was definitely something they dared not think about, but when a group of media said, "Derby County is in crisis", the team quietly advanced to the top three in the league... Derby County fans were a little confused. Now they were thinking that no matter what the media said, they should believe that the team's head coach Wan Sheng.
Only what Wan Sheng said is true, just like in the summer he said that the team should strive for European competition qualifications. He said before that he wanted to compete for the Champions League qualifications. Now they believe that the team will definitely do it.
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At the post-match press conference, Wan Sheng's face looked very serious.
He looked like Derby County had just lost the ball, but in fact, looking at the reporters in the audience with the same expression as "eating feces" on their faces, he felt extremely happy, but he did not show it, but instead he had a tense face, as if he was very dissatisfied with the team's performance.
Just when the media reporter was surprised, Wan Sheng spoke, "We won this game, 2:0, and the result was very good, but I can now be sure that the team is only one step away from the crisis..."
Hearing these words, the reporters in the audience were stunned.
But Wan Sheng didn't care about the expressions of the reporters. After saying this, he turned around and left without stopping at the press conference, leaving only one sentence, "I must deal with the upcoming crisis seriously, so I have to go back first..."
Only when his figure disappeared around the corner did the venue burst into a loud noise.
One by one, the reporters were so angry that they cursed!
They are here to do interviews, not to listen to nonsense. Obviously, Wan Sheng’s two words are not just nonsense, but also pure irony. After Derby County defeated Newcastle United two goals away, head coach Wan Sheng said that Derby County is only one step away from the crisis?
This tmd is definitely a media that deliberately disgusted the crisis reporting!
In the venue, except for a very small number of Derby County's genuine supporters, most reporters have done similar reports. Then they found that they were all hit by this "map cannon" and did not interview any useful content at all. They could not defeat Newcastle United away in Derby County and ranked among the top three in the league. What do you think, "Derby County is in crisis"?
It's simply irritating!
No matter how stupid a guy is, he will not believe this. A newly promoted team last season is ranked among the top three in the league after the end of ten rounds... Is this the rhythm of being in a 'crisis'?
Think about the last round of Derby County and Crystal Palace. Before the game, the Chinese said that "the team is not far from the crisis." After defeating Crystal Palace 5:0, he said "the team is closer to the crisis." Now, "the team is only one step away from the crisis"... Is it possible that if Derby County wins again in the next game, he will say "Derby County is already in crisis"?
Thinking of this, the reporters were all gritting their teeth with hatred.
But at the same time, the local Derby County media reporters were secretly happy because they received the news in the msn group.
“Five questions can be asked.”
Wan Sheng's simple words made all the reporters in the group understand. Those reporters with mobile phones or computers online immediately became excited. Even other reporters who were not online could also record these interviews through message records. This is how Wan Sheng accepted the interview.
Those hostile media reporters still want to interview him?
Go dreaming!
Only media reporters who support the team have this opportunity!
Chapter completed!