On the weekend, the 12th round of the league started, and Derby's opponent was Southampton, a team that was already in the relegation circle, with only a slightly better result than Crystal Palace and Norwich.

Although it was a away game, Wan Sheng still planned to give some players a rest. After all, the stadiums of Derby County are a bit dense, and he needs to use a certain degree of rotation to ensure the team's condition. With Southampton's strength, even if he is at home, it is difficult to threaten Derby County now.

In this game, players such as Morris, Van der Fate and Ribery were not brought with them, so the lineup became a semi-substitute. Lichsteiner, Peter Kennedy and captain Marcus, who had just recovered from injury, all started one after another, and the forward was replaced by Ian Taylor, who rarely appeared, and Wan Sheng only brought Bolton Reit as a forward substitute.

Wan Sheng’s judgment is still very accurate.

Although in the summer, Southampton head coach Troc claimed that the team's goal is to enter the European battlefield, the financial embarrassment has caused Southampton to decline a lot compared to last season. Until now, they have entered the relegation circle in the league. With one game of failure, they have lost all their fighting spirit, and even their fans have little confidence in the team. In this case, facing the strong Derby County, the result is naturally imaginable.

Relying on goals from Ivan Taylor, Leiden Bynes and Rousey, Derby County easily won the game 3-0.

Southampton is not a strong team. With Derby County's current results, it is not surprising that it will win against Southampton, and this game is not eye-catching. However, after the game, many media reported on Derby County, probably because so far, the Derby County League remains unbeaten!

Derby County is not the first in the league, but Derby County is the only team that remains unbeaten, with a twelve rounds of the league. Even the media is picky, it must admit that Derby County's performance so far is really gorgeous. In any case, this is unbeaten in the twelve rounds!

Many media lamented, "Who can stop Derby County from being unbeaten!"

Their eyes focused on the next round of the league, with Derby County's opponent being Middlesbrough.

McLaren's team is definitely not easy to meet, and the media also expects McLaren to defeat Wansheng. The English media naturally hopes that Middlesbrough will win. Because McLaren is an Englishman and Wansheng is a Chinese, it is not difficult to choose between the two. They hope that McLaren can lead Middlesbrough, defeat Derby County, and break Derby County's unbeaten golden body.

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At the same time, Wan Sheng's attention was not focused on the league, because the League Cup group matches were still very dense.

After playing the league, you need to prepare for the League Cup group stage.

Their opponent is Schalke 04.

The game is not easy, especially when Derby County has few players with European experience, they know very little about the German team. Even Wan Sheng's understanding of the German team is only in the "theory". He knows what the characteristics of the German team are, what stars Schalke 04 have, and many of their things. But these are all theory. After all, he has never had a head-on competition, and he is not very sure of the game. However, he believes that as long as the team can perform normally, there will be a great chance to win.

He is still very confident about the current strength of Derby County.

However, Wan Sheng still had a headache. Before this game, Alfred suffered a minor injury during training and needed a round of quit. Alfred is crucial to the current new formation. Players from all positions in the team can be replaced, but Alfred cannot be replaced. His core position is the guarantee of the offensive and defensive transformation of this 4321 formation. Without Alfred, he could only pull Morris, but doing so would be better than returning to the original formation.

So Wansheng could only let the team change the original 442.

In the 442 formation, Ottoman can also start, and the two full-backs are Ribery and Ivan Crew, and the core is Morris and Van der Fate's position is some prerequisites. They partner with Bolton Reit to form a double striker, which is also a relatively strong lineup for Derby County.

Before the game, many media hyped this game because it was the most popular match in Group A of the League Cup. So far, many media have believed that Schalke 04 and Derby County are the strong teams in Group A, and Feyenoord, as a Dutch giant, has been excluded.

The German media naturally said good things about Schalke 04, and they didn't think that Derby County, which has almost no experience in European wars, could really achieve any good results.

However, the German media still has many hype methods. They have taken out their killer weapon, "Bayern Munich". Before the game, they reported a lot of "two and three things between Bayern Munich and Ribery", which is like Ribery will belong to Bayern Munich tomorrow.

The German media wants to use this to influence the status of Derbyshire.

Wan Sheng did not care about media reports. For him, he had experienced more influence reports. He did not care about the methods of the German media. What's more, he would not take the initiative to read the German media reports. Before the game, he mainly arranged the team to prepare for the game.

The 442 formation is definitely worse than Alfred's 4321, but the midfield diamond position and Ottoman blocks in front of the penalty area will make the defense more stable. In this way, the game against Schalke 04, especially at home, is still at home. As long as you perform normally, your strength will be enough.

But the game was a little different from what he imagined.

As the game just started, Schalke 04 played a brilliant cooperation, quickly scored a goal, and took the lead in the score in advance. This goal put some pressure on Derby County.

Soon Derby County hit the target with Schalke 04.

However, Schalke 04's defense is very stable, and it is not easy for Derby County to find opportunities for a while. More importantly, Wansheng found a problem, that is, Ribery's performance is a bit too "independent", which leads to the team's offense not being very smooth.

Whenever the football hit Ribery's feet, the attack became a little stuck.

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This was also played in Ribery in the last game.

With his two goals, he received praise from all over England, even some French media. In addition, national team coach Domeneck also praised his performance. Obviously, Domeneck saw that game and was deeply impressed by himself.

After the game, Ribery felt that success was right in front of him.

So in this game, he continued to play like this.

Ribery didn't care whether the team's offense was smooth or not. He just relied on his confidence in his skills and kept trying his best. He worked very hard and didn't care about one or two mistakes. In his opinion, there would always be failures in the offense, otherwise it would not be so difficult to score goals in the football game. It would be okay if he failed several times. As long as he could help the team find a good opportunity in the future, even if he scored goals and helped the team equalize the score, many mistakes would be covered up, and he could still get unanimous recognition.

That's what Ribery thinks.

What he didn't know was that Wan Sheng had already frowned on the coach's seat.

In the last UEFA Cup, the team won easily. Ribery still didn't care about the victory, but the premise was that the game was won. If the same performance affected the victory, he had to care. Now the team's offense, whenever it reached Ribery's feet, it was like a smooth music suddenly came to a pause, which made people feel very awkward.

Once, twice, let alone wins, even the players on the Derby County field felt it, so they obviously reduced the number of passes to the left.

But the key is in Derby County's 442 formation. Although Ribery is a full-back, he is one of the core of the midfield offensive. The role he plays is still very critical. Unless he always attacks from Ivan Cru, many offenses will not be wrong with Ribery.

The biggest problem with Derbyshire now is that Ribery is, and Ribery doesn't seem to notice it and still insists on his performance, which reminds Wan Sheng of the game in the League One.

In the League One, Wan Sheng allowed Ribery to play freely. As a result, Ribery was eye-catching in every game, so now Ribery can't blame him for performing like this. There are also some problems such as the team's playing style and habits. However, after arriving in the Premier League, Wan Sheng asked Ribery to integrate into the team's tactical system. After all, the Premier League and the League One are not on the same level. Whether in European competitions or domestic leagues, many teams encountered are not worse than Derby County. Many counterparts will have a strong defensive ability. If Ribery "plays freely", it will be difficult to "play" it out.

Just like now, Schalke 04's defense is very stable. When Ribery makes a personal breakthrough, he is easily trapped in the two of them. It cannot be said that he loses the ball every time, but in many cases, at least time is wasted, resulting in the missed opportunity.

Ribery didn't feel anything. He was still showing his superb footwork, as if he wanted to tell the audience how outstanding his footwork was. Schalke 04's defensive players could only be tricked by him. I have to say that from an appreciation point of view, Ribery did a good job, but he wasted the team's time and opportunities.

This is a football match, not a circus, victory is determined by the score, not by attracting the audience's attention!

You can pass the ball directly, but you have to show your footwork. In the end, you can pass the ball when you have no choice, or you just lose the ball directly. This performance is a "lose" for the team's offense, and at the same time, it also makes the team unable to play the offensive soul - speed.

After the other players ran to the frontcourt, they obviously had the chance but did not pass the ball. The opportunity was wasted.

Wan Sheng frowned when he watched the scene.

He didn't care about media reports before, but now he knows that the report must have affected Ribery's mentality, otherwise he wouldn't have played like this for no reason.

Ribery definitely hopes to perform better in the game, which is certain, but his mind seems to be using the wrong place. Does he think that as long as he can attract attention, he can quickly become a big star or directly enter the French national team? (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!
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