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Chapter 41 How about Raphael?

In the locker room, the players' faces were not very good.⊥

The team has been doing well this season, and it is still unbeaten in the league, has never lost in the League Cup, nor has it in the League Cup. That is to say, so far, all three fronts of Derby County have remained unbeaten and won a Community Shield Cup, which also makes the team feel relaxed in most games, but now it is different. At Pride Stadium, they are the side behind.

If the opponent is a strong team like Arsenal and Manchester United, it will be behind by one goal, which is normal. After all, there are both losses and losses in football, and no one can guarantee victory when fighting a strong team, but the opponent is Schalke 04, and their backwardness is not all the reasons for the opponent's performance...or in other words, their own reasons are more serious.

Many people think Ribery is in trouble.

In the first half just passed, the players who played knew that the team's offense was not smooth, so the reason was naturally Ribery, which was also the reason why he was replaced before the end of the first half.

What about now?

What will the coach do?

......

In fact, Wan Sheng ignored Ribery. He just explained the tactics of the second half and told each player what to do in the second half.

This gave Ribery some face.

Ribery is an old player after all. He has been with the team for a year and a half. Even though he is behind, Wan Sheng still takes care of his face. What's more, there is still the second half, and it's useless to say anything now.

Ribery sat in the corner, watching Wan Sheng explain the tactics, and his mind was no longer on the game.

He was substituted and naturally it was impossible to play. So no matter how he played in the second half, it had nothing to do with him. He was just thinking about his own problems. He didn't think his approach was wrong. He did the same in the last game. As a result, he received a lot of praise, but now he did this, but was replaced directly. Why?

He can't figure it out.

He thinks that his skills are excellent, so the team should give him room to play and believe in himself. He also knows the problem of cooperating with his teammates, but as long as there is one or two performances, it is enough. There will always be mistakes in one wave of offense, or passes. Or shots. There is no difference between other people's mistakes and their own mistakes. It is impossible to guarantee that every wave of offense can bring opportunities, so it has nothing to do with it.

When Wan Sheng explained the tactics, Ribery kept thinking about it.

He felt that he was out of place with the locker room and his face was not very good-looking. He even wondered if he should have left.

At this moment, Wan Sheng shouted, "We didn't perform well in the first half! Very bad! I don't know what you are doing! Schalke 04 is not a strong team. I dare say they are not as good as us. This is Pride Stadium. Look, there are more than 20,000 fans coming today. They are all watching. If I lose the game, I know what face I have in the future. I will feel guilty when I see those fans..."

Wansheng did not refer to anyone's name alone, but many people subconsciously looked at Ribery.

Ribery was stunned by these many teammates, and then he became even more angry, thinking in his heart that you all think it was my problem?

But in the end, Wan Sheng did not point out Ribery. He just continued to motivate everyone to play hard, "We will continue to attack in the second half and continue to create pressure on their half!"

"Their left-backs are not strong. You try to play as much as possible on the right. You can create set-piece opportunities at the appropriate time, but don't be impulsive, don't think about the game, how to play, and maintain a normal mentality. This is a group stage, and we can still afford to lose in one game!"

"What's more, there are still forty-five minutes left in the game, enough for us to do a lot of things..."

......

Before the second half of the game started, many commentators also talked about the game.

"In the last time of the first half, Derby County made a substitution adjustment, and Ribery was replaced, but this is not surprising. In the first half, Ribery performed very badly. He missed opportunities many times, which made Derby County's offense not smooth. However, Wan Sheng's approach was still a bit tough. He should choose to substitution at the beginning of the second half. Substitution at that time may affect the players' mentality..."

The English commentator said for Derbyshire.

In this kind of European stadium, the English will naturally support England's team unconditionally. Although there are not many supporters in the league Derby County, they can still get a lot of support when they go to the European stadium.

The German commentator is optimistic about Schalke 04's victory.

"Before the game, many English media said that this Derby County is so strong, but in this game, we did not see how strong Derby County is in offense, and Schalke 04 also led the game. It turns out that it was advocated by the English people, and they have always been good at doing this kind of thing..."

Just as the commentator was talking, the players of both teams had already appeared.

Wan Sheng also followed the team into the stadium.

Ribery came too, he was the last one to arrive. Wan Sheng pointed to the seat next to Ribery and said to him, "Sit down! Look!"

Ribery was stunned and sat down immediately.

Wan Sheng knew that Ribery would definitely have some ideas. He hoped that Ribery could find some problems in his mentality by watching the game.

In fact, he was still quite angry about Ribery's problem, especially Ribery is already 23 years old and does not have a stable mentality. His game state will be affected by media reports. But instead, he thought that although Ribery can become a world superstar in the future, it is the future. He became famous late and had never experienced these before. If he hadn't experienced it, what's the difference between 18 and 23 years old? Only by experiencing it can you have experience and mature. This is also a growth for Ribery.

Wansheng is not so angry when he thinks about this.

The second half began soon.

The German commentator's performance in Derby County in the first half was to satirize the Englishman's "advocating" his own national team's means. At the beginning of the second half, he didn't say that, because the game became very exciting, and this excitement was compared to Derby County. Schalke 04 often had to defend passively, and fans were in frequent crises.

The two teams are still fighting against each other.

But when Leiden Bynes replaced Ribery's position, Derby County's offense became much smoother, and the defense of pressing the whole game was also sharp. Schalke 04's offense was difficult to hit the Derby County penalty area. The suppression effect in Derby County's tactics was also reflected, and the speed in the tactics was also reflected.

One attack is nothing, but when the attack becomes again and again, Derby County plays quite good, while Schalke 04, as the opponent, feels miserable. They thought that Derby County will attack in the second half. After all, Derby County is the backward side, but I didn't expect that Derby County will change so much in the first half. The two teams can still play a slight difference in the first half. But now Derby County has 2 attacks, Schalke 04 can only account for 1 at most. This difference is quite obvious.

Many Schalke 04 players finally know why the English media had such great confidence in Derby County before the game.

Especially when they attack, it feels more obvious. Derby County's full-game pressing is very headache. Whenever the football hits near the center line, they have to face a very urgent situation. No matter where they receive the pass, there will always be opposing players pressing over. They either pass the opponent or pass the ball quickly, otherwise they will be pressed soon or even be surrounded. This leads to their urgency every time they attack, and many Schalke 04 players are very uncomfortable.

This is not the main thing!

The most threatening thing is Derby County's offense. When the offense became smooth, the role of Van der Fate and Morris and others was very obvious. The attack speed led by the two was very fast, with accurate passes and receiving balls and fast, which made Schalke 04's defense line crisis frequent.

But Schalke 04 is really good in defense.

After 30 minutes of the game, Derby County failed to recover the score. At this time, Schalke 04 counterattack became even smaller. Almost all 11 players in the backcourt participated in the defense. They wanted to defend this victory, but it was not easy to defend it alone.

In the 78th minute of the game, Derby County still scored a goal.

After Van der Fate received a pass from Leiden Bynes in front of the penalty area, he suddenly changed direction and got rid of the defensive player next to him and dribbled the ball into the penalty area. He found a good opportunity to score. Taking advantage of the opportunity, Van der Fate pulled the ball into the far corner with one kick.

The football flew through the left rib from Schalke 04 goalkeeper!

Pride Stadium welcomed a shocking cheer!

"Raphael Van der Fate! Raphael Van der Fate! He showed his superb skills in front of the goal! His feet were like drawing art. He got rid of defense in the penalty area and he accurately sent the ball into the goal! 1:1! Derby equalized the score!"

With the commentator's words, the cheers at Pride Stadium became even stronger.

Rafael Van der Fate, who scored the goal, rushed to Leiden Bynes who passed the ball to him, and then the two hugged each other tightly. At this moment, every Derby County player was very excited. Although he was just equalizing the score, the goal was really hard to come by for this difficult game.

On the coach's seat.

Wan Sheng stood up and applauded when he saw the goal, and then he turned to look at Ribery and asked, "Frank, what do you think of Raphael?"

Ribery was stunned, "What?"

"I'm asking you, how is Raphael's technique?"

Ribery didn't quite understand what Wansheng meant. He was not a coach. What did Van der Fate's skills have to do with him? So he was stunned and did not answer.
Chapter completed!
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