Derby County is trying to do recovery training to adjust the players' condition to make the players perform better in the game. With the joint efforts of the whole team, the recovery training effect in two or three days is still very good. However, in order to relieve the pressure of those players who often play, on January 1, the first day of the New Year, Wan Sheng chose to make some rotation adjustments in the away game against Bolton. Ivan Crew and Frank Ribery did not have it, and the central defender combination also became Vidic and Alfred. Captain Marcus had a round of rest, so the captain on the field became Peter Kennedy.

This is not the first time Peter Kennedy has been a captain. He was once the captain of the field when Marcus and Morris were unable to play last season. However, at that time, Derby County was still in the second division, so the captain of the field is naturally not very valuable. Now the team is in the top league and has become a strong contender for the league championship. Peter Kennedy himself is not the absolute main force of the team. In this case, Peter Kennedy is still under great pressure as the captain of the field.

Fortunately, no one opposed Peter Kennedy becoming the captain. One reason was that he had been in the team for a long time. Although he was just a substitute in the midfield now, he was quite popular in the team and was also a qualified player. In addition, Peter Kennedy replaced Morris as the core of the midfield. His position was suitable for becoming the captain. With the captain's armband, he could better command the entire team.

It is obvious that Peter Kennedy is still under pressure. His performance in this game was also affected by ≤Long≤Wen≤Literature≤Study,∽.↖.n≠et match, but fortunately, no major mistakes were made. Under the fast-attack football tactical framework of the whole team, his performance was more steady than usual, which made the team's defense obsessed.

The only thing is that the team's goal came too late.

It was not until the 83rd minute of the game that the two teams scored their first goal. The contributor to the goal was Leiden Bynes on the side. He inserted the ball and pushed it horizontally to Luci, who ran out of the gap and knocked on Bolton's goal with a cold shot.

1:0, the score was rewritten.

This is the first goal that Luci scored for Derby County this season. After the goal, Luci was extremely excited. He hugged each other with each other. The enthusiasm was really crazy, but everyone can understand Luci's feeling. As a team's "panko" substitute, Luci usually plays in the middle and backcourt, and it is not very important on the court. It is difficult for him to get opportunities in front of the goal. In this game, he replaced Ribery to play the left frontcourt and found such an opportunity. Especially this goal was the only goal of the two teams in the final game, which almost directly determined the victory or defeat of the game. Such a key goal is worth a thousand gold, and it is the first goal of the season, so it is no wonder Luci is so excited.

Wansheng stood on the sidelines and applauded.

He originally thought that this game would draw against Bolton, but he didn't expect the surprise to come so suddenly. Luci actually helped the team score a goal. The result was really good. Victory is always the best.

Luci's goal also became the only goal in the game. With this goal, Derby County defeated Bolton 0-1 away and won the third victory of the Christmas game.

Soon three days later, Derby County welcomed Newcastle United at home.

After ninety minutes of the game, Derby County defeated Newcastle United 1-0 at home. The only goal came from Cruivit, but because of this goal, Cruivit collided with the opponent's goalkeeper. He stood up and limped. The team doctor then found that his muscles were slightly strained and he had to rest for a while to recover.

Cruivet's injury was nothing. He had a slight muscle strain. If he said too much, he would just take a month off and it would be better if he had less than a week. What made Wan Sheng even more worried was that at the end of the game, Van der Fate fell to the ground and was carried off the field by a stretcher while fighting with the opponent.

His painful expression seemed very serious.

After the game, Wan Sheng had nothing to do with victory. After Diamares took over to attend the press conference, he went directly to the hospital to check the situation. After he went to the hospital to ask the doctor, he breathed a long sigh. Van der Fate was just kicked hard on his calf, which caused the surface to be a little bloated and there was no major problem. Such trauma was enough to recover in one week.

However, Wan Sheng considered the next schedule and did not announce this news. When he returned to the club to face the media interview, he just said that Van der Fate would take some time to treat, and the specific time for healing is still uncertain.

As a result, various media speculated on how long it would take for Van der Fate to recover, and some hostile media once again presented the "Derby County Injury Crisis" to talk about the possible decline in performance Derby County.

Until now, this is no longer a nonsense, and even some ordinary players are beginning to worry about Derby County's results.

Although Derby County won all four Christmas battles, Derby County faced serious injuries and problems. Morris needed to be at least quit until March before he could return. In addition to the current Cruivet and Van der Fate, Derby County directly lost three generals.

Morris' inability to play has had a very big impact on Derby County. The very strong evidence is the scores of Derby County in recent times. Although they have been winning, there is still a very sharp contrast between the '1:0' and the continuous large-scale wins before Christmas.

If Van der Fate can no longer play, Derby County's middle can almost be described as "no one available". At that time, Derby County's performance will almost certainly be affected.

In this discussion, Derby County didn't care. Many players breathed a sigh of relief. No matter what, four consecutive league games after Christmas have ended, and the next schedule is also very intensive, but at least there will be no three days or two games, and the team will have a rest time.

Wansheng decisively gave the team two days off.

The whole team had two days off, and Wan Sheng naturally had two days off, but he lamented that he was born busy and it was difficult to really get idle. Taking advantage of the holiday, Wan Sheng went directly to London and found his mentor Professor Ben Hawkhua, asking a series of questions about writing papers and publishing.

This is related to his further studies of his master's degree from the University of London, and he also wants to publish his research results.

Wansheng is still very accomplished about his research in the field of kinematics. It is like some professional researchers who have achieved some results in their own field, so naturally they want to share these results at the first time. This represents the results of the research and also their own work results.

The only difference is that Wan Sheng’s purpose is not for money or fame. He just wants to publish his research results. These research results are difficult to truly apply to real life. In other words, even if kinematics professionals in other teams know their achievements, it is difficult to apply them to team training, because this is just a simple academic issue.

Just like some "world problems" in mathematics, solving these "world problems" is naturally a dazzling result. But it is difficult to be really useful in life.

Ben Hawkhua can still help Wansheng in publishing his paper. He can give some good suggestions, but he was even more surprised that Wansheng's research has made progress.

When he learned about Wansheng's research direction, he always felt that it was impossible to do it, and there was no progress. Unexpectedly, Wansheng really developed something, so he discussed it with Wansheng in this regard, and Wansheng also roughly explained some progress. Ben Hawkhua thought the content was very novel just by listening, so he began to make some advice on "Wansheng resigned from his position as head coach, returned to the academic world, and become a professional researcher."

"You are a genius!"

"What's the best thing about being a football coach? The decades of your life are enough to change the world!"

"You will become Einstein of the new century!"

“…”

Wan Sheng could only roll his eyes a few times. Even though he had achievements in research, his main business was football coach. And these research results were based on the football training master system and training for players. If he quit his position as head coach and does professional research, even if he is very confident in his mind, Wan Sheng felt that he would not do better than others. After all, there are many geniuses in the scientific community, and he doesn't think he has anything outstanding.

More importantly... His dream is to become a top football coach. Now, he is moving steadily towards his dream, so he will naturally not stop for no reason.

After returning to Derby County, the team soon regrouped for training and began to prepare for the semi-finals of the League Cup with Liverpool.

However, before that, there is still a FA Cup match to play. The opponent is Wigan Athletics and Derby County is playing at home, so there is no preparation for this game. When playing against a second-tier team at home, Derby County has no pressure.

Unexpectedly, an accident happened. At twenty-one minutes of the game, Ivankru was injured and ended. Wan Sheng watched Ivankru walk around and turn around and frowned.

He didn't care about what the media said before, but the situation the team faced was really difficult.

In a slightly cold winter, frequent competitions still cause frequent injuries to the entire team, and occasional bumps and bumps on the court can easily lead to injuries.

Ivankru's injury does not seem to be serious, but there are always players injured, so he still reminds Wan Sheng that he must not be despised on the injury issue.

In the end, Derby County won 2:0 in the game, but Ivankru's injury still made Wan Sheng lose the joy of victory. After the game, he went to ask the team doctor about Ivankru's injury. The team doctor's answer made Wan Sheng breathe a sigh of relief, "It's just a minor injury, and you can recover in a few days."

Despite this, Wan Sheng was still worried about the team's injury problem. In the next two days, Wan Sheng kept paying attention to the players' physical condition during training, and also asked Walton and Cooperdo to do some psychological work for the players and reduce the players' psychological pressure on frequent games.

He believes that it will still have a certain effect when the body and the mind are both working together.

The injury has indeed had a significant impact on the team. Van der Fate has not fully recovered, and Ivan Cruyvit is injured again. It is difficult for Cruyvit to participate in the January game. In addition to Morris before, the team suffered heavy losses in the frontcourt.

Fortunately, there are five days left in the next game. By the next day, Wan Sheng called Van der Fate and Ivankru to start the recovery training.

Both of them were not seriously injured. The doctor suggested that they take a few days to rest before returning to the team for training, but Wan Sheng knew that he could do recovery training and that he would definitely recover faster. Just relying on rest and the body's own recovery ability will definitely take a lot more time.

He also wants the two to catch up with the League Cup with Liverpool.

The League Cup with Liverpool is already a semi-final, and the game is no longer a single game to decide the winner. The two teams have to play two home and away games to decide which team will enter the finals. Considering this, Wan Sheng still wants to gain enough advantages in the first round, otherwise the team's situation will be even more dangerous if they have to face the pressure of two battles.

Wan Sheng did not announce the injury situation of Van der Fate and Ivan Krue, and it was also for the purpose of playing against Liverpool.

Therefore, there were many speculations from the outside media. Most of them believed that Van der Fate and Ivankru could not play in the first round of Liverpool, because the time for the two were injured was too short. Even if they had a small injury, they would need to recover for at least one week. They would definitely not be able to play after recovering from injury. Generally, players would have to get back into the game after being injured and reappearing, and it would take ten days apart.

What's more, Van der Fate's injury seemed quite serious. Although Ivankru seemed to have a minor injury, he had just been injured and it was difficult to play in less than a week.

Wan Sheng did not respond to these speculations and arguments.

It was not until the day before the game that Derby County held a regular press conference that media reporters met Wan Sheng again.

Wan Sheng sat on the rostrum, his brows slightly frowned, and his face was solemn. During interviews on weekdays, the reporter saw Wan Sheng with a smile on his face and looked very kind. Although no one really thought so, Wan Sheng's youth and expression still gave people a lot of good impressions.

Today is different.

Looking at Wan Sheng who frowned on the stage, the local media reporters in Derbyshire were full of concern, and the expressions of other media reporters also became much more serious. Perhaps some hostile media were gloating and wanting to know the specific situation, but on the surface they would definitely remain serious.

When the press conference officially began, Wan Sheng's expression became even more solemn.

Seeing this expression, media reporters knew what questions to ask. Sure enough, the first media reporter to stand up asked about the team's injury situation.

Wan Sheng grinned, his smile was a little fake, and then he spoke, "The team has no problem at the moment. Raphael and Ivan have both recovered very well. They can both play in tomorrow's game..."

The reporter from the audience listened blankly.

They couldn't believe that Wan Sheng actually said "Recovered well"... How could it be possible!? If it recovered well, would you still have this expression? It would look so fake when you smile?

There must be a problem!

Although Wan Sheng said what he said, even the local Derby County media reporters did not believe what Wan Sheng said. They believed that this must be a smoke bomb to confuse Liverpool coach Benitez. (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!