So far, due to the excellent league results, Derby County has attracted much attention from the English media. In addition, this is the semi-final of the League Cup, and many people are paying attention to the match between Derby County and Liverpool.∮∮, although the League Cup is like a waste to the strong team, this is the semi-final of the League Cup after all. The confrontation between the two teams can directly determine which team enters the final.

In addition to the Liverpool and Derby County match, another League Cup semi-final also attracted great attention, which is also a match between two strong teams - Chelsea vs. Manchester United. However, this match was played the second day of Liverpool and Derby County, so the first thing everyone is paying attention to is the match between Anfield Stadium.

The night before the game, what Wan Sheng said in an interview at a regular press conference in Derby County was reported by various sports media.

During the interval after the Christmas war, you will not miss this news as long as you pay attention to various events in England.

Although Wan Sheng said that Van der Fate and Ivan Kreu recovered well and the media reported the original words, in terms of comments and analysis, I believe that Wan Sheng said that is definitely a minority. Even those Derby County supporters believe that this is just a smoke bomb released by Wan Sheng. After all, it is too short for a week to recover from the player's injury. In addition, after Van der Fate was injured, Wan Sheng and the whole team of Derby County were not shown. In the eyes of most people, Van der Fate's injury is definitely not light, so it is a bit unbelievable to recover before the game against Liverpool.

Derby County hostile media came forward and announced immediately, "This is just a smoke bomb released by Derby County Club! Van der Fate and Ivan Kreu will definitely not be able to play in the Liverpool game!"

"Van der Fate, Ivan Krew, plus Morris and Cruivet who were injured before, Derby County can only rely on a substitute lineup in the frontcourt, and there is no suspense to the outcome!"

Many media are very happy about this.

Although Derby County has achieved good results, the media supporting Derby County has not increased much, which is related to the division of English football. Even if Derby County has performed well, it is difficult for media in other regions to support Derby County, so when Derby County plays against Liverpool, there are obviously more media supporting Liverpool.

So most media are eager to see bad news in Derbyshire.

"At the Derby County Club press conference, head coach Wan Sheng talked about the recent situation of the team, and when talking about the injuries of Rafael Van der Fate and Ivan Kreu, he emphasized that the two have recovered well."

"But it will definitely be difficult for the two to catch up with the Liverpool tomorrow's game."

"Derby County midfielder Lee Morris was injured and lost Rafael Van der Fate again, Liverpool's frontcourt midfield is empty and almost no one is available."

"This is good news for Liverpool. Liverpool's forward line has always been a problem. Compared with the two teams, Derby County has made a lot better than Liverpool, but now it has lost Van der Fate, and Cruivit, along with the main wing forward Ivan Kreu, I'm afraid Liverpool still has a lot of advantages."

"Injuries have become an issue that Derby County cannot escape. With their bench depth, we can foresee that the next results will definitely be greatly affected."

"Maybe for Wan Sheng, the wisest choice is to give up the League Cup and the UEFA Cup and focus on the league so that the results can be maintained."

"We must admit that Wansheng's transformation of Derby County was very successful. In two years, Derby County grew from a team that was about to be relegated from the second division to a team that can compete for the league championship now, but that's all. Derby County is just a small club after all, and they do not have enough funds to build a good lineup. Even if Wansheng helps the team to dig up many outstanding young people with outstanding vision, it is not easy to achieve good results. The league and cup games are more than just one game, and a season is long. Under the leadership of Wansheng, Derby County can compete with Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal and other giant teams, but in the end, it cannot guarantee results in a long season."

"Now they are facing a crisis. Before the semi-finals of the League Cup, their main lineup had a lot of injuries. In addition to the stable backcourt, their frontcourt injury problems have become very serious, and even directly affect the arrangement of the game."

The final summary is, "It's hard for us to see the gorgeous Derby County offensive in the second half of the schedule!"

Looking at the analysis made by the guests on the TV, Wan Sheng sat on the sofa and kept smiling.

Dali next to him asked curiously, "You can still laugh when they say this?"

"Of course." Wan Sheng lay on the sofa, pulled Dali into his arms and said, "I just hope they report like this, I just hope they look down on my team."

"Why?" Dali was puzzled.

"Because they were wrong, the team's injuries were not that serious."

Still puzzled, Dali asked, "So what? Also, you told the reporters at the press conference that your players recovered well from injuries. Why do they still say that?"

Wan Sheng’s unfathomable smile, “There are clouds in military tactics, if the virtual is real, if the real is virtual, if the real is virtual.”

Dali didn't understand at all.

Wan Sheng originally wanted to pretend to be a charlatan, but it seemed that it was difficult for Dali to understand this mysterious and mysterious as a British man. Dali couldn't understand what he said at all. Looking at Dali's "looking at fools", Wan Sheng hugged her right hand and pinched it hard on a soft ball, which made Dali glar at him angrily, and then explained, "I knew they wouldn't believe it, so I said that. After analyzing it, they would never think that what I said was true. They didn't believe it, and their opponents wouldn't believe it, so they could paralyze their opponents. Before tomorrow's game, they knew that Van der Fate and Krew were not injured, and they would definitely be very panic."

Wan Sheng thought about it and added, "At least it will have some effect."

After hearing Wan Sheng's explanation, Dali nodded in understanding, and then suddenly looked over suspiciously. He said loudly, "I didn't expect you to be quite good at lying people, I said! Have you deceived me something?"

Wan Sheng was stunned.

"You still say no? You're scared! Say it quickly, say everything you have deceived me before, say it out! Tell me honestly, otherwise let me know, just wait!"

Wan Sheng was stunned in a daze, thinking that he really couldn't talk to the woman.

Say more and you will be wrong!

Then he snatched another sentence and sighed, "It's hard to raise villains and women. The ancients really didn't deceive me!"

Wan Sheng didn't know if his performance had deceived his opponent. When he came to the club the next morning, many people joked with him.

"Wansheng, you are so good at lying!" Diamares came up and said this.

Wan Sheng was stunned and spread his hands, "I'm just telling the truth."

"But those media interpreted this as smoke bombs, and they didn't believe you at all. Did you do it on purpose, right?" Diamares said hilariously.

"That's nothing to do with me."

Diamares doubted, “Is this really useful?”

"It's useful or not, I'll know in the afternoon." Wan Sheng replied. He immediately asked everyone to prepare to gather and go to Liverpool to participate in the game.

Wan Sheng did not make too much hope of cheating Benitez and releasing smoke bombs to confuse his opponents. If it is useful, it can increase the team's winning rate. Even if it is useless, the team will not lose anything. Anyway, he just went to the press conference and told the truth.

After the team got together, the whole team rushed to Liverpool together.

The away game is still quite difficult. Not only the adaptation of the stadium, but also the unacceptable things on the field are much more difficult. The most important thing is that the distance is a bit long. It takes more than three hours to get from Derby County to Liverpool. If the distance is farther, the team will have to set off a day in advance.

After arriving at Liverpool, the team will have to warm up to recover, which is very important for the away team. Even if there is a warm-up before the game, it is very difficult to get into the state quickly in the game.

This is the reason why the away game is difficult.

However, Wan Sheng attached great importance to this away game. He not only wanted to win, but also hoped that the team could win with a big score. Only in this way can the last battle be less. Otherwise, the team will face a much more difficult schedule, so he will deal with the game so seriously

At this moment, the entire Liverpool team has started training in the morning.

Head coach Rafael Benitez is sitting in the office watching several league videos of the Derbyshire Christmas game.

The last time he played against Derby County, Benitez felt that Liverpool's defense was very good, so there was no need to say much about the offense. It was much better than Liverpool. Since he was preparing for the game a few days ago, he kept watching Derby County game videos. He found that Derby County is now focusing more on defense. Although the goals were also good, they were much worse than the first half of the schedule.

Such a Derby County is not easy to deal with, especially Liverpool's offense is a serious problem at present. It is really not easy to break through the opponent's goal, but looking at the spread of newspapers on the table and several reports about Derby County, Benitez was still a little relieved.

A newspaper asserted that "Derby County striker Rafael Van der Fate, Cruitwitter and full-back Ivan Krew could not play in the game against Liverpool"

Another newspaper analyzed, "It is difficult for Derby County to play an advantage in the game against Liverpool. Their best choice is to give up the League Cup!"

"It's not worth the loss to compete with Liverpool for the League Cup final. For Derby County, the best choice is to focus on the league, because even if they squeeze into the final, it will be difficult to defeat the winners of Manchester United and Chelsea!"

Another newspaper said, "Derby County's injury situation is very serious. If they want to defeat Liverpool, their only choice is to rely on defense to defend the goal, so that the winner and lose will be suppressed in the second round, and there are still some opportunities."

Among these newspapers, only one said from the perspective of Derbyshire, "Liverpool's situation is not optimistic. In the dilemma of unfavorable front line, they have to face the pressure of fighting on the fourth line. Liverpool cannot give up the Champions League or the League. The League Cup is actually just a waste of money for them."

The last statement that leans towards Derbyshire is the most troublesome reason for Benitez!

Derby County is in bad condition and Liverpool is not very good!

To be honest, seeing so many injuries in Derby County, Benitez felt that the two teams were really "brothers in distress" because Liverpool's injury situation was not optimistic. Pangler, Cice, and Fowler, who had just signed in, all three forwards were unable to play due to injuries. This made Liverpool even reach a situation where no one was available on the front line, and even made Benitez regret why he sold Michael Irving in the summer. If Irving was still a team, Liverpool would never have reached this situation.

In addition, the similarity between the two teams is that they are all "four-line combat". Liverpool has the Champions League and Derby County has the League Cup. These two European events cannot be easily given up.

In other words, Benitez's situation is actually not better than ten thousand wins at all, and it is even worse because they are also under great pressure in the league. So far, Liverpool is only ranked seventh in the league. If you want to enter the top three in the league, how difficult is it to compete for one of them to participate in the Champions League next season?

Where is Derbyshire?

They have the same points as Chelsea, ranking second in the league, while Arsenal, the third in the league, has already been pulled down seven points. So even if there is a crisis in Derby County, it is not easy to compete for the league championship with Chelsea, but they have to ensure the top three in the league and strive for a UEFA Champions League place next season.

So Liverpool is much more difficult than Derby County.

The media said that Derby County should face the team's situation and give up the League Cup, but what Benitez is considering is whether Liverpool should give up the League Cup.

In the end, Benitez decided to fight for the last game. After all, he had reached the semi-finals, so it would be a pity to give up the League Cup directly.

The last game is not the last two games, but the second round of the League Cup semi-finals will be home and away, so Benitez’s idea is to decide the outcome in one game!

If you can win the game with a big score, it will naturally become irrelevant in the second round. This is Benitez's goal. It has to be said that both coaches of the two teams in the same bad situation have thought of going together.

Benitez wants to determine the outcome in one battle, and Wan wins want to determine the outcome in one battle. Only in this way can both teams lose one battle. Otherwise, spending two battles in the League Cup will definitely affect the team's condition and put the team facing greater pressure on the schedule.

But it is hard to say who will win to death before the game.

As time went by, a morning soon passed. After two o'clock in the afternoon, the bus from Derby County had already driven into Anfield Stadium. As a large number of fans gathered in the small square in front of the stadium, the atmosphere before the battle had spread. (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!