Derby County won the League Cup and the team celebrated it late in Cardiff, but the next morning, everyone got up early to pack their luggage and flew back to Nottingham East Midlands Airport that morning. The team then took a bus back to the town of Derby County.

At the East Midlands Airport, there are many Derbyshire fans coming to greet you.

Although this is the territory of Nottingham Forest fans, Nottingham and Derby County are only a few dozen kilometers away. In the entire East Midlands area, the fans of the two teams have repetitions in many areas. It is precisely because of this that they have created the identity of a mortal enemy. Therefore, there are still many fans who come to the airport to welcome the entire Derby County team. However, Derby County just stopped at the airport for a while and then left by bus. After all, this is not a place to celebrate.

Only by returning to the town of Greater Derby County can you truly return to your own territory.

The League Cup is a relatively lightweight champion among all English football champions, far from being as good as the top league champion and the FA Cup champion. However, compared with the low league champion, the gold content is still much higher, and it is only inferior to the two champions mentioned above. Some top league mid-range teams are also very eager for this championship, especially this champion was won in the match against Chelsea, and the gold content is even higher.

For Derbyshire Club, the League Cup is also of extraordinary significance.

Derby County Club has never won the League Cup championship in history, and this championship is equivalent to writing a new honor in the history of Derby County Club, so Derby County and fans are very excited.

On this day, the town of Greater Derby County celebrated wildly.

This makes people think of the FA Cup celebration in May last year, and the current celebration atmosphere is no less than the FA Cup championship at that time. This is also related to history. After all, Derby County has won the FA Cup twice, and the League Cup is really the first time.

The first time is often very important and has special significance!

For women, that's it, and for a team's honor, it's the same.

Derbyshire fans actually don’t have much ambitions. The team’s performance is enough to satisfy them. They think that Derbyshire is an amazing achievement just for the league to compete with Chelsea for the championship. They have never expected the team to win many championships this season.

But the reality is much more optimistic than expected, and this is already the second championship of the season.

First there is the Community Shield Cup and then the League Cup. The two small championships have already made Derby County fans satisfied, so the atmosphere in the Big Derby County town is like celebrating the league championship, but in fact, it is just a League Cup champion.

At least, Wan Sheng was not excited after he came back.

The moment he won the championship is very exciting, and after the excitement, there is nothing left. Now, it is just a League Cup champion, England's second-ranked Cup. What does it count? He wants to be excited, at least he is excited about the Premier League champion, and the UEFA Cup champion is excited. In contrast, the League Cup is nothing!

Other people's ideas are very different from Wansheng.

The Great Derby County Town is a big town in the East Midlands area, but it is just a ‘town’. No matter how big it is, it cannot beat Century City. It is very difficult for a team in such a small place to get an honor, so all Derby County fans are very excited.

When the team's bus entered the town of Derby County, many fans followed behind the bus.

The three streets in the main block were already crowded with fans. After the bus drove in, it was almost difficult to move. The car was not as fast as it was slow. However, the bus was definitely not driving here, but to show the championship trophy to the fans.

The bus roof was lifted up, and Wan Sheng stood on the second floor with players such as Morris, Ivan Crew and Alfred, constantly holding the trophy high to thank the fans.

This work will last for a long time.

According to the club's arrangement, the bus has to parade for two to three hours. It can be seen from the enthusiasm of the fans, and parades will definitely take longer.

At first, Wan Sheng raised the trophy with great enthusiasm and waved to the fans around him. The fans also gave applause and cheers as he thought, but Wan Sheng couldn't stand it after a long time. He quickly handed over the work to Morris, who persisted for less than ten minutes. Then he handed over to other teammates.

From top to bottom, Fedinnan and others who did not play in the finals went up, and then they finished parading.

Wan Sheng did not participate in the parade in May last year. Now he personally participated in the goal, so he was very pleased with his decision last year. Sure enough, he made the right choice last year, but unfortunately he made a mistake in judgment today. He just laughed it off. After all, he won the championship and other teams had no chance to do this. As a loser, Chelsea is now reflecting on the reasons for losing, and Mourinho also has to face the pressure from Abramovich, the upper level of the club and from the lower level fans.

Mourinho's situation is definitely much worse than Wansheng.

The team bus finally arrived at the town center, where the mayor of the Greater Derby County and a number of town officials had already been waiting.

After a brief greeting, a group of officials from the town government met with the entire Derby County team. At the same time, the mayor also found Wan Sheng to chat for a while. This time belongs to the players and fans. The arrangement of the Derby County Club is also about interacting with some players and fans. During the interaction, lucky fans can ask any player questions, just like a reporter's on-site interview. Of course, try to tell the questions they want to know.

Finally, people who were influential among the fans discussed and spoke one by one.

The first one to be the turn is Wansheng.

In Derby County for more than two and a half years, Wan Sheng has been recognized by most fans. When he walked on stage, the fans consciously calmed down and waited for his speech.

Wan Sheng’s words excited the fans. He pointed at his feet and said, “In more than two months, I can be sure that the team will celebrate the championship!”

Hearing this sentence, the fans in the audience became even more excited.

Next, Wan Sheng said some encouragement words, and then the players went up to say a few words. Even the "shy big boy" Leto Ziegler came on stage. Ziegler said a few nervously, but there was nothing new. But the fans still applauded enthusiastically.

Finally, the mayor of the Great Derby County Town went up and talked a few more words, just congratulating the Derby County Club on the League Cup championship, and later talked about some celebrations encouraged by the town government, etc.

The mayor's speech made Wan Sheng a little familiar, and he couldn't help but think of the speech of the domestic leaders. He talked about it in the last article and then, but there was not much substantive at all.

Without hearing a few words, Wan Sheng was a little confused.

But soon I felt someone shaking his body, and Wan Sheng came to his senses. It was Diamares. Diamares pointed to the front and said, "Wan Sheng, go up!"

Others shouted.

Wan Sheng was not sure, so he heard the mayor say enthusiastically, "Because of this, the town government decided to award Mr. Wan Sheng the 'Honored Citizen' Medal"

Then Wan Sheng was pushed up in a daze and took a small medal and something similar to a certificate from the mayor.

After the celebration was over, Wan Sheng realized that this thing was a "Honor Citizen" medal issued by the town government, which was specially awarded to outsiders who contributed to the town of Greater Derby County. With this certificate, the town of Greater Derby County will enjoy the same treatment as citizens of Greater Derby County, which are mainly welfare policies. For football coaches like Wan Sheng, it is completely meaningless, but this is just a symbolic honor, just like the jazz title of Ferguson's "Jazz", which has little practical significance, but it is just a symbolic honor. Of course, this so-called "Honor Citizen" is not at the same level as the "Knight" of His Highness Elizabeth.

The celebrations in Derby County lasted all day, and the team and fans enjoyed the process. The only regret is that the club's senior management did not participate. I think Ji Smith and Wilcox have begun to transfer power. Now the Derby County Club is in a vacuum of power transfer. The biggest thing that the entire club talks is Wan Win, because the new chairman will not take office until April.

Before that, Ji Smith, who had not yet taken off his burden, had to be busy transferring the club and had no time to manage it.

In terms of media, since last night, the media has been intensively covering the final.

The highlight of this final is mainly the competition between Chelsea and Derby County. The two teams are the biggest competitors in the league and the team that is most likely to win the championship. The intersection of the competition between the two teams is mainly in the league, so this League Cup final can be regarded as an extension of the league competition.

Many media reported this before the game, perhaps because of the League Cup championship, it was like a waste of money for both teams, and it was really just an honor.

Now, the media supporting Chelsea no longer mentions this. Because Chelsea lost the game, they began to talk about Wan Sheng's "arrogance", talk about what Wan Sheng said after the game, and conducted a series of criticisms.

However, most media do not support Chelsea, and many are even hostile to Chelsea, especially supporters such as Manchester United and Liverpool. They hate Chelsea very much. When they see Chelsea losing to Derby County, they start to take advantage of their mistakes and express gloating about Chelsea losing the game.

There are also some neutral media and support Derby County. Only these media are really going to analyze the game. They praised Derby County's playing style, praised Wan Sheng's correct substitution adjustments made by Wan Sheng in the game, and used this to analyze the competition between Chelsea and Derby County in the league.

Based on this game, Derby County is not inferior to Chelsea, so they concluded that the two teams will definitely have a battle in the league, and it is hard to say who will win.

This is very different from the media views that support Chelsea.

The media supporting Chelsea believe that Derby County has a good performance is only temporary. This view has been maintained for more than half a season. Until now, many media still hold similar views. Although Derby County's points have never been lowered, these media like to speak with things such as "bench depth", "foundation".

Perhaps it is because Chelsea is competing with Derby County to compete for their foundation. They cannot talk about any foundation with Manchester United, Liverpool and other teams, because in football history, the last two teams have much better results than Chelsea, so their foundation is naturally much deeper.

Of course, no matter what these media say, it cannot affect the Derby County Club, because the League Cup championship already belongs to Derby County, and as for the league championship, it is not just that they can belong to Chelsea.

After a series of events celebrating the championship, the entire Derby County team was back on track.

After the battle with Chelsea, there was a week of free break. Wan Sheng generously gave the team three days off. After that, the whole team returned to the court to train, and the atmosphere inside the team became serious again.

The whole team knew what they were going to face.

"You should have enough rest in three days!" Wan Sheng stood in front of all the players and said seriously, "Next, we must cheer up! Because a crucial game is coming!"

Wan Sheng didn't talk much about the schedule, but everyone knows what he was talking about.

In March, Derby had three league games and two rounds of the UEFA Cup. The opponents in the League Cup were Alkmaar, a strong team in the Eredivisie, and the three opponents in the league were Birmingham, Chelsea and Charlton.

There is nothing to say about Birmingham and Charlton. The "critical league" is about the league with Chelsea.

The most troublesome thing about this league on the 16th of the middle of the month is that the game is sandwiched between the UEFA Cup matches with Alkmaar.

The only thing that is thankful is that the first round with Alkmaar was at home, but the schedule of home and then away is not good for Derby County. You can consider the league with Chelsea. Or will Wan Sheng let out a long sigh? Even so, he has to face a difficult choice - is it the league or the League Cup?

Alkmaar is not very famous, but it is definitely not a team that is easy to deal with, especially in the second round away game, which is only two days apart from the league with Chelsea. In other words, after the game against Chelsea, the whole team has no time to rest the next day and has to fly to the Netherlands.

Such a schedule is extremely difficult, and Wan Sheng also faces difficult choices.

However, the difficult schedule does not mean that one event has to be given up. After all, the league round with Chelsea cannot determine the title. Even if the main players do not play, Derby County may not lose to Alkmaar.

Media comments believe that Derby should give up the UEFA Cup and focus on the league, but Wan Sheng does not want to give up. His goal is to win three championships. If he gives up the League Cup, if the league competition fails, won’t the ‘honor mission’ be completed?

So the team must fight for both events.

But facing two opponents in a short time, there must be a center of gravity. In comparison, the game against Chelsea is definitely more important, because this is the first time the team has the opportunity to surpass Chelsea in the standings. If they can win at Stamford Bridge, the morale of the entire team will be very significant.

It can be said that if Wan Sheng wins this game, he will lead the team to the league championship at least 80%, or even more!

The same goes for Chelsea.

If Chelsea defeats Derby, they can successfully get rid of three points and win in a head-on confrontation, which will obviously make Chelsea's morale formation. It will become very difficult for Derby to compete for the championship.

Wansheng already has a concept of how to do it specifically.

ps: If you are weak, please give me a ticket for the next month (to be continued.)
Chapter completed!