There are many reasons why a capable player is buried, the most important one is luck.

In a world second-rate league like the Dutch League, many players are still capable. They can be recruited into the national team, which actually represents strength on the one hand, and their luck is also very bad. For example, they play for a small team, so it is difficult to have the chance to encounter major competitions. Without major competitions, more fans cannot know about them.

In addition, even if the opponent is too strong in a major competition, it is difficult to perform well, because he will not have a group of equally outstanding teammates.

Even players who play in the Big Club may be buried, but the reason is luck - for example, if you meet a head coach who doesn't appreciate you, you have no determined main position at the age group with the strongest and best condition, and for example, due to injuries and other reasons, there will be few appearances, etc., etc. These reasons will lead to a capable player being buried.

Johns Matison is obviously such a player. Otherwise, the defender with a comprehensive ability evaluation of about 85 will never be just an unknown central defender in Alkmall.

This has something to do with Alkmaar Club and his own bad luck.

Of course, no matter what the reason, Johns Matison has now burst out with strength. It is still a headache to have outstanding performance as a central defender with a comprehensive ability of about 85.

Johns Matison almost defended Alkmare's penalty area alone!

Derby County's several consecutive attacks were destroyed by Johns Matison. This is equivalent to relying on his own ability to make Derby County return several times without success. It is not just a few attacks. This also makes Derby County's frontcourt players have a mental shadow on breaking through Johns Matison... Anyone who sees football is always intercepted by one person. They will subconsciously avoid it, such as passing the ball to teammates in other positions. After all, Johns Matison is just a player and he cannot hold all positions.

But this approach itself limits the offense.

Wan Sheng watched the game on the sidelines.

Of course he knows how troublesome it is to burst out with strength when a strong central defender is like Chelsea captain John Terry. When Terry shows his strength, it can be described as "magical". What impressed Terry is that he constantly uses his body to block his opponent's shots again and again on the court. This is not once or twice, but again and again... It's a bit scary, but Terry became famous for this. Every time he sees Terry doing this, anyone has to call him a "iron man", so Terry has been recognized by all fans.

But as an opponent, I don’t want his opponent’s players to perform well.

It is obvious that several players in the frontcourt of Derby County are a little scared of Johns Matison and have disrupted the offense several times in a row. Such performance is too eye-catching, and it also makes Derby County players think it is not wise to find opportunities from this point.

But doing so is limiting one's own offense!

On the football field, you must not lose momentum. Losing momentum is equivalent to losing fighting spirit. If you follow tactics, you will play one way and deliberately stagger the other two ways, but Johns Matison is a central defender. He is a player who guards the goal of Alkmall. How easy is it to stagger Johns Matison? The result of this is just to limit his own offense.

Wan Sheng saw this. So he stood on the sidelines and raised his arms and shouted, "Attack! Attack! Afraid of a p! Kill them!"

That looks very attractive.

Several cameras pointed at it, but Wan Sheng was still shouting. Until the fourth official reminded him that some of the shouting content was "despicable". Wan Sheng rolled his eyes, and then shouted blocked the insulting words, just kept shouting. "Go up! Go up! Attack head-on!"

With Wan Sheng's shouting, Derby County players knew what to do.

They blushed when they thought about what they did just now... Their team was afraid that an unknown central defender was still in front of the coach and more than 20,000 Derby fans, which made them feel very embarrassed and annoyed. Then they were angry.

They were angry!

Listening to the coach's shouts, they rekindled their fighting spirit!

Everyone understands what Wansheng means. That is to attack from the front, face the opponent's central defender head-on, get up from wherever he falls. They just want to rush over him and face him directly to find opportunities to break through the Alkmall goal.

Immediately after the next wave of attack, Johns Matison felt the pressure.

He was originally complacent about his performance just now - it was a few consecutive times that destroyed the opponent's offensive, and such performance was enough to make him a hero in the entire team.

In fact, Johns Matison didn't expect that he could perform so well, but the opponent was obviously a little afraid of him and passed the ball around him several times of attack, so he was very proud of this.

Take a look!

How about this powerful Derby County, the second-place team in the Premier League? I've just stopped it!

But soon he realized that it would be too naive to rely on his own ability to stop the offensive of the entire Derby County team!

Johns Matison felt overwhelming pressure.

The entire Derby County offense seemed to be coming to him alone. The feeling even made him a little suffocated. For a moment, he didn't know what to do, and even forgot that he had teammates to rely on. The only thing he could do was to rush up.

This is not a wise choice.

Alkmaar players saw Johns Matison's outstanding performance in defense. They had originally expected Johns Matison to continue their efforts. As long as they could defend until the end of the game, a 1:1 score would be equivalent to victory. But facing this attack, they suddenly found that Johns Matison rushed up by himself.

What is this doing?

No one understands.

The Derby County players didn't understand. Morris, who was dribbling the ball, immediately slowed down when he saw Johns Matison rushing towards him. He didn't know why this outstanding central defender suddenly rushed out of the penalty area, but this did not prevent him from making the wisest choice - handing the ball to Cruivett, who then passed the ball back. He used a two-pass one and rushed directly over Johns Matison.

This excellent central defender will be easily overwhelmed without much hindrance.

...

Seeing Johns Matison easily crossed by the opponent, Alkmall head coach Adriansey couldn't sit still, and he shouted angrily, "What the hell is Matison doing!"

If other players were beaten by two and one, it would be nothing, but Johns Matison is a central defender and a player in front of the goal.

What else can it do if you rush up and get pasted like this?

Adrians was still praising Johns Matison's performance just now, but after seeing this scene, he immediately became very angry. A mistake was actually nothing. Even if it was a mistake, Adrians would not say anything. After all, as long as it was a player, there would be mistakes. The key is that Johns Matison's approach was surprising - why did he rush over?

If I didn't know, I thought this guy was the twelfth man from Derbyshire!

Wan Sheng laughed out loud as he watched from the sidelines.

He didn't know why this guy did this, but he could also guess - it was probably caused by pressure, this wave of attack. The team almost rushed straight to Ma Tyson's point. The pressure he had to face must be very great, but he couldn't resist the pressure and wanted to go forward to stop it.

I have to say that Ma Tyson made a very unwise choice, and at the same time, Wan Sheng found the reason why this guy was obviously good at strength but was buried - his psychological quality that was not on the same level.

For a professional player, psychological quality is very important.

The mentality in the game can often determine performance. The psychological quality of stars who can become famous will not be bad, because when facing major competitions, they often have to face pressure. Being able to perform well under pressure will naturally prove their own psychological quality.

On the contrary, some players are obviously strong but always perform unstable, especially for some defensive players. For example, the goalkeepers of various teams who are often teased by the English media, such as "nervous knife" and "sliding king" and other nicknames, which also show that they occasionally make low-level mistakes. For example, some powerful defenders often make small mistakes. This is a matter of psychological quality, and for a central defender, steady performance is often more important than strength.

Judging from Ma Tyson's approach this time, he does not have the same psychological qualities as his strength. When facing pressure, he rushed up impulsively, which resulted in himself being easily shaken by.

This is not a problem for a player to be shaken by!

What is the concept of missing a central defender? It almost means that Alkmaer's defense in the penalty area has less power!

A midfielder can be filled by a backcourt player, but a central defender can be filled by a middle court, even if the midfielder retreats in time, they cannot be filled by a timely retreat, because they are really defending completely when facing forward players. After all, it is extremely rare to be a midfielder like Ottoman, while other defenders have their own defensive tasks, so it is not easy to make up for the position.

Always when Johns Matison was drifted by, Alkmaar's defensive formation was a little panicked, and Derby County knew that this was a very good opportunity!

After Morris and Cruivet cooperated, they got the ball again, glanced at the direction of the penalty area, and passed the ball to Ivan Krue who was inserted on the right. Ivan Krue took the ball and passed it straight through Botton Reit!

Reit was running into the penalty area, with someone defending him, but he was squeezed to the other side, so he easily kicked the ball to the front left - there was Cruivet who had just been inserted.

At this time, Cruivet had no defense at all!

He calmly waved his right foot to the ball, and with a dull bang, the football rotated slightly and rushed directly to the near corner of the goal.

The goalkeeper Alkmaer realized the danger and rushed over at the same time, but Cruivit's shooting angle was very tricky. The football eventually rushed through the goalkeeper Alkmaer's fingers, hit the ball head-on and jumped twice before landing on the grass again.

...

The Pride Stadium burst into overwhelming cheers—

“goooooooooooal!!”

"Padric"

"Cruivet"

“!!”

With the shouts of the live commentators, the entire Pride Stadium also broke out. Every Derby County fan was shouting wildly, and everyone was celebrating to the fullest.

In the jubilant atmosphere, Cruivit also hugged his teammates tightly.

This is the scene on the TV screen. Sky TV commentator George Woodgate couldn't help but praise, "In recent times, Cruivet seems to have found his form a few years ago. He scored goals in the League Cup final with Chelsea. In the last three league games, he also scored two goals. In addition to this UEFA Cup goal, he became the best scorer in the frontcourt of Derby County!"

"No, it should be said that it is the best scorer in the whole of England, and the most recent shot!"

"After Van der Fate was injured, Cruivet broke out in form. Maybe Wan Sheng should have a headache. The three strikers in the frontcourt, Van der Fate must be quite outstanding. Bolton Reit has always been the main center. Now Cruivet performs very well. He wants to have a headache who will let him play in the next game..."

With George Woodgate's words, the big screen pointed to the Derby County bench, and Van der Fate was sitting there watching the game. It was obvious that Van der Fate had recovered from injury, but he had just recovered from injury and his condition could not be guaranteed, so there was no match.

Derbyshire soon had a new move.

Wan Sheng signaled Van der Fate to go to the sidelines to warm up. It seemed that he planned to let Van der Fate adapt to the game.

There are less than ten minutes left before the end of the game.

...

Van der Fate made a substitute for Cruivet.

Although Cruivitt performed very well, Wan Sheng replaced him. He was replaced at this time, and Cruivitt was not dissatisfied with it because he received applause from all the fans.

After Van der Fate came on the court, Derby continued to maintain offensive suppression against Alkmaar, obviously trying to score another goal in the last time of the game. Unfortunately, Alkmaar's defense is very strict. This newly rising Dutch powerhouse does have an outstanding side, and their solid defense cannot be underestimated at all.

For goals, ten minutes are still too short.

In the end, Derby County failed to break through the Alkmaar goal again. The two teams ended the game 2:1. This score may not satisfy both teams - for Derby County, 2:1 in the first round is equivalent to failure, because this is a home match; for Alkmaar, they are the first goal team, but in the subsequent game, they were the first to score two goals, so naturally they would not be satisfied with the score.

Derbyshire has no advantage, nor does Alkmaar.

So after the game, the head coaches of both teams were very low-key. At the press conference, they didn't talk much about the game itself, but the English media actually didn't pay attention to the game. After all, this is just a UEFA Cup match and is not worth paying too much attention.

What they are more concerned about is the upcoming Premier League ‘Champion Battle’ - Chelsea’s home match against Derby County! (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!