Chapter 124 Sympathy and Pity
The score of the two teams became 0:2. Derby County, who was visiting Old Trafford Stadium, scored another goal before the end of the first half, expanding the lead to two goals.∷,
"Raphael Van der Fate! He found an opportunity after the circumvention! This is a fatal blow to Manchester United!" said the commentator of Sky TV.
Just as the commentator said, this goal is indeed fatal!
Many Manchester United fans appearing on the TV screen look very confused. They look at the stadium blankly, which makes people feel a little sympathetic. In fact, Manchester United fans don’t know how to accept this cruel reality.
Just now, he was Manchester United, and here was Old Trafford Stadium. So what if the opponent scored a goal first? They believed that the team could catch it right away. But before that, Manchester United failed to tie the score, but the opponent scored another goal. This completely opposite result made them confused and at a loss, and they were not even in the mood to care how arrogant Derby fans celebrated.
Not only Manchester United fans, but also Manchester United players and coaches are also difficult to accept.
Whether it was Ferdinand, Scholes, Giggs, Van Nie, everyone in front and back were standing there, staring blankly at the celebration of Derbyshire, looking dejected and depressed.
The first half was about to end, and the score became 0:2, which was beyond their expectations and was almost an unacceptable situation.
Perhaps for Manchester United, the score can only be accepted by the other way around.
Before the game, they thought that the game might be difficult to play, and that there might be draws and losses, but even the pessimistic Manchester United players did not think that they would fall behind two goals in the first half!
They didn't dare to imagine this situation at all, so they felt confused now - is this true? We are behind 0:2? How to play next game? How to face Mr. Ferguson during the halftime?
All kinds of moods fill the minds of Manchester United players, and they even hope that time will stop at this moment and never move forward, so that they don’t need to face the cruel reality.
Derby County players are in a completely different mood than Manchester United players.
They vented the joy of scoring goals unscrupulously. The excitement of leading two goals and the urgency to win the championship trophy are enough to let them vent their heart's content now.
Wan Sheng and substitutes and colleagues also celebrated the goal in the coach's bench.
After seeing Van der Fate score, Wan Sheng was very calm. He just clenched his fists excitedly, while Diamares and others couldn't help but pounce on him and hug him to celebrate.
Before the game began, the team planned to win the championship at Old Trafford Stadium.
This is not the idea of winning alone, but also the expectation of Derby County. It is not easy to defeat Manchester United at Old Trafford, but for Derby County, it is not impossible to do it now. This game is the penultimate round of the league. If you cannot defeat Manchester United and win the league championship, there is still suspense in Derby County. In the last round, who can confirm what the situation is? Therefore, winning the championship is the safest.
In addition, winning the championship at Old Trafford is an honor for any other England team, and no one doesn't want it. Now that Derby County can fight for it, the whole team is naturally looking forward to defeating Manchester United.
Because of this, the whole team is very active in preparing for this game. Some staff members who have no tasks assigned to have even started to prepare for the championship celebration. In short, everyone in the team is looking forward to defeating Manchester United and winning the championship.
So before the game, Wan Sheng said "take away the championship", not only for him, but for the entire Derby County Club.
Wan Sheng’s words are powerful!
Now Derby County also has sufficient confidence in winning. Because they two goals lead Manchester United, under this score advantage, everyone has sufficient confidence in Derby County winning!
In the Premier League this season, no team dares to say that they can equalize the score when they are two goals behind Derby County. In fact, not to mention two goals behind, even if they are one goal ahead, no team dares to say that they can definitely defeat Derby County. There are games where Derby County is tied, but there has never been a game that has been turned around by the opponent and lost.
Can Manchester United tie the score or even overtake the score now?
Even some Manchester United fans didn't believe this because they also knew Derby County's record. In the first half, they also saw Derby County's strength. It was not inferior to Manchester United's performance. How difficult is it for Manchester United to recover two goals in a row?
That can be described as a miracle!
So many Manchester United fans are silently reciting the names of God and Jesus. At this moment, they have become loyal believers, hoping that the gods can save Manchester United. Although many of them are even atheists, that does not affect their expectation that the gods will bless you in the second half of a miracle.
On the Manchester United coach's seat, coach Ferguson looked at the game with a complex look.
Derby County is no longer the Derby County that used to be. They have long been a strong team in the Premier League. Manchester United and Derby County are generally at a disadvantage when they face each other twice, so Ferguson will not be careless about the game. In fact, in order to defeat Derby County, Ferguson made a lot of preparations and also asked the team to train for the game.
Even Chelsea and Arsenal have not allowed Manchester United to pay attention to this point, but Derby County has done it, perhaps because of the key to this game - Manchester United not only wants to compete for the third place in the league, but they are even more unavailable for any team to take away the league championship at Old Trafford Stadium!
For Manchester United, the latter is even more serious than the former!
But Manchester United is still two goals behind. Ferguson looked at the field and turned around and swept across the Derby County bench. The young and inconspicuous Chinese coach's expression became even more complicated.
This young man is hateful but he is indeed very capable!
Three years ago, Ferguson first met Wan Sheng at the Carrington training base. Wan Sheng was leading the Manchester United junior team to play. His expression of shouting and scolding left a bad impression on Ferguson, and Wan Sheng was soon fired by McGuinness.
Ferguson ignored the series of things that happened since then.
But Ferguson didn't expect to see this young Chinese again. It was at a cocktail party held by the referees' association a year later, when the other party was already the head coach of Derby County.
Although that was not a good memory, Ferguson was angry at McGuinness's stupid performance and didn't take Wan Sheng seriously. After all, the opponent was just a head coach of the second-tier league club and had no reputation at all. Such club coaches would not take them to his heart.
The next two met again at the draw ceremony of the FA Cup semi-finals. At that time, Ferguson knew that he had to pay more attention to the young Chinese, but he eventually lost to the 'careful'. The final, which he thought was an easy victory, turned into a chagrin failure that made countless annoying.
Manchester United lost a FA Cup.
This time, Ferguson remembered Wan Sheng tightly. Perhaps it was at this moment that Ferguson truly regarded Wan Sheng as his opponent.
But even if Ferguson attaches great importance to Wan Sheng, he never expected that in just one year, the situation of the two teams confrontation would become like this - Derby County is the first in the league, Manchester United is the fourth in the league, and Derby County can win the championship early and take away the league championship trophy!
Looking at the current score, even Ferguson must admit a fact - this "very annoying" young Chinese is indeed very capable. He only took two seasons to completely transform a second-tier team and become a top-tier team. He can have the same strength as Manchester United.
Why didn't he stay at Manchester United?
Ferguson regretted it secretly. Perhaps the old man always likes to recall the past and cherish some things. At this time, he was thinking. If he had kept this young man in China at that time, his life would have been different in the past two years. Perhaps he had already gained his appreciation and became an assistant coach of Manchester United? He should be a helper by his side, not hostile to him. Then when he announced his retirement, he would take over Manchester United and take over his success and lead Manchester United to continue to succeed?
Thinking of this, Ferguson's eyes became even more complicated.
But Ferguson is Ferguson. Although he is old, he still has the consciousness of not giving up. He quickly cheered up and prepared to compete with Derby County again. At the same time, he thought firmly, "This season, Manchester United lost, but in a month, the club will stabilize, and Manchester United will still be very strong next season. I lost this year, but next year, the league will definitely return to Manchester United's hands! And I can continue to hold on for a few years!"
The first half is over.
When Van der Fate scored, there was not much time left for the game. When the referee urged to start the game again, three and a half minutes had passed. As soon as Manchester United kicked off, the referee blew the whistle to the end of the first half.
The game enters halftime.
By this time, there were still many Manchester United fans who didn't believe the score they saw, 0:2! Manchester United was two goals behind! Is this true? Maybe we read it wrong, or just had a nightmare just now!
Of course, this kind of self-comfort thinking will not have any results.
In the Derby County locker room, Wan Sheng seriously reminded everyone to be calm and to persist and work hard until the last minute of the game.
At this time, Wansheng was already lucky to come.
When he was on the court just now, he vented his excitement in his heart, but he could only do that after scoring a goal, because he is the team's head coach, the team's commander, and the team's center, and he needs to stay calm at all times.
The situation was pretty good when he led two goals in the first half.
Although it is a reminder to insist on playing seriously and not be careless because of the score, Wan Sheng still praised everyone's performance, which is also a recognition of the efforts of the whole team. "Everyone performed very well! We have the advantage of two goals, which is the result of the efforts of the whole team!"
Next, Wan Sheng also specially selected players with outstanding performances such as Ribery and Morris, and praised their performances with encouragement, which made the happy faces turn into words. Then Wan Sheng reminded everyone to keep working calmly, otherwise Manchester United could still achieve a reversal.
Wan Sheng knew that he needed to pour cold water on this time because the champion had not yet won it.
"Two goals are not a gap that cannot be crossed! They still have a chance! If you think you are sure to win, it will be a big trouble! It is not time for us to celebrate yet. There are still 45 minutes left in the game. In the halftime, anything can happen, especially here is Old Trafford Stadium, which belongs to Manchester United. They have a reason to win!"
"Don't underestimate any opponent, even if the opponent despises you!"
"We need to stick to the last minute of the game!" Wan Sheng said to every player seriously. After hearing the coach's reminder, everyone's mentality became much calmer. "Next, let's talk about how to play in the second half."
Speaking of tactics, Wan Sheng showed seriousness on his face and also had a hint of confidence.
But listening to the tactical style of play that the coach said, the Derby County players are not confident, serious, or something. The most feelings are a bit of sympathy for Manchester United.
"Poor Manchester United"
"Poor Derbyshire"
The sound of Old Trafford Stadium was shocking, and the sound even covered the live broadcast, but the sound of sympathy could still be heard from the radio in most places in the audience.
"Poor Derby County they've been besieged by Manchester United for five minutes." Perhaps this tone is more appropriate to describe it as gloating.
Manchester United fans have a little different feelings for Derby County. Although it was as the commentator said that Derby County's goal had been besieged for five minutes, the score was still 0:2. Derby County, who came to challenge, was still leading two goals.
So Manchester United fans are looking forward to Manchester United's goals more. As for Derby County's "poor", they don't care at all.
In fact, from the beginning of the second half, the two teams' game was like this.
Manchester United are attacking, Derby County is defending!
Until now, in the 53rd minute of the game, the second half had already started for 8 minutes, and Manchester United was still attacking and Derby County was defending.
After the start of the second half, Manchester United changed their suppression in the first half and made a big attack towards Derby County. They were full of momentum and looked like they had to score goals.
This also makes Derby County very passive.
With Manchester United's first attack and threatening the Derby County defence again and again, Manchester United supporters became very excited, and the live commentator even shouted, "Look! This is Manchester United! Derby County is going to be optimistic, the game has just begun!"
Chapter completed!