At the press conference, reporters gathered.

Brookson is not a well-known reporter. In fact, there are many large sports media reporters in the audience. He first obtained the right to ask questions because of the cooperative relationship between the Derbyshire Sports News and the Derbyshire Club.

Next, it's the other person's turn to ask questions.

There are many journalists who are interested in Wansheng. There are not many topics in the League One now, but Derby County's new Chinese coach is definitely the most attractive one. The last game slightly revealed a corner of the mysterious Chinese coach, but Wansheng has not had many opportunities to appear in the media's vision. After the previous victory, more media are interested in him.

Now they have the opportunity to ask questions.

"How did you convince Derby Chairman Mr. Ji Smith to give you a chance to coach the team?"

"Can you talk about the victory?"

"Can you talk about your past when you coach at Manchester United? For example, your relationship with Mr. McGuinness..."

"Can you talk about Alfred?"

Various questions followed one after another, but not many of them were related to this game. Wan Sheng picked a few to answer them, and soon he said directly to the microphone, "Ask questions about this game."

Only then did the local media reporters from Nottingham Forest show their power.

They asked about Derby County's tactical arrangements, and Wan Sheng laughed it off; they asked about their views on Nottingham Forest, and Wan Sheng casually praised his attitude, and he knew that he was perfunctory at a glance; they asked whether Wan Sheng was ready to lose, and whether the goal of this game was to get a point... Wan Sheng was furious!

"My team and I are here!" Wan Sheng stood up and pointed at his feet, "City Square Stadium! It is to take away the victory! Get all three points!"

"As for what you said to win a point, I think it should be more on our opponents!"

"They play against us and we're stronger, so they're the one who's trying to get a draw!"

Wan Sheng said it was so sure.

The reporters in the audience were all surprised. They did not expect that the Chinese who were warm before would suddenly stand up and say these things so firmly. Other media reporters still appreciated such performances. People with confidence and fighting spirit will be appreciated wherever they go. Wansheng's performance is regarded as confidence and fighting spirit.

But obviously the local media in Nottingham would not think so.

Derby County came to challenge Nottingham Forest, but the Chinese said they were here to take away the victory, and said Nottingham Forest was the team that won a point. This... is really outrageous!

"You are so arrogant! Mr. Wansheng!" A reporter immediately stood up to retort.

Wan Sheng just shrugged, "The result of the game will prove everything." After that, he walked out. His disdainful attitude made many people feel that he was stating the facts, but thinking about what he said was a bit incredible.

The reporter who refuted just now angrily shouted at Wan Sheng's back, "You are right, the result will prove everything! Then let's wait and see!"

...

When Wan Sheng returned to the locker room, the team had not finished warming up yet. He stood in front of the locker room door, looked at the shabby display inside, and sighed at the experience of Nottingham Forest.

As far as he knows, this team has a brilliant past, but will not be promoted to the Super League in the next ten years, and it seems that they will be relegated in a few years.

A team that has won two European Champions League titles is relegated to the third-level league...

Worth sympathy.

Now that he brings Derby County here, it may also make the process much faster. He doesn't know how the game will be in history, but he believes that his team will only play better, and on the contrary, the result will be worse for Nottingham Forest.

They are now ranked seventh in the league, and they don’t know if they will cut off their hopes of winning a Super League upgrade.

Wan Sheng shook his head with a smile.

Perhaps the environment was too lonely and the game was not yet on, so he began to sympathize with his opponent.

The outside gradually became lively, and footsteps came frequently. Soon the team returned to the locker room under the leadership of Diamares. At this time, there were more than ten minutes before the game began, so I could still rest for a while.

Wan Sheng just sat there, watching the players rest, silently calculating the time.

Five minutes later, he stood up, and everyone in the locker room also looked over, "I think you have already said everything you should say, you should remember the specific tactics and game styles. The only thing I want to remind you is to maintain a stable mentality, and you must not panic whether it is offense or defense."

"Their league rankings are higher. But after half a month of training, you should be able to feel your improvement. I want to tell you that we are better than them now!"

"But those reporters outside don't think so. They still think we are weak teams, relegation teams, and they even say we can only fight for one point! I told them with certainty that we are here to win! Guys! What are you waiting for?"

Wan Sheng waved his fist and pointed out outside the door, "Go and use the game to prove who is the strong! I hope that after the game, everyone can celebrate the team's three consecutive victories together!"

In the locker room, everyone nodded firmly.

Out in an orderly manner.

...

The competition is about to begin.

Baker Alfred stood firmly on the court. He wore a No. 25 jersey, standing side by side with captain Marcus, and standing at the center back. This was his first time in the regular professional league.

Looking around, the 30,000-person City Square Stadium was packed, and Nottingham Forest fans surrounded the entire stadium. They shouted the name of Nottingham Forest, the names of the stars in their hearts, and various slogans, which made Baker Alfred feel that the world is full of enemies.

He has played many times in the Youth League, but when the number of fans in that kind of game is the most, it is difficult to exceed 10,000. Usually, it is good to have two or three thousand fans.

Now they are ten times more fans, and most of them are fans of the other side.

He felt a lot of pressure.

Captain Marcus looked at this side, Alfred looked at him, and Marcus's eyes flashed with encouragement, which made Alfred feel a little better. He suddenly turned to look at the coach's seat, where, on the sidelines, a young Chinese man stood behind his back with his hands behind his back, and was also looking over.

Looking at the figure from afar, Alfred suddenly felt much less pressure.

The coach once said that I am fully qualified as the starting center back. As long as I maintain a stable mentality and try my best to do my job, I will definitely be able to do so. What else do I want to do? Alfred no longer looks around, and his expression becomes more resolute.

He was full of confidence and couldn't help but expect the game to start soon.

bring it on!

The first professional league game!

From now on, I, Baker Alfred, will also become a member of the professional league, and next I will use my performance to prove that I can do it!

The whistle sounded at the beginning of the game.

...

"This is the 38th round of the Championship, and Nottingham Forest plays Derby County at the City Square Stadium!"

Commentator Lyle Woodgate began to introduce, "The scene is full, Nottingham Forest's game has always attracted fans' attention, not only their background, but also because their game is also very good... Let's take a look at Derby County, which is visiting the City Square Stadium. Today, Derby County's formation is still the same as in the previous game, 4321. This is a very standard defensive counterattack formation, but their lineup is a bit unexpected..."

The camera switches, pointing to a young man behind Derbyshire.

"Alfred! No. 25 of Derbyshire! Fans who know Derbyshire should know that Derbyshire does not have this number. Yes, this is a newcomer. He was an ordinary player of the Derbyshire youth team before. He has no fame and no qualifications..."

"It is said that he was promoted to the first team of Derby County by Chinese coach Wan Sheng!"

Lyle Woodgate commented, "But how can a young man who can't even play in the youth team start directly in the first team? This is simply crazy! An unknown young player, you can imagine that he has no reputation in the Derby County youth team, but now he is standing on the stage of the League One - as a starting player!"

"I think that Chinese coach must be crazy!"

Lyle Woodgate's tone was somewhat complimentary.

At the same time, many reporters from the media also sighed, "He must be crazy. As far as I know, this Alfred plays avant-garde in the Derby County Youth Team! Now he has become the first-team starting center back!"

"Crazy! Idiot!"

"Does he think he can do everything by winning the game by luck?"

"I had admired him a little before, but now I know I'm wrong. This kind of thing is not something that normal people can do, he is really crazy!"

“It’s really unimaginable…”

Almost no one in the media table is optimistic about Wan Sheng's move. His image in the eyes of the mass media is not very good. His arrogance and disdain for the media have made most media reporters a little disgusted. Even reporters who have not had contact with him find it difficult to accept.

A league that is so important to Derby County, is there a new starter?

What is this Chinese thinking?

Most media's understanding of Alfred is just blank, and the central defender's position is for a team, especially in Derby County, which is mainly defensive. In their opinion, it is absolutely unwise to arrange new players here.

They thought of Nico Herzger, who was in this position before.

The Derby County Club claimed that he was injured and needed to recuperate, but many media privately investigated and found that this was not the case at all. Nico Herzger trained normally all day, and even reporters interviewed him. Nico Herzger publicly denied the news of his injury. He said that he was "injured" because he had conflicts with the head coach.

This news caused an uproar among many media.

A few days ago, they criticized Wan Sheng in a targeted manner, but Wan Sheng is the head coach of Derby County. He has the right to arrange who will play and who will not play. He often has conflicts with the head coach. No matter which team he is in, there will be no chance to play. This is recognized in football.

But even so, you can't let a young player appear!

After private investigation, many reporters got the results - Baker Alfred, a player promoted by the Chinese after becoming the head coach, and he did not take more than half a month to train in the first team.

They think they understand.

Now seeing Alfred starter, they think it was because of "foreignty" and the two had a good relationship, so the Chinese let Alfred starter. This is the real answer.

"I was lucky in the last game. He was defeated by a counterattack goal and defeated Bradford. His confidence expanded to this level! Alfred? I haven't heard of it. How stupid is he to arrange the starting lineup like this?"

"The other Derby County players will definitely be dissatisfied! I guess they have no fighting spirit to play football in this game."

"The game will prove his failure! We should write some analysis on the failure of this Chinese as a coach!"

"That's right! That's right!"

Many reporters talked happily about Alfred and happily talked about the content to be reported after the game. They had little impression of Wan Sheng, and some were even listed on the "enemy list" by Wan Sheng. Every reporter who was refused interview by Wan Sheng would also include Wan Sheng on the list of enemies at the same time. The enemies are mutual. Wan Sheng does not accept their interviews, so they will naturally make a lot of thoughts about Wan Sheng.

Of course, there are also reporters who are not very related to Wansheng.

These reporters had a first contact with Wan Sheng. They couldn't say that they had a good impression of him or a bad one. They just watched the game casually, but there were very few reporters in this part, most of them were local journalists in Nottingham. At the previous press conference, Wan Sheng's words offended them a little, so they naturally wouldn't say anything good.

What’s important is that this arrangement of Alfred’s appearance is indeed not favored by the media.

They are almost all talking about this.

Only Derbyshire local media reporters who are really concerned about Derbyshire Club will care about Alfred and Derbyshire's performance. Among them, Brookson, a reporter from Derbyshire Sports, and other reporters who have a grudge against Wansheng.

By counting this way, you can tell how low Wansheng’s support rate is in the media.

Just as they were talking, the game on the field had begun.
Chapter completed!