Chapter 63 Want to be a world superstar?
After Reit scored the third goal for the team, the game was basically over. Sheffield United was suppressed throughout the game. It was a fantasy to try to get back three goals in the last time. Even if Warnock is confident, he would never have imagined this.
Sheffield United made a substitution soon.
They replaced three players in one breath and allowed others to adapt to the game atmosphere. This substitution adjustment means that Sheffield United gave up the game.
It is impolite to come but not go back. The opponent has already accepted the loss, and Wansheng cannot let the team 'bully' too 'bully'.
He replaced Ian Taylor, Vicente and Lee Morris in succession, making it difficult for substitutes who have a chance to play on weekdays to adapt to the atmosphere of the game.
The game is over, and the rest becomes garbage time.
In the end, the two teams ended the game with 0:3. In international practice, the home team was in front of the away team and Derby County won a big away victory and scored three points again.
Add to this game, Derby County has won four consecutive victories!
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The local Derbyshire reporters in the media table looked a little dark. They came here to interview not to see Derbyshire victory, but to see Derbyshire defeat so that they could prove the correctness of their views.
But Derby County won again...
They originally wanted to ban Derby County and ban Wan Sheng. They did not report the good news about Derby County and ignored Wan Sheng. They did not attend the pre-match press conference.
But now that they saw the game ending 0:3, they knew they could not do so.
They are local media in Derbyshire. If Derbyshire wins, they don’t report it. So what kind of sports media are they? They don’t want to report on the good news about Derbyshire, but they have to report it and must report it!
Previously, Wan Sheng did nothing except for a direct reply on the official website, but this game was the most powerful counterattack.
With four consecutive wins, Derby County has the last laugh.
Wansheng is the winner!
The commentators at Bramo Lane Stadium have to praise Derby County. Although he supports Sheffield United, Derby County won too well, and the point is that they won four consecutive victories--
"Four consecutive victories! Derby County did it! This is an achievement they have not seen in several seasons! Especially when they are still in the relegation stage, they even changed their coaches just over twenty days ago!"
"The most taboo thing for a professional team is to change coaches. Changing coaches at the last minute, especially at the critical moment of the team's relegation, this is likely to put the team into the abyss, but Derby County must do this. Their former coach Gregory suffered a heart attack and could no longer lead the team to continue fighting..."
"But they achieved four consecutive victories!"
"The newly appointed young coach Wan Sheng has done a very good job. Even if many people didn't like him before, no one can deny that he was doing beautifully! Four consecutive victories! Winning four consecutive victories is not easy, it can't be achieved by luck alone! No matter what the impression this Chinese coach gives people, he did it."
"In this game, Sheffield United was suppressed by the whole game. We can all see Derby County's performance. At the same time, we can also see that Derby County is playing better and better under this Chinese coach! Now I really want to know what this Chinese has done to make a relegation team that was in crisis more than 20 days ago suddenly achieve a good result of four consecutive victories?"
"To be honest, when I first heard that Derby County had activated a Chinese rookie coach in her twenties, my first reaction was that Derby County was crazy! The chairman was crazy! The general manager was crazy! They didn't want to stay in the A League anymore!"
"But he gave a surprise! He led Derby County to a four-game winning streak, but how did he do it? Many local media in Derby County say it was luck, but I don't think so. If it's just luck, how can they suppress Sheffield United on the court?"
"It's a blessing, that's equivalent to insulting Derby County's opponent..."
Even a Sheffield United commentator said this, which shows how the local media in Derby County feel. Even if they are dissatisfied with Wansheng and have more hatreds with Wansheng, when they see Derby County win, they will never continue to report like that.
The only thing they hope is that Wan Sheng can be more modest when accepting an interview. There is no need to apologize, at least accept the interview normally?
But they were disappointed.
No matter how generous Wan Sheng is, he will never forget what these media reporters have said in one day.
At the post-match press conference, when he saw many local Derby County media reporters, especially many of them with familiar faces, he was stunned, and then he understood what these guys did.
When I came to Sheffield, I didn’t attend the pre-match press conference, I was demonstrating to him!
Now that the team has won, you are here to interview me obediently? What else do you want to interview? How can you do this in the world?
Wan Sheng had no good expression on them at all and ignored their questions. However, the few reporters who attended the pre-match press conference received special treatment. Wan Sheng knew but did not speak, and he could not speak out, and he also answered their questions with a kind look.
He knew very well that the two media were not from the same camp.
The local media circle in Derbyshire is not big, but there are factions. Since Derbyshire Sports News and Derbyshire Club have always had cooperative relationships and have a certain influence in the East Midlands, the camp led by them is the mainstream of Derbyshire media and controls most of the voice.
On the other hand, there are some media that say they are big or small. They are much better than gossip tabloids, but they are much worse than local tyrants like Derbyshire Sports News for decades.
They have a competitive relationship with the local media, so it is natural that both sides cannot be in the same camp.
But at present, Derbyshire Sports is still the mainstream of Derbyshire local media. As long as they have always had a cooperative relationship with Derbyshire Club, other media have basically no hope of competing.
Of course, this has nothing to do with Wansheng.
He had no fondness for the Derbyshire Sports News and would not accept interviews from these reporters at all. At the press conference, he ignored most local reporters and just answered the questions of a few reporters with a smile.
After a detailed interview, Wan Sheng even told a young reporter before leaving, "If you have time, you can come to the club to interview separately."
The young reporter was very happy.
Other reporters turned black when they heard this. They were completely ignored. They lost face in front of these hostile journalists who had never looked down upon before. But in the end, they still control the mainstream voice. Even if these young reporters win face, they are just tabloids after all, and the number of readers is really limited.
What they care more about is Wansheng!
This guy led the team to win the game again, and won four consecutive games! How do they report next?
There is no doubt that after four consecutive victories, fans will be eager to understand this Chinese coach. Why can Derby County lead the four consecutive victories, and why after he took office as a coach, the team's performance has been rising steadily... How did he do it?
Fans will want to know his story, his family, his experiences, etc., everything.
What fans want to know is their market, which is what they need to report. But the grudge between them and Wan Sheng has not been resolved at all. Now there are more. They don’t want to report Wan Sheng in such a detailed way, or even praise them. Even if they are thick-skinned, they can’t do such a thing!
This is impossible! Absolutely not!
So how to do it?
These people quickly came up with a solution, which was to interview Derby County players. They had a grudge against the Derby County head coach, but the fans wanted to see not only the head coach, but also the players who performed well in Derby County, especially the team's young geniuses - Alfred and Reit!
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The next day, the mainstream media of Derby County made a brief report on the game, just introduced the game, and briefly talked about the team's four consecutive victories. Generally speaking, it was introduced, and the words were used as if they were narrating something irrelevant.
That face is like their English media.
"Derby County beat Sheffield United three goals away and scored three points at Bramo Lane Stadium. This is also their fourth consecutive win in the league..."
What's next?
It's gone.
For major English media such as The Sun, The Times, Manchester Sports, etc., which have influence in Europe, it is normal for them to report on the League One game like this, because compared to their frequent interviews with the Premier League and the Champions League, the four consecutive wins in the League One are really nothing.
But they are just small media in Derbyshire.
Such a small media said that it has influence is just in Derby County, and it is only in the East Midlands. It is a bit strange for them to report such a Derby County game.
Fortunately, the fans saw new content.
After briefly introducing the game, the media introduced the outstanding players in a large area, including Morris, Rett, Alfred, Fedinnan, Taylor and other players.
The details of the content are just about digging out the players' ancestors...
But this also slightly satisfyes the fans' thoughts. They want to see reports about Wansheng. If Wansheng is not, it is better to take the second best to learn more about Derby County players.
They are focusing on Rett and Alfred.
Reit's performance of three goals and two assists in four games can definitely be called "extremely outstanding". Even in the League One, the forward who can achieve this result can count with one hand, and this performance can be said to be perfect.
The key is that Reit was still famous before!
In the Gregory era, Reit's only chance to play was a substitute. That time, because of Reit's mistake, Derby County lost. Three months later, many fans forgot about this player, but Reit's performance surprised the fans.
If Reit and fans remember, Alfred is a pure rookie. He has only played twice so far, but in these two appearances, he has allowed fans to see his excellence with his stable defense. He is hailed as the "defense star" by the media, and some even say that he is the next Ferdinand.
Such praise is enough to show Alfred's performance.
The media not only do reports, they also do interviews. When Derby County trained again, Wansheng found that there were many more reporters in the club.
These reporters go to interview players when they find opportunities, just like Derby County players have become big stars.
Wansheng has not many ways to do this.
He prohibits journalists from watching training, prohibits them from entering the club and entering the training ground during normal training hours, but the effect is not great. After all, players have free time besides training, so he cannot prohibit all players from accepting interviews.
It would be okay for one day or two days like that, but over time, he would definitely lose people's hearts.
He was not worried about other people. Old players like Taylor and Vicente were big stars when they were young. They were not confused by reporters' interviews and reports. Others like Fedinnan, Morris and others are also very mature. Even if the media praises them, they will not be greatly affected.
What he was most worried about was Rett and Alfred.
They are too young!
Young players are likely to be praised by the media for being so ecstatic, which will affect their daily training and performance in the game. Wan Sheng doesn't mind the increase in the players' fame. What he minds is that it will affect their mentality and their status.
After the training that day, Wan Sheng called Reit and Alfred to the office.
The two of them don't know what it means.
In the office, Wan Sheng sat in his seat with a expressionless face. He was silent for a long time before he looked up and asked seriously, "Do you want to become a world superstar?"
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Chapter completed!