Chapter 87: Helpless

With Derby County's 11-game winning streak, more media is following Derby County.

The media supporting Derby County are very happy with the results achieved by Derby County, and Derby County fans are also very excited. As long as you walk around the Derby County area, you can see fans talking about the team's games enthusiastically. Derby County this season. The results let them see the hope of the fans to upgrade. No, not only hope, many Derby County fans believe that the team will definitely upgrade, which was unimaginable before the start of the season.

The Joseph family are Derby County fans.

Joseph and his wife Mikale met at a Derby County game. It was more than ten years ago. At that time, Derby County was also in the second league. It was in the final round of the league. Derby County played against Black at home. Pu.

At that time, Joseph and Mikkale were sitting together. The two did not know each other at all, but when they saw the team score, the two embraced excitedly, because that goal almost decided Derby County's next season. Will be promoted as second in the league.

In this way, Joseph and Mikkale met, and the two quickly fell in love.

Football brought them love, and the love soon crystallized, and that was their son Joseph Jr.

Little Joseph is thirteen years old this year. He and his parents like to watch football games. He admires many Derby County players. His dream has always been to enter the Derby County Junior Team, and then enter the youth team, the first team, and the long-term. After the big play for Derby County.

For the time being this can only be a dream, because he is only thirteen years old.

Joseph is very supportive of his son playing football, because the family is a big fan of Derby County. Whenever there is a Derby County game, the family will occasionally go to the live game, and sometimes they will sit together in the living room and watch the TV. Watch the game together.

these seasons. Derby County's results have slumped, they have fallen from the top flight to poor results in the second division.

The Joseph family has always supported Derby County, because it has become a habit for them to support Derby County, and it will not change because of Derby County's results. Decades and decades of support. They have long been used to the ups and downs of the team's performance, and even for a while, Derby County has fallen into the third league, so it does not make any difference in the second league.

But any fan wants their team to do well, and so do the Josephs, who want Derby County to go up and at least win more games. No need to fight every season to avoid relegation in League One.

end of last season. They were all worried about Derby County's results. When they heard that Wan Sheng became the head coach, Joseph and his friends talked about the situation of Derby County and loudly expressed their dissatisfaction, "A young man in his twenties! This is crazy. Yet!"

He does not believe that a Chinese in his twenties can lead Derby County to success.

Once, he even participated in a protest against the team coached by Wansheng. The protest was not very hot, only a small number of fans joined, but Joseph's approach let all his friends know.

As a result, Wansheng led the team to victory one by one. Joseph was always laughed at by his friends.

"You looked down on him at the time, but he turned out to be an excellent coach!" Friends dismissed him.

But Joseph didn't care at all. On the contrary, he felt very happy. Compared with the improvement of the team's performance, it didn't matter that he was canceled two sentences.

Joseph's family will also pay attention to the transfer of Derby County. In fact, since the computer was installed at home, it has become a habit for Joseph to browse the latest news on the official website of Derby County every day.

In the summer, the Derby County lineup did not change much. The few players introduced were not well-known. It can be said that there was no investment at all in the transfer. Therefore, the Joseph family felt that the team would work hard to avoid relegation next season.

Their expectations are not high, they only hope that the club can avoid relegation.

But they didn't expect that Derby County's results would be so good in the 20th round of the league-the first in the league, 11 consecutive victories, and only one defeat!

The voices of various media are amazed at Derby County's results, which is simply a miracle, and the Joseph family is equally amazed. His son, little Joseph, is pestering him and saying, "Dad, I'm going to watch the game live, Because we will definitely win!"

This consecutive victory brings a kind of confidence to the fans!

Joseph is also happy every day. When he doesn't think of Derby County's results, the corner of his mouth can twitch. Every time he talks about Derby County with his friends, he has to say, "That Chinese coach is excellent! "

"Eleven consecutive victories!"

"When did we have such good results!"

"We can go to the Premier League next season!"

"It's great, I thought it wouldn't happen so soon, I'm ready to wait a few years or more than a decade, haha!"

"Wan Sheng did a better job than we thought!"

The Joseph family is just a very ordinary family of fans in Derby County. For such a family, Derby County has at least thousands or tens of thousands. Their support for Derby County has long been engraved in their bones, and now they see the team's performance. Results, they are quite excited.

They know very well what is the reason for the improvement of the team's performance, that is, the team's head coach, the young man from China.

He is the reason for the team's success.

Therefore, in the Derby County area, many fans will express their support for Wansheng. It is obvious that every training open day, more fans come to the training ground to watch the training. These fans come to see the stars. But often they call out Wan Sheng's name neatly, and often, Wan Sheng will not show up at the training ground at all.

In short, with Derby County's consecutive victories, Wansheng has a higher support rate in the Derby County area.

However, Wansheng didn't have time to immerse himself in the joy of fans' support. He has to continue to prepare for the league. The 11-game winning streak is not the end, and the league is not over halfway. His goal this season is to lead Derby County to the championship. I hope to continue to win. It is best to win 15 consecutive victories. At that time, I will be able to receive 1500 experience points. It is always good to have 500 more experience points, which will allow him to level up faster and gain more coaching skills. , and more to improve the strength of the team.

But winning streaks isn't easy. The next two games were very difficult.

The opponents in these two rounds of the league are Ipswich, first at home and then away. The same opponent in the two rounds of the league is extremely rare in the schedule. More importantly. Ipswich are not easy teams to deal with.

Wansheng led Derby County against Ipswich last season.

The victory in that game was a bit of luck, because Ipswich’s defense was very good. Derby County relied on a tactical sudden attack and caught Ipswich by surprise to score a goal. The next step was to use the defense to stabilize the goal before winning the final victory.

That victory was a tactical success. It also has a lot of luck. After all, there is no systematic attack, but it may not necessarily be able to break the opponent's goal. Derby County did it, and it was not easy to give Ipswich a chance in the middle.

It's nearly impossible to replicate that victory now.

Ipswich won't fall in the same place twice, and Derby won't be so lucky twice in a row, even if Derby's attacking ability is much better than last season. Wan Sheng is still not sure that they will be able to break the gate of Ipswich, because this team is the best defensive team in the whole League. Zu Lyle's team also relies on defense to achieve good results in the league.

Before the first match, Wansheng asked the team to train a lot of content, including small tactical coordination, free kicks and even penalties, as well as various offensive play styles, routines, etc. to break the intensive defense. The purpose is to It is necessary for the team to play more smoothly in the face of Ipswich's defense in the game, and to have a greater possibility to score goals.

Even so, Wansheng still wasn't sure.

But football has never been a 100% way to win. He only has the team to perform better when the time comes.

Soon the game is approaching.

Both Derby County and Ipswich seemed very low-key before the game. Although there were various media interviews, neither the players nor the coaches of the two teams said anything to add to the atmosphere of the game.

It's a revenge for Ipswich, but Zu Lyle only said in an interview, "Derby County is not a good team to deal with, we will do our best" and that's it . On the other hand, Wan Sheng didn't say anything about the game, like Zu Lyle, he also said, "Derby County will try to win", and then there is no.

This has disappointed many media. Ipswich is a strong team anyway, and this game is definitely a strong game. As a result, both sides are so low-key, they don't have much expectations for the game.

Therefore, the media are not optimistic about Ipswich. Derby County defeated Norwich, West Bromwich, Nottingham Forest and other strong teams. Although Ipswich's defense is doing well, Derby County's offense It is also very sharp. If facing other teams, Ipswich dare to use the defense to hold a point, but Derby County is not an ordinary team. Many people have privately recognized that Derby County is the strongest offensive ball in League One. Team, no one, Ipswich want to keep the goal is not easy.

Some media lamented, "Derby County is about to usher in a 12-game winning streak..."

But the result of the game surprised everyone.

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Pride Field.

The game has entered the 79th minute of the game, and the big screen on the scene constantly replays the goal just now.

It was a quick counterattack by Ipswich after completing the steal. Their striker Darren Bent received a pass from his teammate, dribbled the ball into the right side of the penalty area, and passed Alfred. The ball is volleyed into the net.

“Goooooooal!!!”

"The ball is in!"

"Darren Bent! The 19-year-old Ipswich striker has once again made a contribution to Ipswich. Now it is the 79th minute of the game. Darren Bent is for Ipswich. Vic scored the first goal of the game!"

The TV commentator exclaimed.

"Nice job! Darren Bent showed a wonderful dribbling ability, he broke through two people in a row, found a shot in the box, the ball went straight to the back point, with some spin, Derby County goalkeeper Osman I tried my best to save, but in the end I couldn't save the ball..."

With this goal, almost all the TV stations that broadcast the game began to introduce the young player from Ipswich.

Darren Bent is a student of the Ipswich Football School. He helped the youth team reach the semi-finals of the FA Youth Cup. In 2001, he was promoted to the reserve group by the team and made his first appearance in the first team on November 1. The team debuted in the UEFA Cup against Hillsborough before scoring the first goal in the League Cup loss to Newcastle United on 27 November.

In the game against Middlesbrough on April 24, 2002, Darren Bent scored the first goal in the Premier League. Darren Bent played 7 times in the season and scored 2 goals, but Ipswich was not. Relegated to League One.

The following season was the beginning of Darren Bent's fame. He scored 18 goals in the league and ranked ninth in the league's top scorers. A genius achievement.

Darren Bent is only 19 years old now. His 20th birthday will not be over until March next year. A player of this age has become the main striker of League One Ipswich. His future Absolutely bright.

In England, many people think that Everton's Wayne Rooney is the future of England's striker. Although Darren Bent is not as dazzling as Wayne Wayne, he has become one of the talented strikers often mentioned by the English media, second only to Wayne Wayne.

Now Darren Bent is relying on his own ability to help Ipswich lead Derby County.

This goal is very meaningful!

Derby County attacked the whole game and failed to break the Ipswich goal. As a result, Ipswich relied on a counterattack and scored a goal, which made everyone see Ipswich win. of hope.

Wansheng stood on the scene, watching Darren Bent score, and his heart was full of helplessness.

He knew this game would be difficult to play, but he didn't expect the opponent to rely on counterattacks to score goals. This goal was more about Darren Bent's personal ability. He passed two people in the penalty area to find a shot. Chance, this kind of goal will make everyone helpless.

Wansheng also has no good solution. He can only replace Peschisolido, add a striker, reduce a defensive player, and strengthen the offense while there is still some time in the game.

But after scoring the goal, Ipswich sharply shrank the defensive line to defend.

This reminded Wansheng of the confrontation between the two teams last season. That's what Derby County did in that game. They found an opportunity to attack aggressively. won the final victory.

Now everything is reversed.

Ipswich used the counterattack opportunity to score a goal, and then slashed the defense line. That posture was to defend until the last moment of the game. It was clear that the opponent had to know what to do, but in the face of such a style of play, Wansheng had nothing to do. .

He knew very well that the game was likely to be lost.

Sure enough, until the last minute of the game, Derby County still failed to break the Ipswich goal, and finally Derby County lost the game at home.

It was Derby County's second defeat and its first at the Pride Stadium.

Failure is frustrating.

Wansheng doesn't like to lose very much, but football games are like this. Even if they are strong, they can't win every game. What's more, Derby County's current strength is not enough to ignore any opponent.

After the game, he quickly adjusted his mentality.

Failure is the mother of success. Failure will lead to success. Depression will not have any effect. All he needs to do is to sum up experience and let the team continue to maintain a mentality to meet the next game. (To be continued ~^~)