Chapter 15 The Synthesis of Contradictions
At the press conference, Wan Sheng appeared in front of the door.
With a smile, he walked into the venue under the illumination of various flashing lights. At this time, he clearly felt that the enthusiasm of the reporters was completely different from before.
In the summer, Wansheng also participated in the press conference.
The number of reporters who came to interview at that time was very small. They were all local reporters from Derby County. The questions that came to interview were all about preparations. As for what to expect in the new season, no one cared at all. Perhaps in their opinion, Derby The county's expectation can only be relegation.
Although Wan Sheng doesn't like to deal with reporters very much, he still feels very uncomfortable. As a Premier League team, there are not many foreign reporters to interview, so he is completely ignored, even though he is busy with the team's training and preparations. , but the feeling of being left out is still very bad.
But things are different now. The reporters in the venue are very enthusiastic.
Not only the media reporters who supported Derby County, but also the neutral media reporters and those who supported Arsenal were also very enthusiastic. Wan Sheng enjoyed the protagonist treatment. When he sat on the podium, most of the reporters in the venue were concentrated. Come here, and there are only a few reporters around Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger on the other side. This may be because Arsene Wenger is the Arsenal coach. Even if they lose, the news about Arsenal is also very attractive. Even so, at this time The number of reporters who hope to interview Wansheng is obviously far more than Wenger.
Wan Sheng smiled at Wenger, and the old professor responded politely.
Wan Sheng came a little late, he was celebrating the victory with the team just now, and Wenger came as early as the end of the game. The press conference has always belonged to the winner. Wenger knew that it was Wan Sheng's time. , so he didn't say anything, just sat and watched.
The reporters were really enthusiastic.
Many media reports on Derby County's preparations are very little, and there is very little coverage of Derby County's team. As a result, they suddenly found that they knew very little about Derby County. If Derby County was just an ordinary newly-promoted horse, it would be nothing. Who would care about some news about lack of quality players and teams? But it was different now, Derby County beat Arsenal at Highbury Stadium. They have to report on Derby County.
Many media have been skeptical of Derby County's strength before. They are not optimistic about the strength of Derby County, they are not optimistic about their summer transfer and preparations, and they do not think that Derby County will perform well in the new season.
At that time, Wansheng was so busy preparing for the war that he didn't have time to pay any attention to the reporters.
But now it's completely different, reporters in the audience are rushing to raise their hands to ask questions.
Seeing this scene, Wan Sheng laughed, anyone would like to be the protagonist. Be noticed and valued. Now he has experienced this feeling again, which is really good, he stood up from the stage, pressed his hands down to signal silence, and said with a smile, "I'm very happy to see the team win the game, 4-0, this is a The perfect score. Of course, it's for us."
Said Wansheng swept Wenger. Seeing that the smile on the opponent's face was completely gone, he stopped talking with a light cough, feeling that he should also show some generosity of the winner, and continued, "But Arsenal's performance is also very good, they played well, We were overwhelmed in the second half, a few of their players like Pires, Vieira, Bergkamp and others were doing well... but we still won the game, which means we were better. Well, this victory is quite meaningful to us, and the victory over the defending champion in the first round of the league is good for the morale of the whole team, and our players will be more confident..."
Wan Sheng continued to talk about Datong, then stopped, and then turned to look, Wenger over there did not know when he had left.
When Wan Sheng finished speaking, the group of Arsenal reporters in the audience gnashed their teeth. If Wan Sheng didn't talk about Arsenal, it would be fine. When talking about Arsenal and then talking about Derby County, isn't this pure irony?
Arsenal doing well?
If you still perform well after losing 0:4, what is bad performance?
Isn't this purely touting your own team? ! !
A group of genuine Arsenal supporters watched Wan Sheng gnashing their teeth. In their hearts, Wan Sheng was labeled as 'arrogant and arrogant'. At this moment, they could only use 'This Chinese is not yet 30 years old'. , young people win a game and get dizzy' similar words to comfort themselves.
But there was still an Arsenal reporter who stood up and made it difficult for Wan Sheng. This was a middle-aged reporter. He smiled and asked a very 'friendly' question, "Excuse me, Mr. Wan Sheng, who do you think is the best player in the Derby County team? ?"
In this game, the best player of the game was Van der Vaart.
He only played in the Premier League for the first time. In the game against Arsenal, he had a perfect performance of one shot and two passes. He also performed very well at other times. Therefore, the FA official and the media jointly named Van der Vaart as the best of the game. But it's a trap to ask the head coach who is the best player on the team.
You can't just say a certain player, that's sure to displease other players who have performed well.
Football is a team sport. Even players who shoot goals are only part of the tactics. The performance of other players is also very important. There will be opportunities to assist and score goals, so this is digging a small trap for Wansheng to jump.
In general, experienced head coaches will definitely avoid this problem, but this young Chinese is hard to say. He is only over 27 years old. In the eyes of many reporters, his experience with the media is definitely not that rich. Naturally it is possible to fall.
This is also a small revenge.
It’s a pity that the calculus of the Arsenal reporter was wrong, Wan Sheng still smiled, and then replied, “I think the eleven players in the team performed quite well in the game. If I want to say the best, it’s still... …”
The reporters listened in amazement.
"Karachi!"
Wan Shengyi smiled and said, "We scored four goals but didn't concede a single goal. Karachi's composure is crucial. He is thirty-two years old, but he is not too old in the position of goalkeeper. I am very happy. Seeing him stay in shape, with Karachi around, I'll be reassured about the goal..."
The reporters in the audience rolled their eyes.
Those reporters who were digging their heads to watch Wansheng fall into the trap all cursed inwardly. Karachi? This is really a very standard answer, and it has no flaws, but Arsenal did not have many real threats to the Derby County goal in the whole game, and Karachi didn't have a particularly outstanding performance at all. Anyone who hears it will find it joking.
This young man is really... an idiot!
Soon it was the turn of a Derby County media reporter to ask questions. The "Derby County Life" reporter was still very friendly. He raised a question that Derby County fans are concerned about, "What is Derby County's goal for the new season?"
Wansheng only talked about this question on the TV program before the European Cup, and now Wansheng's answer has changed, "My previous goal was to win the European competition, but winning this game gave me a lot of Confidence. I think we should aim a little bit bigger..."
"What is it?" Many people asked in their hearts.
"I think. Derby's goal for the new season should be to qualify for the Champions League!"
Even if the reporters were prepared, they were surprised to hear Wan Shengzhen's answer. At the same time, many non-Derby County supported the reporters, and they were also dismissive in their hearts. They set the goal of winning the next game to 'to qualify for the Champions League'. 'superior? That's at least the top four in the league!
Derby County want to fight for the top four in the league! ? ?
This is impossible!
Derby County did well in this game, but who can guarantee they will be like this all season? It's good to beat Arsenal, but the league is not decided by a game, Derby County is just a newly-promoted horse. Setting such a goal is definitely going too far.
So many reporters put other labels on Wansheng in their minds - being carried away by the victory, it doesn't matter if they win the next game.
Fortunately, there were very few real Derbyshire hostile media reporters on the scene. No media directly refuted Wan Sheng's remarks, but after that, many reporters rushed to ask questions--
"Mr. Wan Sheng, are you still satisfied with Van der Vaart's performance?"
"Can he really take Cahill's place?"
"Will there be any changes to the Derby squad in the summer? I mean add some depth, or sell some players?"
"Who in Derby do you think has any hope of making the England squad?"
"..."
One question after another, Wan Sheng responded directly with a smile. After the big victory over Arsenal, he was rarely in the mood to deal with this group of media reporters.
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When Wan Sheng was interviewed at the press conference, Derby County players were also discussing a good game in the visiting dressing room at Highbury Stadium.
This game gave them a lot of feelings.
Not only the joy of the big victory over Arsenal, but also the thoughts on the team's tactics and strength. Many veteran players of the team have great confidence in Wansheng, but they are still skeptical about whether the team's tactics can be used in the Premier League. The most direct example of attitude is that the team adjusted their tactics when they played against Manchester United at the end of last season. Although after a summer of training, a lot of technical passing content was added to the tactics, but the tactics were essentially unchanged. of.
So can this strategy work against a strong team?
no one knows.
But now they feel that the previous suspicions are really inappropriate. A month of hard training has now ushered in the harvest. They just used the content of the training in a month to apply it to the game, and then they beat Arsenal by four goals. The tactics are more confident, and they also have a concept of the strength of the team.
As the media said, Derby County is just a newly-promoted horse. When Wansheng said that he wanted to fight for a place in the European competition, that is, the top six in the league, in fact, many players had no confidence, but now after the big victory over Arsenal, they feel Coaches are not demanding goals.
If they can keep playing this kind of game, let alone the top six in the league, they would dare to fight for the first place in the league!
4:0 Ah!
In the face of Arsenal's 4-0 victory, thinking about it makes them emotional, let alone a big victory over Arsenal, even if it is a victory, a small victory of 1:0, they used to only think about it when they were dreaming, but now they are dreaming. It came true!
So in the locker room, everyone was discussing enthusiastically.
"I didn't think we could really win against Arsenal!"
"Four goals, haha! I thought it would be good to be able to 1-0, but I didn't expect to score four goals! You guys are amazing!"
"Raphael's passing is excellent, two assists, one pass, and you won the best player on your first appearance!"
"Yeah! Raphael did a great job!"
Hearing the praise from his teammates, Van der Vaart just smiled.
Now he feels it was the right choice to come to Derby County, with a coach who values him, who can play in his favorite position, and a friendly group of teammates, the whole team is full of vigor and positivity, happy to win together.
Diamares stood in front of the door, smiling at the players.
He's an assistant coach, he's been through a lot with Wansheng, and he's watched Wansheng lead the team step by step to the success of last season.
So, will this season be a success? Diamares can't say for sure, but at least it's off to a good start.
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The press conference allowed many media reporters to get to know Wansheng.
To sum up, this is a young man who has a personality that will show off after a little achievement, but is a cunning and annoying guy. This is the impression of those media reporters who have just come into contact with Wansheng.
Young and flamboyant, old and cunning, two words with almost opposite meanings, but now appear in the description of Wansheng at the same time, which makes many media reporters somewhat contradictory.
But they soon realized that the young Chinese was a contradictory fellow.
Those media reporters who knew Wansheng in the first place had nothing to say. In their opinion, Wansheng was originally such a person, very contradictory, difficult, arrogant, and flamboyant. There is always big news.
That's the point!
Before the start of the first round of the league, the media attention to Derby County dropped to freezing point, but it was only less than a month. When the league restarted, many people felt that Derby County would not attract too much attention in the Premier League. At that time, they became the focus of attention all over England.
Just because they beat Arsenal with four goals at Highbury!
When they heard the news, many media were stunned. They have been paying attention to the match between Chelsea and Manchester United. This game can be said to be the top game in the world. As a result, the focus of the league soon turned to Derby County. .....They feel incredible, Derby County beat Arsenal with four goals at Highbury?
Is today April Fool's Day?
Soon they were sure of the accuracy of the message.
Then the All England sports media went crazy. They interviewed and paid attention to the game, reported the game, and conducted a series of excavations after the game between the two teams.
They regret not paying attention to the game before the game, so far they can only dig out some sporadic news, and those competitors who pay attention to the game have already started to report it. (To be continued ~^~)