Chapter 41 How About Raphael?

In the locker room, the faces of the players were not very good.

The team's results have been very good this season, they are still unbeaten in the league, they have not lost in the UEFA Cup, nor in the League Cup. They won a Community Shield, which also made the team feel relaxed during most of the games, but now it is different. At Pride Stadium, they are the one behind.

If the opponent is a strong team like Arsenal and Manchester United, it is normal to be behind by one goal. After all, there are wins and losses in football games. No one can guarantee victory against a strong team, but the opponent is only Schalke 04. And their lag is not all because of the good performance of their opponents... or rather, their own reasons are more serious.

Many people think that Ribery is going to be unlucky.

In the first half just past, the players who played knew that the team's offense was not smooth, and the reason was naturally Ribery, which was also the reason why he was substituted before the end of the first half.

now what?

What will the coach do?

......

In fact, Wansheng ignored Ribery. He just explained the tactics in the second half and told each player what to do in the second half.

This is to give Ribery a little face.

After all, Ribery is an old player. He has been in the team for a year and a half. Even if the backwardness is related to him, Wansheng still took care of his face. What's more, there is still the second half. It's useless to say anything now.

Ribery sat in the corner, watching Wan Sheng explain the tactics, his mind was long out of the game.

He was substituted, so naturally it was impossible for him to play, so it didn't matter to him how he played in the second half, he just thought about his own problems, and he didn't think his actions were wrong. He did the same in the last game, and the result was a lot of praise, and now he is doing the same, but he was directly substituted. Why?

He couldn't figure it out.

He considers his technique excellent. Then the team should give themselves room to play. And believe in himself, he also knows the problem of cooperating with his teammates, but as long as one or two performances are good enough, there will always be mistakes in a wave of offense, or passing, or shooting, other people's mistakes and his own mistakes. No difference. It's impossible to guarantee that every wave of offense will lead to an opportunity. So it doesn't matter at all.

When Wan Sheng explained the tactics, Ribery kept thinking like this.

He felt that he was out of place in the locker room, his face was not very good-looking, and he even wondered if he should leave.

At this moment, Wan Sheng shouted, "Our performance in the first half was not good! Very bad! I don't even know what you are doing! Schalke 04 is not a strong team, I dare say they are better than Don't come to us, this is the Pride Stadium. Look, there are more than 20,000 fans today. They are all watching. If I lose the game, I know what face I will be on the street in the future, seeing those The fans, I will all feel guilty..."

Wan Sheng didn't refer to anyone's name alone, but many people looked at Ribery subconsciously.

Being watched by these many teammates, Ribery was stunned for a moment, and then he was even more annoyed, thinking to himself that you all thought it was my problem?

But in the end, Wansheng did not point out Ribery, but continued to inspire everyone to play hard, "We will continue to attack in the second half and continue to create pressure on their half!"

"Their left-back is not strong, you try to play on the right as much as possible, and you can create set-piece opportunities when appropriate, but don't be impulsive, don't think about the game, how to play and how to play, keep a normal mentality, this is the group stage, We can still lose a game!"

"What's more, there are forty-five minutes left in the game, enough for us to do a lot of things..."

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Before the start of the second half of the game, many commentators also talked about the game.

"At the end of the first half, Derby County made substitutions and Ribery was replaced, but that's not surprising at all. In the first half, Ribery's performance was terrible, he missed many chances, leading to Derby County's offense has become unsmooth, but Wansheng's approach is still a bit tough, he should choose to make substitutions at the beginning of the second half, and making substitutions at that time may affect the players' mentality..."

The England commentator said for Derby County.

In this European arena, the English will naturally support the English team unconditionally. Although there are not many supporters in the league Derby County, in the European arena, they can still get a lot of support.

The German commentator is optimistic about the victory of Schalke 04.

"Before the game, many English media said how strong Derby County was, but in this game, we did not see how strong Derby County was offensively, and Schalke 04 also led the game. It turned out that it was The advocacy of the English, they've always been good at this kind of thing..."

While the commentator was talking, the players of both teams had already played.

Wan Sheng also followed the team into the stadium.

Ribery also came. He was the last to arrive. Wan Sheng pointed to the seat next to him and said to Ribery, "Sit down! Look!"

Ribery was stunned for a moment, and immediately sat over.

Wansheng knew that Ribery would definitely have some ideas. He hoped that Ribery could find some problems in his mentality by watching the game.

In fact, he was quite annoyed by Ribery's question, especially since Ribery is 23 years old and has not yet had a stable mentality. He can become a world superstar in the future, but after all, it is the future. He became famous at a relatively late age, and he has never experienced this before. If he has not experienced it, what is the difference between 18 and 23 years old? Only by experiencing it will you have experience and become mature. This can be regarded as a growth of Ribery.

Thinking of this, Wan Sheng is not so angry anymore.

Soon the second half of the game began.

The German commentator's performance of Derby County in the first half of the game to satirize the English people's way of 'promoting' their national team, but at the beginning of the second half, he did not say so because the game became very exciting, and this This kind of excitement is relative to Derby County. Schalke 04 can only passively defend many times, and the fans are also in crisis.

The two teams are still playing against each other.

But when Leighton Baines took Ribery's place, Derby County's offense became much smoother, and the full-court pressing defense was also sharp. The suppression effect in the county tactics is also reflected, and the speed in the tactics is also reflected.

One attack is nothing, but when the attack turns into one after another, Derby County plays quite well, while Schalke 04, who is the opponent, feels miserable. They thought that Derby County would attack in the second half, after all Derby County It's the one behind, but I didn't expect Derby County to make such a big change in the second half. The two teams could still play evenly in the first half, but now Derby County's offense accounts for 2, and Schalke 04 can only account for at most. To 1, the difference is already quite obvious.

Many Schalke 04 players finally know why the English media will have so much confidence in Derby County before the game.

Especially when they are attacking, it is more obvious. Derby County's full-court pressing is very headache. Whenever the football hits near the halfway line, they will face a very pressing situation. No matter where they receive the pass, there will always be The opponent players press over, they either pass the opponent or pass the ball quickly, otherwise they will soon be pressed or even surrounded, which makes them fall into a pressing situation every time they attack. Many Schalke 04 players Very uncomfortable.

That's not the main thing!

The most threatening attack is Derby County's offense. When the offense becomes smooth, the role of Van der Vaart and Maurice and others will be obvious. The two of them drive the offense very fast, pass and receive the ball accurately and quickly, allowing them to pass and receive the ball accurately and quickly. Schalke 04 defense line crisis frequently.

But the Schalke 04 team, the defense is indeed quite good.

The game went on for 30 minutes, and Derby County failed to recover the score. At this time, Schalke 04 counterattacks became less, and almost all 11 players of their audience participated in the defense in the backcourt and wanted to defend this game. Victory, but it's not easy just to defend.

In the 78th minute of the game, Derby County still scored.

After Van der Vaart received a pass from Leighton Baines in front of the penalty area, he suddenly got rid of the defending player next to him with a small change, dribbled the ball directly into the penalty area, and found a good opportunity to score. Taking the opportunity, Van der Vaart kicked Get the ball into the far corner.

The football flew through the left rib of the Schalke 04 goalkeeper and flew into the goal!

Pride Stadium ushered in thunderous cheers!

"Raphael van der Vaart! Rafael van der Vaart! He showed great skill in front of goal! It was like drawing art under his feet, he got out of the box and he put the ball in the goal with precision! 1 :1! Derby County equalised!"

Following the commentator's words, the cheers at the Pride Stadium grew even louder.

Raphael van der Vaart, who scored the goal, pounced on Leighton Bynes, who passed him the ball, before the two hugged tightly, and every Derby County player was all excited, albeit only for the equalizer. , but for this tough game, the goal was really hard to come by.

on the coach's bench.

Wan Sheng stood up and applauded when he saw the goal, and then he turned his head to look at Ribery and asked, "Frank, what do you think of Raphael?"

Ribery was taken aback, "What?"

"I'm asking you, how is Raphael's technique?"

Ribery doesn't quite understand what Wansheng means. He is not a coach. What does Van der Vaart's skills have to do with him? So he froze and didn't answer.

Looking at Ribery's reaction, Wan Sheng shook his head, this guy still didn't understand! (To be continued ~^~)