Chapter 42 Upright

After Van der Vaart helped the team equalize, Derby County's morale was boosted, while Schalke 04 was a little flustered.

This is the difference between the first goal and the last goal.

So far, the two teams have been tied and both have only scored one goal, but the morale of the two teams is incomparable. When Derby County fell behind, they only wanted to equalize the score, while Schalke 04 guarded the goal and also If you want to expand the score advantage, it is completely different at this time. If you score one goal, you naturally want to score two goals. Derby County is not satisfied with the draw and wants to pursue victory, while Schalke 04's morale is a little low, and all he wants is to defend the goal. Now, especially Derby County's full-court pressing has put a lot of pressure on them, the offense can't start, and the defense must be done well.

Facts have proved that Schalke 04's defense is indeed very good.

Despite the morale of Derby, which was also at the Pride Stadium, Derby failed to score again until the last minute of the game.

At the end of the game, all Schalke 04 players were really relieved.

Thinking of the strength of Derby County in the second half, they were already thankful for the draw, and the Derby County players were somewhat dissatisfied, they still hoped to win, but it is a pity that Schalke 04 is not a soft persimmon for anyone to knead. In a not-so-good first half, it was too difficult for Derby County to win.

In the end, with Van der Vaart's goal, Derby County drew with Schalke 04 at home.

After the game, Wan Shengdao didn't show a cold face. After all, the draw was still acceptable. As he said, Derby County will lose the game. This is the UEFA Cup group stage, and the final points determine the qualification. , not one or two wins or losses, so a draw is fine.

This is also a valuable point.

With this point in hand, add to the previous victory. Derby County and Schalke 04 points are the same, and the first place in the group is established by the goal difference relationship.

After the game, the discussion about the Derby County game turned to Raphael van der Vaart, while Ribery, who was popular before, was temporarily forgotten, of course. There are also media mentions of Ribery. But those words are not very good, their evaluation of Ribery's performance in the game is one word - bad!

These sounds gave Ribery a heaven-to-hell feeling.

After the last UEFA Cup group match, all England praised him, but now Quan England seems to be showing disdain for him. He likes the media's touts and praises, and hates the media's criticism of him.

So when he returned to the training ground, Ribery's face was still very bad.

A teammate comforted Ribery. But Ribery remained the same. He was dissatisfied with being replaced at the end of the first half in the game. When training in groups, he still insisted on using his ability to make breakthroughs and look for opportunities.

once, twice...

many times!

Diamares' whistle rang, he reminded Ribery that he should do more passing, and explained patiently, "Everyone else has run into position. When you are in the game like this, it is easy to be surrounded and lose the ball. …”

Ribery's petty temper was re-inflicted. "But I think I can find my chance on my own!"

"Your thinking is dangerous, Frank! Football is a one-man sport. When you face a defense, the first choice should be to pass the ball, not to find your own opportunities. Your skills are very good, but you can guarantee that every time Can you get past the opponent? If you make a mistake..."

"Mr. Diamares, everyone will make mistakes, but as long as I succeed, I can bring opportunities to the team!" Ribery insisted.

Diamares has nothing to say, he is not a sharp person.

Wan Sheng came over.

He heard Ribery's words and knew that this guy was still angry about the last game, but he was also very angry, it's been two days, this guy still hasn't figured it out, what a... .Idiot!

But Wan Sheng didn't want to remind him of anything, it's better for him to figure this out on his own.

If Ribery has been performing like this, he doesn't mind putting Ribery on the bench all the time, or even in the audience. Even without Ribery, the team's strength will be worse, but it is always better than Ribery. It's much better to play freely on the court.

"Frank, since you don't think you need to cooperate with others, let's go over there and watch together!" Wan Sheng said directly to Ribery.

Having said that, he walked to the sidelines and motioned for Ribery to follow.

Ribery was stunned for a moment. He dared to refute Diamares, but he did not dare to refute Wansheng. No one in the team challenged Wansheng's majesty. On the side, Wan Sheng just said, "Look here! Look at Raphael, look at Li, and look at the others..."

Ribery had no idea, so he could only sit and watch the training.

In the next two days, whenever there was a confrontation training, Wansheng always called Ribery to the sidelines, and then the two watched the training together. What I didn’t know was that they thought that Ribery was also a coach, but in fact, the whole The team is quite sympathetic to Ribery. Watching the training with Wan Sheng, it is definitely not easy to participate in the training. Just sitting next to Wan Sheng is enough pressure. know how he feels.

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The thirteenth round of the Premier League is quickly approaching, with Derby County taking on Middlesbrough at the Pride Stadium.

There was a lot of media coverage before the game.

The hostile media of Derby County all hope that McLaren's team can beat Derby County and break their unbeaten gold body. They are still relatively optimistic about Middlesbrough. In the last round, Middlesbrough 3 :1 A strong victory over Charlton, this performance makes people know that Middlesbrough is in very good shape now, and it also gives people a lot of confidence.

But to the disappointment of many media, the two teams were not very popular before the game, or there was no hostility between the two sides at all. They reported on it for a long time.

The same is true.

The relationship between Wansheng and Middlesbrough coach McLaren is still very good. Although the two are opponents now, there is no need to target each other before the game. Both sides have a tacit understanding and are very low-key. In short, the coaches and players of the two teams did not say much.

The game is approaching in such a dull atmosphere.

Wansheng didn't let the team do much to prepare, in fact. After doing some research on Middlesbrough, Wansheng believes that the team does not need to prepare anything. The current Middlesbrough is not much different from last season. In the summer, they introduced Viduka and Hasselba. Inke's two powerful strikers have strengthened their strength. But that's all. Middlesbrough's economic conditions do not allow them to strengthen anything, that is to say, the current Middlesbrough team is sharper than last season.

Wansheng has the confidence to let the team and Middlesbrough collide head-on!

At present, the team's striker is led by Van der Vaart. Van der Vaart can be said to be an all-round striker. After several months of training, the dark injury on his leg has almost recovered. The speed has been greatly improved. In terms of data evaluation, it has exceeded 90 points, which makes his ability more comprehensive. It can be said that the current Van der Vaart is at the level of a world superstar. Every ability is very outstanding, and there are no defects at all.

Such a striker is naturally much stronger than Middlesbrough, although Hasselbaink is good. But after all, he is just a veteran, and perhaps he is much stronger than Ian Taylor when he is old and strong. But that's about it, nothing compared to a superstar player like Van der Vaart, who was in his rightful years.

In terms of midfield, Maurice, Ivan Crewe and others are very good, with good strength and good form. Wansheng does not need to worry about this aspect. What satisfies Wansheng most is defense. The team's back defense can really be described as a plethora of talents. Even the players such as Lich Steiner and Leto Ziegler as substitutes are in very good condition. It can be said that the back line is the most prominent in Derby County. place.

In short, the current third-tier Derby County is no worse than Middlesbrough. In the game at the Pride Stadium, he is fully confident that the team can defeat the opponent in a dignified manner.

This is Wansheng's idea and plan.

But after the start of the game, what attracted the most attention was not Derby County's tactics, but Derby County's left flank, and the main force, Frank Ribery, did not start.

Cameras point to the Derby County bench.

I saw that Ribery was sitting next to Wan Sheng with a "difficult" expression on his face, so he seemed to know that he was not in a good mood.

Sky TV commentator George Woodgate said, "Wansheng did not put Ribery in the main lineup. Is he planning to rotate this game?"

Those who know about the last UEFA Cup group match wondered if something happened within Derby County, or that Ribery and Wansheng had a conflict? Otherwise, how could Ribery be on the bench?

So after the opening of the two teams, many commentators talked about Ribery with great interest when introducing the lineup, as if Ribery was the protagonist, but in fact, he did not appear at all.

But when the game started five minutes, everyone's attention returned.

At this point, Ribery is no longer important, because the game on site was very exciting, the two sides attacked and defended each other, and every attack was exciting, especially Derby County, they attacked in two consecutive waves, all of them attacked directly from the middle, and one shot from a long distance. After being saved, the other time was to pass the ball into the penalty area. Unfortunately, Bolton Reiter did not grab the position and took a good chance.

To know that the game has only started five minutes, many people began to worry about Middlesbrough's goal.

Middlesbrough coach McLaren also frowned. He knew that Derby County was not easy to deal with, otherwise they would not remain unbeaten until now, but he did not expect that Derby County's offense was so threatening, and The other party is advancing the attack in a dignified manner, but the defense that he has set up is often in crisis?

Is Derby County so strong already?

He couldn't believe it. In his impression, the Derby County team in the warm-up match in the summer was definitely not so strong. At that time, Middlesbrough could still take advantage of the game, but now the opponent's attack is obvious. There are more threats.

But how is this possible?

How long has it been...the other party's progress will be so fast?

Just when McLaren was still thinking about it, Derby County's attack was effective. This was in the thirteenth minute of the game. Ivan Crewe broke into the bottom line and completed a high-hanging cross, Burton- Leiter grabbed the position and jumped up to point the ball in front of the penalty area. Van der Vaart followed with a strong shot.

The football flies into the goal through the hands of goalkeeper Marc Schwarzer! (To be continued ~^~)