Chapter 47: A Dim Opening

Before Derby County and Chelsea played against each other, both teams were very much in the spotlight. Some small news has also been disclosed by major media. The news that Derby County can affect the game is about the injury and suspension of the players.

The player to be suspended for Derby County is Leon Osman.

After the match with Liverpool, Osman has accumulated five yellow cards. According to the FA's red and yellow card accumulation rules, the Derby County club appealed, but the appeal obviously would have no result, because defensive players like Osman, in the Playing cards in the game is commonplace, but in this round against Chelsea, Osman suffered a suspension.

Fortunately, other teams do not have this problem. Derby County has received the most yellow cards this season, and Osman has received the most yellow cards this season. The other players are only two of Alfred, which is still far from the five cards stipulated in the suspension.

Another player who cannot play is Vidic.

Vidic touched his leg during training, and there was no big problem, but the team doctor still suggested that he should not play intense games for two weeks. Wansheng checked the health of Rividic in the football training master system and found that he Although he is still healthy, his state has been affected to some extent, so Wansheng still followed the advice of the team doctor and did not plan to play Vidic. The news was soon announced by the club to the media.

Wansheng doesn't care much about Vidic's injury. Although Vidic's strength is good, he is not an indispensable player for the team, especially after Marcus recovers from injury, even if Vidic is not injured, is it? He has to be considered for the start.

However, Vidic's injury reminded Wansheng of something. The time has entered November. Around Christmas is the stage of frequent injuries. Winter training will always make players prone to injury, although Derby County has not yet This problem did not arise, but Derby County will have to deal with at least a third-line operation next. With the team's bench depth and tactical characteristics, some injuries and physical problems are inevitable. Even if Wansheng has the recovery method of a football training master, he has no confidence to cope with it. After all, he wants to win three championships. . Take all competitions seriously. It was a tough test for Derby County.

Of course, the most important thing for the team at the moment is to cope with the game at hand.

Compared with Derby County, Chelsea's situation is actually worse. It is not good news for Chelsea, or for all the giants in the Premier League, such as Chelsea, Manchester United, Arsenal. Na and so on are not good news. Because they have too many national team players in their squad.

"Class A Matchday Syndrome". It is by no means an unfamiliar term in England, and for Chelsea, it means a brutal "weariness period".

This is the third time this season.

Chelsea has a lot of main players to participate in international games, and international games lose not only physical strength, but more attention. When players return to the club, it is difficult to fully recover their energy, in comparison. Derbyshire is much better, because even now. There are not many players in the team who can enter the national team. Except for Rafael van der Vaart, Vidic and Karachi, there are no other players. Even these three players are all substitutes for their respective national teams. In the main lineup of Derby County, such as Burton Reiter, Alfred, Morris and others, all of them did not enter the English national team. In this regard, Wansheng lamented that the players in England are good. These many outstanding players, but none of them can enter the England national team.

This is really... so good!

However, in an interview with the media, Wansheng also used this to ridicule Eriksen, the England coach who did not deal with it, "The game time is good for us. We have many excellent players, but none of them can enter the country. Team, this is really interesting, the second team in the league doesn't have a national team player, haha..."

Wan Sheng did not mention his name, but all reporters knew what he meant.

When the media reported Wan Sheng's words as they were, Eriksen, the England coach who was lying down and was shot, couldn't sit still. He was a little annoyed and said, "Derby County players? The best among them is the Dutch! French! I don't see any of their national players qualifying for my team!"

This counterattack is very sharp, and the meaning of it is naturally 'Derby County played a good result, relying on Ribery, Van der Vaart and others, the English local players in the team are not strong at all'.

Soon Wansheng retorted in a self-deprecating manner, "Several of my players were nominated for 'English Football Rookie of the Year', but they were not eligible to enter the national team. It seems that the level of the Premier League is really not that good."

'England Rookie of the Year', this award is specially set for local players in England. Naturally, only newcomers in the top league can be nominated. There are many young players in the Derby County team, Leighton Baines , Bolton Reiter, Alfred and other local English players, all very young, and all playing in the Premier League for the first time, they were all nominated in this award.

The results of the selection are still unknown, but it is certain that young players who can enter the competition for this award are likely or have entered the England team.

Several players were nominated, but none of them made it to the England team. Wansheng was glad that the team did not have the so-called 'A-level game syndrome', but he was also very dissatisfied with Eriksson. The relationship between the two was originally not. Well, if there is such a thing again, Wansheng will naturally not show mercy to Eriksen, "Look at his players, David Beckham, Steven Gerrard, Husky, Scooter Les . . . they're all big stars, and that's probably why his team isn't doing well."

After that, Wan Sheng smiled disdainfully, "Of course, if he doesn't do this, it will be very difficult to stay in the position of England head coach."

Although Wansheng did not say anything in detail, what do the media reporters do? They are absolutely professional in deciphering the 'connotation', Wansheng just said a few words, and they fully understood the meaning.

Obviously, Wansheng means that Eriksen can still sit in the England coach position despite the poor performance of the team. This is inseparable from the support of the stars in the team. The England team, the lineup has changed almost nothing in two years.

Beckham was mediocre at Real Madrid, but he made it into the England team every time. Michael Owen, who left Liverpool for Real Madrid in the summer, also took a look. He rarely even had a chance to play in La Liga, but Owen has been in the England squad for three international matches this season, and the other players will not be listed one by one. . Among them are good performances. There are poor performers, but they can all get into the England team. The famous stars always get the starting chance, like Beckham. The English media has criticized Beckham's performance more than once, but he can always be in England. The team starts and then whenever Eriksen is in crisis. Beckham will stand up to support Eriksen. The same goes for the rest of the team, and the combination of the two is thought-provoking.

Of course, the war of words between Wansheng and Eriksen will not criticize the players or anything, he is just talking about the matter, and the English media will not criticize his own players, and then the target of all this becomes the Swedes.

Wansheng's statement still resonates a lot.

Many English media and fans are dissatisfied with Eriksson, the most important thing is that Eriksson's leading results are not satisfactory and the style of football he plays. Only let the famous England team gain an evaluation - rough technology, under such circumstances. It's odd that the media and fans are happy with Eriksen.

So before and after the International A-level competition, a new round of criticism against Eriksen began.

Under such circumstances, Wansheng, who was the initiator, kept a low profile and made the team prepare for the game seriously, just like he said to the media, the time of the match between Derby County and Chelsea is still beneficial to Derby County, and the international A-level game In the future, Chelsea's state must be affected to some extent, which also gives Derby County more chances to win.

However, Wansheng still has no certainty about the game.

However, in the pre-match press conference, Wansheng showed full confidence, "Chelsea is a difficult opponent, it is the same for all teams, we are no exception, but I think after this game, the Premier League will It's time to change the top spot!"

When he said that, Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho was walking into the press conference room.

He was wearing a black suit with a calm face and a confident smile on the corner of his mouth. When he saw Mourinho walking in, the various cameras in the venue immediately pointed to him. Than Wansheng is indeed a better interviewee, because Mourinho's big mouth can always break the news.

Sure enough, Mourinho "lived up to expectations" and talked about the game, just like what he said about Wansheng just now, he directly talked about the result of the game.

"I'm here to take three points away!"

"The whole team is ready for the ninth victory!"

"I am very happy to meet Derby County, they have won five games in a row, I was thinking, how can we open the points gap, now we just have to beat them ourselves!"

"..."

When Mourinho said these words, Wan Sheng was standing in the opposite seat, and there were reporters in front of him. Mourinho was speaking into the microphone, it was like announcing something, saying After that, he gave Wan Sheng a provocative nod, which was really... Wan Sheng finally knew why the head coaches of almost all teams in the Premier League had no good feelings for this guy. He was really ruthless, Talking about beating Derby County in front of your own face?

Wan Sheng smiled at Mourinho, and some media supporting Chelsea interpreted this as fear, but what Wan Sheng said next made them know that their thinking was wrong," Mourinho said. Win here? I want to see why Chelsea won!"

Mourinho stood up and said in the direction of Wansheng, "Why win? Our players are stronger, my team is stronger! Derby County's results are very good, but defense is their biggest weakness. , I will prove it in the game!"

"I heard a lot of people talk about Chelsea's conservatism, they only defend, so I will also prove in this game that Chelsea's defense is vulnerable in front of Derby County!"

Wan Sheng's words are true.

"Vulnerable? Are you talking about Derby County?" Mourinho retorted.

"Certainly Chelsea!"

"We only conceded 4 goals in the 13 rounds of the league, and you conceded 13, an average of one per game, who is vulnerable?" Mourinho seems to be planning to speak with data.

Wansheng immediately retorted, "We scored 36 goals, an average of 3 goals per game, and you only scored 27 goals in 13 rounds of the league, right?"

"..."

The reporters under the stage watched the two head coaches argue with each other regardless of their demeanor on the spot. They were all stunned, and immediately they became excited. This is really more exciting news than the game itself. Just filming this scene and putting it in the news report will attract the interest of many fans.

In addition, they also admire the two coaches.

These data cannot be said casually. This shows that both coaches have a lot of preparation for the game. Learned a lot about the other party, otherwise they wouldn't come with their mouths open.

Although the game has not yet started, the media reporters are already looking forward to a wonderful battle.

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The hottest topic before the game was the dispute between Wansheng and Mourinho at the press conference venue. After the press conference, many people discussed this topic with great interest, but the two would leave and return to their respective locker rooms. Ready for the game.

Mourinho at the press conference venue, showing confidence in winning. But actually. He will not despise the game. Derby County is a newly-promoted horse, but it is not something ordinary 'dark horses' can do to be able to 'dark horse' to rank second after 13 rounds of the league.

He doesn't underestimate his opponent.

Before the game, Mourinho did some in-depth research on Derby County, studying Derby County's tactics, studying Derby County's game video, he was surprised by the tactics Derby County used, that kind of tactics is by no means ordinary teams can adaptable. At the same time, it is not a short time to adapt, Derby County can simply use this tactic. And playing the current results, Mourinho still admires this.

He had long acknowledged in his heart that Wansheng was a strong opponent.

It is precisely because Wansheng is placed at the level of opponents of the same level that Mourinho will confront Wansheng before the game. Otherwise, a guy who is not an opponent of the same level is so young, he will not care.

But he still has confidence in the game.

Or more importantly, he has confidence in the current Chelsea. Chelsea has a complete lineup and many players perform well. He believes that Derby County will hardly have a chance to win the game head on. Despite this, Mourinho decided to focus on stability. , after all, anything can happen in football, so before the game, he emphasized more on defense.

"The opponent's attack is very strong, we need to stabilize the defense line..."

A few minutes before the game, Mourinho was in the dressing room, constantly emphasizing defense. Chelsea players have long been accustomed to the coach's rhetoric. In fact, although Chelsea scored many goals in many games, But their tactical focus is still on defense. The 433 formation they are used to now is still based on defense. In many games, even against teams with lower strength, they will choose to stabilize defense and then attack.

This is also the origin of many '1:0' and the English media's attack on Mourinho's 'conservative utilitarianism'.

At the same time, in the home team's locker room, Wan Sheng is also doing the same job as Mourinho.

In the pre-match press conference, he went head-to-head with Mourinho and suggested that Chelsea's defense was 'vulnerable', but in fact, it was a pure debate. In the game, he would not let the team attack aggressively to prove It's purely a 'brain-dead' behavior. In order to grasp the victory, defense is necessary.

Chelsea's tactical focus is on defense, and Derby County's tactical focus is also on defense!

As long as it faces a team weaker than itself, Wansheng will let the team let go of the attack, which makes it easier to win, and against a team stronger than itself, 'OS-Fast' will use a different style Now, that is to stabilize the defense and slowly seek to attack and counterattack.

In this way, even if the goal is not easy, it is also not easy for the opponent to score.

In terms of winning, it is more important to ensure that one's own goal is not lost than to score a goal. Mourinho understands this truth, and Wansheng also understands it.

"Always pay attention to the defense!"

"Don't push the formation too far, especially at the opening, don't give them any chances!"

"Pay more attention to the position, especially the backcourt players!"

"..."

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After Wansheng and Mourinho finished their respective instructions, the time was almost up. Soon the two teams appeared in the Pride Stadium. With the whistle of the referee, the whole game officially started.

Pride Stadium was overcrowded in this game.

There were 20,000 Derby County fans and more than 5,000 Chelsea fans who accompanied the team to the Greater Derby County town to watch the game. Fans on both sides naturally hope that their teams can win. The result of the game is very important, not only the victory, but also the top position in the Premier League.

If Derby County wins, they will have the same points as Chelsea, and they may squeeze out Chelsea's top spot with goal difference. Although the two teams have a difference of 2 goal difference, Derby County will win at least 1 more goal difference. , the gap between 2 goals is not large, so it is still possible for Derby County to occupy the top spot in the Premier League.

Chelsea's victory will widen the points gap, while Derby County may be overtaken by Manchester United and fall into third place in the league.

This is a battle related to the top three rankings in the league. The media attaches great importance to the game, and the fans of the two teams also attach great importance to it. There were also many neutral fans at the scene. They also came to watch the battle for the top spot. For fans, it is natural to come for the excitement of the game.

The media also want the game to be exciting, so that it can attract the attention of fans.

"Derby County vs. Chelsea, this will be a wonderful battle!" When the game started, many commentators said excitedly, and various media and fans were also looking forward to this wonderful confrontation.

But when the game started, everyone was disappointed...

In the opening game, both teams chose a solid defense, and the offense was mainly based on testing. Football was more time passing the ball near the center line. There was no wonderful cooperation, no threat to attack, no shooting...and almost no .

Fifteen minutes before the game.

Neither team seems to be in a hurry to attack, and the fight is not fierce. More players on both sides are huddled in their own half, and the midfield is the main field of competition between the two sides, but no attack means no excitement. The game scene is really dizzy sleep.

Many fans even regretted watching the game...(To be continued ~^~)