Chapter 66 Important Work

David Moyes knew that the next game would be difficult, but what he didn't expect was that the impact of Ribery's goal on Everton would not only be a loss in the score, but also a morale blow. Playing with other teams, Everton's morale will be lower, but the impact will not be too big. After all, it is normal for football to fall behind. As a professional player, you will not be so vulnerable.

Derbyshire is different.

This is not the first time Everton and Derby County have played against each other. After Wan Sheng took charge of Derby County, the two teams have played against each other twice. This is the third time. It was very difficult. When they played against each other for the first time, Derby County was still in the second league. Even in that case, Everton still lost, but now Everton is facing Derby County’s mentality.

Everton's main lineup is basically unchanged from last season. The only thing that has changed is striker Cahill, who is still a 'former Derby County player'. Because there is no change, when Ribery scored, many players Everyone thinks that it is really difficult for the team to win.

This kind of thinking makes the whole team seem to have little fighting spirit. Fortunately, Derby County's attack is not as violent as before, and the pressure they have to face will not be too much.

At this point, the Everton fans at Goodison Park were silent.

They were a little disappointed to see Derby County score a goal first. The team had so much ball possession and attacked so much, but it was still the opponent who scored the first goal. In addition to disappointment, Everton fans also hoped that the team could rise up and perform well. , trying to tie the game.

With this expectation, Everton fans gradually shouted out the slogans that are there for the team.

But they were disappointed.

As the game continued, for a long time, Everton could not achieve anything offensively. Obviously, the opponent's defense was very tight, and more importantly, the opponent's offense was also very sharp. Especially when there is a chance to counterattack, Everton fans worry about their own goal every time.

In this case, the cheering for Everton from the stadium has gradually become less and less.

Neither team could score in the first half, and in the second half, Everton stepped up their offensive. They beat halftime. Indiscriminate bombing almost surrounded the Derby County penalty area, and as a result, Derby County's goal became a lot more dangerous.

They were giving it a go, trying to get the score back at the start of the second half.

Seeing Everton's style of play, Wansheng also admires David Moyes. This is a very dangerous tactic, but it's a good fight. Everton really could have equalised. If they don't fight together, Everton is likely to be consumed by Derby County until the end of the game, because it is very difficult for them to rely on the frontal offensive to score goals. If the numbers are used to speak, the game will continue like this, and Everton can be in the The chance of tying the score in the second half is no more than 30%, and Derby County will win the rest. Even Derby County couldn't continue to score, but one goal was enough for the team to win.

David Moyes celebrates that. So he chose to fight hard.

There is still a chance to fight hard, but in doing so, Everton's defense will become more dangerous. Next, it depends on the performance of the players on the two teams.

Clearly luck was not on Everton's side today.

After Cahill's volley failed to score the ball, Derby County launched a counterattack again. After receiving the pass in midfield, Van der Vaart passed Stubbs and dribbled the ball straight into the Everton penalty area. , Hard against defender Kilbane to hoist the ball into the Everton gate.

0:2!

This goal made the entire Everton fans silent, and also made the Derby County fans excited to revel, not only for the score, but also for this performance of Van der Vaart. After he received the pass in midfield, he almost completed it personally. One dragon, from the midline all the way to the shot is done alone.

Even though this was due to Everton pressing hard and defending slack, it was remarkable.

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0:2, the outcome has been decided!

With less than 20 minutes left in the game, it is definitely impossible to say that Everton has no chance at all, but the coaches of both teams know that Everton's chances are running out.

Tactically, Derby County focuses on defense, so that Everton doesn't press too hard, so it is difficult to find opportunities; in terms of fighting spirit, the morale of the Derby County team is high, and Everton, even the head coach David Moyes. Not much confidence; in terms of strength, Derby County is no worse than Everton.

Derby County has all kinds of advantages, and Everton want to catch up with the score, unless it is waiting for a miracle.

Miracles are not easy to appear... and miracles often appear on the prepared side. Everton has no fighting spirit now, how can they create any miracles?

Even head coach David Moyes doesn't believe it himself.

David Moyes is very clear that he will lose this game. The important point is that he did not expect Derby County to focus on defending. From the beginning, he looked like he was playing a defensive counterattack, which was equivalent to taking more possession of the ball. The power was handed over to Everton, and they used quick counterattacks to threaten Everton's goal again and again. Faced with this tactic, David Moyes couldn't think of a solution for a while. It can be said that this Derby County is a game. Surprisingly easy.

The other is that he underestimated Derby County.

He originally thought that losing Morris would greatly affect Derby County's morale and strength. As a result, the entire Derby County team was still full of fighting spirit, and everyone on the field was desperately performing.

In short he underestimated Derby County.

Thinking of this, David Moyes looked at Wan Sheng with a complicated look, knowing that he lost to this young man. Three matches and three defeats, he almost watched this young Chinese bring a second-tier ordinary team to the Premier League schedule and played excellent results.

And he lost.

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In the end, the two teams ended the game 0:2, and Derby County eliminated Everton to advance to the semi-finals of the League Cup.

Wansheng and David Moyes shook hands politely after the game. Both of them were still smiling, as if they didn’t care about the outcome at all, but when their hands were together, David Moyes spoke up. Said, "This time you won, but next time it may not be so."

Wan Sheng responded, "I'm looking forward to it."

"Will do."

The two didn't say a few words, and the smell of gunpowder was still a lot, but they both maintained their demeanor, and the expressions on their faces had not changed. Looking back, each of them cursed in unison, "Old fox."

What happened to David Moyes after that, Wansheng didn't care, but he felt a little funny.

They all won, so what if the other party said something?

Victory now!

Victory should be celebrated. Just like those players and fans. Instead of playing psychological warfare with the opponent's coach, or thinking about post-match matters... Thinking of this, Wan Sheng suddenly sighed, "Old!"

Diamares stood aside and was stunned when he heard this.

you're old?

You're not yet 28...if you're old, what am I? Old enough to go to heaven?

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After the League Cup quarter-finals with Everton, the voice of the media has also dropped a lot. A lot of media thought before Christmas would be a watershed moment. Derby County will face a severe test of injuries. In this case, Derby County will definitely adopt a certain rotation in order to adapt to the 'minimum two-line battle' situation. Even so, in the face of the intensive Christmas schedule, Derby County will also It is not enough, so the results will definitely be greatly affected.

But Derby County beat Everton. They couldn't go on talking.

Regardless of whether Derby County has a crisis in the future, at least for now. There is nothing wrong with them. They won Everton with two goals. Although the game was a little passive, it is quite good to win in the away game. If you say that there is a crisis in Derby County, the fans will not Approved.

Therefore, the voice of the media has been lowered a lot. The media's reports on Derby County are also inclined to speculate on the winter transfer and what signings Derby County will have.

This is an immediate question, and all kinds of rumors arose.

At present, Derby County is still very attractive for players to join. This is mainly due to Derby County's very good results. Another point is that Wansheng's personal charm is also very strong. The entire Derby County team is basically created by him. , Many young players in the team are not famous at all in the top leagues, but they have played very well and have gained some fame now.

This alone is enough to attract those young players to join.

In the eyes of many young players, especially 'promising' young players, Derby County is more attractive than Arsenal. Although Wenger has a reputation as a 'professor', when young players enter Arsenal, they must first Arsenal reserve team or youth team mix a little time, perform well to enter the first team to find a chance to play.

Derbyshire is different.

As long as they are young players bought by Wansheng, they are directly included in the first team, and they can directly start in the top league, such as Lichtsteiner and Vidic who arrived in the summer. Young players have followed Derby County from the second league, and I have not heard of any young player leaving the team because of insufficient strength, so Derby County is still very attractive to young players.

But that's all.

For players who are already famous, Derby County is unattractive. The most important thing is that Derby County's salary level is a bit low compared to the entire Premier League. A famous player wants to transfer, also It must be hoped that his salary will increase. Derby County obviously cannot satisfy this, so it is not easy for Wansheng to add powerful players to the media analysis.

But in fact, what they don't know is that Wansheng has no plan to replenish players at all.

Winter transfers can indeed replenish players. The general manager of the club, Wilcox, also prepared him 2 million pounds to buy players. This money is naturally nothing compared to powerful stars, but it can always buy two. A substitute who could play, but Wan Sheng still rejected it.

The reason is very simple. Buying two players now makes it difficult to integrate into the team.

The 'OS-Fast' tactical system currently adopted by the team is not something that players can adapt to by knowing a name and a concept. This long period of adaptation requires ample physical support. How to run, How to cooperate, etc. When a new player joins the team, many things need to be adapted. The current Derby County is not a year ago, and it is not a player who has the strength to quickly integrate into it.

Buying players in the winter requires at least two or three months to get used to the team, which is quite fast. After all, the team cannot train as a whole because of new players. They can only train with the team. If it is normal Under normal circumstances, it is not bad for players to adapt in three months. After three months of adaptation, it will be the end of March, or even April. By then, the period of intensive Christmas schedule has already passed. The new players didn't play any role at all, what's more, 2 million pounds can't buy any good players, and it's hard to have really outstanding players who are transferred in the winter.

What we have to deal with at the moment is the intensive Christmas schedule. If the winter transfer cannot help this, and buying new players will not help, naturally there is no need to waste energy on this.

What Wansheng needs to do is to mobilize the club up and down to meet each upcoming game with high fighting spirit, better arrange restorative training, pay attention to the physical and mental conditions of everyone in the team, and maintain the state of the team. Minimize accidental injuries as much as possible.

These are the most critical and effective tasks to deal with the intensive Christmas schedule. (To be continued ~^~)