Chapter 87 The Killer

The audience at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium is already full of fans.

There are nearly 10,000 Chelsea fans present today, while Derby County fans are much smaller in number, only more than 3,000. The remaining 30,000 fans are neutral fans. Most of these fans are local Welsh fans, or It's a fan who comes to sightseeing and watch football.

At this point the players on both sides are already standing in the player tunnel.

The on-site commentator has introduced the playing lists of the two teams. Whenever the commentator reads a player's name, there will be cheers from the stands. In comparison, Chelsea players get a lot of cheers because their players are more famous. , Players such as Lampard, Robben, Drogba are very famous all over the world. In comparison, Derby County is a lot worse. The most famous team is Frank Ribe. However, he can only be far behind Chelsea's top stars.

Perhaps this is also because more Chelsea fans came to the scene, and their cheers were louder, while for neutral fans, they would naturally only cheer for players who knew their names, while Derby County players were a little too unknown- - Even Ribery failed to enter the French national team, even if the league performed well, but did not enter the national team, the reputation is difficult to compare with the players who entered the national team.

It is not the first time that Derby County players have come to the Millennium Stadium.

In August, the whole team came here to play the Community Shield against Arsenal, so all the Derby County players present were no strangers to the Millennium Stadium. In contrast, many Chelsea players came to this stadium for the first time. , they have good results and a great reputation, but they still lack champions, so the Millennium Stadium is still somewhat unfamiliar to the current Chelsea players, which has evened the gap in the number of fans between the two sides.

In the player tunnel, there is a fence between the two teams.

This is specially set up to prevent any conflict between the two sides. Whenever an English club plays in this stadium, the fence is set up, which is set up by the stadium management considering the hatred between English clubs to prevent accidents.

Derby County players are standing in the tunnel.

The deafening cheers resounded in their ears. Although they couldn't hear the stadium broadcast, the fans' shouts were occasionally heard clearly. They knew that most of the fans were shouting the names of Chelsea players, which reminded the Derby County players. What the coach said before the game.

"When we come here, we can't come back empty-handed! No matter how unfavorable the situation is for us. But the most important thing is to win. As long as we can win, we will get everything!"

Everyone understands this sentence, but until now many of them understand the real meaning.

It's not just the media reports that the situation is unfavorable. When it comes to those reports, such as the acquisition of the club, some players do have their own ideas, but they know that the team has the final say, at least for now. . And they have tremendous trust in Wansheng. As long as Wansheng is still in the team, they don't have to worry about anything.

Some players naturally have other ideas. But now that the league is only in February, the media thinks that the transfer of the club will affect the mentality of the players, but the winter transfer in February has just passed, so what if they have an idea?

At least wait until summer arrives! !

So, in fact, the news of the acquisition of Derby County Club has little impact on the team. After all, players rarely see the club chairman. They also don't feel that who the chairman is will affect them.

Now they take the game more seriously.

Although it's only the League Cup, every player knows that they want to win the championship, and in the League Cup, they overcame all obstacles and finally got close to the final. They know that the coach wants to win the championship, otherwise they would not be so serious. Treat the League Cup, meanwhile. They also want to fight for championships. As a professional player, who would refuse more championships?

After they retire, they can take out these championship medals, recall their past battles, and tell their grown sons and daughters about their prestige on the football field. That's an honor anyway, right?

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When the Derby County players came out of the tunnel, they once again felt the atmosphere of the game.

It's not their first time here.

There are many players. For example, Ribery and others came here to fight Manchester United in May last year. At that time, many people supported Manchester United, and their voices for Manchester United could completely cover up everything-even though many fans supported them to win in their hearts, but Derby County did not know anything. Players, they have no reason to cheer for Derby County.

The atmosphere where the whole court cheers for the opponent is really unpleasant. After all, this is a neutral stadium, not an away game, and that situation is even worse than an away game.

Because of this, when they felt that most of the fans were shouting the names of Chelsea players, they felt nothing. In the game against Manchester United last year, they all experienced the situation of shouting the names of Manchester United players. In contrast, now This scene is really much better, at least a lot of fans are still shouting their names.

The Derby County players were not at all affected by the shouting of the fans in the audience.

This may be the so-called competition experience.

But Derby County players all know what to do next, which is to play hard, try to beat their opponents, and try to win the League Cup.

Like the coach said, they don't come here empty-handed!

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At the beginning of the game, Chelsea attacked first.

There was a huge uproar from the Chelsea fans in the stands when Didier Drogba kicked the ball out, and amid cries, Drogba passed the ball to Lampard, who dribbled the ball forward , and then transferred to the wing Robben, Robben rushed forward with the ball and launched Chelsea's first wave of offensive.

Wan Sheng changed his posture and watched the game seriously.

Mourinho pressed his right leg over his left, raised Erlang's legs, chewing gum in his mouth, but his eyes were fixed on the game.

All the fans watched the game carefully.

At the same time, I don't know how many fans there are in front of the TV, and they all focus on the game.

The game officially started.

Chelsea took advantage of the first opportunity to attack and hit the ball in front of the penalty area, but Derby County defended very tightly. Morris and Osman's flanking attack made Lampard a little flustered, and the ball came to Morris's feet. Chelsea's attack also came to an end.

Chelsea failed to pose any threat to Derby this time around.

But judging from the expressions on the faces of the Chelsea players, they don't care at all, even Lampard, who was stole the ball, is only the first wave of attacks. There are still 90 minutes in the game. time for them to find another chance.

The football was quickly handed over to Frank Ribery on the left.

When seeing Ribery with the ball, Robben, who was facing him, was a lot nervous. In this game, Robben started as a right striker.

Robben performed quite well in the first half of the race. Mourinho praised Robben's performance more than once, but in fact, after Christmas, Robben didn't show much because he was injured twice in a row and has been recuperating. This time he was lucky to play. , he recovered before the war, which also gave Mourinho an extra card in his hand.

Robben knew Ribery.

Both are offensive players on the wing, and both are fast, technically flamboyant players. Perhaps it is this similarity in position and technology that makes the two feel a little sympathetic to each other, even if they don't know each other in private. But the two are already 'familiar' with each other. When Chelsea met Derby County, Robben paid attention to Ribery. On the contrary, Ribery would also pay attention to Robben.

Robben knew that Ribery was good at breaking through quickly, and his own defensive ability was average, so when Ribery got the ball, he retreated cautiously. Avoid being directly breached.

Ribery didn't do that.

He thought of the "stability" that Wansheng had been emphasizing before the game. This is a tactical strategy and a style of play. Stability means that when there is no chance, we must ensure all kinds of stability, and don't take risks and attack easily. Sheng said, "We don't need to take risks." The meaning is very clear, that is, when there is no opportunity, use the ball more to find opportunities.

So Ribery took two steps forward, and when Robben thought he was going to accelerate, Ribery returned the ball to Leighton Bynes.

Layton Bynes receives the pass. However, Robben also rushed straight after him.

Robben and Ribery are opposites, but actually. The real opponent is Leyton Baines, because Robben is the right forward in Chelsea's 433 formation. When he saw Ribery passing the ball, Robben ran a few steps forward and came over to Leyton. - Bynes presses.

At the same time, Transverse Vidic was slowly walking forward.

Vidic has been recovering from injury for two weeks, and this is also his first start since his injury. At this time, he is slowly walking forward, and his movement is facing the formation of the whole team, which means that the whole team is moving forward. Moving forward, although very slowly, is actually moving forward.

Layton Bynes transfers the ball across.

At this time, Lu Drogba suddenly ran towards Vidic, which was obviously to create pressure on Vidic.

Seeing this scene, Wan Sheng frowned and glanced at the Chelsea coaching bench.

He saw that Chelsea's pressing was a lot more pressing, otherwise two consecutive passes, Vidic, as a central defender, should not have been rushed to grab the ball so quickly.

This must be Mourinho's response.

He believes that Derby County should not be allowed to let go of the attack, so it is necessary to carry out a certain degree of pressing, forcing Derby County to pass more balls. If there are too many passes, mistakes will naturally occur, and then it will be Chelsea's opportunity.

Using this full-court approach to force Derby County to pass more is naturally the best way.

With just one turnover, Chelsea players are likely to seize the opportunity and turn it into their fatal blow.

It has to be said that Mourinho's strategy is very targeted.

He knows that Derby County is good at suppressing offense. He also suppresses Derby County with full-court pressing, so both sides have to fight head-on. He has confidence in Chelsea's ability. If they fight head-on, Chelsea is really not afraid of Derby. County, especially when Derby County does not have the team's top scorer Van der Vaart in the frontcourt, if it is a head-on collision, it will be difficult for Derby County to play an advantage.

However, Wansheng is not unprepared for the game!

He doesn't know how Mourinho will deal with it, but he has his own preparations, that is, to play the game in a stable pursuit of controlling the rhythm, but as long as the team finds an opportunity, stability will become a fast attack.

The sudden change in the rhythm of the game is the biggest killer of Derby County!

If Chelsea presses too hard, the defense will definitely make mistakes, but Wansheng doesn’t mind letting Chelsea see what a real fast attack is! (To be continued ~^~)