Chapter 93 Money Machines
Frank Ribery pounced on Bolton Reiter, who missed the goal.
Being held by Ribery, Leiter's face turned black. In a rational situation, no one likes to be hugged by a man. The smell of sweat was unbearable. What's more, he didn't score just now. Ribery shot in, and while he was annoyed that he didn't make it, he was also very jealous of Ribery and was also very depressed.
Although the team can score a good goal, but his own chance results in a supplementary goal by his teammates, and it will always feel bad. Fortunately, it was a goal, and Reiter was also quite happy, so he endured the excited Ribery.
Ribery was indeed very excited.
Everyone knows that he is a very important player for Derby County, and he is the only player who can be called an 'absolute main player on the wing' for Derby County. Players want to score goals, and Ribery has not scored in a recent period of time. This goal can be regarded as breaking the goal drought in near-airport games.
In fact, he is not the same as Ivan Kru.
Ivan Crewe is also a full-back, but he is not good at dribbling and breaking through. He cooperates with his teammates more on the flank, and he can often find shooting opportunities when he plugs in at the right time.
Ribery is not the case. His left is the focus of Derby County's offense, which is much more important than the right. Because of this, Ribery is also responsible for organizing the attack. He can't be like Ivan Crewe. He has no chance, and the opponent will focus on defending him, so in the team, his goals are not as good as Ivan Krue, but he is more important than Ivan Kru. Ivan Krueger is taller because he's a chance creator, like Morris.
There are many players who can score goals, but those who can create chances are hard to find.
Ribery belongs to the latter.
At the same time. His goals have been limited, and now Ribery is quite happy to score in such an important Carabao Cup final.
After hugging and celebrating with Bolton Reiter, other teammates rushed over. Morris, Ivan Crewe, Osman, Alfred, no matter what position the players were in, all rushed over at this time.
They huddled together, celebrated and cheered.
"We will win the championship!"
"Hahaha! Two goals. 2:0, the championship is ours!"
In the face of the shouts of the Derby County players, the Chelsea players remained silent, and there was nothing they could do. The opponent's shouts were similar to provocation, but they were speechless, because the score was now 2:0, which made them A bit unacceptable.
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It's not just Chelsea players and fans who can't accept this score. Chelsea chairman Roman Abramovich, who is sitting in the VIP box, can't accept it.
For this League Cup final, Abramovich is also determined to win.
After he came to Chelsea. Throwing down 200 million euros in two summers has only brought the team a cup championship, so this season. He hopes the team can get more championships.
But now Chelsea are two goals behind on the field, which makes him unacceptable. He looks at the game with a sullen face, and he doesn't know what he is thinking.
Sitting on the side is an old man with short hair and a suit. If any reporter is there, he will definitely recognize that he is one of the protagonists of the recent 'Derby County takeover', the chairman of the GSE consortium, Appleby. There is also a capable middle-aged man standing beside him, it is Pearson, the agent of the GSE consortium's acquisition of Derby County.
It has been rumored that the Derby County acquisition will not end until April, May, or even summer, but in fact, the GSE consortium has completed most of the acquisitions, the only thing missing is the chairman and the handover of various powers. .
In this game, Appleby and Pearson represented the Derby County club together to watch the League Cup final. So they sat down with Abramovich.
"Your young coach is outstanding."
When seeing Derby County score the second goal, Appleby and Pearson both clapped their hands, and Abramovich was silent for a while, then spoke.
He didn't even turn his head, his face was full of pride.
Abramovich looked down on Americans at all. Russians are always inherently hostile to Americans, especially this so-called GSE consortium. All the funds added together can only be compared with a mine or an oil branch under his name.
Abramovich personally owns more than 10 billion US dollars in assets, while the entire GSE consortium has less than one billion in funds, not to mention, the other party is only the chairman and agent of the consortium, and he is an American he hates. He can look down on it. The other side is weird.
However, Apyabi didn't care about Abramovich's attitude. In the eyes of real businessmen, Abramovich is likely to become a future partner. As for his attitude, it doesn't matter.
As for Pearson...he's just an insignificant guy, it doesn't matter if he cares or not.
Apuaby laughed when he heard Abramovich's words, "Yeah, he's very good, if it was last year, to buy Derby County club, 20 million pounds was enough, but now we have to spend three times more There's more money, it's all about the young man who tripled the value of the Derby County club in a year, but luckily they haven't been listed yet."
"He's a coach who can make money." Abramovich commented.
Pierson couldn't help but said, "It can also bring victory!"
Abramović glanced at him, his face became gloomy again, his eyes narrowed slightly and said, "Yeah, it can bring victory! If Jose does not do well, I will consider letting him coach Chelsea."
Having said that, Abramovich felt that it was not enough, and continued to add, "This Derby County has a lot of outstanding young people, maybe they will be what I need..."
Pearson was a little annoyed.
A player trade is a player trade, but speaking out in front of the game is a bit provocative.
Apuabi didn't feel anything. He was just a businessman and didn't understand football at all. Hearing Abramovich's words, he nodded and replied. "If there is an agreement on the transfer fee, I don't think anything else will be a problem."
"But our coach will not leave, he will be the most important person for Derby County."
In fact, Appleby has its own considerations in choosing to acquire the Derby County Club. If the GSE consortium wants to enter the European market, it needs a football club as a springboard, and the value of other Premier League teams is better. It is difficult for the GSE consortium to raise enough funds to complete the acquisition.
There is only one club that has influence in the Premier League and wants a cheap price. That's Derbyshire.
Derby County had little influence before, but this season Derby County has achieved quite brilliant results. GSE consortium analysis believes that Derby County is a club with investment value.
But businessmen are businessmen. If they choose to invest in the Derby County Club, they must also obtain certain benefits. In Appleby's view, Derby County can have its current value, which is inseparable from their achievements. What brings good results is The young Chinese on the field, just keep this Chinese. With his ability, Derby County's performance will not be too bad, and he can continue to cultivate young talents. Helping the development of the Derby County club, this investment is quite promising.
So Apuabi is going to renew the contract for the young Chinese after completing the acquisition.
As long as he retains him with a big contract, he will also retain the future of Derby County. The development of the Derby County club will enable the GSE consortium to expand the European market and make some money at the same time.
It's a really good deal.
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Wan Sheng did not know, the new owner of the VIP box. Already treating him as a money-making machine, he was in the middle of a binge with the others.
2:0 Ah!
This is a good situation he hadn't expected before the game.
He celebrated with other colleagues and various substitute players. Now the situation is too good. With a 2-0 lead in the first half, he is more confident about the game.
What's even more exciting is that the opponent in the League Cup final is Chelsea, and being able to lead Chelsea by two goals is a remarkable achievement in itself. Plus he knows history - in the history of football in previous lives, Chelsea won the League Cup, and now they certainly won't.
This kind of refreshing feeling of changing history, only he can experience in the whole world.
This sense of success is amazing!
Wansheng yelled along with the others, even getting a little carried away. This calmed down a bit until the game resumed. But the smile on his face could not be restrained.
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The first half was over quickly.
In the last few minutes, Chelsea continued to attack, but Derby County played a solid defense, but Chelsea did not find a chance. The two teams ended the first half 2-0 and returned to the locker room.
At the end of the first half, there were still many who couldn't believe the score - Derby County were two goals ahead of Chelsea?
This is amazing! ?
The stands, the media, the commentators and thousands of fans in front of the TV were discussing the first half. In the first half, Chelsea played well, but why did Derby County score two goals? Discussion came and went and they finally found the reason - Derby County were better.
Chelsea played well, but they didn't have an advantage. As for the last-minute suppression, it was because Chelsea wanted to give it a shot, while Derby County had a two-goal advantage, so there was no need to gamble on luck. The advantage is to prepare for the second half is a better choice.
So Derby County was better than Chelsea in the first half.
As for those two goals, the first was Kluivert's personal performance, and the second was Chelsea's carelessness. Although there are some elements of luck, luck is also a manifestation of strength. Football games are like this, precisely because of Derby County. The better the performance, the better the luck, otherwise if they don't have the chance to shoot in front of the goal, no matter how lucky they are, they will not be able to score.
In any case, in short, Derby County is now two goals ahead.
In the dressing room, the Derby County players were also discussing. All the players had excitement and relaxation on their faces. Two goals, even if the second half was careless, it would be difficult for Chelsea to tie.
Wan Sheng was firmly opposed to this idea, so he entered the locker room seriously. The excitement has long passed by now. As the head coach, although he is very satisfied with the score, he needs to remind everyone not to get carried away, otherwise the two goals are not insurmountable, but a negligence may be equalized.
In the European Champions Cup final in Istanbul in the previous life, the careless AC Milan was the proof. They led by three goals in the first half, and they faced Liverpool with rough skills and similar strength. In the second half, Liverpool spent six minutes in a row. Scored three goals and defeated AC Milan on penalties, won the European Champions Cup and ascended to the European throne.
This is the bloody lesson.
Although in this life, that has not happened yet, the lesson is the lesson. Anything can happen in football games, and the premise of a miracle is the negligence of the leading side.
So at this time he has to pour cold water!
"Everyone did a good job! We were two goals ahead in the first half!" Wan Sheng said, but his serious expression made the players unable to laugh.
Sure enough, Wan Sheng immediately continued, "...but it's not the time to be happy. We can only celebrate the goal, not the victory, because there are 45 minutes left in the game! We are only two ahead. The ball, this does not absolutely guarantee victory! It is the League Cup final, no matter what, they will fight, so no matter when we are, we should not be negligent and underestimate our opponents!”
Wan Sheng said seriously.
"No matter how the opponent is in the second half, we must stick to our own style of play, play steadily, try not to intervene when there is no chance, pay more attention to defense, and don't give them any chance! We must always remember that defense can win victory, of course, If you have the chance, you don't need to worry, after all, no one can deny the third goal that guarantees victory..."
Hearing Wan Sheng's last words, many players laughed out loud. (To be continued ~^~)