Chapter 110 Master Lonely

When Van der Vaart scored, things changed completely for both teams.

Before Alkmaar could still think that as long as they scored a goal on the counterattack within 90 minutes, they could directly eliminate Derby County. From the beginning of the game to the present, they have always had this idea, even if they did not score in the first half. , but there are still 45 minutes in the second half, and they still have time to work hard.

But seeing Derby County score is different, the score becomes 1:3, which means that they need to score three goals to directly eliminate Derby County, and score two goals to tie with Derby County.

They have come to the point where they have to attack!

But when they did this, they encountered the same situation again-they were suppressed by Derby County, and even if they wanted to take the initiative to attack, it was not easy to fight, they had to stand against Derby County's entire team. It is very difficult for Alkmaar, who is not very good at attacking, to press the field to attack. Even if their cooperation style makes Derby County a little uncomfortable, it is still too difficult for them to rely on this to break through the defense.

As a result, Alkmaar played a bit messy.

The fans in the audience saw this situation, as did the media reporters. Even the Dutch media, who gnashed their teeth at Wansheng, had to admit, "The current situation is very unfavorable for Alkmaar, they should first Stable mind..."

Obviously it's not just a matter of mentality, it's just a kind of self-comfort.

This is completely a naked power gap!

After all, Derby County is a team that competes with Chelsea for the league championship. Alkmaar is just a strong team in the Netherlands. When Derby County bursts out, it will definitely be stronger than Alkmaar. The second time the two teams played against each other, Derby County players have adapted to the opponent, after playing strength and form. It has become very difficult for Alkmaar to play an advantage.

As a result, in the 76th minute of the game, Derby County scored again!

It was full-back Licht Steiner who scored the goal. He then plugged in and received a return pass from Reit from the penalty area, and once again helped the team knock on the door of Alkmaar with a powerful shot.

This can be regarded as the decisive goal.

1:4, the difference between the two teams is three goals, and Derby County has two goal difference, which means that if Alkmaar wants to eliminate Derby County, it must score four goals, which is almost impossible. of. Not to mention four goals, many fans even think that even by the end of the game, Alkmaar can score one goal is already very good.

After all, this goal is a fatal blow to Alkmaar!

After Van der Vaart scored before, Alkmaar still had a little hope to attack, but now each of them knows that there is no chance, so when Derby County celebrated the goal, no player even asked the referee to hurry up and restart. Start the game and watch Derby County players celebrate on their turf. Clearly Alkmaar has accepted defeat.

Alkmaar players really think so, the outcome has already been determined, and the game becomes unimportant. A game that is sure to lose in this way can only be a torment for everyone. Derby County should celebrate a little longer, so that the game time will be less, and they can also suffer a little less.

Restarting the game with such thoughts, the situation of the two teams can be imagined.

Alkmaar has no fighting spirit at all. Derby County naturally feels very relaxed in the game, and the opponent is in this state of the game. The Derby County players are also somewhat 'merciful'.

While relaxing the game, players with outstanding footwork such as Van der Vaart and Ribery also showed their superb skills from time to time, which attracted many Dutch fans to shout.

Wan Sheng couldn't help laughing easily.

Three goals ahead, the outcome is decided!

After the elimination of Alkmaar, the team is close to the next round of the UEFA Cup, and the league results have not been pulled down. This is a difficult period in mid-March. It's finally over.

Although it was only a draw against Chelsea, the result was not perfect, but overall it was pretty good.

This game is a watershed. After this game, the team's championship has entered a new stage. That is, the sprint in the final stage, what will be the result of a season of hard work. It also depends on the final time.

Thinking of this, Wan Sheng's heart also became hot.

champion!

Such an attractive vocabulary.

Now that I and the team are getting closer and closer to it, there is still a short distance away, work hard, persevere, and you can take it away by yourself.

It can only belong to you!

Wan Sheng thought firmly.

......

Before you know it, the game is over.

When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, many Alkmaar fans had already taken a stand, and the Derby County fans who came to the Netherlands with the team cheered wildly. The protagonist of the stadium.

Derby County players also celebrated on the pitch.

As the coach said before the game, their goal is to win the UEFA Cup, and now that they have kicked the first obstacle in front of them, they have reason to cheer for it.

On the screens of the various live games, there are pictures of Derby County celebrating.

At this time, some Dutch media, who were full of dissatisfaction with Wansheng's remarks, had to praise Derby County. After all, Derby County did show strength in this game. If Derby County wins, they will talk about Derby County again. The weakness is meaningless. It can only highlight that Alkmaar is even worse. After all, Alkmaar is the loser, and Alkmaar is a strong team in the Netherlands. What is the difference between saying that they are poor and saying that Dutch football is poor? the difference?

The Dutch media naturally won't dig holes for themselves, they won't say that their country's team is bad! They also want their country's league to develop into the top five leagues in Europe, so it's too late for them to praise their own country's team!

Now they can only sullenly send praise to Derby County.

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At the same time, in the Derby County club chairman's office, two people are also sitting and watching the game, one of them is the current club chairman Ji Smith, and the other is Pearson, the agent of the GSE consortium's acquisition of the Derby County club.

Appleby, chairman of the GSE consortium, has returned to the American company after completing most of the acquisition of the Derby County club, leaving only Pearson to carry out the next handover. After the completion of the acquisition, Pearson will also take over as the club chairman of Gee Smith.

At this time, the handover of the chairman has not been completed. Pearson just came to visit the club, and Ji Smith watched the UEFA Cup game with him.

"It's a win!"

When seeing the team scoring a goal, Gee-Smith was so happy that he looked like an ordinary fan, while Pearson was silent, with only a faint smile on his face.

He was noncommittal about Gee Smith's performance.

As the chairman of the club, he is also a big man. He couldn't understand why Gee Smith would be so happy for a team goal.

A goal, or even a game win, is nothing at all.

This is only the UEFA Cup round of 16, and it is not the final of the UEFA Cup. Even if you win, you will only enter the next round.

Pearson felt he could see further.

But after the game, Pearson and Gee-Smith clapped together to celebrate the victory.

"Wan Sheng did a great job!" Gee Smith couldn't help but praise when talking about Wan Sheng. "Other people ask me, and I will say the same thing. Derby County can have all the credit for Wan Sheng. And I, as a club Chairman, too little has been done for the club."

Speaking of Gee-Smith, I feel a little guilty.

It's a shame to the fans.

the 90s. When Gee Smith took over the Derby County club, Derby County was still a strong team in the Premier League. Even if they were not eligible to win the league title, they would still be safe from relegation. poor and relegated to the second division three years ago.

After that, he trusted Gregory, but the team almost got relegated.

In the end, he relied on Wansheng to save the situation. Helped the team to avoid relegation, and the next season, the team's performance was really like a dream, it became the first in the League One, and then even competed with Chelsea for the league championship this season.

Thinking of this, Gee-Smith felt that it really didn't make much sense for him to be the chairman.

He can't bring much financial support to the team, the position of club chairman is like a decoration, and he is not reconciled - he has been a pure Derby County fan since he was a child.

Can't help a team. Another buyer was willing to pay a big price for it, and Gee Smith made up his mind to sell the club.

Pearson doesn't have so many ideas. He is also a Derby County fan. Because of this, he took the initiative to take over the Derby County club. But he is still quite ambitious and he believes Derby County is under his belt. He will surely usher in a brilliance. He wants to develop the Derby County club into a club like Manchester United, which can have a huge fan base and influence all over the world, and at the same time can achieve huge business results.

This idea is very ambitious, but it cannot be realized in one or two years.

But Pearson believes he can do it, and he's incredibly confident that it stems from his love for Derby County and his trust in his means.

Then, as the chairman of the club, the first thing is to have a deep understanding of the club. After a deep understanding, what he has to do is to retain the hero of the club - the head coach Wan Sheng, just as Appleby, the chairman of the GSE consortium, said. , This young man led Derby County to achieve good results and cultivated talented stars one by one. This is a coach who is good at cultivating young talents like Wenger, and has quite good team leadership. As long as he is retained, the team's talented stars will come continuously.

This is the foundation of the team's development.

......

That night, Wansheng led the team back by plane.

The next day, the whole team took a day off, and then it was a gathering of training, so that the whole team could adjust their state and prepare for the game.

On March 19, Derby County beat Charlton 4:1 away.

Ten days later, Derby County beat Everton 3-0 at home.

The two games were uneventful, and Derby County won steadily, but the media reported Derby County a lot, because Chelsea drew Middlesbrough in the same round, that is to say, Derby County jumped over Chelsea by two points, For the first time on the throne of the league.

After learning the news, Derby County was very happy. Wan Sheng told reporters with a smile, "I know this day will come sooner or later. I have already prepared, but now I am still very happy."

"Maybe in your opinion. This is only a temporary first, but in my opinion, when we take this position, no one can push us down! I believe that this will continue until the end of the league!"

"We've seen the championship!"

Wan Sheng said with great confidence.

Next, the media reporter asked Wan Sheng to talk about his views on Chelsea's recent state.

Chelsea have been suffering from injuries recently, and Mourinho made a gamble with substitutions in the last game.

In fact, any good commander would be reluctant to come across the word 'gambling', because gambling often heralds the last option, when a manager starts to gamble. It also shows the abnormal state of the team from the other side.

Mourinho encountered this situation.

The FA Cup quarter-finals were away against Newcastle. For the Champions League a few days later, Mourinho hid 6 main players for the first time in his first gamble. As a result, only 4 minutes into the opening, Mans's header made the library The gate guarded by Dizzini was lost.

Mourinho, who was walking on the edge of the cliff, gambled again at the beginning of the second half. He replaced the three main players of Duff, Goody Johnson and Lampard in one breath. Who knows that Bridge was seriously injured and ended up after 3 minutes. The Blues, who had a quota of 10, could only challenge 10 players. Before the end, Cudizini was sent off with a red card. Chelsea, who fought with the last 9 players, lost their chance to compete for the FA Cup.

Both gambles ended in failure. Mourinho can only lament "bad luck".

Fortunately, Chelsea's formidable strength minimised the impact of luck in the ensuing game, but this week. A bigger "bet" approached Mourinho again.

Robben was injured following the Derby game, but Joe Cole's presence appears to have eased the Blues' pain. But Ferreira also fractured 3 days later, Chelsea is really shaken, to be fair, Ferreira's role in the Chelsea team can't be compared with Terry at all, but in the current situation - Bridge has been injured before, Gallas has to bear the burden on the left, and Smeding can only play as a cameo defender. Johnson is young and tender, and Ferreira has become an unshakable person on the Blues defense.

Mourinho sent young right-back Glen Johnson in this round of the league, perhaps because of this, they could only draw with Middlesbrough.

It seems inevitable, but it is actually a last resort.

Johnson has become the only candidate for Chelsea's full-back, which shows how bad Chelsea's situation is.

Hearing the reporter's question, Wan Sheng just smiled. For the head coach, the misfortune of a competitor is his own luck, especially when Chelsea, the league's biggest rival, is in such a situation, Wansheng is very "gratified".

Of course, this kind of thinking is not very good.

Think about when Morris was injured and Vander Vaart was injured. Mourinho's face, Wan Sheng has no guilt at all. Those Blues media used the injuries of their own players to explain that Derby County "couldn't survive the difficult schedule", and used this to explain "why Derby County lost to Chelsea", and Mourinho didn't have any sympathy, Now that it's Chelsea's turn, is he going to 'express regret' or something?

Schadenfreude is already good!

So Wansheng thought about it and said regretfully, "I regret what happened to Chelsea. If they continue like this, we will have fewer opponents in the league. You know, the league championship that is too easy to win always feels like nothing. value......"

Wan Sheng shrugged his shoulders and spread out his hands. He looked a bit 'a master and lonely', and anyone could see the gloating in his eyes.

The Chelsea media were gnashing their teeth with hatred.

"Even if Chelsea have less than half the team, they can still compete with Derby for the title!" they retorted.

But Wansheng simply ignored it.

He knows the current Chelsea well. Not only are there constant injuries, but they also have to face the difficult European Cup, which is much more difficult than the UEFA Cup. Chelsea have to face the mighty Barcelona. Even if they beat Barcelona, ​​they will still To face the mighty Bayern Munich.

Playing against such a world-class team is much more stressful. Coupled with their constant injuries, they have started to use young players like Glen Johnson in the backcourt. Can they still be expected to play well in the league at the same time?

It can be said that Derby County's league title is already halfway there. (To be continued ~^~)