Chapter 358 Former Disciples

After the match with Arsenal, the third round of the league followed, Manchester City played against Derby County at home.

Wan Sheng led Derby County to the Premier League title more than two years ago.

It was Derby County's greatest moment in decades!

Derby County fans also deeply remember Wan Sheng, and even his name was engraved in the Derby County trophy room, just to commemorate the good memories Wan Sheng brought to Derby County.

Even if Pierce, the chairman who holds the power of the club, has a conflict with Wansheng, he cannot erase history, the Premier League championship that Wansheng left to Derby County, and the memories that Wansheng left to Derby County fans, so he can only follow the wishes of the fans. , put Wansheng among the historical figures of the Derby County club.

After Wan Sheng left Derby County to coach Manchester City, Derby County's performance jumped from the Premier League championship to the relegation circle. In the last game of the season, Derby County lost to Fulham and was tragically relegated.

After the hard work last season, Derby County finally relied on a strong lineup and returned to the Premier League under the leadership of coach Billy Davies.

Billy Davis is a team with deep regrets that he has led Preston to the Premier League on several occasions, but has been on the verge of promotion for several seasons.

Last season he coached Derby County and finally completed the team's promotion.

However, according to Derby County's previous record, the media unceremoniously listed the team that won the Premier League title two seasons ago as the top favorite for relegation.

The only team they can rely on is a striker, Burton Reiter, who is also listed as a "Wansheng disciple".

Burton Reiter's loyalty to Derby County is unquestionable.

Despite successive incidents such as the departure of the teacher and the relegation of the team, the familiar teammates such as Morris, Ziegler, Ivan Crewe and others chose to follow Wansheng to Manchester City. When the team was relegated, Lu Xi, Rich - Ferdinand, Peter - Kennedy and others also chose to leave. The strong Alfred went to Serie A to join Fiorentina, but Bolton Reiter chose to stay. He performed extremely well in the Championship last season, scoring 23 goals. Help Derby County return to the Premier League.

Now Burton Reiter has become Derby County's No. 1 star. When people mention Derby, the first player that comes to mind is him, an iconic Derby player.

When Wan Sheng saw Bolton Reiter play on behalf of Derby County, he was also very emotional, and couldn't help recalling the scene when he coached Bolton Reiter in training.

This is a very hard working player.

Although it has been more than two years since he left Derby County, only listening to Burton Reiter's stats shows that Manson has improved a lot in two years.

23 goals in the Championship. It's not something the average striker can do. Especially a player with a body like Bolton Reiter, his technique is not very good, and it is not easy to score goals in the second league, but he has scored more than 20 goals, which is enough to show the improvement of his personal ability.

In addition, it is particularly admirable that after Bolton Reiter became famous, he did not choose to leave like other teammates. Even if the team suffered relegation, he still stayed in the team. Continue to fight for the team in the second league.

This is loyalty.

For professional players in the "money era", loyalty is a very valuable quality.

Just like Liverpool's Gerrard, who wanted to win more championships, repeatedly said that he would leave Liverpool, but in the end he still handed over the whole of his career to Liverpool.

Bolton Reiter is also such a player. Perhaps, because of his potential, Bolton Reiter will not achieve Gerrard's achievements in the future, but Wansheng believes that he will definitely become a celebrity in the history of the Derby County club. Will be remembered by many, many Derby County fans.

When the two teams played, Bolton Reiter glanced at Wansheng from a distance.

Wan Sheng smiled and nodded to him.

Bolton Rett nodded and responded with a little excitement in his eyes, but he didn't do anything.

After that, Wansheng paid attention to the entire Derby County. Now this Derby County has a completely different lineup. Of the 11 players in the starting lineup, Wansheng is only familiar with Bolton Reiter. Compared with more than two years ago, it is completely different. It is equivalent to changing the team, and Wansheng doesn't have to think about anything.

After the start of the game, Wansheng found that Derby County not only changed its personnel, but also completely changed its tactics.

Instead of beautiful offensive football, they played rough defensive counter-attacks.

All that was left of him is gone.

Wan Sheng gave a wry smile, feeling that he was a little old and always liked to recall the past.

The tactics used by Derby County did not have any control and smoothness. Coupled with the strength gap and home advantage, Manchester City suppressed Derby County from the opening minute.

Manchester City launched a siege against Derby County, who had little to fight back.

The situation isn't much of a suspense at all.

The only thing Derby County can do is to defend passively. Bolton Reiter stood at the front of the formation and waited for an opportunity to counterattack, but for a long time, he could not even receive a pass.

Manchester City achieved absolute pressure on the situation.

It can be seen that Derby County played very tenaciously. The team led by Billy Davis still has fighting spirit. Perhaps it is also because some of these players can play in the Premier League and have a rare chance to play against a strong team like Manchester City. , but no matter what, they played very hard.

This tenacious defense caused a lot of trouble for Manchester City's offense.

Although the opponent's defense is very tight, but Manchester City still has absolute strength to suppress, plus the striker played well, at the end of the first half, Manchester City still scored two goals.

"2:0!"

"The victory is decided!"

"Manchester City is two goals ahead and the game is no longer in doubt."

On-site commentator Berbat has already decided the outcome.

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Derby County manager Billy Davies sat in his seat, recalling Manchester City's dazzling attack, and couldn't help shaking his head with a wry smile.

Just now, Manchester City almost passed the ball into the goal. In the face of this highly technical attack, the team could not defend at all. The originally stable back line became a mess almost instantly.

This is a complete power gap!

In fact, Billy Davis is still looking forward to this game. When he was in charge of Derby County, he deeply remembered a name - Wansheng. Every Derby County fan knows Wansheng. The Greater Derbyshire area media will often compare him with Wansheng.

The result of the comparison... Naturally, he is worse in every aspect, even a lot worse.

Billy Davies is also a little concerned. After he took over as head coach, he has always wanted to erase Wansheng's brand in Derby County. He hopes to make Derby County truly become 'their own team'.

A season is not long, but he has done a lot.

Those old people who stayed in the team before were traded out by him who had little strength. In terms of tactics, he also insisted on focusing on offense and defense instead of continuing Derby County's previous offensive football.

Billy Davis didn't change his tactics deliberately. He understood the attacking system built by Wansheng, but Derby County, with Van der Vaart, Ribery and Morris at the time, was definitely a strong team, but when he took over. It was completely different. Most of the strong players in the team left, and there were only some players with average strength and it was difficult to get better contracts if they wanted to leave. These people are completely marginal players in tactics. And the new players have average technical strength. After all, their worth is there, and it is impossible to have too much strength.

Since the team generally has no technical strength, then sticking to the offensive football system will not give full play to its advantages. Instead, it is a normal tactic of attacking and defending balance, which can allow the team to stabilize its performance in the second league.

Billy Davies led Derby County out of the Championship and into the Premier League again.

After another summer of transformation, Derby County has a solid staff and is still very strong. The first round home draw with traditional powerhouse Portsmouth is very telling, but when they play against Manchester City, the gap is revealed.

This young Chinese is really capable. The offensive football system he played has played a terrifying strength in Manchester City. At least Derby County has no power to fight back.

Just after the first half, Billy Davis knew there was no hope for the team.

Looking back at this young man's coaching performance in Derby County, and looking at him now, even if he doesn't want to admit it, Billy Davis knows that he really wants what the media in the Greater Derby County area said: at least in terms of coaching the team , I am really not as good as this young Chinese.

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The first half ended with Manchester City leading by two goals.

After a half-time break, the second half started again soon. It can be seen that Derby County is still very tenacious. Billy Davies has not completely given up the game. Maybe he also hopes that the team can perform better, at least score With the last goal, the players will also have a lot more confidence. After all, the opponent is the defending champion Manchester City, and it is an away game. It is normal to lose.

It is a pity that Manchester City's suppression is very strong, and Derby County is very likely to find an opportunity.

Even when they found an opportunity to counterattack, City's pressing always failed them, and time and time again, even their players gave up.

In the 65th minute of the game, Manchester City scored again, this time it was Robert Carlos!

In this game, Carlos got the chance to start. He followed the team's rhythm in time and grabbed the opponent's clearance ball in the frontcourt. After that, Carlos kicked his foot 25 meters away from the goal with amazing strength. , the football roared into the goal, and goalkeeper Baywater was completely unable to stop it.

“Goooooooooooal!!!!!”

"Robert—"

"—Carlos—!!"

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