Chapter 157 Ferguson's Fancy Player

The 2003-2004 season of League One is over.

Derby County won the league championship, with Norwich in second place, and the two teams directly advanced to the Premier League next season. The third to sixth places are West Bromwich Albion, Sunderland, and West Ham United. As well as Ipswich, they will participate in the promotion league play-offs to determine the final promotion places.

Three days before the end of League One, the Premier League also ended. In the end, Arsenal won the league title, Manchester United ranked third in the league, and Chelsea, where Russia's richest man Roman Abramovich settled in, ranked with a one-point advantage. Second, while Leicester City, Leeds United and Wolverhampton are confirmed to be relegated.

The league is over, and the remaining games are the cup finals and the European finals.

England's teams have won nothing in European competitions this season.

In the UEFA Champions League final, a battle between the dark horses of France and the dark horses of Portugal will be staged. Monaco and Porto are competing for the UEFA Champions League in Germany. The showdown has nothing to do with the English at all.

So at this stage, the English media are concerned about, in addition to the summer transfer and the upcoming European Cup preparations, the only remaining domestic cup final - Manchester United and Derby County match.

All England are watching the game.

Many media who have never interviewed Derby County came to the town of Greater Derby to do interviews, mainly because at this time, many people were concerned about the match between Manchester United and Derby County, although most fans did not think Derby County had a chance to explode. They beat Manchester United out of the blue, but after all, Derby County is also one of the teams in the final. In particular, Derby County has performed quite well this season and will become one of the 20 teams in the Premier League next season.

In fact, in the eyes of fans, there is another reason why it is difficult for Derby County to be unpopular, that is, Manchester United have achieved nothing so far this season.

Manchester United are the kings of England. This is well known. Even if some clubs are reluctant to admit that they are inferior to Manchester United, Manchester United has dominated the Premier League for ten years. Their domestic league and cup results are quite magnificent. The only season to get nothing. So even for the sake of face, Manchester United will do their best in this FA Cup final and try to ensure that there are no surprises. In this case, it is still very difficult for Derby County to be upset.

But even so, there are still quite a few media who want to interview Derby County, after all, there are no other events to report at this time.

Too bad they couldn't interview anything.

There's just over a week left before the game. Wansheng will not let the team appear in the public eye of the media. The team just did closed training and declined all interviews, which annoyed those who came to interview the media.

"Derby County don't want us to know what they are doing..." some media interpreted, "but what they do is useless, no one expects them to beat Manchester United."

This may be a media that wants Derby County to win in their hearts.

In fact, in England, there are many such media, as long as they do not support Manchester United. would have hoped that Manchester United's opponents would win, that's the truth. Manchester United have dominated English football for so many years, and it has long been a target of public criticism, and some people still hope that Derby County can win.

However, Derby County actually has a problem, that is, they have a bit of a hostile media...

The media of the Murdoch News Corporation will not take the initiative to expect anything from Derby County. They will not say anything like that. At most, they will report the game from a neutral point of view, so one-third of the sports media is gone, plus support. Manchester United's media, and other media that do not have a good relationship with Derby County, in short, support Derby County's media, it is good to have one-third, most of which are biased towards Derby County, not pure support.

Saying something like "no one expected them to beat Manchester United" sounded unpleasant, but in the midst of so many reports that were not bullish on Derby County, it was a good one.

The only thing that annoys the reporters is that no matter how they report, Derby County Club is the one that said, "The team is doing closed training and will not give any interviews before the game."

They can't interview, they can only go to dig at Derby County.

"Derby County still do secret training? Haha..."

"Are they going to train how to lose?"

"Is that Chinese going to use a mysterious Chinese spell to turn his players into superhumans, and then go to the field to abuse Manchester United..." This is an imaginative statement, but it's a bit close.

Of course, the journalists were purely sarcastic at Derby County.

They think that what Wansheng and his team do is meaningless. The opponent is Manchester United. It is better to stand up and fight. After all, no one will say anything if they lose. Derby County lost to Manchester United? This is so normal.

And what's the use of closed training for Derby County?

Their tactics are nothing more than attacking football, and they have been doing this all season, what else can they change?

It is worth mentioning that many fans are looking forward to Derby County's offensive football. After all, offensive football is still very attractive, especially the media reports on Derby County are that throughout the season, Derby County has maintained this tactic. Even if the outcome is decided, it will definitely become beautiful.

Perhaps in the eyes of the hostile media in Derby County, 'the outcome is determined' is the most critical.

They also described it as a 'lesson' for young people.

"...he (Wan Sheng) won the whole season and should be taught a lesson to not be arrogant in the Premier League, in League One his team swept the league, but in the Premier League he doesn't do anything No, it's just an underdog working hard for relegation..."

"So losing to Manchester United at this time is a good thing for him..."

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Although I don't know what Derby County is training, there are a lot of reports about Derby County in the media, and they are happy to talk about the two sides of the game when there is only one decisive match in the game.

Wansheng's outstanding team-leading performance was once again discovered.

In the past few times, Wan Sheng's fame was a bit 'negative', all of which were done by the hostile media to satirize Wan Sheng, so in the hearts of many fans, the Derby County manager was a 'arrogant' and 'arrogant'. no edge'. Young people from far away Chinese, that's all.

But now they know that the Chinese young man's performance in leading the team is really good.

The league has won the first place four rounds ahead of schedule, and the FA Cup has also reached the final. Such achievements are placed on any coach and on any League One team. It can be said that it is excellent. In particular, Derby County was only a team that worked hard to avoid relegation last season, and they didn't invest much in the summer. To be able to bring such a team to the current level in one season, the ability of this young Chinese is still certain.

So fans have a new impression, "This guy is a bit arrogant."

The media are more willing to describe Wan Sheng as a "young man who doesn't know what to do with his achievements", and the media can influence fans. Naturally, many fans will think so. Especially now that Derby County is about to start a decisive battle with Manchester United, they also think, "Let Manchester United teach him a lesson, and he will not be so arrogant."

This is the impression many fans outside Derby County have of Wan Sheng.

However, these fans are like others. They don't read the reports about Wansheng carefully. They just think what the media says, but many fans will still read the reports carefully. One of the reasons fans don't understand Wansheng is that Derby County is a League One team. A lot of fans don't care what happens in League One, and of course they don't care what happens to the Derby manager.

But this time it is the FA Cup final, which has already surpassed the League One level, and has even attracted more attention than the Premier League. Many media have reported Wansheng's information in detail. Wansheng is definitely a trust at this level, so they took the trouble to give it. Fans introduce Wansheng.

Looking at Wansheng's information carefully, many people were stunned.

Their impression is, "This guy really has a personality, no wonder the media says he is arrogant", and at the same time, many fans think this young Chinese is very interesting. The emergence of such a character in English football is really something worth looking forward to.

So fans' views on Wansheng are divided into two - one is disgust, the other is anticipation.

However, for Manchester United coach Ferguson, it doesn't matter how the media reports or what the fans think, because he has a deep impression of Wansheng.

The first time I saw Wan Sheng was at the training ground of the youth team at the Carrington Training Base. At that time, Ferguson didn't know Wan Sheng. He only felt that the young coach had a loud voice and felt a little unhappy. Wan Sheng's impression can't be said to be bad, after all, the two don't know each other at all.

Later, Manchester United broke the news about the 'McGuinness Incident'. The impact of this incident was very bad. Naturally, Ferguson had no good impression of the 'probable mastermind' Wansheng.

As McGuinness said, "This guy is a no-brainer, insidious, mean little guy!"

Then, at the reception and the draw for the FA Cup semi-finals, the two had a quarrel when they met. The young man was even able to confront him face-to-face and sneered a few words. Coupled with his performance in leading the team, in Ferguson's impression. , Naturally 'no ability' is ruled out.

"This is a very capable young man," Ferguson's impression was, but at the same time he added, "...very annoying."

But no matter how capable, Ferguson does not think Derby County can beat Manchester United.

However, in football games, anything can happen. The strong team will not necessarily win. The key lies in a problem of not paying attention to it. As the most famous champion coach in England, Ferguson will naturally not underestimate any opponent. In the FA Cup decisive battle He also kept the team well-prepared before, and studied Lower Derby County carefully.

Tactics and players, are two aspects of the study.

It's okay not to study, such a study, Ferguson really found a novelty.

The first is tactics. Derby County's offensive football tactics are really interesting. Such offensive football looks good, and the main thing is to win. The latter does not matter. After all, the level of League One is limited. Ferguson must also admit that Manchester United's tactics are not as good-looking as Derby County's.

The second is the main one, and that is the Derby County players.

Ribery, Cahill, Maurice... Several players who performed well came into view, but in Ferguson's eyes, these shining players were not favored by him, after all, their skills were excellent There are many players in the league, and it is difficult to detect how outstanding the technology is at the level of League One. Instead, there is a player who has entered the field of vision of Ferguson, that is Derby County goalkeeper Oakes.

Manchester United have always had goalkeeping problems. Last summer, they bought Howard for $4 million to replace Butters' main position, but Howard's performance was not very satisfactory.

Manchester United were eliminated by Porto in the Champions League this season, which has a lot to do with Howard's "low-level mistakes". At the last moment, Howard threw the ball away and the opponent made a successful supplementary shot, resulting in Manchester United being eliminated.

This makes Ferguson quite dissatisfied with Howard.

Manchester United's second goalkeeper Carroll also often makes 'low-level mistakes', and because of this, he can only be the second goalkeeper. The 28-year-old Carroll is at the best age for a goalkeeper, but he can only see With Howard playing repeatedly, he has been sitting on the bench.

So Ferguson has been thinking about finding an excellent goalkeeper. When researching Derby County, goalkeeper Oakes came into view. This goalkeeper is not well-known, but in 46 League One games, he has only conceded 26 goals. Such data is very It’s gorgeous, especially since Derby County has been using offensive tactics all season, and the pressure that Oaks has to face is definitely not small, so this data is also extremely precious.

But the specifics still have to be seen in the real game, but it is better to create some trouble for Derby County before the game.

So a week before the match between the two teams, Manchester United broke the news that Ferguson was very optimistic about Oaks, and Oaks was soon linked with Manchester United. Will come to Manchester United and take Howard's place!"

In this regard, Wan Sheng felt dumbfounded.

He knew that the old guy would do something before the game, otherwise he would not be Ferguson, but he did not expect that the player involved in this incident was not Ribery, not Cahill, nor Morris , but... Oakes?

Oaks' performance is very stable, but it's only stable. His statistics are gorgeous, but conceding 26 goals in 46 league games is really not that good. The point is, the reason why the team conceded less goals is that many games The team is almost crushing the opponent, and the whole court is pressing the defense, making it difficult for the opponent to enter the penalty area, and the number of natural threats to the ball is not much.

Under such circumstances, changing to any goalkeeper will not perform too badly.

Of course, Oaks' ability is still certain, especially after a season of training, he is no less than those goalkeepers in the top leagues, but that's all, if there is anything special about Oaks, there is really nothing.

Ferguson took a fancy to Oaks?

Is this a smoke bomb, or is it real?

Wan Sheng was quite incomprehensible.

When it comes to making smoke bombs, it's not better to use Ribery, Morris and others, why should you look for Oaks... This really doesn't have much impact on the team... (To be continued ~^~)