Chapter 29 We Are Getting Closer to the Crisis

Just when Derby County was in full swing, the outside media also analyzed the situation in the Premier League. Derby County drew with Norwich in the last round, and their league ranking dropped to sixth place. As a newly promoted horse, this result is very conspicuous. , but those hostile Derby County media have something to say, because Derby County drew Norwich at home.

Norwich are definitely not a strong team, but they drew Derby County at the Pride Stadium. This game made the hostile Derby County media happy, and they were excited to report the game. It is the same as any eye-catching game, but in fact, more media only regard this as a confrontation between two newly promoted horses.

A draw...not really.

But Derby County's hostile media didn't see it that way. The media led by the "Daily Mirror" reported on the game. In their articles, it was nothing more than that Derby County's performance had fallen sharply. "From the away victory over Arsenal Na, to the home draw with Norwich, Derby County's results are getting worse and worse, we can imagine that the crisis of Derby County is coming soon..."

The word 'crisis' is quoted in many articles.

What is Derbyshire's 'crisis'?

As a newly-promoted horse, there is no doubt that they have to face the decline in performance brought about by the depth of the bench and the background. Derby County did well in the start of the season, but as the season progresses, the average newly-promoted horse will definitely face a decline in performance, unless it is like Novi The two newly-promoted horses, Odd and Crystal Palace, can't get any worse so far, and even if they are worse, they can't talk about a decline. Derby County is different. Their results can be described as 'very good', and naturally they have to face ' The danger of slipping grades.

That's what a team is about.

Often giant teams, such as Manchester United, are in the later stages of their league. The results will get better and better, United rarely start very well, but they are able to compete for the league title every year, and that's why, and the teams that start out surprisingly well. A lot of it will be after the middle of the league. The grades are slowly falling and being overtaken by these rich and powerful families has become a 'rule'.

Derby County is now included in the 'rules'.

The report of the "Daily Mirror" revolves around this. In addition to the "Daily Mirror", "The Sun" and "The Times" have also made relevant reports, but people who know the insider report on them. Noncommittal, because everyone knows it. These media belong to the Murdoch News Corporation. Wansheng had a little conflict with the little princess of Murdoch News Corporation before. As a result, these media like to report negative news about Derby County and Wansheng. The "Sun" and "The Times" are actually better, they It's just an occasional report, and more often it's just a neutral attitude, and the "Daily Mirror", as the number one hostile media in Derby County, is completely 'opposition' to report.

The remarks of these reports have some impact on Derby County fans, after all, fans know the news. It was reported through the media, so they were a little worried about the team. However, as the head coach, Wan Sheng dismissed it. The hostile media had too many negative reports on Derby County. He had already reached a situation where he was a little numb. He didn't care anymore. As long as it didn't affect the team, they would It doesn't matter what you say.

So at the press conference before the match against Crystal Palace, Wan Sheng said sincerely, "I heard a lot of people say that we will encounter a crisis before the game, yes, I admit that we are indeed close to a crisis. It's not too far, because the Premier League opponents are too strong and every game is very difficult for us."

After listening to Wan Sheng's words, the reporters in the audience were a little at a loss, even the "Daily Mirror" reporter Brand who came to Selhurst Park to interview. There was an insoluble conflict between him and Wan Sheng. At the same time, he also knew Wansheng very well. He knew that this Chinese was definitely not the kind of person who would show weakness, but what did the other party mean by saying that? Acknowledging that Derby County is really in crisis? Or what's going on inside Derbyshire?

Brand was not happy, but rather surprised.

Other journalists who know Wan Sheng are also very strange, but the Crystal Palace local media don't think so much, they think it is Wan Sheng showing weakness, maybe because Derby County is not confident to beat Crystal Palace... If they didn't do this before Think, but Derby County lost to Norwich at home in the last round, and now they are at Selhurst Park, maybe Crystal Palace will usher in their first league win of the season?

Many local media of Crystal Palace thought about it.

But after the 90-minute game, the reporters of these Crystal Palace local media have a tendency to go black. The '0:5' displayed on the stadium scoreboard seems to be a deep irony for them. The home team is in front and the away team. In this game, Derby County scored five goals away from home, and there was no suspense in the victory over Crystal Palace!

After the game, Wan Sheng appeared at the press conference with a solemn face. His expression was even solemn before the game. Just when the media reporters felt something strange, Wan Sheng said seriously, "This game proves that we are close to the crisis. closer..."

The reporters in the audience turned blue when they heard it!

They finally knew what the young Chinese meant by saying that before the game. It wasn't an acknowledgement of the Derby County crisis, it was a direct irony!

Didn't you say the Derbyshire crisis was imminent?

Okay, I'll just admit that the team has a crisis, and then we've got an easy big win, once again admitting that the crisis is closer...

But even if they endured their anger, the media reporters couldn't report it like this. When Derby County won the league and suddenly talked about the Derby County crisis or something, is this the rhythm of treating the fans as fools? Even stupid people won't believe it, they can only hold back their emotions and wait for the next opportunity.

Perhaps, in the next game, Derby County and Newcastle United.

In 1892, the two teams that were at odds at the time, Newcastle East and West, unexpectedly merged to form what is now Newcastle United.

Before the First World War, Newcastle United had been a powerhouse in England, winning three league titles and one FA Cup before 1914. In the 1950s, the revived Newcastle won the FA Cup three times, which greatly increased its popularity among British fans. However, in the decades that followed, Newcastle could not achieve its former glory. Ups and downs in the lower leagues.

In 1992, Keegan's appointment changed history. He led the team to the top flight, and Newcastle has since become a force to be reckoned with in English football. In 1999 the club appointed legendary coach Bobby Robson as head coach for two seasons across the century. Newcastle United have reached the semi-finals of the Premier League.

This season is destined to be of great significance to the Newcastle League.

It's been a milestone season for Newcastle United. With Robson and Alan Shearer, two club legends set to leave at the end of the season, coach Robson has failed to reach a contract extension with the top brass and striker Shearer is expected to hang up his boots at the end of the season .

With the gradual maturity of a generation of rookies such as Janus and Dyer, and the addition of Milner and Bart in the summer, the strength of Newcastle United is still very good. The only bad news is that in the summer, Newcastle United will take The team's defending star Woodgate was sold to Real Madrid for £13.4 million. certainly. This may also be impossible, just as a Premier League powerhouse is difficult to leave truly outstanding talent.

The expectations of the English media for Newcastle United are still very high.

"This is a team that is expected to compete for a place in the Champions League!"

This is the comprehensive evaluation of the media.

However, in the first nine rounds of the league, Newcastle United's results were not very good. They ranked 12th in the league with 3 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses. This result can only be regarded as the middle level at most. The media pointed out that the most important thing is the defense. Question, after Woodgate left. Newcastle United's defensive strength has been significantly affected.

Now they meet Derby County.

The game was played at St James' Park in Newcastle, and the media's comprehensive evaluation of the game before the game. Still more optimistic about Derby County, although many media reports believe that Derby County is about to face a 'crisis', but that is what the hostile media said, especially after the last big victory over Crystal Palace, at least compared to Newcastle United, Derby County is still optimistic. , and in terms of performance, Derby County ranks sixth in the league, which is much higher than Newcastle United.

However, the two teams with the strength of the Premier League meet, and the result of the game is really difficult to say.

Although many media are optimistic about Derby County, they all hope that Newcastle United can win the game. After all, apart from the local media of Derby County, there is no other media in England that will really support Derby County. Known as 'one of the top five clubs in England', they still have a lot of supporters. At the same time, coach Robson, as a legendary England coach, can also get more than Wansheng, a young and unpopular outsider. support.

Derby County's starting formation is still not much different from the previous games. What has changed is that the center at the front has become Kluivert, the right back has been replaced by Lichtsteiner, and the center back is Osman partnered with Wei. ditch.

When this starting lineup came out, the media did not feel surprised.

However, there are still people who can see the changes in Derby County and the first few league games, that is, Sky TV commentator George Woodgate. Since explaining the Derby County game, George Woodgate has fallen in love with Derby County. County has done a lot of research, and he can say he knows a lot about Derby County. He didn't comment on Derby County's games in the previous few games, but now seeing Derby County's starting lineup, as well as the opening few attacks and defenses, George- Woodgate immediately noticed the difference, and the difference was in the formation.

In fact, the difference between 4321 and 442 is not very big, especially the 442 of Derby County before. Van der Vaart, as the second striker, will also pull back when attacking, not much ahead of Morris, plus 442's diamond-shaped midfield position , In fact, if you don't pay attention carefully, you can't see the change in the formation at all. If you do a subdivision of the position, the 442 of Derby County before can be said to be 412111, and now the 4321 of Derby County is 41221, the only obvious difference between the two The difference is that Van der Vaart and Morris are parallel.

George Woodgate, who knows Derby County well, quickly noticed this, and he was a little surprised, "Derby County's formation seems to have made some adjustments, they now only have one striker ... Van der Vaart and Mo Reiss is on both sides, that is to say, their current formation is 4321, and this is the first time Derby County has seen this style of play."

But in fact, Derby County has had several rounds of experimental tactics, but their OS-Fast tactics, on the surface, the movement of each player is very chaotic, and it is difficult to detect changes in formation. Another reason is that media reporters. They didn't pay much attention to Derby County's formation. After all, Derby County's tactics have always been like this, and there was no change at all, and they didn't think deeply.

As a result, when Woodgate said this, many fans noticed it, and then they reacted to the reason why they thought it was strange before - Alfred appeared in the position of the midfielder!

This was nothing at all. As far as defensive players in the backcourt are concerned, many players can serve as both midfielders and central defenders, but now they feel that this adjustment is very meaningful, and it also proves that Derby County's formation And tactics definitely have some changes.

What exactly this change is, whether it's good or bad, it's hard to really say.

However, as far as this game is concerned, Derby County played quite well. From the beginning of the game, Derby County used the running and pressing of the players to suppress Newcastle United. The most dazzling performance of the players on the field is undoubtedly the Van der Vaart.

Van der Vaart is almost an all-around warrior!

When the football appears at his feet, it is difficult to judge whether he is going to pass or dribble. This situation makes it difficult for Newcastle United defenders to limit Van der Vaart, especially Van der Vaart's skills are very outstanding and the passing is very accurate. , very threatening, and at the same time, his dribbling skills are also very sharp. He has made wonderful performances with two people more than once.

But Van der Vaart seems to be a little too distracting... As a result, Newcastle United's defense focuses a lot of energy on him, which makes him face difficult situations every time he gets it. The ball has become very difficult.

That's it this time.

When Van der Vaart received a pass from a dozen meters outside the penalty area, two Newcastle United players rushed over immediately. As a result, Van der Vaart found that his passing routes in the front, left and right directions were blocked and wanted to pass directly. It's not easy for two people to do it, and as a result he returns the ball.

The football was handed over to the feet of Alfred who was inserted in the middle.

Even so, one of the two Newcastle United players defended just now followed Van der Vaart, but this time, Alfred passed the ball to the left side of the penalty area with precision.

Alfred is just a defender, and Newcastle United, who did some research on Derby County before the game, still knew that, so when Alfred got the ball, they didn't care too much, and even let Alfred get the ball. Fred went to pass the ball, but they didn't expect that Alfred's pass was so accurate that the football quickly rolled to the right side of the penalty area, and there, Morris, who was running from the right, just happened to catch up. superior.

Then, facing the goalkeeper, Maurice kicked and shot directly!

The kick was powerful and fast, and the distance was not too far away. The Newcastle United goalkeeper judged the direction well, but it was too late to save, and he could only watch the football go into the far corner.

It wasn't until then that everyone reacted, but instead of paying attention to Morris who scored, they looked at Alfred who was standing near the midfield.

"Ball... in! 1:0!"

"This is Baker Alfred's exquisite assist!" Even commentator George Woodgate mentioned Alfred's name first. (To be continued ~^~)