Chapter 45 Dragon Slayer Warriors

The next day, the thirteenth round of the Premier League ended, and many media reported in detail the match between Derby County and Middlesbrough. The hostile media was disappointed, but Derby County's victory was actually not unexpected. After all, Derby County's results were much better than Middlesbrough, and they were playing at home, so it's not surprising that Middlesbrough lost the game.

Regarding this game, the media reported more on Rafael Van der Vaart's performance.

Van der Vaart made two shots and one pass, with outstanding performance in the audience, becoming the best player, and was also rated as the best player in this round by the media, that is, the best of the 20 Premier League teams.

At the same time as the media reports, many clubs were also surprised by Van der Vaart's performance. As a club, they still pay attention to the opponent's players. No matter which team in the Premier League is concerned, Derby County can be called now. It is a strong opponent, so when they see Van der Vaart perform so well, they will also pay attention to it, and they are shocked by the superb technical strength that Van der Vaart showed in the game.

Van der Vaart showed absolutely the ability of a world-class star.

Before coming to the Premier League, Van der Vaart played for Ajax. Although he was captain of Ajax for a year, in fact, he was not well-known in Europe, let alone in England, because last year Ajax did not have a good reputation. In the Champions League, no one knew who their new captain was. It was not until Van der Vaart moved to Derby County that everyone knew that this young man was the captain of Ajax.

Still, many are not optimistic about Van der Vaart.

After all, Ajax is not the top giants it used to be. With the introduction of the 'Boseman Act' in 1995, the small league giants had to make way for the big league giants, and Ajax gradually declined. It is difficult for them to compete with Feyenoord now. Not to mention in the whole of Europe, so to say 'Ajax captain' is just a name, no one cares.

But after this game is different, if you watch the game carefully, you can see that Van der Vaart definitely shows the strength of the world's top players, and Middlesbrough's defense is quite good. This is in response to the phrase 'McLaren's team is not easy to deal with'. Even teams like Manchester United and Chelsea can't say they can win Middlesbrough at home. Derby County did it, especially Van der Vaart scored two goals in the 'focus' behind Middlesbrough. , assists once, this performance is absolutely surprising.

"It was a world class performance!"

The Sun said, "Raphael van der Vaart has more ability than the average top-flight player. The point is that he is only 21 years old. His future is bright! After a year at Derby County, he will be able to play in Holland. Steadily occupy the main position!"

"If he can stick to this performance, he will be the hottest player in the transfer market next summer!"

"The Sun" is worthy of being a media under the Murdoch News Corporation. After praising Van der Vaart, it did not forget to disgust the Derby County Club, or to say, disgust Wansheng, their meaning is obvious. It was 'Derby County can't keep a star like Van der Vaart'.

Although many reports focus on Van der Vaart. But Derby County's results are still commendable. As of this round, Derby County has remained unbeaten in 13 rounds of the league. The victory of this game is also Derby County's fifth consecutive victory.

Although the league standings have not changed, such a result is surprising enough.

If the media previously characterized Derby County as "shit luck", and the content of the comments reported now, it can be seen that the attitude of the media has changed, and Derby County has at least been upgraded to the level of "dark horse".

However, a dark horse is always a dark horse. The media still do not think that Derby County can hold on to the end, and the brilliant results are in a mess. Chelsea, which has won eight consecutive league victories, is the protagonist of the media.

In the last round, Chelsea beat Fulham 4:1 away and won this West London Derby County war.

This is their eighth straight victory.

In these eight games, Chelsea scored four or more goals in four games, showing Chelsea's strong strength. At the same time, some of Chelsea's strong players have also been highlighted by the media. The overwhelming coverage is no better than Rafael's rhetoric. Err van der Vaart has a poor rating.

Chelsea's straight-line red-hot players are Lampard, Terry and Robben.

Robben has become the most powerful killer on the front line. Terry, who has just received a new contract and a salary increase, is a handsome man on the back line. As for the leader of the midfield, Lampard is none other than Lampard.

The trio became leaders on three fronts at Chelsea.

Lampard is not the player he grew up watching at Stamford Bridge, but here he always gets the most cheers. Mourinho's layout in the last round of the league has already explained everything: in the current team, the Portuguese most valued only three players in the midfield and frontcourt, which are Robben, Gudjohnsen and Lampard .

In the tough battle with Newcastle, Mourinho replaced these three people as a last resort in the second half, and it was they who brought victory to the Blues, and the West London derby with Fulham, Mourinho knew, Lampard and Robben will still bring victory to the team.

As it turns out, if it was a gamble, the Portuguese would be wise to bet any more.

Lampard and Robben gave him the victory he needed.

In particular, Lampard's stunning free-kick hit the small Cleven Cottage Stadium. In the 34th minute, Robben's direct pass was blocked by the Fulham defender. When Marblanc was about to dribble the ball forward, the Fulham midfielder had to foul when Makelele, who had outstanding tackle ability, suddenly appeared in front of him. Goodjohnsen and Duff stepped on each other, and Lampard shot a powerful long-range shot from 30 meters to the upper right corner of the goal. Lampard brought Chelsea a perfect start.

But the long shot was not the only highlight of the afternoon at the cottage. In the 22nd minute of the second half, the home team's Senegalese midfielder Diop fired a more exciting goal than Lampard. Razinski A cross from the bottom line from the right was cleared by Terry with a header. Diop, who was 35 meters away from the goal, volleyed the ball.

However, despite being at their home ground, Fulham is still not the protagonist of this afternoon.

Lampard and Robben make Chelsea run smoothly. The cooperation of the two almost made the fans in this small stadium desperate. In the final stages of the first half, Lampard's two chances almost ended the game early.

In the end, Chelsea did not give their opponents any chance after Robben scored.

For Lampard, that was enough, and. It was also the first time he scored with a free kick this season. Lampard, who used to be more than beautiful in the past, has now become a powerful artillery. For all defenders, the invisible killer behind the striker has become more comprehensive and more terrifying.

The performance of the Chelsea players was unanimously praised.

But similar to the situation in Derby County, while the media focused on reporting Chelsea players, their evaluation of Chelsea was not very good. Although they had nothing to say about Chelsea's performance, when the media wanted to say it. There is always something to say. They take Chelsea's "handle" is the tactical style.

In Chelsea's eight-game winning streak, four games were '1:0', so some media satirized Mourinho's football as "utilitarian football of '1:0' doctrine".

It is also difficult for the media hostile to Chelsea to start from other aspects. They can only pinch Chelsea's tactical style to ridicule Mourinho's conservatism. They even use Wansheng's Derby County as a teaching material. "Look at the second in the league. , they are just a small team that has just been promoted. But every game they play, they play wonderfully. And every game for Chelsea makes people sleepy.”

"Derby is a delightful game, Chelsea's tactics are a throwback to football! Utility football should get out of England, we don't need a conservative champion!"

"If teams in the Premier League can be like Arsenal, Derby, Tottenham, our league will win more viewers!"

"The FA hopes to sell the Premier League to the world, and Mourinho is the FA's biggest enemy!"

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Looking at these reports, Wansheng can imagine Mourinho's mood. Although he is not well-liked in the English media, he has not been called the FA's biggest enemy or the public enemy of English football. ', but Mourinho did it, for which he can only say admiration.

Wan Sheng really has a feeling of sympathy for Mourinho.

Although the two do not know each other and have not even seen each other, the common point is that they are both targeted in the English media. Perhaps there is another point, that is, the two of them have led the team very well, and now Wansheng The goal is also to lead the team to overtake Chelsea in the league and win the league title.

That's the Premier League champion!

In the summer, even if Wansheng had an idea for the league title, he didn't dare to say it, or even think about it, but now he finds that it is feasible for Derby County to win the league title, and the biggest contender is Chelsea.

Chelsea ah...

Even if there is a gap in strength, it is still possible to fight for it. Thinking of leading the team to win the Premier League championship, Wansheng's heart is hot.

That's an incredible honor!

And now he has to face Chelsea, because the next round of the league is the match between Derby County and Chelsea, or the match at the Pride Stadium.

He takes this game very seriously.

In the eyes of the media, this is a match between the first and second in the league. The outcome of the game can directly determine the ownership of the top spot in the league. In Wansheng, this is a direct contest between him and Mourinho. He wants to Take a look at what the hottest football coach in the world can do in the next decade.

It's Derby County's challenge and his challenge!

However, while preparing for the game, Wansheng was very relieved to see the hot reports of the game from many media, because when Derby County met Chelsea, there seemed to be more voices supporting Derby County than Chelsea. ...and perhaps thanks to Mourinho's unpopular image in the media and Chelsea's transfer strategy, Chelsea are now almost the public enemy of English football.

Although Wan Sheng's "popularity" in the media is not good, it is more for personal reasons and has nothing to do with Derby County Club.

Chelsea is all about the club.

Their transfer strategy has offended almost every other club, roiled the transfer market, tempted other teams' big names with high salaries, and Mourinho's nasty mouth everywhere...except Chelsea's own Outside of the fans, no one would have a good opinion of Chelsea.

So the trend of public opinion in the media can be imagined.

A large group of media came out to show their support for Derby County.

It's like Derby County has become a 'dragon slayer', and everyone expects Derby County to slaughter Chelsea, the 'black dragon who does evil everywhere'.

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