Chapter 114 Little Famous

Derby County beat Tottenham Hotspur away, this is the biggest upset in the FA Cup this round.

The English media reported the game frantically, and this was the biggest wave of coverage since Wan Sheng took over the team.

The news grabbed the front pages of many sports media.

The intensity of the report was somewhat unexpected, completely surpassing the sensations that he led the team to beat Norwich, Derby County won the League One half-time championship, and he just became Derby County manager. This is the advantage of winning against a strong team. Turnham Hotspur has a certain influence in English football itself, it's okay for them to lose the FA Cup, but losing at home to a League One team is big news.

The upset itself is sensational, coupled with a young coach like Wan Sheng, and the fact that Derby County he coached was not favored by others before the season, and all other factors seemed to explode after this game.

Various sports media have made room for the game between the two teams.

For the first time, Wansheng's name appeared directly on several major media sports news, and even major media, such as "Manchester Sports", "The Sun" and "The Times" sports pages, dedicated to him. A simple personal introduction column, especially introducing the detailed information of Wansheng to readers.

If Wansheng could only be regarded as a little-known figure in the League One, this time he is really famous in English football. Many fans who do not pay attention to League One know that the first place in League One is Derby County. The head coach is a 27-year-old young Chinese.

"It's hard to believe that this 27-year-old young Chinese manager will achieve the success he has now! Not only did he keep Derby County at the top of League One, he also led the team to a victory over Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane.. …”

"He's a capable young man with a bright future!"

"Not surprisingly, next season he will be the manager of a Premier League team, and he will be the youngest manager in Premier League history..."

This statement is based on Derby County's upgrade considerations.

However, Derby County's results are indeed quite good at present, they are currently ranked first in the league. It is 6 league points more than Norwich in second place and 10 league points more than West Bromwich in third place. The third to sixth place will play in the promotion play-offs to decide the last place. That is to say. Derby need only be higher on points than West Bromwich Albion to qualify for promotion.

At present, there is a 10-point gap between Derby County and West Bromwich Albion. The double-digit gap is a gap. Even if Derby County's schedule in the second half is affected, it will be very difficult for West Bromwich to catch up. After all, they can't Every game is guaranteed to be won, so the league goes on so far. It seems to many that Derby County has grabbed a promotion spot. Coupled with this away win over Tottenham Hotspur, they have more confidence in Derby County.

Some media are reluctant to report Derby County's victory because it doesn't make much sense. Derby County's victory in the league is not news at all, just like Manchester United's victory over Birmingham, or Arsenal's victory over Fulham, Is there anything to report on this? Fans only need to know one result.

Many Derby County fans are also looking forward to playing in the Premier League next season.

Some professional football commentators and fan representatives were interviewed and asked about the situation of League One. It is also believed that Derby County will get a promotion place, their reason is that Derby County has been in good shape. There was no sign of weakness after Christmas, which fully shows the situation in Derby County. Even if such a team has a decline in performance, it is difficult to have any crisis. After all, they are still ahead by so many points. They can afford to lose.

The above all show the confidence of the outside media and fans in Derby County. At the same time, the name of Wansheng is even more prominent. When it comes to why Derby County has achieved the current good results and why it has performed so well, it must be To talk about Wansheng, and when it comes to Wansheng, we have to mention his age and nationality.

In the eyes of many fans who just got to know Wansheng, this is a mysterious young man from a mysterious eastern country.

It is said that the mysterious country in the East is a football desert country, but its mysterious color is very eye-catching. Now it is not uncommon for a 27-year-old outstanding young coach to appear there.

Although many fans think so, when they see Wansheng's report, they can't help but take a few more glances. After all, everyone has the desire to explore the 'mystery'. The more mysterious, the more they want to explore. Then they started to get to know Wan Sheng bit by bit, knowing that this is a real talent, very confident and successful in coaching Derby County.

In addition, the controversy that happened to him is not small, and the "Daily Mirror" has completely opposed him.

Most of his previous reports were bad news, but surrounded by this kind of bad news, Derby County under his leadership achieved outstanding results, which is also the most helpless place for the media that released the bad news.

Anyway, this is a controversial figure.

A football coach, who is only 27 years old, has just started his life, but he has already begun to be controversial. Such a person is really rare. After reading these news and reports, fans really don't know how to evaluate Wansheng.

But no matter what the evaluation is, it is certain that Wansheng's name is also known by more people, and now it can be said that he is well-known in England.

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Although his fame has increased, it has not brought any changes to Wan Sheng's life. He still commutes to and from the club and home every day, and still has to go to work every day.

This may be because he is already well known in the Derbyshire area.

Derby County was already doing well before Derby County played Tottenham Hotspur, almost all Derby County fans know Wansheng, and some of them even know where he lives, and he travels to and from the club every day. At times, some fans will be encountered on the road. Sometimes fans will ask for autographs and group photos. Wansheng has long been used to these.

Even though he has a small reputation in England, the living environment around him has not changed.

The only thing that has changed is that when Derby County is training in public, more reporters come. There are also many reporters who come to Derby County to interview on weekdays, and many of them have asked to give Wansheng an exclusive interview.

Wan Sheng really had a headache about this.

After he agreed to interview requests from several reporters and answered some questions copingly. Just ended this.

In fact, at the end of the season, before he really won the league title and led Derby County to the Premier League, Wansheng didn’t want to be really famous, and he didn’t like doing exclusive interviews with reporters. Because the core of their coverage is often Derby County's 'current' results. As well as his own age and nationality, it is not what he can do or what he is capable of.

He hopes that he can win some championships, and when a reporter comes to do an interview, he will be full of confidence--

"I won the league championship!"

"I won the FA Cup!"

"I won the Champions League!"

It's a very strong statement, not just out of thin air saying 'our goal is to be a champion', which can boost morale. But he felt bored when he said more. It's enough to work hard for it. If there is a championship, even if there is no special interview, the media will definitely report on him.

At the same time, Wansheng also saw the faces of several East Asians in the reporter group.

There is no need to walk in, just glance at it, Wansheng knows that those are Chinese reporters, and some of them are doing football interviews in England. Some came from China for interviews.

Since the 'resume incident', domestic public opinion is still quite favorable to Wansheng. Many fans want to know Wansheng, especially after seeing Derby County's outstanding performance on the Internet, fans pay more attention to Wansheng. In the hearts of ordinary Chinese fans, Wansheng is undoubtedly a very successful person, because he To be the head coach of a League One team, at this level, no one in China has ever appeared among 1.3 billion Chinese.

He is currently the only...

In fact, Wansheng is also the only one in terms of coaching qualifications. His international A-level coaching certificate is the only one awarded to Chinese by FIFA.

In fact, many other domestic coaches are also capable, but the environment they live in is China, and there is no English atmosphere at all. Their English is not good, and Wansheng just speaks very standard English, so he won the championship in two years. Zhang coach qualification certificate, he is also the only Chinese coach who has obtained such a high-level international coach qualification certificate.

As domestic fans are so tall in their hearts, the domestic media are naturally very interested in Wansheng.

After the dismal World Cup in Korea and Japan in 2002, domestic football also broke out all kinds of match-fixing and black whistle scandals. In this context, Wansheng has become the only bright spot of Chinese football, even if this bright spot is actually a football coach, Not a big star or something, but it is enough to attract the attention of many domestic media.

So the domestic media came one after another.

But coming to Derby County and Derby County Club, it is not easy to interview Wansheng. There is no broadcast rights for English football in China. They are not investors in the Premier League. Few clubs in England can make money in China. Therefore, the status of Chinese journalists in the media industry in England is not high. When they come to many parts of England, it is difficult for them to enjoy the treatment of local small media.

Good thing this is the Great Derbyshire town.

In Great Derbyshire, Wan Sheng is definitely the most famous person. Everyone knows that he is Chinese, so the Chinese reporters were warmly received. They were able to conduct interviews like other local media reporters. On the public training day, Also able to move in and out of the Derby County training ground.

This kind of treatment is not available in other parts of England, so the domestic reporters who came to Derbyshire, even if it is difficult to interview Wansheng for a while, are actually very satisfied.

It's not that Wan Sheng didn't deliberately refuse to be interviewed by the media, but the "resume scandal" some time ago was caused by the domestic media. He really lacked goodwill towards these reporters, and because he was busy with work, he didn't have time to say anything to the reporters.

His current goal is to lead the team to the league title, and he will try his best to go further in the FA Cup.

It is not easy to accomplish these two goals.

There is a conflict between the two goals, such as the schedule, the next game against Birmingham, just between the two league games, and the first league game is only one day apart, the key is the first league game or against West Brom. Mvich, so how do you prepare for the game?

Wan Sheng hesitated for a morning. In the afternoon, he came to the training ground and asked the team to conduct an intra-team training match.

There are currently 24 players in the Derby County first team, including Bolton Reiter, who has just returned to the training ground and is working hard to resume training. Compared with some big teams, the number of 24 players is a bit small, but the two are composed of two players. The team is still enough, and now he has stopped letting the youth team and the first team train together. After all, the youth team's strength is too poor, and playing against them will not have much training effect at all.

The team situation is a full main team, a semi main team and a substitute team.

After the start of the training game, Wan Sheng stood on the sidelines, watching the game seriously. From time to time, he would turn around and discuss some details on the training ground with Leiter, who was resting next to him. The two were like spectators watching the game and chatting, but Most of Wansheng's mind is still on the field.

The 45-minute training game ended quickly, and the main team won the game in the end, but they only scored two goals, and the substitute striker veteran Peschisolido also scored one goal, and the final score was is 2:1.

Both teams used new tactics, and the main team's victory also proved its strength, but Wansheng saw more of the performance of some players on the bench.

Peter Kennedy, Rousey, Weberson and others all played very well. Their performance was much better than in the summer training camp half a year ago. Because of this, the substitute team could only lose one goal.

Seeing the performance of these players, Wansheng was very happy, and he also made a decision. (To be continued ~^~)