Chapter 47: Against Derby County

Pierce's ability is really good.

In many ways, Pierce's experience can be of great help to Wansheng; he also feels good personally, and he can learn a lot from working with Wansheng.

After the communication, the relationship between the two sides has taken a step further, and the work of the entire coaching team has become much smoother, such as the division of labor is more clear.

Wansheng, as the head coach, coordinates everything for the team.

Peter James is responsible for doing tactical research and other related work with Wan Sheng, that is, he works with Wan Sheng, and other chores are also entrusted to him. Diamares mainly leads the team in training, and Pierce serves as a guide. , The two also deal with the game-related matters together.

After the division of labor was clarified, the entire coaching staff was put into the work.

The team’s tactical training is still going on. According to Wansheng, the adaptation to the new tactics has only just begun. This set of tactics is somewhat similar to Holland’s full-attack and full-defense football, with emphasis on rhythm control and passing. The requirements are still quite high. Except for a few people in the team, such as Andy Cole, Morris, and Ziegler, everyone else is exposed to such a complex strategy for the first time, and it will inevitably take a long time to adapt. But now everything has just begun, and the team is only playing tactics when it comes to the game.

In short, the team's adaptation to the new tactics is a long-term task, and Wansheng even has several years of planning and mental preparation.

Ongoing training is also a process that everyone on the team and coaching staff needs to be involved in.

In this process, the most busy person is not a certain player, but Pierce, who is a 'training guide'. Whenever he sees a player making a wrong choice on the field, he will blow the whistle to suspend and run over to do it himself. Demonstration and guidance.

Wan Sheng saw this scene on the sidelines and couldn't help laughing.

Pierce's biggest role is his current job. And this job cannot be replaced by others. His serious attitude is also worth admiring. Whenever a player has a problem in training, he will run over, throughout the tactical training. His movement is no less than the players involved in training.

That serious attitude. Sometimes it's quite interesting. For example, Pierce is now explaining to Joey Barton the advantages of choosing to break through or dribble from the left, just because David Silva on the left is more advanced, but the game changes a lot. , Temporary reactions and habits are very important, Pierce's requirements are a bit high, making Joey Barton roll his eyes. But he did not dare to refute Pierce's words. After all, Pierce is his "senior". He has been on the team for a few years, and he is very dignified. Now he is also an assistant coach.

He could only endure and listen.

Fortunately, Wan Sheng came over and helped him clear the siege, "Okay, Joey, do as Stewart said. Come on, the training continues!"

Pierce's seriousness is not bad. But sometimes it's too serious, and it's a bit stubborn.

This is the biggest characteristic of Wansheng's discovery of Pierce, but it is also very interesting at times, especially as a bystander. It is a pity that he is the head coach. After a smile, he still has to get the team's training back on track.

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On September 1, the fourth round of the Premier League begins.

This round is very ordinary, there is no confrontation between strong teams, and there is no focus battle, but for Wansheng, this round is really a bit special, because the team's opponent is Derby County.

After a summer, Derby County's personnel adjustment was relatively large, and all the players in the team left, and only a few signature players such as Alfred and Bolton Reiter stayed, plus the summer Li has only signed a few free agents, and Derby County's strength has declined considerably.

Because of this, the 'defending champion' was directly labeled by the media as 'impossible to compete for the championship'.

Some media even believe that Derby County is likely to fight for relegation at the end of the season. After Wansheng left and the team "breaks up", their overall strength may not be able to catch up with other mid-level Premier League teams.

However, Derby County's results in the first three rounds have passed, with one win, one draw and one loss, neither bad nor good, which gave Chairman Pierce a breather. His current situation is by no means good. Before the start of the season, Derby County fans have been expressing dissatisfaction and are also worried about the possible relegation the team may face, so the results are very important to Derby County club and Pierce.

This round of encountering Manchester City, the game has not started, Pierce has to face pressure again, because Manchester City let Derby County fans think of Wansheng again.

Fans can think of Wansheng, and the media will naturally not let Pierce go. Therefore, regardless of the Derby County media or the outside media, they began to report the grievances and grievances between Wansheng and Derby County. Among them, Pierce played a 'promoting role'.

These reports made the Derby County club very passive. It is conceivable that Pierce, who was the target, would be in a situation. Now he has to drive quickly when he comes to the club, lest he be surrounded by dissatisfied fans.

From this you can imagine how important the game is to Derby County.

As long as they can win Manchester City, the pressure on Derby County and Pierce will be a lot less, and the pressure on them will only increase if they lose the game, so Derby County The club attaches great importance to the game, even if many people and Wansheng knows that personal relationship is also good, but after all, it is a competition between teams, and it is related to the development of the club, which is between teams and teams, rather than simple personal issues.

As the defending champion, Derby County received a lot of attention, and Manchester City beat Manchester United in the first round, and a lot of attention paid to them, so when there was no focus battle in this round, this game became the focus. war.

Many people analyze the game and still think that the two sides will be evenly matched.

Derby County's strength has declined, but they were the championship team last season after all. Even if their strength has declined a little, they are not comparable to ordinary teams. However, Manchester City will definitely have some advantages. Wansheng knows Derby County quite well. This team He built it completely. Even if some new players are signed in the summer, the main framework of the team is still there. From the first three rounds of the game, it can be found that Derby County's tactics still use the 'OSF' of last season, that is to say, Manchester City will. Knows quite a bit about how Derby County plays, plus. The advantage of Manchester City is that they are playing at home.

This is also Manchester City's first home game of the new season.

The first home game is still quite meaningful, and Wansheng is also the first time to lead the team to the Manchester Stadium game.

This stadium is quite gorgeous. The interior is an oval venue. There are three-tier seats on both sides and two-tier seats with good viewing angles. The top is in the shape of a torus. Steel cables are suspended from the tower. A spiral ramp provides access to the upper row of seats.

No blinds were installed in this area to improve ventilation of the sports field.

There is also a very interesting system for entering the stadium, called the 'RFID Intelligent Transmission System', which is a human-operated turnstile, this system can allow all entrances to handle up to 1200 people per minute.

In addition, the golf course has the widest grass in England, using natural real grass. Not many sports fields use artificial grass. The sports field injects 27,000 miles of plastic fibers with a thickness of 20 cm under the soil enough to stretch step by step. It is a synthetic method to increase the grass surface, called the Grass Synthetic Growth System.

All in all, the new stadium is still pretty gorgeous.

For the first time leading the team to play at home, Wansheng also arrived ahead of schedule, and walked around the stadium to visit by the way. And his calm attitude also surprised the media, in the eyes of the media. Facing the game of his old club Derby County, the mentality of this young Chinese will definitely be affected. For example, he is eager to prove his ability and lead Manchester City to defeat Derby County. Such an affected mentality can easily be superficial. For example, it will become a little nervous.

But they can't see this in Wansheng. Those reporters who have been paying attention to Wansheng even found that before the press conference, he had been walking around the stadium all the time. It was a tourist attitude at all. How could he face it? The nervousness of the old boss?

In fact, Wansheng really had nothing to worry about.

When it comes to the game, he still attaches great importance to it. It is natural to win against Derby County, but in his opinion, it is not difficult. One is that the strength of the team is definitely not worse than the current Derby County, and the other is that he Derby County understands it very well and has formulated targeted tactics for this purpose, but Derby County has no understanding of his team at all. Third, the game is played at Manchester Stadium, which is the territory of Manchester City.

The weather, the location, the people, and all the advantages are all on Manchester City's side. What's so nervous about facing the game! ?

If you still can't win the game, it can really be said that God is on the opposite side of the team, and there is nothing anyone can do.

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At the pre-match press conference, most of the questions from reporters were related to Wan Sheng's grievances over his departure from the Derby County club. Wan Sheng was just coping with the answers. There is no point in holding on to the past.

So his mind is still very peaceful.

After returning to the locker room, Wansheng also told all the players to play with a normal mentality, without any special emotions.

Finally the game of concern began.

As many people think, Derby County's tactics have basically not changed. They still use the 'OSF' system left by Wansheng, and use quick attack as a means to find opportunities. Field pressing ability.

Such a tactic is quite powerful, but Wansheng has only watched a few attacks, so he has a greater grasp of victory.

The Derby County team on the field is the same as the Derby County he led last season in terms of tactics. Many players have not changed. For example, the striker is Bolton Reiter, the central defender Alfred, and the wing. There is also Ivan Crewe, but these are not the main ones. The main thing is that their core players have changed. The midfield is dominated by Peter Kennedy. Obviously, after Morris left, Kennedy got a chance.

But there is a reason for Wansheng to use Kennedy as a substitute. He is much worse than Morris in terms of the overall situation and the ability to grasp the game.

In addition, this Derby County team obviously slack off in their preparations in the summer. They are not so active in running. Among the newly signed players, there are two veterans. It can be seen that their new coach is very good. This tactic is not well understood.

If the game goes on like this, they don't have to do anything at all, their physical fitness will not keep up, and the tactics will be self-defeating.

Of course, Manchester City will not play so passively.

Manchester City’s defense is similar to Derby County’s approach. It also uses running and full-court pressing. However, Manchester City’s full attack and full defense will choose to quickly return to defense instead of actively pressing in the frontcourt, which is more passive. But the defense will also be more solid.

In addition, the tactics of both teams focused on attacking, but Manchester City played better with the passing and controlled the rhythm of the game better.

The most important point is... the current Derby County does not have the various offensive and defensive function bonuses of Wansheng, while Manchester City enjoys various bonuses.

So you can imagine what the game will be like.

In the first ten minutes of the game, Derby County played well, but after ten minutes passed, they were completely suppressed. The fast attacking football could not be played at all, and the full-court pressing had no effect. The failure to withdraw in time resulted in frequent loopholes in the backcourt. They had to change positions frequently to make amends, but in this way, the game was very passive.

By this time, Derby County had been completely suppressed.

Derby County's 'OSF' is to suppress the opponent in order to get the maximum tactical effect. The most fear is to be suppressed by the opponent. Once suppressed, it is difficult to play an advantage again. The next step is like a 'snowball', the more passive and defensive Various problems also arise.

Wansheng is of course very aware of his tactics. The tactics formulated for Derby County are mainly to suppress. As long as Derby County is suppressed, the game is equal to winning.

This 'strategic goal' was achieved within fifteen minutes of the game.

In the 16th minute, Manchester City turned the advantage into a score.

This is a combination of side and middle.

Sinclair took the ball to the bottom line and directly moved the ball to the front of the penalty area with big feet. Anelka jumped and headed the ball to Morris in the chaos. Morris stopped the ball and kicked the ball directly!

The goalkeeper Karachi reacted very quickly, he made a save in an instant and hit the ball with both fists.

The fans at the Manchester Stadium all sighed regretfully, but at this moment, a figure appeared in front of the football that re-entered the penalty area. He was about 180 feet tall, and his black and thin face looked very inconspicuous.

But at this moment, he became a hero!

He ran towards the ball, hit the ball with his right foot, and the ball was drawn straight towards the goal.

Karachi saw the shot, but he had just completed the save at this time, and he was unable to turn his body at all, and could only watch the football fly in from him.

1:0!

Until then, many people recognized the player who scored the goal under the camera lens, it was the young striker Darren Bent who joined the team in the summer! (To be continued ~^~)