Chapter 56: The Ranks of the Champions

When Wansheng replaced Kluivert, Chelsea has been in the upper hand, they used attack to suppress Derby County on the field, at this time everyone thinks that Kluivert will not have any effect, as for Derby County want to score is even more fantastic, they can keep the goal is good, but who would have thought that Derby County only calmly played a wave of advancement, and sent the ball into the Chelsea goal?

When Kluivert sent the ball into the Chelsea goal, many were surprised.

The Pride Stadium burst into loud cheers, and the commentators, regardless of which side they were supporting, loudly announced the goal.

"The ball is in! Derby County lead Chelsea 2-1! ”

β€œgoal!! Kluivert helps Derby County to take the lead! ”

"Kluivert played less than five minutes to help Derby County take the lead, and it was the goal that decided the game!"

"It's a follow-up shot! Cudicini made a world-class save, but he couldn't make two in a row."

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With the words of the various commentators, everyone was also surprised by the goal, you must know that Kluivert has only been on the field for less than five minutes, and before the substitution is adjusted to the goal, Kluivert has only touched the ball twice, and the third touch sent the ball directly into the goal.

It's really

This substitution adjustment is really beautiful!

Everyone can only marvel at Wansheng's substitutions, on the field, every substitution decision made by the head coach is a game, and even the head coach who made the substitution decision cannot guarantee that every substitution is correct, especially at the critical moment in the final stage of the game. Putting on a striker would be a good fight for victory, and the goal now proves that Wan Sheng made the right decision.

This is a testament to Wansheng's ability to command the game on the spot.

As the ball flew into the goal, the Derby players and coaches cheered together, accompanied by the shouts of the fans, whose shouts were clear on the pitch. Because this moment is theirs.

Kluivert was already hugging his teammates.

The first thing he hugged was Ivan Crewe, maybe he was thinking in his heart that because of Crewe's non-goal, he had a chance to score the ball, and he should be grateful to Ivan Crewe for 'not scoring', in that regard. He should be more grateful to Cudicini for his miraculous save, but Kluivert is still somewhat sensible, and if he hugs Cudicini for this reason, it is estimated that the latter will put on a full martial arts on the spot.

After hugging Ivan Crewe, other teammates rushed over to celebrate the goal.

The enthusiasm was unpleasant to the Chelsea players next to him. The blankness and frustration on the faces of the Chelsea players contrasted sharply with the excitement of the Derby County players, who did not want to watch their opponents celebrate in front of them, especially when there was not much time left for the game, so they rushed to urge the manager to get the game back up and down.

But the celebration on the sidelines continued.

Wan Sheng hugged Diamares hard, and kept saying, "See? We did it! Ha ha! We did a beautiful job! 2:1! We're ahead! ”

It's not just him, it's everyone else.

The players on the bench were talking about scoring goals in high spirits. They rushed off the bench as soon as they scored, cheering on the sidelines.

That's the case with every Derby County player, who is excited to get ahead of Chelsea.

The only one who wasn't that excited was Diamares. He had long accepted the fact of being Wansheng's assistant, and he was very convinced of Wansheng, but whenever it was time to celebrate, he could still keep his senses.

He watched Derby County grow stronger.

Many times Diamares feels that the reason why the team can be a little bit stronger has little to do with himself. He just led the team to train according to Wansheng's instructions, so whenever the team achieved good results. He's all able to keep his sanity and not be overly excited.

Now look at the rewritten score on the field. He is also amazed by the growth of the team.

He clearly remembers that in the summer, Wan Sheng told him about the team's goal, "We want to fight for the top six in the league, and also seize the League Cup and FA Cup!" It would have been better if we had won two more cups. ”

At that time, Wansheng didn't think about the league championship, but it was only the goal of the top six in the league, which also made Diamares not trust much, after all, this is the Premier League, Derby County is also a promoted horse, and the goal of the top six in the league is too difficult to strive for.

The gap between Derby County and the rest of the team is still not small.

Not to mention the fame of the players, the salary level of the team alone is a big problem, such as other Premier League powerhouses, such as Tottenham Hotspur, their average first-team players can earn an average of about 23,000 pounds a week, and this salary is already about the same as Morris, and the average salary of the first team in Derby County is only about 14,000 pounds, which is after the team completed many contract extensions before the summer.

Salary may not be a complete representation of quality, but it is enough to say something, and Derby County is not yet comparable to those Premier League giants in terms of wage system.

But what about the current results?

Derby County have already won at home to Chelsea, and after this game, the two teams will be on the same number of points, and even Derby will only be one goal difference behind Chelsea, so far no one dares to say that Derby County have no chance of fighting for the top spot in the league, which is very different from the situation in the summer when many people laughed at Wansheng's 'self-defeating' desire to qualify for European competitions.

Wan Sheng illustrates some of the results with his team leadership.

As Diamares watched Derby County move towards success, he looked at Wan Sheng with a more determined look, and he believed he had made the right decision.

As long as he follows this young Chinese, even if he has been a deputy, he will follow to success

Far away in London, in a manor.

Abramovich was watching the game on the couch with his wife Irina. Abramovich didn't go to see the game at the Pride Stadium, but he did bring his wife to watch it at home, and he is still more concerned about Chelsea's results at the moment.

However, in Abramovich's mind, there will be no suspense in this game. Although the opponent is second in the league, it is only a promoted team, and it will not be the opponent of Chelsea, who are all stars in the third line.

However, the game did not go his way, and Chelsea took the lead and were even equalised in the second half. The next substitution was for Derby County to tell everyone that Derby County were not happy with 1-1, and then Derby quickly relied on Kluivert's progress to get ahead.

"Interesting!"

Abramovich, who was sitting on the sofa with his wife half-in his arms, suddenly burst out laughing, pointing to Wan Sheng, who was celebrating the goal with others on the TV screen, and said, "This young Chinese." It's funny how he was able to beat JosΓ©. ”

Irina wondered, "You know him?" ”

"I've met him once, I've talked to him, and he's a very interesting young man. The last time I saw him. His side seemed to be in the second tier, but he didn't expect to be able to lead them to a win over Chelsea. Abramovich said with some sighs.

"Your team lost, and you're still happy?" Irina asked.

Abramovich shook his head and said, "You don't understand football. It's a league, there are always wins and losses, and it's okay to lose a game. ”

He didn't seem to care.

But Irina gave him a blank look. After so many years of husband and wife, she couldn't know her husband better. The more he pretended not to care, the more he cared, but if he had won. He would proudly say a few words of 'boring' and smile more than anyone else.

Soon the game on the TV was back in action and the screen was back on the field.

In the next game, Wan Sheng commanded the team to retreat and shrink the defense line in an orderly manner, and directly put on a big defensive look.

At this time, there is no tactic or anything, Derby County is the whole team is one person in their own half to defend. Counter-attacks are out of their minds for the time being, and the only thing they have on their mind is to hold on to the goal. Don't give Chelsea any chances.

Crowd tactics are the best defense, and that's true. When Derby County did this, Chelsea had nothing to do with the Derby County goal in a short period of time, and it was very difficult for them to even pass the ball into the Derby County penalty area, mainly because the defense they faced was too dense, and the football came to the front, and the cooperation could not be played at all, and a person who wanted to find opportunities could only be stored in theory, so many times, they could only keep looking for opportunities on the periphery, but the dense defense of the penalty area let them know that the chances were only stored in the theory.

It's a situation that makes Chelsea gnash their teeth.

The pro-Chelsea fans also 'booed', and the pro-Chelsea media were scolding Derby County for being 'conservative' and 'utilitarian', but it was useless to say anything at the time, because on the other hand, the supporters of Derby County thought that Wan Sheng's approach was too correct.

With only a few minutes left in the game, it is natural to hold on to the goal in order to have a better chance of holding on to the victory, otherwise it will be worth the loss of a few more points against Chelsea.

There's not much Chelsea can do in the face of a crowded box, but they still think of a way to do it, which is to get the ball into the box with a big foot and let the tall players compete for the header, which is a good way to break down the dense defence, maybe there will be a chance after a long time, but there is not much time left.

In the next few attacks, Chelsea did not find any chances at all, but there was a mistake, Derby County seized the opportunity to pass the ball to the feet of Van der Vaart, Van der Vaart did not hesitate to run forward with the ball, shook two people in a row, and directly crossed the half to the penalty area, if it was not for Cudicini in front of the goal, blocked the angle of the shot, and Carvalho one after the other, maybe the score would have been rewritten.

The counter-attack also showed Chelsea that Derby County are not without a fight and that they can pose a big threat if they are given the opportunity.

As a result, time was delayed.

Finally, the referee blew three whistles to announce the end of the game, and finally Derby County won 2-1 at the Pride Stadium against visiting Chelsea.

At the end of the game, Wan Sheng turned to the Chelsea dugout, and exchanged glances with Mourinho opposite, and the eyes of both sides met in the air.

Wan Sheng had a smile on his face, while Mourinho had a gloomy face.

The faces of the two also explain the result of this encounter, but Wan Sheng knows very well that this is not the end, the league is still very long, and the two sides still have to fight, and from now on, Derby County can be regarded as officially joining the ranks of the Premier League title (to be continued) R466