Both teams were in the spotlight ahead of the Derby County and Chelsea clashes. Some small news has also been revealed by major media outlets, and the news that can affect the game on the Derby County side is about the injuries and suspensions of players.

The player who is going to be suspended by Derby County is Leon Osman.

Osman has accumulated five yellow cards after the match against Liverpool, and according to the FA's rules for accumulating red and yellow cards, the Derby County club appealed, but the appeal obviously did not lead to anything, because a defensive player like Osman is a common thing to eat cards in the game, and as a result, Osman suffered a suspension against Chelsea in this round.

Fortunately, other teams do not have this problem, Derby County has received the most yellow cards this season is Osman, and the most other players are only two for Alfred, which is still far from the suspension of the required five.

Another player who can't play is Nemanja Vidic.

Vidic touched his leg during training, and there was no big problem, but the team doctor still built yì to recuperate for two weeks and could not play fierce games, Wan Sheng checked the health status of the football training master system Rividic, and also found that although he was still healthy, his state was affected somewhat, so this Wan Sheng still obeyed the team doctor's Jian yì and did not plan to send Vidic to play, and the news was quickly announced to the media by the club.

For Vidic's injury, Wan Sheng doesn't care very much, although Vidic's strength is good, but he is not an indispensable player for the team, especially after Marcus recovers from injury, even if Vidic is not injured, whether he starts will still be considered.

However, Vidic's injury is a reminder of some things, the time has entered November, around Christmas is the stage of frequent injuries, winter training will always make players prone to injury, although Derby County has not had this problem so far, but then Derby County will have to deal with at least three fronts, with the team's bench depth and tactical characteristics. Some injuries and fitness problems are inevitable, and even if Wan Sheng has the means of recovery from the football training masters, he is not sure to cope with the past, after all, if you want to win three titles, you have to take all the competitions seriously, which is really a tough test for Derby County.

Of course, the most important thing for the team at the moment is to cope with the game in front of them.

Chelsea are actually in a worse position than Derby County, and it is not good news for Chelsea to think that the two teams are preceded by the international break. Not good news for all the Premier League giants such as Chelsea, Manchester United, Arsenal, etc., because they have too many national team players in their squad.

'A-level matchday syndrome' is by no means an unfamiliar term in England, and it represents a brutal "fatigue period" for Chelsea.

This is the third time this season.

Chelsea have a number of key players playing in international breaks, and it's not just the physique that is lost during the international break, it's more attention when the players return to the club. It's hard to fully recover your energy, and Derby County is much better off than ever, because even now. There aren't many players in the squad who can make it to the national team, except for Rafael van der Vaart, Nemanja Vidic and Karachi, and even those three. are also substitutes for their respective national teams, and the main lineup of Derby County is like Burton Reiter, Alfred, Morris and others. None of them entered the England national team, in this regard, Wan Sheng sighed that England's players are good, he has so many outstanding players under him, but none of them can enter the England national team.

That's great!

However, in an interview with the media, Wan Sheng also used this to satirize the unscrupulous England coach Eriksen, "The game time is in our favor. We have a lot of good players, but none of them can make it to the national team, which is really interesting, the second team in the league, there is not a single national team player from their own country, haha"

Wan Sheng did not mention his name, but all the reporters understood what he meant.

When the media reported Wan Sheng's words as they were, England coach Eriksen, who was lying down and was shot, couldn't sit still, and he said a little angrily, "Derby County players? The best of them are the Dutch! It's French! I don't see any of their own players eligible for my team! ”

This counterattack was very sharp, and the meaning of it was naturally that 'Derby County played well, relying on Ribery, Van der Vaart and others, and the English local players in the team have no strength to speak of'.

Soon Wan Sheng retorted self-deprecatingly, "Several of my players have been nominated for 'English Football Newcomer of the Year', but they are not eligible for the national team, and it seems that the level of the Premier League is really not very good." ”

'England Newcomer of the Year', this award is specially set for England's local players, naturally, those who can be nominated can only be newcomers in the top league, there are many young players in the Derby County team, Layton Bynes, Bolton Reiter, Alfred and other English local players, all of them are very young, and all of them are participating in the Premier League for the first time, they are all nominated for this award.

The outcome of the selection is yet to be known, but it is certain that the young players who will be in contention for this award are likely to be in the England squad or have already made it.

Several of his players were all nominated, but none of them entered the England team, Wan Sheng was glad that the team did not have the so-called 'A-level game syndrome' at the same time, but also quite dissatisfied with Eriksen, the relationship between the two was not good, and then there was this kind of thing, Wan Sheng naturally would not show mercy to Eriksen, "Look at his players, David Beckham, Steven Gerrard, Heskey, Scholes are all big stars, which may be the reason for his team's poor results." ”

After that, Wan Sheng smiled disdainfully, "Of course, if he doesn't do this, it will be difficult to stay in the position of England manager." ”

Although Wansheng didn't say anything in detail, what do media reporters do? They are absolutely professional in interpreting the 'connotation', and Wan Sheng only hastily said a few words, and they completely understood the meaning.

Obviously, Wan Sheng means that Eriksen can still sit in the coach position of the England team despite the poor results of leading the team, which is inseparable from the support of the stars in the team, and Eriksen's England team, the lineup has almost changed in two years.

David Beckham has been a regular at Real Madrid, but he has been in the England squad every time, as has Michael Owen, who left Liverpool for Real Madrid in the summer. He has rarely even played in La Liga, but during the three international breaks this season, Owen is in the England squad, and the other players are not listed one by one, including good and bad, but they can all enter the England team, and famous stars always get starts, such as Beckham, who has criticized Beckham more than once in the English media. But he's always been able to start in England, and then whenever Eriksen is in crisis, David Beckham has stepped up to show his support for Eriksen, as have the rest of the squad, and the combination of the two is thought-provoking.

Of course, the war of words between Wan Sheng and Eriksen will not criticize the players or anything, he will just talk about the facts, and the English media will not criticize his own players, and then the target of this qiē will become the Swede.

Wansheng's statement still resonates a lot.

A lot of English media and fans are unhappy with Eriksen. The main thing is that Eriksen's results are not satisfactory, and the style of football he plays has only made the famous England team gain one evaluation - rough technique, such a situation. It's strange that the media and fans are happy with Eriksen.

So around the time of the international A-level matchday, a new round of attacks against Eriksen began.

In this situation, Wan Sheng, who was the initiator, kept a low profile and let the team prepare for the game seriously. As he told the media, the timing of the match between Derby County and Chelsea is still good for Derby County. Chelsea's form has certainly taken a bit of a toll after the international A break, which has given Derby County a bit more chance of winning.

However, Wan Sheng is still not sure about the game.

However, in the pre-match press conference, Wan Sheng expressed his confidence: "Chelsea is a tough opponent, for all teams, and we are no exception, but I think after this game, the top position in the Premier League should be changed!" ”

As he said that, Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho was walking into the press conference.

He was wearing a black suit, with a calm face and a confident smile on the corner of his mouth, when he saw Mourinho walk in, various cameras in the venue immediately pointed over, for the media, Mourinho is indeed a better interview subject than Wan Sheng, because Mourinho's big mouth can always break the big news.

Sure enough, Mourinho 'lived up to expectations' and talked about the game, just like in response to Wan Sheng's remarks just now, and he talked directly about the result of the game.

"I'm here to take three points!"

"The whole team is ready for the ninth victory!"

'I'm very happy to meet Derby because they've won five in a row and I was thinking how we can open up the points gap and now we just have to beat them ourselves!'

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When Mourinho said these words, Wan Sheng was standing in the opposite corner, and he was surrounded by reporters, Mourinho said it into the microphone, it was like announcing something, and after saying it, he nodded provocatively towards Wan Sheng, so Wan Sheng finally knew why the managers of almost all teams in the Premier League had no good impression of this guy, he was really ruthless, and said in front of himself that he wanted to beat Derby County?

Wan Sheng smiled at Mourinho, and some pro-Chelsea media interpreted this as fear, but what Wan Sheng said next let them know that they were wrong, "Mr. Mourinho said he can win here? I'd like to see how Chelsea win! ”

Mourinho stood up and said in the direction of Wan Sheng, "How can you win?" Our players are stronger, my team is stronger! Derby County have a good result but defence is their biggest weakness and I'll prove it in the game! ”

'I've heard a lot of people talk about Chelsea's conservatism, they only defend, so I'm going to show in this game that Chelsea's defence is vulnerable against Derby County!'

Wansheng's words are true.

"Vulnerable? You're talking about Derbyshire, right? Mourinho retorted.

"Chelsea, of course!"

"We've only conceded four goals in 13 league games and you've conceded 13, an average of one game at a time, so who is vulnerable?" Mourinho seems to be about to speak with a number of jùs.

Wan Sheng immediately retorted, "We scored 36 goals, an average of 3 goals per game, and you only scored 27 goals in 13 league games, right?" ”

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The reporters in the audience were stunned when they watched the two head coaches arguing with each other regardless of their demeanor on the spot. Immediately they became excited, this is really more exciting news than the game itself, just filming this scene in the news report, will attract the interest of many fans.

In addition, they also have a lot of admiration for the two managers.

These numbers are not something that can be said casually, which shows that both coaches have a lot of preparation for the game and know a lot about each other, otherwise they would not have opened their mouths to come.

Although the race has not yet begun, the media reporters are already expecting a good fight

The hottest topic before the game was the dispute between Wan Sheng and Jose Mourinho at the press conference, which was discussed with great interest after the press conference. However, the two will then leave and go back to their respective dressing rooms to prepare for the game.

Mourinho expressed his confidence in winning at the press conference, but in fact, he will not take the game lightly, Derby County is a promoted horse, but it can be a 'dark horse' to rank 2nd in the league after 13 rounds, which is by no means an ordinary 'dark horse' can do.

He doesn't underestimate his opponents.

Before the game, Mourinho did an in-depth study of Derby, studying Derby's tactics and studying the video of Derby's game. He was amazed at the tactics used by Derby County, which was by no means something that the average team could adapt to, and it was not something that could be adapted to in a short period of time. And the results of the game, Mourinho still admires this point.

He had long admitted in his heart that Wan Sheng was a strong opponent.

It is precisely because of the fact that Wansheng is placed at the level of opponents of the same level that Mourinho will go toe-to-toe with Wansheng before the game. Otherwise, a guy who is not an opponent of the same level is still so young. He wouldn't care.

However, he still has confidence in the game.

Or more importantly, he has confidence in the current Chelsea, Chelsea have a full squad, many players are playing well, he believes in playing head-on, and it is difficult for Derby County to have a chance to win, despite this, Mourinho has decided to focus on stability, after all, anything can happen in football, so before the game he put more emphasis on defence.

"The opponent's attack is strong, we need to solidify the defence"

In the minutes leading up to the game, Mourinho was in the dressing room, constantly emphasizing defense, for the coach's rhetoric, Chelsea players have long been accustomed to it, in fact, although in many games, Chelsea have scored a lot of goals, but their tactical focus is still defense, and now the 433 formation used to is still based on defense, in many games, even against the strength of the team, they will choose to defend solidly and then attack.

This is also the origin of many '1:0' and the English media's criticism of Mourinho's 'conservative utilitarianism'.

At the same time, in the home team's dressing room, Wan Sheng is also doing the same job as Mourinho.

In the pre-match press conference, he went toe-to-toe with Jose Mourinho, suggesting that the Chelsea defence was 'vulnerable', but in reality, it was pure argument, and in the treatment of the game, he would not let the team attack aggressively to prove his rhetoric or something, it was purely a 'brain-dead' act, and in order to be able to grasp the victory, the defense is a must.

Chelsea's tactical focus is defence, and Derby's tactical focus is also defence!

As long as you face a team that is weaker than yourself, Wan Sheng will let the team go to attack, so that it is easier to win, and against a team that is stronger than you, 'os-fast' will use another style, that is, solid defense and slowly seek to attack and counterattack.

Even if it's not easy to score, it's not easy for the opponent to score either.

When it comes to winning, keeping your goal clean is more important than scoring goals, and Jose Mourinho understands this, and so does Wan Sheng.

"Always be on the defensive!"

"Don't push too far forward in the formation, especially at the beginning, don't give them any chance!"

"Pay more attention to your position, especially the players at the back!"

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By the time Wan Sheng and Mourinho had finished telling each other, the time was almost up, and soon the two teams appeared in the Pride Stadium, and with the referee's whistle, the game officially began.

In this game, Pride Stadium was packed.

There were 20,000 Derby County fans in attendance, and more than 5,000 Chelsea fans who came to the greater Derby town with the team to watch the game. Fans on both sides want their teams to win, and the result is very important, not just to win, but also to decide the top spot in the Premier League.

If Derby County wins, they will have the same points as Chelsea, and it is possible to squeeze out Chelsea's top spot with goal difference, although the two teams have a goal difference of 2, but Derby County can win at least 1 more goal difference, the difference of 2 goals is not large, so it is still possible for Derby County to occupy the top spot in the Premier League.

A win for Chelsea would widen the gap on points, while Derby County could be overtaken by Manchester United and drop to third in the league.

This is a big battle related to the top three rankings of the league, the media attaches great importance to the game, the fans of the two teams also attach great importance to it, and there are many neutral fans at the scene, who are also here to watch the battle for the top spot, for neutral fans, it is natural to come for the excitement of the game.

The media also wants the game to be exciting so that it can attract the attention of the fans.

'Derby against Chelsea, it's going to be a good fight!' When the game started, many commentators said excitedly, and various media and fans were also looking forward to this wonderful encounter.

But when the game started, everyone was disappointed

In the opening period, both teams chose to defend solidly, and the offensive side was also mainly tentative, and the football was more often passed near the halfway line, and there was no wonderful coordination, no threat to attack, and almost no shots on goal.

This was the case for the first fifteen minutes of the game.

Both teams don't seem to be in a hurry to attack, the scramble is not fierce, more players on both sides are cowering in their own half, and the midfield has become the main competition ground for both sides, but no attack is equal to no excitement, and the game scene is really lethargic.

Many fans even regretted watching the game (to be continued......