Super Training Master

Bruce was surprised by Derby County's performance and the strength of Derby County. On the field, Derby County did not see that kind of low-level league team at all. They were rough in tactics and technology. On the contrary, many of their players were not as skilled as Birmingham. The difference is also tactically suppressing the team.

Would such a team be a League One team?

It is said that they were still working hard to avoid relegation last season, and they did not introduce any outstanding stars in the summer, but there has been such a big change now. How did the opponent's young Chinese coach do it?

Bruce was incomprehensible.

Bruce was very surprised and unbelievable. He led Birmingham to slowly rise from the lower leagues. When he took over Birmingham, the team was only a second division (third tier) team, but he spent six years. Time allowed the team to cross the first division and become a member of the English Premier League.

With this kind of experience, Bruce naturally knows the problems of lower league teams.

Birmingham is better. After he took over the team, the team can get several million pounds of transfer funds every year, which allows him to buy some good players. , the team can now gain a firm foothold in the Premier League, but it also has to work hard for relegation every season.

What about Derbyshire?

They were working hard to avoid relegation last season and basically did not invest in the summer, but the strength they are showing now is actually suppressing their own team?

How is this possible?

At the same time, the Birmingham players on the field also felt the pressure of the game. They knew some news about Derby County before, most of them were about the opponent's young Chinese coaches, but they were just gossip and didn't care too much. Derby County's results were also talked about a bit, but the win over Tottenham. Temporarily ranking first in League One, they did it a few years ago, and it's not a big deal at all.

A League One team, how powerful can it be?

Do you still want to continue to beat Birmingham?

They don't believe it at all.

But having experienced the game first-hand, they found that the team had no advantage at all. Situation They were scrambling to be kicked by Derby County's attack. They are already behind in the score.

They were a little overwhelmed.

How did the game become like this? Is this really 'just' a League One team?

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In this game, Wansheng arranged a two-forward formation.

Compared with the single striker, the double-forward formation is not much sharper in attack, but tends to be more balanced in attack and defense. After all, Birmingham is a Premier League team, so it must be faced with caution. Offensive and defensive balance. Let the team and Birmingham fight head-on, and there will be no major loopholes. This is the safest way to play.

But even with two strikers, the team's tactical theme has not changed. The attack still centers on midfielder Maurice, with Ribery on the left, and Ivan Crewe on the right. From the beginning of the game, Derby County is in the atmosphere of Pride Stadium. Played the feeling.

Under the pressure of Derby County's pressing defense, the initiative soon fell into the hands of Derby County.

Every Derby County player firmly remembers Wan Sheng's advice. Be sure to pay attention to the formation and rhythm!

This kind of advice is mainly aimed at Maurice, Ribery, or Ivan Crewe and other players who can guide the overall rhythm of the team. Others only need to pay attention to their positions and follow the running, but this One point is also the core of tactics. If others can't keep up with the rhythm, tactics and anything will be empty talk.

Even the formation will be chaotic. Talking about fast speed, fast speed, speeding up the rhythm and slowing down the rhythm is completely meaningless.

On the field, the Derby County players also did a good job. They faced the game calmly, and no one would underestimate their opponents. Although they defeated Tottenham Hotspur, defeating one strong enemy does not mean that they can defeat another. One, as a Premier League team, Birmingham is enough to be called a strong enemy.

So Derby County is very serious, and the game also shows the strength of the team.

Their targeted attack is quite obvious, especially the fast break on the two wings.

After finding that Birmingham's central defense was very tight, Morris often dealt with the ball, and then it was Frank Ribery and Ivan Crewe to play, Ivan Crewe was better, his foot skills It's not very dazzling, so his choice is often to cooperate with his teammates to advance, Ribery is completely different, such as passing the ball that may be wrong, many times he believes in his own foot skills, Birmingham's right back, he is used by him. After going through several times in a row, this performance is dazzling enough even in the top league.

Bruce on the coach's bench was quite surprised when he watched Ribery's performance. He knew Ribery. If there are any talented players who have received attention in League One this season, Ribery is one of them.

Derby County's away game against Tottenham Hotspur has become Ribery's famous battle. That game has attracted a lot of big media coverage, and many top league clubs have become interested in Ribery.

Birmingham is one of them.

Before the game, Bruce also felt that this game would allow him to truly see Ribery's performance. If the French player is good enough, he will consider letting the team's top management try to operate the transfer, and try to get the player in the summer. Players brought to Birmingham.

Of course, the premise is that the opponent is good enough.

But now Bruce suddenly felt that he would rather not see the performance of the opponent, mainly because of the waves of attacks brought by the opponent, which really made Birmingham's backcourt in crisis...

Poor Birmingham's right back... The commentators at Pride Stadium all sighed for each other.

It is not known how many times he has been swayed by Ribery.

After completing the breakthrough, Ribery dribbled the ball diagonally into the penalty area of ​​Birmingham, and completed a cross transfer.

After this, Birmingham rebelled a little.

At the beginning of the second half, they pulled a goal back, but soon Derby County organized the attack again to control the situation on the field, followed by Ivan Crew's free kick in the 73rd minute to help the team once again. Expand your lead. Rewrite the score to 3:1.

In the last ten minutes of the game, Wansheng also began to make substitutions.

This is not to delay the time. Now Derby County is fighting on two fronts, and the pressure is still relatively large. Even the semi-substitute lineup has some strength. But among the substitute players. There are only a few who can perform well, and the strength of others is still much worse.

If you can have rest time, try to ensure that players rest as much as possible.

However, in ten minutes of the game, anything can happen. Wansheng just replaced the frontcourt players and then replaced the backcourt players.

When seeing Derby County replaced two consecutive backfield players. Bruce felt even more helpless. Taking advantage of the last minute of the game, he still wanted the team to fight hard. After all, miracles could be created, but the opponent didn't give him a chance at all. Derby County's defense was already good. Time to recover two goals in a row, it is too difficult.

He can only let the team try to attack as much as possible. Victory or defeat is up to fate.

Ultimately, until the end of the game. Birmingham still failed to score, and Derby County eliminated Birmingham 3-1 at the Pride Stadium, coming close to the FA Cup round of 16.

At the end of the game, the on-site commentator Alfie rejoiced, Derby County has entered the FA Cup round of 16. This is a rare good result for Derby County in this competition in several seasons. The last time the team entered the FA Cup. The round of 16 was in the 2000-2001 season, but that time the team also fell in the round of 16, I hope Derby County can go further in the FA Cup this time...

Bruce on the coaching bench felt helpless.

He did not expect that the team would lose to Derby County. In fact, when he was drawn to Derby County, he still felt that the team was lucky. In the round of 32, being able to draw a lower league team, even if the luck is very good, even if this League One team is The same is true for the league first... In any case, it is much better than the opponents of Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool and other giants, right?

But Birmingham still lost.

Bruce felt that the loss was a little convincing. Derby County played well and performed quite well. At the same time, the team actually performed well. The opponent won the game with dignity.

The only thing he couldn't figure out was how that young Chinese man brought a team that was on the verge of relegation to such a point in only half a year?

A League One relegation team.

There is no transfer investment in the summer, and he has no coaching experience himself, which means that no other players will defect to him. Even in the media, this Chinese is still controversial. Almost most of the news reports have little comments on him. nice.

But in this environment, he actually changed Derby County into a team that can compete and win with Birmingham.

This is incredible.

At the end of the game, before standing up in the seat, Bruce touched his cheek, frowned and asked himself, Am I getting old...? No, he was only 43 years old.

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After the game, the two teams were still relatively friendly.

At the press conference, Bruce praised Derby County and was amazed at their performance. Similarly, Wansheng replied politely, We won some luck, the home factor still has a great influence on the game, if it is At St Andrews, we can't necessarily win.

The media reporters can accept Bruce's statement. Birmingham lost the game. It is normal for Bruce to praise the opponent. Contest.

They were noncommittal about Wansheng's response.

Mainly Man Sheng talked about 'luck', a pain point for many of Derby County's hostile media.

Last season, when Wan Sheng led the team to victory, many media talked about luck. They said that Wan Sheng was just lucky. When he coached the team, Derby County's luck began to improve, and then began to perform well. A big part of winning is luck.

After the summer, they were still talking about luck.

It's luck that Derby County won the opening streak, it's luck to beat West Ham, it's luck to win against West Bromwich Albion... In short, Derby County's luck is very good, and Wansheng's luck is also very good.

But until now, when Derby County has secured the top spot in the league, these 'luck theories' are no longer self-defeating. No one can rely on luck to win all the time. Derby County can secure the top spot in the league, which proves that it is not luck, but real strength. After that, Wansheng also often used 'luck' to ridicule after the game, which, in the media's understanding, was even more ironic to them.

But in fact, Wan Sheng just responded to Bruce's friendly response, and did not mean to ridicule the media at all. The media's understanding of this is a manifestation of 'guilt'. (To be continued ~^~)