King's Landing Nottingham

Chapter 197 The Battle of Six Points
Chapter 197 The Battle of Six Points

In the No.30 minute of the first half, Portsmouth striker Luke took a free kick and hit an inward arcing ball, which was slightly wide of the goal post, which also made the expedition Portsmouth fans Shouting regret, but then they used more enthusiastic applause to cheer for their players.

Of course, the fans hope to score a goal, but even if the result is not satisfactory, everyone's performance is also seen in the eyes.

No.30 In the second minute, Ben Griffith once again broke through the defense of Iniesta and Lahm, before the closing defense of Carvalho and Esaias came, and he made a kick in the gap Fortunately, Pepe Reina's attention was very concentrated, and he punched the ball with both fists to resolve the attack!

"Yes!"

Excited Reina completely ignored the gazes of his opponents and threw a punch at Ben Griffiths who had just finished shooting. In the next corner kick defense, the Spaniard directly attacked and jumped high to take the ball off. .

In the last few games, Reina has played really well. Guardiola is standing beside Reina at this time. His heart is actually very tangled. someone else's door.

But after thinking about it, isn't Notts County's goal to be the overlord of youth training in continental Europe?

Players come and go, newcomers come and old ones leave. This is the rule of the football industry. Young players or players with insufficient strength have to rely on hard work to win more opportunities and salaries. This is seeking truth from facts. Respect the law of football development.

At the end of the first half, Notts County was a little bit embarrassed. Three players received yellow cards. The number of shots and ball possession time were also very different from those of Notts County in the past.

Portsmouth under Redknapp's tactical execution is exceptionally good. Guardiola can be sure that the strength of this team is definitely at the Premier League level. If no changes are made, it is very likely to lose. The ball, but this is a game of six points, Notts County can't afford to lose, and neither can he.

Once the game is lost, the gap between the two teams will be widened to [-] points, which is by no means an easy score to recover.

Guardiola has never been a person who is willing to act on the face of others, he must take the initiative in his own hands.

It is rare that Guardiola released the arrogance he usually accumulated in the locker room when the players were performing relatively normally.

In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again. Portsmouth took the lead in personnel adjustment. As a 55-year-old man, Redknapp seemed to have guessed some of Guardiola's arrangements. He used Jamie Vincent to debut With the replacement of David White, Portsmouth's formation has also undergone some changes.

Give up some midfield space to Notts County, let them play their familiar offensive routines, and Portsmouth also offered their strongest defense, defending and counterattacking.

"Hehe..." Redknapp, who was standing on the sidelines, glanced at Guardiola who was sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai, and he was determined. The few minutes of the game made him see some clues, "Boy, it seems that I guess Out of your arrangement..."

In two minutes, the newly replaced Jamie Vincent picked a pass from the front of the small penalty area and was destroyed by Carvalho. The ball hit Carvalho's hands. The Portsmouth players all raised their hands to signal the referee. It was a penalty, but the referee ignored it, and the Notts County player counterattacked.

At No. 60 minutes into the game, Ben Griffiths, who was exhausted, was replaced by Tom Waterman. This was not a counter-substitution. Redknapp intended to strengthen his defense, but In fact, it is also a kind of amendment to one's own arrangement.

Although Guardiola was off the field, the Warren Doyle who replaced him reversed the situation in Notts County on the field.After a few fouls, this England kid named Warren Doyle was fatal. If it weren't for the strength of the door frame and goalkeeper, Notts County would now be ahead.

Redknapp did guess right about Guardiola's arrangement. Guardiola's intention was to sort out the ball quickly through Warren Doyle's kick to avoid falling into a fierce battle in the midfield, but Park Tessmouth voluntarily gave up the entanglement in the midfield and changed to a strict defense of the main players.

It did have some effect at the beginning, but the quality of Warren Doyle's free kick is really not low. If the kid's foot feel is given, Portsmouth may fall behind.

Therefore, Redknapp put on another midfielder and continued to strangle Notts County in the midfield, fighting for every inch of land, and strictly ordered his disciples not to give Notts County free kicks in the defensive third area.

No.603 minutes, Tom Waterman made a long pass, Hughes got the ball and went into the penalty area, Reina abandoned the goal and Hughes lobbed a shot, but Hughes' right foot lob shot went slightly wide door frame.

Hughes, who missed the opportunity, covered his face and wept. Today was his league game in Portsmouth, but he failed to score a commemorative goal.

Reina gave this guy a pat kill, and Hughes glanced at Reina gratefully, but he didn't know what Reina was really thinking, "Fake, I was scared to death, and I was almost hanged by this guy." The door is open..."

In the 606th minute, Jamie Vincent was knocked to the ground with a wrestling action by Ezaias in front of the penalty area. Portsmouth got a free kick and the referee also showed Esaias a yellow card.

Jamie Vincent took the free-kick, Reyna had read his game profile before the game and if it was right, the guy should have gone straight to the goal with his left foot, so Notts County sent a five-man man wall.

Every team's first free kick, the quality of the free kick will not be too bad. Jamie Vincent's kick is also the same. The ball hits the crossbar and bounces back into the field. Anti-aircraft guns were fired.

The old Redknapp was ready to celebrate the goal, but this group of unsatisfied boys still couldn't score, so the old man had to sit back reluctantly.

This kind of strong dialogue game, whether it is a player or a coach, is actually very tense and depressing. Scoring goals is the best way for them to release themselves.

But for now, they have to wait.

Three minutes later, Portsmouth launched an attack again. Carl Taylor knocked back from the inverted triangle on the left side of the penalty area, and Tom Waterman's follow-up push from the middle was blocked by Essayas with his back.

Fans from both sides are looking forward to the goal, so the cheers and battle songs on both sides have not stopped since No. 60 minutes.

No.80 minutes, the stalemate on the court was finally broken. Harvey Alonso dribbled the ball in the frontcourt and got rid of it continuously. Kicked the goal and succeeded smoothly, Notts County took the lead.

Redknapp, who was replenishing water, couldn't drink anymore. He wanted to make some adjustments, but the three cards in his hand had been played out. Of the eleven Portsmouth players, there was only one striker, and the others Almost all of them are defensive players. Even if they play the long pass that the English team is best at, Portsmouth has no chance of winning. The forward approaching them is only 1.7 meters, which is not a spot-grabbing type.

However, Lao Lei had to make such an adjustment. The team's two central defenders with a height of 1.8 meters and above were put on the front line, and the starting forward waited behind them for a chance to kill with one blow.

The ball just flew up...

In stoppage time, taking advantage of Portsmouth's full attack, Reina threw the ball vigorously and found Iniesta standing on the midfield line.

The whole Portsmouth team was in Notts County's half, and Iniesta was also squatting on his own half. There was no offside issue at all. goal.

Notts County seal the victory!

At the beginning, Portsmouth's defenders were still chasing desperately, but the distance between them and Iniesta was getting farther and farther, and in the end they could only watch Iniesta score the ball.

Excited, Iniesta ran out of the stadium and ran towards the "Paves Stand". He kissed the Notts County team logo on his chest, slapped the fans in the stands with his right hand, and stuck his left hand tightly to himself. heart:

"I love you guys, I love Notts County!"

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(End of this chapter)