King's Landing Nottingham

Chapter 31
Chapter 31

Notts County's upset victory over Bolton in the first round of the League Cup was undoubtedly on the BBC's Premier League channel.

If there are five embarrassments in this era, the three consecutive emoticons of Bolton coach at the press conference are selected as Top 5, which is definitely a sure thing.

Although England's cup games have always had a tradition of upsets, the Premier League team lost to the English League Two team that rotated 6 main players when they played with all the main players.

Notts County showed their face in front of fans all over England with their extraordinary performance this time, which also greatly boosted their morale.

In the whole game, Notts County had a total of 13 shots, and Bolton had a total of 19 shots. The gap between the two sides in this statistic is not big; but in terms of ball possession time, Notts County’s ball possession time in League Two has reached 58%, while the Premier League team Bolton only had 42%. This also shattered the glasses of many Premier League experts. Who is the real low-level team...

During the draw ceremony for the second round of the League Cup, Wei Xun disliked Zhao Tai's unlucky luck and insisted on getting rid of the bad luck himself.As a result, after learning about Notts County's new opponent, Guardiola and Zhao Tai wanted to hang Wei Xun up and beat him hard with a whip soaked in water!

Notts County's opponent in the second round of the League Cup turned out to be another Premier League team-Aston Villa, currently ranked eighth in the Premier League. A strong team that needs Notts County to go shopping to advance.

After this lottery, Wei Xun has been blacklisted by the Notts County competition management department according to the instructions of Notts County manager Zhao Tai—the chairman must not let Mr. Chairman go alone in this kind of cup draw ceremony in the future , the face is too dark.

Zhao Tai even wondered if it was because Wei Xun had a "crime record" with the FA. This was because the FA deliberately tripped the Notts County Club!When the work at hand is over, Zhao Tai is going to go to the FA in person for activities to see if he can reverse this poor signing situation.

With the active connection of the Notts County players themselves, the personnel of the "Notts County Phase I" is gradually expanding, and for Chiellini, the separate central defender training is also proceeding step by step.

In order to help these extra training players recover faster, Wei Xun upgraded the "Notts County Phase 1" to the official training program of the Notts County Club with a wave of his hand. name. "They are still children, and they are still in the critical stage of growing their bodies." Wei Xun specially asked Zhao Tai to order the restaurant to arrange personnel on duty to prepare supper for the extra training players and the staff who ensured their training.

2001年8月25日，2001-02赛季英格兰乙级联赛第三轮，诺茨郡在主场梅朵巷球场迎来了布莱克浦的挑战。

Nicknamed "The Seaside People", the Blackpool team is often referred to as "Black Water" in China because of translation problems.The team won the FA Cup in 1953 and is currently ranked 9th in the League Two. The first two rounds have a win and a tie with 4 points. A double-digit ranking is much better.

瓜迪奥拉在本场比赛安排的首发阵容和前两轮联赛不太一样：门将1号雷纳，中后卫5号默特萨克、6巴尔扎利，左后卫16号拉姆、右后卫2号阿韦罗亚；单后腰8号蒂亚戈·莫塔、两名中前卫14号瓜迪奥拉搭档22号哈维·阿隆索，单前锋老将9号胡布内尔。

Notts County, who played with all the main players, needs 3 points in this game to make great strides towards the promotion zone.

Blackpool has not shouted the promotion slogan this season, but it is still a long time before the last game of the season. If they can be promoted to League One, Blackpool's top management is also happy to see it.

Both sides played with all their main players, and a needle-to-head match started on time at 16:[-] local time.

As one of the clubs deeply affected by "football hooligans", Blackpool's away tickets for various competitions in England are very limited. Only more than 100 expedition fans came to Meadow Lane Stadium and were arrested by Nottingham Police. Surrounded by layer upon layer, the actions of refueling and cheering, as well as the hanging of flags, have been greatly restricted.

The unified cheering uniforms and cheering sticks set off the home atmosphere of the Meadow Lane Stadium very well. The momentum created by the Notts County fans in the audience made the Notts County players on the field feel extremely excited and proud.

After checking the net and confirming the readiness of both goalkeepers, the referee blew the whistle to start the game.

Both teams are working hard to get three points. Notts County also changed the routine of trying first in the previous games and directly launched a fierce attack on Blackpool's penalty area.

In the 5th minute of the game, after receiving a long pass from Barzagli in the midfield, Guardiola, the head coach and captain of the field, dribbled forward with the ball, looking for the best passing route along the way.

After a few short passes, the ball returned to Guardiola's feet again. Due to the containment of Xavi Alonso and Sneijder, the unmarked Guardiola shot angrily, and the ball went straight to the bottom left corner of the goal. , for Notts County to take the lead, the score was 1-0 on the field, and Notts County took the lead.

Perhaps the goal came too suddenly and too fast. In the next game, both sides made killing moves. The Blackpool coach took down a central defender in the 12th minute and replaced it with a striker. The tactical style of play returned to the traditional long pass and lob, and the three shots from the bottom pass were quickly sacrificed, and it was an indiscriminate bombardment against Notts County's goal.

Notts County is not to be outdone, Sneijder, Hubnell and Motta are constantly trying to shoot inside and outside the penalty area.If it is necessary to select the best player in the first half of the game, the goalkeepers of the two teams must be selected at the same time, because they are too busy.

下半场一开始，布莱克浦又拿下了一名中场球员，阵型从3—5—2变成了3—4—3，诺茨郡在禁区内的压力变得越来越大了。

If the opponent's offense in the first half was still mild and drizzle, then it can be said that there is lightning and thunder before the storm in Notts County's penalty area. What Blackpool lacks is just a goal.

In two minutes, Barzali was directly shown a red card by the referee for a bad foul. Notts County, who played one less player, had to face a bigger problem: the original two full-backs were not tall, and they had to carry the three Blackpool players. The burly man's continuous bombing in the penalty area was a bit exhausting to deal with, and now the main central defender Barzagli was sent off with a red card, which caught Guardiola a little off guard.

Guardiola began to ramp up his attack frantically, hoping to score the winning goal as soon as possible, but Blackpool's offense was more efficient than Notts County's.

In the 605th minute of the game, Blackpool's young striker Antoine received a 45-degree pass from his teammate in the penalty area, scored a volley from close range, and equalized the score for the team.

Guardiola immediately made adjustments, replacing himself who was exhausted, and replaced him with No. 3 Chiellini who had already sat down and prepared for warm-up. The team's formation also became 4-3-1, and the four backs had to defend. Not moving, Harvey Alonso retreated and hit the midfielder to strengthen the arc protection of the penalty area, Sneijder continued to play the midfielder position, and Hubner stepped forward and was ready to fight back at any time.

Wei Xun looked at Guardiola, who was sitting motionless on the coach's bench, feeling a little heavy. He seemed to be thinking about a way to help the team get out of the current predicament: playing one less player, and the opponent's tactics are so simple and rude, how to make it easier for the team? The team moves on?This is indeed a problem!
No.70 In the second minute, Guardiola replaced Harvey Alonso with George Grant, trying to strengthen the defense of the midfielder, and wanted to save this point first.

Immediately after No. 707 minutes, Guardiola took Sneijder and replaced Frank Ribery. This was not a counter-substitution. Hope to open some gaps through his speed and breakthrough to create space for Hubner to score goals.

It's a pity that the good times didn't last long. After only 8 minutes, Guardiola encountered a new problem: No.80 In the second minute, Blackpool midfielder Brown seized Notts County's space at the top of the penalty area and grabbed Notts County. Defender Per Mertesacker took a shot before the block, and the ball flew into the bottom corner of the goal, and Blackpool took the lead in the away game.

2-1, more than 100 "Blackwater" fans who came to the away game burst into cheers after a long absence. They were finally released after being suppressed by the Notts County fans for the whole game.

The familiar song sounded again in the Meiduo Lane Stadium, it was still the popular song, but it was slightly different from the previous one: Wei Xun asked Zhao Tai to find someone to splice the climax part and make a partial adaptation. At this moment, Wei Xun Xun couldn't sit down anymore. He pulled Guardiola and called on the players and coaches on the bench to get up and walk out of the coaching area, and stood in the coach's command area. Everyone sang to the rhythm of the song: "We love victory, We love Meadow..."

The encouragement of the Notts County fans in the audience and the bosses, coaches and teammates on the bench seems to have really infected every player on the Notts County field.

Although they played one less player, their momentum was not weak at all. There is no difference between losing one and losing two or three. Notts County started their iconic attack again: fast passing and transfer, forward straight forward, The precise shot quickly suppressed Blackpool, who was playing one more man, to the vicinity of their penalty area. Lahm and Arbeloa also frequently stepped forward to assist, which allowed Notts County to form a few times in some areas. few.

In stoppage time, the veteran Hubnell's oppressive attack in the penalty area forced the opponent's full-back to return a pass and made a mistake. The slow-moving ball became the possession of the veteran who had been silent for the whole game. Hubnell grabbed the ball near the penalty spot and chose to shoot without any hesitation. The goalkeeper did not save in time, allowing Hubnell's shot to equalize the score for Notts County before the end.

It’s not too late to make amends. Wei Xun really understands what is meant by "an old man is like a treasure" at this time. Sasha in the last game, Hubner and Guardiola in this game, these veterans It is really worth buying.

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