reborn football boss

Chapter 43 Blackburn
Just returned to England from the United States, David unexpectedly received a call from Soriano. The future president of the wealthy family agreed to be the CEO of Notts County. Two weeks later, Soriano finished the handover. The family will come to England after working.

David was overjoyed when he got the news. It is not easy to find an outstanding CEO in this era. Those who have been famous for a long time and worked in wealthy families, in the situation of Notts County, it is impossible to find them. Only Soriano in his previous life The up-and-comers can be scooped up by David taking the lead.

David happily told Soriano that he must come to England as soon as possible, because there are two big projects waiting for him, the team's training base and the construction of the new stadium. David intends to let Soriano completely No to operate, he will only put forward some opinions in the early stage.

During David's stay in the United States for more than a week, Notts County played two League Two games against Blackpool and Wigan Athletic. It also rose to second place in the standings, only two points behind Brighton at the top of the standings.

However, the momentum of Notts County is not as ferocious as the newly promoted Breton. This dark horse has shown top strength and strong stability in the second league. A complete victory in the game, proud of the standings.

For Brighton, which seems to be full of stimulants, Notts County really doesn't pay attention to it, because the team itself is in good condition, and its skills and tactics are gradually taking shape. Catching up with the opponent in the standings is a sure thing, and besides, the opponent is still his own defeat, so what right does he have to show off in front of him.

The momentum in the league is like a foothold, and the good state makes Loew have more ambitions for the cup.

The opponents in the third round of the League Cup have been drawn, and the result made Loew a little helpless, because Notts County met the Premier League team again after eliminating Middlesbrough, this time their opponent was Blackburn.

Although Blackburn just broke through from League One to upgrade to the Premier League last season, this veteran team must not be underestimated. The background of violence is much deeper than that of Notts County. You know, they were the champions of the Premier League six years ago.

But Loew will not be desperate. Even if he meets the top giants, Notts County will not give up. Moreover, it is still unclear how much energy Blackburn can invest in the League Cup.

As a newly promoted team, Blackburn’s most important goal must be to avoid relegation in the Premier League. Although Blackburn’s three wins and two losses in the middle of the standings seem to be no problem for relegation regardless of the end of the Premier League, this is only the initial stage of the league, and they still have to work hard Play one Premier League game after another.

In any case, the opponent has already been determined, and it is meaningless to calculate more. Love is very clear that Notts County may not necessarily panic when facing Blackburn.

But before the third round of the League Cup, Notts County will play three more games in the League Two. The opponent in the first game is Cardiff, a veteran of the League Two.

In this league, Notts County has rotated several main players, and most of the starting players are substitutes. In Cardiff's view, Notts County is about to give up this game.

But David is very clear that even the substitute lineup is all future first-class stars, even superstars. Changing them to play does not mean that the team will give up the league. The strength of the substitute lineup is not much inferior to the main lineup.

Cardiff, who thought they had the chance to win, was caught up in Notts County's mad attack at the beginning. They wanted to play against Notts County, but the huge pressure of defense made them pass the half-court very few times.

The coach of Cardiff knew that it was not good when he saw the situation on the field. If he did not adjust his tactics to unify the thinking of the players on the field, I am afraid that Cardiff would be beaten into a colander in this game. , at least make sure not to concede the ball. As for scoring goals, I still don't want to think about it.

While commanding the team to retreat, the Cardiff coach felt as if ten thousand mud horse beasts roared past, leaving behind poop all over the floor.

Didn't Nima agree to give up the game?

Nima, this is Notts County's substitute lineup?
He didn't know how to describe his mood at this time. If he gave Cardiff the Notts County lineup, then he would have the confidence to take Cardiff directly to the League One.

With Cardiff sticking to the penalty area, although Notts County firmly controlled the situation on the field, they were unable to break through the opponent's goal.

In the first half, Notts County took 21 shots. Except for a few shots that rushed into the stands and hit the plane, the rest were either blocked by the opponent's body to catch the eye, or were bravely resolved by the opponent's goalkeeper. What's more, there were two goal frames , not a single goal.

David sat on the coach's bench and thought absently, maybe the opponent's goalkeeper will be worth a lot after this game, are you Spider-Man?
In the second half, Notts County dispatched troops, and even stuffed Mertesacker, a tall man, into the opponent's penalty area to work as a center forward, but the balance of victory today was not tilted towards Notts County.

When Altintop Jr.'s shot from the front of the penalty area hit the post and flew out of the baseline in stoppage time, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game.

Notts County, who blasted 39 shots from the audience, could only return to Nottingham with a score of 0:0.

The expressions of the players are very frustrated, and it is difficult for anyone to be happy in the face of such a situation.

David and Love walked into the field and comforted the players who seemed to have lost. It was just a draw, not the end of the world, no big deal.

However, the training to break the intensive defense should be carried out in a planned way. If Notts County has been in a strong state, many League Two teams will probably choose relatively conservative tactics when facing Notts County. In the extreme, getting a point is better than losing the game with no hair.

A draw was achieved. As Brighton won again and Mansfield behind him also won, Notts County was overtaken in points and ranked third in the standings.

Facing the strength of Notts County, Mansfield had already had a tendency to tuck his tail and be a man, but who would have thought that Notts County would make a mistake after this round of competition, so Gino Pozzo trembled again.

"That's right, Mansfield will be promoted successfully this season, as if we surpassed Notts County in points after this game. In the future, we will surpass Brighton and upgrade to League One as the champions of League Two."

"Actually, Notts County is not comparable to Mansfield at all. Notts County's lineup is brand new. Maybe they can achieve some results when other teams are not familiar with their technical and tactical style of play and the individual abilities of the players. It’s like the winning streak of the past few days.”

"But what does it mean? When other teams understand Notts County, they have nothing to show for it. The draw between Notts County and Cardiff in this game is the best proof."

"As long as you are familiar with their play, you can easily restrain them, at least you won't lose. What's so scary about such a team!"

(End of this chapter)