reborn football boss

Chapter 55 Giant Killer

In League Two, Notts County is the biggest winner in the scorer list. Hubnell and Villa have taken the top two scores. Ranked No.5 through strong performance.

Other teams are simply envious of Notts County's strikers. The number of goals scored by these three strikers alone has exceeded the overall league goals scored by many teams. What an embarrassing thing for them.

Notts County's excellent performance in the league has made fans expect the team to do something in the cup, and the club naturally has this consideration.

Therefore, in the fourth round of the League Cup home game against the League One team Manchester City, the Meadow Lane Stadium was once again full, and countless fans who could not buy tickets could only watch the real-time images on the big screen outside the stadium. And the fans in the stands cheered for the team.

For Manchester City, David is very familiar with it, although what he is familiar with is Manchester City, a local tyrant in his previous life, so it is useless!

Manchester City, which ranked 17th last season and was tragically relegated from the Premier League, is destined to re-upgrade to the Premier League as the biggest goal in the new season, but their strength is also unique in the League One. With an excellent record, they are currently ranked in the League One. Top of the league standings.

David knows that at the end of this season, they will return to the Premier League. Even though Manchester City is not a Premier League giant, they have the strength to gain a foothold in the Premier League.

And if David remembers correctly, the famous player Sun Jihai will transfer to Manchester City during this winter transfer period and become the banner of Chinese overseas players.

No one knows how much energy Manchester City, which is currently aiming at league promotion, will put into the League Cup. The opponents are all low-level teams, even if the reserve team and youth team are sent, they can easily advance.

In any case, Notts County, which aims to win the championship, must aim to defeat its opponents. After all, even two Premier League teams have been defeated. Are you afraid of a quasi-Premier League team that may not necessarily fight with you?
But it seems that God is going to have trouble with Notts County. It is fine to draw consecutive strong teams in the League Cup, but what does it mean to let these strong teams play to death?

No matter Middlesbrough or Blackburn they met before, they are all trying their best, and they don't look like they don't pay attention to the League Cup. God knows why these guys are still so lively when they play three games a week.

This game seems to be the same, even though Manchester City just played a league round four days ago, and there will be a league round three days later, but they still sent their entire main lineup, and they really have to fight Notts County. .

Manchester City will not be unaware of Notts County's current strength, but they still did this, is it just to avenge Middlesbrough and Blackburn who were eliminated by Notts County?

This is a bit too unreasonable!

Perhaps they felt that a team that even the Premier League teams could not beat was defeated by them. From another perspective, let's declare that Manchester City should gain a foothold in the Premier League.

Other than that, David couldn't think of any other reason.

But that's good too. Continuously playing strong teams can make the team grow faster, which is extremely beneficial to both the club and the players.

As soon as the game started, Notts County launched a fierce attack by virtue of the advantage of the home court, defeating Manchester City's main lineup, which was originally a little careless, and scored a goal by Di Natale in the 15th minute.

Although he attached great importance to Manchester City before the game, coach Keegan still stubbornly believed that there were many reasons why two consecutive Premier League teams were eliminated by Notts County. The team doesn't pay attention to the Cup and Notts County, the third is the factor of luck.

It is precisely because of Keegan's attitude between importance and contempt that the situation on the Manchester City field is bad. Perhaps they have forgotten that their strength is not as good as the two Premier League teams.

After being led by Notts County, Keegan became furious on the sidelines, shouting loudly at the players on the field, even if not to the extent of swearing. The humiliation mentality when Ci County was defeated.

However, Manchester City's own strength is not necessarily much higher than that of Notts County. In addition, Notts County's state in the home game has always been bursting, and the offensive wave after wave has suppressed Manchester City.

Although neither side scored a goal in the first half, anyone who understands football can see that Manchester City actually have no way to take Notts County. It is more important to concede only one goal in the first half. I would like to thank the Manchester City goalkeeper for his brave performance.

During the half-time break, Keegan scolded the Manchester City players in the dressing room, without considering the players' feelings at all. Of course, he has the right to do so, but the question is, what does it help?
Notts County still took the initiative in the second half, and Loew has already explained at halftime that they must continue to speed up the offensive rhythm, because Manchester City's physical fitness will definitely be problematic under repeated battles. As long as Notts County makes another victory, There is not much suspense in the game, and Notts County also needs to prepare for the next game.

Some people may say that Loew is too arrogant to even look down on a quasi-Premier League team like Manchester City, which ranks at the top of the League One standings, but in fact, Notts County does perform better than Manchester City.

As the physical fitness of the Manchester City players declined, Notts County seized the opportunity and scored the goal that sealed the victory.

Keegan sat back on the coach's bench weakly. He knew that the suspense of this game had been killed. Perhaps earlier, Manchester City had lost hope of advancing.

Next, both sides unanimously adjusted their lineups to reserve strength for the following games.

After the game, Keegan said in an interview that the strength of Notts County should not be measured according to the league level. He is very glad that Notts County is not in the League One this season, otherwise it is now ranked in the League One standings. The team may not be Manchester City.

When he said this, Keegan was a little frustrated. It was not easy for a very proud person to say the words of admitting defeat. Once upon a time, Keegan, who led Newcastle, even ignored Manchester United.

After this game, Notts County officially received a nickname - the giant killer.

Eliminated three Premier League teams in the League Cup in a row. Well, Manchester City can barely be regarded as this level. Such a title is not too much.

Some people may say that the three teams are not giants, but this is to be compared.

Aren't three Premier League teams considered giants for a League Two team?
(End of this chapter)