At the start, Mane and Salah flew on both wings

"Scavenging from Ligue 2, will Notts County be relegated from League One?"

Looking at the headline-grabbing newspaper in his hand, Zhou Xu was actually not angry.

Just like when Sir Alex Ferguson led the children of Class 92 of the Red Devils, some people ridiculed that nothing can be achieved by relying on children. But now Ferguson is the most successful head coach in England, not even one.

Putting down the newspaper, Zhou Xu looked at the scouting report completed by Laura. Notts County will face Sheffield Wednesday in the middle of League One on August 6.

Sheffield Wednesday seems to have a fan base in China, and fans refer to this club as simply"Sheffield Wednesday".

Sheffield Wednesday's current head coach is Jermain Johnson from Jamaica. In this season's pre-season friendly matches, Sheffield Wednesday had 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss in 4 games. In the league opener, they drew with Swain 2:2 away from home. Deng.

In Laura's report, the threats to Sheffield Wednesday seem to be all goalkeepers. The 35-year-old goalkeeper Weaver is becoming more and more demonic as he gets older. He made several very crucial saves in the last draw with Swindon Town. Weaver even saved a single shot in one game. This goalkeeper, who may be in his last season, has saved countless single shots in his career. He is even famous for saving a certain key single shot.

In addition, Sheffield Wednesday's header threat is great. According to Laura's inspection, Sheffield Wednesday's two central defenders, Rob Jones and Lewis Buxton, are tall and can hit the ball. Jones is even as tall as 2.01 meters. In addition to the central defender, the 194-meter forward Garamedin is also a header expert. The Englishman scored a perfect header in the last game.

Sheffield Wednesday's shortcoming is that although they have headers, they don't have anyone who can pass long passes that are comfortable for players to receive. Sheffield Wednesday's corner kicks and free kicks are not ranked in League One, so Zhou Xu feels that relying on With Maguire's performance, it is enough to defend against Sheffield Wednesday's high-altitude bombing.

As for tactics, Johnson used a 433 high pressure similar to Zhou Xu, but with Manes Salah's speed and breakthrough ability, Zhou Xu didn't think there were players in English League One who could press this group of people.

Let's play normally, Zhou Xu thought. The opponent is not a big threat in this game.

"Hey, Chairman, Fred's world wave was selected as the best goal of the month."Williams found Zhou Xu

"Propaganda, vigorous publicity."Zhou Xu kept waving, a little excited,"Let's show it to the fans, and it will also improve the morale of the players."

The game was held on July 30, so just two days later on August 1, various July competitions began.

Zhou Xu participated in the draw of the League Cup. In the first round of the League Cup, Zhou Xu turned out to be another Sheffield Wednesday was drawn.

The match day soon came. On August 6, Notts County will go to Hillsborough Stadium to challenge Sheffield Wednesday at home.

Zhou Xu and the players took the bus to Sheffield, South Yorkshire. , at Hillsborough Stadium, nearly 30,000 fans came here to support his beloved team, and there were about 3,000 fans from the visiting team's expeditionary force.

Of course, the more reason is the restrictions within the Sheffield Wednesday team. , they are unwilling to allow more visiting team fans to enter the stadium. Of course, Notts County's home court will also limit the number of visiting team fans, which is a must.

"Hear the chants from rival fans? Feeling nervous? Now, let's go out and beat them."After that, Kanter and Mane stood up and were about to enter the field.

"Hey, hey, I still need to explain the tactics. Do you want to be so honest? You can't leave yet. I just want to encourage you."

The locker room burst into laughter again. Mane and Kanter also touched their foreheads, somewhat confused.

"First, we have to target the 25-year-old England centre-back Aden Flint. Every time he touches the ball, Vardy, robs him. In recent games, he has conceded the most goals defensively, and Pierce has to mark his headers. It is Maguire who defends Jones. This is a difficult task. After all, Jones is two meters tall.

What is uncertain is whether Flint will start again. After all, Buxton can also be the starting central defender. If Buxton and Pierce play, you have to defend him, and Maguire's task remains unchanged."

Notts County's double central defender nodded, and Zhou Xu continued to arrange targeted tactics.

"Chris Ryant in the midfield, the 28-year-old England midfielder has a superb passing ability, but if he is pressed, he can only complain. Pogba, Verratti, and Kante, I want you to finish pressing him in the midfield, at least not let him pass the ball comfortably.

As for the most threatening forward Garay, the 23-year-old forward has not yet been able to train his weak foot, let his left foot touch the ball more, and mark his right foot. This requires Kante and Marquez. Quill worked together.

Okay, everyone, I’m counting on you for my first away game."

After Zhou Xu finished speaking, everyone walked out of the visiting team's dressing room and walked onto Hillsborough Stadium. Feeling the shouts of the home team's fans, Zhou Xu was still a little nervous.

At the beginning of the game, Maguire succeeded again, Notts County The first kick-off.

On the home team's coaching bench, 34-year-old Jamaican Johnson stood on the sidelines. Rumor has it that Sheffield Wednesday's players are still dissatisfied with the Jamaican coach. Johnson was a Jamaican international during his playing career. Unfortunately, it is Jamaican. Notts County was not a strong team.

In the 4th minute of the game, Notts County changed the score. Pogba scored a lightning goal, and Notts County led 1:0 away from home.

"Verratti's pass, the Italian kid scored three goals in the last game. Unfortunately, the ball was cleared by Flint's header. At two o'clock, Mane grabbed the ball and the Senegalese sent a through ball. Who is this, Pogba, how did he appear in this position, he caught up with the ball and hit the goal! The ball passed through the near corner, and goalkeeper Weaver was helpless.

The French boy scored the first goal of his Notts County career. The former Manchester United player opened the scoring for Notts County. Notts County scored a lightning goal and took a 1:0 lead in the away game. The home fans are now silent. They did not expect it. Mane's wonderful pass did not expect midfielder Pogba to advance to this position."

After Pogba scored, he opened his arms and waited for Mane to hug him when he arrived. Zhou Xu, who was still a little nervous, saw that he had scored in just 4 minutes of the game. He looked up to the sky and roared out his heart. nervous

"Pogba! Pogba!"Thousands of away fans shouted with the momentum of ten thousand people, and they almost turned the away game into their home game.

This goal seemed to confuse the Sheffield Wednesday players and head coach Johnson. They had not made a plan to lose the ball so early. Johnson could not make effective adjustments, and the situation on the field was still under the control of Notts County.