At the start, Mane and Salah flew on both wings

November 19, Brentford Community Stadium, away dressing room

"Did you hear the shouts of the Brentford fans? Although they are 13 points behind us, before the game, Brentford's head coach Frank said that he would personally end our winning streak. Now we're going to go out and beat our opponents and leave Brentford Community Stadium with our heads held high."

"This game also relies on two wingers, Mane and Salah. The opponent's two full-backs are not strong in defensive ability. You should understand what I mean."

The two nodded, isn't it just a blast?

"In addition, the 21-year-old French central defender Klama, this 192 tall central defender is full of threats from the air. The task of tracking him is left to you."Zhou Xu pointed at Maguire and said,"The 18-year-old Ukrainian youngster Yehor and the 19-year-old English player Trevette are Brentford's main offensive launching points. Verratti, you have to delay. He's in a similar position to Kanter. The two of you restrain him."

In the arrangement of this game, Zhou Xu brought Verratti back and played two defensive midfielders. By strengthening the midfielder's hardness, he ensured that Brentford's midfielder could not penetrate.

"Redmond on the wing, this 18-year-old kid is very explosive. If you can't stand it, try to let him cut inside instead of crossing the ball. His dominant foot is right foot, and the left foot of this right winger is weak. He called Tian Zanjiao and asked him to touch the ball with his left foot."This is for Robertson. He will face the impact of Redmond in this game.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the Little Bees want to stop our winning streak in his home stadium, we will never let them succeed, come on!"

The players walked into the stadium, there was no change in the Little Bees' starting lineup, as for Zhou Xu, his lineup also did not change, but after the game started, Verratti would be positioned further back to help Kante more to limit the opponent's penetration in the middle.

Frank's tactics were very effective. Under his tactics, the Little Bees' wing was completely open, but Mane and Salah's cut-in route were intercepted, and the crosses from the two would be cleared by the numerous people in the penalty area. In the middle, the Little Bees sent a large number of troops to attack with all their strength, and Zhou Xu had already begun to command Pogba to return to defense more.

Fortunately, this scene did not last too long. In the 32nd minute of the game, Notts In Notts County's corner kick, Verratti accurately found Maguire at the front point, and Maguire jumped high and headed the ball into the goal, helping Notts County to successfully break the deadlock.

The first half ended quickly, and the two teams entered the second half with a score of Notts County 1:0 Brentford.

There were still no substitutions in the second half, but Zhou Xu soon paid the price for it.

Kante and Verratti received yellow cards in the first half, and they could only reduce the intensity of their defense to prevent being sent off with two yellow cards and one red card.

There was no way, Zhou Xu could only let Pogba retreat to participate in the defense.

This caused Mane and Salah in the frontcourt to be somewhat alone, and neither team had made any progress until the 80th minute of the game.

"The game is coming to an end. Can't Brentford do it? Redmond cuts inside. Coach Frank replaces Redmond to the left, which directly brings this explosive player alive. Foul, yellow card, free kick. Pogba can only commit a tactical foul. He can't stop Redmond. Kante and Verratti behind him both have yellow cards.

This is a free kick that is not easy to shoot directly. Stevens takes the kick. In front of the goal, Stones makes a huge mistake and heads the ball to the opponent. Kramar shoots from a small angle and Alisson saves. Alisson has already made a save, Olakibe makes a supplementary shot and the ball goes in! The game is tied. In the 86th minute of the game, through Stones' mistake, Olakibe made a supplementary shot and scored. Brentford tied Notts County."

Zhou Xu helplessly looked at Olakibe running all over the field. Nottingham Forest also had many opportunities in this game, but unfortunately they were all wasted. As the saying goes, wasting opportunities will be punished. Stones's mistake allowed Olakibe to take advantage of the opportunity. Alisson had no choice. His save was very fast, but unfortunately the ball bounced right to the opponent's feet.

"At the end of the game, we saw that the Notts County players were a little crestfallen. Their 18-match winning streak ended and this was the game in which they scored the fewest goals. At the Brentford Community Stadium, with Olakibe's goal, Brentford drew 1:1 with Notts County, ending Notts County's 18-match winning streak in League One."

"Did we lose? Did we lose? Can't we upgrade? Why are we downcast? We are still ranked first, still 13 points ahead of Brentford. Football is round and no one can win all the time. I am very fortunate that the arrival of this draw will make you understand that success does not run through life, and failure is the main theme."

On the bus, Zhou Xu comforted the Notts County players.

"Yes, the chairman is right."Kante spoke, and he didn't want the team's momentum to be low."I was losing every day in Boulogne. Aren't I still ranked first in English League One? What's more, we haven't lost yet, it's just a draw."

Whether everyone heard it or not, after the draw, the usual holiday did not come, and the next day was still training, and no one complained.

Maybe everyone was not bored because of the draw, but because Notts County was bored throughout the game. Although he was in control of the situation, his 3 points and winning streak were cut off due to a mistake, especially Stones, who seemed to be crying. It was said that Maguire comforted the English kid for a long time that day. Himself.

Fortunately, the Notts County players were not affected by the draw, and they easily won the next two League One games.

The League One teams had already accepted their fate, and they all understood that football teams like Notts County were able to win easily.

It is no longer possible for the team to stay in League One.

The championship is already within their grasp.

When facing Notts County, every team starts to shrink their defense no matter whether it is home or away.

The less Notts County scores, the more difficult it will be.

The fans also accepted their fate and no longer booed a strong player who was destined to be a passerby and would definitely go to a higher stage.

Although Notts County was respected by the fans in these games. Notts County won, but obviously, because these teams used defensive tactics, Notts County did not score many goals on

November 28, the third round draw of the FA Cup, although Notts County. County's FA Cup second round match with Charlton has not yet taken place due to schedule issues, but the draw for the third round has begun, hosted by Irish legend Roy Keane, and it was another perfect draw. In the draw, the winner of Notts County and Charlton will play against Harbin Town, which is also in League One.

Zhou Xu has to admit that maybe the Football Association does prefer him.