Chapter Fifty-Nine: In Full Swing

Back at the Huntington Bulls training base, some of the team's players had a day off, and the coaching staff began to focus on training to host the Middlesbrough squad on January 1. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

Middlesbrough Football Club, which is also one of the founding members of the Premier League, was unfortunately eliminated from the Premier League in its first season, and did not have the same strength as Nottingham Forest and Crystal Palace in League One, like a mid-table team in League One, with no hope of re-entering the Premier League.

Middlesbrough's head coach Lawrence is a typical academy manager who has not played a single professional league game, but that hasn't stopped him from being successful in coaching. Middlesbrough was also able to become a founding member of the Premier League when the team was not strong because of Lawrence, but the team ultimately competed for the strength of the team.

On January 1, 1994, the match between Niu Han United and Middlesbrough at the Manor Stadium in Huntington, in the cheers of almost the whole stadium of Niu Han United fans, Middlesbrough's famous striker Bernard Joseph was lost in the defensive wall of Niu Han United.

But in front of a group of wolf-like attacking lineups, Niu Han United conceded three goals happily like a big water bursting its banks, and then twisted their butts and the whole team returned to Middlesbrough in North Yorkshire.

Niu Hanlian's first battle of the new year has completed a good start in this way, and the media is expected to win Niu Hanlian's victory.

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The club is now in a multiple-choice position, with an away trip to Birmingham on January 3 and an FA Cup match against old rivals Terry Rangers on January 8.

This season, just halfway through the schedule, Niu Han United has fought three fierce battles with Temilan Rangers. Although Niu Han United won 2 wins and 1 loss, the FA Cup is a game to win or lose, and there is still a lot of chance.

II had a brief meeting with the coaching staff. The meeting unanimously agreed that Niu Hanlian has achieved a big advantage in the league, or strive to go further in the FA Cup, if they win the championship, even if they are runners-up, then it is possible to enter the European arena.

With the strength of the Niu Han League, in the European arena, it is not a fish belly, this is the best time for Niu Han United to make a voice in Europe.

Everyone also thought so, and the players of the Niu Han United team were also happy when they heard the team's decision.

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When the time came to the third day, the youth army of the Niu Han Union began to set off for Birmingham.

Birmingham City are now entering a dark period in the club's history, having been relegated from the top flight in 1985/86 and League C for the first time in their history two years later.

At this time, the owners of Birmingham City also changed, and the Kumar brothers, who had made their fortune in the clothing industry, bought the football club in 1989 until they returned to the first division in the 1991/92 season.

While Birmingham was rejoicing, the Premier League was formed. The English football club is not simply contracting this fish pond to raise fish. Now that the football club has changed from fish ponds to resorts, the thinking of contracting pond fish farming cannot keep up with the development ideas. In fact, it is contracted to raise fish in fish ponds, but in fact, this is not so easy to raise.

Due to the changes in the business environment in England, the Kumar brothers have financial problems, and the club's achievements are facing pressure from local rivals Aston Villa.

Aston Villa, now in one of the most glorious periods in the club's history, finished runners-up in the first season of the Premier League in 1992-93 under manager Atkinson, almost bringing Villa the title of the first season of the Premier League.

The brilliance of their rivals and their own team's struggle in the second tier of England were like the last straw on the camel's shoulder, and the Birmingham City fans were angry with the Kumar brothers, who simply broke the jar and broke the pot, leaving Birmingham City Club unable to bounce and financially unable to make ends meet.

In desperation, Crédit International hosted Birmingham City Club to find a replacement.

At this time, almost at the same time as the second generation of the Niu Han League, the British publisher Sullivan only spent 700,000 pounds to buy this big club with a longer history than the Niu Han League, and took on all the debts of the Birmingham City Club.

After Sullivan took over Birmingham City FC, he appointed Brady, who was only 23 years old, as general manager. From outsiders, there is little difference between the owners of Birmingham City Club and Niu Han United Club, the boss is replaced, and the managers are young, which is a new atmosphere of vitality.

It's a pity that Birmingham City Club was only able to survive relegation on the last match day of last season, but Niu Han United was reborn from a cocoon, which is full of vitality!

In the 1993/94 season, Birmingham City FC head coach Cooper led his team to welcome the youth team of the Bulls United at St Andrews' Stadium.

The Niu Han United team is said to be a youth army, but the strength of Niu Han United cannot be underestimated.

In this game, Nishi, as the captain, played well, kicked overhead, scored a goal in each half, and scored twice, and Niu Han United won 2:3 away against Birmingham.

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The long-awaited FA Cup of England has begun.

New competition, old rivals, Niu Han United players lined up to go to Merseyside.

Today's weather is unusually cold, and the huge ocean body seems to have lost its temperature regulating function, making the Atlantic seaside city of Merseyside seem as if it is not as warm as Oxford.

Perhaps the specific heat of the water has failed again, causing the ice to freeze over the Plainmere Rovers' Primon Park stadium in Merseyside.

Before the start of the game, the players of Niu Hanlian took off their padded jackets and began to warm up on the court of Pretton Park. One by one, they all moved their bodies seriously, but their expressions were not as relaxed as before.

The faces of the players were very heavy at the sound of the freeze or the pressure of the game.

With motivation comes pressure!

In this game, the second rotation rested, and there was no play, and the Niu Han United team has already put out the strongest lineup.

By the time the game started, Nishi knew why it was so cold today.

The Tranmere Wanderers were dripping water into ice, gathering dirt into a wall, and posing in a formation of giant turtles.

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Defend, defend naked!

Redknapp glanced at the bench next door. The head coach of the Tranmere Rovers, John Allen King, his purpose is very clear, I will defend, you bite me!

The FA Cup was a winner-winner, and the Tranmere Rovers team was under a lot of pressure in League One and were hovering in the promotion zone, and if they were not careful, they would have picked up the sesame seeds and lost the watermelon.

So, the Tranmere Rovers team adopts a defensive strategy, which is really beyond reproach.

However, if you only see the Tranmere Rovers team arranged by King John Allen in a large turtle defensive formation, blindly attacking and attacking, then you are out of luck.

You see the three guys in front of the Tranmere Rovers, John. Aldridge is the finisher at the head, and behind him is winger John Morrissy, and there is a "three-ability" strongman who can organize, attack and defend. (To be continued.) )