Chapter 43: Blackburn

Having just returned to England from the United States, David received a phone call from Soriano, the future president of the wealthy family, who agreed to be the CEO of Notts County, and the family would be in England two weeks later after Soriano had handed over the work at hand.

David was overjoyed when he got the news, it is not easy to find an excellent CEO in this era, those who have been famous for a long time and have served in wealthy families, with the situation in Notts County, they can't be dug at all, only Soriano, a rising star in the previous life, can be poached by David.

David was happy to tell Soriano that he would come to England as soon as possible, because there were two big projects waiting for him immediately, the team's training base and the construction of the new stadium, David was going to completely let Soriano operate, and he would only put forward some opinions in the early stage.

During his more than a week in the United States, Notts County played two League Two games against Blackpool and Wigan Athletic, and Notts County won seven consecutive games and moved up to second place in the table, just two points away from Brighton at the top of the table.

However, Notts County's momentum is not as ferocious as that of promoted Breeton, who have shown their top quality and consistency in League Two, losing only nine league games against Notts County and winning the remaining eight to win the table.

For Brighton, which seems to be full of doping, in fact, Notts County really didn't pay attention to it, because the team itself is in good shape, and the skills and tactics are gradually taking shape, as long as there is no large-scale injury trouble, catch up with the opponent in the standings, and besides, the opponent is still his own defeat, what qualifications do you have to play in front of yourself.

The league is in full swing and the good form has made Loew more ambitious for the cup competition.

The Carabao Cup third round opponents have already been drawn and the result has left Loew a little frustrated as Notts County have once again met a Premier League side after knocking out Middlesbrough, this time against Blackburn.

Although Blackburn Rovers were promoted from League One last season, this veteran powerhouse is definitely not to be underestimated, and Violent Ben has a much deeper heritage than Notts County, you know, they were the champions of the Premier League six years ago.

However, Loew will not despair, even against the top giants, Notts County will not give up, and it is still unclear how much energy Blackburn will be able to put into the Carabao Cup.

As a promoted horse, Blackburn's first goal must be Premier League relegation, although no matter the Premier League, Blackburn's three wins and two losses in the middle of the standings seem to be worry-free about relegation, but this is only the early stage of the league, they still have to work hard to play Premier League game after game.

Either way, the opponent is already determined, and there is no point in calculating more, and Loew is well aware that Notts County may not be upset against Blackburn.

But before this Carabao Cup third round fixture, Notts County have three more League Two games, the first of which is against Cardiff in League Two.

In this league, Notts County rotated several key players, and most of the starters were substitutes, and in Cardiff's view, Notts County were going to give up this game.

But David knows very well that even the substitute lineup is all future first-class stars, even superstars, and changing them does not mean that the team will give up this league, and the strength of the substitute squad is not much inferior to the main lineup.

Cardiff, who thought they were in danger of winning, were blinded by Notts County's onslaught at the opening kick and were eager to play against Notts County, but the huge pressure of the defence made them pass the half very few times.

Cardiff's coach knew that it was not good as soon as he saw the situation on the field, if he didn't adjust his tactics to unify the thinking of the players on the field, I was afraid that Cardiff would be beaten into a colander in this game, so he hurried to the sidelines to shout and gesture, and all the staff defended it, at least to ensure that they could not concede the goal, as for the goal, I still don't want to think about it.

While directing the team to retreat, Coach Cardiff's heart was like 10,000 grass and mud horse beasts roaring by, leaving poop all over the ground.

Didn't Nima say she was going to give up the game?

Nima: This is the Notts County bench?

He doesn't know how to describe his mood at this time, if he gives Cardiff the Notts County lineup, then he is confident that he will directly lead Cardiff to promotion to League One.

With Cardiff holding on to the penalty area, Notts County were firmly in control of the situation on the pitch but were unable to break through the opponent's goal.

In the first half, Notts County had a full 21 shots on goal, except for a few shots that rushed to the stands and hit the plane, the rest were either blocked by the opponent with their bodies, or were bravely resolved by the opponent's goalkeeper, and it was a pity that there were two goal frames, and there was no goal.

David sat in the coach's seat and thought absent-mindedly, maybe the value of the opponent's goalkeeper will rise sharply after this game, are you Spider-Man?

In the second half, Notts County deployed troops, and even stuffed Mertesacker, a tall man, into the opponent's penalty area to do the work of a center forward, but the balance of victory today was not tilted in favor of Notts County.

When Altentop Jr.'s shot from the edge of the box grazed the post in stoppage time, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game.

Notts County, who had 39 shots on goal, could only return to Nottingham with a score of 0:0.

The players' expressions were very frustrated, and it was difficult for anyone to be happy in such a situation.

David and Loew walked into the field and comforted the players as if they had lost, it was just a draw, not the end of the world, no big deal.

However, the training to break the dense defense should be carried out in a planned way, if Notts County has been in a strong form, many League Two teams will probably choose relatively conservative tactics when facing Notts County, and do everything they can, and it is better to get a point than to lose the game.

With a draw, Notts County were overtaken in third place in the table thanks to another victory for Brighton and Mansfield behind them.

Originally, Mansfield faced the strength of Notts County, and there was already a tendency to clamp his tail and be a man, but who would have thought that after this round of games, Notts County actually made a mistake, so Ginopozzo trembled again.

'That's right, Mansfield will be promoted this season, just as they have surpassed Notts County in points after this game, and we will overtake Brighton and be promoted to League One as League Two champions.

"Actually, Notts County are not comparable to Mansfield at all, Notts County have a completely new squad and maybe they can achieve something when other teams are not familiar with their technical and tactical style of play and the individual ability of the players, like the winning streak a few days ago."

'But what does that mean, when the other teams know about Notts County, they don't have anything to do with it, and the draw between Notts County and Cardiff is the best proof of that.'

"As long as you are familiar with their play, it is easy to restrain them, at least you won't lose, what is there to be afraid of such a team!"