Chapter 216: Two Enemy Teams
After the FA Cup, Notts County will return to the league and will face a big opponent - Leicester City.
The last time they met, Leicester City made another farce after injuring Marcos Alonso, and that game was simply the most game of the whole season in League One.
Now that the enemies are seeing each other, they are very angry, and Notts County is ready to fight to the death, they don't believe that Leicester City dares to play lethal tactics in this game.
They were right, Leicester really didn't want to continue to entangle with Notts County in this game.
Leicester are pragmatists, and the reason why they got Alonso down in the last game was because Notts County are league leaders, and if they are in turmoil, they will have a chance to occupy the top spot after being relegated from the Premier League.
That's why they do things that harm others and themselves, and hurt both sides.
However, the situation is completely different from the last time they met.
Notts County are still at the top of the table, and a few blocks away from the pursuers behind them is simply something that no one can overturn if they want to.
Leicester City, on the other hand, have relinquished second place and are currently in third place, in the midst of a team chasing Portsmouth.
If the Blue Foxes continue to use a lose-lose strategy, then it will definitely not be themselves who will benefit, but will benefit teams such as Portsmouth.
So, they didn't take this game off the rails.
In the end, Notts County won a key battle away from Leicester City.
However, it is not time for Notts County to relax yet, as the number and importance of the season have been the highest in recent times, and they simply cannot stop moving forward.
The 29th round of the league will be against Derby County, another team that was relegated from last season.
However, Derby County are nowhere near as good as Portsmouth's exemplary side, and have become public enemies of League One clubs since their chairman turned into mockery mode.
First slaughtered by Notts County, then a wave of five consecutive defeats, until now, Derby County still have not struggled out of the relegation zone, every team has done their best against them, even if they lose, they will bite you.
If Derby County are not able to change their predicament, then Derby County could well become the laughing stock of the English league system.
I've seen two seasons in a row to be promoted, but who's seen two seasons in a row to be relegated?
And this scene is very likely to happen, and the two opponents of this game are these two extremes.
Derby County have blamed Notts County for what happened to them, and if it weren't for that massacre, Derby County might not be in such a bad situation.
If they can beat Notts County in this game, it will not only be a reincarnation, but it will also be able to change the status quo, and maybe this will be the turning point for them to get out of their predicament.
Derby County were confident of winning, but Notts County didn't see Derby County too much as an opponent at this time.
Who has ever seen a league leader go toe-to-toe with a team in the relegation zone?
Although Derby County taunted Notts County in the first leg, that massacre had taught Derby County enough lessons that Notts County really didn't bother to bother with them now.
The two teams are no longer on the same level in terms of strength or mentality.
Once the game began, Derby County pressed back and stormed, as if they wanted to vent their frustration all season in this game.
However, everything was very different from what they had envisioned.
Their level of offensive is no longer taken seriously by Notts County.
Holding on for a few waves, and then two simple counterattacks, the score became 2:0, and everything seemed so natural.
The Derby County players were dumbfounded, this was not a script they had designed!
But the reality is so cruel, their journey of revenge has just begun, and it has already ended.
Notts County won a game that should have been in the spotlight.
Derby County dropped the chain so much, and the momentum before the game was violent, but there was no trouble for Notts County in the game, and the reporters were about to laugh at Derby County to death.
If you don't have the strength, you still beep, you deserve to be demoted!
Derby County and Notts County are completely two heavens, while the other team is also suffering because of this game.
That team is Nottingham Forest.
Notts County is a sworn enemy of Nottingham Forest, and Derby County is also a sworn enemy of Nottingham Forest, with Nottingham Forest and the level of hatred between the two almost equal.
If possible, they would like both teams to lose in this game, however, how can there be a game where both opponents lose?
Therefore, Nottingham Forest retreated to the next best thing, hoping that the two teams would fall apart in this game, injuring ten or eight of them, and then ending up in a draw, which would be better.
Of course, the end result was not bad for Nottingham Forest.
This is no longer considered from the perspective of a mortal enemy, but from the perspective of oneself.
The taillights of Notts County are all they can't catch, and winning or losing is just a psychological comfort for them, not an actual impact on them.
Derby County are different, the two teams are still in direct rivalry, and if Derby County win, they are likely to get out of the relegation zone and kick Nottingham Forest into the relegation zone.
Thankfully, Notts County won.
Although Nottingham Forest are reluctant to admit this, they do have the light of Notts County.
After 29 league games, no one in Notts County is looking at the standings anymore, well, that doesn't seem accurate, because they don't look at their own standings, because no one thinks anyone can beat them.
They focus on the rankings of their rivals or teams that don't have a good relationship, and it seems that this kind of game is more interesting to see their results.
Leicester have dropped to fourth place in the table after losing their game against Notts County, and have been much slower to catch up with Portsmouth;
Needless to say, Derby County is already deep in the relegation zone, and has just been kicked in by Notts County, seriously injured, and there are countless teams waiting to fall into the well, it is already too difficult to turn over, and the fate of relegation seems to be ready to come at any time;
Reading are slightly better, a brutal team that sticks to their own style and does scare some teams, with no promotion or relegation threat.
As for Nottingham Forest, the biggest rival in the same city, although it has not entered the relegation zone, it has not completely gotten rid of it, and there is still a danger of relegation.
If Nottingham Forest do manage to be relegated, it could be even happier for Notts County than if they have won a title. (To be continued.) )