Notts County's staffing is strong enough to stand out even in League One and they haven't fallen behind in the competition with Premier League teams, at least for now, they have forced Blackburn Rovers to play high.

Of course, the high ball itself is also Blackburn's specialty, but most of the time, they only use this tactic when they are facing a team of the same level or even stronger, and against a lower team, they usually don't have the face to play so simply and roughly.

But the problem now is that the Notts County defence, if not invulnerable, in defending the ball in the air is enough to make Blackburn a head in the bag.

Notts County has five decent central defenders, except for Carvalho, who is injured and unable to play, among the remaining four central defenders, the lowest height is Dutchman Bora Luz, but the Dutch central defender is sitting on the bench at this time, and the two central defenders on the field, Westerman and Lescott, are both tall central defenders who are close to or more than 1.9 meters tall, which is suitable for the general style of English football.

Combined, the two can control more than 90% of the first landing point of the high-altitude ball, which ensures that the Notts County goal is not threatened to the greatest extent.

Seeing that the high-altitude bombing tactics did not work, Souness was also a little helpless, he really didn't know which of the two teams was the Premier League team!

Of course, Blackburn's defense is still good, although Notts County have the advantage of possession in midfield, but whenever the ball hits Blackburn's penalty area, it will be cleared by the opponent's veteran defence, which does not pose much of a threat.

The first half was uneventful, neither Notts County nor Blackburn Rovers raised the tempo to the fastest, both with tentative intentions and with the strength of both sides.

Loew was very calm on the sidelines, because no matter how you look at it, the situation is very favorable for Notts County, even if the game is tied in 90 minutes, the team will not be at a disadvantage in terms of fitness, not to mention, in order to go further in the cup competition, the whole team of Notts County has a penalty training.

At half-time, Loew did not make much adjustment to the tactics, but only told Alonso to speed up the tempo at the right time and be able to catch the opponent off guard.

Souness, on the other hand, took the lead in the second half, replacing a striker with a midfielder, which seemed to stabilize the midfield's defense, but in Loew's view, the old and spicy coach definitely wanted to boil frogs in warm water and wanted to drag the game into extra time or even a penalty shootout.

Perhaps there is some truth to his idea, because the training of League Two teams is certainly not as standardized as that of Premier League teams, and the schedule of League Two is also more intensive than that of Premier League, perhaps physical fitness is the Achilles heel of Notts County, and it is an effective breakthrough for them to beat Notts County.

Just drag the game into extra time and they will regain the upper hand.

But he didn't know that the physical reserves of the Notts County players are definitely not inferior to the Premier League players, and the pre-season devil training is not a joke, and on the other hand, Loew has always been firmly implementing the rotation strategy, even if the team has many injured players who cannot play, but it is enough for Loew to deploy troops, and physical fitness is definitely not the weakness of Notts County.

With this in mind, he was doomed to return disappointed.

With 75 minutes played, Alonso sensed his opponent's intention to hold on and quietly picked up the speed of his pass, and several players in midfield quickly realised that this was the signal from the commander.

Around Alonso, several players ran more aggressively, looking for openings, and little by little towards Blackburn's penalty area, which the Blackburn players didn't seem to be aware of, still arranging the defence in the midfield according to their usual rhythm.

Alonso received the ball and reversed the repeated short passes, and suddenly the long pass found Ribery who was already close to the bottom line, and the Scar Warrior unloaded the ball and shook off his opponent who was close to him, and slipped from the bottom line towards the goal.

The sudden long pass attack made Blackburn's defenders a little dazed, a central defender made up for it, he did not prevent Ribery from continuing to go down, because he was only one step away from the bottom line, what he needed to guard against was that Ribery sent the ball into the penalty area, such a dangerous area, if the ball really appeared in front of the goal, the difficulty of defense would increase countless times, even if the Blackburn players touched, it was likely to cause an own goal.

However, he ignored Ribery's technical characteristics, only to see the Frenchman smash his right foot and lead forward with his left foot, and the ball pressed the bottom line and passed the Blackburn defenders, and Ribery put on an amazing performance from a tight range.

The fans in the stands were breathless, and although it was only a momentary matter, they still had to marvel at the opposing player, because not even the Blackburn Rovers team had such a good little skill.

The players and coaches on the Notts County bench stood up with excitement, and Ribery's movements touched everyone's hearts, either nervous or excited, as if the heart was about to burst out of the mouth.

At this time, Ribery's best option is to cross the penalty area, which is the biggest threat to Blackburn, and if you choose to hit the goal directly, it is difficult to send the ball into the goal from such a small angle, and the opponent's goalkeeper is not a mascot, which is the worst option.

David was a little apprehensive, because Ribery was the most unique player with the ball in the team in the first period of his arrival, although this period of time has changed, but he is really afraid that Ribery will be stubborn at this time, and there is a better choice not to do it, but he has to shoot himself.

Ribery didn't care that all eyes were on him, and when he approached the goal, he gently swayed the instep of his right foot and dodged a small angle, obviously to shoot.

The Blackburn goalkeeper had no choice but to take two steps forward and block the near corner of the goal, in fact, he wanted Ribery to shoot, such a small angle, maybe only God can score.

But everyone misjudged, Ribery did not choose to shoot, but sent the ball into the penalty area, at this time, because the goalkeeper was in front, all the goals were almost empty, anyone who could touch the ball could probably complete a goal.

Hubnell and Villa in the middle both made flying tackles, hoping to tackle the ball into the goal, and the two defenders next to them did the same, the only difference was that they pressed their feet lower so that they had a chance to scoop the ball out of range when they touched it, and they didn't want to score an own goal.

Due to the speed of the ball, the four players' tackles were passing by the football, and before they could slow down, the ball was already at the back post.

Andres Iniesta at the back post was shaken by the four in front of him, but he still reacted quickly, and with a gentle push in the face of the incoming ball, the ball rolled into the Blackburn Rovers goal, even if the opponent's defender slid the ball out of the goal, it could not change the fact of the goal.