Chapter 191: The Battle for the Top of the List with Different Painting Styles

Although those so-called football experts stand up one by one, you are not optimistic about Notts County, he is not good at Notts County, it seems that if you don't step on Notts County a few times, you will not match your identity as an expert, but Notts County has no time to talk nonsense with them, and they have to put every ounce of energy into the game instead of talking to others about those useless ones.

Say two words and you won't die!

David wished that someone else would come over and cause trouble, so that Notts County would have a chance to slap his face and pull back!

Anyway, he's now addicted to the great cause of slapping his face!

Although he is not a troublemaker, he is the one who likes to make trouble.

Come on, let's all come and find trouble!

I'm not afraid of trouble!

I'm afraid I won't have enough fun!

While there is a lot of noise about the Champions League and UEFA Cup draws outside, Notts County are still keeping a low profile in the league.

There is a key battle in the 19th round of the league, which is a battle for the top of the League One.

While the points gap between Portsmouth and Notts County is so large that it is almost impossible to overtake them, making this battle for the top spot sound a bit undeserved, Portsmouth are undeniably second-placed, and no one can deny that.

To be honest, Notts County's strength in the English League One is very envied, everyone is in a difficult situation, but you are spending a lot of money and often like a local tyrant who is not bad for money, and what's worse is that you can actually throw the second place out of the two miles, which is not to give others a way to live!

Therefore, many clubs hope that such a rebel can appear, if not to overturn Notts County's dominance in League One, at least to deal a blow to Notts County's arrogance, you know, Notts County have not tasted defeat in the league.

Leicester City didn't succeed, Derby County didn't succeed, Nottingham Forest didn't succeed, so now the task of overthrowing Notts County is on Portsmouth.

Before the game, Notts County and Portsmouth were very calm, but other clubs came out one after another, encouraging Portsmouth to do their best, and then analyzing that Notts County's form would be up and down.

This is using us as a gunman!

Portsmouth thinks so from top to bottom.

Notts County's strength is evident in all, almost securing the league title and a direct promotion to the Premier League ahead of schedule.

What's the point of this game and Notts County?

Even if you win, it will be nothing more than a three-point gap, however, the remaining gap still has a sense of despair and has little impact.

And once defeated by the opponent, not only consumes energy, but also loses confidence and fighting spirit, and there is no way to collapse later, Derby County has been played into virtue, and it has not been replaced yet!

This is a typical example.

Rather than play hard against Notts County and then cheapen other teams, it is better to directly admit defeat and reduce consumption so that they can concentrate on facing other rivals, and Portsmouth needs to fight for a second direct promotion spot, and that's it.

Anyway, Notts County is at home, even if they lose, Portsmouth has nothing to be ashamed of, there are not a few teams that have been cleaned up by Notts County this season, and big scores appear frequently, and no one will laugh at Portsmouth if they lose.

With this in mind, Notts County met a Portsmouth team that had almost given up resistance.

This game was a boring game, since the opponent had no idea of resisting, and Notts County did not go out of their way to kill everything, so a small victory was enough.

It looked like the game was match-fixing, and the players on both sides almost hugged each other to drink after the game!

Such a result surprised everyone who followed this match.

Nima, is that what you mean about the good Dragon Fight?

We're cheering you up!

Playing match-fixing is too blatant!

So a group of well-fed guys angrily complained about the game to the FA.

However, the FA's investigation team investigated and investigated, and did not find any clues that the game was controlled by the gambling syndicate, nor did it find any secret tacit understanding between the two clubs.

Portsmouth's reason is simple, the schedule is dense, the squad is thin, and there are not so many quality substitutes, so sometimes it is normal to retain strength in a few games.

If such a situation is also punished, then no club in the leagues of England, from top to bottom, can run.

In the end, it had to be stopped, Notts County and Portsmouth were not disturbed at all, and they still went their own way, which really made many people hate it.

With Portsmouth at the top of the table, Notts County have a terrifying 21-point advantage.

Many people don't have any hope that other teams will catch up with Notts County, and the current League One has been divided into two poles, one is Notts County and the other is all teams except Notts County.

Notts County's strong record in the league has allowed the team's strategic changes to be well executed, and the upcoming FA Cup, Notts County can also put their energy into it, at least for now, the league has lost most of its suspense.

In such a situation, giving up a few league games may not affect the final result.

That's what Notts County are doing in their next league game!

In the 20th round of the league, Notts County sent a full reserve team lineup, and lost completely away from home, and the unbeaten league this season was broken.

Three days after this league game is the first leg of the UEFA League Cup against Celta, given the fitness of the players, it would be best to forfeit this game.

And there is another very important factor that prompted Loew to make such a decision.

The match was against Millwall.

One of the most notorious teams in the English league system, even more hated than the likes of Reading and West Ham United.

Not only are a large part of the fans typical football hooligans, but even the players on the pitch play in a style that is no different from the hooligans.

Notts County player Jin Gui, if the opponent is scrapped a few in this game, David will really cry and faint in the toilet.

Partly for the sake of protecting the players, plus for the UEFA Cup, Notts County had to play in the reserves.

The four Academy players who had been playing with the reserve team didn't get a chance at all in this game, and for Millwall's group of villains, these four little guys were like lambs waiting to be slaughtered on the field, delicious and unlimited, and they couldn't swallow even a bite of dregs! (To be continued.) )