Chapter 152: Hit the cursed leaderboard

In the waiting and anticipation of various clubs, the 02-03 season of English Football League One kicked off.

Notts County will take on League One giants Sheffield Wednesday in the first round of the league.

As the opponent of the semi-finals of the League Cup last season, Notts County still has some relative understanding of Sheffield Wednesday, although it was not able to be promoted from League One last season, but it was able to reach the League Cup semi-finals, which is enough to prove Sheffield Wednesday's good strength, not to mention that Sheffield Wednesday has also strengthened the squad this season, and may not be able to be promoted directly, but at least it is a very reasonable goal to compete for a play-off qualification.

Especially in the case of the deterioration of the general environment of the leagues below the Premier League, the teams that were originally in the League One have become depressed, and at this time, the last fight to impact the Premier League has become the last struggle, success, or falling into the abyss, there are only two possible outcomes.

However, for Sheffield Wednesday, the first round of the league against Notts County was a real pain in the face.

I thought I would be able to meet a weak team and get off to a good start, but now it seems that I am afraid that I will let others see the door

Although I am not necessarily afraid of Notts County, but the strength of Notts County is there, and after analyzing and analyzing, it doesn't look like it's easy to fight, and the only advantage is probably that I can fight at home.

Well, there must be a battle in the end, and it is unknown who will kill the deer, so you can't be cowardly before you fight!

As for Notts County, it is much better to win or win than Sheffield Wednesday, and this is the first round of League One fixtures, and everyone knows the significance of getting off to a good start.

From the start of the game, Notts County slowly put pressure on Sheffield Wednesday according to their preferred rhythm, pressing down Villa's starting Di Natale to be very active, frequently dropping back to receive the ball in positional battles, and repeatedly sprinting and running, causing chaos in Sheffield Wednesday's unstable backline.

Di Natale knows that he is not a talented player, so he needs to work harder to improve gradually, which is why he is so relentless.

In the 8th minute, Di Natale received a 45-degree diagonal pass to grab the point and score, 0:1.

In the 21st minute, Di Natale retreated to receive the ball and shot directly from his feet unexpectedly, scoring twice, 0:2.

In the 40th minute, it was Di Natale again, who scored a single goal in the counterattack and rewrote the score to 0:3.

Di Natale, who scored a hat-trick, was so excited that he took off his shirt and ran all the way to the away stands, echoing the Notts County fans who came with the team, and finally threw the shirt into the stands.

Although he received a yellow card, Di Natale did not regret it, at least as a striker, his chances of getting a yellow card are still very small, and overall the impact is not great.

But Villa, who was sitting on the bench, was about to cry!

Nima gives you a chance to start, and you wear a hat!

Can we still have fun together?

Do you know I'm under a lot of pressure like this!

Notts County had a three-goal lead in the first half, and Sheffield Wednesday, who were playing at home, had little to resist and played extremely depressed.

I couldn't prevent Notts County's attack, I couldn't beat my own attack, I finally organized a decent attack, but I was immediately counterattacked when I turned around, and this ball couldn't be worse.

Sheffield Wednesday's boss simply sat in the dugout after being two goals down, because even if he was standing on the sidelines and directing the game, he couldn't make up for the huge gap in quality between the two teams.

He really wanted to ask: You are all so strong, and you are still messing around in League One?

Sheffield Wednesday didn't want to attack in the live game, all the staff returned to the backfield to defend, they didn't have much ambition, as long as this game didn't lose too ugly, at least now the score of 0:3 they can barely accept, but if there is really a big score rout, then the impact on the future game will be great, so the gain outweighs the loss.

Although the early stage of the league is not intensive, it is good to save a little physical energy, and quantitative changes will always produce qualitative changes.

In the end, substitute Villa also scored a goal as Notts County walked away with a big win away from home.

It was with this victory that Notts County sat at the top of the league table after the first round of the league.

It's also weird to say, except for Leicester City's 2-0 victory over Grimsby, the remaining 10 games have all reached draws, which is exaggerated.

There are 12 games in a round of the league, and there may be 3-5 draws in general, 6 or 7 draws are already considered uncommon, and as for 10 draws, it is definitely a rare small probability event in ten years.

And such a small probability event actually appeared in the first round, which really shocked many people.

Of course, this is not a coincidence for no reason, except for Portsmouth, which was an upset by Millwall, the other games were very similar in strength between the two opponents, so there were large-scale draws.

Looking at the English League One standings, the top two Notts County, Leicester City and the last two Sheffield Wednesday and Glasby, the other one point is extremely conspicuous, making many people cry and laugh.

And in the second round of the league in the next round, this small probability event actually happened again, which is really terrifying.

Notts County won by four goals again at home, but the opponent was replaced by Norwich.

Portsmouth beat Grassby by 1 goal.

Wolves came back to Sheffield Wednesday away.

This is the only three games in the second round of the league that have been won and lost, while the other nine have all been drawn.

In the face of this strange situation, all English League One fans can only shout, evil spirit!

Because they couldn't think of any better explanation!

In the standings, Notts County stands out with 6 points, showing the true character of a strong team.

Leicester City also have four points from Portsmouth and Wolves, but are in second, third and fourth place on goal difference.

Looking further down, it's another neat slip of 2 minutes, as if the whole world is in harmony.

Are you really planning to take the draw to the end?

Well, we don't accompany you!

Notts County fans are excited, their team has been sitting at the top of the table since the beginning, showing the strength and momentum to impact the Premier League, as long as they maintain their form, then the Premier League is far away?

It's fun to see that Nottingham Forest, like the rest of the city, is cursed to draw two games in a row, and it's okay to say you're tied for fifth place, or to say you're tied for 21st!