Chapter 991 - Opening Streak Record
In the 10th round of the Premier League, Notts County easily won Portsmouth at home, extending the opening winning streak to 10 games. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Such a strong performance in the Premier League has caused a lot of shock in Europe, and it is only one game away from the opening winning streak of Europe's top five leagues.
In fact, the opening record of Europe's top five leagues is also the Premier League's opening winning streak, a record held by Tottenham, who won an incredible 11 consecutive games in the 60-61 season.
La Liga's opening winning streak is held by Real Madrid, with 9 consecutive wins; The Bundesliga opening streak is held by Bayern with 7 consecutive wins; The opening streak of Serie A is held by Juventus, with 9 consecutive wins; Ligue 1 is Lille, with 8 consecutive wins.
With the exception of Lille, the other teams that set a winning streak at the start of the tournament have all ended up winning the league title, and the numbers speak for themselves.
Even if the stats are left out, with Notts County's strong form right now, no one would think anyone would be able to snatch the league title from Chelsea.
In the third round of the Champions League group stage, Notts County challenged Besiktas away, and now the group game is more like going through the motions, whether it is Notts County, Beylen or Besiktas, it seems that they have made their positions clear, and the game has become a friendly match in the whole sense.
There was no doubt that Notts County would finish top of the group, and Bevilen's away win over Besiktas was a reality for the Turkish side.
How good is this, Notts County and Bevilen join hands to qualify, Beweilun happily went to play in the League Cup, everyone is happy, is it necessary to fight to the death?
So when Notts County came to Besiktas, it was like a friendly match for money, and the Besiktas fans were so enthusiastic that they all turned into fans, so that Notts County almost forgot the game.
Back in the league, Notts County are starting to attack Tottenham's record for consecutive wins in Europe's top five leagues, and as long as Notts County can beat Birmingham away from home, then Notts County can equal Tottenham's record.
The game was very interesting and Birmingham really did their best, even at home they didn't want to get all three points, they put all their energy on defending and just wanted to keep a draw.
However, the huge gap in quality still prevented Birmingham from achieving their wishes, although their tenacious defense did not allow Notts County to break through in the first half, but at the beginning of the second half, while Birmingham did not immediately enter the defensive state, Notts County was able to attack quickly, and Suarez completed a surprise attack and scored a goal.
This goal changed the situation of the game all of a sudden, and it was actually pointless for Birmingham to hold on, and it was a small threat to Notts County, and after being suppressed by Notts County, Birmingham simply surrendered.
At the end of the game, Notts County also completed the feat of 11 consecutive wins in the opening game, when the development of modern football is getting more and more open, it is really not easy to catch the record of the ancient period, even those fans who don't like Notts County have to praise Notts County, and at the same time complain, why the club they support is not as strong as Notts County!
Of course, Notts County have only equalled this record now, but it will not be easy to break it, because Notts County's next league opponent is Chelsea, the most favourable contender for the Premier League title and the defending champions.
After 11 league games, Notts County leads the table strongly, even if Chelsea are still unbeaten in second place, but they already have an 8-point gap with Notts County, and because of too many draws, they have been chased by Liverpool behind them, the two teams are now tied on 25 points, and Chelsea is only one more goal difference than Liverpool.
Chelsea really can't be said to be in the doldrums, but compared to Notts County, their results really can't be compared.
The clash at the pinnacle is also worth six points, and if Notts County win at home to Chelsea, the gap between the two teams will reach 11 points, which would still be hopeless when the league is just barely one-third.
Of course, if Chelsea can beat Notts County, then the five-point gap seems less glaring, and it all depends on Chelsea's creation!
If it was last season, the two teams were still evenly matched, and Notts County did not have the upper hand in the nine meetings, but only got the key points in key games.
But this season has been completely different, and even the form seems to have been reversed, with Chelsea stumbling and Notts County pushing forward.
The two teams have actually met twice this season, a Trent Cup and a Community Shield, and although both are not particularly important games, they can be seen in the encounter.
Unlike last season's stalemate, Notts County's game against Chelsea has been smooth if not devastating, and even if they are as strong as Chelsea, they have not been able to cause too much trouble for Notts County.
Chelsea's age-old problem of weak attacking ability down the flanks has not been resolved, and although winger Malouda was brought in in the summer, it turned out to be a role player and not a wing to take Chelsea to the plate.
So, before the two teams meet, most people are still bullish on Notts County, and perhaps only the fans will unswervingly support the home team.
However, before this summit battle, there is also a League Cup match in midweek, which has caused some problems for both teams to prepare for the game.
Heynckes continued to feature young players and were still against third-tier teams, so it was difficult to pose much of a threat to Notts County, who were overcome by their young squad to qualify for the last 16 of the League Cup.
However, Chelsea's opponents were Premier League teams, and Klinsmann, who was reluctant to give up the Carabao Cup outright, sent a half-main and half-substitute line-up, and although they still won the opponent, it cost the team a lot of physical energy before facing Notts County.
When the two teams faced each other again, there was an amazing spark.
In the eyes of the Notts County players, it was the biggest shame to be robbed of the league title by Chelsea last season, so this season is their best chance to wash away the shame and they need to win the league title in an extremely strong way to prove that they are the strongest team.
Coincidentally, Chelsea are in the same vein, with last season's Premier League champions now being held down by Notts County in the league, which is not acceptable to the arrogant stars, and they want to use this game to show that they are the best in the Premier League.