In fact, the three best teams in League Two are the top three teams in the table, Brighton, Notts County and Mansfield, and direct promotion to League One can only be produced among these three teams, as for the other strong teams, they have gradually been distanced, and the competition for a place in the promotion play-offs is their goal.

Before the Carabao Cup, Notts County still have a league game to play, because of the intensive schedule, this game Notts County once again adopted a wide range of rotation, even the goalkeeper position was started by Ben Foster.

But even so, Notts County continued to win with a comfortable victory over Hartsfield.

Sadly, two rivals also won, with no change in the top three in the standings, and Notts County's desire to reach the top was not fulfilled in this round.

After playing League Two, Notts County's energy has shifted to the League Cup, and they are in a natural underdog position against Premier League opponents, so they must be cautious and cautious.

In fact, Blackburn Rovers were quite depressed when the draw results came out, and for them, they really didn't want to face such a strange team as Notts County.

If you draw a strong team in the Premier League, then it may not be a good sign; Draw the middle and lower teams of the Premier League, which may be considered a winning lottery; Draw teams in the middle and lower leagues, that should be considered a draw.

But what's the deal with a team like Notts County?

The scene of Notts County's bloodshed of Middlesbrough in the last round is still vivid, where is the strength of a League Two team?

Maybe even a mid-table team in the Premier League may not be able to play such a big score against Middlesbrough.

In fact, they would rather face a Premier League team, even if they lose the game, they will not be ashamed, but in the face of a club like Notts County, which is not inferior to the Premier League team in their opinion, but plays in the English Second League, they don't know how to describe their feelings, they should want to cry without tears.

If you win, you don't show your face, and you may not be able to win;

If you lose, it is estimated that you will follow in the footsteps of Middlesbrough and lose your face to the Pacific Ocean.

Blackburn's coach Souness has been sad for the past few days, and he has been thinking about it for several days before making the final arrangement.

In view of Blackburn's good performance in the league, temporarily ranked in the middle of the standings as a promoted horse, there is not much pressure, and they can allocate some energy to face the domestic cup, so Souness decided to send most of the main squad to play, regardless of the opponent Notts County, they still have to aim for all the way to the promotion, if they can really pass the test and finally get the League Cup, then they can go to the League Cup next season, and the temptation of European competition is not something that anyone can resist.

However, Souness is still very cautious when facing Notts County.

He knows that a large part of the reason for Notts County's bloodshed of Middlesbrough in the last game is that McClaren of Middlesbrough provoked Notts County before the game, and the endless ridicule and contempt in his words were endless, if there was no such play, maybe Notts County could win, but for Middlesbrough, it may not be such a humiliating result.

So Souness didn't see Notts County as an ordinary lower league club at all, but as an opponent at the same level.

Before the game, Blackburn sent a fax asking if Blackburn needed Blackburn to donate their own ticket revenue to Notts County, although they knew that Notts County had a lot of money and might not be able to afford this small amount of money, but after all, this was an English tradition and they still had to follow it.

When the beautiful secretary asked David for this matter, David waved his hand and said indifferently, no need!

Notts County only needs to get back their half of the ticket revenue, and he never puts the club in a lower position.

The team arrived in Lancashire two days early, and although the two counties were not too far apart, Notts County, who had ideas for the game, had to adapt to the turf of Ewood Park the day before the game, so they simply arrived early for the away game.

Due to the recent schedule of fixtures, Loew has been using a rotation strategy, and the starting line-up for this important Carabao Cup game has been confirmed early.

Before the game, the coaching staff led by Loew also studied Blackburn over and over again, after all, the opponent is a Premier League team, no matter how you look at Notts County's chance of winning, it is not as big as the opponent, if you can't know yourself and your opponent, how can you win!

Blackburn Rovers spent £700W in the summer to bring in Italian striker Grabi, their biggest transfer deal.

Grabby and last season's top scorer Matt Jensen form Blackburn's attacking line, and the pair may not be well-known in the Premier League, or even unknown, but they are practical.

In midfield, 21-year-old David Dunn is Blackburn's midfield engine, and the young talent is favored by many footballers, who praise him as long as he performs normally, and current England boss Christian Eriksen will call him up to the national team.

But David scoffed at this, what David Dunn, although he had heard of this young player in his previous life, it seems that this period was also the peak period of his career, he was selected for the national team, but he didn't have many opportunities to play, not even a fringe international.

Such a player may be able to establish himself in the Premier League, but if he becomes the heart of the team's midfield, it is clear that the team is not much stronger.

Loew is confident that the team will have the advantage in the midfield scramble.

And after the start of the game, the situation on the field also positively proved the correctness of Loew's tactics.

Alonso and Altentop's midfield partnership did not fall behind in the confrontation with the opponent's midfield, and with the help of Sneijder dropping back to get the ball, he gradually grasped the initiative on the field little by little.

Although Dunn has also performed well, it is as if he is only 19 years old compared to Alonso, who has become a mature midfield commander.

Souness, the former Liverpool manager, stood on the sidelines with his arms crossed, but his frowning brow made him look a little absent-minded.

He knows that Notts County is very strong, not only in the League Two, even if he wins the Premier League, he may have a chance to be relegated, but when the game really starts, he still feels incredible.

Even if his team's midfield control is not a strong point, it is more about playing high balls, but it is still a little hard for him to be a little unbelievable in the midfield confrontation with Notts County.

After thinking for a while, Souness made a gesture to the players on the field to adjust the attack, and the temptation ended here, anyway, the midfielder couldn't take advantage, so he simply gave up the midfield, played more highball, and did what they were good at.