Chapter 355: Leicester City, Soft Submission
The whole of England is expecting Leicester to draw or even win against Notts County, and although it is a big gimmick for the promoted team to sit in the standings, it is the competition between the giants that is more interesting in the long run.
However, what everyone didn't expect was that Fox City, which should have a grudge with Notts County, completely gave its chrysanthemum away from home and let Notts County go in and out
Obviously, the realistic Leicester City did not put everyone's expectations on their shoulders, knowing that even if they tried hard, they couldn't win Notts County, so why let the players waste their energy, and save their energy to deal with relegation opponents!
Of course, in fact, Leicester City originally had a little bit of expectation for the game, and they also wanted to learn from Fulham to hold on to a draw and take away a point, but the news they got before the game made them reluctantly give up this idea, and players such as Klose and Alonso, who were rotated due to fitness problems, were included in the squad for this game, which means that Notts County has regained the ability and means to attack, so that their arrangement is meaningless.
Fulham were lucky to get a point, but that doesn't mean all clubs will be able to catch up with the good times.
As a result, Leicester City also gave up the idea of fighting hard with Notts County, as for losing a few goals, their idea is very good, as long as they put on an attitude of not resisting, then Notts County will definitely not be wiped out.
Sure enough, at the beginning of the game, Notts County felt the opponent's weak will to resist, and after scoring two goals in a row, the opponent still put on a sad posture, which made everyone unbearable, and even Alonso and Iniesta, who have a deep grudge against Leicester City, were a little unbearable to attack the unarmed civilians.
Forget it, anyway, with three points in hand, it's not interesting to continue to ravage this kind of opponent who doesn't resist at all, and Notts County also directly withdrew their troops and played a friendly match with the opponent that didn't have much friendship.
Of course, limited to this game, if the next time they meet, Leicester City takes the initiative to resist, then Notts County definitely does not mind another massacre, this time, as the opponent voluntarily surrendered, Notts County has a humanitarian spirit and does not kill prisoners.
After this unspective game, not to mention the fans, even the media reporters were angry, how did Leicester City resist Notts County?
But no matter how journalists attack Leicester, the Foxes have a saying that players are in poor form, players are suffering from injury waves, and even players are in a bad mood, and they have countless reasons why they don't fight Notts County anyway.
Of course, in their words, they didn't fight Notts County to the death, but they didn't succeed, as for how far they fought, it was a matter of opinion.
The media and fans were beaten by Leicester's brazenness, but the Foxes were a smart move, and it was because they voluntarily gave up the game that they came back to a second straight win in full form, contributing six points to their relegation cause, but that's a story for another time.
Regardless, after round 10, Notts County remain at the top of the table, and no one can shake it.
Although it is worth celebrating that it was not overturned, David is a little skeptical, is it because of his instigated wings that the situation in the Premier League has also changed this season?
It's been ten rounds of games, Notts County has nine wins and one draw, and the results are amazingly good, but Rao is so, and they still haven't opened up the gap with Arsenal and Chelsea behind, are they all playing chicken blood?
David knows that Arsenal is undefeated and won the championship this season, but there are a lot of draws, otherwise it would not have been decided at the last minute of the league, but now, Arsenal has only drawn two games in ten rounds, which is a bit too good!
Well, we can only take one step at a time, although Notts County's plan to quickly establish a points advantage in the early stage has failed, when the Champions League game is in full swing, Arsenal and Chelsea will inevitably distract a large part of their energy, at that time, Notts County, who have a more deep squad, will still have some initiative even if they have to be distracted by the League Cup.
Chelsea reached the Champions League semi-finals in Abou's first season, which David remembers, but David can't remember exactly where Arsenal went, anyway, there is no Arsenal in the last four.
Then be careful that the Gunners specialise in the league after being eliminated from the Champions League, and of course, as long as Notts County do well themselves, they don't need to think about how others are doing!
After the win over Leicester City, Notts County didn't have any respite and immediately headed away to face Middlesbrough in the 11th round of the league.
Middlesbrough were the first Premier League side Notts County to face since David took over, and two seasons ago, when Notts County were still in League Two, the first obstacle they faced was Middlesbrough.
And that game was also the starting point for Notts County to enter the public eye, and today, Notts County are also a Premier League team and the top of the Premier League table, but Middlesbrough is deep in the relegation zone, struggling, the contrast is strong enough.
Obviously, Middlesbrough will not admit defeat easily, like Leicester City's shameless things, they can't do it, but considering that the strength of the team is indeed a big gap with Notts County, Middlesbrough adopted Fulham's conservative tactics at home, after all, Fulham took a point from Notts County, and the goal of this game Middlesbrough is also to get a point, and they don't want any more points.
Middlesbrough are playing as they should, and it's what Notts County's squad would most like to see.
But when it came to the playing field, things didn't go exactly as they expected.
In the first half, Middlesbrough defended very well, but the center Klose was completely caught in the bag of the opposing defender, and it was difficult to get a direct opportunity to head the goal, and Middlesbrough attached great importance to the protection of the edge of the penalty area, so that Notts County's heavy gunners also frequently wasted good opportunities, and Notts County dominated the entire first half, but could not score.
However, with the second-half changes made by Notts County, the situation of the game changed completely.
Villa's appearance gave Notts County an additional receiving point in front of the goal, although it seems that the increase in attacking power is not much, but with the addition of Villa, who is looking for gaps everywhere like a loach, Middlesbrough's defense in the small box will inevitably be chaotic and disorderly, and Klose seized the opportunity to contribute to Notts County. (To be continued.) )