Anthony's tall body reflected a long shadow on the turf, and the whole person had completely lost his center of gravity, his head was down, and the fatal feeling of vertigo continued to hit his head.

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His mind flew out of the sky in an instant.

On some occasions – not much, but still existing, Anthony would secretly congratulate himself on being Gerald's younger brother. The media will be concerned about whether his brother will retire in the next few years, whether he will be at Liverpool or elsewhere, whether the decision will be in his hands or the club, or will often have to comment on new team-mates or possible transfers for the club, or talk about the desire for league titles, etc. Gerrard sees Liverpool as his honour, Hillsborough as a part of his life, and Anthony is glad he doesn't have to carry it, the difference between me and Gerrard? What does this stinky kid know!

Anthony was resignedly ready, ready to scream, ready to "bang" his head into intimate contact with the ground.

Half a second later, nothing happened in his imagination, a pair of powerful hands caught him, the power transmitted from his back to his whole body, and then helped him to stand up again. "Anthony, I want you to take your teammates to meet Margery's dad and mom after the game, you want to apologize to them and ask them to be relieved" Luis's voice was powerful and unquestionable.

When Anthony heard this, he felt angry, and showed a violent face: "Damn, why did I do this? You stupid fork! ”

Suddenly, Louis's face pressed closely, "Gerald's brother hasn't learned how to grow up yet", he pointed to Anthony's heart, and said: "If you want to fall to your death on the court, just keep scolding!" "But before you can do that, you have to go to the hospital to meet the Margeries, kiss their fingers, say that you and your teammates are very sorry, and say that even the most trivial things can make them feel relieved, and you are willing to go to the soup and do whatever it takes, and finally offer the most pious blessings to his family, do you understand?" Kid who doesn't grow up! ”

The vicious and threatening eyes went straight to Anthony's head, full of cold, the air was a little frozen, the two looked at each other for a few seconds, Anthony Gerrard felt at this moment that he was facing the powerful brother Red Army captain Gerrard, and he didn't even have the courage to fight.

Half a minute later, "Okay, I promise you." As if all his strength had been exhausted, Anthony's eyes lowered and he turned away.

This time the clash was wiped out as the players from both sides took a half-step back, and the image of Louis Brent forcing his opponent back with just his eyes happened to be recorded in front of the broadcast camera. The exaggerated, distorted facial features, but calm and powerful eyes were remembered by countless spectators who watched the game.

For fans, strong mental attributes are fascinating, and football skills are secondary.

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There is no suspense in the next game, Anthony who is not talking seems to be unable to kick the ball at once, on the side of his town, Luis has repeatedly completed breakthroughs with his superb ball skills, and his crosses can always tear apart Cardiff City's defense, of course, this is due to the fact that the opponent has completely lost the discipline of defense at this moment, and their coach Danny Warnock has been sitting there motionless since dozens of minutes ago, without command or substitution, like a lamb to the slaughter.

Portsmouth soon had a third or fourth goal, and Brent's cross sent chaos into the box, the goal was like a bloody abyss, waiting to swallow everything, and in the chaos a blue figure flashed out of it to shoot before everyone else, and Icardi scored twice. Of course, the fourth and final goal was the best of the game, at least in Hydeward's eyes: the whole Portsmouth team was involved in the pass, and he carefully counted a total of 33 passes, and finally completed the 4-0 bloodbath with a volley from Mane in the box. Normally, a top-level performance requires eight players to support it, and the other three players can be led by others if they work hard enough, even if they are not in good shape, or take on a purely tactical role to keep the team on the side, but Heidward has to admit that in a season's journey, sometimes it does come across 11 players who are at their best.

Ward had the illusion that his team could score five, six or even seven or eight, but that didn't happen, and of course it was enough to take the lead in the second leg, Cardiff City were out of spirit, and despite the brutal play in the last fifteen minutes, it was just like the attitude Luiz showed: "If you want to kick me, you can't stop me."

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In the post-match press conference, the same note that Danny Warnock had been writing also revealed the mystery, which was a letter of resignation:

I'm particularly disappointed with tonight's result and I'm particularly sad that the team lost a game especially one of such an important game. The team's results were below expectations and such a performance was not satisfactory. As manager of Cardiff City, I am proud of the work of our entire coaching staff, and during my time in charge we transformed a team with an average age of 30 into one of the youngest teams in the Championship, which is remarkable and makes for a bright future for football here. Although I would have liked to stay in the manager for another two years, I'm a realist and I know that results are everything, given the big commitment from the club. My contract expires at the end of the season, so it's time for someone else to lead the team forward, an ambitious, talented young team. During my time in charge, the players have been doing really well and they have done everything I asked for. When I first came here, there were people who said there was a lack of enthusiasm for football, but that wasn't what I saw. Our Carabao Cup final against Liverpool drew close to 60,000 fans, a club record.

The players told me they wouldn't be facing the media. Harry and Levington have asked me to speak on their behalf. They will leave with me where I have worked for three years and I want to thank all the fans, the players, the media, the referees, the tournament committee.

It is with pride that I look back on my three years in Cardiff. I would like to thank my friends from the media for their long-term support.

I'm sorry hopefully the team doesn't end up in the play-offs this way, but in football, things like this do happen. I hope you can see Cardiff City in the Premier League in the near future.

Thank you!

The well-worded, well-written statement sent a huge shock to the press conference, as there was no news of the manager's departure before the game, which obviously had just happened.

Of course, many media friends still found clues from his speech, when Warnock thanked everyone, but why didn't he thank the club's owners and senior management? Is there a contradiction in this?

So the media at the scene adjusted their long guns and short guns, and pointed the microphone at Hydward:

"May I ask Mr. Hydward, this is the fourth manager after Nottingham Forest, Middlesbrough and Hull City to step down after playing with you, what is your opinion on this?"

Hydeward, who was holding Erlang's legs, was caught off guard, and a mouthful of water in his mouth was not held back.

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