Hydward fielded a relatively balanced 442 line-up, with Mendy, Rudiger, Freer and Meunier at the back, Riyad Mahrez, Drinkwater, N'Golo Kante and Sadio Mane in midfield, Jamie Vardy and Icardi up front, and goalkeeper Nyeama. On the bench were Mustafi, Pierce, Brent, Conlingham, Alli and substitute goalkeeper Dave.

After this game, there is still half a month to go before the start of the Premier League summer, for Portsmouth, their work has quietly begun at this time, Sensibile to implement Hydward's plan to streamline the squad began to look for a home for some players with few opportunities two months earlier, the team's favorite Lawrence officially terminated his contract with the club on the 7th of last month, at this time he may have returned to Ireland to join his hometown team, the 32-year-old Lukvani chose to retire after two months in the reserve, The Portsmouth Academy graduate has a job as a scout, but of course the salary is completely unbeatable to what he did as a player. The team's cross, the little prince Schneider, will join Kaiserslautern, who has been relegated from the Bundesliga, in the summer, of course, there is no transfer fee, although he still has two years on his contract, and Hleb who came in the winter is also leaving, he wants to return to Belarus, his hometown team has been talking to him for more than a year, Hleb himself has been delaying for so long, and Portsmouth's half-year experience has taught him that the world-class stars who once dominated the world have long since fallen to the land of Europe, and the leaves always have to return to the roots.

These are players with names and surnames, but what awaits players like Daniel, Allan and Ryan Williams, who don't get the slightest chance at all? Ward doesn't know, he really doesn't know, maybe continue on loan, maybe terminate, Ferguson has been in charge of Manchester United for 17 years and has loaned out more than 500 players, and can return to Manchester United only seventeen or eighteen people, can play the main force is only Beckham and O'Shea, the Chinese do not know this, and do not want to know this, which is why there is the tragedy of Dong Fangzhuo.

Drinkwater grew up at Manchester United, can he ever return to Manchester United? At least the 400,000 euros that Heidward took out told him he wouldn't.

Of course, all transfers will not be announced until after the start of the transfer period, and it is normal for the football world to come and go, and to go and come again. However, the most important thing for Heidward at the moment is this game, which is related to the club's plans for the next three to five years, when the West Ham United fans sing that the bubbles are always blowing, it means that the game has begun, and when the bubbles flying in the sky float in front of Ward, he can't help but blow one of them away, in the sun, those bulging things burst in an instant, and a sharp whistle sounded on the field.

In terms of the game, it was clear that Portsmouth got into the rhythm of the game quicker, and with 18 minutes played, the midfield, led by Noble, Kovac and Collisson, did not control the scene as Allardyce expected, not because they didn't want to

The problem was with the line-up, Portsmouth's 442 parallel position turned into 4231 shortly after the opening period, Mahrez played up front, using his dribbling and skill to comb the attack up front, which was not expected before West Ham in the league, and the same Vardyra side also made Allardyce's pre-match plan nullified, and his full-back McCartney was a weak full-back with the ball, not ready for Jamie's constant press.

Not only that, but it turns out that Drinkwater is a very important piece in Portsmouth's attack, and his vision, passing ability, long-range shooting and fitness will bring a lot of help to the front court. But in this game, he made a little tactical sacrifice, and the drinking brother was more of a transfer station for the ball, the ball came, attracted the West Ham United defence, and then passed the football out, and it was rare to see him as in the past, constantly watching and looking for opportunities, and then inserting an assist or sending a few long-range shots.

Apparently this was specially arranged by Hydward before the game, at the expense of Drinkwater, to activate Mahrez's attacking attributes.

In the 27th minute, Riyad Mahrez dribbled the ball on a counter-attack, Kovac brought him down from behind, and the referee showed the first yellow card of the game. Portsmouth took the lead in the 28th minute, Mahrez crossed a free-kick to the right side of the box, Meunier headed the ball into the middle to create a succession of aerial battles, Freire in the box jumped high to point the ball to Vardy, Jamie smashed past a defender and fired a volley off the post.

"Oh my God! It was Frere who provided the assist for Vardy. "The host, who was still talking about what happened before the game, was almost describing it with his mouth wide open.

Vardy, who scored the goal, was very excited and jumped on the big man Frere, "You did a great job, you were awesome!" Haha"

"Bastard, you come down for me!" He wanted to throw Jamie off, but Vardy's hands were wrapped like iron around his team-mate.

Hydward was laughing too, there was no better script than this.

In the 38th minute, Portsmouth extended the lead again, Mane crossed into the box from the right, Noble blocked the ball in the box, Icardi complained about the opponent's handball, the referee and the linesman repeatedly confirmed, awarded a penalty, the linesman felt that Noble had a clear arm up movement, interfering with the movement of the ball.

Thanks to the linesman, Icardi took it personally, and took a difficult spoon penalty, hit, 20!

"Obviously, it's Portsmouth that is fearless," the narrator concluded.

In the 41st minute, defender McCartney slid and brought down Jamie Vardy in the pursuit of McCartney, which was the second yellow card for West Ham.

After the break, Portsmouth played more and more form, especially Jamie Vardy, who was in particularly good form, and this kind of "shame and courage" performance made West Ham a little uncomfortable. In the 48th minute, Mahrez sent a through ball into the penalty area, Jamie, who was inserted into the penalty area, hit the goal from a tight angle on the left, and goalkeeper Green jumped high and flicked the ball off the crossbar with a flick of his fingertips.

In the 52nd minute, Allardyce made substitutions and made a little effect, and the substituted striker Sears received a long pass from Noble and cut into the penalty area, and his shot from a small angle was blocked by Enyeama's legs.

Hydward also made a change in the 60th minute, he replaced Drinkwater with Pierce to further strengthen the control of the midfield, and after coming on the field, the veteran used his speed to make a contribution to the team, he transferred a wide range of long passes in the midfield to Mane, Mane used a light tempo change to break through the bottom, inverted the triangle back pass near the baseline, Mahrez long-range shot was blocked, and half a second later he scored the ball again from distance, 30.

Portsmouth played a very mature and concise game, fully implementing the four elements of breakthrough, passing, shooting, that is, doing, such a team gave Allardyce a sense of powerlessness.

In the 65th minute, Mane scored a goal to seal the victory, a wonderful, beautiful, and shocking barb, 40, and the game completely lost its suspense.

The finals are usually not very exciting, there is no dragon fight, no equal, and there is no reversal, some are just full understanding and preparation. It wasn't until the 70th minute that West Ham reacted that they were playing in the final of the promotion play-offs, and they were firmly in possession and launched wave after wave of decisive charges, but this time they did not have enough time to save face, and the final whistle blew as Portsmouth returned to the Premier League for the first time in two years.

Two years, which is not too long.

The referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, and Hydward suddenly remembered that this game seemed to be a farewell game for Saul Campbell's retirement.

Oh shit! He hugged his head.

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