Edward's starting XI surprised everyone, including Cardiff City boss Neil, as the two sides shook hands and exchanged flags, then picked sides before starting the game.

Speaking of Cardiff City, in addition to the Chinese owner Chen Zhihua, there is also the unique identity attribute of this team from Wales. There have been two Welsh teams in the Premier League, one is them and the other is Swansea, making up the famous South Wales derby.

Now the United Kingdom is mainly composed of England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and a bunch of such as Bermuda, the Virgin Islands, etc., the first four countries are called the constituent countries of the United Kingdom, but it is not as simple as the administrative division of a province in China, these countries have their own governments and autonomy. King Edward I of England conquered Wales by force, 8 years of blood and fire, a few centuries later, the English took advantage of the fire to annex Scotland, Ireland fought a war of independence for more than 100 years, until the victory of the war in 1921, the Protestants in Northern Ireland were unwilling to leave their homeland, so they chose to stay in England, and then Britain became the "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland" today.

Why talk about history, we need to understand that England is a country with relatively serious internal contradictions in the nation, England is a thief in the eyes of the Welsh, England is a robber in the eyes of the Scots, if you call the Scots "English", people will generally be angry on the spot, so in the eyes of some local people, Lord Ferguson is not as respected as people think, maybe only the people of Northern Ireland are slightly happier about the country.

Gareth. Bel; Jersey stars such as Ryan Giggs, old and new, have expressed on different occasions the core idea of "I am proud to be Welsh and only fight for Wales".

What's interesting about Cardiff City is that he has contributed to most of the Red Dragons' national team, much like Athletic Bilbao in La Liga, who only recruit locals, although with the influx of foreign capital, their once-proud tradition is being lost until there is no trace of it.

Looking through their starting list today, there is not a single Welsh player in the whole team, and there are only 2 players in the squad, this club is on the road to de-Welsh and de-localisation, and it is impossible to say whether this change is good or bad. The arrival of Hydward at Portsmouth has also upended the grip on the club from homegrown players in favour of more capable foreign players, and brought more local players to the fore when the club has become more stable, such as John in the likes of Freel. Fans always trust their hometown more, and Liverpool's "Gerrard Song" sings: Gerrard plays for Liverpool, he is a native of Liverpool; The same is true of the people of Portsmouth, who always receive a little more cheers and applause than the others, which is a family favor!

Portsmouth started a midfield nucleus of underage and stunned almost everyone from the start of the game, as the youngster had been directing the team to dominate the game from the start, from wide to central to wing, the ball was passed to his feet, and then the run was followed by the run, and Cardiff City had very few chances to touch the ball in the first five minutes of the game, except for the kick-off.

Cardiff City gradually became a little uncomposed, and they even felt that this back-and-forth was an insult to them, so at the head coach's order, they collectively began to grab the ball that was passed around.

John's eyes narrowed, the ball that was originally a horizontal pass and a return pass suddenly chose a straight stopper!

The shot slipped through the gap between the centre-backs and full-backs and fell behind the defence, where Sadio Mane cut in at high speed to get on the end of the ball.

The Senegalese were already behind the entire backline, with Cardiff's centre-back raising his hand to signal for Mane offside, but the linesman did not react and a full-back at the far end dragged to the end to be level with Mane. Hydward found out before the game that Cardiff City is a team that likes to create offsides, and the defense instantly puts the opponent's forwards in an offside position at the moment of the straight stop, so as to solve the problem that the two central defenders are too tall and turn too slowly, so he went to Mane and let Vardyra fly on both wings, hoping to play behind the opponent more and create an opportunity for the beryllium emperor in the middle to be offside. It's just that as soon as the game was played, John's first kick hit the back ball, and the opponent's defense took the initiative to give a big gift, and there was nothing else in front of Mane except the goalkeeper.

The rest of the matter became incredibly simple, the goalkeeper's big brother abandoned the goal, Mane feigned a breakthrough, and then distributed the ball to Icardi, who was in front of the goal, and the beryllium emperor faced the empty goal and shot angrily.

0：1！

Just six minutes into the game, the team had already taken the lead on the road.

Mauro Icardi, who scored the goal, gave Mane and John hugs and it was simply the best way for the young players to integrate into the team as quickly as possible.

It was Beryllium's third goal since joining Portsmouth, and three goals in six games were steady and determined, not as impressive as Mahrez, but it proved that it was a no-lose deal.

Heidward's general tactical approach was drawn up and John found on the pitch that the Cardiff City right-back, who had been booed for a low-level mistake, was not doing well, but it seemed to be more problematic for their left-back, the side that was penetrated! There is a big problem with the combination between the brother and the central defender, the gap is too wide, and he always likes to plug in, Mane can break through without too much effort.

Taking advantage of hugging John, Mendy pulled Mendy next to him and whispered: "Mane has just been targeted to death by the opponent next, you will try to move in the gap between the left central defender and the left full-back, I think there is still a chance!" Mendy, you haven't scored or assisted yet, have you? ”

"......" Benjamin's face darkened, what do you mean? Do you look down on me Mendy? Do you blame me for not scoring a goal? Lao Tzu is a defender, do you blame me for not assisting? Teammates don't give you anything!

Mendy said the word "OK" and ran away.

When the game restarted, he made a switch with Mustafi on the wing and then swam around where Mane had just been, with John also interested in feeding the ball to this side.

Then in the 11th minute, Mendy pierced the opposing full-back and centre-back like a spear, burst into the penalty area and volleyed sideways to score his first goal since joining Portsmouth, 0-2!

The rest of the game is almost no suspense, Cardiff City used up two substitutions in the first half, and did not stop the Pompey Army, which has been in hot form recently, Mendy assisted Icardi to score twice in the 30th minute, and Mahrez, who was substituted in the second half, assisted Beryllium's hat trick, and finally 0-4, Portsmouth won three consecutive league games, and after getting rid of the relegation zone, they entered the league in tenth place in one breath!

The two newcomers did not score or assist, but they made a few impressions of the attacks they planned and were substituted in the 65th minute of the second half. Frere, on the other hand, shared the defensive duties of Kante to a certain extent, and behaved in a decent manner, in short, they took an important step in their careers, whether it was a thorny step or a long road ahead, becoming a professional player is not a good but not bad choice.

At least the two of them can claim a big win, and Vardy can't call Freer a rookie anymore, and there is still a long way to go before the draw for the next round of the FA Cup is out!