The players were sorting out their gear after the game in the dressing room, and Portsmouth had to do a lot of things by themselves because they didn't have a dedicated equipment manager. The team's bus was parked in the underground garage and everyone was ready to leave as soon as Walker finished his press conference.

Hydward sat alone in the back row of the car, looking at something, but the sweat on his forehead couldn't stop rising, his hands covered his stomach, and his stomach was overturned.

Uncle Barton sensed something was wrong in the rearview mirror and said, "Hey, boss, your expression looks painful." ”

Ward pulled two aspirin tablets out of his pocket and swallowed them raw. After wiping his forehead with a napkin, he pretended to be calm and said, "It's okay, I'm sick with a stomach." ”

The players were chatting and laughing, discussing Haiem, who was going to run back to the training base today, and walked to the bus one after another. Hydward's face regained his composure, and his grip on his stomach loosened, smoothing out the folds in his shirt as if nothing had happened.

Uncle Barton started the car and shook his head silently, he thought: I have stomach problems at a young age, and I don't know how to take care of my body.

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After returning home, Hydeward's physical condition improved significantly, and his original plan to go to the hospital was also dismissed. Someone who is a head coach is more or less physically ailmented, and it's a high-pressure and high-risk job. Like Ferguson, his face was always flushed, which was not a normal phenomenon, and the lord had a heart bypass surgery for a heart attack. Ward naturally doesn't have a heart condition, and he's incredibly confident in that.

He thought, maybe it's because he's stayed up too late these days, and he's tired from stomach problems.

The living room and bedroom are quite tidy, except that the study is full of energy drinks, leftover cans and Italian espresso sponsored by Tom, and the living room bedroom and study of this apartment rented by Hydward form quite a huge contrast.

Ward casually kicked away the plastic bottle at his feet and began to sort through the materials after the fight against Nottingham Forest. Fortunately, he didn't smoke, otherwise the room would have been filled with smoke by this time. It's so busy, and when I go to bed, it's two or three o'clock in the morning.

On the table in the study is a desk calendar, pure white with no patterns, and the date is clearly marked. Every day a slash was drawn with a red pen, except for the 23rd of January, which was highlighted in a circle.

It was the day the England transfer window opened, and perhaps it was also the day that Heideward's lies were exposed, and if nothing else, it would also be the day Antonov was released on bail.

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Three days later, Portsmouth hosted the second game of the week, the Foxes and Leicester City.

Thai owner Vichai officially took all the shares of the Blue Foxes in May this year, becoming the team's largest shareholder and sole shareholder. In the following month, he converted all of Leicester's past debts into equity, changing the team's operations. In July, Vichai renamed its home stadium as King Power Stadium, which has since started a series of targeted reforms.

Look at the bosses, look at Antonov in Portsmouth, the gap is clear at a glance.

The early days of reform are always painful, and Leicester City, who went on a spree to buy players this summer, did not have the desired effect, and manager Yoran officially stepped down. Nigel Pearson, the hero of the future team's overtaking, officially switched from Hull City.

On the basis of the same personnel, Pearson completely activated the youngster Yakubu, who was on loan from Everton. Won a wave of 3 consecutive wins, fell far behind the top six, and retained the hope of overtaking.

At this time, Everton is still under Moyes, and James Vaughn, who has seen Crystal Palace in the previous rounds, has now come to Yakubu, who seems to be stronger at present. Everton, who are full of talents, have to admire the tuning of the "genius" Moyes. The toffees on the banks of the Mersey River continue their rhythm of playing in the Europa League every year, occasionally eating dumplings and playing the Champions League.

The first half went back and forth, but Pearson didn't have much to do against Portsmouth's increasingly solid back. The Championship is different from the Premier League, where there are only one or two star players in each team, and with Haim and an increasingly mature Margery, this is at least a centre-back duo that is the envy of other teams.

In the second half, Haim, who was replaced early in the previous round, held back his strength to prove himself. In the 55th minute, he took advantage of a corner and headed home from two men to open the door for Portsmouth.

Edward has coached so many rounds, and he can win it basically steadily, and he has not reversed these moths. The reversal of football matches is basically based on a pre-match misjudgment and a miscalculation of the form of the game. The manager correcting these mistakes on the field requires a strong adaptability on the one hand, and a strong bench team on the other.

Try to do your homework as early as possible, he is a bit of an academic like Carlo Ancelotti and Arsene Wenger, and the two coaches can sometimes fail compared to the strength of their team. Hydward tried his best to control the game within the range he could predict, such as coming to the Buddha's Five Finger Mountain, no matter how much Sun Wukong tossed it, he couldn't escape. Of course, football matches are full of accidents and accidents, injuries; red and yellow cards; A series of off-the-counter accidents can make all your efforts for a week in vain.

Stylistically, he led Portsmouth to be a practitioner of pragmatism on the pitch, first making himself invincible and then winning. Typical Mourinho's "swing bus" or Capello's "1-0" man.

In terms of team management, Heidward tried to emulate the three philosophies of Dutch iron coach Louis van Gaal. The first is discipline, football is a team sport, all players must rely on each other, be punctual, eat together, and pay attention to maintenance; The second is communication, and players often talk about football freely while doing recovery training, and Ward has found this and has extended his recovery training time every time; The last of the three concepts is team building, and he hopes that each player will try to understand the strengths or weaknesses of his teammates as much as possible, so as to better assist and support. Just like Margery has excellent awareness but has always failed to fight physically, Haim has strong air combat ability but has a problem with distraction, Ricardo has a strong overall view and can pass a good ball but has a lot less enthusiasm in defense, etc.

The score was 1-0 Before the end, Lawrence took advantage of the opponent's pressure too high and scored with a low shot.

Portsmouth won two in a row for the first time since beating the Fox at home, greatly stabilizing the morale of the army, and also ceding the title of vice-captain in the table to Coventry.

Hydward took two more aspirins in his hand, but at least he finally climbed up one place in the standings. The next game, Milton Keynes, or "Crazy Gang" Wimbledon, is just around the corner!