Chapter 63: Death Looms (Part I)

Portsmouth finally left Manchester, and the usual stern Hydward had to give the team a day off for the first time, and all the players who participated in the FA Cup game against Manchester United were not allowed to report from base, and of course, there was some recovery training without a game.

Fans of Pompey's legion started from the team on the highway and drove all the way to form a long convoy. From time to time, the cheers of fans can be heard outside the bus window, and it is crazy to do this on the highway. Fans without the expedition had been waiting outside the training base for the largest gathering in two months, chanting the team's name and singing cheering songs as if they had won a trophy.

After signing the fans, the head coach announced the dismissal on the spot.

It's the most intuitive feeling of the players, they come back with a win, and everyone is treated like heroes.

It's been a tiring few days at Manchester United, especially the games, and the players have simply overdrawn their fitness for the next month. Although he stayed in a five-star hotel and enjoyed the sauna, Heidward still didn't sleep well. He recognized the bed, people are sometimes so cheap, and the gold and silver nests are not as good as their own kennels. There is so much wealth that a person really needs, and the rest is used to show off, which is in line with an old Chinese saying: even if there are tens of millions of mansions, there is a place to sleep three feet at night.

There were still three league games to go before the winter break, but he was in a deep sleep at this time. Miracles happen every day, and for the first time, Heideward, who is sleeping at the moment, doesn't think about tactics, doesn't think about training, and there is a lot of mess. There was plenty to tell from the jubilant fans outside the training pitch that Portsmouth's most dangerous and difficult moment was over, and he could breathe a sigh of relief. It is self-evident how important a victory, especially against a strong man, is to a team that is now in tatters. In "There Are No Thieves in the World", Ge You said: "People's hearts are scattered, and the team is not easy to lead." "So now this Portsmouth, which has been reborn from the ashes, can be said to have moved people's hearts together.

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"Boss, I'll tell you a funny fact" Ricciardo playfully leaned in to get close, he was now the team's bag to inquire.

Hydward pushed the guy away, "Go, go, train hard." ”

The atmosphere in the whole Portsmouth squad has been much better since Manchester United returned, at least not as under pressure as before. There are a lot of jokes between the players, and they start to giggle with their own fake coach, after all, everyone is the same age and has a common language.

The manager didn't want to hear it, but Jonathan, his best friend, was interested: "Ricardo said"

"Yes, let's talk about it", this is the masses who do not know the truth.

The Brazilian peeked at the manager and saw Ward's nod before letting go of his guts. "Hey, yesterday that fat guy from Glenn sent me a voice message saying that he caught a fan outside Faton Park."

"Huh?"

Seeing that everyone was attracted and showed interest, he continued: "That brother is a mafia member who has been absconding for several months, and was sentenced to 6 years and 7 months by the police for participating in drug transportation some time ago. ”

"We're on the run these days, didn't we play Burnley at home this week, he didn't hold back, so he went to the scene and bought a ticket. The staff asked him for his name, and he blurted out one, and then in a panic called out another name. ”

"The local police in Portsmouth invited the goods to coffee, and when I asked, I found out that it was a gang member and a drug dealer."

Football really has the effect of reducing the chance of crime, and Hydward was also amused by this superlative. Because I wanted to watch a game, I didn't hold back, this product is a real fan. Portsmouth have just accomplished an incredible feat and are even on fire at home. A team's home attendance is an indication of a team's health, just like the body's pulse and blood pressure.

Portsmouth's main source of revenue comes from tickets, and of course the FA Cup win over Manchester United has also brought them a significant amount of money. If it weren't for the huge debt, the team would have been able to turn a profit by now, and of course that's to say.

Hydward is still working on that $25 million, and Tom is also helping, trying to see if he can get a little sponsorship or buy the team directly from Antonov through legal fan funding. Ward has always been against this, and there is no need for fans to spend this unjust money, otherwise it will be different from the Glazer family.

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With the power of just beating Manchester United and breaking 40,000 fans at home, Burnley, who had average strength, was cut off with almost no resistance.

In the first half, Marco was clever enough to receive a through ball from the back and half-turned to send the ball into the back of the net.

I have to say that Hydward's poor version of the BBC does have good power, thanks to the tactical advancement. Discovering the abilities of the players themselves and assisting them in arranging the most powerful tactics has become his forte. Etuhu, who was fast in his own right, was becoming more and more threatening and destructive with Lawrence, who was constantly tearing at the space, and the threat of cutting inside became more and more presentable.

So Burnley put almost all of their energy on defending on the right flank in the first half, with Marco delivering the fatal blow with his lame but always effective finish. The hard work pays off, Portsmouth has had good luck recently, and the conversion rate of shots into goals is very high, and even this kind of softness has no strength at all, and it has caught the opponent off guard.

In the second half, Pierce, who was fine, was substituted. Then he was in complete control of the situation on the field, and Hydward used him very carefully, as well as with Lawrence. The two of them are the two big glasses of Portsmouth, and their injury history can almost write a novel, and there is basically no good land in the whole body.

There is a Chinatown near the training base, where a massage therapy parlor has been open in the UK for some years, targeting local Chinese. But these two foreigners have become regular visitors there under Ward's compulsion, and Lawrence comes to see him every month for a small problem, and he never commits it again, which shows that there is still some cure.

Burnley kept their eyes on Marco and missed Etuhu to complete the double with his coquettish run. Just before the break, Stanislas, who played for West Ham United, capitalised on Dave's mistake to score a face-saving goal. With the score settled at 3-1 and seven goals scored in two games, Portsmouth were reluctant to do so, but they suddenly became the best attacking team in the entire Championship.

The fame of head coach Hydward's coaching team has also begun to spread in a small area in the coaching circle, of course, Ferguson is naturally indispensable to this.