Chapter 268: God's Favor

Ewood Park Stadium.

There were 24,000 home Blackburn Rovers fans and 2,000 away Millwall fans.

That's quite a remarkable number.

The biggest number of home fans at Ewood Park so far this season was at the first home game, Blackburn Rovers, against Fulham, when the crowd reached 29,000 compared to 26,000 for the home side.

After the first home game, affected by Blackburn's 'less dazzling' results, the number of fans did not rise again, but remained at an average of about 20,000, of which the number of home fans was only 18,000 on average.

The reason why so many home fans were there was because the opponent was Millwall.

Blackburn Rovers fans want the team to 'avenge the defeat in the first round', and they also came to watch the game with this idea.

Twenty minutes into the game so far, Blackburn fans are very happy because Blackburn have the advantage.

Although the score has not been rewritten, Blair has the advantage of the situation, the first four shots on goal, have already threatened the Millwall goal, while Millwall is much less threatening, only two shots on goal, one was a long-range shot from the outside.

Blackburn also had a high percentage of possession, averaging around 60 per cent.

Sixty percent is already a lot!

In terms of numbers, 60 percent is only 10 percent more than 50 percent, but officially speaking, Blackburn occupies 60 percent, Millwall only 40 percent, Blackburn has 50 percent more time on the ball than Millwall, and there will definitely be many more chances.

It also made it look like Blackburn had the upper hand in the game.

Head coach Mark Hughes was sitting in the coach's box, he just noticed that Zhang Yang was playing with the tablet, although he didn't know what the opponent did, but the opponent didn't care about the game, it was still very annoying.

Mark Hughes has made a decision: when the game is over, he will definitely target this and sarcastically mock the other party in front of reporters!

"It's disrespectful!"

"He's not worthy to command the game!"

"He has no respect for professional football and thinks about other things during the game! It's no surprise that Millwall will lose! ”

'Millwall had played very well before. When a young man has a little achievement, he thinks he is very good, he should thank Blackburn, thank me, we gave him the lesson of failure, so that he should know how to do it later! ”

“……”

Mark Hughes already had what to say in his head.

on the field.

Blackburn's dominance continues.

Twenty-five minutes had passed, the tentative battle between the two sides had long since ended, and the game became intense, and after Blackburn had the advantage, the attack began to continue, wave after wave of attack, as if to break the Millwall goal in one go.

Millwall's defense wasn't bad either.

In the face of Blackburn's attack, they defended very tightly, making it difficult for the opponent to find opportunities in dangerous positions, and after Blackburn's continuous attack, Millwall finally found a respite.

In the twenty-eighth minute of the game, Millwall unleashed a wave of counter-attacks.

Millwall continued to link up the left and in the middle, and the ball was passed to the left corner of the box in one breath, and Joey Healy passed back to Tim Cranch, who crossed the ball straight to the middle of the box, and Jody Morris followed up to shoot with his foot.

Blackburn didn't have a loose defense against Morris, they didn't play Morris accurately, but they used their defensive preparation against Smitchell on Morris.

This level of targeting also makes it difficult for Morris.

When Morris was about to complete the shot, the central defender Mokoyna immediately rushed over and crossed two meters in front of Morris with his body, and Morris's shot bounced directly into Mokoina's body.

"Mokoina!"

Seeing Mokoina's defensive heroism, the stadium radio immediately shouted excitedly, "He blocked Morris's shot with his body!" He was fighting for Blackburn with his flesh and blood, desperate. ”

"He's a hero who intercepts shots with his body!"

"He's a tough guy with iron will!"

"He ......"

The stadium radio was about to praise Mokoyna at length, when it found that there was something wrong with the atmosphere on the field, after the football hit Mokoina, it flew high, and then Livermore and the opposing defender Savage jumped together to fight for the point, Livermore was more physical, he jumped higher than Savage, and took the ball first.

Livermore wasn't the kind of player who had a good sense of the big picture, he just knew how to scramble for the ball, and when he glanced around and didn't know who to pass to, he gritted his teeth and headed the ball towards goal.

Livermore was on the edge of the box, and he was more than 18 metres from goal, so it must have been a fool's choice to take the header, and sure enough, the next moment, the opposing defender Nelson blocked the ball with his back.

Nelson just judged the path of the ball and quickly stopped his body in front of him, but he was not able to control the ball, and the ball smashed on his back, bouncing out diagonally for a few meters, and it was at this time that Blackburn realized the threat because of the appearance of a Millwall player in front of the ball.

Is that...... Vardy!

Jamie Vardy has been running around on the right side of the box and he wants to link up with his team-mates, but he is not so experienced, and he runs a little early, and it is difficult to find opportunities when he is pestered by opposition defenders.

But Vardy didn't expect the opportunity to fall to his head!

When Savis ran over to block the shot, there was no one to defend Vardy, and Vardy was ready to run back because the opponent would obviously stop the ball, but the football was 'passed' by the opponent with his back.

It's totally beyond imagination!

Vardy's mind couldn't function for a while.

Is it a foul?

Or did the other party do this on purpose in order to better solve the siege?

Was it my luck?

A series of thoughts came to mind, and it also showed Vardy's nervousness, Vardy was still starting for the first time in the Premier League, from the first minute, he was a little nervous, he had not had a chance before, and he also felt anxious, when the opportunity was in front of him, his heart was full of excitement.

What should I do?!!

"Shoot! Jamie, be sober! And be sure to score! Vardy said this to himself before finally swinging his right foot at the ball.

All the attention was on Jamie Vardy, as well as on his right leg.

Jamie Vardy had a good chance, but it wasn't easy to get the ball in, as he was less than half of the angle from 10 metres from goal, and goalkeeper Friedel was on the lookout, blocking most of the angle with his body.

At that moment, Millwall's players were cheering Vardy in their hearts.

"It's going to be a big deal!"

"Good chance!"

"It's up to you!"

“……”

Vardy thought the same thing, but when he swung his foot with all his strength, he realized that he had made a huge mistake: he didn't judge well!

This shot is a kick!

Most people can easily judge Vardy's mistake, because the moment he finishes the shot, Vardy can no longer maintain his balance, and is driven by the force of his own swing, and his body falls diagonally backwards.

Many people can't bear to look at it!

But Vardy still grazed the ball with the inside instep, and the ball was spun and rushed towards the goal!

A wonderful inner instep arc!

Goalkeeper Friedel never expected to face such a shot, he only wanted to block most of the angles, as long as he blocked the ball with his body, after all, the distance of ten meters was a little too close, and when Vardy finished the shot, he saw Vardy's embarrassment and felt very funny.

The other party actually made a mistake!

Sure enough, an unknown rookie striker, I don't know why the other party would send such a rookie to play!

Is this here to be funny?

The next moment Friedel was not in the mood to be happy, he found the ball sticking to the turf and quickly turned to the near corner.

This ball simply can't be blocked!

Friedel watched in horror, he made a judgment in advance, but his body couldn't keep up, the only thing he could do was to stretch out his foot to kick, but the football grazed his foot and turned into the bottom corner of the goal.

"The ball is in!"

When the fans realized the goal, they were a little unacceptable.

Many players have not yet reacted, and they are a little stunned when they see the referee's actions, and most of the players' attention is focused on Vardy's antics, and their first reaction is that Vardy has made a mistake in shooting.

How can you score a goal?

When they saw the ball rolling into the goal, many players felt incredible, they were a little annoyed that they didn't pay attention to the ball just now, and they didn't know exactly how it was scored.

There are still players who have noticed.

Jordy Morris was one of them, and when Vardy was about to fall to the ground, he couldn't help but cover his cheeks and couldn't bear to continue looking, but through his fingers, he noticed the ball flying into the goal.

The ball went in?

Jody Morriston reacted and quickly rushed to the ground to see Vardy who had fallen to the ground, and after checking that he was not injured, he immediately cheered excitedly, "You kicked the ball in!" Well done! Jamie! ”

Other players also rushed over to celebrate.

Jamie Vardy was still in a state of dazed form, and he was in despair after finishing his shot.

First Premier League start!

The game is very important to him, but in the face of the opportunity sent by God, he made such a serious mistake, what he didn't expect was that Morris ran over and said that the ball was scored?

The ball went in?

Impossible!

Jamie rubbed his butt and was picked up and looked at the goal as soon as he was picked up.

Football is in the goal!

He turned his head in a daze and asked, "How did you get in?" ”

"You kicked in! What a brilliant shot! Jody Morris explained with a laugh, and the rest of his teammates laughed along.

Everybody knows Vardy has made a mistake.

A normal shot would not have been able to fall to the ground, but Vardy was lucky to be able to score the ball with a kick.

"You should thank God!"

Joey Healy put his arm around Vardy's neck, put his arms around him tightly and said, "God help you get the ball in!" ”

"yes, thank God!"

"Amen!"

“……”

A group of people giggled and said that in fact, only a small number of people believed in God, and the others did not have any faith.

They're just joking.

The reporters in the media gallery were also discussing God, but their starting point was to publicize the Weibo post, and one reporter was stunned and said, "Does God really favor Millwall?" ”

"That's good luck!"

"If it weren't for God's providence, I wouldn't have believed it at all! Can you score goals like this? ”

"luck!"

"Millwall scored a goal with-!"

"It's just luck, that rookie striker in the eighth-tier league! But anyway, he was lucky enough to score on the first start......"

“……”