Wigan Athletic goalkeeper is John Phelan, an Australian player born in 1970.

From the age of 20, Phelan has been playing in the English league, but he has been the 'second goalkeeper' for 10 seasons since leaving Cambridge United in the third tier, moving to Coventry City, and then joining Blackburn Rovers.

The goalkeeper is different from other positions, and the 'second goalkeeper' sounds good, but the number of appearances is not guaranteed.

It wasn't until he joined Wigan Athletic in 2001 that he was 31 years old.

The goalkeeper position also has an advantage, that is, the career years, which are longer than other positions, and Phelan has established himself as the main goalkeeper with rich experience and calm play.

As a veteran goalkeeper, Phelan has a wealth of experience, and he is quite confident in his ability.

When he saw the opponent's only striker and was about to rush over alone, Fei Lan chose to attack as soon as possible, and also forced the opponent with his teammates, and had to shoot early.

This has great benefits.

When he passively chooses to shoot, his performance may be affected, and when he sees the opponent's leg raised, Phelan is quickly ready to save, and he also judged the right position by the way.

Phelan is ready to save!

"This ball will definitely be saved!" Just as he was thinking this, Phelan saw the ball spin and circle around the right side of his body.

It's bypassed!

Firan's eyes widened, almost thinking that he was hallucinating, but when he turned his head to look over, he still saw the spinning football, which crossed a wonderful arc and rushed headlong into the goal.

When he turned his head to look at Braniff, who had finished shooting, Filan's whole face was full of surprise.

Can this guy kick this kind of ball?

It's incredible!

Fans throughout the J chain were stunned by Braniff's goal. Most people have a different focus than Phelan, they are more concerned with scoring goals than the process of scoring goals, and the moment the football flies into the goal, there is a brief silence in the stands of the J chain stadium.

No one spoke.

Time seemed to stand still.

The players on the pitch, the people on the benches for both teams, the fans in the spectators, the reporters in the media gallery on the third floor, and all the other staff members, everyone had their eyes on Millwall's goal until they were sure that the ball was rolling in the goal.

Wigan fans are sighing.

The Millwall fans shouted in surprise.

Most of the reporters were still amazed by Braniff's goal and didn't know how to make sense of Millwall's goal, everyone else had their own minds, the only thing that was the same was that everyone was surprised by the goal.

The same goes for the "Sky Sports" commentator, who saw the football fly into the goal during the live broadcast, and immediately turned his head to glance at the stadium from the window to make sure that the goal really happened, before taking a long breath and letting out a long roar, "Gooooo......"

The roar doesn't seem to stop.

It wasn't until all the breath in his stomach was exhaled that the narrator took a breath and continued to shout, "Braniff! It's Braniff! After getting a long pass in front, Braniff quickly dribbled the ball and headed it in front of goalkeeper Phelan to score the ball! ”

The score became 0-1 and Millwall, who came to challenge, scored a goal! Wigan Athletic is behind for the time being. ”

"The first half is coming to an end and it's a time when scoring goals is crucial, but probably a lot of people don't think that it was Millwall who scored the goal, not Wigan Athletic, who dominated the field......

Then, as the screen played in slow motion, the narrator suddenly began to talk about the shot, "This is a very, very wonderful shot!" I shouldn't use any words of praise to describe it, we can see in slow motion that the ball spins around goalkeeper Phelan, and Phelan can't do anything about it, he doesn't even react at all! ”

"Let's look at the trajectory of football...... Oh, my God! It's a show, not a real game, it's hard to kick out, Braniff rubbed the ball with the outside of his instep, and the ball just bypassed goalkeeper Phelan, and if he can kick this kind of ball every time, it doesn't matter if the opponent has a goalkeeper or not......"

Then the commentator began to praise Braniff, and he also focused on introducing to the fans, "Braniff has not played for Millwall for two months, and there were media reports before that he and the new coach Zhang Yang had some small contradictions, but from this big battle with Wigan Athletic, Braniff started the game, the two probably will not have any contradictions, at least Zhang Yang did not take it to heart, otherwise Braniv would not have started in such an important game......"

In the comments of the Sky Sports commentators, the fans, players and media in attendance were amazed that Braniff could have such a spectacular shot.

Braniff himself was the most surprised.

Although he is only 22 years old, Braniff still has a certain understanding of his own ability, let alone in regular games, even if he deliberately plays in training, he can't play such a perfect shot.

But just now he did!

Braniff reminisced about the feeling of just shooting, as if the football was completely under control, and he could kick the ball wherever he wanted, even with a defined trajectory.

That's wonderful!

When so many excited teammates rushed to celebrate, Braniff just wanted to kick the ball again and see if he could find a similar feeling, he broke away from the 'chase' of his teammates and shouted at the staff on the baseline, "Throw the ball over!" ”

One of the men heard Braniff and threw over a brand new soccer ball.

Braniff's approach almost angered Wigan Athletic, Millwall scored a goal, what does this guy mean by taking the initiative to ask for the ball? Do you want to score another goal with a few seconds left in the first half?

The Wigan Athletic players glared at him.

Braniff ignored them, just held the ball at his feet, and then swung his right foot, as if trying to kick the ball, but he didn't touch the ball for a long time.

The media at the scene were also puzzled.

The Sky Sports commentator voiced everyone's doubts, "What is Braniff doing?" Want to do a kickball dance to celebrate? That's really creative, but this dance doesn't seem to be very ornamental, maybe he's just practiced......"

Regardless of what Braniff thought and how he celebrated strangely, the goal was real and Millwall gave Wigan Athletic a one-goal lead.

Many people could not have imagined that Millwall would be the first to score.

The entire first half belonged to Wigan Athletic, who were in Wigan Athletic's control for most of the game, but it happened on the pitch and Braniff helped Millwall to score just by taking advantage of a big clearance.

The Millwall fans celebrated wildly and the goal was a real surprise.

They are smaller in number.

When the goal came, their overall cheers were heard by everyone in the audience.

Wigan fans were depressed, they had been dominant, but the opponent scored first, and they suddenly had a bad premonition.

The mood of the media reporters is not very good, most of them hope that Wigan Athletic will win, Millwall has been defending before, they have also continued to ridicule, and at the same time conduct various analyses, thinking that Millwall is just pursuing a draw, but as a result, Millwall took the lead in scoring goals, and the speed of the face was too fast and too ruthless, so that they could not react.

What else can be said now?

The media that broadcast live text could only say, "At the last moment of the first half, striker Branifer, relying on his personal ability, helped Millwall complete the goal!" ”

"The conflict between Braniff and head coach Zhang Yang has long been made public, and then he suffered a two-month suspension, and the goal may be a demonstration to the new manager! We believe that because of this goal, Braniff will get more recognition and support from fans, and Zhang Yang may start to have a headache! ”

This is how the media found a way to amplify the contradiction between Braniff and Zhang Yang.

If the focus of the fans becomes 'the contradiction between a player who can score on the field and the current young manager', Millwall will score first.

This is a way of diverting public opinion.

No matter how fast the reporters spun their heads, they couldn't change what was going on, and Braniff scored a goal that made it 0-1.

Wigan Athletic is behind.

Jewell couldn't have imagined that Wigan Athletic would be behind, especially at this crucial point in time, just two minutes ago, he was complaining that stoppage time was too short for Wigan Athletic to score in the last minute.

Now Millwall is ahead.

Regardless of how Millwall scored the goal, it was a goal that happened and Wigan Athletic had to face it and he had to think about it.

Jewell didn't have time to wait, got up and left the court.

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The first half ended 0-1.

The players of both teams returned to the dressing room, and no one expected this result, even the Millwall players were surprised, so everyone talked about scoring goals on the way.

Braniff became the center of attention of the team, and several teammates surrounded Braniff and exclaimed, "I was surprised to see how you could score that goal!" ”

"yes, that spinning shot!"

"I'm sure it's going to be the best goal of the round, including the Premier League!"

"Well done! Little Kevin, I feel like you're going to be famous soon! ”

“……”

Many players also envy Braniff.

It's not the kind of ball that everyone can play, and it's often only the big stars who can make such a good shot, and compared to Braniff's obscurity, he may be on the verge of becoming famous.

Listening to the compliments of his teammates, Braniff also felt very good, but he still remembered how he felt when he shot -

How the hell did I get out of it?

At that time, I thought I would definitely be able to kick in, why couldn't I find the feeling after that?

Zhang Yang waited in the locker room, watching the players walk back, including Branifer, who patted Branifer on the shoulder and praised, "That shot is beautiful!" ”

Braniff was overjoyed.

He likes to hear the compliments, the team-mates are better, the manager's compliments make him happy, and that proves that he's doing well.

Braniff no longer thinks about the contradiction with Zhang Yang.

Those are a thing of the past.

He just thinks it's good to keep the status quo, he's got praise from the whole team, the whole team is centered on him, and his 'status' is higher than before.

When all the players returned to the locker room, Zhang Yang affirmed everyone's performance, "Guys! Well done! Everyone did what they were doing and we got ahead! ”

"Of course, this is thanks to Kevin Jr.'s performance!"

was praised in public, Braniff's face flushed with excitement, and then Zhang Yang emphasized, "Continue to maintain the second half!" Again, our tactics remain the same, no matter what the opponent does, you are all staying in your position, you must guard the goal and not give the opponent any chance! ”

"We took the lead, but Wigan Athletic! They're not underdogs, give them a chance and our advantage will be gone! So I hope that everyone can stay calm at all times and take the game seriously at all times! ”

The players all nodded their heads.

The coach just wants to remind them to continue to play according to the established tactics, to stay calm, no matter what the opponent does, they must be calm.

After emphasizing the tactics, Zhang Yang smiled, "I still have to repeat again, everyone performed very well in the first half!" The performance was fantastic! Didn't give the other party any chance! Now we're ahead, which is unexpected, and yes, I didn't expect to be ahead. ”

'But with the lead, you have to keep it and work hard in the second half, and I'm sure we're going to win!'

"As long as we win this game, we are only four points away from second in the league! You're also looking forward to the end of the season and hearing about playing in the Premier League next season! ”

Many people are looking forward to it now.

That's the Premier League!

Most of Millwall's players have never been in the Premier League, and for them it would be a great deal to play in the top flight, and they already see hope of playing in the Premier League for a long time.

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The atmosphere in the dressing room at Wigan Athletic was not very good.

No one could have imagined that they would be the ones who would fall behind at half-time, and most of the players didn't even dare to look up, lest they see the disappointed and serious face of head coach Jewell.

Jewell stood in the middle.

He didn't look at the players, he didn't have any resentment about them, but instead focused on Millwall's defence. The most important thing at the moment is to find a way to break through the Millwall defence.

Relying on a similar offensive in the first half, it was difficult to score in the second half, so Jewell's first words were, "Jason! In the second half you go on! ”

All the players looked at a tall black man in the corner.

That's Jason Roberts.

Roberts stood up and nodded, "Yes, sir!" ”

In fact, Jewell doesn't like Jason Roberts very much, the other party's performance is not bad, and he is also the team's No. 3 scorer, scoring 12 goals in 28 appearances this season, the only forward striker in the team, but Roberts's skills are very rough, most of them play with their bodies, in addition, it is very important to note that Roberts joined Wigan Athletic for 2 million pounds last year, but he is not a player introduced by Jewell, he is the manager of Wigan Athletic and helped to supplement it.

Jason Roberts is a 'manager faction player' and not a 'manager lineage' under Jewell.

But now it's up to Jason Roberts.

After settling on a center-forward change, Jewell began to emphasize his style of play, and he talked to his players about how to break down dense defenses.

For example, long-range shots, such as high-post passes, such as break-throughs on the wings, and so on.

Wigan Athletic don't have a fixed style of play for dense defending, and they are not good at breaking down dense defences, but when you put it all together, Jewell believes that with the overwhelming quality of the team, it will not be difficult to get on the scoresheet.

The key is...... Go into a few!

If you can only score one goal, then it will be a draw at most.

Jewell would have liked to have won.

The game is so far, winning is a luxury word, even though the opponent is only Millwall, but the opponent is very tight defensively.

"It depends on the team's performance." Jewell sighed.

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Zhang Yang doesn't know what Jewell thinks, but Wigan Athletic will adjust the way of attacking, according to the first half of the game, Wigan Athletic still has no chance.

But Zhang Yang is not worried.

According to Jewell's judgment, Millwall is one goal ahead, then Wigan Athletic's chance of winning is only about 30%, and the chance of a draw is more than 60%, which is Jewell's confidence in his team's offensive ability.

Zhang Yang's judgment is diametrically opposed.

After having a goal advantage, Millwall had a nine-in-a-ten chance of winning, leaving the odds for a draw.

As for losing?

No way!

It's not just confidence, it's confidence in ability.

Zhang Yang has the ability to predict, his ability advantage is not in the offense, but in the defense, because he can predict the goal in advance, he has time to make adjustments, otherwise there is also a chance to use the 'lucky bonus' ability.

Therefore, what Zhang Yang is best at is not to let the team complete the goal, but to do the work of the 'tinker' to make the opponent unable to complete the goal.

This is the ability and the source of confidence.

When Jewell was still immersed in the idea that 'a draw is easy', it was really just a 'beautiful imagination'.

This is how the second half began.

If there is one sentence to describe Millwall's situation, it would be 'it was a tough game, a tough one', and with Wigan Athletic's barrenness of the goal, it looked like Millwall's goal could be breached at any moment.

The game was different from the first half.

Millwall's defense did a good job in the first half, leaving Wigan Athletic without any chances in front of the box.

Wigan Athletic made the change, and they rarely looked for chances in front of the box, instead hoisting the ball into the box again and again.

It seemed like a passing of chance.

But in fact, this is the most uncomfortable style of play for Millwall, because their blockade in front of the penalty area is ineffective, and when they are surrounded by opponents at half time and the situation is completely suppressed, they successfully complete a defense, which is just a foreshadowing for the opponent's next attack.

Wigan Athletic are not afraid to waste chances.

After one attack was lost, the next one was soon there, and they repeated it again and again, leaving Millwall with no way at all.

"Millwall is too passive!"

"No chance at all!"

"Sooner or later, their goal will be breached!"

In the eyes of most people, Millwall is like a drowning man in his last position, and it is only a matter of time before he sinks into the water sooner or later without anyone to rescue him.

Taking advantage of the opportunity when the football was cleared out of the sideline, the camera turned to the two head coaches, only to see Wigan Athletic head coach Jewell, who was watching the game with a serious face, with no relaxed expression on his face, and was concerned about the team's offensive at any time.

Publicity?

When the camera pointed over, he was cross-legged with Erlang's legs, with a relaxed expression, as if he didn't take the tense game to heart at all, and was even in the mood to make a victory gesture to the camera, and shouted a word in his mouth.

"What did he say?"

The "Sky Sports" commentator was puzzled and learned to make a bold lip movement, and the two words were immediately spoken, "E...... IN？ Is he saying Millwall has won? Turning the camera and seeing the precarious appearance of Millwall's goal, the commentator couldn't help but pull the corners of his mouth and said, "He's crazy, right?" "Please Baidu "Throw Book Network" Thank you for your support!