Weekend, FA Cup matchday.

Coventry and Portsmouth's single-knockout neutral stadiums are the Britannia Stadium, home of Stoke City in the Premier League.

Stoke City is a city located between Manchester and Birmingham. Stoke City is known as the porcelain capital of the United Kingdom. Anywhere in the UK where a coffee cup is turned upside down after a cup of coffee is definitely made by the ceramics company in Stoke City.

Stoke has a population of only 200,000. Britannia Stadium has a capacity of 28,000 spectators. The FA Cup knockout stage matches are all played at neutral stadiums, and tickets are allocated according to the ratio of 4:4:2 between fans of participating teams and fans of neutral cities.

As soon as matchday arrived, tens of thousands of Coventry City fans and tens of thousands of Portsmouth fans poured into the stadium. The entire Britannia pitch is surrounded by distinct colors. Coventry fans in blue jerseys on one side and Portsmouth fans in white jerseys on the other.

Before the start of the game, there was no such thing as swearing songs or throwing "greetings" at each other. This is the tradition of English football, when it comes to the fight of mortal enemies, the fans uphold the spirit of "can do it and never chatter". They don't provoke each other before the game, and they will sing a few dirty songs to each other during the game. After the game, there is bound to be a massive fan brawl.

The Stoke Police Department was on the verge of a formidable enemy, with thousands of officers on leave cancelled, and most of them were deployed to duty near Britannia Stadium that day. The FPU in the police station is even more armed to the teeth. Blast-proof shields, tear gas, non-lethal shotguns, all professional anti-riot equipment were distributed to the riot police.

Portsmouth dressing room.

Portsmouth head coach Farkemi is in his forties and a native of Portsmouth. He has an almost natural hatred for the Coventry team.

Portsmouth, who topped the league table last time, were overturned by Coventry City with a two-goal lead on the road, and Farkemi was both questioned by fans and under huge pressure from the team's management. The first round of the FA Cup met Coventry City, and all he could think about was revenge.

For Portsmouth, it was a game they couldn't afford to lose. It would be a disaster to lose twice to arch-rivals Coventry in a month. Coventry's league standings are only in the upper middle of the table, and the top of the table is lost to the mid-table rivals, and the team management and fans cannot be explained.

Falkmi cleared his throat and said loudly, "Boys. I don't need to say anything about the significance of this game! Those stupid Coventry donkeys can beat us once, but they can't beat us twice! In this game, I lined up a 541 formation and put two marking defenders on the defensive line, one to stare at the opponent's shadow striker Liu, and the other was to stare at their striker Manla! Coventry is just an average team, there's nothing to be afraid of! Victory belongs to Portsmouth! ”

The Portsmouth players shouted in unison: "Victory belongs to Portsmouth!" ”

Coventry dressing room.

Old George was still dressed in a suit and leather shoes, an old-school English gentleman. He drew the 4411 formation on the tactical board and then said: "This game is still 4411. Everyone tried to send the ball to Liu, the playmaker of the frontcourt. I don't have to say what this game is about. Let's go, boys, go on the field and teach those Portsmouth mongrels a hard lesson! ”

Players from Coventry City and Portsmouth made their way through the tunnel to the pitch.

The commentary for this game is still Fat Bob and Big Mouth Dunphy of SKY TV.

The stands of the entire Britannia Stadium are distinctly coloured. On one side are Coventry fans in sky-blue jerseys. On the other side are Portsmouth fans in white jerseys. The third party is the local fans of 8,000 Stoke City.

For fans of Premier League side Stoke City, an FA Cup opener-round match between League Two teams won't whet their appetite. They came to the scene for only one purpose, and that was to come to see Liu Yun! They want to see with their own eyes what Liu Yun, a 45-year-old Chinese player who was deeply involved in the center of public opinion whirlwind a while ago, has what he is capable of.

The captains of both sides finished picking the side, the referee blew the opening whistle, and the halftime kick-off.

Portsmouth boss Frank Fakmi was very conservative in this game. 5 defenders, two of whom are dedicated to Liu Yun and Manla.

After the opening, the dominant side of the attack turned out to be Coventry, which are underdogs in the league standings.

The Coventry midfielder shifted the ball to the wing. Alexander broke down wide and provided an assist with a cross from outside the area to the edge of the box at Portsmouth. The ball went straight to striker Manla.

After receiving the ball, Manla seemed to want to try his feet and fired a long-range shot. It's a pity that the ball went straight into the sky.

Portsmouth, after all, are the top team in League Two. After stabilizing his position, he began to counterattack.

In the sixth minute, the Portsmouth striker dribbled into the box. There was a scuffle in the box, and a Portsmouth player pulled out his foot and fired a furious shot that went straight to the right post.

"duang~" Portsmouth was unlucky, the ball hit the post and bounced into the box. The Coventry player on the edge of the box immediately cleared the ball with a big foot.

Football has always been seven points of strength and three points of luck. Portsmouth's luck after the opening kick-off was indeed not complimentary.

In the thirteenth minute, a Coventry defender fouled his own half and Portsmouth won a free-kick in front.

The captain of the Park team takes a free kick and hoistes the ball into the box. The Park striker shook his head and hit the goal. It was a header in a good position and from a good angle. However, Coventry's young goalkeeper Ruan performed well, a fish leap save, and directly knocked the ball away with one punch!

Portsmouth coach Fakmi jumped up from the dugout in frustration and swung his fist!

In the first 20 minutes of the game, the two sides attacked and defended each other. Liu Yun had a few chances to get the ball, but the opposing defender was too tightly marked, and he didn't get a chance to break through or make a wonderful pass.

Liu Yun is just a person, not a god. George Sr. didn't expect him to be able to organise a dangerous attack every time he got the ball.

The deadlock was broken in the twenty-first minute!

The Portsmouth player picked up the ball on the flank, broke past the Coventry defender and brought the ball straight to the baseline. The Park player then crossed the crotch and dribbled the ball into the box. He picked a cross from the middle, and the Portsmouth striker actually came and kicked it with a flying kick! It's like a martial arts master in a Chinese martial arts novel who kicked the ball into the goal!

1：0！ Portsmouth took the lead in the twenty-first minute of the first half!

Farkemi stood up from the dugout and raised his hands in the air: "Beautiful, my lads! ”

The Portsmouth White Army fans in the stands also began to celebrate wildly. They shouted the name of the goalscorer and then began to sing expletives: "Oh, Coventry stupid donkey." When will you get a point? Oh Coventry stupid ass, when are you going to score a goal? Oh, cute Coventry stupid ass~"

Coventry fans made up a few swear songs specifically for this game. One of them was sung specifically for Portsmouth when they took the lead: "Portsmouth bastard, wait a minute." We're going to turn the tables because we have old lieutenants. Hey, Portsmouth mongrels, remember the 2:3 game? Remember the 2:3 game? ”