Gareth Esworth is 41 years old, a rare age even in the less professional League Two, especially since Esworth's position is not goalkeeper.

Esworth made his debut at Blackburn Rover, briefly playing for Cambridge United after leaving Blackburn, and then moved to several teams, the longest of which should be Queens Park Rangers, seven seasons, and then Esworth moved to Wycombe Rovers, where he now plays. In terms of accolades, Esworth is clearly not a success, he has only played two seasons in the Premier League in his 25-year career, but as far as Ethworth is concerned, he does not feel that he has any regrets in his career, although he has spent most of his career in the lower leagues, he has been to the top league, has seen one of the best professional football in the world, and not many players can still appear on the field until the age of 41.

At the current Wycombe Rovers, Esworth has several identities, firstly, he is a player, secondly, he is the captain of the team, and secondly, he is also the manager of this team.

There are so many roles, which is obviously unthinkable in the top flight, and two seasons ago Ryan Giggs played a similar role at Manchester United, but it was only a brief "cameo", while Esworth, who has played such a role since the beginning of the season, at the very beginning, there were also doubts about the rationality of Wycombe Rover's decision, but now, this doubt is gone, because Ashworth has proven his ability on the sidelines.

Wycombe, who had been on the way between League Two and League One a few seasons ago, have finally been "content with the status quo" in recent seasons and have struggled in League Two, but this season they finished fourth in the league, just one point behind a direct third-place finish in League One.

If it weren't for the young and overly Chinese standing not far away at the moment, even if he had excellent results in League Two, his influence would be limited. But even if Esworth can't be an idol in this small city, he can always be a well-known coach, so when he knew that the first obstacle on his team's road to promotion was the team led by this young man, Esworth saw this as his chance.

Esworth has every reason to think his team has the advantage, his team is fourth in the league and the opponent is only seventh in the league, and his team has faced opponents twice in terms of the results of the two sides. One win, one draw and unbeaten. In Esworth's view, the only thing that the other party can compare with himself may be his "life experience".

He used to be an assistant to Lin Sen, the country's most famous Chinese coach, while Esworth's coaching career was a blank slate.

Esworth was right, and in the first leg between the two sides, Wycombe Rovers beat their opponents 3-2 on the road, although it was not enough to end the suspense, but at least. Esworth earned themselves enough advantage, one win, three away goals, and home advantage.

Esworth is convinced that his team will knock out their opponents and then be promoted. Wycombe Rovers fans also think so, saying that they are the highest-ranked of the four teams and deserve to advance.

However, now. Their dreams are on the verge of shattering.

In the first half, Cambridge United took the lead and leveled the score at 3-3. Of course, Wycombe still had the initiative at this time, as they still had the advantage of scoring more away goals, however, they also failed to score in the second half, and instead of scoring, they conceded another goal to make the score 0-2 and 3-4 on aggregate.

This happens to be the lowest score that can knock them out.

The game was almost over, and Tang Hua habitually put his hands in his trouser pockets, of course, not to show that he was confident in his victory, let alone to highlight his elegant temperament, but simply to hide the nervousness in his heart at this time.

Yes, now the lead is Cambridge United, his team, but, again, this is a fragile advantage.

Wycombe only needed one goal and it would turn around.

All the fans at Adams Park Stadium are cheering for their home team, eagerly looking forward to the arrival of their own goal, and at the same time, it is also putting pressure on the visiting Cambridge United.

Actually, Cambridge United had a chance to stand here today and have a chance to play in the promotion play-offs, not without an element of luck. In the last round of League Two this season, Cambridge United played against Burton Town, who had been promoted, because they were only one point ahead of Plymouth in eighth place, although Plymouth's opponent in this round was also not easy to mess with, and it also happened to be the second place Shrewsbury, but if Cambridge Lenovo controlled its own destiny, it was undoubtedly the safest to take all three points.

However, these two games eventually turned into a suspicious drama with twists and turns.

Cambridge United scored the first goal, and Burton, who did not give any face, quickly equalised, and the 1-1 draw lasted until the last ten minutes of the second half, at which time, Plymouth in the other field scored a goal ahead of Shrewsbury, that is, at this time, Plymouth actually surpassed Cambridge United in the standings. But in the last ten minutes, the situation changed again, first Burton scored again to force Cambridge United into a desperate situation, Cambridge United had no way back to equalize the score in the last minute, and just when Tang Hua thought he had to accept the reality of being squeezed out of the play-offs at the last moment, there was good news from the other field, Shrewsbury also helped them in the last moments, drawing Plymouth 1-1.

The whole heart was shocked, the situation was actually ghostly back to square one, Cambridge United and Plymouth were in the same position, and even the gap did not change in any way. But Tang Hua definitely didn't want to experience that heartbeat again, but at this moment, Tang Hua could only pray for one thing, that is, the players on his field could withstand the pressure in front of him.

It only takes five minutes.

The last five minutes.

Tang Hua subconsciously looked at the other party's coach's seat, but at this time, he didn't find the figure he should have seen, and just when Tang Hua was about to take a closer look, the figure suddenly stood up, making Tang Hua a little stunned.

Esworth, he was once again on the sidelines,

It's just that now, he has changed his role, because he has changed his clothes, and now, the clothes on his body are exactly the same as the clothes on the Wycombe players on the field.

He ...... Putting yourself on the field? ”

Although he was a little awkward, this sentence flashed in Tang Hua's mind, and soon, this sentence became a reality.

Moments later, Ashworth came on and replaced a defender.

At this time, Ashworth did not have any intention of treating himself as a hero, but what he wanted to do at the moment was indeed something that only a hero could do, so he and his team had no choice at this time.

In the last five minutes, Wycombe Rangers pressed all over the line, and even goalkeeper Ingram rushed directly to the center circle several times, however, not all places of death will necessarily be able to "survive", and it is possible to let themselves die more completely.

In the 88th minute, Wycombe took a corner, but the first landing point was destroyed by Cambridge United, and the ball was still received by Cambridge United players, and Colin Bell faced an empty city of the opponent.

Ingram's desperate retreat from rushing to the goal to grab the spot, and the desperate blocking of the Wycombe players, did not stop Colin Bell from kicking the shot that was immediately hung for the best goal of the season, and from the back to the opposition goal, more than 50 meters, the ball went over the heads of everyone on both sides, including the desperate Ingram, and then crashed into the opposition goal.

Three to one.

The suspense is still over, but it's not much different from being killed.

A few minutes later, two short and one long whistles ended all the suspense.

The whistle seemed to turn off the standing switch of almost all Wycombe players on the field in an instant, causing them to collapse on the field in an instant, except for one person, Esworth.

Because, he is not only a player.

Tang Hua and Cambridge United's substitutes rushed into the pitch to cheer for their players, and after losing 2-3 at home, few were optimistic that Cambridge United would be able to "break through", however, today, they proved their resolve with their actions.

After celebrating with his teammates, Tang Hua saw Esworth, who was waiting for him with his waist crossed.

"Don't let us find a chance for revenge next season." After a brief handshake between the two, Esworth said a word.

Tang Hua was stunned for a moment, but quickly turned around and did not answer, but nodded very firmly.

The final of the play-offs is different from the home and away two-legged matches of the semi-finals, there will be a winner, the winner's reward is the last promotion spot, and the loser, where did he come from, which is why Esworth said not to let them find a chance to take revenge next season. Tang Hua's reply to Esworth was not all verbal confidence.

Just as he was celebrating, he was already informed of the result of another semi-final, with fifth-placed Southman United beating sixth-placed Stevenage 4-2 over two legs to become Cambridge United's final-final opponents. In the two collisions between Cambridge United and South Ally United this season, Tang Hua achieved one win and one draw.

Undefeated.

Not only that, but the game that beat Nanan United even had some special significance for Tang Hua personally, because that victory happened precisely after Tang Hua visited Lin Sen, and it was after that game that Cambridge United began to gradually form their current tactical style. (To be continued, please search, the novel is better and updated faster!)