"Ball...... The ball went in---!!! ”

The narrator was stunned for a moment, and then shouted frantically, "Gooooooooooal!" The ball is in! Wigan Athletic were the first to break the deadlock, and it was their number 13 who scored! ”

Zhang Tiehan was in the air, his eyes were fixed on the football, and when the football flew over the goal line, he just landed on the grass.

At that moment, the referee hadn't blown the whistle yet, but he knew that he had succeeded!

"Haluha, I scored!"

He didn't get as excited as before, just raised his arms and shouted, and ran to the camera, gave himself a thumbs up, and shouted, "My name is Zhang, look, I'm a striker, a shooter!" It was my first goal and there will be more to come! Ha Lu Ha ......"

The teammates who originally came over to celebrate together, when they heard this shout, they were all 'shy' and didn't rush over immediately, so that Zhang Tiehan finished the sentence completely.

That's really arrogant!

But after all, it was an away game, and the atmosphere after the goal was not very enthusiastic, except for the more than 1,000 Wigan fans who came with the team to celebrate wildly, and the Derby County fans were silent.

They were all a little disappointed.

No, or very disappointed.

Derby County fans are miserable, their team was playing in the Premier League a few years ago, and they could even hope to compete for the Premier League title before the start of each season, but the team's results have not been as good as year after year, and they have no choice but to be relegated to League One.

Now, in League One, I can only ** and struggle.

They are the most loyal Derby County fans, and even when the team is in trouble and the result is already bottom of League One, they still support the team and come to the stadium to watch.

They had hoped for victory.

At home, the opponent was a promoted team, just a win, not too much demanding, and the head coach Collins, in the pre-match press conference, said 'we are confident of winning at home', which gave them hope and expectation.

But the team fell behind again...... Can it be recovered?

If it was Derby County a few years ago, the fans must have been very confident that their team was positive and still working hard even if the situation was unfavorable, but can Derby County really work now?

Even Derby's most loyal fans are suspicious in their hearts.

Some ordinary fans, after seeing Wigan Athletic's goal, just leave the game early, it was only the first half, but they had no hope in their hearts, they didn't want to see their favorite team lose at home.

That kind of despair, it's so painful!

……

Unlike the fans, the media reporters who came to interview were concerned with the goals, the players, not the subsequent games.

Wigan Athletic is ahead, they deserve attention, and Zhang Tiehan has become the protagonist of the reporters' attention!

The reporters who came to cover the event, especially the reporters who had done a lot of preparation before the game, felt very strange. As far as they know, Zhang Tiehan, who scored the goal, is a purely defensive player, and it is difficult to give much support to the team on the offensive end.

But in this game, he actually acted as a striker!

Is there anything more bizarre about a defensive player playing as a striker? They couldn't think of it, so they weren't optimistic about Zhang Tiehan, and the first 30 minutes of the game also proved it, that No. 13 didn't perform at all, he really didn't have offensive talent.

But there was an amazing twist!

He broke the deadlock between the two teams and rewrote the score with a header that knocked on the door of the Derby County and made him the man who contributed the most to Wigan Athletic's attack.

It's just a goal, but the purpose of the attack is to score!

No matter how good the previous cooperation was, a series of passes and catches, and tactical kicks were dazzling and eye-catching, but their purpose was to score goals, and the thirteenth on the field did not participate in any of the team's cooperation tactics, but he completed the fatal blow!

That's enough!

Among the reporters, there are many reporters who have reported comments on Zhang Tiehan's performance after the last round, at that time they thought that Zhang Tiehan's goal was just luck, or the strange performance of young people, and based on the three consecutive rounds of depression, it was difficult for Zhang Tiehan to perform in the attack, but now they think of their reports, and they feel a hot pain in their faces.

It felt like a hard smack in the cheek!

It hurts!

They don't want to believe it, but they have to admit that the goal just now was not luck!

That kind of header is not a stroke of luck, at least, the number 13 just rushed to the right position, and played a certain strength, comprehensively suppressed the defenders, and then smashed the ball in the top of the opponent's head.

To score this kind of goal, you need strength.

There is no strength but luck, this kind of goal cannot be scored, unless the Derby County defenders are just stakes, otherwise it cannot be done by luck.

Are Derby County defenders stakes?

Even if they are the bottom of the league, the reporters don't dare to say that, after all, it is the central defender of Derby County, and the strength is still okay, so Zhang Tiehan, who suppressed the defender's goal, at least has a certain ability in scrambling for headers.

They must admit it!

Even if they don't want to face it in their hearts......

More depressed than the reporters was Derby County head coach Collins. The reporters who commented on Zhang Tiehan's performance just felt that their faces were dull, but Collins's cheeks were red.

The opponent scored first!

In the first 12 rounds, the opponent scored first, and the final result of the game was that his team lost, without exception.

Not to mention the Derby County fans, even Collins doesn't have much confidence.

He knows his team well, Derby County is now the last place in the league, naturally there is a reason, one of the important reasons is that the team's financial problems, the treatment of players has not been improved, and even some veterans who have played for Derby County for several seasons can't renew their contracts.

In such an environment, it is no wonder that the team can have morale!

The tailwind in the league can still be played, and once the headwind is against the wind, it is too difficult to equalize again.

The thought of losing the game and facing reporters after the game gave Collins a headache, he regretted saying so confident words before the game, what is the use of making that kind of guarantee, it is meaningless, and it really adds trouble to the defeat.

……

Wigan Athletic, on the side, doesn't care how embarrassing Derby County is, after Zhang Tiehan scored, Wigan Athletic's bench and coach's bench also cheered, and Jewell shook his arm hard regardless of his image.

As a head coach, you have a lot of power, on the surface it is very beautiful, but the pressure is also very high.

He needs to worry about the game, he needs to worry about things on and off the field, he needs to worry about every player, and when the team is in trouble, no one else needs to think about anything, but Jewell has to solve it.

Zhang Tiehan is the solution he gave.

A player who has been playing in the midfielder since he was a teenager suddenly plays in the forward position, even if Jewell is confident, there is still a lot of pressure.

If Zhang Tiehan didn't perform, what would the reporters say after the game?

Zhang Tiehan is just a player, what position to play is completely the coach's meaning, then the responsibility must be on Jewell, he needs to bear too much pressure.

Now that Zhang Tiehan has repaid his trust with a goal, he can take a long breath.

"Well done, Zhang!"

Jewell must, ruthlessly, forcefully say that!

……

Until the game restarted, Zhang Tiehan could still hear the cheers in the stands of the Wigan fans, and the cheers lingered in his ears, all like praise for him, which was a great feeling.

If you score a goal, you can enjoy such treatment!

He likes it so much, this is what he should pursue, keep scoring goals, keep cheering, on the way forward, there are more and more fans like him, and he can bring more championships and honors.

This is what I want to pursue!

Thinking like this, Zhang Tiehan worked harder to integrate into the game, and he needed more opportunities to show himself and work hard to score.

In the next game, Wigan Athletic's attack is even more swift!

Zhang Tiehan's goal boosted the morale of the team, while Derby County did the opposite, losing the momentum they had at the start of the game, and when they were behind, they were not thinking about an equaliser, but when to end the game.

Too many of them are tired of losing and tired of Derby County FC.

They have no momentum, no fighting spirit.

With such a comparison of the mentality of the two sides, the situation of the game can be imagined, at Pride Park, Wigan Athletic dominated the opponent, completely suppressed Derby County, and scored two goals in a row in five minutes in the second half.

A goal came from full-back Lee Makalocchi, who used exquisite footwork to shake off the Derby County defenders and scored the second goal with a long-range shot.

The other goal came from Erlington.

This is thanks to Zhang Tiehan.

Taking advantage of a corner kick opportunity, Zhang Tiehan stuck a good position to grab the point, and his body flew away again, but unfortunately the header hit the post, and the result happened to bounce to Ellington's feet.

In the chaos of the penalty area, Ellington poked the ball into the back of the net with his back-heel.

That shining footwork......

Zhang Tiehan's ruthless teeth itched his head.

Damn, it was obviously a chance I created, this guy was still showing his footwork in the penalty area, but all the cheers were his, and I was forgotten by the fans.

Thinking so, he was also a little envious of Ellington's footwork.

Good indeed!

In such a chaotic situation, Ellington was in danger and hit the ball into the goal with his back heel, which is very slow to watch, and it is simply the art of football.

With that goal alone, Ellington was voted Man of the Match.

The above is Zhang Tiehan's thoughts.

In fact, no one has any objection to Ellington's best of the match, not only one goal, but the other two goals, including other attacks, Ellington performed quite well as a second striker, and his shadow can be seen in every attack, and his performance often shines, and it also creates a lot of opportunities for Wigan Athletic.

Compared with before, Zhang Tiehan's performance was not outstanding.

But no one can deny the role of Zhang Tiehan's first goal, so after the game, there are still many media who care about Zhang Tiehan, and at the press conference, the reporter asked, "Mr. Jewell, how did you think of letting Zhang play as a striker?" ”

The victory made Jewell breathe a sigh of relief, and when he heard Zhang Tiehan mentioned, he was even more smiling, "Zhang is very good, he can always show a lot of potential as a center forward player in training, so I want him to try, he is still young, he should get a different opportunity, I think, giving young people a chance to perform is what a coach should do, so I gave him a chance, and it turned out that he performed well, and I am very happy to see this, which proves that my idea is right." ”

"So, Zhang will be a striker in the future?"

"That's up to the opponent." "He can play as a striker, he can play as a midfielder, he can change his position, and the important thing is that we have more options, which is good for the team, because you don't know what kind of opponent you have to face, and it's important for the team to have a variety of attacking methods. ”

This kind of official, hazy answer made the reporters very dissatisfied.

Next they mentioned Chelsea, which is Wigan Athletic's next League Cup opponent, and the reporters who care about Wigan Athletic know what they want to know is Wigan Athletic's attitude towards a strong Chelsea.

'Chelsea are strong and all we need to do is play to the quality of the team and as for the result, that's after the game. Jewell said.