Zhang Tiehan has long seen through this group of reporters.

With the exception of local journalists who genuinely support Wigan Athletic, the other reporters are eager for him to perform badly, and whenever this happens, they have something to say and can use themselves as a counterexample to praise the teams they support.

When he was doing well before, these reporters were competing to interview him one by one, and he was happy to 'pity' them and accepted the interview seriously.

Unexpectedly, when he didn't perform well, this group of white-eyed wolves began to speak ill of themselves.

It's been a month!

In the past month, there has been no good news about himself, and the most comforting thing is the encouragement of himself in the "Wigan Newspaper", and the newspapers and big newspapers in other regions have their own news is also sarcastic and sarcastic.

That's the media.

I didn't pay attention to the interview with Zhang Tiehan, as long as they performed well, they would definitely change the direction of the wind and say good things about themselves, and the most important thing was their performance on the court. Back in the locker room, he rested and listened to some pre-match advice from the coach, and it didn't take long for the game time to come.

Both teams will be ready to play in the players' tunnel.

……

David Moyes sat in the dugout, his face calm and a light smile, and he was trying to look as confident as he could. It gives confidence to his players and is for off-field reporters and fans.

Speaking ahead of the game, David Moyes expressed his determination to win.

He has to do that against a League One side because the results in the league are shabble, he has to do well in the Carabao Cup and show his confidence in the team in order to help the club and help the team to regain some image.

In reality, however, Moyes was not entirely confident in victory.

The opposition is a League One side, and it could be a win against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, so it will not be your average League One team.

Especially the other party's number thirteen......

Many reporters say that the opponent's No. 13 is in a goal drought, or from the perspective of the coach, the opponent's No. 13's technical characteristics are too single and easy to be targeted, but even so, will Everton be able to keep an eye on it?

Moyers wasn't sure.

He hoped that was the case, and he made the relevant arrangements, but the opponent did not play in the center position, and the arrangements he made were useless.

Moyers was a little annoyed.

Maybe that's a good thing, because at least the opponent defends and doesn't pose a threat to their goal.

But Moyes still had a bad feeling, and he clearly remembered that before the game started, when the two teams were in the players' tunnel, the number 13 stared at him with excitement on his face.

What was he excited about?

Moyes couldn't figure it out, but as the game progressed, he was much more calm.

As the reporters said, the opponent's No. 13 only has defensive tasks in the midfield, and it is difficult for him to perform in the opponent's advancing attack.

Without this number three, the game would be much easier, and the other players on the other side were also good, but compared to their own players, the gap was still a bit big.

Looking at Wayne Rooney, who was at the front of the team, had just completed a header, Moyes's smile was much more real.

……

Zhang Tiehan was getting up from the grass, the opponent's attack just now was too fast, he didn't keep up, and he could only interfere behind Rooney at the end, but he still let Rooney complete the shot.

Luckily, the ball didn't go in.

Rooney shook his head, glanced at Zhang Tiehan behind him, didn't say anything, and ran straight towards the backfield. Compared with Rooney, who scored with a header, Zhang Tiehan, who defended, looked a little embarrassed, and one side of his pants was green.

After standing up on the grass, he ran forward quickly.

He ran faster than Rooney and quickly crossed the halfway line, and goalkeeper Phelan also kicked the ball forward, and Ridell received the ball and pushed it over.

"What is he going to do?" Rooney was a little dazed.

He retreated to defend after shooting just now, but the opponent's forward speed was faster than him, and this is not a quick counterattack, what's the use of running so fast.

A midfielder has to cooperate with his teammates to pass and receive the ball to promote the attack, and Zhang Tiehan's approach is really contrary to common sense.

Then he saw that Zhang Tiehan greeted the ball and shot directly outside the corner of the penalty area!

"Oh my God!" Many people covered their eyes and couldn't bear to look at it again.

At that angle and distance, it was still a direct shot without stopping the ball...... The result can be imagined, Rooney didn't look any further, he felt that the other side was the same as Everton's 12th, which was equivalent to giving the ball back to Everton.

"Hula!"

Rooney was a little surprised by the shouting from the crowd, and he looked at the goal again to find that the football was out of the line, and the referee whistled to the corner flagstick.

Corner kick?

"What's going on?" Rooney asked his team-mate, it was centre-back Will.

Will was surprised, "That guy's shot was so beautiful, he almost scored, but luckily Simonson lifted the ball out!" Don't you see? It scared me out just now. ”

Rooney listened in surprise.

He suddenly remembered that when he was warming up, the opponent turned his back to him and also came to shoot from a distance, which was like a demonstration, but the opponent's goalkeeper did not defend at that time, and Rooney did not pay attention to it.

Now that I think about it, that kind of ball is not something that ordinary people can kick.

He, too, can't!

……

"Zhang just completed a very threatening cold shot, but unfortunately the opposing goalkeeper Simonson was very calm......"

Stadium commentator Mick Williams called it a pity.

Other media reporters are also talking about this shot, the game lasted for more than ten minutes, Zhang Tiehan didn't show anything, reporters and fans almost forgot about him, but suddenly completed such a shot, everyone's attention returned to him.

"It was a good long shot! Brilliant and wonderful! If it weren't for Everton goalkeeper Simonsen's quick response, I'm afraid the score would have been rewritten. ”

In the Wigan Athletic coach's box, Jewell had already stood up, and before the game began, he was full of expectations for Zhang Tiehan's performance.

In this game, he especially told the players to pass the ball over when they had the opportunity and let Zhang Tiehan try to shoot a few long shots.

That kind of powerful long-range shot, he'd seen it in training.

If it can really be shown in the game, it will definitely become a big killer for the team, so Jevier is very much looking forward to it, but unfortunately the goal was not scored, but the game has just begun.

Jewell calmly continued to watch.

Because of this shot, everyone paid attention to Zhang Tiehan, but in the next ten minutes, Zhang Tiehan never got a chance, he went to the penalty area to fight for points, there will always be opposing players to entangle, and he didn't get any good opportunities on the periphery.

That shot just now seemed to be a firework.

"It might just be a dribble, and it's no wonder that there are all sorts of fantastic shots on the pitch." Some reporters commented on Zhang Tiehan's performance.

That's a 'popular opinion' and Everton boss David Moyes thinks so.

Moyes has been paying close attention to Zhang Tiehan, and in the opening ten minutes, Zhang Tiehan did not stand out in the attack, and suddenly came to shoot coldly, which made him a little uneasy.

But then it was another ten minutes, half an hour passed, and there was nothing else to show except for this shot.

The shot just now was really just a balloon.

……

On the contrary, Everton's players don't see it that way.

The other party's thirteenth is not threatening? Whoever wants to say this on the spot, the Everton defenders will probably be angry and take the burden away!

The game lasted 30 minutes, and the opponent's No. 13 did not create any other threat except for that long-range cold shot.

But there's a premise that they're trying to defend.

David Moyes has a detailed arrangement for defending Zhang Tiehan, whenever Zhang Tiehan reaches the penalty area, two players are close to him to prevent him from easily entering the box, in addition to other nearby Everton players have to use their running positions to limit Zhang Tiehan's path to the ball.

The two are added together, and Everton has a lot of energy involved in defending Zhang Tiehan alone.

Under such a premise, Zhang Tiehan is not a threat.

If they relax their defense, they don't know what the consequences will be, but thinking about the shot just now, they don't dare to relax at all.

Can't give him a chance!

Everton players think like this, that is, off-field reporters are not on the field at all, just looking at the data to speak, what pass numbers, shot numbers, etc., under their close marking, this kind of data is still a lot, then it is not that the opponent is strong, but they are too weak.

As for whether the ball was a balloon or not......

Reporters can guess from the data that Moyes can comfort himself with such words, but as players who fight the field, they dare not give the other team a chance to try.