The last time Wigan Athletic and Bradford played each other, until now it is still remembered in the psychology of every player at Wigan Athletic, of course, the Bradford players have a deeper memory, because they lost 6:0 at JJB Stadium in that game, and they almost took off their pants in public to show their little JJ.

That's depressing.

However, it was a fond memory for the Wigan Athletic players, so the players of both teams took the opponent to heart, and the Bradford fans hated Wigan Athletic even more.

"We want revenge!" That's what Bradford was saying before the game.

It's just that Wigan Athletic didn't take it to heart, if it was West Bromwich Albion, Norwich and other teams that said so, they really had to deal with it carefully, Bradford? How does a team from the bottom of the league qualify for revenge against Wigan Athletic?

It is estimated that it is just under pressure to talk about it......

When the game started, it also proved Wigan Athletic's conjecture, Bradford's strength was too bad, even at home, they didn't play a good game, they could only defend passively, this game reminded Wigan Athletic players of the League Cup final, they played so passively against Arsenal...... It's just that the position is reversed, and now it is Bradford who is passive, and they can attack at will in the opposition half.

In the League Cup final, the winner is passive, but Bradford does not have Zhang Tiehan, it is too difficult for them to create a miracle, and they can only defend passively...... Until the end of the game.

That's the game between the two teams.

As for Bradford's 'revenge', it is estimated that it is only due to the pressure of the fans, they have no revenge at all, and the team's fighting spirit is completely lost, many times, when the players on the field are thrown away. None of them will continue to chase the ball as if they are not the one who is in the goal.

The game went on slowly.

Wigan Athletic had an overwhelming advantage, but they also felt the frustration of Arsenal in the Carabao Cup final, and it was not easy for them to take the lead in the face of a dense crowd of tactics, and the first half ended 0-0. In the second half, Wigan Athletic no longer passed and received the ball in the front court to play gaps, but frequently used long-range shots, headers and other frontal ways to attack, as a result, in the 71st minute of a corner kick opportunity, Zhang Tiehan shook his head and hit the post, Ellington scored a supplementary shot to open the scoring for the team.

The rest of the game was much smoother.

After conceding a goal, Bradford were almost desperate, they could not see any hope of a team scoring goals, and it was impossible to win only defensively. And their head coach didn't make any tactical changes, and as a result, their front and back courts were a bit disjointed, and their defense was no longer so tight.

Five minutes later, Zhang Tiehan used a long-range shot to break the Bradford gate again.

And that's not the end of it.

Before the end, Ridell and Makalocchi combined to send the ball directly into the box, where Ridell shook off the defender and scored the third goal from a tight angle.

Three to zero.

This is also the last score.

After winning against Bradford, Wigan Athletic have 79 points with 23 wins, 10 draws and 2 losses. It surpassed West Bromwich Albion, who lost in this round, and is only one point away from Norwich to temporarily move second in the league standings.

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When League One is back in action. The Premier League is also back in flames.

Arsenal's Carabao Cup final defeat to Wigan Athletic was the most glamorous fire, and their defeat in the Carabao Cup led to many media speculations that Arsenal's unbeaten Premier League record was about to end, but Arsenal still won Everton and continued to lead the Premier League schedule by eight points beyond Manchester United.

This made a lot of media outlets who wanted to see Arsenal jokes a little disappointed.

They have refocused their attention on the League One schedule.

To the general English media, they don't really follow League One games. After all, it's the second tier, and apart from the regional media in those cities with League One teams, the other media are more concerned with the big news, and the top league and European competitions are naturally more concerned about football.

However, when the league has reached this level, the general media has also begun to pay attention to League One. The main concern is about the League One teams that are expected to be promoted to the Premier League next season.

Wigan Athletic is one of them.

They are now second in the league and as long as they can maintain that position, they are eligible for direct promotion to the Premier League, and their results can be described as soaring all the way, and many media who follow League One believe that it is only a matter of time before Wigan Athletic surpass Norwich City in points.

In this way, Wigan Athletic has naturally received a lot of attention.

But the media is more concerned about Wigan Athletic's results, but about Wigan Athletic's players, and their League Cup games have proven that Wigan Athletic have a number of good players. Why can Wigan Athletic play so smoothly in the league? It's not how good their manager is, it's not how strong their team is, it's that their players are good.

Excellent!

For example, in the past League One, Wigan Athletic scored three goals, the first goal was Zhang Tiehan's shot, Ellington's follow-up shot, the second goal was Zhang Tiehan's direct long-range shot, and the third goal came from cooperation, but it also reflected Riddle's core ability, his excellent awareness and personal ability, which allowed him to get a chance to shoot at a small angle.

Not only the goal, but also the attack before the goal is very important, the role of Makalocchi and Barnes is reflected, because of the position, the two are always far away from the goal, and they often contribute silently in the attack, but the continuous and stable performance of the two still gets a lot of attention.

All in all, most of the media focus on Wigan Athletic's players more than they care about these great players.

Especially Zhang Tiehan.

In fact, in the team, Ridell and Ellington also performed well, but Zhang Tiehan was too conspicuous, he scored three goals in the Arsenal game, completely on his own ability, and in this game against Bradford, he also scored a long-range shot, which brought his tally to 27 goals in League One.

This number is enough in previous years to become the Golden Boot.

Even now, with this goal, he has opened up the gap with other contenders, and he is already the top scorer list, the only top scorer list.

With this kind of consistent goalscoring performance, few media now question Zhang Tiehan anymore.

What can you question?

Zhang Tiehan kept scoring goals. Constantly scoring goals, the goal efficiency of the opponent in the league is stable, and the number of goals against the strong team in the cup is more, such a performance cannot be questioned at all, and then blindly questioning is equivalent to slapping yourself in the face. Obviously, most media will not do this kind of thing, even those media who do not have a good impression of Zhang Tiehan can only endure it for the time being, praise Zhang Tiehan for a few sentences, or not report on the game about Wigan Athletic, which can only be like this.

At the same time, the local media of the League One teams are also very concerned about Wigan Athletic, especially those who have not yet played the second leg against Wigan Athletic, and those who are eligible to compete for promotion from the Premier League.

For the former. They will be hoping for one more win for the local team.

Wigan Athletic is too strong, so strong that many League One teams have little confidence, they can only hope that Wigan Athletic will not perform well and be in bad form, so that they can have a chance, and the media that support them are also constantly paying attention to Wigan Athletic, as if hoping to find Wigan Athletic's weaknesses. Then let the team take advantage of the weakness and win.

For the latter, Wigan Athletic is a direct competitor.

The competition for league promotion is cutthroat. There are only three promotion places in League One, and the league champion and runner-up can be directly promoted to the Premier League, but the third to sixth places have to participate in the promotion play-offs to compete for the last place. The promotion play-offs are brutal, with four teams fighting for one promotion spot equating to three teams being eliminated.

No one can care less about promotion than Wigan Athletic, who occupies a spot. It's just that they have one place less, and they naturally care about Wigan Athletic and hope that they will make mistakes so that they can have a chance to catch up.

So how do you make Wigan Athletic make mistakes, or how do you stop Wigan Athletic from moving forward?

It's a tough question......

If you want to do this, you must first make Wigan Athletic's outstanding players unable to perform well, specifically, to limit the performance of Wigan Athletic's outstanding players, then Zhang Tiehan will bear the brunt.

Perhaps from Zhang Tiehan Road League One, Wigan Athletic's opponents are thinking about this.

Until now, they need to think about this again, but if it was so easy to think of how to stop Zhang Tiehan, he would not be the top scorer now. Obviously, everyone knows that it is a little unrealistic to talk about this issue, especially in the field of football in League One, whether it is the team or the ability of the players, it is very difficult to stop Zhang Tiehan.

Some media have specially analyzed Zhang Tiehan's personal ability-

A strong body like a bull!

A long-range shot from the world's level!

World-class header!

There's also great fitness, stamina, and a good defensive ...... And so on, in short, Zhang Tiehan's personal ability is very good, very good, these characteristics are all put together, it is impossible to limit it in a single way, at least with the defense of the League One level defender, it is almost impossible to limit Zhang Tiehan.

Of course, it is also possible.

For example, a team looking for three players to keep an eye on Zhang Tiehan, just like the crowd tactics are always the best defensive tactics, how can three people defend one person can also be effective, but the football game is a team sport, three people defend Zhang Tiehan, then it is equivalent to two less people on their side, in the case of 8V10, playing for 90 minutes, and raising the white flag to admit defeat is no different.

In other words, it is too difficult and too difficult to restrict Zhang Tiehan.

Then there really is no good way to stop Wigan Athletic, and the teams that are about to play Wigan Athletic have considered this, and they also have no good way.

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The following March league was spent in the entanglement of Wigan Athletic's opponents, they could not stop Wigan Athletic, and could only accept one defeat after another.

On 17 March, Wigan Athletic beat West Bromwich Albion by a narrow goal.

On 20 March, Wigan Athletic won 3-1 at home to Coventry.

On 27 March, Wigan Athletic beat Watford by two goals, and after this round, Wigan Athletic won the Grand Slam of March, winning all of their games and rising to the top of the League One table by two points over losing Norwich.

Wigan Athletic won the top spot in League One with an unstoppable attitude, which made many media sigh, "There is no suspense about the League One title." ”

Even the influential "Sun" newspaper in Europe commented on League One, "We should care more about Norwich and West Bromwich Albion, the two teams are fiercely competing for second place in the league, they are only three points apart, West Bromwich Albion still has many opportunities, they will not be willing to be third in the league!" ”

There is no difference between third and sixth in League One, which means that West Bromwich Albion have little chance of competing for the other three teams for that only spot.

West Bromwich Albion will naturally hope to overtake Norwich City to become second in the league.

As for Wigan Athletic?

Even if Wigan Athletic were behind them before, after losing at home to Wigan Athletic, they decided to catch up...... (To be continued......)