The three consecutive wins in League One are very good, especially at the beginning of the season, with three wins and one draw at the end of five rounds, Wigan Athletic has reached 10 points and ranks fourth in the League One standings, which surprised many people.

Before the start of the season, many people paid attention to Wigan Athletic.

They are a promoted team, but the squad is very good, and it is rare to be promoted from the second division of the English second division with more than 100 points, which also represents the quality of Wigan Athletic.

Many people think that Wigan Athletic's squad will have the ability to compete for promotion places in the Premier League if it is played well, but it is only capable, and there is still a gap with traditional strong teams such as Sunderland, Millwall, Norwich, and West Bromwich Albion.

No one expected that after five rounds of the league, Wigan Athletic would be able to play such a good result.

"They're doing a great job!" BBC Radio Sports host Michael Hook described Wigan Athletic in this sentence when commenting on the English First Division: "I really didn't expect them to be fourth, a promoted team, to be in the middle of the first few rounds, good enough, but they did better!" ”

"Perhaps, we can make them the fourth Premier League club in Manchester, and then the English Premier League can be renamed Manchester Premier League."

This is a joke by Michael Hook.

However, on the other hand, it also shows the strength of Manchester football.

Manchester County, in addition to Manchester United, also has the Red Devils' arch-rivals Manchester and Bolton, both of which are traditional powerhouses in England. If Wigan Athletic can be promoted to the Premier League, they will become the fourth Premier League team in Manchester.

There are 34 counties, 6 metropolitan counties and 47 boroughs in England, and there are only 20 teams in the Premier League.

The strength of Manchester County football is evident.

Wigan Athletic didn't think that far ahead, let alone three wins in a row, even if there were more consecutive wins, the league was just beginning, and there was still a long season to go if they wanted to promote the Premier League.

However, the team has good results, the atmosphere of the team is good, the head coach Jewell is very happy, and he also gave the players a half-day off.

It sounds like there are very few holidays, but it would be nice to have them at this stage, because after three days, it's another league game, and there is no time to rest.

This had little impact on Zhang Tiehan.

Unless he can have a long vacation, he can only stay in the club for one or two days to continue training, it is impossible to leave, his teammates are on vacation, he has nowhere to go, and the result is to stay at the training ground and practice shooting with Beronte.

"I heard that you did well in the game, and Jevier told me that you are already the main player of the team." Belonte quipped during training.

Zhang Tiehan smiled, "It's okay." ”

Zhang Tiehan is quite satisfied with his performance in the game, two league games, scored a goal, and played a role in defense, which should be considered good, at least coach Jewell approves it.

'It would have been nice to have a few more goals.' Zhang Tiehan added.

Belonte Ha Luha smiled, and said helplessly, "You are really not satisfied, but there are many people who don't even have a chance to play, and you have been the main force in such a short time in the team." But there's also a chance, and when you're done shooting, you might be able to score. ”

Zhang Tiehan nodded fiercely, he likes to score goals too much.

It feels different from defense, the feeling of defense is very passive, even if you grab the opponent's ball, it feels very flat, and after grabbing it, you give the ball to your teammates, it's like leaving the winner to your teammates to decide, he prefers to decide by himself.

Kicking the ball into the net, Zhang Tiehan said, "I found that I have improved a little, and if I continue to train like this, maybe I will be able to take a free kick soon." ”

Belonte rolled his eyes and said disdainfully, "It's still far away!" ”

Zhang Tiehan touched the back of his head and reluctantly continued to devote himself to training, saying that he actually enjoyed this kind of life very much, especially when he played well in the game recently, and many Wigan fans knew him.

Walking along the road, some fans will come to say hello or even ask for autographs, which is a nice feeling.

Zhang Tiehan never refuses, he likes to sign autographs for fans, at that time he felt like a football star, but he knew that he was still very far away from the star, and it was estimated that few people knew him outside Wigan.

You still have to work hard.

"Come on!" He cheered himself up.

Life went on, so did the league, and soon three days passed, and Wigan Athletic welcomed their next opponent - Wimbledon.

It is a team full of history, one of the founding clubs of the English Premier League, and has won the FA Cup. When it comes to Wimbledon, fans can think of tough and even rough ball style, so Wimbledon is also known as the "crazy gang".

In 2002, at the end of last season, Wimbledon played in the Premier League, the bottom of the results were relegated to League One, and the club decided to move the team to Milton Keynes Keynes, and it was this decision that greatly reduced Wimbledon's supporters, and opponents formed a new Wimbledon team, and this team is also full of internal contradictions.

For various reasons, Wimbledon have a good squad, but the results can only be maintained in the middle of the League One.

Originally a Premier League team, only relegated for one year, Wimbledon is no longer even a promotion favorite, facing such an opponent, even if it is an away game, Wigan Athletic's hope of victory is very high.

There was no contradiction between the two teams, and there was a calm before the game.

When the game started, Wigan Athletic players realized the danger, Wimbledon although there are various problems, but the strength of the team is still good, especially the kind of tough style of play, which makes the game difficult to play, and the players who are less physically fit do not want to play at all.

Playing with such an opponent, the technique is no longer important, the most important thing is the body, which can resist the impact of the opponent, and the technique is useful, otherwise all kinds of reasonable collisions are enough to make any player with good skills completely reduced to mediocrity.

Wigan Athletic are in trouble.

Many players can't adapt to the game quickly, and the only one who can really be like a fish in water in the game is Zhang Tiehan.

He was very active.

I don't know if Lu Dao is a tactic, or if he is used to playing, the opposing players like to collide physically, and as a result, they all suffered defeats when they arrived at Zhang Tiehan.

"This guy has so much strength!" The opponent's striker was cut off by Zhang Tiehan and put on the ground, ate a few grass clippings, and quickly got up and said.

"Don't go toe-to-toe with him!"

At the end of one and a half, neither team scored, but Zhang Tiehan let the opponent suffer enough losses. The other party is tall and big, but he is very adaptable.

At half-time, Bregin also joked about this, "Zhang, it was a mistake for you to come to Wigan Athletic, I think you are more suitable for Wimbledon." ”

"That's right! Ha Lu Ha! ”

"Luckily Zhang is ours, I don't want to go to the other side and face his defense." A group of teammates laughed and laughed, but their faces were not very good.

In the first half of the game, they played depressed enough, the opponent has been fighting with their bodies, and the referee's penalty scale is very lenient.

It was Jewell who walked into the locker room and talked about the way he played in the second half, "Less physical collisions with them, more passes!" ”

"If they're attacking, be careful to intercept the pass! They don't have much to do if they want to break down! ”

Jewell was right.

Wimbledon has a good strength and a rough style of play, but they don't have many offensive means, and after one and a half courts, they don't threaten the ball a few times, just using long passes on the side to look for opportunities in the penalty area, this simplest way of attacking, the threat is not very big.

"Zhang, you stand further back, pay attention to the defense back in the penalty area, don't let them find opportunities in the penalty area!" Jewell admonished.

Zhang Tiehan nodded, he understood what Jewell meant.

The opponent's striker is tall and big, and even has a height of nearly two meters, the advantage in the penalty area is too obvious, they want to grab points in the penalty area, relying on Bregin and others alone, it is difficult to really defend, and their body is good, strong, and the body is not at a loss, and it is relatively difficult to defend.

In the second half of the game, Wigan Athletic still chose to go on the defensive.

As in the first half, Wimbledon's attacking tactics were dominated by lobbled crosses, and they wanted to use headers to find the back of the net, with several attacking players constantly pushing forward in search of opportunities, and Wigan Athletic's goal was in jeopardy.

However, Zhang Tiehan's retreat made the defensive pressure much less.

He can play with the opponent's position, fight for the body, he can predict the landing point of many balls, frequently retreat to the penalty area, and clear the siege one by one, relieving the crisis at the same time, but also letting the time be consumed little by little.

But there is always danger in such a defense.

Ten minutes from the end of the game, the opponent's striker received a pass on the left side of the penalty area, other defenders were on the right side, Zhang Tiehan was also behind him, the opponent was undefended at all, under the crisis, Zhang Tiehan rushed over, inserted a foot between the opponent's legs and stabbed the ball away, and the opponent was also tripped directly to the ground.

"Beep......" The referee's whistle sounds.

Zhang Tiehan pulled up the opponent blankly, and saw the referee running over and took out a red card from his pocket.

Red card, penalty.

"It's the opponent's number 13, he fouled in the penalty area and was sent off directly, and the referee also awarded Wimbledon a penalty!" The on-site narrator shouted.

The Wimbledon fans at the scene were still shouting loudly, after all, it was a very good opportunity just now, and they were satisfied with the referee's decision.

Red card plus penalty, this kind of penalty is quite serious!

Generally speaking, a foul in the penalty area is only a yellow card, after all, a penalty will be awarded to the opponent, which is almost equal to a goal, plus a yellow card is enough.

Direct red cards are rare.

If a referee shows a red card in a game, it is not only as simple as sending off, but also automatically suspended for one game, and the FA will also discuss whether to add a suspension.

Zhang Tiehan was immediately anxious, and he explained to the referee, "I was just a normal defense just now, how could it be a red card?" ”

Ridell also stepped forward and asked, "Are you mistaken?" Where is Zhang disgusting foul! ”

Several other Wigan Athletic players also surrounded the referee to give an explanation, and naturally there would be no result in doing so, but the referee still insisted on the original decision and let Zhang Tiehan play.

Zhang Tiehan could only walk out of the court helplessly.

Walking to the bench, Zhang Tiehan said to Jewell, "Coach, I'm sorry. ”

He felt that his foul was a serious mistake, that the team would have one less person on the court, and that he would be suspended for the game.

Jewell comforted instead, "Zhang, you did a good job, if it wasn't for your foul just now, they would have scored!" ”

'But they got a penalty.'

"Penalty? That's not a goal, they have to kick the ball in to be a goal! Jewell said, asking Zhang Tiehan to sit down and watch the game.

Sitting on the bench, Zhang Tiehan felt guilty.

He didn't know if what he had just done was right, although Jewell said that, but he still felt that Jevier was comforting himself, after all, it was a direct red card.

A red card is more than just being sent off.

He's definitely going to be suspended for one game, or even an additional suspension for it!

"What the hell, this bastard referee! Shit raised guys! Zhang Tiehan secretly scolded angrily.

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