After the match with Bolton, the English media were optimistic about Bolton's qualification.

Won 3-1 at home and Bolton Wanderers played much better away. They only need to score one goal and Wigan Athletic will have a tough time because they can't knock out Bolton Wanderers with three goals, and even if they choose to defend, Wigan Athletic will have to score two goals.

If it was Wigan Athletic in the past, it might not be difficult, but without Ridell in midfield, you can see the impact from this game, Wigan Athletic's attack is completely disorganized, and it can be said that their attack is completely disrupted by Bolton's full-court pressing.

Bolton had the advantage and also took the initiative.

The media in Manchester County are also optimistic about Bolton, Wigan Athletic is a Manchester team, and Bolton is also a Manchester team, and only those media with special tendencies will especially support Wigan Athletic.

For example, a large part of the media that supports Manchester United.

Manchester United and Bolton are bitter rivals, and their tensions stem from history, when on 6 February 1958, Air Europa Flight 609, carrying Manchester United players, fans and journalists, failed to take off on its third attempt on a snowy runway at West Germany's Munich Airport. Of the 44 passengers and crew on board, 23 were killed, including eight Manchester United players and three staff members.

This is the famous Munich air disaster.

Three months after the Munich air disaster, Manchester United and Bolton reached the FA Cup final. In this game, Manchester United, who suffered a lot of losses, not only lost to Bolton, but was also extremely humiliated by Bolton fans. Nearly 1,000 Bolton fans danced their hands and made a plane crash gesture to humiliate United.

Since then, Manchester United and Bolton have been bitter enemies.

The momentum of the fans of both sides is hot and hot, and the competition between the fans of the two teams can even catch up with the Manchester derby.

The media that support Manchester United will naturally not support Bolton, so this part of the Manchester media supports Wigan Athletic, and they hope that Wigan Athletic can create a miracle to beat Bolton.

“…… When Wigan Athletic return to the JJB Stadium, anything is possible and they have a good chance of victory, they can beat Claudio Ranieri's side at Stamford Bridge or Bolton Wanderers at the JJB Stadium...... That's according to Manchester Sport, but the reporter is not Alexia.

The local media at Wigan naturally wanted the team to win, and they gave the team a basic level of trust.

“…… Wigan Athletic have always been brave and resolute teams, and this time our fighters will definitely win and knock out Bolton Wanderers......"

However, in addition to the media that support Wigan Athletic, most of the media are neutral, they are not optimistic about Wigan Athletic, although Zhang Tiehan scored a goal in the game, but the media still feel irrelevant, an away goal will only play a role when it is a draw, in any case, the victory or defeat of the two sides still depends on the aggregate score, now Bolton is two goals ahead, how to play Wigan Athletic?

Back at home, Wigan Athletic will surely win two? No one can guarantee it.

In every respect, Bolton have a better chance of winning.

“…… If Wigan Athletic wants to win, we can only pray for a miracle...... "They use 'miracle' to describe the result of Wigan Athletic's victory, which also shows that the situation at Wigan Athletic is indeed very dangerous.

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Most of the media is on the sidelines.

They await the second leg between the two teams, and before that, they will have to see how both teams are in form, especially Wigan Athletic.

Bolton's form will not change much, and their form is difficult to see, after all, the Premier League is a possibility of winning or losing, Wigan Athletic is different, they are in League One, before ten consecutive wins, their form is definitely very good.

Krydale was wounded.

It's only been a week, and without Ridair, Wigan Athletic have already been greatly affected, and their encounter with Bolton Wanderers has proved it, and if Jewell can't get the team to adapt to playing without Ridel in a short period of time, then the next time they play Bolton, I'm afraid the result will be the same.

Between their two rounds, there are two League One rounds to play.

It was the thirtieth and thirty-first round of League One, Wigan Athletic's opponents were Ipswich Town and Derby County respectively, and their last meeting, Wigan Athletic beat Ipswich Town and also won against Derby County, but this time it still attracted a lot of attention.

Wigan Athletic had a tough two games.

The first away challenge to Ipswich, Wigan Athletic played very cautiously, they played conservatively defensive counterattack, but in the first half or Ipswich scored a goal, did not get any good opportunities, in the second half, the two teams fought again, Wigan Athletic still focused on defense, the result of the front and back played a little disjointed, Ipswich took the opportunity to score another goal to lock the win.

In the end, Wigan Athletic lost to Ipswich by two goals.

In the 31st round, Wigan Athletic hosted Derby County, and in this game, Jewell adjusted his tactics, and they could not defend passively at home, but could only strengthen their attack.

Derby County are quite confident, they know that Wigan Athletic have not been in good form recently, so they played quite openly, but in the first half, they were destroyed by Wigan Athletic, three goals in one half, and they didn't even know how to deal with it in the second half.

The result of the match was 4-0, with Wigan Athletic winning big at home.

With one win and one defeat in two games, Wigan Athletic's form has been up and down, and the media and fans can't understand it, so it's hard for them to comment on Wigan Athletic's form, but they are still optimistic about Bolton, after all, Bolton is much stronger than Derby.

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Wigan Athletic Training Ground.

The players are doing their daily training and they are working hard and are not affected by the media coverage at all.

"Miracles are not something you can do just by thinking about them!" Before the second round clash with Bolton, Jewell stood in the crowd and spoke to the players around him.

Jewell also used the term 'miracle' to describe the team's situation.

He didn't say anything to motivate the fighting spirit, nor did he otherwise make it a 'miracle' for his team to qualify, he generously admitted this, there is nothing to be ashamed of, the current situation is like this, putting the team in a passive position, maybe it still has a good effect.

For example, when every player heard this, they held back their strength in their hearts.

"We have to keep our heads down in training, we have to adapt and work hard! Miracles are created, not imagined! ”

In Zhang Tiehan's words - "Just fuck it!" ”

In the two rounds of the league this week, Zhang Tiehan's performance also had ups and downs, the first game against Ipswich, he worked hard for a whole game and had no chance, Ipswich is not a weak team, they attack at the same time, the defense is also very tight, without Riddle, the team's midfield is much weaker in both attack and defense, and it is difficult for him to get any good opportunities in the front court when the team is suppressed.

In the second game against Derby County, Zhang Tiehan's performance was much better, Derby County is not a strong team, and Wigan Athletic has some gaps, they can't get an advantage in the midfield at all, so Zhang Tiehan is quite active in the front, four goals, two of which he scored, and one goal is also related to him, which is the set-piece opportunity he created.

In the two league games, Zhang Tiehan's performance was up and down like the team.

But at the same time, it also shows his importance in the team, when he performs well, the team can perform well, when he performs poorly, the team's performance will not be too good, of course, the reverse is also true, in short, Zhang Tiehan's performance and the team's results are very related.

This can't affect Zhang Tiehan's mentality.

He's thinking about playing against Bolton Wanderers right now, everyone in the team is thinking about it, even if the league loss ends the winning streak, they don't care, it's more important to be able to enter the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff.

Everyone cares so much and attaches so much importance to the team, and the team looks completely new.

The sports reporters who came to Wigan to interview suddenly found that the Wigan Athletic players were 'honest', they didn't go to nightclubs, no one went to bars, everyone lived a 'normal life' - training (work), eating, resting, life was so simple.

It's kind of weird.

It's very strange for a team, with all the players like that, and the media can naturally guess the reason from the words of the players, who are preparing for a big game with Bolton. Even if they are not optimistic about Wigan Athletic, when they find that Wigan Athletic is so important to the game, they still feel that the second leg of the match at JJB Stadium is really worth looking forward to!