There is still a league game ahead of the Everton game, which is Wednesday's round of 19, when Wigan Athletic host Nottingham Forest.

On Tuesday afternoon, Jewell announced his starting line-up for tomorrow's game, after which the team was disbanded, and veteran Matt Jackson sighed as he sorted out his clothes, "I grew up listening to the name of Nottingham Forest!" ”

Some youngsters may not know Nottingham Forest and think that this is a low-league team, but someone like Matt Jackson, who is over 30 years old, grew up in the glory of Nottingham Forest.

In the 70s, Nottingham Forest, Liverpool and Aston Villa were the three strongest teams in England at the time, and they were also famous in Europe, winning six consecutive European Cups, two of which belonged to Nottingham Forest.

Nottingham Forest's glory days began when Nottingham Forest announced Brian Clough as head coach, and that could almost be described as a dynasty.

But since the formation of the Premier League, the original giant teams have fallen one by one, Aston Villa and Liverpool themselves are in economically developed cities, and they have not been affected much, even if they are not as strong as before, they are also strong teams in the Premier League, but Nottingham Forest's situation has plummeted, and even fallen to the third tier.

In the last two years, they have been promoted to the first division, but they are just ordinary teams, and they no longer have the original glory.

In the face of such a team, Jevier has only one requirement, and that is to win.

Zhang Tiehan still occupies a starting position, he is still a central striker, and despite the only goal scored by Jof Holyfield in the last game, Jewell still trusts Zhang Tiehan. In fact, from a coach's point of view, Zhang Tiehan's performance and role on the court are obviously much better than that of Jove Holyfield.

When the team's starting list was announced at the press conference the next day, a reporter questioned Jewell's decision, "Holyfield scored the only goal in the last game, and Zhang has not scored in several rounds, let Zhang start, aren't you afraid of dissatisfying the locker room?" ”

Jewell ignored it and replied with only one sentence, "As the head coach of the team, I have the right to decide the starting lineup." ”

This sentence leaves people speechless.

That's the case, Jewell is the head coach of the team, and you have another reporter who questioned the starting lineup, isn't it a no-brainer?

The reporters who supported Wigan Athletic all laughed, of course they knew what that guy was asking for, it was a journalist who supported Nottingham Forest, and this question was purely to sow discord.

It doesn't work at all.

If Holyfield is a real Wigan Athletic player and performs very well, then Jewell must also consider Holyfield's thoughts, but unfortunately not, Holyfield is only a player on loan from Birmingham, and even the official loan period is only half a year, at Christmas, the two teams will discuss whether to renew the loan, with Holyfield's appearances at Wigan Athletic, and the performance of only one goal in 20 rounds of the league, it is inevitable that he will return to Birmingham in the second half.

However, Jewell is still very worried about Zhang Tiehan, obviously the current opponent, know how to deal with Zhang Tiehan, he is in the center position, the tactical role is greater than the real goal deterrent, especially when the team's offense is unfavorable, Jewell also has to consider letting him return to the defensive position.

The fears soon became reality.

Zhang Tiehan's performance was slightly better than the previous game, he had two headers and a push in one half, but unfortunately there was still no goal, and the other Wigan Athletic players combined only had four shots on goal and did not score, but Nottingham Forest took advantage of a counterattack to score a goal, and after half-time, Wigan Athletic fell behind by one goal.

Nearly 20,000 Wigan fans chanted 'hardman', but Zhang Tiehan was very well defended, and it was very difficult for him to show his magic again.

In the second half, Zhang Tiehan returned to the back position.

Jewell is more worried about Zhang Tiehan's mental state, he has not scored for more than a month, and if this continues, there may be a shadow in his heart, which is not good for a striker shooter, but fortunately he can still play a role in the defensive position.

Apparently his worries were unfounded.

When Zhang Tiehan returned to the back position, the performance was more active than in the first half, while the defense was doing well, Zhang Tiehan continued to fork the front to distract the opponent's attention, so that other teammates in advance had a lot of opportunities, and what was even more eye-catching was that in 40 minutes, Zhang Tiehan completed four shots, all of which were from 20 meters away.

Three of those were passes from Ridell and one from Macarocchi.

Four long-range shots in the half, this statistic sounds a lot, if you don't score, it can even be regarded as a waste of chance, but those who have seen these four shots on goal will definitely not think so, four shots, three hit the frame of the goal, one of which even went straight into the corner, if it weren't for the surprise performance of the Nottingham Forest goalkeeper, there would have been a goal.

What's more, three of the four shots on goal were direct shots without stopping the ball.

At such a distance, it is very difficult to shoot directly without stopping the ball, and it is very difficult to hit the strength, and it is quite good to be able to create a threat, but Zhang Tiehan has two threats to the ball, and the threat level of one of them even makes the opponent sweat.

"I didn't expect Zhang's long-range shot to be so threatening......" Jewell laughed from the dugout.

Strumon nodded and replied, "He's been training in this area, and I've heard Cahill say that Zhang's long-range shots have reached the world level.

"But it's not all!"

Thinking back to the long-range shot just now, the corners of Jewell's eyes lit up, where is such a long-range shot at the ordinary world level, even if the world's best players are, it is difficult to kick out too much threat from long shots, mainly involving an efficiency problem, ten long-range shots, three are threatening, and if you can score a goal, the efficiency is quite good.

Zhang Tiehan's four long-range shots, four of which were good, three were within the range of the goal frame...... That's a great efficiency!

It's just a pity that there was no goal.

"With Macarocchi's goal, Wigan Athletic drew at home to Nottingham Forest, which was their fourth draw in the last five rounds, and from the second round of League One, Wigan Athletic have a record of nine wins and nine draws, and are unbeaten in eighteen rounds of the league, which sounds good, but considering the points from eighteen rounds, it is still slightly embarrassing compared to their unbeaten record."

"On the one hand, it shows that they are solid defensively, and on the other hand, it shows that their attack is not good."

'Jewell's team are in trouble, they don't attack well, Ridell and Ellington are both very good, but the rest of the midfielders are still a lot worse.

"If you want to fight for a promotion place in the league, it is not enough to defend alone, you need to win, and victory needs goals!"

When the game commentator said this, the big screen gave Zhang Tiehan a close-up, and he just got off the court, and the loss on his face was clearly visible due to the draw.

In the audience, there were also many Wigan fans who left, and they stood up quietly, looking at the stadium and watching the players walking into the corridor one by one.

There was a wave of fans holding a huge banner that had not yet been fully made, but the English on it was clearly visible--

“hardman！ It's time to come back! ”

It was like an encouragement to this miracle man!

……

In the match against Nottingham Forest, Zhang Tiehan performed very well, but the media often prefer to look at the data, the winner is king, and it has always been the case, and the result is often more important than the process.

What they care about is that Zhang Tiehan returned to a defensive position after half-time, and what they care about is that Wigan Athletic drew 1-1 with Nottingham Forest.

In the media, the comments about Zhang Tiehan's state and performance were not good, and more voices began to use 'a meteor' to describe Zhang Tiehan.

That's a shooting star.

The meteor disappeared across the sky, and the dazzling moment was only that moment, and for Zhang Tiehan, the most dazzling moment was the hat at Stamford Bridge, which was his most dazzling moment.

Now he'd fallen to the corner of the Unknown Road.

On the training ground, the Wigan Athletic players didn't bother with what the media reporters were saying, they were staring blankly at the football rolling in the goal, and then stared at the figure outside the penalty area.

They grew their mouths and looked at them suddenly, and their movements were uniform, as if they had been rehearsed in advance.

The figure outside the forbidden area is Zhang Tiehan.

Strummer, the assistant coach who was acting as a referee on the temporary, was also taken aback by the scene just now, and he had a long mouth and a look of surprise, and even forgot to blow the whistle in his mouth.

Under the gaze of everyone, Zhang Tiehan smiled very happily, and he waved his fist vigorously, "Hahaha!" ”

Zhang Tiehan is so happy!

Training these days has finally paid off, and the last game against Nottingham Forest showed some of it, but it wasn't as obvious as it is now.

When a team-mate cooperates with him, passes the ball from a good angle, and he has more and better chances to shoot, the threat is more than a little bit bigger.

Just now he completed a long-range shot from 25 meters away, which even goalkeeper Phelan did not react to, and the football rushed into the goal without suspense.

He didn't even make any stop-or-do action when he was shooting, it was as easy as a lot of players getting a cross and pushing it...... No wonder others were surprised.

When that kind of action is made, the opponent won't even think it's a shot, but the force and angle of the hit will be difficult to hold even if the goalkeeper is staring at it.

That's the real threat!

Scoring this goal, Zhang Tiehan's confidence increased greatly, he felt that his long-range shot was threatening, but he didn't have an evaluation standard in his heart, and this shot made him find confidence.

If you are on the playing field, this kick is enough to change the score.

But in fact, the source is just Macarocchi's ordinary short pass, which is not an opportunity and threat at all, and it becomes a goal at the feet of Zhang Tiehan.

Just now Zhang Tiehan asked everyone to pass the ball to him more, and the others were noncommittal, but now they are very surprised, maybe no one can still keep a calm mind when they see this kind of goal, and they also understand something--

This guy ...... It's a monster!

He is not a normal person, so he can turn an ordinary pass directly into a goal, and even at the moment of shooting, including all the defenders, and Makarocchi who passed the ball to him, he didn't even think of it.

It's the kind of ball that makes him kick hard, kicks out of angle, and turns it into a goal.

What a monster!

While others were surprised, the gloom of the recent past was swept away, and their confidence in tomorrow's Carabao Cup fourth round was suddenly boosted.

Everton, a Premier League powerhouse, has many well-known stars, and each star is a player to look up to.

However, the stars are still normal people after all, and our team has monsters!

Can people be compared to monsters?

PS: It's probably not good to write lately.,The results seem to be a bit tragic.,The competition is so niche in the category are all violent chrysanthemums.。

But then it's cool again, and Little X promises to be very cool! It's cool!

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