As Wigan Athletic celebrated the goal, the Millwall players were a little chilled when they remembered the goal they had just scored.

The last time they hosted Wigan Athletic was at the start of a hot August, in the first round of League One. At that time, Millwall was a strong team in League One, and Wigan Athletic was only a promoted team, and there was a big difference between the two, and sure enough, they beat Wigan Athletic by two goals at home.

Most of these players on the field have played in that game.

It was an easy win and they can remember well that after they took the lead, Wigan Athletic had little chance to fight back. Now they are also facing Wigan Athletic, but their position seems to be reversed.

Wigan Athletic's starters are not much different from the last meeting, and perhaps the only difference is that there is an extra number 13.

The number 13 was quite strong, so head coach Wise laid out a lot of tactics to defend him before the game, and although the Millwall players felt that the coach was making a bit of a fuss, they still played according to the tactics.

But now this number 13 is still scoring.

Is it that their defense is bad?

It's not like that! Just now, when the opponent's header hit the goal, but there were two players from their own side defending, which made them frightened, and the two defenders were sandwiched left and right, the opponent could still jump up and head the goal, and the ball was directly pushed in.

Can we really prevent such a guy?

As a member of the Millwall team, Sweeney, who is specifically responsible for defending Zhang Tiehan, feels more obvious than others, and he is still thinking about the collision with Zhang Tiehan just now, thinking about the feeling of falling on the grass.

That's really powerless!

Wise looked at the players with a somewhat bad expression, his fists clenched tightly, he was a little angry, and a little disappointed.

The opponent only scored a goal, and his players didn't have much fighting spirit, so how could the game continue to play? Weren't they full of momentum before the game? How could just one ball break their momentum?

Wise didn't understand.

But in fact, perhaps it is precisely because they had too many hopes to compete before the game, but they were directly frustrated when they arrived on the playing field, and their morale plummeted - they felt that their opponent was a soft persimmon that could be kneaded, but when it came to the game, they became soft persimmons...... You can imagine how much fighting spirit they have left.

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Jewell didn't care about Millwall's troubles, he was hugging and celebrating with his colleagues and his players.

He was worried for a half.

Looking at Zhang Tiehan's state, he was worried that Zhang Tiehan would be desperate to test his ability to get rid of, which would affect the game, but fortunately, Zhang Tiehan did not go on like this all the time, but used his header to score a goal first.

That's right!

You can practice slowly to get rid of the technique, and you still have to strive for victory in the game.

One more win now means one more chance on their way to promotion.

If it were for other reasons to lose to a team like Millwall, Jevier would be very unhappy, but fortunately, Zhang Tiehan scored, so that when they were ahead, it would be much easier to play at JJB Stadium.

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Relying on Zhang Tiehan's goal, Wigan Athletic took a one-goal lead.

By the time the celebration was over, there was not much time left in the first half, and until half-time, the score remained unchanged and both teams returned to the dressing room to prepare for the second half.

Wise hurried back to the dressing room, and not only him, but also the Millwall players went back one after another at the end of the day, and they were not even in the mood to talk to each other.

They just don't want to spend any more time in the arena.

In the first half, especially in the most staged games, they were all tormented, as if there was no hope for the game, such a game was too difficult, and who wanted to go to a game that they must lose? They don't see any hope of winning, they've been suppressed and they don't want to play games like that.

The game is too hard to play!

They have to go back to the locker room to rest for a while.

On the contrary, the Wigan Athletic players talked and laughed, and when they left the game, Zhang Tiehan also received cheers from the Wigan fans, who cheered Zhang Tiehan off the field and their heroes off the field.

In Wigan, Zhang Tiehan has conquered the fans here with one goal after another.

Wigan is Manchester's 'country', this is a small town, but the fans here are very simple, when Zhang Tiehan first arrived, they only thought that Zhang Tiehan would be a substitute player, no big deal, but they were still very friendly to Zhang Tiehan, after all, Zhang Tiehan is a Wigan Athletic player.

They didn't expect Zhang Tiehan to perform so well, and even his performance could affect the performance of the whole team, they couldn't be more satisfied with Zhang Tiehan, every fan talked about Zhang Tiehan in private, and many fans were proud to see Zhang Tiehan score a goal at JJB Stadium.

Now Wigan, Zhang Tiehan is already a hero of the town.

HE IS THEIR HARDMAN!

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Home team dressing room.

Jewell didn't talk about Zhang Tiehan's goal, but talked about the first half of the game, "We played well in the second half of the first half, but in the first 20 minutes, there were a lot of mistakes, and you should have quickly integrated into the game......

Speaking of this, he looked at Zhang Tiehan, and the meaning in his eyes couldn't be more obvious.

Zhang Tiehan rolled his eyes, he found that this fat man sometimes likes to 'point to the end', let him understand for himself, of course he directly said what Jewell said, and he could only say, "Sorry, coach." But in private, he stuck out his tongue.

Jewell nodded with satisfaction, didn't say anything more, and began to lay out the tactics for the second half.

In the first and second halves, the tactics were fixed, the first half was good, and there would be no major changes in the second half, he just emphasized the defense. "Pay attention to the opponent's counterattack, if they suddenly break the ball, you must be fast back to the defense, don't give them a chance!"

Jewell said.

That's the only thing he's worried about, after all, Millwall's attack is very fast, especially on the counter-attack, it's faster, they have a lot of times, they pass the ball into the box with three or two feet, and then they score straight away, which they have scored a lot in games against other teams.

He was worried about this.

If Millwall had scored a goal, their advantage would have been lost.

If the score is drawn, it is useless to gain a suppressive advantage on the field, after all, football matches look at the result of the game, not the process of the game.

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In the away dressing room, the mood of the Millwall players was not high, and some of them felt a little cold in their shirts, and that kind of cold came from the heart.

Winters in England are not very good, but not to this extent, especially for footballers who are in good health, they only wear long-sleeved shirts on the field, and when they are young, they will come out and go back to the dressing room, and there is heating, they will not be really cold.

But they still felt warmer with their clothes on.

Their hearts were cold, as if it was air outside, and they didn't talk to each other, they just sat there and waited for manager Wise to speak.

Wise looked at the players and sighed inwardly.

They had too much hope before the game, and now they are facing backwardness and being suppressed in the situation, and their loss has come too quickly, if it weren't for the hope, he really wanted to say to them, "We lost, we still have half a game, but we don't have a chance." ”

But there is hope.

It's just a goal behind, it's not the end of the world, they still have forty-five minutes to work hard, but looking at the expressions of these players in front of him, he knows that if he wants the team to recover the disadvantage in the second half, it is almost impossible, then the only thing to do is to defend, and then look for opportunities to counterattack in defense, as long as they can equalize, they will play much better.

But first, it's a morale boost.

"Heads up! Look at me! We were just one goal behind! It's just a ball...... Didn't we fall behind in the league? Do we have to raise our hands and surrender when the opponent scores a goal? No! That's not the Millwall of my heart! ”

'You guys were good in the first half, in fact, they were so aggressive, we only conceded one goal, and you were very satisfied!'

Wise raised his hands as he spoke, trying to appear confident.

"In the second half, we had to change our tactics a little bit, what we do best is to attack quickly, so we have to play defensive counter-attacks! We need to strengthen the defense between the penalty area and the halfway line, build a defensive barrier there, as long as we can make tackles, like Sweeney did in the first half...... "Sweeney made three tackles against Zhang Tiehan in the first half, "As long as there are sudden tackles, we have to attack. As long as we can fight back and equalize, we can go for the win! ”

In fact, the most important thing is defense.

If the defense is not done well, let Wigan Athletic score another goal, and any counterattack will not be effective, but Wise does not dare to say that, he can only emphasize the counterattack, after all, that is what the team is good at, and emphasizing defense when they are behind, which is also too demoralizing.

When the time comes, you don't need to talk about any tactics, just raise your hand and surrender.

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At halftime, the two teams set up their tactics, and outside the locker room, the singing of the Wigan fans passed quietly with time.

Soon the players of both teams were standing on the playing field again.

After a fifteen-minute break, the morale of the Millwall players has risen a lot, they no longer despair, but their eyes are shining, but when the game starts, Wigan Athletic uses the offensive to suppress their fighting spirit.

Regardless of fighting spirit, Millwall's strength is not superior, not to mention Zhang Tiehan, Wigan Athletic's other players are not weaker than Millwall at all, the last time they beat Wigan Athletic at home, maybe it was the first League One game in Wigan Athletic's history, or maybe it was related to their home advantage.

In short, at the JJB Stadium, Millwall has no fighting spirit, and it is not expected to suppress Wigan Athletic.

In the case of being suppressed, Millwall can only focus on defense, so how much fighting spirit can be imagined.

But they are not without the power to fight back.

Wise's tactical arrangement was reasonable, with their frontcourt players returning to half-court, and between the box and the halfway line, there were several players constantly running back and forth in an attempt to stop Wigan Athletic's attack.

Ten minutes later, they made two tackles, one of which turned into a quick counter-attack.

The quick counter-attack was sudden, but also quite fast, and the ball was passed to Harris with two feet, and when he got the ball, there was only one defender around him. Harris's technique was quite good, and he was fast, deceiving Bregin twice and dribbling straight to the goal.

It's a pity that when it came time to shoot, maybe Harris was a little nervous, and his one-handed ball hit a plane, which made the nervous Phelan immediately relax.

"Be careful, return to the defense quickly, don't give them a chance to counterattack!" Jewell shouted nervously from the sidelines.

However, Millwall for a long time in the future, there was no chance, but Wigan Athletic played well, Jewell's requirements in the offensive aspect are to pass more to Zhang Tiehan, and pass more high-altitude balls, he sees Millwall's defensive strategy, they are quite strict with Zhang Tiehan, if you take the ground ball, Zhang Tiehan wants to get a chance, he can only rely on his own foot skills...... That may allow Zhang Tiehan to try to get rid of it a few more times, but it is not good for the team's offense.

Wigan Athletic executed the tactics very well, and the football flew in the sky.

The Millwall goalkeeper's eyes, not even looking at the grass, just looking at the air, would get nervous every time the football was passed into the box, and even cursed the sun - 'Damn, it's such a cold weather, why is the sun so dazzling!' ’。

But to no avail, he had to be careful.

For Millwall, the big idea in defense is very clear, since Wigan Athletic is playing like this, they can only strengthen the defense of Zhang Tiehan, after all, there are not many people on the other side who can compete for headers, and this number 13 is the most threatening.

Zhang Tiehan soon found himself facing not only one Sweeney, but also other Millwall players, and even sometimes, there would be three people in the penalty area to cover him, while Ellington, who always rushed to the box to find opportunities, on the other side, was even unguarded many times.

This is unfair treatment, he gritted his teeth with hatred! But......

This may be an opportunity??

Zhang Tiehan remembered the cooperation with Ellington last time, so he was more active in the penalty area, every header had to be fought for, every opportunity had to be grabbed, such an active performance made Millwall pay more attention to his defense, and they did not hesitate to give up other people's defense to completely limit Zhang Tiehan.

Under such a tight defense, it is strange that Zhang Tiehan can have a chance.

However, others had a chance, and Ridell was responsible for organizing the attack and passing the ball from outside the box, and when he saw the situation in the box, he directly pushed the ball to the right side of the box.

A straight plug that is not fast!

But why isn't it a high-altitude ball? The Millwall players were still wondering, they were a little confused whether they should continue to defend Zhang Tiehan, and then they saw on the other side, an 'unknown' Wigan Athletic player received a pass and stabbed the ball directly into the door of Marshall's handle.

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