King’s Landing in Nottingham

Chapter 214 Breaking the Curse (1)

If Wei Xun doesn’t issue this “sentence”, maybe Notts County players and fans have really forgotten it. It seems that Notts County really never won in the fourth round of the Cup, and they were all eliminated. It's almost a knot.

On February 6, 2003, Notts County went to an away game against Watford. Coincidentally, Wei Xun looked at the historical record of the two teams. The two sides have only played against each other nine times in all competitions in England. Notts County has won eight wins and one draw, but has never lost. Although the fourth round of the cup is a magic Curse, but the psychological advantage of the Notts County soldiers against Watford has already been established.

Wei Xun actually doesn’t understand why those bookmakers always send out past and historical records as a reference. To give the simplest example, even if all the previous Notts County lost to Watford, Notts County also They have already beaten them in the league, so does the historical record have wool for it?

But as long as it is beneficial to him, Wei Xun still brazenly informed the players of this situation, to enhance the players' confidence and relieve their psychological pressure due to the "fourth round of spell".

Wei Xun, who came to Watford's home court, began to envy and hate again. He has asked his father and Zhao Tai more than once, when the new stadium in Notts County will be finished, but Zhao Tai It was telling Wei Xun that he was not afraid of late for a good meal, and be patient, while his father was more straightforward and kept saying "wait, wait," and then began to ask about Xiao Liuyi.

"Dad, is it your real son?" Wei Xun gave birth to such doubts and dissatisfaction, while Wei Kangmei on the other end of the phone was even more straightforward:

"Liuyi is still my grandson, how old are you, okay, I know, I will help you hurry back..."

Hey, why are there always so many people on the home court in other people's homes?

Watford’s home court, Pastor Road Stadium, was built in 1922 and can accommodate 22,000 people in total. But today, there were 20,000 people. Although it is said, Wei Xun feels that it is not enough. Fake, and it can't be faked. Except for some staff in the aisle and the corner of the stand, the entire Pastor Road Stadium is full. Wei Xun can see it at a glance and can't fake it.

Notts County’s Van Persie and Chiellini continued to be absent due to injury. Klose’s starting center, Frank Ribery, Sneijder and Arjan Robben are behind him. They are in good shape recently and have been given consecutive opportunities. Warren Doyle still appeared in the starting lineup, and his free kick skills have become more and more outstanding.

Due to the weather, only more than 600 Notts County fans participated in the expedition, but it is commendable that they can still appear in the stands of Priest Road Stadium under such heavy rain. Before kick-off, Wei Xun also sent someone to condolences the fans who participated in the expedition in Notts County, and gave the fans Dongfang's **** and brown sugar tea.

Although the temperature is low, people's hearts are extremely warm.

I have to say that Wei Xun's ability to show off and build momentum is getting better and better. Elena and Peter Walker, who were with the team, took pictures of Wei Xun naked in the heavy rain with the camera, to send warm pictures to the fans of the expedition. There will be such pictures on the official website of Notts County and "Fans". close up.

Guardiola, who has always paid more attention to demeanor, put on a down jacket today for the first time. The temperature is low and it is raining heavily. For the sake of a bit of demeanor and handsomeness, it is really not worth the loss to freeze himself.

Perhaps the down jacket of the first team was too hot, or the recent training was too tiring. Huang Miao, who followed the first team of Notts County for the first time, fell asleep in Wei Xun's arms wrapped in a heavy down jacket.

"This kid..." Wei Xun was also a little helpless, not a little nervous, saying that he had a big heart, but he was still heartless. Had it not been for Dario Hubner, Kuyt, and Van Persie who had some injuries and could not come, Jamie Vardy would be participating in the youth team game today, and Huang Miao really did not have the opportunity to sit on the bench. .

Old Mertesacker looked at Wei Xun’s skillful movement of holding Huang Miao’s head to make him fall asleep, and he also smiled knowingly. He looked at his son standing on the playing field, and remembered how he was a dad back then. Days, "Time flies so fast, in a flash, Pell has grown up so much..."

Notts County launched a fierce attack from the beginning. The players changed the tactics of assaulting from the wing and flying on both wings, and went straight to Watford from the center. It's not that the Notts County players are crazy, nor is Guardiola losing control of the players, but according to the data collected before the game, Watford's left central defender is their biggest weakness, turning slower and slower. For him, Notts County's dazzling skills at the foot is simply a proposition.

Perhaps the wild attack of Notts County left too much room for Watford. In the fifth minute of the game, Watford launched a decent counterattack, and the breakthrough cross pass from the right was barely in place. The undefended Watford center is on the outflank point.

The Watford coach was ready to celebrate the fans, but the Watford center's push shot near the penalty spot magically flew away.

"Fak! Fak! Fak!"

The important thing is said three times. The anger of the Watford coach is conceivable. If a goal can be scored at this time, the trend of the whole game will be completely different. The goal must have gone flying, "Fak!", the angry Watford coach once again exploded with a foul language.

The Watford center may have realized the opportunity he missed, what a rare opportunity it is. The act of kneeling in front of the penalty area cannot redeem the fact that his status has declined in the eyes of the Watford coach.

It’s difficult to change from bad to good, and it may only take one thing to change from good...

The Notts County players have a strong ability to adjust. Thiago Motta consciously retreated to the midfield to strengthen the defense, by the way, to protect the open space in front of Carvalho and Mertesacker.

In the tenth minute of the game, Arjan Robben, who felt good on his feet, tried a long shot and hit Watford's crossbar. Watford's home fans burst into boos, but then , Is the uniform applause, Robben's kick is really wonderful.

In the nineteenth minute, Notts County took advantage of Watford's corner kick to attack the central defender and launched a quick counterattack. The center Klose, who participated in the defense in the penalty area, sent a through pass and fought against Frank on the left midfielder. Ribery rushed forward along the right flank and made a ball from outside the penalty area to Aljan Robben, who moved to the side of the penalty area.

The iconic left-footed arc of the "Dutch Peter Pan" flew out, and the Watford goalkeeper made a leap and stretched his body to the extreme before saving the ball to the baseline. Notts County won a corner kick.