Not all media care about Zhang Tiehan. In fact, no matter how good Zhang Tiehan performs, he is only in the League One, which is the second division in England. No matter how good he performs, he is a player in the "waiting time". After all, the level of the League One game is lower than that in the Premier League.

What they care more about is Wigan Athletics' achievements.

Around Christmas, the league won eight consecutive victories... So how long will their winning streak last? Who can stand up and stop them from continuing to make great progress?

These issues are what the media cares about.

Wigan's current achievements are inseparable from players and coaches. I won't say that there is only one of the latter.

From the perspective of the former, in addition to No. 13 Zhang Tiehan, they also have many outstanding players, such as Ellington, who ranked fourth in the league scorer list after Zhang Tiehan. In addition, there is Ridell. Almost every goal scored by the team is related to Ridell. He is the real core of the team and has a very strong personal ability.

With outstanding players such as Macaroc, Barnes, and Brekin, Wigan Athletics' overall strength is indeed comparable to those of the top teams in the League One, such as West Ham United.

However, the media is not optimistic about Wigan's skills being close all the way because they are a promoted team... No, it should be said that because of Wigan's background, they have caused their depth on the bench. They were only promoted from the League Two last season, and there are many League Two players in the lineup. Without a major blood change, it is impossible to improve their overall strength, which has caused too much gap between their main players and substitutes.

In these many events, it is impossible for them to keep the team's main starter, but their substitute strength is much weaker than that of the main player.

So sooner or later there will be failures...

Their eyes turned to the next two opponents of Wigan Athletic, Preston and Burnley, who drew with Wigan Athletic in the last round, while the latter lost to Wigan Athletic two goals at home.

Compared to Burnley, Preston is more reliable...

Before he knew it, Preston received more attention. As the day approached the game, the number of reporters who came to Preston to interview was increasing. The Preston Club wondered why there were so many reporters coming to interview, and they all came to ask about the next game.

"Can you reveal the list of starting players? Will David Perris play?"

"Is Preston confident of winning the game?"

"How do you plan to limit the number 13 of Wigan Athletics? Can you tell me what you think?"

etc.

Many reporters are concerned about the next game, and it seems that they hope that Preston will win. Preston is also full of momentum. The last time the two teams met, they got a draw away and returned to home court, and they were still full of confidence.

It was only when the game really started that Preston realized something was wrong.

During the last time, Zhang Tiehan had not transferred to Wigan Athletics. They didn't know Zhang Tiehan and could only analyze it through game videos and data. In fact, Preston head coach Larik did not formulate any effective defensive strategies.

They had some headaches for Zhang Tiehan's defense.

However, in the first half, Preston was very imposing and performed very well with his home advantage. They scored a goal, but they had not yet made Wigan Athletic score. Then in the second half, Zhang Tiehan made a sudden cold shot, rewriting the score to 1:1. The two teams then launched an offensive battle with each other. In the last stage of the game, Ridell's shot scored the winning goal for Wigan Athletic.

The final score was 1:2, and Preston still lost the game.

Faced with this result, the reporters who had hope for Preston were cursing secretly.

Last time he played against Preston, he was able to draw away away, but now he lost 1:2 at home. The reporters don’t care that Preston actually performed well, and the results and data are the most important. Then Preston ushered in overwhelming criticism.

They felt that for a season, all the criticism was concentrated on this game...

Media reporters then paid attention to the next round of Wigan Athletics' home match against Burnley, but unlike Preston, they were completely unwilling to see Burnley defeating Wigan Athletics. Many people have written articles to pursue Wigan Athletics' ten consecutive victories.

The result was the same as they thought. Burnley had no choice but to play Wigan Athletics. Three days later, they lost four goals at JJB Stadium and were unable to score a goal.

With these two wins, Wigan Athletics won ten consecutive league wins!

Ten consecutive victories!

There is no better situation than this. Even in the League One, it is not easy to win ten consecutive games. This result shocked the media. With this victory, coupled with the draw with its rival Sunderland in this round, Wigan Athletics surpassed Sunderland and ranked third in the league.

In terms of points, since Norwich and West Bromwich also won, Wigan Athletics was still five points and four points behind the two teams, but the ranking rose by one.

Such achievements are remarkable!

Many reporters talked about Wigan Athletics in the report the next day, talked about their ten-game winning streak, their league rankings, and their players. Ridell, Zhang Tiehan, Ellington and others were more or less reported.

Wigan Athletic Club has also received more attention.

Every day, many reporters are crowded in front of the club department, waiting for an opportunity to interview. Almost every player who comes to the club will be surrounded by reporters and ask a few questions. Even if they drive by, they will sometimes be stopped by reporters. As the main players of the first team, as well as the youth team players, and even the club staff will be asked by these omnipresent reporters.

Many people are delighted to see this.

For example, some youth team players or substitutes of the team are unknown. If you want to be interviewed on weekdays, media reporters will come to you. Now they can say a few words in front of the reporters. They enjoy this kind of life very much.

Wigan Athletic Club is also very happy about this change. The club has received a lot of attention, which means that the club has a wider influence, attracts more fans, and attracts more sponsors, which is beneficial to the development of the club.

There are also some who feel bad, such as Zhang Tiehan.

If he had a few interviews after the game, he might have to do an interview with reporters who supported the club. He didn't care at all and would be very happy to accept the interview. However, since he received more attention, he should pay attention to the morning jog in the morning, otherwise he might be harassed by reporters.

Zhang Tiehan had to give up the morning jogging in the town in the morning and instead went to the training ground, but in this way, he had to go to the club to have nutritious meals, otherwise he would waste a lot of time after coming out of the training ground.

Nutritious meals are not a good thing.

Although Zhang Tiehan pays great attention to his body and nutritious meals are also good for his body, he personally likes to enjoy it. Eating nutritious meals is not a pleasure. In order to satisfy his hunger, he sometimes even suffers. His body cannot be affected by a breakfast. These reporters still bring a lot of trouble to Zhang Tiehan.

He missed Lola a little...

If Lola could live with him, she could have breakfast at home in the future. Every morning when she wakes up and has a beautiful girlfriend prepares a breakfast for herself, she will definitely have to enjoy a lot of life.

...

The team's situation is very good, but not everyone is optimistic.

Javier's face was a bit serious. He has been like this in the past two days. Logically speaking, Javier should be happy with the team's performance, but some things are not happy at all. For example, Ellington, Roberts, Jackson, and Jason and other major players have physical problems. In the new blood sampling test, the team doctor pointed out this problem, "Paul, it's time for them to rest."

Of course, Jewell knew it.

Among these people, Ellington and Jenson played too many games, and Ridell, Brekin, and Zhang Tiehan all had similar problems. Their starts and full-time games were too many. Fortunately, the people behind were in good health, while Ellington's health was always a little worse. In the last game, Jewell replaced Ellington for this consideration.

He didn't expect the problem to appear so quickly.

Fortunately, the next game was not critical, it was the first round of the team's FA Cup knockout round.

The FA Cup in England is the oldest football match in the world. Its influence in England is second only to the league. In the hearts of many English fans, the FA Cup championship is more important than the league championship. It is conceivable that the FA Cup influence in England.

Even those giant clubs, such as Manchester United, Arsenal and other teams, will not take the initiative to give up the FA Cup.

This cup is different from the League Cup.

The League Cup is just a winner between professional teams in England, while the FA Cup is not limited to professional teams. There are nine English leagues and amateur teams in the lowest league can participate as long as they sign up. However, low-level teams need to play first-level knockout matches, while the Premier League and English League One teams can start directly from the semi-finals.

However, Jewell intends to give up the FA Cup considering the team's situation.

This is understandable.

The team only needs to spend all their energy in the league. In addition, the League Cup has entered the semi-finals, and they need to face the powerful Bolton. The FA Cup semi-finals have just begun, and it is too far away to talk about the FA Cup championship. Now that I will give up, I will have fewer games, which is beneficial to the team's league situation.

So facing the first opponent in the FA Cup, Wigan Athletic almost sent all the substitutes, and the only main players were Ridell, Makaroc, Zhang Tiehan and Ellington were not on the roster, and the forward sent the energetic Jove Holyfield.

Even so, Jewell was afraid of victory...

He wants to lose.

Losing like this is beneficial to the team. After all, it is too illusory to say that you are competing for the FA Cup championship now. What's more, if you play a few rounds, it will be more of a loss to delay the league.

The team is already exhausted from fighting on both sides and cannot support the third-line combat.

Wigan Athletics’ opponent is York City, an English League Two team and a newly promoted team in the League Two this season. It is very normal for such a team to lose to Wigan Athletics’ substitute lineup.

Jewell certainly won't say this to the players. That will make the substitutes dissatisfied with the club. They finally have a chance to play and give up the game like this. Then no one wants to play.

But Jewell's worries were a little redundant.

York City can reach the semi-finals of the FA Cup with the strength of a Premier League team, which is not a soft persimmon, not to mention that this is another away game, York City's performance is still quite good, and they scored in the first half.

Their tactics are very direct, just a simple defensive counterattack. Even so, Wigan Athletics has no way to do it. Holyfield is not in the form of the frontcourt. No matter how good Ridell performed in the middle, it is impossible to lead the team to victory without the support of his teammates.

In the end, Wigan Athletic lost the game.

This was "good news" for Javier, but what gave him a headache was that Ridell was injured in the game.

That happened in the 83rd minute of the game. Ridell dribbled the ball and was directly tackled to the ground by the opponent, and then was carried off the court. After a brief treatment from the team doctor, he could not stand up at all. After the game, he went to the hospital for a detailed examination. The doctor confirmed that it was a muscle strain and would have to rest for at least four weeks.

Four weeks...that is, one month.

Ridell was unable to play for a month, which was a huge blow to Vigan Athletics, especially before fighting with Bolton, because no one in Vigan Athletics midfield could replace Ridell.
Chapter completed!