On August 30, the fifth round of the League One began, and all of Wigan Athletics rushed to Yorkshire to challenge the local Rotherham team.

Since the summer of 2000, Rotherham has been in the English League One, and his results have been in the middle, neither high nor low. There is no great hope of upgrading, nor the danger of relegation.

Logically speaking, an old League One team has to compete for an upgrade quota. But Rotherham is different. They seem to have never had the intention to compete for an upgrade quota. There are no highlights every season. Many Englishmen think that Rotherham has no ambitions and is already good to be able to stay in League One.

But in fact, this may have something to do with the Rotherham Club.

Their new stadium, New York Stadium, can only accommodate 12,000 people, while Rotherham is located in the area where he is located, and the subsequent support is not enough to support a League One team. In addition, the club's funds are extremely limited, so it is too difficult for them to upgrade with their original team.

In the first four rounds of the game, Rotherham maintained a stable style, winning, losing and losing, keeping them in the middle of the standings.

However, they still attach great importance to the game, especially against weak teams.

Before the season, Rotherham head coach Hall Royd told reporters, "What we need to do is not lose points in the number of games we can win, and those difficult games must strive to get points. Only in this way can the team be competitive..."

This is probably Rotherham's direction of working hard for the new season.

I think the fifth round of the League One game was Hallroyd's 'a game that can win'. Rotherham was at home, and Wigan Athletics was just a promoted team.

The new team will also be the new team.

Rotherham fans are obviously confident in the game. This can be seen from the number of fans squeezed into New York Stadium. Nearly 17,000 people have poured in this place that can only accommodate more than 12,000 fans, not including the Wigan Athletics fans who came with the team.

"Rotherham will win, and I believe the result of the game will be 2-0!"

"We should be careful that Wigan Athletics has more points than we do. But here, as long as we are not careless, we will win!"

"I'm here to enjoy the game, and I'm ready to celebrate the victory!"

Rotherham fans were optimistic before the game.

In a hot atmosphere, the Wigan Athletics bus drove into New York Stadium. The players walked down from the bus with their own luggage and followed the staff to the visiting team's locker room.

This is Zhang Tiehan's first time participating in a away game. He followed his teammates and was watching around him.

The New York Stadium is not big, and it is much different from the JJB Stadium. Looking around, Zhang Tiehan thought the JJB Stadium is really good. He asked incrediblely, "Are they really the League One team?" Wigan Athletics has just been promoted to Class One, but the JJB Stadium has a capacity of more than 20,000 yuan, while Rotherham is a veteran team in the League One team, and only has a stadium with a capacity of more than 10,000 yuan.

It's a bit pitiful compared to it.

"Yes, we should sympathize with these poor people." Brekin said funnyly, "Look, even Zhang was sympathetic, so pitiful..."

"Rotherham is not as good as us, they just upgraded two years ago," Ridell said.

This is still a matter of human words.

Several people were talking and passing through the mixed area of ​​the court.

Rotherham's underground venue was not big, and the railings were placed in a mess at the intersection of the player's passage and the mixing area. Some reporters walked past the railings and stood next to the player's passage, waiting to interview the players. They followed Ridell and his group.

Ridell originally signaled the few people to ignore it, but a middle-aged reporter kept asking questions, "Hello, Mr. Ridell, what do you think of Rotherham?"

"A good team." Ridell evaded.

The reporter who asked the question happily wrote it down and looked at Brekin, "Mr. Brekin, are you under pressure to face the veteran team of the League One team Rotherham?"

Brekin was stunned, "Pressure? No, I will be under pressure only when facing you."

The middle-aged reporter was confused and smiled awkwardly, and continued to ask the next one, Nathan Ellington, because he scored three goals in the first four rounds, Ellington was very famous in the League One. "Mr. Ellington, are you confident of breaking Rotherham's goal?"

Ellington seemed not to see him, but just said to Zhang Tiehan on his own, "Zhang, my girlfriend has a few friends, they all look pretty good, they will definitely like you..."

Facing this guy who never leaves his girlfriend, Zhang Tiehan can only lose, "Okay, OK."

The middle-aged reporter became more and more brave as he fought, and finally stared at Zhang Tiehan who was walking at the end.

He didn't know Zhang Tiehan, but Zhang Tiehan was wearing a Wigan Athletic jersey, and must be a Wigan Athletic player. So he handed the microphone to Zhang Tiehan and asked loudly, "What do you think about the game? Are you under pressure to face Rotherham?"

Zhang Tiehan turned his head hesitantly, "Are you asking me?"

The middle-aged reporter nodded.

Zhang Tiehan exhaled lightly and faced the middle-aged reporter with a smile. He originally thought that the reporter would not interview him. After all, the three of them in the front were small stars. Whether it was Ridell, Brekin or Ellington, they were all well-known, and he had no fame at all. However, since the reporter asked a question, he would answer seriously. After all, he had no fame and could not be too sensible to face the reporter.

Seeing him stop, the other three stopped waiting.

Zhang Tiehan thought for a while and said seriously, "You just asked about Rotherham? This is the second League One game I participated in, so I don't know any team. It was not until the day before yesterday that I knew the name of this team."

"But I will be very serious, because we came here to win and take away three-pointers! As for what team Rotherham is, I think that doesn't matter. I don't need to remember the name of the weak team." In Zhang Tiehan's opinion, a team that he has never heard of before is naturally the weak team.

If others say this, they may feel it is ironic, but Zhang Tiehan's sincere face and extremely serious expression are like narrating a real thing and cannot be refuted at all.

Puchi...

Ridell and the other two couldn't help laughing. Ridell hurried over and pulled Zhang Tiehan, "Let's go! Let's go!"

Zhang Tiehan walked away hesitantly, but he hadn't finished speaking yet.

The middle-aged reporter stood there with a dark face. It took him a long time to react. Looking at the backs of the four people turning around the corner, he shouted indignantly, "Arrogant! Too arrogant! Arrogant! Rotherham is a weak team? Wigan Athletic is the weak team!"

Walking straight into the locker room, Brekin was still laughing, "Zhang, I admire you so much. You actually said that, that's a local Rotherham reporter, he must hate you so much now!"

"You completely offended him."

Ellington said seriously, "Thinking about Zhang was really brave just now, next time I would say that to the reporter, Janet will definitely love me to death!" He hesitated again, "But Javier should be very angry, that would cause trouble to the team."

Break Golden Glass Gun was learning, "Janet will definitely love me to death..."

Ellington ignored it at all and just thought about it.

Zhang Tiehan hurriedly walked away to sort out his things, but he couldn't stand it anymore. Brekin and Ellington were really a weird pair of weirdos.

In the visiting team's locker room, the Wigan Athletics players were very relaxed, and the opponent was Rotherham, and they did not have much pressure.

At this time, Rotherham players were also very relaxed in the home team's locker room. Some of them were worried about the game and their opponents. After all, against Millwall in the first three rounds of Wigan Athletic, Ipswich's two strong teams still scored seven points, with a record of two wins, one loss and one draw, which was better than Rotherham.

However, the words of head coach Hallroyd relaxed them, "We are the League One powerhouse Rotherham, Wigan Athletics? It's just a team of promoted teams!"

"Don't be nervous, your opponent is nothing, this is New York Stadium!"

"As long as we play the game seriously, we will win. Do what I said, they have nothing to be scary about."

This is to cheer the players up. In fact, Hall Royd thinks so too. In his opinion, his team's chance of winning is always much higher. The team is stronger than Wigan Athletics, and at home, they have no reason to lose.

As for the No. 13, who performed well in the game in Wigan Athletics? A newcomer who only participated in one game had nothing to care about.
Chapter completed!