On the weekend, the 18th round of the league began.

Wigan Athletics' opponent is Reading, a team established as early as 1871, which is half a century older than Wigan Athletics. However, in their long history of team building, they have been hovering in the low-level leagues most of the time and have been in the first league for nearly ten years.

Reading hired head coach Kopel this season. After he took office, Reading's performance has increased and is now becoming more and more stable, ranking second only to Wigan Athletic in the league.

Due to three draws, the Wigan Athletic League rankings were lowered to sixth place, while Reading ranked seventh.

In this game, Zhang Tiehan still got the starting opportunity.

Although Zhang Tiehan has few opportunities to score in three games, Jewell still chose to trust Zhang Tiehan. After all, Zhang Tiehan only failed to score in three games. He can attract the opponent's attention in the frontcourt. Even if he doesn't score, he can create a good situation for the team.

In three games, even if they were tied, the opponents could only play defensive counterattacks and could not advance normally at all. That kind of situation was still quite favorable to the team.

Sure enough, Zhang Tiehan was still subjected to the opponent's strict defense, so it was difficult for him to perform. With his strong body, he seemed very tired after halftime.

At the end of the first half, the two teams played to zero to zero.

Jewell was very disappointed. He originally thought that Zhang Tiehan attracted the defense and other players would have opportunities, such as Ellington, Macaroc, who likes to insert, and Ledale, but facing Reading's strict defense, others had no good chance at all.

If this continues, we will return to the rhythm of the first three games.

Jewell hesitated for a while, and finally decided to replace midfielder Jimmy Brad with Jove Holyfield.

Jove Holyfield is a player on loan from Birmingham in the summer and is the only high center in the team before. Holyfield takes the field to replace the next midfielder, so Zhang Tiehan will retreat a little, and even retreat behind Ridell and continue to play as the original midfielder.

Zhang Tiehan was a little unwilling to accept it, but he could only retreat and defend.

This simple adjustment has brought Wigan Athletics back to the formation that was a month and a half ago. With Holyfield in the frontcourt, he helped attract firepower, Macaroc, Riddle, Ellington, and even two full-back Barnes and veteran Matt Jackson, all the positions will be prerequisite... The price is that Zhang Tiehan is responsible for the defense.

"Zhang, your offensive ability is very strong, but the opponent's defense against you is too tight, and others will be empty when they come forward and backward, so our offense is limited..." Jewell explained to Zhang Tiehan from a tactical perspective.

Zhang Tiehan was a little unwilling, but when he thought about the coach asking him to retreat and play the midfielder again, he explained it specifically, which was already very good.

Javier trusts himself and is also sincere. What else should he ask for for the victory of this game?

But when my long shot is really done, so what if I am a midfielder?

Midfielders can get in and grab the header, and they can also achieve the opponent's halftime. The position is not too far ahead and not far behind. They have many opportunities to shoot from a long time, and can participate more in the team's defense and display their own defensive talents.

Maybe this location is more suitable for me.

When the second half began, Reading was surprised to find that the opponent's No. 13 returned to the defensive position. Before the game, head coach Kopel specifically told him to defend Zhang Tiehan, but after the opponent went to his half, he became a "defensive player", so it was impossible to keep a full-game defense.

Some of them breathed a sigh of relief, while others were at a loss.

Even head coach Kopel felt a little confused on the coach's seat. Only then did he remember that the opponent seemed to be a back midfielder, a defensive midfielder, but he only stayed in the forward position for a month.

But this...

Kopel didn't know what happened for a moment. The other party changed his position, should he still be special guarding? He didn't know.

As a result, Wigan Athletics took the opportunity to score a goal, and the goal was center Jove Holyfield who came on the bench.

With this goal, Wigan Athletic defeated Reading with one away goal.

"Obviously, Javier was dissatisfied with Zhang's performance, so he had to return to the defensive position..." said TV commentator Campbell.

"Hollyfield, who replaced him, performed better, and he scored his only goal."

If someone who has never watched the game and does not know Zhang Tiehan, he must agree with this sentence. Zhang Tiehan did not score, and Holyfield scored the only goal, and the latter's performance must be better than the former.

But in fact, when Zhang Tiehan was in the frontcourt, at least two players on the opponent were staring at him, while Holyfield was not defending at all when he scored.

Even in the second half, Wigan Athletics' offense did not improve much, otherwise Holyfield would not have scored only one goal.

Zhang Tiehan returned to the backcourt and performed a little more active. He still had two long shots in the second half, and one of them kicked the ball on the post, almost rewriting the score.

Compared with the two, Zhang Tiehan obviously performed better.

But no matter how many reporters are, some of them don’t even watch the whole game, they just evaluate a player. Especially compared with their hats at Stamford Bridge last month, Zhang Tiehan’s performance can be said to be a mess.

"Where is your state going?!"

After the game, a reporter stood in the mixed area and wanted to interview Zhang Tiehan, but Zhang Tiehan left with his teammates and joked. The reporter shouted at Zhang Tiehan in dissatisfaction.

But it must be admitted that Holyfield's goal is definitely not good news for Zhang Tiehan.

According to media comments, Zhang Tiehan doesn't need to worry about his starting position. After all, his defense is also good, and at least he can be a defensive midfielder.

On the center, Javier has more choices.

Holyfield's goal proves that he has performed well in recent times. Although he is only a loan player, what Wigan Athletic needs more is victory.

One is Holyfield, who is in good shape, and the other is Zhang Tiehan who has not scored in four games. It is clear who will choose the front striker.

After the game, many media reports on Zhang Tiehan also explained their views -

"He has no offensive talent, can only defend."

"His personal characteristics are too obvious, which is not conducive to the team's offense. With him as the center of gravity of the forward, his offensive ability has dropped by a level."

"Zhang is still good at defense, and Stamford Bridge's hat can only be a memory."

All kinds of reports are very unfavorable to Zhang Tiehan, but Zhang Tiehan doesn't care about these things. He has seen through the media's face.

"If you perform well, he will praise you. If you perform poorly, he will sarcastically. As long as you can attract the attention of fans, they will always do this." Matt Jackson, a veteran who once competed in the Premier League, comforted Zhang Tiehan.

What he said was exactly what Zhang Tiehan thought.

When he returned to the club, he devoted himself to training. In daily training, he also spent a lot of time training his long-range shooting ability.

After the daily training, he had to practice alone for more than two hours every day.

He doesn't know how to train by himself, and always find someone to accompany him, otherwise the progress of training alone will not be obvious. Sometimes it is Ridell, sometimes it is Brekin, and sometimes it is Beronte. Everyone in the team knows Zhang Tiehan's training. They call him monsters. Even Holyfield, who is competing for the position with him, can only accept the disadvantage when talking about Zhang Tiehan's training.

This also inspired many teammates. Seeing Zhang Tiehan's hard work and working harder in daily training, Leiden Barnes also took a special day to try Zhang Tiehan's training level - he didn't do that the next day.

With daily training, Zhang Tiehan's improvement can be seen with the naked eye.

Others didn't think anything, but with ancient power, he had a very high control over his body. He could clearly feel his improvement. For example, at twenty meters away from the goal, Ridell's ordinary pass, he could shoot more than six times ten times, including some passing angles that are not suitable for direct shots.

...

Zhang Tiehan held his training with great energy.

But he is not the only one who works hard. Recently, Dell has been training with him more and more. For three consecutive days, Dell has been practicing with him.

Ridell is twenty-five years old. It is difficult to improve at this age by relying on training, but Ridell is still here.

Zhang Tiehan was a little surprised, so he went to ask Brekin.

"We're going to play against Everton next week," Brekin replied.

"And then? If Andy wants to win, he comes to train, it's impossible!"

"Until then, he dared not go to nightclubs."

"Why?" Zhang Tiehan asked, and he knew it almost in his heart.

Based on the analysis of all the things he knew, he understood Ridell's current love situation. "Aunt Dallie" whom he loved needed time to think calmly, so she set the time for her reply after the game against Everton. As for winning or losing, it was just a joke.

Ridell didn't say it, but he cared very much. He insisted not to go to the nightclub, just because he didn't want Dallie to worry.

But what else can I do if I don’t go to a nightclub?

For normal people, there are many things that can be done, and Zhang Tiehan can also train himself, otherwise he can watch TV news at home and even play games against the computer... But Lidell, a person who has been lingering in nightclubs for several years, really doesn't know what to do.

With Ridell accompanying the training, Zhang Tiehan feels that he is improving faster.

Feeling his improvement and thinking about the sarcasm of the media reporters, Zhang Tiehan said fiercely, "Wait, I will surprise you!"

Say I'm not suitable for attack?

Only defend?

I will use Duoduo’s goals to swell your cheeks!!!
Chapter completed!