Zhang Tiehan has long seen through these reporters.

Except for the local journalists who truly support Wigan Athletics, other journalists wished that he would not perform well. Whenever this time, they would have something to say and could also use themselves as a counterexample to praise the team they support.

When he performed well before, these reporters were scrambling to interview themselves one by one, happily "poor" them, and seriously accepted the interview.

Unexpectedly, when I was not good at performing well, these ungrateful wolves began to speak bad things about themselves.

It's been one month!

In the past month, there is nothing good about me. The most comforting thing is the encouragement of myself in the Wigan newspapers. Newspapers and newspapers in other regions are also sarcastic and sarcastic.

This is the media.

I didn't take it seriously when interviewing Zhang Tiehan. As long as he performed well, they would definitely change the direction and say good things about themselves immediately. The most important thing was his performance on the court. When he returned to the locker room, he took a break and listened to some of the coach's pre-match advice. Not long after, the game time was almost here.

The two teams are ready to play in the player channel.

...

David Moyes sat on the coach's seat with a calm and smirk. He was trying to make himself look confident. This can bring confidence to his players and also for off-court reporters and fans.

Before the game, Moyes expressed his determination to win.

When facing a League One team, he must do this because the team has a mess in the league. He must achieve good results in the League Cup and show his confidence in the team so that he can help the club and help the team recover some image.

But in fact, Moyes was not very confident in victory.

The opponent is an English League One team. If you may defeat Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, it will definitely not be an ordinary English League One team.

Especially the other party’s No. 13…

Many reporters say that the opponent No. 13 is in a goal drought, or from the perspective of the coach, the opponent No. 13's technical characteristics are too single and easy to be stared at, but even so, can Everton be able to keep an eye on it?

Moyes is not sure.

He hoped that was the case. He made relevant arrangements, but the opponent did not appear as the center, and the arrangements he made became useless.

Moyes was a little upset.

Maybe this is also a good thing, at least the opponent will defend and there will be no threat to his goal.

But Moyes still had some bad feelings. He clearly remembered that before the game started, the No. 13 stared at him while the two teams were in the player passage, with excitement on his face.

Why is he excited?

Moyes didn't understand, but as the game progressed, he became much more at ease.

As the reporters said, the opponent's No. 13 only has defensive tasks in the midfield, and it is difficult for him to perform in the opponent's advancement and attack.

Without this No. 13, there will be more games, and there are also other players on the opponent, but the gap is still a bit big compared to your own players.

Looking at Rooney who was at the forefront of the team, who had just completed a header, Moyes' smile really made him feel much more.

...

Zhang Tiehan was getting up from the grass. The opponent's attack just now kicked too fast, and he didn't keep up. In the end, he could only interfere behind Rooney, but still let Rooney complete the shot.

Fortunately, the ball didn't make it.

Rooney shook her head, looked at Zhang Tiehan behind her, and ran straight to the backcourt without saying anything. Compared to Rooney who headed the ball, Zhang Tiehan, who was defending, seemed a little embarrassed, and one side of his shorts was green.

After standing up on the grass, he ran forward quickly.

He ran faster than Rooney and soon crossed the center line. Goalkeeper Feilan also passed the ball to the frontcourt with big feet. Ridell pushed it over when he received the ball.

"What is he going to do?" Rooney was a little confused.

He just took a shot and retreated to defend, but the speed in front of the opponent was faster than him. This was not a quick counterattack, so what's the use of running so fast?

A midfielder must cooperate with his teammates to promote the offense. Zhang Tiehan's approach is really contrary to common sense.

Next he saw Zhang Tiehan shooting directly from outside the corner of the penalty area!

"My God!" Many people covered their eyes and couldn't bear to look at them again.

At that angle and distance, he still kept shooting directly... The result was imaginable. Rooney didn't look anymore. He felt that the opponent was the same as Everton's twelfth man, which was equivalent to handing over the ball to Everton again.

"Hula!"

The audience shouted a little strange. He looked at the goal again and found that the football had already left the baseline. The referee blew the whistle and pointed at the corner flagpole position.

Corner kick?

"What's going on?" Rooney asked his teammate, which was central defender Will.

Will said in surprise, "That guy's shot was so beautiful, he almost scored the goal. Fortunately, Simonson held the ball out! Didn't you see it? I was shocked just now."

Rooney listened in surprise.

He suddenly remembered that when he was warming up, the opponent turned his back to him and shot from a long shot, which was like a demonstration. However, the opponent's goalkeeper did not defend and Rooney didn't take it seriously.

Thinking about it now, that kind of ball is not something that ordinary people can play.

He, not even!

...

"Zhang Gang just completed a very threatening cold shot, but it's a pity that the opponent's goalkeeper Simonson performed very calmly..."

Stadium commentator Mick Williams called it a pity.

Other media reporters were also talking about this shot. After more than ten minutes of the game, Zhang Tiehan did not perform much. The reporters and fans almost forgot him, but suddenly completed such a shot, and everyone's attention returned to him.

"That was a good long shot! Very good, very wonderful! If Everton goalkeeper Simonson hadn't reacted quickly, the score would have been rewritten."

In the Wigan Athletics coach's seat, Javier had already stood up. Before the game started, he was full of expectations for Zhang Tiehan's performance.

In this game, he specifically reminded the players to pass the ball when they have the chance and asked Zhang Tiehan to try to make a few long shots.

He had seen that powerful long shot during training.

If he can really show it in the game, it will definitely become the team's killer, so Jewell is looking forward to it very much. It's a pity that the ball did not score, but the game has just begun.

Javier calmly continued to watch.

Because of this shot, everyone paid attention to Zhang Tiehan, but in the next ten minutes, Zhang Tiehan never got any chance. When he went to the penalty area to compete for points, there would always be opponents coming to entangle, and he didn't get any good opportunities on the outside.

The shot just now seemed like a firework appeared.

"That might be just a balloon of luck. There will always be various wonderful shots on the court, which is not surprising." A reporter commented on Zhang Tiehan's performance.

This evaluation is very consistent with the "public opinion", and Everton coach Moyes also thinks so.

Moyes kept paying attention to Zhang Tiehan carefully. After more than ten minutes of the game, Zhang Tiehan did not show any outstanding performance in the offense. He suddenly made a cold shot, which made him a little uneasy.

But the next ten minutes and half an hour passed, and there was no other performance except this shot.

The shot just now was really just a balloon of luck.

...

On the contrary, Everton players don't think so.

The opponent's No. 13 is not threatening? Whoever said this on the spot, the Everton defender will probably be so angry that he will quit!

The game lasted thirty minutes, and the opponent's No. 13 did not create any other threats except for the long-distance cold shot.

But there is a prerequisite that they are trying hard to defend.

Moyes has detailed arrangements for defending Zhang Tiehan. Whenever Zhang Tiehan reaches the penalty area, two players will be close to him and prevent him from entering the penalty area easily. In addition, other nearby Everton players also have to use running positions to limit Zhang Tiehan's ball-gaining route.

Together, Everton has involved a lot of energy in defending Zhang Tiehan alone.

Under this premise, Zhang Tiehan was not threatened.

If they relax their defense, they don’t know what the consequences will be, but if they think about the shot just now, they don’t dare to relax at all.

Can't give him a chance!

Everton players think so, that is, the off-field reporters are not on the court at all, they only talk about the data, passing numbers, shooting numbers, etc. Under their tight control, there are still many such data, and that is not because the opponent is strong, but because they are too weak.

As for whether the ball just now was a lucky balloon...
Chapter completed!