“Crazy Wigan Athletics!”

After the game, the Wigan newspaper used this title to describe this game. Wigan Athletic scored six goals in the first and second half, and played quite crazy. In the second half, Jewell replaced three main players, and the team still pressed Bradford to play again. The game was completely under the control of Wigan Athletic.

This big victory has inspired and deepened everyone's recognition of the new tactics.

Next, Jewell's requirements for the players became stricter in training. In tactical training, he required each player to complete a specific training task. The team was conducting tactical training for several consecutive days, and other trainings were put aside.

This made the players feel relaxed.

Tactical training mainly consumes brains. Every player must remember what they want to do. There is not a real confrontation on the training ground, but just performs tactical simulations to let everyone know what to do under what circumstances.

Other training has been slowed down a little.

Jewell is still worried about the physical problems of the players. After all, the schedule of the League One is too terrifying. Now it is in the intensive schedule, so the players' physical problems are likely to have some problems.

The team has also begun to strictly regulate the players' diet.

Jewell asked everyone to have two meals a day in the club restaurant. After disbanding at night, they could not eat irritating food. They were explicitly prohibited from drinking, going to bars, and going to nightclubs, which made Brekin and others complain.

Ridell breathed a sigh of relief.

After his training recently, he was too idle. He practiced with Zhang Tiehan for a few days and did not go to nightclubs, which was very painful for him.

But the two of them were not thinking about Jewell.

Jerville is concerned about the physical condition of the players. If he does not restrict his diet and continues to maintain the intensity of his previous training, it will be difficult for him to imagine how many people the team's main lineup will be left after Christmas.

...

The league has entered a tense and intensive stage, and Zhang Tiehan seems to have entered his own crazy stage.

In the game against Sunderland, Zhang Tiehan played the ultimate killer in the first half, scoring three consecutive goals to lose all his fighting spirit.

In the first half, he completed a hat trick!

The first ball was a corner kick from Ridell. Under the opponent's defense, he forced himself to jump up and head the ball to the top and scored the ball.

The second ball was a thunderous shot in the counterattack.

The third ball came from his left foot. The opponent's goalkeeper took the ball and took off his hand. As a result, Zhang Tiehan ran to the right position and poked the ball with his left foot to score the goal.

Three goals, long shots, headers, and supplementary shots, three different ways!

In just one half, Zhang Tiehan pierced through Sunderland's goal three times. Although the opponent also had the credit for this, Zhang Tiehan's personal ability was fully demonstrated, and his shooting skills under his feet surprised the opponent's head coach and players.

"The efficient killer of Wigan Athletics - Zhang!"

After the game, the media commented on Zhang Tiehan, "... Zhang is so outstanding. He is equipped with the most advanced weapons all over his body. When he is on the football field, Sunderland players cannot effectively defend, which is simply an unequal contest."

"Zhang scored six goals in three games, and he seemed to be responding to those who questioned him with his performance."

"We must admit that he succeeded! He is excellent and impeccable!"

As the report said, Zhang Tiehan scored six goals in three rounds, and those media that questioned him could only deal with it silently. If such performance was not outstanding, it would be difficult to find outstanding players in the world.

But what disappointed some media was that Zhang Tiehan, who usually produces some news after performing well, said nothing after the competition.

He accepted the interview, just said a few words to the game formally, and even praised his opponent Sunderland... Although everyone knows that it is completely against his will.

This is not his style at all.

...

When the team returned to Wigan, Zhang Tiehan greeted his teammates and went straight back to the apartment.

His whole body was a little sore and weak.

After half of the game, he felt tired. He still felt that he was a normal reaction at that time, but he could no longer run in the second half, let alone perform.

It was just getting dark outside, and Zhang Tiehan lay down and fell asleep. When he woke up, it was already a little brighter.

He opened his eyes and looked out the window, and he sat up coldly.

"It's half past seven..."

After looking at the time, Zhang Tiehan shook his head and smiled bitterly.

Looking back on yesterday's game and the feeling of soreness all over his body, Zhang Tiehan certainly knew why. Since he came to Wigan Athletics, he has hardly missed any competitions, and he has been training hard on weekdays. September and October are still OK, but now the weather has become colder, so his body cannot support it at all.

He needs a rest.

"It seems that I can't participate in the next game." Zhang Tiehan said intimately.

The opponent of Wigan Athletics in the next game is Reading, which is the second time the two teams have played. What’s important is that the next game is three days later. With his physical condition, he will have to rest for a week before he can recover.

After getting up from bed and having breakfast, Zhang Tiehan went to the club and then talked about his physical condition to Jewell.

"Mr. Jewell, I think I need to go to the team doctor to check my health."

After hearing this, Jewell was helpless. He had been thinking about the team's tactics and games before, but he also noticed that many people in the team had physical problems, so he took corresponding preventive measures.

But the schedule is too intensive...

The problem will sooner or later, but Javier didn't expect that the first problem would be Zhang Tiehan. But if you think about it carefully, Zhang Tiehan started every game and played the whole game for most of the games. If he persisted, he would only feel fatigued until now, which is quite amazing.

"Okay, Zhang, you don't have to participate in the next game. Let's do more restorative training next time." Javier cared.

Zhang Tiehan nodded and agreed.

Sure enough, the team doctor gave the result that he was too tired and needed at least a week to recover. He even gave advice on not doing strenuous exercise recently.

Zhang Tiehan was a little unwilling to accept it.

He didn't understand why there was something wrong with his body...

In his memory, his body is very strong, especially in terms of endurance and physical fitness. More importantly, his body has the inheritance of ancient power. As a result, this inheritance seems to have no auxiliary effect at all, and he is directly defeated by continuous competitions.

"This means I am still a human." Zhang Tiehan comforted himself.

...

Without Zhang Tiehan, Wigan Athletics' offensive ability was completely inferior to that level. The team continued to use the previous tactics to fight Reading. Fortunately, it was a home game, and Reading was not a strong team. In the end, with the goal of substitute midfielder Challett, the team defeated Reading.

But this is not the time to relax.

Next, Wigan Athletics will have another big battle, that is, the quarterfinals of the League Cup, and the whole team went to Birmingham to challenge Aston Villa away.

Before the game, Jewell asked everyone to relax.

The League Cup reached the quarterfinals, and the result was quite good, but Javier was even more worried about the physical condition of the players. Now it is December, the month when he is most susceptible to injury and physical problems in a season. He must consider this. After all, for the team, the league is the most important thing.

As long as you can spend Christmas safely, the team will play more games after get off work, and it is very likely to strive for a league upgrade.

In any case, upgrading to the Premier League is the most important thing.

However, what he didn't expect was that the team played very well away, and only scored two goals in the first half, while his opponent Aston Villa lacked some luck. They shot two consecutively, both hit the post, and several threatening attacks were defended by Wigan Athletic.

"It seems that the goddess of luck is on our side." Assistant coach Stanbron sighed in the midfield.

Javier just smiled, but was also very excited.

No one wants to lose!

Now it is the quarterfinals of the League Cup. If you can win this game, the team will be able to enter the semi-finals. That will have a lot of benefits for the team, and they can even compete for the championship.

"We will continue to work hard in the second half!"

Back in the locker room, Javier immediately changed his attitude. Before the game, he felt that the outcome was irrelevant and even had the intention to give up the League Cup. But now the half-time is over, the team leads two goals, and as long as they play the second half, they can win.

Victory is right in front of you, how can you not fight for it?

"Their offensive penetration is very strong. I ask you to pay attention to the formation when defending, and at the same time retreat to the back, try to get closer to the goal, so that it will be difficult for them to pass the threatening ball."

"Also." Javier looked at Zhang Tiehan, "Zhang, you will play in the second half, but remember that your task is not to score goals, but to defend!"

Zhang Tiehan did not start, he kept sitting on the bench.

His body has not fully recovered. Considering his importance to the team, Jewell will not kill the chicken to get eggs, which makes Zhang Tiehan stronger in the starting team, but delays his physical recovery and is even injured. That will definitely be fatal to the team.

But it should be fine if you only play halftime.

Zhang Tiehan also felt that there was no problem. He had been resting for more than a week and had a lot of energy in his body. Although it might be a bit difficult to play the whole game, he could still hold on in the half game.

In the second half, Wigan Athletics took a stance of defending.

They rarely do this recently. Even when facing Chelsea and Everton and other strong teams, they did not completely defend the battle while leading, but now they choose to defend the battle.

However, in the eyes of most people, there is nothing wrong with choosing defense with two goals. Holding the team is victory.

Wigan Athletics poses like this, you can imagine the second half of the game.
Chapter completed!