When Wigan Athletics celebrated the goal, Millwall's players were a little scared when they remembered the goal just now.

The last time they played against Wigan Athletic at home was in the hot early August, which was the first round of the League One. Millwall was a strong team in the League One at that time, and Wigan Athletic was just a newly promoted team. The two were very different. Sure enough, they easily beat Wigan Athletic at home.

Most of these players on the court have participated in that game now.

It was a very easy victory, and they could remember clearly that after they were leading, Wigan Athletic had no chance to fight back. Now they are also facing Wigan Athletic, but their status seems to be reversed.

The starting player of Wigan Athletics is not much different from the last time he played. Perhaps the only difference is that there is an extra 13 number.

The No. 13 is quite powerful, so before the game, head coach Wise arranged a lot of tactics to defend him. Although Millwall's players felt that the coach was a bit of a big deal, they still played according to the tactics.

But now the 13th is still scoring the goal.

Is their defense not good?

It's not like that! Just when the opponent headed the ball just now, there were two players from one side defending, which made them frightened. The two defensive players clamped the left and right, and the opponent could still jump up and head the ball, and even pushed the ball directly into it.

Can we really defend against such a guy?

As Millwall's team, Swinney, who is specifically responsible for defending Zhang Tiehan, feels more obvious than others. He is still thinking about the collision with Zhang Tiehan just now, and the feeling of falling on the grass.

That's really powerless!

Wise looked at the players' bad expressions and held his fists tightly. He was a little angry and disappointed.

If the opponent scored just one goal, his players would not have much fighting spirit. In this way, how can they continue to play in the game? Aren’t they full of momentum before the game? Why did just one goal defeat their momentum?

Wise doesn't understand.

But in fact, perhaps it was because they had too much hope before the game, but they were directly frustrated on the court, and their morale plummeted - they felt that their opponent was a soft persimmon that could be kneaded, but when they saw the game, they turned into soft persimmons... They could imagine how much fighting spirit they had left.

...

Javier doesn't care about Millwall's troubles. He is hugging and celebrating with his colleagues and his players.

He was worried for a half.

Looking at Zhang Tiehan's condition, he was worried that Zhang Tiehan would try his best to get rid of his ability, which would have an impact on the game. Fortunately, Zhang Tiehan did not keep doing this, but instead scored a goal with his header.

That's right!

You can practice slowly by getting rid of skills, but you still have to strive for victory in the competition.

Now for Wigan Athletics, one more victory means they have one more chance on the road to upgrading.

If he lost to a team like Millwall for other reasons, Jewell would be very dissatisfied. Fortunately, Zhang Tiehan scored a goal, so that they would be much easier to play in the jjb stadium when they were leading.

...

Relying on Zhang Tiehan's goal, Wigan Athletics took a goal lead.

After the celebration ended, there was no time left in the first half, until the halftime break, and the scores did not change any more. Both teams returned to the locker room to prepare for the second half.

Wise hurriedly returned to the locker room, not only him, but Millwall players went back one after another at the end, and they didn't even feel like talking to each other.

They really don't want to stay in the field for too long.

In the first half, especially in the most stages of the game, they were suffering all the time, as if there was no hope for the game. Such a game was too difficult. Who would want to participate in a game that would definitely lose? They could not see the hope of winning, they were suppressed, and they did not want to play such a game.

The game is too difficult to play!

They have to go back to the locker room to rest for a while.

On the contrary, the Wigan Athletics players were talking and laughing. When they left the court, Zhang Tiehan also received cheers from Wigan fans. They used cheers to send Zhang Tiehan out and their heroes to the end.

In Wigan, Zhang Tiehan has conquered the fans here with one goal after another.

Wigan is Manchester's 'country', and it's a small town, but the fans here are very simple. When Zhang Tiehan first arrived, they only thought that Zhang Tiehan would be a substitute player, which was no big deal, but they were still very friendly to Zhang Tiehan, after all, Zhang Tiehan is a player of Wigan Athletics.

They didn't expect Zhang Tiehan to perform so well, and even his performance could affect the performance of the whole team. They were very satisfied with Zhang Tiehan. Every fan was talking about Zhang Tiehan in private, and many fans were proud of seeing Zhang Tiehan score at the jjb stadium.

Nowadays, Wigan and Zhang Tiehan are already heroes of the town.

He is their hardman!

...

Home team locker room.

Javier did not talk about Zhang Tiehan's goal, but talked about the first half of the game. "We performed well in the second half of the first half, but in the first twenty minutes, there were a lot of mistakes. You should have quickly integrated into the game..."

Speaking of this, he looked at Zhang Tiehan, and the meaning in his eyes was obvious.

Zhang Tiehan rolled his eyes. He found that the fat man sometimes liked to 'click' and let him understand it by himself. Of course, he directly said what Jewell said, and could only say, "Sorry, coach." But he stuck out his tongue in private.

Jewell nodded with satisfaction, and did not mention this topic again, but began to arrange the tactics for the second half.

In the first and second half, the tactics are fixed. If you play well in the first half, there will be no major changes in the second half. He just emphasized the defense. "Be careful about the opponent's counterattack. If they suddenly intercept the ball, you must return to defense quickly and don't give them a chance!"

Javier said.

This is his only concern. After all, Millwall's offense is very fast, especially when counterattacking, the speed is faster. Many times, they pass the ball to the penalty area with just a few feet and then score directly. They scored a lot of such goals when playing against other teams.

He was worried about this.

If Millwall scored a goal, their advantage would be gone.

A draw with the score is useless even if you gain a suppressive advantage in the scene. After all, the football match is about the final result, not the process of the game.

...

In the visiting team's locker room, Millwall players were not in high spirits. Some of them still felt a little cold in their jerseys, and that kind of coldness comes from the heart.

Winter in England is not very easy, but it is not that high, especially for football players in good health. It is enough for them to wear long-sleeved jerseys on the court. When the event is held, they will be outfitted. When they return to the locker room, there is heating supply, so they will not be really cold.

But they still find it warmer to wear clothes.

Their hearts were cold, as if the air was outside. They didn't talk to each other, but they were all sitting there waiting for head coach Wise to speak.

Wise sighed in his heart when he looked at the players.

They had too much hope before the game. Now they are facing backwardness and suppressed in the situation, and their loss comes too quickly. If they hadn't had hope for the game, he really wanted to say to them, "We lost, there is still half a game, but there is no chance."

But they still have hope.

It's just a goal behind, not the end of the world. They still have forty-five minutes to work hard. However, looking at the expressions of these players in front of him, he knew that it would be almost impossible to get the team to get back the disadvantage in the second half. Then the only thing they can do is to defend and then find opportunities to counterattack in the defense. As long as they can equalize the score, they will play much easier.

But first of all, we must boost morale.

"Everyone raised their heads! Look at me! We were just behind one ball! Just one ball... Have we never been behind in the league? Do our opponent scored a goal and we were going to surrender? No! That's not Mirwall in my heart!"

"You guys performed well in the first half. In fact, they attacked so hard, we only conceded one goal, and your performance was already very satisfying!"

Wise said, and raised his hand, trying to show confidence.

"In the second half, we have to slightly change the tactics. What we are best at is quick attacks, so we have to play defensive counterattacks! We have to strengthen the defense between the penalty area and the center line, and build a defensive barrier there. As long as the steals can be completed, just like Swinney did in the first half..." Swinney completed three steals against Zhang Tiehan in the first half. "As long as there is a sudden steal, we have to attack. As long as we can counterattack and equalize the score, we can fight for victory!"

In fact, the most important thing is defense.

If the defense is not done well, if Wigan Athletic scores another goal, no counterattack will be effective. However, Wise dare not say that, he can only emphasize counterattack. After all, that is what the team is good at, and it is too damaging to emphasize defense when lagging behind.

Then there is no need to talk about tactics, just raise your hand and surrender.

...

During the intermission, the two teams arranged tactics one after another. Outside the locker room, the singing of Wigan fans quietly passed by with time.

Soon the players of the two teams stood on the field again.

After fifteen minutes of rest, the morale of Millwall players rose a lot. They no longer felt desperate, but instead shone with fighting spirit in their eyes. However, when the game began, Wigan Athletics suppressed their fighting spirit with offensives.

Regardless of whether they have fighting spirit or not, Millwall's strength is not superior. Not to mention Zhang Tiehan, other players of Wigan Athletic are not inferior to Millwall. The last time they beat Wigan Athletic easily at home may be related to that was the first League One game in Wigan Athletic's history, or perhaps their home advantage.

In short, at JJB Stadium, Millwall has no desire to suppress Wigan Athletics.

When suppressed, Millwall could only focus on defense, so you can imagine how much fighting spirit you can have.

But they are not without the power to fight back.

Wise's tactical arrangement was very reasonable, their frontcourt players returned to the half, and between the penalty area and the center line, several players kept running back and forth, trying to stop Wigan Athletic's offense.

In ten minutes, they still completed two steals, one of which turned into a quick counterattack.

This quick counterattack was very sudden and very fast. The football was passed by two feet to Harris' feet. When he got the ball, he was only Brekin, a defensive player. Harris's skills were quite good and his speed was fast. He tricked Brekin two times and dribbled the ball and rushed straight to the goal.

Unfortunately, when it was time to shoot, Harris might have been a little nervous. His single shot shot made Feilan, who was nervous, relaxed immediately.

"Be careful, go back to defense quickly and don't give them a chance to counterattack!" Javier shouted nervously on the sidelines.

However, Millwall had no chance for a long time. Instead, Wigan Athletics played very well. Javier's offensive requirement was to pass more balls to Zhang Tiehan and pass more balls at high altitudes. He saw Millwall's defensive strategy. They blocked Zhang Tiehan quite tightly. If he walked on the ground ball, Zhang Tiehan would have to rely on his own foot skills to get it... That might give Zhang Tiehan a few more trials to get rid of, but it would be unfavorable to the team's offense.

Wigan Athletics has performed the tactics well, and the football flew in the sky.

Millwall's goalkeeper's eyes didn't even look at the grass, but just looked in the air. Whenever the football was passed into the penalty area, he would be very nervous and even cursed the sun in secret - 'Damn it, in such a cold weather, why is the sun so dazzling!'.

But this was useless, he had to be careful.

For Millwall, the idea in defense is very clear. Since Wigan Athletics plays like this, they can only strengthen their defense against Zhang Tiehan. After all, there are not many people who can compete for headers on the other side, and this No. 13 is the most threatening one.

Zhang Tiehan soon discovered that he had to face not only one Swinney, but also other Millwall players. Sometimes, there were three people in the penalty area to double-team him, while Ellington, who always rushed to the penalty area to look for opportunities, often times he was unguarded.

He gritted his teeth in hatred for this unfair treatment! But...

This may be an opportunity!??

Zhang Tiehan remembered his cooperation with Ellington last time, so he performed more actively in the penalty area. He had to compete for every header and grab every opportunity. Such an active performance made Millwall pay more attention to his defense. They did not hesitate to give up other people's defense to completely limit Zhang Tiehan.

Under such strict defense, it is strange that Zhang Tiehan has a chance.

However, others had a chance. Ridell was responsible for organizing offense and passing outside the penalty area. When he saw the situation in the penalty area, he directly pushed the ball to the right side of the penalty area.

A straight pass that is not fast!

But why isn't it a high-altitude ball? Millwall players were still wondering. They were a little stunned and didn't know whether to continue defending Zhang Tiehan. Then they saw an "unknown" Wigan Athletics player on the other side received a pass and stabbed the ball directly into the gate of Marshall's handle.
Chapter completed!