reborn football boss

Chapter 514 Obstacles to overcome
Notts County's luck in the League Cup is still good. The opponent in the draw is Cardiff City from the British Championship, and it is also a poor person who has been sunk in the low-level leagues by Notts County.

Taking into account the upcoming schedule, Loew did not fully use the rotation lineup, but a half-main and half-substitute configuration, so that the coach of Cardiff City felt that he was very valued.

Yes, in Notts County's last round of the League Cup, even against Leeds United last season, they only played a few young players, but this time they played against me, they actually played the main players. Isn't this just a fear of myself No end!

The coach of Cardiff City is so satisfied. He was very proud during the interview before the game, as if he had found a way to fight against Notts County, which made everyone follow him with confidence. No way, who made Notts County obviously not attach importance to the league As for the cup, even if half of the main players play, I'm afraid it's just a formality!
However, in the game, Notts County did not go through the motions as everyone expected, but played with real swords and guns, so that Cardiff City couldn't stand it at all, and the first half was not halfway through yet. He has surrendered his guns!
In the end, Notts County eliminated Cardiff City with minimal consumption and advanced to the fifth round of the League Cup.

However, after this game, Notts County had a wave of extremely intensive schedule, which made Love extremely irritable.

On November 11, away to Aston Villa;
On November 11th, the fourth round of the UEFA Champions League group stage, an away game against Super Deportivo;
On November 11, the third consecutive away game against Southampton;
November 11, against Bolton at home;
On November 11, against Manchester City at home;

In two weeks, Notts County needs to play 5 games, including a strong dialogue with the Champions League opponent Deportivo. Although the opponents in the league are generally not strong, they are also difficult opponents. If Notts County If you can't get enough points from these opponents, then I'm afraid they will be overtaken by the vigorous Chelsea.

The away game against Villa was the easiest one. The League Cup game did not consume too much energy from the players. Coupled with proper rotation, the team's combat effectiveness remained intact, so even if they played away, they did not leave too much for Villa. many opportunities.

The only fly in the ointment is the injury problem. The team's main central defender Carvalho suffered a knee injury in the fight with the opponent and is expected to be injured for 2-3 months.

The Portuguese central defender has always been the pinnacle of Notts County's defense. His partners have changed over and over again, but he has always been the main player and is the most reliable and trustworthy teammate.

With his injury, the strength of Notts County's defense line has dropped a bit. Fortunately, Cannavaro came back and was in good condition, otherwise the team would not even have a backup central defender.

After playing Villa, Notts County rushed to Spain non-stop, preparing for the game against Super Deportivo.

The importance of this game is self-evident. Although the first three rounds of group matches were won, it only allowed Notts County to qualify, but it was not safe yet. You must know that in David's memory, there was a ball The team scored 12 points in the group stage, but they were all eliminated in the end. Notts County does not want to repeat that tragedy, so before it appears, Notts County must not be careless.

At the Riazor Stadium, Notts County and Deportivo once again staged an offensive battle. It's in place, there are not many omissions, but it still can't resist their goal.

Fortunately, Notts County's offense cannot be easily stopped by the opponent, otherwise Notts County will really lose at the Riazor Stadium.

The final result was a tie between the two teams, with a score of 3:3, further realizing the title of the bloodiest team in history.

After the four rounds of the group stage, Notts County still lead with 10 points, while behind them are Monaco with 7 points and Deportivo with 5 points. The balls are almost over minus 15.
The qualifying situation is good. As long as Notts County can beat Monaco at home in the next game, they will appear as the number one in the group one round ahead of schedule. result.

But now Notts County's eyes can't stay on the Champions League. Three consecutive league games within a week is what Notts County needs to have a headache.

The Premier League has now gone on for 11 rounds, and Notts County is still leading the standings, which has far exceeded the club's expectations for results.

Although the team's strategy is to focus on the Champions League, it is enough to get as good a ranking as possible in the league, but now that they are ranked first, the players' competitive spirit has exploded again, why can't they go hand in hand in the league and the Champions League?
The success of the two-lane battle last season gave the players great confidence. They hope that this season can also achieve such results. Even if the club did not say so, they decided privately that they would also defend their title in the league.
Although Loew didn't say it clearly, he has been a player before, and he has a very accurate grasp of the players' psychology. Although the team ranks first in the Premier League, because there are too many young players in the rotation lineup, there may be critical moments. The problem is that the probability of defending the league title is not high, so he still puts more hopes in the Champions League.

Because he just played against Deportivo, Loew used a big rotation in this game against Southampton, and all the rotation players were able to play.

At present, Southampton's situation in the league is not good. Although they have not stayed in the relegation zone, they have not scored too many points. There has been pressure to relegation since the beginning of the season, so they need to fight hard in every game of!

Sitting at home, even if the opponent is the defending champion Notts County, the Saints did not catch it without a fight, but launched a desperate counterattack.

The coach of Southampton saw through the fact that there were too many young players in Notts County, and asked the players to strengthen the press in the midfield, even at the expense of strangulation tactics, in order to restrain the young players in Notts County.

His strategy succeeded, with several tough fouls, several players, including Messi, dared not make any moves, and the team's offense could not start the situation, even if Drogba desperately repeated in the midfield Playing against the opposition defenders didn't help either, and Notts County eventually won a draw from the away game.

Loew was very angry, but he was not disappointed. He understood the worries and psychological fluctuations in the hearts of young players. Even if he were replaced by himself, it would be difficult to truly overcome the psychological obstacles. Let's take that step!

This can be regarded as a hidden danger in the future of Notts County. The physical confrontation ability of the midfielders is not outstanding. Whether Messi or Ozil, these two players are absolutely technical players, but if they encounter unreasonable players on the field The savages, their power will be greatly reduced, and this is where they will work hard to improve in the future!

(End of this chapter)