Chapter 31: Victory
Chapter 31: Victory
Stretching on the sidelines, Marginson jumped up, clenched his fists and ran wildly on the sidelines to celebrate, if it weren't for being hugged from behind by Coach Roy behind him, he would have even been ready to kneel on the court to celebrate. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Fortunately, he didn't take action, otherwise he would have slipped and knelt in a suit. Coach Marginson could be the star of the day in the Manchester media.
It's not because his team is now 1-0 ahead of a second division team. It's because his somewhat tight trousers and more than a hundred pounds of fat on his body are enough to let all the fans know the color of his panties today.
The players on the pitch also rushed to the sidelines to celebrate the goal with the coach, Li Qingshan rushed to the sidelines after the goal, just met Matkinson who ran to celebrate, he threw Marginson and Roy on his back to the ground, poor Coach Marginson was layered under the turf by his players, until the referee ran to ask the FC United players to return to their own half to prepare for the game, Coach Marginson was rescued, he almost became the first manager to be crushed by his own players for celebrating a goal.......
FC United's players are so excited that they can lead a professional team in official competitions, especially in the FA Cup, even though it's only eight minutes into the game, leaving Hereford United with more than 80 minutes to go. But FC United can't manage that much with their players.
'It was just a goal and it felt like they had won the World Cup.'
Hereford United's number 10 Stam pouted.
He is the heart of Hereford United's midfield and the team's number one star. Hereford United's attack relied heavily on the midfielder's play in the midfield position.
Graeme. Turner doesn't have the mentality of S. Stam, and as a team aspiring to return to the First Division, it is unforgivable for the veteran Graeme Turner to be breached by an amateur team.
At the moment of the goal, he slammed the water bottle he was about to drink into the ground, and the water bursting from the bottle splashed the bench players behind him.
The FCL United players returned to their own half one after another due to the referee's intervention.
Hereford United couldn't wait to kick off the pitch and it was humiliating for them to be beaten by an amateur side, and the only way to get back on the pitch was to get back on the scoresheet as quickly as possible and then overtake their opponents.
They firmly believe that with their strength, if they are serious, the opponent's amateur team will not have the ability to resist.
In their imagination, they were serious after being scored by an opponent, and since they were serious, it would not be difficult to score a few goals against an amateur team.
But things didn't turn out quite the way the Hereford United players had anticipated.
As the core of the team's midfield, Stam frequently receives the ball outside the scenic line of FC United, and when he looks up, the opponent's penalty area is densely packed with red players, and there is almost no space.
There was plenty of space on both flanks, but they had tried many crosses to no avail, and the opposition's centre-forward seemed to have turned into a centre-back during that time, pushing every high ball into the box. Hereford United could barely get a single ball to land.
However, the ball could not be passed into the penalty area at all, and the opponent was full of people in the penalty area.
They also tried to break through on the perimeter, but it didn't work, Stam tried to pass in the middle, and after getting rid of several people, there were still opposing players clinging to him, as if he was going through wall after wall, unable to find space to shoot. Of course, if he could still score in such a situation, Stam would not be just the core of a second division team.
Hereford United's wide players tried to break down the flank, but were often fouled by FC United's defenders directly from outside the box. Such a foul did not go up to the level of a yellow card. And this is the home stadium of FC United, and the referee also has to give the home team some face.
And a free-kick from the flank could not pose a threat to FC United's goal.
Now Hereford United is like a tide, rushing to the edge of the FC United penalty area and being blocked by a huge reef, they hit again and again, but the reef does not move.
It seems that Marginson's bus formation has been working well for the past two weeks.
In fact, how to break the bus is a world-class problem, as strong as Barcelona, with world-class attacking players such as Messi, Iniesta, Xavi, and Chelsea, who are at a loss when facing the bus posed by the Premier League giants Chelsea.
Until the end of the first half, Hereford United did not break through the goal of James' handle.
At half-time, Marginson affirmed the team's defensive input.
On the other side of Graeme. Turner couldn't have been more polite, and his roar in the dressing room was heard even by FC United's players.
The godfather of Hereford United vented his anger and began to plan his team's second-half tactics.
In fact, there is nothing to arrange, the opponent is clearly putting a bus in front of the goal, to tear through this dense defensive line, in addition to the play of the players on the field, it also needs a little luck.
In addition to making the team strengthen the long-range shot, Graem Turner did not make personnel changes, he believes that the goal conceded in the first half is the responsibility of the whole team, and the failure to score is also the responsibility of the whole team, and he cannot blame a single player.
However, the second half of the game was the same as the second half of the first half, with Hereford United still besieging FC United. They also created a couple of good scoring chances, but they were all saved by goalkeeper James.
There was even a time when Stam finally got a shot near the arc of the penalty area, and the football drew an arc around the defender, and was about to fly into the goal from the corner, but James made a wonderful save to save the football from the bottom line.
James was in great form today.
This situation has come to the 72nd minute of the game, Hereford United has been besieging FC United for more than 20 minutes in a row, if it is a match between two teams with little difference in strength, after attacking for more than ten consecutive minutes without scoring a goal, the team will often slow down the pace of attack, and even retreat to the defense to allow physical recovery a little.
However, now the team is facing an amateur team, and in the eyes of the Hereford United players, the opponent is completely different from themselves, and it is enough for the opponent to steal a goal. They still pressed aggressively.
Graeme on the sidelines. Turner didn't feel anything wrong with the players' approach, and even sent centre-back Kovaz to the FC United penalty area to add a high point to the box.
All of Hereford United's players except the goalkeeper were pressed into the FC United half, and even goalkeeper Bartlett had already taken on a central defender role in the centre circle.
It looks like the reef is about to be washed away by the tide!
Thousands of FC United fans in the stadium were already holding their breath, nervously watching their penalty area being bombarded by their opponents, as if they were about to be breached at any moment.
James jumped high, picked up a high-flying ball cross from his opponent, and then threw the ball to Li Qingshan, who was running forward, who had already shouted before receiving the ball.
"Nick !!!"
Li Qingshan had already kicked the football out with a big foot before the opposing player came up.
Beside him, a red figure rushed forward like an arrow from a string - this is Nick!!
Li Qingshan stood in place after passing the ball, and this time he didn't continue to run forward - at this time his position was still at the front of his own penalty area, and he couldn't keep up with the running Nick from such a distance.
His speed is so amazing that if there was a camera on the sideline, you would see that the speed of a football flying in the air is almost the same as that of Nick running on the pitch!
Before any of the Hereford United players could react, Nick had already run past half the pitch and was now in front of only the goalkeeper who was quickly approaching him.
However, before the ball hit the ground, Nick kicked the ball into the air and kicked it over the head of goalkeeper Bartlett as if he were making a big lob.
Nick then prepares to catch up with the ball from Bartlett, and if he runs past him, Nick has a sure one-on-one chance.
Before Bartlett falls to the ground, he lifts his foot and trips Nick to the ground.
"Red Card !!!!!!"
The fans on the sidelines roared in unison.
Sure enough, when Bartlet got up from the turf, he saw the referee running towards him, still holding a red card in his hand.
He took off his gloves, without any defense, and walked towards the players' tunnel. As a defender, he has to do that, and while it leaves his side with one less man, it's better than scoring a second goal.
Now the opponent is only one goal ahead, and the game has almost twenty minutes to go, although the team is playing with ten men. But the difficulty of scoring one goal and two goals in 20 minutes is completely different.
Now the Hereford United players have long since let go of their contempt - the opponent can lead them for more than 70 minutes without conceding a goal, and it is not good to not pay attention to the opponent.
Bartlett walked to the tunnel and didn't head to the dressing room – he wanted to see if his team could equalise.
The foul gave FC United a free-kick opportunity.
Standing at the door of the tunnel, Bartlett did not see the equaliser from his team, but instead saw the opponent's second goal.
Li Qingshan beat Kovaz to send football into the door of Hereford United again.
2:0!!!!
FC United extended their lead.
In the next game, the ten-man Hereford United team still couldn't score.
When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, Graeme. Turner walked back to the locker room without shaking hands with Marginson. One by one, the Hereford United players collapsed on the pitch.
Next to them, FC United players and fans who rushed onto the pitch celebrated their team's victory.
They won a big win against a professional team on their home turf!!