Chapter 058: Two consecutive league wins (4)

"Me?" When Pete heard Dave ask him to play, he was a little surprised and didn't react for a moment.

Dave even asked him to replace Miller! Miller was the unstoppable main center, and he knew there was a big gap between his strength and Miller's. If he asked him to replace Harrison, he would still have some confidence.

"You don't want to play?" Dave asked back with a frown.

Miller walked over with a smile, patted Pete on the shoulder and said encouragingly: "Young man, the second half depends on you. You are much better at heading than me. I don't have any good way to deal with Blackburn's intensive defensive tactics." He understood his boss's thoughts very well. Pete's personal ability and game experience were somewhat different from his, but in terms of heading, he was ashamed of himself. Pete was 1.95 meters tall, and with this height he could play basketball and had a great advantage in dealing with high balls!

"Okay, boss, I'll go warm up first." After hearing Miller's words, Pete nodded happily, and then immediately ran out of the locker room excitedly.

After the second half of the game started, Blackburn players breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that Wolverhampton had replaced Miller, who had given them a headache, with a big guy. This big guy was obviously much easier to defend! However, Blackburn's head coach Lem on the bench didn't think so. When he saw Dave replaced him with a big forward, he frowned deeply and glanced at the Wolverhampton bench. 'Dave Jones? This move really hit Blackburn's heart directly. 'However, he didn't have any good solution now. The situation on the field was like this. Blackburn was one man short and could only shrink back to defend against the opponent with great momentum.

During the halftime break, Lem told the players to defend the first fifteen minutes. As long as they could defend during this period, the opponent's morale would be low and the players would become impatient. That would be Blackburn's chance! However, in this situation, if they wanted to defend the first 15 minutes, they could only rely on the level of the two big forwards in the penalty area. Reid cursed the Wolverhampton team silently in his heart, hoping that they would not score a goal.

After the second half started, the Blackburn players realized the power of this big guy next to them! He usually stood still in the penalty area, but the opponent's midfielders kept dropping high balls to the goal. Although this big guy's strength was not very good, he had the advantage of height! The average defender was 20 centimeters shorter than him. Facing such a high ball, it was not easy to intercept him.

Wang Li in the middle, Newton and Butler on the left and right sides got the ball and threw it directly towards the goal. At this time, the level of long passes was clearly reflected. Wang Li's passes were extremely accurate and always landed in a good position. Almost every pass could be easily caught by Pete or Cadoc and then converted into a shot. On the other hand, Newton and Butler were not as good. They just kicked the ball hard towards the goal, and the ball could only fall within a certain area. To convert such a ball into a shot, half of it depended on the striker's strength and the other half depended on luck.

With a steady supply of artillery fire, Peter and Cadog moved freely and easily in the Blackburn penalty area, heading the ball towards the goal one by one. Blackburn goalkeeper Friedel became the busiest person in the game. He blocked left and right, used his hands and feet, and was really busy. However, he was in great shape today and was definitely the best player of Blackburn in this game. He had scored seven consecutive headers, which more or less gave some comfort to Lem on the bench.

But Friedel is a man, not a god! In the 61st minute, facing another header from Pete, he lost his grip! Like a cunning fox, Harrison appeared in front of the ball again and easily pushed the ball. Facing this ball, Friedel had no choice but to watch the ball roll into the goal and hit the net, and the score became 1:0.

"It's in!!!... The goal that the fans have been waiting for has finally arrived. This time it was the young player Harrison who shot into the empty net again." The commentator on the scene shouted excitedly, "He has once again become the hero of Wolverhampton. Since he joined the first team, he has always been able to score goals for the team. Maybe he didn't play well in previous games, but he got the trust of the head coach, and he scored again!!! Let's cheer for his goal! He is the hero of Wolverhampton!"

The fans in the stands were crazy! The home team played very happily in this game, and now they have even scored a goal. They haven't seen such an easy game at Molineux for a long time. And this little player named Harrison has scored five goals in the last six games. This efficiency is one of the best in the entire Premier League. They have every reason to cheer for him!

The score was behind, and the Blackburn players were a little impatient. Some players wanted to attack and catch up. Losing one goal and losing several goals meant the same thing. You would never win if you just stayed defensive. Some people were afraid that if they attacked like this, the opponent would score again. So after the restart, the Blackburn formation was a little chaotic, and the head coach Lem did not give any instructions, which made them a little confused. However, in the chaos, they still launched an offensive. After Frickloff, Tugay and Gallagher made continuous short passes, the ball quickly reached the front of Wolverhampton's penalty area, but Gallagher was a little impatient. After he got the ball, he directly shot a long shot, and goalkeeper Oakes easily took the ball into his pocket.

In the 79th minute of the game, Wolverhampton launched another fierce attack. The ball quickly rushed to the frontcourt under Kennedy's feet. After crossing the center line, he kicked the ball to Newton on the left.

Newton looked at the situation. At this time, several Blackburn players had not returned to defense in time, and continuing the long pass was obviously a waste of opportunity. He immediately rushed forward with the ball, and saw someone trying to grab the ball. He pushed the ball diagonally from the left side with his right foot, and the ball rolled towards Wang Li next to him.

Wang Li did not stop the ball, but directly kicked it to Kennedy who was following in the middle, and ran straight forward. Kennedy pushed the ball to Peter in front of him, and stood still to prevent Blackburn from launching a counterattack if his teammates lost the ball.

After Peter got the ball, he passed it to Butler on the right before his opponent came forward to grab it. Butler took the ball and ran forward quickly, passing Taylor who came to defend in a disguised way, and then made a straight pass. The ball quickly passed through the gap between two Blackburn defenders and was passed to Wang Li who had just run into the penalty area. This pass was so beautiful that Wang Li rubbed the ball with his left foot and stopped the ball comfortably, then landed with his left foot and followed up with his right foot to shoot directly!

Faced with this powerful shot, Friedel obviously had no way to deal with it. He had almost no reaction and could only watch the ball fly into the net.

After seeing the goal, Dave in the coaching booth completely ignored his so-called gentlemanly manners. He jumped up from the spot and kept waving his right hand vigorously to express his excitement. The game was sure to be won!

"Goooooooo...al!!! 2:0!!! The ball is in!!!... It's our Alan, he used a beautiful shot to break through Friedel's goal again. We should cheer for the team. All the goals scored today were scored by young players. Coach Dave's tactics were correct. He boldly used these newcomers, and they also brought a steady stream of goals. I have to say, today's game was really exciting!!!" However, the excitement was only for Wolverhampton fans. Many Blackburn fans had already left the stadium on their own initiative. They didn't want to see the team they supported being abused.

After the second goal, Blackburn had almost no fighting spirit. They just hoped that time would pass faster and the game would end sooner. Standing on the field was simply a torture! They all huddled in front of the goal, waiting for Wolverhampton's attack. However, at this time, the players did not have much physical strength, and many veterans could not run anymore. So, the two teams started to play tacitly, with the players passing each other in the middle, slowly killing time.

After seeing this situation, referee Barry did not add any extra time and blew the whistle to end the game in the 90th minute. All the Blackburn players were exhausted and sat directly on the grass of the stadium. This game was so depressing. Before the game, they thought Blackburn would win easily, but the result was the opposite. Compared with the physical exhaustion, the loss of fighting spirit made the players more upset. They were beaten by a team at the bottom of the Premier League without any ability to fight back. This made them put the blame on Babel who was sent off with a red card. If he hadn't been so reckless, this game would never have been lost so easily! Tragic Babel, I don't know what will happen to him after the game...

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