Chapter 029
While major football agents were upset, the ninth round of the Championship also quietly began.
Peterborough United’s opponents in this round are Coventry City.
Because it’s away.
There are not too many Petersburg fans who go with the team.
Only one thousand fifty-six looks.
Of course.
That’s a lot more than the number of fans who usually travel with the team to away games.
Had it not been for the team’s comeback and big win over Birmingham in the last round, that number might have been at least halved.
Petersburg’s performance in the Championship this season is also a very small number of die-hard fans who are willing to go to the road to support their own team.
However, nearly 3,000 English fans chose to go to Coventry’s home stadium to watch the Championship match between Peterborough and Coventry City live.
These people are not fans of Petersburg or Coventry.
They went towards Lin Xu.
Recently, because he was called into the team by Southgay, and was exposed by the media and signed an agent contract with Spain’s top football agent, Perre, Lin Xu’s attention skyrocketed for a while.
Peterborough United’s recent home tickets have become hard to come by.
Originally, the home stadium of Peterborough United was not large, with a capacity of 15,000, in addition to the season tickets for die-hard fans, as well as the tickets allocated to the fans of the away team, the rest of the people grabbed so many tickets, it was even more difficult.
As a result, many people can only choose to watch the away game in Petersburg.
Anyway, it’s all Lin Xu’s game.
Home or away.
For them, neutral fans, it doesn’t make much difference.
As a result, the teams that have played against Peterborough recently have sold a lot more tickets than before.
Coventry is also more present today than usual.
The neutral fan area was almost full.
Even BBC Sport chose to continue broadcasting the match live today.
However, Lin Xu, who made everyone look forward to it.
He did not appear in Peterborough United’s starting squad.
He sat on the bench.
Darren chose to let the team’s original main strikers Harris and Marriott play today, and partner Randall, who performed well in the previous game, to form a three-forward lineup.
Most of the midfield is still the squad of the previous game.
Except for Ward, who was injured in the previous game, he was not included in the squad.
and captain Beavers back outside the starting lineup.
Nothing else has changed.
The goalkeeper is also the second door Cornell.
“Maybe Darren wants to experiment with a different striker, and can the team play the same dominance as it did against Birmingham last game?”
Commentator Ned said: “Knight, Hamilton and Randall, who gave assists in the big four, are still on the field, and in addition to Lin Xu, the play of these three men is also a key factor in Peterborough United’s comeback victory. ”
And really speaking of individual ability.
As the main central striker of Peterborough United.
Harris is actually not weak.
With the League One Golden Boot last season, his shooting ability is beyond doubt.
It’s just that most of the fans came for Lin Xu.
Commentary: How to explain the manager’s intentions.
Lin Xu did not play, and they were still disappointed.
Harris is even more capable of being personal.
It’s a Championship game.
If it weren’t for Lin Xu, the newly promoted England international, who would have traveled so far to watch a Championship match!
The fans in the stadium were not interested.
The same goes for the fans in front of the TV.
Fans were not happy, and ratings began to decline.
In order to drive the ratings, the director could only turn the camera to Lin Xu on the bench.
From time to time, I give Lin Xu a close-up.
There are fouls on the field.
Lens to Lin Xu.
Coventry City scored first.
Lens to Lin Xu.
The goalkeeper will successfully complete a save.
The camera is still in Lin Xuna.
After half the game, Lin Xu’s personal shots can add up to five minutes.
Not only English fans, but even Dragon Country fans are watching Lin Xu’s match.
Although Lin Xu is already sure that it is impossible to return to the Dragon Kingdom to play.
But this does not prevent them from being Lin Xu’s fans!
Lin Xu has half of the Dragon Kingdom bloodline, this is a fact!
Even if Lin Xu chose England.
To see a Chinese player with Dragon Country blood playing abroad is something they should be proud of.
Moreover.
Lin Xu is still a little handsome.
Although in appearance, he inherited more of Lin Jianye’s genes, making his appearance look more like a pure Asian.
However, some of the genes were also passed on to his mother from England.
This makes his facial features more three-dimensional than most Asians.
The bridge of the nose is tall, and the sword eyebrows are starry.
There are also two dimples when laughing.
It’s a sweet little handsome guy to look at.
Although football is a place where strength is respected, for these fans, excellent appearance is sometimes a plus.
Add to that his status as a new England international.
Fans watch it and like it more.
So BBC Sports’ commentary watched its ratings like a roller coaster.
One moment rises, one falls a while.
As soon as Lin Xu appeared in the camera, the ratings began to rise, and when it came to the game scene, the ratings began to fall wildly.
The commentators all sighed.
When will Peterborough United be able to replace Lin Xu!
……
Although the ratings of the live broadcast look very joyful.
But the situation on the pitch was not friendly to Peterborough United.
Although Coventry City was promoted to the Championship last year, his strength should not be underestimated.
Birmingham were only at the bottom of the Championship in the last game, and Coventry City have been able to secure a top-six spot so far this season.
Only two defeats in eight league matches.
The rest of the matches were all won easily.
However, Coventry City’s attack has always been weaker than its defense, and most of the games they win are only one or two goals.
Otherwise, Petersburg would not have supported until the beginning of the second half to concede the goal.
But conceded at the beginning.
The psychological burden is multiplied.
This is another away game for Petersburg.
The pressure from away made the players play a little tight.
The second half opened for more than ten minutes.
Midfielders Hamilton and Knight organised several attacks in succession, never to fruition, and Coventry’s defence did a flawless job.
The Petersburg players immediately realized a problem.
They played well with Lin Xu because Lin Xu’s running position was very good.
It was Lin Xu’s excellent running position that covered up many of their mistakes.
However, Harris and Marriott’s movement is simply not possible to reach the level that Lin Xu showed in the previous place.
The flaws in the accuracy of their passing in the Petersburg midfielders were immediately exposed.
Many times either the ball is given big.
Before Harris and Marriott could run, the ball was off the touchline.
Either the ball is not given enough force.
Before the people in front of the court could catch the ball, they were preemptively controlled by the opposing defenders, or directly destroyed the touchline.
The game has been played so far, and Petersburg has simply not been able to organize an effective attack.
Darren kept frowning as he watched from the sidelines.
Don’t let Lin Xu start.
One is considering that Lin Xu is still young.
It can also be seen from the training in the past few days that his physical strength is not enough.
The last game may have been the first time to play the starter, too excited, so it seems that the physical fitness is not bad, now this physical fitness, let him play the whole game is unrealistic.
Although Darren wants to win, he still has to consider Lin Xu’s consumption problem.
The other is to experiment with the lineup more.
He can’t directly abandon Harris and Marriott because of Lin Xu’s performance, these two people can still create a certain threat on the front line.
Lin Xu will definitely transfer and leave in the future.
It would be best if Harris and Knight could develop a tacit understanding between them and play the same effect as when Lin Xu was there.
But now it seems.
It wasn’t Knight and Randall who suddenly progressed.
It was Lin Xu’s appearance that brought these people to life.
When Lin Xu was not on the field, the performance of these people was not as bright as the last game.
It still has to be Lin Xu.
Darren turned his head, looked at the young man sitting on the bench, and shook his head helplessly.
“Go warm up.”
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