"Don't be discouraged, the game is not over yet. Pogba, please help Kante to sweep the midfield together. Van Dijk, keep an eye on Matty and don't let him become the fulcrum of Hull City's frontcourt." One goal behind, Zhou Xu encouraged the players.

Until the end of the first half, Notts County failed to break through the Hull City goal, which had shrunk its defense.

Halftime, visiting team locker room

"The opponent will definitely shrink their defense, and we will control the entire game. We just lack a little luck. I don’t think it’s a tactical problem or a problem with our performance. Go ahead and attack with all your strength in the second half and defeat your opponent."

The statistics of the first half showed that Notts County's 8 shots were far ahead of Hull City's 3 shots. As Zhou Xu said, the Notts County players seemed to lack some luck. In the

50th minute of the game, Alisson The pass found Robertson.

In front of Robertson was the 31-year-old Rosenil. Without any tricks, Robertson pushed the ball, then accelerated, and passed Rosenil easily. Robertson passed the ball through, Mane received the ball and reversed the triangle. Verratti's long shot was magically resolved by Mark again. Hull City's goalkeeper saved Notts County's excellent opportunity for the third time. In the

52nd minute of the game, Zhou Xu looked forward to it. The goal finally came.

Midfielder Verratti faced Barmby's attack and found Pogba with a short pass. His through ball accurately found Vardy, and his pass passed through. Hull City's entire midfield was blocked.

Vardy leaned on Diaw. After turning his back to catch the ball, he couldn't see what was happening behind him, but he could hear it.

"Jamie, pass!"It was Mane's voice. No one could guard against this damn Senegalese.

Vardy made a difficult half-turn and sent a through ball. It was Mane who received the ball. He threw away everyone behind him.

The expedition's The Notts County fans held their breath, and Zhou Xu did the same.

Ten seconds later, there was deafening cheers. Zhou Xu knelt on the ground and punched with all his strength, while Mane slid to the sidelines to accept the cheers of the fans.

"Pogba, beautiful, French genius played. Vardy, a magical through ball, he resisted Diaw and sent a perfect through ball. Mane received the ball and made it one-on-one. Hit the door! Haha, the ball was refracted when it hit Jona Tang, who was anxious to return to defense, and the ball flew into the goal. However, Mane's shot was on target, so it was not an own goal. Mane scored the first goal of the new season and Notts County equalized the score."

This goal completely ignited the Notts County players. 4 minutes later, the go-ahead goal came as expected.

Hull City got the ball in the frontcourt. Barmby received the ball and faced the rapidly approaching Kante. He passed the ball into the penalty area with a long pass. The tall and powerful Van Dijk won the ball, and Notts County's counterattack came from Kanter to Verratti, then to Pogba, and then to Sala. He, then to Vardy.

With four passes, Notts County passed the ball to the frontcourt forward. Salah and Vardy had a tacit understanding. After receiving Salah's pass, Vardy moved the ball and accelerated. Salah got past Chester and Ekotto and received the ball

"Go ahead, Salah."Zhou Xu shouted excitedly on the sidelines.

"Go!" This is the cry of the fans.

"Salah accelerated, the front three and four, Salah went to the bottom line, is he going to make an inverted triangle? Inverted triangle pass, in front of the goal, Verratti! Shoot, beautiful! Verratti's shot hit Jonathan's foot, and it refracted and flew into the goal."

Jonathan's little hand was splattered, with countless grievances. It seemed that both goals of Notts County were helped by Hull City's defense.

Notts County fans were completely boiling, and the few expeditionary forces burst into deafening cheers. Although Zhou Xu wanted to be aloof in his heart, the corners of his mouth were harder to suppress than AK. He couldn't bear it anymore. Seeing everyone surrounding Verratti to celebrate, Zhou Xu also roared to the sky.

2:1, it was clearly written on the scoreboard. In the 56th minute of the game, Notts County scored two goals in 4 minutes thanks to goals from Mane and Verratti, completing the score reversal.

Now it's your turn to have a headache.

Zhou Xu glanced at the opposing head coach Steve.

The opponent obviously didn't take Notts County seriously.

Mane and Salah on the wing were not restricted at all.

The wing of Hull City was a big road for the two, and even Robertson could get involved.

In the 64th minute of the game, Barmby relied on his personal ability to get a free kick for Hull City at the top of the arc.

Ekotto's shot was of extremely high quality, but the same was true of Alisson's save.

He used a magical save to block Ekotto's almost perfect free kick.

The subsequent corner kick was also easily cleared by Van Dijk.

In the

69th minute of the game, two consecutive goals made Maguire on the wing a little relaxed. He was passed by Ekotto without paying attention.

"Cover up and defend him."Zhou Xu shouted anxiously, but it was too late.

Ekotto used a perfect long pass to accurately find Marty who was running forward, and scored alone. Facing Alisson, Marty volleyed with his right foot from the angle and scored. 2:2, the score was equalized

"Come on, the game is not over yet.

"Zhou Xu encouraged the players on the field.

Van Dijk also made some mistakes in this goal.

He was also a little relaxed and failed to keep an eye on Matty.

In the 83rd minute of the game, Vardy's single shot was saved by Mark.

In this game, Hull The city's goalkeeper saved Hull City from fire and water countless times.

In the end, the Notts County players who landed in the English Championship for the first time showed their discomfort.

Notts fired 25 shots in the away game but was unable to draw.

They walked back to the locker room dejectedly. Zhou Xu didn't know how to comfort him,"That's how football is, we won't always win."He was also very disappointed. The team had an absolute advantage but only scored 1 point.

"My question, Chairman."Maguire stood up. After taking the lead, I got a little carried away.

"Me too." Van Dijk also admitted

��It's just a draw, we are so disappointed, are we going to disband after losing? Should I hold a press conference after losing, and we are preparing for a farewell dinner?"Zhou Xu joked,"It's just a draw, the stage of English League One is too small, we can't indulge in it. Our goal is the Premier League and the Champions League, which will be more difficult."

"Cheer up and win the next game. Even a team as strong as Chelsea would lose to us in an upset. They are the Champions League champions, so they accepted losing. Can't we accept it?"With emphasis, Zhou Xu continued,"But we can't just let it go. We will set up a system in the future. After winning a game, if time allows, we will take a day off. practice"

"Now get on the bus and go back to the club to practice more."

After that, Zhou Xu walked out of the locker room. Behind him, the players gradually raised their heads and walked out of the locker room.

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