After arranging Van Dijk's hospitalization, Zhou Xu participated in the draw for the second round of the League Cup without stopping. Notts County's opponent in the second round was still an old rival, still mired in Bournemouth in League One.

Then on the 19th, Notts County will face the challenge of Doncaster Rovers in the second round of the English Championship at Mido Lane Stadium.

Doncaster Rovers is not a strong team and has never won a heavyweight championship in team history.

Under the leadership of head coach Mark Bonner, Doncaster mainly plays a 4231 tactical formation and is one of the favorites for relegation. However, they defeated Portsmouth 4:2 in the opening game of the British Championship and performed well. Doncaster's tactic is to attack at the beginning. Doncaster will attack without hesitation in the first 30 minutes of the game, but then immediately change their formation to defend and counterattack.

In 6 pre-season friendly matches, Doncaster relied on this tactic to achieve 5 wins and 1 draw. There are many disadvantages, because most of Doncaster's players do not have the ability to establish themselves in the Championship. Not only are they favorites for relegation, Doncaster are the favorites for relegation.

In this game, Alisson served as the starting goalkeeper in Zhou Xu's starting list.

The defense is Robertson, Stones, Maguire and Cancelo.

The three midfielders are Kanter, Pogba and Seat B.

The front trident is still Mane, Vardy and Salah.

Doncaster's starting lineup, 4231 tactical formation.

The starting goalkeeper Garay is a League One goalkeeper with a flexible body and quick reactions.

Left back Adam Smith is a full-back player exempt from Tottenham. He can play on both left and right sides. He is physically strong and has rough skills, but he has a promising future.

The 32-year-old right back Popov is a Bulgarian international. He is strong and fast, and has a certain ability to pass and threaten the ball.

The central defender duo Andre and Faulkner came from Doncaster's youth academy. Both are 19 years old and are in good health, but their skills still need to grow.

Lewin, who is on the left side of the double midfielder, is a Suriname international. He has good speed and can play almost any position on the court, from defender to forward. He has rough skills and is a small all-around player.

The midfielder on the right is Gujonsson. The Icelandic is 35 years old. His body has declined significantly and his ability to pass and threaten the ball is first-rate.

Tremshani, who plays the attacking midfielder position, comes from the Doncaster youth training camp. The 19-year-old has good potential and has good passing skills, but his body still needs to grow.

Martina, on the right wing, is not outstanding in all aspects but not bad at all. He is a small hexagonal warrior.

Anderson on the left wing is faster, has excellent dribbling, and has outstanding crossing and passing abilities.

Sharp, who plays the forward position, is the star of the team. He is physically strong and has a very good ability to seize opportunities.

In this game, apart from asking Maguire to mark Sharp, Zhou Xu did not make any other arrangements. After all, although he is a newly promoted team, he still does not need to take too many measures against the favorites for relegation.

In the 5th minute of the game, Notts County broke through Doncaster's goal.

Pogba intercepted the ball from Anderson in the midfield, and then faced Tremshani's pressing and distributed the ball to Robertson on the wing.

After Robertson received the ball, Mane passed through.

Mane got rid of Popov who was marking him and received the pass from Robertson.

Then he took the ball and passed it long.

The ball came to the feet of seat B at the top of the arc in the penalty area.

At first, no one cared about this little Portuguese man, but Seat B took a shot from the spot and broke through Doncaster's goal with a world-wide kick.

1:0, Seat B scored the first goal of the season. Notts County scored a lightning goal just at the beginning of the game.

The disparity in strength left Doncaster unable to fight back.

In the 12th minute of the game, Vardy took a pass from Mane and scored with a shot.

One minute later, it was Mane again. He completed a hat trick of assists and assisted Salah to score with a header.

Doncaster was completely defeated. The final game ended at 11:0. Notts County crushed Doncaster 11:0. Vardy scored four goals, Salah scored a hat trick, and Mane scored 2 shots and 3 passes. , Maguire scored goals in Seat B respectively, perhaps because they were unwilling to settle for a draw in the opening game. In this game, the players went all out and bloodbathed Doncaster.

This game is not important. Five days later, Notts County will play against Gothenburg of the Swedish Super League at the Ulivi Stadium.

Gothenburg, a football club located in Gothenburg, the capital of the Swedish province of Västergötland. He has won 18 domestic top league championships, eight Swedish Cup championships and two UEFA Cup championships. One of the top three Swedish football clubs, it is the most successful football club in Sweden and even Scandinavia. visiting team locker room

"Be nervous, the first European war. I'm nervous too, more nervous than you are. The opponent was the Swedish giant Gothenburg, which has won the UEFA Cup twice. This time it was an away game. We didn't talk too much, we kept a draw and fought for victory. We focused on defense. We defeated our opponent at home.

The opponent's right back, Matias, is very capable. He is fast and has the ability to pass threatening balls. Vardy, you and Benteke need to increase the pressure on him.

Hagen in the midfield is the core of the opponent's midfield. If you want to press him fiercely, at least you can't let him catch the ball easily."

In this game, Zhou Xu's starting tactic is a defensive counterattack 532 tactic.

The three central defenders are Stones, Mings and Maguire. The two wing-backs are Robertson and Niemann.

The three midfielders are Kante and Pogba. No change, B fee starts, Zhou Xu needs him to use his ability to pass the ball to help Notts County counterattack better.

The starting two forwards are Benteke and Vardy.

As the referee blows the whistle, the European Association. The first round of the 4th round of the United League Road Qualifying Tournament began.

In the 1st minute of the game, Gothenburg's indirect free kick opportunity was slightly higher than the crossbar by forward Sverland.

In the 20th minute of the game, Pogba.

After receiving a long pass from Niemann, the ball missed the crossbar.

In the 30th minute of the game, Kanter intercepted the ball from Hagen's feet.

Notts County launched a counterattack quickly, passing the ball from the backcourt.

From Maguire to Niemann, the ball came to the wing.

In front of Niemann was Amescal.

The two of them moved forward and then retreated until near the baseline.

Niemann changed direction and turned in an inverted triangle.

B outside the penalty area.

After receiving the ball, without anyone asking for forgiveness, Fee passed a long ball towards the penalty area.

Vardy saw the right moment and swung his head towards the goal with the ball hitting the crossbar. Goal scored

"The ball went in! Notts County's first goal in the European war, Vardy, a former amateur player has already scored in the European war."

Vardy ran to the sidelines excitedly. He was very nervous at the beginning of the game. This was a stage he had never thought about. He did not expect to celebrate and could only jump up and down.

Zhou Xu waved his arms excitedly , 1:0, scored away from Notts County.

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