Football: Rebirth 04, I Create a Black Shop in Football

The current situation is not good.

Howard on the TV screen now.

His face no longer has the confidence and arrogance that he had at the press conference.

Instead, he is disappointed and surprised after making such a low-level mistake.

Looking at Howard's appearance.

Li Shiguang couldn't help but secretly sigh at the power of the system, and at the same time felt a little sad for Howard's future.

Facts have proved that after losing the Buffon experience card, Howard's nerve knife attribute has once again emerged.

Howard is indeed not worth his price now, but he has helped me make a lot of money.

Anyway, I am worthy of Howard. At least in the next 10 years, Howard's transfer fee of 15 million euros will be ranked in the top 5 goalkeepers. Moreover, this time Bates signed a 4-year contract with him, and his salary was higher than that of Manchester United and Leeds United.

Even if he lost his position because he couldn't change his "nervous knife" problem, at least he got the money!

Thinking of this, Li Shiguang stopped paying attention to the game, turned off the TV and walked towards the study.

He still had to hurry up to prepare. He had prepared several new tactics for the players to try in tomorrow's training session!

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The Hawthorns

After a period of bombardment, West Bromwich Albion, which was one goal behind, finally equalized the score in the 43rd minute of the first half.

During the halftime break, after arranging the tactics for the second half in the locker room, Blackwell thought again and again and decided not to replace Howard for the time being. He already knew that the boss and shareholders were watching today's game in the stands.

If they saw that the goalkeeper they bought at a high price was replaced by him at halftime, they might cause trouble for him later.

So after the players walked out of the locker room, Blackwell's face was livid, grabbing Howard who was lagging behind, and yelled at him: "Timothy, if it weren't for you, we should have led those London guys 1:0 in the first half. So, after the second half starts, focus on the court. I don't want to see such stupid mistakes again, ok?"

Feeling the pressure from Blackwell, Howard, who wanted to argue, finally just nodded and walked out of the locker room.

The second half started.

Generally speaking, in England, the diehard fans of every team have one thing in common, that is, when you perform well, they will blow you into a god. But once you make a mistake, your whole family will receive their warmest greetings.

In the second half, Howard had already switched to the goal on the South Stand, which was full of West Bromwich diehard fans.

He was enduring the fans' warm greetings, and wanted to refute, but he had no way to say it, after all, the goal lost in the first half was indeed caused by his lack of concentration.

He shook his head and secretly made up his mind that he would not be absent in the second half.

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The second half of the game was a little calm, and neither side played a more threatening attack.

Although he did not have the blessing of Buffon's experience card, Howard himself also had a B- rating in the system, and his strength could be regarded as medium among the goalkeepers in the entire Premier League. It was just that his unique "nervous knife" and "butter hands" attributes made him criticized in Manchester United.

So when the game was almost 90 minutes, the only three shots of the Tottenham team in the second half were also saved by Howard who was highly focused.

After seeing Howard's performance return to normal, the fans at the scene stopped greeting him and continued to applaud his wonderful saves.

Seeing that the game was about to end with a score of 1:1, Blackwell on the sidelines and Bates in the stands also breathed a sigh of relief. Although they did not win in the end, at least they stopped the team's losing streak.

Especially Bates.

After West Brom lost the ball in the first half, the shareholders and fans in the front row, after scolding Howard, all turned their eyes to Bates who looked embarrassed, as if asking: "You spent 15 million to buy such a thing?"

But from the beginning of the second half to now, Howard's performance was quite satisfactory, and several shots of Tottenham were rejected by him, which made Bates stand up again and smile again.

In the 92nd minute, the game had come to the last moment, and Aaron Lennon's breakthrough on the wing just now gave Tottenham a corner kick.

Tottenham striker Robbie Keane was standing in the corner

Next to the flag, in the penalty area of ​​West Bromwich Albion, players from both teams were also fighting for positions.

Howard was familiar with him. They played against each other last season when he was still in Manchester United. Later, for some reason, he went to Leeds United, which had been relegated, after the season ended.

I heard that this bearded man performed very well in Leeds United, often making world-class saves, and he never made the mistake of losing the ball last season, so West Bromwich Albion, which was in the relegation zone, spent a lot of money to introduce him as soon as the winter window opened.

But until today's game, he didn't feel how good Howard's condition was.

Because in the second half, he completed two of Tottenham's shots.

Howard lost his hand in both of these long shots, which were not very threatening. It was just because he completed the shot outside the penalty area, so he didn't have time to rush up to make up the shot, otherwise the score would not be 1:1 now.

Thinking of this.

Keane quietly raised his head and glanced at Howard, who was directing his teammates to mark him one-on-one. Suddenly, he had a bold idea in his mind.

Then, the referee blew the whistle, indicating that Keane could serve.

So in the eyes of more than 20,000 fans at the Hawthorn Stadium.

Keane took a deep breath, adjusted his posture, and stepped back with his right foot.

Then his right foot whipped the football like a whip, and the inside of his instep accurately hit the side and bottom of the football.

Then the football flew towards the goal with a fierce inward rotation.

Then Howard's figure appeared on the big screen of the stadium.

The fans at the scene, Blackwell on the sidelines, Bates and shareholders at the top of the stands, also set their sights on Howard's figure that had jumped high.

Since seeing Keane take the corner kick, Howard, who was highly concentrated, silently calculated the landing point of the football in his heart.

Then just one second later, he made his own judgment on the landing point.

So he attacked decisively. He wanted to pick the football from the air before anyone else touched it, and then launch West Brom's last counterattack by throwing the ball with his hands.

He did the same thing many times in Leeds United in the past three months, which made him the savior of Leeds United.

And today, if nothing unexpected happens, he will also become the savior of West Brom.

But things in this world are so wonderful, because if nothing unexpected happens, there should be an accident.

Just when Howard's arm stretched to the limit was about to touch the football.

The football that was spinning violently in the air suddenly seemed to be blown by a strong wind, and its route changed strangely, avoiding Howard's palm, and then in everyone's eyes, it went into the lower left corner of the goal!

At the moment the football hit the goal, the Hawthorn Stadium, which was just full of people, suddenly fell into silence.

A moment later, a clearer whistle than ever came from the referee's mouth.

1:2, West Brom lost to Tottenham at home and ushered in their 6-game losing streak.