Chapter 96: Expanding Advantages
After Tiger used his foul to score the first record for the team, Savage was a little red-eyed.
He began to press Tiger even more frantically, making it impossible for him to organize an offense for the team.
Savage's push-out was a good result. In the rest of the first half, Tiger was unable to help Preston pass a few good goals. Instead, Crew completed several pretty counterattacks under the organization of Johnson and Murphy, and almost equalized the score.
This also made Savage perform by the head coach during the intermission, and he was quite proud.
"I will kill that little guy in the second half, let us win this game and enter the playoffs!"
Savage announced to all players that Cru had hope of entering the top six now, so the victory of this game is also very important to them.
Crew's players cheered, but they all ignored one thing, including Savage himself, that is, Savage already had a yellow card. At the same time, his defensive moves were too big in the first half and he was warned by the referee several times. If he continued, there would be another serious foul. Perhaps the first thing he was killed was not Tiger, but himself.
"Did Savage's defense make you very difficult?"
In the visiting team locker room on the other side, Moyes asked Tiger.
"It's okay." Tiger replied simply that he did think Savage's defense was one level higher than other midfielders. Otherwise, he wouldn't be noticed by Premier League teams, but compared with Jones, it seems that it's still a little worse.
Although Jones also relies heavily on momentum and body to fight against each other in defense, his predictions and positioning are excellent. Savage is more vicious than Jones, but he is not as steady as Jones.
Moyes glanced at Tiger, then whispered: "Tiger, you have to pay attention, he already has a yellow card..."
Tiger almost laughed, and he nodded to Moyes: "Of course, otherwise why would I keep getting him close?"
Moyes laughed happily, patted Tiger on the shoulder, and then talked about what to pay attention to in the second half.
Neither Tiger thinks this would be a bad practice. Aren't you rough? Then I'll find a way to get you down - Tiger doesn't want to wait until he's stupidly for the other party to hurt him. He wants to get him down before he gets hurt. After feeling the pain of the injury in the main god space, he no longer wants to torture his body any more.
So after the second half, Tiger took the initiative to find Savage to fight in close combat. Savage did not notice anything wrong. He was hoping for this.
In the 57th minute, while receiving the ball, Tiger picked the ball over Savage's head with a beautiful pick-up shot, and then suddenly contracted his shoulder muscles when he was passing by Savage. Sure enough, Savage had already hit him fiercely the next moment!
The effect of the impact almost failing is that Tiger rushed forward two steps, avoided the opponent's defense range, and then rushed to the front of the opponent's penalty area and swung his right foot!
Savage, who was stopped by the rebounding force, could no longer entangle Tiger in time and prevent him from shooting directly. He was experienced and made a quick decision from behind and kicked a flying tackle, which was amazing!
This time, Savage actually didn't think about doing anything to Tiger. His flying tackle was just to interfere with Tiger's shot. Although the previous information said that this guy was not very good at long-term shooting, for professional players, his foot strength was enough. Without defense, the threat of shooting at the front of the penalty area was very high.
Of course, it would be even better if this kid gave up shooting because of his tackle. Before the flying tackle, Savage had observed that Seth Johnson had already made up for the position. As long as he delayed a little and was entangled, the kid would not be able to turn over.
Before the flying tackle, Savage felt that he had already calculated everything, which made him feel very proud - he deserves to be a player who is going to play in the Premier League immediately, and he can think of so many things at this moment...
Perhaps because he felt Savage's flying tackle, Tiger stopped the shot, stopped the ball, and then pushed it to the side - but perhaps because he was slower, when he pushed the ball to the side, Savage's foot had already reached...
Tiger's support foot naturally hooked Savage's feet, and then Tiger shouted, waving his hands and fell down!
In this shout, Tiger fully demonstrated the anxiety, pain, tension and unwillingness of a player who was seriously violated on the court...
"Fuck! I've been fooled!"
The first person to react was Savage, one of the parties involved. He never thought about the foul. He could also feel that it was not that he had tackled Tiger, but that Tiger took the initiative to hook his feet - this cunning bastard boy, he was pretending to fall!
Savage jumped up at that time and was about to rush over and scold the despicable, shameless, vulgar and dirty Chinese boy. However, at this time, the referee's whistle sounded. As soon as Savage turned around, he saw the referee running over quickly, and at the same time he was tying something in his shirt's pocket.
Savage's khan immediately came down with a "swish". He remembered it at this time. In the first half, it seemed, maybe, he had already received a yellow card on this Chinese boy...
He can only pray now that the referee is calling Tiger to fake a fall, and this yellow card was shown to Tiger. It just so happens that Tiger also has a yellow card on it, so that the kid can be taken down...
Unfortunately, the referee is not an Ecuadorian. This game is the League Two in the 1996-97 season, nor is it the 2002 World Cup quarterfinal...
More importantly, Savage is not Korean.
The referee ran to Savage, took out a yellow card and shone it on him. Then the red card was shown, and then pointed his hand down the field: "Go down!"
"I really didn't have a foul. He was pretending to fall!"
Savage pointed at Tiger and tried hard to defend himself.
However, what the referee saw was Tiger, who was still lying on the ground and moaning with his thighs. He did not talk nonsense to Savage, but pointed at the off-field.
Savage walked down the court in disappointment, and was also a little suspicious. Could it be that the boy was really injured? You know that sometimes he would be injured inexplicably on the court...
Thinking of this, Savage felt a little relieved. Even if he got out, it would be beneficial for Krue to take Tiger together. After all, the opponent is the core hub of the entire offense and defense.
Tiger ended up with Savage, but Savage walked down and Tiger lifted down.
Savage, who was in a good mood again, planned to go up and visit Tiger in a fake manner, and laughed at the unlucky boy. Who knew that after the end of the game, just as Savage was about to get in, he saw Tiger "rip" and climb up from the stretcher, and his movements were extremely neat.
"You bastard..." Savage cursed in amazement.
Tiger smiled at Savage, then ran to the sidelines, raised his hand and shouted: "Mr. Referee, I want to play!"
If it weren't for a little bit of rationality, Savage might have pounced over now and tore up this bastard boy who deceived everyone! But the stadium staff quickly came over and asked him to leave the stadium as soon as possible.
The player was sent off, but not only left the stadium, but also had to leave the entire stadium and stay in the player's passage and locker room. So even if Savage was unwilling to give up, he could only leave in disappointment, gritting his teeth and giving Tiger a good look at the next time he met...
Unfortunately, unless Tiger transfers to a Premier League team next season, Savage will have to wait at least a year before he has the chance to teach Tiger a lesson...
This failure before leaving the League Two made Savage unforgettable. He began to remember to control his emotions on the court no matter what. He should be more calm when he has a yellow card, and at the same time he should stir up the anger of his opponent. In this case, whoever is really angry first will lose...
This perception made countless Premier League offensive players who died tragically under Savage. Savage's reputation as a villain is famous for the Premier League, but no one knows the role of the confrontation in this game.
And in this game, Tiger also benefited a lot.
At least he knew one thing first. When he encountered various small movements, he could not get angry first, especially if he could not take revenge on his opponent. Once he retaliated, he would not discuss the outcome. Secondly, he learned that when facing such a rough opponent, he could also use some performance-oriented actions to protect himself. For an offensive player like himself, the effect of these performances is often very good.
After Savage was sent off, Cru completely lost hope of defeating Preston. Although Murphy had good attack ability and Johnson had excellent running ability, they were still a little too immature compared to Savage.
After gaining the advantage of numerical lead, Preston began to completely gain the advantage on the field. Shortly after Savage's end, Tiger, who was completely freed, expanded the score through a personal breakthrough. Then Brian scored a beautiful long shot on the corner of the penalty area to expand the score to three-to-zero. Although Murphy used a free kick to score a point before the end of the game, Preston still won the game without any danger.
Although he won this game and continued to beat Stoke Port by one point, Moyes still got angry after returning to the locker room - in the previous first half, Preston only relied on an unexpected set piece to take the lead, and at other times, their performance was far from the previous winning streak!
"If you don't want to play the playoffs after the season is over, just cheer me up in the next game! If Tiger hadn't gotten Savage out of the game, we would have probably lost this game! We're likely to be forced to play the playoffs like this! We're more likely to lose the entire season in the playoffs!"
Moyes' roar echoed in the locker room. This was the first time he had such anger. The players were scolded by him and shrank their necks. The only one with a calm expression was probably Tiger, which was also because he was indeed the best player...
Sure enough, after scolding others, Moyes praised Tiger's performance, and Tiger was indeed worthy of praise. He assisted the first goal and scored the second goal himself, securing the victory for Preston, and also allowed Preston to go around from a dangerous area of pride and complacent and then return to a safe place.
However, the situation in the first half of this game did sound a wake-up call for all Preston players. Now they are just one point ahead of Stockport, and the opponent is chasing behind them, waiting for Preston to make a mistake. At the last moment of this season, any rash behavior may lead to the efforts of the whole season being lost.
Not to mention the playoffs, you should know that when a team is confident that they can advance directly, it is very likely that they are not prepared enough. There are too many examples of this, just like Moyes firmly believes that no matter whether it is Preston or Stockport, the situation of playing the playoffs this time will not be very good.
In order not to land bad fate on his head, Moyes could only sprint forward two people firmly - I believe the coach at Port Stock also had the same idea...
After a difficult away defeat to Crew, Preston's good days have come.
In the 42nd round of the league, Preston welcomed Plymouth at home. Plymouth, who had no worries about relegation and no hope of advancing, did not play so aggressively. In the end, Preston easily defeated his opponent 2-0 at home, expanding his winning streak to nine games - this is also the longest winning streak record since returning to the League Two.
Preston's game was played in advance. After playing this game, no one went home, but instead focused on the club to watch the away game between Stoke Port against Gillingham that was played later.
Jillingham, who was fighting for relegation at home, played very proactively. They had to win in order to seize the opportunity to relegation!
In the first half, the two sides tied with zero and a group of Preston players were extremely nervous, even more nervous than when they played themselves.
"Tiger, do you think Jillingham will win?" Barrett couldn't help asking Tiger.
"They fought fiercely and performed well, so they should have a chance to win..." Tiger was not very sure. The football score was the most difficult to predict. Although Stoke Port's points were nearly twice as high as Gillingham and ranked eighteen places higher, but they worked hard and Gillingham was not without a chance...
After all, Stoke Port is not the kind of team that can definitely win if you have the advantage...
After the second half, the game became more and more intense. The Jillingham fans at home shouted loudly, and the Jillingham players on the field also fought - what they were fighting for was the hope of staying in the English League Two!
Finally, in the 73rd minute of the second half, Jillingham forward Foten West used a desperate header in the penalty area to open the door to victory for Jillingham, scoring the only goal of the game!
"Long live Jillingham!"
Such cheers also sounded at Preston’s training base, after the game!
The defeat at Port Stock means that the gap between them and Preston has widened to four points. With only four rounds left in the league, Preston has occupied an absolutely favorable position - as long as they don't suddenly lose two consecutive games, it will be almost impossible for them to surpass Preston!
"Let us continue to win and advance ahead of time! We have to go to the championship! Just three points, I don't believe Berry can win all the way!"
Tiger shouted with fists and Berry won again in another game, which left Preston still three points behind Berry.
His shouts were recognized by almost all Preston players. Now they have found the goal of the next game, which is to win all the remaining four games, completely let Stoke Port lose the opportunity, and wait for Berry to make a mistake!
At this moment when the qualifications of the English League One are within reach, it is also important to find another goal worth striving for!
Chapter completed!