Chapter 88 Newcastle is lucky for all European giants that they don’t play in European competitions
Maddison, who had taken revenge on Manchester United, finally felt comfortable playing.

Li Chen also expressed his dissatisfaction to Southgate in a silent way.

If you want to make good use of a technical midfielder like Maddison, you have to develop a suitable tactical system around him.

If he’s not good enough, just recruit him into the national team and let him be a substitute.

Don’t mess with the mentality of my core players, because in the end I will have to clean up the mess.

Many British media outlets that saw the clues also followed suit and criticized Southgate.

The English FA, caught in the middle, is very embarrassed.

In the past, they would definitely defend Southgate and give Li Chen some appropriate warnings, telling him not to provoke the head coach of the England national team for no reason.

But now, Li Chen and the others definitely dare not offend him. If the two sides really quarrel, they might have to protect Li Chen even more.

Who allowed the wise Sir Lee to lead the England team back to the top of the world?

He is not only a hero in the entire English football world, but also registered with the royal family. Even if the English Football Association had ten times the courage, they would not dare to do anything to Li Chen.

There was no other way. The English FA, which did not want to offend either side, had to come out in person to warn the media to be quiet.

What really made the top executives of the English Football Association feel relieved was that Li Chen, who had helped his beloved disciple vent his anger, stopped expressing his dissatisfaction.

Li Chen, who knew his limits, gave face to the English Football Association and Southgate and did not make the matter worse.

In return, the English FA also gave Newcastle, who were playing away, very fair penalties in the next round of league replays.

This made the entire West Ham United team, who were playing at home, quite dissatisfied.

Yes, we can’t talk about the home whistle in person, but isn’t this a rule that everyone knows?

Originally, West Ham United wanted to take advantage of the home whistle in the confrontation to offset some of Newcastle’s technical advantages.

As a result of the FA’s actions, the Hammers were forced to compete with Newcastle on the technical level.

Insist on confrontation?

Before the first 15 minutes of the first half, West Ham United received two yellow cards for excessive actions!

Seeing this scene, Li Chen felt embarrassed and kept touching his nose.

His original intention was actually to help Madison express his dissatisfaction to the British national team. He had no other intention.

Southgate has his own decision whether to change or not. He just sticks his neck out and refuses to change his tactical habits, and Li Chen can’t force him.

For some things, the attitude you take is more important.

Li Chen just wanted to show Madison his attitude, letting his core players know that his boss would definitely support him and stand on his side.

But from the perspective of the head coach, Li Chen can actually barely understand Southgate.

To put it bluntly, there is no right or wrong in this kind of thing, only a difference in stance.

Once you have stood in line, there will be no follow-up.

Madison is very smart and of course understands that Li Chen has done his best for him.

Compared with the various complicated speculations from the outside media, Li Chen’s ideas are really very simple.

So it was a pleasant surprise for him to receive an unusually fair refereeing standard in the game against West Ham United.

He did feel a little embarrassed, but the English Football Association had already made the decision and he couldn’t refuse, so he had to accept it reluctantly.

In a formal battle, Newcastle, with a huge advantage in midfield, did not need to play any tricks, but just competed with West Ham United in offensive firepower and defensive tolerance.

Knowing that they had no way out, the West Ham United players were tough. Under Moyes’ command, they united and launched a fast-paced attack against Newcastle!

Brazilian midfielder Paqueta, who joined West Ham United from Lyon this season, played his best game since coming to the Premier League under heavy pressure.

Facing repeated double-teaming from Guimarães and Palinha, Paqueta boldly dribbled to try to break through the siege.

Most of the time he failed, but in the few times he successfully broke away and advanced, he also used his personal ability to create opportunities for West Ham United to fight back.

It was when the team was trailing 0-2 that Bowen received a counterattack pass from Paqueta, cut inside and shot into the goal, helping West Ham United to equalize.

In the 53rd minute of the second half, Paqueta received the ball from Antonio and then shook off Palinha’s lob and shot into the goal, giving the entire West Ham United team hope of equalizing the score!
At that time, the score between West Ham United and Newcastle was 2-3.

Li Chen, who was already thinking about using a counterattack to secure victory, had his plans disrupted by Paqueta’s World Cup goal.

After some urgent communication with Carrick, Li Chen also made the decision that he could not give up the initiative in the attack at this time.

Newcastle must withstand the pressure and continue to compete with West Ham United in offensive firepower until they regain a two-goal lead!
Li Chen’s determination made the Newcastle players on the field have no worries at all.

In the 68th minute of the second half, Benrahma missed a half-solo opportunity and shot the ball into Sommer’s arms. Newcastle seized the opportunity to launch a quick counterattack!
Joelinton was like a wild horse that had broken free from its reins. In the second half, he still showed strong acceleration ability and dribbled the ball all the way from his own half into West Ham United’s defensive territory.

His timely pass at the end also gave Grimaldo enough space to observe and kick the ball.

After a quick switch of positions with Havertz, Ronaldo met the ball in the middle of West Ham United’s penalty area, and finally slammed the ball into West Ham United’s goal almost with his head!

In this game, Cristiano Ronaldo, who scored a goal and assisted, once again stood up and killed the suspense of the game!

Paqueta, who had the opportunity to score one goal and pass three balls to lead a stunning reversal, could only shake his head helplessly as he watched his teammates miss one goal after another.

Li Chen once again celebrated passionately by punching the air and running wildly on the sidelines. He had not experienced such an exciting game for a long time.

After the celebration, Li Chen decisively replaced Longstaff and took off Havertz to further strengthen the midfield defense.

But to be on the safe side, Li Chen did not replace Madison and Ronaldo until the end of the game, in order to always maintain the counterattack deterrence against West Ham United.

Fortunately, several subsequent attacks launched by West Ham United were broken by Newcastle’s midfield defense.

The score between the two teams remained 4-2 until the end of the game.

The fans who watched the game all felt it was thrilling and enjoyable.

At the post-match press conference, Li Chen also said frankly that in the second half of the game, he felt that West Ham United was really going to gain momentum and equalize the score.

If Benrahma had not wasted that precious opportunity and scored the goal, perhaps the outcome of the game would have been completely different.

But this is football, countless players seized the opportunity to become heroes and made the fans cheer wildly.

But amid such success stories, there are more players who miss opportunities, causing themselves and the team to end up with a regrettable result.

Moyes did not blame Benrahma, nor did he blame any West Ham United player who tried their best on the field today. He congratulated Newcastle on their victory and defended his players.

As the Europa League entered the crucial knockout stage, his players were able to show such spirit and game state to challenge strong opponents, which made him very satisfied.

It’s just that the English Football Association’s handling of this matter today was indeed not fair enough, and Moyes couldn’t help but complain a few more words.

As the party that benefited, Li Chen really couldn’t say much. He could only keep saying humbly that Newcastle was indeed luckier today.

The English Football Association, which accidentally created another classic Premier League match this season, was also somewhat confused to receive the unexpected surprise.

Not only were the media and fans extremely satisfied with the game, but the surge in ratings also made the English Football Association’s top executives feel that there was still room for maneuver.

For example, in the next round of the league, Newcastle will still go away to challenge Brentford, which is currently ranked 9th in the Premier League standings.

If they force Brentford and Newcastle to play a big game, will it be…

There were many FA managers who had this idea, but in the end they chose not to make trouble for the time being.

Because there are only three days of rest between the seventh round of make-up matches and the 30th round of the Premier League.

If another war of attrition breaks out and several of Newcastle’s main veteran players are injured, the English Football Association will not be able to calm Li Chen’s anger.

So they decided to wait and see for the time being, and then carry out the behind-the-scenes operations when the opportunity was right.

Li Chen, who didn’t know that he and the entire Newcastle team had escaped a disaster, was working hard to encourage the main players in the team.

The league has truly entered the final sprint stage. Facing mid-to-upper-level opponents, Li Chen dares not implement rotations anymore and can only continue to exploit the physical fitness and condition of the main players.

At 4:8 on the afternoon of April 15, Newcastle had a fierce battle with Brentford away from home.

Although Brentford has almost no chance of reaching the top four this season and getting a chance to participate in the Champions League next season.

But they are now working hard and are only 6 points away from Brentford, which is ranked 5th in the league. They have every chance to go further and enter the European competition zone.

Therefore, the remaining rounds of the league are also key games that Brentford must fight for.

It is difficult to get points from Newcastle, but they still have a chance at home.

As long as the FA doesn’t do to them what they did to West Ham United…

With some trepidation, Brentford’s starting players started to press Newcastle from a high position at the start of the game.

But soon, the referee’s relatively lenient standards of whistle made the entire Brentford team feel relieved.

However, before they could exert their strength to gain an advantage, Newcastle took the lead in launching a tough attack in the midfield!

Brentford manager Thomas Frank was dumbfounded.

Didn’t you, Newcastle, show off your skills on the road in the last round of the league?

Why did the rough tactics return to this round of the league? !
Intensifying the confrontation and strangling the opponent in the midfield, isn’t this just making things difficult for us?

Brentford, who wanted to strengthen their ground attack, was quickly beaten by Newcastle’s chaotic battle and lost the rhythm of the game.

Under the deliberate “seduction” of the entire Newcastle team, Brentford, who still insisted on high pressure, pressed deeper and deeper into Newcastle’s hinterland.

The result was that just in the 17th minute of the first half, Brentford’s defense was broken by Newcastle’s rapid advance during the transition from offense to defense!
Brentford midfielder Nelgo’s slow turning speed was once again exploited by Newcastle.

Joelinton passed the ball behind Nergios, who came in with a long shot that forced Raya to let go.

Before Raya could react and make a second save, Havertz, who was following up with a shot, successfully picked up the wallet and poked the ball into Brentford’s goal!

After scoring the first goal, Newcastle then launched a counterattack against Brentford step by step.

At this point, Brentford could no longer shrink its formation and wait for Newcastle to reveal a defensive flaw.

This season, they have achieved a higher points ranking than at the end of last season thanks to their stronger offensive firepower.

Breaking into the top 10 is already a miracle for a team like Brentford.

But from another perspective, such achievements also force them to continue to strive forward under pressure.

Just like now, even though we know that pushing forward will be very disadvantageous to our team.

But Brentford’s players finally pushed forward and launched an attack under the exciting cheers of the home fans.

Newcastle’s second goal of the game came in the 2rd minute of the first half.

Brentford’s backyard caught fire after being attacked for a long time, and Newcastle succeeded again. Anthony Gordon received Ronaldo’s key cross and shot into the goal!
After that, Newcastle had many good counterattack opportunities in the second half of the game, but their luck in scoring goals was always a little poor.

In the end, the score of the game was fixed at 2-0.

During the second half, Ivan Toni actually scored a beautiful volley.

But he was offside before he caught the ball because of his full sprint.

Brentford, unwilling to accept the loss, finally had to face reality at the final whistle of the game.

They must adjust their mentality as soon as possible, forget the defeat against Newcastle, and strive to defeat other opponents in the next games.

The entire Newcastle team can now comfortably welcome a week-long rest.

Before the next round of the Premier League, the restarted three-line European competitions quickly attracted the attention of fans around the world.

4月12号，欧冠1/4决赛率先开打，备受瞩目的曼城在主场3-0完胜拜仁慕尼黑，几乎大半只脚都踏进了本赛季的欧冠四强！

This unexpectedly high score directly overshadowed the Inter Milan and Benfica who were fighting at the same time after the game.

Manchester City’s complete victory surprised the media who thought the two teams were evenly matched before the game.

All major sports newspapers have re-examined and evaluated Manchester City’s fighting ability.

The higher the evaluation Manchester City receives, the stronger Newcastle, which has been superior to them in the Premier League this season, will naturally appear.

There were even quite a few fans who loved to watch the fun and stir up trouble and took the initiative to help Newcastle stir up public opinion disputes online.

“Newcastle’s failure to play in the Champions League this season is not Newcastle’s loss, but the Champions League’s loss!”

“Be thankful, you so-called traditional European giants, it is your good fortune that Newcastle did not play in the Champions League this season. When the next season starts, Newcastle will let you know what true cruelty is!”

(End of this chapter)