Dominate the midfield

Chapter 213 Chapter 213: Qualify for the UEFA Cup ahead of schedule!

After entering November, the Wolves are facing a four-line battle, and the Wolves must make a choice.On November [-]th, in the third round of the League Cup, the Wolves, who played with a substitute lineup, lost at the feet of the Championship team Sheffield Wednesday.

On November 27th, in the third round of the FA Cup, Wolves lost [-]-[-] to the Premier League team Charlton.In just one month, they lost two domestic cup competitions, which means that they have only two competitions left-the British Championship and the UEFA Cup.

The Wolves did not feel depressed because of this, but felt relieved that they are not yet capable of fighting on four fronts.The Daily Mail commented: "It is a wise approach to put limited energy and troops in the most important games."

In November, the Wolves played six games in the British Championship and achieved three wins, two draws and one loss. Sheffield United, who was ranked second before, took the opportunity to surpass the Wolves and rank first in the standings.Losing the top spot, the Wolves were suffocating. Fortunately, they had another good performance in the UEFA Cup.

The results of the Wolves in the UEFA Cup are astonishing. On November [-]th, they won [-]-[-] at home. The Croatian powerhouse Dinamo Zagreb won two consecutive victories in the group and temporarily ranked in the group one.

On November 29, in the third round of the UEFA Cup group stage, the Wolves challenged the Eredivisie powerhouse Nijmegen away.This game was played very hard. The two sides competed on defense, and the scene was extremely dull.

Nijmegen, who played at home, put most of their troops on defense. This kind of aggressive style of play made the fans of the home team quite dissatisfied. They threw fireworks and firecrackers at the stadium, and the game was interrupted for more than ten minutes.

It was not until 5 minutes before the end of the game that the stalemate on the field was resolved. Wang Rui cooperated with Bell, who came up with an assist, on the left. Bell used his own speed to tear apart the opponent's defense line in one fell swoop. Ten meters away from the bottom line, he suddenly made a cross pass middle road.

Seeing that there was no chance of scoring a goal, Peter, who was ambushing in the middle, leaned on the opponent's central defender and kicked back. Wang Rui shot at the ball angrily, and the football shot out of the crowd like a cannonball!

Perhaps there were too many people in the penalty area, blocking the goalkeeper's sight, and the opponent's goalkeeper didn't make an effective save at all, and the football flew over the goal line and got into the net.

With this golden goal, the Wolves won the away game and won three consecutive victories in the group.

After the game, the angry Nijmegen fans rioted. According to statistics, a total of more than [-] fans were injured and admitted to the hospital. The police arrested a total of more than a dozen fans who made trouble...

There are five teams in each group of the UEFA Cup. The competition system adopted is a single round robin. The draw determines the two home and away opponents. At the end of the third round of Group D, the Wolves topped the list with nine points, three points ahead of the second-ranked team. In fact, the identity of the group has been confirmed for the first time.

In other words, although there is still one round left in the game, the Wolves have already advanced one round, qualified as the first in the group, and entered the knockout round.

The Wolves won three consecutive victories in the group with an unstoppable momentum. The public opinion in the outside world was in an uproar. The team that was once considered a weak team unexpectedly broke through the encirclement in advance and entered the knockout round as the first place in the group.

The Daily Mirror commented: "Losing top of the Championship and returning to the Carling Cup and the FA Cup within a month, the Wolves took a deep breath, and they took it to the UEFA Cup. From this, we can also see that Ince attaches great importance to the UEFA Cup, which may be related to what he said to achieve good results in the UEFA Cup."

"At the beginning of the season, the coach of the Wolves once said in front of the media that the goal of the Wolves in the UEFA Cup is the quarter-finals. As soon as his words fell, he was attacked by the media. Some people think he is a dream. For now, Wolves The team has achieved their first goal in the UEFA Cup - reaching the knockout rounds."

The Times commented: "The Wolves were not affected by the clubbing incident. With three consecutive victories, they created an orange youth storm in the UEFA Cup!"

The Wolves entered the UEFA Cup knockout round ahead of schedule. Apart from the club, the fans of the Wolves are the happiest. The most intuitive performance is that the number of people watching football at Molineux Stadium has recovered.

Affected by the clubbing incident before, the number of fans who came to the scene to cheer for the team dropped sharply. At the worst time, there were only more than 3000 fans who went to the scene to watch the game.

This is also an important factor for the Wolves to be overtaken by Sheffield United in the British Championship.

Thinking about last season, and the beginning of this season, the stadium was almost full...

The fans returned to the Molinex Stadium. Although they didn't say anything, the Wolves players knew that they had forgiven them.

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Breaking out of the UEFA Cup group, Wolves will focus on the Championship in December, and they want to regain the top position.On December 20th, the No.[-] round of the British Championship, the Wolves challenged the Queen's Park Rangers away.

The Wolves, who played with all the main players, showed their sharp teeth from the beginning of the game. Bell almost broke the opponent's goal in five seconds of No. 30. His shot in front of the penalty area hit the post and popped out of the baseline.

In the 3rd minute, Bell made a cross from the left, Wang Rui from the front point suddenly missed, Peter from the middle shot a strong shot, and the football went wide!

The Wolves were attacking like a wave. They were completely anti-customer. In the 13th minute of the first half, Peter was brought down by the opponent in front of the penalty area, and the Wolves got a direct free kick.

Wang Rui stood in front of the football, and he wanted to take the penalty.After the referee's whistle, he ran towards the football slowly, and then kicked the lower part of the football with the inside of his right foot. The football made a strong spin and suddenly flew up from the turf!

The football draws a beautiful arc in the air, crosses the left side of the human wall, and goes towards the left post of the goal.In the nervous eyes of the fans at the scene, the football got into the net from the side of the post!
The Wolves lead one to zero!

Falling behind, QPR had to attack and for Wolves, it was their favourite.

In the 305th minute of the first half, the Wolves counterattacked quickly. Bell took advantage of his speed and started to dribble the ball from the hinterland of his own side. He was like lightning and forced a breakthrough with the football to the opponent's penalty area.

Subsequently, Bell shot a low shot, the football hit the net, and the Wolves scored [-]-[-]!

In the second half, the two sides wasted many chances. In the end, the Wolves won [-]-[-] by virtue of Wang Rui's direct free kick and Bale's long-distance attack.

Three days later, the Wolves ushered in the challenge of Derby County at home. Ince adjusted the lineup and changed the formation into a four-five-one formation, allowing Wang Rui to play the shadow forward.One reason for this adjustment is that Kevin Foley is not in good shape recently, and the other reason is that the level of other substitute forwards in training has not been recognized by Ince.

Yingfeng is no stranger to Wang Rui. He played in this position in the most critical last game of the epic relegation battle, and his performance in that game was simply against the sky, and he completed the big four.

Thirty thousand fans came to the scene to cheer for the Wolves, which is a terrifying attendance rate in the British Championship.After the start of the game, amidst the huge shouts of the fans at the scene, the Wolves burst out with amazing energy, and they wanted to repay the fans.

The Wolves took the lead shortly after the start. In the 3rd minute of the game, Wang Rui took advantage of the opponent's unsteady footing and received a long-distance direct pass from Kenting in the opponent's hinterland.

The opponent's two central defenders had to rush forward, Wang Rui didn't wait for the opponent to be in position, suddenly kicked a small diagonal line, Peter descended from the sky like a magic soldier, and shot angrily at the ball.

The football hit the net, and the Wolves led [-]-[-]!

Five minutes later, the Wolves made a comeback, Bell cut inside and shot a strong shot, and the opposing goalkeeper struggled to save the football.

Wang Rui, who was ambushing in the penalty area, took two quick steps forward and made a follow-up shot. The football flew over the goal line and into the net, and the score became [-]-[-]!

In the No.15 minute of the first half, Bell assisted and made a cross. Wang Rui in the middle took two steps forward. He didn't stop the ball at all, and shot directly. The football went straight to the dead corner!

The ball is powerful and heavy, and the angle is tricky!
Without any accident, the football flew into the net from the corner, and the score became three to zero!
This ball perfectly reflected Wang Rui's superb footwork, and the excited fans shouted Wang Rui's name: "Wang! Wang! Wang!"

With the passage of time and the accumulation of game experience, Wang Rui's game ability and level have made great strides. He has become the pride of this city and the star of this team.

This was a fantastic start. After 15 minutes of the game, the Wolves led by three goals. The fans cheered hugely, and their passion was ignited by the excellent performance of the players.

In the No.30 second minute of the first half, Wang Rui kicked the ball in the air on the left side of the penalty area. The ball flew over the opponent's defender and landed on the right side of the penalty area.Peter took a step forward, before the football hit the ground, raised his right leg, and pushed hard on the football with the arch of his foot.

"Crack!..." With a crisp sound, the football flew past the opposing goalkeeper's fingers, and the score became four to zero!
Leading by a big score, Ince started to make substitutions in the second half, replacing the tired Peter, Wang Rui, and Kenting successively.Bell's No. 201 minute goal in the second half made the score [-]-[-], and the Wolves completed a bloodbath at home.

In this round, Sheffield United lost away to Nottingham.With this round of victory, the Wolves surpassed Sheffield United and returned to the top of the standings.

(End of this chapter)