Watford's attacking ability has always been among the best in the Championship.

Moreover, its characteristics are extremely obvious, a typical English style of play.

The technique is relatively rough, the style of play is tough, and the tactics are direct and efficient.

Long passes and crosses can always find opportunities to create chaos in the opponent's penalty area.

Equipped with one tall and one fast player, they take turns attacking the opponent's defense.

In the first match between the two teams this season, Watford was a little careless and unprepared, and Norwich taught them a bitter lesson.

This time, they put in a lot of effort!

Especially the head coach, who had already begun studying Norwich's tactics and style of play during the game against Swansea.

He knows that the current Norwich is not what it used to be, not only has its attack become stronger, but its defense is also more solid.

However, Norwich's players are fighting on two fronts and their physical strength has deteriorated considerably.

Especially in the last Europa League game against Atalanta, Norwich's defenders had exhausted their physical strength and were persevering entirely on their own will.

Watford is sitting at home, so to speak, waiting for work at leisure.

"The efforts of the whole season! We will never give up! Defeating Norwich will not only allow us to directly enter the Premier League, but also prove our strength!

According to the tactics we agreed upon in advance, take them down! Let them feel the pressure from Watford!

Let them see our passion, see our strength!

We have never feared any opponent, and Norwich is just a stepping stone for us to reach the Premier League!

Go, take them down!!!" Watford's head coach roared passionately; he had been preparing for Norwich for weeks!

These players have also been looking forward to this crucial battle for a long time.

The current Norwich has attracted the attention of the entire England; except for Watford, probably everyone hopes that Norwich can win the game.

But, we will not agree!

We will shatter the dreams of every opponent!

Let them struggle in regret!

"Take down Norwich!!!"

In Watford's locker room, the players were in high spirits.

Now they seem to have become public enemy number one.

Everyone is waiting for Norwich to win a great victory.

But, sorry, we want to win this game, and we will win!!!

Vicarage Road Stadium erupted in a tremendous roar.

Although the ticket sales here are good, it has never been as crowded and full as it is today.

The stadium is filled with Watford fans.

Norwich's away fan section only has five hundred tickets.

The number is pitifully small.

Today, Watford is facing not only their opponent for direct promotion to the Premier League, but also a team in the Europa League semi-finals!

Except for the people of Watford, everyone is optimistic that Norwich can retreat unscathed!

Because Norwich has shown too much combat power recently.

However, Watford's fans want the whole of England to know that even if Norwich is now invincible, Vicarage Road Stadium will make them leave crying!

Facing the roar of tens of thousands of fans, Norwich players are still relatively calm.

After all, they have seen countless big scenes now.

They have experienced even harsher devil's home stadiums.

This kind of small scene is just average.

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Di!

With the referee's whistle, the game began!

As soon as the game started, Zhao Gang saw Watford's two midfielders leaning over.

They wanted to mark him closely.

This should be one of the tactics that the Watford coach came up with.

Similar to the tactics of Athens AEK.

Try to limit Zhao Gang's passing and receiving.

But...

Watford's other tactics are completely different from those of Athens AEK!

Athens AEK retreated across the board, preparing to defend their score to the death, while Watford boldly implemented a full-court press!

Even if there are two people staring at Zhao Gang at all times, the rest still have to press!

This kind of high-position snatching can not only restrict Norwich's offense, but also immediately launch a counterattack once they win the ball.

It's just that this kind of play consumes a lot of physical energy.

In just five or six minutes, Watford's players ran more than twice the distance of Norwich's!

This is the method that the Watford coach came up with.

Norwich's counterattacks are sharp, but most of the counterattacks are initiated by Zhao Gang.

Their first reaction after getting the ball is to find Zhao Gang. Now, they are trying to cut off Zhao Gang's passing and receiving at all costs, making it difficult for Norwich to launch counterattacks.

It even makes their team's passing and receiving extremely difficult.

They are completely using their physical reserves in exchange for an advantage on the field.

This kind of play cannot last for a season, but lasting for one game is enough!

Zhao Gang knew what the Watford coach was thinking when he looked at the somewhat chaotic scene.

Their style of play can not only disrupt Norwich's offense, and even their defense, but also is very likely to get off to a good start, creating scoring opportunities in the chaos.

Once they score first, it will greatly boost the team's morale.

The players will become more excited and continue to press until their physical strength declines and their defensive movements become distorted, and then it will be a disaster for Norwich!

The Watford coach didn't even believe what he said at the pre-match press conference.

Those words were for the fans to hear, for the people of Norwich to hear.

To boost one's own morale and deflate the enemy's arrogance.

The current Norwich has a solid defense and a sharp attack.

Under normal circumstances, Watford would not be able to defeat Norwich at all.

Only these unconventional styles of play can have a miraculous effect by catching the opponent off guard.

This kind of gambling tactic will either allow them to score a goal and then defend their score to take down Norwich.

Or, if Norwich reacts, they will beat Watford black and blue.

The head coach perfectly utilized the physical advantages of his players. It has to be said that these three axes did scare Mendy into a cold sweat.

This scene is indeed exciting and beautiful.

The collision of bodies, the immediate counter-attack after losing possession of the ball.

In the shouts of the home fans, Watford used one tall and one fast player and did confuse Norwich for a few minutes.

Although Norwich's defense is mature and steady, they really did not expect Watford to come up with such a trick at the beginning.

They didn't seem to have finished warming up yet, and Watford had already started sprinting.

Farke was so angry that he yelled from the sidelines.

If it hadn't been for Ospina's timely return and high jump, disrupting two attacks, Watford would have really opened the situation.

"Damn, I can really play center back." Ospina thought of the words of the Watford fans who stimulated him. After disrupting two attacks, he felt that what that guy said was quite reasonable.

Mendy breathed a sigh of relief and patted Ospina on the shoulder.

Awesome, brother!

"Well! Watford's players are very excited, daring to charge and fight, which does make Norwich's defense a little unaccustomed, and they almost took the lead!

This kind of play makes it basically difficult for Norwich to organize stable attacks, and it has received miraculous effects, but the disadvantages are also obvious. This kind of play has very high requirements for the players' physical fitness. Once they fail to open the situation for a long time, their physical strength will decline severely, their defensive movements will become distorted, and when Norwich's players recover, it will be a disaster!" The commentator of the Sports Daily analyzed the situation, feeling a little anxious in his heart.

After all, he is also a Norwich fan of thirty years!

On the field, after ten minutes of fierce fighting, Norwich's defense adapted to Watford's style of play. After all, they had faced top Premier League attacking groups.

Their growth is huge, they are full of resilience, and they adapt extremely quickly.

Watford's high center forward is no longer too threatening.

After several scrambles, Watford players could only choose to shoot from outside the penalty area, taking a gamble.

The result was of course somewhat unsatisfactory.

However, on the surface, Watford did press Norwich and kick them for a while.

The fans in the stands were happy!

Jumping and roaring.

In order to affect the mentality of the Norwich players, they also shouted mean trash talk in an organized manner.

"Zhao!!!"

"Welcome to play football with adults!"

"What to do if you can't receive the ball?"

"Cry and go home to find your mommy!"

"Hillo!"

"Zhao is your daddy!!"

"Ospina!!!"

"Hillo is your brother! You are all good obedient children of Zhao!!"

Huha!!

Huo!!

While spraying trash talk, the fans kept cheering for their players.

The figures of Watford players fighting hard are a bit embarrassed, but in the eyes of Watford fans, they are the cutest.

Zhao Gang listened to the cheering and cursing from the fans.

He had no hatred for them in his heart, and of course, he certainly had no appreciation for them.

Ospina scratched his head in anger, Hillo was not angry, and even showed a strange smile. Zhao Gang, on the other hand, remained calm all the time.

"Two players want to limit Zhao? Watford has been beaten once, shouldn't they be so naive?" Brook looked at the live broadcast in puzzlement, his commentary full of contempt.

It is also this style that makes Norwich fans like him so much.

Norwich's defense is getting further and further back, as if they have been beaten into a pulp.

However, this rhythm, this strange rhythm, made the Norwich defenders feel a very abnormal sense of anticipation in their hearts.

Because, they have experienced countless times this kind of situation of being pressed and beaten.