Chapter 19 Nineteenth Round of the English Championship: Norwich vs. Sheffield Wednesday

On the weekend, in the nineteenth round of the English Championship, the Canaries, Norwich, faced Sheffield Wednesday at home.

As a newly promoted team this season, Sheffield Wednesday was weak and struggled in the relegation zone.

Four rounds ago, they were only one point behind Norwich, and the two teams could be said to be in the same boat.

Now, the gap between the two teams had widened to eleven points, and Norwich had already broken out of the relegation zone.

This match didn't attract much attention in England, but many scouts came to the scene.

Because Zhao Gang's performance was too dazzling, and with Perrin's network of contacts promoting him.

Wang Dongyue also came to the scene today. He failed to interview Zhao Gang last time, and this time he still wanted to try his luck.

Perrin also brought a trainer from Manchester City to the scene.

He wanted to let professionals do professional things.

The enthusiasm of the fans at Carrow Road was still high.

Like them, fans from Dragon Country were also paying attention to the game!

Only a small portion of them were true fans, and most were simply fans of Zhao Gang himself.

It was more accurate to say they were watching Zhao Gang rather than watching the game.

They had a love for football, but they weren't professional. They also paid attention to the national team, but couldn't name many of the players.

When the national team played, they might not have the time or energy to watch every game live.

But that didn't stop them from commenting on the national team's performance afterwards.

They weren't professional, but they were still happy and excited when they heard that the national team had won.

A shared sense of national pride brought them together in a live broadcast room because of Zhao Gang, watching these two teams that had nothing to do with them, far away on the other side of the ocean.

Even among true fans, how many would watch a match between Norwich and Sheffield Wednesday?

How many people even knew the name of the Sheffield Wednesday team?

The technical staff of Dongqiu Wang still underestimated the enthusiasm of the Dragon Country people.

The live broadcast room was already lagging before the game even started.

Although they had temporarily increased the bandwidth, it was still not enough.

If this continued, the entire live broadcast room would likely be unable to withstand the huge influx of traffic if any exciting moments occurred.

"Is this really going to work? Dongqiu Wang shouldn't take on jobs they can't handle!"

"The Sports Daily app is also broadcasting live. Operations like this will cause loyal fans to leave!"

"Forget it, forget it, let's just go to Sports Daily. It'll probably just black screen here later."

The technical staff in the background looked at the large loss of traffic, on the verge of tears.

The traffic during this period had already broken Dongqiu Wang's peak values ​​in recent years!

Exceeding active users by more than six times!

How could they have imagined this?

Zhao Gang had already put all his system points into his physical stats. Now, his physical rating had reached 74.

If he could win this game, his physical rating would be enough to gain a foothold in the Premier League!

And in training, Farke had also noticed that Zhao Gang was now always actively seeking physical confrontations.

His physical confrontation was much stronger than before!

So, this time, he directly arranged for Zhao Gang to start!

In the previous few games, although they were epic, exciting, and intense, they didn't win easily.

This time, facing Sheffield Wednesday, their former relegation rival, Farke hoped to win the game cleanly!

Next Wednesday, there was also a home Europa League match against Molde from the Norwegian league. Farke was not planning to play with a substitute lineup; he wanted to take down all opponents in one go!

For the first thirty minutes, although there were no goals, it was almost as Farke had expected.

Norwich players firmly controlled the situation on the field.

And the entire Carrow Road stadium no longer had any boos; it was all cheers welcoming a hero.

Whether the team was attacking or defending, you could hear the fans in the stands shouting and cheering loudly.

Sheffield Wednesday's defenders, as if they had received a mission, followed Zhao Gang closely, cutting off his connections with Leitphillips and even Ospina.

As a result, Zhao Gang had no chance to shoot.

"His physical confrontation is better than I imagined. I can't see his finishing ability in front of the goal for the time being, but his dribbling skills are really bad. He can barely stop the ball, and when he encounters defense, possession is likely to be lost. There's no way he can attract Pep." The trainer said, somewhat disappointed, seeing Zhao Gang surrounded by layers of defenders.

He had also watched the videos, so he was interested in this young talent.

But seeing it live was more realistic.

This young man might have extraordinary shooting skills, but if you just target him, he doesn't seem so great.

How could he be valued by the demanding Guardiola?