Chapter 91: Sprint Moment

"goal! Tiger scored! 2-0, Preston secured the victory away! Rotherham was completely unable to resist Preston's attack! Three consecutive victories, Preston has been in a strong momentum recently!"

"Nogan! Great Nogan! Scoring twice! His two goals in this game helped Preston beat Plymouth two away goals!"

"Tiger! It's Tiger again! Scored a gold goal before the end of the game! Preston beat Waikonby two to one at home! Five consecutive wins! Ranked sixth! This is a miracle!"

After being eliminated from the FA Cup, Preston, who had no other games, began to make great strides in the league, winning three consecutive games to make their points reach fifty-four points, surpassing their original sixth-ranked derby rival Blackp and ranking among the top six!

From approaching the relegation zone to entering the playoff zone, Preston spent fifteen rounds. In these fifteen rounds, Preston grabbed 36 points like a lunatic. The eleven wins, three draws and one loss made them the team with the most points in these fifteen rounds. Even Berry, who was behind the top, was only seven points left!

For Preston, who has won five consecutive victories and is highly morale, it is obviously a time that can make them have a high morale. The only regret is that in the game against Weicombe, Tiger received a yellow card while pressing in the frontcourt, which is the fifth yellow card he has received this season. Because he needs to be more active in running and pressing in the game to integrate the team's offense, Tiger also has a lot of fouls in the game, so he has also taken a lot of cards.

In an interview after the game, Tiger said helplessly: "I could only choose to make a foul at that time because we were only one goal ahead. If I let him go, I might only get a draw, but we are a whole. Even if I was suspended and unable to play, our team will definitely be able to continue to win at Luton's home court."

The reporters were praising Tiger for how good he is, but Tiger was a little worried. Although he said it very well, he felt that if he lacked himself, Preston would be in trouble in the next league...

It’s not that Tiger looked at himself too highly. This is a fact. Now Tiger has completely become the source of Preston’s frontcourt offense. After Preston players have become accustomed to this offensive tactic, Tiger is unable to play, which has a little impact on Preston’s strength.

What's more, the opponent in the next round is Luton. In the first round of the game, both sides have formed a strait. Luton is now ranked one more than Preston. It is time to grit your teeth and try to avenge the previous shame on Preston...

Unfortunately, Tiger's premonition was in effect.

Preston lost.

This team, which has been invincible in the League Two in the past two months, finally lost after winning five consecutive victories in the league.

Moreover, they lost quite badly in this game. They were played 5-1 by Luton, who ranked fifth in the away game, and they lost terriblely. This is Preston's greatest strength this season and it is also the first time they have lost five goals in a game in three years!

This painful defeat made Preston see how important Tiger is to Preston now. Without Tiger's organization in the middle, Preston's frontcourt offense was a mess, and his defense was far less solid than before. In the absence of weak offense, Luton made the defense line a sieve, and the heaviest defeat came.

Without him, Preston's defense is not as stable as before, and his offense is beaten back to its original state, which is almost worse than his strength in the first half of the season. Only when Tiger was there, Preston would be the terrifying Preston in the past few months!

So Moyes didn't care much about the defeat in this game. Although he was a little embarrassed to lose, several main players took this opportunity to take a good rest. At the same time, the players were inevitably proud and complacent. Losing at this time is much better than losing at the end of the season when there are only a few games left.

After losing this game, although Preston is still ranked sixth, the gap from Berry, who ranked first, has widened to ten. With thirteen rounds left in the league, Preston's hope of winning the championship seems to have become very slim. The more realistic goal seems to be to at least maintain the playoff position and find opportunities to hit the second place - Stockport, which ranked second, is only five points ahead of Preston, but after Luton defeats Preston, the ranking rose to third, only one point behind Stockport, plus Millwall, who ranked fourth in fifty-six points and Notts County, which ranked fifth in fifty-five points, these teams are Preston's next main opponents. In addition to Luton and Millwall, Preston and these teams have a chance to play.

The 35th round against Berry, the 40th round against Stoke Harbor and the 44th round against Notts County will be the most important games next.

Preston's current points are fifty-four points. Although the schedule is difficult, there is a great opportunity to be ranked among the top two.

The important thing is to play well in the next game, especially the next round away game against leader Berry, which is even more important.

"In this game, if you lose, you lose. Next, we still have a great chance to enter the League One directly. I hope you don't think we don't have a chance to advance because of this loss. You must know that until the entire league ends, no one can say that we don't have a chance to enter the League One! We have only lost two games recently, but have defeated so many teams! Such excellent results cannot be erased by a failure!"

Moyes yelled at the dejected players in the locker room after the game. Tiger, who was sitting on the side, clenched his fists tightly. Next, it was time for him to put in all his strength!

Seeing that there was not much time to complete the third task, Tiger would not allow himself to miss the most rewards after working hard for such a long time!

Although the most basic task now is that it has definitely been completed, at this time, Tiger is no longer trying to save his life, but to make his future better!

After seeing the strength of the Premier League team, Tiger is now looking forward to the days of playing football in a higher-level league!

There is Robert Taylor in the English League who almost made him fall into a slump!

In the Premier League, there are excellent defensive players like Winnie Jones and even better midfielders than him - such as Roy Keane!

There will also be even better players from top leagues such as Serie A, La Liga and Bundesliga in the European arena!

Isn’t fighting with such a player the biggest goal of playing football? Defeat them and become the top player!

After Moyes finished yelling at the player, he went out to the press conference to endure the questions from the reporters, and there was a little silence in the locker room.

"I think I have to apologize to you guys, guys."

Tiger's words broke the silence, and everyone looked up at Tiger.

"If I calmed down in the last game and didn't take yellow cards, maybe we wouldn't lose so badly in this game. In short, I will be more careful in the next game and eat less cards. I will not miss the game due to suspension before the end of this season... that's all."

Tiger sincerely told all the players that maybe he didn't think he had done anything wrong, but this statement was still enough to touch most people.

The first one to jump out was Tiger’s best friend Barrett: “What are you saying, Tiger, we would have lost so badly without you, we should apologize!”

Barrett was still a little simpler. Although he was speaking to Tiger, when he said this, it seemed to push Tiger down the opposite of other players...

Fortunately, Nogan, who was promoted to the team captain after Moyes, reacted quickly, and he had a good relationship with Tiger, so he immediately said with a smile: "Okay, Tiger, don't suspend the game in the next game! Without you, we really can't resist those guys... Guys, every time Tiger is suspended in the future, he will ask him to invite us to the bar for a meal, how about it?"

Barrett was a little anxious when he heard this. He was worried that Tiger would spend too much - fortunately Tiger pulled him before he spoke, so Barrett didn't say more things that made Tiger passively.

After hearing Nogan's words, the other players laughed and expressed their approval. It was because their recent results were indeed good and they also had great hopes to enter the League One. At this time, Preston was united and a loss would not affect their morale.

Although many players in Preston will be sold if they succeed in the League One, no matter what, having a successful career in the League One will also be beneficial to everyone's future. Those players who think they are not capable of gaining a foothold in the League One do not think that the League One has nothing to do with them.

On February 25, in the 34th round of the League Two, Preston challenged York City away.

York City was previously ranked eighth and was only two points behind Preston. They naturally wanted to defeat Preston, who had just lost at home, and maybe they could enter the top six - the temptation of the League One, which is the same for teams with still chances.

The game was very difficult, but York City wanted to defeat Preston when he had just lost, but he made the wrong plan.

Preston with Tiger and Preston without Tiger are definitely two concepts.

The suspension of the league last game was unable to play, which instead restored Tiger's physical fitness and improved his condition - Tiger is no longer a player that can be accommodated in the English League Two.

During the game, Tiger's sharp breakthrough caused enough Yorkshire's defense line. When they began to defend Tiger with heavy troops, Tiger's timely passes were always able to send one shell after another to his teammates.

In previous games, Tiger himself showed good form. He either assisted or scored goals in each game, directly helping Preston win five consecutive victories. After a rest, his condition did not drop any!

Preston's top scorer Nogan scored two goals in a row in the game. Both goals came from Tiger's assists. Without Tiger, Nogan ran like a headless fly in the last league game for 90 minutes. After Tiger, Nogan increased his league goals to eighteen!

In the first seventeen rounds, Nogan only scored six goals, and in the last seventeen rounds, Nogan scored twelve goals, which doubled. Why would his goal rate increase so much? Everyone knew very well - if it weren't for Tiger's continuous delivery of shells, if Preston, who started to attack, gave Nogan more opportunities, the scorer wouldn't have tied his league goals last season with twelve rounds left in the league!

"Two to zero! Preston easily beat York City away! The last tragic defeat did not affect Preston anyway. After Tiger Lee returned, they became the team that was invincible in the League Two. After winning this game, Preston consolidated his sixth place position. The next away game against league leader Berry will be the highlight of this round!"

The victory of this game came very timely and very important. In addition to throwing York City away from five points, the team ahead of Preston lost non-tie. In addition to Berry continuing to win, Stockport lost, Luton lost, and Millwall tied. Notts County won, and his points jumped to fourth and tied with Luton. Preston's points tied with Millwall and tied for fifth.

Next, Preston will welcome Berry away. As the comments say, this game is the most important game of this round.

"I want at least one point!"

Before the game, Moyes roared in the locker room. If he lost this game, there would be no hope for the first place in the league. If he won, he might still hit the first place. At least he would have a big chance of entering the top two. At least he would have to tie the game. In that way, Preston would not be left behind by the second place. This is Moyes's idea.

However, he still underestimated his team a little.

In the last time he led four-to-one but was tied by Preston to 4-4, and finally relied on defending to grab a point from the away game, Preston was about to become their nightmare, and the one who had become their nightmare was Tiger, a young man who had never played before, shone brightly after he came on the bench, two goals and one instigation, which made the entire Berry defense line look dirty, so that the results in the next period of time were greatly affected. Although his vitality has recovered a lot recently and his results have begun to stabilize, every Berry player remembers the shame and unwillingness at that time.

But as Tiger said, what he likes to encounter most is a team like Berry with excellent offense and defense. Faced with such a team, there are always many opportunities for Tiger to use in the backcourt.

Although players like Tiger can use various methods to create opportunities in the League Two games now, the greater the space in the opponent's backcourt, the more chance he has to get the ball, the greater the threat he will be.

Berry is exactly the type of team Tiger likes. It’s not that Berry’s coach doesn’t know that shrinking defense will make it easier to defend Tiger, but that if you shrinking defense, Berry is not Berry.

Before this game, Berry ranked first in the league with 67 points, leading the second place Stoke Port by more than eight points. Luton and Notts County, ranked third and fourth, both scored 58 points, while Preston and Millwall tied for fifth. In the league, except for Berry's great advantage, there is only a two-point gap between the second and sixth places. At this time, the winner of a game may affect the final ranking.

It is precisely because of this that Moyes shouted the slogan of at least getting one point. They can't afford to lose now, but if they tied, it would be very beneficial to the next game. After all, they still have two opportunities to directly talk to the teams in the top six.

Of course, if you can win this game, the gap with Berry will be narrowed to seven points. Perhaps Preston can still win the League Two championship, but for Preston, the League Two championship is just an honor. There is not much difference between the first and second. Of course, Moyes will not refuse to win the championship. How can he enter the League One as the League Two championship, and recruiting soldiers will also have more advantages to take.

In a practical sense, it is acceptable to get a point, but unlike Moyes, the Preston players are not afraid of any opponent at this time. Even when they are away or facing the leader, they only think about victory!

As long as Tiger is here, we can also compete with the Premier League teams. What is a mere English League Two leader?

"Brothers, do you remember the first round of the game against Berry?"

Before leaving, Nogan spoke as the captain.

"Of course I remember!" The players agreed.

"In the second half of that game, we launched the most exciting counterattack! Berry could only take a point from our home court by relying on the defensive defense! After that, we won every home court! Now, it is our best chance to prove that the performance of that game was not accidental! We want everyone to know that now, we Preston has the ability to win the League Two championship! We are not a team that will always be in the low league, we have a brilliant history, and we want to recreate the glory of Preston!"

"Long live Preston!"
Chapter completed!