Chapter 80
However, the Wolves, with high morale, failed to win in the 15th round of the league on October 30.
"I'm not looking for excuses." In the post-match press conference, Wei Le seemed very helpless, "but we do lack the means to deal with bad weather."
During this game, it rained heavily in Blackburn. November is coming, and the weather in high-latitude areas is already quite cold. The conditions of the Ewood Football Stadium in Blackburn are very poor and muddy.
Neither Wolves nor Blackburn benefited from the bad weather. The game was intermittent and splashed. Wolves' traditional ground penetration style did not work at all, and Ziro and Jota performed abnormally in this game.
"Why is the weather in England so bad?" Jota complained during the halftime break.
Ben Godfrey, who grew up in England, spread his hands helplessly and said with a smile, "England is like this, you have to adapt to this."
"This weather is suitable for sleeping but not for playing football." Jota slumped in a chair in the away team's locker room.
At the beginning of the second half, Wei Le made a substitution. This was not because of any tactical adjustment, but because a Blackburn player slipped on the muddy field and suffered a serious strain, and was directly carried off the field on a stretcher.
If you can't win a game, then don't win it. At least playing away will be a loss.
The second half of the game was a chaotic long-range battle. Now Martin had room to play. He caught many shots from opponents. Of course, more shots flew directly into the sky and did not threaten the goal at all.
When the referee blew the three long whistles to end the game, Wei Le and Blackburn head coach Coyle both breathed a sigh of relief.
Coyle breathed a sigh of relief because they at least did not lose to the powerful Wolves, and Wei Le breathed a sigh of relief because at least the players were back intact.
The game was intact, but the training was not necessarily.
Five days later, the Wolves, who returned to their home ground, will face Derby County. During the pre-match training, Jota suddenly reported that his right heel was a little painful. After checking, there was a small problem but it was not a big deal.
Wei Le arranged for Jota to rest and did not force him to play. Instead, he was replaced by young player Gibbs-White.
Derby County is currently ranked in the middle of the league. The performance in these games is relatively average. Wei Le did not compare it with teams like Brighton and Newcastle United.
In this game, Wei Le made a small-scale rotation. Bowen and Godfrey did not play.
About 15 minutes into the game, Wei Le felt something was wrong.
Why are Derby County's actions so rough?
This time, it was Gibbs-White's mistake in passing the ball in the frontcourt that led to the change of ball possession. White is still growing and basically fell down with a collision. The big and strong defenders in the Championship League showed no mercy to him.
This time, White covered his waist and did not get up in the frontcourt, but the referee did not stop the game.
This made Wei Le very dissatisfied. According to the rules, the referee has the standard to judge whether the injury of the injured player is serious or not. If it is not serious, he will not stop the game.
On the contrary, if the player is seriously injured, the referee must stop the game first anyway, and resume the game after the injured player goes off the field for treatment.
But now, when Derby County, who is pressing hard, has advanced to the outside of the penalty area, White still can't get up. Wei Le feels that White is in great pain now, but the referee is indifferent.
Wei Le doesn't care about whether he can score or not. Jota's injury in the past few days and the injuries of other players before have made Wei Le very sensitive to injuries. He just hopes that White is fine.
The exclamations of the Wolves fans on the sidelines made Wei Le look at his own penalty area, but he only saw the football flying high. Will Hughes's pass hit the top of Derby County winger Thomas Ince's head, and flew into the goal over Martin's outstretched arms.
In an uproar, the Wolves fell behind! !
Derby County's players had already rushed to the sidelines to celebrate passionately. At this time, the referee came late and walked slowly to White, who had not yet stood up, and asked him if he could hold on.
White was in so much pain that tears came out, and the referee raised his hand to signal the team doctor to come in.
The team doctor team had already been ready and ran towards White at the speed of a 100-meter sprint.
"Is there anything wrong?" Celars asked in the headset.
"It's a hard injury, but it's really cruel. It gave White a bruise on his waist." The team doctor looked at White's miserable condition and cursed with heartache, "No need to change players, but you need to slow down and let White tell you himself."
"I, I," White took the headset and said hesitantly, "I can still play."
"Lie down first!" The voice of the team doctor came from behind.Celars gave a thumbs up to Wei Le, who looked worried. Wei Le breathed a sigh of relief. His face had turned red just now.
"What does this mean? Why didn't he stop the game?" Wei Le walked to the fourth official on the sidelines and asked seriously, "Why did the referee watch all this happen when there was a serious injury on the field?"
"Please stay calm. A lost ball is a lost ball..." The fourth official felt that Wei Le seemed to be complaining about the lost ball just now.
"How do I mind losing the ball? A lost ball is a lost ball, but if White has any big problems, does the referee have to be an accomplice?!"
Wei Le's statement made the fourth official frown.
"Your statement will be recorded. Now please go back to..."
Wei Le rolled his eyes. It was useless to complain to the fourth official about the referee. The fourth official was of course on the side of the referee team. How could Wei Le expect him to sympathize with the players?
He calmed down and returned to his seat. The fourth official glanced at him and said nothing more. He did not ask the referee to come and warn him, not because he felt guilty, but because he was afraid that Wei Le would lose his composure again when he was face to face with the referee.
In his opinion, Wei Le's behavior was a bit hypocritical. It was just a player falling to the ground. Why complain so much?
Not only Wei Le, but also the players on the field surrounded the referee.
Captain Coady was communicating with the referee seriously, but the referee shook his head, obviously disagreeing with him.
In fact, part of the reason for the loss was that White was knocked to the ground. Some players wanted to ask White if he was okay, which led to the team being in a disadvantageous situation of playing with fewer players.
In the second half of the first half, both teams played in a chaotic manner. The Wolves players generally played with anger. They really couldn't stand the opponent's big move on our own "prince".
And the referee was like a yellow card left in the locker room. Until the end of the chaotic first half, he did not take out a card.