Tuesday 003 English Championship Play-off script: Sunderland VS Coventry - On how "the tall, rich and handsome ball-hands-hands-hands-hands-handed ball control" is rubbed by the "chicke

If the English Championship upgrade play-off is a "palace fighting drama" in the football world, then the screenwriter must be Shakespeare's closed disciple - reversal, counterattack, slap in the face, and everything will not be lost! For example, last year, a team had a 3-goal advantage and was 4-goal in the second round. The fans scolded: "Even Yu Zheng dared to write this plot!"

And Sunderland VS Coventry in the second round of the semi-finals pushed "English Championship magical realism" to a climax - Coventry's possession rate was 75% in the first round, and shot 20 shots, but Sunderland was stolen by 3 shots. Lampard was so angry that he shouted after the game: "We are playing football, not "Trumen's World"!"

[Act 1: First round replay - possession of the ball is like embroidery, and goals are like constipation]

Coventry's tactics in the first round can be called a "big family imitation show": 75% possession rate, 20 shots, 10 corner kicks, and the scene is as gorgeous as Barcelona possession. However, Sunderland proved with his actions: "Ball-handling rate? Can that thing be exchanged for Premier League tickets?" - The whole game only scored three times, and 2 times converted into goals, with an efficiency comparable to that of a delivery guy's electric car.

What's even more amazing is that Sunderland won the 88th minute, and the goal was actually a Coventry defender Van Evik who made a mistake in passing the pass. Netizens joked: "Isn't this guy buying the lottery for 'Sunderland's promotion'?"

[Act 2: Injury and fighting spirit - the lack of soldiers and major general? No, this is performance art! 】

Coventry: The defender Da Silva was suspended from red card, and the defense line instantly transformed into "paper art". This old man is the first in the team to intercept data this season. After missing, Coventry's defensive hardness is comparable to that of soaked cookies. What's even worse is that before the game, Lampard's chicken soup was filled with: "We want to fight for the upgraded legend in 1995!" The player's inner OS: "Coach, I was not born in 1995..."

Sunderland: The number one scorer Isidor has 13 consecutive games of drought and was named "a philosopher on the offside line" by fans. Winter Mondel was reimbursed for the season, and the offense was entirely dependent on 19-year-old Mei Yanda's stealing chickens. This configuration was very similar to the student's pre-party assault - it all depends on metaphysics.

[Act 3: Historical Confrontation - Coventry's "blood suppression" and Sunderland's "counterattack character"]

Open the history book, Coventry can be called Sunderland's "enemies of life" - he has remained unbeaten in the last 10 matches, and has also swept his opponent 3-0 in the league this season, crushing his psychological advantage! But Coventry in the playoffs seemed to have been hit by the "Wenger Curse" - the higher the ball possession rate, the worse the loss.

In contrast, Sunderland lost all the last five league games, but he was able to counterattack in the first round. This plot is like a poor student suddenly got an A in the final exam. The teacher shouted: "Who did you copy?!"

[Act 4: Data Metaphysics - a draw? This is the ancestral craft of the English Championship! 】

What is the ultimate mystery of the English Championship play-offs? The ultimate kill! The ultimate kill! Still a decisive kill! According to statistics, 80% of the goals in the second leg of the playoffs in the past five years occurred 75 minutes later, which can be called a "fast-effect heart-saving pill supplier." The encounter between two major "professional" players in this game was even more metaphysical:

Sunderland's last five goals came from the last 15 minutes of the game, and was jokingly called the "stop-time maniac";

Coventry scored 15 set pieces this season, but was stunned by Sunderland's header in the first leg.

The initial index of the institution was tied, as if saying: "I bet 50 cents, these two teams can play a penalty shootout!"

[Ending prediction: either frustrated to the end, or gods unfold]

Conservative script: Coventry's fierce attack failed, Sunderland counterattacked and stole the chicken, dragged in overtime 2-1, and the goalkeeper broke his shoelaces when saving the penalty shootout, and the ball slowly rolled into the goal.

Radical script: Coventry had a red card + lost the ball in the first 10 minutes of the game. Lampard yelled on the sidelines: "Screenwriter, add money!" Sunderland fans sang: "We are a relegation team, we love the play-offs!"

Warm reminder: Please prepare antihypertensive drugs to watch the English Championship play-offs, after all, even VAR can be played into a suspense film.