【Mission Name: Assist Triple Threat! The Assist Show in the League!】
【Mission Objective: Complete an assist in the next game, achieving three consecutive assists!】
【Mission Reward 1: Get a chance to draw a treasure chest!】
【Mission Reward 2: Vision attribute +1】
Seeing this objective.
Long Fei was delighted.
He had already completed a hat-trick of assists in the previous two matches.
All he needed to do in the next game was to complete one assist, and he would achieve the mission objective.
This was too easy for him!
It was a task that could be completed with his eyes closed!
Two consecutive hat-tricks of assists.
Long Fei's masterful long-range passing skills.
Had also given Head Coach Mobley much to think about.
The team had scored a total of 6 goals in the two matches.
All six of these goals had been assisted by Long Fei.
This statistic alone.
Made one conclusion undeniable.
If Long Fei was given better ball-handling opportunities.
If Long Fei was given more space to pass.
Then Blackburn's offensive shooting chances.
Would be even greater!
Blackburn's offensive abilities.
Could become even stronger!
Therefore, Mobley had a plan in mind!
Blackburn's tactical approach.
Still had much room for optimization!
And the player around whom this optimization should revolve.
Was Long Fei!
With this in mind.
In the training sessions that followed.
Mobley began to integrate the new tactics into the entire team.
This was something hard to imagine.
After all, Blackburn's tactical arrangements.
Since he took over as the team's head coach.
Had been in place for several seasons.
But it had only taken Long Fei two matches.
To make Mobley decide to change the team's tactics.
Logically speaking, this was absolutely insane!
While this was partially due to Mobley's boldness and unconventional nature.
The main reason was.
Having witnessed firsthand Long Fei's long-range passing skills.
Having personally experienced the massive changes Long Fei brought to the team.
These factors made Mobley realize.
The immense potential and value that Long Fei possessed!
Only by maximizing Long Fei's potential.
Would it result in a qualitative improvement.
In terms of Blackburn's overall strength!
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Time once again came to the weekend.
The 3rd match after the winter break, the 26th round of the Championship League, kicked off!
After two consecutive away matches.
This round, Blackburn finally returned home.
At their home ground, they would face their opponents, Reading!
Reading currently ranked 17th in the Championship.
Their strength was not considered very strong.
They were also a mid-to-lower tier team.
But Reading had their own goals for this match.
In the press conference before the match.
Reading's head coach openly expressed their predetermined goal for this match.
That was to win, take all three points!
It wasn't that they were being overly boastful.
For the Championship, this league.
Except for the top few teams with stronger strength.
The remaining mid-tier, especially the lower mid-tier teams.
Everyone's strength was basically the same.
Don't look at the league rankings and see a gap.
But when they really go head-to-head.
In a real, cutthroat match.
Whose strength is stronger, that depends on the performance on the day!
Reading and Blackburn had faced each other in the first half of the season.
In that match, Reading, playing at home.
Had convincingly defeated Blackburn 2-0.
Moreover, Blackburn hadn't created many threats throughout the entire match.
They truly exemplified their lack of goalscoring ability.
Therefore, in Reading's eyes.
They knew Blackburn's strength inside out!
Even though this was an away match.
In their opinion.
Taking a win,
Was also within reach!
Faced with Reading's determination to win.
Some of Blackburn's local media were not convinced.
They also raised some sharp questions in the press conference.
“Coach, do you know Blackburn's recent results?”
“Blackburn has recently achieved two consecutive league wins!”
“And they have a talented midfielder who joined in the winter break!”
“Facing the current Blackburn, is talking about a win a bit reckless?”
Reading's coach seemed unfazed.
“I heard Blackburn has won the last two rounds.”
“They had good luck, but their luck will run out today.”
“I respect Blackburn, but I don't think their strength will have made any drastic leaps in just half a season!”
Reading's coach felt that these Blackburn local media.
Were trying to create a false sense of confidence before the match.
To influence the Reading players' mentality!
Two consecutive wins, so what?
The opponents Blackburn faced in these two rounds.
Were basically the bottom feeders of the league.
Teams close to the relegation zone.
Facing such opponents.
If their shooting was on point, winning two matches in a row is nothing special!
But Reading was different from those relegation-threatened teams.
Facing Reading, Blackburn's good fortune would end!
On the pitch.
In this match, Long Fei continued to start.
Actually, after the last match.
Long Fei's starting position.
Had already been solidified due to popular demand!
This match was Long Fei's first home game since joining Blackburn.
Even while still in the player tunnel.
Before taking the field.
Long Fei had a different feeling.
The noise outside, the cheers continued.
It was very chaotic.
After he walked onto the pitch with the team.
The scene at the stadium shocked him!
A giant poster first caught his eye.
The poster depicted a giant rose.
That was Blackburn's team logo.
Blackburn's home ground, Ewood Park, which can hold over 30,000 people, was packed today!
As far as the eye could see.
Everywhere you looked, you could see the banners and flags prepared by the fans.
After the Blackburn team entered the field.
The fans in the stands erupted in a roar of cheers, even louder than before!
The flags and banners on the stands.
Continued to wave in the crowd!
To Long Fei's surprise.
Among these banners and slogans.
Long Fei even found quite a few with his name on them!
“longFei” became.
A frequently appearing term.
In many of the cheering banners!
Captain Rhodes smiled and said to Long Fei.
“Long Fei, you've become a new favorite among Blackburn fans!”
“I've been in Blackburn for so many years, and I've never seen.”
“Only playing two games for the team.”
“And receiving such cheers from the fans.”
“You're the first!”
Looking at the almost fully occupied stadium.
Rhodes said with a sigh.
“No wonder the team CEO, Johnson, was so happy the other day.”
“Seems like the tickets for this match are all sold out!”
“It's been years since I've seen Blackburn's market.”
“This kind of scene!”