Patrick sat on the bench. He first glanced at the big screen in White Hart Lane, where the score was still 0:0 and the time was 34 minutes in the first half.

Then, his gaze fell on Tina's back. Looking at her from such a distance, she was so thin. Every time he held her in his arms, he didn't feel as thin as her.

So far, the game has been going according to her expectations. Patrick fell into the memory.

Tuesday was sunny. After all the training sessions were over, he was called to the office by Tina. He was the first to know that she would fight like that.

Tina sat behind her desk and told him in a tone she had never said before: "Pat, I need you to be a substitute against Tottenham. The first 60 minutes of that game can be very bad, but the last 30 minutes you have to win the game for me. ”

At that time, Tina's expression was complicated. Was she afraid that he wouldn't agree? Obviously so smart......

He stared at her behind his desk, "Tina, that's fine. However, I can defend and I won't have a problem starting physically. ”

But Tina's gaze was firm, "No, I can't let you burn your body in the first sixty minutes, not at all. We're going to concede goals, maybe one, maybe two, but I'm going to make Tottenham tired for the first 60 minutes. By the time you get on the court, you're going to have to use all of your 90 minutes to the last 30 minutes. ”

She then began to explain to him in detail the tactics she would use.

Patrick's gaze returned to the field.

After the first thirty minutes of frantic hand-to-hand combat, Tina used a recycled zone defence in the final fifteen minutes of the first half. The whole team retreated to their own penalty area, and Tottenham began to press like Tina expected.

And when Tottenham press, their two full-backs, Kyle Walker and Danny Rose, will come up.

That's when Yu Zixiang and John O'Connor played! Tina was put on the wingers instead of full-backs – and for good reason.

Patrick looked to the sideline again. Tina's figure standing in the rain was strong and haughty. She's the girl who keeps telling her to chinup.

She wouldn't collapse in White Hart Lane, he thought.

He's not going to let that happen, and even without him, Kristen Lue wouldn't.

Despite the constant ringing of the song in Patrick's ears: "Youaregettingsackedinthemorning!"

****

Sky Sports commentator Martin Taylor kept screaming for the final fifteen minutes of the first half, but it wasn't because of Tottenham's siege, but rather the terrifying faces of Yu Zixiang and John O'Connor.

Guest Alan Smith even praised: "It's unbelievable, these two full-backs are simply the material for wingers, and I finally understand why Lu put them in this position. ”

It wasn't until the half-time whistle that Pochettino on the sidelines didn't seem to have fully recovered his senses. He thought they would score at least one goal in the last fifteen minutes of the first half, but ...... He turned his head, and the girl was talking to Ian Parker and Patrick Amber as she walked into the tunnel. He wiped the rain from his face, and his chest was a little tight.

In the stands, Nicholas stood up, and Christine's back had disappeared into the entrance to the players' tunnel. He continued to look at Pochettino, who was also walking towards the players' tunnel - he should be in a hurry.

****

Sky Sports cut to the live studio scene at half-time. There, three Premier League legends, Jamie Carragher, Tiere Henry and Jamie Redknapp, are ready to begin their midfield analysis.

Carragher didn't think there would be much suspense in the game before the start of the game, at least until the names of both sides came out. He thinks Tottenham will win QPR at home, or even a big win.

But now, Carragher doesn't think so.

The former Liverpool vice-president began to analyse the situation in the first half with his thick Liverpool accent: "QPR started with the extreme tactics of man-to-man, which had good results, but started to recover in the last ten minutes. ”

The director also gave a certain clip in the first half in time.

Carragher froze the picture and said: "Tottenham tend to open up the width when attacking and let the two full-backs go up a lot in order to form a complete advantage. We've all seen that Walker and Rose are extremely physically strong, but the two of them are completely no match for Yu Zixiang and John O'Connor, and Tottenham drop the ball every time they try to go wide. ”

At this time, Henry added: "And the middle is completely blocked by the QPR players. There is no chance of getting up. ”

Redknapp Jr. took over and said: "Yes, what's even better is that as soon as QPR breaks the ball, it immediately sends it to the two wings, allowing wingers Yu Zixiang and John O'Connor to start to kick in. The two youngsters have more attacking freedom in the winger positions. ”

The Sky Station began to play a collection of the two men's personal tables on the side. These two strong and fast players made a good cameo as wingers. In the course of fifteen minutes, he completed a total of seven amazing individual runs, along the sideline, single-handedly advanced the ball to the vicinity of the opponent's penalty area, each time advancing a distance of at least forty meters, and the longest one was Yu Zixiang's breakthrough, which advanced directly to the bottom line, about sixty or seventy meters.

In the end, Carragher concluded: "I have to admit that I really didn't expect such a scene. It has to be said that Kristen Lue did a great job, although she did not play Amber and Vargas, but she has used the only players on the field to the extreme. ”

Henry shrugged his shoulders and smiled: "I'm looking forward to the second half. I don't really know what will happen in the second half. Pochettino is a very good manager. ”

****

Marcelo Bielsa was sitting at home watching the Sky livestream, and although his English was not good enough, he could probably understand that they were complimenting Yu Zixiang and John O'Connor on their personal tables.

Bielsa lifted her glasses, and the expression on her face was a little helpless. Although they focused on the QPR's style of play in the latter stages of the first half, there was a lot of deeper stuff that was not mentioned.

QPR barely left the frontcourt personnel, Zixiang and John just relied on individual dribbling, so that Tottenham's entire front was forced to retreat over and over again. In this way, there is no way to launch a coherent attack.

When formulating the tactics, Christine must have considered all the factors before putting Yu Zixiang and John O'Connor in the winger position - if the two of them continued to play left and right wing-backs, then the starting point of their counter-attack would be too far back to achieve such an effect.

And Christine must have given instructions not to end the attack hastily after bringing it to the front, and it must make Tottenham as a whole have to retreat. So either protect the ball and wait for your teammates to come up, or you have to make a foul and take a set-piece.

She didn't just let these two attack. In fact, it was very difficult for these two to really score because they were close to the touchline. She's using it to protect her defenses. It's a lot smarter than just sticking to it.

And that's not all.

It's also about offense.

She paved the way for Patrick and Vargas to deliver the lethal blows in the second half, and she had to wear out Tottenham's wings before they could get on the pitch.

Of course, because of her man-to-man defense in the first 30 minutes of the first half, it must have been more than just Tottenham's wings that would be exhausted.

She doesn't focus on the gains and losses of one city or one place.

So in the first half, although Tottenham were the dominant side in possession, the whole attacking rhythm was completely disrupted by QPR. As the energy and energy are constantly depleted in such repetitions, the probability of scoring goals will become lower and lower.

This is Christine's means. She managed to use the only strong players she had on the field to gain a strategic advantage for the team.

Bielsa smiled a little bitterly.

The girl who was her assistant a month ago may be about to create a famous game.

And in this game, Pochettino, another of his disciples, may have fallen behind.

****

They are tired. Lu Ling pursed her lips, realizing that this action would make her look weak, she quickly stopped.

George, the first-team coach, patted her on the shoulder and she turned her head. George has given a lot this week. She was grateful to him for choosing to believe in her at such a time. Or maybe he's always been a willing to obey, and whoever is the manager, he'll do. And she is not such a person.

Nick was right about that, she wasn't so good for being a deputy.

Pat sat on the side, and Lu Ling caught a glimpse out of the corner of his eye that he seemed to be looking at him all the time, so he smiled at him, but he didn't smile, his expression was very serious. She stopped paying attention to him and continued to talk to George. After they finished communicating, Lu Ling looked at the time, there were still five minutes, and she needed to say a few words.

Not tactical, just peptalk.

She took a few steps forward, and before she could give them a high-five, they had already quieted.

That's pretty good.

'The Tottenham fans sang a song...... she said.

"Oh, coach, don't fuck those bitches, you're not going to get fired tomorrow morning. Zixiang hurriedly said.

"yes, we played well in the first half and we're going to fucking win this game. Chris...... I mean, coach, don't you have faith in us?" John immediately took Zixiang's words.

Lu Ling smiled lightly. She thought that if this was really her last, then she was bringing the youngest and best team. Among these players, perhaps, in the future, there will be several who can play in the big teams.

"I'm not talking about that. Lu Ling swept around the locker room, and she knew that they could probably already guess which one it was, "I mean Yougotnoballscosyourmanagerhasnone." She raised her eyebrows, "It doesn't matter if I have balls or not, but! in the second half, you'll have to let them know if you have or not?"

"Yes, boss!"

"No problem, boss!"

They responded passionately to her words, and Lu Ling smiled with satisfaction.

She was still nervous, but she wasn't nervous anymore.

In the second half, it will begin.