Chapter 64: Self-sublimation in the face of adversity
"Audience friends, audience friends, welcome back, you are now watching the 13th round of the French football league broadcast by CCTV, Valencienne at home against Saint-Etienne. ”
The live TV screen followed the host's voice to the Yijie field, and the players on both sides were already in place.
With the referee's whistle, the game begins.
The game began with a scene of bayonets in sight.
During the time when the host broadcast the starting lineups of both sides in turn, Ding Yue had already been put on twice.
"Damn!" Ding Yue fell on the turf and pounded the ground with his right hand angrily, not because of the opponent's successive fouls, but because he felt that he was not smart enough. I was brought down again because I was still waiting for the ball a little bit when I received the ball.
Holding his calf where he was hit, grinning his teeth, Ding Yue slowly stood up. Looking sideways, the No. 17 Carlos Sanchez, who had been fouled by the opponent, put on an innocent expression.
"!" Ding Yue scolded again. This kind of super close-fitting marking, super star treatment really makes him too uncomfortable.
The teammates seemed to notice Ding Yue's emotions, and the offense began to lean to the left.
After a week of rest and adjustment, Payet seemed to have finally regained his early stage of the season, relying on his individual ability to threaten the heart of the opposition penalty area on the left flank of Valenciennes.
That's when Saint-Etienne's attack came into shape. Galtier finally returned to the dugout from the pitchside command area.
After Payette's development, Valenciennes also had to readjust his deployment, and the center of gravity of the defense continued to tilt from the right to the left. Because Matuidi saw that the other party did not have the ability and desire/desire to move forward, he also kept plugging in the middle lane and doing things.
They expected that Ding Yue's side would start to play Payette's side if he couldn't move, but they didn't expect Matuidi and Christoph Landlin to also boldly intervene, so the defense suddenly became a little passive. However, the well-trained defenders did not surrender so easily, but re-demonstrated the treatment of Ding Yue on Payette, and gradually, the two sides entered a stalemate.
And so the game got dull. In the offensive and defensive process of both sides, fouls became the theme of the game, and the referee's whistle blew the game to pieces, but it is no wonder that he stole everyone's limelight, because there were too many flesh-to-flesh collisions between players on both sides.
Galtier also frowned in the coach's seat, and the next opponents in Ligue 1 will become more and more familiar with his 4-3-3 style of play, and will also work out a lot of targeted deployments. Although a trick can sometimes be eaten all over the world, more often than not, it is cracked and defeated by someone.
Galtier knew that with this line-up, the team would get into the game more quickly, and they could pick up speed in the opening kick-off, so as to successfully suppress their opponents.
But in this way, the suppressed side will naturally be cautious. You can temporarily abandon the team's midfield and play a defensive counterattack with peace of mind. This kind of counterattack is not seen, and it is quite deadly when it appears.
As the clock ticked by, Galtier's mood grew heavier. Once the start is unsuccessful, it is undoubtedly a disguised overthrow of the tactics laid out by the head coach for Saint-Etienne.
Galtier continued to make this arrangement, in addition to his confidence in Payette's ability to turn over the river and the sea on the left wing, and Ding Yue, who has been getting better recently. It was Ding Yue's birth that made up for the team's lack of three-dimensional offense in the frontcourt.
Last season and at the beginning of the season, when Payet was on the left, there was Matuidi and Sylvain Monsoryo, E-Revelli in the middle and Christophe Landrin up front, but on the right, apart from Albin Ebondo, there was one less Demoman and passer and even scorer up front. Finding a helper for Payette on the right flank has become a problem for Galtier, which is important for the team's overall attack. It is a necessity for the team to take a step forward.
For nearly 30 minutes of tug-of-war, Galtier did not give any instructions to the players on the field, not because he was very satisfied with the situation on the field, but because he hoped that the players would be able to adapt to such a game, be familiar with it, study it by themselves, and adjust their mentality and running, forming a self-sublimation to crack this style of play. Especially Ding Yue.
Most of the time, Galtier's eyes stayed on him.
The game came to the thirty-seventh minute.
A counter-attack from Valencheina was cut off by Sylvain-Monsoryo, who was struggling to chase back. Galtier was a little dissatisfied, this was still when he had the energy in the first half, and if he was hit with such a counterattack in the second half, it would be very deadly.
Sylvain-Monsoryo's tackle was a bit awkward, and Albin Ebondo, who got the ball, rushed to the middle and took the ball down.
Valanchena, who had been suppressed for the entire first half, suddenly pressed all under the command of the captain of the game, and tried to launch a counter-attack on the spot again.
Albin Ebondo took the ball and took two steps to pass to Sylvain-Monsoréo, who had already stood up and taken a few steps back. Sylvain Monsoréo repeated his trick and slotted the ball towards Albin Ebondo on the right before opposition striker Gregory Puyol pounced.
Albin Ebondo received the ball and turned around, looked at the front court, and the vision was very broad. And the phased recovery that Galtier kept emphasizing in training finally showed in the Saint-Etienne players - firstly, Matuidi attracted the Valencheina midfield defence, and Ding Yue also wisely dropped back to attract the opposition right-back Angua Bro out of the defensive position.
Albin Ebondo directly kicked forward a direct pass to connect Ding Yue, Ding Yue took advantage of the gap that Angua Bro did not follow closely to bring the ball back to the side, and controlled the rhythm, at this time the defenders on the right side of Valenciena all moved closer to him, but Albin Ebondo did not stop for a moment after the pass, and rushed directly to the front court along the sideline in a 100-meter sprint!
Gartiye put his fingers together, supported his chin, and stared at Ding Yue with his eyes.
Ding Yue took a step horizontally, and then lightly plugged E-Revelli in the middle, who held the ball in the middle, at this time, Angua Burro, who was running wildly on the right side, was almost to the distance of the parallel line of the big penalty area, and E-Revelli directly transferred the ball to the right again!
Albin Ebbondo received the ball and found himself in front of him in a large open field. With two steps, E-Revelli at the front post had been inserted into the box, and the two central defenders of the opposition followed closely.
Adjusted a bit, Albin Ebonn multiplied crosses!
The ball went over the front post, around E-Revelli and around the two returning centre-backs.
Galtier's eyes narrowed, and he stood up. Finally saw the scene he wanted to see most - Payet, who was hurrying to follow at the back post, had inserted himself in front of the opponent's right wing-back, and poked his right foot with ease!
The ball is in!
Yes!
Galtier punched the clear plastic baffle in the dugout!
Run fast, keep passing, and finally get the ball into the goal!
Ding Yue played a perfect role in this attack as a lure and transfer point, luring the defenders on the opponent's right side, and accurately found another fulcrum in the middle, E-Revelli, and finally Albin Ebondo completed a fatal pass, and the final Payette easy kick was a natural result.
"Good ball, good ball!"
Galtier ran to the command area and shouted at the players on the field, regardless of whether the players who were celebrating heard the satisfaction in his voices... and proud.