Chapter 70: If You're Worried About Something Happening
"Keep up!"
After Bognaegra finished persuading Janault, he trotted up, communicated with Matuidi and Christoph Landlin, and then looked at Ding Yue next to him, and also told him by the way: "You have to be more bold to move forward! Ding, you can! Only by attacking can you press him back, and you can't hold it!"
Ding Yue naturally knew that Hazard was not so good at defending, but he was always afraid of tigers and wolves, and he was afraid of a counterattack from Hazard behind him, which would be a fatal knife.
"I'll try!"
Horizontal and vertical is a knife, Ding Yue nodded.
Lille was even more imposing after the goal. Hazard calmly played with flowers.
Ding Yue knows that Hazard is very adept at using the width of the court to single out the opposing defenders. He likes to move from the wing to the middle.
Hazard's heat map shown to everyone before the game shows that he was mostly on the left side of the game, and only occasionally moved elsewhere.
It's amazing how a player like him, who likes to take advantage of the width of the pitch and spend most of his time on the wings, can create so many scoring opportunities for the team.
One might think that he could have done more if he played in the middle of the midfield, but now Lille is played by Cabaye in the middle of the midfield, and although he is not as dynamic as Hazard, with a wider vision and good scheduling skills, he will obviously be more suitable for the central position of the midfield than Hazard.
Ding Yue himself can't deny that Hazard's dazzling footwork makes him very difficult. Because he wasn't a defensive player in the first place.
In the twelfth and fifteenth minutes, Ding Yue was defeated by Hazard one-on-one. The first time, Matuidi came up to help defuse the crisis, and the second time....Ding Yue came directly to pass the ball.
"Verbal warning, buddy... Verbal warning, another foul like this, you get a yellow card. ”
The referee Horig ran over, stepped on the ball, and then whistled at Ding Yue, called him over, and gave him a verbal warning.
Ding Yue nodded as he stepped back.
It's a lot of pressure, and it's definitely not the way to go on like this.
Lille's formation is too good. The smooth interplay of the trident up front was able to play a counter-attack that would have reassured Saint-Eti.
For a while, the game entered Lille's attacking moment.
In the twentieth minute, Hazard played a wall-kicking combination with Cabaye in the middle, and then rushed to the penalty area with a fancy no-man pass, and Gervinho, who was inserted forward on the right side, almost got the ball, and if this combination was successful, it was a one-on-one goal.
In fact, this ball Hazard could have been a precise arch of the foot straight to Gervinho....Ding Yue saw that Gervinho was a little dissatisfied.
In terms of easy passing, Hazard was in really good form and relaxed mentality. But the criticism of him...... One of the biggest problems holding him back from getting to the next level now is that he either complicates simple problems or passes the ball indiscriminately after a successful breakout. Most of them complicate simple situations, and when he can simply pass a ball, he likes to try to pass the ball with some tricks, which is a big problem for him lately.
Ding Yue wiped the sweat on his face, thinking that it was fortunate that this guy had the ambition not to bury his own skills, otherwise the score would definitely have to be rewritten now.
The game went on and off for 36 minutes, with Hazard's breakthrough creating two more kills, one with his own left foot cut inside and one off for Moussa Sow, who smothered Saint-Etienne goalkeeper Janault in the thigh.
Galtier on the sidelines scratched his head.
After encountering a tough battle, he realized that there was still a gap between the frontcourt offensive routine he had worked hard to build and Lille. He could only pray that Saint-Etienne would not concede any more goals before half-time.
Galtier is certainly not familiar with Murphy's theorem, though, – "If you're worried about something happening, it's more likely to happen." ”
Forty minutes.
Hazard once again went head-to-head with Ding Yue on the left.
Ding Yue, who had been taught several times, did not step forward to stick to Hazard, but was two meters away from him, he knew that his speed was not much slower than Hazard, but the frequency under his feet was definitely not as good as him. So I can only stare at the ball at the opponent's feet, you let you go, see if I can catch up!
Hazard smiled, this yellow skin has finally learned to behave!
Seeing Matuidi follow, Hazard pulled the ball back and slotted it with his left foot towards Cabaye in the middle.
Cabaye took the ball and turned around, flicked it away, looked up, and the gap appeared in his mind like a three-dimensional view, every passing route flashed through his mind, Gervinho! Yes, this is the gap!
Cabaye kicks the ball 25 meters away!
Rushing on the right side, Gervinho jumped slightly in the run, unloaded the ball with his right foot, and didn't stop a step!
After taking two steps inside, Sylvain Monsoréo, who followed in a panic behind him, was afraid of bumping into Gervinho during a quick run, and at the moment when the two staggered, he shrank his butt back!
Gervinho got rid of his first full-back!
Laurent Bartles yelled at the red defenders, 'Attention!' and made up. Gervinho continued down the middle and Laurent Bartles took two steps diagonally. Who knew that Gervinho was striking the east, picking up the ball with the outside of his right foot, turning 90 degrees, and going straight to the bottom line.
Ding Yue, who was on the other side of the court, also quickly chased back when he saw this. Although he can't catch up with Gervinho, he can't let Hazard behind him have the opportunity to shoot like Gervinho in the first goal!
Gervinho, who drove all the way in, brought the ball to the edge of the box, and it was Bognagra who was able to fill the defense. Who knew that Gervinho didn't bring it this time....rubbed his right foot....the ball went around a small arc.
Saint-Etienne's other centre-back, Sylvain Machar, looked behind him in horror. Oops!
Moussa Sow was right behind him. Unmarked.
Syllable!
Galtier slapped his thigh and turned back, unable to accept that his team had just been awarded a one-on-one ball.
Moussa Sow held the ball firm, this stop was very particular, the strength of the contact between the boots and the ball was just right, the ball was stopped in front of him less than a step away, and as soon as his left foot was adjusted, the whole body was completely facing the goal.
Shoot with your right foot!
Jeremy Janault struggled to make a save..... but he couldn't prevent the powerful shot.
0:2!
Ding Yue just ran to the edge of the big forbidden area.
Grass!
An emergency stop. Hazard behind him bumped into him and knocked Ding Yue stumbling.
Ding Yue was just about to turn around to find the perpetrator, when Azar Ula screamed and chased in the direction of Moussa Sou's run.
The people of Lille celebrated once again with impunity.