Chapter 332: A Coruña's Crisis!

In the dressing room at halftime, the Sporting Gijón players were a little frustrated, and at the end of the first half, it can even be said that in the last ten seconds, the opponent pulled a goal back, a result that no one can accept. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

"Okay, don't think about conceding the ball. There's nothing you can do...... "Leon comforted them. He didn't just say this to comfort his players, he did feel that the lost goal was really powerless, and the opponent's luck at the last moment was simply amazing.

"Instead of being frustrated here about a first half that has already ended, let's think about how we won the game in the second half!" Leon clenched his fist and waved it in front of everyone's eyes.

"That goal from Pandiani...... It was an accident. There are always accidents like this on the football field. But in the second half, I want you to minimize the chance of this kind of accident happening. If you look at the source of the goal, it was not an accident. We contracted a little too far back in the final moments, allowing Victor to get too close to the box, and it would have been better if we had pressed him better. ”

When Leon said this, Modric blamed himself even more, Victor should have been responsible, if he had decisively gone up to intercept and joined forces with Marcos to stop the other party, he might have been able to avoid all this from happening.

"In the first half, Deportivo took the initiative, everyone played hard, but the performance was very good, our counter-attack showed efficiency!" Leon glanced at the players, and decisively turned the page, he followed up with praise for the players, "Two counter-attacks, two goals, such efficiency is worthy of any nice words to praise you, but I think it is better to wait for the game to be over, we win the game and then praise you, maybe it is more perfect." ”

The players were in a much better mood to hear the manager say that, as the manager said, they played hard in the first half, two counter-attacks and two goals, which is really efficient. The players themselves felt they did a good job, except for the goal conceded in the final moments of the first half, which affected their joy.

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'Deportivo must have been in high spirits after pulling a goal back and they were going to attack our goal aggressively at the start of the second half. At that time, everyone had to be vigilant and withstand their offensive. Pepe continued to keep Luke's limit and Grosso had to pay attention to help Fernando, and the captain did a good job defending against Pandiani in the first half, and it was hard. Leon said. He didn't say this to save face for captain Fernando Hierro, in fact, Hierro's defense of Pandiani in the first half of the game was indeed very good, the Spanish veteran used his experience to deal with Pandiani, did not give the opponent too good a chance, and the last goal was really a crime of non-war, and the 36-year-old Hierro wanted to beat Pandiani explosively at that moment, it was indeed impossible. Hierro is old after all.

Leon's words moved Hierro a little, but this is a very professional star, and he will not relax his requirements for himself because of the manager's 'tolerance' towards him.

"The last goal is my responsibility. Hierro stood up and said, "I'm not going to give them another chance like this, they would be wrong if they thought the old man was a bully." ”

The captain's words are not only brave to take responsibility, although this responsibility should not be borne by him personally, as Li Ang said, this loss of the goal, on the one hand, is luck, and the other is that the whole team shrank too far back in the end, which is the overall responsibility, including him as the head coach should also be responsible.

Hierro's last sentence also amused everyone, and the atmosphere in the locker room was a little better.

Li Ang is also nodding secretly, this is the role of the team with such a leader-level veteran, the experience and level of the former Real Madrid captain, it is more than enough to unite and adjust the dressing room of Sporting Gijon.

'As I said, when the second half starts, Deportivo will attack, so in the first fifteen minutes of the game, you have to pay attention to the defense. ”

"After 15 minutes of the game, if Deportivo can't score, their morale will suffer, and the next 10 minutes or so will be a stalemate, at this time, everyone should pay attention to their rhythm, conserve their energy, and then wait until the last 20 minutes to start working. ”

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Leon knows that it is tiring to maintain a rhythm all the time in such a major game, because in addition to the physical exertion of the players, the mental pressure is also not to be underestimated. In the first half, Sporting Gijón was completely passive, the psychological pressure of the players was extremely great, and the physiological consumption was also great, which required the second half of the game to adjust and distribute physical energy well, otherwise, once there was a physical problem at the last moment of the game, then the result would not be optimistic.

In addition, if Deportivo continue to maintain a strong attack, then, Deportivo Lacoruna's physical consumption will also be huge, especially their right wing, Victor and Pablo, constantly press out assists, and then need to run to defend, such physical consumption can be imagined, if they continue to maintain this intensity in the second half of the game, then, Leon has a lot to do.

"Let's finally talk about offense. You can't forget to counterattack when you're defending, and you can't forget to defend when you're attacking. Full-court pressing, that's my basic requirement for you, we used to focus on offense in our tactics, and everybody's full-court pressing was good, but in such a defensive counterattack, pressing is just as important. Remember, being able to cause trouble for your opponent is our goal!"

"When we get through the onslaught of Deportivo La Coruna, they will be discouraged. There will also be a low point in terms of fitness. When the time comes...... You know what to do, right?"

The players laughed: "Of course!"

"Frank. Leon called Ribery's name, "The last twenty minutes of the game, maybe it's time for you to play." ”

With Ribery's impact, there is indeed a lot to be done in the face of Pablo, who is starting to have a physical crisis, and the left side of Victor's side.

Ribery's eyes lit up and he nodded vigorously, "I see, Coach." ”

"So, that's it, defending the opponent's attack at the beginning of the second half can boost our morale on the one hand, and on the other hand, it can hit the opponent's morale hard. Then there's the stalemate, and finally, it's time for us to strike the fatal blow at the opponent, it's a process, everyone needs to learn to adjust themselves and keep up with the pace of the game! If you can withstand their onslaught at the start of the second half, the Deportivo will be more impatient, and at this point, we only need one or two counter-attacks to be able to take our chances, then the victory is basically ours!" He clenched his fists and looked so confident in his eyes.

His emotions have greatly infected his players.

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The dressing room in A Coruña. Irueta was also talking to the players about the tactics of the second half.

“…… We had to step up our attack at the start of the second half, and the quality of our attack was too low in the first half!" Irueta was unrelenting in her criticism of the team's performance, "Our strikes are buzzing around like headless flies, which makes me sick!"

Hearing Irueta say this, some players looked up at their manager with bad expressions.

Irueta noticed the expressions of the players, and he immediately called them by name, "Sergio, do you have anything to say?"

"Nope. Sergio, who was named, said with a gloomy face.

Iruetta then pointed the finger at the team's other striker, Luke.

"Luke, did you disappear in the first half? You're completely restrained by that Brazilian kid on the other side. Do you have a way to get rid of him?"

Luke gasped, not quite wanting to deal with the man who had criticized him mercilessly. He just shook his head and said "um", indicating that he was fine.

Irueta glanced at Luke.

“…… If you can't. I'll replace you. Irueta said with a serious expression.

Luke also had to say at this time, "I can do it, coach." "He only joined the team last season, so he is not a veteran of Super Laco, so he can be a little petty, but he doesn't dare to really fight against Iruetta.

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Seven years at the helm of Deportivo La Coruna, Irueta has brought untold accolades to the formerly humble club, transforming the former mid-table side into one of La Liga's major emerging powers capable of winning titles of all kinds. In the eyes of ordinary people, a meritorious coach like him should have absolute authority in the club, but the conflicts surrounding him in the past season or two show that his prestige is gradually diminishing.

In the last season, Irueta and some veterans in the team had friction due to substitutions, and the above-mentioned players were also quite tough afterwards, and did not take the initiative to apologize, of course, Irueta still has a lot of authority in Deportivo La Coruna, and those players did not apologize, but did not dare to further confront the manager.

Suffice it to say, Irueta is now using his authority to maintain control of the dressing room, but the conflict with some of the players is close to being public, and the team is doing well, but once Deportivo is not doing well, this balance will be broken.

There is a saying that fortresses collapse from the inside, and this sentence is the most accurate way to describe the current Deportivo team, which seems to be in full swing, and it is the most glorious time of Deportivo La Coruna, but the inside of the dressing room is facing a huge crisis.

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