Chapter 168: John's Worries

At the beginning of the game, Basel took advantage of their first kick-off and prepared to press and attack.

But they soon found out that they had hit the iron plate in midfield.

N'Golo Kante is in great form! As soon as the game started, N'Golo Kante snatched the ball back, and then he passed the ball to Drinkwater, who played a long ball directly behind the opposition defence - because by this time Basel's formation had been pressed.

However, his long ball was not handled well and was slightly wider, and the Basel goalkeeper got the ball before Jamie Vardy.

Gao Bo applauded Kante's performance on the sidelines, just now Kante made a quick prediction at the moment of the opponent's pass, and then quickly grabbed and intercepted the ball!

In Gao Bo's view, the focus of this game will be in the midfield, because the opponent is also hoarding heavy troops in the midfield, and like Barcelona, Basel is also a team that insists on short passes on the ground, and their midfield configuration is still very strong.

So Gao Bo simply used the cards mainly on Kanter. The most important thing in this game is the efficiency of the siege and defense in the midfield.

[Match Card (Green): Increase steal success rate by 15%, used by designated player "N'Golo Kante"]

[Match Card (Green): Defensive Prediction increased by 15%, used by designated player "N'Golo Kante"]

[Match Card (Green): Defensive Position Increases by 15%, Designated Player "N'Golo Kante"]

In addition to the two blue cards, the remaining three card slots Gao Bo used him on Kante, in the interception, Kante is now estimated to be the most powerful midfield interceptor in the world, counting the blue interception card used in the whole team, Kante's interception ability at this time is 30% higher than his original basis!!

Coupled with defensive prediction and defensive positioning, Kante's original foundation is very good, after the improvement of the card, Kante is simply an iron gate in the midfield, he is running all over the field, every player who takes the ball in Basel can always see Kante's dark face when he looks up, the French player's baby face and his accurate foot tackle without hesitation are combined without any sense of disobedience, Basel's midfielders are simply a shadow of Kante!

After the start of this game, Basel were more active away from home, trying to dominate the midfield.

However, Luton's pressing in midfield put the two sides tangled in midfield, and Basel's attack could not be organised, but Luton played a few counter-attacks.

'N'Golo Kante broke the ball in midfield!! He passed straight to Kevin Keane!! Kevin's long pass to Adam...... The pass is big, and the football is out of the sideline. Basel's possession! ”

"It's N'Golo Kante again!! He gave another tackle and this time he came on his own!! N'Golo Kante passes the ball...... Slightly shorter, the football was controlled by Basel's centre-back Abraham! ”

Lightkinson was on the commentary bench on the court, and the game was just starting this time, and the content of the game was similar to what he said. Basel tried to control the tempo in midfield, while N'Golo Kante made frequent tackles, and then Luton's counter-attack success rate did not seem to be too high, and the ball changed hands several times!

Gao Bo stood on the sidelines, and these Luton counterattacks were a little anxious.

He emphasised simple and fast passing, but this was done with a certain success rate, and these few treatments showed the mentality of the players towards the game - this is a Europa League game after all, so the mentality of the players is different from playing in the league, they want to hit the ball directly into the threat area all at once.

Gao Bo shouted at the players from the sidelines, and then made a gesture of pressing down with both hands to signal the players to calm down.

"Bypass him!! Bypass that kid!! ”

The Basel manager on the sidelines also yelled on the sidelines.

In fact, at the beginning, Basel's players were still very afraid of Luton's counterattack, but these passes from Luton players made Basel's players feel a little relieved.

That's all they do...

Since N'Golo Kante was having a hard time in the middle, it would have been nice for Basel to play the ball to the wing.

As a result, Basel stopped playing in the middle and played the ball to the wings.

The speed with which Luton's formation moved startled the Basel players, and Luton quickly moved in formation, and Basel midfielder Kalitos, who had just received the ball on the wing, was immediately surrounded by Luton's multi-man man.

In a hurry, Kalitos' ball was snatched up by N'Golo Kante again.

"Luton's counterattack is coming!!"

After the first few failed counterattacks, even Lightkinson in the stands didn't seem excited enough.

Basel's players quickly stepped back, they were still relatively fast, but they were still slower than the speed of passing!

N'Golo Kante cut the ball off and Danny Drinkwater met it in the area close to the middle.

Drinkwater turned around directly after getting the ball, this time he didn't directly find the striker with a long pass, he found that his long pass was not in good shape today, and the success rate of the long pass to the front court was not high, so he chose to pass the ball on the ground.

The ball reached the feet of Griezmann in the front field, and Griezmann did not delay any time, he passed the ball to the other side as soon as possible.

Adam White was quick, and at the behest of Gao Bo, he had recently been practising crosses, with Adam running forward while watching the situation in the box.

Now the opposition defenders are far away from him, so he has plenty of time to think and handle the ball.

"Stop him from !!!!"

Luton made three passes and two deliveries, and the ball developed into the front court, which made the Basel coach on the sidelines unable to sit still, and the Basel players on the field also felt bad when Griezmann passed the ball diagonally in front! Several Basel players pounced on Adam and several others rushed to the box.

At this time, in the penalty area, Vardy and Griezmann were already ready to grab points one after the other.

Adam picks up the ball with his left foot, a half-high ball! The soccer ball bypasses Basel's front point defence!

Vardy scrambled down the middle, but the ball still slipped past him.

At this time, everyone's eyes focused on the back.

At the back point!

Griezmann!!!

Antoine Griezmann was already ready to shoot with the arch of his foot and a !!

Football flew into the net without any suspense!!

"The ball went in!!! Antoine Griezmann!! One-to-!!!!!! ”

Joining Lightkinson were the fans in the stands, as well as the substitutes who rushed out of the bench with their arms raised, and Gao Bo who spread his arms on the sidelines.

The whole stadium was set on fire with this one goal!

"It was a crucial game in Group E of the Europa League group stage, and Luton, playing at home, took the lead in the eleventh minute! The result couldn't have been more fantastic for Luton! They are already good at counter-attacking and now that they have taken the lead, their opponents will be in an even more difficult situation!! Lightkinson chanted from the stands.

'N'Golo Kante was so impressive, you can see him almost everywhere and I've never seen a defender in midfield look like that. Redknapp Jr. sat next to Lightkinson and said.

John and others also rushed out to celebrate.

"N'Golo was a fantastic kid today." Speaking next to Gobo, John said that although the ball was scored by Antoine Griezmann, the best player so far was N'Golo Kante.

"He's always been great." Gao Bo smiled.

The effect of the three-chapter card on a defender surprised Gao Bo. N'Golo Kante was a piece of the door in midfield, and he alone almost paralyzed Luton's midfield organization...

"Well done, Ngolo!!"

N'Golo Kante was not involved in the goal celebrations up front, he remained at the back.

Gao Bo gave a thumbs up and shouted at Kanter.

N'Golo Kante grinned, the manager's compliment made the shy Kante a little embarrassed, and he even blushed a little, just hiding under this dark face.

N'Golo Kante felt so good in the game that he even felt like he suddenly wanted to have a hazy intuition that allowed him to anticipate where the ball was going and where he should stand......

Luton's celebrations ended soon and N'Golo Kante returned to his position, playing left and right with Drinkwater, but it wasn't fixed either, and N'Golo Kante was very flexible.

"Well done, N'Golo."

Kevin Keane said while he hadn't teed off yet, rubbing Kante's head.

Oh, yes.... He's been great all the time.

John looked at N'Golo Kante on the field, and then at Gobo.

Each and every one of these players brought by Gao Bo is great...

I just don't know, how long can Gao Bo sit in the head coach position of Luton Town?

With Luton Town's appearance in the Europa League this season, Gao Bo's fame is naturally rising, and if Luton make a breakthrough in the Europa League this season.....

Maybe the whole of Luton will be dismantled by those big teams. Including the most important people... Head coach Gao Bo.

Beneath John's deep eye sockets was a hint of sorrow.