Chapter Seventy-Three: The Triumph of Tactics

Margis, the old doorman at the gate of the training base, turned on his old-fashioned radio to listen to the game as usual after the game began. He turned up the volume to the maximum and sat in the janitor's room to play the game in peace.

"Beautiful!! N'Golo Kante steals Robinho again!! Robinho has nothing to do in front of Kante!! ”

The voice of the narrator Lightkinson came, and the corners of Magis's mouth smiled, and the beard on her chin seemed to stretch out.

"This is N'Golo Kante, our midfield gate!!"

Kante !! Oh oh oh oh Kante !!! He was a Frenchman with a height of only one hundred and sixty-eight centimeters, but he was able to plug all the loopholes....... Oh, oh, oh, oh, he's able to plug all the holes. ”

It was a song that the fans had created for Kante, and Magis listened to the sound on the radio and sang along.....

Robinho got up from the ground again, and it was the third time he had tried to get past Kante, only to be tackled cleanly by Kante on all three occasions! He didn't even pick up a free-kick.

"N'Golo Kante!! Nice defense!! On the commentary bench, Lightkinson was also cheering loudly for N'Golo Kante's defence.

'Unlike the last game in which Luton beat Chelsea, this game Luton had five midfielders in a formation that looked like a 4231, but the three players in front of the two midfielders were hardly involved in the attack, and in the face of Luton's two defensive lines in midfield, City haven't even hit the ball into Luton's danger zone until now!!" Redknapp said.

"Now you see Luton's strength, Jamie!" Lightkinson, on the sidelines, looks like a supporter of Luton.

'I really didn't expect Luton to be so thorough defensively, which shows that Gobo has been quite successful at Luton Town and it was no accident that they were able to beat Chelsea.' Redknapp didn't stick to his previous judgment either.

Mark Hughes had already thought he was serious enough about Luton Town before the game started, but he found that he was underestimating the opponent.

Nearly 10 minutes into the game, City had just one shot on goal, and it was Bellamy's long-range effort after cutting inside from the wing, only to send the ball high into the stands.

Luton Town have yet to have a shot on goal, with lone striker Jamie Vardy up front, he rarely touches the ball, and City's defence is not too close, so Vardy has nothing to do.

Mark Hughes will never be complacent because Manchester City have not been shot at by their opponents, after all, the opponents are only a team in the second division....

Gao Bo doesn't care, the overall strength of his team is still far behind Manchester City, so he will send five midfielders to form a solid line in front of the backline.

Especially Robinho, the most dangerous man on Manchester City's side, Gao Bo even sent Kante to defend him specifically. It turns out that Robinho, who has now begun to decline, can't get any cheap in the face of Kante, whose strength has increased greatly under the card amplification.

Gao Bo's attention in the past ten minutes was not completely on the field, because he was still waiting to see if the system would come up with any tasks, because there was a temporary task in the system in the previous game against Chelsea, which made Gao Bo look forward to this game. As a result, he waited left and right, and the system did not react at all.

After waiting for almost ten minutes, the system still didn't react, and Gao Bo left him behind.

It was a scorching affair and it was City who were generally dominating the attack, although they struggled to get through Luton's midfield defence.

Luton's five midfielders – N'Golo Kante, Danny Drinkwater, Kevin Keane, Lewis and Hassan – all had considerable running ability and excellent fitness, so Gao Bo was not at all worried that their fitness would not be able to keep up in the second half.

Mark Hughes' side relied heavily on Robinho's attacking play, but now that Robinho has been blocked by N'Golo Kante, it has made it very difficult for City to attack.

Manchester City are not the kind of team that is good at possession, with Mark Hughes' side often preferring to play to the individual qualities of the attacking three up front.

However, Robinho is now restrained, while Bellamy on the wing has a couple of quick breaks to cross the bottom, although neither Robinho nor Manchester City's other winger, Elano, are the very tall players.

Zabaleta, who played in the back in this game, did try to attack forward a few times, but now Luton's central defender Geoffrey has improved a lot in front defense, and with Gao Bo's encouragement and the influence of the team's results, the Dutch youngster is now at a stage where his confidence is bursting!

So Bellamy's crosses were mostly cleared by Jeffrey.

The breakthrough in the middle was limited, and the wide cross was not very effective, so it's no wonder that Mark Hughes frowned a little.

Ten minutes later, Manchester City's expected attack did not come out, and the situation on the field was still very anxious.

Mark Hughes stood on the sidelines, and he looked at Gao Bo, who was sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai opposite. Mark Hughes is reminded of Luton's win over Chelsea, where Gobo played a very beautiful late move. He put the blazingly fast Adam in the second half as the winner, catching Scolari off guard.

Do you still want to play this trick? You underestimate me too much, young man!

Compared to the fifty-six-year-old Mark Hughes, Gao Bo is indeed too young to speak...

Mark Hughes decided not to give Gobo a chance to strike late in the second half, and with a wave of his hand, City's back line began to press.

Hoarding heavy troops in the midfield? Let's see if you can prevent it!

If Gobo had known what Mark Hughes was thinking, he would have cried out.

The latter has played once, and the opponent must have been on guard, so Gao Bo did not pin his hopes on the second half.

His mind is also watching the time. According to his pre-match plan, Manchester City will definitely attack aggressively for a while in this game, because they are a Premier League team, how can they back down in front of the teams in the second division? So Gao Bo's idea is to defend first in the first half, and after almost wearing down the sharpness of Manchester City's game, he will take the initiative to raise the pace of the game in about 15 minutes, so that Manchester City, which has been attacking for 15 minutes and is ready to slow down, must also speed up the pace.

The essence of any tactic is to make the opponent uncomfortable on the pitch and make yourself comfortable.

Gao Bo remembered the words of a great man, "When the enemy retreats, I advance, and when the enemy advances, I retreat." In short, Manchester City can't be given a breather in this game.

So almost at the same time, after Mark Hughes reached out and motioned for City's two full-backs to press as well, Gobo also gestured on the sidelines.

The situation on the field of play suddenly accelerated!

In the sixteenth minute of the game, Bellamy crossed from the left, and the football was cleared by Jeffrey.

Zabaleta controlled the ball on the edge of the area before passing it to Robinho.

Before Robinho could get his hands on the ball, N'Golo Kante rushed over from the side and shoveled it away.

Drinkwater got the ball and he immediately looked up for Vardy's position.

At this time, Manchester City's defenders all pressed through the half, and Vardy stood in the center circle at this time, ready to step forward at any time!

Drinkwater kicks the ball forward!

'Luton's counter-attacking !!'

The cheers in the stands rose suddenly!

Gao Bo rushed to the sidelines, clenched his fists, ready to celebrate!

This is the opportunity he has been waiting for!!

Vardy cut forward in the middle of the lane and he was very fast!!

Kompany was in hot pursuit behind him, and although he wasn't slow, it was really hard for him to catch up with Vardy, who was ready to cut in for a while!!

Vardy stopped the ball in the air on his tiptoes in the direction he was running, so that he could continue to run forward at high speed without slowing down, while Kompany could only follow him and eat dust....

By the time Vardy had rushed to the top of the penalty area, Manchester City's goalkeeper Givens also rushed out!!

Facing the opposition goalkeeper, Vardy handled it very calmly.

He picked up the ball on tiptoe with his right foot, and the ball went over the goalkeeper's head and landed on the net behind him....

Gao Bo jumped up and slammed his fist into the air!!

It was a tactical victory for him, and any manager would be as excited as Gao Bo when he saw the game go almost as he had predicted the script!