Chapter 228: Do you want to win yet?
'That's enough to kill the game, the next 45 minutes are just a necessary procedure for Bristol City and a painful ordeal for Leeds United!'
The British commentator continued.
'Even if this game is doomed, I hope the Leeds lads don't give up in the second half. Even scoring a goal or two would be good, but at home, a big win over a weak Bristol City side would be a disaster for Leeds United's title race. ”
At halftime, reporters in the media gallery were analyzing the first half, and almost everyone's reaction was "unbelievable".
Because judging by the form quality that Leeds United have shown before, they are in excellent form. Not only did they make their way in the league, but they also qualified for the FA Cup.
Before the game, everyone thought that Bristol City could still win the game even if they could pose a certain threat to Leeds United because of their good form.
But who would have thought that in just one first half, Leeds United would have collapsed.
In the end, one can only think that this may be due to Leeds United's back-to-back league victories, a little too optimistic, and next door Blackburn have dropped another point, causing the players to relax from the inside.
"The previous successive wins at Leeds United have created problems for their mentality. At the end of the day, this Leeds United team has not been promoted for a long time and has no experience of competing for the title.
To win the Championship and even go further in the Premier League. They actually have a lot of work to do, and they still have a long way to go. ”
At the same time, in China, many people are also talking about the first half.
'The problem with Leeds is quite obvious, which is that their defence is not worthy of the quality of the attacking line.
The offensive line of this Leeds United team can be said to be at the level of a Premier League powerhouse, but their backline, it is said that the middle of the Championship has lifted them a little, don't forget that Leeds United has conceded so many goals this season. ”
"yes, Leeds had a strong attack before, which covered up the team's problems. But, in fact, for every game Leeds United wins, almost Leeds United concedes a goal.
In fact, if it weren't for the arrival of Land Breeze and Silva to greatly improve Leeds United's attacking ability, Leeds United may not have been able to perform like this season at all. ”
"Lu Feng's strength is really strong, but there is no room to play in this game. I don't know if Lu Feng can have a good performance in the second half. ”
"It will definitely be, that's Lu Feng, Lu Feng's strength, who doesn't know."
"But football, after all, is not a one-person game, if your teammates don't support Lu Feng, no matter how strong Lu Feng is, it's useless."
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Just across the ocean in China, when fans were discussing fiercely, Leeds United's dressing room was silent.
Almost every Leeds United player who entered the dressing room hung his head and was silent without saying a word.
It was probably their worst first half ever, and even in the game where a defender was sent off for a mistake, Leeds were not so embarrassed.
They had just two shots on goal in the entire first half, and they didn't hit the woodwork.
Jurgen Klopp was the last to come in, closing the locker room door when he entered.
The players from the last game were all present in the dressing room. The rest of the substitutes warmed up on the pitch under the guidance of the assistant coach.
Klopp watched them silent for a minute, he didn't say a word, and the locker room was quiet except for the sound of everyone's heaving breathing.
Klopp didn't speak, but he also looked at every player.
Almost all the players have their heads bowed like this. But when he saw Lu Feng, he was also looking at him.
A pair of eyes reflected the light in the locker room, shining.
He was the only player who dared to look at him after losing like this, Klopp's heart moved, and he suddenly asked him: "Lu Feng, do you have anything to say?" ”
"Huh?" Lu Feng looked surprised. I didn't expect the manager to ask him that all of a sudden.
"Come, stand up." Klopp made up his mind to listen to Zhou Yi, he raised his hand and said, "Tell me what you think of this first half, what do you think?" How do you feel? ”
The players next to them secretly swallowed their spittle, and then buried their heads a little lower.
The other players were even more silent, and they all felt that the head coach level was unhappy, so they used Lu Feng as a punching bag and wanted to kill chickens to show them.
The smartest thing to do at this time is to keep your head down and be honest.
Unexpectedly, Silva felt that Zhou Yi beside him really stood up!
Is he crazy?
Could it be that Zhou Yi couldn't hear the anger in the head coach's tone.
He really wanted to raise his hand to pull Lu Feng's clothes and make him sit down, but he was afraid that his action would be seen by the head coach and become the target of his firepower.
Just when Silva was anxious, he heard Lu Feng say, "Well, I don't really have any opinion. Just play well in the second half! ”
"Nothing?" Klopp was taken aback and asked rhetorically.
Not to mention the others, his teammates in the locker room looked up at him with surprise.
Under everyone's gaze, Lu Feng nodded and repeated, "Yes, I don't have any special opinions. In my opinion, we were just unlucky enough in this game, and in the second half, we were not hopeless. ”
"It's easy to say." Someone muttered softly.
Klopp looked in the direction of the sound and saw only a lowered head.
Klopp cleared his throat and looked at Lu Feng.
"Well, since you said you just need to play well, do you have any good advice?"
At this time, Lu Feng was asked.
Although he is not afraid of heaven and earth, he still has the hope of victory, but it does not mean that he has a way.
Lu Feng scratched his head and said softly. "Just play well, you can't give up hope."
"Well said!" Without thinking, Klopp applauded.
"Don't give up hope, what a simple word, but, I see that you have already given up hope, and we have already lost this game."
Klopp looked around at the players and said slowly.
'I've coached a team that had one of the most exciting games in the history of the Champions League, and they too, three goals down in the first half, but they lifted the trophy in the end.
"The manager is talking about the Istanbul miracle." One player asked.
Everyone is well aware of Jurgen Klopp's coaching experience. The Istanbul miracle of the Red Army Liverpool is naturally well known to everyone.
"That's right, it's Liverpool." Klopp nodded.
"But they didn't get a single red card in the first half." Another player said.
'Yes, that's right, we're worse than that Liverpool team, we're one man less.' The player who originally thought he was going to be unlucky, but heard Klopp's words.
"But it's on our home turf, the fans are the 12th in the team, and our opponents are not the strong AC Milan, but the far inferior Bristol City.
Bristol City are far inferior to us, and even if we have one man less, we shouldn't have played so badly.
Didn't we have one less player in the previous game, but we still won the game, why, this game can't be? ”
After Klopp's words, everyone's eyes turned to Clark, and what Klopp said was Clark's red card.
Seeing the appearance of the players, Klopp continued.
"I don't blame any of you guys, but the way you played this game really disappointed me.
Against a weak Bristol City, you don't play like a team that wants to win the title.
In the previous game, one of you was able to win the reversal, why did you all admit defeat one by one in this game? ”
That's because we were only one goal behind in that game, three goals behind in this game.
There are players muttering in their hearts.
Jurgen Klopp seems to have seen through the players' minds. 'It's nothing to be three goals down, you've got a full second half. So, I want to ask you now, do you want to win this game? ”
"Yes!" Lu Feng was the first to stand up.
The others quickly turned their heads to look at him.
After a while, the players also said "Yes!" ”。
"Good!" Klopp nodded in satisfaction.
"Since everybody wants to win, now let's talk about the second half.
I don't know what we're going to get in the end. It looks like it's going to be difficult for us to win this game, but I hope you show your fighting spirit in the second half. My request is very practical, even if you can score a goal, it's a good result. At the very least, we won't be shaved at home by them! ”
He started to make some adjustments to the team's tactics.
He asked Lu Feng to be more aggressive, to retreat more, to get closer to Silva, and to connect with others.
Others have to adjust accordingly. Especially when Silva is organizing the attack forward, the back line should pay attention to maintaining the formation, and then be decisive and consistent in the premise and offside when defending.
Maybe it's the role of Klopp's hair dryer, everyone looks up and is very focused when they listen to the manager's arrangement.
No one lowered their heads and was silent anymore.
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The halftime period ended quickly and the game resumed.
Although Leeds United's performance in the first half was not good, the Leeds United fans still gave the team a round of applause when the players came back on.
"Listen to the applause from the fans, lads, even though we're missing one man on the pitch. But these fans are our best teammates.
Now, let's play and show them how you're doing. ”
In the tunnel of players, Klopp was saying the last words of encouragement.
The Bristol City players walked slowly by, and they looked at Jurgen Klopp curiously. Everyone has long heard that the German coach is a passionate man, but passion does not save his team.
In the first half of the game, Bristol City already had a three-goal lead, and there was one more game, that is, if the United worked hard, the gap could not be made up.
This passionate manager is really cute.
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"Okay, players from both sides are out, the second half is about to begin." Wang Kai lifted his spirits and said.
At half-time, he analysed the situation at Leeds United, and no matter how he analyzed it, it was not optimistic.
Wang Kai believes that in this game, it is very good for Leeds United to score in the end, save face, and not lose too badly.
Don't think too much about the rest. If Leeds United can come back and win after three goals down, it is estimated that the whole of Europe will pay attention to Leeds United tomorrow.
The broadcast gave a lot of close-ups of the Leeds United players, but you can see that the expressions of the Leeds United players seem to be different from those at the end of the first half.
When it fell on Lu Feng's face. I couldn't see the difference, because whether it was when he came off the pitch at the end of the first half, or now, there was no change in his face, and his face was calm.
He just turned his head to look around.
Then the referee blew the whistle for the start of the game.
The Leeds United fans in the stands kicked off the second half with loud cheers.
At the start of the second half, because it was Bristol City kicking off, they could use possession at their feet to continue attacking Leeds.
However, Bristol City's attack came to an end quickly, and when it reached Leeds United's penalty area, it was seen that Leeds United's back line remained fairly intact. The Bristol City player fired a long-range shot straight from the edge of the box.
The ball went wide of the goal and Bristol City's attack came to an end.
There was no patient passing organisation and no frequent runs interspersed.
Bristol City's attack was very simple and, of course, did not pose any threat to Leeds United.
Next, it was Leeds' turn to attack.
Leeds United substitute goalkeeper Arrios threw the ball with one hand and dropped the ball to Eisenmond at the back.
After Eisenmond received the ball, he did not hesitate and passed the ball to Adiyak.
Adiyak receives the ball and turns around and takes the ball forward.
Seeing Adiyak dribbling forward, the Bristol City player hurriedly pounced.
At this point, Adiyak passed the football away to his midfield partner Hernandez.
After Hernandez received the ball, no Bristol City player came up to press him.
He can calmly stop the ball and then observe.
Silva had used the time to slash in front of him and gesture towards him for the ball.
Hernandez passed the ball over.
Silva received the ball with his back to the attack, pulling the ball back with his right foot as he received it, and turned around to face the attack.
But there was still no Bristol City player who pounced on it for the first time. There were actually two defenders around him. But they all just watched, and didn't come up.
(End of chapter)