Chapter 144: Derby Roller Coaster
In the stands of the stadium, Southampton fans sang and danced to celebrate the referee's great move, chanting slogans such as "relegation, **" to spur the opposition on, as if the team had equalised.
Ali's expression was calm, but anger and reluctance were all written in his eyes, and Hydward was pleased that the young man had not done anything drastic.
On his way to the players' tunnel, Alli watched as the manager stopped talking, this was the second time he had received a red card this season, even if he was rebellious, he knew it was not a good sign, no manager would drop a time bomb on the pitch.
A few seconds later, Hydward stopped Ali as he entered the player's tunnel, "Find a place to watch the game, everyone didn't blame you......" Ward was still trying to say something, and the fourth official stopped in front of him, "Sir, I'm talking about it once, can you please go back to your own area?" I don't want to write that in the race report. ”
"OK, OK" Faced with the threat of the game supervisor, Hydward took a few steps back and signaled that he was not acting out of line.
Martin Taylor, who watched the game broadcast, thought: "Mr. Hydward is always showing trust in the players in his own way, Gray, I don't know if you have noticed such a detail, this young coach has a lot of small movements, he will always pat the butt or shoulder of the players on the field, hug each player, mentally this kind of behavior will build a sense of trust on both sides." ”
Andy Gray picked up his companion's words: "In European football, it is not easy for many coaches to trust young players, and the lack of game experience can make them make mistakes on the pitch and drag down the team, so there are not many coaches who are willing to trust young players and use them for a long time. Pep Guardiola, Arsene Wenger needless to say, Lyon coach Pierre; Germans Klopp and Dieter. Black and gold are good representatives, with players under the age of 23 getting more than 45% of their playing time in their hands, and it looks like Hydward is not bad. ”
On the pitch, the referee dispersed the crowd of players and then each side picked out a yellow card, with full-back Edouard Mendy on Portsmouth and Southampton on the ...... Full-back Luke Shaw!!
Luke Shaw! The Portsmouth players reacted immediately, reminding the black-clad judge that this brother had just eaten a yellow card, and after getting one, it was two yellows and one red, and sure enough, the referee first felt one from the jacket pocket and then from the trouser pocket.
Within two minutes of Southampton's delight, there was such a dramatic scene on the pitch that the fans were all bad.
The last 20 minutes of the game turned into a rollercoaster ride, and in the 80th minute, Southampton won a corner. Lallana whipped in a tactical corner and Drinkwater was not quick enough to let midfielder Schneiderling get the ball on the back foot, but the referee on duty was once again the protagonist, awarding Southampton a penalty by awarding Rudiger a puller in the box.
Lambert, who took the penalty, deceived Enyeama to make it 1-1, and there were huge cheers on the pitch at this moment, which sounded like it was not lost to the 129 decibels set by the German Ruhr derby.
The entire grandstand turned into a sea of red fire, and they cheered and raised their arms and shouted.
Mr Atkins, who has always been a gentleman, was also enthusiastically celebrated by his assistant coach, who applauded and congratulated his players.
That's the way it is on the pitch, when one day the referee can decide everything, the strategy behind the manager doesn't play a very good role.
Portsmouth had the upper hand for the first ten minutes, both on the pitch and in the confrontation, with two of Vardy's shots almost pulling the score away, but a single penalty would have destroyed the team's efforts for the entire game.
Andy Grey felt he saw the positive in the scoreline: "Martin, although the score on the pitch is 1-1, you have to admit that Hydward's team is infinitely talented, they have been pressing Southampton throughout the game, Southampton are still second in the Championship at this time, and it is no accident that Portsmouth have the quality to beat Reading! I've been impressed with Mahrez's frenzied attack, it's almost visible to the naked eye the rate of progress, it's a team to look forward to, isn't it? ”
Hydward has no intention of giving up the struggle, and he is not a character to be satisfied with a point.
'Portsmouth opted for substitutions, it's eighty-two minutes, there's not much time left for the bench to play, Lawrence comes on for Meunier, Icardi for Drinkwater, is Hydward crazy?'
Switching from a back four to a back three, leaving only N'Golo Kante as a barrier in midfield and Lawrence as the rest; Jamie Vardy and Icardi were both up front.
'Normally this kind of non-tactical move is only done by Mourinho, who hysterically piles up four or five strikers in pursuit of victory, and in fact it is not ......'
As soon as the commentator finished speaking, Kante at the back gave his sixth steal of the game, which was also the most crucial one. Lallana kept adjusting his pace after winning the ball in the hope of shaking off Doordy's defence through the change of tempo, but he focused on his feet and did not notice N'Golo Kante who had quietly come behind him.
Why does Hydward keep saying that this little Frenchman is an extremely smart player? In the first half, he showed perfectly how to steal the opposite base camp, and now the lad is playing how to jam the vision.
Taking advantage of Lallana's unpreparedness, N'Golo Kante suddenly stepped back at an accelerated pace, and Mendy had already noticed that his teammates who had silently rushed over to support him made full use of his playful attributes, deliberately exposing the gap on the right side for the opponent to exploit. Lallana flicked the ball, the ball was divided, and the next second, the man passed, the ball was lost, and Kante turned in a big arc to start playing Southampton's counter-attack.
Portsmouth up front fired four arrows, Manewaldi went to both sides to suppress the opponent's wing, Lawrence retreated to the front midfield to meet the two, and Icardi waited on the edge of the penalty area!
Southampton are at a critical stage of switching from attack to defense at the moment, with both midfielders and wide players not in place, especially the left side of Luke Shaw's penalty, at this moment Mane; Schneider and Lawrence form an offensive triangle in which there is only one Saints defender.
The ball was given to Schneider's feet, the old Shi was about to cross, but suddenly stuffed the football into the ribs between the full-back and the central defender, Lawrence changed his rhythm and looked at Icardi in the penalty area, but the ball paused and knocked back to Mane, who had accelerated into place!
This set of maneuvers tore Southampton's defence to pieces, and Mane was not greedy after breaking through the returning Hammond, and crossed to Icardi, who was a hundred times better than him.
Beryllium Emperor was about to shoot, but the goalkeeper made a save in advance, and then calmly chose a small angle to push a dead corner.
Martin Taylor's voice was still stuck in his throat, "Natural shooter!" Icardi! The eighty-third minute of the game! Portsmouth went over again! ”
It was a quasi-shut-out shot, and the game was almost killed, and Heidward got a rare thrill on the sidelines, running to Deller. Ali hugged him. "See, Ali, don't care about that red card, it's a miscalculation!" Ali didn't go far, and through the windshield Hydward could be seen showing the lad in the tunnel during the game.
The excesses drew an annoying fourth official, who went out of his way to persuade the manager to go back to where he belonged, and then the next second Hydward was surrounded by players on the pitch and celebrated another goal.
The intense rollercoaster slowly came to the end, and Mr Atkins opted for a series of substitutions after falling behind again, but this reasonable tactical arrangement did not help, and Southampton's plate of daylily was really cold after the last six or seven minutes.
Instead of pushing their arch-rivals off a cliff, they put second place in jeopardy, oh damn derby.