Chapter 15: Away (I)
The most difficult thing for the team is this kind of away game, and in the end it is a matter of money. It is about 258 kilometers from the city of Portsmouth to Ipswich and takes about 3 hours by car.
If Hydward has the money, they will arrange a local hotel stay a day in advance, and they can also arrange a step-on training session on the day of the match.
The accommodation and food of the whole team of twenty or thirty people are really unaffordable.
At 7 a.m., buses were arranged, everyone left on time, and if there was no traffic jam, they could have lunch in Ipswich.
Barton, the bus driver, was familiar with everyone, so he naturally didn't care about what he said. This is an uncle with a big belly, a famous American general, and a fan of cigarettes.
"Ward, is he the head coach of the team at such a young age, and was he a professional player before?"
The big guy is obviously particularly interested in this issue as well, and has been getting along for nearly a week or so. Hydeward's image of a tough, decisive and intelligent coach has gradually taken root in the hearts of the people, and the boring and boring character characteristics of life are also known to the players.
Everyone actually has this question, what was the boss like in the past?
The car was quiet for a moment, only the sound of the wind blowing on the glass, Portsmouth is a port city, and the wind is quite strong all year round.
Hydward crossed his legs, a tactical board lay flat on his thigh, the green magnet represents his own player, and the purple is the opponent. The black lines crisscross like a swimming dragon, the dotted lines are running without the ball, the solid lines are the passing routes, and occasionally there are areas specially marked with red pen.
He was stunned at a green magnet at the moment, there were only ten players on the tactical board, and it was the one in his hand that was deducted.
Ward rubbed his somewhat stiff face and said, "Let's go."
He didn't want to answer the curiosity of the players, he didn't want to say it and couldn't say it.
"Boss, Etuhu and Alain haven't arrived yet", Haim counted the number of people again, and there were still two people missing.
Everyone was waiting here at seven o'clock, and now it's half past seven and still hasn't appeared.
Ituhu is Portsmouth's right winger and can be played as a winger in a position that can also be played as a winger, and the Nigerian has spent two seasons at the yet-to-be-founded Manchester City and has a Premier League scoring record.
25 years old, fast, and no other characteristics, typical black and fast. People are not very self-disciplined, and they rely on their natural speed to barely come to the Championship to eat.
Allan is a right-back and has just been promoted from the youth team at the age of 19. Compared to left-back Danny's quick advance, he has no advantage in terms of speed, but Allan has the advantage of being solid defensively.
When the youth team plays, he is a full-back with excellent fighting ability, and if you want to describe it, 502 glue is the most appropriate.
"Drive."
Hydward's voice wasn't your average cold, and he hated people who didn't have a sense of time.
"This ......"
Haim also wants to persuade everyone, everyone can wait, the bus going out has two main forces, it doesn't look like it.
"Patton drives."
Ward repeated, and the driver's uncle felt the manager's annoyance, so he reluctantly closed the cable-stayed door and turned the key ring.
The car is a very ordinary bus, 5-70,000 euros each, the short journey is OK, after a long time of sore back pain, the athletes can't stand it.
The average team will have their own exclusive bus, which is not cheap, and it is still standard to start at 120,000 euros. Portsmouth used to have one, but now it's owned by a bank.
Uncle Patton flicked his tail up nicely, and the car drove onto the road.
…………
"Wait, wait"
You can hear shouting from outside through the car window.
Alain, the young man, was riding a bicycle, his butt off his seat, his back on the faucet, and his legs pedaling much faster than in the training room.
Hydward glanced at the handsome young man, ignored it, and his eyes drifted to the Nigerian around the corner of the road.
There is no anger in his expression, he just keeps staring, staring hard.
Etuhu was still holding breakfast in his hand, symbolizing that he had run two steps and chased the bus before stopping, waving his hands in an awkward and ridiculous manner.
He withdrew his gaze from the window and said in the eyes of the whole car: "Keep driving, don't stop." ”
This sentence is not only for the driver's uncle, but also for all the players.
Hydward continued to focus on the task at hand, and the magnet in his hand was Lawrence, a question that he hadn't figured out last night.
On the white tactical board, there are two completely different sets of tactical designs, but the formation is 442.
442 has a very special position in today's world football, and today when the back four system is still popular, whether it is Mourinho's 4231 or Wenger's 433, they have evolved from this and added something of their own.
From a formation point of view, there should be no players who are not familiar with 442.
It's just that what role Lawrence plays in this "2" is troubling.
Spot-grabbing strikers and drag-back strikers are two of the more "soft" types of strikers that are best suited to the Irishman today.
The attacking nature of the point-grabbing is the source of all the goals, and it is also more dependent on the support of the team-mates behind him. He'll always be on the same line with the opposition defenders and won't make any running demands, so he needs his teammates to constantly fight for points and create opportunities for him, otherwise he will be isolated. If you don't do it right, it's as if you're missing someone on the pitch.
Inzaghi's embarrassment in the late stage of AC Milan, in addition to his own reasons, is more tactically due to the weakness of Milan and the greatly reduced response to the front.
The back-up striker is a very creative role, and the main purpose is to build a bridge between the forward line and the midfield, which is usually used when the team lacks a playmaking core up front. He usually drags back to the gap to find a kill for his teammates, so the striker often has a more aggressive class next to him, and a striker or a forward second striker (shadow striker) is a good choice.
It is difficult to find a typical representative in world football in 2011, perhaps Real Madrid striker Benzema can be regarded as a stupid horse who is willing to be a green leaf next to Ronaldo, which is far more important than many people think.
Hydward's dilemma is, Lawrence made the safflower, who was going to make that green leaf? Who will make the red flower after making the green leaves?
The car is driving fast on the highway, and the scenery outside the window is like a slide, and at first it tastes like a little taste, and it is boring for a long time.
The team members got up early in the morning, and many of them were sleepy in the car after a while, and it was a three-hour drive, which was more than enough to sleep.
The Irishman was in a much better mood after last night's conversation, and fell asleep with music plugged in to his phone, not paying attention to the slightly malicious eyes of the manager behind him.