Heidward's rapid changes to the layout caused a ripple effect on the form, with Portsmouth ditching their wide midfield in favour of piling up heavy men in the 30-metre area in front of the box. Freier and Toni Rudiger form a twin-tower partnership, and the roles of the two full-backs Meunier and Edouard Mendy have changed, with the two big and tall centre-backs behind them being the main targets of the attack, and the addition of these two who are not particularly good at chasing back, which means that Portsmouth's full-backs must be able to pull back into the middle of the pitch.

The realignment at the back largely caused the Portsmouth defence to be uncomfortable and flustered, and when Cardiff City came from the west, south and east, like Pompey's army, the most recent shot was just half a centimeter away from the goal.

Ward nibbled on another apple on the sidelines, which he bought at a local boutique supermarket in Portsmouth, and his wife always told him that it was best to eat one or two a day. "Sit down, Finnan" he patted the turf beside him without figuring it out, and when he looked up, he realized that it was Walker, who had already been caught up in the stands, and Ward then said, "Walker, you can take it easy." ”

Walker's eyes were full of anxiety, and his trembling hands had betrayed him, and even Hydward's attempts to remind him to calm down had no effect. "Ward, 12 shots on goal, 7 on target, three goals and two just a little bit closer, obviously they're in good shape, we should figure it out together, you don't need Mustafi and you should have replaced him sooner......" he crackled like a bean.

"He's still young," Hydward said, "Walker, look at him, he's still a kid, what do you want me to do?" Replace him and tell him you're rubbish, get out of here early? Oh, even if I lose this game, I don't think there will be any serious consequences, let alone not lose, let him stay. I gave him 17 games, and I can't afford to play 10 minutes? ”

Walker was speechless for a moment, his eyes turned to the pitch, Cardiff City's shot was just a few centimeters away from the goal, and his heart almost jumped out at that moment. "Alas, can Frell kick? He wasn't fast enough to chase back, and the guy named Bobby kept attacking him behind him. ”

Ward was also watching the situation, he looked at the assistant coach, and Walker saw the answer in his gaze: "Yes, you let Mendy fill behind them, Benjamin has always played well......

Half a minute later, Portsmouth's counter-attack was cut off, allowing the frightened bird to jump out again, "Norris can't pass any good balls at all!" But in the next second, N'Golo Kante smashed the block from the diagonal side until he combined to disrupt the attack with the help of his team-mates.

Another two minutes...... The usually quiet man was a talker, with Cardiff City's shot being denied by a focused Enyeama. With 14 shots on goal and 9 on target, the intensity of the game is usually the same, and two of Portsmouth's players have been slightly exhausted. "Well, can we stop it?" Pessimism crept through him.

"Let's eat one" Hydward got up and pulled out another fruit from his backpack, as if he was too tired from sitting cross-legged, and he also took out a small portable bench for fishing from his treasure chest and put it away, preparing for a long battle. Facing the verdant fruit that was on his lips, thinking of what he had just said, Walker was indeed a little thirsty, swallowed his saliva, and couldn't help but take it and nibble on it, his lips and teeth fragrant.

The footage on the sidelines accurately captured the scene from Portsmouth, and the commentator couldn't help but joke at the moment of nervous commentary: "Heideward seems to have robbed the nearby fruit shop this time, compared to the German coach Loew's snack-dropping snacks, Ward should be the manager with the most food I've ever seen, honey bread, doughnuts, scones and all kinds of fruits, it's so delicious, Ben should invite him to be a guest in an issue." ”

This light-hearted attitude affected the fans, but also the Portsmouth players, and Hydward's calm and poise greatly affected the morale of the team, as if it were an invisible contempt for Cardiff City, who did not care about the attack of the enemy!

"Walker, you should go back to the dugout and get ready, I don't know if the team can stop the wave of attacks, but there should be some turnaround" Ward bit the tip of his tongue and said slowly.

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What turnaround?

From him, Mustafi, at least he has the innate resilience of the Germanic people. The banished centre-back unexpectedly cut into the Cardiff City penalty area before latching on to Jamie Vardy's cross to deliver a quality attack that was more dangerous than any other Portsmouth had in the first half, with close, powerful and strong spin on the ball. Centre-backs who like to cut forward are generally not pleasing to the manager, but you have to admit that they can hurt others as well as themselves, and that goal forced Tom Heaton to make a world-class save when he subconsciously fell to the ground just to slap the ball out with his hands before being cleared off the touchline by a defender who caught up.

The goal was much more than that, and Neil Warnock on the sidelines gave the order to stop the attack after being shocked into a cold sweat. Bobby and other forwards and midfielders began to slowly retreat and control the ball.

There were three reasons for Neil's decision: there were some clashes with his coaching staff, defensive coach Levington pointed out a few minutes ago that there were plenty of gaps in the team's midfield, Vardy had been in four or five dangerous places, and Portsmouth could have had more than one one-on-one goal if it hadn't been for the lack of a pass at the back. He felt that Cardiff City should properly recycle the players to breathe a sigh of relief, keep the lead and put their energy into the second half of the campaign. But assistant coach Harry has a completely opposite opinion, he advocates that the soldiers are fast, and use courage and speed to take away the opposite side in waves, to put it bluntly, it is reckless or cowardly. After analyzing the pros and cons, Neil was already slightly inclined to Levinton's line of thought.

The second reason is that after Bobby crossed the hurdle of his life several times in a row but couldn't get past Kante, Whittingham in the midfield seemed reluctant to continue to feed him the ball, and he felt that his teammates had made the mistake of playing tricks again, and the coach's past will not send him cannonballs to keep him calm and calm. This back and forth, the midfielder and the striker have contradictions again.

The third reason, and the most incomprehensible, is that Neil doesn't seem to want to kill Ward, he maintains the demeanor of a gentleman like a gamer.

Whatever the reason, Cardiff City did stop in the 40th minute, moving away from aggressiveness and playing wellness football. Just like the Dunkirk retreat in World War II, Germany stopped less than 20 kilometers away from this naval city when it could eliminate the allied forces in Dunkirk as quickly as possible, Guderian looked up to the sky and sighed, this stop gave the Anglo-French army a chance to breathe, gave Montgomery a chance to become famous in the first war, and gave 3.36 million soldiers a chance to regenerate electricity.