The situation on the pitch went in the direction Heidward had expected, and Michu, who was heavily defended by N'Golo Kante, did not have any chances for the entire first twenty minutes, and Michu was cut off, while De Leari's long-range shot almost caused the goalkeeper to save the ball, and it was clear from the smile of Klose who followed up that he would not have missed such an opportunity if the goalkeeper was not careful.

The rain on the pitch was still fine and dense, and Hydward took two steps ahead, the water and mud on his sneakers were so heavy that he wondered if the shoes were still his own. The good mood just now vanished with this heavy foot, and he couldn't help but shiver when he breathed a gust of wind, and the white towel was blown by the wind and floated in front of him, and the branches and leaves at the far end shook wildly, as if he was cheering for the game.

"The wind is blowing?" Ward stretched out his palm and muttered to himself.

As soon as the wind came, the rain instantly decreased by three points, the fans with umbrellas in the stands were carried by the wind and shook two steps, and a direct pass from De Bruyne on the pitch was blown off the course by the wind.

"Headwind?" Ward frowned instantly, there are always all kinds of accidents in the game, he pulled his throat and shouted to attract the attention of the players on the field, "Retreat, retreat, go to the defense", he shouted.

Although the Portsmouth players did not understand, they gave up a great attacking opportunity and slowly retreated towards their own half, and Srna, who was closest to the coach, ran to the sideline while someone fell to treat him.

"Coach?"

As soon as Srna said two words, Heidward pointed to the air, and the experienced Croatian captain instantly understood that the boss was referring to strong winds, and he had encountered a bigger and worse storm when he was playing in Ukraine, and a goal kick kicked by a headwind stopped in mid-air, and then turned to fly to his own bottom line, so that the opponent got a corner, and this was only a corner kick, and he had seen the goal against the wind.

If you encounter a strong wind in the game, then today's game will be divided into two parts, half of the time you can play with the wind, half of the time you can only play against the wind, and those who are experienced know that you don't expect to score goals if you play against the wind.

"We're lucky" Hydward said to Srner's surprise, the wind is blowing like this, kicking against the wind, is this lucky?

'It's a huge advantage to play 90 minutes a game against the wind in the first half and a tailwind in the second half, and it's almost 25 minutes since the clock passed. Hydward rolled up his sleeves and showed his watch to Srna, "For every minute we spent in the remaining half, they lost a minute to score. ”

Srna nodded, then asked, "Now?" ”

He played a lot of games, but he still had little experience of playing in the wind, and of course Edward didn't have any experience, so he could only use his mind quickly and give players some good advice.

For a long time, "Boss, if we don't try not to kick the ball in the air, the higher the ball flies, the greater the resistance, keep the ball on the ground, I'll let them stand farther away." Srner made a solid suggestion, and Ward didn't have a solid idea for a while, so he nodded in agreement.

The leaves were flying in the sky, the branches were shaking even harder, the ball thrown by the caddie didn't wait for the player to stop and turned and flew back towards the caddie, the fans fled from their positions, and the warning zone of the stadium was full of people, because that was the farthest the fans could run.

At this moment, a lightning bolt struck Hydward's brain.

"Srna, wait," he called.

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"We're not retreating." Seeing the paramedics send the opposing player off the field, Hydward quickened his speech, "Let Margery stay on the defensive line and stay there!" ”

"Huh!?" Srna looked back in bewilderment.

'Listen to me, our aim is to stop the midfielders from getting the ball to the strikers through the ground and to force them to play high. "When the weather is nice, we do it as a gift to the opposing side, but don't forget that it's windy and Swansea's forwards can't catch up with the ball over the top, no matter how fast they are, so I decided that their pass was either out of the line or easily picked up by Keylor Navas, so I told Keylor Navas to be aggressive and run out of the box to block the ball for us." Let the wind help us defend. ”

Srna looked at his coach in amazement, and held back for a long time before saying, "Good idea! ”

Seeing off the vice-captain, Hydward glanced at the passionate and angry Laudrup, stuck out his tongue and licked the drops of water on his lips, like a poisonous snake preying on its prey.

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When Srna conveyed the coach's instructions to the field, the Portsmouth players all showed admiration for their manager, and the football had a direction.

Hydward kicked the mud off his feet and walked to the assistant coach next to him. He smiled and said, "Walker, go check it for me, make sure everybody in the dressing room has a new pair of cleats, check the socks, and make sure the players don't play on the pitch in wet shoes for the second half." ”

Walker gestured to OK to show that he understood, then went back to the dugout and called the staff over, and Ward took out a note from his pocket with some precautions. It's not a nice day to play on a rainy and windy day, and he has to get the defenders and goalkeepers to pay attention to the rebound. On slippery surfaces, balls flying in the air will quickly become faster on first contact with the ground, and many of these balls will pass directly past players who can't adjust themselves in time.

He has to ask the players, especially the defenders, to be aware that when the ball is still flying, he has to move quickly and make judgments, and he can't wait for the ball to hit the ground and react, the ball will fly directly and uncontrollably past the defender to threaten the goal.

Hydward was busy watching the game, the bench was busy, the Portsmouth players on the pitch were frequently disrupting the opponent's attacking rhythm, and the ball was constantly flying in the sky.

He clasped his hands around his chest, wiped his rain-stained hair to the side, his eyes burned, his meticulousness, his shrewdness, all infected the players. Portsmouth reacted too quickly, almost to Swansea, almost to Laudrup, and before he could react, the opposite side had already completed the tactical arrangement and adjustment, Freire dragged back to play the defender, and the defensive counterattack posture was only put on the table in an instant.

There is a famous saying in world football, called: offense depends on talent, defense depends on the coach, the quality of a team's defense can directly see the coach's skills, as for whether to score goals or not, sometimes the player plays a much greater role than the coach.

So, when the first half of the game was coming to an end, De Bruyne completed the nth inward cut of the game, and against the strong wind, he swung his thighs hard, looked at the faint light from the street lights outside the field, and the ball flew out in the next second. If such a ball is in normal weather, it will definitely fly off the field or be picked up by the goalkeeper, Kevin opened his arms to feel the storm, the wind left the ball in the stadium, behind the Swansea defence!

Above the vast free field, the wind swept up the dark clouds. Between the dark clouds and the stadium, a black lightning bolt flew proudly.

Piles of dark clouds, like cyan flames, burned on the field. Storm! The storm is coming!

Sadiomane, the haughty petrel, exclaimed, "Let the storm be more violent!" ”