Chapter 186: The End of the Competition
"Am I wrong with my tactics?" Looking at his tired players on the field, Worrall was extremely uneasy, pacing back and forth on the sidelines anxiously, looking at the huge display screen in Highbury Stadium from time to time.
2:o The bright red numbers undoubtedly tell the picture of the situation on the pitch, and it was already the seventy-third minute of the game, who would have thought that Arsenal would rewrite the score again just a few minutes after scoring the first goal, and the key to the assist was still Pire, but the man who scored the goal became Bergkamp.
Who can now have the level of Bergkamp Athletic, which is already old, declining?
It's just that this scene is what Leverkusen doesn't want to see, the continuous rain has not stopped, even if there was a lot before, but now the rain has returned to its original state, and this situation has a great impact on the players, especially Keni.
At this time, Kenny could clearly feel the fighting spirit coming from Henry on the other side, especially after he completed the goal.
This is the second meeting between the two, with Kenny and his Bayer Leverkusen already on the back foot, but he doesn't want to taste defeat.
Kenny also tried his best to help the team equalize and reverse the disadvantage with his excellent performance, but today his legs seemed to disobey the call, and the raindrops that kept dripping on him could not bring him a refreshing feeling, and Kenny's whole body was eroded by sweat in the sweltering heat, and he almost felt out of breath.
Taking advantage of a throw-in, he ran to the sidelines, took the water handed by Neuville, and drenched himself all over the place, seeing Kenny's appearance, Neuville was also worried, but the coach Worrall's arrangement could not be questioned by the players, so he could only keep cheering for Kenny on the sidelines.
At the same time, the commentators at the dismissal also saw this scene, and they couldn't help but sigh: "There is no doubt that from the situation on the field, Bayer Leverkusen has completely fallen into the wind since the start of the second half, and the two goals have almost crushed their continuous rain and intense physical exertion, becoming the biggest enemy preventing them from recovering their disadvantage."
We won't comment on the tactics of manager Worrall, but as things stand, if Worrall has no back-up, the game will end here. ”
As commentators have noted, the situation needs to change, so the tactics need to be adjusted, but the question is, does Worrall still have a backhand?
The answer, sadly, is no.
Worrall personally sent himself and the team into a dead end, it is true that his tactics are more like Tian Ji horse racing, giving up his relatively weak midfield to strengthen the attack on the front line, and it is indeed a good way to avoid the situation that the team loses tandem after the midfield is crushed, but Wenger did not give Worrall any chance, and Pire's arrival directly made the already powerful Arsenal midfield like a tiger.
Their high-frequency, short-distance passes did not give the Leverkusen a chance to succeed, and Barberto and others could only fall into a cycle of intense physical exertion, and in such a situation of not having the ball, the strength of the forward line was more like a castle in the air, and could only watch the ball pass at the feet of the Gunners, but they could not touch it at all.
Finally, the Frenchman Wenger still gave a good lesson to Worrall, who was the first manager, although Worrall on the sidelines was on pins and needles, but what was even more bitter was the players who fought fiercely on the field.
There was no scramble because the Arsenal were smart enough not to give them a chance.
Running back to the field, Kenny joined the ranks of the grabs with all his might, and his physique and passing ability were improved after the completion of the previous task, which also gave Kenny a certain ability to fight, after all, 81's physique is not a joke.
At the same time, in the process of grabbing, Kenny's mind was constantly thinking about what to do, because he didn't want to lose to that hateful Henry.
However, the situation on the pitch made him feel powerless, and the two goals and bad weather wore away the desire to counter-attack, and the players retreated to their own half to defend, so that even if Keni managed to grab the ball, he could not successfully launch a counter-attack.
After a while, Worrall, who hesitated repeatedly, still made three substitution adjustments, replaced the physically exhausted Zifkovic with Novotny, and Gresko replaced Emerson, these two substitutions can be decent, all for the sake of substitutions, and simply change a defender with sufficient physical strength, and will not change the tactics, and even the strength of the two players who came on the bench forced Zyfkovic and Emerson to be a step behind, but no one...
The third substitution was the focus of criticism from commentators and fans alike, with Worrall coming on for Neuville to replace Ballack.
From the 78th minute to the 82nd minute, Bayer Leverkusen coach Worrall made three substitutions in succession, the most notable of which was the replacement of Ballack by Neuville. From this actual action of Worrall, it can be seen that he admitted his mistake, and he knew that his tactics were wrong.
But what is the use of substitutions at this time, and the Bayer Leverkusen midfield, which has lost Ballack's tandem, has lost their original power. In fact, Bayer Leverkusen's midfield is not so weak, and being able to play with a team like Bayern has proved their strength without falling behind, and didn't they win the last time they played against Arsenal? ”
"But Worrall took the initiative to discard the armor on his body just for a sword that looked sharper, and who could have this sword be more lethal than the previous spear?"
Under the taunts of the London sports commentators, time slipped from the toes of the players little by little, and there were only five minutes left before the end of the game, and it was clear from the confident smiles on the faces of the Gunners that they had won the game, and the Gunners fans in the stands sang their ballads again.
'Come on Arsenal, Arsenal, you don't want to get a point from Arsenal, the champions of England are going to be heroes, the goals are hard and fast, the red and white shirts show how good they are.'
Four minutes... Three minutes... Two minutes... Perhaps God had mercy on the Leverkusen man, and he finally gave Leverkusen a chance to regain his dignity as the game drew to a close.
In the 88th minute, Beinrich took advantage of Arsenal's player Petit to grab the ball, and he was already physically and mentally exhausted, so he didn't have time to think about it, so he used his strength to send the ball to the front
(End of chapter)