The Pavia Club can't afford not to fall for it.

This is their home stadium, and if they are "against Novara", they will be the ones who will be booed the most.

Tesel saw this, so he used such a vicious move, forcing Pavia to press up and attack.

And when the team's attacking core is still sitting on the field, the quality of the attack of the Pavia club is different.

They did squeeze Novara into their own half to defend, but Novara's defence was well arranged, and although Pavia looked to be playing well, they had few opportunities to invade the Novara penalty area.

Most of the time, Pavia's attacking players were cut off from outside the box or had a sloppy long-range shot, and they didn't have much of a good deal against the turtle-like Novara.

At the same time, the team's head coach, Mr. Donatoni, was also in a state of deep trouble.

What is the Novara Club going to do?

Mr. Donatony felt very annoyed, and according to Tessell's set-up, it seemed that they were deliberately making defense the main tone of this game?

If this is the case, then he can hold his ground for a while, let the players on the field pay attention to the opponent's counterattack, and in the second half, when the opponent's physical strength is about the same, he will send Descartes to give them a fatal blow.

As long as the home team can win, even if it is a score of 1:0, the next game will be easy to play, and it is impossible for the opponent to use such a shrinking formation in their home stadium, right?

But what if Tesel had other schemes? Maybe he was going to let Pavia's players press out to attack in the first half, drain their physical strength, and wait until the second half to suddenly counterattack, and then Descartes alone in front of him would not be able to do anything?

Or take advantage of the opposition to defend and bring Descartes on the pitch and use his tandem to score first? But after only ten minutes of play in the first half, what will the substituted players think?

Normally, the manager doesn't make a substitution in the first ten minutes, unless the player is injured, which can be seen as an insult to the substituted player. Pavia is a small club and every player is very important, and if the players have bad ideas because of this, it will have a huge impact on the team.

Sometimes relationships are an art that tests a manager.

So around the question of whether to attack or not to attack, to change Descartes or not to change, Mr. Donatony fell into a deep trouble.

However, by the 25th minute mark, Mr. Donatoni's frustration had turned to depression.

Because Novara scored.

It wasn't a spectacular goal, as the Novara's defenders broke the ball at the back and drove into the open space of the front court, and their striker Ventola won the race against the Pavia defenders before single-handedly taking out the Pavia's goalkeeper.

Throughout the goal, only two Novara players touched the ball.

This is the most classic defensive counterattack.

And Donatoni can't blame the defender for this ball, the whole team is pressing, and the defender can't not keep up, and the defender can't outrun when the opponent counterattacks, so it's not just admitting defeat?

And after scoring this goal, Donatoni has a new trouble.

0:1, I was still thinking about whether to attack before, but now I don't have to think about it, if you don't attack, you will die.

But do you want to replace it with Descartes?

With his physical strength, it is not that he cannot finish the rest of the game, because in the past, Descartes's playing time was strictly controlled, mainly because he was worried about what bad changes would occur in his physical condition after he was overtired, you know, he is still using medication all the time.

But once in a while, 7 or 80 minutes is acceptable.

But the problem is still the same question just now, after only 25 minutes of play, how to appease the replaced players?

The players are not machines, they all have their own thoughts and dignity, and they were replaced after just 20 minutes of the game, obviously saying that they are inferior to others, and whoever is replaced will have ideas, right?

Maybe hold on a little longer?

Mr. Donatoni almost stripped off the few hairs he had left, and he had no idea for a while, so he could only go to the sidelines and loudly remind his players not to forget to defend when attacking, and the back line should not be pressed too much.

But God seems to be working against him, he just reminded his players to pay attention to defense, and Novara scored again!

It's still Ventola, it's still a defensive counterattack, but this time the goal was conceded near the midfield line, the midfielders of the Novara team suddenly pressed and pressed, and the Pavia players were caught off guard, and the midfielder's backward pass was intercepted by Ventola, and then he kicked the ball to the side, and the Novara players ran all the way along the side, crossed near the baseline, and followed up with Ventola to beat Pavia's defender's header.

Both goals were quick counter-attacks after breaks, equally swift and equally clean.

At this time, Donatoni understood even if he was stupid, Tercel was ready to use defensive counterattacks to deal with Pavia.

In fact, his use of troops is just like what is said in the Chinese art of war book, with "no attack" as "attack", attracting the opponent to take the initiative to attack, and then attacking the opponent's vital points with heavy punches.

It's not like no one has tried this trick, but most of the time Pavia is in charge, and the opposing players, like today's Pavia players, can't help but press the formation up; Or when Pavia attacked, Descartes was also on the court, and the opponent wanted to press up, but found that there was nothing he could do.

Few teams have been as "shameless" as Tessell, who played "ugly football" with Pavia for more than ten minutes, forcing Pavia to give up his defense and press out to attack, and then he used his pieces to pierce the opponent's weak spots.

The boos of the crowd on the sidelines didn't seem to have any effect on him.

If you can lose to such a ruthless and thick-skinned opponent, it can be regarded as a good loss, right?

Donatoni smiled bitterly and shook his head, at this time, don't think about it anymore, it's 0:2, do you want the players to withdraw to defend?

It is estimated that if he really gave such an order, Tesel would be so happy that his mouth would be crooked.

So Donatoni waved his hand, and Descartes stepped into the field, replacing a defender.

At this point, the intention to switch defenders is clear, not because you can't do it, but because the team is going to work hard.

It is estimated that the replaced defender will not have any complaints at this time.

Descartes came into the game with a little bit of surprise.

Of course he knows Ventola and he knows that this player used to be the main player of Inter Milan and is very strong.

But he didn't expect that the opponent would almost single-handedly pick out Pavia's entire backline, and the two crisp goals were like two bombs, and the players who blew up Pavia are still dizzy.

Because these two goals are scored so easily, it feels like a hot knife has fallen into cheese, effortlessly.

It was only then that Descartes realized that this was the difference between the top players and the average players.

He was still complacent about his success in the third division, especially with Arsenal's £12 million offer, which made him feel like he was already a first-line star.

But after seeing Ventola's performance, he realized that he had not been exposed to the highest level at all, and he was still just a rookie to those giants in the First Division.

Even Ventola, who is already out of breath at the giants, is not something that players of their level can resist.

A fire burned in Descartes' heart, both Novara and Ventola were the best opponents he had ever faced, and he would have to step on their bodies if he was to be worthy of his £12 million offer.

So Descartes held back his strength and began to run and press aggressively as soon as he got on the field.

However, the formation of the Novara team changed again, and they replaced Ventola with a midfield defender.

This is the rhythm of carrying out the "iron bucket" to the end!

It turns out that Tesel has already made up his mind, and in this game, his goal is not to take all three points at all, as long as he can take away a draw from the Pavia Municipal Sports Center, he will be satisfied.

His original plan was to take advantage of Ventola's sneak attack to score at least one away goal, then defend with all his might and try to level Pavia on the road and then fight to the death when he returns home.

However, Ventola brought him an unexpected surprise, he actually scored two goals in three minutes, giving Novara a two away goal advantage.

And at this point, it would be inappropriate to say that Tesel has no ambition to win.

He replaced Ventola, which was a strategy that had already been formulated, but the replacement of a midfield defender was obviously to strengthen the containment of the Pavia midfielder, especially Descartes, Novara had two goals in hand, even if the opponent scored one goal, he would still win.

It's great to be scored two goals by the opponent, but it's still the same as the original plan, and you won't lose anything.

The cup is a home-and-away knockout system, and it is definitely not a good idea to fight hard at the opponent's home stadium.

Tesel has already made up his mind to trade this victory with minimal effort, and even if it is a draw, it will be a victory for them.

He doesn't believe Pavia can score two goals at home to Novara.

So when he saw that Pavia was replaced by Descartes, he decisively followed suit, and it can be seen from this substitution that Novara is determined to defend it.

Isn't it too early to play the whole game after only 27 minutes and be ready to defend?

Of course, Mr. Tesel does not think so, it is an attitude to stick to it, and as long as the attitude is correct, the result will certainly not be too bad.

As a result, the backfield of the Novara team became a vast ocean, and more than a dozen players on both sides were crowded into this area of no more than 50x68 square meters in length and width, which was simply a mess.

What's even more ruthless is that in order to completely control Descartes, Novara sent two defenders to deal with him.

Whether Descartes runs from left to right or back up front, he always has a defender following him like a ghost, and another player not far away.

In this case, Descartes' desire to break through is basically wishful thinking, even if Ronaldo is replaced, I am afraid there is no way.

But when he wanted to pass the ball, as soon as he looked up, he would find that there were opposing players everywhere, and Novara, who had given up the attack, withdrew all 11 players to his own half, and the Pavia players in white jerseys rushed into the opponent's half, like small droplets rolling into the sea, and even a shadow could not be seen.

It's impossible to get the goalkeeper and all the defenders to press on with them.

It was probably the most depressing game Descartes ever played.

When he was in the World Junior Championships, he also encountered the Turkish team that was good at defense, but Turkey would try to counterattack anyway, how could it be as superb as Novara: I just don't play half the court, I just don't attack, see what you can do to me!

However, they also scored two goals first, and they were full of confidence.

For the first time, Descartes saw how strong a professional team can be when they want to defend at full strength.

You can't rush through, you can't pass in, there are as many people on the side as there are in the middle, and the ball is full of people everywhere, and there is no way to play this offense.

If you want to say that the original move against the Turks was a side cross, it was because of the natural defects of the Turks, and there is such a "master" as Foti in the Italian team, but the current Novara defenders are tall and big, and their wings are also solid, and the bottom cross is definitely not good.

Of course, this does not mean that Novara's defense is seamless, if you meet the "Dream Three" Barcelona or the peak Manchester United, their defense is still not enough, because these teams have Messi, Xavi, Iniesta, Xiaobei, Ginger Head, Giggs, these players' individual ability is several grades higher than the Novara players, even if they put a bus at the door, it is impossible to stop the destruction of these superstars.

But Pavia is not the "Dream Three", nor Manchester United, their level is even lower than Novara, how can Descartes alone play such a tight defense?

You can't expect the Pavia players to suddenly open their heads and make thirty or forty uninterrupted passes with Descartes, and if they could do that, they would be in Serie A by now, not in C B.

So Descartes felt a kind of helplessness, very helplessness.

He was with a football, firmly blocked by the opponent's defenders outside the 40-meter danger zone, he wanted to cooperate with his teammates, but the players either could not understand his intentions or his skills were not strong, intercepted or destroyed by the opponent, he desperately walked and ran in the front court, but in exchange for repeated failures and interceptions.

In the last 20 minutes of the second half, Descartes finally gave up his efforts to cooperate with his teammates, and he began to sprint frantically into the opponent's penalty area with the ball again and again.

Two equally proud and paranoid people face the same fate, Kobe Bryant lost O'Neal, he can only carry the whole team on his shoulders to sprint, and Descartes has never had "O'Neal", he is trying to carry the whole team on his shoulders to sprint.

Descartes' performance shocked his teammates, and many of Pavia's players clenched their fists tightly as they watched him be cut down by opposing defenders like a log. They began to run even harder, covering for Descartes, pulling open blocks for him, and even blocking the running lanes of opposing players for him.

Unfortunately, their abilities were limited after all, and Descartes still couldn't find a loophole to break the opponent's iron bucket.

The game continued until the 92nd minute, and Pavia was still down 0-2.

Descartes' eyes were already red, his jersey was white and black, like a camouflage uniform, and his feet were full of red marks, all of which were the records of the Novara defenders, who admired Descartes but would never show mercy to his men.

The referee has put the whistle to his lips, and maybe after this attack, he will blow the whistle for the end of the match.

Descartes felt a wave of powerless fatigue welling up in his heart.

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