Chapter Eighty-Four: Bruges, Here We Come (Part II)
"How's the other game going?"
Immediately after returning to the dressing room, the Antwerp players were immediately concerned about another cup semi-final.
Although Yu Liang didn't show much concern in the pre-game interview, he still looked at assistant coach Gunther with the eyes of the expected wing.
Although Gunther knew the result of the first half of the match between Club Brugge and Jult Wahrem, he did not say it directly, but looked at Van Ake.
It was only after getting Van Ake's approval that he said: "2-0, Brugge have a two-goal lead away from home. β
"Can we win the final against Club Brugge?"
After saying this, Lart realized that he had made a mistake and immediately closed his mouth.
Club Brugge may not be the most successful team in Belgium, but they are certainly one of the biggest clubs in Belgium.
They have won a total of 13 league titles so far, and seven times in the seventies and eighties.
As the defending champions, although there is little hope of defending their title this season, their results are quite consistent, and they are firmly in the top three of the table.
Playing a cup final against such a first-division giant, it is indeed a lot of pressure for the players in Antwerp.
With an aggregate 4-0 lead, Club Brugge is set to reach the final.
Hearing the news from GΓΌnther's mouth, Yu Liang was overjoyed. Because only by playing against strong teams can he know the upper limit of his strength, and he can understand how much potential he still has to play.
But Larter's words directly made the dressing room dull.
After frowning for a moment, Yu Liang spoke directly: "Guys, are we thinking too far." β
He tried to change this dreary atmosphere.
"Can we win the final against Club Brugge? It's up to you Ralt to say it! You must know that we have not yet reached the finals, and if your words are heard by the people of Morse Gaulen, they will not vomit blood! That's too much to look down on us! β
Although Yu Liang found a tactical loophole in Mosgaulen in the first half. But he didn't make much use of it, just tried to pass the ball with two feet, and he was ready to go back to the dressing room and discuss it with Soleimani.
"Then let them vomit, spit and spit and get used to it!"
King Dong's words directly amused the players.
The dressing room, which was originally relatively dull, became lively again because of laughter.
"Yu Liang is right, it's not time for us to think about the finals. So, guys, please take the second half seriously! β
Van Ack picked up the conversation and continued.
'You did a good job in the first half. In the second half we were still defending and counter-attacking. The first thing to do is to stabilize the defense, Yu Liang, the first half performed well! On the counter-attack in the second half, when there was no chance behind the play, Darren you can try to cut inside, and Dries has a chance to assist. Yu Liang, when they attack, you have to pay more attention to filling in the position. Alright, guys. Come on! β
Van Ake only emphasised the counter-attack, and did not make any tactical adjustments.
After Van Ack walked out of the locker room, Yu Liang sat directly next to Suleimani and said his thoughts.
"But I can't press it out."
Soleimani is an attacking player. In this game, he was asked to defend on the wing, so he played very awkwardly.
Listening to Yu Liang's words, he was a little moved, but when he thought of the task given to him by the head coach. He was a little helpless.
"You don't need to press out every time you attack! I'll give you a signal, be decisive in the front! β
After talking to Suleimani, Yu Liang found Biga and Ferjans again. In case of a passing error himself, Suleimani could not come back after the assist, and he had to rely on Biga and Ferjans to fill in.
"Don't worry, no problem!"
With the assurance of Biga and Ferjans, Yu Liang has absolute confidence in reaching the final.
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The second half of the game started quickly, and after returning to the stadium, Yu Liang took the lead in kicking off.
After the football was passed, it came to Yu Liang's feet.
When Yu Liang received the ball, Suleimani, Biga and Ferjans immediately looked at him.
Yu Liang knew what they meant, but he didn't give a signal to attack.
Facing the pressing of the Mosgaulen players, Yu Liang directly distributed the ball to Gibson on the side.
Most of the offense in today's game was organized by Gibson. He also wanted to see if Mosgalen had made any adjustments in midfield by organizing the attack through Gibson.
Compared to the first half, Mosgaulen's pressing was much stronger. Gibson made a number of return passes down the flanks before regrouping the attack. Although he finally completed a pass, he was directly cut off by Mosgaulen.
As soon as the ball was broken, Mosgaulen went on the attack. To progress to the final, they will have to tear apart Antwerp's defence in the second half.
Yu Liang immediately found that their left-back Joffrey assisted after Mosgaulen broke the ball, and the whole offensive routine was still the same as in the first half.
Their two wing-backs swapped positions, with left-back Joffrey having a lot of range of movement and basically becoming a libero up front, drilling where there was a gap.
The two players who dragged behind at the back were their right wing-back No. 3 Charlett and defensive midfielder No. 22 Yassin.
After confirming that Mosgaulun did not change his offensive routines and defensive tactics, Yu Liang immediately launched a sweep and pressing in the backcourt.
Repeatedly disrupted Mosgaulen's attacks off the touchline and thus did not get a chance to counter-attack.
It wasn't until the 62nd minute of the game that Yu Liang got a chance to counterattack.
However, because of the pressing of the Mosgaulen players, Yu Liang could not pass diagonally to the left side to launch an attack, and could only distribute the ball to Gibson on the right side.
After Gibson won the ball, he quickly dribbled forward, and Dries also began to cut forward according to Van Ake's arrangement.
Dribbling up front, Gibson began to move towards the middle, giving way to Dries who had the assist.
After Dries appeared in Gibson's parallel position, Gibson passed diagonally in front of Drees.
Dries, who was cutting forward at high speed, caught up with the football, and made a slight adjustment to cross directly.
After the start of the second half, King Dong has been paying attention to his own movement, for fear that he will fall into the opponent's offside trap again. After confirming that he was not in an offside position, King Dong immediately judged the landing point of the football and launched a grab. However, under the interference of the opposing two players, King Dong failed to reach the football and was cleared by the players of Mosgaulen.
Mosgaulen midfielder Osusara received the ball on the edge of the box and immediately rushed towards Antwerp's backfield with it.
Because Dries and Gibson are both in the front, Yu Liang directly fills the position of right wing-back.
After losing the barrier in midfield, Mosgaulen's attack quickly had an immediate effect. After advancing to the 30-metre area, Osusara played a direct pass to Jofrey, who was high speed forward on the left.
Joffrey smashed the ball in his chest and fired a shot straight from the right side of the box.
However, the shot hit Mihem's body and bounced to Yu Liang's feet.
Yu Liang, who got the ball, watched the Mosgaulen guard line press near the middle line, and immediately stepped forward with the football, and waved his hand at the same time.
He won't let go of such a good opportunity to counterattack.
Soleimani on the left immediately rushed forward decisively when he saw Yu Liang's big hand wave.
At the same time, Gibson, who had just returned to the backfield, immediately turned forward after seeing Mihem block the opponent's shot.
After taking a few steps, Yu Liang directly made a diagonal long pass and passed the ball to the left side of the front court. Because the opponent's guard line was pressed very forward, Yu Liang's pass was very deep.
When Yu Liang got the football, Mosgaulen's defenders were retreating.
When Yu Liang passed, Gazigham, who had been on the right side, immediately chased after the football.
Also chasing after football is Suremani.
Although Gazigm and Suleimani started to rush towards the ball at about the same time, they were far away from the ball because Suleimani retreated deeply.
So there was a game of speed and fury at the Bosul Stadium.
Amid the cheers of the fans, Suleimani gradually approached Gezigum.
In the end, Suleimani was the first to grab the football by more than half a position. Suleimani, who grabbed the football, made a sharp stop after accelerating, directly shook off Gezigmu, and rushed towards the penalty area with the football.
After bursting into the penalty area, defensive midfielder Yassin, who was dragging down the middle, rushed straight towards Suleimani.
As soon as Yasin moved, the gate of Mosgaulun appeared in front of King Dong.
After receiving a cross knock from Suleimani, King Dong shot directly into the net, 1-0. (To be continued.) )