Chapter 40: Facing Swindon! (below)
Obviously, he has played too much chicken blood to the team recently, resulting in more excitement and more rational calmness now, and Mi Chu can only shrug his shoulders and leave in the face of this situation!
And after the start of the game, the players of Leeds United also took advantage of this passion to launch the Swindon team's bombardment! The mercury-like attack pressed the opponent without the slightest breath!
However, I don't know if it's because of the excitement or the reason for forgetting to bring the shooting boots, Leeds United's cooperation is always a little bit of luck in the final link, and it is often only a little bit away from scoring!
And as the game time went by, the Swindon team gradually began to adapt to the bombardment of the home team after the initial panic!
The sense of position between the team's defense lines and the help between the players are becoming more and more timely, seeing that his team's attacks can only return in vain, not only the mood of the players on the field began to be anxious, but Mi Chu also began to be a little worried! You must know that this kind of scoreless situation in front of you is the most likely to make players too inclined to attack, which leads to mistakes in the backcourt!
Seeing that the opponent's fence was getting tighter and tighter, Michu pulled Delph, who was drinking water on the sidelines, to explain, "After breaking through on the side, try to pass the ball back to the front of the penalty area, and tell Mark and others to strengthen the long-range shooting in the frontfield", the best effect of breaking the dense defense is the long-range shot, of course, there is no shortage of long-range shooters in the team is also the reason why Michu is relieved to explain.
The impact of the opponent's dense defense on the team's attack will be understood as long as you look at the struggling performance of Muller on the right side, the space is too narrow to make it impossible to play its own characteristics, and this feeling of deflated is the most uncomfortable!
Poyet also saw the team's hidden danger on the side, poked Michu and said, "Do you want to consider Candor"
After listening to this, Mi Chu tilted his head and looked at Kandal, who was watching the game seriously on the right side, "It's still a little early, and the half is not over yet!" Let's wait and see, but let him warm up in 30 minutes! Poyet nodded and began to rummage through the technical manual in his hand, thinking that Candor would be on the field next to arrange offensive and defensive tasks!
Sure enough, Leeds United, who had changed their strategy, began to strengthen their long-range shots, but the Swindon team's timely blocking also made this tactic much less effective!
Today's Swindon is really here with a side! Maybe he wants to get farther away from the relegation zone, or maybe he doesn't want to be the foil and background for Leeds United to make history, in short, Swindon's defensive performance is really an eye-opener for Michel!
Swindon are in good form at Elland Road and have strict defensive discipline that they deserve a better league position in Michu's opinion, but the opponent's current position in the table only shows that their consistency is not enough! Mi Chu shook his head unconsciously!
But after thinking about it, my own problem is not over, what kind of mind is it for others!
"While Leeds showed versatility and versatility in the opposition half, Swindon's defence showed great resilience!
The strong tactical discipline they showed in the 30-meter area of their own half made the efforts of Royce and others come back again and again! Seeing this, Coach Michu has already started to warm up his substitutes, how will Leeds respond to such a stubborn defence?
The opponent's retrenched defense made the whole Leeds team look extremely anxious throughout the first half!
"It's just a bunch of shrunken turtles!" Back in the dressing room, captain Kilkenny's complaints were met with approval.
"That's it! And that left wingback Neil or something, it's just a gummy! I can't shake it off," Mueller said indignantly as he clutched the drink in his hand.
Listening to the chatter in the locker room, Mi Chu was also helpless. Encountering such a team with a leaky defensive organization, Mi Chu's few offensive methods are all useless in front of the opponent!
Luckily, you'll only run into a few times a season with a sudden burst of offense or defense! And often at this time all you need to pray is that these two things don't happen to the same team at the same time.
"I understand your frustration and your frustration, but I want to remind you again that we are a team that wants to win the championship.
Of course it's important to be able to win, but if we're going to win the title, we need points, and only getting points will help us stay ahead of the table!
But your mood on the pitch will be taken advantage of, once we drop points it will have a big impact on our subsequent games, the team will become passive!
Of course, I understand that breaking records is a beautiful thing, and being a part of history is perfect!
But we couldn't afford to make mistakes in the second half and we played such resilient football against the other side!
That's right, Thomas, Mark, you all heard it right, I'm complimenting them! What you have to do is calm down and give them a chance to breathe, and then their defense will no longer be flat, only with space will we be able to find their holes, and only when they stop retrenching will we have a chance to break the deadlock!
So, my little brother! Stay calm, don't make mistakes, be patient, be patient, be patient, be patient! Remember, Heaven will not treat the patient hunter badly! ”
After hearing this, the players were a little confused. Can you score goals like this when you can't attack strongly? But doubts are doubts, and everyone did not express any dissatisfaction!
"Do you really think that's okay?" Poyet asked, confused.
"Of course, you didn't see that their restricted area was full of people! There's no room at all! The players on both sides are all in the penalty area, and the team's attack needs space! And this depends on our own voluntary retreat," Michu said with a look of certainty.
"Okay, you're the boss, you have the final say! But do you need to be replaced with Candor? Michu looked at Thomas, who was tilting his head and frolicking with Royce.
"Wait a little longer" If the tactics really work, Muller's role on the field will be even greater!
"Then I see, let the team control a little more, and have more lateral safety transmission may induce the opponent to save and defend, right?"
"The idea should be fine, as long as you don't attack in the first half like in the first half," Poyet began to change the team's tactical deployment.
The halftime break ended quickly, and when he was about to play, Michu said again with some worry, "We must implement the tactics formulated by the midfield, what I want is a change in the offensive rhythm!" ”
In the second half of the game, although the players were somewhat reluctant, the discipline that the team had cultivated before still came in handy, and Leeds United's control of the attacking rhythm began to slow down, and more cross-cutting and back-to-back feet also made the Swindon team's defense slowly begin to press forward!
And the frequent large-scale shifts have also allowed Leeds United to gain more width and more space, which is a very good sign in Michu's opinion! You have 30 minutes to go, so there's still plenty of time! Michu believes that as long as the team remains patient enough, then he has a good chance of winning nine in a row for the first time in his coaching career!
Sure enough, with the advance of the Swindon defense, Muller and others began to get opportunities in the opponent's ribs.
"I'm still a little anxious! The pass is still a little hot, if only the luck was better" Poyet said to Michu, who looked serious beside him, and Michu nodded approvingly, the team now just needs a little more patience!
"Leeds United didn't continue to storm the opposition goal like they did in the first half after the midfield adjustments, the pace of the game slowed down a bit, but the current situation seems more like the silence before the storm!"
Before the commentator's words could be heard, Leeds suddenly picked up the tempo of the transmission, and Delph on the left made a fake facsimile dunk after receiving a pass from Kilkenny at the back, causing Ben Parker, who was inserted at high speed, to take away the defenders.
After winning the ball in the middle, Reus did not choose to continue to make a 2-on-1 combination with Delph who cut inside, but chose to use the outside of his right foot to rub out a curling ball.
Muller is once again in a key position! Muller roared frantically after stabbing the goal, and all the Leeds United players also flocked over, and the players who had been aggrieved for nearly 70 minutes finally found an outlet!
Muller also used his weird running to verify the correctness of Michu's decision not to replace him, and Michu, who saw the team's tactical changes paying off, also excitedly high-fived Poyet next to him!
After falling behind, the Swindon team also seemed to be a dying old man, and he couldn't hold his breath for 70 minutes, and the next game once again entered the familiar track of the team!
And Swindon's next performance can only be described as a mountain of defeat! In one go!