Chapter 63: Killing Luton
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Lao Liu's confidence is based on the analysis and understanding of the opponent, since the year before taking over Wellingham, it has become his habit to conduct detailed research on each opponent, and now in the club, there is a three-person team dedicated to him in this regard, Luton Town is a typical offensive and defensive team, which is also an important reason why they were relegated from the Championship last season, they introduced several defenders in the new season, but this problem has not been completely solved, And to face Luton with a League Two promotion horse, and is the legendary opponent of Luton promotion, they will definitely press out to play this game, with the existing rear lineup of Wellingham, it is more difficult not to lose a goal in the game with Luton, the key is to attack, to score one more goal than the opponent, this is the tone set by Lao Liu for this game.
So in this game, Lao Liu did not use the usual four-four-two formation, but put out a three-four-three formation for the offensive battle as soon as he came up, and there were three central defenders on the back line: Elliott, Bout, Bishoff, the midfielder four-person diamond-shaped position, David Merris dragged behind, Sinclair and Cambas on the left and right, Morrens in front, and the three forwards were Held, Peterson, and Hackby, this lineup is a crazy lineup in the words of the on-site commentator, just waiting to be bombarded by Luton, Even die-hard Willingham fans who traveled with the team to watch the game on the road couldn't help but be a little worried.
After the opening, Luton Town, under the organization of Warren Feeney, launched a mercury attack in the front, David Merris had to retreat to the penalty area to help protect, coupled with Johnson's high and low block, it was barely able to cope with the first fifteen minutes without conceding a goal, but everyone on the field felt that it was only a matter of time before Luton scored a goal, and even Luton's coach showed a determined smile, sure enough, in the sixteenth minute, there was a goal on the field, but it was Helder of Willingham who scored. One of the Luton team's attacks was kicked by Johnson near the midfield, Morens, who grabbed the first point, took two steps horizontally, shook the Luton midfielder who pounced, and a hidden pass passed between the opposing fullback and the central defender, Hakby, who had not been able to get the ball, suddenly appeared in front of the fullback, buckled the ball, and passed directly to the penalty area, Pouterson carried the opposing defender and pushed it back with his foot, and Held, who was following him, lightly hoisted the ball into the goal, at this time, Luton's goalkeeper just turned his attention to Holder.
The whole stadium was silent at first, and then the three hundred supporters of Willingham began to celebrate with a loud decibel sound, and the fans of Luton Town did not seem to accept this situation, after the kick-off, Luton's attack became more ferocious, but the midfielders also strengthened the strict defense of Morens, in their opinion, cut off the midfield pass of Willings, the three forwards of Willingham lost their fire support, Sinclair and Cambas simply did not have the energy to plan the attack, Sure enough, there was no good chance for Willingham for a period of time, and Luton's attack hit the post twice, Xue Lin looked at Lao Liu a little nervously, "Their offensive exceeded our imagination, can our plan be realized?" "Don't worry, it's still us who take the initiative, they will be out of balance if they don't score again, but if they score now, their mentality will be out of balance, in short, when they are out of balance, it's time for us to score again."
Just when the Luton players began to get anxious, their long-awaited goal finally arrived, in a scuffle in the Willingham penalty area, Luton fired three shots in succession, and finally hit the third kick into the thigh of Bishoff and bounced into the goal, the moment the goal was scored, several Luton attacking players collapsed to the ground.
"Are they getting up?" Lao Liu looked at Xue Lin with a smile, "Maybe, but I bet twenty pounds, their current thoughts are more of a relief and psychological exhaustion, and our players, especially those in the front court, are estimated to be about to explode." ”
As Lao Liu said, after the equaliser, Luton not only did not take advantage of the situation to further strengthen the attack, but made several mistakes in the following minutes, and the bad manager began to yell at his players on the sidelines, but this did not have an immediate effect, Luton made a pass mistake in the front court, Elliott passed the ball diagonally forward, at this time the opposing two players were ready to jam Morens's passing route from both sides, but unfortunately Elliott's foot did not pass to Morens, Held, who retreated from the winger position to the middle, controlled the ball, brought it to the ribs of the opponent's penalty area, shook a central defender in two consecutive feints, and kicked the ball to the position that the opponent's goalkeeper wanted to come out of but did not dare to play.
The remainder of the first half was clearly not enough for Luton to make any more counter-attacks, and they kept pressing their opponents but fell behind for most of the time, and several Luton players actually quarreled on the way to the lounge.
"Everyone has worked hard, in the second half we must completely destroy their self-confidence, in the first half there was a lot of pressure at the back, but everyone withstood the pressure and did a very good job, especially Sinclair, you used your experience to control the opponent's right channel, seriously curbed the opponent's attack on the right side, but your physical exertion is too great, in the second half Keller replaced Sinclair, we reverted to a four-four-two lineup, Elliott played left back, Keller was right, Bout, Biskhoff were in the middle, Helder to the left midfield position, Pay attention to the reasonable exchange of positions with Morens, the principle is to make their defenders scratch their heads, understand? Everyone responded in unison, and morale is now at its peak.
Obviously, in Luton's lounge, these fifteen minutes were not comfortable, but the opposing coach was not an idiot, and when Luton's players came on the field in the second half, the expressions on their faces relaxed, except for the firm eyes, they couldn't see too much pressure, but Lao Liu knew that if they scored a goal, they would all go crazy. But if they equalise again soon, the outcome of the game is not easy to say.
Luton's coach also thought of this, so he also changed a player, strengthened the protection of the middle of the penalty area, and the corresponding offensive force was also weakened to a certain extent.
After Keller moved to the right side, with years of experience in the Premier League with Leeds United, several defenses not only succeeded in making Luton's left midfielder Sneoder useless, but also caused Snoder to retaliate for a foul after a perfect tackle, and was shown a second yellow card by the referee. Just before the opponent had time to adjust the lineup, Cambas and Morens had a simple and wonderful one-two, a low cross, Poterson in front of the goal jumped high, and at the moment of the top ball, he was knocked down from behind by Luton defender Stone-Davies, who had lost his position, and the referee immediately blew the whistle, penalty, and yellow card.
Helder made it overnight, Lao Liu immediately replaced the running cramping Hakby with Song, and the lineup changed to four-five-one, the strong midfield made Luton disjointed, and the tactical ideas on the field began to be chaotic, and it didn't work to replace two players in a row, two minutes before the end, Stone-Davies put down Morens again behind his back outside the penalty area, and was also sent off with two yellow cards.
Facing the promotion favourites, 3-1 away and two penalties, Liu's first win in League One got the London newspapers excited......
"Dude, I've earned back those two points I lost with Barafort, haven't I? And, the game with that Dickens has just begun, and I'll let him know that contacting me in this way is his biggest failure, and trust me, he'll realize it, it won't be long. Lao Liu and Tommy touched the wine glasses in their hands, suddenly made an exaggerated grimace, and walked towards the beautiful woman on the dance floor.
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