Chapter 46: Lose when you should lose

There are a lot of things in a day today, and I have been writing intermittently, and my thoughts are always unconnected......

On Petersburg's home field, in the face of more than 10,000 home fans, the five hundred Wellingsim who came with the team did not fall behind at all, neat fan clothes, scarves, team flags fluttering, big drums beating the melody of the battle, and each person had a big score card, with the red "four" written on it, and there were four pages inside, which could be torn off in turn, and after tearing off the "one", it was a big club logo and trophy pattern, at that time, Willingham had been upgraded.

But it seems that Shang Yanjing can't get used to Liu Luyi's arrogance, less than five minutes into the opening game, the main goalkeeper Johnson collided with the opponent's striker, and knocked on the post, he was unconscious at that time, and was rushed to a nearby hospital, and the substitute goalkeeper Steve entered the fight without any warm-up.

In this game, Liu Luzhen made a certain rotation, due to too many games in the front time, Helder and Morlens did not enter the squad, Tyno and Miller took their place, and Dablin was only sitting on the bench, for this team that wanted to win the game very much and stabilize the play-off qualification, Lao Liu put on a strict defensive position, to be honest, he didn't think about winning, and the tricks against Kasur couldn't be used immediately, not to mention that there were only four points, and there was no need to die here, focusing on stability, and now the main goalkeeper is injured again, Liu Luyi simply let Miller retreat to the midfield, and played a steady counterattack like Staunton.

After several successive attacks were blocked, the Petersburg team began to change their thinking, and after making a feint to attack the wing, seized the opportunity to hit a few good long-range shots, and in the sixteenth minute, midfielder Scott's powerful shot flew nearly 40 meters, drawing a beautiful arc from between the right post and the crossbar, and Steve did not react at all.

"Damn, it's not going well today." Lao Liu rubbed his hands helplessly, and then signaled to the players on the field, don't be affected by the opponent's lucky ball, continue to maintain their rhythm, and let Techno strengthen the steal in the midfield, even if there are more fouls, to minimize the opportunity of the opponent's long-range shot, Scott's kick just now is absolutely world-class, if he is allowed to easily get up, it will definitely cause a lot of psychological pressure on the young Steve.

The aggravation of the defensive task in the midfield means that the strength of the organization of the attack will fall on the two fullbacks, Madis and Shaker began to press frequently in turns, because there is only one point in front of Pouterson, and so Lao Liu asked them not to pick up the ball casually, and strive to cooperate with the full-backs to go down or force the opponent to foul in exchange for a free kick, after all, there is now a free kick master on the field, Tylenol.

As the clock ticked by, the two teams had reached a balance of attack and defence, and now it looked like it was difficult to score goals except for a mistake or a miracle, and in the first phase of the game at Wellingham's home, the two sides ended up in a 1-1 game, the scene was extremely dull, and both goals were scored from penalties.

In its own sound plan, Lao Liu did not count these three points, the biggest difference between Petersburg and Kassel's team is in the coach, Petersburg's old coach McFarlane is an absolute old fox, it is customary to lead the low-level team to play the play-offs, today's play-offs must have a position in Petersburg, which is recognized by everyone, the more he plays the stronger the team, the more experienced, and Staunton bullying the soft and afraid of the hard is in stark contrast, so, in his home stadium, it is still more difficult, as long as you can get a point, It's easy to do, and winning one of the remaining four games can be directly promoted, but an unexpected goal conceded made Lao Liu start to have a headache again.

At halftime, Lao Liu didn't say anything in the first half, just told everyone to pay attention to speeding up the ball, at this time the news came from the hospital, Johnson was mild concussion, there was no big danger, but at least a month can not play football, Lao Liu couldn't help frowning, can only rely on the young goalkeeper, fortunately now the advantage is very big, if it really comes to the critical time, maybe this is a fatal blow.

After the start of the second half, the Petersburg team did not want to hold on to the lead, as if they were now behind, two people in a row, under the transfer of the old coach, did not give Willingham any chance, unfortunately, just ten minutes after the second half, Willingham made another mistake, the central defender Toby passed back when the power was too small, although Steve tried his best to rush to the ball faster than the opposing striker, but his big foot clearance did not kick the ball far, The opposing player, who was caught up by another player, met him and fired the ball into the empty net.

The momentum of the Willingsham fans was hit hard again, and although they were still shouting for the team as always, the sound was clearly not as loud as it had been.

Toby, who was chasing back, took the ball out of the net and kicked it into the midfield with no expression, Techno came over to comfort his teammate who had made a mistake, and Steve kicked the post with a frustrated face.

"This game is going to hang." Xue Lin shook his head beside him.

"It's not hanging, it's definitely losing." Lao Liu thought for a while, "Substitution, let Techno and Patterson go off the court, and replace Kevin Moore and Reed." ”

"What, aren't you going to give up the game?"

"Yes, I'm just going to give up this game, now the mentality and movements of the players on the field are a little bit deformed, don't you see? They wanted to win the game so badly, but obviously we didn't have much chance of winning, so I was a signal that I need to take responsibility for this defeat and not leave the pressure to my players. ”

"But it's going to have a bad impact on our games in the future."

Lao Liu took a deep breath and waved his hand, and the people around him knew that the meaning of this gesture was that there was no need to argue anymore, so Xue Lin had no choice but to replace him according to Lao Liu's idea.

Sure enough, as soon as the substitution began, the Wellingham fans in the stands let out a sigh, but they still applauded quickly, thanking the two absolute main players who were replaced, Lao Liu also walked to the sidelines, shook hands with the two, beckoned to the bench to sit down, and then made a calm action to the players on the field.

The game was still going on, and Wellingsim still didn't have a chance, and the final result was 0-2.

Back in the lounge, Lao Liu said, "You should lose today's game, go and prepare for the next game for me." Nothing else reacted, except for Steve, who opened his mouth as if he had something to say, hesitated for a long time and swallowed back.

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