Chapter 057: Two Consecutive Wins in the League (3)
Blackburn Rovers were sent off just over 20 minutes into the game, and Babbel's impulsiveness caused a momentary change in the situation, and the scales of victory gradually tilted in the direction of Wolverhampton.
After referee Barry showed the red card, Wang Li stood up from the ground intact, jumped twice, and signaled to his teammates who were a little worried next to him that there was nothing wrong with him. For his behavior, the referee Barry felt unhappy for a while, although this was an obvious red card, but he hated the pretense of the players on the field very much, obviously nothing happened, but he wanted to pretend to be uncomfortable to show him, and he felt a little annoyed with this black-haired boy in his heart.
And now the most annoyed is Blackburn head coach Lem. Sonnes, in just 20 minutes, the team has become a ten-man battle, originally the beginning of the game was pressed by Wolverhampton, and now there is one less person, how to play? Before the referee signaled the kick-off, he immediately walked to the sidelines, called the captain Fricroft, and told him to defend with all his might for the rest of the first half! He has no hope for this game, Blackburn, who is fighting with ten men, will not be able to win at Molineux Stadium, not to mention that today's Wolverhampton attack is surprisingly fierce, which is not at the same level as the first half of the season!
Wolverhampton got a free kick, which was on the right touchline, more than 40 meters away from the goal, and the angle was very bad, so Kennedy also directly made a low pass to Wang Li, who was bouncing next to him.
Wang Li took two steps after receiving the ball, and when he saw a Blackburn player coming up to snatch it, he immediately kicked Newton on the left wing. Newton ran two steps forward, stuck the chest of Emmeton next to him to stop the ball, and controlled the ball at his feet, and Emmeton behind obviously would not let him pass the ball so easily, and kept stretching out his foot to hook the ball by his side, his body only stuck to Newton, making him difficult to play, and motioned to Taylor in front of him to come over and wrap it with his eyes.
However, Newton is experienced, he will not give the opponent a chance to wrap up, his eyes swept the form of the front, and he pushed the ball directly to Cladorik who was inserted in the middle, and now the Blackburn team even striker Gallaher has come back to defend, so Kladorik in the backfield is not willing to be lonely, and he is directly inserted into the middle, ready to attack with the team.
Seeing the ball rolling in his direction, Cladorik did not stop the ball and pushed it directly to Butler on the right. After Butler got the ball, he went directly to the bottom line, although his speed could not catch up with Wang Li, but he was also the top in the team, Neil who was scrambling next to him had no choice but to follow Butler all the way to the bottom line, at this time Blackburn's forward guard Gresco also ran over.
Near the corner on the right, Butler covered the ball with his body and swept his eyes to a man in a white jersey who didn't even see who it was, and stabbed the ball between Neil's legs.
That person was Wang Li, who saw that Butler was in some trouble and immediately followed, and after getting the ball, when the Blackburn players were not in place, he rolled the ball to the middle.
The nearest Blackburn player's first reaction was to stretch his leg to reach the ball, but the ball was too fast, the ball passed through the slits of several players, and went straight to the edge of Blackburn's small penalty area.
However, the ball was blocked by Tugai in the penalty area with his body and bounced to the left, at this time, Harrierson, who was about to disappear from the front court, suddenly appeared in front of the ball and shot hard at the flying ball! It's a pity that the ball flew out of the bottom line against the goalpost, making the cheers of the fans in the stadium suddenly stuck in their throats, and then there were some happy cries from the Blackburn fans.
Harilson knocked on the top of his head in annoyance, lowered his head and walked to the backcourt, in fact, as long as the ball was picked, the goalkeeper could not react, he was a little excited just now, so the strength of the shot was not mastered well, and he secretly regretted that he had wasted another good opportunity.
Although the goal was not scored, Dave was very satisfied with the performance of teenager Harrierson.
Harilson is rarely involved in tactical coordination, and there is little outstanding individual ability, but he can always be in key positions at important moments, which is no longer explained by luck, it can only be said that Harilson's nose is very sensitive as a striker, and he can always find the most suitable position. If this continues, as Leeds United manager Reid commented, Harilson is likely to become the second small plane, Montella.
The next game made Wolverhampton's fans cry higher and higher, Blackburn, who had one less person to fight, couldn't really attack, and the back three couldn't defend Wolverhampton's offensive at all, and they only wanted to play defensive counterattacks occasionally, but this simple wish was difficult to achieve, the ball couldn't cross the middle line at all, Andy in the front. Cole received little support.
At this time, Wolverhampton's goalkeeper Oakes was obviously the most idle person on the field, he had not touched the ball for more than 20 minutes, and the bored Oakes even half-crouched in the middle of the goal, and waved his hand at the audience a little funny, which caused a round of good-natured laughter from the fans.
However, all the players of the Blackburn team have also seriously hindered Wolverhampton's attack, the penalty area is full of people, and the cooperation cannot be played at all, even those big teams are very headaches in the face of such a tight defense, let alone Wolverhampton.
In this regard, Wang Li has nothing to do, and he, Newton and Kennedy can only continue to send high-altitude shells to the penalty area, hoping that the team's forwards can grab a good point, as long as they can score a goal first, the game will be much better.
However, Miller, Harilson and Cameron, who has already played as a center forward, are not too tall, they are not good at heading, and after the ball is passed to the penalty area, it is often directly cleared by Blackburn's defenders, so Wolverhampton's attack is almost useless, and Lem on the Blackburn bench. Thonnennes also breathed a sigh of relief, if he continued to fight like this, Wolverhampton's morale would be polished a little bit, and at that time, it might be a chance to counterattack!
In such a dull game, time passed slowly, and the first half had come to an end. Although Wolverhampton were playing at home and failed to score in the first half with one more player than the opposition, Dave in the dugout was calm, he was very happy with the team's performance in the first half, and he had already thought out the tactics for the second half, and he was not worried about it.
The first half was over, and the Blackburn players breathed a long sigh of relief, they hadn't experienced such a bad game for a long time, even against Manchester United and Arsenal, they wouldn't be so passive, but fortunately they held the goal, the score was still 0-0, they still had a chance, didn't they?
The Wolverhampton players were clearly unhappy with the scoreline, and in the first 45 minutes of the first half, they controlled the ball, controlled the form, and created a lot of dangerous chances, while the opponents were more tired and filled the holes with their bodies in their own penalty area, but the final result was completely different from the scene. But that's the case on the football field, as long as you don't score goals, no matter how well the scene is played, the performance is extravagant, and it is meaningless.
In Wolverhampton's dressing room, the players were a little silent and they were ready to take Dave's saliva. And unexpectedly, Dave didn't blame them, but walked into the locker room with a satisfied smile on his face.
Clearing his throat and waiting for all the players to look at him, Dave said: "The first half was very good, in front of tens of thousands of fans at our home stadium, without embarrassing the team. It's a bit of a shame that we didn't score, but that's okay, there's still half the game to go, and if you try to score a goal, you can directly break Blackburn. ”
'In the second half, Pitt and Cardock, you two came on in the second half for Miller and Cameron, and you were standing in the Blackburn penalty area and shooting when you could. Allen, Newton and Butler, the three of you get the ball and look for a chance to go straight to the small penalty area, and we use a continuous stream of high balls to break their bucket formation! ”;