Chapter 397: Ball Style and Morale
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Phew-Manzioni gasped nervously and slammed his shoulder into Drogba, who was shooting with the ball...... At such a critical juncture, Manzioni's brain still maintained a high level of sobriety!
He was able to get the size of the collision right, and as long as he didn't knock his opponent out of the way and only slightly disrupted Drogba's shot, he could almost certainly help Newcastle escape!
Many times, the referee will not award a penalty in such a situation!
However, many times the idea is reasonable, but the reality is cruel!
At the moment when he had just touched Drogba's body on his shoulder, the calm expression on Manzioni's face suddenly turned to consternation...... A kind of surprise and regret!
Because he felt as if he had hit an iron plate, and he couldn't shake the Warcraft Drogba in the slightest except for the pain in his shoulder!
At this moment, the young player Manzioni suddenly realized!
Mistaken!
The Newcastle youngster finally realised he had overlooked a crucial point, and it was that crucial point that made his seemingly impeccable defensive plan a sad failure!
That is, his power is too far away from Drogba's power, too far...... In the FM2009 system, the [Strength] surname value of the Ivorian Warcraft Drogba is a full value of 20, while Manzioni's [Strength] surname value can only reach 15 after more than four months of deliberate training by Li Tongfan...... Therefore, under Manzieni's collision, the monster Drogba didn't even shake it, but bounced Manzioni away, and the football was instantly kicked out by Drogba with great force!
Bang!
The position near the penalty spot, was volleyed by Drogba vigorously, the football was as fast as a teleportation, Hugo Lloris did not have time to react at all, the referee's whistle had already sounded...... The ball is in!
1:0!
“…… goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooal!!! g――o――a――l…… goal…… goal…… goal!!! ”
“…… Drogba? The ball is in!! Warcraft's third shot of the game finally broke through Newcastle's goal...... In the 18th minute of the game, the score became 1:0......"
Chelsea, who were playing away, scored the first goal in the 18th minute of the game!
St James' Park was filled with boos that even every little grass on the lawn was shaky and bowed by the loud sound that came from all directions...... In the face of the crazy home atmosphere, the Chelsea players, who were ecstatic at the goal, did not dare to run to the sidelines to celebrate, as unruly as Drogba, and only stood in place and waved their fists at the frenzied stands...... At St James' Park on November 9th, there was only one person celebrating with impunity and no one else - Luis Felipe Scolari!
From the moment he scored, the Chelsea boss rushed to the sidelines and began dancing with his hands in a 'senile version of madness' samba...... Although behind the old Brazilian man, tens of thousands of Newcastle fans, tens of thousands of hideous faces, and the rain of debris have fallen to draw a discordant tune for his samba dance...... However, all this did not stop Scolari from venting his excitement to the fullest...... Scored!
One step closer to winning the race!
As long as they can defeat the madman Lee on this stadium, then all the media and football experts who have previously attacked them with disdain and ridicule will have to bow their noble heads and kiss their toes in the most humble way!
At this moment, Scolari couldn't help but imagine in his mind the refreshing scene of his old man scolding Fang Xuan and angrily scolding a group of villains and reporters who would only see the wind and make the rudder fall into the well!
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Li Tongfan actually jumped up excitedly at the moment of Drogba's goal, laughing and dancing, even crazier than the Brazilian old man Scolari!
What happened?
The Newcastle coaches behind Lao Li looked at their bosses dumbfounded, they couldn't figure out why Li Tongfan was so happy after being scored by the other party!
There is no doubt that if Lee Tong-beom is not the head coach of Newcastle, not the big boss who holds more than half of the team's shares, and not the "savior" who brings hope to the team's revival, it is not ...... If it weren't for the above, I'm afraid that the debris thrown down from the stands would have buried the stuffy man in it in less than three seconds!
Assistant coach Alan Shearer scanned the surroundings with a suspicious 360-degree rotation, and after not noticing any hilarious anecdotes that had happened, he cautiously walked over and patted Lee Tong-beom on the shoulder, and asked with concern, "Lee, are you uncomfortable?" Do you want to call the team doctor to check on you first......"
As he spoke, Alan Shearer's hand was on Lao Li's forehead, and it seemed that the assistant coach wanted to know if Li Tongfan had a fever...... Well, or some other medical condition, like being bitten by a dog...... Li Tongfan was stunned!
Immediately looked at Alan Shearer, then turned to look at the same concerned members of the coaching staff, and the stunned and overwhelmed fans above the dugout, and immediately understood what everyone was thinking...... "Hehe...... Guys, don't look at me like that...... Don't worry, I'm not sick, but I've finally found a way to contain Chelsea...... Haha, let's let Uncle Scolari be arrogant for a while, but I'm afraid that after the game, he won't have the strength to cry if he wants to...... Wha!! ”
Speaking of this, Li Tongfan suddenly couldn't help but laugh wildly again...... Cut!!
The concerned expressions on the faces of Alan Shearer and the members of the coaching staff disappeared in an instant, and they all raised their middle fingers and cast a disdainful look at the crazy back...... However, everyone's worries about falling behind the score disappeared without a trace in an instant after this outrageous conversation!
In fact, Li Tongfan did think of the crux of the Newcastle scene!
All the reasons can be described in two words, and that is - body!
Momentum!
First of all, Newcastle is too far behind Chelsea in terms of physical strength!
In fact, not only Newcastle, but also the entire Premier League, there are very few teams that can withstand Chelsea in terms of physical confrontation.
Ever since the madman Jose Mourinho arrived at Stamford Bridge with the aura of a UEFA Champions League-winning coach, Chelsea have become a muscular team with a violent aesthetic and the role of the body in football almost to the extreme!
And the current young Newcastle team has the opposite of Chelsea's characteristics, almost every hammer is more focused on technique, rather than relying on physical brute force, there are more Spanish players and South American players in the team, so it can be said that Newcastle is a team that takes the same technical route as Arsenal!
What are the most feared teams of technical streams?
Naturally, it was quite unreasonable and the body flowed out of the team!
The two styles of play are inherently compatible, as long as one of them has a slight upper hand in strength, then the encounter will definitely be a sweeping ending like a devastating one!
Newcastle and Chelsea today represent these two styles of play!
And for Newcastle, the real gap between them and the current Chelsea team is still relatively obvious before they have really grown. With a different style of play, Chelsea pose a far greater threat than the likes of Manchester United and Tottenham!
This means that Lee can use a trick to overthrow the Red Devils at Old Trafford, but he may not be able to beat Chelsea in the same way!
Since the opening, Li Tongfan has always felt that although he and the coaching staff made a detailed preparation plan before the game, he should have ignored something, otherwise he would not have been forced to be so embarrassed by the Blues with the [tactical package]...... And [Warcraft] Drogba sloppily in the Magpie Army penalty area several times and [Ghana Buffalo] Essien used the most savage kick to break Fernando Gago's backhand to find the Magpie Army's gap, and finally Manzioni was knocked away by Drogba in the penalty area, like lightning lit up Li Tongfan's mind, so that Lao Li finally figured out the gap caused by the style of play in an instant...... In addition to the physical, the momentum of the two teams has also undergone subtle changes since the start of the game - Chelsea's momentum has skyrocketed, while Newcastle's momentum is declining bit by bit!
In contrast, how can Newcastle not be in a situation of being passively beaten?
And it was Li Tongfan himself who caused all this!
The reason is very simple, Lao Li's choice to use the [4-2-3-1 Defensive Counterattack Tactical Package] at the beginning of the game was wrong, and it was outrageously wrong!
Originally, Newcastle used the technical flow route to play against Chelsea, whose overall strength was slightly higher than his own and the style of play was already half a beat slower from the starting line, but Lao Li chose to let the Newcastle little hammers with superior offensive talent use their worst defense to force the enemy's brutal attack...... It's no different from attacking the enemy's strongest point with your own weakest point!
To put it more vividly, that is, to hit someone else's fist with your own face!
The harder you push, the more it hurts!
Therefore, after ten minutes of fighting, the momentum of Chelsea, the "mourning soldier" who fought against the water, became more and more powerful after taking the advantage, while the confident Newcastle suffered a sharp decline in morale after repeated confrontation setbacks...... One boom and one down, the victory or defeat has been written on the electronic scoreboard in 90 minutes!
Li Tongfan, who has always been good at using psychological tactics to play and tease his opponents, lost in the psychological aspect in the first 20 minutes this time...... The reason for this is probably that Li Tongfan takes the role of the [Tactical Package] too seriously, and instead ignores some crucial details that make the [Tactical Package] really work...... Details determine success or failure, and that's true!
Therefore, Li Tongfan, who has been thinking about it all the time, finally figured out the key to this, how can he not dance with his hands excited?
Only by prescribing the right medicine can we solve the problem!
However, the question facing Li Tongfan now is how to turn things around in a situation where the style of play is restrained, the score is behind, and the morale is declining day by day.
(To be continued)