Chapter 70: Expanding the Advantage (1)
The matter is finalized like this, Van den Boray is also more interested in Lao Liu's suggestion, at least it is more convenient to enter the Premier League after a year of mixing in the Championship, Fiorentina and Dortmund are still a little less tempting to him, especially the two teams are not lacking in defenders now, and they must not be able to play the main force now.
Now the final step is the problem, Willingham must move up to the Championship this season, otherwise Van Den Boray's move will fall through and Dhareval may not be willing to go on loan. Lao Liu returned to the club satisfied, but the game in the second half of the season was still waiting for him, so there could be no mistake, when Murphy learned that Lao Liu had used the identity of the Championship to operate as a player, he stared at Lao Liu like a monster, thinking how this boss did things so recklessly, Lao Liu didn't bother to explain, anyway, Murphy only needs to do his own thing is enough......
After the winter transfer period, some teams that hope for promotion have more or less increased a certain strength, and the lineup has been adjusted to a certain extent, only Willingham has not changed in the slightest, and now there are basically no positions with more than two players to rotate, and Lao Liu uses a variety of collocations to deal with different games, and the effect is good, just because Helder's performance is too good, so that Morens can often play after 80 minutes of the game, and gradually this current Welsh international has a lot of complaints, As a result, it began to be rumored in the media that he would move away at the end of the season.
Since only the top two in League A can qualify directly, the third to sixth need to play the play-offs, and the team that finally gets the first place in the play-offs can be used as the third promoted team, and anything can happen after entering the play-offs, so Lao Liu is still firmly eyeing the first two directly promoted rankings.
After another four-game unbeaten run, Wellingham finally got their wish and moved up to second place in the table.
This year's League One is becoming clearer and clearer after about two-thirds of the matches, and the situation is similar to what everyone estimated before the season, the first group is very clear, the first four teams bite more tightly, all for the two direct promotion places, and the ninth place is an example of the eighth place reached as much as ten, has basically launched the play-off competition, Willingham is now ahead of the seventh place has reached 12 points, if nothing else, the qualification for the play-offs has been guaranteed, Now it's time to hold on to the first group and wait for the right moment to pull away from the third-place position.
The current third place is the favorite for promotion at the beginning of this season that was favored by everyone, the lowest odds, the traditional powerhouse Nottingham Forest, they did lead for a period of time at the beginning of the season, but then due to injury problems, they were gradually caught up by the Blackpool team, giving up the first position in the league, and in the second half, they were surpassed by Willingham, and now they are two points behind Willingham Wood, five points behind the first Blackpool, and this time coincides with the second meeting between Lao Liu and Nottingham Forest in the league, In the first half of the Nottingham Forest's home game, Lao Liu relied on Hakby's brilliant goal and Johnson's perfect play to achieve a 1-1 draw, and this time he returned to Lenovo Fengyun Stadium, if he wins, he can gain a great advantage in the competition for direct promotion, so Lao Liu has put a lot of effort into preparation......
"We don't have too much luck." Xue Lin, who has been in Shanghai for a long time, sometimes pops out a few words of Mandarin with Shanghai flavor when he is in a hurry, his English is average, so he and Lao Liu have always spoken in Chinese, "Since the eighth round of the draw against Willingham, Nottingham Forest has been constantly troubled by injuries, and now they meet us again, but coincidentally, their injuries have healed, and it is a complete lineup, how can we be like angels." When Lao Liu heard this, he couldn't help laughing, "No problem, let's have a strong dialogue, we are all the main forces." "It's really going to be a tough one." Xue Lin asked with some concern, in the last game, in fact, the gap between Willingham was still relatively obvious, and it was not easy to draw, but the game was played to this point, and everyone had no secrets, and it might not be a big name to outwit it.
Goalkeeper: Johnson
Defenders: Madis, Bout, Biskhoff, Keller
Midfielders: Sinclair, David Merris, Held, Cambas
Forwards: Pouterson, Dablin
It is indeed the main lineup, the only change is that Huckby who scored on the field was unexpectedly replaced by the veteran Dablin, this season Dablin has been in a semi-retired state, not many games played, and generally just take the ball on the field, control the rhythm of the game, and fight against the strong central defenders in the English League One has made this veteran of nearly forty years old a little unbearable, in such a critical game, such a strong opponent opposite, Lao Liu sent him, everyone was a little surprised.
Obviously, Lao Liu and Dablin had a long secret conversation before, and Dablin is now very clear about Lao Liu's purpose for sending him on the field, and he continues to boost everyone's morale in the lounge.
The game began, according to the previous deployment, after the midfielder got the ball, he was not in a hurry to give it to the front, but used the continuous interspersed running position between the players, and divided the ball to pull the opponent's defense, looking for a breakthrough, Dablin was far away from the penalty area, basically retreated to Held, and from time to time did a block and cover, and Helder would be cared for by the opponent's two players every time he tried to break through, and Helder did not break through, and immediately distributed the ball to the side when he found something wrong. And once the goal is conceded, all the players will fight back on the spot, and at the same time calmly stand in a good position, not giving Nottingham Forest any chance to attack, halfway through the first half, the scene is still very dull, neither side seems to be willing to take the lead in launching a strong attack and leave a bunch of gaps for the opponent.
Lao Liu sat steadily on the bench, as if he was just conducting an ordinary defensive training.
In this lukewarm game, Willingham unconsciously changed his position, Dablin retreated to the vicinity of the midfield, Helder once took the ball and passed to Dablin, suddenly cut diagonally to the right, and Patterson also moved sideways to respond, plus the right midfielder Cambas stepped forward, instantly formed a personnel advantage on the left side of Nottingham Forest, and Dablin also made a gesture to pass the ball.
Nottingham Forest's defenders understood at that moment, it turned out that Helder had changed to the forward line, and couldn't help but press towards his left side with two central defenders, only waiting for Dablin's ball to come and block Helder and the rest of the team.
But Dablin didn't get up the high ball, a flat push, and Helde stopped sharply, turned his back to the Nottingham Forest goal, padd the ball, half-turned and volleyed with the instep, the ball flew towards the bottom line of Nottingham Forest's right, just when all the defenders stopped at the same time and turned around, Sinclair, who was inserted like a ghost, shook the opponent's right-back who had just stood firm after a beautiful stop on the right side of the big penalty area and inserted it into the small penalty area, and before the central defender returned to the defensive position, a low shot was scored from between the goalkeeper and the right post.
goooooooooooooooooooooooooal
After breaking free from the excited hugs of his teammates, Sinclair rushed towards Lao Liu, jumped up, and hugged Lao Liu, who patted him on the shoulder, "They forgot that you used to play as a striker." ”
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