Dongfang Chen sat on the bench, bowed his back, his elbows on his thighs, his palms supporting his face, and his eyes were firmly fixed on the players galloping on the field.

Dongfang Chen seemed to have returned to the time when he had just joined the Birmingham team, he sat on the bench, silently waiting for his opportunity.

As if going back in time, Dongfang Chen re-walked this journey.

Dongfang Chen is full of emotion, it seems that this injury is really the biggest natural enemy of the players. The glory of Dongfang Chen's previous zào is a thing of the past, and now they must start anew and start from scratch.

It's a pain to be on the bench, especially for guys who sit on the bench all the time and have never seen them play.

Compared to these guys, Dongfang Chen is very good now, at least he can get a certain amount of playing time in every game.

Now it depends on whether Dongfang Chen can seize these few moments and let himself find his form again.

Half an hour into the game, the score on the pitch was still 0-0.

During this period, Wolves were mainly anti-visitors, and they were very good, they controlled the initiative, and the goal of the Birmingham City team made a number of threats. The most threatening one was the one at the beginning of the game.

At the start of the game, Wolves suddenly launched a fierce attack to give Birmingham a head-on blow.

Football came to the line of the Birmingham team penalty area under the three passes and two downs of the Wolves team, and the Wolves striker Blake pretended to shoot, after deducting the saved Gadi, he entered the penalty area, and faced the attacking goalkeeper Krisak with a direct volley.

The ball hit Kryshak's leg hard, changed direction, and flew out of the bottom line grazing the post of the goal.

It was the closest Wolves have come to scoring so far in the game.

After that, the Wolves attack was also very fierce and full of threat, but the Birmingham team was very good, the defense was strong, and the Wolves team did not give too many opportunities.

However, the Birmingham side themselves did not get much of a chance.

Birmingham's only chance for more than 30 minutes was a long-range shot from Sebastian Larsson, but the ball went just over the crossbar.

At present, the situation on the field is still very intense, both sides have put their troops into the midfield, in the midfield to fight, so, both sides of the defense line are a little high, two teams of 20 players, compressed in the middle of the field in one-third of the position, which makes the stadium appear very crowded, both sides of the pass success rate is not good.

"The game was in a stalemate, both sides seemed to put too much emphasis on the midfield, and almost all the troops were put here, so it was not okay to play like this." Andy Gray dozed off a little when he saw it, this game was really not very good-looking, it was too bland.

"Actually, in my opinion, the situation is good for Wolves. If there is one of the two teams in this game who can accept a draw, it is undoubtedly Wolves. In the event of a draw, Wolves are still four points ahead of Birmingham, a clear advantage. Sky Sports commentator Martin Taylor said.

'Yes, Birmingham have to win this game or they really won't be able to win the league title this season.' Andy Gray chimed in.

Dongfang Chen sat on the sidelines, his brows furrowed, should he make adjustments at this time? If this stalemate continues, it will be a drain on the fighting spirit of the players of the Birmingham team.

However, McLeish doesn't seem to have any intention of making adjustments, and he still sits firmly on the Diaoyu Tai, as if he doesn't see the team's current predicament.

McCarthy on the other side saw that McLeish didn't make any moves, and he didn't make any adjustments, and now this situation is very favorable for their Wolves.

Although, McCarthy also wants to get rid of Birmingham City and widen the gap between the two teams, so that their league title position is more secure.

However, the Birmingham team is not so easy to win, and the quality of the Birmingham team is very good. They would be satisfied with a draw, so why take the risk? If the risk doesn't work out, the impact of losing will be huge.

In this game, they Wolves can't afford to lose.

Therefore, now McCarthy is still playing with the mentality of not changing everything.

In the second half of the first half, both sides focused on the battle for the midfield, and the threat to the opponent's goal was insufficient, and the fans who watched the scene were drowsy.

At the end of the first half, Birmingham drew 0-0 at home to Wolves.

The main players from both sides returned to the dressing room for a brief rest before listening to the manager's tactical adjustments.

The substitutes on both sides did not go into the dressing room, but walked into the pitch and began to warm up.

Dongfang Chen walked into the stadium with a football, and the Birmingham fans at the scene immediately burst into cheers, and some fans even wanted to catch Dongfang Chen and wave hello.

It can be seen that Dongfang Chen is still more popular with the Birmingham team, and the fans of the Birmingham team did not speak ill of Dongfang Chen because Dongfang Chen's performance in these games was unsatisfactory.

At this time, the fans of the Birmingham team still hope that Dongfang Chen can play, they still believe in Dongfang Chen very much, and they firmly believe that Dongfang Chen can help the team.

After a fifteen-minute break at half-time, the two sides returned to the pitch and the game resumed.

The strategy of the Wolves team has not changed much, it is still to control the midfield, launch a rush in the midfield, and launch a quick counterattack immediately after breaking the ball.

The Birmingham team, on the other hand, is unchanged and continues to compete for midfield.

This made the fans of both sides distressed, it seems that these two teams are going to continue to be so boring, are they going to tacitly get a draw?

Dongfang Chen sat on the bench and didn't understand, he didn't understand what the head coaches of these two teams thought.

The game unconsciously went on for another fifteen minutes, and the two sides were still deadlocked in the midfield, and they didn't even have a few chances to shoot.

"It seems that the managers of both teams don't want to take the initiative to change, do they really want to get a draw?" Sky Sports commentator Andy Gray said.

"Again, Wolves can accept a draw, Birmingham are absolutely not going to accept a draw. Perhaps Mr. McLeish was waiting for an opportunity, and sooner or later they would make a change. Sky Sports commentator Martin Taylor said.

In the coach's box, Birmingham head coach McLeish suddenly looked up at the big screen at the scene, and now the game has reached the 65th minute of the game, 28 minutes after the end of the game.

McLeish nodded, it was time for a change.

McLeish immediately turned his head and shouted to Dongfang Chen on the bench: "East, go warm up and come back in five minutes." ”

Dongfang Chen on the bench was frowning, and suddenly heard McLeish's voice, he was stunned at first, and then happy in his heart, immediately got up and took off his coat, and ran to the sidelines to warm up.

"Wow! Dongfang Chen was still warming up on the sidelines, and it seemed that McLeish couldn't wait, so he had to make changes. Sky Sports commentator Andy Gray said suddenly.

The fans at the scene and in front of the TV saw Dongfang Chen warming up on the sidelines, and the fans of the Birmingham team were excited, Dongfang Chen was finally going to play.

After the warm-up, Dongfang Chen immediately returned to the coach's seat and came to McLeish's side.

McLeish immediately stood up and explained to Dongfang Chen: "After you go up, replace McFadden, you go to play center, let Kevin and Jemuro behind you, and wait for the opportunity." ”

Dongfang Chen nodded and said that he knew that he was very familiar with this lineup, and he had expected it.

McLeish continued: "When you come on the pitch, tell them to step back and stop fighting them for midfield, and we will attack with long passes from the back. ”

Dongfang Chen was slightly surprised, he didn't expect McLeish to make such a change.

McLeish ignored Dongfang Chen's doubts, and he continued: "Your front three forwards should pay attention to the anti-offside position at any time, and we will directly play the gap behind the Wolves central defenders with long passes. ”

As soon as he heard this, Dongfang Chen understood that McLeish saw that the Wolves were collectively pressed very high, and the space behind the guard line was very large, so he wanted to use this space directly.

Dongfang Chen recognized McLeish's tactics, which is indeed the weakness that the Wolves are now exposing.

McLeish added: "You go up and you tell Sebastian to drop back, back in front of the back line, and we have to use his accurate long passes. ”

Dongfang Chen nodded, indicating that he knew that Sebastian Larsson was the sharpest player in the current Birmingham team, and it was a very wise choice for this guy to go back to the backfield and launch a long pass attack directly.

McLeish hasn't finished his tactical set-up yet, he continued: "Let Lee and David try to get as close to the middle as possible, to entangle with the Wolves players in the middle, and at the same time let them pay attention to the defense, pay attention to the defense after being tackled, and definitely not let the Wolves counterattack quickly." ”

Dongfang Chen nodded: "Got it, boss, I'll convey them!" ”

McLeish nodded, and then he patted Dongfang Chen on the shoulder and said, "East, don't worry, be relaxed, take your time." We all believe in your strength, it is a matter of time before you regain your form, as long as your mind is calm, you can behave more naturally and believe in yourself! Don't put too much pressure on yourself! ”

Hearing MacLeish's comforting words, Dongfang Chen's heart was surging with heat, and he was very grateful to McLeish.

McLeish patted Dongfang Chen on the back again and said, "Hurry up and play, we don't have much time." ”

Dongfang Chen nodded, then turned around directly, walked to the fourth official, and submitted an application for replacement.

After the fourth official finished the formalities, he immediately took the sign and led Dongfang Chen to the sidelines, waiting for the dead ball to make a substitution.

"Even, Dongfang Chen has come to the sidelines, and the Birmingham team will soon make substitution adjustments." Sky Sports commentator Andy Gray said.

At this time, Wolves' midfielder Jones suddenly broke the ball and directly stuffed the ball, wanting to launch a quick counterattack. Unfortunately, the football hit David Johnson of the Birmingham team and the football rolled off the line.

The fourth official on the sidelines immediately informed the referee on the pitch via a guò headset that a substitution was to be made on the sidelines.

The referee immediately motioned to Jarvis, who was about to serve the sideline ball, to wait, and then motioned for the sidelines to start making substitutions.

After getting permission from the referee, the fourth official adjusted the display board and held it high above his head, showing a red "16" and a green "18".

"The Birmingham team asked for a substitution, they replaced the No. 16 veteran McFadden with No. 18 player Dongfang Chen, the Birmingham team is about to launch a final fierce attack, it seems that they really can't accept the result of the draw." Sky Sports commentator Andy Gray immediately shouted.

Dongfang Chen immediately ran to Sebastian Larsson's side after coming on the field and said: "Sebastian, the boss will retreat you to the front of the back line, directly launch an attack with a long pass, and hit the back of the Wolves defenders. ”

Sebastian Larsson was taken aback and said, "Directly hit the back with a long pass and attack? ”

Dongfang Chen nodded firmly and said, "Yes!" There are also signals for the team to move back as a whole. ”