Rock solid. ＋，

This is Tang Hua's current work at Cambridge United.

In the first season of coaching, he led the team to promotion, coupled with Lin Sen's ownership, it can be said that there must be results and relationships, in this case, almost no one will think that Tang Hua will be subject to any restrictions on the court, in other words, Tang Hua can rest assured that he will show his strength, however, in the first game of the new season, Tang Hua finally chose to deal with it safely.

Cambridge United's main lineup in this game, and Cambridge United last season, there were only two changes, both in the backline, and among the several young people who were highly anticipated by fans, only Stam obtained, he and captain Ian Miller formed Cambridge United's central defensive partner, judging from the performance in the first half, this pair of old and young has withstood the test.

At halftime, Lin Sen did not leave the stands, but chose to stay in the stands.

He is no longer the head coach, and even on the surface, he has not entered the management of Cambridge United, so although he has made a plan for Cambridge United, it is impossible for him to interfere in anything with Tang Hua, not only can he not interfere, but he can't even show his intention to interfere. Of course, this does not prevent him from judging the situation of Cambridge United on the pitch.

In fact, Cambridge United, which was extremely passive in the first half, had a very obvious problem, in a simple word, the midfield was out of control.

Morrisse and Tom's double back was an important part of Cambridge United's defensive system last season, and the performance was also satisfactory, but in this game, the midfield defense formed by this pair was useless, and the opponent was almost unimpeded in the midfield, which led to the disconnection of attack and defense in the first half, the attack could not be played, and the defense was frequently urgent.

There are many ways to deal with this situation in coaching textbooks. Of course, not every one of them is practical, and now, Tang Hua must find the most practical one among them.

At the start of the second half, Tang Hua made a change, Collin came on and replaced Roy, who had been inactive on the offensive end in the first half.

It was a counterpoint substitution.

Faced with such a substitution, the old Dave in the stands finally couldn't control the doubts in his heart, turned his head to Lin Sen next to him and asked, "What do you think?" ”

Dave Sr. is not a football professional, although he is the president of Cambridge United. But anyone who has watched too much of the game naturally has his own opinion of the game, and he actually saw the problem of Cambridge United in the first half, so there is this problem, because in his opinion, the problem is in the midfield, and it is right to adjust the midfield, but shouldn't it be more appropriate to replace the poor performer? Tom, for example.

However. Lin Sen didn't answer Dave's question, he just shook his head.

Of course, shaking his head does not mean that he is not optimistic, but that he does not make judgments.

Every manager is likely to make a different choice when faced with a certain game situation. Because each coach has a different style, the judgment of the game will naturally be different, but one thing is the same, and that is that they are all looking for a problem. Tang Hua's substitution. Lin Sen didn't comment because he didn't know if Tang Hua's substitution could cure the disease.

However, if there is only one person on the court who understands Tang Hua's substitution intention at this time. Then this person must be Lin Sen.

If you want to understand a coach's substitution intentions, you must first know the characteristics of the players who are substituted and replaced. Colin, with a pass, balanced offense and defense. Roy, who can be called a versatile midfielder, mainly plays in the midfield position, and has a shot on goal. In this way, the former replaces the latter, and it is not difficult to see Tang Hua's intentions, in the final analysis, to strengthen defense.

And the reason why Tom who didn't perform well was replaced only has two explanations, either Tang Hua thinks that the reason for Tom's bad performance is not himself, or Tang Hua thinks that Roy's performance is worse than Tom's.

Any team, in the game, has a balance between offense and defense, and if the power is too much to defend, it is easy to form the favorite offensive battle of neutral fans, and if the defense is too good, the game will become the most hated dull situation for neutral fans. Of course, in most games, the two teams will not be out of balance at the same time, and from now on, Tang Hua obviously believes that his team's problem is not in defense, but in offense.

It's just that Tang Hua's judgment is right still needs to be tested by the competition.

Apparently encouraged by the first half, Coventry continued to attack and try to keep the pressure on the Cambridge United defence with a steady stream of attacking action in the hope that the opposition defence would be leaky, however, the truth was that they missed the best chance to score.

Cambridge United, who seemed to have made just one substitution, seemed to come alive in midfield, and the most obvious change was that Tom, who had been poor in the first half and always seemed to be exhausted, suddenly became the finisher of the opponent's attack, and he had already made three key interceptions in the opening ten minutes.

The change in the game made the old Dave in the stands smile, and he seemed to forget that he had questioned Tang Hua's substitution just now, and although Lin Sen remained calm on the surface, he was also relieved in his heart.

There is no doubt that Tang Hua made the right judgment.

Others may wonder why Tom's performance is so different between the two halves, and may attribute the reason to what Tang Hua said during the break, but in fact, the reason is not on the sidelines, but on the court, and this reason is Colin.

Defending is a passive job, unless you really overwhelm the opponent in terms of ability and make sure that the opponent can't pass you, otherwise, any defense, in fact, needs the help of luck, of course, you can't put all your hopes on luck, so, you need help, and Tom, the problem in the first half is the lack of helpers.

No defender has the ability to defend against two or even three attacking players without a helper, and Tom is no exception. In the first half, Morrisse and the midfield barrier he formed, taking care of one or the other, Tom was actually a little unlucky, luck the opponent's attacking side was obviously on his side, not Morise's side, and in the second half, but after Colin came on the field, he took care of the defensive task and did what Roy did not do in the first half, that is, to help defend.

Lin Sen breathed a sigh of relief, not entirely because Tang Hua had relieved the team's on-field crisis, but also because he was glad that he hadn't answered Dave's question just now.

Lin Sen may be a cut above Tang Hua in terms of knowledge and experience, but there is one thing that he is not as good as Tang Hua, that is, his understanding of the current team, and even, in a sense, even in Manchester City in the past, Lin Sen's understanding of his own team is not even as good as Tang Hua.

Because, if Lin Sen's way of leading the team is compared to painting, then Tang Hua's style is puzzle. Maybe the results are complete, but Lin Sen's way is a little casual, while Tang Hua is more rigorous-

Pitchside, bench.

Xiao Zhixing, who was sitting on the bench with Francis, Colin and others in this game, did not pay attention to the situation of the game.

He didn't feel a little upset that he didn't have it, although he had performed quite well in the previous warm-up games, but he knew very well that the warm-up games were warm-up games and the main games were main games, which were two different things. From the start of the game, he was watching the performance of the two men, or rather, the two positions.

One is Tang Hua on the sidelines.

Xiao Zhixing's attention to Tang Hua is not just because of this game. In the UK, there are not many Chinese who can make the British remember their names, Lin Sen is one of them, Xiao Zhixing has only respect for Lin Sen, otherwise as a Cambridge senior student, he would not have come here with just a few words from the other party. But for Tang Hua, Xiao Zhixing still has doubts.

Lin Sen's assistant, who helped Cambridge United upgrade last season, are the two labels that Xiao Zhixing currently puts on Tang Hua.

Of course, Xiao Zhixing still has a lot of respect for Tang Hua on the surface, but that is only limited to the player's respect for the coach. As for the rest, in his opinion, it takes time, or to be more precise, Tang Hua needs to use it.

Another position that Xiao Zhixing paid attention to was on the court, the one that he might replace if he came on the field.

Xiao Zhixing does not lack the overall situation, but in his opinion, he does not need to stand on a high position to judge the trend of the whole game, because that is the job of the head coach, and he only needs to do what he should do and what he can do.

Now he's on the bench, so what he needs to care about is what he should do if he plays, and what he can do more than the teammate who is on the pitch now.

In the first half, Xiao Zhixing was looking at Roy, although he didn't see that he could do more than Roy, but he was sure that he could do a lot of work that Roy couldn't do. And in the second half, when Colin came on the court, Xiao Zhixing frowned, because he found that although he could do a lot of things that Colin couldn't do, it seemed that he couldn't do some things that Colin could do.

And it seems that these things that he can't do are precisely the reasons why Tang Hua chose to let Colin play instead of him.

Just when Xiao Zhixing fell into thought, he felt that there seemed to be eyes next to him looking at him, so he turned his head.

His gaze met Francis's.

Although Xiao Zhixing's major at Cambridge is not psychology, he can still easily tell whether a person likes himself or hates himself. Although Xiao Zhixing didn't think that he should be loved by others, why Francis in front of him was hostile to him from the beginning, which made him a little confused. (To be continued......) u