Bolton left two strikers up front, and as Allardyce envisioned, the two players teamed up and protected each other, using their speed to break through Watford's defence.

But Watford have adopted a strategy of stifling the source, and counter-attacking tactics like Bolton must be guaranteed by high-quality passes, and Lynn's tactics are designed to disrupt Bolton's passes.

Without passing, it is equivalent to abolishing Bolton's martial arts, and if they can't counter-attack, their defense will be even more difficult, and in the long run, they will fall into a vicious circle.

Allardyce was caught in a long test

Bolton almost gave up on attacking when there was no way to do so, so they could at least erect an impregnable wall in front of their own goal.

The back line is never easy to press, the three lines are kept close apart, protect each other, and always play more and less in their own core area, which is a common method for defending teams, and Watford are also experiencing such a scene.

To talk about this kind of defense, Watford is no stranger, when compared with Bolton, Watford is an expert, and even has to do more than Bolton, more ruthless.

So, Watford have been through so many games, and they have a first-hand experience of what kind of attack makes the opponent uncomfortable.

The first move is a change of pace, using the ball to mobilize the opponent's defensive center of gravity, and then suddenly the whole team picks up, using the sudden change in rhythm to disrupt the opponent's defensive system.

Another trick is set-pieces, in the past few days of training, Lynn has not given the players more practice set-pieces, in front of the set-pieces, the advantage in the number of defenders is gone.

Combined with set-piece tactics, it is a small-scale combination of breakthroughs, the purpose of which is to create fouls and create opportunities for the execution of set-pieces.

There is another trick that is essential, and that is a long-range shot, which comes in from time to time, which is definitely enough for Bolton.

The alternating break-ins on both flanks combined with a central assault finally took shape with the integrated attack Watford had always envisioned.

Thirty minutes passed quickly in the first half, although Watford did not open the face, but the players of Bolton on the opposite side of the defense were miserable, Watford's attack was not that fierce, but it was continuous, wave after wave, and the means were also abundant, always coming from unexpected places so suddenly, people were unguardable.

"Width! Take advantage of the width of the course! "Lynn sometimes finds that her team is a little paranoid, so she stands up and shouts a few words at the top of her voice.

Making full use of the width of the court to mobilize opponents is an established tactical design, but after a long time, they always can't remember, which will greatly affect the tactical effect, and Lynn shouted several times is a problem in this regard.

"These guys, when their brains are hot, they forget everything!" After shouting, Lynn sat back in her place with a grumble.

Boris smiled bitterly and comforted, "No way, we don't have many opportunities to kick like this!" ”

Lynn laughed dryly twice and said no more, Boris was right, Watford had not been able to play attacking tactics happily throughout the season, the players were not familiar with such tactics, and it was difficult enough for them to play like this.

As for the other aspects, Lynn is quite satisfied, the opponent's defense is tenacious and seems to be quite solid, and Watford seems to have really met the opponent.

But Lynn doesn't see it that way, any team's ability to resist pressure has a limit, Bolton can hold until now, from Lynn's point of view, Bolton's limit is almost the same, and it is a positive signal from Bolton's mistakes began to increase.

He firmly believes that no matter how persistent Bolton is, their players cannot be compared with their own team, and after the baptism of Manchester United and other giants, Lynn firmly believes that it is definitely Bolton who is helpless, who makes the opponent unable to come up with an effective counterattack.

As the game wore on, Watford's attacking threat continued to grow, with a break or a long-range shot sending Bolton's fans into a cold sweat.

Lynn's original feeling of apprehension after entering the South Locker Room was not found at all at this time, even if there was still a stalemate on the field, but Lynn was not moved at all, he felt that his team's tactics were very good now, and it definitely made Bolton uncomfortable, as long as the opponent remained unchanged and continued to grind with himself, then Watford did not need to adjust anything.

Many times success lies in persevering for one more second, and Lynn is determined to persevere, believing that Allardyce will not be able to sit still.

In fact, Allardyce was so anxious that he wanted to hit the wall.

Before coming to Cardiff, Bolton used such defensive counter-attacking tactics to fight all the way, how come it came to the final, it was still such a tactic, and even performed better than before, why was it different?

If he wants to come up with a way to deal with it, Allardyce really can't come up with any way, Bolton is only a League One team after all, but there is no big change in tactics that has the same depth and strength as those big teams.

For now, we can only wait, Allardyce only hopes that the team can survive, and when the opponent makes a mistake, he only needs to catch it once.

Both sides are holding on, and neither is willing to change anything, or Lynn and Sam Allardyce think their teams can hold out until Zuihou.

The first half passed like this, no one was satisfied, Watford was dissatisfied because they missed several chances and did not score first, and Bolton was also dissatisfied because the whole first half was too aggrieved, although it was not broken, but it was always passively beaten, which is really not a thing.

'Watford dominated the first half but Bolton didn't fall behind and I think the second half will be more intense'

"Very good, better than I expected, next, let's move on!" Lynn didn't say much in the locker room, he didn't have much to say, as for adjusting the lineup, it was not time yet, the other party didn't play cards, and Lynn didn't want to mess with himself.

What's more, he wants to make the most of those fifteen minutes to give the players a break, and a large group of masseurs are ready.

In the first half of the 45 minutes, every player was running non-stop, accelerating and sprinting, and the physical consumption was very large, and the second half would require more adequate physical support

In the North dressing room, the Bolton players were panting, their chests were rising and falling, Allardyce's face was full of gloom, as an experienced manager, he knew very well how much his players were physically exhausted in the first half, and even in the second half, under heavy pressure, doing the same action would consume more than usual, and for the entire first half of the forty-five minutes, Bolton survived under Watford's mountain of pressure.

What about the second half?

It's definitely a problem for Sam Allardyce and of course the best solution is to score, score first, all the problems are solved, and after taking the lead, the mentality of the players will change dramatically and victory is not far away.

But is it that simple to score goals?

Bolton had little chance to counter-attack in the first half.

In the end, Allardyce chose to wait, he hoped that he had enough patience to wait for his chance, and when Watford could not attack for a long time and faltered, Bolton could suddenly give the opponent a fatal blow!

It was the perfect game

"Why haven't they scored yet? It's not as big as a goal for half a day! In the box in the stands, Kate, who doesn't know how to play, asked her best friend.

Rachel laughed and looked at Kate like a monster, I really don't know what is going on with her, she doesn't understand football at all, but she is involved with a person who does football, asking such an idiotic question, she can't help but glance at the other party, "You think this is basketball, how can it be so simple to score goals!" ”

"Look at basketball, the basket is so small, people can score hundreds of balls in a game" Kate was a little unconvinced.

Before he finished speaking, Rachel covered his mouth, looked left and right, and then laughed in a low voice, "Don't say it, it's embarrassing, let people hear it, that big coach of yours will be laughed at!" ”