Looking at the celebration at Derby, Ipswich coach Joe Leal had a solemn expression.

Before the start of the game, he would have been very sure.

Ipswich is good at defense, this team is built by him after two years, his idea is to use solid defense to gradually improve the team's results, not to mention the weak team, the face of the strong team can also remain unbeaten, this is pure utilitarian football, in order to get more league points to build a team, but for the team in the League One, to get league points is the most important thing, because the biggest goal of every team will be promotion, as long as it can be promoted, it doesn't matter what means.

Ipswich don't have any more money to buy stars, so building a defensive team to fight for promotion is the most straightforward and effective one, and after two years, Joo Leal has done a good job of revamping the team, and they have been recognised by the media as the best defensive team in League One.

In the last game, the victory of Derby County, which was challenged away, also gave Joo Lyle a lot of confidence, as those media said, they can win away from home, and the team still has a good chance at home.

The source of his confidence is the team's defense.

Derby County are an attacking team at the moment, but they have struggled to break down the Ipswich Town defence, and before the game, Joo Leal was confident that his team's defence was enough to limit Derby, but now, there is little confidence because Derby have already scored two goals.

Two balls

Throughout the season, Ipswich Town's league games have rarely been scored by the opponent in the first half when they scored two goals, the key is that Ipswich did not score, the team was two goals behind, and in the face of an opponent like Derby, there were really few opportunities in the second half.

A defeat may be nothing, it's just three points, Ipswich won the last game against Derby, this loss is actually nothing, not any team can get three points when they meet the top of the league, Zu Leal feels incredible, the opponent can have such a good effect with a small adjustment - just adding long-range shots from the perimeter.

Did he care if he was scored twice, was it because of the team's defense, or was Derby County good at long-range shots from the outside?

Looking back on the previous game, Zu Leal still prefers the latter, because Derby's long-range shot is indeed very threatening, and the team's defense itself has no problems, two goals, one is a long-range shot by the opposing full-back, and the other is a hanging shot by the opponent's full-back, both of which are quite brilliant, and it is not something that can be played by looking for a player, obviously the opposing player himself is good at shooting from the perimeter.

Thinking of this, Zu Lyle also admired Wansheng's vision.

At the end of last season, Ipswich also played against Derby County, when the two players who scored goals were not Derby County players, they both came to Derby County in the summer, and now Derby County can change from a defensive team to a team that is good at attacking, and the role and play of these players in tactics are inseparable.

What's more, none of these players seem to cost Derby County much of a transfer fee, and according to media reports, they are worth about the same as a free signing.

Zu Leal has also been trying to sign a few offensive players to increase the team's offensive ability, after all, offense is the weakness of Ipswich, but the value of really capable frontcourt players is not ordinarily high, Ipswich has bought a few, but the table is very average, fortunately the team has a talented frontcourt like Darren Bent, otherwise Zu Lyle doesn't know who the team has to rely on to counterattack.

Zu-Lyle shook his head silently.

He knows that now is not the time to sigh at the other side's vision, the most important thing at the moment is how to play the next game, in the situation of falling behind by two goals, trying to increase the attack in the second half, it is not a chance at all, but at present, we still have to stabilize the defense, if we can't stabilize the defense, and let Derby County score a goal, it is really no chance at all.

Joo Leal decided to come down and immediately walked to the sidelines and told his players to continue to strengthen their defense.

Soon the game resumed.

The pattern of the game is still the same, Derby County has been attacking, Ipswich has been defending, the two teams are like an offensive and defensive exercise, Derby County's attack is wonderful, but it is not easy to break through Ipswich's tight defense.

In such a mode, time passes little by little.

Both teams were cheering on their teams from the stands, with the Derby fans excited as they had a two-goal lead but still hoping for another goal to seal the win. Ipswich fans are often on the lookout for fear that the goal will be breached again in the next moment, leaving the team with no chance at all.

In the diametrically opposed mentality of the fans of both teams, time passed little by little, and finally the time of the first half was worn off, and the referee blew the whistle for halftime.

Players from both teams returned to the locker room to rest

At half-time, the fans in the stands also relaxed, talking to each other about the game and looking forward to the second half.

The same is true for journalists.

Before the start of the game, many media reporters thought that Ipswich would have a chance to win, but now the media has little hope for this, because Derby County is still two goals ahead, but these media reporters who hope that Derby County will lose still have a little hope in their hearts.

The difference between the two goals is not the end of the day, although there is little hope, but in the 45th minute of the second half, Ipswich still has a chance to recover.

But it's hard to say how much you want to do.

The main reason is that the media reporters have too low expectations for Ipswich's attack, Ipswich is a strong team, a strong team that is good at defense, but in attack and defense their table can only be said to be mediocre, even if they have excellent Darren Bent in the frontcourt, this is the whole team style, and the problem of all players, even if a single player is good, it is difficult to lead the whole team.

Ipswich is like that, they defend very well, so the counter-attacking tactics are the strongest, but the problem now is that if you continue to counter-attack, obviously it is too difficult to get two goals back in the second half, it's almost impossible, the only way is to take the initiative and they have no other choice.

Ipsvich took the initiative to attack, and the offensive ability that he could show was really not very good.

But it can't be said that there is no chance at all, if the player plays well, there is still a little hope for the two goals, this hope is that Derby County is also an attacking tactic, the game is always full of uncertainty, not that you can score more goals if you have a strong attacking ability, and luck also accounts for a large part of the component.

In short, there is hope for Ipsvich.

There are many media reporters who still have a little hope, and they sighed in their hearts, "Fortunately, Derby's tactic is to attack!" If Derby County, who defended on the counter-attack like last season, and gave them a two-goal lead, Ipswich would definitely not have a little hope! ”

Ipswich took the initiative to attack, and the opponent defended and counterattacked, which is completely equivalent to using his own disadvantage to touch the opponent's advantage, so it is strange to be able to recover two goals.

"Let's hope Ipswich can play better in the second half!"

"There must be a chance!"

"Zu-Lyle is not a person who admits defeat lightly!"

"There's still a chance to attack!"

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In the discussion of the media reporters, the time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, the half-time break was almost the same, and the players of both teams reappeared on the field, and with the referee's whistle, the second half of the game began

As soon as the game started, Ipswich went on the attack.

As discussed by the media, the only option for Ipswich to try for an equaliser is to take the initiative to attack, and they have no other choice but to attack to recover the two-goal disadvantage.

At half-time, Joo Leal emphasised this point, "We need to attack, take the initiative!" We have to take the initiative to look for opportunities, and we have no other way now! ”

"Now there are 20,000 fans watching us in the audience, and even when we are two goals down, they are not leaving! We were passive in the first half, but we were also attacking! Guys, let them see how good we are! ”

Zu Leal's words gave Ipswich a morale boost.

They rarely take the initiative to attack in the game, especially when playing against strong teams, they basically use passive defensive counterattack tactics, as long as they don't concede lightly, they have a great chance of winning.

But now they have to attack!

Ipswich pulled out the formation and stormed towards the Derby County half, which made the Ipswich fans in the audience excited, and many reporters in the media seat also looked forward to it.

As for Derby County's better attack, the key is to attack, even if Derby County plays better offensively, but Ipswich always has a chance!

So many people are looking forward to it.

But soon they found a strange problem, that is, Derby's attack was not as fierce as expected, at least it was a lot worse than the first half of the game, and everyone didn't realize this at first, after all, just a few waves of attack, but when they saw Ipswich attacking, and Derby's defensive formation retreated, many people found this problem - when the football reached the feet of Ipswich, Derby County retreated almost all the way, and the backfield and midfielders almost all returned to their own half.

What's going on?

Everyone didn't understand it, so they continued to read it, and as time passed, everyone soon understood.

The reporters in the media table gritted their teeth fiercely, because they found that Derby County did not use offensive tactics at all, and responded to the game completely with a defensive posture, which reminded many people of Derby County at the end of the season, that team was almost the same as now, the whole team was defending, leaving one or two players in the front court ready to counterattack.

To sum up, Derby County didn't want to play against Ipswich at all, they just used the advantage of two goals in their hands to defend and counterattack with a steady retreat defense!

It's not what I imagined

If it is a counter-attack, Ipswich still has a chance, but Derby County will hardly have a chance to strengthen the defense and counterattack Ipswich, their poor offensive ability, in the face of Derby County, who retreated across the line, the result can be imagined.

Derby County can't leave any chance for their opponents!

The media reporters suddenly cursed angrily in their hearts, "This damn Chinese is simply too utilitarian!" ”R1152