Chapter 112: The Time to Reap Success

David Pulit wasn't completely stunned when he saw Derby County score, he didn't bother arguing with Alex Inglethorpe anymore, he just stared blankly at the pitch. Top Novel,

Tottenham Hotspur was passive just now, but now that the passivity has really turned into goals, the situation is completely different.

David Pullett felt at a loss.

Since Hoddle stepped down, he became the coach of Tottenham Hotspur, he has never felt this way, in the ordinary league, it is a big deal to fight against a strong team, and if you lose, you will lose, and it is the same when you meet a team of the same level, do some preparations, and then try to win, even if you lose, it is nothing, as long as the team's overall performance rises steadily and takes the team out of the relegation circle, his job is completed, and no fan will blame him for anything, Because Tottenham Hotspur didn't even give him a manager's name, it would be enough for him to lead the team out of the relegation zone to the satisfaction of the club and the fans.

But now David Pulit is feeling the pressure.

That's the real pressure from grades!

At White Hart Lane, playing against a League One team, not to mention, he was likely to lose the FA Cup immediately, he never thought that this would happen, in fact, what he said to the media before the game to 'fight for the FA Cup' was just' It's just the official language, and in Davy Pulit's mind, if he were on the way to the FA Cup, he would meet a stronger Premier League team and lose the FA Cup, and no one would blame him, but he never thought that the team would be planted in the first round of a home game against a League One team.

Looking back on this game, from the smoke bomb released by the opponent before the game, to the overwhelming advantage of the team in the first half, and then to the score being overtaken by the opponent, it seems like a dream, and at the same time, David Pulit also feels a pressure on the results, in case the team really loses the FA Cup in this game. What will Tottenham Hotspur fans think? What will the media say?

What is certain is that his coaching ability will certainly be questioned.

In fact, David Pullett still has some expectations in his coaching career, like other football coaches, he also looks forward to the day when he can really become a head coach, coach a team and then achieve good results to become famous, Hoddle's resignation is the best opportunity, Alex Inglethorpe, who has some ability but a 'twisted personality', cannot be an opponent at all, and the club chose him to be the head coach, and it is precisely because of this.

But now it seems to be all over?

If his Tottenham Hotspur team loses this game, it is estimated that no one in England will believe in his ability anymore. He wants to be the head coach of a professional club, but it's really just a fantasy.

The pressure from the results, the pressure from the post-game media, the fans, the pressure from the coaching career, all kinds of pressures followed, and David Pulit was completely overwhelmed, and he didn't know what he had to do now.

Is it for the team to try for an equaliser?

But how? Intensify the offense? Or do you want to stabilize your defense? Or maybe it's all or just go for it in advance? Maybe there's a chance? But if the opponent scores another goal, Tottenham Hotspur really has no chance, what should he do?

David Pulit didn't know.

So he just watched the game and did nothing.

Alex Inglethorp was also in the dugout. In fact, he knew what to do now, even though he had an argument with David Pullett just now, he still knew what to do, but he didn't do anything. David Pullett said just now, don't let him point fingers, his judgment is wrong, so why is he still saying superfluous words?

The inaction of the two coaches. It also made the Tottenham Hotspur players on the pitch a little dazed, but fortunately, now that the team is behind, many of them are stars. Of course, they are not willing to lose to a first-division team, they know that they should take advantage of the last time to try to equalize, and then many of them spontaneously stepped up the attack, but without the coach's command, the players can play freely on the field, you can imagine how much power can be played.

On the pitch, Derby County still maintained their attacking press.

Just now, taking advantage of the time to celebrate the goal, Wan Sheng has eased up, and it is appropriate to teach a few players face-to-face, telling them to continue to play like this next, without changing any tactics to defend, facing a team like Tottenham Hotspur that is good at attacking, it is very dangerous to want to use defense to hold for ten minutes, it is better to take the initiative to attack, if you can score, it can completely determine the outcome of the game, even if you can't score, you can keep the offensive suppressed, you can also limit Tottenham Hotspur's attack.

There is a saying in football that 'attack is the best defense', which is the current situation encountered by Derby County, Tottenham Hotspur is very good at attacking, and playing against such a team, even if there is a lead, you can't take the initiative to defend, because it is very unsafe to rely on defense alone, but to attack more to suppress the opponent, and take the initiative to deal with the strategy is more likely to be more likely.

"Guys! We're ahead, but there's still ten minutes to go, keep going and we'll win! ”

"Now we're happy because we're ahead and I hope we'll be happy in 10 minutes and that's time to celebrate! Go ahead, keep working hard for ten minutes, and I'm sure we'll keep the excitement going! ”

Wan Sheng's words gave the Derby players confidence, after the game restarted, they still maintained the offensive intensity, using the full-court tight defense, constantly running to limit Tottenham Hotspur's attack, Derby County's morale, fighting spirit, coupled with the superiority of physical fitness and Tottenham Hotspur's scattered attack, which also caused Derby County to still dominate the field for a while.

Five minutes from the end of the game, David Pulit finally recovered.

He replaced three people in one breath - Sullivan, Asimovich, and Malny, among these three players, Sullivan and Malny are the main players of Tottenham Hotspur, Asimovic is a substitute, but the skills at his feet are very good, and Tottenham's attack will be much smoother when he plays.

Seeing the trio play, everyone knew that Tottenham Hotspur were going to fight all it shut.

Now Tottenham Hotspur have no choice but to attack aggressively and use the last time to pull a goal back, then they still have a chance, and if they can't score, they have nothing to say. Straight out of the FA Cup by Derby.

But after the three came out, the game didn't change much.

The three watched the game on the bench for a long time, but when they came on the pitch, they really played to know why the team was so passive, and when Derby County was defending, all the players were constantly running, forcing them to make quick passes, and the more passes they made, the more mistakes they made, as long as there was one mistake. Derby County will regain control of the ball at their feet.

They were a little uncomfortable with the game for a while, and it was difficult to bring any changes to the team quickly, perhaps because they played too late.

Wan Sheng saw Tottenham Hotspur's substitution.

Seeing the three attacking players coming up, two of them are still Tottenham Hotspur generals, he also felt a little nervous, fortunately the situation on the field does not seem to have changed, the team still has an advantage, but Wan Sheng did not do nothing, he also signaled to make substitution adjustments.

He replaced Ivan Crewe with Ian Taylor.

This substitution is not meant to get Ian Taylor to do something on the court. He is purely to kill time, a substitution can be wasted without delay, and at this stage, half a minute is already quite important

Everyone in the audience was watching the game.

The last time is the most critical. The game is still in suspense, Derby County is ahead, but that doesn't mean Tottenham Hotspur don't have a chance, Tottenham Hotspur fans hope that the team can score a goal to equalize, they have no higher hopes. The main thing is that there is not much time left in the game, as long as you can score an equaliser, according to the rules of the FA Cup. They will be able to play another game at home to Derby County, and then they will know Derby County and are well prepared to beat Derby County directly.

It was just an accident so far.

That's what many Tottenham Hotspur fans think, and although they are disappointed with the team's performance, they still don't believe Derby County are capable of beating them.

They have been praying in their hearts that Tottenham will score.

In the midst of this prayer, they felt that time had passed so quickly, and in the blink of an eye, a minute had passed without a few passes.

Derby County fans feel the exact opposite.

At this moment, even if Derby County has an advantage, many of them are Derby County's attacks, but they still feel that time flies extremely slowly, Tottenham Hotspur is a Premier League powerhouse after all, and this kind of team plays, a goal advantage is not guaranteed, now the team is ahead, there is an advantage on the field, but what if Tottenham Hotspur uses a wave of attacks to tie the score?

Then the situation will be very different.

In this state of mind, a few minutes can be as long as hours. They count the clock in their minds, they breathe a sigh of relief when they see the ball fly out of bounds, and they feel extremely nervous when they see Tottenham Hotspur attacking.

It's an ordeal.

A lot of Derby County fans keep switching between the scoreboard and the stadium, and they will only be relieved to see the game and see that the scoreboard is still '1:2'.

Finally, in the midst of this torment, another five minutes passed.

The game went to stoppage time.

The fourth official signalled for three minutes of stoppage time, which is a normal stoppage time, no more, no less, just right, but both teams are very unhappy, Tottenham Hotspur want a little more stoppage time, Derby County want a little shorter, or even a straight end to the game.

David Pulit even complained to the fourth official that "they just celebrated for a long time and should have made up five minutes"

The fourth official ignored him.

He has encountered a lot of this kind of thing, if he thinks that three minutes of stoppage time is too much, because in the second half, except for two celebrations of goals, there is basically no time delayed, and he is not a Tottenham Hotspur fan, so he will not think about Tottenham Hotspur.

Even from a neutral point of view, when a strong team plays a weak team at home, most people will sympathize with the weak and hope that the weak can create a miracle to defeat the strong, and Derby County is now playing such a weak role, and the fourth official hopes that Derby County can create a miracle to beat Tottenham Hotspur.

Just as he was thinking this, Derby County raised their substitution cards again.

Even if he hoped that Derby County would win, but seeing this substitution, the fourth official still discussed the Chinese coach of Derby County in his heart - if you want to use substitutions to delay the game, can't you hide it a little?

Many coaches will choose to delay the game with substitutions, and it is really unusual for Zhengda Guangming to do so, but Derby's substitutions are within the rules, and even if everyone knows that Derby's substitutions are to delay the game, there is nothing to stop at all.

Wan Sheng was replaced by Ferdinnan.

This is what happened in the first minute of the game.

After the substitution Osman dragged off the field. When the game resumed, Tottenham Hotspur failed to find a good chance with a wave of attacks, and a random Derby County mistake in front of Tottenham Hotspur made a second wave of attacks, and the ball flew off the touchline in a scramble on the right.

Derby County have made another substitution.

It was Alfred who was substituted this time, with Peter Kennedy coming in for him, and Alfred knew it would be a waste of time to get off the pitch, but he was still young in the game, and when he did, many Tottenham Hotspur fans let out a 'boo'. So Alfred quickened his pace a little shyly.

After he walked off the field, Wan Sheng said to him, "Beck, you should learn to be thick-skinned like Leon, you see he is doing well!" ”

The fourth official was standing next to him and rolled his eyes when he heard this.

Fortunately, he had a good impression of Wansheng, so he listened to it in his left ear and his right ear, so he didn't record this, otherwise the news would definitely cause some controversy.

After this substitution adjustment. There is only one minute left in the game

Tottenham Hotspur fans are quite unhappy with Wansheng's approach, but the only thing they can do is make a 'boo' to express their dissatisfaction, because Wansheng is a reasonable use of the rules, and no one can say that there can be no substitutions in stoppage time. As for the players moving a little slower, it is naturally because the body is not supported, and after a ninety-minute game, it is normal for the players to have physical problems. So it is naturally more normal to walk slowly.

If someone asks, Wansheng will definitely answer like this.

However, this answer is by no means satisfactory to Tottenham Hotspur fans, not that they suspect anything. This is simply a fact - the player who delayed the time just now (Leon Osman) was still running in high spirits before the substitution, and there was no physical exhaustion at all, and many commentators talked about, "Osman is estimated to be the best physical fitness of the twenty-two players in the game, and he has run from the beginning to the present", as soon as Derby County said the substitution, this 'physical superman' became empty?

Who believes it when you say it!

But Tottenham Hotspur fans don't have time to think too much, the game time is running out, their team is still behind, and the only good news so far is that the opponent has run out of substitutions, and they don't have to worry about the opponent making another substitution at the last minute.

Despite this, it will definitely be quite difficult for Tottenham to take advantage of this last-minute goal.

All 11 players on the field have retreated into the box.

But when Tottenham Hotspur reached the Derby half, they had to deal with a packed box of eleven men, and with little time left, their only option was to strike a long-range shot from the outside, only to bounce off the Derby players twice in a row.

The last kick was obtained by Franck Ribery on the edge of the football penalty area.

Ribery rushed forward without even thinking about the ball, and the referee was already looking at his watch.

Ribery didn't care about it at all, he didn't want to score a goal or anything, he just wanted to take the ball forward, keep bringing it, preferably to the opponent's bottom line, and then kick the ball out of bounds again, which wasted the most time.

He thought so, and did so.

There were two Tottenham Hotspur players to intercept Ribery in the middle, but when Ribery ran, he directly changed direction and passed one person, and the remaining one person ran close to Ribery, and the two continued to fight physically, constantly scrambling, and finally Ribery still brought the ball to the bottom line, and then he estimated the time, just like making an ultra-long-distance shot, and kicked the ball forward.

The football crossed a huge arc in the air and fell directly to the spectators, many people in that direction also scrambled for the football, but everyone in the audience was even more amazed by the 'shot', and they looked at Ribery's figure in silence.

Wan Sheng also stared blankly at Ribery's figure.

He was stunned for a moment, then turned his head and looked at Alfred beside him seriously, "Beck, I was wrong just now, you should learn more from Frank to practice thick-skinned."

Alfred nodded dumbly.

As he moved, three whistles rang out on the pitch.

"Beep! Beep! ”

"Beep"

The referee finally blew the whistle and declared the game over.

Immediately, there was a huge cheer from the Derby County fan stands, and everyone on the Derby County bench also rushed into the field for the first time, hugging and celebrating with the Derby County players on the field.

Everyone was excited, excited, and they were venting their feelings to the fullest.

They won!

They beat Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane to reach the last 16 of the FA Cup, and more importantly, it's a rare thing to do that as a League One team, and they've done a lot for that win, and now it's time for success. (To be continued......)