Chapter 33: Why Don't You Run
Bournemouth were promoted to the Championship in 13 years and successfully relegated to 10th place in the Championship, which has greatly exceeded expectations for the team.
In the new season, the team has changed too much, and the main striker Graban, who has scored 22 goals in the league, joined Norwich City for 3.7 million euros.
The forward line is only the veteran Komogante, who is difficult to support alone.
In order to make up for Graban's departure, manager Eddie Howe signed youngster Wilson from Coventry, the frustrated Stanislavs from Burnley for free, and Rossi on loan from Leicester City.
The team is still relegated at this stage, and the club's funds on reinforcements are unlikely to be too much invested.
37-year-old young manager Eddie Howe took over the team halfway through the game and led the team to the Championship and relegation.
In his mind, the new season is not just about relegation.
After the end of the World Cup, the team has played two friendly matches, drawing 2:2 with the old powerhouse Copenhagen and beating the weak team Dorchester 11:0, and performed well.
A week later, the team will welcome Premier League side Southampton as the whole squad intensifies their preparations.
For Rossi, Eddie Howe's impression of him is the battle against Burnley.
Rossi, who came off the bench, did not look amazing, but his excellent movement and elegant header made him remember this young boy.
What attracted him even more was Rossi's protective response in the final stages of the game, bringing out his excellent footwork and passing awareness to the fullest.
For such a player, Leicester City's ruffian Pearson will definitely not let go, so he has to bring in Rossi through loan.
Especially when he heard that the team's former coach Redknapp had invited Rossi to join, he knew he couldn't be wrong.
Training began at 9:30 a.m., and after a brief self-introduction, Rossi joined the team for training.
After lunch, Rossi also spent half an hour under the guidance of the assistant coach to familiarize himself with the team's tactical play.
Bournemouth are a team that makes good use of the width of the pitch and attacks from the wings.
Aggressive, often through high pressing, forming a quick counterattack.
However, because the team did not have a core organization, it was difficult to maintain possession and the defense was rough.
Last season, the team scored a total of 67 goals but conceded 66 goals, and it is not difficult to see that the team has serious problems defensively.
Although the defence has been strengthened this season, the linkage between the midfield and the midfield is still an issue that the team needs to solve.
The Bournemouth players did not seem very enthusiastic about Rossi's arrival.
A player who has been loaned out by the team for a fight, they don't want to provoke such a person.
Besides, Rosie was able to deal with two people alone, causing one to bleed and one to be injured, and no one dared to provoke him.
In the afternoon, Rossi was in Team B, with new signing Wilson alongside Gosling and O'Kane in midfield and Ian Hart and Ettiott Ward at back.
The opponent A team was formed from last season's main team, with Como Gant and Randy in the forwards, Harry Art and Ritchie in the midfield, and Cook and Alfik in the back.
The 30-minute confrontation began, and it was Team A who attacked first.
Due to the run-in of a season, Team A is obviously stronger than Team B in terms of coordination and offense.
Harry and Ritchie in the midfield, both offensive and defensive, can feed shells to the front line.
The forward line is a combination of one high and one fast, and Como Gant can use his strong body to protect the ball, and he is not bad at his feet, and can quickly play the ball to Ranty.
It was thanks to the four-man attacking combination up front that Team A quickly took a two-goal lead.
The teammates off the field were a little sympathetic to Team B, facing the attacking line composed of the team's main force, and conceded two goals in only ten minutes, and with twenty minutes remaining, the defense line must not be beaten into a sieve.
Team B's midfield duo, although inferior to the opposite in terms of offensive ability, is no worse defensively than the opposite.
And the gap between the two teams is in the organization of the attack.
The disconnect became a key reason why Team B fell behind.
"Pass the ball to Law more!"
Eddie Howe shouted from the sidelines.
Since the beginning of the game, Rossi has rarely gotten the ball, after all, he is a newcomer and his teammates do not know his technical characteristics.
And Rossi's position is also very strange, he likes to stand at the back of the middle, the range of movement is not large, and it is easy to be caught by opponents, causing teammates to dare not give the ball easily.
Another point is that the infighting incident made his new teammates reluctant to deal with him, causing Rossi to do nothing and not sweat for ten minutes of play.
Wilson was even more dissatisfied with the loose Rossi, because of his stumbling attack, he often took the ball and faced the opponent's entire defense alone.
Not to mention wasting physical strength, it can't pose a threat.
This brunette kid has no brains.
Wilson, who moved to Bournemouth for €3.7 million, was the team's most expensive signing in the summer, scoring three goals in his first two friendlies.
And no matter who you partner with, you can create a chemical reaction.
Right now?
partnered with this Rosie, there was no chemical reaction, and the physical reaction wanted him to hit someone.
He doesn't understand, the team doesn't look at the recruitment?
The rest of his teammates off the field thought the same thing as Wilson.
What does it mean for a player to walk on the pitch?
O'Kane, as the old man of the team, was very dissatisfied with Rossi's attitude towards the game.
But he had to listen to the coach's advice on the sidelines, and after hesitating for a second, he passed the ball to Rossi.
"O'Kane, you're blind, you didn't pass just now, and now Luo is caught by two people, this is a lost goal." The head coach scolded loudly after seeing the pass.
O'Kane doesn't care, anyway, I passed it, but it was Rossi who made a fool of himself, who made him always motionless, so it's strange that he doesn't get caught in the ball.
Cook, the main defender of Team A's defense of Rossi, has been the team's main defender since his transfer in 12.
At 185cm tall, he not only has excellent heading ability, but also excellent interception and blocking awareness.
Finally something was done.
From the beginning of the game, he became the only idler on the team who was second only to Rossi.
Rossi can't get the ball, he just needs to defend his teammates, and the task is very easy.
Seeing the ball rolling towards Rossi, his eyes lit up, and he only needed to step forward and hold Rossi to interfere with him with the ball, and he was completely sure that he could break the ball from Rossi's feet.
Not only that, but Team A's Rich also made up for it and formed a trap on Rossi, forcing him to not pass the ball to Wilson on the left.
With such a defense, Rossi can only move to the right.
But once the ball is dribbled, Team A's bag will continue to exert pressure, and it is easy to lose the ball.
When Wilson saw this, he was also discouraged.
Anyway, this ball will be lost, so why run?
Rossi turned his back to his body, used his body to occupy a favorable position, and reached out with his left foot to receive the ball.
Everyone in the stadium was stunned.
If you stop the ball with your left foot, won't you hit the opponent's encirclement?
Knowing that there are tigers in the mountains, do you prefer to go to the tiger mountains?
It's not a matter of technology, it's a matter of IQ.
However, Rossi's left foot, just as he was about to catch the ball, suddenly flicked the ball forward with the outside instep and the ball passed through Cook and rolled behind Irfik.
But in this position, the players were not greeted.
Blunder?
Not!
This position was originally Wilson's range of activity, but he did not activate it, resulting in this attack, which did not pose a threat.
Rosie pointed at Wilson and said lightly: "This ball, why don't you run?" ”