Chapter 40: Coquettishness

Even more excited than the players is Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe.

Before the game, the media magnified Rossi's shortcomings and questioned Rossi's starting qualifications.

Not only was there no pace on the counter-attack, but there was also no ability to destroy the city, and the fact that he didn't score in the Championship was enough to say it all.

However, just 56 seconds into the game, Wilson's pass looked like it was too big, but Rossi ghostly appeared on the ball's trajectory.

This lightning goal was definitely not accidental, it was premeditated.

After the shot, Rossi didn't look at the goal at all, but turned around in style and raised his right hand with a clenched fist.

A real man, never look back at the goal.

It's self-confidence.

His teammates rushed towards him, and Wilson immediately put his arms around his neck.

"Good shot, I thought you wouldn't be able to catch the pass just now."

Seeing the teams coming one after another, Rossi hurriedly said: "They were careless just now, everyone has to defend well later." ”

Then take the initiative to shake hands with the teammates who came to celebrate one by one to encourage them.

With a goal in the opening game, the mentality of the Bournemouth players calmed down.

Huddersfield, on the other hand, the goalkeeper fished the ball out of the net and spread his hands out to express his dissatisfaction and helplessness with the defence.

Pelletier, the centre-back who was in charge of marking Rossi, also shook his head and sighed, it was a mistake by him and left centre-back Lynch that allowed Rossi to sneak into the attack.

Huddersfield Town have a three-centre-back system, with two midfielders in front of them, and the whole formation is too flat and compact, in order to prevent the penetration of short passes in the middle and force the opposition to not attack.

But in doing so, the gap between the two flanks is completely exposed.

To compensate for this, Huddersfield Field fielded three centre-backs to gain aerial superiority with their ability to compete with headers.

However, Bournemouth did not intend to cross, but used the pass to tear apart the defence.

Rossi's positioning was even more crucial.

He first moved between the two centre-backs to interfere with their defensive judgment.

When Wilson passed the ball for a split second, he used the reverse run to pull out the space in an instant, and the anti-offside position was successful.

In this regard, it reflects Rossi's sense of smell and running in front of goal.

And the Huddersfield players didn't take this playful and slow center forward seriously, thinking that even if he received the ball, he could quickly chase it back.

But by the time they reacted, Rossi had already dribbled into the box.

Huddersfield manager Keith Bowe, swinging his fist at the player, the defence is not waking up, it is simply sleepwalking.

The team was relegated last season, and this season has not invested much, and it is still mainly relegation-oriented.

But the beginning was so negligent and careless to send points, how could this not make him angry.

The home team immediately became serious after conceding a goal in the opening game, but Eddie Howe, the coach of the "Young Strong", will not give them any respite.

High pressure pressing!

Against the newly formed Premier League side Southampton, Bournemouth's high pressing can also cause problems for Premier League teams, let alone a Championship side that has been relegated for many years.

Midfielders Harry Art, Pugh and Ritchie all have good interception ability and are extremely aggressive, with every tackle on the go.

The back O'Kane, on the other hand, has a weaker style of play and rarely takes the initiative to steal, but sees the timing and intercepts the ball.

The quartet made up Bournemouth's diamond-shaped midfield and showed great control from the start.

Rossi and Wilson on the front line retreated from time to time to form a numerical advantage in the midfield, constantly pressing the opponent's backline.

Huddersfield's backline didn't dare to lift up easily, as Bournemouth had a counter-attacking weapon, Wilson.

In the 32nd minute, Huddersfield's defence was too flat, and centre-back Elfik took the ball near the centre circle and played a long ball into the gap between the opponent's midfielder and the left centre-back.

Just as Wilson unloaded the ball, Rossi started to kick off the opposing central defender and cut straight into the penalty area, directly causing a slight mistake in the tacit understanding between the three defenders.

Defender Norwood wanted to drop back to make up for it, but left centre-back Lynch thought he would defend Wilson, adducting himself on the side and intercepting possible passes from the opposition.

The mistake in the cooperation between the two allowed Wilson, who had a keen sense of smell, to seize the opportunity, step forward with his right foot, and then stride forward.

By the time Norwood reacted, he couldn't catch up, defender Lynch rushed up and Wilson took a step ahead of him, poked the ball to the left and flashed it.

Continuously striding the ball and passing two people, this unreasonable way made the home fans gasp.

That's too fast, isn't it?

Wilson himself did not expect the opponent's defense to be so vulnerable.

As a result of Rossi's counter-run, which took away centre-back Pelletier, Wilson drove unhindered into the box.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Peltier hurriedly turned his hips and sprinted hard, seeing that Wilson had already raised his foot to hit the goal, his body threw out, and stretched out his right foot, but he was still a step slow.

Bang!

Wilson didn't fake it, but slammed it hard at the ball.

The ball flew like a cannonball into the top right corner of the goal.

Goalkeeper Smithis straightened his right arm, but the ball was too fast for his body to move, and the ball whizzed past his right.

【GOAL!!!!! The goal went in and Bournemouth led by two goals. 】

[This time it was a long pass from the backfield that went straight to Wilson on the front line.] Wilson also used his speed to connect two people and shoot with a kick to score the ball. 】

[Huddersfield had big problems defending today.] Rowe's movement was crucial, giving Wilson space. The twin stars, who joined the team in the summer, have become Bournemouth's sharpest weapons. 】

After Wilson scored, he found Rossi for the first time, kicked his legs sharply, jumped on Rossi's back, and said: "Luo, run well, it's too sassy." ”

Wilson played in League One entirely on his own, eating his opponent raw and scoring goals.

More often than not, he is fighting alone.

But the goal just now, the breakthrough space that Rossi created for him was not only comfortable, but also a special sense of achievement.

Alone in Longtan, a powerful shot, this is the top ten goals in the first round of the Championship.

After jumping down, Wilson hugged his teammates who arrived in celebration, then kissed his hands and dedicated them to his family in the stands.

Huddersfield fans, who were blinded by two goals, had disbelief written all over their faces, and it was only half an hour before the team was two goals behind, still at home.

You must know that in the first few Championship games, no team can score two goals, and your own team has conceded two goals in a row in the first half.

The home team fans absolutely did not allow the tragedy to happen to their own team, holding the team flag high with both hands and singing the team song.

Coach Bao Wei's face was even more ugly, and he knew that the opponent was good at taking advantage of the width of the pitch, mobilizing the defence, and then picking up the ball from the weak side and passing it to the goal.

With the current strength of the team, it is difficult to prevent the opponent's wing attack, so before the game, Keith Bowe decided to abandon the two wings and concentrate on defending the middle.

However, the opponent gave up his good long ball rush and sent in the nimble Rossi, who used his dexterous movement to pull the defensive line.

And the three central defenders of the air defense that he relied on became a burden to the team due to his slow speed.

People don't play high-altitude balls at all.

Bournemouth hit the nail on the head with just one man's adjustment.

In order to stop the opponent's momentum during this period, Keith Bowe asked the forward midfielder to withdraw to the midfield and participate in the defense together, and the back midfielder protected both ribs to cover the defense as much as possible.

Since Bournemouth don't have a high point to fight for the top, there is no need to shrink the defence.

After the adjustments, Huddersfield's defence improved and they survived the next fifteen minutes before going into the break.