Chapter 112: Extreme Counterattack
In the league on Wednesday, Eddie Howe retained the same line-up from the weekend against Rotherham, but tactically more defensively.
The FA Cup opponent is Premier League side Aston Villa, and Eddie Howe wants his players to conserve fitness.
Although the opponent is not a giant team like Liverpool, the overall strength of Villa is in the middle of the pack, and the overall strength is stronger than that of Sturt City.
Add to that the importance they place on the FA Cup and Sunday is going to be a tough game.
Visiting Leeds United's Elland Road Stadium, Bournemouth felt the horror of their home stadium.
Hush!
Boos were piled up and fans were disrupting Bournemouth's players in this way because their record was horrible.
Unbeaten in 26 league games, they are 17 points clear of second place in the standings.
With such a huge point difference, it is no exaggeration to say that one foot has stepped into the door of the Premier League.
In the face of such boos, the Bournemouth team quickly adapted.
This season, they have repeatedly staged good comebacks, and their mental capacity is far greater than before.
Seeing that the opponent wanted to stay in preparation for the FA Cup, Leeds United took the initiative to press at the beginning, using the combination of the side and the center to repeatedly attack the Bournemouth defence.
The 4-4-2 line-up kept Bournemouth's defense in central midfield very stable.
Bournemouth, who gave up attacking from the wing, allowed Leeds United to press forward without hesitation, and formed pressure in the middle, forcing their wide players to move closer to the middle.
The two sides snatched the ball in the midfield, played fiercely, and fouled the game on and off.
The occasional long-range shot was also ridiculously deflected, and the quality of the crosses from the wing was average.
Although the scene was not dull, the process was smooth and lacked a wonderful attack, which made the fans unable to lift their spirits.
Rossi was caught in the game by opponents, had very few chances, and his teammates rarely gave quality passes.
Richie was in charge of the long ball on the right flank, Harry only had one spot in midfield, and Leeds United's 4-2-3-1 line-up was just the right to limit his delivery.
Another midfielder, Surman, was in charge of the defense, making it difficult for him to press up so as not to expose the space behind him.
Rossi tried to move to the wings as he did in the last game.
However, Leeds United's three defensive lines are very compact, and they cooperate with each other to defend more tacitly, which greatly compresses Rossi's space to get the ball.
The first-half draw was a result that both sides would like to see.
But the fans don't do it, they can't see the wonderful attack, and the smooth rhythm of the game makes them very uncomfortable.
In the second half, Eddie Howe made the first adjustment, Stanislas replaced Pugh to improve the pace on the wing, and Wilson would often drop back to get the ball to keep the midfield evenly matched.
Although there is little support for Rossi in the striker, once the advantage in midfield is formed, the two flanks can quickly move forward, and Rich and Hart have more options to play the ball.
In the 50th minute, the Bournemouth team, which showed high pressing, formed a counterattack in the front, and after Harry stole the ball, he quickly distributed it to Stanislas on the wing.
After he came on, Leeds United were afraid of his pace on the wing, and the defense at right-back and right-back was more inclined to him.
In this way, it gives Rossi the opportunity to insert space between full-back and centre-back.
Stanislas, seeing Rossi's position, immediately passed the ball between the two defenders.
Rossi got the ball first, but the opposition defence followed well and blocked the line of the inward pass.
If anyone still despises Rossi now, they are stupid.
At present, Rossi has played a terrifying double in both the scorer list and the assist list, which is a player who plays in the Championship.
Even, they felt a hint of being hit by dimensionality reduction.
Leeds defended to move to the flanks as a way to stifle the opposition from the wings.
Rossi saw that there was no chance, so he had to pass the ball back to the full-backs first, control the ball and look for opportunities on the perimeter.
Leeds United's defensive formation, which has been switching between 4-5-1 and 3-4-2-1, has made it difficult for Bournemouth's attack, both in the centre and on the wings, to penetrate.
Seeing that the attack was not working, Eddie Howe did not want the players to waste too much energy on the attack, and in the 65th minute, Harry was removed and replaced by Gosling.
When Bournemouth were preoccupied with defence, Leeds suddenly picked up the pace, bringing up two full-backs to form a defence with defender Lewis Cook and freeing up Luke Murphy to attack.
If Bournemouth retreat further down, the two full-backs will be placed even higher.
In the 68th minute, Leeds United's midfielder pressed up to put defensive pressure on Bournemouth's midfield, forcing the two wings to recycle and participate in the defense.
At this point, full-back Wooton stepped forward to give Leeds United the edge on the flanks and deliver good quality crosses.
Centre-forward Morrison was defended by two centre-backs and grabbed the spot, but his header went wide of the post.
Two minutes later, it was another attack from the wing, and the full-backs swept the ball in front of goal again, but unfortunately the attackers missed the opportunity to grab the point in front of the goal and missed the goal.
Frequent threats in front of goal have made the Bournemouth defence fearful.
Eddie Howe quickly changed his formation and switched to 4-4-1-1, with Richie playing as a central midfielder, allowing him to focus too much on defence.
With Richie's lateral defensive coverage in the middle, the pressure on Bournemouth's flanks was relieved.
As the game time progressed, the physical strength of both sides began to appear, the offensive speed slowed down, and the result of the game slowly developed towards a draw.
Leeds also made a change in the 80th minute, with Sharpe replacing Morrison up front and Jason coming on for Lewis Cook at the back.
Just when the fans thought the game was going to be a draw, Leeds United's attack began again.
The insertion of full-backs, although not as sharp as speed, can already form pressure on the Bournemouth wing.
Coupled with the fact that Bournemouth had only one player left on the ball, it was easy to play with a targeted defence, and the full-backs could press forward boldly.
In the minutes that followed, Bournemouth could only defend passively, and even when there was a clearance, it was a big foot to send the ball forward.
In the 89th minute of the game, Leeds United's attack pressed again, and Bournemouth was forced to defend in the low post, and the two defensive lines were pressed near the line of the big penalty area, which was very flat.
However, Stanislas and Rossi were not involved in the defence, allowing the opponent to handle the ball easily on the perimeter.
Forward Austin's through ball to the newly introduced center Sharpe.
But he turned slowly and was stabbed by Cook first.
But Bournemouth were on the edge of the box and didn't have enough protection and the ball was back in the hands of the opposition again.
Leeds tried again to attack, but were still blocked by a stubborn defence.
But the clearance ball is still high but not far.
Richie responded on the baseline, but was pressed by the opposing player.
Returning the goalkeeper was risky because the opposition four had already pressed to the back line.
It is even more impossible to control the ball, because it is pressed back and it is easy to be surrounded.
Richie can only send the ball forward with his big foot with his back.
The landing point was near the center circle, and Rossi responded, but no one from the opponent stepped forward to interfere.
Leeds have two defenders at the back, and the retreating midfielders will also get up and grab the ball after Rossi stops the ball.
This gave Rossi the chance to handle the ball with ease.
But Rossi didn't stop the ball and headed it back.
Because he saw the back plugged in Stanislas.
This pass shocked the Leeds United defense into a cold sweat.
An opportunity that seemed to have no chance turned into an opponent's counterattack.
Luke Murphy was chasing back, but Stanislas, who came on in the second half, had a clear physical advantage.
Cooper, the centre-back, is desperately chasing back, trying to get ahead of the opponent and defend before he enters the box.
But Stanislas was very fast and threw Luke straight out of position.
He also knew that with a few more steps, the defender's defense would block the angle of the shot.
So near the edge of the penalty area, choose to shoot directly into the far corner of the goal.
The goalkeeper pounced on his body, and Stanislas's shot was not very powerful, but the victory was at a tricky angle, and it was slightly above the ground, making the goalkeeper very uncomfortable to save.
It is necessary to have both quick downs and save hands and to keep track of the flight altitude of the ball, which requires very quick reflexes and body balance.
But the goalkeeper couldn't stop the ball from going into the net.
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[Bournemouth took advantage of a chance that wasn't a chance and scored a goal, was it really luck?] γ
[Before that, they had been pressed and beaten, and it was hard to imagine that just a clearance ball, through the center's header, could actually form a counterattack. γ
Eddie Howe high-fived his assistant in celebration after scoring a goal, and seeing how he looked at his chest, it should have been a pre-arranged tactic.
After the passion for scoring the goal faded, the commentator calmly analyzed.
[Bournemouth's low post defense, inducing the opponent to press, resulting in a huge gap behind Leeds United.] γ
[They just took advantage of this vacancy and let Luo serve as the fulcrum, ferrying to the wing-backs inserted behind them to form a counterattack. γ
[In this, there is a hint of Mourinho's defensive counterattack. γ
With this "lucky" goal, Bournemouth were away from home, taking away three points.
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