Chapter 46 We Score More Goals than Who!
In the 35th minute of the first half, Derby County made a substitution adjustment, and Bolton Reiter replaced captain Marcus.
Seeing this substitution from Derby County, most of them do not understand.
This also includes various commentators. On-site commentator Alfie said, "Derby County made a substitution adjustment, Reiter stood on the sidelines, and he replaced yes ... team captain Marcus ?"
He hesitated for a long time before saying strangely, "This substitution adjustment is a bit difficult to understand. Now Derby County has the advantage on the field, their attack has always been very good, and there is also Cahill on the front line, so there is no need to make substitutions. It's a bit unwise to change people at this juncture..."
Alfie hesitated and did not directly criticize Wansheng.
Alfie is a local resident of Greater Derbyshire. He owns a supermarket. The Pride Stadium commentator is just his part-time job, but he has been doing this part-time job for many years. It's not for money, but he likes it. He has a job, and because of this, whenever a player at Derby County is not performing well, or the manager makes a wrong decision, he will directly criticize and even question it.
When Wan Shenggan was just coaching Derby County, Alfie was not optimistic about him. In the first two games, Alfie also raised a lot of doubts about Wan Sheng.
Alfie is quite authoritative among Derby County fans, and his doubts also represent the thoughts of a large number of fans.
But with Wansheng leading the team to victory again and again, this season, Alfie can only support Wansheng, because Wansheng can always lead the team to victory, so even if he encounters some incomprehensible situations, he will I wouldn't question it the first time, and now I'm also euphemistically saying 'somewhat unwise'.
Alfie thinks so, let alone everyone else.
The reporters in the media booth were a little stunned when they saw this substitution from Derby County, and then they laughed and satirized--
"This Chinese is crazy!"
"Derby are doing well. Maybe this substitution will change the game!"
"They lose from now on!"
"Wish he'd keep being stupid...haha...that's funny..."
on the field.
Marcus also didn't understand why he was substituted, but he didn't hesitate, because he was the captain of the team, and he didn't need to worry about the main position at all, and the coach couldn't target him. So he walked away without the slightest hesitation. He also handed the captain's armband to Morris before leaving the game.
In this way, Morris became the captain of the field.
Leiter and Marcus clapped their hands and walked onto the court. At the same time, Wansheng walked over to meet Marcus, hugged his shoulder and said nothing.
Marcus was about to ask a question, and Diamares asked first, "Wan Sheng, is this really good?"
"Don't worry. It's the right adjustment!"
In fact, Wan Sheng was also a little hesitant. But when he saw that the team had scored the first goal and still had a huge advantage on the field, and could not score the second, he still made a choice.
Can't go on like this!
Wansheng wouldn't be worried at all if he played against a normal team, but the opponent is West Bromwich Albion. Although the team can suppress the opponent now, it does not mean that they can suppress the whole game. He believes West Bromwich Albion will perform a lot better in the second half after making adjustments. So if you want a steady victory, it is best to expand the score advantage in the first half.
He hesitated for a while before deciding to replace Leiter.
Replacing Leiter is equivalent to adding an offensive means and an offensive point for the frontcourt.
Although Cahill's header is good, he is not a real center after all. He has to face too much defensive pressure at the front. He is guarded very tightly. It is difficult to find opportunities even if they are plugged in. The main reason is that the team's skills and coordination ability are limited after all, and it is difficult for them to find opportunities when they are plugged in. If they are plugged in too far, the overall formation will be pushed. Very forward, it is likely to give West Bromwich the opportunity to counterattack.
Instead of doing this, it is better to replace Marcus, who is somewhat 'doing nothing' in the backcourt, and replace Leiter.
But in this way, Alfred will face a lot more defensive pressure. Although West Bromwich Albion is suppressed, it does not mean that they are not attacking at all. When they attack, Alfred Reid is about to face the pressure. Marcus shared the pressure before, but now he has to face it alone.
But Wansheng has confidence in Alfred.
As long as you don't give the opponent that kind of very good chance, in a one-on-one situation, if you want to get rid of Alfred and score the ball, it really requires great skills. Alfred's ability in defense is very good. , Fast, decisive, and physically strong enough, the most important thing is that after a game of experience, Alfred's game mentality has become better and better, and his willpower and confidence have made great progress. In the current situation, with Alfred in the backcourt alone, Wansheng doesn't need to worry much.
This is also an experience for Alfred.
In comparison, it is more important to expand the score advantage. If there is a two-goal advantage in the first half, even if West Bromwich Albion adjusts the midfield, it will be very difficult to tie the score.
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At the beginning of the new season, in fact, for Leiter, the team's situation is not good, because he faces a lot of competition, and he can't get the opportunity to start every time.
Not that Reiter was reduced to a substitute.
In fact, the team currently has only one high center forward, and that is himself. He basically has no competition for this position, but he still needs to use his performance to win the position, because in many cases, the team can only have one forward.
He, or Cahill, is the choice.
Cahill has scored quite a few goals in previous games, so Cahill has an edge over the competition.
In fact, Leiter is at a disadvantage in the competition, and there is another important reason, that is, the positions he can play are too single, which is related to his game experience. He has only played in the center, and he has never tried other positions. Pass.
By contrast, Cahill and Ian Taylor are both very flexible.
They can play midfield, they can play forward.
In the 4231 formation. Cahill can play directly as a lone striker many times, and can also play as a left and right midfielder. The formation is changed to 433. Cahill can play in all three positions in the frontcourt, as can Ian Taylor. He can play more positions than Cahill. So they have a lot of playing opportunities, but Leiter is different. In the 4231 formation, he can only play as a single striker, and in 433, he can still only play as a middle striker, and in the new season's game. The team has barely played 442. So Leiter's playing opportunities have been reduced a lot.
There are fewer opportunities to play, and fewer opportunities to perform.
So far, Leiter has only played three times and scored one goal. This performance is quite satisfactory, neither good nor bad, but at the same time, many people look at Cahill and forget about the end of the season. Outstanding young man.
But Reiter didn't care.
Leiter always believes that as long as he is willing to work hard. He must be better in the future, just like he did last season. As long as he has time, he will go to training, as long as he has the opportunity, he will work hard.
At the same time last year, he was still in the Derby County youth team, and it was impossible to play in the first team. Now he has played for the team more often, but it seems to be less for tactical reasons. What's not to be satisfied with?
Continue like this, sooner or later he will be able to succeed.
After Leiter appeared, he was full of fighting spirit. He cooperated with the team's offense very much and worked very hard to find opportunities.
Derby's attack has continued. After Cahill scored the first goal, the delay in scoring is related to the strengthening of West Bromwich's defense and the overall luck of the team. The game is like this sometimes. , It doesn’t mean that you have the advantage on the field and you can score goals by attacking more times. It also depends on how lucky you are. If you are not lucky, it is normal to attack for a whole game without scoring a goal.
But they still have plenty of opportunities in front of the door.
West Bromwich Albion only temporarily strengthened their defense, but their response to Derby County's offense was also somewhat inadequate, so Leiter, who had just played, almost got a shot in the third minute, but it was a pity that he was affected by the defender. Failed to hit the ball.
Leiter was not discouraged, but continued to devote himself to the game with high fighting spirit.
Reiter is very clear about what he is playing for. He is a center, but now the coach sends him to play, it must be to find opportunities to score, so he has been looking for opportunities because he cannot let the coach down.
At the same time, he has to work hard to prove himself!
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When Derby County attacked, both on and off the field, many people's attention stayed on a few players - Cahill, Morris, Ribery, these three players attracted most people's attention Notice.
All eyes are on the Cahill trio because they have been doing well.
The same is true for West Bromwich Albion's defense on the front line. Cahill was Millwall's assistant before, and now he is the top scorer in League One. He has just scored another goal. A lot of their defence is against Cahill, and when the rest of Derby County pass the ball into the danger zone, they will also pay attention to defending Cahill.
Leiter... Few people care.
Leiter's performance this season is very average. As for the end of last season, it has nothing to do with West Bromwich Albion. Their impression of Leiter is, "This is a very good young center."
That's all.
They don't care much about Leiter, so the defense is a lot looser. In their opinion, Derby County sent Leiter to play, tactically, it is to send a high center to attract defense.
So their defensive focus remains on Cahill.
Leiter has less defensive pressure to face, but he still has to look for opportunities to score goals. Leiter has been paying attention to the team's offense. He knows that opportunities are hard-won for him, and he must not miss them!
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Derby County's offense has always revolved around two points, one is Morris and the other is Ribery. Ribery was quite active in this game, so many times, he became the core of driving the team's rhythm.
When the ball is passed to his left, he becomes the rhythm player, he decides whether to dribble or pass, whether to pass, and how to pass.
Ribery's technology naturally needless to say.
At the current Derby County, Ribery is the best technical player, good at breaking through, good at judgment, and good at passing. He feels very excited now. Also happy with the feeling of the game because the coach takes him seriously, he is doing well and he knows he needs to take responsibility.
This time, Ribery was facing the defense. No more options to break through. Instead, the ball is passed.
The West Bromwich Albion players breathed a sigh of relief when he did so, as did the West Bromwich Albion fans in the stands, who were now a little worried about the Scarface breakthrough.
But soon football spread to Ribery's favorite.
This time, Ribery did not choose to pass the ball. Instead, he made a move to pass to Maurice, which caused the defender in front of him to deviate from the center. As a result, Ribery took the opportunity to speed up the ball from his side. .
He directly surpassed the past from the opponent's side!
The stands immediately resounded with cheers from the Derby County fans. They are still somewhat in love with Ribery. Before they felt that Ribery was wasting opportunities, but now they don't worry about it, they start to appreciate Ribery's football, and they find that it is really an art.
I have to say that traditional English football really has no aesthetics at all. The limited number of players with excellent skills mostly rely on their bodies and win, and Ribery also relies on speed. But it's more about technology.
His football really caught the eye.
At the same time, his football is full of practicality, such as the current West Bromwich Albion player. When he wanted to turn around and chase after him, he had already been pulled down several times, and it was impossible for him to catch up with Ribery again if he turned around and accelerated.
With Ribery's accelerated breakthrough, Derby County's overall formation also accelerated.
West Bromwich Albion's defenders were a little panicked. They rushed over to defend. In the left position, they could not take care of any defensive formation. Mattieu-Luis-Jane and Wait-Muslim rushed up together. .
Ribery did not continue to dribble.
Facing the defense of two people, it is still very difficult to continue to break through. He chose to pass the ball to the neutral position, and Maurice appeared in the neutral position behind Mathieu Louis-Jane!
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"Maurice! He followed!" Alfie let out a happy cry.
The decibel of the stadium suddenly increased by a section!
Among them, West Bromwich Albion fans exclaimed, under their exclamation, Morris has raised his foot to catch the ball.
Mathieu-Louis-Jane hurried back to defend Morris.
But it was a bit slow for him to turn around and defend again. Morris had already taken the opportunity to stop the ball, glanced in the direction of the penalty area, and directly kicked the ball and passed it high.
"Look at this pass..."
Alfie's voice had a long smear, and at the same time, the voice of the whole court rose again.
With the sound of the tail, everyone followed the direction of the football and looked into the penalty area, where a tall player looked so outstanding.
Yes...Burton Wright!
Alfie shouted out in an instant, "Good chance! Leiter—"
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Leiter has been waiting for this opportunity for a long time!
Watching the football flying towards this side, Leiter was immediately excited, but he suppressed the excitement in his heart, and while running forward with his legs, he tried to calm down and judge the landing point, and at the same time squeezed the position with the opponent's defender.
After the football fell to almost the same position, Reiter took a hard step forward and jumped up in place.
His eyes are fixed on the football!
The various sounds in the stadium filled his eardrums and filled his heart, but his brain was very calm. He jumped into the air with his arms outstretched, maintaining his balance, and scanning the door from the corner of his eyes.
Immediately, he threw his head forward fiercely!
"go in!"
"Bang!"
With a muffled sound in the ear, the football instantly changed direction and rushed towards the West Bromwich Albion goal.
At the moment of his whereabouts, Leiter swept to the opponent's goalkeeper and flew to save the figure.
Before he could think about anything, the Pride Stadium was already filled with cheers, and the cheers of the fans had already told Reiter--
The ball is in! !
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"Goooooooooooal!!! Goal scored!!! Burton-"
"—Let—"
Cheers resounded throughout the stadium, and in the cheers of the fans, Alfie shouted excitedly, "Reiter! The goal is scored! 2:0! Reiter, who just played, scored the second goal for Derby County!"
"Nice job, a header!"
"This is Reiter's second goal for Derby County this season, he has proved his quality with a goal and repaid the trust that manager Wan Sheng has placed in him... I'm so sorry. Just now, I was still questioning Wansheng's substitution, but this goal proves that substitution adjustment is quite wise..."
Even so, there was no shyness in Alfie's mouth. Some are just excited.
More mainly. Derby County scored!
After scoring the goal, Leiter could no longer contain his excitement. He hugged and celebrated with every teammate who came over, and hugged Morris, who was assisting, making Morris look quite embarrassed and causing others to be in awe. Good laugh.
At the same time, the reporters in the media booth were silent.
They suddenly remembered that this tall young center seemed to be a genius too. He was only 20 years old. But he has been able to start in League One, and has often scored goals.
After all, Derby County has a lot of talent.
By the way... and Alfred who is now sitting alone in the backcourt...
So, they saw Derby County's eyes on the bench is more complicated.
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After Derby County celebrated the goal, the game resumed.
West Bromwich Albion coach Magerson shouted anxiously for everyone to pay attention to the defense. He knew very well that Derby County must not be allowed to score again, otherwise the game would end early.
So in the next time, West Bromwich Albion was very strict with the goal handle. Under this tight defense, Derby County failed to find another good opportunity. The first half also ended 2-0.
Both teams entered halftime.
West Bromwich Albion players hurried back to the dressing room one by one, they just had a bad first half, and now they want to go back to rest, otherwise they don't know if they have the confidence to continue the game.
They all hope that the head coach can give some guidance on the game, otherwise, if the team continues to play like this, it is a fantasy to win, and it is basically impossible.
Team head coach Magerson did not let them down.
"It doesn't matter, I have found the weakness of their defense!" McGuson's opening remarks were very encouraging.
In fact, he did find it.
McGerson is not young, but in fact, he has no experience as a head coach, but as an assistant coach for so many years, and he was once a professional player, his tactical vision is still not bad.
He watched Derby's defence for a long time in the first half and came to some conclusions, the most important of which was the weakness of Derby's defence - they were dense in midfield but very empty at the back.
So he knew what to do.
"We don't need to play short passes to penetrate, and we don't need to use cooperation to break through the defense. In the second half, we just need to play defensive counterattacks, defend well, and find opportunities to pass the ball to the frontcourt..."
Magson looked at Lee Haggs and Jaime Telford and said, "You should pay more attention to the counter-attack movement, look for opportunities to counter offside, and go directly to their half to find a good opportunity to score!"
Lee Haggs and Jaime Telford looked at each other and understood what the coach meant, which is to let them play defensive counterattacks and go straight for long passes.
At the same time they have a sense of sudden realization.
In the game, they still can't see it, they only think that Derby County's defense is very tight, and now after listening to the coach say this, they remember that the opponent's defense of their backcourt is very empty!
It's that simple!
No English team is unfamiliar with long passes and daggers. They defend and counterattack and use anti-offsides to find opportunities to directly break into the opponent's penalty area. This is a "popular" forte.
It turns out that Derbyshire's weakness is here!
After listening to the words of the head coach Magerson, West Bromwich Albion felt very excited, because they found the hope of winning the game again, and the method is very simple, as long as you pay attention to the defense, get the ball and pass it directly with big feet. In the frontcourt, let your team's forwards chase the ball to find opportunities.
And when you think about it, this seems like the best way to deal with Derby County!
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At the same time, in the home team's locker room, Wansheng was also admonishing the players, he talked about the possible tactical adjustments West Bromwich Albion might make, "They are likely to increase the long pass to the frontcourt. "
"But we don't need to evolve."
Wan Sheng said seriously, "We have a two goal advantage. At the same time, I also hope that you will adapt to this kind of defense as soon as possible in the game, because we still have to make some targeted defensive tactical adjustments next, and we need everyone to adapt."
"This is a challenge. They will attack our weaknesses, but I have confidence in you!"
"But I still want to emphasize a few points..."
Next, Wansheng carefully instructed each player what to do when they arrived on the field, especially the defensive players. Since they knew that the opponent was going to increase long passes, they naturally had to think of some countermeasures, especially now that Alfred was the only central defender. case.
Wansheng didn't plan to send more staff, he just asked Ferdinand to stand back properly and instructed the defensive players to make more use of them to avoid offside.
It's dangerous, like a gamble.
If the bet is lost, if the team does not perform well, the opponent will score a goal, but with a two-goal advantage in hand, Derby County has enough chips to bet.
They can afford to lose!
not to mention......
Wan Sheng raised his hand, waved his fist and roared, "We are going to score goals with them in this game! We play offensive football, no matter how we defend, there will always be loopholes in the backcourt, but As long as we score more goals than them, we will win the game!"
"Do you all understand!?"
Everyone looked at each other, and they were all aroused by their fighting spirit, and each shouted--
"Understood!"
"Don't worry, boss! We'll do it!"
"You just wait to win!"
"We'll shoot through their goal!"
Dia Mares stood behind Wansheng, and when he saw the scene in the dressing room, he was a little worried about West Bromwich Albion's goal... He didn't believe it, that West Bromwich Albion The 'loyal minister' will be Wansheng's opponent...
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