Chapter 54: Counterattack After Defense

From the beginning of the game, everyone was talking about Baker Alfred, fans, reporters, Nottingham Forest, etc., everyone was waiting for Alfred to make a mistake, waiting for Nottingham Forest to use his mistake to play the ball Enter, it seems like a natural, sure thing to happen.

Just like what many commentators said, "It's just a matter of time."

But 20 minutes later, Alfred is still very solid. Although he looks awkward, it is understandable to think that he has been fighting with each other recklessly and fell to the ground many times. .

The point is that he still stands.

five minutes.

ten minutes.

The game has been going on for half an hour, the score is still 0:0, and now the fans in the audience have forgotten what they were waiting for, but cheered for Alfred, every time Alfred A successful defense can be greeted with cheers, as if he's not a rookie, but a star.

So did the narrators, "Look! It's Alfred again!", which they repeated more than once or twice.

Now Alfred is on the court like a duck to water.

With his steady and excellent defense, more fans started to support him instead of thinking about when he made mistakes.

"He... did a good job." Diamares couldn't help but be surprised.

Diamares is not optimistic about Alfred's starting lineup at all. In his opinion, this is Wansheng playing with fire, but what he didn't expect is that Alfred's performance is getting better and better. It's not obvious that he is a rookie, and he adapts very quickly in the game.

Starting a game at this level will definitely put a lot of pressure on a young player who is playing for the first time.

But under such a lot of pressure, Alfred's performance was amazing!

Getting better and better!

Most players need to accumulate experience to slowly grow and adapt to the professional league, but Baker Alfred on the court seems to have a natural ability to adapt quickly.

Should he be called... a genius?

Diamares stared closely at the direction of the team's penalty area, his face full of surprise, but his heart was full of confusion. He once strongly opposed letting Alfred play, but Wansheng did not accept it at all, and ignored him at all. 's suggestion.

But the facts now tell him that Wan Sheng is right.

Alfred did it. At least in these 30 minutes of the game, he completely resisted the impact of Nottingham Forest. He was stable, used various abilities to stabilize the team's defense, and withstood the opponent's attack time and time again.

On the field of play, it is obvious that Alfred's performance is getting more and more stable.

He is growing too fast.

Now, most of the time, he can make the best judgment on how to defend, which makes people feel like a seasoned veteran, but this is amazing - why Wansheng can be sure that he can OK?

Why can't you judge for yourself?

Is this luck...

Diamares didn't understand at all. He didn't know how many times he was surprised. Ever since he became Wansheng's deputy, he has been unconvinced, but it seems that no matter what, Wansheng's choice is always the same. is right, and his judgment is always biased.

He was amazed every time, and Wansheng took it for granted.

like now.

Diamares turned his head to look over, and saw the smiling face of the nearby Chinese coach--from the beginning of the game, it seemed that his expression had not changed, as if he knew Alfred from the beginning of the game Germany will perform as well.

Diamares knew that if he was the current Wansheng, he would definitely be very excited, and he would never be so indifferent.

...

on the field.

The team captain Marcus and Alfred are the center back partner. At the beginning of the game, he always thought about how to support each other. A young player will definitely make mistakes in the face of such pressure. He is always ready to support. In order to prevent this young man from being easily defeated by the other party.

This is Marcus' idea.

But up to now, he has never really provided support, because it is not necessary at all, but because of distraction, there will be a crisis on his own defense.

Marcus smiled bitterly.

In the past, his partner was Nico Herziger. He didn't like Herziger, but he had to admit that Herziger's strength was good, even better than himself. Now he has replaced Alfred. He originally thought that he had finally become a defender The most important player, I didn't expect the result to be like this.

Unable to find self-confidence in defense, Marcus can only exert his 'confidence' as the team captain, "Everyone pay attention to defense! Don't let Baker run around! He's not yet twenty years old, are you so embarrassed? ?"

When Alfred heard the captain's words, he smiled at him, knowing that his performance was recognized.

...

"Baker-Alfred is amazing!"

"He is playing for Derby County for the first time. He started on the first appearance. It is a kind of pressure for any young man, but after 30 minutes of the game, he made no major mistakes and the defense was very solid!" Al Woodgate kept talking, he kept praising Alfred's defense, completely forgetting what he said about Alfred before.

If those fans who don't know the situation, they will be very puzzled to hear Woodgate's complete transformation of a player's evaluation in ten minutes.

Is this really professional football commentary?

But fans who understand the situation can understand because their mentality has also undergone a complete transformation.

Now Lyle Woodgate can only praise Alfred, "His performance is so good! I can't imagine it! This is his first game, I didn't expect to perform so well, I seem to see To the rapid rise of a rising star in defense! In front of this rising star, Nottingham Forest's attack is not worth mentioning!"

"They were looking for opportunities in young Alfred and that was the biggest mistake."

"Look at what Baker Alfred did during this time!"

"He relies on his positioning and pre-judgment, as well as his constant running defense, which has destroyed the opponent's attack many times! He can always appear in places that make Nottingham Forest players uncomfortable, and can always defend the impact of Nottingham Forest, Always the first to destroy the dangerous ball that Nottingham Forest wanted to make..."

If the Nottingham Forest players heard Lyle Woodgate's words, they would definitely be very angry.

In Woodgate's words, they were completely supporting characters, while Alfred became the hero, in a tone of 'Alfred waved his sleeves, Nottingham Forest's attack fell apart'.

But they are sad now.

They have not broken the gate of Derby County for 30 minutes of continuous attack, especially in the last 10 minutes, they have not even had a decent chance to shoot.

Do it all at once, second time tired, third time exhausted.

Thirty minutes have passed, and Nottingham Forest's attack seems to be quite imposing, but the real inner strength has been unknowingly reduced a lot.

Nottingham Forest players are very depressed.

Their lack of confidence also lies in Alfred. Before the start of the game, head coach Hart repeatedly emphasized that he should look for opportunities for Alfred's position. They also attacked with the mentality of 'bullying the rookies'. The results of it?

There are rookies, but they are bullied instead...

Thirty minutes of offense failed to defeat the rookie. On the contrary, his defense became more and more sophisticated. Nottingham Forest players found that it was really not easy to find opportunities in this rookie. Perhaps their coach, Mr. Hart, made a mistake. Wrong.

This is a rookie, but also a strong rookie.

They are not reconciled.

Many people still want to find opportunities in Alfred. In their eyes, Alfred is still a rookie. Losing to a rookie in the professional arena is really a great insult, so the overall attack of Nottingham Forest Appears to be very anxious.

Such an attack looks fierce, but in fact it has no rules, and it is even more difficult to break through the gate of Derby County.

Then they unknowingly pressed further forward.

Few players realize that their backcourt is actually in a big crisis. Pressing too forward makes them sad and there is a big gap in the backcourt.

...

Pop Ziller is definitely the most frustrating Nottingham Forest player to play.

He is a striker for Nottingham Forest.

He happens to be opposite Alfred, and he has to face Alfred almost every time he attacks. From the opening to the present, he is the player who has played against Alfred the most in Nottingham Forest. What he thought was to rely on his own breakthroughs to find good opportunities, and the ideal breakthrough target was Alfred.

Just a rookie.

He thought so and did so, and then his breakthrough was interrupted three times by Alfred... Thirty minutes, three times the ball was intercepted, that is, he wasted three offensive opportunities for the team by himself, which is equivalent to direct Handed the ball to Derby County three times, and if he was rated after the game, he would definitely be the lowest scoring player in Nottingham Forest because he wasted the most chances and didn't play much against a rookie.

Pop-Ziller is quite unconvinced. He is the kind of person who doesn't like to accept failure. Once he fails, he wants to try again until he succeeds, but success has not come yet. This time he faced Alfred , he still wants to break through and try it out.

He just wants to go all the way until he succeeds.

When the football reached his feet, he saw the opponent's tall black rookie approaching him again, and his teammates were waving at him, but Pope-Ziller saw the space behind the opponent and wanted to go there again.

Must succeed this time!

Pop-Ziller gritted his teeth and kept his feet moving, trying to force a breakthrough by shaking, but the moment he swung the ball to the left, he felt a force on the ball.

Without looking, he knew he had been intercepted.

He staggered and almost fell to the ground, and then saw that the football had reached the feet of this tall black rookie. He held his head in pain, but could only watch the opponent pass the ball out.

The football is at Vicente's feet.

Vicente is a veteran of the team. Since Wansheng took over the team, he has been playing as a defensive midfielder. He is also the core of the team's offense and defense transition. He is a veteran and has rich game experience. Let him know what what to do when.

All the team has to do now is fight back.

After receiving the pass, Vicente glanced forward, and immediately opened the ball to the front with a big foot. The football flew more than 30 meters to the feet of Ian Taylor.

Offensive and defensive, Derby County launched a counterattack!

At the halftime of Nottingham Forest, Bolton Reiter and Lee Morris ran forward quickly, and Ian Taylor was also rushing forward with the ball behind him.

These three were the prongs of Derby County's counterattack.

In the 4321 formation, Bolton-Leiter is the only striker, while Ian-Taylor and Lee-Morris form a central midfielder combination. Now, as soon as the counterattack is formed, all three of them crossed the center line for the first time.

At this time, the speed of the three of them came into play.

Ian Taylor's speed is not slow, even with the ball, he can start running faster than the average player's normal running speed, or even slightly faster.

Lee Morris' speed is average, but in order to increase his offensive ability, Wansheng also arranged speed training for him, and now his speed is not too slow, especially since he is one step ahead of Taylor.

Burton Reiter, the speed evaluation of '94', what he needs to worry about is not whether it is fast enough, but whether it will be offside.

Reiter and Morris ran ahead, forming a triangle with Taylor.

When Taylor dribbled the ball, he could pass it to Leiter to the left or to Morris to the right, but when he saw the opponent's player blocking him, Taylor raised his head a little and made a judgment, and he still pushed the ball forward to the right.

Morris!

On the Derby County coaching bench, Wan Sheng's eyes lit up.

Morris is not as fast as Leiter, and his other ability evaluations are by no means weaker than Leiter, especially his foot skills. As the core of the team before, Morris's foot skills are definitely worthy of praise.

At the same time, his running position selection is also very good.

Taylor's oblique pass went straight to Morris. Morris also seemed to have eyes behind him, and his speed was slightly slower for a moment. This moment of slowness allowed him to easily let the ball in front of him. He didn't do anything else at all. Can dribble the ball forward.

The catch caused a lot of exclamations.

The next moment, the exclamation of the City Square Stadium was even louder, because the fans of Nottingham Forest saw that Morris took the ball forward with two steps, and passed the ball diagonally to the left side of the penalty area.

At the moment when Morris passed the ball, Leiter suddenly exploded and accelerated!

The Nottingham Forest player in charge of defending Leiter was thrown behind by Leiter almost immediately. He was thinking of creating offside, but he never expected Morris's pass to be so decisive. Leiter staggered two positions, and it was too late to chase after him.

At this moment, there was only one thought in his mind, "So fast!"

Let's go straight in!

The football rolled diagonally to the left side of the penalty area, and Leiter ran straight forward from the left side. It didn't seem to be much slower than the football. At a position more than ten meters away from the goal, he received a pass.

Nottingham Forest goalkeeper has saved.

He tried to block Leiter's shooting angle and formed a front and back attack with the defenders behind Leiter, creating pressure on Leiter and forcing him to shoot.

But Kerret chose to pass the ball horizontally!

At the same time, Wan Sheng stood up from his seat almost immediately, his expression finally became excited, and his fists were clenched tightly.

This kind of cooperation, I don't know how many times I have done it in training!

From Taylor to Morris, from Morris to Reiter, and from Reiter to Morris, use several fixed passes and use Reiter's speed to create anti-offside opportunities and create neutrality while getting rid of the defense. Create the best scoring opportunity.

That's the fit of training.

But Wansheng was surprised that Leiter was so calm when facing the goalkeeper!

This kind of cooperation was three-on-three in the early stage, mainly to get rid of the opponent's defender and directly create a one-on-one single-handed opportunity to face the goalkeeper, but now that there is a single-handedly opportunity, Leiter did not choose to shoot by himself, but crossed again to transfer.

The moment Leiter passed the ball, Wansheng knew what was going to happen next.

really!

Morris followed, and all he needed to do at this time was to complete a push shot facing the empty goal, and the football flew into the goal without any suspense!