Chapter 78 Conservative

The game at Portman Road has already begun.

Before the game, many media reported on the two teams, and they all mentioned that Derby County beat Leicester City with two goals at home. Leicester City is the second place in the league, and no team can beat the second place in the league. , so many people are very concerned about Derby County. They want to see if this team led by young Chinese will have any special performance against Ipswich.

The results were disappointing.

The game has just started, and Derby County has put on a full defensive stance. Except for striker Bolton Reiter, everyone else is huddled in their own half, and it seems that they don't want to attack at all.

"It's defense again!"

"He can't come up with something new!"

"The Chinese can't do anything else, he just wants to rely on defense to keep the goal, but the opponent in this game is Ipswich! Ipswich is a solid defensive player. Under their leadership, they will play very prudently and will not launch a rash attack... Then we can imagine that neither of the two defending players will take the initiative to attack, this will definitely be an extremely boring game..."

"But Derby County can really afford it. Their relegation situation is not bad. They are not afraid of losing. It's just that this Chinese's tactics are a bit disappointing."

"Besides defending, what else will he do?"

A group of reporters were talking in the media booth, and they continued to analyze the game in detail as football experts. The general meaning was that Derby County’s play style was disappointing. Their head coach, Wansheng, a young Chinese, had no new tricks and only defended. so on and so forth.

This is the view of most journalists.

This 'most' is the media reporters from Derby County and Ipswich. Mainstream media led by Derby County Sports will naturally not support Wan Sheng, no matter what Wan Sheng does and how well they do, but they are hostile, so they will definitely pick faults; Ipswich media Naturally support Ipswich, they also feel that Derby County is nothing surprising, and they choose to defend directly, which is really too conservative.

However, in the eyes of neutral media reporters, the thoughts of these people are really unreasonable!

This is Portman Road Stadium, the site of Ipswich. A team that can only avoid relegation comes to the seventh home in the league. What is strange about choosing to defend?

What's more, Ipswich is also very conservative...

At Portman Road, on their own turf, their formation was not opened, and their style of play was also very conservative. Although Ipswich was attacking from the beginning, it was obvious that they did not press on the whole line. In an attack, only half of the players are in the frontcourt.

To be conservative, Ipswich will never run!

...

Derby County players don't know what the media reporters say, and they don't care. What they care about is the coach's tactical arrangement, the defense emphasized by the coach, and the outcome of the game.

So they know what to do.

The game is ugly or not, they don't care at all, winning is more important than anything, so at the beginning of the game, they all huddled in half-court, waiting for Ipswich to attack.

The coach said...

"We just defend, we keep the goal, and if they don't attack the whole line, we keep defending..."

"On the contrary, if the opponent attacks all the way, then we will have the opportunity to counterattack!"

Both teams are mainly defensive teams. It would be too difficult to score goals by relying on normal progress, so there is no need to think about pushing forward and attacking. .

Everyone knew what to do, so the Derby County team held on to half-time and wouldn't rush across the halfway line.

Ipswich side.

Zu-Lair also told the players to pay attention to their defense. He knew that Derby County is also a team that is good at counterattacking, so they must not give them a chance to counterattack. Stealing the ball is not afraid of loopholes in defense.

Ipswich have been attacking, but they are always on the lookout for a Derby counter-attack.

Two years, enough for Zu Lyle to imprint the concept of defense into the minds of every Ipswich player, they all think about defense, and every player follows the coach's arrangement, so they don't press hard at all. Go up and attack the mind.

Likewise, Derby County players are very disciplined.

Wansheng is very clear that they cannot give Ipswich any chance. If Ipswich is allowed to advance by a goal, it will be difficult for them to beat Ipswich. Given the choice, he would rather not score than give Ipswich a good chance. A rash move may be nothing, but a goal from the opponent is enough to decide the outcome of the game.

Players of both teams are like this, and the game scene can be imagined.

Ipswich are also not good at attacking, what's more, they are still mostly paying attention to Derby County's counter-attack, the game scene is really lethargic.

in the audience.

The voices of the 30,000 fans before the game made the stadium full of enthusiasm. As the game went on, the voices of the fans became smaller and smaller. Even the purest Ipswich supporters felt that they were too lazy to watch the game.

This game is really... boring!

Not to mention the not-so-pure Ipswich fans, as well as some neutral fans, who even chatted in the stands with nothing to do with the game between the two teams.

In contrast, Derby County fans mostly watched the game seriously.

Because Derby County is passive, they will also worry about Derby County fans, and this worry makes them watch the game more seriously.

But they didn't complain about the team's style of play.

Like those neutral media think, you must know that Derby County's opponent is Ipswich, the seventh team in the league, and here is Portman Road. It is normal for Derby County to choose to defend, and that Derby County, led by the Chinese, are good at defending.

They also want the team to play well, but they care more about winning.

If this game can be won, Derby County will be able to avoid relegation two rounds in advance, which is the most important thing for Derby County at present!

In comparison, it's nothing if the game is ugly.

...

Ipswich head coach Zu Lyle sat on the bench and watched the game on the field, with a wrinkled face and two deep scars between his eyes.

The coach was worried about the game.

Having coached so many teams and experienced so many games, now that he is old, it is difficult to be like a young man with the spirit of daring to fight. What he cares more about is the stability of the team and the stability of the game. Knowing that his tactical style is too conservative, he always believes that it is best to move forward step by step and move forward steadily.

Therefore, the tactics he arranged still chose to be conservative.

Even if this is Portman Road Stadium, he hopes that the team can play steadily, not to attack aggressively and not give the opponent any chance.

He is not afraid of the opponent's counterattack.

He has already laid out all the strategies for the opponent's offense. If the opponent suddenly finds an opportunity to counterattack, or pushes forward, the team's defense is enough to limit the opponent, which is their chance.

What he was most worried about was that the opponent would not attack.

Just like now, the opponent has no intention of attacking at all, and is completely defending, as if saying, "We just want to defend the goal, attack or something, it doesn't matter at all".

Faced with such an opponent, Zu-Lair hesitated.

Massive attack? That's like stepping into the opponent's trap.

Continue the game like this? But relying only on a few players in the frontcourt, it is a bit too difficult to break the goal of Derby County, which is good at defending. It is estimated that God's help can be scored.

It's not that he doesn't have confidence in the team's frontcourt, it's that he knows the team too well.

There are no talented players in the frontcourt of Ipswich. The two forwards include two full-backs. The biggest advantage is that they are fast, and the others are very general. However, in the face of Derby County, who are steadily shrinking their defense, speed is not an advantage, and the limited area in the frontcourt simply makes it impossible for them to play.

What to do now?

Zu-Lair couldn't help turning his head and glanced at the Derby County coaching bench. The young Chinese was watching the game with Erlang's legs crossed, and he didn't seem to be worried about the game at all.

He shouldn't be worried either.

Zullair knows that the game has become a battle of patience. Whoever wants to win more, who can't help but want to score first and start a big attack when he gets close, will be at a disadvantage and who will win then. Whoever loses depends on luck.

He thought about it for a long time, seeing that the time match was only less than twenty minutes, and finally sighed.

Or... let's do it first.

...

Wan Sheng sat on the coach's bench with Erlang's legs crossed, chewing gum in his mouth.

He's not worried about the team.

Before the game, he carefully analyzed many Ipswich games and found that Ipswich was a very conservative team. In addition, they had a coach who was over 60 years old. Now this game is in an early stage. as he expected.

Ipswich is good at defending, and the ability of the players in the frontcourt is only average, so he is also not worried about his own goal.

On the field, this Derby County team did not have a very high defensive rating in the formation system of the football training master, but it also reached 73. He sent Ivan Crewe and Wilberg who were better at attacking. , Leon Osman replaced Richy Ferdinand, Vicente and others who are better at defense, so the defensive evaluation value is slightly lower, but he believes that the whole line of defense is also enough to withstand the half of the Ipswich team. offensive.

A football match is a battle of wits between two coaches.

He has carefully analyzed Zu Lyle's life as a coach, carefully analyzed many games in Ipswich, and has already thought of what tactics Ipswich will use. This is a bet, but at least temporarily he Bet won.

He is not worried that Ipswich will not attack aggressively, and Derby County has no chance to counterattack. On the contrary, he is a little worried that they will do so, because the defensive evaluation of 73 points is not very much. If the opponent attacks aggressively, maybe the goal is really in crisis.

But the other party did not do so, everything is under control.

He likes this feeling.

As a football coach, it is a feeling to be in control of the team and the game. He doesn't want anything out of his control. Now the opponent's tactical arrangements are under control. He can put his mind down and watch the game, just like an ordinary fan, and he is even in the mood to chat and joke with Diamares next to him.

The camera lens pointed over.

This is the TV station in eastern Suffolk. As a small regional TV station, they only broadcast the games of the eastern Suffolk team, and Ipswich is also one of them.

Seeing that the young Chinese coach of Derby County was jokingly talking to the assistant coach, the commentator Brown said with disdain, "This Chinese coach is really calm, he doesn't worry about the game at all, but how long can he keep it like this? What? On the field, Ipswich has the advantage..."