Chapter 213: Breaking Out of the Cocoon (Part 2)

When Shearer scored, Robson just smiled and clapped on the sidelines.

Then he made a steady gesture. When he returned to the bench, Robson looked at George standing on the sidelines. He didn't know how the young man would adjust.

After two consecutive losses, Robson was under a lot of pressure. However, with Robson's current fame, Newcastle will not easily fire Robson. Therefore, his position as coach is stable. However, Robson couldn't get over it. After returning to England ten years later, Robson didn't want to be a laughing stock.

Therefore, before this game, Robson had studied George's Blackburn carefully.

George's Blackburn looked very strong, and his midfield control ability was second to none in the Premier League. But who is Robson, a world-class coach. He still found Blackburn's weakness.

Robson knew that Blackburn played an oppressive style of play. This is an alternative style of play that is not common in English football or even in world football. But in Robson's eyes, Blackburn's weakest point is the seemingly strong midfield. Because they have to play an oppressive style of play, Miku and Deco will be in the front position, and Robson wants to play the defensive combination of Deco and Makelele.

Robson has watched many games of Blackburn, and Makelele is a very smart defensive midfielder. Compared with defensive midfielders like Keane and Vieira, he is not strong and fast, and he lacks coverage area. And Makelele almost does not participate in the attack.

Makelele's biggest role is to protect the area in front of the central defender. Makelele did a very good job. After getting familiar with it, Makelele played very well in this position. He used excellent positioning and judgment of the ball path to protect this area. And he would not leave this area rashly.

As a member of the double defensive midfielder in 4-2-3-1, because Makelele's coverage area is limited. So a defensive midfielder with abundant physical strength, wide defensive area, and the ability to sweep the field is needed to cooperate with him. Then Blackburn's central defense will be the most stable.

Unfortunately, although Deco has excellent physical strength and can run all over the field. But George gave Deco more offensive tasks, especially the task of controlling the rhythm of the game.

In this way, there is a slight gap in the defense of Deco and Makelele, but Blackburn's oppressive style of play has always made many teams uncomfortable. In addition, most Premier League teams play on the two wings, so this little defensive gap in the middle has not been found.

But Robson has a vicious eye and found this gap. Before the game, he emphasized this gap to Speed ​​and Solano. Solano's pass just now caught the moment when Makelele did not attack and Deco did not come back.

Before, George always thought that his tactics were relatively perfect, but when Shearer scored, George also found a small gap in the combined area of ​​​​Deco and Makelele. This small gap was not used by any team before, so George did not pay attention to it.

But Newcastle's targeted style of play still made George pay attention.

"Let Anderson move back a little so that he can coordinate with Claude. We won't play in the middle, but on the wing. Tell John to pass the ball to the wing more often."

George changed his style of play and asked Deco to move back a little. Of course, Miku needs to keep a certain distance from Deco, so he also moved back a little. Newcastle's defensive midfielder moves back, and my midfielders move back a little.

Directly block your breakthrough in the middle, and then let's see who is sharper on the wing.

When George just made the change, Robson also made a gesture to change the field. George didn't know what Robson meant, and he had to see the situation on the field before he could decide.

Blackburn made the change of Deco and Miku moving back a little, and Newcastle's style of play changed immediately. Newcastle was no longer defending in the 40-meter area in the backcourt, and the Newcastle defensive midfielder, whose pressure suddenly dropped due to Miku's retreat, actually pressed forward.

Although they pressed forward, they did not pass the ball in the midfield. Instead, they just ran, harassed Miku and looked for some blind spots in Blackburn's midfield defense.

Then, after their defenders got the ball, they no longer passed it through the midfield, or passed it to the two wingers, or directly looked for Shearer.

Their style of play suddenly became much simpler and faster. After the players on the wing got the ball, they would never entangle with Blackburn's defenders. As long as they found an opening, they would pass it. And after Shearer got the ball in front, he would either shoot it himself or pass it to Solano who was inserted in the middle.

"... Cross it, Shearer! Under the interference of Hyypia, the ball was deflected."

"... Shearer, passed it to the middle... Solano, long shot... Unfortunately, it missed the goal."

George frowned tightly and looked at the situation on the field. Robson was too difficult to deal with, and George thought of every step.

It should be said that the strength of Blackburn players is definitely better than Newcastle. But Robson's movements were faster than George, and he thought of George in every step. Blackburn's attack was not able to play to its normal strength.

"Let Suker warm up."

In the 34th minute of the game, George replaced John Miku with Davor Suker.

"It's very unexpected. Look, Miku can't believe that George actually replaced him." Martin Taylor was also very surprised.

"Yeah, it's only the thirty-fourth minute. Although Blackburn did not perform well in this game, it is not entirely Miku's responsibility."

Indeed, the biggest responsibility in this game is not Miku, but George. Because the game has fallen one step behind, the current situation has occurred. George underestimated Newcastle.

"John, I'm sorry." Substituted in the first half, anyone would have emotions.

Not to mention Miku is Blackburn's core player. But Miku couldn't get angry when facing George, so he just smiled reluctantly.

After Davor Suker came on, Blackburn's formation changed to 4-4-2. It has become a common parallel position for Premier League teams, and George uses more of the two wings. This is the most commonly used formation by the English team, and they even used this formation to win the local World Cup.

George grew up in England and is quite familiar with England's most traditional 4-4-2. But George has always looked down on this formation.

This is a balanced offensive and defensive formation. With Miku off the field, Newcastle's midfielder completely let go. Start pressing forward.

Blackburn's offense makes more use of the two wings, as well as Davor Suker's super personal strength. The winger no longer just makes crosses, but more passes on the ground. Klose no longer retreats to get the ball, but presses forward.

It became Davor Suker who retreated more to get the ball.

After changing to 4-4-2, Blackburn's offense and defense are much more balanced. Because Deco is also more involved in defense. Although Newcastle's defensive midfielder pressed up, they could not find a good opportunity to pass the ball. Moreover, Makelele firmly controlled his position and did not let them have the opportunity to grab the second spot. The two full-backs stayed close to Newcastle's wide midfielders, denying them the chance to cross.

After containing Newcastle's offense, Blackburn's offense became more active.

Because of Deco's retreat and Miku's dismissal, Blackburn's offense was completely concentrated on the two wings and two forwards.

Because there were fewer people participating in the attack, the game between the two sides entered a stalemate. George was still satisfied with the current state. In thirty minutes, if no changes were made, Blackburn might even be scored by Newcastle at any time.

Just as the game entered first half stoppage time, Pires got the ball.

Pires faced the opponent's right back and suddenly cut inside. But instead of continuing to cut inside, he pushed lightly with his right foot and handed it over to Davor Suker, who successfully countered offside.

"Davor Suker, he got the ball!"

However, the Newcastle defender was also very alert and immediately blocked Davor Suker's shooting angle. Davor Suker stopped the ball with his left foot, made a fake move to break through, and then pulled the ball back with his left foot. And the defender was directly hit by Davor Suker. A very good shooting angle appeared in an instant.

"Beautiful pass... shot! Given reacted well and saved it... It's not over yet, Klose!"

Ji Wen did have an excellent reaction. Although he was shaken by Su Ke, he saved the ball accurately. However, because of the faster speed of the ball, Given was unable to catch the ball. The ball was saved by Given, and the ball bounced. At this time, a figure appeared in front of the ball.

Given didn't see clearly who it was at this time, but he saw that the jersey was blue and white. My heart suddenly became cold because this is Blackburn’s home jersey.

Yes, this man is a Blackburn player.

The moment Davor Suker shot, Klose was already running up. Seeing that the ball was saved, he quickly came to the ball and pushed the ball.

"Goal! Klose, this is already Klose's second goal in three rounds of the league. Could it be that Klose is starting to get enlightened. Haha." Two goals in three games, for Klose's efficiency For a lowly forward, these are indeed good data.

"GOOOOOOOOOOOAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" The on-site commentator had no scruples. "We equalized the score and Milo scored the equalizer. Klose!"

The fans on the court shouted "Klose!" along with the commentator.

George also jumped, beautifully. We were able to equalize the score in the first half, but the pressure was much less in the second half. Klose is becoming more and more like a striker, a true striker. Seizing this opportunity to pick up missed opportunities can better reveal the consciousness of a striker.

Dawo Suk made the right purchase. He is completely at ease in the forward line, and his movements are not only chic, but also practical.

There are only two updates today, so no need to wait.

As of today, I owe five more. I will definitely make up for them all.