Father Green

Chapter 62: Tactical Restraint
Lallana shook his head regretfully, then gave a thumbs up to the passing teammate Lambert.

Charlotte stood on the sidelines and clapped her hands, indicating that the team did a good job.Now the team is indeed on the right track, and the new tactical players have been in place. The only thing he hopes now is to have fewer injuries, after all, his configuration is not enough.

The head coach of Reading, Brian McDermott, was a little nervous. Lallana's shot scared him enough.So he made gestures to keep his players steady and not to be intimidated by the opponent's kick.

McDermott is actually not a traditional head coach. He was born in Arsenal's youth training as a player, but after retiring, he served as a head coach, football director, member of the reserve team coaching staff, and a scout.
And he previously served as a coach on the Reading coaching staff, and later served as a scout.He did a good job as the acting head coach of Reading's fire fighting until last season, so he was officially appointed as the head coach by the Reading board in January last year.

Although the 50-year-old McDermott has rich experience, after all, the work he did before was too complicated, and he didn't concentrate on studying tactics and formations, so his professional knowledge is very limited.

Only 3 minutes into the game, Charlotte had already seen the opponent's flaws.The formation used by Reading in this game is 4222 wide, two midfielders, two wingers and two centers.

This kind of tactics is powerful enough to attack, but the weakness is also obvious. Their offense is not organized, and they basically count wherever they hit.

In the frontcourt, it basically depends on the numerical advantage and the personal ability of the players. The two midfielders in the midfield can only defend and will not participate in the offense at all, so the opponent's offense is naturally out of touch.

So Charlotte immediately gave instructions to the team, and the opponent's two wingers don't need to worry about it. Anyway, the opponent's winger is pulling the side, not the inside type. Such a winger will only break through the side and then go to the bottom. There are almost no special features in the cross. As long as the two big centers in the opponent's middle are spotted, the opponent's offensive firepower is almost like thunder and rain.

Football tactics have evolved to this day. The traditional wingers with low crosses are no longer popular. What are really popular are wingers who cut inside and hit the goal like Ronaldo and Arjen Robben, because now the task of crossing the bottom has been given to them. After plugging in the assists the full-back went.

But obviously, the current Reading has not yet evolved into a mainstream team. McDermott's age is not considered old in the career of a head coach, but his tactics are already outdated.

No wonder they won four consecutive victories at the beginning of the season, but they drew [-]-[-] with Middlesbrough in the first two rounds and then lost [-]-[-] to Blackpool.Obviously, the previous three tricks bluffed many people in the early stages of the league, but after a little thought, everyone saw their weaknesses.

According to Charlotte's arrangement, Southampton changed their defensive formation on the field, and the two full-backs did not actively lean up to fight, but blocked the inside line, let the opponent go wild on the side and then pass the ball, but if once If the opponent's two wingers want to take the ball and cut inside, the two full-backs of Southampton will immediately lean up and stick to death.

Then in the middle, Hammond retreated and almost formed a three-center back system with two center backs, while Schneiderlin was wandering around, ready to intercept the opponent's pass.

After 10 minutes of the game, Southampton felt quite relaxed. Even Sturridge, Al Ganassi and Lallana in front did not participate in the return defense, because they did not need their help at all. How about Reading? The easy offense is not threatening to Southampton at all, and even Ter Stegen in front of the goal is a little cold.

For the boys from Reading, this game was not easy at all.The "damage value" that this side inflicts on the opponent is almost negligible, and every attack of the opponent almost turns into a goal.

Sturridge and Al Ganassi were too active on the wing, and they easily tore a hole from the wing. If it wasn't for the other party's bad luck, the score at this moment would have been over. Two to zero.

The commentator of Sky Sports directly gave two words "tactical restraint" when commenting: "Reading is very passive now. The tactics they formulated before the game were completely suppressed by Southampton, and Southampton's Almost every attack is targeted, which reminds me of a word 'tactical restraint'. Yes, the current Reading tactics are completely suppressed by Southampton, this is not a problem that players can solve, they are needed now The head coach stepped forward and made some adjustments and changes, otherwise it is only a matter of time before the goal is conceded.”

It was not too late to concede the ball. In the No. 15 minute, Southampton defended an attack from Reading and immediately counterattacked.

Schneiderlin judged the opponent's passing route in advance. He first appeared near the landing point of the football and intercepted the football, and then sent a long pass.

The football found Sturridge on the wing, and the "Black Swan" took the ball and quickly advanced on the wing.Reading's full-back looked at it and rushed up quickly. He knew his own tactics. It is rare for the winger in front of him to return to the defense to help him, so he can only rely on himself, otherwise he can completely block the opponent. route, delaying time.

Charlotte stood on the sidelines. Although the game had an absolute advantage, he still did not relax.When seeing the opponent's full-back following up and trying to steal Sturridge, Charlotte showed a vague smile on his mouth.

Facing the aggressive full-back who almost wanted to run towards someone, Sturridge's speed did not slow down. He picked up the football with his right foot, and the football flew over the opponent. beyond the past.

"The human ball is divided!!"

How fast Sturridge was, almost in the blink of an eye, he appeared behind the opponent and regained the football.

Sturridge, who got the football, took the ball, and then completely increased his speed. There was almost a flat river in front of him.

Reading's Latvian centre-back Gomez gave his partner Markalo a wink, and then came up to block Sturridge himself.

Sturridge still scored the ball this time, but it was more "violent".Before the opponent came up, "Black Swan" waded the football forward for more than five yards, and then speeded up to catch up.

The experienced Gomez wanted to turn around and look for the football that the opponent went out, but at the age of 30, he miscalculated the speed of his turn. When he turned and faced the direction of his goalkeeper, Sturridge had already passed the line. In front of him, that is to say, in the blink of an eye when he turned around, Sturridge had already surpassed his defense zone.

Gomez immediately reached for the opponent's jersey, but it was too late, his fingertips just slid over the fabric of the Umbro jersey and did not catch the jersey.

Sturridge chased the football almost in one go, and then entered the opponent's penalty area in two steps.

At this time, it was too late for Reading's Australian goalkeeper to attack, and Sturridge had already lifted his foot to hit the goal halfway through the attack.

The ball slipped under the armpit of Australian goalkeeper Federici and Reading's shaky goal finally fumbled on No. 16.

"A goal!!! Saints Southampton, who sit at home, have an absolute advantage on the scene, and finally opened Reading's goal in the No.16 minute of the first half. At present, Reading is almost defeated. Southampton's tactics are suppressed, and Reading coach McDermott should try some changes."

Sturridge, who scored a goal, was very excited, and he hugged his teammates.He felt that it was a very correct choice for him to leave Chelsea and come to Southampton. At Chelsea, he did not get a chance at all. At the same time, his skills and tactics were different. At Chelsea, he was at most a substitute or a substitute.