striker cool brother

Chapter 95 Physical Competition

"Raise your heads up for me to see your last attack."

Eddie Howe is on the tactical board, drawing a schematic diagram of the offense before the end of the first half.

The ashamed players slowly raised their heads. The offensive diagram in front of them didn't require the coach to swear a word. They could already feel the heat on their cheeks.

Eddie Howe took off his coat, rolled up his sleeves, adjusted the position of the personnel on the tactical board, and said indifferently:
"The humiliation of losing is more than laziness. It's not good when you're fighting for a goal and your teammates give up because it's not an opportunity."

Having said that, the players looked at Rossi one after another.

He was sitting quietly on a stool, gasping for breath, sweat dripping down his hair and chin.

"I'm not God, I can't guarantee that the tactics I arrange will win, but I will go all out, that's all."

"When you become coaches in the future, you will be like me. You can do whatever you want, because the head coach is the boss of the team, and I have the final say, so anyone who doesn't give orders, I will kick him out of the team."

Although there was no response in the locker room, there was a hot light in the players' eyes.

"In the second half, Harry played, and Rich was in charge of organizing the offense."

"Junior, Wilson, you partnered with Luo as a striker. In the second half, you were under a lot of pressure on offense and defense. Don't be stingy with your physical fitness, and let me squeeze out every drop."

"In the second half, I want you to run, and run without sparing any effort."

Wilson handed over the towel and said, "Luo, in the second half, I will always be by your side no matter what time it is."

"Don't be so nasty!" Rossi took the towel and joked: "We are playing football, not parting."

"Screw you!"

The short 15-minute break ended quickly, and the Liverpool players walked towards the court with relaxed expressions.

Leading by two goals in the first half and taking the initiative in the game, this score is enough to maintain until the end of the game.

Players from both sides returned to the court, waiting for the kick-off.

Off the court, the fourth official held up the substitution card.

No. 32 off, No. 8 on.

What is the purpose of replacing a defensive midfielder and replacing an offensive midfielder?

Rogers didn't understand that if it is to strengthen the offense, it should be replaced by a striker, not a midfielder.

After thinking about it for a moment, it may be to strengthen the ball-holding organization of the midfielder.

The second half was kicked off by Bournemouth.

The ball returned to Ricky's feet from the center circle, and the three strikers began to advance towards the Liverpool defense.

4-3-3.

Is this to fight the technical flow or the counter-attack flow?
Rogers watched the changes on the field with interest. He wanted to know what tactics the Bournemouth team, which had fallen behind by two goals, would have.

Liverpool still adopted a high-position press, wanting to launch a counterattack directly after stealing, just like in the first half.

But gradually, they realized that something was wrong.

The passing of the Bournemouth team rarely made mistakes, which was completely different from the first half.

Even if there is a mistake, the player who lost the ball will counterattack very timely on the spot, and he will not hesitate to foul and destroy the ball.

hiss~
Rogers was keenly aware of a slight strangeness.

The reason why this 4-3-3 is called a pass-based formation is because of the positioning of the players.

Any player in this team can form a triangle position between any two players adjacent to him, so there will be more points for passing the ball, and the routes of the ball will be very rich.

This, in Barcelona's system, is the most perfect embodiment.

But can you Bournemouth?
Do you have the precipitation of the transmission and control system for many years?
Do you have so many players with excellent technique at their feet?
Do you have a top technical midfielder like Habaibu?
Do you have Messi?

Obviously, nothing.

The consequence of this is that the players will be overdrawn due to a lot of off-ball running.

And once the ball is lost, the defensive players in the backcourt are obviously insufficient.

In the 50th minute, Liverpool successfully intercepted the ball near the center circle and the ball came to Gerrard's feet.

Ricky quickly started to pull, Gerrard lost his balance, and accurately sent the ball to the feet of Lallana on the left rib.

The referee did not stop the game because of this foul, and he stretched his arms forward while running.

Offensive advantage!

After Lallana stopped the ball, he looked forward and passed the ball directly.

This is a long oblique pass close to the ground, bypassing Elphick's defense and coming to the middle of the penalty area.

Sterling advanced at high speed, and under Cook's interference, he rushed the ball into the goal before the goalkeeper attacked.

0:3! ! !

Liverpool basically locked the victory.

After scoring the goal, Sterling rushed to the sidelines with a smile, and jumped high towards the head coach.

Rogers caught him firmly. At this moment, Sterling was a happy child.

[GOAL! ! !It was another counterattack, and Liverpool used a counterattack to penetrate Bournemouth's goal again. 】

[After the start of the second half, the Bournemouth team strengthened the players' running range to make up for the technical gap.However, it was still seized by Liverpool. 】

【Eddie Howe's team, this time, is about to swallow the bitter fruit of failure. 】

[This season, they have been unbeaten for 25 rounds in the League Cup. This record will be broken for a long time to come. 】

[Unfortunately, they faced Liverpool today and became the terminator of their record. 】

After losing the ball, Eddie Howe first applauded and encouraged the players, and then directed the next game with a serious face.

And the players were not frustrated by losing the ball, and their eyes showed their desire for goals.

When Sterling smiled and returned to the defensive position, he saw the momentum of the opponent in front of him.

This is three goals behind, don't you know?

Still want to tie the game?

Naive.

The game continues.

The fans have no hope of winning, and it is not ashamed to lose three goals to the Premier League giants.

And the games in the second half were very exciting, and Eddie Howe didn't use the lineup of the bus to kill time.

Everyone now believes that what Bournemouth should do is defend.

Can't drop the ball anymore.

boom!
Harry Art's pass went directly to Stanislas on the wing.

What?

This is to attack?
Stanislas ran forward desperately. Seeing that the ball was about to roll out of the baseline, he made a sliding tackle and stretched out his feet to get the ball back.

He stood up, facing the defense, swiped the ball horizontally with his right foot, pulled out a little space, and kicked a pass.

Rossi in the middle rushed forward and took off to head the ball. Unfortunately, he missed it by a small margin and failed to top it. Instead, he hit the net instead.

After breaking free from the net, Rossi immediately turned around and joined the defense.

The Liverpool players understand that this is to score goals no matter what.

Even if he was beaten into a sieve, he wouldn't hesitate, would he?

The Liverpool players are feeling unhappy. You scored three goals and planned to paddle later in the game.

Since you don't know what to do, don't blame us for being cruel.

After taking the ball, Gerrard looked up and was about to pass the ball, when he was suddenly knocked down by a huge force from the side and rear of his body.

drop!
Who actually turned Gerald over?

Yellow card, after showing the yellow card, the referee will write down the number of the offending player.

14 number.

Rossi took the initiative to reach out, trying to pull Gerrard up.

Although Gerrard was knocked to the ground, he was not injured, because Rossi's purpose was to delay his counterattack, only to destroy the center of gravity, and did not hurt anyone.

He also accepted Rossi's apology graciously.

Liverpool kicked off from the backcourt, and Bournemouth immediately launched a counterattack. Even if they couldn't grab the ball, they had to disrupt the rhythm of the game.

Stanislas and Wilson on the wing finally understood what the head coach said, asking them to spare no effort to exhaust their energy.

The 4-3-3 formation has very high physical requirements for the wingers. Not only must they participate in the offense at the first time, but they must also quickly return to the defensive position after the offense is over.

Stanislas on the left couldn't hold it at first.

What he had to face was the offense of Liverpool Markovic, and the defensive pressure suddenly increased.

When competing for speed with the opponent's defender on the wing, after creating a corner kick for the team, his thigh cramped due to exhaustion.

Eddie Howe replaced him with Ryan Frazier.

At this time, the Liverpool players realized that they were also panting, and their uniforms were soaked in sweat.

If they hadn't seen 0:3 on the scoreboard, they would have thought they were playing against a Premier League Big 6 team.

This is too good to run, can it last?

The line referee raised the flag horizontally, signaling for a substitution.

This time the substitution adjustment turned out to be Liverpool, who replaced defender Lovren and replaced defender Sakho.

This surprised them. Generally speaking, if it were not for injuries, the team would not make adjustments in the central defender position.

And Lovren's performance has been very good, even if there is a substitution, why should he be the team's main defender?

Lovren left the field panting.

what happened?It was less than 60 minutes, and his central defender was replaced due to his overdrawn physical ability?
What a joke, the opponent is only the Championship team.

After resuming the game, the Liverpool players began to slowly realize that the opponent's running without hesitation had actually made their leg muscles a little tired.

Especially for the frontcourt players, the chest undulates a lot, which is obviously due to the rapid consumption of physical energy.

The gap between the two teams is the gap in the players' personal abilities and talents.

But in terms of physical fitness, there is no absolute advantage.

Rogers also saw this, and quickly asked the team to slow down the rhythm, don't rush to attack, take a breath first, and make full use of the passing advantage to consume the opponent's physical energy.

If you want to fight, then fight to the end.

(End of this chapter)