King's Landing Nottingham

Chapter 63 Our defense is too fragile
Chapter 64 Our defense is too brittle

In the No.12 round of League Two, Notts County challenged Cardiff away, and the home team's Ninian Park Stadium, which can accommodate [-] spectators, finally changed its advertisement.

The advertising slogan "Captain Morgan Rum" on the top of the public bank stand cover at Ninian Park Stadium appeared in the summer of 1960. It was not replaced until this season by the new advertising slogan "Hyper Value". The single advertising period lasted 42 years , is also a record that is difficult to break.

The Real Sociedad coach Toshack, who had bombarded Notts County and Harvey Alonso before, is a Cardiff star. He is a star in the hearts of Welsh people, and many Liverpool fans still miss his contribution.

The old flagship Notts County?
At least Toshack thought so.

Speaking to The Sun, Toshack didn't hesitate to lay out his expectations:
"I think the score difference is at least 4 goals. Cardiff will let them see what real football is! A bunch of mercenaries who are servile in front of money are all scumbags! They can rank first in the league It's really disgusting!"

The result of the game was just as Toshack expected. Notts County saw real football. A 0-3 defeat brought an abrupt end to Notts County's unbeaten record of ten rounds, and also made Notts County's The lads lowered their proud heads.

Cardiff vs. Notts County, the two teams, one in the league and the other in fourth, were about to make great strides, but they unfortunately encountered each other. I have to say that the "arrangement of fate" is really interesting.

This strong dialogue was not as evenly matched as thought before the game.

The process was wonderful, Notts County played more beautiful offensive football, but Cardiff, who counterattacked like lightning, won a big victory.

Football, or competitive sports, has always only looked at the ending, not the process.

No matter how good your football is, if you fail to win the championship, players and fans will gradually lose.

3 to 0, Cardiff, who sits at home, ushered in a victory.And Notts County's luck in this game is really bad. Ribery and Klose hit the goal post twice. Notts County, which has big problems on both ends of the offense and defense, needs Guardiola to make great efforts to rectify it. .

Judging from the actual performance on the field, Notts County, who is a guest, has a sense of attacking.

Only 3 minutes into the game, the young center Klose hit the left post with a long shot from the front of the penalty area, causing the home fans to exclaim again and again.

Notts County's aggressive attack and high-pressure press then allowed most of the ball possession to fall into their hands. When Notts County's ball possession rate was the highest, it even exceeded [-]%.

Lichtsteiner has consecutive assist performances on the right, and the young player Cory Bukalosi, who has won the starting midfielder position, is even more fearless. He showed his desire to attack in front of Cardiff.

As promised to Notts County fans, Guardiola played aggressive, attacking football.

Although the scene is dominant, Notts County's defense is riddled with holes, which is worrying.

In the 19th minute of the opening game, Maurice Taylor, who partnered with Chiellini as a central defender, exposed his huge shortcoming in ability. Cardiff's big center played back singles like playing basketball, and pushed all the way into the penalty area until Final goal.

Maurice Taylor's performance was deafeningly booed by the fans at the scene, which also seriously affected Taylor's performance in the game.

Then Cardiff made another move, and the Notts County defender who had problems was Maurice Taylor:
He brought down his opponent with an unnecessary foul in the penalty area, not only awarded the opponent a penalty kick, but also proved that England's previous fears about Notts County's defense were not unreasonable.

Insufficient numbers and lack of experience, Notts County's defense is too fragile when facing the English team with a hard bridge and hard horse.

Thiago Motta was injured suddenly before the game, so he could only sit on the bench and watch his teammates struggle hard.

Guardiola temporarily arranged Anthony Elter and George Grant as double midfielders. They both have strong filling abilities, but their interception ability is relatively average, and they cannot block Cardiff's quick counterattack in a timely and effective manner. They have been catching up The state of the players will feel very tired.

After conceding the ball again, the quick-thinking Guardiola immediately replaced Van Persie with the high center and Cornell, preparing to use the twin towers tactics to make a desperate fight.

However, man's calculation is obviously not as good as heaven's calculation. High center Connell had just played and hadn't touched the ball. Cardiff launched another fast break through the backcourt interception to expand the score.

A long ball accurately found the striker lurking in the Notts County backline, and Notts County defender Maurice Taylor could not catch the Cardiff striker who dribbled through.

Desperation overwhelmed them, and they were unable to chase back. What awaited them was the loss of the city gate, and the latter went solo and easily scored from the far corner.

"Dude, are you that defensive? Didn't you fucking eat today? Brace yourselves? I don't want to get the ball out of the net again!"

Even Rainer, who has always been very good-tempered, couldn't help swearing at Morris Taylor. Although the intention was not bad, it also pushed the frustrated Taylor into the abyss of self-blame.

When the score on the field became 3-0, the remaining ten minutes were completely worthless.

Guardiola replaced Maurice Taylor with Mertesacker. The enthusiastic Notts County Expedition fans still gave Taylor a warm applause, hoping that the boy can recover after his disastrous performance.

After the game, on the Notts County bus, the atmosphere was dead silent, only Guardiola's roaring and cursing could be heard...

"George, today you and Anthony got the chance to start. What did I tell you before you went on the field?"

Guardiola was standing in the aisle of the bus, pointing to George Grant, who was sitting in a seat not far away, with his head down and thinking, and asked sharply.

Wei Xun could clearly feel the anger in Guardiola's tone. All the players just kept their heads down, and they didn't dare to ask, let alone speak. Who made him perform badly? The team lost.

"Coach, I..."

Grant was a little guilty. He didn't play well today. He almost failed to complete the interception task that the coach asked him to complete. The team lost again. He really has an unshirkable responsibility.

"The task I entrusted to you is that in addition to actively filling the position, you must also judge the opponent's passing route and cut off the opponent's attack!"

"Frank, you had a great time passing people today, right? You have almost never failed one-on-one on the wing. It's so handsome. Christina is so happy!"

"Hey, thank you coach..."

Hearing these words, Wei Xun quickly covered his head, leaned on the back of the chair and did not want to speak.

"Franck Ribery is such a fool, Josep's words are not flattering, is he not stupid for losing?"

"Undefeated in ten rounds, number one in the league, are you very good? Does this make you feel invincible? Floating to the sky? Then you have the guts not to lose today!"

Guardiola looked a little angry, pointing at the players with their heads down and reprimanding them loudly.

"And you, Pepe, even if you lose the ball, you can't yell at your teammates and lose your temper. The team's good or bad results are shared by everyone, and Taylor should not be alone! The difference between the goalkeeper and the defender Time is to cultivate tacit understanding and strengthen cooperation, you are the tightest group on the court!"

"I was wrong... Coach..."

Reina stood up, promised Guardiola that he would pay attention next time, and apologized to Taylor.

Maurice Taylor also accepted Reina's apology, and the atmosphere in the bus eased up a bit, but it was still a little dull.

"Our Notts County is a collective, not a loose sand that can't play the ball without anyone, let alone a team that can't win without anyone!"

"Let me emphasize again, we are a collective, and I don't want to fight alone and blame each other in the future!"

"Don't think that how popular you are among the fans, how good your relationship with other coaches and the chairman is, you can do whatever you want!"

"Don't forget, I'm your head coach! In the next game, Frank, George, and Pepe are three substitutes. Now everyone, let's take a good rest..."

After finishing speaking, Guardiola sat back in his seat, and the whole bus returned to a quiet state again, and no one dared to make a sound.

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