reborn football boss

Chapter 37
When he got Middlesbrough's starting list, Loew frowned. He never thought that Middlesbrough would send most of the main players.

Three days later, Middlesbrough will usher in the fifth round of the Premier League against West Ham. Don't they really plan to rotate to maintain the state and physical fitness of the main lineup?Could it be that three games a week can't make them feel intimidated?

But no matter what kind of mentality the opponent has, Notts County doesn't care. They have only one goal, which is to defeat their opponents and advance to the third round of the League Cup.

In today's game, Loew made some adjustments to the starting lineup. He did not set up a special defensive midfielder, a single midfielder configuration, and a double forward partner. He formed a 442 balanced formation, but in fact, against Notts County In terms of staffing, this is a purely offensive formation.

As soon as the game started, Notts County launched a high-position press. Two forwards plus two left and right wings, four players rushed across the half-court and beat Middlesbrough in a hurry.

Middlesbrough's players didn't take their opponent Notts County seriously. Perhaps some of them knew that Notts County's overall value was higher than theirs, but Notts County was always a League Two team, and their level could Where is the height?
With such a contemptuous mentality, facing Notts County's high-pressure press, Middlesbrough did not pour a few kicks in the backcourt, but they were forced to open their feet, otherwise the backcourt would be intercepted.

Notts County controlled the ball, directly speeding up the tempo and increasing the passing rate. Although this will increase the turnover rate for players who have not reached the peak of tacit understanding, once the situation is opened first, they will grasp the initiative of the game , If you want to win the game, how can you not give it a go.

Iniesta dribbled the ball from the left, and his skillful ball-handling skills made Middlesbrough's wide defenders unable to stop his progress. He was in excellent form and beat Middlesbrough's defenders alone. right road.

The characteristics of Hubner and Villa's striker partners are somewhat similar. They are both very good at grabbing points in front of the goal. Originally, the characteristics of the two partners did not complement each other, but in this game, Loew just wanted to use the characteristics of the two to threaten the opponent. goal.

In fact, this is Loew's double insurance. When the midfielder has the advantage and the wing can pass a good ball, maybe one striker will be marked by the opponent, but two forwards with outstanding ability to grab points appear together in the opponent's penalty area. Among them, there will be natural loopholes in the opponent's defense, and that is the opportunity that Notts County wants to take advantage of.

Iniesta made a half-air pass from a 45-degree position on the left. This kind of pass will make it difficult for the opponent's defender to handle.

Hubner, who was at the front point, jumped up and made a gesture of shaking his head to attack the goal, which attracted two Middlesbrough defenders, and the three entangled together.

But Hubnell made a feint and passed the ball. Caught off guard, the two defensive players failed to touch the ball and directly missed the ball to the back point.

The unmarked Villa easily headed the ball into Middlesbrough's gate. The opponent's goalkeeper had no time to make an effective save, so he could only reach out his hand symbolically, just as a show.

After scoring the goal, Villa ran wildly. Chased by his teammates, he ran all the way to the stands where the Notts County fans were, took off his jersey and threw it out.

The fans in the stands were scrambling for jerseys, while the Notts County players ran over and celebrated the goal crazily. Even the players on the bench joined in. The celebration lasted for 2 minutes. If it wasn't for the referee The celebration was stopped under the protest of the Middlesbrough players. Maybe Notts County could continue to celebrate for 90 minutes until the end of the game.

"Unexpectedly, you still have a penchant for nudity. Maybe I can leave your phone number on the gay forum. I think they will be willing to submerge your body, and you will be satisfied."

Lescott grabbed Villa's chest and joked, but what greeted him was Villa's monkey stealing peach.

Of course, Villa's behavior of undressing and celebrating did not escape the penalty of the referee, and Cucurbita was given a yellow card.

The Middlesbrough players seemed to be a little confused. They were scored by their opponents within 2 minutes of the opening, and some of them didn't even touch the ball.

When they stood in their positions and were ready to kick off again, the Middlesbrough players still showed disbelief on their faces, as if this was not a match between them and a team in the second division, but against giants such as Manchester United and Arsenal. Contest.

After the re-kick-off, McLaren yelled to attack from the sidelines. The Middlesbrough players woke up like a dream and began to pass backwards to launch the offensive.

It has to be said that the old strong team is the old strong team. Under the high pressure of Notts County, Middlesbrough still threatened the goal of Notts County with their excellent personal ability and overall strength. The best Boksic hit the plane, and the two teams have already returned to the same starting line.

The Notts County players didn't panic, because they knew that it was difficult to defend the opponent. Anyway, the keynote of this game was not defense, as long as they scored more goals than their opponents.

Notts County still launched an offensive from the left after the kick-off. Iniesta was in the middle of nowhere, which involved the defensive energy of the opponent's three players. Inevitably, Middlesbrough's center There was a gap in the defense.

Iniesta passed the ball to the ribs of the penalty area. Hubner took the ball with his back and passed it back to the front of the penalty area.

There was a burst of exclamation from the stands, and everyone's eyes were following the movement of the ball, and they couldn't even keep up.

When everyone thought the goal would be scored, Middlesbrough goalkeeper Schwarzer made a world-class save. After diving, he squeezed the ball out with one hand and defended the team's goal.

McLaren breathed a sigh of relief. It was a blessing that he was not conceded two consecutive goals in the opening game. If he fell behind by two goals, wouldn't it be difficult to play this game.

But before he finished breathing, his eyes were still staring, his mouth opened but he couldn't make any sound, as if he was in a daze.

When Schwarzer saved Alonso's shot, everyone thought that Notts County's attack would end without a problem, but no one expected that the ball bounced back into it, and Villa happened to appear in the area like a ghost Between the balls, the ball was easily poked into Middlesbrough's gate. At this time, Schwarzer was still lying on the ground and had not had time to get up.

The audience was silent, and then there was another burst of cheers. It was the fans of the visiting team Notts County celebrating the goal.

(End of this chapter)