green winger

Chapter 283 Midfield Adjustment
"Candela! It's him again. This time the Frenchman Candela and Totti made a sideline cooperation and successfully crossed the defense of the Leeds United players! Compared with Cafu, who can make a breakthrough alone, although Candela's personal The ability is not as good as the former, but every time he sends the ball under the marking of Leeds United players, it can often bring a great threat to Leeds United!"

"A ferocious tackle by Bowyer sent the ball out of bounds! Oh, time is running out! The last few minutes of the first half, the Roma players were able to seize this opportunity to bring the score back a bit to ease the pressure of the second half. Are you under pressure?"

"Candela throws a throw-in, Totti, Totti's deft dribble throws away Ducourt's defense, this position is excellent and has a wide view, you can kick!"

"In such a situation, Totti passed the ball. He did not choose to shoot himself, but pushed the ball to Batistuta in the penalty area! Can the wild god of war seize this opportunity? This What is this? Hey, what a pity, the moment Batty turned around, Woodgate poked the ball out, Dacourt wanted to step forward to grab the ball, but Totti was not to be outdone! Totti rushed to Dacourt The ball was shot towards the goal with a quick kick before, but it was higher than the goal post."

"In the past few minutes, Roma's offense has indeed made a breakthrough after changing the focus, but often there are mistakes at the last moment. This situation is due to the fact that Leeds United's defensive players are strong, the system is complete, and they cooperate tacitly. , On the other hand, this is because the main attack direction of the Roma team seems to have some problems. It is understandable that they focused their offense on the left flank, but their final attack point has repeatedly encountered problems, which also makes The offense was thwarted for a while."

Although the commentators from Italy are very euphemistic at this time, there is no doubt that none of the fans in front of the TV are fools. They can all hear what the commentators say, but they are still stubborn in the eyes of others. I just don't want to admit it.Finally, when Totti cut off Leeds United's counterattack, the first half ended, and the exhausted players on both sides shuffled towards the player tunnel.

There was a haze in the hearts of the Roma players, and the players of Leeds United did not dare to be careless.

During the intermission, the coaches of both sides made their own substitution adjustments. Leeds United replaced Kewell with Alan Smith, and continued to complete the task of flanking Totti assigned by O'Reilly. From the overall effect, there is no doubt that this tactic can be described as very successful, effectively freezing Totti, an important core player in the Roma team.Although Totti was full of vigor and vitality in the last few minutes, this is actually not unrelated to the slackness of Bowyer and the two. Therefore, Smith used his momentum and ability to run undead to continue to double-team Totti. It is a matter of course.

What followed was obviously a deliberate but forced decision to replace underperforming Hart with Mateo.Throughout the first half, it can be said that Hart became the biggest weakness of Leeds United. Under the impact of Cafu, he was repeatedly blown out. In the entire first half, Cafu successfully broke through three times. Playing to its due level, Leeds United's goal has already been declared lost.

Therefore, even if this approach will hurt Hart's self-confidence, O'Reilly can't control so much when it comes to the outcome of the game. Although Mateo is more competent as a central defender, as long as there is Ferdinand's help in the defense, he can block it. Cafu should not be a big problem.For O'Reilly, as long as Mateo can try his best to stop Cafu, he will be satisfied if he doesn't get blown up like Hart.

After completing these two adjustments, O'Reilly nodded with satisfaction. After warning his disciples not to underestimate the enemy in the second half, and to continue to stick to the tactical task, he left the locker room first.In this first-round confrontation with Roma, O'Reilly planned to alternately use two tactics of ball possession and counterattack to deal with the opponent, but what made him happy was that he not only achieved unexpected results, but also played in the first half. The game took a two-goal lead early on.This also made O'Reilly more firm about the idea in his heart that was about to land-to build this young Leeds United team on the theory of dynamic football with counterattack speed and local quick cooperation.

This is also a kind of entry that has passed Juventus, Barcelona and now Rome have proved the feasibility. Under the sharp counterattack of Leeds United, the opponents will often be fully restrained and fall behind step by step.And the core of the team is naturally the well-deserved Loris Kenny. Now in the entire British arena, O'Reilly can't find a player who is more suitable for this style of play than Kenny!

Before leaving, he took a deep look at Kenny. In his opinion, Kenny may really become the Premier League Golden Boot with this style of play this season. This will simply shock the media reporters. Big teeth thing!

On the other side, Capello in the Roma locker room is also making adjustments. He had already decided to give Batistuta more opportunities, but his performance in the last few minutes of the first half still made him very disappointed.Capello also did not expect that Batistuta's state would have such a sharp decline after only one season, so he knew that changes must be made.Although it is not possible to make adjustments at the beginning of the game, he will still seize the time to give more time to the players who came off the bench.

Thinking of this, Capello also named Aldair, Montella, Cassano, and Hidetoshi Nakata to start warming up, and said: "Gentlemen, if you don't want to go back to Rome in such a dismal state, then give me some Come to the state you should be, and as the Serie A champions, you can't qualify for the Champions League group stage, I think we are the only ones!" After speaking, Capello scanned the locker room seriously and made the same decision as the Olympic team. Riley made the same choice and left the locker room first.

For Capello at this time, he was actually very helpless. At the end of the last championship season, he had already listed a long list of signings like the club, but he has yet to get the club chairman. Sensi's agreement can only end hastily after buying the genius Cassano, which is also very unacceptable to Capello.Even for him who has a set style of play on the field, he has already seen the lack of midfield. Compared with Cafu and Candela, he needs two players who are good at speed, otherwise when facing a team like Leeds United Can make myself miserable.

When coach Capello left the locker room, many players let out a long sigh of relief. The serious Capello brought them enormous pressure.In fact, the players are well aware of the conflict between their coach and the chairman. There have been media reports that Roma chairman Sensi and coach Capello are a strange combination.Because Capello and Sensi were not together because they were in love, you must know that before this, Capello had reached a three-year contract with Lazio chairman Cranioti, the rival of the Roman team in the same city.

That was when Lazio decided to replace Swedish coach Sven-Goran Eriksen at the end of the season.

But no one expected that in the last European Cup Winners Cup final held at Villa Park Stadium in England on May 1999, 5, Nedved scored the winning goal and let Lazio beat Marlowe 19-2. Card.And it was this goal that stabilized Eriksson's position, and then Lazio unexpectedly won the Serie A championship, which made Capello suddenly caught in a dilemma.

Capello and Sensi also had contact before 1999, when their first feeling was quite bad. "The management of the club is still in the prehistoric stage." Capello commented on Rome; After leaving the former coach Zeman, Roma chairman Sensi needs a head coach who can update history, and Capello is tired of being a football commentator on Italian national TV after being rejected by Lazio, and wants to coach a team with the ability to win the championship as soon as possible So under such circumstances, the hot-tempered Capello chose Lazio's city rival Roma, and the two sides combined like this.

But no one thought that such a combination helped Rome win the double crown, and it really succeeded in updating history. In the summer of 2000, after Rome spent 2500 million lira to buy Montella, Sensi and Buying Batty Sr. for $3500 million also made Capello nod with satisfaction. In his opinion, he finally saw something positive.

But in the summer after winning the championship, the dispute between the two sides escalated again. Capello believed that the team needed a great goalkeeper, either Buffon or Toldo.Antonioli is just a defensive goalkeeper with a high age. Capello needs an impact goalkeeper, but what makes him dissatisfied is that one of the two he handpicked went to Juventus and the other went to Inter Milan, the chairman Sensi just bought the young Pellizzoli from Atalanta.

Therefore, the contradiction between the two is getting bigger and bigger now, but the professional Capello does not want this incident to become the fuse that affects the team's record, so he must make changes in the second half to lead Roma to go further.

At this moment, Batistuta has mixed feelings in his heart. Although the coach Capello didn't say who he would replace, how could he not know how his performance was?Looking at his legs, he sighed sadly in his heart. If it was five years ago, no. Even two years ago, he could help the team score a goal to reverse the situation, but now he understands I am really old.

Maybe it's time to quit.

(End of this chapter)