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Chapter 74 Joel's Smile

Contrary to the anxiety of his assistants, Duncan was calm as usual in the center of the storm.Even the daily routine training did not take any targeted measures.

Everything is business as usual, and there is no trace of tension before the war.

Duncan even found Jim Cassell and asked him to borrow teaching materials from FIFA's senior coaching class.Duncan has seen Jim Cassell's resume and knows that Cassell has a record of studying in FIFA.

This made Cassel almost cry: Brother, the war is coming, what teaching materials do you still have the mind to read?
But after all, he is the immediate boss, so he still has to give face.After rummaging through boxes and cabinets to find the teaching materials, Kassel passed the teaching materials to Duncan with a coffin face.

"Jim, are you okay? Seeing that you look so bad, do you want to see the team doctor?" Duncan was concerned after noticing Kassel's uneasy expression.

Cassel closed his mouth and shook his head.

"Not feeling well? Then I will grant you a two-day vacation, go home and recuperate." Duncan showed a friendly smile.

"About our next game... Tottenham Hotspur is a strong team, don't we do some targeted training?" Cassel said stiffly.

"Didn't I come here to learn from you?" Duncan said with a smile, raising the teaching materials in Yang's hand.

"..." Cassel suddenly had an urge to tear Duncan apart.

Is this temporary cramming useful?

That afternoon, to Cassel's relief, Duncan finally came up with a targeted training method to deploy the game against Tottenham.

But when the main players formed their positions according to Duncan's deployment, Cassel's urge to tear Duncan apart became stronger again.

The positioning of the main players is that nine defensive players are shrunk in the penalty area, leaving only one forward cruising around.

This is the legendary 901 tactic, also known as the "bus tactic", right?

please!Brother, we are lagging behind in the standings on the standings!If you defend in an all-round way, only one point is equivalent to being eliminated!In the game against Tottenham, there is only one tactic, and that is to attack and attack again!

The initiator of this "bus tactic" happened to be Tottenham Hotspur. In 2004, when Santini was coaching Tottenham, facing Mourinho's Chelsea, he once set up a 901 formation and used defensive tactics. In the end, he drew Chelsea 0:0 and grabbed a precious 1 point.

Then, Mourinho absorbed the essence of this tactic and carried it forward. Whenever there is a major game, Mourinho will always concentrate most of his strength on defense.

It is not useless for Duncan to borrow the teaching materials of Kassel's coaching class.At least the bus displayed is quite up to standard.Duncan obviously spent a lot of effort on this "bus tactic", and there are strict requirements from player positioning to maintenance of defensive formation.

If a player makes a mistake, Duncan will suspend training and explain alone.Even for goalkeeper Isaacson, Duncan explained to him for more than ten minutes.

After all, this bus tactic is a defensive tactic, and there are not many things to pay attention to. The important thing is to let the players practice more to increase their proficiency and tacit understanding.

After rehearsing the bus tactics many times, Duncan was not relieved until he was sure that the players had clearly remembered their responsibilities and requirements.The bus tactic is not the first time Duncan has used it. In the previous game against Liverpool, Duncan used the bus tactic in the first half of the game.In the first half of the game, Manchester City relied on defensive tactics to keep the score firmly at 0:0.

But this game against Tottenham is different from that half of Liverpool's game.The former must win, and the latter is to prevent the opponent from scoring.In terms of difficulty, Tottenham's game is obviously more demanding.

Under Cassel's "kind reminder", Duncan finally remembered that if the team wants to take all three points, it must attack.It is necessary to defend and counterattack, speed is the most important condition!So Duncan organized the players to conduct a [-]-meter test.Vassell and Trabelsi ranked the top two with an absolute advantage.

And then offensive drills are over...

Unlike Tottenham’s intensive preparations and closed training; Manchester City’s training is completely open, and reporters can take pictures and interview at will.

As soon as Duncan's "bus tactic" was released, anyone with a discerning eye could see that it was a tactic prepared for Tottenham.Naturally, this news cannot be escaped

A few minutes later, the news that Manchester City will use the bus tactics in the decisive battle with Tottenham has spread all over the Internet, and even accompanied by pictures of Manchester City in training.

For this opponent, Tottenham specially sent an assistant coach to act as an intelligence collector.

It is said that when Tottenham coach Joel saw Duncan's so-called "targeted tactics", he almost laughed out loud.After confirming with the intelligence collectors many times, Joel believed that it was not the assistant coach who was playing with him, but that Manchester City was really going to play iron buckets.

Manchester City wants to put up an iron bucket formation, and Joel absolutely agrees with all five members!
Anyway, Tottenham are now 1 point ahead of Manchester City. If the game ends in a draw, Tottenham will qualify for the Europa League.Manchester City wants to put up an iron bucket formation, and Tottenham can't wait for it, and it's in their arms.

"If you only have this kind of careful thinking, I'm afraid this Duncan is really in vain!" After verifying again that Manchester City really used this formation in training, Joel came to a conclusion: "But after all, he is only 26 years old. , There is still a long way to go. I will give him one of his most memorable lessons!" With the release of Manchester City's bus tactics, Joel's last trace of worry disappeared.

Eleven-game winning streak terminator?Joel has even awarded the honor to himself in advance.

May 2007, 5, Tottenham, White Hart Lane.

The White Hart Lane Stadium, which can accommodate 4 people, was full of seats. Before the game started, the whole stadium was full of buzzing voices, like the rumbling sound of hot water in a pot just before boiling water.It was also like the thunder sounding in the sky before the rainstorm came.

Sitting in the locker room, you can hear the noise from outside.The tactics that should be arranged have been implemented in training as early as a few days ago.What we have to do now is to boost the morale of the team.

After a while, the staff knocked on the doors of the two locker rooms and told them that it was time to play.

The substitute players and the coaching staff will sit on the bench first, and then the starters will lead the ball boys and file out.

Duncan followed behind the main force, closing the door of the locker room last, leaving the last little time for the players.

When Duncan turned around, he found that Joel also came out.

Joel was taken aback when he saw Duncan, but he immediately showed a teasing smile: "Let's go together."

Duncan nodded, and walked out side by side with Joel.

Joel smiled and said, "Actually, I admire you a lot. I'm at your age, but I'm still playing football. You've achieved [-] consecutive victories, you are already amazing!" Joel's tone was quite a bit Rely on the old and sell the old.In his fifties, although he is not old by the standards of a coach, he is definitely old compared to Duncan.

"Tottenham's strength is not weak." Duncan also smiled when he stretched out his hand without hitting the smiling face.

"Hehe, you deliberately put on the posture of the iron bucket array in front of the media, is it just a show?" Joel still had a faint smile on his face: "You probably think that putting on the iron bucket array can paralyze us and let us Let's relax our vigilance? But any conspiracy is to achieve a goal. So the actual tactics of Manchester City's game is actually a defensive counterattack?"

"I'm not as deep as you think." Duncan shook his head.

"Really?" Joel smiled again and didn't say anything more. At this time, they had already arrived on the field, and the two separated immediately.

When Joel's smile appeared again and again, it conveyed pride and conceit.He used this expression full of superiority to express his confidence and disapproval of his opponent.

(End of this chapter)