midfield god

Chapter 73 The Interlude of Change
When the Southampton players returned to the locker room, everyone could see Redknapp's gloomy and terrifying face. The head coach is in a very bad mood now!
Some people don't even dare to show their anger, for fear that it will attract the wrath of the head coach. The current Redknapp is undoubtedly very scary.

David Prutton sat in his seat, watching the look of the head coach quietly. He had a wonderful premonition that the head coach might have to make some changes. He had no basis for it, but the strange performance of the head coach during this period gave him some guesses.

In fact, it's not just Pluton. At this time, many people have some premonitions in their hearts. Sure enough, Redknapp's words confirmed everyone's thoughts.

"The game changed in the second half and changed to 4-3-3! We need to show our offensive ability, we want to score goals, and we can't defend! Besides, I don't think the opponent is any stronger than us!"

Redknapp finally made a fool of himself and revealed his true intentions. What he needed was a legitimate opportunity to change his formation or even change his starting lineup. Now the opportunity is in front of him, as long as his players can grasp it!

The original main players heard the head coach's words and looked at each other, but they couldn't say anything. Now that the game is playing like this, the head coach should make any changes. If you want to blame, you can only blame them for not being up to date.

"Some people may lose their main positions!"

Bell thought silently in his heart, he was looking forward to being able to play, but he didn't know if the head coach would give him this chance.

"In the second half, Andrew and Theo came on the field. We have to play speed. If the opponent continues the current offensive, then we can counterattack with peace of mind! If the opponent retreats, we will press out, but no matter what, speed is very important. I need a single-point breakthrough to bring vitality to the team's offense, understand!"

Redknapp looked at Walcott and Jones. These two young men run fast and should be able to complete this task.

As for Suleman, he no longer needed Redknapple's orders to tell him, he knew exactly what he was going to do after he came on the field.

"Let's play! Surprise them!"

With a big wave of his hand, Redknapp signaled the players to come on.

Bell stayed at the end with a bit of unwillingness on his face. He understood why the coach didn't choose to replace three players in one go, but he still felt sorry for not being able to play. He finally understood that when Walcott could enter the starting lineup, he might have more opportunities to come off the bench.

"Gareth, get ready for the second half, you may be substituted at any time!"

The head coach patted Bell's slightly thin back as a sign of encouragement.

"Well, don't worry, coach!"

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If the head coach of Reading, Steve Koppel, sat firmly on the Diaoyutai in the first half, then after the start of the second half, he felt as if his ass was being stabbed by a needle, and he couldn't sit still.

Anyone who can read and understand football understands Redknapp's intention to change formation, and Steve Koppel is no exception, and after the second half, their defense has experienced several sharp counterattacks from the opponent.

"The counterattack at this speed is really impressive, but it seems that the coordination is a little rusty!"

After observing for a while, Steve Koppel saw through the reality of Southampton, but even so, the feeling of being overwhelmed was still not very pleasant.

After being counterattacked by the opponent several times in a row, Steve Koppel finally couldn't stand it anymore. Standing on the sidelines, he pressed down with both hands, signaling the team to stabilize, control the rhythm, and stop aggressively attacking.

At this time, Southampton attacked decisively!

Suleman played well in his familiar position, and the tacit understanding between him and Walcott also made Southampton's right attack in the second half extremely threatening!
Although Walcott's current body is still very thin, and his foot skills are a bit rough, but his speed is a big killer in the British Championship. There are often scenes where as long as he speeds up, no defensive player can keep up.

20 minutes into the second half, Walcott's right gradually became the opponent's main defense.

In fact, compared with last season, Walcott's skills at his feet have improved a lot. The stimulation of many young talents around him made this once the best talent in the youth training camp feel threatened, especially after Yunfei became the team's main force.
Facing the defense of the opponent's two people this time, Walcott perfectly demonstrated his ability, and with a continuous double-footed kick, he took advantage of the opportunity to get in through the defensive gap between the two!

"Walcott! This Southampton rising star once again broke through the opponent's defense. He has messed up Reading's defense since he came on in the second half. Let's see what he is going to do next!"

Walcott took the ball into the penalty area, and at this moment he looked up subconsciously. Fuller was raising his hand in the double-team of two defensive players, signaling Walcott to pass the high ball.

However, Walcott was not optimistic about Fuller's performance. The biggest role of Fuller, who was marked by two people, was to attract two people's defense, so he decisively chose to pass the ball to the center of the penalty area near the penalty area line!
Suleman has been waiting here for a long time. Seeing that Walcott passed the ball, he volleyed directly to meet the ball. Suleman's shot from this position can be called very knowledgeable.

This kick was so powerful that it almost flew in close to the goal, and the goalkeeper didn't even have time to touch the ball.

At this time, I only heard a "touch!"!
The ball hit the goal post hard, and the ball actually hit the inside of the goal. After rebounding, it happened to be caught in the arms of the terrified goalkeeper.

Southampton missed their best scoring chance since the second half!

Suleman held his head, with an expression of unconcealable regret on his face. Recently, he felt that his feet were smooth, but he was very unlucky, either hitting the goal post or missing by a tiny bit.

On the sidelines, Steve Koppel was already furious at this time, roaring crazily on the sidelines, very dissatisfied with the performance of the players on the field, especially Walcott's defensive mistakes and omissions in the protection of the arc top of the penalty area, which made him unbearable!If this continues, the team will lose the ball sooner or later!
On the other side, Redknapp pondered for a while, and finally made a choice.

"Gareth, get ready to play!"

(End of this chapter)