Chapter 45

Chapter 45

O'Reilly stood up, watching the situation on the court nervously.

He didn't expect Mallorca's attack to be so fierce, especially the short right midfielder. After passing the opponent's defender, he didn't pass Tristan, who was looking for the first goal, but boldly dribbled the ball inside. Cut into the penalty area - if there is only some threat from the cross, then the threat of cutting inside after the breakthrough is even greater...

Jose is also concerned about the situation in the penalty area of ​​Leeds United. He is familiar with these players of Leeds United. I know that Leeds United's defense is not particularly good this season. Although Radebe is diligent and loyal, his strength is not particularly outstanding. Woodgate has played quite well, but he also has the common problem of English central defenders, that is, frizz. , this situation was not alleviated until the joining of sky-high defender Ferdinand, and for the defender, the credit for nine clearances is not as great as the impact of one mistake...

Seeing Ibagaza drive the ball into the penalty area, Woodgate really got a little hotheaded. Although Radebe was still doing his best to guard Tristan, Mallorca's most threatening center, Woodgate had already Abandoning Eto'o, who was originally his mark, pounced on to stop Ibagaza from advancing...

"Oops!" A thought flashed through O'Reilly's mind.

On the other hand, Jose was full of anticipation——Woodgate's replacement this time was indeed a very reckless behavior. You must know that although Ibagaza broke into the penalty area, he didn't have too many shooting angles. , After all, he started cross-cutting from near the bottom line. There is almost no angle in this place. Although Ibagaza is constantly adjusting the forward route to make the angle of the shot bigger, it is still not easy to complete the shot. Tee has retreated to block Ibagaza's advance route. In this case, there is really no need to leave the marking forward to block Ibagaza's advance, because Ibagaza can't shoot directly, but Eto'o But it was facing the goal...

Although Batty was desperately rushing towards Eto'o and wanted to stare at him to make up for the gap, but at this moment, there was a big gap in Leeds' defense!

Ibagaza didn't hesitate anymore, and with a flick of his right foot, he sent the ball directly to the goal!

Eto'o was exactly where he was supposed to be, receiving a pass from Ibagaza in the corner of the penalty area and volleying with his right foot!

This is an irregular shot, but it is the fastest and most timely shot!

The changed direction of the ball flew directly to the point in front of the goal. Eto'o remained calm when shooting. Jose told him before the game that Leeds goalkeeper Martin is the third goalkeeper of the England national team. He is experienced and tall. When facing the ground, his fall-to-the-ground saves often seem a little slow...

What Eto'o shot was a shot on the ground!

Although Martin made the movement of falling to the ground, he was still a beat slow. The ball stuck to the near post and flew into the goal quickly!

When he saw Eto'o's shot, Jose had already raised his arms high. With his action, there was a huge cheer from the stands!

"GOAL! Goal! Eto'o's goal in front of the goal! Ibagaza's excellent breakthrough created a chance for Eto'o to score. This is Eto'o's fourth goal in the UEFA Cup. Performance Excellent! Now he is the top scorer of Mallorca in the UEFA Cup like Stankovic and Tristan. Mallorca's loan is really too successful! It didn't cost any money, but it came on loan The striker who has scored eight goals in the UEFA Cup and the league, his presence allows Mallorca to find another stable scoring point besides Tristan!"

Eto'o opened his arms and rushed to the stands, then raised his right hand high and pointed to the stands. When the cheers from the stands sounded again, he turned around and hugged the rushing teammates tightly. !

"Here we have to talk about Ibagaza, the small Argentine midfielder who was the best player in Mallorca's midfield last season, but this season he seems to be suffering from the 'second-year syndrome' ', there was no goal in the first half of the season, only two assists, which was in stark contrast to the performance of eleven assists and seven goals in the first season. However, after Jose took office, Iba, who switched to the wing Gaza's condition is getting better and better. He has scored three goals and assisted seven times in various competitions. If this continues, Mallorca fans will be very happy to see that Ibagaza from last season has returned to them in front of..."

After waving his fists a few times, Jose made a downward gesture on the sidelines—for the time being, he retracted a little bit for the time being, and after they attacked a few times, he suppressed the attack again!

After losing the ball, O'Reilly didn't realize that there was a problem with his tactics. Besides, it was just a ball. In the away game, this kind of backwardness is nothing.

What he didn't notice was that the Leeds players on the field had two mentalities at this time.

The young offensive players hope to quickly attack to equalize the score and use it to quickly reverse the situation on the field. The defensive players still remember O'Reilly's previous advice and pay more attention to defense. Don't worry, focus on stability in the away game...

In the case of inconsistent thinking on the field, although Leeds United launched a fierce attack after the re-kick-off, they seemed powerless because they did not have enough players to follow up with assists...

Bowyer dribbled the ball directly from the middle, and was blocked by Soler and Ngonga. He turned around and wanted to pass to Batty who was behind him, but unexpectedly found that Batty did not keep up, and then tried to pass to Batty. When Barker was on the right, he was predicted in advance by Soler, and he stretched out his foot and cut off his pass!

After stealing the ball, Soler immediately handed the ball to Ngonga. Ngonga threw a long pass without hesitation. To'o's shot from the front of the penalty area was blocked with his body.

A few minutes later, Leeds United launched a counterattack. The ball was passed to Kewell's feet, but Kewell made some troubles with the ball. There is no chance of hitting the ball.

Jose smiled slightly off the field—the current Leeds United team is still very different from the Young Guards one or two years later. Without Ferdinand, their defense line is not so stable; without Dacourt, They lacked an offensive and defensive midfielder in the midfield; and Viduka has not come yet, and there is also a lack of a powerful shooter in the penalty area who can destroy the city!

Smith is very good, but he is not a player with strong impact. Bridges is a good center, but his deterrence in the penalty area is not as good as Viduka. Nino, who is also tall and strong, is enough Freeze him!

The ball passed back and forth in a circle, and returned to Kewell's feet. Kewell still didn't find a gap to pass the ball. If it was normal, it should be the two full backs who put in the assists at this time, especially the left side. Although Hart's defense is mediocre and his speed is not fast, his left-footed crossing skills and free kicks are quite good, and crosses after forward assists can always create threats.

Kewell usually cooperated with Hart quite tacitly, but when he turned around to observe Hart's running position at this time, he found that Hart was still standing behind the middle circle line stupidly...

Kewell was so angry that he couldn't even control the ball, but at this moment he remembered that it was O'Reilly who asked the defenders not to attack forward as much as possible to ensure defense...

In desperation, Kewell could only break through along the sidewalk alone. Under the interference of Soler, he still found a chance to cross, but the hasty cross failed to pass a high-quality ball. Cheese jumped high in front of him, then headed the ball far.

"Watch out for their counterattack!"

O'Reilly yelled loudly from the sidelines. He knew that Mallorca was a team with special counterattacks...

However, he overlooked one point. In addition to being a team with a unique counterattack, Mallorca is also a La Liga team-what are the characteristics of a La Liga team? The technique is exquisite, and the offense is mainly on the ground. Even the teams in the middle and lower reaches can often play more than a dozen consecutive passes without making mistakes...

Although Mallorca is not good at this, but under the influence of ears and eyes, the ground coordination and technical content of how to attack is also higher than that of the Premier League teams-the current Premier League is still a league where traditional offense prevails, except in Wenger Under the leadership of Arsenal, in addition to being better at attacking on the ground, even the overlord of the Premier League, Manchester United, can be regarded as a high-flying tactic in the traditional sense. Just look at their midfielders. Keane, an attacking midfielder with long shots and Scholes, a fast winger Giggs, a crossing Beckham - a typical English midfielder, despite winning the championship last season Cup champion, but the defect of lack of technical content still exists. If it is not good luck, Bayern's Effenberg and Basler have already been blown away in the final. Bayern's two local forwards Jankel and Ziegler wasted a dozen chances in the game, and this is how Manchester United scored two goals in the last three minutes!

If Elber hadn't been injured and was on the field at the time, Bayern's advantage in that game would have been enough to translate into three or four goals, so Manchester United would have no chance of a comeback.

Although Leeds United is full of vigor and has many talented players, they are still a Premier League team. Although there are technical players like bad boy Bowyer and Smith, other players are still based on fierce steals and running. Lord, the technical content is not high.

After Ngonga received the ball, he did not make a direct long pass. Instead, he controlled the ball on the spot to avoid Bowyer's counter-grab, and then passed the ball to Stankovic. Stankovic took the ball forward a few steps and then passed For Eto'o in front, Eto'o was protecting the ball on the sideline and did not force a breakthrough. Instead, he waited for his teammates to come up before continuing to pass the ball back to Stankovic-Mallorca directly played the ball in the frontcourt. ball tactics.

"They run a lot and fight aggressively, so we let them run. If we see that there is no chance to counterattack, and pass the ball back and forth, causing them to run around and consume energy, I will see them drowsy. Under the circumstances, how long can you run!"

This is what Jose explained before the game-he did not explain to the players what spring laziness and other issues, he just told the players that Leeds United players will have varying degrees of drowsiness and weakness in limbs I feel that even if we compete with each other for physical fitness, we should not be afraid. Of course, it would be the best to consume their physical energy while saving our own physical energy...

This is the best way to deal with teams with less technical content...

Seeing Mallorca's players start to pass the ball back and forth in the frontcourt to organize the attack, Jose smiled with satisfaction.

The poor condition of the players caused by the incompatibility of the weather, plus the intentional temptation to increase the running of the opponent to consume more physical energy, such a two-pronged approach, even if your Leeds players are all hard-working, they will slowly the rust!