Chapter 44 O'Reilly's Faint Move

Chapter 44 O'Reilly's Faint Move

"The weather here is really nice."

Looking into the distance from the training ground, you can almost see patches of white clouds drifting across the sea level. Ian Hart withdrew his hand covering the awning, muttered, and kicked the ball far away.

"Lee, catch the ball!"

Facing Hart's long pass from a long distance, Leeds United's core midfielder, the bad boy Bowyer Lee, who has played very well this season, seemed a little distracted. He stretched his foot to unload the ball but did not stop. The ball hit his feet directly, and then bounced out, and the ball was intercepted by the substitute right back Myers.

"Shet!" Bowyer waved his hand and complained in dissatisfaction, but he still couldn't get up his spirits. He even gave up the training directly, walked to the side of the training field, took off his shoes, and began to give his calf Massage it up.

"What's the matter with Lee?" O'Reilly, who was looking at the training ground, frowned, then turned to ask the assistant coach beside him.

"Maybe I feel sleepy..." The assistant coach beside him yawned: "It's really warm here, and it's spring, and it's time for afternoon tea. A cookie, that would be a treat..."

O'Reilly glanced at the assistant coach sternly, and stared back at the other half of his sentence.

However, he did not blame the assistant coach, because he looked around, except for Bowyer, a bad boy with weak discipline, although the other Leeds players did not train like him and did not go to the sideline to rest, they also They are more or less tired. The beginning of April is the time of spring, and the climate of Mallorca, which is like spring all the year round, is even more pleasant. From England, which still has cold weather, to Mallorca, Spain, even Austria Riley himself feels that the most comfortable thing is to find a place to sleep, let alone the Leeds players who have fought for most of the season and are not physically fit...

"Forget it, don't train, everyone have a good rest."

Seeing that this kind of training has no good effect, O'Reilly simply waved his hand, asking the players to take a good rest and comfort their already quite tired bodies.

The players walked off the training ground as if they were being amnesty, and each found a shady place to rest. If the weather in Mallorca is really good, it's no wonder that many clubs put their pre-season training Put it in Mallorca for training, so that the effect of physical reserve can be better.

O'Reilly looked at the players resting and playing with some concern. Physical fatigue cannot be recovered in a day. Tomorrow is the day of the game. If the players are not in good condition, what will happen to the first round of the game? It's good to fight...

But it's just an away game first, even if it's a draw, it's also very beneficial to the home team. From the previous games, Mallorca is the kind of team that defends and counterattacks, and its offensive ability is actually average. It doesn't seem impossible to keep a draw.

After careful consideration, O'Reilly decided on this strategy. The players obviously did not adapt to the climate of Mallorca and were in poor condition. Under such circumstances, it is appropriate to adopt a more secure tactic—even if A small loss in the away game can also be recovered at home. After all, it is the Mallorca players who will not adapt at that time.

After thinking about it from beginning to end, O'Reilly felt that there was no problem. Although Leeds United are good at offense, their defense is not bad. The two central defenders, Radebe and Woodgate, have excellent defensive abilities. A sweeping Batty, although Hart and Kelly on both wings are offensive full-backs, but if you want to recover the defense, it is not impossible.

O'Reilly, thinking this way, made a big mistake. He only thought about how to deal with Mallorca's advantages in the away game, but forgot the advantages of his own team-with such outstanding players as Kewell, Smith, and Bowyer. In the case of many young attackers, they only think about defensive counterattacks. Letting these talented youngsters play games they are not good at and don't want to play is a waste of money.

"Their players have been listless in training for the past two days?"

Jose asked the management personnel of the training ground, and after getting a positive answer, he showed a smug smile.

Of course, Jose didn't do anything wrong, firstly, it was unnecessary, and secondly, once this kind of thing was leaked, the reputation of the entire Mallorca would be ruined, and the weather in Mallorca was actually the one that dealt with Leeds United—— The so-called spring sleepiness, in the south of China, people are most likely to get sleepy when spring comes. The weather in Mallorca is similar to that of southern China, which is like spring all year round. It's really not enough to be sleepy for a few days-from this point of view, Europeans and Chinese are the same...

Although Mallorca players will also be affected, after all, they have lived in Mallorca all year round, and they are more accustomed to this kind of weather. Basically, it will not affect their posture, and it can better make them feel better. Quick recovery of physical strength - in warm places, wounds will heal more easily than in cold places, and similarly, physical strength can also be recovered faster.

When April 6 came, the St. Moise Stadium became a place for Mallorcans to celebrate and vent again-since the start of the second half of the season, every home game went to the St. Moise Stadium to watch the game , is their happiest thing-because every time they can see a victory!

"Go! Mallorca! Go! Mallorca!"

When players from both sides appeared in the stadium, the collective cheers of 20,000 Mallorca fans suppressed the cheers of more than 1,000 Leeds fans. shouted loudly, but was still firmly suppressed by the overwhelmingly dominant Mallorca fans.

Franco, Miguel Soler, Nino, Nadal, Olesola, Francisco Soler, Ngonga, Ibagaza, Stankovic, Eto'o, Tristan. This is the lineup for the home team Mallorca.

Martin, Kelly, Radebe, Woodgate, Hart, David Batty, Barker, Bowyer, Kewell, Smith, Bridges. This is the main lineup of the visiting team Leeds United.

Judging from the starting lineup, both sides have no strength left. The visiting team Leeds United is also full of elites. The Young Guards seem to want to fight a vigorous confrontation with their opponents!

"Fight against us? That will only lead to faster death." Jose thought calmly on the coach's bench.

The tactics he arranged are very simple. When the game just started, be steady. If you find that the opponent does not want to attack wholeheartedly but intends to use defense to delay the time, then immediately press the attack and use a violent attack to tear it apart. Leeds United's defense!

You know, if you want to play a defensive counterattack after a dead defense, not just any team can play - at least a team dominated by young players can't do it. Against the opponent's continuous impact, teams like Mallorca's defense with an older average age and more experience can better complete defensive counterattack tactics. That's because they will not be easily suppressed by the opponent because of dissatisfaction. And what flaws are exposed, but what about Leeds United? Goalkeeper Martin was removed from the entire defense line. Only midfielder Batty and South African defender Radebe are older and more experienced. The rest of Woodgate, Kelly Hart and others are all in their twenties. It was the time when he was young and full of vigor, and he had been playing offensive tactics in the past few seasons. It was a waste and the biggest foolish move to let such a player play defensive counterattacks.

Jose didn't know if O'Reilly would really use this trick, but five minutes into the game, a smile began to appear on his face.

During this period of time, Leeds United's defense line did not press up, and the two full-backs with strong offensive capabilities hardly crossed the center line. Facing Mallorca passing back and forth in their own half, Leeds United's Several offensive players in the frontcourt also looked weak, and the pressing was not so active...

"Sure enough, the poor state of the players made them choose to use conservative tactics as much as possible in the away game... O'Reilly, you must be in trouble now!"

Jose's eyes lit up immediately.

Then he stood up, made a gesture towards the field - pushed his hands flat, and then waved vigorously towards Leeds United's half!

Like a most brilliant conductor, with his gestures, Mallorca's attack, which was originally just passed back and forth, suddenly exploded like a torrent!

When the ball reached Ngonga's feet again, Ngonga did not continue to pass the cross, but pretended to pass the cross to deceive Bowyer, and then quickly dunked the ball, Bowyer who dodged out of the way, and then led ball forward!

Although he was not in good spirits and looked very sleepy, Bowyer still felt very upset after being dumped by this old guy.

"Old guy, let's see how I break your ball!" The bad boy thought to himself, and chased after him fiercely.

However, Ngonga did not give him a chance to steal the ball. Seeing that Barty in front of him was about to block his way forward, he immediately passed the ball to Ibagaza on the right, and Ibagaza Stop the ball at your feet, face Hart who is coming up to defend, suddenly throw the ball near the bottom line, and then speed up the breakthrough!

Facing such an unreasonable breakthrough from Ibagaza, Hart was caught off guard and was thrown away at once-Hart is a left back with excellent offensive ability, but his speed is not very fast, Especially in the face of a purely agile player like Ibagaza, Ibagaza directly broke through without paying attention!

After striding to catch up with the ball, Ibagaza did not make a pass, but quickly turned the ball into the penalty area, and then entered the penalty area!

"Don't blindly pass from the bottom, because the English central defender's frontal defense ability and high-altitude ball defense ability are very good. It is a waste of opportunity to pass barely... Their left back's speed and defensive ability are average. If there is a chance after breaking through , just cut inside to disrupt their defense, and then create chances for Diego and Samuel!"

Recalling what Jose told himself before the game, Ibagaza dribbled the ball into the penalty area without hesitation. Hart, who was chasing desperately behind him but couldn't interfere with Ibagaza, was in the penalty area. It is the opponent's several defensive players and Tristan and Eto'o running around!