Chapter 15 Football that Brings Victory!

Chapter 15 Football that brings victory!

A day of training started again, with the ambition to upgrade, Gao Bo devoted himself to his work with infinite enthusiasm.

Upgrading may be a fantasy for Luton, who is minus 30 points at this time, but not for Gao Bo.

There are four places in the second league to be promoted to the first league. The top three in the league can be directly promoted, while the third to seventh place in the league will compete for another qualification to be promoted to the English first league.

This also means that if Luton wants to be promoted, the most guaranteed league ranking is seventh. As long as they can get seventh in the league, then Luton can create miracles through the promotion play-offs.

So how hard is it to get seventh?

Gao Bo has seen the final points of the seventh place in the second division in the past few seasons. Last season's seventh league was Wycombe Rovers, their final points were 69 points, and in the 2006-2007 season, The seventh in the league was Shespoli, who finally got 71 points, and the seventh in the league in the 2005-2006 season was Lincoln City, who finally got 70.

In the previous seasons, the seventh place in the league was mostly around 70 points.

Getting 70 points in the league can probably be in the seventh place, and Gao Bo doesn't want to pin his hopes on luck - 70 points is not insurance, so Gao Bo's goal this season is to finally get 70 Five points or more! !

If he hadn't been deducted 30 points, Gao Bo was still confident in getting 75 points, but under the current conditions, wanting to get more than 75 points at the end of the season means that Luton is actually going to score 105 points this season!

There are 24 teams in the English League Two, with a total of 46 rounds of the league. In theory, a team can get a maximum of 138 points. But in a long league, no team can maintain 48 consecutive victories-football games are often full of chance, injuries, players' status, coaching staff's tactical arrangements, weather, and many other factors will affect progress of a game.

The championship score of the English Second Division has been around 90 for years, that is to say, if Luton wants to get a score of 105 points, he must be better than all the teams that have won the championship in the Second Division before. Perform well!

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With the addition of Jeffrey, Gao Bo's main lineup has been roughly determined, and the team has gradually entered the overall tactical training to ease.

In the tactics designed by Gao Bo, he referred to the great Milan of Sacchi - using the 442 formation to fully compress the space, whether it is defensive or offensive, the three lines need to be kept close enough.

Sacchi's tactical philosophy has influenced many modern coaches, and Gao Bo, as a head coach, naturally cannot avoid the study of Sacchi.

Sacchi's most famous quote is "If our forwards and defenders stay within 25 meters, then we are invincible". Sacchi's football philosophy is really influenced by the Dutch culture of attacking and defending. Milan under his command is a typical high-position pressing and full-attack and full-defense. When the opponent has the ball in the backcourt, it begins to approach layer by layer and put pressure on the opponent. The high-position pressing is matched with the back line led by Baresi. The sky-defying defensive ability and the invincible cooperation have caused countless forwards to suffer. There was a joke that if the linesman just watched Baresi raise his hand, it must be an offside kick without even thinking about it. Later, it was said that FIFA revised the offside rule because Milan's offside was too invincible.

In the future, when the 442, which looks quite old-fashioned, is gradually declining, the Argentine Simeone picked up the 442 again. Simeone improved the 442 and abandoned the traditional 442. The use of the open winger,

Instead, they used two full-backs who were very close to the middle, forming an airtight middle defense, a tight formation, a high degree of discipline, and a sturdy style of play, making Atlético Madrid under Simeone a European player at that time. One of the best defensive teams.

In terms of offense, Gao Bo also used the overall pressure strategy between the 442 and the third line. When he was off the ball, he asked both forwards to participate in the team's frontcourt pressure, and began to press and harass from the forward. If the opponent's passing organization can steal the ball in the frontcourt, this will undoubtedly give the team a very good opportunity to counterattack. In the state of having the ball, Gao Bo requires the team to cooperate quickly on the ground and in depth, strive to develop the ball to the opponent's core area between three or two passes, and at the same time complete the shot within seven passes as much as possible. !

Gao Bo is not a fan of a certain tactical philosophy. For Gao Bo, he will only choose the tactics that suit his team - those tactics that can bring victory to the team, he is the only winner!

Combining Gao Bo's own understanding of tactics and referring to the development of football tactics in the future, Gao Bo gradually integrated his own understanding of football into the Luton team.

In training, several players brought by Gao Bo gradually showed their strength.

The two forwards, Vardy and Charlie Austin, have both shown great goalscoring ability, and at least no Luton player will doubt their quality. And Kante and Drinkwater, the pair of midfielders, also showed a strong midfield control. Kante's almost invincible stealing ability made almost all players feel that this player is shorter than Messi. The black guy is full of respect.

With the effect of the training cards, Luton's training progressed very smoothly.

Of course, before the start of the season, the team still has to conduct an airport warm-up game to test the team's training results.

The first warm-up match, against Oxford United from the fifth tier of the English National Council, was played at Luton's own training ground, with no fans and no journalists.

Gao Bo did not send his main lineup in the first half, but gave some marginal players of the team a chance. Before the start of the league, Gao Bo was willing to give everyone a chance to play and let these young players show the head coach. own determination and attitude.

However, even in the face of fifth-level players, Luton's young people still failed to perform very well. At the end of the first half, Luton was already 0-3 behind.

Gao Bo shook his head as he watched from the sidelines. Luton had sold almost all of his main lineup. If it was these youngsters who were driven from the youth academy and put on the shelves and were generally brought to the B-League to fight this season, even if There was nothing the great Ferguson could do about it.

Fortunately, this was only a warm-up match. After the second half started, Gao Bo replaced all the players who started in the first half and replaced them with his main lineup.

The goalkeeper sent 21-year-old Claude Rondo. The small goalkeeper was the team's third goalkeeper when Luton was still in the Championship season. With the team's relegation, Claude- Rondo also finally stood on the team's No. 1 goalkeeper position.

The combination of center backs still makes Gao Bo very reassured. George Parker is partnered with Jeffrey. George Parker is 190 cm tall. He has good defensive positioning and filling abilities, and his frontal defense ability is also quite good. Jeffrey is tall. Although slightly shorter, his strong body and excellent jumping make up for his lack of height. In fact, he is even better than George Parker, who is a few centimeters taller than him in high-altitude ball defense.

On the left and right full-backs, Gao Bo finally chose two young players, Mitchell Piran from Ireland, the 18-year-old player is currently the only international in the Luton squad-he He is a member of the Irish U19. He is 188 cm tall. He can play right back, right midfielder, midfielder, and sometimes even central defender. He is a jack-of-all-trades player, but Gao Bo still likes to put him on the right in the guard position. Left back Solo Davis, a 19-year-old black player, 176 cm tall, strong and fast, the only thing that worries Gao Bo is the offensive tendency of this young player - this is a A full-back with a strong attacking desire. Gao Bo quietly gave Davis a nickname to deepen his impression of him - in Gao Bo's notebook, Davis's note is "Luton Marcelo"

In the midfield, there is no question in the middle. It is the combination of Kante and Drinkwater. Gao Bo is very confident in the combination of these two midfielders, while the team captain Kevin Keane is placed by Gao Bo. The position of the right midfielder. As for the left midfielder, Gao Bo chose a 19-year-old young player, Lewis Emmanuel. This 173-centimeter player can play as a left back or a defensive midfielder. The most important factor for Gao Bo to see this player is not Lewis' technical ability, but his mental attributes - this is a player who is extremely good in terms of work commitment and willpower, and he also has considerable teamwork ability. His participation in defense is very high. With him on the left, it can somewhat make up for the gap left behind by Davis, who likes to make forward assists.

The combination of strikers is naturally a combination of Vardy and Charlie Austin!

After the start of the second half, Oxford United found that their opponents were suddenly reborn. They were almost suffocated by Luton's airtight front in the backcourt. In the end, Oxford United's defense soon had problems. The midfielder's pass error gave Luton a chance to counterattack. Vardy moved forward at high speed and slammed his foot to score! Scored his first goal on behalf of Luton.

Then Luton scored another goal in the same way, this time to Charlie Austin!

Oxford United was completely defeated by Luton, and then Vardy scored two goals and scored a hat-trick. Charlie Austin added the icing on the cake and scored twice!

Center Matt Schmidt also got a chance to play, replacing Charlie Austin. Matt Schmidt also scored soon after, grabbing a corner kick and heading home.

The three strikers scored a total of six goals to help Luton complete the big reversal in the second half of the game!

Gao Bo was very excited. After the game, he turned to his assistant John Aston and said: 'See, John! This is our football! ! Football that brings victory! ! ’