Chapter 73 Tactical Victory
Chapter 73 Tactical Victory
Margis, the old keeper at the gate of the training base, turned on his old-fashioned radio as usual after the game started to listen to the game. He turned the volume up to the max and sat in the janitor's room playing games with peace of mind.
"Beautiful!! Kante steals Robinho again!! Robinho has nothing to do in front of Kante!!"
The voice of the commentator Letkinson came, and a smile appeared at the corner of Maxxis' mouth, and the beard on his chin seemed to stretch.
"This is Kante, our midfield gate!!"
"Kanter !!! Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh, Kanter!!!! He was a French with only 1.68 cm tall, but he could block all vulnerabilities ... He was able to close all the loopholes."
It was a song created by the fans for Kanter, and Maxxis listened to the sound from the radio and sang along with it...
Robinho got up from the ground again. This is the third time he has tried to get rid of Kante, but he was neatly stole by Kante three times! He didn't even catch a free kick.
"Kante!! Beautiful defense!!" Letkinson on the commentary bench also cheered for Kanter's defense.
"Unlike the last game when Luton beat Chelsea, Luton had five midfielders in the lineup, they looked like a 4231, but the three players in front of the two central midfielders were basically the same. Not very involved in attacking, facing Luton's two defensive lines in midfield, City haven't even hit the ball into Luton's danger zone!!" Redknapp said.
"Now you can see the strength of Luton, Jamie!" Letkinson on the side looked like a supporter of Luton.
"I really did not expect that Luton's defense could be so meticulous, which shows that Gao Bo's work in Luton is indeed quite successful, and it is no accident that they were able to beat Chelsea." Redknapp did not insist on his previous judgment.
Before the game, Mark Hughes thought he was paying enough attention to Luton, but he found that he still underestimated this opponent.
Nearly ten minutes after the game started, Manchester City only had one shot, which was a long-range shot forced by Bellamy after cutting in from the flank.
And Luton has yet to take a shot. The lone striker Vardy is at the forefront. He touches the ball very few times. Manchester City's defense is not too high. Method.
Mark Hughes will never be complacent because Manchester City is not shot by the opponent, after all, the opponent is just a team in the second league. . . .
Gao Bo doesn't matter. The overall strength of his team is still far from Manchester City's. That's why he sent five midfielders to form a solid line of defense in front of the back line.
Especially Robinho, the most threatening man on Manchester City's side, Gao Bo even sent Kante to defend him. Facts have proved that Robinho, whose state has begun to decline now, can't get any cheap in the face of Kante, whose strength has increased greatly under the increase of cards.
Gao Bo's attention was not completely on the pitch in these ten minutes, because he was still waiting to see if the system would give any task, because a task appeared temporarily in the system against Chelsea before, which made Gao Bo Looking forward to this game. As a result, he waited left and right, and the system did not respond at all.
After waiting for nearly ten minutes, the system still had no response, and Gao Bo left him behind.
The game was intense, with Manchester City generally leading the attack, but they struggled to get past Luton's midfield defence.
The five Luton midfielders in this game, Kante, Drinkwater, Kevin Keane, Lewis, Hassan, all have considerable running ability and excellent physical fitness, so Gao Bo is not worried at all. Their fitness in the second half will not keep up.
Mark Hughes's team's offense relies heavily on Robinho's play, but now Robinho is blocked by Kante, which makes Manchester City's offense very difficult.
Manchester City are not the kind of team that excels in possession, and Mark Hughes's teams tend to prefer the individual abilities of their front three attackers.
But now Robinho is limited, and Bellamy on the wing has a few opportunities to quickly break through the bottom pass, but Robinho and another Manchester City winger Elano are not that tall. very tall player.
In this game, Zabaleta, who played as a midfielder, made several attempts to attack forward, but now Luton's central defender Jeffrey has made great progress in frontal defense. The encouragement of Gao Bo and the influence of the team's performance Next, the Dutch teenager is now at the stage of bursting with self-confidence!
So most of Bellamy's crosses were cleared by Jeffrey.
The breakthrough in the middle is restricted, and the effect of crosses from the side is not great. It is no wonder that Mark Hughes frowned.
Ten minutes later, the attack that Manchester City expected did not come out, and the situation on the field was still very anxious.
Mark Hughes stood on the sidelines, he looked at Gao Bo, who was sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai. Mark Hughes was reminded of Luton's win over Chelsea, in which Gao Bo played a very good post attack. He put the extremely fast Adam in the second half as the winner and caught Scolari by surprise.
Still want to play this trick? You underestimate me too much, young man!
Compared with fifty-six-year-old Mark Hughes, Gao Bo is indeed absurdly young...
Mark - Hughes decided not to give Gao Bo a chance to attack after the second half. He stretched out his hand and waved, so that Manchester City's back line began to press.
Hoarding heavy soldiers in the midfield? Let's see if you can handle it!
If Gao Bo knew what Mark Hughes was thinking, he would certainly be wronged.
The opponent has definitely been on guard, so Gao Bo did not pin his hopes on the second half.
He is also watching the time. According to his pre-match plan, Manchester City will definitely attack aggressively for a while at the beginning of this game, because they are a Premier League team, how could they back down in front of a second division team? So Gao Bo's idea is to defend first in the first half, and after the spirit of Manchester City's start of the game is almost exhausted, he will take the initiative to pick up the rhythm of the game in about fifteen minutes, and let Manchester City, who had been attacking for fifteen minutes and ready to slow down, also You have to keep up the pace.
The essence of any tactic is to make the opponent uncomfortable on the field and make yourself comfortable.
Gao Bo remembered the words of a great man, the enemy retreats, I advance, and the enemy advances, I retreat. In short, it is impossible to let Manchester City have a breather in this game.
So almost at the same time, after Mark Hughes gestured for the two full-backs of Manchester City to also press, Gao Bo also made a gesture on the sidelines.
The situation on the field suddenly accelerated!
In the 16th minute of the game, Bellamy made a cross from the left, and the football was cleared by Jeffrey.
Zabaleta had the ball in control on the perimeter before passing it to Robinho.
Before Robinho could hold the ball with his back, Kante rushed over and tackled the ball directly.
Drinkwater got the ball, and he looked up for Vardy's position for the first time.
At this time, Manchester City's defenders have overwhelmed the half, and Vardy is standing in the middle circle at this time, ready to jump in at any time!
Drinkwater passes the ball forward with big feet!
"Luton's counterattack!!!"
The cheers in the stands suddenly rose!
Gao Bo rushed to the sidelines, clenched his fists, ready to celebrate!
This is the opportunity he has been waiting for! !
Vardy moves forward at high speed in the middle, and his speed is very fast! !
Kompany is chasing after him, although his speed is not slow, but for a while, it is really difficult for him to catch up with Vardy, who is ready to move forward! !
Vardy's toes stopped the ball in the air on the line in the direction of his running, so that he could continue to run at high speed without slowing down, and Kompany could only follow him to eat dust...
When Vardy had rushed to the top of the penalty area, Manchester City's goalkeeper Shay also rushed out! !
Facing the opponent's goalkeeper, Vardy handled it very calmly.
He picked up the ball with the tip of his right foot, and the ball went over the goalkeeper's head and fell to the net behind him...
Gao Bo jumped up, his fist smashed into the air! !
This was his tactical victory, and any head coach would be as excited as Gao Bo when he saw that the game was almost going according to his expected script!