Chapter 678 Grumpy Quinn
After the start of the second half, the North London Wanderers, who were forced into a desperate situation, indeed broke out with amazing fighting power.
They kept the pressure on the Leeds goal from the start.
In terms of overall strength, they are indeed stronger than Leeds City.
"The North London Wanderers have stepped up their pressing in the frontcourt, especially their siege on Williams. It's often two people fighting for Williams alone, making it difficult for him to control the football...be careful!"
With the commentator He Feng's words, Pete Williams had just had the ball stolen, and the North London Wanderers took advantage of the opportunity to launch a counterattack.
Fortunately, their offensive was finally shot into the sky by Sean.
"Williams is the core of Leeds City's midfield. After he was contained, Leeds City's offense was not running smoothly...Obviously, North London Wanderers caught Leeds City's fatal seven inches...and this continues , even if Leeds City leads by two goals, it is not safe..."
By laying siege to Williams, North London Wanderers regained the initiative.
They began to convert their advantage in the game into goals.
Leeds City's defense is under tremendous pressure.
Especially for Falek Quinn, it is obvious that he has become the key breakthrough point for the North London Wanderers. As he is tired of dealing with it, his anger level is also rising - five minutes ago, he was in a defense. Because he raised his foot too high, he received a yellow card.
In the 52nd minute, North London Wanderers quickly launched a counterattack after successfully preventing Leeds City's attack in the backcourt.
This time, the direction of their counterattack was also on Quinn's side.
Sean played two-on-one with Rovers wide midfielder Alan Woodiwisz.
Woody Weiss passed the football to Sean who responded in the middle, and then accelerated to break through from Quinn.
Seeing this, Quinn took a step across, then shrugged his shoulders, knocking Woody Weiss to the ground while he was running without the ball!
"Ah!!" Woody Weiss screamed when he fell to the ground, and then he heard the crisp whistle as he wished...
"Quinn, be careful! He already has a yellow card. This foul..." He Feng said worriedly.
As a Chinese commentator, he is naturally on Leeds City's side.
After hitting someone, Quinn's mind finally seemed to come to his senses. He quickly raised his hands, gave a French military salute, and signaled to the referee who was running over that he didn't make a move. It wasn't a foul, it was Woodivis touching porcelain...
But it's too late to say this at this time.
Everyone, including him, saw the referee running this way and putting his hand into his breast pocket...
Everyone knows what this means - the referee is going to play a card!
"The situation is not good!" Cox said, "Quinn received a yellow card five minutes ago, but it was obvious that he did not restrain himself... He interfered with Woody Weiss who was running without the ball. , this is an obvious blocking foul! If another card is played... he will be sent off!”
As if to confirm what Cox said, when the referee took his hand out of his pocket, he was holding two cards, one yellow and one red!
Upon seeing this, Pete Williams immediately stepped forward, put his hands behind his back, and used his body to block the referee, protecting Quinn, who was already stunned.
"No, sir. He didn't mean it...Woody Weiss's fall was a little exaggerated..." Williams continued to explain to the referee.
But the referee didn't want to talk to him, so he bypassed him and went straight to Quinn.
Williams wanted to reach out, but pulled it back, not daring to actually touch the referee.
The referee first showed Quinn a yellow card and then a red card!
The Flanders Stadium suddenly burst into boos!
"Sure enough! Two yellows turned into one red! Quinn was sent off!" He Feng sighed regretfully. "Although Leeds City leads by two goals, from the second half onwards, they have been gradually suppressed by Rangers on the field and are in a disadvantageous situation. Now they have been sent off with one person sent off. With less to defeat more, I'm afraid... there will be more misfortune than good!"
When Quinn saw the red card held in front of him, he was stunned for a moment and then rushed forward to argue with the referee - after he had just been given a yellow card, it would be too much to give him another yellow card in such a short period of time. Is that harsh?
Pete Williams, who was closest to him, quickly blocked him and pushed him back: "Calm down, Farek! Do you want to be punished additionally?!"
"Let me go, Pete. This penalty is too specific to me!" Quinn yelled, aggrieved for himself.
Rangers coach Aumann covered his mouth and laughed when he saw this scene on the sidelines.
Not only are the penalties targeted at you, my tactics are also targeted at you!
Orman, who is good at taking advantage of the situation, successfully took advantage of Quinn's personal violent temper and placed a weight that could affect the balance of victory and defeat on one end of the scale.
By attacking Quinn again and again, Quinn was unable to control his temper, and the referee realized that Quinn was a powder keg. Even after a yellow card warning was still invalid, he could not Keep him on the field.
He turned and glanced at the coaching bench next door, where Tony Clark was frowning and talking to the assistant coach.
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"Quinn got targeted, damn it!" assistant coach Sam Landill complained.
"It's too late to say this now, Sam. We have to replace him now." Clark frowned and said, "I plan to replace Lorenzo."
"Just let Hu be the one in front?" Randhir was a little surprised.
There is one less defender, so it is normal to replace a forward, then replace with a defender, and continue to strengthen the defense. But he originally thought that the forward who was replaced would be Hu Lai.
After all, Lorenzo has a physical advantage. He can use this advantage to hold the ball alone in front and act as a bridgehead for Leeds City's offense. So if you go by Randyll's idea, the forward left on the court should be Lorenzo Esposito.
Although Hu Lai has scored two goals, in the single forward tactics, Hu Lai has little living space and there is no need to stay on the court.
Facing Randall's confused look, Clark simply explained: "With a beard on the court, he is better at scoring goals."
Randhir was a little speechless... At this time, Clark was still thinking about scoring a goal... It was simply.
"One of us is missing, Tony!"
"I know, Sam."
"The Rangers will definitely take this opportunity to attack aggressively. What can Hu do on the court? Control the ball in the frontcourt and wait for support from others?"
"He doesn't have to do that. Our offense will not let one forward hold the ball in front for a long time. We attack as a whole, so we don't rely too much on the role of a bridgehead." Clark said, "Of course the Rangers will continue to attack. They want to take advantage of the fact that we have one less player. We can also take advantage of this. When they press forward to attack, there will inevitably be space behind them, and then we can fully seize the wandering forward. The players took advantage of the opportunity to attack and scored their goals.”
After listening to Clark's explanation, Randhir sighed and muttered: "I knew it..."
Clark smiled and said: "Stop complaining, Sam. With our current defensive staffing and the results of our usual training, even if we shrink our defense, I'm afraid it will be difficult to stop the Rangers' attack - they have the fourth most goals in the Premier League." The team. Instead of giving up the initiative, it’s better to confront them.”
"Okay, I'll let Dixon come back..." After saying that, Randyll ran to the warm-up area, preparing to call back the team's substitute left back Danny Dixon, who was warming up with other teammates.
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No matter how reluctant Quinn is, the referee's decision cannot be changed.
In the end, he covered his face with his hands and walked off the court with his head lowered amidst the boos.
Those boos were sent by the Leeds City fans to the referee on duty, but to Quinn's ears, they sounded like they were meant for himself - a great situation with a two-goal lead was going to be ruined just because of his two yellow cards... …
After Quinn came off the field, the game resumed. Soon Leeds City made substitution adjustments.
Young Dixon came on and replaced captain Lorenzo.
Lorenzo handed the captain's armband to Pete Williams before leaving the field.
No one thought this was something incredible.
Although Williams is only twenty years old, everyone knows that if he does not leave the team, then he will be the next captain of Leeds City.
Seeing Williams wearing the captain's armband, Sean walked up to him and joked: "Hey, captain, he looks pretty decent..."
Leeds were sent off one man and the situation was reversed, Sean was now in the mood to bicker with Williams.
On the contrary, Williams was ordered to do so at the critical moment. He felt heavy and a little anxious. He just glanced at him and ignored him.
Seeing this, Sean smiled and shook his head and ran away.
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Although substitution adjustments were made in time, the new Dixon had not yet entered the game rhythm and was out of tune with the team's performance.
Just five minutes after Quinn was sent off, in the 59th minute of the game, the North London Wanderers advanced their attack into the Leeds City penalty area.
The breakthrough point is Leeds City's left wing.
Dixon, who just came on the field, was easily passed by Alan Woodiwisz with a fake fax dunk, and the latter broke into the penalty area!
Upon seeing this, Sean Barnett in the middle quickly ran back. When the Leeds City defenders turned their attention to Woody Weiss, who dribbled the ball into the penalty area, he opened his arms and shouted: " Pass the ball, Allen!”
He hopes that Woody Weiss can pass the football, and he has an opening here!
This is his perfect chance to score!
After letting the Chinese boy pretend to be aggressive in front of him twice in the first half, now it was his turn to retaliate!
As long as Woody Weiss passes the football, for him, scoring a goal is just a push...
But Woody Weiss did not pass the football to him, but chose to shoot it himself!
"Woody Weiss——!"
The football was curved by him, bypassing the fingers of Leeds City goalkeeper Van der Ven, who was flying in the air, and turned into the goal from the back corner!
"Wonderful arc! Woody Weiss pulled a goal back for North London Wanderers! Now they are only one goal behind! And not long after the second half started, they still have a numerical advantage!"
Rangers captain Jock Hendry, who was also in front of the goal, raised his arms and cheered when he saw the ball flying into the goal.
Sean Barnett, who was at the back post, stared blankly at the football in the net...
Sky TV commentator Cox couldn't help but sigh when he saw this scene: "Sean's affection for Leeds City is really deep... Not only did he promise not to celebrate after scoring a goal, but his teammates at North London Wanderers also After scoring the goal, there was no celebration, and there was no joy on his face..." (End of Chapter)