Chapter 770 Park Soon-tae fails to live up to expectations...
"Park Suntae——!!! Oops!"
The commentator of the Korean TV station was startled. First he shouted Park Suntae's name, and then he let out a long sigh, put his head in his hands, and leaned on the back of the seat in the studio.
Naturally, South Korean TV stations also broadcast the "East Asian Derby" in the Premier League.
Korean fans hope to see Park Soon-tae perform well on behalf of Korean football in this game and prove to those Chinese fans and media who look down upon others that their Korean player Park Soon-tae is still the "Light of Asia" and "one of the first in Asia". elder brother"!
However, after the game started, judging from the scene, Leeds City, which played at home, had the advantage. They did take the lead, relying on a goal from French player Kamara.
Park Suntae performed well in several counterattacks, but his final kick was slightly lacking and he failed to seize the opportunity to score.
What makes Korean fans a little relieved is that although Leeds City scored, the scorer was not Hu Lai. Therefore, in the competition between Hu Lai and Park Suntae, their Park Suntae has not fallen behind, and the two are still tied.
Just now London Bridge played a quick counterattack. Park Suntae used his speed to sprint half the field. After receiving the pass from his teammate, he directly hit the goal, but the football went over the crossbar.
The Korean commentator's surprise came from this.
No one complained online that the Korean commentator was not calm enough, because there were countless Korean fans in front of the TV who were more excited than the commentator.
In the live footage, Park Soon-tae kicked the ball hard into the air after finishing the shot. He was obviously dissatisfied with the fact that he had pushed the ball up.
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Park Soon-tae is really dissatisfied with his performance.
Leeds City's offensive was very fierce, and London Bridge also had many counterattack opportunities. He hoped to seize the opportunity as soon as possible, otherwise if he continued to waste it like this, he might not have the chance.
Sure enough, not long after he wasted this opportunity, Leeds City head coach Tony Clark made adjustments, asking the team to temporarily recycle the defense and not give London Bridge a chance to counterattack.
Although Clark is crazy, he is not stupid. Knowing that London Bridge was already well prepared, Leeds City still wanted to score the London Bridge goal again in one breath. It was like using your physical body to collide with a reinforced concrete gate. Not to mention that the gate could not be opened. He will still be injured, and there is absolutely no chance of winning.
So he asked the team to recycle, slow down the pace of the game, and regain their strength.
This is also to be able to continue to attack in the future - other teams shrink their defense just to defend, Clark asked the team to shrink their defense to build up strength for the next fierce attack...
Leeds City shrinks its defense, and London Bridge naturally cannot continue to stay behind. Now it is their turn to press forward and attack.
It has to be said that every team has its own temperament. They have things they are good at, and naturally there are things they are not good at.
Just like Leeds City, under the leadership of head coach Tony Clark, this team has gradually shown the temperament of a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers. They are good at offense but not good at defense.
Although he scored 13 goals this season, he also conceded seven goals - and this was under the premise that Clark deliberately strengthened his defense.
London Bridge and Leeds City are just the opposite. They are very good at defense, but not good at offense, or not good at positional warfare. When a team that is good at defense encounters a team that also shrinks its defense, it is a bit at a loss. This is ironic, but not unexpected.
After all, if London Bridge defended well and attacked well, they would not be ranked sixth in the league currently.
It's not like they didn't win the championship last season.
Not to mention last season, even in the season when their defense set a record, London Bridge was only runner-up and still did not win the championship.
It is said that defense determines the championship in the league. But London Bridge is too biased. The offense is stretched, but no matter how good the defense is, it can't carry it away.
Of course, London Bridge has also made many improvements to their offense in the past two seasons, including spending 35 million pounds to introduce Park Suntae.
For head coach Miguel Tavares, this season is also his last chance. There have been rumors that if he cannot bring the team a league championship, even if he still has two years of contract with the club, he will still be fired at the end of this season.
After Tavares came to London Bridge, he really injected his stuff into this team and helped the team take the defense to a higher level. But he still failed to solve the team's offensive problem, and the team's performance in the past two seasons has been on a downward trend - it was the runner-up in the league last season and the third place in the league last season. This season, it may fall to Went to fourth place in the league.
This is obviously not in line with the expectations of the London Bridge Club.
Qualifying for the Champions League is their bottom line. If they can't even participate in the Champions League, do they still have the nerve to say that they are a wealthy club?
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After Leeds City shrank its defense, London Bridge pressed forward to attack.
They also had some chances during this period, but until the end of the first half, they failed to equalize the score.
The referee blew the half-time whistle, and Leeds City entered the halftime break with a score of 1:0.
However, London Bridge coach Tavares didn't look very anxious when he came off the field. He didn't seem to think that falling behind by one goal was a big deal.
Back in the dressing room, he told his players: "A one-goal lead in the first half may be a good result for other teams, but it is definitely not the case for Leeds City manager Tony Clark. I bet Leeds City will continue to attack in the second half, hoping to score more goals, so as long as we are patient, we can definitely seize the opportunity of their aggressive attack and use our good defensive counterattack to defeat them!"< br>
Tavares has also studied his opponent in this game - in fact, he doesn't need to study it very carefully. He can easily draw this conclusion through media reports and Leeds City's past game performance.
More than one English media outlet has called Tony Clark a madman who only thinks about offense. So much so that Sky TV commentator Matthew Cox’s comments about Leeds City’s defense during the game commentary have become a popular meme on the Internet:
"It's amazing. Leeds City's defense has made huge improvements this season - their head coach Tony Clark finally knows to shrink the defense when the opponent attacks, instead of pressing out to attack!"
On the surface, this sentence is to praise Clark, but in fact it is to complain that he only knows offense.
Tavares judged from this that Leeds City would attack at the beginning of the second half, hoping to use their offense to score goals.
And that's London Bridge's opportunity.
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Tavares expected it to be good. After the start of the second half, Leeds City did rush and attack like they did at the beginning of the first half.
Seeing this, Tavares didn't even go to the sidelines to direct the game. He just sat firmly on the coaching bench and crossed his legs. It seemed that he was using this method to increase the confidence of the players on the court. Tell them - everything is under control, there is nothing to worry about, just play as planned!
Finally, in the 58th minute, London Bridge launched a quick counterattack after successfully stealing the ball in the backcourt.
The football was placed at Park Soon-tae's feet.
I saw the Korean forward running wildly after receiving the ball, pushing his speed to the extreme, easily getting rid of Jay Adams who was chasing him, and dribbling the ball straight towards Leeds City's centre-back.
Then he used a deft change of direction to get past Leeds City center back Ben Grist, who was rushing towards him, and entered the penalty area!
The commentator of the Korean TV station was almost reaching the climax: "Park Suntae!!! Park Suntae! Park Suntae——!!"
With his roaring at the top of his lungs, Park Soon-tae faced the attacking goalkeeper Van Der Ven and shot!
He shot the football into the far corner!
Goalkeeper Fan Dewen judged the opponent's direction, quickly fell to the ground and jumped sideways, and touched the football with his finger!
"Ah——!" the Korean commentator almost said all the curse words.
He is so angry!
Park Suntae's performance before this shot was perfect, but the shot was touched by the opponent's goalkeeper!
Before the Leeds City fans had time to breathe a sigh of relief, they saw a London Bridge player in blue coming from the middle of the penalty area. It was Scott Barnes, another forward of the team!
And the football, which was blocked by Van Der Ven and changed direction, fell right in front of him!
What is in front of Barnes now is a huge empty goal. This ball can really be kicked in with your eyes closed!
Barnes raised his foot and pushed the ball, and the football flew straight into the Leeds City goal!
London Bridge finally equalized the score!
When Park Soon-tae saw the football flying into the goal, he felt extremely complicated at the moment. He should raise his arms and cheer, but he was a little unwilling in his heart - the ball should have belonged to him, but it ended up being used as a wedding dress for someone else...
But he quickly put aside the slight dissatisfaction in his heart and ran towards Barnes, who had already run to the corner flag area, to celebrate with him for tying his opponent.
In any case, we brought our opponents back to the same starting line. The second half of the game has just begun. London Bridge still has a chance, and I still have a chance...
He comforted and encouraged himself in his heart.
Park Soon-tae has given up his obsession, but the commentator on Korean TV still seemed very regretful: "Park Soon-tae missed the opportunity to equalize the score... After the ball was saved by goalkeeper Van Der Ven, it finally fell in front of Barnes, and he picked it up. What a bargain!”
The Korean fans in front of the TV and on the Internet are more regretful than him, and some people have already cursed on the Internet.
But they didn’t know who to scold, so in the end they were just incompetent and furious...
Are you scolding Park Soon Tae for not living up to expectations? Park Suntae doesn’t want to either!
Scolding Barnes for stealing Park Soon-tae's goal? But the problem is that Park Soon-tae himself failed to grasp the opportunity. No forward would pass the ball to his teammates when faced with this kind of opportunity to hit an empty goal, so there was nothing wrong with Barnes' choice.
At the end of the scolding, the Korean fans could only comfort themselves with "Fortunately, Hu Lai didn't score a goal", and finally stabilized their emotions.
Then with the curse on Hu Lai and the blessing on Park Suntae, continue to watch this "East Asia Derby".
On the Chinese Internet, although Leeds City lost the ball and their lead was gone, the atmosphere was much more joyful.
Many Chinese fans are mercilessly mocking Park Suntae.
"I gave you a chance but you didn't use it! Hahaha!"
"Does anyone remember how many times Park Soon-tae has wasted an opportunity in this game?"
"Is this the power of the 'Light of Asia'? I love it!" (End of Chapter)