Chapter 874 Pick and Roll
Scott Brooks stood in an empty locker room, looking up at the TV hanging on the wall.
The first half highlights of the game between Leeds City and Boscombe are playing inside.
Hulay's two goals were played repeatedly, and commentator Cox joked on this scene: "I don't know if Leeds City can win Boscombe away from home, but now it is obvious that Stan Park Rangers have felt It’s so tense - I believe they can’t possibly not know what’s happening here!”
Hearing Cox's smiling voice, Brooks turned off the television.
He didn't know what would happen in the second half, but looking at Leeds City's momentum, unless their collective brains went crazy, they probably wouldn't lose to Boscombe away from home.
It would be great if Boscombe could draw Leeds City at home...
After turning off the TV, Brooks stood in the locker room with his head down, lost in thought.
He was thinking about how to tell these players when they returned to the locker room for a while to minimize the impact.
It is impossible to conceal the past by concealing it.
The players are not stupid. They know everything as soon as they pick up their mobile phones and go online.
It's not like it was a few decades ago. Once you enter the locker room and close the door, you don't know what's going on outside.
Even a head coach like Brooks, who has a high prestige within the team, cannot force everyone not to use mobile phones.
And doing so will appear to be afraid of Leeds City.
Therefore, blocking is worse than opening up.
What can you say to the players who already know that Leeds City are two goals ahead of Boscombe to turn the "bad thing" into... a "good thing"?
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"Guys! You did a good job! But now is not the time to celebrate!" Tony Clark clapped his hands hard and said loudly after entering the locker room.
Around him, the Leeds City players were busy changing clothes and taking off their shoes and socks. The locker room was so bustling that the head coach's voice didn't seem so abrupt.
But that doesn't mean everyone didn't take the coach's words to heart.
In fact, they also know very well that now is not the time to celebrate victory.
Is a two-goal lead at halftime safe?
Other teams may think so, but for Leeds City players who have been indoctrinated by Clark's crazy ideas for a long time, they do not feel that a two-goal lead at halftime is a safe score.
After all, in their perception, scoring two goals in forty-five minutes is not something incredible or too difficult.
When Clark said this, he didn't let the players stop what they were doing and look at him to listen to him. He knew the players must have listened.
"You must always remember that this is their home court, and they are fighting for relegation. They were stunned by us in the first half, but at the same time we woke them up, so they will definitely fight back in the second half ...It doesn’t matter if we counterattack, let them attack us.”
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"It's not time to give up! There's still half a game! Although Leeds City has a strong attack, their defense is also notoriously bad!" Boscombe head coach Alex Himmel said in the locker room Li waved his arms vigorously and used exaggerated body movements to enhance the appeal of his words.
Boscombe, ranked third from the bottom in the league, has no retreat if it wants to stay in the Premier League. Every opportunity to play at home is very precious. We must score three points at home to avoid relegation in the remaining four rounds of the league.
But after the game started, the team entered the state slower than the opponent, allowing Leeds City to seize the flaw and score two goals in a row to take the lead.
"And I promise you! Leeds City must think they have won now! They will inevitably relax in the second half, and then that's our chance! So don't give up, keep attacking!"
Shimmel roared loudly in an uplifting tone, as if this would give the players more energy.
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After a fifteen-minute intermission, the second half began.
Neither team made any substitutions.
At the beginning of the game, Boscombe launched a fierce attack on Leeds City.
Boscombe's players also know very well that the team is now forced into a desperate situation with no way out. There is no other way than beating Leeds City at home.
Seeing the team's desperate charge, the Boscombe fans in the stands continued to cheer for the team with songs and shouts.
Although they are not very satisfied with the team's performance this season, at the critical moment, the fans will still stand firmly with the team - no one wants to be relegated.
Boscombe's reaction was as expected by Clark - this is no secret, anyone who knows a little bit about penalty kicks can guess what Boscombe will do - the Leeds City players followed the instructions of the head coach at halftime Arrangements to deal with:
Let the opponent attack, and then Leeds City counterattack.
They have a fast player like Kamara, who is suitable for quick counterattack tactics.
Through continuous attacks, Boscombe won a corner kick.
They took a corner kick, and center back McCardley grabbed the point in front of the goal and hit a powerful header!
The football flew towards the right post of the goal. Leeds City goalkeeper Van der Ven was beyond his reach and could only watch the ball and sigh!
However, Leeds City right back Josh Lawler, who was guarding the goal post, jumped up in time and rubbed the football with his head, causing Boscombe's attack to miss the goal!
"Wow! Lawler made a great contribution!" He Feng let out a sigh of relief when he saw the ball.
Although Leeds City currently leads by two goals, even if Boscombe scores a goal, they are still ahead. But in the home court of the relegation team, it is best not to give them any hope, otherwise the relegation team will really risk their lives to avoid relegation.
Once they score a goal, their morale will be boosted and their offensive intensity will double in a short period of time. One wrong move and Leeds City could hand away their two-goal lead. By that time, the morale of the two teams was completely reversed, and there were some things that Leeds City could not control...
"Boscombe won consecutive corner kicks. It is relatively dangerous for Leeds City during this period. You must resist it!" Yan Kang said next to him.
Boscombe seemed to be inspired by the almost-goal from the corner kick just now and pressed forward. Apart from goalkeeper Pierce Thompson, there was only one player. Their left back Noah Dyer stayed behind and also pressed. Crossing the center line.
Five Boscombe players squeezed into Leeds City's penalty area, and there were three people standing on the line of the penalty area.
When the corner kick was taken, the Boscombe players in the penalty area tried their best to push the Leeds City defenders towards the goal. At the same time, the two teammates on the line of the penalty area rushed forward at high speed and rushed to the goal, preparing to grab the header. point!
But none of them were able to top the ball, because the football allowed Ben Grist, the commanding height of Leeds City's penalty area, to clear the ball with his head first!
Grist's header to clear the ball was so powerful that he lifted the football over a distance of more than 20 meters and flew towards the center circle of the field.
Boscombe player Noah Dyer, who was originally behind to protect him, saw this and quickly ran forward, raising his feet to stop the ball.
But when he stopped the high ball, he did not stop it. Instead, he let the football bounce high after it hit the ground...
Upon seeing this, Dyer quickly took a step forward, ready to stretch his legs before stopping, but a figure had already arrived in front of him!
And he just noticed it now!
"Kamala——!!"
Amidst the huge noise, Dyer raised his foot and kicked the football!
But Kamara leaned forward faster than him, and at the risk of being kicked in the face, he used his head to push the football out before Dyer!
Dyer, who kicked in the air, lost his balance and fell to the ground!
Although he quickly got up and turned around to chase after him, Kamala had already left him far behind, with a gap of about six or seven meters!
He's chasing football!
"Kamara...beautiful!! Leeds City's counterattack is coming!!"
The noise above the stadium instantly turned to boos.
Hu Lai, who was originally near Kamara, saw this and gritted his teeth and chased forward, although his running speed would definitely not be able to catch up with Kamara - even if Kamara was running with the ball now, Hu Lai wanted to catch up. It's not easy for Kamala.
And it’s hard to imagine that after Kamara has become the most outstanding Leeds City player, he will spread the football...
Hu Lai did not stop, but sprinted harder and harder, pushing his not-so-fast speed to the extreme. He ran a diagonal line and gradually moved closer to the center of the court.
On the line of the penalty area, Boscombe midfielder Lee Wilmot, who had not rushed in, originally retreated with the football. At this time, he saw Kamara intercepting the ball to counterattack, and quickly accelerated to chase.
He and Dyer became the two Boscombe players closest to Kamara and the most likely to catch up with Kamara.
But just as they were chasing each other side by side, they suddenly discovered that there was an extra person coming from the side...
The man was gradually getting closer to them, squeezing into the running route in front of them little by little!
It's Hu Lai!
"Hulai is trying to keep up with Kamala! But he... they seem to be colliding!"
He Feng exclaimed.
Dyer was the first of the two people to be blocked in front of Hu Lai. In order to avoid colliding with Hu Lai, he had to brake suddenly and then go around Hu Lai.
However, Hu Lai seemed to have no idea what was happening behind him, and still cut in diagonally, just in front of Wilmot again, and then slowed down as if exhausted.
Wilmot could only follow the brakes and almost hit Hu Lai!
Hold!
Wilmot cursed in his heart for this behavior of forcing a lane change and merging without turning on the turn signal in advance.
He and Dyer were so blocked by Hu Lai that they had completely lost track of Kamara. They could only watch Kamara dribbling the ball into the penalty area through Hu Lai. Facing the attacking goalkeeper, Thompson raised his left foot, rubbed the football and shot it in an arc, bypassing the fallen Thompson and flying into the goal behind him!
"Ka-ma-la-!!! What a beautiful goal! What a sharp counterattack! Leeds City played a textbook quick counterattack! Kamara dribbled the ball for more than fifty meters and broke through. Scoum's goal! 3:0! Leeds City leads Boscum by three goals... The outcome of this game has almost lost all suspense! With Leeds City's state in this game, it is almost impossible for them to win. The current score was reversed by Boscombe!" Matthew Cox roared with all his strength.
After scoring the goal, Kamara bypassed the goalkeeper and ran towards the corner flag area to celebrate the goal. When he turned around and saw Hulay behind him, he quickly hooked him happily - Kamara went all the way forward to complete the shot. La didn't know what was happening behind him as he ran with the ball.
Hu Lai laughed and rushed forward, and the two hugged each other.
Dyer was annoyed that his mistake in stopping the ball gave Leeds City such a counterattack goal. He knelt on the turf in front of the goal with his head in his hands. Wilmot turned his resentful eyes on Hu Lai.
He thought of Hu Lai's movement that had just crossed in front of him and Dyer. I suspect that the other party ran like this on purpose, just to block Kamara and Dyer from returning to defense...
Although as a center, during the counterattack, it is normal to run all the way to the middle of the penalty area and try to participate in the attack. But Wilmot had an intuition, and he believed in his own judgment - this kid must have done evil on purpose!
In fact, he and Dyer were indeed disturbed by Hu Lai's movement and failed to catch up with Kamara in front of the penalty area.
If he can catch up with Kamara outside the penalty area, then he would rather be sent off with a red card than let Leeds City's quick counterattack end outside the penalty area!
But now, although he is still on the court, the score has become 0:3... The morale and fighting spirit that Boscombe finally gathered in the second half gradually dissipated in the opponent's classic quick counterattack.
During the replay of the goal, He Feng and Yan Kang couldn't help laughing when they saw Hu Lai running all the way to Wilmot and Dyer: "Hu Lai's movement ...What a thief!”
"That's right! I think he may not be trying to pick up Kamara, but helping Kamara in the pick-and-roll, hahaha!"
Xie Lan, who was in front of the TV, turned to ask her husband: "Does he really think so?"
Hu Lixin shook his head: "I don't know. But his running route is indeed very...thief."
The son on the TV was celebrating with Kamala, a bright smile on his similar face. (End of chapter)