Chapter 1156 Punch
The most important thing about this tactic of defensive counterattack is defense.
Because you have to hold on to have the possibility of counterattack.
But if you only emphasize defense, or focus on defense blindly, or even sacrifice the power of offense for the sake of defense, it will not be worth the gain.
After all, if the defense cannot counterattack, it will be a matter of time before the opponent scores a goal.
And defensive counterattack is not just a tactic that relies on the speed and personal ability of offensive players to fight alone.
When counterattacking, you should invest as much troops as you should. You can't have ten people watching the show from behind and one person in front charging into the battle.
This kind of defensive counterattack is ineffective.
This places high demands on the physical fitness of the players.
The game has reached the last ten minutes. There is not much physical energy left, so we have to rush forward without hesitation during the counterattack, and then quickly retreat after the counterattack fails or ends.
Sprinting back and forth is all anaerobic. At this point in the game, the players' physical fitness is already exhausted, and if they have to sprint back and forth like this, there will be a situation where the offense can't go up, and when it goes up, it can't come back. It's okay if you just rely on one or two people to fight back, but if you have to invest more troops, it will be difficult.
Clark has always attached great importance to the team's physical fitness, just so that the team can stay on top of things and still have combat effectiveness at times like this.
Modern football attaches great importance to players' running, so physical fitness has become the key in modern football.
Those teams that can win the championship are all physically strong.
In the past, football could still allow players with distinctive characteristics but poor physical fitness to exist, but now there is almost no room for such people to survive.
If Hulay didn't have decent physical fitness, even if he could score goals, it would be difficult for him to play the main role in a team in the five major European leagues.
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Amid the cheers of the home team fans in the Southfield Stadium stands, London Bridge launched a fierce offensive against Leeds City. Their two full-backs pressed up, and even goalkeeper Bueno was pressed outside the penalty area.
The two central defenders, George Birx and Tim Martin, stood on the center line.
Make sure that Leeds City can't even get the ball past half-time, and they will control it if they come over.
Hulay is Leeds' most advanced player, dangling just in front of the two London Bridge centre-backs.
But it is difficult to expect him to compete with two central defenders here.
Leeds City was so suppressed that all players returned to their own half.
It seems that the weak defense line is in danger.
Leeds City is like a spring, being continuously compressed and compressed, almost to the limit.
If London Bridge could continue to exert pressure at this time, Leeds City would probably be crushed and collapse.
It's a pity that the pressure on London Bridge is almost reaching its limit...
"Park!!"
After Park Soon-tae received a pass from Aiken in the penalty area, he was tagged by Leeds City center back Ben Grist. He tried to dunk the ball over and get rid of the latter.
However, Grist took advantage of his physical strength to squeeze Pu Chuntae into an unstable position.
At this point in the game, Park Suntae's physical exertion was huge, making it difficult for him to take advantage of the physical confrontation - Leeds City's players were not the only ones suffering from physical exhaustion.
In the end Park Soon Tai was squeezed by Grist and fell to the ground.
Huge boos immediately erupted from the stands.
Park Soon-tae himself raised his arm to indicate a foul on Grist - he wanted a penalty kick.
However, the referee signaled him to get up.
The boos were louder as London Bridge fans felt the referee was favoring Leeds.
At the same time, a line of subtitles appeared on the TV broadcast screen, which basically said: The video referee team is judging the fall in the penalty area to determine whether it is a foul.
The game continued on the field, and the Leeds City players got the ball that Park Suntae lost after falling. They kicked the football forward with their big feet.
Hu Lai ran to the spot, but he couldn't compete with Tim Martin, who was 1.96 meters tall.
The football was pushed back by Martin and fell to Montgomery's feet. London Bridge continued to organize the attack.
After Park Suntae got up from the ground, he kept complaining and protesting loudly to the referee, thinking that it should have been a penalty kick.
The referee gestured for him to shut up, while holding down the earphones with one hand to hear the advice from the video referee team clearly amid the loud boos.
He quickly came to the conclusion - Grist didn't foul, so the ball was fine!
He signaled for the game to continue.
The live broadcast screen also had the subtitle "No foul, not penalty kick" at the same time.
No matter how dissatisfied the London Bridge fans are, it cannot change the result.
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Aiken retreated to receive the ball. After getting the ball, he tried to dribble laterally, but it was a little too wide.
Like a little monkey, Junpei Morikawa rushed up smartly and poked the football away with his foot.
However, there were many players on both sides in this area, and the ball he poked fell to the feet of London Bridge forward Mohamed Deheli.
Junpei Morikawa did not give up, rushed forward again, and kicked Dehli again.
Under the collision of two opposing forces, the football stayed in place. Both men staggered a little, but neither of them lost control of the football.
So the two men fought with bayonets in front of Leeds City's penalty area.
Dehli is indeed very flexible with his feet and has a first-class feel for the ball.
But Junpei Morikawa is also tenacious enough. At the same time, his short stature allows him to have a lower center of gravity, which also makes it easier for him to steal the ball at his feet.
After the two struggled with each other for a few seconds, the football was finally taken out from Deheli's feet by Junpei Morikawa.
Not only that, he also stuck Dehli behind him, making it impossible for him to counter-steal immediately.
He then passed the football back to right guard Josh Lawler on the sideline.
Lawler was dragged deep back, but London Bridge left-back Alan Morley still rushed to press him. At this time London Bridge's full-backs are already playing like wingers...
Lawler passed the football to the center and passed it to goalkeeper Van der Ven.
After receiving the ball, Van der Ven directly kicked the football towards the midfield with a big kick.
In the middle, Pete Williams jumped up and headed the ball, then passed it to Hu Lai!
Hu Lai did not stand still to catch the ball, but suddenly accelerated and ran back, temporarily throwing away Birx, accurately judging the landing point of the football, leaping high, and turning slightly in the air.
He saw a huge gap behind the London Bridge backline, and he also saw Lasky rushing forward at an increased speed.
So he twisted his waist and shook his head in the air, pushing the football towards the backcourt of London Bridge and in front of the sprinting Laski!
"Leeds City's counterattack!"
Clark and Randhir on the sidelines were excited, but they still tried to suppress it and stared at the court.
Hu Lai did a good job of throwing the header back this time. Laski didn't need to slow down at all, he continued to speed up and rushed forward to catch the ball.
He didn't stop the ball, but moved the football forward!
This helped him get rid of London Bridge captain Montgomery, almost forming a one-man attack!
The London Bridge fans in the stands at Southfield Stadium expressed their feelings at this moment with huge boos and screams - horror!
Birx and Montgomery were still chasing Lasky, and they paid no attention to anyone else.
Behind them, Hu Lai, who completed the header pass, did not just stop and watch the show, but turned around and rushed forward.
As a center, every attack is related to him. No matter how far away from the goal, he always runs towards the goal because he knows the goal is there...
But no one pays attention to him now. All attention was drawn to Lasky.
You must know that the Polish forward has formed a one-man attack, and he must have scored the goal himself!
Another London Bridge centre-back, Tim Martin, also ran back to protect the center and handed Lasky to his teammate Birx and captain Montgomery Montgomery.
When Laski dribbled the ball into the penalty area, London Bridge goalkeeper Bueno struck!
The Polish striker looked up and then took a shot!
As he was shooting, Bueno fell to the ground and threw himself towards the center, and the football flew over!
He was right!
But he couldn't hold the shot from such a close range, so he could only push the flying football away with both hands...
The football has not flown far, and the alarm in front of London Bridge has not been lifted!
Only then did everyone see that Hu Lai had followed him into the penalty area. He was in the middle, and the football was thrown towards the middle by Bueno!
Tim Martin watched the football fly over. As he was returning to defense, he quickly stopped and turned around, stretching out his feet to shovel the football.
But someone touched the ball before him!
"Hu Lai!!"
Hu Lai strode to the football and pushed and shot!
He pushed the football into the empty goal before Martin did!
"Oh oh oh oh oh!! Hu Lai! Hu Lai!! Beautiful!! Killer! He killed London Bridge!!"
In fact, what Shen Lang said was not very rigorous. Hu Lai scored in the 85th minute, and there were at least eight minutes left before the end of the game.
Strictly speaking, this is not a kill.
But Shen Lang didn't care about that much. When he got emotional, how could he still speak strictly?
The boos at Southfield Stadium were much quieter in front of this goal, but the shouts of the away team fans were highlighted:
"Who'syourdaddy?! Who'syourdaddy?! Who'syourdaddy?!"
"WHO?! WHO?! WHO?!"
"Hu'syourdaddy!! Hu'syourdaddy!! Hu'syourdaddy!!"
"HU!!HU!!HU!!!"
Amid the shouts, Hu Lai ran to the corner flag and made his signature celebration.
But this time it was a little different from usual. When he landed, he raised his hands, turned his wrists down, and pointed with his thumbs at the number and name on his back.
As if cooperating with the Leeds City fans in the stands.
Tell this to the more than 40,000 London Bridge fans:
Goal scorer, Hu Lai! (End of chapter)