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 exclusively on defense, or even sacrifice offensive power for the sake of defense, it will not be worth the loss.
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 must invest all your troops as much 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 exercise. At this point in the game, the physical fitness of the players is already exhausted, and if they have to sprint back and forth like this, there will be a situation where the offense cannot go up, and when it goes up, it cannot come back. If you just rely on one
It's okay for 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 in control and still have fighting capacity 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 City's 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 suppressed and all players returned to their own half.
It seems that the weak line of defense 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 tackled by Leeds City center back Ben Grist. He tried to dunk the ball over to get rid of the latter.
However, Grist took advantage of his physical strength to push Park Suntae to an unstable footing.
At this point in the game, Park Soon-tae has consumed a lot of physical energy, making it difficult for him to take advantage of the physical confrontation - Leeds City's players are not the only ones who are exhausted.
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 got louder because London Bridge fans thought the referee was favoring Leeds City.
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. The ball lost after Park Suntae fell was recovered by the Leeds City players. 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, and at the same time held down the earphones with one hand in order to hear the suggestions from the video referee team clearly amid the huge boos.
He quickly came to the conclusion - Grist didn't foul, so the ball was fine!
He signaled for the game to continue.
The subtitle "No foul, not penalty kick" was also printed on the live broadcast screen.
No matter how dissatisfied the London Bridge fans are, they cannot change this 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.
Junpei Morikawa was like a little monkey, he rushed up smartly, stretched out his foot and poked the football away.
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 of them 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's feet are really flexible and his feel for the ball is first-rate.
But Junpei Morikawa is also tenacious enough. At the same time, his short stature allows him to have a lower center of gravity, which 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 took advantage of the opportunity to get Dehli stuck 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 very far back, and London Bridge's left-back Alan Morley rushed forward to press him. At this time, London Bridge's full-back was already playing like a winger...
Lawler then passed the football to the center and passed it to goalkeeper Van der Ven.
After receiving the ball, Van der Ven 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 at the same time turning his body slightly in the air.
He saw a huge gap behind the London Bridge backline, and he also saw Lasky rushing forward at an accelerated pace.
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 fights back!"
Clark and Randall on the sidelines were excited, but they still tried to suppress it and stared at the court.
Hu Lai did a very 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 the 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 pursuing Lasky, and they paid no attention to the others.
Behind them, Hu Lai, who completed the header pass, did not stop where he was to 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 is paying attention to him now. Everyone's attention is attracted by Lasky.
You must know that the Polish forward has formed a one-man attack. 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 forward looked up and then took a shot!
As he was shooting, Bueno fell to the ground and rushed to the center, and the football flew over!
He made the right decision!
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, turned around, and stretched out his feet to shovel the football.
But someone touched the ball before him!
"Hulai!!"
Hu Lai strode to the football and raised his foot to shoot!
He pushed the football into the empty net 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's your daddy?! Who's your daddy?! Who's your daddy?!"
"WHO?!WHO?!WHO?!"
"Hu's your daddy!! Hu's your daddy!! Hu's your daddy!!"
"HU!!HU!!HU!!!"
Amid the shouts, Hu Lai ran to the corner flag and made his signature celebration move.
But this time it was a little different from usual. When he landed, he raised his hands, turned his wrists down, and pointed his thumbs at the number and name behind him.
As if cooperating with the Leeds City fans in the stands.
Tell the audience of more than 40,000 London Bridge fans:
