Chapter 143: Park Soon-tae doesn’t 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.
For this "East Asian Derby" in the Premier League, Korean TV stations naturally also broadcast it.
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 was playing at home, had the advantage. They did take the lead, relying on the goal of French player Camara to take the lead.
Park Suntae performed well in several counterattacks, but his final kick was a little lacking and he failed to seize the opportunity to score a goal.
What makes Korean fans a little relieved is that although Leeds City scored a goal, 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 Soon-tae 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 commentators were not calm enough, because there were countless Korean fans in front of the TV who were more excited than the commentators.
In the live footage, Park Suntae kicked the ball hard into the air after finishing the shot. He was obviously not satisfied with the fact that he had pushed the ball higher.
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Park Suntae is indeed dissatisfied with his performance.
Leeds City's offensive is very fierce, and there are many counterattack opportunities at London Bridge. He hopes to seize the opportunity as soon as possible, otherwise if he continues to waste it like this, he may not have the opportunity.
Sure enough, not long after he wasted this opportunity, Leeds City head coach Tony Clark made adjustments, asking the team to temporarily recover their defense and not give London Bridge another chance to counterattack.
Although Clark is crazy, he is not stupid. Knowing that when London Bridge is already waiting, Leeds City wants to score the London Bridge goal again in one breath, which is like using your body to collide with a reinforced concrete gate.
Likewise, if you can't open the door, you'll get injured, so there's no chance of winning.
So he asked the team to recycle, slow down the pace of the game, and restore their strength.
This is also to be able to continue to attack other teams in the future. The team shrinks its defense just to defend. Clark asked the team to shrink its defense to accumulate 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.
I have to say 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. It is good at offense but not good at defense.
Although he scored 13 goals this season, he also conceded seven goals. This was because 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 in other words, 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 really ironic.
, but not surprising.
After all, if London Bridge defended well and attacked well, they wouldn't be ranked sixth in the league currently.
They would not have failed to win the championship last season.
Let alone 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, and no matter how good the defense is, it cannot lead.
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 with the club,
Contract, he will still be fired at the end of this season.
After Tavares came to London Bridge, he really injected his stuff into the team and helped the team improve defensively. But he still failed to solve the team's offensive problems, and the ball
The team's results in the past two seasons have been on a downward trend. They were runner-up in the league last season and third in the league last season. They might fall to fourth place in the league this season.
This is obviously not in line with the expectations of the London Bridge Club.
Champions League qualification 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 contracted 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's expression did not look very anxious when he came off the field, and he did not seem to think that falling behind by one goal was a big deal.
Returning to 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 coach Tony Clark.
I bet that Leeds City will continue to attack in the second half, hoping to score more goals. So as long as we are patient, we will certainly be able to seize their opportunity to press hard and use the defensive counterattacks we are good at to defeat them!"
Tavares has also studied his opponent in this game. In fact, he doesn’t need to study it very carefully. This conclusion can be easily reached through media reports and Leeds City’s past game performance.
More than one English media 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 internet meme:
“It’s amazing, Leeds City’s defense has made huge progress this season. Their head coach Tony Clark finally knows that he should shrink the defense when the opponent attacks, instead of pressing out to attack!”
This sentence appears to be praising Clark, but in fact it is complaining that he only knows how to attack.
Tavares judged from this that Leeds City would definitely attack at the beginning of the second half, hoping to use their offense to score goals.
And this is London Bridge’s opportunity.
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Tavares expected it to be true. After the start of the second half, Leeds City did rush and fight 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 coach's bench and crossed his legs. It seemed that he was using this method to increase the confidence of the players on the field. Tell them that everything is under control and there is nothing wrong with it.
If you are worried, just play as planned!
Finally in the 58th minute, London Bridge launched a quick counterattack after successfully stealing the ball in the backcourt.
Football was placed at the feet of Park Soon-tae.
I saw the South Korean forward running wildly after receiving the ball, increasing 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 on Korean TV has almost reached the climax of shouting: "Park Soon-tae!!! Park Soon-tae! Park Soon-tae!!"
With his roaring at the top of his lungs, Park Suntae faced the attacking goalkeeper Fan Dewen and shot!
He shot the football into the far corner!
Goalkeeper Fan Dewen judged the direction of the opponent, quickly fell to the ground and sided, 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!
The football, which was blocked by Fan Dewen and changed direction, fell right in front of him!
What is now in front of Barnes 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!
Park Soon-tae felt extremely complicated when he saw the football flying into the goal. He should have cheered, but he was a little unwilling in his heart that the ball should have been his own, but 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, and celebrated 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, who 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 Soon Tae doesn’t want to either!
Scolding Barnes for stealing Park Soon-tae's goal? But the problem is that Park Soon-tae didn't seize the opportunity. No forward would pass the ball to his teammates when faced with such an opportunity to hit an empty goal, so Barnes
There is nothing wrong with the choice.
At the end of the scolding, the Korean fans could only comfort themselves with "Fortunately, Hu Lai didn't score a goal", which finally stabilized their emotions.
Then continue to watch this "East Asian Derby" with curses on Hu Lai and blessings on Park Soon-tae.
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 Soon Tae.
“I gave you a chance but you didn’t use it! Hahaha!”
“Does anyone remember that this is the first time Park Soon-tae has wasted an opportunity in this game?”
“Is this the power of ‘Light of Asia’? I love it!”
