Tony Clark stood on the sidelines a little nervously, and raised his wrist to look at his watch from time to time.
The game has reached the 77th minute, and the score is still 2:2.
Leeds City temporarily tied with Warship Harbor at home.
He has used up all three of his substitutions, the last of which was right back Josh Lawler, replaced by substitute forward Lloyd Kerry.
In this way, Leeds City beat 244 from the previous 442.
Yes, you read that right, it is indeed 244, not 442. The original left back Farrak Quinn was not sent to the center to form a back three with Ben Grist and Teddy Bradford.
Clark was pushed to the midfield and became a full midfielder. At the same time, Ismail Kamara's position was further improved, and he formed a four-legged team with Hulay, Lorenzo, and Lloyd Kerry who had just been replaced.
Forward lineup.
Kerry and Lorenzo play as center forwards, while Kamara and Hulay play as inside forwards, roaming beside the two centers, looking for opportunities.
At the same time, on the two wings, Quinn, who has strong assist ability, took over Kamara's original job on the left wing, and Charlie Porter was still on the right wing. Taking full advantage of the characteristics of both of them being good at passing, they moved the football to the naval base.
Pass in the penalty area. Then Lorenzo and Kerry compete for the first point, while Hulay and Kamara control the second point.
At the same time, the two central midfielders, Williams and Adams, must keep up in time, shorten the distance from the forward, control the third landing point, prepare for the second attack, and directly hit long shots when they see the opportunity.
This is the desperate adjustment made by "Madman" Clark in the last ten minutes of the game.
"Except for the goalkeeper and defender, almost all other Leeds United players have passed halftime. Even the two central defenders are standing on the center line. Such a scene looks really spectacular... Ha!" commentator Ma
Hugh Cox laughed, "But this is indeed an adjustment that Tony Clark can make! So crazy, so desperate..."
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“He is truly ‘Crazy’ Clark…”
Nicolas Dufresne, the French head coach of Battleship Port, expressed this emotion while watching the game going on on the court.
"This is completely a win-or-lose attitude... I suspect that in the football rules that Clark understands, there are only two outcomes of the game: win or lose." Assistant coach Peter O'Connor next to him shook his head. "
I know why he wants to win so much, but he doesn’t want to think about it, what if he doesn’t win but loses instead? Should we take advantage of their opportunity to counterattack?”
Leeds City's current backcourt space is as big as the vast African savannah, and it is normal to attack them with all their strength. It is normal to attack them from behind.
But Dufren shook his head: "No, Peter. At least not now. If we try to fight their counterattack now instead of concentrating on defense, then we may be scored first by Leeds City before the counterattack succeeds.
...Believe me, they have the ability."
Upon hearing this, O'Connor also felt that what Dufren said was reasonable, so he stopped mentioning the counterattack.
Leeds City last season would not have given him such an impression, but this season Leeds City have proven that they have this ability with the second-highest number of goals in the Premier League.
Although he verbally rejected the assistant coach's opinion, Dufren began to seriously consider the possibility of sneak attack on Leeds City.
Hunterport's performance this season has been relatively poor. After thirty rounds of league play, they only ranked ninth with 43 points.
With seven rounds left in the league, it is basically impossible to qualify for next season's Champions League, that is to say to get the top four in the league. Currently, Tramed is fourth in the league with 58 points.
points. There is a fifteen point difference between the two teams, and there are so many teams in between. It is impossible for Battleship Port to get fourth place.
But if we want to compete for fifth place in the league, there is still a chance to qualify for the Europa League next season.
Because the points between fourth and fifth in the league are almost the same in two categories. The fifth-placed North London Wanderers have 49 points, which is only six points more than Warships Port.
Then why can’t you give it a try?
Of course this requires Warship Harbor to defeat Leeds City in this game first.
Thinking of this, Dufren glanced at the game time, and then said to O'Connor: "Withstand Leeds City's attack first, and then we will try to counterattack in the last five minutes of the game."
O'Connor nodded.
The game is now almost eighty minutes long, and we actually can’t wait long.
Battleship Port is not a team that is good at defense, but there is still no problem for five or six minutes.
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"Clark chose a very radical approach. He hoped to defeat the warship port. But this also hid hidden dangers. If he was attacked by the warship port and lost the game, it would be troublesome..." He Feng saw that the battle situation was stalemate,
Leeds City attacked with all their strength, and the warships retreated into their own penalty area and parked their buses, so they said so.
He is really worried about this matter.
Stan Park Rangers were tied with Liverpool United yesterday. If Leeds City can defeat Warship Harbor, the point difference between the two teams will be narrowed from the previous six points to four points.
But if you are bent on winning, you end up losing the game... The point difference is actually a trivial matter. After all, even if you lose the game, the point difference will only change from six points to seven points.
Just the feeling of watching the opportunity slip through your fingers is not good, and it is also a blow to the team's morale.
With only seven rounds left in the league, if there is a drop in morale, it is entirely possible for the team's performance to collapse...
"Clark, the head coach, has his crazy side. It can be said that Leeds City's current ranking in the league has a lot to do with his style. But this madness is also a double-edged sword..."
Yan Kang also analyzed beside him. "Of course, people who can achieve great things have a crazy side to some extent. But we must also be mentally prepared. While enjoying the benefits of madness, we must be prepared to bear the price of madness..."
“Crow’s mouth!” Xie Lan, who was in front of the TV, heard Yan Kang’s words and couldn’t help but cursed.
She could only use this method to slightly relieve her tension.
She hopes that her son can win the Premier League championship with the team, because that is such an amazing thing!
With the possibility of winning the championship, second place in the league, which was originally considered quite good, has become unpalatable.
She has never been the calm type of fan like her husband and TV commentators. She always sits on her son's side, cheering him on.
That’s why she didn’t care what it was in fact or what it should be in theory, anyway, she wanted her son to win.
But during this time, she was actually very unhappy watching football.
Since Hulay scored his first Premier League hat-trick of the season against Stan Park Rangers away from home, he has encountered increasing defensive resistance in the game.
Leeds City won six more games after that, but Hulay only scored one goal.
So much so that some media said that this was Hulay's lowest scoring efficiency period after joining Leeds City.
The lack of goals is on the one hand, and on the other hand Hu Lai is always heavily defended by the opponent during the game and plays poorly. As Hu Lai's biggest fan, Xie Lan can't feel it when watching his son play.
It’s as “cool” as it used to be.
Watching my son return without success time and time again, I felt anxious, angry and heartbroken.
In order to keep his wife calm, Hu Lixin also analyzed it for her. His son has performed so well in the Premier League this season, and all the "treatment" he is receiving now is normal. Moreover, such treatment is not necessarily a bad thing for Hu Lai.
On the contrary, you can learn a lot from it and continue to make progress.
Intellectually, Xie Lan felt that her husband was right, but emotionally she was still unhappy.
Originally, he was far ahead in the league's scorer list, but now he is being caught up by his opponents. Marvin Stones, last season's league golden boot, has now scored 19 goals in the league, only three goals behind Hulay.
This makes the ownership of the league's golden boot yet again suspenseful.
There have been four goals in this game so far, but none of them were scored by her son.
So Xie Lan still felt unhappy after seeing it.
When Hulay assisted Kamara to score Leeds City's second goal, the commentator was still there cheering: "This is Hulay's second assist in the Premier League this season! Beautiful assist!"
Shelan has no idea what there is to cheer about in assists. If my son can score, why should he pass it out?
Hu Lixin glanced at his wife, and seeing her expression, he knew that she must still be unhappy that Hu Lai didn't score.
However, he told his wife everything that needed to be said, and he had no control over what she thought in her heart.
Therefore, I will no longer advise you, lest your married life will be difficult...
Hu Lixin thought this in his mind, looked back and continued to watch the game.
The game is about to enter the last ten minutes, but his son, who has played two national team games, is still on the court and has played until now without being substituted.
It can be seen that head coach Clark still trusts Hu Lai. At the same time, Hu Lai can indeed divert more defensive attention from the opponent on the court and create opportunities for his teammates.
What his wife values is that his son's goals help the team win, but Hu Lixin does not care so much whether Hu Lai scores or not, as long as the team can win in the end.
In the live TV broadcast, Hu Lai seemed to think so too. He had just received the ball in the penalty area with his back to the goal and passed the football back to Williams who was pressing up, and the latter completed a shot.
Unfortunately, there were people in the penalty area, and the football shot by Williams hit the leg of Warships defender Timo Brandon and bounced to the other side.
His wife's sigh of dissatisfaction sounded in his ears, but Hu Lixin nodded approvingly.
His son is not a "lone wolf" who only thinks about scoring goals himself.
Hu Lai is a point-grabbing shooter, and Hu Lixin still hopes that his son will learn to share opportunities with his teammates. Even if it is not for any tactical needs, doing so can actually share his defensive pressure.
He glanced at the game time in the upper left corner of the TV screen.
80:48
The game has officially entered the last ten minutes.
