Chapter two hundred and forty seventh pick and roll
Scott Brooks stood in the 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 being played.
Hulay's two goals were played repeatedly, and the commentator Cox joked: "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 stressful that I believe they can’t possibly not know what’s happening here right now!”
Hearing Cox’s smiling voice, Brooks turned off the TV.
He doesn’t know what will happen in the second half, but looking at Leeds City’s momentum, unless their collective brains are in trouble, they probably won’t lose to Boscombe away from home.
It would be great if Boscombe can draw with 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 the players when they returned to the locker room to minimize the impact.
It is impossible to conceal the past.
The players are not stupid, they know everything as soon as they pick up their mobile phones and go online.
It is not like a few decades ago. Once you enter the locker room and close the door, you have no idea what is happening outside.
Even a head coach with a high prestige within the team like Brooks cannot force everyone not to use mobile phones.
And doing so will make you look afraid of Leeds City.
So it is better to block than to open up.
Facing the players who already know that Leeds City is two goals ahead of Boscombe, what should you say 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.
Beside him, the Leeds City players were busy changing clothes and taking off their shoes and socks. The locker room was so lively that the head coach's voice didn't seem so abrupt.
But this does not mean that everyone did not 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 45 minutes is not something incredible or too difficult.
When Clark said this, he did not ask the players to stop what they were doing and look at him to listen to him. He knew that 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 they counterattack, let them attack. We will fight their counterattack!"
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"It's not time to give up! There's still half a game left! 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, which is ranked third from the bottom in the league, has no way out if it wants to stay in the Premier League. Every opportunity to play at home is very precious. It must score all three points at home to be able to win in the remaining four rounds.
Completed relegation in 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 be thinking they’ve got a win now! It’s inevitable they’ll slack off in the second half, and then that’s our chance! So don’t give up, keep attacking!”
Himmel roared loudly in an exciting tone, as if this would give the players more energy.
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After a fifteen-minute intermission, the second half of the game begins.
Neither team made any substitution adjustments.
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 except defeating 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 and no one is willing to be relegated.
Boscombe’s reaction was not a secret in Clark’s expectation. Anyone who knows a little bit about penalty kicks can guess what Boscombe will do. The Leeds City players responded according to the coach’s arrangements during the halftime break:
Let the opponent attack, and then Leeds City will 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 out of 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 has made a great contribution!” He Feng let out a sigh of relief when he saw the ball.
Although Leeds City is currently leading 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 die just to avoid relegation.
Go for it.
Once they score a goal, their morale will be boosted, and the intensity of the offensive will double in a short period of time. With one careless move, Leeds City may give up its two-goal lead. By then, the morale of the two teams is completely reversed.
There are some things that are beyond the control of Leeds City...
“Boscombe won consecutive corner kicks. This period is relatively dangerous for Leeds City. We 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 he 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 high point of Leeds City's penalty area, to head it out with his head!
Grist's header to clear the ball was so powerful that he lifted the football over 20 meters high and flew towards the center circle of the field.
Boscombe player Noah Dyer, who was originally behind to protect the ball, 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...
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!
It was only then that he noticed!
“Kamala!!”
Amid the huge noise, Dyer raised his foot and kicked the football!
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 lost his balance after kicking in the air and fell to the ground!
Even though 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 is pursuing football!
“Kamara...beautiful!! Leeds City’s counterattack is coming!!”
The noise above the stadium instantly switched to boos.
Hu Lai, who was originally near Kamala, saw this and gritted his teeth and chased forward. Although his running speed would definitely not be able to catch up with Kamala. Even if Kamala was running with the ball, Hu Lai wanted to catch up with Kamala.
It's not easy to pull.
And it’s hard to imagine that after Kamara has become the most outstanding Leeds City player, he will still spread football...
Hu Lai did not stop, but instead 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.
Boscombe defensive midfielder Lee Wilmot, who had not rushed in before on the penalty area line, was originally following the football back. When he saw Kamara intercepting the ball to counterattack, he quickly accelerated to chase.
He and Dyer have become the two Boscombe players closest to Kamara, and are also the most likely to catch up with Kamara.
But just as they were running abreast and chasing each other, they suddenly discovered that there was an extra person coming from the side...
The man was gradually approaching them, squeezing into the running route in front of them little by little!
It is 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 by Hu Lai. In order to avoid colliding with Hu Lai, he had to brake suddenly and then go around Hu Lai.
Hu Lai, however, 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 kind of behavior of forcibly changing lanes 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, he raised his left
With his feet, he shot the football in an arc, bypassing the fallen Thompson and flying into the goal behind him!
"Kamara!!! What a beautiful goal! What a sharp counterattack! Leeds City played a textbook quick counterattack! Kamara ran the ball for more than fifty meters and broke Boscombe's goal!
3:0! Leeds City leads Boscombe by three goals in the away game... The outcome of this game has almost lost suspense! With Leeds City's state in this game, it is almost impossible for them to be beaten by Boscombe at this score.
Coombe reversed it!" Matthew Cox roared with all his strength.
After scoring the goal, Kamara bypassed the goalkeeper and ran to the corner flag area to celebrate the goal. When he turned around and saw Hulay behind him, he quickly hooked him happily and Kamara went forward to complete the shot.
I don't know what happened behind him when he was running 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, however, cast resentful eyes on Hulay.
He thought of Hu Lai's movement in front of him and Dyer just now. He suspected that the other party ran like this on purpose, just to block Kamara's and Dyer's return defense...
Although as a center, during the counterattack, it is normal to rush all the way to the middle of the penalty area and try to participate in the attack. But Wilmot has an intuition, and he trusts his own judgment more. This kid
It must be intentional to cause harm!
In fact, he and Dyer were indeed disturbed by Hulay's movement and failed to catch up with Kamara in front of the penalty area.
If he could catch up with Kamara outside the penalty area, 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 TV is celebrating with Kamala, with a bright smile on his face.