Showing the enemy's weakness, making decisions before taking action, Friedman's tactic seems very simple.
However, simplicity does not mean that it is not applicable sometimes.
For example, today, as the opponent of Crystal Palace, Sunderland has a team history of more than 100 years. In addition, at home, to be honest, they do not think that they are weaker than Crystal Palace.
And as the game progressed, their thoughts seemed to be more solidified.
Although the English league is not like Spain, fans not only want victory, but also gorgeous football, but this does not mean that the fans will like it if they are really beaten badly by their opponents. So what, Crystal Palace played half a game today, once
None of them. Sunderland had never heard of such a way of showing weakness before.
In summary, it is quite natural that Sunderland misinterpreted Crystal Palace's show of weakness as a sign that Crystal Palace was influenced by their pre-match public opinion and their combat effectiveness was compromised.
Immediately afterwards, they made a second mistake. Friedman had just gone to the sidelines and made a downward gesture with both hands, seemingly to continue to hold on, but it did not attract enough attention from them.
By the way, Sunderland don't even think about it. They already have a 9-0-1 formation, but Crystal Palace continues to strengthen its defense? How to strengthen it? Is it really possible to play 10-0-0?
The continuous underestimation of the enemy was reflected in the situation on the field. Following Li Yi around the center circle, they ran 4 or 5 times. The two Sunderland central defenders who kept close to Li Yi were tired of running!
For most of the first half of the game, Li Yi touched the ball no more than 5 times. Even if he touched the ball, he quickly lost it. So far, Crystal Palace has not only not shot a single shot, but has even passed the half-time with only one goal.
I can count them with my hands.
Under such circumstances, it is really difficult for the Sunderland defender not to feel bored.
It's all in vain anyway, why do they continue to waste energy with Li Yi, an "idiot"? Even if Crystal Palace is controlling the ball at this time.
I followed Li Yi once again and ran back and forth. I saw that Crystal Palace was under constant pressure from its teammates in the frontcourt and was stretched in the backcourt. It was about to be intercepted. Tobia, one of the two people surrounding Li Yi,
Si Haisen was the first to stop in his tracks.
As we all know, when everyone works together to do a hard job, it may not matter. But at this time, if one person in a group of people is lazy, his laziness will spread easily throughout the team.
No, after seeing his teammate Tobias stop, he saw that Li Yi had gone to the wing anyway. Even if he got the ball, he could catch it back. Liam Miller also went to Tobias.
Following in his footsteps, he chose to give up.
However, less than 2 seconds after the two stopped chasing, an unexpected situation at the scene caught them both off guard.
I saw the Crystal Palace backcourt players who were passing and controlling the ball in the backcourt and had been paying attention to Li Yi's movement. Almost at the moment Liam gave up chasing, he directly passed the ball with a long pass and passed the ball at his feet.
Sent away!
"Nima, you've been fooled!" Watching the ball fly towards Li Yi's position, Tobias and Liam, who were not fools yet, soon knew that they had been fooled!
However, even at this time, they did not take Crystal Palace's counterattack too seriously!
The reason has been mentioned before. Li Yi just wanted to get rid of Liam completely and let the latter put down his guard, because Li Yi ran towards this road.
At this moment, the Crystal Palace doesn't know whose big foot is looking for Li Yi's head, and the ball is passed from the wing!
So, there is only Li Yi in the frontcourt of Crystal Palace and the Sunderland defender, do we need to worry too much?
Obviously, no need! No, there is still time to make eye contact with his teammates. Just now, the two Sunderland defenders both looked at each other with a hint of cat and mouse banter. Not only did they not panic, but they were very happy and ran towards Li Yi.
!
By the way, not only Li Yi, but also the two Sunderland central defenders were bored for most of the game. Now they have a chance to perform without any suspense. It wouldn't be surprising if their expressions were richer.
Things were changing rapidly on the field. Soon, Li Yi, who received a long pass from his teammate and tried to cut inside, was in close contact with two Sunderland central defenders who were filling in.
Rushing left and right, breakthroughs were not really Li Yi's strong suit. Seeing that he had little chance of beating two players alive, Li Yi, despite his reluctance, stopped the ball at a 45-degree angle in the Sunderland penalty area.
"Haha!" He was doubly upset and found that Li Yi was indeed stopped by his teammates. Although he despised Li Yi in his heart, he actually still attached great importance to the two people in this attack and defense. They were double-teaming. Slowly,
He pushed towards Li Yi step by step.
As the distance between the three people continued to get closer, from the initial 2 meters to about 1 meter now, Li Yi began to become anxious.
He took the time to turn around and take a look. His teammates who were closest to him had not yet crossed the halfway line at this time. He wanted to cooperate with his teammates, but it was obviously empty talk. Li Yi, who wanted to kill the enemy but was unable to save himself, did his best to follow his destiny.
The ball ran towards the wing where the two Sunderland central defenders deliberately exposed themselves.
Li Yi's choice directly played into the hands of Sunderland's two defenders.
In other words, even though it's 2 versus 1, there is an advantage in numbers.
But things on the football field are sometimes really difficult to say. The two of them were afraid that if they pounced on the ball and accidentally committed a foul, giving Crystal Palace a free kick at the edge of the penalty area would be a bit unworthy.
Besides, there are only two people and the defensive area is limited. It is obviously a fool's dream to block all Li Yi's forward paths.
Therefore, the two of them simply deliberately opened the gap on the wing and forced Li Yi step by step into the corner flag. In this way, at most Li Yi could win a corner kick for the team.
The two players made good calculations, and Li Yi's dribbling angle became smaller and smaller, and he finally realized the opponent's intention.
Seeing himself taking the ball away from the goal, the angle was getting smaller and smaller. Thinking that the team didn't have a shot today, and not willing to accept that this offense was just like this, just a waste of time, it's not like he hadn't tried it before, Li
Yi took the ball again and ran one step towards the baseline before suddenly kicking back!
Li Yi may have other ideas. How could Sunderland's two defenders not guard him?
At this moment, Li Yi's kickback seemed sudden, but it did not exceed the imagination of the two people.
Therefore, for Li Yi who barely made the move, this kickback was destined to have no positive effect at all!
Fortunately, at the beginning of the game, Li Yi never thought about passing someone. His real intention for this dunk was just to send the ball to his main right foot to make it easier to shoot!
What? There are two defenders in front of you, almost blocking your shooting angle?
It doesn't matter, Li Yi has already thought about it. This shooting does not seek to kill the enemy. Even if it is to increase the number of shots for the Crystal Palace and break through that dazzling duck egg, isn't it good?
The outside instep of his right foot gently moved the ball to the outside of his body again, avoiding Liam's steal on the inside, and before Tobias' foot on Liam's side touched the ball, Li Yi deliberately gave up his
With his center of gravity, he threw himself sideways, tried his best to dodge the shot angle, and kicked the ball away from Tobias!
"Pass the ball?" Seeing Li Yi's choice, the two Sunderland players immediately put the last trace of worry out of their minds.
The two people surrounded Li Yi in a fan shape, and the angle was so small at this moment. They had blocked Li Yi's shooting angle. Unless Li Yi could hit a super curve ball like Carlos's Confederations Cup, it would be possible to shoot the ball to the goal.
within the range.
Regardless of whether a Championship-level player like Li Yi has the incredible footwork of Carlos, even if he does, when the angle is so small and the distance is so far, being the Sunderland goalkeeper is a dead end?
Adding up the two items, Liam and Tobias really don't have any need to worry.
Like them, the Sunderland home team fans, who had just seen Crystal Palace rarely score the ball past half-time and were a little worried, were also completely relieved.
Even the Crystal Palace almost everyone believed that Li Yi's ball was no threat.
However, it was only almost, not all, because at this time, one person among the people on the field did not think so!
And this person is none other than Li Yi, who just started to shoot out with some confusion.
Normally, Li Yi may have the same idea as everyone else with this ball. There is no hope of scoring with this kind of ball. This is a fact!
But this time, at the moment of taking off, Li Yi decisively embraced the fantasy after receiving the message in his mind.
Moreover, this thought is very strong!
Because, when Li Yi blindly covered his feet just now, he was very lucky and triggered the very cheating 4% probability of making the final decision.
So, this ball was kicked out by Li Yi with a stunt. Isn't it enough for Li Yi to expect?
Watching the ball glide through a beautiful but exaggerated arc in the sky, getting closer and closer to the opponent's gate, the nervous Li Yi clenched his hands into fists.
