During spn's half-month training camp, Everton occasionally played teaching games with the reserve team. Today was another training match with the reserve team. Li Yu was placed in the starting lineup and Andy Johnson partnered as a forward, constantly attacking the opponent.
On the sidelines of the defense, Moyes discussed the performance of the players on the field with his assistants from time to time.
In recent teaching games, Li Yu has been the player in the best condition and has scored the most goals. He can be picky about breakthroughs and shots. The defensive players of Everton's reserve team don't seem to have a good way to deal with Li Yu.
Curb his performance on the pitch.
"I think we should switch Li Yu to the reserve team for a while and let him experience the real Premier League defense!" Assistant coach Alan Avni observed the situation on the field. Those reserve team players were not as good as physically or defensively.
There is an obvious gap in the main players of the first team. Everton is not one of those wealthy teams. It has a huge salary structure and can reserve some strong players in the reserve team. In order to allow Li Yu to adapt to the defense of Premier League players faster,
He put forward his own unique opinions.
"Alan, you have the same idea as me, but not in the second half, but now. I want to observe that the team's midfield is disorganized and cannot provide help. This young man faces all the defenders alone. He will
Is there any way!" Moyes nodded, expressing his approval of his assistant's opinion, but he still wanted to observe Li Yu's performance more deeply.
The game was immediately terminated, and the first team changed to 4-5-1, switching Li Yu to the reserve team's forward line, while Jagelka was added to the first team's midfield to be responsible for defending Li Yu.[
Before Li Yu changed teams, the reserve team had been passively beaten. Now that Li Yu has changed, it is still the same. The midfielder has recovered his goal front, finally got the ball, and returned it to the first team with three passes and two passes.
Jade was alone in the front line for 5 minutes and had no chance to get the ball.
These reserve team players are not powerless to fight back at all. In the training matches a few days ago, they were still able to cause a lot of trouble for the first team. Today, the head coach appeared on the sidelines of the training ground to observe. Everyone among the young players wanted to
Perform well and strive to enter the first team, but there is a big gap between their strength and the first-line players. If they don't rely on the whole team, what else can they rely on? The young players are excited now, and they who are eager to perform often want to keep the ball.
Under his own feet, he showed off his outstanding skills more, completely losing the tacit cooperation in his usual training.
At this time, without any support, Li Yu had no choice but to retreat continuously and throw himself into the midfield interception.
Moyes saw Li Yu's move and nodded in approval, "This kid is starting to retreat. The space in front is increasing. Now it depends on whether our young teammates can provide support!"
"Haha, when the young people in the reserve team saw you coming, they were all trying to express themselves. This made them confused and completely trapped in a situation where they were fighting on their own. It is very difficult for Li Yu to get the ball now! The first line
The space left by the team for them is getting smaller and smaller, and Pienaar's distribution of the ball from the attacking midfielder position is more reasonable. It is difficult for Li Yu alone to reverse the current situation on the court." Avni also saw it.
The situation on the field.
The first team is exactly as Avni said. Pienaar responds in the midfield and controls Everton's offensive rhythm. Moyes wants to transform him into a passer who can break through, rather than a direct scorer.
As the second attacker, he has more space to move in the midfield, plays more freely than he did in Dortmund, and does not have as much burden.
"Beautiful attack!" Avni saw Pienaar making a simple pass and accurately found Arteta standing in the neutral position. The latter immediately took a long shot and completed a beautiful attack. The first team won
A corner kick opportunity.
Li Yu, who only got the ball once after playing for 10 minutes, returned to the penalty area with a serious expression to assist in defense. He watched his reserve teammates actively defend, but there was no communication between them at all. "Boss is watching from the sidelines, you guys."
These people don’t know how to play football? The leader is also a normal person with one head and two eyes, but you guys have forgotten how to play football just because he looked at him? Show your cooperation from the past two days for everyone to see.
Look," Li Yu suddenly shouted in the penalty area.
The players in the reserve team all looked at the roaring young man, "You can't stand and talk without hurting your back!"
"Playing as the main forward in the first team, how do you know our difficulties? If you don't perform, you won't have a chance!"
"If you have the ability, stay in the reserve team for a few years, and you will know why we see the head coach acting like this."
Li Yu's roar was met with cynicism from some reserve team players. It was obvious that they did not agree with what Li Yu said at all.
"If this continues, there will be no chance at all. I will only be beaten by the first team players. I have to think of a way to at least create some trouble for the first team's defense so that they cannot easily pass the half.
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At this time, Pienaar's corner kick had been taken. The ball drew an arc in the air and flew quickly to the goal. There, the first team's 188m Nigerian center back Yabo had already taken off, preparing to grab the point and shake his head to attack the goal.
The reserve players who defended Yabo one-on-one were pinned down, and they were basically incompetent.
"No!" Li Yu yelled, and the ball hit the ground hard and went straight towards the goal. Fortunately, the goalkeeper was standing at the near post, and the ball was subconsciously blocked by the goalkeeper.
There was chaos in front of the goal. Li Yu knew that the fight for the second goal this time would be either a big-footed clearance or a shot from the opponent. At this time, Li Yu could only bet that his teammates would be the first to clear the siege.
The ball is driven upfield.
Li Yu was like a sharp knife, running forward with all his strength. Li Yu didn't want to give up this seemingly slim opportunity, because it was one of the few counterattack opportunities, and he had to run.
The ball was finally kicked out of the sideline by a reserve player, and Li Yu sprinted to the midfield line with all his strength in order to seize this opportunity.[
Three minutes later, the first team made a comeback. You must know that Everton's midfielder did not only have Pienaar, who had just been loaned. This time, he was replaced by Dutch winger Van der Meyde, who continued to play with Baines in the backcourt.
After a one-two, he easily broke through to the bottom line. Suddenly, he cut inside and knocked down the defending player in front of him, and swiped the ball across the middle of the penalty area.
Johnson made an alert move in front of the goal, and the ball went in!
The score on the field is 1:0.
Johnson even comforted Li Yu at midfield, "You are unlucky too!"
Less than 5 minutes after the previous goal, Arteta of the first team received the ball from Cahill. Without hesitation, he assumed the real pass and assisted Johnson to score another goal.
2:0!
In less than 10 minutes, the reserve team scored 2 goals in a row.
They wanted to perform in front of the head coach, but the boys in the reserve team never expected this result. It wasn't that they didn't want to play well in this game, but that each of them wanted to perform well so much that they failed as a whole.
Some young people who realized this began to change, but the first team with high morale refused to give in and continued to launch a fierce offensive.
Now the reserve team wanted to cooperate but there was no space for them to seek cooperation. The space had been compressed to the extreme. Defender Yabo was already standing 25 meters from the front of the opponent's penalty area.
"When you get the ball, just kick it forward and leave the rest to me!" Li Yu had to shout loudly, hoping that these young people could give him some support.
In the remaining game time of the first half, as long as his teammates got the ball, Li Yu would run wildly forward without any effort. Regardless of whether the ball was finally passed or not, he would continue to run forward without any complaints. Gradually, the reserve team
When a player cannot form a breakthrough by himself with the ball,
Occasionally, he would choose to kick forward to look for Li Yu's point of forward movement. Although he could not pose much threat due to his own footwork problems, Li Yu would fight for every ball, even if the ball still came out in the end.
When he reaches the sideline, he still turns around and gives a thumbs up to the passing player.
At the end of 45 minutes, the reserve team fell behind 0:2.
As the first training match open to fans this season, many die-hard Toffees fans came to the Bellefield training base today. They watched the first team easily go 2-0 and talked about it during the halftime break.
"Johnson's condition is simply outstanding, both goals are wonderful!"
"The Oriental guy also worked very hard. He was probably the player who ran the most on the field in the first half, but he didn't pose much of a threat, but his speed is really fast!"
"It's useless to be fast! Those guys from the reserve team didn't play very well today. They didn't make any decent passes at all. No matter how fast they are, it's useless. It's a complete waste of energy."
The fans were chatting lively, but the reserve team players who were resting on the sidelines were not in such a good mood. They were all in high spirits, waiting for the coach's lecture. They knew that they could not escape this storm.
"Tm, you still want to show off your footwork on the court? How about cooperation? If the clown in the circus was on the court today, he would definitely perform better than you. At least he can make people laugh! You idiots are on the court, I
I want to rush into the field and kill you!" Jimmy Lumsden, the fiery Scotsman in charge of the reserve team, came up and cursed, making the young men in the reserve team want to find a crack in the ground and crawl into it.
Li Yu listened on the sidelines, pouring ice water on his head from time to time. In the first half, he was not only depressed, but also played hard. In the past, he had a tacit understanding with his teammates at Juventus. This game even reminded him of his time at Juventus.
In Tusi's first trial match, he didn't know much at the time, so he kicked it randomly, but it had an unexpected effect. Is it possible that he would do it in the second half?
