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Chapter 34 Pass that damn football to Li Mo

After the first goal, Speed ​​believes that Norwich's offensive will at least be suspended for a while. During this time, Sheffield United's midfielder can further control the situation on the field.

However, the players of Norwich City did not seem to be behind, and continued to maintain the previous offensive. The team was very resilient. It seemed that they had encountered such situations before.

Moreover, Norwich's offense has also posed threats many times, but the luck may indeed be worse, and it has been a long time since they failed to score. It cannot be said that they are not as good as Sheffield United.

At least their tactical targeting is effective, and Sheffield United was also kicked hard by their offense.

Speed ​​didn't want to change his tactics so early, so this kind of tactical targeting will always be effective. Drinkwater has worked hard to slow down the rhythm, but Norwich's frontcourt has also started to play like crazy. press.

Drinkwater had to speed up his passing and was forced to bring up the rhythm of the team, which is what the Norwich coach wanted to see.

They are familiar with this kind of game rhythm and have more experience in facing this situation. Although it is uncomfortable to fall behind by a goal, they have every chance to overtake.

The sequelae of Matthew Lorton and Matt Ridge's frantic sprinting up and down before were gradually revealed at this time.

It takes time to restore physical fitness. When the first half was approaching 10 minutes, the pace of both of them gradually became a little heavy.

In fact, if the rhythm slows down, they can recover some state at this time, but the rhythm has always been relatively fast, and they hardly have time to breathe.

Groves tried to break through with the ball again. This time, Matthew Lorton was a little late, and it finally allowed Norwich to catch another chance in the frontcourt.

Their two flanks were too fast, and Montgomery was quickly thrown away before he could make up the defense.

What Speed ​​is more worried about is that he will not return to the defense in time in the middle, so that his back line will face the impact of many people.

Although Stephen Quinn and Drinkwater retreated immediately, their speed could not be compared with each other.

The full-back Russell Martin on the other side of Norwich has already plugged in at high speed. Golovs quickly transferred the ball. After receiving the ball, Martin lay down directly to avoid direct confrontation with Maguire.

Near the baseline, Martin knocked the ball back before Maguire made a shovel, a typical inverted triangle pass.

Holt's running position is very clever, he and Jackson passed by, throwing off Chris Morgan who was behind him, facing Martin's pass, decisively pushed the near corner of the goal!

There was nothing Simonsen could do about the shot this time, and he could only watch the football hit the net.

1:1, Norwich equalized before the end of the first half!

This attack has the characteristics of Norwich, the ball is transferred quickly, the striker crosses the position, pulls the opponent's defense and gives a fatal blow!
Jackson and Holt's running positions are very tacit, and both of them are very threatening. It is impossible to let go of either one, which makes it difficult for Sheffield United's defenders.

Looking at the figures of the Norwich players celebrating, Matthew Lorton squatted on the ground, clenched his fists and smashed the turf hard.

Instead, the teammates next to him came to comfort him one after another. In the first half, he did well enough. Everyone was responsible for the team's conceded goals. He didn't need to blame himself too much.

After Norwich celebrated the goal, the referee blew the half-time whistle within 3 minutes of the re-kick-off.

In this half, the players on both sides consumed a lot of physical energy. The confrontation of the game was very intense, and the process was very exciting. At least the commentary was full of praise.

Speed ​​stood at the entrance of the player tunnel and encouraged every player. After returning to the locker room, he called everyone to rest first. The two wide players even lay on the ground directly, and seized the time to recover their physical fitness.

Li Mo felt that he was in good condition. He took a banana and shared it with Maguire. While eating, he listened to Speed's tactical arrangements for the second half.

"They are very familiar with our formation and have also studied our style of play, so they made good use of the space left behind by our formation, so we changed the formation first in the second half."

While drawing on the tactical board, Speed ​​continued: "Their two wings are inserted more frequently, and their two center forwards always want to create three-on-three or four-on-one in front of our penalty area. Three, so, Worthy, in the second half you kick back to the right, you don’t need to get in, just stare at the point of Golovs, Lowton, you go up and kick the right midfielder, when you return to the defense, you will pass half-time. Slow down, with Worthy behind to help defend, save some energy for offense."

Speed ​​looked at Matt Ridge again: "Rich, I know you didn't play well as a winger before, but that's not your fault. Your characteristics were not fully utilized. I need you to play with Lowton in the second half. Go to the full-back position, your side is only responsible for attacking, you are not required to return to defense, you have to hold the ball and try to break through more, can you do it?"

Matrich lay on the ground and said without hesitation: "No problem, boss, I will surprise that kid on the other side so that even his mother doesn't recognize him!"

There was a burst of laughter in the locker room, and the atmosphere suddenly became cheerful. Speed ​​cursed a few words with a smile, and then looked at Brother Drinking Water: "Drink, the premise of your position in the second half, Quinn will retreat and form a double midfielder with Montgomery, I have only one request for you, lead the midfielder to grab the ball, and then press Norwich to attack, is there any problem?"

"No problem." Brother Drinking Water was relatively calm, but his answer was crisp.

After Matt Ridge on the left went up, the injured Andy Taylor got another chance to play.

Speed ​​only asked him to focus on defense like Nosworthy on the right, and not to give Norwich a chance on the wing, which he could barely do.

It's just a pain for me, Brother Chade, who can only be replaced by Andy Taylor at halftime.

After the change in formation and tactics, Sheffield United has become 4231, with Li Mo at the front alone, and the team's strongest attacking midfield combination at the back.

After this change, Norwich's midfielder will be further suppressed by Sheffield United's central five, and their sharp wing attack will also be greatly reduced in the case of one-on-one marking.

It is Li Mo who once again has to bear the responsibility of scoring goals alone.

Vardy eagerly wants to play, but his current confrontation ability has not met the coach's requirements, so he can only continue to wait.

After a brief 15 minutes, the second half of the war reignited.

As soon as the Norwich head coach saw the positions of the Sheffield United players, he knew that Speed ​​had changed.

"4231? The response is fast."

Norwich's head coach frowned slightly, but he was not in a hurry to adjust, and planned to see the changes in Sheffield United first.

Speed ​​and the assistant coach are still discussing on the bench. This is the first time they have used a 4231 formation in the league, and they have to record the performance of each player.

If the effect can be kicked out, then more training on this formation can be carried out in the future.

This change is more of an experiment. It is very important for the team to see how the two wingers advance in the frontcourt and Drinkwater's ability to deliver shells forward.

Because this is related to a set of simple and effective tactics that their coaching staff has been pondering for a long time.

That is:
At all costs, pass the damn football to Li Mo!
(End of this chapter)