Chapter 71
Fighting in the midfield is easy to say, but it is a big project to arrange in practice.
Hughton believes that the reason why Wei Le's team can continue to win is mainly because of their sharp offensive initiator, Rodri. Why do many people say that Rodri is the heart of the team? Because Rodri can both intercept the ball and send the ball out.
It turns out that close defense against Rodri is not very effective.
Hughton knows that if he wants to control the game, he must control the midfield, and he must cut off Rodri's line. So how to do it? Hughton avoided Rodri and looked at the position next to Rodri, which is usually Jack Pierce.
Hughton's plan is to get the ball by cutting off other players' passes to Rodri, and the focus is on Jack Pierce. This player's personal ability is not particularly strong. In previous games, he has proved that he is good at defense but not good at offense.
Wei Le certainly noticed this situation, so he was so eager to introduce a more comprehensive midfielder.
But at present, Wei Le's solution is to let him pass to Rodri when he doesn't know what to do.
Jack Pierce basically does not participate in the organization of the attack. Even if he participates in it, he is more of a "wall" as the most basic part of the cooperation. If Rodri boldly advances, then Jack Pierce will be the midfielder behind. Once the opponent counterattacks, he will be responsible for dragging the opponent.
Hughton took special care of Pierce. One of the strikers in his double striker system, Baldock, was arranged in an area relatively close to the midfield, watching covetously. Once Pierce makes a mistake, he will rush up at the first time.
The central midfielder Sidwell and the left winger Skalak who are close to Pierce were also asked to focus on his direction, mainly to intercept Pierce's path to the full-back and the full-back's path to the midfield.
Hughton is a head coach who is good at promotion. Before that, he had proved his coaching ability at Newcastle United. In the fall of 2009, he was appointed as the head coach of Newcastle United. In the following years, he led the team to the Premier League as the champion of the English Championship and helped the team gain a foothold in the Premier League.
This season, Hughton, who coaches Brighton, also looks forward to completing the promotion this season. The promotion is not only the vision of the board of directors, but also the expectation of the fans, and it is Hughton's most convincing achievement as a head coach.
Now, Hughton is confident that his team is aiming for victory!
Hughton was very strong in the pre-match press conference, "Wolves are a strong team, but our goal is to be promoted."
He said this calmly, and the reporters were shocked. Hughton's underlying meaning was actually to imply that Wolves are strong, but you don't deserve to be promoted? They happily put this interview on the media push.
"Hughton: Brighton will definitely beat Wolves!"
"Hughton: The Seagulls aim to be promoted, and Wolves are not opponents! 》
《Hughton predicts Wolves will not be promoted! 》
The more the news spread, the more outrageous the headlines became, and the more offensive the content became.
When Wei Le saw the report, he was stunned.
What hatred and grudges?
I understand that you want to win, but what do you mean by cursing that we can't be promoted?
"Tell me, where did we offend them?" Wei Le stood in front of the players and read Hughton's provocation with emotion. After reading it, he smiled and asked the players in front of him.
The players looked at each other and shook their heads.
"Is it time? There are a few days every month...ah!!" Big Martin raised his hand to speak, but Wei Le knew that this guy must not be able to hold back any good farts, and before he could explain in detail, he slapped him on the head.
Big Martin rolled back and forth while howling, and Wei Le ignored him and continued, "When do you think you will choose to provoke your opponent?"
"When the opponent is very weak?" Jota asked with his head tilted.
"Then why don't you just go and fight? Why do you have to taunt first?"
"That's right..." Jota scratched his forehead.
"My understanding is that they are getting anxious."
Wei Le waved his hand, and the players' eyes were focused on him.
"If we were still the uncompetitive team last year, then I believe they wouldn't say much before the game. They might even say a few good words for us."
Wei Le's statement resonated with most of the players, but there were indeed a few players who stayed in the team last season who looked a little embarrassed.
"Why? Because no matter what they say, they can definitely beat us in the game."
"Then why are they starting to provoke us now? Is it because heThey think we are strong and we pose a threat to them, but they may not be able to defeat us on the field. "
"So he hopes that we will fall into chaos." Wei Le came to the conclusion and clapped his hands, "So we don't need to care about them, we just need to calm down, play our own game well, and play our own style. "
Standing in the command area on the sidelines of the American Express Stadium, Wei Le put his hands in his pockets and looked around at the decoration of the entire stadium. Today, blue and white filled most of the stands. The fans close to Wei Le kept whistling at him.
The noisy sound made Wei Le frown a little irritated.
Even in the St. Louis Stadium, the home of Newcastle United with 40,000 people, Wei Le had never felt the treatment of being booed by fans on a large scale.
But in the not-so-large American Express Stadium, Wei Le and his team have been under pressure from the home team fans since the second they ran out of the locker room. Some players were excited, while others seemed a little nervous.
"Like I said, only when they can't beat us will they choose to use tricks outside the game, such as booing us, and some unreasonable ones may even throw something into the field. "Wei Le asked the players to relax, "but what's the use? They curse their way, and we play our way. No matter how hard they curse, we are still the ones playing football. "
"If you really feel stressed, I'll teach you a trick." Wei Le said with a smile.
The players looked at Wei Le curiously to see what tricks he had.
Wei Le said, "Actually, there's nothing special. Just imagine the heads of those fans as watermelons, pumpkins, or other things you're familiar with."
Jota's eyes lit up.
So when he walked out of the stadium and looked at the noisy fans from all directions, Jota's eyes appeared one by one... the image of the "fly head" agent in CSGO.
So Jota was no longer nervous, and instead wanted to squat down and shoot.