Chapter 72
Something is wrong, Wei Le felt it.
He could feel that the team was under pressure from Brighton. Midfielders Rodri and Jack Pearce played very awkwardly, and the frontcourt did not get effective support.
Rodri had been trying to lead the formation by running, but the ball was basically cut off before it reached his feet, and Brighton's high-pressure pressing often enabled counterattacks in the most dangerous places.
In the 6th minute, Brighton midfielder Sidwell and winger Skarlack completed a double team on Jack Pearce, who stumbled and lost the ball, and Sidwell quickly launched a counterattack and passed the ball to Baldock who was advancing.
Baldock shot into the far corner of the goal, and Martin was out of reach. Brighton fans had already started cheering. When Baldock excitedly rushed to the sidelines, he realized that the referee had not blown the whistle yet. Looking back, the assistant referee had already raised the signal flag to indicate that Baldock was obviously offside.
It was offside, but the problem exposed by this ball was also obvious, that is, it was difficult to pass the ball to the midfield, and it was also difficult for the midfield to pass the ball to the front court.
Although it was offside, Baldock's volley was powerful and full of momentum, which was undoubtedly a drumbeat to boost morale and gave Brighton players more confidence in victory.
Soon, the offensive started again, this time on the left. Rodri's anxious diagonal pass and Ben Godfrey didn't think of it together, and the ball was finally intercepted by the opponent's full-back.
Brighton did not choose to launch an offensive on Rodri's side, but transferred the ball to Jack Pearce's side.
This time, it was the cooperation of Brighton's left back Gaetan Bon and left winger Skarlak that distracted Doherty's attention. After Skarlak got the ball in the dangerous area, he did not choose to shoot hurriedly, but calmly passed it to the middle, because there was already chaos there!
Rodri sprinted back, but Coady obviously couldn't stop Baldock's impact. There was a huge gap in the Wolves' defense line, and Baldock got the opportunity to bend his bow and shoot near the top of the penalty area arc-
Emiliano Martinez roared and flew to the side.
His save reaction has always been his praiseworthy aspect, but unfortunately, this ball, his position was a little off the goal, so the two steps of movement wasted some time.
The opportunity was fleeting, and the ball had already flown in front of him. Big Martin felt his hand touch the ball, and he was happy and looked back-
He was horrified to find that the ball did change its angle, but it was still pointing to the bottom corner of the goal!
When Big Martin landed, he didn't even have time to react to roll over to release the force, but slapped the ground. Big Martin looked back in disbelief. It was the 12th minute, and the ball was still bouncing in the goal.
The ball went in.
Wei Le frowned. He had just said it with confidence in the locker room, but now it was the Wolves who lost the ball first.
But he did not panic. He knew what he should do. First, he should cheer up the players and not lose the ball again. Secondly, he should find out where the problem is and then make it back.
He did not do more actions, but still stood firmly in his area. This was a positive body signal. He prefers to stand on the sidelines during the game. From the first game in law school to now, standing on the sidelines to command has changed from a hobby to a habit.
He once asked Kenny Jackett for advice and also investigated the opinions of the players, and found that they all expressed positive emotions. Kenny Jackett felt that standing on the sidelines could give the players a feeling that the head coach was fighting side by side with them.
Therefore, Wei Le expressed a signal-I am not disappointed with this goal loss, the game is still within the scope of the plan, and I will fight side by side with you.
On the court, Martin, who was a little lost, got up. Although the loss of the ball just now was not entirely his problem, he was still very disappointed.
Because he didn't play well in the several threatening attacks, including the offside goal earlier and the goal he just lost.
Coady ran to his side and patted his shoulder. Martin looked up. Coady pointed in the direction of Wei Le and asked Martin to look over there. He looked at the sidelines and saw Wei Le still standing upright, looking calm and composed.
Wei Le noticed that Martin was also looking at him, so he waved to Martin and gave him a thumbs up.
Martinez saw Wei Le's action, and somehow, his head coach's confident thumbs up seemed to have made him forget the goal he just lost. So he gave Wei Le a thumbs up in return.
Wei Le's action not only infected Martin, but also encouraged other players on the field.
There is an effect in psychology that Wei Le can't remember the name of.It probably means that positive emotions are contagious, and Wei Le understands it as the contagiousness of emotions.
On-field captain Coady also took on the task of helping his teammates cheer up. Before the restart, the Wolves players had returned to the posture of preparing for battle.
After the restart, Wei Le signaled the team not to rush to counterattack, but to control the ball and prevent the opponent from quickly expanding the score. Therefore, Rodri did not pull the rhythm very fast, and the team was not in a hurry to play.
After Brighton got the ball, they tried to expand the score, but the Wolves, who had already regained their form, did not fall for it, and the team played very steadily.
After calming down, Wei Le also figured out what targeted deployments the opponent had made.
"Essentially, it is still aimed at the high-position pressure of the back waist." Wei Le shook his head and walked to the bench to communicate with Celars. Celars nodded and agreed.
How to target high-position pressure?
Wei Le already has the answer, which is very simple.
Get out of the way.
Just get out of the way, or to put it nicely, avoid the sharp edge. Since they were asked to press the Wolves' central defenders and defensive midfielders, we should quickly switch from the defenders to the wing, break through from the wing, and bypass Rodri and Jack Pearce.
On defense, he took the opportunity of the ball going out of bounds to call Doherty to his side and told him, "When defending, move the entire line back a little."
Doherty was about to leave, but Wei Le stopped him again. He smiled and asked, "Wait, what are you in a hurry for?"
"Oh, I thought you were done." Doherty smiled embarrassedly.
"Go to the wing more, you and Godfrey are the key, tell Jotado to cross and switch positions with the left side, and let Bowen break through boldly."
"That's it?" Doherty asked another question for safety after hearing this.
"That's it, that's it, go." Wei Le sent him back to the court with a smile.
Wei Le's tactical thinking was quickly transferred to the right place, and the team's performance soon proved that Wei Le's decision was correct.