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During the halftime break, Wei Le didn't say much. In fact, he didn't have much to say.

Wei Le is still responding to the opponent's moves. He doesn't have any particularly proactive ideas about the game. He is still waiting for Hughton to react. Hughton hasn't reacted yet, so he chooses to wait and see.

Wei Le is not very anxious now, but Hughton is not as calm as Wei Le.

"Paul (Nevin), what do you think we should do?" Standing outside the locker room, Hughton asked his assistant coach Paul Nevin. On the one hand, he was asking Nevin, and on the other hand, he was actually asking himself. He was eager to calm down quickly.

"They run very flexibly, which makes us exhausted." Paul Nevin said what Hughton himself realized, and he thought it was the main trick that Wei Le could break the game.

"In addition, they completely gave up Jack Pierce. Even if they lack this point, they can continue to launch attacks." Paul Nevin continued to add.

Hughton thought about it, and he scratched his head with not much hair.

"Alas." Hughton sighed, "But they are now second and we are third."

"What do you mean?" Nevin didn't quite understand.

Without answering Nevin immediately, Hughton expressed his opinion, "Don't continue to press high, we can't grab it. We pile people in the midfield and backcourt, give them the ball, let them attack, and at the same time, we still have to watch Pierce."

Hughton meant that he wanted the team to give up the current aggressive high position, but to move the encounter line back, choose to intercept the opponent's straight pass in the middle, and drag the game into a positional battle.

Now, Nevin understood. Hughton talked about the league ranking, which was actually counting points. If Wei Le's team wins this game, then they will get three points, and Brighton will not get points. Although they will not be overtaken by Sheffield Wednesday, which is temporarily ranked fourth, the gap between Brighton and Sheffield Wednesday is not big.

But if it is a draw, both sides can get one point. If Brighton fails to win, it will still keep chasing Wei Le's team, and it will not be easy for Sheffield Wednesday, Huddersfield, Reading and other teams to catch up.

Nevin actually didn't expect that Hughton was no longer considering how to win, but had begun to think about how to reduce losses.

Is it really impossible to win? Although Nevin didn't want to admit it, he couldn't think of any tricks. He had to admit that Hughton's decision was the most rational at this time.

Nevin is Hughton's assistant, not the team's assistant coach. They have been together for a long time.

Nevin supports Hughton's decision, and he follows Hughton into the locker room. The second half of the game will start soon.

Jota stood in the center circle and dribbled the ball relaxedly. The referee came over and patted him on the shoulder.

"Okay, the game is about to start."

Jota smiled and stopped the ball in the center of the center circle.

The referee Kate Stroud was very friendly. This is mainly because, in the first half of the game, both teams played relatively cleanly. Brighton pursued the continuity of the game and there was no need to commit fouls, and the same was true for Wolves.

Therefore, Kate Stroud did not need to spend too much energy on maintaining the order of the game.

Now many English referees in the refereeing world like to referee Wolves' games, mainly because their head coach Wei Le basically does not deliberately ask players to fight roughly, and the games are often very coherent and very beautiful.

Jota kicked the ball out and passed it back to Jack Pierce, but Jack Pierce did not rush to pass the ball out. He took the ball slowly, actually testing whether Brighton was still using the pressing strategy against him.

But he found that when he got the ball, Brighton players seemed to be uninterested. Unlike the first half of the game, when he got the ball, three or four people rushed to him.

On the contrary, the main defense area of ​​​​Brighton players retreated from the backcourt of Wolves to the frontcourt of Wolves.

This reduced the pressure on the Wolves' midfield, but it was unlikely to easily penetrate Brighton's defense. After all, Brighton's players have a very high ability to execute tactics. Since they can play an effective high-pressure style, they can naturally do a good job of regional defense.

Seeing the development on the field, Wei Le understood.

It seems that Hughton took a step back first.

Taking a step back is also a good thing. Since Hughton is willing to give up the ball, Wei Le has no reason not to accept it. As a result, the Wolves are no longer so eager to overtake the score, but are not in a hurry to launch a threatening attack.

The ball came to Godfrey's side, and Godfrey did not find a particularly good offensive opportunity, nor was he in a hurry to make a blind long pass. He first passed the ball back to Ruben Dias.

Ruben Dias passed the ball to the rightDoherty on the wing. Doherty was not in a hurry to pass the ball straight, he passed it horizontally to Rodri who was standing in front.

In the continuous passing and dispatching, Brighton players were always actively pressing, but they could not really take possession of the ball. Even if Brighton players temporarily seized the ball, Wolves would launch a more fierce counter-grab on the spot.

So, the game gradually fell into a stalemate.

Wei Le was not in a hurry at all. Now Wolves were waiting for the ball to be played, using passing instead of running, while Brighton used running to make up for the lack of ball control. It stands to reason that Brighton players must exhaust their physical energy first.

Wei Le was waiting for the ball to be played, but Hughton was anxious.

Although Hughton's expectations at halftime were no longer so determined to pursue victory in this game, it did not mean that they were willing to take losing for granted.

Hughton could accept a draw, but if Brighton players could not run in the second half of the game, it would only be a matter of time before Wolves broke through Brighton's defense.

1-1 is a very delicate score, and both teams have a chance to win. Hughton felt that this score was very unsafe, and he was a little hesitant. Instead of leaving the fate of the team to the opponent and betting that Wolves could not break through the defense, it is better to take the initiative again to see if there is the ability to compete with them.

In the 50th minute, Brighton's offensive started again. This time, Ben Godfrey made a mistake in receiving the ball. Brighton players quickly sent a sideline ball. Full-back Bruno Sarto threw the ball out of bounds and hit the penalty area. There, Baldock failed to compete for the header with Ruben Dias, but in the direction where Ruben Dias cleared the ball, there stood Sidwell!

Sidwell drew his bow and arrow, but the ball flew high into the stands.

This ball was actually not threatening, but it did cheer up the Wolves players who were a little relaxed.

Wei Le took it very seriously. He clapped his hands and asked the players to concentrate. Then, he also realized that Hughton seemed to be going for a fight.

Wei Le then issued an order to let the midfielder pass the ball to both sides, especially to let Joe Mason and Jota take advantage of the opponent's massive pressure to seek opportunities.

Joe Mason and Jota did not create any opportunities, but Bowen walked slowly near the sidelines. He glanced at Brighton's defense line and was delighted.

He walked slowly towards the opponent's penalty area without making a sound.

At this time, Brighton was still in control of the ball and fighting with Wolves in the midfield. Therefore, Bowen's inconspicuous move did not attract much attention.

But Rodri keenly observed his move, so after the central defender intercepted the ball, he quickly asked Dias to pass the ball to him.

Rodri made a long pass, and the ball flew to the right side of the court, passing through several defenders whose formation was not very compact, and landed in an open area, where Bowen rushed out from in front of the defense line and dribbled the ball into the penalty area!

"Offside! Offside!" Dunk raised his hand and shouted, indicating that the referee Bowen was offside.

Bowen didn't care about that at all, he had already rushed into the penalty area!

The referee quickly followed the Wolves' attack, and the assistant referee had no reaction at all! They saw the ball clearly, Bowen had been lurking between the two defenders for a long time, and when Rodri passed the ball, he was in a safe position!

Bowen rushed into the penalty area, facing goalkeeper Stockdale, Bowen did not make more feints, but resolutely kicked the ball, lowered his center of gravity, and shot into the far corner!

Stockdale thought he was going to volley the near corner, and when he saw Bowen kicking, he felt something was wrong!

But it was too late-

The football flew into the goal first, and Duffy shoveled out in vain behind the football, trying to get the ball out, but in the end he also hit the net.

The ball went in! ! ! ! ! !