Fox in the Penalty Area

In the last few minutes of the first half, Leeds City obviously slowed down after taking the lead, and did not "attack to the end".

This made the Alvara fans in the stands, including Joao Valente, breathe a sigh of relief-they were really afraid that Leeds City would be red-eyed and make another victory at the last moment before the end of the first half. This game can end early.

In fact, it is not that Leeds City does not want to attack, it is really incapable of maintaining the previous rhythm of the game.

Nor are their players tireless robots.

It is necessary to adjust the rhythm appropriately, slow down and slow down.

There is nothing wrong with adjusting appropriately after a two-goal lead.

Leeds City's self-adjustment allowed Alvara to breathe in the last few minutes of the first half, but they had no energy left to counterattack.

After all, they have been a little stunned by the fierce offensive of Leeds City.

Now I just hope that the first half of the game will end as soon as possible, so that they can really get a respite.

Head coach Moya did not stand on the sidelines and use hand gestures to direct the players to continue attacking. Instead, he sat on a chair in the coach's bench, frowning and thinking hard.

Thinking about how to adjust at halftime.

So the last few minutes of the first half became "garbage time".

Until the end of the first half, the score did not change again.

2:0, Leeds City in the away game entered the intermission with a two-goal lead.

Alvara had forty-five minutes left.

They had to make changes and adjustments in the second half in order to save the crisis in the second half.

The pressure on the shoulders of Alvara coach Ricardo Moya is not light-the league lost the league title last season, which led to missing the Champions League and can only participate in the Europa League this season. As a result, the performance in the Europa League was not satisfactory. They didn't even get the first place in the group stage. They could only compete with Leeds City, which was eliminated from the UEFA Champions League group stage, in the sixteenth final as the second place in the group. meet.

In addition to the Europa League, the league is also overwhelmed by the same city rivals the Portuguese. They are currently ranked second in the league, with a gap of six points from the first Portuguese.

Such a result naturally cannot satisfy the proud Alvara Club,

Nor did it satisfy the fans.

If the Europa League is eliminated again, Moya's life will be difficult...

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"You guys have to cheer up! This is our home field! It's our home field!" Ricardo Moya paced back and forth in the locker room, trying to boost the morale of his players.

"Take it easy, take it easy... think about it, we're two goals behind, so what do we have to lose? Get rid of your habits from the days of the away goals rule and put those two Forget about the ball, we had a full forty-five minutes to equalize and with luck we could even do something else! Like comeback to win!"

"And Igor, you have to pull out more in the second half, and then go back to disrupt Leeds' defense! Although their two central defenders have excellent air defense capabilities, they are relatively slow in turning. As long as you put them Pull it out, and the space behind them will be difficult to cover..."

"When Igor brings out the opponent's central defender, Lecinho, you have to go forward resolutely! Get behind them and get into the penalty area! In the second half, you have to be more aggressive, dare to foul when defending, and dare to foul when attacking. Be more decisive! Don't be intimidated by the Frenchman's speed, your speed is also very fast! Even if you compete with him in speed, you may not lose! Like the emergency stop in the first half... It is completely unnecessary! That can only show that you are afraid of him!"

Moya began to make adjustments and arrangements one by one. He had to give it a go, not only for the team to retain the hope of advancing to the top 16 of the Europa League, but also for himself to retain the hope of continuing to coach this team.

He also knows that his situation is not very good now...

In fact, at the end of last year, when he led his team to only finish second in the Europa League group stage, it was reported that he was going to leave get out of class.

At that time, Alvara club executives also came out to support him, saying that they would not consider changing coaches.

But Mo Ya knew very well that this was just a rhetoric used to fool people.

After all, it is impossible for the club to admit the fact that "we haven't found a suitable candidate, so now we have to let Ricardo Moya continue to coach alive".

Alvara originally intended to coach Manuel Boggs, the famous coach in Portugal who is currently idle at home. The head coach who once won the Champions League also led the Portuguese national team to the quarter-finals in the World Cup, which was the best result of the Portuguese national team in the World Cup in the past 20 years.

The biggest problem is that Boggs is the legendary coach of the Portuguese. The Champions League he won was led by this team.

The Portuguese are Alvara's rivals in the same city.

At the beginning, the Alvara Club leaked their intention to invite Boggs to coach by means of "rumors", just to see everyone's reaction to this matter. Not surprisingly, it was opposed by almost all Alvara fans-they would rather the team's poor performance than accept the result of letting a mortal enemy meritorious coach come to coach.

There was also strong opposition from the Portuguese fans, who even went to the door of Boggs' house to ask him not to coach his arch-enemy Albara.

In the end, the Alvara club came forward to clarify the so-called rumors that Boggs was hired to coach the team.

But this bought Moya time.

If he can lead the team to achieve good results at the end of the season, he can still continue to coach in Alvara.

The league is a long marathon. In the remaining half of the season, anything can happen. Affected by the team's ups and downs, it is difficult for Moya to lead the team to win the championship.

But in comparison, the Europa League is easier.

After all, it is a cup match. Although there are more accidents, it also means more opportunities.

So from the beginning of the winter break, Moya set the goal of leading the team to win the Europa League.

According to the rules formulated by UEFA, the winner of the Europa League is eligible to participate in the Champions League next season. So even if the performance is stretched in the league, as long as he can win the Europa League, Moya can also realize the strategy of "curve to save the country".

Compared with the Champions League, the competition in the Europa League is slightly less intense.

As a result, I didn't expect that in a game that entered the knockout round, Alvara suffered a blow to the head, a heavy blow.

Leeds City was ridiculed as "the weakest seeded team" in the Champions League, and it seemed that they were really poor.

People ignore that they are only the weakest seeded team. Even if they fail to advance to the knockout rounds in the Champions League, they are still a big catfish when they come to the Europa League.

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After Moya's adjustment, after the start of the second half, Alvara's fans could clearly see the changes in the team.

"They were more aggressive than they were in the first half...but are they not afraid of conceding goals?"

Joao Valente asked this question after watching the game in the stands for a few minutes.

This is also the question of many Alvara fans.

Xia Xiaoyu said: "Because we have no better way than to continue to attack and attack more violently... At this time, we must choose to take risks."

"But it's still difficult to chase two goals in a row!" Valente lamented.

"It's better than doing nothing."

"But what if we concede before we score?"

"Then there is no other way." Xia Xiaoyu spread his hands, "But this is not the case in the game. You always have to make various choices. Every choice is like a gamble. Sometimes you win the bet, and sometimes you will win." It's normal to lose a bet. If you don't dare to bet because you are afraid of losing, then you can only accept the result of losing the game 0:2. And if we can score a goal, even if we lose the game 1:2 Better than 0:2. At least we only need to recover one ball in the next round."

Valente sighed and said, "You're right, Xia. I'm a little worried about gain and loss..."

He was indeed a little worried about gains and losses.

Especially after seeing Leeds City's crazy offense in the first half-during the intermission, he even despaired that Alvara would not win the game, and the suspense of victory and defeat had ended early.

"Okay, let's keep cheering Alvara on!"

Valente took a deep breath, regained his fighting spirit, followed the other Alvara fans in the stands, clapped their hands rhythmically, and sang the song they sang just after the first half started:

"Alvara! Alvara! oleoleole!! Alvara—!"

"Alvara! Alvara! oleoleole!! Alvara—!"

Seeing this, Xia Xiaoyu grinned.

This friend he met in the reserve team is really simple-minded, and his few words made him optimistic again...

But as a defensive midfielder, what's wrong with being simple-minded?

Xia Xiaoyu didn't sing along with his friends, but just clapped along with the rhythm, cheering for his home team.

Brother Hu has scored a goal, and he still hopes that Alvara can complete the reversal at home and win the game...