Fox in the Penalty Area

The London Bridge coaching staff all judged that Leeds City had just equalized the score and their morale was high. They should continue to rush and fight hard, trying to score another goal in a short period of time.

This is also more in line with the inherent impression of Leeds City in the past.

But when the game resumed, they were surprised to find that things did not go according to their expected trajectory.

Leeds City did not take advantage of the momentum of just scoring to attack.

Instead, he took the initiative to shrink his defense...

"Damn! Why didn't they attack? Don't the outside world say that Clark is an 'offensive maniac'?"

This surprised London Bridge assistant coach Thomas Hoon on the sidelines.

"It seems that the outside world doesn't know enough about Clark..." Todd, standing next to him, frowned.

Although he didn't know why, it was clear that Leeds City's response was somewhat different from what they expected.

"Forget it, never mind, Thomas. No matter what the opponent does, there is really only one way for us...to attack. Or...unless we are willing to accept that we will shrink the defense when the game is almost half an hour away?" He said to Hu En next to him.

Hu En shook his head again and again: "That won't work. If we do this, then your name will be scolded by all the London media after the game. You can only attack, but if you attack...you can't keep attacking. Be careful of Leeds City's counterattack."

Stott nodded and said, "There's more time now, so you don't have to press so hard..."

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After watching London Bridge press up and attack from the sidelines, but not fully press up, Clarke accepted the status quo, although he was not very satisfied with it.

He knew that his opponent, Todd, was not an idiot. After Leeds City took advantage of their opportunity to attack, if they were to press all the way up and come out in full force, they must have lost their minds.

After all, there is still plenty of time, and London Bridge only needs to score another goal within the 25 minutes.

Although the score of 3:2 does not guarantee that London Bridge will advance to the final, it is still better than 2:2.

If you pursue a score of 4:2 or even greater, you may lose points in the process.

The coaching staff at London Bridge are very thoughtful.

Clark was not surprised by this.

If Hou Lai had scored in the 79th minute instead of the 69th minute, London Bridge would definitely be out now.

Because there is not much time, it is not up to them to take their time.

But Clark was patient.

If London Bridge is not on the whole line, then Leeds City will hold on. Anyway, the score of 2:2 is not unacceptable to him.

If someone wonders where the lunatic who is desperate to attack has gone, he will smile lightly: "It's not true, it's true."

In fact, "emphasis on defense" is something Clark is planning recently.

Through offensive football in the past two seasons, Leeds City has tasted the sweetness, but Clark also saw the ceiling of this tactical thinking.

Especially this season, Clark has clearly realized that offense alone will not go far.

To put it bluntly, Leeds City's offensive potential has basically been tapped to the extreme by Clark's coaching staff.

How to attack further up?

Clark himself didn't know.

The offensive combination of Hou Lai, Kamara, and Pete Williams is becoming more and more mature. Lasky has also improved rapidly this season and has integrated into this system.

Bring in more and better offensive players next season?

Leaving aside those top offensive players, does Leeds City have the financial resources to buy them, and whether they are attractive enough.

Just say those offensive players who can be bought, must their abilities be stronger than the current offensive lineup of Leeds City?

After buying it, don't you need to integrate into the team and this tactical system?

Since the original personnel combination is strong and the cooperation is tacit, how can we upgrade?

In the new season, Leeds City will of course continue to sign in the attacking lineup, but the face is not to overthrow and rebuild-it is not yet time to rebuild-but to supplement the existing offensive system.

So Clark turned his attention to the midfield and the defense.

He hopes to gradually improve Leeds City's defense next season.

Although a central defender like Ben Grist has been introduced before, a central defender is of little use to improve the defense of the entire team.

Defense especially relies on the overall system.

The desire to improve defense was put on the agenda by Clark after a failed midfielder signing this season.

Everyone in the coaching staff in the tea room has also discussed this point. Everyone agrees to improve the defensive performance on the basis of the existing offense.

Especially after Junpei Morikawa came to the team, this problem became particularly prominent.

Junpei Morikawa is an excellent defensive midfielder.

His arrival has indeed made Leeds City's defense better than before.

It's just the same problem as Ben Grist, he alone can play a key role sometimes. But it cannot play a decisive role.

His performance only allowed Clark to finally decide to completely improve the defense-because he had the confidence.

But Clark can't do this job, he is not good at training defense.

There are no such talents in Leeds City's existing coaching team. After all, the coaching team is formed with offensive football as the core concept.

So the defensive coach has to be poached from the outside.

Fortunately, Leeds City has won the Premier League championship and achieved this level in the Europa League. The attractiveness to the coach has been greatly enhanced.

The Leeds City club has already started the signing of the coach.

In daily training, Clark's coaching staff has also begun to strengthen the team's defensive training.

It's just that I haven't had a chance to show it in the game yet.

Now against London Bridge, it just happens to be used to test and test the training results.

Before Hu Lai scored, Leeds City was shrinking their defense. Although the scene looked precarious, as if they might lose the ball at any time, they did defend and waited for Hu Lai's counterattack goal.

This gave everyone confidence to keep going.

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In defense, the two defensive midfielders, Junpei Morikawa and Jay Adams, are responsible for protecting Leeds City's back line.

Here Morikawa Junpei has the heaviest task.

He has some moments in his zone to mark and other times to sweep.

Fortunately, although his partner Adams has average defensive ability, he runs well and can rely on tireless running to make up for omissions in defensive positions. At the same time, his tenacious fighting spirit also makes him not so easy to get rid of by opponents.

Otherwise, it would be difficult for Morikawa Junpei to cover the entire midfield alone.

With the help of Adams, the two of them can assist in the defense when necessary.

For example, when Robin Feeney got the ball in the frontcourt, Jay Adams went up to entangle him, and Junpei Morikawa suddenly attacked from the side, stretching out his foot and poking the football away.

However, when Aiken retreated to the midfield and moved closer to Feeney, both Morikawa Junpei and Adams had to be responsible for one person each to avoid the situation of losing the ball before.

Junpei Morikawa was in charge of Aiken, and Adams was in charge of defending Feeney.

If the opponent changes positions, they will change positions.

Although a little embarrassed, the task was always completed.

Coupled with the cooperation and cooperation of other players in Leeds City, for example: Leeds City's counterattack is too sharp, so that the two full-backs of London Bridge dare not press too much, so that their offensive level changes less, so the threat is also reduced. .

After ten minutes of defense like this, Leeds City didn't allow London Bridge to score.

The score was so deadlocked.

In the 79th minute, the two sides still tied at 2:2.

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Stord had to make a choice.

Is it safe and wants a 2:2 tie, or press forward, attack with all your strength, and pursue to defeat Leeds City?

This multiple choice question is not difficult to do.

If this was at Leeds City's home court, Todd would definitely wave his hand - keep it!

But at his own home ground, at Southfield Stadium, where Leeds City has never won London Bridge, facing the cheers and cheers of more than 40,000 home fans, London Bridge could not defend.

Can only attack!

attack out!

Try to beat Leeds City in the last ten minutes!

In fact, at this point in the game, even if London Bridge wins Leeds City 3:2 in the end, it can only be said to be a "miserable victory"... And this is thanks to the fact that there is no away goal rule in European wars, otherwise it would be better can be called a "failure".

But even if it is a "miserable victory", it is better than "invincible", right?

So to win, you must win!

"London Bridge's two full-backs, Sousa and Morley, are actively pressing forward and demanding the ball...London Bridge will have to fight to the death in the last ten minutes! Leeds must defend at this time!" Shen Lang saw the field After the latest developments of the players on both sides, he quickly said that he knew very well that London Bridge was going to desperately.

He couldn't help but worry about Leeds' defense...

What he didn't know was that, in front of the visiting team's coaching bench, Leeds City assistant coach Randall was assigned by head coach Clark to go to the sidelines and make an action that only Leeds City players could understand.

tell them:

The time has come, the counterattack begins!

Shou?

Leeds City never thought about defending the score of 2:2.

They don't defend just for defense.

It's like a person always flexing his arms to charge before throwing a punch.

To retreat is to advance.

Defense is for offense!