Chapter 131: Royal Carterhorn

Will Real Cathon choose the Europa League or the league?
They gave the answer in the game against Leeds:
At least in the quarter-finals of the Europa League, they did not plan to give up the Europa League so soon.
Maybe it is because there are still eleven rounds before the end of the league, and these two Europa League games will not affect the final league result.
Even if they want to give up the Europa League, they have to wait until they reach the quarterfinals.
In the UEFA Europa League, every round forward, more money will be allocated in the end.
Who will have trouble with money?
Anyway, the Royal Carterhorn is still very confident of the success of the relegation.
First knock out Leeds City, and then turn around to solve the domestic league problem, maybe you can go further in the Europa League, go further...
This is the thinking of the head coach of Royal Caterhon, Jean Osvaldo.
So in the first round of the Europa League quarter-finals, Royal Cateron prepared very seriously, adopted targeted tactical measures, and played tenaciously.
Because there is no so-called away goal advantage rule in the current Europa League, Osvaldo did not arrange for his team to attack Leeds’ goal at the beginning of the game.
Obviously he had studied the first leg match between Leeds City and Alvara.
There were also many analysis articles on Alvara's tactics in that game. After the game, everyone thought that the coach Ricardo Moya had mischosen the tactics. He thought that in his home court, he could use offensive tactics to overwhelm. Leeds City. As a result, they encountered an opponent who had stronger offensive strength than them...
After learning enough lessons from the loser, Alvara, Jean Osvaldo chose a more pragmatic approach in the away game, that is, defensive counterattack.
First defend firmly, then look for opportunities to fight back. Keep the defense in the first place, make sure you don't lose the ball, or if you must lose the ball... try to lose the ball as little as possible, and leave some opportunities for the second round of the game.
Therefore, as the team's organizer, Yonezawa Masao, who is better offensively than defensively, this game...not a starter!
When Hulay saw the starting lineup of Royal Carterhorn, he almost laughed. He wanted to know how the head coach of the Japanese national team Hiroto Motegi in the Flanders Stadium box now feels...
He wanted to observe the performance of two Japanese players at once.
As a result, Masao Yonezawa did not start because of tactical reasons. He was sitting on the bench and didn't know when he would be able to play, and he didn't know if he had a chance to play.
Morikawa Junpei actually started, but because the tactic chosen by Royal Carterhorn is defensive counterattack, he actually didn't play much as a defensive midfielder.
Most of the time, he was only responsible for taking care of the defense zone and helping Jay Adams and Pete Williams. There was no targeted task.
The performance is very general, and there will be no time when it is too eye-catching.
But as a professional football coach, even if Morikawa Junpei's performance is very ordinary, I believe that Hiroto Motegi can see some things he wants to observe.
On the contrary, Masao Yonezawa has no chance to observe if he doesn't play at all.
Hiroto Motegi sat in the box, holding a notebook and a pen in his hand, watching the game intently.
Occasionally, he would lower his head to write, draw, and record in the notebook.
Morikawa Junpei on the field seemed to forget that the national team coach Hiroto Mogi was sitting in the stands watching his game. There is absolutely no idea of ​​wanting to be popular in the game. Head coach Tony Clark gave him any task before the game, he followed it and executed it meticulously.
It seems...lack of some creativity, but who needs his midfield engineer to show any creativity?
I even wished Morikawa Junpei would be more rigid.
There are already too many precedents in football-a player who initially won the position as a midfielder, kicking and kicking is not satisfied, and he is unwilling to continue to wipe his behind like a blue-collar worker. After all, such players don't make much money, and it is difficult to negotiate a contract with the club to increase the price. So they will be ready to move, hoping to participate more in the offense and show their talents in the offense.
In the game, he consciously rushed forward, and even rushed ahead of the midfielders and forwards.
The result is that the defense is not as good as before, and the offense is still pulling the hips.
Kicking and kicking can't even hold his original position, and can only be reduced from the main force to the substitute, and then from the substitute to the object of being sold.
Such a problem does not exist in Junpei Morikawa, who is a stubborn Chuji.
Whether in Flash Star or in Leeds City, the head coach asked him to protect the area in front of the back line, and he was like a conscientious guard to protect it.
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Royal Cateron, who has learned a lesson from Alvara, shrinks the defense, making Leeds really not as easy as playing Alvara in the previous round.
But this does not mean that Leeds City is completely at a loss, they still created some murderous opportunities.
In terms of overall strength, Leeds City is better than Royal Carterhorn.
After all, Leeds City was the Premier League champion last season. No matter how much water he can win the championship in the fiercely competitive Premier League, it is better than Royal Cateron, who was only fifth in La Liga last season.
With a stronger overall strength, and the firm belief Clark instilled in the team.
Leeds City launched wave after wave of fierce offensive against Royal Carterhorn's restricted area.
At the thirty-seventh minute, Hulay almost found a chance for Leeds to open the deadlock.
At that time, he received a pass from Pete Williams in the penalty area, and kept the ball straight to shoot, hitting the Royal Carterhorn defenders by surprise.
But he kicked the football to the goal post...
The cheers from the stands of the Flanders Stadium all started, but when they saw the football missed, they turned into exclaims.
"Ahhh! What a pity! What a pity..." Matthew Cox sighed up to the sky.
Hu Lai was also very regretful. He knelt on the turf after finishing the shot, holding his head in both hands, looking at the goal post in disbelief:
Brother, where are you from? You figure it out, you are the goal of our home court! You have to be worthy of the careful maintenance of our home workers!
But the doorpost stood there quietly, facing Hu Lai amidst the loud noise, but ignored him and was silent.
Hu Lai shook his head and got up from the ground, glanced at the goal post, then turned and ran back.
It's a pity that Hu Lai's shot that hit the goal post didn't score. The opportunity created by Leeds in the first half did not translate into a goal.
Until the end of halftime, Leeds City failed to break the goal of Royal Carterhorn.
From this point of view, Jean Osvaldo is clearly better than Ricardo Moya, and he chose the right tactics.
Although the scene looks a little passive and not very beautiful, what good is it for this kind of European knockout? Being able to win, or other practical benefits, is the most important thing.
As Leeds kept on attacking, the stands were full of excitement, but Osvaldo dared to guarantee that it would be difficult for them to move on.
After all, offense wins the fans and defense wins the game.
Osvaldo's heart has been eliminated Alvara coach Ricardo Moya's lofty respect-it was he who sacrificed himself that reminded the latecomer Osvaldo and let him choose More pragmatic tactics, while making targeted defensive arrangements.
"You did a great job in the first half!" In the locker room, Osvaldo praised the team's performance. "Keeping enough attention, I didn't give Leeds any chance..."
In fact, it was not that they were given a chance, but the luck of Royal Carterhorn was better. If Hu Lai's kick was not for the help of the goalpost, they would have fallen behind.
But Osvaldo doesn't care about it, because he criticizes the team's performance just because Hu Lai hit the goal post...This is too unkind. After all, no one can guarantee that the entire game will not show any omissions in the defense.
"We will continue to play like this in the second half. We are more patient than them. This is their home court. They must not be willing to be tied by us at home, so in the second half they will definitely be further pressured, and they may even adjust their tactics. Substitution adjustments. No matter what, we must be calm. If there is no particularly good opportunity, don't think about counterattack. Strive to be able to defend a 0:0 home court away!"
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After the start of the second half, Royal Cateron did indeed follow the same tactics as the first half, without any adjustments.
Facing the attack from Leeds City, they quickly retreated to the half court. Even if he has a chance to attack, if he fails to fight, he will quickly return to defense, and will not entangle Leeds in the frontcourt at all, and all the players will turn around and run away.
Organize the defense after returning to his own half.
And Leeds City has indeed stepped up its offensive.
This makes Jean Osvaldo, who is standing on the sidelines and watching the ball, feel more secure in his heart-everything is exactly as he expected.
Next, Royal Cateron only needs to withstand the offensive of Leeds City.
The city of Leeds, which has been under attack for a long time, will definitely become more impatient.
Maybe by then, we will even have a chance to win the game...
Do not!
Osvaldo reminded himself in his heart.
No, don't have such thoughts.
When I think about it this way, it's actually the most dangerous!
Osvaldo repeatedly warned himself not to be overwhelmed, while maintaining the posture of looking blankly at the court.
In the eyes of outsiders, the head coach of Royal Carterhorn still looks calm despite the fact that the team is in such an unfavorable situation.
It is admirable and respectful.
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Less than ten minutes into the second half, Leeds' offensive was still fierce.
Facing the shrinking defensive Royal Carterhorn, Leeds increased the number of long-range shots from outside the penalty area, and even Hulay took two long-range shots.
This time it was Jay Adams firing a long-range cannon from outside the penalty area, but he was disturbed when firing from a long distance. The ball did not kick up, and the speed was not fast.
It looked like an attack without danger to the Royal Carterhorn goal.
Salva Rodríguez, the goalkeeper of Royal Cathon, yelled: "Let me come!"
This is to remind your teammates so that no one in the middle thinks of a good intention to intercept, if the football touches the line, it will be embarrassing... No, it is not just an embarrassment problem!
That is fatal!
Then he lowered his center of gravity and prepared for the ball.
But at this moment, a leg was stretched out abruptly from the crowd~EbookFREE.me~ just to stop the weak shot from...!
Then the owner of this leg pulled the football back and kicked it!
Goalkeeper Salva Rodríguez was almost lying on the ground at this time, his hands folded on his chest, maintaining such a standard posture for receiving the ball, but he could only watch the football from the other side. Flew into the goal!
"Hu! He was very clever to intercept Adams' shot and then turned around to shoot successfully! Set the record for Leeds City first, breaking the deadlock! Leeds City 1:0 Royal Carterhorn!"
In the huge cheers of the Flanders Stadium, Jean Osvaldo, who was a general, was not stunned. He first looked at the front of his team blankly, then turned his head left and right, his eyes also blank.
It seems like I want to find someone around me to ask:
We lost the ball?
Did we lose the ball?
Did we really lose the ball?