Chapter 185: Defense is for offense

The London Bridge coaching staff all judged that Leeds City had just tied the score and their morale was high. They should continue to rush and fight, and strive to score another goal in a short time.
This is also more in line with the inherent impression left by Leeds in the past.
But when the game restarted, they were surprised to find that things did not follow their expected trajectory.
Leeds did not take advantage of the momentum of just scoring to press up the attack.
Instead, he took the initiative to shrink the defense...
"Damn it! Why didn't they attack? Didn't the outside world say that Clark was an'attack madman'?"
This surprised Thomas Hoon, the assistant coach of London Bridge on the sidelines.
"It seems that the outside world doesn't know Clark well enough..." Stodd, who was 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, no matter what, Thomas. No matter what the opponent does, we really have only one way...that is offense. Or...unless we are willing to accept that when the game is almost half an hour away, we will shrink the defense?" He said to Hu En next to him.
Hu En repeatedly shook his head: "That can't work. If we do this, 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."
Stodd nodded and said, "There is still a lot of time now, so you don't need to press it so hard..."
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After watching London Bridge press up and attack on the sidelines, but did not fully press it up, even though Clark was not very satisfied with it, he still accepted the status quo.
He knows that his opponent Stodd is not a fool. After being attacked by Leeds just using the opportunity of their attack, if he still presses on the whole line and pops out, he must be mad.
After all, time is still relatively ample, and London Bridge only needs to score one more goal in these twenty-five minutes.
Although the score of 3:2 does not guarantee that London Bridge will advance to the final, it is better than 2:2.
If you pursue a score of 4:2 or even greater, I'm afraid you will lose points in the process.
The London Bridge coaching staff is very thoughtful.
Clark was not surprised by this.
If Hu Lai had scored in the 79th minute instead of the 69th minute, then London Bridge would definitely come out now.
Because there is not much time, they can't help but take their time.
But Clark is patient.
If the London Bridge is not fully pressed, then Leeds will defend. Anyway, the score of 2:2 is not unacceptable.
If someone wondered where the desperate lunatic went for an offense, he would smile slightly: "It's true, true or false."
In fact, "emphasis on defense" is something Clarke is planning recently.
Through offensive football in these two seasons, Leeds City has tasted the sweetness, but Clark also saw the ceiling of this set of tactical ideas.
Especially this season, Clark realized clearly that offense alone is not going to 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 didn't know it himself.
The offensive combination of Hulay, Camara, and Pete Williams has matured, and Laski has also made rapid progress this season and has integrated into this system.
Bring in more and better offensive players next season?
Let alone the top offensive players, does Leeds have the financial resources to buy them, and whether they are attractive enough.
For those offensive players that can be bought, are their abilities necessarily better than the current offensive lineup in Leeds?
Doesn't it need to be integrated into the team and into this tactical system after buying it?
Since the original personnel combination ability is strong, and the cooperation is also tacit, how to upgrade?
Of course, Leeds City will continue to sign up for the attacking lineup in the new season, but the face is not to overthrow the reconstruction-and it is not yet time to rebuild-but to supplement the existing offensive system.
So Clark set his sights on the midfield and on 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 useless for the entire team's defensive improvement.
The defense particularly relies on the overall system.
The desire to improve defense was put on the agenda by Clark after a failed midfielder signing this season.
This point has also been discussed by everyone in the coaching staff in the tea room. Everyone agrees to improve defensive performance on the basis of existing offenses.
Especially after Junpei Morikawa came to the team, this problem became particularly prominent.
Morikawa Junpei is an excellent defensive midfielder.
His arrival really made Leeds' defense better than before.
It's just the same problem as Ben Grist, he alone can play a key role in some cases. But it cannot play a decisive role.
His performance only allowed Clark to finally decide to completely improve the defense-because he has the confidence.
But Clark can't do this job, he is not good at training defense.
There is no such talent in the existing coaching team of Leeds City. After all, the coaching staff is based on the core concept of offensive football.
So you have to dig out the defensive coach from the outside.
Fortunately, Leeds won the Premier League title and played in the Europa League again, which has greatly enhanced the attraction for coaches.
The Leeds City Club has already started recruiting coaches.
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 the chance to show it in the game.
Now playing against London Bridge, it happens to be used to test the training results.
Before Hulai scored, Leeds was shrinking the defense. Although the scene looked precarious, as if they could lose the ball at any time, they did defend and waited for Hulai's counterattack goal.
This makes everyone confident to keep on.
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In defense, two midfielders, Junpei Morikawa and Jay Adams, are responsible for protecting Leeds City's back line.
Morikawa Junpei has the heaviest task here.
Sometimes he needs to mark people in his own area, and sometimes he needs to mop up.
Fortunately, although his partner Adams has average defensive ability, he runs very well. He can rely on tireless running to make up for the omissions in the defensive position. At the same time, his tenacious fighting spirit also makes him less easy to get rid of by his opponents.
Otherwise, it would be difficult for Junpei Morikawa to cover the entire midfield by himself.
With the help of Adams, the two of them can assist in the defense when necessary.
For example, when Robin Fini got the ball in the front court, Jay Adams went up to haunt him, and Junpei Morikawa suddenly attacked nearby and stabbed the football with his foot.
However, when Aiken retreated to the midfield and moved closer to Fini, both Morikawa Junpei and Adams had to be responsible for each to avoid the situation of losing the ball before.
Morikawa Junpei is in charge of Aiken, and Adams is in charge of defending Fini.
If the other side changes positions, they will also change positions.
Although a little embarrassed, the task was always completed.
Coupled with the concerted cooperation and cooperation of other Leeds City players, for example: Leeds City’s counterattack was too sharp, which caused the two full-backs of London Bridge to dare not press too much, which made their offensive level change less, so the threat was also reduced. .
Just guarding for ten minutes, Leeds City froze but did not allow London Bridge to score.
The score was so stalemate.
In the seventy-ninth minute, the two sides still tied 2:2.
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Stodd has to make a choice~EbookFREE.me~ Is it safer to make a 2:2 draw, or to press forward, and do his best to attack, in pursuit of defeating Leeds?
This multiple-choice question is not difficult to do.
If this is the home court of Leeds City, Stodd will definitely wave his hand-guard!
But in his home field, the Southfield Stadium in Leeds, which has never won the London Bridge, faced the cheering of more than 40,000 home fans, and London Bridge could not defend.
Can only attack!
Go out!
Try to beat Leeds in the last ten minutes!
In fact, at this point in the game, even if London Bridge wins Leeds 3:2 in the final, it can only be said to be a "tragic victory"... and this is also due to the fact that there are no away goals in the European war, otherwise it would simply It can be called "failure".
But even a "tragic victory" is better than "unvictorious", right?
So to win, we must win!
"London Bridge's two full-backs Souza and Molly are both aggressively 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 court After the latest developments of the players on both sides, he quickly said that he knew very well that London Bridge was desperate.
He couldn't help but worry about Leeds' defense...
What he didn't know was that in front of the away team's coaching bench, Leeds City Assistant Coach Randy was assigned by head coach Clark to make a move that only Leeds City players could understand.
tell them:
The time has come, the counterattack begins!
Shou?
Leeds never thought of holding this 2:2 score.
Their defense is not just for defense.
It's like a person always bends his arms to accumulate energy before punching.
Backward is to move forward.
Defense is for offense!
(End of this chapter)