When Sheffield Wednesday's squad was sent to Northampton's head coach Stuart Gray, he obviously responded with disdain for Sheffield Wednesday's formation, even though today's game was a good one for both sides. It was a crucial game that could not be missed, but the patchwork of Sheffield Wednesday's roster, which was short of major generals, still made Stuart relax a lot. *
With the increase in games and the growth of his own abilities, Hamsik has now become the leader of Sheffield Wednesday. In such a crucial game, the Slovakian teenager was injured, which is definitely a blessing for Northampton. Good news, and the absence of Sheffield Wednesday's defensive backbone Lugano has also given Northampton more confidence in the offensive level. As for Skrtel, Stuart's name in his position. I have never heard of it. The Northampton coach even believed that Skrtel was urgently deployed from the second team by Sheffield Wednesday. The presence of such a young central defender in the list is absolutely a big deal for Northampton. is a good thing
But when the game started, his opinion changed. And it's very serious.
And the commentator of this game also made mistakes as the game progressed.
Originally, in his opinion, the method of sending young central defender Skrtel and moving Yaya Toure's position up was simply unprogressive behavior, although such an arrangement was not feasible based on the current staffing of Sheffield Wednesday. This is a move, but it will not allow an inexperienced young central defender to move forward in such a critical game, and also move Yaya Toure, who has outstanding defensive ability, which is tantamount to handing over control of the midfield to Northampton.
However, the situation changed completely after the game started.
Soon after the kick-off, the Northampton team immediately showed a strong posture and launched a tentative attack around Sheffield Wednesday's penalty area. Sheffield Wednesday's players basically only stayed within the 35-meter area, watching Northampton's players keep passing the ball back and forth.
Sheffield Wednesday¡¯s seemingly extremely negative attitude toward the game aroused dissatisfaction among some people. Some neutral fans who specially came to watch the game booed. Fortunately, Sheffield Wednesday also has a large number of fans, and they will not allow their team to be booed right from the start. So even though they couldn't understand the situation on the court, they immediately suppressed the boos with cheers or cheers.
They don¡¯t understand, but Ouyang Ao on the coaching bench understands it very well.
"The other side also understands our situation. They will attack with all their strength when the personnel are not uniform. No matter which coach is changed, they will do so in this situation, so we don't have to worry about them shrinking in the half court. Come out and prevent our counterattack from happening."
This was the first thing Ouyang Ao said to the entire coaching staff and players during the tactics class in the hotel conference room last night.
"But in order to ensure that we have more counterattack space, we must first force Northampton's defense to press higher. To do this, the first thing to do is to destroy their midfield. Organization, let their midfielder organize the offense smoothly."
"In this way, Northampton's defenders will move forward and participate in the attack While they strengthen the control of the midfield and attack the number of people, they also once again weaken the defense that is not strong."
"Then, this is our chance" he hit the tactical board with his fist. The area on it that symbolized Northampton's half looked empty, with space everywhere that could be used.
They can pass the ball freely, but as long as they want to make a straight pass or pass within 35 meters in front of the Sheffield Wednesday goal, the player holding or receiving the ball will immediately be met by 2 to 3 players wearing blue and white jerseys. Team members' defense.
And using the numerical advantage in the area to complete the defense forced Northampton to keep moving the ball. After Sheffield Wednesday replaced Krieger in the midfield position, the situation became subtle. Perhaps Krieger is far less talented than Hamsik or Yaya Toure in terms of technique and offensive organization, but he also has his own characteristics. He can rely on his strong running ability to force Northampton to constantly move the ball. .
In this state, even if Northampton is eager to open up the situation, it is impossible to guarantee not conceding the ball, especially when many times the ball is passively passed out due to the opponent's pressing. The accuracy and observation of the surrounding environment are not in place, which is a perfect opportunity for Sheffield Wednesday to steal the ball.
In the fifteenth minute of the first half, Northampton finally made a mistake after passing the ball several times in a row. Krieger, who had excellent running ability, judged the right path of the ball and intercepted the ball.
Some time ago, due to the joining of Yaya Toure, Sheffield Wednesday¡¯s main defensive midfielder position became an Ivorian, which led to theHis current position in the team is a bit embarrassing, and he himself knows that he cannot compare with the Ivorian. First, it is his age, and second, the Ivorian is indeed more comprehensive than him and plays a more important role in the midfield. outstanding.
But once the opportunity arises, Krieger still hopes to regain his position with his outstanding performance, so he performed very hard after the start of this game.
In addition to constantly sweeping back and forth in the midfield to help teammates defend, he also repeatedly disrupted the coordination of Northampton's midfielders or used his position to block the passing route, or simply stretched his feet or tackled the ball. Destroy the opponent's direct pass.
And when Northampton's main striker Coney Herbert comes to the front of the penalty area, he will immediately press up to the opponent and prevent the Portuguese forward from having a chance to face the goal. This performance also makes Kony has not had a shot since the opening, nor has he made a successful threatening pass.
This time, he intercepted a pass from Northampton midfielder Kevin Taunton to Coney in advance. Krieger, who intercepted the ball, barely looked up and immediately kicked the ball straight. pass.
The ball passed over Kevin's head and went straight to Dzeko who was standing in the middle and retreating to get the ball.
Sheffield Wednesday¡¯s Bosnia and Herzegovina center didn¡¯t panic at all when facing the ball. He opened his arms and blocked Northampton¡¯s midfielder Bill Davis behind him, then jumped up and stopped the ball with his chest. He did not use a header to pass the ball directly, because Ashley Young was still running forward, and he needed to let the ball stay here for a while before he could catch up with Ashley Young's pace.
When the ball bounced on his chest and then fell again, Ashley Young ran past not far from Dzeko, and the Bosnian center didn't wait for the ball to hit the ground and swept it with his leg. Scanned in front of Ashley Young.
"Edin passed the ball to Ashley Young and he received the ball, one-on-one." The commentator could see the whole situation in the stands. At this time, Northampton's half was except for the central defender far away on the other side. Apart from Chris Duig, the only other player left is their goalkeeper Hosen.
Northampton, who took the lead, huddled in the half after the game started. After a tentative attack, the opponent had no intention of attacking. Northampton also faced difficulties in the organization of the midfield, so Both full-backs rushed forward to help the team control the midfield. At this time, they were still chasing back desperately in Sheffield Wednesday's half.
And their captain, another central defender Chris, is a bit far away from Ashley Young. Originally, the closest to Ashley Young was Biter, but the Northampton central defender was eliminated by Zhejiang. Ke was attracted to it. He also couldn't let the tall center receive the ball calmly and then handle the ball as he pleased.
This caused Ashley Young to have almost nothing in front of him except the bouncing ball after receiving the ball. The distance between him and the goal could be said to be smooth. In this way, England's local fast horse did not have to hesitate at all. He just You need to increase your speed to the highest level and then rush towards Northampton's goal.
"Go to Ashley"
Last season, Sheffield Wednesday often staged such counterattacks, but at that time the fans were shouting Ribery's name. When they were promoted to the First Division, as Sheffield Wednesday's results got better and better, more and more teams chose to defend against Sheffield Wednesday, which also led to the scene of such rapid attacks on the opponent's goal becoming more and more common. Hard to see.
When Sheffield Wednesday got this excellent counterattack opportunity, the fans were extremely excited, not to mention that this game is still a crucial FA Cup
More than 30,000 Sheffield Wednesday fans in the audience kept shouting slogans and cheering for Ashley Young who was dribbling the ball on the field. The cheers came one after another, and as Ashley Young advanced, the distance to the opponent's goal became shorter and shorter, and the cheers in the stadium gradually reached a peak.
"Ashley cuts into the penalty area. This is a great opportunity." The commentator could no longer sit there. He had stood up and stretched his upper body forward, as if this would allow him to see more clearly. .
Ashley Young was very calm on the court. He had slowed down when he advanced to the edge of the penalty area. He wanted to ensure that the ball was within reach at any time, because the opponent's goalkeeper had already rushed out. The individual will have a direct conversation in 1 second.
Northampton goalkeeper Hossen had no choice. Chris's position prevented him from intercepting Ashley Young before he entered the penalty area, so he could only choose to rush straight into the goal in order to ensure that he was blocked as much as possible. From the opponent's shooting angle, Hossen could only choose to attack, and at the same time threw the goal behind him to Chris who was about to run back into the penalty area - if Ashley Young's shot went over, he would only??Hope their captain can block the ball.
It's a pity that Ashley Young didn't give him this opportunity. The winger didn't even raise his head while running, and just used his right foot to touch the ball. The football immediately broke away from the shackles of gravity and rose up. Half empty.
When Hossen lowered his center of gravity and rushed out to block Ashley Young, a round black shadow suddenly rose in front of him, and then passed high. He couldn't jump too high in his panic, and the ball flew past his fingers, which were as long as possible.
Huo Sen fell to the ground with a "plop" and had no intention of paying attention to his body. He lay on his back on the grass, while his eyes were fixed on the black and white elf flying in the air.
Chris had already rushed into the penalty area. He looked back and observed the flight path of the ball while adjusting his running route. Then when the ball began to fall and fly towards the goal, he jumped up and made an overhead hook. . He hoped to kick the ball and clear Ashley Young's goal.
It¡¯s a pity that Ashley Young¡¯s kick was at an unusually tricky angle. The ball almost missed the crossbar and fell into the goal. Chris¡¯s hook didn¡¯t even scratch the side and hit the goal together with the football.
"The ball went in, the score was rewritten. Ashley, he scored a wonderful lob, a beautiful counterattack. Now Sheffield Wednesday leads Northampton with a score of 1-0. This is also Sheffield Wednesday's performance in this game. Sheffield Wednesday got off to a fantastic start with the first shot in the net."