Chapter 46: Take the upper hand

Notts County's staffing is enough to stand out even in League One, and they are not at a disadvantage in the competition with Premier League teams, at least for now, they have forced Blackburn to take the high ball.

Of course, the high-altitude ball itself is also good at Blackburn, but most of the time, they only use this tactic when they are facing the same level or even better teams. Against lower-level teams, they usually have no face to play. So simple and rude.

The problem now is that Notts County's defence, if not impeccable in defending the high ball, is enough to give Blackburn a head.

There are five decent central defenders in Notts County. Except for Carvalho, who is unable to play due to injury, among the remaining four central defenders, the shortest is the Dutchman Bora Luz, but the Dutch central defender is sitting at the moment. On the bench, the two central defenders, Westman and Lescott, are tall central defenders with a height of close to or more than 1.9 meters, which is suitable for dealing with the general style of English football.

Together, they can almost control more than 90% of the first landing points of the high-altitude ball, which ensures that Notts County's goal is not threatened to the greatest extent.

Seeing that the high-altitude bombing tactics had no effect, Souness was a little helpless. He really didn't know which of the two teams was the Premier League team!

Of course, Blackburn's defense is still good. Although Notts County has an advantage in midfield control, whenever the ball hits Blackburn's penalty area, it will be cleared by the opponent's old-fashioned defense, causing little threat.

In the first half, the scene was uneventful. Neither Notts County nor Blackburn mentioned the fastest rhythm. There were both tentative intentions and the strength of both sides.

Loew is very calm on the sidelines, because no matter how you look at it, the situation is very favorable for Notts County. Even if the civil war is tied in 90 minutes, the team will not be at a disadvantage in terms of physical fitness, not to mention, in order to go further in the cup. , Notts County team has had penalty kick training.

During the intermission, Loew did not make much adjustments to his tactics, but just told Alonso to speed up the tempo at an appropriate time, and it would be best to be able to catch the opponent by surprise.

On the other hand, Souness took the lead in making personnel adjustments in the second half, replacing a striker with a midfielder. It seems that he wanted to stabilize the defense of the midfield, but in Loew's view, this old-fashioned coach definitely wants to. Boiling frogs in warm water, trying to drag the game into overtime or even a penalty shootout.

Maybe his idea has some truth, because the training of League Two teams is definitely not as standardized as that of Premier League teams, and the schedule of League Two is more intensive than the Premier League. Perhaps physical fitness is Notts County's fatal weakness. An effective breakthrough against Notts County.

Just drag the game into overtime and they will regain the advantage.

But he didn't know that the physical reserves of the Notts County players were definitely not inferior to those of the Premier League players. The pre-season devil training was not a joke. On the other hand, Loew has been firmly implementing the rotation strategy, even if the team has Many wounded were unable to play, but it was enough for Loew to dispatch troops. Physical fitness is definitely not the weakness of Notts County.

With this thought in mind, he was doomed to return in disappointment.

At the 75th minute of the game, Alonso sensed the opponent's intention to hold on, and calmly increased the speed of the pass slightly. Several players in the midfield quickly realized that this was the signal sent by the commander.

Around Alonso, several players ran more actively, looking for space, and infiltrating into Blackburn's penalty area a little bit, and Blackburn's players did not seem to notice this, still in the midfield according to the inherent characteristics. The rhythm sets the defense.

After receiving the ball, Alonso reversed the repeated short pass just now, and suddenly a long pass found Ribery who was already approaching the bottom line. Slip towards the goal.

The sudden long pass and wide attack made Blackburn's defenders a little dazed.

A central defender bite the bullet and made up the defense. He did not stop Ribery from continuing to bottom because he was only one step away from the bottom line. What he needed to guard against was that Ribery sent the ball into the penalty area. In such a dangerous area, if If the ball really appears in front of the goal, the difficulty of defending will increase countless times. Even if a Blackburn player touches it, it is likely to cause an own goal.

But he ignored Ribery's technical characteristics, and saw that the Frenchman dunked his right foot and led his left forward. The ball pressed the bottom line and passed the Blackburn defender. An amazing performance.

The fans in the stands were breathless, although it was only a momentary thing, but they still had to admire the opponent's player, because even no one in the Blackburn team has such excellent small skills.

The players and coaches on the Notts County bench stood up excitedly. Ribery's actions touched everyone's hearts, either nervous or excited, as if their hearts were about to burst out of their mouths.

At this time, Ribery's best choice is to cross the penalty area, which is the greatest threat to Blackburn, and if he chooses to hit the goal directly, it is difficult to send the ball to the goal from such a small angle, and the opponent's goalkeeper can Not a mascot, this is the worst kind of choice.

David was a little apprehensive, because Ribery was the most unique player in the team when he first came to the team. Although there have been changes during this period, he was really afraid that Ribery would be stubborn at this time. The choice is not to do it, but he has to shoot himself.

Ribery didn't care that the eyes of the audience were all on him. After approaching the goal, the instep of his right foot waved lightly, dodging a small angle, obviously trying to shoot.

The Blackburn goalkeeper had no choice but to take two quick steps forward to block the near corner of the goal. In fact, he hoped that Ribery would shoot. From such a small angle, maybe only God can score.

But everyone was wrong. Ribery did not choose to shoot, but sent the ball into the penalty area. At this time, because the goalkeeper was in the front, all the goals were almost empty. As long as anyone can touch the ball, Might all score a goal.

In the middle, Hubner and Villa both shoveled, hoping to shovel the ball into the goal. The two defenders beside them did the same, the only difference was that they pressed their feet lower so that they touched the ball. They don't want to score an own goal.

Because the speed of the ball was too fast, the shovels of the four players missed the football. Before they slowed down, the ball had reached the back point.

Although Iniesta, who was at the back, was shaken by the four people in front, he still reacted quickly. Facing the incoming ball, he pushed it gently and the ball rolled into Blackburn's goal. The fact that the ball was shoveled out of the goal did not change the fact that the goal was scored.

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