Chapter 56 Where did the miracle come from(1/2)
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Three top league titles, six FA Cup titles, one Community Shield title and one League Cup final.
The former glory is the pride of Ewood Park Stadium.
It is also the pride of Blackburn Rovers fans.
Although the team had a poor record after the new century and fell into the English Championship in the 2011-12 season, fans always believed that the team would return to glory.
The three-game winning streak in the new season has made the team, like Bournemouth, the last two teams in the English Championship to maintain a complete victory.
"We can get one more."
"I won't get another one."
Two completely different expressions appeared on the faces of the players on both sides, which also represented the mood of the players on both sides at this time.
After the goal, something unexpected happened on the court.
Harry Arter was tackled by his opponent during the previous attack and was unable to continue the game. Bournemouth had no one to replace.
Corey Evans was shown a yellow card by the referee because of the tackle just now.
Two yellows turn to one red and he is ejected from the field.
Both teams now have ten people to fight.
The competition was so intense that no one could have predicted it.
Blackburn went from leading by three goals to being tied, and the entire process only took thirty minutes, and everything seemed like a dream.
Boo!
The home team fans booed to express their dissatisfaction with the coach.
With a three-goal lead, they shrunk their defense, were timid, and had no fighting spirit. Such a performance was a disaster.
Blackburn still has one substitution, taking off full-back Jason Lowe and replacing it with center Varney.
This signal to strengthen the offense did not satisfy the fans. In their view, this was just the head coach trying to save his last bit of face.
Fans are not stupid. You can see what your head coach is thinking from the way your players attack.
After Varney came on, he formed a forward line with Gasted, and Rhodes retreated to maintain the four-midfield configuration.
Both of these forwards are slow high forwards, so they have to use long passes to threaten the goal.
However, the two wingers were unable to break through Bournemouth's defense, which was completely staged.
Both sides are now playing with ten players. Each player has a larger space for movement than before, and the physical requirements are greater.
When defending, Rossi dropped back to Harry Attard's original position to ensure control of the team's midfield.
Once the attack is established, Rossi quickly moves up and appears at the center position.
This is called offense, this is bloody.
If you are an audience member who has just turned on the TV, you may think that it is Blackburn Rovers that is in a physical crisis.
After Rossi joined the midfield, the team's control over the midfield was significantly improved. Blackburn could not take any advantage and could only use long passes from the full-backs to directly find the heads of the two high forwards on the front line.
Regardless of whether the quality is good or not, even if the 193cm Gasted can easily fight for the landing spot, his teammates are not fast forwards and cannot advance with the ball, so the offense is anticlimactic.
If the ball is passed back, but the midfielder is suppressed by Bournemouth, it is out of touch and cannot form a second attack.
A full ten minutes passed, and Blackburn only had a few non-threatening battles for the top, and there was no bright spot in attack.
The Bournemouth team, due to Rossi's retreating defense, was slightly hesitant when switching offense and defense.
The physical crisis also caused them to repeatedly miss opportunities to fight back.
[Looking at the current form of both sides, it is difficult for both sides to score another goal.]
[Blackburn are hesitant, wanting to attack but afraid of being counterattacked. Moreover, Bournemouth’s current 4-2-3-0 position can intercept the through balls they are best at.]
[The Bournemouth team was powerless. Luo retreated to the midfield to defend, causing the team to lose a speed-up point during the counterattack, and Wilson's physical energy was also exhausted.]
[Bournemouth really wanted to score another goal, but it was a pity. But we still have to applaud them, they were amazing in the second half.]
In the 87th minute of the game, Blackburn passed a long ball from the backcourt directly to the head of center Gasted.
Repeated headers were unsatisfactory because the quality of the passes in the backcourt was too poor and the placement was not good.
This time, Gasted did not choose to header the ball, but used his body to resist Cook's interference and removed the ball with his chest.
It is dangerous to let the center get the ball in the penalty area. He can turn around and shoot, or he can pass the ball to the ball player who gets in.
When Gasted stopped the ball with his chest, his body had already completed a half-turn to the left.
When the ball was about to hit the ground, Gasted used his right foot to move the ball half a meter to the left, turned around and hit the goal.
This was a back-turn shot from the center. Even though Gasted was tall, there was no lag in the entire action.
Cook suffered a loss in the first confrontation. At this time, if he rushed forward rashly, his opponent would use his body to squeeze him out of position.
Therefore, while maintaining a certain distance from the opponent, he kept his eyes on Gasted's next move at any time.
Bang!
Cook stretched out his left foot to block the ball. The ball hit his foot and changed its line. At the same time, it offset most of the power of the shot and was easily confiscated by the goalkeeper.
Gasted looked up to the sky and sighed. When he got the ball with his back, no teammates stepped in to help him, so he turned around and shot.
He ran back while roaring, not sure whether he was dissatisfied with himself or with the coach's tactical arrangements.
After the attack ended, the fourth official on the sidelines held up the time card.
Injury time, 3 minutes.
After the Bournemouth goalkeeper served the ball, Eddie Howe signaled that he should control the rhythm first, delay the time, and patiently look for opportunities.
Blackburn, on the other hand, shrinks its defense and uses high points in the air to prevent the opponent's crosses.
The fans' boos have not stopped since injury time.
Such a good start with a favorable wind, such a well-organized staffing, such a warm home atmosphere, but in the end we played a bad hand.
As a head coach, he is actually timid in giving on-the-spot instructions at the last moment. How can the team make progress under the leadership of such a person?
Looking at the opposite side, Eddie Howe has been directing the battle passionately since the second half, reminding the players to attack at the top of his lungs.
Such an obvious contrast, why don't fans get angry about it?
In the second minute of injury time, Bournemouth looked for opportunities in the midfield.
Gosling moved the ball laterally and came to O'Kane's feet.
At this time, Blackburn's defense has been very flat, and even the center forward has come back to participate in the defense. It is simply impossible to penetrate from the center.
At this moment, Goslin ran wildly from the midfielder position.
Since coming on as a substitute, he has always defended in the midfielder position and has never taken the initiative to move forward.
So no one thought that at this last moment, he would give up his defensive position and join the attack.
Gosling's forward penetration allowed Bournemouth to establish a numerical advantage in the middle.
O'Kane quickly passed the ball over.
Gosling leaned on Cairney who was guarding him, broke through the first barrier in the midfield, and advanced the ball to the front of the penalty area.
However, he failed to get rid of Cairney's defense and was tightly entangled by him.
If you don't pass the ball out at this time, the closer you are to the opponent's penalty area, the greater the chance of being double-teamed and intercepted.
At this time, on his left, O'Kane also appeared there at his fastest speed.
Give up defense?
Gosling's first reaction was that where O'Kane appeared, it meant that the team had completely given up on defense.
He didn't know whether this was the head coach's intention or O'Kane's impromptu idea. His only thought now was to attack.
The ball was once again handed to O'Kane who came in from the left.
The insertion of double midfielders was something Blackburn never thought of, and it was center Rhodes who defended O'Kane.
As a center with average defensive ability, Rhodes hurriedly attacked.
O'Kane is confident of protecting the ball, but this will delay the team's offensive speed, and then Gosling's forward penetration will be meaningless.
He didn't have a tough style of play, but he had a good pass. When he looked up, Rossi had already moved from the attacking midfielder position to the center position.
The Irish midfielder raised the corners of his mouth and used the arch of his feet to send the ball steadily over.
Rossi ran towards the gap between the center back and the left center back. At the same time, Bournemouth's two wingers pushed forward, creating a 1v1 opportunity for Rossi.
Center defender Grant Hanley, while chasing back, occupied a favorable position in the middle, trying to force Rossi to the outside.
Rossi glanced at the goal. The goalkeeper in the near corner was already in place, and there was Grant's interception in the far corner. There was no shooting angle.
He took a big step forward with his left foot. As a foothold, his body was already over the ball. He moved forward with his right foot. When he landed, the ball hit his heel.
What is this operation?
To be continued...