No-front formation

The die-hard fans of the team are doing whatever they can to support their team.

Even if conditions are limited, conditions can be created.

At the end of the halftime break, when the players from both teams returned to the stadium, makeshift slogans made by the home fans appeared on both sides of the player tunnel.

"Except for taking penalty kicks, you are nothing!"

This is undoubtedly an irony that Rossi didn't take a shot in the first half.

Regardless of whether this kind of psychological warfare is effective, it will have an impact on the impatient Bournemouth players.

As Rossi walked, he saw that there were sarcastic words on both sides of the aisle. There was also a crazy fan, maybe because he didn't have such an eye-catching card, he took off his shirt, exposed his fat belly, and drew a circle on it.

Rossi couldn't understand why he would do such a crazy thing.

Now I understand, this is the passion brought by football, which infects every fan.

But such psychological warfare is of no use to him.

"Relax, the second half is up to you."

Captain Cook patted Rossi on the shoulder. After all, he was only 20 years old and full of energy, so he could easily be affected by factors off the court.

Rossi nodded, with confidence in his eyes, and said with a smile: "I just thought it was a monkey show."

The second half started with Norwich kicking off.

The same tactics as the first half, using the ball to control the rhythm and patiently looking for opportunities.

Although Bournemouth lacks an organizer in the frontcourt, the defensive midfielders O'Kane and Gosling are still solid.

Gosling has been in hot form recently, and has become more and more confident when he joins the attack. In the first half, he had a long shot, but it went over the crossbar.

At the beginning of the second half, Josh Murphy intentionally moved around the midfield to limit Gosling's attack.

Without a playmaker in the frontcourt, it is impossible to distribute defense through the 4-2-3-1 formation. As the coach of the "Young School", Eddie Howe will not understand this truth.

However, he did not make any personnel adjustments or let the players adjust their positions. What on earth did he want to do?

Neal Adams put his hands in his trouser pockets and watched the situation on the court.

The team's strength is obviously higher than that of its opponents, and there is no problem with its condition. After fifteen minutes of the second half, there should be a fierce offensive.

Bournemouth, hum, it’s time to give up the top spot.

In the 55th minute of the game, Norwich, which had been silent, suddenly launched an attack. Core midfielder Hoolahan successfully stole the ball in the midfield and used a very penetrating pass to hit the gap behind Gosling.

This is also the huge hidden danger left behind after Gosling stepped in.

[This place is empty, Bournemouth is very dangerous, Josh Murphy is very fast.]

[Facing Daniels’ defense, he passed by with a fake move, and the goal was in danger.]

The commentator was obviously very excited, because the central defender Cook was taken away by Grabban. The full-back was broken through the defense, which meant that half of the defense was exposed to the opponent.

Cook didn't expect the opponent to break through so easily, so he had to give up guarding Grabban and instead guard Josh.

The gap behind him was naturally covered by teammate Elphick.

Josh Murphy looked up and sent the ball into the penalty area with a long diagonal pass.

Grabban moved forward quickly, but was interfered by Elphick, making it difficult to adjust to a comfortable shooting posture.

He wanted to use his body to resist his opponent before shooting.

Immediately, he shifted his body weight to the left side, turned his body slightly, raised his right foot, and prepared to hit the door.

Elphick was squeezed behind him and could not move forward to defend. If Graban took a shot, it would most likely be scored.

Damn it, I was eaten to death by this guy.

Elphick was unwilling to be defeated like this, and thought of Cook's words again in his mind.

Do not hesitate.

The defender must be calm and decisive when making tackles. Procrastination will only delay the opportunity and give the ball away.

After making up his mind, when Bangla's right foot was about to touch the ball, Elphick fell to the ground and shoveled.

ah!

Grabban felt knocked down by a huge force. He did not expect that the opponent dared to tackle in the penalty area.

It's still the same Elphick who doesn't like to tackle tackles while on the ground.

However, this is what he wants. He can fall to the ground and win a penalty kick.

After Grabban fell to the ground, he held his ankle with his right hand and slapped the turf with his left hand, looking in pain.

However, the referee did not signal a penalty kick and raised his hand to ask Grabban to stand up.

Boos, home fans use boos to express their dissatisfaction with the referee.

In fact, Elphick did tackle the ball first and then knocked down Graban. It was a very clean tackle.

But the incident took place in a restricted area, and both parties were very sensitive.

The goalkeeper controlled the ball and then passed it to full-back Daniels. Eddie Howe on the sidelines loudly urged the attack.

As Josh Murphy moved forward, it was his turn to create a gap behind him.

Daniels quickly advanced through the half court, passed the ball to Gosling, and quickly inserted himself along the sideline.

Since Josh failed to defend in place, Bournemouth instantly formed an offensive advantage on the left wing.

Gosling distributed the ball to Daniels, who had stepped in. Left midfielder Stanislas had already moved forward quickly between the full-back and central defender.

Usually after the counterattack starts, when Norwich does not have enough people on the right, full-back Whittaker will defend Daniels who is dribbling the ball, and right center back Russell Martin will cover his gap.

Midfielder Johnson recovers to protect the middle.

However, Norwich's central defender Russell did not stand where he should be, but left the penalty area and stayed away from his defensive area.

When he reacted, Stanislas had roared past him.

Russell was taken aback and hurriedly chased back, trying to get back in position before the ball was passed.

As a result, he returned to defend in place, but the ball was not given to the forward player, but to Rossi in the middle.

Why did he appear here?

Shouldn't Ryan Frazier be the only one in this area?

Everyone was surprised, but the one who was even more surprised was defensive midfielder Johnson.

At this moment he has to face a situation of 1 against 2.

After receiving the ball, Rossi turned around comfortably and advanced with the ball.

When Rossi advanced with the ball, midfielder Johnson woke up in time, moved closer to Rossi, and signaled right center back Russell to step forward to cover.

The other centre-back, Michael Turner, marks Ryan Fraser who comes in.

This defensive remedy was very timely, compressing the space for Rossi to advance while limiting Bournemouth's most threatening offensive line.

But just as Michael Turner pushed forward, Wilson entered the space behind him.

What an opportunity!

Rossi used a through ball to directly penetrate Norwich's defense and reach the feet of Wilson who was diagonally crossing.

Left back Javier Garrido couldn't hold Wilson at all.

Wilson gently took the ball with his left foot, half a meter in front of him. After standing firmly with his left foot, he adjusted his body slightly and used the arch of his right foot to push the shot into the far corner.

Although goalkeeper Rudy fell to the ground to save the ball, Wilson's shot was too fast and the angle was too tricky. He did not touch the ball at all and could only watch the ball go into the blind corner.

【GOAL!!!!!】

[Beautiful coordination, Luo's pass directly penetrated Norwich's entire defense, assisting Wilson to score.]

[Luo's retreat organization allowed Bournemouth to establish a numerical advantage in the midfield. Three attackers took Luo's center position and participated in the attack.]

[Wow, this change of position is just too seconds. It allows Bournemouth to not only have midfield organization when switching offense and defense, but also strengthen the offensive advantage of the front line. 】

[This is the 4-6-0 strikerless formation created by Luciano Spalletti, who coached Roma back then.]
Chapter completed!