After defeating Wolves, there is no league game in midweek, and it is rare for Bournemouth to have two days of rest.

Saturday's league opponent is Cardiff City. In the third round of the EFL Cup, Bournemouth won 3-0. This game has a high winning rate.

What Eddie Howe has to prepare for is the EFL Cup quarter-finals against Liverpool next Wednesday.

After entering the quarter-finals, Premier League teams will arrange their starting lineups according to the competition, but even if they come on the bench, Liverpool's strength cannot be underestimated.

Moreover, for the top four teams in the Premier League, the EFL Cup is a stage for team training. Winning or losing does not matter. In terms of mentality, they will win first.

Eddie Howe set today's training content as endurance training.

If you want to beat the Premier League teams, endurance is essential.

In the last round against Leicester City, the opponent's blitzkrieg led to two goals in the first half.

Facing Liverpool, who have stronger attack power and speed, if they cannot withstand their offensive at the beginning, the game will definitely be a massacre.

Therefore, players must use active defense to withstand the opponent's attack after the game starts.

The most important thing is that Eddie Howe hasn't thought about the game lineup yet.

The traditional 4-4-2 lineup is a defense-oriented style of play and is the safest.

But in this way, you will be completely passive, and you will only get beaten.

If it is 4-2-3-1, although it can ensure a balance between offense and defense, it is also the team's most offensive lineup currently.

Facing the English Championship teams, Eddie Howe is confident enough to compete with them.

But if it is a Premier League giant, the shortcomings of this lineup will undoubtedly be exposed.

The first is the attacking midfielder position, which is particularly critical in the entire system. He is responsible for organizing and sorting out the team's offense, and is also the first interception point to defend the opponent's counterattack. It requires a high level of players' comprehensive abilities.

Richie and Harry Arter have both accomplished this task well so far.

But facing the pressure from the strong Premier League teams, their shortcomings will be completely exposed.

Once the attacking midfielder position is blocked, the entire team's offense becomes disjointed.

Then there are the double midfielders, who must have excellent physical fitness and running ability, and the defense can cover the entire defensive midfielder area.

From the current point of view, O'Kane's style of play is weak, Gosling's defensive coverage is small, and Surman is stronger offensively than defensively. It is still unknown whether they can withstand Liverpool's strong impact ability.

Finally, there is the striker. Whether to use a counterattack speed type or to engage in positional warfare is a problem that troubles him.

Bang!

The crisp sound of kicking the ball cheered up Eddie Howe. He turned around and saw that it was Rossi doing intensive personal shooting training.

Although many times, Eddie Howe asked Rossi to retreat and organize, or to help his teammates create space, and he was an auxiliary center.

But he has already scored 16 goals in the league. The schedule is not even halfway, and the number of goals is quite terrifying.

This is not a support, he is simply an efficient shooter.

Therefore, the assistant coach specially wants to strengthen his shooting ability, angle shooting, space shooting, turning shooting and other basic skills.

Moreover, Eddie Howe discovered that Rossi was actually developing reverse-foot shooting, and the effect was very good.

If a forward can balance his left and right feet, he will not only improve his efficiency when shooting, but also have unexpected effects in dribbling and delivering the ball.

He suddenly realized, why not formulate a set of tactics around Rossi?

So far, Bournemouth has mainly been attacking from the wing.

Wilson and Stanislas are the tactical core of the team's counterattack.

If tactics can be developed around Rossi, it should have good results.

And given Rossi's current position in the team, other players will be quite supportive if tactics are developed around him.

Didn't the previous 4-2-3-1 just let Rossi drop back to organize the attack?

Although he is only used to play this role, the effect is obvious.

As soon as he said it was done, Eddie Howe quickly convened the coaching team to study new tactics.

Bournemouth will play in the EFL Cup next Wednesday, so this round of the league will start at 7pm on Friday.

The team's strong performance now has made the fans very enthusiastic. Dean Court Stadium, which can only accommodate 11,000 people, was full at five o'clock.

There were also a large number of fans waiting outside the stadium, waiting for the players to enter and asking for autographs.

Among them, the most popular is naturally Rossi.

When Rossi got off the bus, he had never thought that the road to the stadium was so long.

Signatures, photos, and smiles are all indispensable.

After finally entering the court, his face and hands were already slightly sore.

Wilson patted him on the shoulder and joked: "Luo, you have to get used to it. This is still a small scene. In the English League Cup on Wednesday, you will sign autographs until you are weak."

Rossi said: "Doesn't that mean we are getting better and better?"

This sentence made all the players' eyes shine.

"This game is a warm-up for our match against Liverpool. We must use all our fighting spirit to win the game."

Eddie Howe didn't have much explanation, because the tactics have been mentioned many times, and how much they can be used depends entirely on the player's ability.

Upon hearing the news about Liverpool, all the players were excited, cheered in unison, and lined up in the tunnel with high morale.

After a while, with the cheers of the home fans, the two teams walked to the court. After a simple opening ceremony, the captains of both teams guessed coins in the center circle, and the home team kicked off first.

The first meeting between the two teams this season was in the English League Cup. Gosling's brace and Stanislas' goal gave the team a 3-0 victory.

Although Rossi did not score a goal, he assisted Gosling twice to score and was highly praised after the game.

The game started with Bournemouth attacking first.

Cardiff City was afraid of Rossi's containment ability, so they chose man-to-man defense in Rossi's defense.

After Rossi entered the midfielder area, defensive midfielder Gunnarsson followed him closely and interfered with his ability to get the ball in this dangerous area.

Bournemouth's "forwardless formation" has gradually taken shape. Rossi takes the ball in the retreating position and organizes it, giving the wingers space to sprint with the ball. This is very dangerous.

Therefore, the opponent deployed defense against Rossi based on this point.

In the first minute, Rossi was about to take the ball when he was pushed to the ground by Gunnarsson who came from behind, instantly causing dissatisfaction among the home fans.

The referee stepped forward and gave a serious warning. If he commits an intentional foul from behind like this again, he will not be lenient with the yellow card.

It can be seen from the initial foul that the opponent must be strict with Rossi when he takes the ball in the attacking midfielder position.

Eddie Howe waved his hand and asked Rossi to push forward, leaving the middle to Richie to organize.

The head coach of Cardiff City is very satisfied with his move of "knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger". It also lets the opponent's striker know that they are good, and he will not dare to do whatever he wants in the following games.

The two teams had played against each other before and knew each other's tactics relatively well. After Rossi was at the forefront, Cardiff City's defensive midfielder deliberately double-teamed the attacking midfielder Ricci to restrict his play.

Ricci is restricted in the middle, so the wing or midfielder must rush to respond.

If the midfielder pushes forward, then Cardiff City's two full-backs retreat to prevent the opponent from counterattacking from the side.

If the full midfielders drop back to respond, the defense can press forward to create pressure on them.

The left midfielder Pugh dropped back to respond, which surprised the opponent.

Because Bournemouth is best at attacking from the wing and allowing the full midfielders to retreat, there will be one less point for counterattack in the frontcourt.

However, not only Pugh, but also Wilson retreated and joined the midfield organization, leaving only Rossi alone at the front.

Is it to prepare for the EFL Cup match and to conserve energy?

If this is the case, then Bournemouth is a bit timid in seeking a tie in this game.

Due to the recycling of the two wingers, Cardiff City's two full-backs also slowly pressed up, forming pressure on the wing.

At this time, the Bournemouth team, which had been waiting for a long time, finally showed its fangs.

Wilson took the ball on the wing and attracted two defenders. Ritchie ran to respond and hit the ball directly behind the opponent's central defender without stopping.

A figure suddenly appeared.

what?

When was he here?

Rossi took the ball forward and strode into the penalty area. Defender Ben Turner couldn't catch up. He watched Rossi push the ball into the dead center of the goal and the ball rolled into the net.

【GOAL, the ball went in!!!】

[It’s different from the previous way of scoring goals. Now it’s his teammates who stretch the defense for Rossi and let him challenge the central defender. 】

[Is this a tactic with Luo as the core of the offense? 】

[Eddie Howe used this method to confirm Rossi’s core position in the team.]

[Today's Luo is so domineering and arrogant! 】
Chapter completed!