champion godfather

Chapter 992

"Abang Laho! YES! YES! YES! Abang Laho!"

England fans in the stands leaped from their seats and cheered their goal hero with arms raised.The Bernabéu stadium seemed to be experiencing an earthquake, and even the camera lens trembled.

Amidst the roaring cheers like a tsunami, Abanglahuo broke free from the pull of his teammates, ran all the way to the coach's bench, and gave Tang En a strong hug.Everyone knew that his ability to appear in the finals had a great relationship with Twain.And his goal is also the best reward for his trust in the boss.

"Aha! Twain's unexpected adjustment made the Italians completely unresponsive! No. 204 minutes, we took the lead by one goal! Well done, Abang Raho! Well done, Twain!" John Moore Tesen didn't question Tang En's substitution in the previous commentary, so he seemed confident when he said this.

After embracing Tang En, Abanglahuo found Mitchell in the crowd and rushed forward to hug him again.

"This goal is dedicated to you, Aaron!" Excited Abanglaho shouted in Mitchell's ear.

Mitchell was a little surprised, but he was quickly infected by the emotions of the players around him. He bent down and hugged his teammates who were 21 centimeters shorter than him.They are double teammates, national team and club team.He felt that maybe it was because of this relationship that Abanglaho took the initiative to hug him after scoring a goal.

"Good job, Flash! Score them again!" Mitchell affectionately called the nickname he gave Abanglaho.

Tang En was very satisfied when he saw this scene.The atmosphere in the locker room of the team is very harmonious. This team is united. With such a team, he is not afraid of any opponents.

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The English were cheering their lead while the Italians fell silent.

Lippi didn't get angry on the sidelines because of this conceded goal. In fact, no matter what the situation is, it's hard for you to see him expressing his emotions on the sidelines.Now he just sits on the coach's bench, his eyes hidden behind gold-rimmed glasses gazing at the field.He's thinking about the mistakes they've made before.

He didn't expect Tang En to let Abang Lahuo start, which was really unexpected.Therefore, in the pre-match preparations, he did not make any targeted arrangements for Abanglahuo.This directly led to his players not knowing how to deal with Abang Lahuo on the court.It would be nice if England's No. 18 was more active. The Italian players know from experience that this is an important figure, and they will naturally shift their defensive focus to him, but Abanglaho's previous performance was like sleepwalking. Let everyone, including himself, lower his position several levels in his heart.They figured this performance wasn't threatening...

Looking at it now, Tang En is indeed a master of psychological adjustment, and he is very good at trying to figure out other people's psychology.He guessed his own thoughts...

Lippi admitted that he made an empirical error, and he took it for granted when studying Twain's starting lineup—James Vaughan performed well in the semifinals, and there were no reports of injuries during training these days. news, then the finals will definitely start playing.Unexpectedly, Twain dared to withstand the huge pressure and put Vaughan on the bench.

This opponent is interesting.

He got up from his seat, walked to the sidelines, and gestured to the players inside.

He wants Chiellini to strengthen his defense against Abanglaho, and don't give him such an opportunity easily.I believe that with the abilities of the Italian defenders, as long as they pay attention to Abanglaho, the opponent should have little room to play.

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Lippi's adjustment was expected by Tang En.Because if he is still indifferent after seeing Abanglaho's active performance and scoring goals, then Lippi must have been brain-changed by aliens, which is too abnormal.

He was not worried about the fact that Abang Lahuo would be stared to death.Now that they are ahead of Italy, it doesn’t matter even if Abanglaho is prevented from doing anything later, the important thing is to keep this advantage, and then use this advantage to draw the Italians out, so that their tight defense line no longer exists .

He just asked the team to pay attention to defense in the following period of time.

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Lippi did not intend to rush to equalize the score in the first half, although the players will definitely fight back after conceding the ball.But they will come back naturally after a while.

The reason why he is not in a hurry to equalize the score is that a one-point lead will become a huge psychological burden for the England team.Just like a long-distance marathon, it is unwise to be the leader from the beginning. No coach will make such a tactic for his athletes.Those who are truly capable of winning the championship must hide in the second group, maintain pressure on the leaders at all times, and only overtake at the last moment.

Lippi's thoughts are the same as those of those long-distance running coaches. He wants to throw the huge psychological pressure of the lead on his opponents.Because this is not an ordinary game, this is the final, the final of the European Cup.Over time, a one-goal lead can become a huge psychological burden on England's players.Everyone will think in their hearts-absolutely must not concede the ball, otherwise our championship will be gone...

This kind of thinking will become more and more serious as time accumulates, until it completely crushes the England team.

Lippi decided to make adjustments during the halftime break and only exerted strength in the second half.At that time, as long as the score is equalized, the huge psychological advantage will fall to Italy, and the situation on the field will also undergo a fundamental reversal. When the game time is running out, the morale of my side will be high, while the England team will suffer. A major blow, the final victory must belong to the Italian team.

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After the re-kick-off, the Italian team organized several waves of offensives, trying to equalize the score.But in the face of England's intensive defense, which had been prepared for a long time, they didn't get any cheap, so they retreated again.

Tang En was very happy at first—the Italian finally came out.But not long after laughing, he discovered a problem.

The Italian team didn't panic because they conceded a goal first in the final, but rushed up and bombarded England's penalty area-even though this was what Tang En hoped to see.After attacking a few times, they found no results, so they immediately retreated and returned to the previous state of defensive counterattack, as if they were leading.

This obviously has something to do with the white-haired old man directing the game from the sidelines.

Tang En lowered his head and pondered for a while, and he guessed what Lippi was thinking.

As he often said to the players, "A one-goal lead is the most insecure score in the world", this is not his original creation, but just a general statement he summed up. For this reason, football coaches all over the world We all know that even if they are 1:0 advocates, they often have to suffer from the psychological pressure of being bombarded by the opponent around the goal and worrying about being equalized at any time.

Lippi must have thought so, intending to pass on this psychological pressure to the leading Englishman.

From this perspective, leading too early is not a good thing...

In a long marathon race, the Englishman rushed out of the peloton and took the lead.The experienced Italians were hidden in the main force, and they always kept a short distance from the leader, the English.In the beginning, it was a competition of technology and strength.But when approaching the finish line, skills and strength are no longer important, and it is psychology that determines the final champion.

That being the case, let the team continue to strengthen their offense and turn a one-goal lead into a two-goal lead!
Tang En walked to the sidelines and looked at the inside of the field. Only then did he remember: after Lippi asked Chiellini to strengthen his defense against Abanglaho, England's striker line has basically been frozen... Even if he wanted to How to strengthen the attack?

Tang En cursed in his heart: "Old fox!"

After all, Abanglaho is not a pure center. Once he is stuck by the opponent's defender in the penalty area, the role he can play is actually quite small.At this time, Dunn will miss Mitchell very much, at least his header will help the team tear through Italy's defense.

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As the two head coaches secretly competed with each other, the game born in the first half was no different from that before the goal.England made a strong attack, hoping to score another goal before the end of the first half, while Italy solidified its defense and accumulated strength, determined not to let the Englishman succeed.

Until the last moment, Twain did not see his team score the second goal.

England went into the dressing room with a one-goal lead.The Italian, who fell behind by one goal, was not very depressed. When Lippi walked back to the tunnel, his cousin was very calm, making it impossible to guess whether he was satisfied or dissatisfied with this situation.

Commentators from various countries have expressed optimism about England.

"England leads by one goal! In such a final, the side that scores first must have an advantage, and what's even more favorable is that they maintained this lead until halftime!"

"England's tactics were quite successful. The Italians didn't expect Abanglaho to be England's goal scorer. They neglected to mark him. Although they followed up with England's No. 18. A tight mark, but one goal behind The facts have been formed..."

"The first half was really exciting! It didn't happen the dull scene I expected before. England's aggressive attacking attitude won my respect. They also deservedly received the reward - a goal lead! The champion belongs to the aggressive attacking side, It belongs to attacking football!"

Even England fans were pleased with the result.

In the stands, Skinny Bill was excited about the first half: "Great! We're leading!"

"Hey, Bill, what do you mean by that? Shouldn't we be ahead?" Someone next to him feigned anger.

"Nonsense, of course we should lead! I just didn't expect it to go so smoothly! As long as we maintain this result, we can win the championship! Tony is the best at defending. Under such circumstances, he can always win the game! We are now only an hour away from winning the European Cup for the first time in our history... just thinking about it makes me excited!" Bill didn't lie, he was shaking slightly now.

"Tony really has an idea to let Abanglahuo start. Even I, a Forest team fan, didn't think of it. I don't think Lippi and the others must have thought of it. Otherwise, why no one is dedicated to defending Abanglahuo?"

"That's right! Before the game, everyone was talking about Vaughan, Vaughn...I'm tired of hearing it. The best result is that England won the European Cup, and our Nottingham Forest players scored the only goal. Ha ha!"

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The fans and the commentator were very optimistic, but Twain wasn't optimistic at all.When he walked into the dressing room, every England player could see the wrinkle between his brows. It was obvious that their leader was not happy with the lead, but worried about something.

Players always think less than the coach, because they are players, and they are only responsible for implementing the coach's tactical intentions on the field.To put it bluntly, they are tools.And the head coach is the helm of a team. He must think more and see farther than any smart player, otherwise his ship will run into someone who doesn't know where he is. Reefs, ranging from being stranded, to sinking.

Now no player can think of the crisis they will face later, maybe it won't happen at all, but Tang En thought of it, no matter whether it will happen or not, he must take it into consideration.His job is to try to prevent the worst from happening.

"We took the lead by one goal, that's good, guys. It stands to reason that I should praise you at this time and congratulate you. But I'm sorry, I can't do that at the moment." Dunn shook his head and said. "I thought about the crisis we might face in the second half, and I want you to know that a one-goal lead is never a good thing."

The players thought their manager was going to say "a one-goal lead is the worst score in the world" again, but no.

Tang En just said: "The Italian team is used to attacking from behind. Think about the 2006 World Cup final in Germany, how the Italian team equalized the score after falling behind by one goal, dragged the game into a penalty shootout, and finally defeated the French team to win the The Gold Cup? The French are our lessons learned, we cannot be satisfied with this score. If possible in the second half, I hope you will try to seize the opportunity to score..."

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"Well done, gentlemen," Lippi said to his players in the locker room.He was not in a hurry, and his tone of voice and manner were still very elegant. "I'm not mocking you. In fact, in the first half against England's strong attack, you only conceded one goal, which makes me very relieved. Now, it's time to think about our counterattack."

"In the first half we gave England the chance to have the ball freely in our midfield. This situation will not exist in the second half. We want to regain control of the midfield." He glanced at De Rossi and Aguilar Ni, these two will be the key.

"Their two flanks are very high. We need to make more use of this when we attack in the second half. Parowski, you have to run more on the flanks in the second half, so as to get more opportunities. Foti, you continue to stay. In the middle, we need you to transition in the middle, push their defense in as far as possible, and create space for our midfield."

The two forwards nodded.They were hardly seen in the first half, and some people even suspected that they didn't play.For them, 45 minutes in the first half was a torture.They desperately needed to perform in the second half.After all, this is also the final of the European Cup, no one wants to do nothing in such a game.Look at Abanglaho, that kid was sleepwalking before, but once he scored a goal, he became a hero.

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"In the second half, we no longer continued to attack, but instead defended and counterattacked."

When Tang En said that, no one was surprised.Because this is something they knew the day before the game.According to their plan, they strive for a goal lead in the first half, and then gradually shrink the defensive line in the second half, and start to play a defensive counterattack.

This is England's wishful thinking, but it's hard to say whether it will be successful.

"You need to be fast when counterattacking..." Speaking of which, Tang En glanced at Abang Lahuo. He will continue to play in the second half and will not be replaced immediately.Because of his incredible speed, this is a very important weapon in counterattacks.

"Gabriel." Dunn called his name, "In the second half, you don't need to be at the forefront anymore. You have to actively retreat and come to the midfield to catch the ball. We also try to pass the ball in front of us as much as possible. There is room for Abanglaho and Rooney to run. But if the counterattack is blocked, stabilize immediately, keep the ball under your feet, and don't waste the opportunity to attack easily."

Hearing what Tang En said, Abanglahuo knew that he would not be replaced very early.But the other person is not feeling well.

James Vaughan, knowing that Abanglaho will continue to be trusted, looked down at his jersey.There was also a T-shirt inside that said "We are with you, Aaron".This is what he specially prepared for Mitchell.

But now it seems that it may not be of much use.He was thinking about whether to take it off for a while, after all, it was a bit hot to wear two T-shirts.

Since you can't play, what are you doing with this T-shirt with writing on it?

(End of this chapter)