World's No.1 Football Manager

Chapter 150 Persistence or Stubbornness?The coach's choice!

In the second half of the game, like a replica of the first half, the Evergrande team firmly controlled the initiative and launched a fierce attack on the Taishan team.After the Taishan team equalized the score, they retreated back, only to parry but not to fight back.

This kind of passive scene made the 3 spectators at the scene lose the confidence to cheer and cheer. The sound of cheering and cheering in the stands was not loud, but the sound of "get out of class end" mixed in it was particularly harsh.

Li Xiaopeng was also very anxious, and he was still pacing on the sidelines. After this game, if we counted the walking distance of the coaches, it would probably be no less than that of the players on the field.

However, as the game time went by, although the Evergrande team played lively and frequently made threats, the score was never rewritten, which also strengthened Li Xiaopeng's confidence in maintaining this style of play.

After all, even if only a draw is achieved, considering that the opponent is the Chinese Super League overlord Evergrande, such a result is strategically acceptable.

Time passed by every minute and every second. Seeing that the Evergrande team continued to strengthen their offense, but they were still unable to score. Li Xiaopeng, whose face was gloomy for almost the entire game, gradually turned from cloudy to sunny.

Finally, the game entered injury time, with 3 minutes of stoppage time.

In the 93rd minute of the game, Talisca won another free kick, which was their last chance.

This free kick position is excellent, just a little bit to the right at the front of the penalty area, just within the best range of left-footer Talisca, which is much better than the free kick position that created an excellent scoring opportunity in the first half.

The players of the Taishan team were ready for battle, and all the players retreated to the vicinity of the penalty area.Wang Dalei even yelled and gestured, calling out to his teammates and directing them to line up the wall.

In the end, the five tallest players of the Taishan team sent a wall with an average height of nearly 5 meters.

The commentator who explained the game exclaimed, "This height is not a wall of people, but the Great Wall of the Taishan team"!
The ball had to go around the wall first, then fall rapidly, and also had to avoid the save of the national goalkeeper Wang Dalei, which was not easy.

Even if it is as strong as Taliska, it will be difficult.

Everyone held their breath and focused on Taliska who took the penalty.

Taliska observes, runs, kicks.

The moment the ball flew up, the human wall jumped high. At this moment, the height of the human wall has exceeded the crossbar of the goal.

But the ball did not fly up as everyone expected, but stuck to the ground!

Boccia!
The ball brushed the foot of the jumper, skimmed the turf, and went straight to the lower left corner of the goal.

Because the wall was too high, Wang Dalei's line of sight was blocked, and he couldn't find the trajectory of the ball at the first time. After he reacted, he went down to the ground to pounce. It was too late, and the ball had already rolled into the net!

The daring Talisca of Yigao, beyond everyone's expectations, used an incredible ground ball to kill the game.

1:2, the Taishan team suffered a lore!

At that moment, Gao Yuan noticed that Li Xiaopeng's face was ashen.

Losing is a painful thing, and what is more painful than losing is being killed!And it was a lore in the last second of the game!

On the way back to the club base from the Olympic Sports Center, everyone was depressed and no one spoke.

Gao Yuan turned on the phone silently, and sure enough, there was already a lot of scolding on the Internet, and a lot of ridicule.

"Hahahaha, as a Taishan team fan, I actually laughed out loud at the moment when I was killed..."

"There is nothing more sad than heartbreak, I am convinced, Taishan team is a joke, hahahahaha"

"Is the one upstairs still alive? It sounds like he choked to death laughing! The prefect loses the game, and on the day after school, the family sacrifice will never forget to tell Nai Weng."

"As a fan of the Taishan team, I endured the whole game and watched the whole game. What can fans expect from such a performance? We are not afraid of failure, but we must not lose hope! As a Taishan fan, I feel deeply hopeless!"

"Pellet yelled helplessly in the penalty area: pancakes, I want pancakes! But his teammates told him: there are no pancakes, only pancakes with green onions!"

"I have no temperament at all. Meeting Evergrande is like a mouse meeting a cat. Every year, I kneel and give away six points. How can there be such a girly team in Ludong Province!"

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These comments are different from the previous rambunctious comments by the sunspots, and they are obviously the laments of many fans who were originally neutral.Mourning its misfortune and angering its indisputable, Taishan team's performance tonight is indeed too disappointing.

The bus drove into the base, and the players filed out silently with their equipment.Depressed Gao Yuan walked at the end, only to find that Li Xiaopeng was waiting for him.

The two walked slowly side by side in the night.

"Xiao Gao, you are right, we have paid the price for not adopting your opinion," Li Xiaopeng said.

Gao Yuan didn't answer. To be honest, he didn't know what to say.

The head coach is the first person in charge of the team. Li Xiaopeng suffered more than anyone else when he lost the game, because the responsibility and pressure were all on his shoulders. In fact, there was no need to explain anything to himself.

"However, if I could do it all over again, I would still stick to that choice."

Gao Yuan looked at Li Xiaopeng in surprise, not understanding why he said that.

"The league is a long process, and we must consider everything. We lost this game, but we didn't consume a lot of energy. We had more energy to devote to the game against Kashima Antlers. That game is the real key. Not only is it about qualifying for the group, but more importantly, once we win, we have more energy and energy to devote to the next league. The game against Evergrande is 3 points, and the games against other teams after that are also 3 points. Sacrificing this game may lead to more victories in the future, do you understand me?"

Gao Yuan understands that Li Xiaopeng is in "Tian Ji's horse racing", using the least consumption to face the strongest opponent is equivalent to using an inferior horse to face a superior horse.Although he lost, his top horse and middle horse are still there, and there is still hope and opportunity for a comeback.

Gao Yuan understands the truth, but I still feel too aggrieved in my heart.

Li Xiaopeng seemed to see through Gao Yuan's thoughts, and smiled lightly: "You have been the head coach, so you must understand the reason. Afterwards, you will have a wider stage and encounter more choices like this. When I tell you this, I don't mean that my choice must be right. What I mean is that no matter how you choose, you must be firm, and no matter what decision you make, you must not regret it. "

Whether you are persistent or stubborn.This is indeed an essential characteristic of a good team coach.

Fans will always raise various questions about the coach's employment and formation, but many coaches are always stubborn.Just like Sarri insisted on using Higuain, Emery did not give up Guendouzi until after get out of class, Valverde won the world with a lineup and never rotated, Lippi firmly pressed Baggio on the bench... Many of these coaches have failed. People often laugh at their stubbornness, pedantry, and inflexibility, but those who laugh at them forget that it is this persistence, persistence, and uncompromising that make these coaches stand on the coaching benches of giant clubs.

Li Xiaopeng patted Gao Yuan on the shoulder, "Xiao Gao, take a closer look, this is just a game in a long season, more important games are coming later, don't be discouraged, come on!"

The Taishan team really doesn't have time to lick their wounds. After this long night, everyone must devote themselves to preparing for the AFC Champions League group match against Kashima Antlers.

Compared with the league with Evergrande, this is the key battle that determines the trend of the entire season!

(End of this chapter)