World's No.1 Football Manager

Chapter 553

During the intermission, the coaches of both sides were fighting wits and courage in the locker room, and made adjustments and deployments based on the game situation in the first half.

The 15-minute break passed quickly, and players from both sides returned to the court.

Everyone found that Maritimo's coach Gao Yuan took the lead, replacing full-back Aguilar and replacing veteran Antonio.

Since Cousai and Wen Jun have secured the positions of the main central defenders, the "team soul" Antonio not only serves as a member of the coaching staff on the bench and learns on-the-spot command from Gao Yuan, but also spends more time as the "panacea" in the backcourt.

His technical characteristics and game experience determine that he can play in various positions, including central defender, full back, defensive midfielder and even central midfielder.

The current "team soul" comrades are somewhat similar to Zheng Zhi's role and status in Evergrande. The revolutionary work is a brick, and it needs to be moved wherever it needs to be.

It is precisely because of the existence of such a capable veteran that Gao Yuan's rotation plan can be better implemented.

And Antonio plays more positions as left back. Although Aguilar has outstanding talent, he is too young after all, and his offense is stronger than defense. When it is necessary to stabilize the morale of the army and strengthen the defense, Gao Yuan will first choose to replace him.

In this game, he didn't have a big problem on offense, he was very active in assists, and his ability to go up and down the wing was also demonstrated.

Defensively, however, his defense against Sekou Coita was not successful.

The speed of the Mali winger is too fast, and he played very resolutely when counterattacking. The courageous momentum and astonishing speed like a wild horse completely suppressed the Peruvian teenager.

Although Gao Yuan knows that such a difficult game has great training value for young players, the Champions League is not a test field for trial and error. This game is too important, and he must plug the loopholes in time.

In fact, if possible, Gao Yuan would like to replace the other full-back Dan Suo.

The wingback played so-so in this game, and the space left behind after the assist was fully utilized by the opponent. Huang Xican got a lot of opportunities on this side.

It can be seen that Mahi, the coach of Red Bull Salzburg, has carefully studied Maritimo's formation, and he is also very good at finding the opponent's weaknesses accurately.

However, there are only 3 substitutions in total. If you replace two full-backs at one time during the intermission, it will not only deny your own tactical arrangements, but also consume precious substitutions.There are still 45 minutes to go, and no one knows where the game will go.

Although he did not replace Dansuo, Gao Yuan also gave him a stern warning in the locker room, telling him not to drift away, and to be optimistic about Huang Xican. If there is another situation of missing someone, just wait to try the power of family law on the training ground!
The Boss spoke, but of course poor Dansuo kept silent like a cicada, walking on eggshells.

After the start of the second half, Red Bull Salzburg found that the opponent's defense had become impenetrable again.

Obviously in the first half, with the exhaustion of physical energy and the decline of concentration, some small omissions began to appear in the opponent's defense line.But after a half-time break, their head coach, like a brilliant and meticulous mason, patched up all these omissions.

Especially the positions of the two full-backs were originally the focus of the Red Bull Salzburg.

But in the second half, these two weak links, like a thick armor, suddenly became extremely strong, impenetrable and impenetrable.

Sekou Koita, who played very well in the first half, did not believe in evil and wanted to try again.

The young Aguilar is not his opponent, and the old Antonio is even less likely to outrun him!

Sekou Coita asked for the ball from his team-mate and deliberately went to Antonio, trying to create a one-on-one chance to get past him.

But Maritimo's defensive system is too tight. Antonio is not defending alone. He is surrounded by teammates to protect him. Sekou Coita has no chance to compete with the opponent one-on-one.

On the contrary, because of his hesitation after taking the ball, he was successfully intercepted by Maritimo several times and counterattacked.

"What are you doing?!" Ma Xi roared angrily from the sidelines.

"I just want to give that guy a badass! Let him overwhelm the opponent first in terms of momentum, so that the next game will be easier to play." Segu Koita looked aggrieved.

Ma Xi listened to his general's explanation, thought for a while, and felt that it was indeed reasonable.In the first half, it was the momentum that suppressed Aguilar, and the situation on this side opened up.

"Use plan A-003!" Ma Xi issued an order.

Just like Gao Yuan will design plans B, C, and D, Red Bull Salzburg will also have many tactical plans to play a specific tactic under specific conditions.

The A-003 plan is a tactic specially designed by their team to create space for the two wingers.

Such a special tactical arrangement is generally like a free kick tactic. It is a fresh move. It can surprise the opponent when it is used for the first time, but if the opponent is on guard, it will not be easy to use.

As the saying goes, "against a saint, it's useless to use the same move twice."

Therefore, these special tactical arrangements are often only used at critical moments, but now they are given to Sekou Koita in advance, which shows the trust of Coach Mahi in him.

Sekou Koita excitedly explained a few words to his teammates, and then the Red Bull players got ready to go.

This set of tactical moves is quite cumbersome and requires the concerted efforts of multiple players. There must be passes, feints, screens, and interspersed moves. It is a complex system engineering.

Only such a complicated operation can confuse and disrupt Maritimo's solid defense line.

Not long after, the Salzburg Red Bull finally found a chance. The ball was at the feet of the organizer Soboszroy. He judged the situation and made a tactical movement gesture.

I saw that the frontcourt players of the Salzburg Red Bull were interspersed with running positions, moving forward in various lateral moves, dazzled, and made Maritimo's defense a little scattered.

However, Maritimo's defensive system is very solid and has not been completely disrupted, always keeping every defensive player surrounded by offensive players.

And Sekou Coita is in front of Antonio, and at this moment he has no helper in defense.

It's now!

Sobosroy has been observing the situation on the left side of the team. At the most suitable time, he passed the ball obliquely and hit Antonio's back.

Sekou Coita is activated!

He is confident that with his speed, he can't even see the scum thrown by the old guy on the opposite side!After getting rid of the opponent, he can go straight into the penalty area and shoot a single shot!
Antonio also realized that it was not good, but he was experienced and did not compete with the opponent for speed. Instead, he turned half-turned and suddenly took a step towards Sekou Coita's running line.

With a "bang", the two slammed into each other hard, and the sky was dark.

The referee blew his whistle and Antonio blocked the foul, but this action was not out of the ordinary, so he just awarded a free kick without drawing a card.

Segu Koita was severely hit and became dizzy. Although he was the one accelerating the sprint, he hit his opponent's back with his chest, which is equivalent to hitting the rear of another car with the front of his car. Naturally, he suffered the greater loss!
Antonio used a minimum cost foul to destroy the opponent's secret tactics that had been practiced for a long time.

This is Antonio's experience, the most valuable asset in Maritimo's defense!
As the saying goes, an old family is like a treasure!
(End of this chapter)