Chapter 42 - Chapter 43 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon English-Climbing League

Preston, Pudale Stadium.

"This opponent's defense is very tenacious. The overall defense is so good that we have not revealed any flaws until now?"

It was already the second half, and Xiao Ming looked at the situation on the court anxiously. Although like the previous games, Leiden East had the advantage in the field, Xiao Ming, who had an outstanding vision, could see that although he was suppressed by Leiden East in the half, Preston's overall defense did not show any flaws. Ward in the penalty area was stared at by the opponent's defender wearing the captain's armband. It was difficult to directly compete for the header. Huckby was even drowned in the crowd. Although Jinklaze could create some trouble with his dribbles outside the penalty area, the opponent's defenders were already paying attention to him. The two defenders did not aim at cutting off the ball under his feet, but to prevent him from moving forward! At the same time, the defense of Leiden East players at other contact points was also very tight, and Jinklaze could not find the ball point at all.

Barack often pressed down and planned to score with long shots, but Preston seemed to be prepared for this. When Barack swung his foot, he would always go up and block his shot with his body. There was another defender next to him to prevent Barack from firing and making a real buckle. Several threatening offensive points were all firmly controlled by the opponent's defenders. Such an attack would be too troublesome.

"It's okay, boss, this is away, even a draw is acceptable." McDonald comforted Xiao Ming next to him.

Xiao Ming glanced at McDonald and said nothing. In fact, he thought in his heart that his assistant coach was too conservative - we should not be in the English Premier League team! What's wrong with the away game? We also have to win away games!

After looking at the watch, he found that twenty minutes had passed in the second half. He called McGrady: "Stephen, prepare to go on the court. You replace McCasey and attack their defense with Ward in the penalty area... Let Holland retreat a little, Huckby and Carl attack in turn on the right, and let Barack go forward, I see how they defend!"

McGrady nodded and immediately ran to warm up. Two minutes later, Leiden East substituted, Xiao Ming replaced a forward and replaced a defender, Leiden East's formation became a three, four, three, and strong attacking formation.

McDonald wanted to say something, and swallowed it back. He thought Xiao Ming was a little anxious to win, but when he thought of the chairman's desire for victory, he didn't say anything. Last season, he brought the players' hope of winning, and Leiden East only played the best month. Maybe he was right...

Seeing this substitution from Leiden East, Peters on the home team's coaching seat showed a smile. It seemed that David's judgment before the game was correct. Leiden East, the chairman, is prone to impulsiveness and always wants to beat the opponent to death with one stick...

Chairman and coach? Boy, I have to let you know that professional football is not that simple...

McGrady's appearance allowed Leiden East to add a high point in the opponent's penalty area. He was 1.85 meters tall, Ward, who was 1.89 meters tall, and Barack, who was 1.89 meters tall, who was 1.89 meters tall, and Leden East's high-altitude bombing ability in the penalty area became stronger.

The opponent's captain's central defender seemed to be a little unable to withstand it. Although he was experienced, he was only 1.86 meters tall. He could still rely on his own experience and positioning ability to show off. However, facing three big men with strong impact at the same time, even if he had teammates help him, it would not be so easy to withstand it.

Shortly after McGrady came on the court, under Ward's cover, he fought for Huckby's cross. The ball flew straight to the upper left corner of the goal. Preston's goalkeeper Mims struggled to block the ball. Ward was about to make up for a kick, but the opponent's captain defender first kicked the ball out.

"Damn! I didn't even get in!" Xiao Ming couldn't help but jump up and cursed in Chinese. This defender was not young, but he could eat Ward tightly in his body, and his level was not low! How could such a defender stay in the British and CPC for so long?

"What's this guy's name?" Xiao Ming turned to ask MacDonald. Although he had seen Preston's roster, he just glanced roughly and didn't pay much attention. The reason was very simple. He didn't think the British and C team would have any special outstanding players...

"David Moyes, who only transferred to Preston last season, became the captain this season... When he was young, he played the main player in the Scottish Celtics, but later he didn't know why he left the Celtics and no other strong team wanted him. He always played in the low league. In fact, he is also a star defender in the British C arena, but this person has a stubborn temper. Arsenal and Sunderland have invited him to try out before, and he refused to try out." McDonald replied quickly.

"So awesome." Xiao Ming sighed: "It's really unique... If we had known this person, we would have dug him up and added some experience to the defense line... What's his name?" After muttering for a few words, Xiao Ming suddenly opened his eyes wide.

"David Moyes, Scots, is already thirty-one years old." MacDonald replied in confusion.

Xiao Ming stopped talking, but in fact he was so shocked that he couldn't speak.

Refusing to be Ferguson's assistant, he trained stars such as Rooney, and defeated famous coaches such as Ferguson, Mourinho, Benitez, Wenger at Everton, and won the best coaches of the Premier League three times. David Moyes, one of the best coaches in the UK, is one of the best coaches in the UK!

Is he still playing football now? And this Preston is right in front of him?

What Xiao Ming didn't know was that Moyes's coaching journey began with Preston. Two seasons later, he took over the current coach Peters position, and brought Preston from the English C to the English League without buying any players, and even almost brought it into the Premier League. It was precisely because of this experience that he became the representative of the young coach in England. Ferguson also wanted him to be his assistant, but he created a career in Everton.

Xiao Ming looked at Moyes carefully. It was indeed that Moyes, the Scotsman who was not handsome at all, but he had a bit of a tough guy.

Thinking of future stars such as Bollinger and Hackby who were poached from the British C team, Xiao Ming no longer looked down on the British C League.

The English-Climate League is indeed a crouching tiger, hidden dragon, do you think too much of this league? Xiao Ming began to doubt his previous optimistic attitude.

After discovering that Preston's central defender captain was Moyes, the best British coach in the future, Xiao Ming began to worry about the game.

Xiao Ming is definitely a rookie among coaches. Although he has watched a lot of high-level games and has accumulated a lot of experience in football manager games. Even due to his broad vision and the improvement of football tactics in the next ten years, his vision is much ahead of the curve than many coaches. However, after all, he is not a regular coach and has huge shortcomings in many aspects. One aspect is his mentality of bullying the weak and fearing the strong.

When you see players and coaches who are not famous, you seem to be very contemptuous. When you see famous players in the future, you are too superstitious about their strength. Even when you see Moyes, the outstanding future head coach, you will feel inexplicably afraid.

However, after watching the game for a while, Xiao Ming felt a little relaxed.

Because he suddenly thought that no matter how awesome Moyes was, he would be the one who would be a coach in the future. He is like himself now and has no experience in coaching the team, so he should not affect anything.

But what Xiao Ming didn't know was that since he came to Preston, Moyes has been favored by head coach Peters. Peters admired Moyes quite a bit. In addition to handing the captain's armband to him, he also allowed him to participate in coaching work. Many tactics were discussed with Moyes. Otherwise, Moyes would not have achieved such an outstanding result when he first coached the team two years later - gold would shine everywhere.

Although Preston does not have any outstanding players now, in later generations, Moyes is good at not buying a luxurious lineup to achieve outstanding results, but to stimulate their abilities based on existing players and use targeted tactics to allow a player of average strength to achieve results beyond their ability!

After a while of attack, Preston's defense line seemed to be in danger, but it was always a little short of being able to score. The players of Leiden Oriental, who had been influenced by Xiao Ming, were very strongly expected to win, and the players of Leiden Oriental, were a little anxious.

Seeing that there were less than ten minutes left before the end of the game, Brin and Holland rushed through the half, leaving only central defender Otno and midfielder Wilkinson, who had no offensive ability, to defend.

Seeing the players from Leiden East pressing all over the line, Peters raised his head and Moyes's words before the game appeared in his mind.

"Leedon East has three weaknesses. First, their head coaches are not experienced enough and they also advocate offense very much. His attitude has completely affected the players. Even in the away game, they will pursue victory. So if they have not taken the lead by the final stage of the game, they will probably use quite risky offensive tactics. This is what they did in the away game in the fourth round. If it weren't for the pressure they created too much, maybe Scarpolo could defeat them by counterattack!"

"Second, the head coach of Leiden Oriental is quite arrogant. In the first few rounds of games, he always uses a fierce attack method. Not only to win, but also to suppress the opponent on the scene. In this mental state, their backcourt flaws will always be very big, and there are no fast defenders on their back line. Except for Bolling's turn faster, others do not have a good way to deal with the fast forwards. In the second leg of the League Cup, Blackpin scored two goals through quick counterattacks."

"Third, their players are not in a tacit understanding! This may be why Leiden Oriental's starting lineups in seven official games so far are exactly the same! Their head coach may be trying to speed up their running-in speed, and perhaps they just want to rely on a lineup to maintain the continuity of the team, but this also gives us an opportunity to take advantage of, and we can make arrangements based on their characteristics!"

The three points Moyes said before the game have been realized one by one, and now it is the time to create a chance of victory as Moyes said!

Peters has seen that the more you press, the more you push, the more you push, there is an infinite open space in the backcourt. The two defensive players left behind are not fast. One is a pure tall defender, and the other is an old midfielder with old arms and legs. As long as you break through one of the points, the entire defense line of Leiden East will be stabbed like a layer of paper!

Seeing Xiao Ming, who was still waving his hands on the sidelines, letting the players of Leiden East press the attack, Peters sneered in his heart. The rookies are indeed rookies. If Leiden East recovers properly now, they can at least take a point away from the away game! This is not an unacceptable result, but Xiao Ming seems to only win the championship, desperately demanding that the players must win the away game!

Although people are a little unwilling to give up only one point when they have such a big advantage in the scene, as a coach, you should know one truth, that is, steel is very easy to break!

Hackby passed the ball to the middle, and Holland, who was in the attack, swung his right foot and almost used his strength to shoot a long shot!

But immediately a Preston defender rushed up and blocked the ball with his body. After the ball bounced out to the side, it did not fall at the feet of the player from Leiden East, but was controlled by Preston's midfielder Barlek!

Barack and Holland rushed towards him immediately, but Barack completed the pass before the two Leiden East midfielders completed the pinch!

With a half-high ball, the ball flew to Leiden East's half. At the same time, a Preston player inserted at high speed and rushed past Wilkinson who was turning around and got the ball first!

The one who took the ball was Preston's 17-year-old young player Grant! This striker was sent out for the first time this season. He had nothing to do with other places, but his speed was extremely fast!

As a rookie, Xiao Ming naturally ignored this striker who had not played in the game before...

Facing the pounced on Ultrano, Grant quickly kicked the ball behind Ultrano, then accelerated and rushed over Ultrano.

Alteno, who was slow to turn around, planned to tackle the first time. Even if he couldn't break the ball, he would at least have to foul on Alteno, even if he could take a red card...

But he ignored Grant's speed, and he only shoveled a ball of air...

Hilton made a quick decision to attack, but Grant caught up with the ball in front of Hilton, then dribbled the ball with a big foot again, and rushed over to Hilton who had rushed forward. After catching up with the ball, he only needed to push it lightly...

The Pudale Stadium, which can accommodate more than 10,000 people, immediately burst into loud cheers!

Xiao Ming looked at Grant's ball into the empty goal in a daze, and his heart was cold.

In the following minutes, Leiden East tragically bombarded the gate of Preston, but still could not shake the other party's gate.

As the referee blew the whistle at the end of the game, Leiden East ended his six-round unbeaten, and his points were surpassed by Preston and slipped to the third place.
Chapter completed!