Although there are two experienced old players, Hilton and Wilkinson, after all, the other main players of Leiden East are young players in their twenties. Although they have great potential, they are young after all. Hilton and Wilkinson are defensive players. There is only Ward, the young players are energetic, energetic and ambitious, but they are easily out of control when they are in a good position. In the eyes of teams with relatively mature playing styles, they are naturally flawed.

However, although I haven't figured out this question yet, after figuring out why Leiden Oriental performed so differently against the English League One and English League One teams, Xiao Ming also figured out another thing.

Xiao Ming, who was a little despised the English League C League, thought about how to win one game after another in the previous game and strive for victory, but is it actually necessary? For the English League C team, if the 46 games in a season of the league and the number of games to reach thirty games, it is basically certain that he can advance! Even if he is the runner-up, he can directly advance to the English League Two. Is it necessary to pursue a high winning rate? No matter how many records are created in English and C, no one will care!

If Xiao Mingzao had thought so, he might not have lost those two games, and Leiden Oriental's ranking would not have fallen to fourth place.

For the current Leiden Oriental, the important thing is whether it can enter the League Two after the end of the season. As for how to enter, it is secondary. If you fail to advance in the end, even if Leiden Oriental scores the most goals in the League Two and wins ten consecutive games, it will be a failure this season!

At the same time, Xiao Ming also discovered that the biggest problem for Leiden East players now is that they do not have enough tacit understanding. Although tacit understanding is not very good on the offensive line, they can rely on a few players with excellent abilities to solve the problem with the inspiration of the players. However, they cannot rely on the individual ability of the players on the defense line. A defense line with average personal ability but tacit cooperation plays a much greater role on the court than a defense line with two or three players with outstanding abilities but without tacit understanding between each other.

However, tacit understanding cannot be cultivated in one or two days. The previous offensive method of Leiden Oriental made Leiden Oriental's defense definitely not as powerful as the personal ability shown by their several defenders.

But what I fear in this world is not that I can’t do it, but that I can’t imagine that Xiao Ming didn’t notice this before. After paying attention to this, there will naturally be a solution.

After discussing with several coaches, Xiao Ming began to improve the defense line. The first thing is to separate the offensive lineup and the defensive lineup in normal team training, and use the main offensive lineup to test the defensive ability of the main defensive lineup, forcing them to gradually form a tacit understanding. At the same time, the goalkeeper is also the oldest qualified Hilton, who has increased the number of times he commands the defense line. The goalkeeper is the last link on the defense line and the most clearly observed the situation on the court. With him commanding behind, at least there will be no situation where two defenders are snatching the opponent's ball at the same time or are waiting for the opponent to defend and stay in place.

Although this can't work in a day or two, it can at least give the backbone of the defense line. The situation of mutual cooperation without tacit understanding will always improve slowly!

"Defense is the basis of the results!" Xiao Ming, who was standing next to the training ground, felt that this sentence was so important for the first time.

In the ninth round of the league, Leiden Oriental challenged Barnett away. In this game, Leiden Oriental was strangely not as fierce as the previous games. The offensive rhythm was significantly slowed down. He also began to pay attention to the defense in the backcourt. Among the two full-backs, Carl was mainly involved in the attack, and after he inserted, Holland would help him fill the position. As for the other full-back, McCassy, ​​has always been relatively honest. In the previous games, he only frequently supported the assists when Xiao Ming asked the two full-backs to assist in time. After Xiao Ming told him not to assist, he stayed in the backcourt honestly.

Most of the time, Leiden Oriental, who had at least four defensive players in the backcourt, became much more stable in defense. Although it was not very tacit in cooperation, he was not so afraid of his opponent's quick counterattack after having the advantage of numerical power. Moreover, the speed of Brynn and Holland was not slow, but they used to rush forward with a hot head.

As more people stayed in the backcourt to defend, the offense was naturally smaller. In this regard, Xiao Ming chose to give full play to Jin Klaze's personal ability, with him as the core, and most of the time he gave the ball to him for organization. Although this made Leiden East's offensive strength smaller, due to the reduction of the pressure on the defense line, Leiden East's offensive efficiency improved a lot.

In this game, Leiden East defeated the opponent with a score of 2-0. Jin Krazer first assisted Ward to score, and then instigated an offensive. Huckby made Barack's long shot into the goal in the penalty area. Leiden East created more opportunities in this game than in the past few games, but it seemed that the advantage was greater in the scene. Barnett, who played at home, had almost no chance at all.

The victory of this game allowed Leiden Oriental to lose three rounds of the league. Although Leiden Oriental was tied by Cardiff City at home in the next round of the league, Xiao Ming confirmed that the set of stable defense tactics he set was useful.

In the front court offense, try to rely on the personal abilities of several outstanding players, and in the backcourt, the number of players temporarily relies on the number of players to make up for the shortcomings of tacit understanding. After the tacit understanding on the defense line gradually increases, the midfielder and full-back will also join the offense. In this way, the players can get enough points to the maximum extent and have enough ability and capital to compete for the championship in the second half of the season!

What's more, if you are lucky enough to draw lots in the League Cup, it is not a rare thing to go further.

The next game was another League Cup match. Leiden Oriental, who had three home goals, adopted the most utilitarian way of playing away. In this game, Xiao Ming even let Jin Klaze, the most important piece in the offense, rest and sent a set of deadly defending lines that did not go out of the hole. Although the opponent scored a goal in the second half, he still advanced to the third round with a total score of 3-1!

After several rounds of league running-in, Leiden Oriental's style of play began to mature. With a stable defense, several Leiden Oriental offensive players who were better than ordinary English-Central players began to fully demonstrate their offensive ability. In the next two consecutive league rounds, Leiden Oriental won all the games and defeated Hull City and Wigan in succession. Although these two teams later entered the Premier League, they are only English-Central teams now. In their lineup, Xiao Ming did not find any players worth noting.

After two consecutive victories, Leiden Oriental jumped to second place, surpassing Preston, who was not in good shape during this period. However, Carlisle United, which once defeated Leiden Oriental, performed extremely well. They won consecutively during this period and still led the standings with a four-point advantage.

"Let's deal with this guy again in the second half of the season."

Xiao Ming didn't care much about this. He has already thought about it now. There is no big difference between the champion and runner-up in the UK and C. Anyway, he can enter the UK and C. Anyway, he can enter the UK and C.E. Why do you want to fight Carlisle United now? I will focus on the draw in the third round of the League Cup next time.

"Don't draw Manchester United, don't draw Liverpool, don't draw Arsenal, don't draw Chelsea, don't draw Newcastle, don't draw Blackburn..."

Looking at the live draw ceremony on the TV screen, Xiao Ming prayed in his heart that the third round of the League Cup was when all the Premier League teams joined, and now there are only 32 teams left. It is probably impossible to meet any weak team. Xiao Ming only hopes not to meet such a perverted team. Although Xiao Ming is very confident, it will only be a death to meet the top teams in the Premier League before the team has fully started to run in. If you wait until the next few rounds, Leiden Oriental, which has almost been successfully run in, might be able to compete.

When the lottery results came out, Xiao Ming couldn't help laughing.

There are only 32 teams left in total and can continue the League Cup journey. At least half of the teams are Premier League teams. In this case, the chance of meeting Premier League teams is relatively high. But I don’t know if it is Leiden Oriental’s luck or Xiao Ming’s character is out of the way, but Leiden Oriental actually avoided all the Premier League opponents and met another English League One team.

However, this English League One team is not a mid-range team like Barnsley, but a "Black Cat" Sunderland team that was promoted to the Premier League two seasons later!

Xiao Ming's impression of this team is only a few vague fragments - Kevin Phillips was the first scorer in Hiller after this team to score 30 goals in the Premier League; in a certain season in the 21st century, this team set a humiliating record of the lowest season points in the Premier League with only 15 points; and after retirement, Roy Keane took only half a season to bring the team from being on the verge of despair to being promoted directly to the Premier League, and there is no impression on others.

However, since it will be promoted to the Premier League in two seasons, this team is obviously very strong now. It is probably not as easy to deal with them as Barnsley, right? What's more, it has become a winning and losing match system, and Leiden Oriental is going to challenge this English League One team away!

I just hope Sunderland can look down on us like Barnsley.

Xiao Ming thought a little lewdly that dealing with such a team is also a test of Leiden Oriental's ability.

In the 13th round of the league before the start of the League Cup, Xiao Mingxue hid Hackby, the player who was not very physically healthy and played quite frequently recently and the midfielder Barack. First, let them have a good rest before the start of the League Cup. Second, Sunderland only knew that the opponent in the third round of the League Cup was Leiden Oriental. They probably only sent people to observe this game. Seizing Jinklaze and Hackby can also play a role in paralyzing their opponents.

Of course, he did not move the defense line. Now he will give the defense line an extra chance to exercise. The random substitution will affect the team's defense.
Chapter completed!