Chapter 122 The hard-won victory

The first half ended, and in the head-on confrontation, Leiden East did not fall at a disadvantage. This was the first time this season, so in the locker room, although the players had different cyan scars on them, they were all full of energy and extremely high fighting spirit.

Although the collision in the first half was very fierce, none of the players were injured, which also made Xiao Ming feel relieved.

However, Xiao Ming, who has never played football, does not know that in fact, in the game, head-on battles will only cause some injuries at most. For professional players, this level of collision will basically not suffer any losses. Instead, the chance of injury from the previous timid way of playing is higher.

"The first half was played very well! You just need to have this kind of momentum!" Xiao Ming waved his fists: "But just relying on collisions can't win the ball... In the second half, we must speed up the pace of the offense, don't be afraid of mistakes... transfer quickly and pass the ball behind you more. Aren't the fights in the first half focused on the midfield? Then, I will play the ball behind you more in the second half. Seize one chance and take their lives!"

Xiao Ming turned around and drew two straight lines on the tactical board: "Their two full-backs assisted more, which is to enhance the interception ability of the midfield, and this is also a place we can use! Their right back Lao is already 34 years old. Although he is experienced, he will not be able to return to defense in time. So in the second half, the focus of our offense is Jozell! After intercepting the ball in the backcourt, he will hand the ball to Jozell as soon as possible, and then he will organize the attack. Yang is not there, and we lack height in the frontcourt, so Michel, when our offensive on the side is organized, you must insert it in time and use the forward cover to exert your impact. Can you do it?"

Jinklaze and Barak nodded at the same time: "Let's leave it to us!"

Due to the injury of Jankoler, the forward combination sent by Leiden Oriental today is a pair of 1.7 meters tall - Kevin Phillips and Darren Hackby. One has excellent points-grabbing ability and the other is extremely fast. However, without the cover of Jankoler, the high center forward combination of Leiden Oriental seems a bit single.

However, there are no useless combinations in football matches, and there are no combinations that must be won. Whether it is good or bad depends on how the coach arranges it.

Since Huckby was pushed to the front line, Murphy was the right forward in the midfield, while Brynn's vacancy was filled by Otno. Fortunately, many players from Leiden East were able to play multiple positions, otherwise the first team of the 23-man was indeed a bit weak.

"Okay, there are still 45 minutes left in the second half, I only have one requirement for you." Xiao Ming looked around at all the players: "That is to treat this game as the final of the League Cup!"

Xiao Ming believes that as long as the players of Leiden East are focused, they will not lose the ball inexplicably. Last season, they can only concentrate for 90 minutes of attention to the full game when they are playing in the League Cup.

What Xiao Ming has to do now is to let them adapt slowly, not only to the English League One style, but also to the psychological state of not relaxation.

After the second half, both sides were still fighting fiercely in the midfield, but they didn't get any chance. Xiao Ming held his chin and watched the game on the coach's seat. On the surface, he was calm, but his heart began to become impatient.

He can no longer afford to lose, and Leiden Oriental can no longer afford to lose. No matter how many reasons can be found, if he cannot win a four-round league game, even if Leiden Oriental adapts to the English League One style, long-term loss will make them unable to find the rhythm of victory.

Just one victory, one is enough.

Xiao Ming firmly believed that only one victory would require a victory to break the ice, and victory would follow one after another.

Facing the player who was breaking through, Daniel pressed his body on it, and then took advantage of the opponent's loss of balance and hooked the ball back from the opponent's feet, then quickly turned around and passed the ball directly to Jinklaze in front!

Jinklaze started to speed up while receiving the ball. He quickly threw away the opponent's unrestrained defender Lao, and then began to drive the ball forward.

The opponent's back midfielder came over, but they knew that Jin Kraze was the captain of Leiden East and the main force of the wing attack. He could not keep dribbling the ball, otherwise this guy might be able to throw away several players in one breath and then score.

Just as the opponent's back midfielder came over, Jinklaze passed the ball.

With a long pass from the top, the ball fell in front of Huckby. Huckby removed the ball with his foot. The opponent's defender Richards had appeared beside him, and then he immediately had to use force to hit Huckby - he was not the last defender, and such a foul of collision may not necessarily give him a yellow card. If the opponent can erase a chance to counterattack, it would be worth it even if he was given a yellow card.

Hackby's body tilted when he was hit by the opponent, but he did not lose control of the ball. Instead, he staggered forward with the help of the opponent's collision force, and then accelerated and threw away the opponent!

Another central defender of the Wolves came from the side to assist in defense. This time, Huckby did not give the opponent a chance to rush, but instead drove the ball forward and accelerated and broke through forcibly!

"Darren! Bounce! Darren! Bounce!" The fans of Leiden Oriental in the stands shouted loudly. They vaguely felt that Leiden Oriental's chance to score a goal has come!

Williams tried his best to chase after Huckby, but he was not too panicked, because Huckby's running route was not directly facing the goal. As soon as he changed direction, he would have a chance to catch up with him. A little delayed the opponent's offensive speed and his teammates would all return to defense.

Seeing that Huckby was about to rush to the bottom line, Williams felt even more at ease. There was no one in the penalty area now. It seemed that all Huckby could do was protect the ball and wait for his teammates to come up to pick him up.

At this moment, Huckby seemed to have not controlled the ball well. After strode over the ball, Williams slowed down his speed and was about to break the ball.

Then a scene that made him dumbfounded appeared. Huckby's feet dragged behind him suddenly knocked the ball horizontally, and the ball rolled horizontally from behind him to the penalty area. After doing this action, Huckby's speed did not decrease, but ran out of the court directly, then went around a corner and rushed into the court from outside the court, and re-controlled the ball behind him!

"The wonderful man-goal score has been scored! Our super Darren!" The commentator of Brisbane Road Stadium screamed.

Everyone knows how threat is that the current striker dribbled the ball into the penalty area and stuck the only defender behind him! In this case, the defender basically becomes a decoration, because once you stretch your foot, you may become a foul with a red card and a penalty kick!

Just as Williams was hesitating, Huckby had already thrown him behind him two steps. Facing the goalkeeper who was attacking, Huckby once again hit the ball in the opposite direction of the goalkeeper, dodged the opponent's goalkeeper's desperate hand, and then swept the ball with his left foot!

After this series of actions, Hakeby obviously tried his best. His shooting speed was not fast and his angle was not tricky. However, facing such a large empty goal without anyone defending, such a shot was enough!

As the ball flew into the goal at a short speed, a long-depressed roar sounded over the Brisbane Road Stadium!

The first three rounds were not satisfactory, and the last home game was finally tied. All this dissatisfaction and depression were fully released at this moment!

At this time, Xiao Ming on the sidelines made an unexpected move. After the ball flew into the goal, Xiao Ming jumped up from the coach's seat, then rushed out of the coach's seat, clenched his fists and roared, and then he slid from the lawn and knelt two meters away!

"Ahhh! Let's see what happened on the sidelines!" Motson, who broadcast the game, laughed: "Leedon Oriental's head coach Xiao Ming slid two meters on the lawn! In the past, we have only seen such celebrations on players, and this is the first time we have seen them in the coach... It seems that the three-round victory has brought him a lot of pressure!"

To be honest, Xiao Qing was really excited, but he lost his composure and was not just for this goal.

The three-round defeat not only made the team's morale low, but also made him think whether he was suitable to be a coach.

He did a good job in English and English in English and English, but it cannot be ignored that Leiden Oriental's strength far exceeds the English and English and English. To put it inappropriately, if a fan who has watched the ball for a few days leads this Leiden Oriental, he can easily advance to the English League One.

The goal just now was scored through his tactical arrangement during the break. He handed the ball to Jinklaze to organize it and directly hit the opponent's long pass behind him. The players faithfully implemented this tactic and successfully scored a goal.

The confidence this brought him was even more important than this goal. He finally confirmed that he was not a head coach who could win only by relying on a little memory of the future. He had his own vision and his own characteristics!

It is certainly a pleasure to lead by one goal, but for the players and fans of Leiden Oriental, it is not the time to rest assured.

Leiden East also led the lead in the last home court, but the final result was only a draw.

The backward Wolves began to counterattack wildly, and Xiao Ming also put away his excitement and shouted loudly off the court, allowing the players to hold on without giving in!

At this time, you must not let go of your breath, nor can you get the mentality of retraction and avoiding the limelight. You can fight them back head-on, so that the shadow that has been shrouded on Leiden East since the beginning of the league will be eliminated!

The two central advanceers played a huge role at this time. Barack was like a tank crushing back and forth in the middle, while Lenon became his silent guard. When Barack had a place that he could not take care of, he would appear there and intercept the opponent's attacks one by one.

"This deal is indeed worth it!" After seeing Lenon stopping the opponent's attack again, Xiao Ming thought proudly. The team originally didn't understand Xiao Ming's "huge investment" of 1.2 million pounds to buy Lenon, because last season, Barack and Holland performed very well and were very stable. There was no need to spend the biggest expense on the back midfield position. However, the facts proved that Xiao Ming's approach was correct. Although Holland was also very good, his defensive ability was not as good as Lenon. Last season, the defense in the middle lane was generally achieved by two people. Now Lenon can handle the defense at the front of the penalty area and the blocking of the midfield alone, and Barack also has more opportunities to participate in the offense.

Xiao Ming was thinking of turning Barack into a midfield core, rather than a pure engineer midfielder. If Barack always puts his energy on defense too much, his offensive talent may be buried. If Barack can be liberated, not to mention one million. Two million, one hundred and two million are worth it - he knows what the value of a midfield core like Barack has!

Under the firm midfield confrontation between Leiden Oriental players, the Wolves' offense was severely frustrated.

The middle lane could not score in the middle lane, and the two sides could not make a smooth breakthrough. Daniel's left lane was solid. Although Alexander's defense was weak, Murphy's defensive ability was also excellent. With his assisted defense, there was basically no problem on the right lane.

In this case, the Wolves can only attack by shooting from a long shot and directly lob the ball into the penalty area, but under the protection of Lenon, they find it difficult to get a comfortable opportunity to shoot from a long shot. Occasionally, a few fish that escaped the net were blocked by Jiwen one by one, and the directly lob the ball into the penalty area? Are you the two muscular men Stam and Otno?

Just after the Wolves' offense was set, Leiden East immediately launched a counterattack!

Jin Clarze, who has gradually adapted to the English League One style, dribbled the ball in the midfield and made two opponents spin. Just as the third Wolfs player rushed over, Jin Clarze passed the ball.

He passed the ball through the crack of the man to Daniel who assisted. Daniel did not go down the bottom. His left foot control and passing ability were not as good as his right foot, so after taking a few steps, he immediately passed the ball to Barack who was inserted in the backcourt.

Barack almost used brute force to knock away a Wolf player who came up to block him. After entering the 30-meter area, he immediately took a long shot!

The ball hit the Wolves defender and bounced into the penalty area. Just as the goalkeeper was about to attack and get the ball, Phillips appeared in front of the ball like a ghost.

Facing the goalkeeper who was rushing towards him with his teeth and claws, Phillips had at least five ways to shoot the ball into the goal. He adopted the easiest way, first he raised his foot to prepare for a shot. After luring the goalkeeper to fall to the ground, he dunked the ball horizontally, and then immediately took the ball open and shot open the gap!

Brisbane Road Stadium was boiling again. Although a Wolves defender ran back desperately to block the shot, Phillips's shot flew into the goal ahead of him!

Two to zero!

Unlike the counterattack of the first ball, Leiden East's attack completely broke the opponent's defense through positional battles and expanded the score!

"Two goals lead! Will Leiden Oriental win the first home game? In the third place in the league!"

If Xiao Ming could hear Motterson's words, he would definitely shake his head disdainfully - what is the third in the league? We are the team participating in the UEFA Cup!

After leading by two goals, Leiden East completely let go.

Their technical advantages began to be fully reflected, and their mentality ease allowed them to easily dodge the opponent's rough movements. The Wolves players began to lose their calmness after falling behind two goals. Their movements often came out with flaws and were played with by the players of Leiden East on the applause.

Leyton Oriental scored another goal less than five minutes before the second goal.

Jinklaze dribbled the ball again and then knocked the ball to Barack. Barack pretended to shoot but passed the ball to Murphy who was inserted into the penalty area from the right. Murphy stopped the ball, and then immediately took his right foot and volleyed vigorously!

The ball flew straight into the upper corner of the goal, and the Wolves goalkeeper used all his strength but failed to stop Leiden East from expanding the score to three to zero!

In the 71st minute, Leiden East secured the victory!

After leading three goals, Xiao Ming began to kill time by substitution. McGrady replaced Hackby and left the field in advance for the hero who scored the first record for the team to receive applause from the fans on the scene. If there was no such beautiful personal raid that Hackby scored, perhaps Leiden East could not have expanded the score so quickly.

Five minutes later, Xiao Ming replaced Alexander with Upson, and Daniel returned to the right back position. Xiao Ming wanted the young man to undergo exercise.

Immediately afterwards, Xiao Ming replaced a seventeen-year-old player again, Seth Johnson replaced Lenon. Like Upson, Johnson got his first chance to play for Leiden East.

When the game reached 85 minutes, the Wolves, who were weak in the future, began to give up the game, and Leiden East did not continue to want to expand the score. It would be a bit inhumane to attack again when the victory was decided. If the opponent was angry, it would be unfair to get a bad foot and injured one or two people.

Leiden Oriental fans started cheering before the game was over, looking forward to the end of the game soon so that they could enjoy the hard-won victory.

When the referee blew the whistle at the end of the game, Xiao Ming breathed a sigh of relief.

The nightmare of three rounds of unwinding has finally disappeared. This victory may not prove that Leiden Oriental has adapted to the League One, but at least, it is a good start.

"With this victory, victory will come one by one... I hope so."

After smiling, Xiao Ming raised his hands and walked into the stadium, shook hands with the players one by one, and then rushed them to the sidelines to greet the fans.
Chapter completed!