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Chapter 971 Gold Substitute

"Lyon's most deadly weakness is their back midfielder."

At the Saint-Germain Leon training base in the western suburbs of Paris, Gao Han watched the live broadcast of the Champions League and directly pointed out the weakness of Lyon. He had just fought against Lyon away and Paris Saint-Germain won four goals, so Gao Han knew Lyon's weakness.

He was even more sure of this point through this match in the Champions League quarterfinals.

"This summer, Lyon sold the team's top midfielder Tulalang to Malaga. Although Lyon received a large transfer fee, it was never effectively solved in the midfield position."

Marklele, who was standing aside, nodded: "Lyon introduced Geyda Fifana from Le Havre and spent 1.8 million euros. This 20-year-old player is the main international in the World Youth Championship in France. He has extraordinary potential. Together with Lacazette promoted by Gard, he is known as the backbone of Lyon's next few years."

"That's right." Gao Han smiled at Marklele and said, "The French are very familiar with the Ligue 1 league."

"Ferfana played well this season, but his defense in the midfield is relatively weak, his interception ability is not strong, and he is better at passing and controlling. It is probably why Garder likes him, but Lyon's midfield has become lacking in thickness and lacks defense ability, especially in the midfield. Ferfana has a poor sense of position and is easily exploited."

When Paris Saint-Germain played against Lyon, Gard's team was completely beaten by Gao Han's team.

"It is true. In the Ligue 1 or the Champions League, the opponents encountered are not strong. Lyon's problem can be covered up, but in the strong dialogue, Lyon's problem is exposed very clearly."

Zidane said this and changed his subject, "But Gard was also prepared for this game, and his tactics were well designed."

Gao Han glanced at Zidane and laughed. Zidane's eyes were still very sharp when he could see this layer.

"You are right, and the tactics are pure. It's nothing more than playing against strengths and avoiding weaknesses. This is the same in this game. He did not play against Gonaron, but chose Gurkuf, just to eat Chinatown at home and arrange for Bryant to hit the right side. This is the best proof."

Zidane showed a thoughtful look, "You mean, is there something wrong with this arrangement?"

"No, no problem, it turns out that he worked and scored in eight minutes of the game."

"But you said just now..."

"Yes." Gao Han nodded, "The opening goal gave them the lead and also made Chinatown upset, but then another new problem emerged, that is, Bryant's defense on the right was not active. He used to play in the middle of the forward line and did not need to return to defense, but the right winger needs it, especially when facing Chinatown."

When Zidane and Marklele heard this, they immediately realized it.

"Garder's targeted defense is well arranged, but it's his first time coaching alone. I guess he may not have realized his problem, or he realized it, but wanted to score another goal, so he never touched the two positions of Briande and Gurkuf."

"If I were Pochettino, then I would just liberate Alba, push him forward boldly, let him forward assist, and disintegrate Lyon's confinement on Hazard on the left, and then I would be able to release Chinatown's attack."

When Gao Han said this, he smiled, "If I were to be more ruthless, I would consider changing the three players, De Bruyne, Firmino and Isco, to attack Lyon's midfielder position, and Gard will be completely finished!"

Zidane and Marklele looked at each other and saw the look of admiration and helplessness in each other's eyes.

What they admire was Gao Han's insight. Even through live broadcasts on TV, he could still see the problems of the other party's troops and give targeted strategies at a glance. But unfortunately, Gao Han's plan was too crazy, and he probably only dared to do this in the world.

"It's useless to say this now. Pochettino can't hear it, he may not be able to see it."

"No, no, no." Gao Han shook his head, "I believe that the team's data analysis will definitely show it. The simplest point is to look at the midfielder's data and understand it very well. Pochettino's most important thing is to keep calm and calm, he will definitely see it."

Just as Gao Han finished speaking, Chinatown was replaced.

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Pochettino did see it, but it was not as crazy as Gao Han said. He didn't have that courage. After all, this was the first time he led a team to the Champions League knockout round in his career. Although he fought tenaciously, he was not crazy enough to lose his life.

He replaced Herrera with Isco, which is the iconic substitution for Chinatown this season.

Isco is also known as Pochettino's gold medal substitute, and every substitution can turn the situation around.

The same is true this time.

As soon as he came on the court, the Spanish young player dribbled the ball and broke through in the middle. After passing two midfielders in succession, he sent the ball to Pelle's feet. However, veteran defender Chris tackled and cleared the ball at the critical moment, resolving a crisis.

But soon, Pochettino's adjustment appeared.

Alba began to give up his defense against Bryant, rushed forward boldly when he held the ball, pressed to the frontcourt, and actively participated in the attack in the frontcourt. Bryant's poor awareness of returning defense made him rarely chase back, causing Revier behind him to face two left-lantern wings, Alba and Hazard.

After two years of training in La Liga, Hazard made great progress. He flexibly switched positions on the left and middle lanes, and his running awareness was very smart, which completely disintegrated Lyon's regional defense that originally worked.

Coupled with Isco's dribbling assault in the middle, Lyon was careless of his head and his butt. His original defense, which was like a wall, became full of mistakes and was extremely dilapidated.

When the game reached the 81st minute, Chinatown, which frequently created threats, finally got an excellent opportunity.

Hazard received the ball from the left and cut inward horizontally. He was closely guarded by Lyon's defender and was forced to pass the ball horizontally to Rakitic. The Croatian passed the ball directly to Isco.

Isco stopped the ball and faced two players, Carlstrom and Ferfana.

I only saw the Spanish young player who was very good at dribbling the ball forward, using his skillful feet to dribble the ball and his excellent change rhythm, and under the left and right attacks of two Lyon midfielders, he took the ball out of a bloody path and rushed to the front of the penalty area, which shocked Lyon's two central defenders Chris and Lovren.

Pelle was unfortunately in an offside position, but pointed out the weakness on the left to Isco. After Isco dunked Chris at the front of the penalty area, he pushed the ball to the left.

At this time, Alba quickly offside Revier and rushed into the penalty area with great speed. Facing Isco's oblique pass, he swung his left foot without thinking and shot with a volley.

The ball passed the goalkeeper Loris's outstretched leg and hit the net at the back point!

"!!!"

"The eighty-first minute, the eighty-first minute!"

"Isco once again became the sex star of Chinatown!"

"This magical Spanish teenager passed three defensive players in a row and assisted Alba to score a goal."

"Let's relive Isco's wonderful performance."

"His ball breakthrough left an extremely deep impression on us. It was not fast, but the feet were delicate and the rhythm was very flexible, which made Lyon's defensive players unable to keep up with his rhythm at all."

"It's amazing. Chinatown finally tied the score after being behind for more than an hour."

"Asses from the young player Isco who came on the bench, left-back Alba calmly shot and scored."

After scoring the goal, the top and bottom of Chinatown were extremely excited. Everyone rushed to the sidelines and hugged them into a group. Head coach Pochettino even jumped high from the ground, whistled to the sky, venting his inner excitement.

But soon, the Argentine head coach calmed down completely and kept clapping at the players on the sidelines, signaling them to return to the field quickly, continue to increase their offense, and strive to reverse Lyon.

Chinatown soon returned to the arena, and after the game started again, it continued to launch an offensive against Lyon.

The home team was caught in a weak spot and played a little embarrassedly. After Gard was tied, he was caught off guard and immediately made a substitution adjustment. He replaced the defensive midfielder Gonalon to replace the poor performance Gurkuf with an intention to strengthen the midfield defense.

One rises and the other falls, and Chinatown began to play more confidently and more fighting spirit, especially Alba and Hazard on the left, and Isko and Rakitic in the middle, all performed very actively.

The release from the left and middle road attracted Lyon's defensive attention. Aubameyang quickly got an excellent opportunity on the right. However, after receiving a one-on-one goal from Pelle, this fast horse on the right faced Loris without having time to adjust and directly sent the ball into Loris' arms, missing a precious chance to score.

Aubameyang was so regretful that he beat the grass with his head, and obviously regretted that he had missed the opportunity to score.

In the past few years in Chinatown, he has made great progress under the guidance of Cantalero, especially his shooting skills. But he was too excited just now. Faced with the sudden opportunity, he played without thinking, and ended up directly at Loris.

This is a valuable away goal and a victory.

Too bad!

The game ended with Aubameyang's regret. Chinatown launched a fierce offensive in the last moment, but in the end it failed to break through Lyon's goal again, and the score of one-to-one was maintained until the end of the midfield.

Although he failed to defeat Lyon away, he got a valuable away goal, especially the last-minute attack, which made Pochettino gain confidence.

On the other hand, the victory that Galder and Lyon players, which were originally held in their hands, turned out to be a draw, making them all lose their mood.

But just as Chinatown returned to the locker room happily, Pochettino received the high-altitude diàn huà.

"Congratulations, Maolicio, this game was very exciting, I am very proud of you and your team."

After each game, Pochettino will receive Gao Han's diàn huà. If he loses, Gao Han will give him encouragement. If he wins, Gao Han will give him praise and affirmation without hesitation.

"Thank you, Mr. Gao Han, this game was very difficult. I was too conservative in the deployment of troops and made some mistakes."

"But you adjusted well at the last moment, and the team's offense threatened." Gao Han praised with a smile.

In recent times, Chinatown's performance has been ups and downs and is very unstable, but Gao Han can see that Pochettino has run-in the team well during the winter break, especially on the offensive end, and has been organized quite well.

Because of this, Pochettino insists on fighting on both sides, hoping to try his best to compete in the Copa del Rey and the Champions League. Once eliminated, he will concentrate all his energy on playing in La Liga.

"I believe that after this game, you should know how to play in the second round." Gao Han smiled.

Pochettino blurted out without hesitation: "Of course it's a damn attack!"

With a word, Gao Han not only did not think it was offensive, but instead burst into laughter.
Chapter completed!
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