Chapter 384 Football Match (5)
At this time, Martinez was setting the tactics for the second half of the game for the players.
To be honest, Martinez couldn't come up with any good way to deal with it at this time, so he could only encourage British players to work harder and take the initiative in the second half, fighting hard, trying to recover the score, etc.
Martinez is just a football enthusiast rather than a professional football player, and the technical and tactical level shown by the Time Traveler in the first half of the game has far surpassed his understanding. Because Martinez has never seen football play like this before, overseas Chinese teams seem to have no positional difference, almost all of them are pressed on the offense, but all of them are retreating when defending, and they cannot tell the difference between forwards and defenders at all. If anyone plays like this, is it obvious that they play randomly?
But Martinez also had to admit that such random plays by overseas Chinese are indeed extremely dangerous, causing overseas Chinese to have an advantage in numbers in every local area, and at the same time making the British team passive in the whole game.
What made Martinez even more depressed was that although the British had a clear advantage in height, they basically had no advantage in heading. Because in the penalty area, overseas Chinese goalkeepers did not follow the rules that Martinez knew at all. Other goalkeepers stood honestly in front of the goal to guard the goal. If they ran in the penalty area, they would even compete with the forwards for a high ball. Although overseas Chinese goalkeepers were slightly shorter than those of the British team's forward, they had the length of their hands and were also the defense side, so they naturally had a big advantage in fighting for a high ball in the penalty area. Once they had no advantage of heading, the British team's offense would naturally be a big hit. The goal that the team scored was actually very lucky.
However, Martinez also knew that it was not a way to encourage players in this way. If he didn't make some changes and continued to play like this, he would definitely not be able to win the game. Therefore, Martinez could only make some adjustments to the team based on his own perception.
First of all, in terms of offense, Martinez certainly knew that the British team must strengthen their offense in the second half, otherwise it would be impossible to win this game. The best way to strengthen their offense is to strengthen the number of forwards, but this will inevitably reduce the number of defense personnel. The offense of overseas Chinese is too sharp, and all four defenders have loopholes. Martinez really dared not reduce the number of defenders anymore, so he could only adjust the existing six forwards.
Martinez first replaced two forwards, allowing two strikers over 1.9o meters on the bench to appear, and replaced two relatively short forwards. In this way, four of the British forwards are above 1.9o meters, and the other two are close to 1.9o meters, further strengthening their height and heading advantages. Moreover, since the overseas Chinese goalkeeper basically controls the high ball in the entire penalty area, Martinez asked the players not to directly hang the ball into the penalty area, but to divide the 6 forwards into three left, middle and right ways, first hit the ball to the left and right two routes, from left and right, then hang it into the penalty area diagonally, so that the forwards do not have to fight for the top on their backs, which is much easier.
In terms of defense, Martinez requires the back line to retreat to the front of the penalty area to defend, and not to easily step forward to block the ball, so as to prevent overseas Chinese from playing behind the ball again. Because in the first half, overseas Chinese adopted a lot of tactics of playing behind the ball. As long as the British defender stepped up and grabbed it, a large gap would be revealed behind him, while overseas Chinese would send the ball behind him, and the players in the back row would insert it to form a breakthrough.
In fact, the Time Travelers often play behind the ball because the British defenders stand too flat, and the four defenders stand in a straight line, lacking thickness and depth protection, so they naturally break it with one poke. In fact, it is very simple to solve this problem. It is to separate one of the four defenders and drag it back to form deep protection, and the effect is much better. However, in this era, there is no concept of deep defense. The chain defense pioneered by Italy will not appear until 30 years later, and it is not something that can be understood by Martinez's half-baked level. It is just waiting to move the back line back to compress the space for defenders to play behind the ball.
In addition, in the first half, the British team's defense also had a serious problem, which was that they were watching the ball but not watching the people. They often rushed to the ball, but were not staring at the players who were running without the ball. Therefore, a pass from the time traveler could tear open the British team's defense line. At this time, due to the lack of defensive awareness and insufficient defensive organization, there was a lack of a defensive organization commander to look at the overall command. However, Martinez certainly could not come up with a good solution. He could only clearly limit the defensive areas of the four defenders, and each performed his own responsibilities, and could not give out the areas he was responsible for.
After finally waiting for Martines to finish the tactics, the second half of the game time was also up. Just when Martines led the players out of the lounge and returned to the stadium, Huo Bilan found a hollow, grabbed Martinez and said, "Col. How is the second half of the game? Can we still win?"
Although Martinez felt guilty, he could not admit defeat on the surface at this time, so he could only hold on and said, "Sir, please rest assured. The first half was just an accident. We have found a way to deal with overseas Chinese. Therefore, we will definitely be able to get the score back in the second half, and the victory will definitely belong to the British Empire."
After hearing Martinez's words, Huo Bilan seemed to have grabbed a life-saving straw and felt a little calmer. At this time, the players from both sides had returned to the court and the second half of the game was about to begin. Huo Bilan also knew that he could not do anything now, and at this time he could only hope that God bless the British Empire, so Huo Bilan could only pray silently for a few words and then return to the VIP station.
The second half of the game was first driven by the Crossovers. After the game started, the British team was still divided into two groups, with 6 forwards over the midfield, and all four defenders retreated to the front of the penalty area, forming a huge open area throughout the midfield. As a result, the Crossover easily broke through the midfield and pushed into the area 30 meters in front of the British team's goal. This area was already a dangerous area that could threaten the goal in the old time and space.
However, the back line of the British team did shrink very far behind and retreated into the penalty area, so the Time Traveler did not have room to pass the ball behind him. Therefore, the Time Traveler was not in a hurry to attack, but passed the ball in the area 30 meters in front of the British team's goal, patiently looking for opportunities.
The ball was driven at the foot of the Crosser, from the left to the right, and from the right to the left. In 2 minutes, it was repeated 3 or 4 times. If it were in the first half, I was afraid that the British back line would have been pulled down by the movement of the ball. However, at this time, the four British defenders were unmoved, each guarding their respective defensive areas and always maintaining the integrity of the back line.
Martinez on the sidelines also breathed a sigh of relief when he saw it. It seemed that the defense he arranged had played a role and effectively restricted the offense of overseas Chinese. From this point of view, there was still a lot of potential in the second half.
At this moment, the Time Travelers finally started to attack. Wang Xiaoyu dribbled the ball from the left rib and ran to the left corner of the penalty area. This was the intersection of the defensive area between the British central defender Taylor and the right defender Horton. Both of them hesitated for a moment, not knowing whether they should go on the robbery. But at this moment, Wang Xiaoyu broke into the penalty area from the left corner of the penalty area, and then shot with the opportunity. At this time, goalkeeper Hilton could not save it, and the ball was in the right corner of the goal and scored.
Shortly after the second half of the game started, the Crossovers won another goal, widening the score to 3:1, and expanding the lead to the two-goal gap again.
During the halftime break, Wang Hailong also made some adjustments to the Time Traveler's tactics. The most important adjustment is to require players not to play too fast when attacking, they can appropriately control the rhythm, and they should make full use of the width of the court, pull the opponent more, patiently find the weaknesses in the opponent's defense line, and strive to seize every opportunity.
It turns out that Wang Hailong is a bystander, and he is completely aware of the advantages and disadvantages of the Time Traveler in the first half. Generally speaking, modern football attaches great importance to offense and strives to be faster than the opponent's defense. Time Traveler is naturally accustomed to this style of play. However, playing fast means more mistakes, not to mention that the Time Traveler's technical level is also very limited. Therefore, in the first half, although Time Traveler created many opportunities, there were also many mistakes. Some good opportunities to score were also missed because they were too quick.
The British team's back line only maintains four defenders, and the overall defense is very poor, and the midfielder completely gives up. Therefore, there is no need for the time traveler to pursue his degree too much. It is better to slow down the offensive rhythm and use the time traveler's advantages in technology, consciousness and tactics to reduce mistakes and play success rate.
Sure enough, at the beginning of the second half, the Time Traveler was not in a hurry to attack, but patiently passed the ball in the frontcourt, mobilizing the opponent's defense and looking for opportunities. Although the British team's back line contracted, compressing the space for the Time Traveler to send the ball behind him, and allocating the defender's defense area, and not being transferred by the Time Traveler's passing, the Time Traveler still found an opportunity through repeated passes.
Although the British team made up for the defensive loopholes in the first half by adjusting their defense, two new weaknesses appeared. One is that the British team's defense line contracted. Although it compressed the space for the crosser to send the ball behind him, it also gave up a dangerous area of about 10 meters ahead of the penalty area. In this area, long shots can be used to directly threaten the opponent's goal; the other is to demarcate the defenders in the defense area and defend their own areas. Although it is not easy to be pulled open and dispersed, the number of defenders in the local area is insufficient. Because it is at the junction of the defense area between the two defenders, it is often the weakness of the defense line.
Chapter completed!