Football: Rebirth 04, I Create a Black Shop in Football

The temperature in the home team's locker room at the Philips Stadium was a little low. It had been almost three minutes since everyone entered the locker room, but PSV's head coach Koeman said nothing and looked at the players in front of him with a sullen face.

In fact, before the start of this game, the fact that Li Shiguang didn't have many cards to play was not only spread in England, but Koeman was also clear in his mind.

A few days ago, Koeman also carefully studied the video of Leeds United's loss to Portsmouth a few days ago, so before the game, both the Dutch media and himself believed that it would not take much effort to win today's game.

But the state of Leeds United in the first half was indeed beyond Coman's expectations. He did not expect that PSV Eindhoven would be beaten by Leeds United in his own half.

But he is not a novice coach. After scoring, Li Shiguang couldn't wait to let Leeds United slow down the pace. This move made Coman have some guesses in his mind. Combined with his observations in the first half, he confirmed one thing, that the players of Leeds United had a big problem in physical fitness!

"Bang, bang, bang." Coman knocked on the whiteboard behind him with a pen, signaling the players to focus on him.

Seeing that everyone's eyes were focused on him, he spoke: "Okay, guys, forget the previous 45 minutes. Although you did play badly, the game is not over yet, and we still have a chance!"

Simply cheered up the players.

Koeman began to draw the tactical arrangement for the second half on the whiteboard, leaning sideways. About a minute later, he put down the pen in his hand and turned to look at the players: "In the second half, we will give up the penetration in the middle and focus on their right side..."

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The second half had already started for almost 20 minutes. At this time, Li Shiguang was standing on the sidelines with his hands folded, his eyes fixed on the situation on the field, his brows furrowed, and he did not seem to feel relieved because the team was temporarily leading.

If anyone had the leisure to stand next to him and observe him for a while, they would find that Li Shiguang's eyes were on the right side of the field 80% of the time, to be precise, on the right back Maicon.

Just before going on the court, Li Shiguang stopped Maicon at the door of the locker room, who was still a little short of breath even after resting for 15 minutes, and stared at him closely: "How is it, Michael, can you still run?"

Hearing Li Shiguang's concern, Maicon excitedly shook his head: "It's not a big problem, boss, I'm in good shape today, at least I can play for another half an hour."

Li Shiguang was very entangled. He just looked at Maicon's panel in the locker room. Even though he didn't make many assists in the first half, his physical fitness had dropped to 27 points, breaking the 30-point red line!

Reason told Li Shiguang that the best choice now should be to replace Maicon and play three defenders instead.

But he didn't expect that after he used the morale card on the team, the players' emotions were as high as if they had taken banned drugs.

As the boss and head coach, Li Shiguang is the boss who has the final say in the team. However, seeing that Maicon is so excited to fight, he is afraid that if he replaces him now, it will hit Maicon's mood. If something bad happens, it will be more trouble than it's worth!

But after the second half of the game, Li Shiguang gradually found that something was wrong. Koeman seemed to realize something. PSV Eindhoven gave up the previous penetration in the middle after the kick-off. The recent attacks were all placed on the right side guarded by Maicon.

"Manuel! He broke in!" The shouting of the commentator at the Philips Stadium interrupted Li Shiguang's thoughts. He turned around and saw that the PSV Eindhoven full-back had just broken through Maicon and reached the bottom line.

"Ah~~~~ What a pity, Cone didn't get the first point, Cannavaro destroyed the ball out of the bottom line." The commentator's voice was full of regret.

Looking at Maicon who was bending over and supporting his thighs with both hands.

"No, even if Maicon has complaints, he must be replaced."

After Li Shiguang decided to replace Maicon, he quickly turned around and walked towards the bench. He was going to ask Mills to warm up quickly, but he had no extra manpower. He could only replace left-back Mills and let Lahm guard the right side.

But as soon as he set his eyes on Mills, a fierce cheer broke out in the Philips Stadium, and the voice of the commentator on the scene was also heard.

It reached Li Shiguang's ears.

"goooooooool~~~~Kone!!! Aruna Kone!!! He helped PSV equalize the score! With a wonderful run, he completely got rid of the opponent's defense. Ladies and gentlemen, let's cheer for him together! The goal was scored by Aruna~~~~~"

"Kone!!!"

Li Shiguang turned his head and saw that with the shouts of the fans, PSV's players had already run to the corner flag of Leeds United's half and gathered together to celebrate the goal they had just scored.

"Beautiful, Coach Wang, Kone's header was so beautiful, Simmons played very well, and sent a half-high ball to the front point. Maicon made a mistake and was thrown away by Kone who suddenly started. Now the two sides are back to the same starting line!" Su Tao's voice was a little regretful. He actually hoped that Leeds United could win this game.

Wang Lu, who was standing next to him, saw PSV Eindhoven pull back a goal, and seemed to have regained the confidence he had when he made predictions before the game. His tone rose slightly, and he began to comment with a smile on his face: "Look, this is obviously the problem of Leeds United's lack of strength that I just mentioned! They fought too hard in the first half. Although Ibrahimovic was lucky enough to score a goal, he did not widen the gap."

"At the beginning of the second half, the sequelae were exposed. It can be said that Maicon was 99% responsible for PSV Eindhoven's goal! The corner kick was also caused by him being broken through. After the corner kick was sent out, Cone started in the penalty area. We can also clearly see that Maicon's reaction was half a beat slower, which caused the loss of the ball."

"Then Coach Wang, how do you think Leeds United should adjust to win later?" Su Tao nodded.

He wanted to refute Wang Lu, but Maicon really had to take the blame for the goal just now, so he gave up and raised a new question instead.

Hearing Su Tao's question, Wang Lu, who regained his confidence, started a new round of analysis: "Leeds United's top priority now is to consider how to keep this 1 point. Now their right side has almost become a corridor for PSV Eindhoven. De Bruyne doesn't seem to like to return to defense, and Maicon seems unable to run again. If Li Shiguang doesn't make any adjustments, as the players' physical fitness gets worse and worse, they may be overtaken by PSV Eindhoven!"

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While PSV Eindhoven's players were celebrating, Li Shiguang's mind was spinning rapidly. Cone's goal disrupted his plan. A draw could not satisfy him who came all the way with Leeds United.

Seeing Mills about to get up, Li Shiguang made up his mind and uttered two more names: "Xavi, Ferreira, you two should also warm up!"

After Leeds United restarted the game, Eddie Gray also seemed a little worried: "Leeds United must make adjustments as soon as possible. We saw Simeone has been communicating with the assistant referee. Next, let's see how Li will keep this 1 point."

As everyone guessed, after a dead ball, the assistant referee raised the LED light board on the sidelines, and Leeds United requested a substitution.

Mills replaced Maicon, Xavi Garcia replaced Modric, and Rivaldo replaced De Bruyne.

Seeing Rivaldo and his team enter the stadium, Su Tao always felt something was wrong, but he couldn't tell, so he looked at Wang Lu next to him: "Coach Wang, it seems that you are right. Leeds United's three substitutions seem to be more inclined to defend this 1 point."

Wang Lu nodded slightly: "Well, it seems that Li Shiguang has also noticed what I just said. Let's not talk about the two defensive players Garcia and Mills. Rivaldo should be arranged to the left by him, and Ribery should be put back to the right where he is more accustomed. This can also reduce Leeds United's defensive pressure on the right side."

Indeed, according to Wang Lu, Mills is a positional substitution, Garcia's interception ability in the midfield is better than Modric, and although Rivaldo is old, there is less than half an hour left in the game, and the left is not the main attack direction of Eindhoven. This substitution method is indeed possible.

But after several players stood in position, they found the problem from a God's perspective.

Su Tao couldn't help but exclaimed.

"Oh my god, Coach Wang, it seems that Li Shiguang didn't make the adjustments you just analyzed! Leeds United has now changed its formation to 4-3-3, and they still want to attack!?"