Father Green

Chapter 134: The team Charlotte wants

The players didn't know whether Le Tissier heard Charlotte's roar in the commentary booth. They only knew that their ears were "deafening" during these 15 minutes.

After the start of the second half, Charlotte did not make personnel and tactical adjustments.He believes that there is no problem with his starting selection and tactics, but the problem is the mentality of the players.

So he used his trump card as always: "Unless it is due to injuries and tactical reasons, I will not replace anyone. As for when is the tactical reason? I will tell you then, now, don't say If I don't give you a chance, it depends on whether you can prove yourself!"

This season has been a disappointing season for Birmingham.Originally ambitious and wanted to return to the Premier League this season, it was just a one-day trip to the British Championship.Then reality gave them a slap in the face, and Adkins, the little upgrade expert, was destined to take the blame.

Although they can't get two places for direct promotion, Birmingham, which is currently ranked seventh, still has a chance to compete for the promotion play-off spot, as long as they can reach the top six at the end of the season, and then play halfway through the promotion play-off. After winning the final and the final, they can still get a place for promotion.

So for Birmingham now, every point is important.For this reason, Adkins had to choose a conservative tactic. The advantage of leading by two goals was enough to give him the idea of ​​​​taking three points for this game.

At the beginning of the second half, Adkins replaced the Serbian veteran who scored a goal, striker Zikic, and replaced it with a midfielder.

Such a conservative style of writing naturally caused dissatisfaction among Southampton home fans. This season, Southampton fans have been challenged by Charlotte's tactics. If the difference in strength between the two sides is too great, everyone can accept your conservativeness. For example Speaking of Everton that Southampton encountered before, it would be normal for Charlotte to play a defensive counterattack.

But you start defending at the same level with a two-goal lead. This makes the Southampton fans a little dissatisfied, Nima. This is the English league, not Serie A or Bundesliga.

Hearing the boos all over the field, Adkins was ready to kill. Last season, he was also in this stadium, and he enjoyed the cheers of [-] home fans. At that time, he was the savior.

But now he is the opponent's enemy.

Now that the opponent was shrinking back to defend, Southampton was naturally impolite, and directly pressed up and gave him a fat beating.

Finally, in the 65th minute of the game, Southampton scored a goal from Icardi and temporarily pulled back a city.

In No. 70 minutes, Charlotte replaced the midfielder Jack Cork with Harry Kane, and said that the team needed to attack, so he gave up the interception of the midfielder, so this substitution is tactical need.

Hearing Charlotte's explanation, Jack Kirk breathed a sigh of relief, he was afraid that the boss was expressing dissatisfaction with him.

And in the No.80 minute of the game, Charlotte's temporary double-center tactics to strengthen the offense also had an effect.After Sterling broke through from the wing, he handed the ball to Florenzi, wanting to cooperate with the opponent.

Naturally, such an action could not be concealed from the experienced Birmingham defender, so the opponent immediately cut off the connection between Sterling and Roman Sao Nian.

But Florenzi himself didn't intend to pass the ball to Sterling. After getting the ball, he directly sent a through pass.After Icardi succeeded in anti-offside, he took the ball and went deep into it.The opposing centre-back pressed hard to push the Argentine striker off the line, while Birmingham's Welsh keeper Mihir blocked Icardi's angle.

But the Argentine, who was about to reach the bottom line, passed the football abruptly, and the football went near the penalty spot in the middle.

The excited Le Tissier yelled directly: "Inverted triangle!!!"

Harry Kane, who arrived on horseback, naturally would not waste this opportunity, and directly faced the ball and hit an empty goal.

Two to two, Southampton equalized the score.

The remaining 10 minutes is a classic offensive and defensive drill textbook. Southampton, who tied the score, has greatly increased their morale. A central defender, but even so, Jose Fonte and Mustafi over the halfway line, while the German goalkeeper is out of the penalty area.

The opponent has already scored two goals in a row, and the three-pointer in hand flew, but Adkins is not allowed to have no points.

So at No. 80 minutes, Adkins changed two people in a row, and they were all defensive players.

For this reason, Birmingham's formation has changed from the previous four, three, and three to ten, all of their players are concentrated near the penalty area, and the goalkeeper is added to the penalty area, and they have piled up a total of seven players.
Faced with such an opponent who didn't even leave a single striker and wanted to defend, Charlotte had no choice but to replace Pogba in the last 10 minutes, wanting to use the opponent's long-range shots to see if he could Unable to create some opportunities, and at the same time gave the team tactics to create more set kicks.

When the game ended, the Birmingham players were all tired and fell to the ground. They felt that the last 10 minutes were much more difficult than the previous 10 minutes.Fortunately, they managed to bring back one point.

They are currently only three points away from No.6 Blackpool. With five rounds left in the league, the three-point gap still has a considerable chance.

After the game, Charlotte unexpectedly did not express dissatisfaction with the players, but said: "Although you played like shit in the first half, I am very satisfied with your performance in the second half. If you can play the whole game If it's like the second half, I think it's easy for us to win."

"I know what you are thinking, yes, we have already won the league championship, why do we have to fight so hard? I just want to tell you that you are a professional player. Playing football is our profession. When it comes to the championship or we are leading by four goals in the first 10 minutes of a game, in this case we will play negatively."

"Whether we are absolutely ahead or the opponent is absolutely ahead, whether the opponent has won the championship or we have already won the championship. As long as the whistle for the end of the game is not blown, as long as there is one round left in the game, we will be It should be taken seriously. This is the respect we have for our opponents, the fans who support us, the professional football we love and give us everything, and of course, ourselves!"

"Gentlemen, you are professional players. What is a professional player? I hope you know the answer. Well, that's it for today's game. Everyone go back to rest early. Of course, I have no objection if you go to a nightclub, but The premise is that the training and the following games cannot be affected. If anyone breaks this rule, guys, I can guarantee that he can take a vacation from now on."

The players dispersed, but fortunately they saved themselves in the second half of the game.

It's not that Charlotte is too full to hold on, risking a deadlock with the players, and still has such strict requirements on the team after winning the championship.

But he knows that, in fact, the team and the army have something in common.A brave army with outstanding achievements, his mental outlook and temperament are different from other troops.Charlotte wants to cultivate a team that can fight tough battles, so the requirements are naturally much stricter.

Don't underestimate these small details. The victory or defeat on the court is actually composed of many small details. If you ignore some details, the result of the game is already doomed.

So Charlotte wants to imprint a brand on his team, a brand that will not relax even after it is doomed to lose or has won the game early.Whether facing a weak team or a strong team, you must maintain yourself.

As for the default players going to nightclubs. They're all kids in their late teens and early twenties.Daily high-intensity training naturally raised their male hormones to a certain level, so they naturally needed to relax.

This is all human nature, Charlotte will not ask too much in the private life of the players.As long as you don't affect your training and game status, and don't bring too much negative impact to the team.

This is also how Charlotte controls the locker room. The current Southampton players are absolutely convinced by him because Charlotte can handle these things in a balanced way, not blindly because Charlotte gave them absolute control when dealing with Jonathan Ford before. intimidate.

In Charlotte's view, as long as you can bring results to the team, honor and high income to the players, and then handle things to convince everyone, the locker room will naturally be stable.Blindly being weak or strong is not a long-term solution. As for personal charm, it is up to the beholder to see the benevolent and the wise.

At the press conference after the game, Charlotte was not as serious as in the locker room. Instead, he smiled and answered the reporters' questions: "What do you think of the team's sleepwalking in the first half? Hey, sir. You have to know So far, my players have played high-intensity games with high load for eight months. You can’t ask too much from them when we have locked the league championship in advance. More than eight months [-] high-intensity league games, the FA Cup and the League Cup. They are tired enough, so it is understandable to slow down a little bit now."

Indeed, when the league has won the championship six rounds ahead of schedule, as long as you don’t lose all the remaining six rounds, you really can’t ask too much from others, not to mention that Southampton has also entered the FA this season. Cup semi-finals, so it is understandable to directly give up the league and focus on the FA Cup.

After all, not everyone is a "pervert" like Charlotte.

And Southampton's opponent in the FA Cup semi-finals has also come out. It is the sworn enemy of Everton, which was eliminated by Southampton before, another team in Merseyside, the Red Army-Liverpool!