Father Green

Chapter 64: Red card professional household

Charlotte shouted to the field, and after attracting the attention of the players, he gestured.

From the perspective of outsiders, they don't know the meaning of this gesture, but the Southampton players naturally know that this is the meaning of the coach asking them to play more in the middle.

And after the game restarted, it was indeed proceeding according to Charlotte's thinking. The opponent's three-center configuration did not exert much offensive advantage, but it became a little difficult to open the situation.

The three of them were particularly crowded in the middle. Although they consciously kept their distance, the penalty area in the middle has always been the focus of the defense of the major teams. When Schneiderlin and Hammond returned to the defense, the middle was even more crowded.

And because there are too many forwards, even when the Reading team gets the ball and wants to attack, the chance of making mistakes increases.

When the game came to the No. 70 minute of the game, Southampton, who had been tepid, caught an offensive mistake by the opponent, and immediately started a counterattack after getting the ball.

Jose Fonte blocked the opponent's cross, and then kicked the ball to the retreating Hammond.

Dean Hammond is just an engineer player in Charlotte's tactics. His role is actually not great. He mainly plays a defensive and transition role in the middle of the midfield. Even Jack Corker is fully capable of his job. .

So after Hammond got the ball, he forgot what to do for a while, and wanted to clear the siege first, to resolve the crisis, but after thinking about it carefully, it seems that the opponent's attack is not dangerous. If he passes the ball, Schneiderlin is now behind him. .

As soon as Hammond looked up, he saw Sturridge raising his hand for the ball.

Yes, Sturridge is in a very good position now.

So Hammond passed the ball very decisively.

Stealing, marking, intercepting and sweeping are Hammond's strengths, but passing the ball is really not his strong point.

So he originally wanted to go to Sturridge. According to the general passing route, few people pass the ball directly to the feet of teammates, unless the teammates stand still.

Considering the running of teammates when counterattacking, so if you want to pass the ball to be threatening and comfortable for teammates to hold the ball, when passing the ball, you must pass the ball slightly forward of the teammate's position, so that it is convenient for teammates to run. .

But Hammond obviously forgot this, and his pass went directly to Sturridge's feet.

Sturridge was about to start rushing forward, but suddenly he felt that the pass was not in the right position, and stopped immediately in a hurry.This was a wake-up call to the full-back defending him, and the opponent immediately leaned over.

Sturridge had already run past the landing point of the football. He looked back at the falling football and raised his heels subconsciously.

The football was picked up by him again and flew over the heads of the two, and Sturridge also took this opportunity to bypass the opponent and go behind him.

With a straight chest, he unloaded the football, and then stepped out, intending to face the opponent's goal directly in one go.

But at this time, a blue and white figure suddenly came behind Sturridge, and flew directly to tackle it.

At this time, there was no football under Sturridge's feet. Obviously, the opponent didn't want to tackle, but wanted to keep him.

The opponent's spikes directly stepped on Sturridge's calf, and Sturridge cried out in pain and rolled on the ground in pain.

Charlotte watched in cold sweat, and he could imagine how much pain Sturridge was enduring now.

"Murderer!! You murderer!!!" An angry Charlotte didn't yell at the fourth official, but pointed at the spot where Sturridge fell to the ground.

The emotional Charlotte almost rushed to the court, but fortunately, the assistant coach Wilkins quickly grabbed Charlotte.

"This is an undoubted foul, and it can even be said that it was intentionally injured. Sturridge's screams made the entire St. Mary's Stadium look creepy. My God, there was a lot of blood," the commentator of Sky Sports said. Was shocked.

From the TV screen, it can be clearly seen that Sturridge's white socks have been stained with blood to a large extent, and the whole look is shocking!
For such an action, the referee naturally couldn't hesitate. He was stunned by Sturridge's screams just now. After recovering, he rushed to the perpetrator and showed him a red card. Then Point to the player tunnel to signal the opponent to get off the field as soon as possible.

The referee is protecting the opponent in a disguised form. You must know that this is St. Mary's Stadium.Although Southampton fans are not as "reputable" as fans of Reading, Millwall, Middlesbrough, Leeds United and other teams, after all, fans are angry.

"It's Mickley Leggettwood again!! This is a notorious player. He got five red cards and eleven yellow cards in all competitions last season. Unexpectedly, in the seventh round of the new season, he got three more yellow cards and one red card."

The fans at the scene naturally knew Leggettwood, a "famous" figure in the British Championship, so when Leggettwood was featured on the live screen, the St. Mary's Stadium was filled with huge curses. Being sensible, he didn't rush down from the stands.

"Mickley Leggettwood, the guy most hated by all players in the British Championship, made his debut in the Wimbledon team, which was still in the Premier League, in 1997. He played for Wimbledon for seven years and was loaned to Leyton Orient for half a year. , played for Crystal Palace, Sheffield United, Queens Park Rangers successively, and joined Reading last season. The number of red cards in each season is no less than seven, and there are even more yellow cards." Wilkins knows Charlotte didn't know this person well, so he deliberately introduced this "celebrity" to Charlotte while holding her back.

"Wimbledon, Leyton Orient, Crystal Palace, Queen's Park, Reading! They are all fucking teams that kick people and fight for food!" Charlotte laughed angrily. Resume" was amused.

Leggettwood did not explain anything to the referee, nor did he provoke Southampton players and fans.He didn't even look at the red card in the referee's hand, got up and walked directly towards the player tunnel.

Although he is "notorious" in the British Championship, he is also the player with the most cards.But I have never seen him "beg for mercy", provoke and pretend to be innocent after winning the card. Every time, he walked happily to the player channel.

The Southampton players are naturally reluctant. Although the opponent has already received a red card, no one will remain indifferent when seeing their teammates suffer such heavy damage.

The Southampton players surrounded Leggettwood, pushing and cursing him.

Leggettwood didn't hit anyone, but just glared fiercely at the person who pushed him, and then walked towards the player channel under the "escort" of the referee and security.

The team doctor has already made a preliminary diagnosis for Sturridge. Although the wound on the calf looks shocking, fortunately no bones or ligaments were injured.

Anyone with a little common sense knows that the bones and ligaments are the places athletes are most afraid of being injured.

It's no joke to hurt your muscles and bones for a hundred days.

Charlotte heaved a sigh of relief, so Sturridge was only injured on the flesh, and when the wound healed and there was no pain, he would return to normal.That's a little consolation for Sturridge and Southampton.

After comforting Sturridge, who was carried to the sidelines on a stretcher by the team doctor, and seeing that the "perpetrator" had come to the player channel, Charlotte rushed up and pushed Leggettwood.

"Look what you've done! Are you playing football? You're killing! You're a murderer. If there's anything wrong with my players, you wait for the court summons, you kind of man You don't deserve to appear on the court, you can only go to prison!!" After scolding viciously, Charlotte angrily threw the blood-stained socks that Sturridge took off just now into the opponent's face.

The staff who had just separated the Southampton players breathed a sigh of relief. They didn't expect the head coach of Southampton to "join in the fun" and quickly pulled the two apart.