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Chapter 103 The Last Victory Before the New Year

In the 24th round of the league, the Bournemouth team will rush to the Neil Stadium to challenge the Millwall team.

In the first round of the round-robin match, Bournemouth tied the opponent at home, because the opponent's defense was very successful.

This time Millwall is playing at home, and the whole team is confident that they will beat Bournemouth.

Bournemouth played a rare 4-4-1-1 formation.

This seemingly "iron bucket" defense is actually a quick counterattack formation.

In this formation, Rossi has changed from a center forward to a midfielder, which is used to form a link between the midfield and the frontcourt.

As for Wilson, who is at the top, he can use his dribbling and speed to attack the opponent's defense.

After the start of the game, the home team kicks off.

Bournemouth's defense made full use of the depth of the court, allowing the two wingbacks Adam Smith and Richner to receive the center, so that when the conduction was blocked, the ball could be efficiently passed to the center forward or forward. waist.

The head coach of the Millwall team quickly noticed Eddie Howe's "good intentions".

Bournemouth itself is very fierce in pressing. After compressing the formation in this way, Millwall's offense can't get in at all, and they can only guide the ball back and forth from the outside.

In the 8th minute, the patient Bournemouth team finally seized the opportunity. After Suleman broke the ball, he quickly handed it to Rich.

Rich's role as a wingback is not only defensive, but also the task of distributing the ball.

As Bournemouth gave up their two-wing defense, and the opponent's wing was also pressed very high, there was a space between the midfielder and the defender.

But Rich's task is not to pass such a threatening ball, but to Rossi, who is the midfielder.

In this position, Rossi can pass the ball to Wilson, who is lying between the opponent's midfielder and defender.

And his excellent ability to play the ball with one kick can improve the quality and speed of counterattacks.

This is also the reason why Eddie Howe let Rossi appear in the midfielder position as a false No. 9.

Although Wilson's shot was saved by the opponent's goalkeeper, just a counterattack made the opponent's back sweat.

The head coach of Millwall quickly adjusted to let the midfielder Sean Williams keep an eye on Rossi.

But Rossi is a free frontcourt player in the midfielder position, has a large area of ​​activity, is the team's organization and metronome, and dominates the team's offense.

The position is vague, and Rossi also has the ability to move forward, making it difficult for Sean to mark.

In the 30th minute, under Rossi's tandem, there was a trace of confusion in the opponent's defense.

Adam-Smith sent a back ball after cutting forward, and Rossi succeeded in anti-offside on the left side of the front of the penalty area.

Sean knew he was out of position, turned around and shoveled, trying to foul Rossi before he entered the penalty area.

But Rossi's foot was still a step faster. After one foot stepped into the penalty area, he was brought down by Sean behind him.

Ah!
Rossi's ankle was severely swept and fell to the ground in pain.

When he fell like this, Eddie Howe and his teammates were taken aback.

The second half of the league has just started, and Rossi is indispensable to the team, so he can't be injured.

drop!
Penalty and yellow card.

To be on the safe side, Eddie Howe asked Rossi to receive treatment and handed the penalty to Wilson to take the penalty.

Although not the first penalty shooter, Wilson still made the penalty steadily.

I'm sorry Rossi missed the penalty kick.

After Wilson scored a goal, he immediately looked at Rossi who was receiving treatment on the sidelines.

The team doctor sprayed Rossi with medicine to relieve the pain. After the examination, it was found that no muscles and bones were injured, and the whole team breathed a sigh of relief.

In the next game, the smell of gunpowder between the two sides became stronger.

On Millwall's side, the team strengthened the frontcourt press because they fell behind.

As for the Bournemouth team, they couldn't get used to Sean Williams, who had clearly lost his position and even put a shovel on Rossi.

Within 10 minutes, the two teams made a total of eight fouls and received three yellow cards.

The referee called the captains of both sides and asked them to appease the excitement of their players.

Just when the two sides began to calm down, Bournemouth extended their lead in a quick counterattack, assisted by Rossi to score Harry.

In the first half, Millwall had nothing to do with Rossi. They could only change the 4-2-3-1 formation to 4-5-1 and use intensive defense to survive the last few minutes of the first half.

In the second half, the Millwall team made adjustments first, using active fighting to limit Bournemouth's ball in the first place.

Whether it is Rossi or Wilson, Bournemouth's first goal must be initiated by the backcourt.

As long as they block their backcourt outlets, they can create a disconnect between the midfield and frontcourt.

Although such a tactic has achieved results, it consumes a lot of physical energy for the players.

In addition, the Millwall team did not have a center forward who could destroy the city, the offense could not be scored at all, and the game became sleepy.

But when everyone was yawning boredly, Bournemouth launched a long pass from central defender Cook to Rossi.

Although there is an element of luck in such a pass, I am afraid that only one or two successes out of ten times will be successful, but it is enough to threaten Millwall's defense.

After receiving the ball, Rossi passed back to Rich, then quickly turned and ran forward.

Ricky's pass hit the midfielder and behind the central defender. Rossi quickly bottomed out on the wing, and then kicked up, trying to pass the ball in front of the goal.

Sean stretched out his legs to block, but was dunked by Rossi's fake fax, shaking off the defense.

Unwillingly, Sean reached out and pulled Rossi, causing Rossi to lose his center of gravity and fall.

drop!
foul!

yellow card!

red card!

Sean's two yellows turned into one red, and he was sent off.

The Millwall team, who fought with one less player, finally lost 0:2 to Bournemouth at home, giving the opponent an unbeaten 24 rounds of the league.

After winning the game, Eddie Howe began to discuss with the club's top management about reinforcements for the winter transfer.

Although the team is now far ahead in the standings, for the English league without a winter break, the game after the New Year is the key to testing the depth of a team's bench and players' physical reserves.

In the early stage, there are menacing teams, but in the later stage, there are many teams that pull hips.

How to use winter signings to strengthen the lineup and strengthen the depth of the bench is the first thing all teams do.

In this context, it also means that the winter transfer will not be as grand as the summer transfer.

Eddie Howe first put Rossi's loan on the agenda.

Rossi is already an indispensable core of the team, and his loan contract does not have a direct buyout clause.

With his current fiery state, whether Bournemouth can keep him is still a question.

Even if Rossi is willing to stay in the team, will the club spend a lot of money to sign him at the current market valuation?
Will Leicester City give him up?

Eddie Howe naturally hopes that Rossi will stay in the team and help the team get promoted to the Premier League.

All of this has to wait until the winter transfer window opens, and then hand it over to the manager of the club to handle it himself.

And what he wants to prepare for is the FA Cup on January 1.

(End of this chapter)