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Chapter 89 The dark horse Bournemouth
In just 5 minutes, the Bournemouth team made a fantastic start. The Cardiff City team did not expect that the core of the Bournemouth team's attack turned out to be around Rossi.

In modern football, it has gradually become the mainstream to build a team with the midfielder as the core, and the midfielder controls the offensive and defensive balance of the team.

Especially after Barcelona's pass-and-control style of play became popular, teams all over the world have higher and higher requirements for midfielders.

Whoever wins the midfield wins the world.

From the two wings of the early Red Devils "Triple Crown", the combination of Gaschols and Roy Keane is the core of the team's aspirations to Europe.

Kaka, Gattuso, Pirlo, Seedorf and Ambrosini of the Milan dynasty formed the Christmas tree midfielder and participated in two Champions League finals within three years.

Barcelona's Habaib midfielder has created a miracle of six championships.

It can be seen that the strength of a team depends on the midfielder.

But the Bournemouth team actually built tactics around center Rossi as the focus of offense, which is really unexpected.

But soon, the Cardiff City team discovered that Eddie Howe's current tactics were not so simple.

The team's offensive direction is determined by Rossi's position.

When Rossi retreats to get the ball, if the defense does not follow, the opponent's midfielder will be completely at a numerical disadvantage, and the offense can penetrate from both sides or the center.

If the defensive line follows, the forward drive from that side goes directly into the hinterland, and the ball behind Bournemouth poses a direct threat to the goal.

If Rossi is at the forefront, the two wingers retreat to create space for him to break through the center.

At this time, Rossi's back run is like a dagger, always threatening the opponent's goal.

Just this slight change caused the Cardiff City team a headache.

In the next 5 minutes, Cardiff City's defense was crumbling. If the goalkeeper hadn't played bravely, I'm afraid they would continue to fall behind.

Adjustments had to be made.

The Cardiff City team allowed the central defender to zone-mark Rossi and not allow Rossi to get the ball in the threat zone.

Although this limits Rossi's scoring ability, Rossi can still run without the ball to attract defense.

The Cardiff City team hopes that the first half of the game will end earlier, and it will be more enough to make adjustments in the midfield.

After all, it is difficult to implement tactics only by the head coach yelling from the sidelines.

Just before half-time stoppage time, Cardiff City paid for their slack.

It was originally a seemingly non-threatening offense, and the defense was also settled.

Bournemouth's full-back Daniels put in an assist and used the inverted triangle to pass the ball to the goal.

Outflanking in place, Harry Arter succeeded in pushing and extending the score to 2:0.

This unexpected goal even Bournemouth players feel very lucky.

With three points in stoppage time, Bournemouth can return to the dressing room with a two-goal advantage.

In the first minute of stoppage time, Cardiff City easily pushed the ball into the opponent's half, which made Eddie Howe a little dissatisfied off the court.

At any time, without the order of the head coach, the team must maintain the frontcourt pressure and cannot easily let the opponent advance.

The wide player of the Cardiff City team kicked the ball into the penalty area. Center Lefondre made a point forward and gave it to teammate Ken Wayne's head. The latter headed the goal.

2: 1!

This unexpected goal made Eddie Howe kick the water bottle on the ground hard when he returned to the rest area to vent his dissatisfaction.

Bournemouth kicked off in the middle circle, and Rossi ran forward quickly after returning the ball to Wilson.

how?Want to attack?
The teammates are a little confused.

There was still one minute before the end of the first half. At this time, most of them chose to pass the ball to pass the time, but Rossi made a decisive move forward, which made his teammates feel very ashamed.

A goal can be scored in any minute of the game.

The Bournemouth team used the only time to organize the last chance to attack.

After the goal, the Cardiff City team, a little excited, began to press.

Bournemouth took advantage of the pass and smoothly advanced through the half, handing it over to Ricky.

Cardiff City immediately double-teamed him.

It was Harry Art who came to meet Rich this time.

As a defensive midfielder, he shoulders the team's long passes and forward receptions in the backcourt.

After taking the ball, I saw Rossi wandering between the full-back and the central defender for the first time.

boom!
A through ball is passed between two defenders.

Rossi quietly approached the full-back Bradford before making a move, lying in ambush where he could hardly see him.

The moment Harry Art passed the ball, Bradford's attention was completely attracted by Wilson, ignoring the marking of Rossi.

When the ball passed behind him, Rossi had already started, dribbling the ball diagonally into the penalty area.

He turned around fast enough and still couldn't catch up to Rossi, so he could only hope that central defender Ben Turner could make up the defense.

But Rossi started it too quickly, and Ben Turner barely caught up when he was close to the edge of the penalty area.

Lift your foot and shoot.

The moment Rossi was about to shoot, Ben Turner knew it was too late, so he flew up to block the angle of Rossi's shot with his body.

But all of these were fake moves. Rossi made a fake shot and actually dunked, swayed past the defense, and took a step into the penalty area.

The keeper scrambled to block it and Rossi spotted the gap in the near corner and shot the ball over his leg into the net before the keeper crouched down to block it.

[GOAL, wonderful goal! ! ! 】

[In 3 minutes of stoppage time, the two teams presented us with two goals, which made the home fans have a good time. 】

[Luo's shooting is very calm, and he chooses a close angle, which requires a lot of shooting skills. 】

[Obviously when the goalkeeper attacked, he didn't expect Luo to choose the close corner. 】

[Luo scored twice in the first half. 】

With a score of 3:1, the referee blew the whistle to end the first half.

Back in the locker room, Eddie Howe was extremely dissatisfied with the laxity of the players in the last few minutes.

"You are only two goals ahead, and you are complacent. Our opponent in the next game is Liverpool. In this state, why do we play? It is better to leave early to avoid embarrassment."

The players all lowered their heads and said nothing, their faces were as red as blood.

They knew in their hearts that if Rossi hadn't asked for another attack at the last moment and scored a goal, the head coach would have scolded each one bloody at this time.

Eddie Howe didn't praise Rossi, but let others know that Rossi wiped their ass, and you all owe Rossi a favor.

This undoubtedly increased Rossi's prestige in the locker room.

At the beginning of the second half, after Cardiff City kicked off, Bournemouth went crazy.

How is this going?

I thought the opponent would take it in, but I knew they were crazy to press.

In just 10 minutes, there were as many as five fouls and a yellow card was received.

Not only that, but due to the yellow card foul of the Bournemouth team, Cardiff City was given a chance to set the ball in a good position. Central defender Morrison headed the goal to narrow the gap.

3: 2!

Although a goal was recovered, the Bournemouth team was not discouraged by it. They played like they did before, and they still played like this later, completely taking the initiative in their hands.

In the 67th minute, Wilson scored a goal in the chaos in front of the goal, extending the score to 4:2.

But 10 minutes later, the Cardiff City team took advantage of the opportunity of a set kick and scored with a header from central defender Morrison.

It stands to reason that the Cardiff City team continues to chase points, and the morale of the team should be high.

But they saw the crazy pressing of the Bournemouth team, and felt that the gap of this one goal was simply the difference between heaven and earth.

In the 70th minute, the Bournemouth team made a comeback, and Rossi retreated quickly, attracting the opponent's central defender's defense.

Harry Art's long pass from the backcourt hit the opponent's left rib. After taking the ball, Wilson swayed past the defender's defense and entered the penalty area.

The ball passed between the goalkeeper's legs. Although it hit the goalkeeper's right leg and was refracted, it still couldn't stop the goal.

5:3! ! !

After the goal was scored, Cardiff City completely lost their fighting spirit. Eddie Howe also replaced Rossi and Wilson in the 75th minute to prepare for the English League Cup match in the middle of next week.

In the end, Bournemouth beat Cardiff City 5:3 and continued to maintain the unbeaten discipline of the season.

After the game, the head coach of Cardiff City praised the new Bournemouth team and publicly reminded Liverpool head coach Rodgers to be careful of this dark horse.

After a happy weekend, the game against Liverpool became the focus of fans in the city of Bournemouth after dinner.

(End of this chapter)