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Chapter 25 Desperate

In the first half, under such an atmosphere, the curtain came to an end.

The home spectators are still full of ideas. In their opinion, this half is the best Newcastle they have seen in a season.

Manchester City only has the power to parry, as long as they work a little harder in the second half, then a big victory can be counted on!

So after halftime, the home fans sang and danced, making it extremely exciting.

The fans of the visiting team died down. The good performance of the last two games made the fans have high expectations.So although the team defended in the first half, the fans were still dissatisfied.

"Oh, your team's situation is not good!" Martin Taylor satirized Andy Gray in the live broadcast room of Sky TV.

After all, there is only one Sky TV station, and what they chose to broadcast this round is the top four match between Liverpool and Arsenal.However, during the intermission, the two will naturally pay attention to the scores of other teams.

Since losing a bottle of vintage Lafite to Andy Gray, Manchester City has become Andy Gray's team in Martin's eyes.

No, as soon as Manchester City was deflated, Martin stood up.

"Martin, do you still want to bet on Lafite in this match?" Andy Gray said directly.

"Uh... let's see the results of other games." Martin Taylor changed the subject without a trace.

During the intermission, the starting players returned to the locker room to rest, but the substitute players stayed in the center of the field to warm up.

Cordela was one of them, wearing a yellow vest, sitting and practicing pass and catch.

"The team was too passive in the first half."

"Yeah, thanks to Richards and Dunn..."

"But always attack..."

The chatter of other substitute players got into Cordeira's ears.

Need to attack?

Cordella's mind was moved, not to mention other positions, the substitute of the forward position, but he was the only one Cordilla had.

As for Ismail Miller, who only played halftime, he had already been sent back to the youth team.

In the first half, Samaras and Andy Gray, the strike partner did not perform well.The two combined only had three shots, and none of them hit the goal frame.

Will Duncan make a substitution?

Cordeira couldn't help thinking about it, and he even looked into the aisle from time to time, hoping that the assistant coach would appear there and wave to him.

As if Cordeira's summoning had worked, Diop's figure came out of the passage.

Cordeira hurried over.

"Why are you here? Go back to training!" Not only Cordella, but also other substitute players looked at Diop eagerly, but they didn't expect Diop to scold everyone.

All the substitute players looked at me and I looked at you, but they had no choice but to go back to warm up.

Since Duncan took office, although he has won two consecutive victories, he doesn't care much about the use of substitute players.Even if a player comes off the bench, it will be after 80 minutes at the earliest.

For the substitutes, Duncan is not a very cute head coach.

"Why did you come out?" Cordeira leaned forward.

Although Diop tricked him last time, which made Cordella very upset, Cordilla still recognized Diop's value.

"Of course I'm here to take care of you substitutes."

Diop grumbled.

Of course this is not the case, but Diop suggested to Duncan to replace the mediocre striker, but Duncan refused.

Diop felt very embarrassed, so he ran out by himself.

Of course, he made an excuse for himself, saying that he was supervising the warm-up of the substitute players.

In the first half of the game, Manchester City's double central defenders were the most visible.But the most tiring, it must be Andy Cole and Samaras, the double center.

Andy Cole and Samaras retreated to defend, which was actually Duncan's tactical requirement.

In the first half of the game, Manchester City nominally played double forwards, but in fact, the double forwards did defensive work.

Samaras returned to the locker room, panting heavily.Andy Cole turned pale even more. At the age of 37, his physical strength and physical fitness are both problems.

But even so, the two of them had no complaints.The tactics ordered by the head coach were meticulously completed.

Duncan watched in front of his eyes, but he recognized the two very much in his heart.

With the formation system in hand, Duncan is not interested in outstanding players and top superstars.Because he can use formations to combine these ordinary players to achieve an effect that even a superstar lineup may not have.

But there are too few players who can 100% support their own tactics.

According to the evaluation of the formation system, Samaras' evaluation is "professional", while Andy Cole's is "dedicated".Samaras can fully implement his tactics, and Andy Cole can also be willing to be a green leaf.

In contrast, Cordella belongs to the "arrogant", such a player is self-centered.Once on the court, I definitely don't like to cooperate.The tactical execution rate will definitely be greatly reduced.

"In the first half, everyone performed very well, especially Dunn and Richards! Now, Rhodes probably hates you to death!" Duncan said.

There was a burst of laughter in the locker room.

Hearing the head coach's praise, Richards looked up at Duncan with deep admiration in his eyes.

Andy Cole happened to be sitting with Dunn.

"The boss is praising you!" Andy Cole messed up Dunn's blond hair.

"Go, don't mess with my hairstyle! I'm going to be on camera in the second half!" Dunn was furious. He just borrowed Trabelsi's hairspray and gave himself a special hairstyle.

Trabelsi is the fashion guy on the team, and his closet is full of hair gels.Every time he plays, the shiny hair can be used as a mirror.

Samaras curled his lips every time he saw it, because he is a striker who likes to use his head. If he gets some weird hairstyles, he will definitely be smashed to pieces by the football.

"I bet, Dunn, you won't have a chance to show off your hairstyle in the second half of the game." Duncan joked, and then said seriously: "We're not here to draw. In the second half, let's attack!"

When he came to Newcastle, Duncan obviously didn't come to make background cloth for Rhodes.Newcastle's complete suppression in the first half was also related to Manchester City's own shrinkage.

Although Newcastle's strength is higher than the ranking, but if you really want to say that the gap with Manchester City is limited, it really won't be so suppressed.

The purpose of Duncan's defense in the first half was to give Newcastle a feeling of "nearly succeeding" and lure Rod to add strength.

Although Rhodes may understand Duncan's intentions, he still has to be fooled obediently in the face of this naked conspiracy.

At the beginning of the second half, Newcastle took the lead in making substitutions.Replace a defensive midfielder with a striker!
Rhodes is going to put all his eggs in one basket.

The opportunity is coming soon!

The number of people in the frontcourt has increased, in exchange for more opportunities.

Duff's activities on the left side restrained at least two Manchester City players.

After this breakthrough, he did not choose to take it in by himself, but chose to cross.

Isaacson beat Ameobi and hit the ball out of the penalty area.

Bart was about to take a long shot, but he swung his legs for too long, and the football was stabbed away by Mido vigilantly.

Bart looked, his partner Parker was still in the backcourt, so he didn't return to defense, but stayed in the frontcourt, ready to counterattack.

Mido, who stole the ball, was not greedy for credit. He played the ball immediately, and Trabelsi pressed decisively. In this game, he crossed the half for the first time!

"Not good!" Newcastle coach Rhodes ran to the sidelines, greeted loudly, and asked his players to return to defense.

The far end, Samaras and Andy Cole, have plugged in at high speed...

(End of this chapter)