Chapter 67 Deadlock

To Lin Fenglei's slight surprise, Stevens did not let Eindhoven launch a counterattack at the first time after losing the ball, but made his players more resolutely play intensive defense.

Lin Fenglei was stunned for a moment, and then laughed. Stevens is worthy of being a famous European coach. He is not like an ordinary head coach. He immediately launches an offensive when he loses the ball, but does the opposite. In fact, if Eindhoven turns from defense to attack now, Lin Fenglei is very confident to use their chaos in the conversion of attack and defense to expand the score in the first half. In that case, the result of the game will basically become a fore.

Stevens did this, obviously taking into account the strength gap between the two teams, so he first based on defense, stabilized his position, and tried not to lose the ball in the first half. Then, after the adjustment of the midfield, Eindhoven may still win back a goal in the second half.

Although Lin Fenglei saw Stevens' intention and commanded the players to strengthen their attack and try to score another goal before the end of the first half, because Eindhoven is now completely determined to defend, even their single striker Toyvonen has returned to his own half to help defend, plus Casio's situation today. The state was really good, so until the end of the first half, the Gosau team failed to score again. In the first half, the two teams played 1:0, and the Gosau team led by a goal into the half-time break.

Lin Fenglei was a little sorry, but he was relieved when he thought about it. After all, the Gosho team is still leading 1-0. Even if he didn't score a goal, he did not lose his belief in winning. So what's the pity about being ahead of himself?

In the locker room, Lin Fenglei praised all the players in the team, and even Ribeiro, who lost the penalty, was praised by him, because Egman's goal was assisted by Ribeiro, and he also atoned for his sins.

In the second half of the game, Stevens played with Portuguese international Hugo. Viana replaced Vuytens. Viana is an offensive midfielder with good skills and strong offensive ability. At that time, the young Viana was once known as the former talented offensive midfielder in Portugal. He even surpassed Cristiano Ronaldo. At the age of 19, he was defeated by the Premier League team Newcastle United for 12 million euros. Yuan bought it at a high price, but because he was not adapted to the strength of the Premier League, he played evenly in Newcastle. Later, he was sold to Valencia for only 1.5 million pounds. Since then, he has traveled to many teams. Until now, he has come to Eindhoven.

At this time, Viana is no longer the teenager genius. At the age of 30, his face is full of vicissitudes, but the training of several teams has also given him a mature mentality, and his current performance is better than when he was young. It's just that his physical fitness is not very good now, so Stevens can only use him as a secret weapon and let him play in the second half.

After Viana came on the field, he was very active in the front court. His speed was not very fast, but his running position was very flexible and his skills were also very good. He could play on the left side of the middle, so he and the Hungarian international Rudzak on the left side often changed positions. In this way, Eindhoven's offensive gradually improved.

In the 49th minute, Viana and Judezak changed positions and dribbled the ball on the left side. Facing Horensten's defense, he got rid of Horensten with delicate skills, and then decisively cut inside and shot directly from 30 meters away from the goal. The ball went straight to the far corner. Fortunately, Gosho's goalkeeper Checarelli is tall. His arms were long and his reaction was very fast. He flew and held the long-range shot out of the crossbar.

Subsequently, Viana took a free throw. The corner fell well and almost helped Eindhoven's 1.92 meter striker Toyvonen header. Fortunately, under the interference of Salihovic, the ball slightly deflected from the left post.

Seeing that Viana was so active, Lin Fenglei frowned. He immediately walked to the sidelines and let Antunović recycle and strengthen the protection of the front of the penalty area.

The situation on the court is always uneven. After Antunović retreated, Strummann and Rodriguez in the middle of Eindhoven began to take turns. In this way, the situation on the field gradually returned to the balance.

Stevens frowned and looked at the situation on the court. Viana did have an unexpected effect after coming on the court, but after Antunović's recovery, the Gosho team stabilized again. Eindhoven failed to score a goal because his opponent was not familiar with him when he first came on the field, so it would be difficult to score a goal in the battle. He looked around at his bench. Can he find another player like Viana to change the situation by playing? However, he looked around and found nothing. The best players in his hand were basically on the court. Most of the players sitting on the bench were young players around 20 years old. Their skills were not mature and their experience was very immature. It was purely irresponsible for them to send them to play in such a game. Therefore, he After dispelled the idea of substitution, I could only hope that the players on the court suddenly broke out.

In the 55th minute, there was an emergency on the field. Lima was knocked down from the back by Eindhoven's midfielder Strulman during a breakthrough with the ball. Strulman got a yellow card, but Lima lay on the ground and could not get up. After the team doctor's examination, he confirmed that Lima had a sprained ankle and could not continue the game. Lin Fenglei had to replace Lima with Ivanovich.

In fact, Lima's state of this game is already average. In the first eight rounds of the league, he almost started, and his physical condition has not been very good. Lin Fenglei originally wanted to arrange for him to take a break from this game, but he strongly asked to play. He really wanted to help the team win the Super Cup, Lin Feng Ray had to arrange his starting line-up. Strulman's foul just now was a tactical foul, and his action was not very big. He should not be injured when Lima was in good physical condition, but this time he fell to the ground unluckily sprained his right ankle.

Stevens was secretly happy about this passive substitution of the Gosho team. Although Ivanovic is not a nobody, and his strength is not below Lima, at least Lin Fenglei's hand is now missing a replacement quota.

Although it was a temporary appearance, Ivanovic quickly entered the state after playing. His large-scale running in the front court and his accurate transfer made Strulman and Rodriguez cry bitterly. They all felt that the newly replaced Billyma was more difficult to defend.

This doesn't mean that Lima is easy to defend, but Lima is in a bad state today and doesn't run much, so it's easier for them to keep up with Lima. Ivanovic's physical fitness is very good. His large-scale interspersed running makes Strulman and Rodriguez, who have already declined in physical fitness, feel a little out of a way to keep up.

Seeing Ivanovic play well as soon as he plays, Stevens' heart is full of bitterness. The cards in Lin Fenglei's hand are so good, and there are Ivanovic in Lima. Stevens looked at the bench of the Gosho team again. Everyone sitting on it made him drool. Silva used to be the main central defender of the Dutch league championship team Alkmaar, but in Gosho team can only sit on the bench, as well as Tobinski, Esposito and others. If they were in Eindhoven, they would definitely be They have become the main players, but now they are willing to sit on the bench of the Gosho team.

Stevens shook his head. This is really incompared. People compare with others. It's so annoying. He has foresaw that he can't win this game, but after all, he is also a world-renowned head coach. Even if he loses, he doesn't want to lose.

Stevens stood up. He walked to the court and replaced Strulman with 19-year-old young center Valentine. Valentine is Stevens' key training target. He is 1.94 meters tall, but he has this unusual speed. Although his other skills are average and his experience is also lacking, his speed and impact make him sometimes a strange soldier of the Eindhoven team. Therefore, Stevens replaced him, hoping to use his impact to win and turn the situation around.