44 Break the surface with points

The home game against Bolton is the highlight of this round of League One. Bolton is currently the best offensive team in League One. Bolton was still in the Premier League last season, but was eventually relegated. However, their strength has not been damaged, and they are the most popular team in the League One.

Speaking of Bolton, he is also one of the well-known teams in England. Bolton Football Club was founded in 1874. It is one of the seven founders of the English Football League. He has won the FA Cup four times in history, but it has also fallen in recent years.

One of Bolton's very famous things is that after the Munich air crash devoured the lives of many Manchester United players, some Bolton fans spread their arms in the posture of plane crash in the game, and since then they have been connected with Manchester United. At that time, not only Manchester United, but also many English clubs condemned the behavior of Bolton fans. For a while, Bolton was isolated by many English clubs, and this isolation even existed in the 21st century.

The 1994-1995 season was a glorious season for Bolton Football Club. They not only won the runner-up in the League Cup, but also got tickets to the Super League through the play-offs. However, at this time, head coach Bruce Riosh, the chief hero who led the team to advance to the Super League, accepted the invitation of Arsenal to make up for the vacancy left by George Graham. Roy MacFarland took over the team, but the team performed very badly in the league and immediately returned to the First Division, and MacFarland was fired by the club. He was replaced by Colin Todd.

Bolton, led by Colin Todd, has won a winning streak in the League One, and has achieved a good record of seven wins and one draw in the first eight rounds. With a score of 22 points, he is at the top of the League One. And it also has the most goals in all League Ones, and it is the most aggressive team in League One.

And Burnley is currently the best defensive team in League One, conceding only two goals in eight rounds, which can be called super defense.

In the ninth round of League One, the collision between the most aggressive team and the best defensive team still attracted a lot of media attention.

"With too many draws, it is impossible for the team to be promoted to the Super League. Even if you are not careful, there is a high risk of downgrade. I remember that Burnley was in the First Division last season because there were too many draws, which could only be the result of relegation. When facing the media, Colin Todd said it directly without scruples at all. And only a defensive team can't become a strong team.

The game hasn't started yet, and Colin Todd took the lead in fighting in the media.

Like many coaches of the same era, Colin Todd is also a player. He is the England international in the 1970s and 1980s, so he has a bad temper. It's a little contempt for George, a 28-year-old young coach.

Although Colin Todd is a defender, he prefers to attack. Colin Todd, who has just become Bolton's head coach this season, has greatly improved Bolton's offense in a short period of time.

But George simply said, "Attack wins the fans, defense wins the championship."

Now George doesn't have time to talk to Colin Todd.

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"This is indeed a veritable battle between the most powerful attacking team and the best defensive team. In the first 30 minutes of the first half, Bolton has been looking for a chance to score. But under Burnley's tenacious defense, he didn't get many opportunities.

This game really doesn't have much to watch, neither many wonderful pictures, and no too technical duels. Even if Bolton passed the ball less than five, Burnley cut the ball. Burnley is even more so. He was cut off by Bolton in less than three goals.

Both teams are fighting in the midfield, and they can only see the referee whistle from time to time. If you are a neutral fan, you will immediately change the stage after watching it for five minutes. Even the commentator has nothing to say about this game, so he has been introducing how Bolton is doing and Burnley's current situation.

Colin Todd and George both sat in the coach's seat with relaxed faces. Colin Todd felt that it was not unacceptable to get a draw away from home, and George's first half was for defense.

In this game, George reassigned Lampard and Danny Murphy, forming a huge defensive advantage in the midfield. The striker sent Klose and Kevin Phillips.

After this year, George obviously began to reuse Klose. Although Klose can't be compared with Klose in Bremen, he has made great progress compared with a year ago. The header is still sharp, the speed is the first among the Burnley strikers, and the shot under his feet is not as outrageous as a year ago.

The game passed little by little, and George was very satisfied with the situation in the first half. Bolton pressed the whole line, but he couldn't find a way to break the door.

"Frederick, go warm up." George didn't look back and shouted at the bench.

When Yongberry heard George's words, he took off his coat and began to warm up. Although Jenberg apologized, George still put him on the bench in this game.

But this time, Yongberry did not make noise, but sat quietly on the bench.

With the whistle at the end of the first half, George took the lead in entering the locker room. Looking at the players who entered, a smile appeared on George's face. This is George's rare smile in recent games.

"Everyone performed well in the first half, and I'm very satisfied." Of course, George was not happy because Burnley drew Bolton. In George's mind, Bolton was no different from passer-by. George's target is super teams such as Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool.

"Frank, press up in the second half. Don't step back like in the first half. Your position should be here. George drew a circle in the 30-meter area in front of Bolton Gate. You give full play to your running ability and long-range shooting skills.

Lampard nodded to make it clear, and Lampard also liked the front position.

"Danny, I'm sorry that you're going to come down to rest in the second half. In the first half, you protected the right and middle and did a very good job. But I'm going to attack in the second half, so I'm sorry. After going through the events of Yongberg, George understood that these talented players had a temper. And he has a good temper, so he tries his best to be sincere when he speaks.

Of course, Danny Murphy was unwilling, but although reluctant, he nodded. Yongberry just didn't cooperate with the players, so George blocked him for two months. Although I don't know how Yongbery got into the list in this game, most people know that Yongbery went to the office to find George before.

Danny Murphy knew that in George's mind, he was definitely not as good as Yong Bailey. George even said that Yongberry would block it, not to mention himself.

"Frederick, you play for Danny in the second half. My requirements for you are very simple, break through and break through again. You should have seen it on the bench. Bolton is very arrogant now. The two full-backs are not scrupulous at all. You play and let them know that it's awesome. George didn't repeat the old saying. George believed that Yongberi's cleverness would never make the same mistake again.

Yongbei nodded expressionlessly and understood that this game was related to his future fate. If you perform well and get recognition, the road will be smooth in the future. But once there is an if, George may really waste himself.

"Michael, your task is heavy in the second half. You should not only take care of defense, but also attack. You must keep an eye on it in the midfield. Whether the side attack can be opened or not needs your mobilization.

Barack nodded with a resolute expression.

"Daniel and Steve, you two can plug in at the right time." With the deepening of the league, Fennan has begun to gradually replace the old-fashioned Grant, appearing more in the right-back position.

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"Clozes' header, ouch. It's a pity to deviate slightly from the doorpost.

"Lampard's long-range shot was thrown out."

"In the second half, Burnley just set off a small **, and suddenly accelerated, which caught Bolton off guard. Fortunately, the goalkeeper played well.

As soon as Burnley opened the second half, he gave Bolton a down. It's just that several shots were so bad that they couldn't score a goal. Ten minutes after the second half, Burnley put down the offensive and began to retreat, and the pace became slightly slower.

He came to Bolton and began their attack, but it soon became a stalemate in the first half.

After the attack was cut off by Neil Lennon again, Neil Lennon handed the ball to Barak. Ballack moved to the right. After Yongberg stopped the ball beautifully, his body broke through Bolton's back with a slight feral.

In the fifteen minutes of kick-off in the second half of the game, Bolton was fully aware of Yongberi's speed and technology. Therefore, Bolton's defensive center of gravity gradually turned to the right, with two players defending Yongberg.

Yongberry actually didn't care about the defense of the two people, but he thought of George's cold face, so he made a fake move to the bottom line, and then sent it in the direction of the left rear.

Barack ran forward and saw someone stopping him right in front of him. Therefore, instead of stopping the ball directly, he followed the direction of the ball and hit it with his right heel to the left side of the body. This little move was a flash of lightning. Bolton's defensive player was shaken by Ballack's action and missed it.

Barack almost broke up Bolton's defensive system. Barak didn't stick the ball, but passed it directly to the left.

Bolton, who was attracted by Yongberi for most of the defense, was almost empty on the right. Daniel, who was defending the whole game, quickly came to this blank area, and then passed the ball directly to the penalty area.

The ball passed fast and the landing point was good. In the crowd, Klose jumped high and shook his head fiercely to attack the goal.