He lost a goal before the end - anyone would be unhappy. Ou walked back and forth in the locker room and said slowly, while the players stared at him one by one: "At the beginning of the game and before the end, Conceding the ball is the last thing I can tolerate, because it shows that you are not focused during the game. However, I don¡¯t blame you for the ball conceded just now.¡±
The players looked at their coach in surprise, and Mourinho spread his hands: "Why should I blame you? You performed very well in the first half, and the goal conceded was just a direct free kickeven if it was the opponent , I also have to admit that Nihat¡¯s free kick is very exciting, it is a beautiful world wave isn¡¯t it?¡±
The players' expressions became a little more relaxed. Indeed, in football matches, some goals are completely unavoidable. If they fall on you, you can only accept it - losing the ball is like that. If you can't avoid it, you Just accept it.
"We did a good job in the first half. Real Sociedad probably thought we would continue to fight with them like this, so after the start of the second half, we have to strengthen our offense and strive to score again, so that we can take the initiative after returning home. The power will all be in our hands Do you understand?"
"Understood." The players nodded in unison. It was an away game and it was the first round. There was not much pressure on them, while the players of Real Sociedad were better. On the contrary, it would be better if they couldn't get one at home. As a result, it will be even worse in the away game - St. James' Park is the most difficult home court to conquer in the Premier League. Newcastle has not lost at its home court since the beginning of this season.
Denue didn¡¯t know what to say in the locker room. The players performed very well in the first half. Apart from the conceded goal, Newcastle¡¯s defense was also a little too good.
"We have no choice." Denue said in a low voice: "Although this is only the first round of the game. But for us, this game is the final. We have no way out, except victory. No choice.¡±
"Strengthen the offense, we must strengthen the offense in the second half, use offense to suppress the opponent, and play more on the two wings. Newcastle's defense on the wings in the first half was not very good. We must seize this weakness of theirs and use speed and We must be smart to deal with their two central defenders and increase the number of assists from the full-backs. Only in this way can we break through their door.¡±
"Remember! We have no retreat. We can only win this game and move on in the Champions League. Only if our season is not too bad Maybe I won't be here long, and I won't When it comes to fighting for me, for yourselves and your futurebehave well."
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"Oh! Newcastle started attacking at the beginning of the second half! It seems that Mourinho and his disciples are not satisfied with the one-to-one result It's a bit surprising. In Lyon, they carried out the defense until the end Maybe the club¡¯s goals have been achieved, so Mourinho wants to build up the team¡¯s image?¡±
All Newcastle fans watching TV immediately cursed after hearing this commentary - Only fools would choose a thankless style of play for the so-called image building. Is our head coach a fool? There is such a handsome fool.
After several one-on-ones in the middle, the ball passed to Stewart's feet. Stewart made a beautiful 45-degree cross from the wing. Shearer beat Guruchaga and hit the goal. Westerveld made a wonderful save and saved the ball from the baseline with one palm
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After overcoming Newcastle's attack for a while, Real Sociedad launched a crazy counterattack. In just five minutes, three shooting opportunities were created. Among them, Kovacevic's irregular header hit the crossbar of the goal. Given reacted quickly and took the ball into his arms.
Seeing that Real Sociedad's attack was so fierce, Mourinho was relieved - he was not afraid of Real Sociedad's attack, but he was afraid that they would not attack - as long as there are loopholes in the backcourt, then Nie Fei and Stewart's speed will be useful. Well, the back-and-forth attack like in the first half made Stewart and Nie Fei lack sprint distance, and when the opponent counterattacked, the holes in the two ribs would become larger. The defense like now is safer - No matter how good Real Sociedad's offense is, it's not as good as Real Madrid, right?
Even if there is no goal next, Mourinho will be very satisfied with a one-to-one draw.
Real Sociedad's players began to feel the difficulty of attacking. The higher they pressed, the greater the pressure. The distance between Newcastle's three lines spontaneously became extremely tight under their pressure. Under the pressure of the midfielders, Under the protection, the two ribs were broken? has been made up for. Although Nihat and Li Tianxiu are still breaking through on both wings, the most they can do is break through and then pass.
Endotomy is basically impossible.
Although Kovacevic's heading ability is also a big problem, Newcastle's central defender is not afraid of this. Dawson confronts him head-on, and Lucio makes up for it behind him. The two cooperate perfectly.
Newcastle's counterattack also gave Real Sociedad's defenders a headache. Newcastle would play fast breaks if they could. If they couldn't play fast breaks, they would slow down to kill time. Nie Fei and Ibrahimovic injected enough into Newcastle's midfield. With the technical elements, Real Sociedad players had to expend more physical energy to intercept the ball.
Slowly, the players of Real Sociedad became more and more impatient, and with the impatience came more mistakes. Denue did not notice this, and only focused on shouting on the sidelines.
Real Sociedad finally paid the price for their mistakes. In the 63rd minute, Shearer, who was returning to defense, unexpectedly made a beautiful tackle to intercept the ball passed by Kalpin to Alonso. The ball rolled out and fell to the ground. At the feet of Makelele, the French midfielder immediately sent the ball to the feet of Ibrahimovic near the center circle.
Ibrahimovic let the ball stop at his feet for a moment, and then suddenly made a diagonal pass and handed the ball to Stewart who quickly inserted along the left. At the same time, Nie Fei had moved from the right to the center, dragging Real Sociedad. The last defender behind ran forward.
Stewart saw Nie Fei's movement. He rubbed his left foot while running. The ball went over the heads of the two Real Sociedad defenders and landed accurately in front of Nie Fei!.
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Li Tianxiu desperately chased back. He was the Real Sociedad player closest to Nie Fei. For some reason, Li Tianxiu was always paying attention to Nie Fei's movement even when he was attacking. He was also the first to start to defend. player of!
But what discouraged him was that even though he had tried his best to catch up, he still couldn't catch up with Nie Fei - at least within this half, it was difficult to catch up with Nie Fei with his speed!
When he was about to get close to Nie Fei, Nie Fei had already dribbled the ball into the penalty area. Facing the attacking Westerveld, Nie Fei calmly flicked the ball on his toes while running, and the ball quickly touched the ground and passed Westerveld. It flew over, hit the far post and bounced into the goal!
Two to one! The Newcastle fans in the stands cheered wildly, while the Real Sociedad fans were silent!
This time Nie Fei seemed much more excited. After confirming that he had scored, he immediately started running, dodging teammates who rushed to celebrate one after another, and rushed directly towards the field.
"Haha, Jose, who do you think he is coming to hug?" Pei Wei and Mourinho stood side by side, laughing and said to him: "I bet five pounds, he will definitely come to hug me. "
"No, boss, Nie Fei is a smart guy. If he doesn't embrace me as the head coach but embraces you as the boss, then the media will definitely make a big fuss, saying that the players only know you as the boss and don't know about me as the head coach. " Mourinho said confidently: "He's comingOh, damn, he's ready to hug both of us!"
It was obvious that Nie Fei was much smarter than Mourinho said. As soon as he approached the coaching bench, he immediately took a leap, opened his arms and hugged both Pei Wei and Mourinho, and ran with all his strength. He brought huge power, and then a player, a coach, and a boss all fell backwards and fell heavily to the ground.
No one tried to catch the three of them - it's not that Newcastle's substitutes and assistant coaches were unloyal. The momentum of three people falling at the same time was really amazing. If they tried to catch them, there would only be one person - the fallen person. It became four.
"Ha, what did we see? Nie Fei hugged the head coach Mourinho and the chairman Pei Wei at the same time after scoring the goal! The three people fell together at the same time! Maybe this shows the unity of Newcastle?"
"Damn it, Nie Fei, if you do this again, I'm going to fire you!" Pei Wei got up, looked at his Armani suit that was already stained with grass clippings depressedly, and threatened Nie Fei
;.Let¡¯s go home for dinner¡±
"Go on to the field." Mourinho patted Nie Fei on the butt: "Don't get too carried away."
Putting this episode aside, Newcastle's second goal severely damaged the morale of Real Sociedad. In the next game, they tried their best to attack and only relied on Alonso's long shot to equalize before the end. As for the score, Newcastle left the Arnotta Stadium with a smile, getting a draw with two goals, which was no less significant than a victory.