384: A good start and a big victory after the comeback!(1/2)
Trailing 2-0 at halftime, Flores was unhappy, but he also had a plan.
After all, Crystal Palace is a strong team.
They are a relegation team, and there is still a big gap in strength between the two. Such a backward situation was something Flores could have imagined before the game.
However, this is not acceptable!
In the first half of the game, Watford actually had a chance.
More importantly, Crystal Palace has not exerted its strength yet.
In this game, Crystal Palace only found Ignacio during a few passes at the beginning of the game, but did not use Ignacio's point to attack.
This shows that their Watford midfield defense made a major mistake.
You allow Crystal Palace to easily create opportunities in the middle, so why do they have to frequently take advantage of Ignacio's advantage?
Therefore, in the final analysis, it was caused by the failure of the counterattack and the loopholes in the defense.
Flores was helpless.
However, he did not lose confidence.
This is what it is like to lead a team to avoid relegation. You must always stay optimistic. You cannot be beaten to death after just one game or a game.
To put it mildly, the relegation team is trying to be a weak force that cannot be beaten.
No matter how many times you hammer me, I will still stay positive and optimistic next time and maintain my momentum.
Otherwise, they would have been defeated long ago and the subsequent games would be meaningless.
Therefore, Flores' mentality is still very calm.
Of course, he didn't think they would have no chance in this game.
As the game continues in the second half, there will always be opportunities.
Moreover, Crystal Palace's defense looks monolithic, but there is still a chance.
In the first half of the game, their forwards just failed to seize the opportunity. Otherwise, the game would not have been played like this.
During the halftime break, Flores decompressed his players and asked them to put aside their mental burdens, stop thinking about the score, devote themselves to the game, and strive to play good defense in the second half.
Fight back.
However, when Flores didn't expect it, this guy Tong Yi gave him a stick!
After the second half of the game started, Crystal Palace actually retreated!
Yes, Crystal Palace did not continue their high-position and high-intensity pressing tactics. Tong Yi pulled the Crystal Palace players back and set up a bus in front of their penalty area.
Tong Yi is going to start playing defensive counterattack!
hiss!
When he saw this, Flores took a breath of cold air, his forehead was swollen, and he almost fainted!
Are you trying to take my path and leave me with nowhere to go?
This guy Tong Yi is too bad.
Flores understands very well that this guy Tong Yi is doing this to force himself to give up his best defensive counterattack tactics, and then attack, press the ground from all fronts, and attack hard!
To be honest, they should do this when they are two goals behind.
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However, Flores is a little worried. He is worried that after Watford attacks from all fronts, there will be a huge gap in the back line. Flores knows very well that Salah and Mane of Crystal Palace are very
It is very suitable for counterattacks. Moreover, in the midfield, Crystal Palace also has midfielders like De Bruyne and Milinkovic who can make exquisite passes, so Crystal Palace's counterattack will be even sharper.
As long as Watford attacks from all fronts, the exposed gaps in the defense will definitely be caught by the Crystal Palace people.
This guy Tong Yi is so cunning.
Why did this guy Tong Yi pull back the front line for defense? It was obviously to lure the Watford people out and wait for an opportunity to counterattack. Otherwise, why would this guy Tong Yi use Milinkovi to be more offensive?
Qi replaces Casemiro, who is more defensive?
Damn it!
Flores immediately turned around and glared at Tong Yi fiercely, anger rising in his heart!
This damn Chinese is really too cunning.
Obviously, this guy Tong Yi also knew that he could see his plan, but he still did it. Obviously this was a conspiracy, just waiting for him to fall into the trap.
The hatred in Flores’s heart!
The Watford players on the court were also a little confused and did not expect the changes in Crystal Palace.
The Watford players turned to look at Flores on the sidelines, seemingly asking what to do now? Should they continue to defend and counterattack, or should they attack?
If we continue to defend and counterattack, what will happen if Crystal Palace doesn't press forward?
Could it be that in the second half of this game, both teams did not attack and played tacitly?
Watford tried it, but Crystal Palace really had no intention of pressing forward and attacking, they just set up a bus.
Nearly 10 minutes have passed. The Crystal Palace really can't attack.
If this continues, Watford will accept defeat.
Flores had no choice. He could see that the cunning Tong Yi had made up his mind not to attack. If he didn't make changes on his side, the second half of the game would really be unstable in this tacit understanding.
It ended in surprise.
This is something neither Flores nor Watford fans can accept.
So, Flores had to make adjustments!
If Watford doesn't want to accept the reality of losing, they must attack.
Flores turned around and glared at Tong Yi fiercely, then waved his hand to signal the Waterford people to attack.
The Waterfords didn't test any more at this time, and immediately launched an attack across the board.
Because the time left for them was not particularly sufficient, it would be too late if they tried again and scored again. Therefore, Watford attacked fiercely as soon as they changed their tactics.
Seeing this, Vieri, Beckham and others all had smiles on their faces.
Sure enough, his boss's plan was not wrong at all.
Flores must be in a very bad mood at this time, right?
However, when Watford just changed their tactics and attacked from all fronts, they still threatened the Crystal Palace goal.
Even their first attack after changing their tactics almost broke the Crystal Palace goal.
This shocked everyone in the Crystal Palace.
Watford midfielder Jurado suddenly passed a penetrating through ball, which actually beat Laporte's defense and allowed Ighalo to penetrate in. It was very dangerous.
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Ighalo faced the attacking Crystal Palace goalkeeper Alisson, and he pushed the ball in an attempt to pass through.
The football rolled quickly, surprising Alisson who was attacking. He immediately closed his legs, but he was still half a beat too late. The football really passed under his crotch and rolled towards the goal.
Fortunately, Alisson reacted quickly and closed his legs very promptly. Although his legs did not intercept the football, his right leg still touched the football. The football immediately changed direction and quickly moved sideways from the ball.
The door slid past, brushing against the far end of the pillar and rolling out of the bottom line!
hiss!
It’s really, really dangerous!
The Crystal Palace fans were almost pissed.
Flores on the sidelines jumped up in regret, and then stamped his feet hard.
What a pity this ball is!
If this goal had been scored, the situation would be completely different!
What a pity, what a pity!
However, this goal also gave Flores and Watford people hope. Crystal Palace's defense was not monolithic, and they had many opportunities to break the Crystal Palace goal.
Flores and the Watford players are on top!
Flores immediately waved his hand to signal the Watford players to increase their offensive intensity, and the Watford players swarmed forward and invested more in the offense.
Before they knew it, their center backs were almost over half the ball.
During this period, Watford people were also playing very well, which made Watford fans feel that they really had a chance to score goals, so they invested more in offense.
In fact, Flores himself was aware of it and saw the space in the backcourt.
But at this time, he had no way to make Watford's players pay attention to defense. At this time, Watford's players could not distract themselves from defense. At this time, they had to complete the battle and devote all their attention to it.
Put them all in the attack, take advantage of their current high energy, fight hard, and strive to score a goal immediately!
If we score a goal, the game will be good.
To be continued...