Chapter 40 Jump out of the relegation zone
Linsen knows that this is the test Gao Bo gave him, which will determine whether he can stay in Gao Bo's coaching staff. When Lin Sen was confident enough to complete his work, Luton's game continued.
After getting rid of the haze of penalty points, Luton rallied all the time. There was no such absolute dominant team in the second division this season-the eleventh consecutive victory in the Luton League is the most impressive in the second division. The miracle of the eye.
So in England and the twelfth round of the league, Luton's opponent is Grimsby, who has been in the second division for many years. This is a veteran team in the second division. They do not rise or fall in the second division, and they seem to be satisfied with the status quo.
However, at the beginning of this season, before the tenth round of the league, they lost eight games in the league, tied two games, and only scored two points. They were the hottest promotion at the time. However, in the ninth round of the league, Greensby played away. After losing to Rotherham 4-1, the team fired the original head coach and replaced the old coach Mike Newell who was born in Liverpool.
A change of coach is like a knife change. In the next three games, including two rounds of the league and a League Cup match, Greensby has won, and it is worth mentioning that they have won in all three games. Did not concede the ball.
"This is a team that is very good at defensive and counterattacks!! Their defense is very good, we need to be mentally prepared at this point." Before the start of the game, Gao Bo emphasized to the players in the visiting team's locker room.
When the players walked out of the player channel, and Gao Bo hadn't settled down on the coach's bench, Luton lost the ball first.
In the first two minutes, Greensby passed a quick counterattack. The extremely fast winger Chris Jones took the ball all the way to the front of the penalty area and then shot with his right foot, hitting a world wave and helping Greensby lead with a goal.
Gao Bo angrily rushed to the sidelines!
"Cheer up!!! Did you not wake up!!!"
The roaring Gao Bo made the players on the court nervous. Now Gao Bo's appearance is really daunting.
Falling behind at the start made Luton's next game difficult. All of Greensby's players were in the penalty area and there was no intention to attack.
After eleven consecutive victories, Luton is recognized as the strongest team in the second division. Of course, Greensby puts himself in the position of the weak. They shrink in the penalty area and rely on the accumulation of numbers to compress the space and block Lu. Dayton's offensive.
Breaking dense defense is a world-class problem, and it is the same for Luton.
Gao Bo knows that what Luton is best at is definitely not a tough fight. With Luton's current player configuration, they are better at defensive counterattacks. In the midfield, Kanter and Drinkwater's defensive ability is enough to make all the second players. The teams in the second division are insurmountable, but now Luton is not a small team that was looked down upon at the beginning of the season. Luton is now a super team in the league in the eyes of other teams in the second division. So, today's scene will be met very often in the next schedule.
Gao Bo must find a way to improve the team's ability to break the dense defense, otherwise a situation like today will be something Luton will often encounter in the next league schedule.
Luton tried to take the wing and cross again. Anyway, Luton is now a double center tactic, and Matt Schmidt's height is placed there. In order to improve Matt's header ability, Gao Bo also improved Yellow cards with 8% header ability are equipped.
But Luton put on a high center forward. Of course, Greensby also strengthened the defense of the wing. It is difficult for Luton to pass the ball to form a passing space for a while. After all, the number of opponents in the backcourt is too much. too much.
Matt Smith's skills are not very good, and it is not realistic to expect him to be a fulcrum to support the offense in the frontcourt. Vardy is not the kind of center with excellent ball ability, Vardy's threat is more reflected in his speed, his running position, and his goal.
The opening counterattack gave Greensby the lead, and then Greensby did his best to keep his victory.
Luton returned to the halftime with a zero to one lag in the first half. This was the first time Luton fell behind at the end of the first half this season.
During the intermission, Gao Bo asked the team to strengthen long-range shots. Kanter and Drinkwater's long-range shots are good. Even if the opponent is crowded, if the opponent takes a few more shots, it may also cause confusion in the opponent's penalty area. , To create opportunities for Vardy.
Relying on these people on hand, Gao Bo does not have a good offensive method. Luton's formation is still somewhat flawed. If there is a player who is good at breaking through, maybe the team has already opened up.
Gao Bo remembered Adam White, who was signed by the youth academy a few days ago. This 17-year-old boy has been in the youth academy for a while and he doesn't know how he fits in.
Knowing that in the 87th minute of the game, Drinkwater's long shot from the outside finally opened the situation and Luton equalized the score.
But in the end, Luton also failed to overtake. Luton in the away game suffered the first draw of the season, and his 11 consecutive victories came to an abrupt end.
Greensby successfully prevented Luton's winning streak, which relieved most of the second division teams.
"Gaobo's team suffered a draw in the twelfth round of the league. After eleven consecutive league victories, almost all the second division teams have maintained considerable vigilance against Luton. Greens From the 60th minute of the second half, he slowly replaced offensive players and replaced them with three purely defensive players. Greensby almost played Luton as a Super League team. But anyway, Luton is not a Premier League team either. In the face of intensive defense, their attacking ability is not strong enough. For Gao Bo, he encountered the first crisis of the season, even though they have not lost the game. , But the draw is enough to cause vigilance-if it weren't for Vardy's 87th minute lore~ they are likely to suffer the first loss of the season." Letkinson now tells Lu This team is still very concerned about, he wrote a paragraph for Luton in his own column.
On October 22, in the thirteenth round of the league, Luton challenged Burley, who was ranked eighth in the standings at this time. Although Burley was far higher than Luton in the standings, he played at home. From the beginning of the game, Burley put on a defensive momentum.
As in the previous game, Luton didn't have much to do when facing intensive defense. Because there was no one-on-one ability that was too sure on the wing, whether it was Kevin Keane or Lewis Emanuel, both It is not the kind of player who is fast and good at breaking through, and the offensive ability of Luton's two full-backs is really not very good. Luton's midfielder is much better than the wide. But when the opponent puts nine players or even ten players in the penalty area to defend, almost all the space for breakthroughs in the center is locked.
Luton frequently tried long shots from the periphery, or passed the ball directly into the penalty area forty-five degrees. This style of play was not efficient. Gao Bo shook his head as he watched from the coaching bench.
However, Luton had good luck in this game. In the 81st minute of the game, full-back Solo Davis passed the ball into the penalty area, and the football was pushed out of the penalty area by the defending player.
Dlinkwater took a volley near the arc of the penalty area, and the football hit a deciduous ball with a strange line to fly into the goal.
Finally, with such a lucky world wave, Luton finally scored three points away.
At this time, Luton's points have reached seven points. After this game, Luton overtook Chase Fett and the Glen Forest Rangers behind Port Vail, which had eight points, and ranked third in the league ( 22nd place), successfully jumped out of the relegation zone.