Looking at the celebration of Derby County, Ipswich coach Zu Lair's expression was solemn. ∮

He was sure before the game started.

Ipswich is good at defense. This team was created by him after two years. His idea is to use solid defense to gradually improve the team's performance. Needless to say, facing weak teams, you can remain unbeaten against strong teams. This is purely utilitarian football. A team built to get more league points. But for English League One teams, being able to get league points is the most important thing, because the biggest goal of each team will be to upgrade, and as long as it can be upgraded, it doesn't matter what means it can be upgraded.

Ipswich does not have more funds to buy stars, so it is the most direct and effective to build a defensive team to strive for upgrade opportunities. After two years, Zu Lair has done a good job in the team's transformation. They have been recognized by the media as the strongest team in the League One defensive position.

In the last game, the away game Derby County victory also gave Zu Lair a lot of confidence. As the media said, they can win away games, and there is still a chance at home teams.

The source of his confidence is the team's defense.

Derby County is a team that is good at attacking, but it is difficult for them to break through Ipswich's defense. Before the game, Zu Lair was very confident. He believed that the team's defense was enough to limit Derby County, but now, there is no confidence, because Derby County has scored two goals.

Two balls...

Throughout the season, Ipswich rarely scored two goals in the first half of the league. The key is that Ipswich did not score, and the team was two goals behind. Facing an opponent like Derby County, there were really few opportunities in the second half.

A failure may be nothing, it's just a three-pointer. Ipswich won Derby County in the last game. This loss is actually nothing. Not any team can get three-pointers when they meet the league's first place. Zu Lair felt incredible that the opponent's small adjustment - just adding long shots from the outside, can have such a good effect.

What he cares about is that he was scored two goals, is it because of the team's defense, or is Derby County already good at long shots on the outside?

Looking back on the previous game, Zu Lair was more inclined to the latter because Derby's long shots were indeed very threatening, and the team's defense itself did not have any problems. Two goals were, one was the long shots of the opponent's full-back and the other was the lob shots of the opponent's full-back. Both shots were quite outstanding, and they were not allowed to be played by just finding a player. Obviously, the opponent's player is good at shooting on the outside.

Thinking of this, Zu Lair also admired Wan Sheng's vision.

At the end of last season, Ipswich also played against Derby County. At that time, the two players who scored goals were not Derby County. They all came to Derby County in the summer. Now Derby County can transform from a defensive team to a team that is good at attacking. It is inseparable from the role and performance of these players in tactics.

More importantly, none of these players seem to spend much transfer fee on Debbie County. According to media reports, their value is similar to that of players signed for free.

Zu Lair has always wanted to sign a few offensive players to increase the team's offensive ability. After all, offense is Ipswich's weakness, but the real capable frontcourt player is not very valuable. Ipswich has bought a few, but his performance is average. Fortunately, the team has a talented frontcourt like Darren Bent, otherwise Zu Lair wouldn't know who the team will rely on to counterattack.

Zu Lair shook his head silently.

He knew that now is not the time to sigh at the opponent's vision. The most important thing at the moment is how to play in the next game. When he was two goals behind, he tried to increase his offense in the second half, and there was no chance. But he still had to stabilize the defense. If he could not stabilize the defense and let Derby score another goal, he would have no chance.

Zu Lair decided to come down and immediately walked to the sidelines, urged the players to continue to strengthen their defense.

The game started again soon.

The game mode is still the same. Derby County has been attacking and Ipswich is constantly defending. The two teams are like an offensive and defensive drill. Derby County's offense is exciting, but it is not easy to break through Ipswich's strict defense.

In this mode, time passes little by little.

Fans of both teams cheered for their team in the stands. Derby County fans were excited because Derby County led two goals, but they still hoped that the team could score another goal to secure the victory; Ipswich fans were often worried that the goal would be broken again in the next time, so that the team would have no chance.

With the completely opposite mentality of the fans of the two teams, time passed little by little, and finally the first half was gone, and the referee blew the whistle of the halftime break.

The players of both teams returned to the locker room to rest.

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During the halftime break, the fans in the stands also relaxed, talked about the game with each other, and made some expectations for the second half.

The same is true for media reporters.

They are more professional summary and professional outlook. Before the game started, many media reporters thought that Ipswich would have a chance to win, but the media now has little hope for this, because Derby County is still two goals ahead, but these media reporters who hope that Derby County will lose still have some hope in their hearts.

The gap between the two goals is not the end of the day. Although there is little hope, Ipswich still has the chance to recover forty-five minutes in the second half.

But it is hard to say how much hope there is.

The main reason is that the media reporters have too little expectations for Ipswich's offense. Ipswich is a strong team, a strong team good at defense, but their performance in offense and defense can only be said to be mediocre. Even if they have excellent Darren Bent in the frontcourt, it is the same. This is the problem of the entire team style and all players. No matter how outstanding a single player is, it is difficult for the entire team to drive the entire team.

Ipswich is like this. Their defense is very good, so the tactics of defensive counterattack are the strongest, but the problem now is that if you continue to fight back, it is obviously too difficult to recover two goals in the second half. It is almost impossible. The only way is to take the initiative to attack. They have no other choice.

Ipswich takes the initiative to attack, and the offensive ability that I can show is really not very good.

But we can't say that there is no chance at all. If the player performs well, there is still some hope for two goals. This hope is that Derby County is also an offensive tactic, and the offensive game is always full of uncertainty. It does not mean that if you have strong offensive ability, you can score more goals, and luck also accounts for a large part.

Anyway, Ipswich still has hope.

Many media reporters who still have a little hope sighed in their hearts, "Fortunately Derby County's tactic is offensive! If Derby County, which wanted to defend and counterattack like last season, let them lead by two goals, Ipswich would never have any hope!"

Ipswich takes the initiative to attack and the opponent defends and counterattacks again, which is completely equivalent to using his own disadvantages to touch the opponent's advantages. It would be strange if he can recover two balls.

"I hope Ipswich can perform better in the second half!"

"There must be a chance!"

"Zu Lair is not someone who can easily admit defeat!"

"There is still a chance to attack!"

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During the discussions between media reporters, time passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye, the halftime time was almost the same. Both teams of players reappeared on the court, and the second half of the game began.

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As soon as the game started, Ipswich launched an attack.

Just as media reporters discussed, if Ipswich wants to equalize the score, his only choice is to take the initiative to attack. They have no other choice, and only by taking the initiative to attack can they get back the disadvantage of the two goals.

Zu Lair emphasized this point especially during the break, "We need to attack. Take the initiative to attack! We have to take the initiative to find opportunities. We have no other way now!"

"Now there are 20,000 fans in the audience watching us. Even if we two are behind, they didn't leave! We were very passive in the first half, but we can also attack! Guys, let them see how powerful we are!"

Zu Lair's words brought morale to Ipswich.

They rarely take the initiative to attack in the game, especially when playing against strong teams, they basically use passive defensive counterattack tactics. As long as they do not concede the ball easily, they have a great chance of victory.

But now they have to attack!

Ipswich opened the formation and attacked Derby County at the half-time. The posture excited the Ipswich fans in the audience. At the same time, many reporters in the media were also looking forward to it. Looking at Ipswich's offensive posture, maybe it is possible to really regain the score advantage in the second half?

As for Derby County, he is better at attacking... the key is to attack. Even if Derby County plays better offensively, Ipswich will have a chance!

So many people are looking forward to it.

But soon they discovered another strange problem, that is, Derby's offense did not play as violent as imagined, at least it was much worse than the first half. At the beginning, everyone had not noticed this. After all, just a few waves of attacks were over, but when I saw Ipswich's attack and Derby's defensive formation retreated, many people discovered this problem - when the football reached Ipswich's feet, Derby's almost retreated across the board, and the players in the backcourt and midfield were almost all back to their own half.

What's going on?

Everyone was a little confused, so they continued to watch. As time passed, everyone soon understood.

The reporters in the media table gritted their teeth because they found that Derby County did not use offensive tactics at all, and responded to the game in a defensive manner. This style of play reminded many people of Derby County at the end of the season. The team was similar to now. The whole team was defending, leaving one in the frontcourt, and two players were ready to fight back.

In summary, Derby County did not want to play against Ipswich at all. They just took advantage of their two goals in their hands to steadily retreat the defense line for a defensive counterattack!

This is different from what I imagined...

If I play against the opponent, Ipswich still has some chance, but Derby County will strengthen its defensive and counterattack... Ipswich will almost never have a chance. Their pitiful offensive ability is facing Derby County that is retreating across the board, and the result can be imagined.

Derbyshire is no chance to leave for its opponents!

The media reporters immediately scolded, "This damn Chinese is so utilitarian!" (To be continued, please search Piaotianwen, the novel is better and faster!
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