Football: The king of midfield, Guardiola is crying with envy

May 17, Vitality Stadium.

The first game of the Championship promotion play-offs, the fifth to last game of the entire 20/21 Championship season is about to start!

This stadium, which can only accommodate 12,000 people, is full today!

The entire stadium has become a sea of ​​joy for the red and black striped cherry fans!

In the stands today, there are not only celebrities from all walks of life, but also scouts from many leagues in various countries.

Sharp-eyed fans have discovered several Spanish scouts who have been in the English football world for many years. If they are not mistaken, these scouts serve Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid respectively.

And you can figure it out with your toes, they are all here for Chen Chen.

Real Madrid midfielder Toni Kroos has been in average form recently, Modric is old, and the Bernabeu needs fresh blood.

Barcelona's situation is more complicated.

They just got two consecutive draws in the league and completely lost hope of winning the championship.

It rains and it rains.

The team's midfielder, Dutchman Frenkie de Jong, and Spanish midfielder Pedri were injured.

In addition, Coutinho and Fati also had varying degrees of injuries.

Camp Nou needs to introduce personnel in the midfield and frontcourt.

Atletico's personnel structure is normal, and their scouts don't actually need to come.

But considering that the Real Madrid scouts are here, if they don't come, they always feel like they will miss something.

So Atletico's scouts are here too.

They want to take a good look at who is in this Vitality Stadium?

At this moment, the broadcast camera also found these scouts in the stands.

The Chinese fans who were watching the pirated signal source live broadcast were stunned when they heard what the anchor said!

"Damn! Chen Chen is really popular now! Barcelona and Real Madrid have come!"

"Why don't you mention Atletico Madrid? Is it because the first in La Liga is not worthy of being on the stage?"

"Three games, 6 goals and 6 assists! De Jong didn't dare to play like this when he was calling the shots at Ajax!"

"A rising talent! What is the national football team doing? Didn't they say they were in contact? Why is there no movement?"

"The top 40 match will start on the 30th. Can Chen Chen join the national team?"

"Don't! Don't join the national football team. Li Ke is a good Brentford main player and team captain, but he was directly assimilated by the Chinese Super League players. Now he is not even on Li Tie's training list! Don't mess with Chen Chen anymore, just let the Football Association play in its own little piece of land!"

Then, the barrage in the live broadcast room began to express emotions.

Anyway, it's a pirated signal source, just scold it.

At the same time, there were more undiscovered scouts sitting in the stands, holding small notebooks or typing on their phones.

Soon, under the gaze of 12,000 fans in the stands, the coaches of both teams took their substitutes to the field first.

"Wuhu~!"

Seeing Woodgate coming out, the Cherry fans burst into cheers!

Seeing Frank following closely behind, the cheers immediately turned into noisy boos!

"Huh~!"

Woodgate took today's game very seriously, and he lined up the strongest lineup in his mind.

Bournemouth's lineup today is similar to the last time they played against Brentford, but adjustments were made in three positions.

One is the right winger.

Stanislas was injured in the last game, and the Englishman could not play in this game.

So Woodgate chose to let No. 7 striker David Brooks fill this spot.

However, the Welshman Brooks is better at attacking and creating threatening balls, and he is not as good as Stanislas in heading and defense.

In this game, Woodgate wanted to play a defensive counterattack.

He said "I found a way to deal with Brentford", which is actually a defensive counterattack behind the opponent, inserting the ribs, betting that the opponent's double defensive midfielders can't come back.

Then Bournemouth instantly formed a situation of more people against fewer people in the area!

To be honest, if Stanislas hadn't been injured, Brooks would not have gotten a chance to start.

The second adjustment point is the defensive midfielder Wilshere.

For the same reason, Wilshere's interception effect is not as good as Ben Pearson, who is about to start.

Finally, in the left back position, Woodgate replaced Diego Rico with Lloyd Kelly.

This position is not for defensive reasons, but for offensive reasons.

Diego Rico is not as fast as Lloyd in reaction speed, and he is quick and decisive when going down the bottom.

Counterattacks require speed to advance, and both full-backs have to rush forward desperately!

Frank seemed to have anticipated that the opponent would play a defensive counterattack, and he directly arranged a 532 formation.

Come on, the ball is yours!

In this opening battle between the two coaches, Frank won a small victory.

Today, the two strikers of the Little Bees are Ivan Toni and Fush.

The three midfielders are Fosu,Henry, Janert and Matthias Jensen.

Chen Chen did not start today.

Frank asked him to save his energy and replace him in the second half to crush the opponent!

5 defenders, from left to right, they are Canos, Pinnock, Christian Nergaard, Jansson and Rollslev!

As a striker, Canos has been mixed from forward to midfielder and then to defender.

It can be said that the No. 7 jersey is indeed a bit of a waste of talent for him.

The goalkeeper is still David Raya.

Not long after, after the referee blew the whistle, the game began!

Frank did not sit on the bench leisurely like in the previous games, but from the first second of the game, he stood on the sidelines and began to command the players on the field!

It can be seen that Frank's mentality today is very different from before!

The same is true for Woodgate.

The English coach who took over Bournemouth in early February is looking at the court with a serious face.

If the team can be promoted successfully, he, the temporary fire-fighting coach, can get a three-year contract from Bournemouth!

This was written into the contract between the two parties!

According to Frank's arrangement, the Brentford players on the field began to shrink their formation and play defense and counterattack.

And Bournemouth, who originally played defense and counterattack, had to show their heads forward and play high-pressure offense.

Amid the cheers of more than 10,000 Cherry fans, the Little Bees were not disturbed too much, and the players on the field played very relaxed.

The barrage in the pirated live broadcast room began to swipe wildly.

"Brentford played very easily! I think, even without Chen Chen, Brentford would definitely enter Wembley in the end."

"Bournemouth was relegated from the Premier League last season. Logically, they should be able to attack, right? Why are they playing so timidly?"

"Brother! They are a weak team in the Premier League, playing 541, or even 631 defense! You let a team that is good at defense play offense, what's the difference between that and letting a right-handed player play badminton with his left hand?"

"Woodgate must be wondering why Frank is so disgusting now. He has won every game in recent rounds, but now he turns around and doesn't attack me, but plays a mean defense instead!"

"A 0-0 draw today? No! Three hundred thousand public funds for the junior, tomorrow it will be either Mr. Liu or Mr. Liu!"

In the first thirty minutes of the first half, Bournemouth had 65% of the ball possession, but the visiting team Brentford had the most shots.

The little bee had 6 shots, 4 of which were on target.

The home team Bournemouth only had 4 shots and 1 on target!

Woodgate was very anxious off the field!

He envisioned that both wings would fly together, and the cross from the wing did not appear at all.

Instead, the midfielders of the team frequently lost the ball in the midfield area, causing the wingers to not only quickly move forward to participate in the attack, but also immediately return to defend, which consumed too much energy!

Woodgate knew that this game would be a great test for the wingers' physical fitness, but who could have thought it would be such a big test!