Chapter 41 Close to the FA Cup 3rd Round
Chapter 41: Close to the third round of the FA Cup
The effect of Matt Schmidt and Vardy's partnership is not very good. The main reason is that without the advantage of the wing, Matt Schmidt's header power cannot be exerted, and Matt's maneuverability The ability is too poor, so that Vardy is often easily caught in the situation of multi-person marking. In this regard, it is difficult for Matt to share the pressure of Vardy.
The game was postponed as Luton's 14th-round opponents, Brenette, entered the third round of the League Cup, and they had a League Cup task at the weekend. One game, but because the two teams in the relegation zone continued to lose, Luton did not fall into the relegation zone again.
In the fifteenth round of the league, Charlie Austin came back.
With the containment of Charlie Austin, who is very mobile, Luton's striker can finally run fast.
On November 1, Luton played away to Shrewsbury. Shrewsbury was the favorite to upgrade this season. Now Shrewsbury has scored 27 points and ranked second in the league. Although Luton's winning streak has taken them out of the relegation zone, for Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury, who are playing at home, will certainly not face Luton like a normal team. Bus to deal with opponents.
Shrewsbury, who plays at home, still needs dignity. It's just that if Shrewsbury's head coach knew the result of this game in advance, he would definitely choose not to have this dignity.
Charlie Austin, who came back from injury in this game, ushered in a big outbreak! !
It was a game that impressed Gao Bo, and from the time the referee blew the kick-off whistle, the game fell into Luton's rhythm.
In the fourth minute of the game, Charlie Austin moved smartly in the penalty area, and after receiving a pass from his teammate, he pushed the opposite corner with his right foot and sent the ball into the goal.
Charlie Austin's goals soon followed one after another. In the eleventh and thirteenth minutes of the game, Charlie Austin scored two more goals in a row to complete his goal of the game. hat trick.
Luton's fast pass fully implemented the principle of high wave, fast pass, fast shot and high pressure, which made Shrewsbury, the favorite to be promoted, be dizzy.
Charlie Austin, who thought he had completed the hat-trick, had a chance to rest. Unexpectedly, at the last moment of the first half, he scored again.
This is a header, Charlie's movement is very flexible, he grabs the position in front of the defender, and Vardy also actively helps Charlie Austin to open up space and take away some of the defensive strength.
In the second half of the game, Gao Bo replaced his two forwards, as well as Drinkwater, and had a four-to-zero lead. Gao Bo hoped to give the main players more rest.
Replaced by forward Matt Schmidt. Compared to forming a double center with Vardy and playing a single center formation, Matt seems to feel much better.
Another midfielder, Hassan Ali, is a player promoted by Gao Bo in the U19 youth team. He is only 18 years old this year. Hassan moved Gao Bo and gave him a chance to enter the 18-man roster because Hassan In terms of mental attributes, his work commitment, bravery, composure, and determination have all reached over 70, while in terms of physical attributes, Hassan is the size of a long-distance runner, and his stamina has even reached 86! ! Although Hassan does not have the potential to be superior in other technical attributes, but for such mental attributes and endurance, Gao Bo is willing to give Hassan a chance. A team needs more players with such tenacity. The team will be resilient.
And what caught Gao Bo’s eye more was, of course, Adam White, who was recently promoted to the first team, a young player who impressed Gao Bo. He is only 17 years old this year.
However, in his professional league debut, White's performance was not successful.
However, the next pass was not very good. But fortunately, the team has already led four to zero, and Gao Bo has the patience to slowly cultivate a few available substitute players for the team.
Finally, in the 87th minute of the game, White finally passed a good ball. After a successful breakthrough on the right, he took two steps into the penalty area and then sent a cross.
High forward Matt didn't need to jump in the penalty area, he just stood there and shook his head to attack the goal, and the football flew into the goal again.
In the end, Luton defeated Shrewsbury 5-0, sweeping away the haze of poor offense in the previous two rounds of the league.
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Gao Bo was very satisfied with Lin Sen's work. After the fifteenth round of the league, Lin Sen came to Gao Bo's office and handed in the detailed data analysis of Luton's next opponent.
Luton's next opponent is Walsall in the fifth division in the British Championship.
Gao Bo actually had an indifferent attitude towards the British Championship. Anyway, he didn't plan to put any main players in this game. He could go as far as this event could go. Gao Bo didn't care too much.
To Gao Bo's satisfaction, he saw Lin Sen's ability to work.
Walsall's tactical style of play in recent games, the starting lineup, and the list of substitutes, as well as the characteristics of each player, especially the characteristics of some core players, Linsen has made full use of data to explain.
This is the data analysis report that Gao Bo wants. Previously, Gao Bo wanted to give this job to John Aston, but the English big man was a good player when he played, but it was not the case when he was asked to analyze the data.
Gao Bo decided to turn Lin Sen into a regular in advance. In the office, Gao Bo introduced Lin Sen to other coaching staff members.
"This is our data analyst, whose primary responsibility is to collect and analyze adversary intelligence."
If Gao Bo first came to the team, he hired a Chinese person to come in. Maybe people would suspect that Gao Bo was a fake and gave Lin Sen a back door, but now, the entire coaching staff has been completely conquered by Gao Bo, no one To challenge the authority of the head coach.
On November 8th, in the second round of the British Championship, Luton played away to Walsall. In this game, Gao Bo sent Adam White and Matt Schmidt to start. Adam Walter faced Walsall. At the time, he performed quite well. He scored twice in the first and second half, and both completed shots after cutting from the wing to the middle. At the end of the game, Adam White assisted Matt Schmidt to score!
Several of the team's forwards are in good shape now. Although Vardy and Charlie Austin scored a lot, they didn't dare to relax at all, because Matt Schmidt and Adam White were both good at their main players. The location is eyeing.
Then Luton ushered in a wave of winning streak momentum.
On November 8th, in the first round of the FA Cup, Luton defeated the sixth-tier league team Aier Qingcheng 3-0 at home, approaching the second round of the League Cup.
On November 15, in the 16th round of the league, Luton beat Dagenham 2-1 at home. Vardy opened the scoring in the first half, and Matt Schmidt, who came off the bench in the second half, scored a goal through a corner kick.
On November 22, in the seventeenth round of the league, Luton beat Rochdale 5-2 away; on November 26, in the eighteenth round, Luton beat Brentford 2-0 at home . At this time, Luton's points have reached 17 points. In the standings, they have climbed to 15th, and they are 13 points away from the seventh-placed team Coventry who are eligible to participate in the promotion play-offs! Twenty points away from the top team Notts County!
From minus 30 points all the way to now only 20 points away from the top of the table, and now there is no team to discuss whether Luton will be relegated - with this momentum, it is not surprising that Luton is even upgraded.
On November 29th, the last game of November, the second round of the FA Cup, Luton played away to the First Division team Xiu Allianz.
With Vardy's first-half goal, Charlie Austin sealed the victory in the 83rd minute of the second half!
Luton knocked out Xiu'an United to reach the third round of the FA Cup.