Wigan Athletic took the lead.
The Bournemouth players took the lead in recovering their formation and put on a defensive look from the start. In fact, before the game started, Wigan Athletic's head coach McKay already knew that Bournemouth would definitely focus on defense in this game.
McKay even asserted that Bournemouth wanted to maintain a tie and compete at the minimum cost. If they could score points, they would take it. Bournemouth didn't care if they couldn't score points.
Because today's Bournemouth lineup has truly become a substitute lineup!
Almost all of Bournemouth's regular main players were on the bench for this game. The back line was too exhausted in the previous games, so Bournemouth had to replace the entire back line!
It used to be Cook Elphick and others, but now? Cargill, Zubar, Elliott Ward, Jack Simpson. These four players are either youth training players or players who usually have no chance to play.
Bournemouth's defense also gave McKay confidence.
So after the opening, Wigan Athletic showed their offensive side. Although their record is very poor, they still have to show some fighting spirit in this kind of home game!
After the kick-off, midfielder Quist received a pass from forward Leon Clark and wanted to advance from the midfield, but he immediately encountered Baiye's defense.
Quist felt both admiration and sadness for this young man who was in the spotlight. Fortunately, he suppressed his desire to show off in front of Bai Ye in time and passed the ball to the wing.
Let teammates on the wing carry the ball forward.
The current Bournemouth lineup is more like a League One team. The substitute players are not strong enough to be the main players in the Championship, so they have always been substitutes in Bournemouth.
Fortunately, Wigan Athletic is not strong either. Even if the team wants to attack, the players' execution of the head coach's tactics is not high.
To describe it in one word, it’s like rookies pecking at each other.
This also reassured many Bournemouth fans watching the broadcast.
"Originally, when I saw Eddie Howe's full substitute lineup, I thought it might be kicked out by the opponent, but now I am finally relieved. Wigan Athletic looks the same."
"Yes, when I saw the squad during the day, I felt that the team gave up on this game. After all, they just had a bloody game with Chelsea two days ago, and they will have to fight with Tottenham later. League There will inevitably be some sacrifices. But now it seems that a draw is still very promising."
"Don't be afraid, Bai Ye is on the court. I think Eddie Howe just wants to repeat the game with Chelsea, but this time the lineup is a low-profile version of the defense. It just relies on the defense of the players to stop the opponent's attack. Then create opportunities for Bai Ye to fully display his offensive talents."
"I think so too."
Bournemouth fans all have the same idea. They feel that the team will definitely find an opportunity soon to beat them severely at the opponent's home court.
However, as time gradually passed, Bournemouth fans also discovered that something was wrong. Bournemouth's defense was very poor, worse than imagined! If the opponent's offense hadn't always failed to seize opportunities, they would have conceded the ball long ago.
At the same time, after stealing the ball, the players wanted to find Bai Ye, but some of the passes were not in place.
Do fans think these players are really Bournemouth players? It seems that there is nothing wrong with not letting them play normally.
But Bai Ye knows very well that this is just a matter of tacit understanding. We don't usually play football together, so how can we have a tacit understanding? In addition, these substitutes and youth training players have played too few official games and are a little nervous, which is normal.
Bai Ye thought that as long as they played for a while, they would get used to it.
but,
Before Bournemouth's players could adapt, Wigan Athletic found confidence!
In the thirteenth minute.
After receiving a pass from South Korean player Kim Bo-ryeong on the wing, Leon Clark took the ball with his back and, holding Zubal on his back, made a cross pass and sent the ball to the feet of McLean who was advancing forward.
Under Cargill's defense, MacLean struggled to stop the ball. Cargill kept getting stuck in an attempt to defend MacLean, but his confrontational ability was still a bit poor.
This gave McLean not only a chance to move forward, but also successfully controlled the ball. Elliott Ward wanted to cover up the defense, but McLean didn't know whether he was confident in his own footwork or felt that Elliot Teward had no chance since he came up.
Just after controlling the ball, he simply shot!
This kick went directly towards the near corner of the goal. Boruc was already prepared. He had no problem saving the ball. He flew out!
However,
As Boruc shifted his focus and prepared to save, Elliott Ward stretched out his foot!
He wanted to block the ball, but the ball was too fast and he had no time to react. He could only rely on the instinct of a defender to stretch his feet. But this time, Boruc was directly harmed!
Because the ball hit Elliott Ward, it was not blocked. Instead, it only touched the edge of the football, changing the flight trajectory of the football!
What was originally a shot towards the near corner turned into a shot flying towards the far corner!
Uh-huh!
The football hits the net!
The ball went in!
Wigan Athletic scored the first goal at home!
All the Wigan Athletic fans cheered. Their fans were very dissatisfied with the team's recent performance. The result was that the DW Stadium was not full for this game.
But this goal made them all energetic. After all, they were facing Bournemouth, who had unparalleled momentum in the English Championship!
It's Bournemouth who just defeated Chelsea!
Regardless of whether Bournemouth played with all substitutes, they only knew that they were ahead! This makes them happy!
McLean also rushed to the stands to celebrate the goal with his fans.
He hasn't had such a chance to score in several games, and today he finally broke his scoring drought!
Teammates also rushed to celebrate.
Bournemouth's players were a little disappointed. In fact, before they took the field, they all wanted to perform better and better. After all, we all know that Bournemouth is currently very short of players. Whoever can seize this opportunity will be able to get more reuse in subsequent games.
But losing the ball like this now makes them feel even more uneasy, and they don't know how to deal with it.
Bai Ye was on the side, and when he saw the expressions of his teammates, he knew what was going on. It's like a child who wants to perform better, but has no choice but to make mistakes and is frightened.
Bai Ye called his teammates over.
He looked at his teammates and said seriously: "Relax, you just need to defend well, don't think too much, just lose the ball, it will not affect the result, just leave the rest to me. "
Then he looked at Komogant and said, "You still have to be prepared."
Komogant is an old player. His previous cooperation with Bai Ye brought him to the peak of his career. He has always been full of trust in Bai Ye. He patted his chest and said: "No problem!"
Bai Ye's words made the other players feel a little more at ease. As the core player of the team, Bai Ye's every move, to be honest, can now affect the thoughts and even the status of other players.
After all, if you are disliked by the core of the team, will you still have a future in the team?
When McKay on the sidelines saw Bai Ye's back, he secretly curled his lips. He is a person with strong white supremacy concepts, and his team is basically made up of mostly white people. Unless there is sufficient interest, other players will not be used.
In fact, he had just been involved in a controversy against Chinese and Jews in the past two or three months.
The cause of this incident was that McKay, a Scotsman, was investigated by the Football Association for sending a large number of insulting and racist text messages while coaching the Cardiff City team in the Premier League last season, and was later suspended. Chen Zhiyuan, a Malaysian Chinese boss in Fucheng, was fired [see Chapter 41].
Chen Zhiyuan and Wigan Athletic chairman Whelan had a long discussion about this matter. Of course, the final result was still the FA and Xi Ni, who even tended to take care of Weilan, which made Chen Zhiyuan suffer a dumb loss, and finally let it go.
Therefore, McKay is now very disdainful of Bai Ye, a Chinese face, who is flourishing in the English Championship. He believes that it is these outsiders who have seized the opportunities that originally belonged to players from England, Scotland and so on.
Now that the team can score goals and severely frustrate Bournemouth, he is very satisfied.
Bang bang bang!
McKay applauded his players and then said: "Keep going! Just press them like this and look for scoring opportunities! Don't relax the pressure! Go to the penalty area more!"
Eddie Howe on the other side glanced at McKay for a moment. Of course he knew McKay as a coach. After all, the previous dispute between him, Weilan and Chen Zhiyuan was still quite a big deal in the head coaching circle. Many local coaches in England and Scotland actually support McKay and Whelan. There is some resistance to foreign bosses.
Of course, no one will publicly support them. After all, some things are nothing if they are not put on the line, but once they are put on the line, it will be a thousand pounds. No one knows whether they will work under these foreign bosses in the future, or whether they will keep a line for themselves.
soon.
Bournemouth kicks off.
Eddie Howe looked at Bai Ye who was controlling the ball on the court. He wanted to say something to the somewhat complacent McKay: Don't underestimate Bournemouth, and don't underestimate Bai Ye! There will be a price to pay.
On the field.
After Baiye took possession of the ball, he did not immediately move forward, but slightly passed the ball backwards to pull the opponent's formation. He is looking for opportunities.
The players of Wigan Athletic were obviously inspired by the recent goal. After Bournemouth kicked off, the players immediately stepped forward to press, hoping to use a high press to continue to expand the score advantage.
But are they having fun?
Obviously not!
Bai Ye exchanged positions with Harriet and came to the wing. He was just walking slowly at first. After making eye contact with Gosling, who was controlling the ball at this time, he suddenly accelerated and sprinted forward!
McCann, who was letting the opponent guard Bai Ye from the wing, didn't even react!
After seeing the ball coming, McCann quickly followed Bai Ye.
