Chapter 139: You come and I go

"Yeah! Yeah!"

Moyes clenched his fists and shouted twice in his heart.

He had already led two goals in the first 30 minutes, which was a pretty good start. Preston had not been turned over with two goals, including Manchester United. If this is the case, Preston could have announced that he had won the third Premier League ticket!

Although Moyes has always been very calm, he led the team to two levels in two years when coaching independently for the first time, which is an extraordinary result! Even though many people think that he is purely lucky, the team has a Tiger who is considered top-notch in the Premier League to achieve such results. However, after all, not all insiders are blind. His transformation of the team, his use of Tiger and his tactical adjustments in some key games have demonstrated his coaching ability.

It is rare for a coach who has just debuted to achieve such results, and it often indicates that the coach will achieve greater achievements in the future.

However, although his heart was full of joy, Moyes was still not carried away. He understood a truth that before the game was over, he could not say that victory must belong to him. This truth is very simple, but it is something that many coaches cannot truly understand after spending their entire lives.

So he was still observing the situation on the court to see if Sunderland showed signs of a comeback. If he found out, he should prepare early and kill the opponent's hope of a comeback in the cradle.

Obviously, the current situation is still extremely beneficial to Preston.

The second goal seriously hit Sunderland's morale. Strictly speaking, these two goals were not considered regular goals. The first one was Tiger's inspiration, and the second one was cut through by Preston's simple cross from the wing without any problems with Sunderland's defensive position. This concealed goal even damages the morale of Sunderland's players than the first concealed goal!

People who play football are often superstitious. If you lose such a goal, you will invisibly make Sunderland players feel - isn't your luck on our side today?

So in the next ten minutes of the game, Sunderland had a lot of attacks, but he didn't create many opportunities. On the contrary, Tiger rushed left and right in the middle, constantly creating opportunities for the team.

The efficiency of the attack on the side is not as good as the attack on the middle lane. If you make ten crosses on the side, you may only succeed once, while if you have Tiger's personal breakthrough in the middle lane, you may be able to succeed once in five attacks!

In the 40th minute, Preston almost expanded the score to 3-0. Tiger's diagonal pass from the middle made Riddle a single shot. The Scottish wing pushed the goalkeeper into a far corner, but it hit the post and bounced out!

The Preston fans in the stands sighed loudly, and Moyes shook his head regretfully. If the ball enters, the game will almost be over!

But it doesn't matter. The advantage of two goals in the first half was enough to allow Moyes to make targeted adjustments and put the entire game into his own control in the second half.

So Moyes is not in a hurry. The current situation is still very beneficial to Preston!

Time passed by minute by minute. As the first half was about to come to an end, Preston slowed down the pace of the game and wanted to drag the score into the halftime break. Sunderland launched a crazy attack under the command of Reed on the sidelines, intending to score a point before the end of the first half!

Sunderland's offense is basically concentrated on their left side, because their left forward Michael Gray is one of their most famous midfielders. His breakthroughs on the wing and crosses are quite outstanding. However, Preston's defense on this side is not bad. The right side composed of Tagat and Riddle is definitely one of the best in the League One, whether in terms of offense or defense.

Although Gray's breakthrough was sharp and his crossing ability was not bad, he was unable to break through directly into Preston's penalty area under Tagat's main defense and Ridell's assisted defense, and his crossing was also greatly disturbed.

On the other side, although Preston's left defense was weaker, on the contrary, he did not receive much attack. When he was young, Chris Wardle was once the best winger on the England court and one of the few English players to achieve outstanding results abroad. He once transferred to the Ligue 1 Marseille with the second highest value in the world in 1989, and helped Marseille win the league championship and reach the Champions League final of the following year, playing 62 times for the national team.

However, Wardle is only four years younger than Sunderland's head coach Reed, and is also one of the main members of the 1986 World Cup. Wardle, who once formed the two wings of the England national team with Barnes, is no longer as brave as he used to be. After all, he is already thirty-six years old, and the speed he is proud of no longer exists.

Before the end of the first half, Wardle received a pass from his teammate on the right.

Brian rushed forward, although Brian was the oldest player in Preston, but he was young enough compared to Wardle, who was thirty-six.

At this moment, the veteran showed dazzling glory!

After pretending to pass attracted Brian's attention, Wardle forced a breakthrough along the sideline!

In the thin raindrops, Wardle dribbled the ball from the right, just like he did in the Premier League ten years ago!

"Wardel broke through along the wing! So fast! This veteran has regained his youth!"

Kidd hit him, but Wardle accelerated again and rushed past him again!

Two people have passed in a row!

But after all, he is 36 years old. After continuous sprints, Wardle's speed slowed down. Kidd and Brian were desperately chasing back, trying to cut the ball before Wardle cut into the penalty area.

However, Wardle did not think about cutting inward. He knew what his body looked like. He was only for the other party to be careless and was continuously removed by himself. If he was entangled by the other party again, he would not have much ability to get rid of it in a place where there was not much space.

So after continuing to move forward a few steps, Wardle looked up and observed the situation in the penalty area, and passed the ball into the penalty area!

Kidd and Brian, who were returning to defense, stopped helplessly. Wardle had already passed the ball, and now they could only look at the defense situation in the penalty area.

Wardle's cross was very big, and Mims didn't dare to attack easily. Quinn took two steps back when he saw the ball coming, and then jumped up.

Squiers followed Quinn tightly, then jumped up against Quinn. Although he was a little worse than Quinn in physical condition, Squiers always felt that the other party was a veteran over 30 years old, and he would not be at a disadvantage even if he fought for strength...

However, after jumping up with Quinn, Squiers realized that the other party's power was actually extraordinary!

Squiers was completely defeated by the struggle in the air!

After not being able to hit the opponent, Squiers' body involuntarily fell backwards. At this moment, Quinn shook his head and pushed Wardle's cross!

"Swish!" Mims just jumped up when he heard a light sound coming from behind, and the ball entered the net!

"goal! Neil Quinn! Two veterans joined forces to help Sunderland score a goal! The 36-year-old Wardle made a cross from the side, and the 31-year-old Quinn scored a header! One-to-two, this goal was too timely! When the first half was about to end, Sunderland scored a point! There is something to play in the second half!"

After seeing this goal, Moyes slapped the lawn hard - repeatedly explained that we should not underestimate the old guys in Sunderland! Wardle! Once the main right wing of the England national team! Quinn! The leading header expert in the Premier League! How can two people underestimate them!

"These guys are so ignorant!" Moyes cursed fiercely, then he regained his calmness, and then sat back.

Now, the second half has become less easy to play...

"What are you doing? Do you think of those two old guys when they are old? Why do you think of them? Quinn is still an important member of the Irish national team's forward line! Wardle has a record of 62 appearances in England's national team! Who can achieve these achievements? Since there is no, what qualifications do you have to underestimate them? If you still have such ideas in the second half, then we don't have a chance to win! Sunderland's offensive firepower is very strong! And their number one scorer, Phillips, did not have much performance in the first half.

Now! If this continues in the second half, I doubt whether we will lose the second, third or even fourth goal! Be more sober, everyone! This game is not an ordinary league! It is a game that concerns whether our hard work can be rewarded throughout the season! In this kind of game, we will do our best, and the opponent will also use all our strength to fight us, and will not give up until the last moment! In the second half, maintain the offensive intensity of the first half, suppress them with offense, and use offense to prove that we are the most qualified team to enter the Premier League!"

Moyes said sternly in the locker room. Although he is still one goal ahead now, Moyes knows that in such a game, even if he is two goals behind, the team will not give up, let alone one goal behind! In addition, Sunderland's offense is indeed very outstanding. The two forwards with their own characteristics and perfect cooperation are not something that Preston's defensive players can keep blocking. In this case, the defensive players cannot be added to reduce the pressure on the offense, otherwise Sunderland's offense will only become more and more crazy!

Sure enough, at the beginning of the second half, Sunderland, who had the first to kick off, immediately launched a tide-like offensive!

Sunderland's offense is still mainly Gray on the left, but Preston's side no longer dares to relax its defense on the right, because he doesn't know when the 36-year-old veteran will explode again, which invisibly involves Preston's offense and overall defense...

Seven minutes after the second half, Wardle received the ball from the right, and Preston's defensive formation immediately leaned left. However, Wardle made a large-scale transfer and handed the ball back to Gray's feet on the left!

Gray broke through along the side road, and Tagat, who was hastily returning to defense, only cared about defending his cross, but did not expect that Gray, who had been down the bottom, changed the attack method this time and began to force the cut inside!

Tagat, who had not expected this, was left behind by Grey, and then Grey took the ball into the penalty area and broke into the penalty area!

Barrett ran back to fill the spot, but Gray did not continue to dribble the ball, but instead lifted his foot and passed the ball to the middle!

Jackson was about to clear the ball with his big foot, but a not-tall figure took a step ahead of him and shot hard in the penalty area before he cleared!

"goal! Kevin Phillips! A sharp goalkeeper! Draw two to two, Sunderland tied the score with two goals behind! The goal was their top scorer Phillips!"

Moyes bit his lip and shook his head helplessly.

Sunderland's attack has been completely opened now, and now, Preston is in a bad situation!

"Pass the ball to me after the game, we want to lead again!" Tiger said coldly to Norgan amid the cheers of Sunderland fans.

"They won't be fooled for the second time." Nogan shook his head.

"So this time we attacked like we usually do! Pass the ball, run, and dispel their arrogance!" Tiger said firmly.

At this time, Sunderland must be in high momentum, so on the contrary, you cannot show weakness at this time. If you can use attack to fight the opponent back, the initiative will return to Preston's side!

This time, Tiger was a little behind the top of the center arc, and then he started dribbling forward, then passed the ball to Brian before two opponents' forwards surrounded him.

Brian passed the ball to Tiger. Tiger took two steps, then divided it to Lidell on the right, and then advanced by himself. Soon, two Sunderland's midfielders came up and followed Tiger tightly.

Seeing that there was no way to pass the ball to Tiger, Ridell was about to pass it back, but saw Tiger looking at him and signaling him to drive the ball forward!

That's right, both midfielders are guarding Tiger, and the opponent's Gray is also a defenseless person. What Riddle wants to deal with is just a full-back!

Tiger attracted two defensive players, which was enough to make Sunderland's not as tight defense even weaker. Now, it's time to look at the offensive ability of other Preston players!

Ridell smiled bitterly in his heart. It was only one season. Did he start relying on Tiger? You should know that when he was Barnsley, he was also one of the best wing attackers in the League One!

Thinking of this, Ridell immediately chose to drive the ball forward!

In the finals of such important matches, players often perform at a higher level than usual, and Ridell is now exactly like this!

When Riddle was about to approach the opponent's full-back, he paused slightly, and immediately accelerated to break through from near the sideline. When the opponent's defender was about to intercept the ball, Riddle dunked the ball to the middle again and then inserted the diagonally into the penalty area!

Just as Preston's defense line was in chaos after Gray broke through to the penalty area just now, after Ridell broke through to the penalty area, Sunderland's defense line was also in chaos!

Until now, the defense line between the two sides could not be as tight as the game started. After all, the players' spirits would be tired. Sunderland's two central defenders made a mistake at this time, and they both rushed towards Riddle at the same time!

At this time, Ridell raised his foot and passed the ball to the back point, following Piao Tianwen!

"goal! Three minutes after Sunderland scored, Preston overtook the score again! Riddle assisted twice! This was a wonderful game. If you scored one, I would get one!"

Moyes breathed a sigh of relief, and just tied the score and fell behind again. Now the morale of the Sunderland players is probably going to go down again, and Preston's chances of winning are a little bigger.

However, as mentioned before, in such an important final, in a game that can determine the fate of the two teams throughout the season, no matter how much they fall behind, no one will give up the game until the last moment!

Attack! Sunderland has only this idea now, and what they are most reliable is their offense!

Preston strengthened the defense of both wings, and the offense was completely handed over to Tiger and the two forwards. However, in Sunderland's stormy wing breakthrough, Preston still couldn't resist Sunderland's attack!

In the 72nd minute, Wardle passed the ball to Phillips at the front of the penalty area. After Phillips received the ball, he handed the ball to Quinn in the penalty area.

Quinn ignored Squiers' constant interference behind him and still stopped the ball firmly at his feet, then knocked the ball across and passed it to Phillips who was inserted into the penalty area.

Jackson came up, but Phillips paused and then suddenly shot in the penalty area!

Jackson did not expect Phillips to shoot so quickly. He stretched out his foot to block Phillips's shot, but he was still one step slower, which interfered with Mims' vision. When Mims saw Phillips' shooting, he was already one step too late!

"Oh! It's Phillips again! He's keen volleying in the penalty area! His desire to shoot is really strong! I don't know if it's because he knows why Hodel is watching the game in the stands... This game is really exciting. Both sides are fighting offensive football, and the score is now three to three! What will the result of this game be like? No one will expect that, depending on the current situation on the court, anyone can win the final victory!"

"Continue to attack, don't be discouraged!" Moyes shouted loudly on the sidelines. At this time, the so-called tactical arrangement is completely ineffective, and it depends on the hard work and performance of the players on the court!

In many cases, coaches are actually powerless because their arrangement requires players to complete, and they can only watch from the sidelines.

Moyes believes in his players, and he can only choose to believe in his players.
Chapter completed!