"The fullbacks are pushing too high to support the asymmetric overload, leaving the center-backs isolated against the counter-attack." Michael murmured to himself.
On the pitch, the disaster played out exactly as he predicted.
Enzo Moretti, playing in his new deep-lying playmaker role, intercepted a loose ball. Without even looking up, Enzo pinged a gorgeous, sweeping forty-yard pass out to the right flank.
Jax controlled the ball perfectly with his chest, bursting down the wing. "Too slow, old men~!" Jax taunted the reserve defenders, doing a quick step-over that sent the left-back stumbling into the grass.
Jax cut inside and slipped a short, sharp pass to Arda Güler.
The new Turkish superstar received the ball with his back to the goal. Two Barnsley center-backs immediately rushed him, trying to crush the space. But Arda didn't panic. With a casual, almost disrespectful flick of his left heel, he redirected the ball directly into the path of a sprinting Kaito Tanaka.
