As Huang Hao said, when facing a defensive team, as long as you take the lead, the iron barrel formation will naturally be broken.
Seeing the score behind, Wolves could no longer put all their energy into defense, and their formation also changed to 3-4-1-2.
But as Glendinning and Mancienne's positions moved further forward, Cambridge United's activity space on both wings became larger, and opportunities followed.
In the 51st minute of the second half, De Vrij intercepted the ball in the backfield and quickly passed it to Ayu on the right side of the front field.
The moment Ayu looked up, he saw Smith waving in the distance, followed by a long pass across the front field!
Before Glendinning could get back into position, Smith had already met Ayu's pass and headed the ball directly to the middle!
And Glendinning, who couldn't stop, just activated Lacazette, who was originally offside in the middle!
Lacazette shot angrily!
Hennessey made a desperate save, successfully blocking the ball out of bounds!
Sighs once again filled Selhurst Park!
Although not scoring also made Huang Hao feel a little regretful, he was still very happy inside. If the score had become 3-1, there might have been no suspense in this match.
It was precisely by leading by only one goal that this test could become more interesting.
What pleased Huang Hao was that Cambridge United's overall defense in the second half was very solid. The players rarely rushed to tackle, and when they were confident, their tackles were unusually decisive.
When Hennessey miraculously saved Smith's shot again, the match also entered the 80th minute.
At this time, members of The Us Army were preparing to take out their TIFO again, transforming into warning signs for the players.
But Mikel kept waving his hands, signaling them to stop. Just when everyone felt puzzled, Mikel said:
"Let us believe in them once. Let everyone watch the match properly today!"
Seeing the captain say this, the members happily put away their TIFO and refocused their attention on the field.
And Mikel had received a message from Huang Hao at halftime, and Mikel naturally obeyed Huang Hao's instructions unconditionally.
With a complex emotion of expectation and worry, Mitchell rubbed his eyes, eagerly awaiting the performance of the Barnet players in the last ten minutes!
The substitute, Frey, became Wolves' most active player in the second half.
However, the lack of support from his teammates often left Frey fighting alone.
After getting the ball again on the left side of Cambridge United's penalty area, Cambridge United immediately sent three players to defend and intercept Frey in an inverted triangle formation!
Seeing no teammates to support him, Frey resolutely charged towards the three defenders!
After dribbling past Smith, Frey didn't notice that Smith had lightly poked the ball with his heel.
Just like that, after completing the break, the ball arrived at Gotze's feet first.
Gotze tried to clear the ball with a big kick directly!
But the flying ball directly hit O'Connor's back!
Without time to apologize to O'Connor, Gotze quickly turned back to check the rebounding ball.
Blake!
The person Gotze least wanted to see, indeed got the ball!
Stop the ball, turn, shoot!
Blake's movements were fluid!
Fortunately, Blake's position was biased towards the left side of the goal, and the shooting angle was not large.
Pantilimon did not dare to relax at all, blocking the ball out of bounds with both hands!
Mikel, who was in the stands behind the goal, also broke out in a cold sweat!
The match had already reached the 88th minute, and Cambridge United's players had not shown any major loopholes before this. Although Wolves' counterattack was spirited, the number of times they truly threatened Cambridge United's goal was few and far between. But at this moment, Blake's shot truly startled everyone.
Could it be that Cambridge United was going to repeat the same mistakes?
Smith did not dare to hesitate after getting the ball and kicked it directly to midfield!
Wolves' corner kick did not create any danger.
At this time, at the referee's signal, the fourth official on the sidelines held up a 5-minute additional time board.
Huang Hao frowned, it seemed that referee Chris Kavanagh was not in a hurry to finish work!
Huang Hao rubbed his palms, feeling a little nervous inside. However, before Gotze's low-level mistake, Cambridge United's overall performance was very satisfactory.
But matches often are like this: players work hard for 89 minutes, only to be ruined by a mistake in the last 1 minute. Fortunately, Blake did not score, allowing Gotze to escape a close call.
In the 91st minute, Cambridge United won a corner kick on the left.
McCarthy's heart instantly sank!
But he did not let Wolves retreat all the way into the penalty area to defend.
For Wolves, who were behind, 2-1 and 3-1 made little difference.
But if they could defend Cambridge United's corner kick and launch a counterattack, they might be able to find a way out.
Thus, Wolves left Mancienne, Frey, and Milijas in the midfield, spread out in three directions.
Cambridge United, however, only left De Vrij and Mahrez to mark them.
This meant that if Wolves could successfully defend the corner kick and gain possession, they would have a great chance to create a one-on-one opportunity.
Seeing such a setup, Wolves players were also eager to try!
O'Connor couldn't help but smile when he saw that there were only 4 Wolves defenders in the penalty area marking 6 Cambridge United attackers at this time!
Seeing O'Connor raise both hands simultaneously above his head, the Cambridge United players, who had practiced corner kick tactics countless times, immediately understood.
Before O'Connor could take the kick, Smith, who was originally standing near the six-yard box, began to slowly retreat.
Since he was not a key marking target for Wolves, no Wolves players moved outwards with Smith.
After all, there were still two Cambridge United center-backs, Lovren and Van Dijk, in the six-yard box at this time. As O'Connor ran up, Smith suddenly accelerated and ran towards the outside of the near post!
At this moment, Jimenez, who was responsible for marking the near post for Wolves, immediately rushed towards Smith to prevent a long shot from the opponent!
But Smith, who had the ball, did not choose to shoot at the goal, but instead passed the ball back to O'Connor, who was approaching the penalty area!
Discovering that he had fallen for a feint, Jimenez immediately turned and rushed towards O'Connor!
And O'Connor, sticking close to the byline, lofted the ball that Smith had passed back into the penalty area!
Lacazette, who had quietly slipped into Wolves' penalty area from the outside, was already drawing his bow and arrow at the penalty spot, just waiting for the ball!
As the pass came to him, Lacazette tensed his foot and unleashed a volley!
Hennessey turned his hands from palms to fists, striking the ball!
However, the ball that hit Hennessey did not rebound, but instead deflected, hitting the inside of the side netting in front of Blake and entering the goal!
3-1!
McCarthy's heart instantly turned cold!
Watching the ball enter the goal from in front of him, Blake's mood also plummeted. Although he had scored a goal in this match, it still couldn't prevent Wolves from losing.
After the restart, Wolves also seemed a bit deflated.
Henry passed the ball to Max Kilman on the wing, and Kilman, somewhat resentfully, directly kicked the ball with a big kick towards Cambridge United's front field!
And at this time, Mancienne had just run past midfield!
The ball kicked by Kilman, without suspense, landed at De Vrij's feet.
Fortunately, De Vrij's clearance was intercepted again by Mancienne, and Wolves launched another attack.
After a few passes, the ball came to Frey in the middle.
Looking at Jimenez, who was in the empty space between De Vrij and O'Connor, Frey decisively sent the ball!
However, this passing route was too obvious, so obvious that even the young De Vrij could see it clearly.
As soon as Frey sent the ball, De Vrij appeared directly on the passing route, ahead of Jimenez.
De Vrij, in an extremely relaxed state of mind, directly launched an astonishing long pass!
The ball flew from the edge of Cambridge United's penalty area, directly across more than half of the field, and landed on the right side of Wolves' front field!
As De Vrij kicked the ball, Lacazette immediately shook off Marlon beside him and sprinted towards Wolves' penalty area!
Although Henry was a step slow, he still successfully returned to position after Lacazette entered the penalty area!
Then Lacazette's cross was directly blocked by Henry, and Tommy Smith, who got the ball behind him, immediately tried to make a large-scale transfer to the right side of the backfield!
Due to nervousness, Tommy didn't notice that Ayu of Cambridge United was not far from Mancienne.
So when the ball was passed over, Ayu immediately retreated and successfully intercepted Wolves' pass!
Ayu did not hold the ball, but while intercepting the pass, he directly tapped the ball to Gotze, who was unmarked at the top of the penalty area!
Gotze, after receiving the ball with his back to the goal, turned and fired a shot!
Hennessey reacted quickly, pushing the powerful shot horizontally!
Lacazette immediately rushed to the byline area to stop the ball, and before he could pass, Bella behind him preemptively kicked the ball to midfield!
At this time, Mahrez, who was lurking on the left side of midfield, gained possession, and facing a clear open space in front of him, Mahrez dribbled at high speed!
Facing Bella's Backup Defense, the Golden Left Foot once again showed its power, and Mahrez, in the byline area, sent the ball in front of the goal with a curving shot!
This time, Lacazette finally lived up to expectations, heading the ball into the dead corner in front of the goal!
4-1!
This time, Cambridge United not only did not collapse at the last moment, but instead scored two consecutive goals, directly starting the wolf-slaying operation!
It's just that the Cambridge United lads seemed to be trying a bit too hard, after all, it's better to leave some leeway for future encounters.
This way, it's inevitably a bit too much!
However, Cambridge United fans couldn't care less about this. Lacazette's goal also completely turned Selhurst Park into a sea of joy for the home fans!
Cambridge United, suppressed for a long time, finally swept away the previous gloom with a resounding victory!
After an unexpected big victory over Wolves at the last moment, Cambridge United, with the 3 points gained at home, returned to the upper reaches of the League, ranking eighth.
Currently, the teams ranked higher than Cambridge United, besides the traditional Premier League BIG6, are only Aston Villa.
With one-third of this Premier League season already played, it is already very difficult for Cambridge United to maintain such a record.
After all, in the summer transfer window, Cambridge United's investment was not even a fraction of what these big brothers spent.
However, at this time, the gap between Cambridge United and the teams behind them is only one or two points, and due to the schedule, Cambridge United has even played two more matches than Blackburn, who are ranked ninth.
So now is clearly not the time for pride and celebration.
