Xu Zhu's Successor's Football Journey

Chapter 215 Wonderful Battle (3)

After the game restarted, Tottenham’s tactics did not make any adjustments because of the lead. It seems that the new coach, Mr. Jacques Santini, is still very confident in the team. On the other hand, the same is true for Chelsea. Mourinho believes that The goal just now doesn't explain anything. In this kind of offensive battle, there will always be goals, but the opponent's luck is a little bit better.

In fact, this is also the case. When the game restarted, the two sides began to compete in offensive ability again, but at this time, the difference in the tactical thinking of the head coaches of the two teams was reflected in the details of the game.

As the best head coach of the Triple Crown last season, Mr. Mourinho has always insisted on the idea that defense is the most important thing, 'defense can win', this is what he has always emphasized in the team, so Chelsea's midfielder, defender Players on the field, if they want to get the starting position and get the recognition of the Portuguese, their defensive ability is the most fundamental. For example, the team's main players Claude Makelele, Frank Lampard, who just joined the team this season Team's Thiago Mendes, Ricardo Carvalho, etc., their personal abilities are all focused on defense.

In the current Chelsea team, midfielders and backcourt players with weak defensive ability are difficult to get the favor of coach Mourinho. It's just supplements to the team, such as Robert Huth, Damien Duff and others.Of course, Joe Cole is an exception. However, in the game, he is more of a guest striker.

After falling behind by one point, the Chelsea team still maintained the original offensive range in a leisurely manner, and did not attack aggressively because they were behind.Although defender Ricardo Carvalho also often stepped forward to participate in assists, at this time the captain Makelele would definitely keep other defenders near the center line to prevent Tottenham from counterattacking after being intercepted.

In the tactical thinking of Mr. Jacques Santini, the total attack and total defense tactics are more advocated, and the Frenchman is also trying to integrate this thinking into the blood of the Tottenham team, just like he did in the Ligue [-] Lyon team. Do the same.

However, it is clear that Mr. Santini's time in the team is still too short, and his tactical philosophy has not been fully accepted by the team. Tottenham players only understand half of it, yes, only half of it.Tottenham Hotspur was originally an offensive team, and when Mr. Santini came to London, his offensive thinking was quickly 'completely' understood by the team. Jacques Santini Under the guidance of Tottenham, the offense of the Tottenham team is more diverse, and the means of making goals are also richer.

Total attack and total defense tactics, generally in the defense of this kind of tactics, more is to use the way of full-court pressing to achieve the goal.But now on the field, Tottenham are more of a 'full attack', but they are getting more and more slack in defense. After the players attack, they don't participate in the defense when Chelsea counterattacks. Of course, sometimes Because some players attack too high, but more because of a different kind of thinking——
Wait for teammates to steal the ball, and then continue to attack.

Perhaps, doing so can make the team's offense more threatening, but it cannot conceal the great crisis contained in it, and Tottenham Hotspur quickly paid the price for this behavior.

In the 41st minute of the game, Tottenham's No. 32 forward John Jackson made a two-for-one mistake with forward Kanoute on the right. The football was cut off by Thiago in the middle, and the latter passed the ball directly. To the field captain Claude Makelele.After Makelele got the ball, he passed it to Gremi next to him without even thinking about it. For the former, it is safer to hand over the offense to his teammates, even if Gremi is only a substitute for the team.

At present, there are only Gremi, Makelele and Mendes in the midfield of the Chelsea team. Obviously, among the three, only Gremi has the strongest offensive overall view.So when Gremi got the ball, he didn't choose to make a short pass, but looked up at the frontcourt, and immediately drove the ball to the left with a big foot.

On the left, Altyn Robben was completely unguarded. Although Gremi's pass was not very accurate, Robben ran to the landing point easily, unloaded the ball, and took two steps forward. Later, I encountered Tottenham's defensive players to grab the ball.

After seeing the Dutch star's dribbling ability, the Tottenham defensive player may be a little worried that Robben will overwhelm him with speed, so he has been standing about one meter away from Robben, on top of his attacking route , to prevent Robben's sudden start.However, this time Robben did not choose to break through with the ball. In a quick counterattack, this approach was obviously a waste of time. In the astonishment of the defensive player, Robben pushed the ball to the right with one kick.

In the middle, Mutu stepped in!
At this time, the ball has reached the front end of the penalty area. Even if Tottenham's defense is not good, it is irrational to want to break through from this position.Mutu, who was 'sleepwalking' throughout the game, seems to be a little more sober now. He didn't waste any time and passed the ball to Wang Li on the right.

After Wang Li got the ball, he looked at the situation in the penalty area: there were two defenders in the Tottenham penalty area, and on the right, in front of him, Jin Zheng was going to come and steal, and on the left, Robben was running towards the penalty area, and behind him was also Followed by a defender, and after Mutu passed the ball, he stood on the line of the penalty area, as if intending to move forward. On the way, Ledley King has already posted it. The main defender of the England team already knows a little about Wang Li. When Jin ran to Wang Li, he planned to stick to him and prevent Wang Li from taking it easy Jin will not recklessly stretch his foot to steal the ball, and the result will definitely be easily passed.

However, the next moment, the choice of the black-haired boy in front of him still surprised Jin Da!

Pass the ball, Wang Li chose to pass the ball! !

Ledley King couldn't figure out when did the black-haired kid in front of him develop the ability to pass a precise through ball. ... This ability can really be learned through continuous practice! ! ?
Under the gaze of everyone in the audience, the black-haired boy in the field raised his head to look at the penalty area after receiving the ball, and then made a forward breakthrough, but his right foot directly kicked hard behind the football, The ball passed through Jin's left side, stuck to the turf, and flew towards the penalty area.

At this time, there were only two defensive players in the Tottenham Hotspur penalty area, and one of them was still watching Mutu who was "sleepwalking" on the sideline. Even though Mutu's performance was not good, at this time, Tottenham will not give up on his defense either.Another player was also looking towards the right, but Wang Li's pass was too unexpected, coupled with the speed of flying against the turf, the defender didn't react at all, when he subconsciously stretched his foot At the time of the interception, the ball had already flown into the penalty area from the left side of his body! !
Alkin Robben!

Robben's speed was too fast. At this time, he had rushed into the penalty area from the left.Wang Li's pass was really just right. When the ball flew to the middle of the penalty area, the speed had already dropped, and it rolled right in front of Robben. Facing this comfortable pass, what Robben had to do It's just a kick to send the ball into the goal——
Under the impetus of Robben's left foot, the football changed direction and flew towards the right corner of the goal! !
Paul Robinson could only look at the ball and sigh --- unless there is a prediction, it is impossible for the goalkeeper to react to a shot at this speed.

"Goooooooooooooooal!! Robben, Arjen Robben! The Dutch teenager scored the equalizer for Chelsea! However, most of this goal was due to Alan who passed the ball. Let's see Look at the replay of the big camera..., this foot goes straight from a long distance, flying past the two players of the Tottenham team, the speed is really fast, it really is Allen, who always surprises us!!"

After scoring the goal, Robben was very excited. He wiped the raindrops on his face with his soaked jersey, and then gave Wang Li a warm hug.However, Wang Li didn't feel very good. Anyone who was hugged by such a man soaked in sweat and rain would not feel very good...

Seeing the team score, the head coach Mourinho on the bench also smiled gratifiedly. He is still very optimistic about the player Robben, with fast speed, good body, and accurate passing. Ball ability, although Robben's personal skills are not very brilliant, but the above points are enough to make him a top player.

Mourinho is still very satisfied with the direct confrontation with Tottenham with this bench lineup and a 2-2 tie in the first half. He has prepared the tactics for the second half. After the formation, it will definitely allow the team to easily win.

When the game restarted, it was the 44th minute of the game. At this time, most players were already waiting for the whistle to end the game. After 45 minutes of confrontation, they all hoped to take a break.

Tottenham kicked off, Kanoute kicked the ball to the teammate next to him, and ran forward towards Chelsea.After Defoe got the ball, he turned around and kicked it to Redknapp behind him, and then ran towards the front court.

At this time, the fourth official on the sidelines also raised the stoppage time card, with a red '2' on it, telling the players that there were 2 minutes of stoppage time in the first half.

Tottenham's backcourt.

Naibet kicked the ball to Ifel, who passed it to Edman, Edman kicked it to Ledley King, who kicked it back..., Tottenham players are still there Keeping their feet on the ground, they seemed intent on killing time with passes from the back.

At this time, what he didn't notice unconsciously was that Wang Li was only two meters away from the opponent's defender Edman. Hiding itself like a cheetah, waiting for the perfect opportunity to explode!
On another pass, Sean Davies crosses the ball to Edman...  

Wang Li suddenly started, and rushed towards the ball with a 'lingbo microstep', and stopped the ball directly in front of Edman! !

Danger!

By the time the Tottenham defenders realized it was too late, how fast was the newly-started Cheetah?After Wang Li grabbed the ball from the outside of the penalty area, he dodged and dribbled the ball into the penalty area. Edman next to him could only follow behind him to eat ashes...

Paul Robinson attacked. As England's substitute goalkeeper, he felt a little headache when he thought of the shot of the black-haired kid in front of him, but he could only bite the bullet and rush out.

Fortunately, Wang Li took good care of Paul. He did not choose the most terrifying volley, but completed the attack with a light high lob, which also helped Chelsea score a goal to overtake the score.

(End of this chapter)