Chapter 462 The Devil's Home
Ye Qiu has always felt that initiative is crucial for a football game.
As long as the initiative can be firmly grasped by you, you can attack the opponent in a more self-centered way, pulling and infiltrating. As your opponent, he must always keep his trembling focus to deal with your attack and pulling and infiltrating.
Anyone can imagine that in the Premier League, even if the pace slows down, the average running of each player in a game is about ten kilometers. The so-called slow pace is relative to other fast-paced games.
If you use image comparison, it will be compared with the domestic Chinese Super League. The slowest Premier League games are obviously faster than the Chinese Super League. So if you ask the best players in the Chinese Super League to play in the Premier League, even if they play the slowest game, they will find it difficult to adapt to it. They will tell you that the pace is too fast and the physical fitness cannot bear it.
The fast pace puts higher requirements on the player's concentration. A player must play every minute with full concentration and resolve every attack of the opponent, and consume a lot of physical energy. In many cases, as long as you have a little trance, it may cause the team to have loopholes and become the opponent's focus target.
And all head coaches must admit one thing, that is, no team can guarantee UU's focus in minutes, and every player will have more or less problems in every game, whether it is offense or defense, because this is unavoidable for anyone.
Ye Qiu likes to take the initiative because he knows very well that the initiative is in hand. Even if the team makes mistakes, the consequences of the mistakes can be minimized. This is the same as Barcelona likes to control the ball, but Ye Qiu is not that extreme.
Grant's tactic in this game is to retreat and hoard heavy troops in the midfield. Is this effective?
Ye Qiu promised that if there were no muscle men in the midfield, Tottenham's offense would be smoother
But this will not ensure the stability of the defense line?
Ye Qiu could only shake his head. Even God didn’t know about such a thing, who knew?
Therefore, he has always asked players to be patient and create opportunities through active running, pulling, passing and receiving cooperation, and even one-on-one breakthroughs to mobilize and pull the opponent's defense line, because as long as you keep pulling, even the iron wall will reveal cracks.
Forecast, no chance, knock back, transfer, forward, no chance, knock back, transfer
The whole process was a bit boring, but Tottenham Hotspur was still constantly looking for opportunities patiently because they had to learn to adapt to facing different opponents, especially those who adopted extreme tactics similar to Chelsea.
The fans in the stands were a little impatient when counting the time, but the players on the court felt that time passed quickly, because for them in the game, every minute and every second were very compact and very deadly, so how long it took, they didn't know, and the only thought in their minds was to patiently look for opportunities and prepare patiently.
When the opponent makes a mistake, he will pounce on him and tear them to pieces.
Sometimes, mistakes do not have to be fatal. On the contrary, most mistakes are small mistakes, such as a little less pass, which is a very typical mistake that often occurs in games, especially in offensive players.
But if unfortunately, when he appears on the defensive player, the consequences will be completely different.
It was as if this time, after Mikel received Barack's pass, he wanted to pass it out to find Ashley Cole, but the pass was a little light and the strength was not very good. The ball was slowly rolling against the turf.
Ashley Cole did not choose to meet him at the first time, but wanted to wait for the ball to come, just one step away. As long as he ran forward, or Mikel's pass was slightly harder, Ashley Cole could get the ball before Messi, but this step was this little force that made Messi, who had come out of the diagonal thorn, snatch the first.
A small player must know how to use his body. After Messi came out from the slash, he cleverly blocked Ashley Cole with his back. After stopping the ball, he always controlled the ball under his feet and rushed forward. The advantage is that Ashley Cole did not have the chance to intercept the ball, but in this way, the speed would not be faster, and Ashley Cole was holding him tightly.
Messi suddenly put a heel on the heel and knocked the ball back, and he quickly pulled it to the right side.
Alves had been following Messi for a long time. The two of them had cooperated for so long and had already been very skilled in tacit understanding. After stopping the ball, he cut to the middle as soon as possible. Because of the move from Messi to the right, he guessed the Argentinian's intention.
Alves' incisive cut immediately led three Chelsea players, left-back Ashley Cole, Barack and Mikel who returned to defense. At the same time, Van Persie also appeared in the penalty area line to meet Alves. After Van Persie pulled out, he naturally led Carvalho and Terry.
The whole process is described in words, but in fact it happens in one or two seconds on the court. The fans can see clearly from the live broadcast camera, and the fans in the stands can also see clearly. Even if there are some fans with sharp eyes on the scene, you can see that Ribery and Ferreira are always entangled in the top area of the penalty area.
Fabregas appeared behind Mikel and Barack. Although it was nearly thirty meters away from the goal, if the ball reached his feet, as long as a straight pass, it could be passed into the penalty area and passed to Van Persie and Ribery.
But this time Alves did not choose to do this because he saw Van Persie using gestures to ask for the ball. The ball passed by Barack. The German could not intercept it at all because the ball was very fast. However, Carvalho immediately realized the threat and rushed towards Van Persie. However, Van Persie ran a step towards the ball and pushed Alves' pass directly with his right foot in advance and sent it to the right.
After Van Persie passed the ball, Alves, Van Persie, and Fabregas rushed into the penalty area quickly. This sudden sprint of speed surprised Chelsea's defensive players because they had not yet figured out what kind of offensive line the opponent was going to take, so they could only passively take countermeasures.
Messi had no defense and quickly dribbled the ball from the right into the penalty area. At this time, Ashley Cole reacted and immediately approached, but did not dare to make moves because he had to worry about the penalty kick in the penalty area, so he could only take the position.
But Messi had long expected his move, a skillful fake move, pulled half of his body to the bottom line, and then directly flat-balled the ball. The ball almost rolled quickly from the right side to the left side, just along the line at the front of the small penalty area.
Terry almost caught up with the ball, but he was still half a second slower. At this time, Ribery rushed up quickly from behind and blocked Ferreira with his body. The ball came to him. He almost swept the ball into the goal with his right foot without any pressure from the defensive player.
It was not until the ball entered the net that Kudicini fell to the ground and made a save, but what's the use?
“Riberilyiberi”
"Frank" live announcer of White Hart Lane Stadium shouted loudly.
"Ribery" all Tottenham Hotspur fans responded in unison
French Scarface rushed to the corner kick area quickly, and his teammates rushed up one after another, congratulating the Frenchman because he was Tottenham Hotspur's top scorer this season.
After Fanny left, even Ye Qiu didn't know who could become Fanny's successor and become Tottenham Hotspur's chief scorer, but through the warm-up matches and many games at the beginning of the season, Ribery had a stronger ability to seize opportunities. He could always appear in the key position in the combination of Tridents.
Van Persie scored a lot of goals, and it was originally the most suitable candidate, but his position was very erratic, and the center has always been the focus of defense. On the contrary, Ribery was in the left rib and the penalty area. Van Persie's interlude and contact in the middle, and Messi's ball and diagonal pass on the right made Ribery feel as if he was in a fishy way.
In Ye Qiu's opinion, this is not how strong Ribery's scoring ability is, but that Tottenham Hotspur's ability to create scoring opportunities is too strong, just like the kind of ball that just now, as long as you can run to the position, as long as you are a professional player, even if you are a defender, you can easily score goals.
Of course, the reason why Tottenham's trident is strong is that even the chief scorer, Ribery has excellent assists. He has assisted fifteen times in the Premier League this season, only ranking behind Fabregas and Messi, and even surpassed Van Persie's eleven times.
But Van Persie is the team's second scorer, and his role in Trident is more to pull and make balls, so his goals and assists cannot reflect his role. It seems that this time of cooperation just now, it would be difficult to achieve a sudden effect without Van Persie.
The entire White Hart Lane Stadium was completely activated by Ribery's goal. All Tottenham Hotspur fans were cheering and cheering for the team, even though it was the 4th minute of the first half.
"Look, I said that we can't follow the rhythm of Tottenham Hotspur. We must disrupt their rhythm and disrupt their momentum. That fool didn't understand this at all. This game will definitely make him suffer." Mourinho was also not satisfied in the stands because he always felt that Tottenham Hotspur scored Chelsea's goal, and he felt embarrassed.
"All Tottenham Hotspur fans at White Hart Lane Stadium, let our archenemy, Chelsea figure out who is the owner of this stadium now, okay?"
With the call from the live announcer, there was a burst of overwhelming cheers in the audience. The momentum and the aura were about to shake the sky down.
The live announcer was poached by Peter Kenyon himself after he came on stage. I heard that he had rich English football experience and was good at activate the fan atmosphere on the spot. He was also responsible for explaining and introducing the game process to the fans during the game, and at the same time inciting and inspiring the fans to create momentum and putting pressure on his opponents.
In the past, many times, the fan organization did this kind of thing, but now the team is to unify them and create a home atmosphere belonging to Tottenham Hotspur, and to build the White Hart Lane Stadium into a devil's home court where all opponents are terrified.
Therefore, even when the game is in the middle of the day, the players warm up on the court, and the live broadcast is still playing some exciting and exciting songs, all of which are well-known songs that can arouse the enthusiasm of the fans, and they are almost all rock and roll. As much as possible, they can keep the fans' enthusiasm and the atmosphere of the game during the fifteen-minute halftime break.
As the halftime break entered, there was also a riot among the fans in the stands. Some of them went to the bathroom, some went to buy things, and some were gathered together to discuss something, both of them.
As long as you have something to do, fifteen minutes actually passes quickly. When the radio sounds again, everyone quickly returns to their seats and ushers in the second half of the game.
At the beginning of the second half, Tottenham Hotspur consciously carried out a round of attacks. He took advantage of the start and quickly attacked their defense line while Chelsea was not firmly arriving at their defense, creating several dangerous situations. However, it was obvious that Chelsea was obviously prepared for Tottenham Hotspur's attack after the opening and defended Tottenham Hotspur's attack.
But when Tottenham Hotspur consciously slowed down its offensive and everyone thought it was about to come to an end, Tottenham Hotspur's offense once again made Chelsea's mistake.
Ribery wanted to try to break through Ferreira on the left, but the clingy Portuguese did not give him a chance. He chose to knock back to Modric. After the Croatian got the ball, he saw Ribery raising his hand to ask for the ball, and he had moved quickly between Ferreira and Terry, so Modric grabbed Marklele and passed the ball to Ribery's feet.
The quality of this pass is not very good. If you can pass a straight pass, Ribery's short-range starting speed can quickly tear the defenses of Terry and Ferreira, but Modric chose to pass the ball under his feet.
After Ribery got the ball, he was run by Ferreira behind him, and Terry in front of him quickly blocked him and the goal. Ribery's shot was blocked by Terry's body and rebounded back.
The French rushed up quickly and kicked the ball back to the midfield before Terry. Modric got the ball again and passed it to Fabregas. Espanyol tried to pick the ball with one kick, trying to pass it behind Messi.
But Carvalho pushed the ball out with his body, but because he jumped in a quick backward, he did not make any effort when he cleared the ball. At the same time, his body lost balance after landing and fell to the ground.
The ball fell in front of Van Persie. The Dutch did not jump, but directly raised his chest and stopped it, and directly stopped the ball to his right. Mikel realized the danger and made an interception immediately because he thought Van Persie was going to kick it directly, but unexpectedly, Van Persie hit the ball to the left with his right foot, turned the ball in a direction, slid to the left, and then adjusted his body's center of gravity, swung his left foot, and gently pulled it.
The shot, which was slightly further away from the penalty spot, was very tricky, but it was not a high ball, but a low ball. At this time, Cudicini's position was a little to the right, obviously he was just defending Messi, so at this time Van Persie hit a lower left corner with a rebound.
Kudicini was powerless to do anything about such a shot. He even realized that the ball entered the goal.
The best thing about the entire goal was that Van Persie stopped the ball, and his body almost stopped moving, shook Mikel away, and then took a series of movements that were directly moved, with indescribable coherence and calmness, with a kind of elegant taste.
"This goal reminds me of Arsenal's Borgkamp," the game commentator shouted loudly.
"0 Tottenham Hotspur scored the second goal of the game in the Ul minute, which was also a goal that sentenced Chelsea to death. I believe that Grant should become more proactive next time. At least he should do his best to get away goals and win hope for the next round.
According to the rules of the Champions League knockout stage, if the total score is the same, it depends on the away goal, so the importance of a away goal is sometimes even greater than that of a goal. Therefore, the commentator's words are not wrong, and this is a wise choice.
Grant seemed to have accepted this idea and immediately began to prepare for a substitution. Kalu went out to prepare for a warm-up, while Ye Qiu arranged for Aveloa and Beckham to warm up as soon as possible, obviously also planning to make targeted substitution adjustments, and this was also a kind of smoke bomb.
Grant had suffered a loss of substitution. At that time, he was afraid and temporarily changed his decision to substitution, which caused him to be criticized unprecedentedly after the game. So this time he didn't believe in evil and directly replaced Kalu, replaced Mikel, and at the same time asked Maluda to warm up and prepare to play.
Ye Qiu replaced Alves with Aveloa, and at the same time replaced Modric with Beckham.
Beckham reappeared on the court, which immediately made Tottenham Hotspur fans in the stands extremely excited. The fans who were prepared had pulled out banners and slogans. Tens of thousands of fans shouted Beckham's name and welcomed the English superstar back to the court.
After four months, Beckham's return has made Tottenham fans more hope for the future, because no one will forget that in the second half of last season, Beckham's joining completely reversed the situation for Tottenham.
The teammates also came over one by one, hugged Beckham, and encouraged and supported him, hoping that he could adjust his condition as soon as possible, play out his strength as soon as possible, and help the team defeat his opponents.
What was unexpected was that after the substitution, Chelsea began to counterattack, while Tottenham Hotspurs launched a defensive counterattack with a relaxed and ready-made effort, allowing Chelsea to push out and play.
Chapter completed!