Benitez always appears in front of fans in suits and ties. Ye Qiu once joked that Spanish fat men can only look at them in suits, while Benitez counterattacked that this is his attitude towards football, at least not like some people, and his mind is too complicated.

Early autumn nights are not particularly cold, and London is not as humid as a port city like Liverpool.

Benitez stepped on the turf of White Hart Lane Stadium, soft and comfortable. Although he was unwilling to accept Ye Qiu and Tottenham Hotspur, he still admired the turf at the venue, because White Hart Lane Stadium is always so comfortable and always in a turf state that is most suitable for playing football.

Of course, he would not think that Ye Qiu and Tottenham Hotspur are open and honest, mainly because these bastards have higher requirements for turf than all teams. The turf is too bad, and the visiting team may not be injured, but they will definitely suffer losses.

For this game, Fatty Beck has been so busy in recent days that he doesn't even have time to shave his beard. He has watched all the games of Tottenham Hotspur this season. He has to admit that he has a headache for this North London team.

Playing against Manchester United and playing against Manchester City are two very different styles. Manchester United's crushing defeat was mainly because Ferguson was a little careless. After the opening, he was directly suppressed by Tottenham Hotspur, and the rhythm was completely controlled. After that, Manchester United chose to fight head-on, but the result was a mountain of defeat.

Manchester City is different. Mancini is consciously trying to play Tottenham Hotspur's two ribs, obviously targeting Pirlo's single midfielder, but the Italian obviously did not notice the changes in Tottenham's defensive system in the past two years. Tottenham Hotspur's best bet is to play Tottenham Hotspur's two ribs, Ye Qiu will expose his two ribs without caring about it.

If Benitez wants to evaluate it, this season's Tottenham Hotspur team is more balanced and more difficult than last season's Tottenham Hotspur team with Fabregas, David Silva and Yaya Toure.

Tottenham Hotspur can fully release the powerful attack power brought by the single midfielder. They can be fearless because their strength has an absolute advantage, so single midfielder will not become a problem, but will become an effective weapon for Tottenham Hotspur to play a more violent offensive football.

Because others have two back midfielders and one back midfielder means that you are investing more people on the offensive end.

Of course, playing against a weak team is not a skill, and the words of a strong team are the key to reflecting a team's core combat effectiveness.

It is a headache for a strong team to play Tottenham Hotspur because they are very balanced and they are not afraid of you pushing out. The reason is very simple. Their offense is very good. If you push out and play, it is beneficial to them. Moreover, the biggest change of their season is that the offense and defense switch are very fast, and the offense is very impactful.

But they are not afraid of you shrank and defending. When you shrank and defend, they will quickly turn into the ball control tactics, and quickly and concisely pass and cooperate in the frontcourt, constantly running and pulling, especially the sudden change in the rhythm. Even if you have no loopholes, they will do everything possible to help you create loopholes and attack them.

So, theoretically, this Tottenham Hotspur team has no weaknesses in offense and defense. They can play positional battles or attack battles with almost no weaknesses. They can play fast and fiercely, or adopt slow ball-handling cutting, and more importantly, they can switch back and forth in a variety of styles and tactics.

I will fight any tactics that work, and see if you can adapt and keep up with me. If you don’t work, you will be finished

There have been many balanced teams before, such as Ye Qiu and Mourinho's Chelsea, Ferguson's Manchester United, and Arsenal in the unbeaten season. At that time, these teams were very balanced, but the problem is that these balanced teams are not as good as Tottenham Hotspur today when they have diversified offensive methods and different styles of back and forth switching.

In other words, their balance is reflected in the advancement, attack, retreat and defense, but you can't ask them to play Barcelona-style ball control at once and then play the impact attack of Real Madrid. This is impossible.

But Tottenham Hotspur is not as good as Barcelona in ball control, not as good as Real Madrid in impact, and not as good as Dortmund in high-intensity pressure and active running, but he has achieved a certain balance among these styles, and can switch back and forth in various styles, and all do a pretty good job.

At first glance, you will find that they have many weaknesses, such as full-back attacks are stronger than defense, such as single midfielders, such as defense protection at the front of the penalty area, etc., but in fact, in the game, you will suddenly find, ah, you can't find these loopholes because they have covered them up very well.

Therefore, it is not impossible for you to defeat such a team, because there are no teams that cannot be defeated and the tactics of winning forever in this world, but you will find that all the methods you may defeat this team will not have high success rates, or even very low, or you can only wait until their players are in a downturn to have enough chances of winning.

Perfect?

No, this team is not perfect, but he is very balanced. He can use comprehensiveness to make up for local weaknesses and shortcomings, and even use the collaboration of all players to fill in the poor condition of players in individual positions.

Benitez has been having a headache and thinking about a problem for the past half month, which is how to improve the chances of defeating Tottenham Hotspur. He found this to be an interesting paradox.

In theory, there is a way, that is, to knock out Tottenham Hotspur’s possession rate, knock out their pass success rate, and limit their running route.

But to achieve these points, you cannot be conservative first and have to push it out. But the problem is, after you push it out, you may not have stopped their possession rate and passes, and they have already broken through your goal. What should I do at this time?

And it can be foreseen that Benitez wants to knock out Tottenham Hotspur’s possession rate and pass success rate. Doesn’t Ye Qiu want to? He can even imagine that Ye Qiu is still emphasizing the players’ point just now in the locker room.

In fact, at first glance, Liverpool and Tottenham have many similarities.

In the frontcourt Trident, Tottenham Hotspur is a combination of Ribery, Cavani and Messi, while Liverpool is a combination of Mata, Suarez and Villa. Messi and Villa have similar functions, and Suarez and Villa are also very similar to Ribery and Cavani's configuration and tactical roles.

Of course, this is from a tactical perspective, and I will not talk about personal performance.

The biggest gap between Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur is in the midfield

Benitez said in the locker room just now that Liverpool will definitely die if he can't suppress Tottenham Hotspur's midfielder

Sometimes the head coach must make a choice, even if there is no choice, and even if you cannot guarantee whether you are sure, you must make a choice and give all players a clear answer to let them know what they want.

The reason why Mancini lost miserably was because he did not have a clear answer.

Because of this, Benitez chose to continue to follow his usual style of play, adopting this high-intensity midfield and frontcourt pressure after the opening, striving to suppress Tottenham Hotspur, and at least try to curb Tottenham Hotspur's state and offensive.

It must be mentioned here that the so-called poor condition is actually a relative statement.

Suppose Tottenham Hotspur was curbed by the high-intensity pressure and pressing after Liverpool's opening game, and they were in a state of uncomfortable playing in the whole game and were unable to make effective resistance. Even if the state they showed before the game was useless, it would still be said to be in poor condition after the game.

Therefore, the quality of the situation is closely related to the team's performance in the game.

Benitez paced back and forth in the coaching area of ​​the visiting team on the sidelines, waiting for the referee to blow the whistle, grabbing the stubble on his upper lip and chin with his right hand, a little bit thrust, but his attention was all on the field.

The referee of this game was the famous referee of the Premier League. At this moment, he was standing outside the center circle of the White Hart Lane Stadium, silently looking at the watch on his wrist, holding the whistle in his mouth, while Suarez and Villa clamped the ball in the middle, jumped a few times on the spot, moving their bodies.

With a whistle from Philip O Dodd, Suarez quickly kicked the ball to Villa, who knocked back and the game began

Although it was a away game, Liverpool did not play conservatively at the beginning. He took advantage of the opportunity to kick off and had an impact on Tottenham Hotspur from the beginning. The trident was pushed very well, especially Suarez and Villa, who looked more like double strikers, while Juan Mata was responsible for taking the ball and organizing the ball.

Tottenham Hotspur also has rich experience in dealing with such scenes. The defense line at the opening game is still standing in the 30-meter area, while the entire midfield and frontcourt are appropriately retracted to keep the formation compact and orderly.

Liverpool tried to attack Tottenham's defensive team, but failed to achieve results in two consecutive times. As soon as the ball entered Tottenham's half, it seemed like it had hit a wall and had to pass it back. The Trident in the frontcourt had no chance to turn around as long as he got the ball.

It was not until the second minute that Tottenham Hotspur had a real chance to get the ball. Ramsey wanted to pass directly to find Carragher and Scotter behind him, but Carragher intercepted the ball steadily, and the ball rights were transferred to Liverpool again.

After a little organization, Liverpool launched another round of attacks. This time they seemed to be more patient. Juan Mata retreated appropriately, Gerald passed the ball to his feet, and after taking the ball, he finally got a chance to face Pirlo. Espanyol dribbled the ball and attacked Pirlo's defense area.

In one-on-one situation, Pirlo was at a disadvantage and failed to effectively organize Mata's dribbling. When Espanyol hit the front of the defense line, he directly passed the ball with one kick. The ball was passed through the gap between Thiago Silva and Kompani, and Suarez quickly inserted it.

At this moment, more than 30,000 Tottenham fans in the entire White Hart Lane were exclaiming in shock, but at the critical moment, Peter O'Chech abandoned the goal and rushed out of the small penalty area. Before Suarez, he fell to the ground and threw the ball in his arms, resolving a threatening attack from Liverpool.

Cech got up from the ground and the ball was in his arms. He shouted at Thiago Silva and Kompani in front, thinking that the distance between the two teammates had been too large, especially Kompani, which was too far to the left.

The latter shook his head apologetically, saying that he was worried that Villa would hit Marcelo's area and would be careful next time.

There is no line of defense in the world that you will not make mistakes, because your opponent keeps pulling you and moving you through passing the ball, and you will definitely expose the problem. The key is whether your defensive switching and movement can effectively target the opponent's attack.

Ye Qiu was also frowning when he saw him on the sidelines. Juan Mata could hit the left side, but this time he suddenly moved to the middle side, and retreated to get the ball, turned around and attacked Pirlo head-on. This was a wake-up call.

"Aturo" Ye Qiu walked to the sidelines, shouted at Vidal, and made a gesture to ask him to retreat appropriately. This was telling Vidal that you were a little far from Pirlo just now.

Ramsey also noticed this. He and Vidal were indeed a little far ahead just now. They separated from Pirlo, causing Liverpool to pass the ball, Juan Mata took the ball in the middle of their and Pirlo, and turned around and attacked Pirlo head-on. This was indeed very dangerous. If Cech hadn't attacked decisively, the ball would have been a single shot.

The two midfielders looked at each other, and realized their mistakes and slapped each other.

The game started again, Liverpool forced it very fiercely, and the Trident formed a suppression in the frontcourt. As soon as Kompany grabbed the ball, Suarez forced it up. He didn't dare to pass it to Cech, worried about a mistake, so he transferred it to Marcelo on the left.

The Brazilian left-back ran back and got the ball from the edge of the penalty area, but his back was facing the attacking side, while Villa blocked Marcelo with his body.

Marcelo is small and flexible. Villa is not bad either. He never lets Marcelo turn around and throw away. The Brazilian had no choice but to turn around and force his feet. The ball was passed to the frontcourt, but Glenn and Johnson headed the ball back to the midfield, but headed back to the midfield by defeating Ribery.

Gerrard took the ball and prepared to attack from the front, but Ramsey stood in front of him, and the Liverpool captain passed to Javier Martinez, but Pirlo immediately left his position and topped the ball because he was closer to Martinez, while Bidal was waiting for an opportunity to ambush at the position behind.

Martinez was blocked by Pirlo, with Ramsey beside Gerald on the right, and the left back Jose Enrique on the left came up, so he turned sideways and passed the ball to the left to find Jose Enrique on the left.

But he regretted it as soon as he passed the ball, because he found that Vidal rushed up from behind quickly, as if he had expected that he would pass to the left, and intercepted the ball in the middle of the way, and after intercepting the ball, he quickly drove the ball forward.

Tottenham Hotspur almost completed the defense-to-offensive switch in the blink of an eye. Vidal dribbled into Liverpool's half, attracting the entire midfield of the Reds. Messi and Ribery rushed to the front, and Cavani faced the attacking side, but deliberately slowed down and waited for Vidal's pass behind him.

Seeing Cavani running slowly and deliberately put his position between two central defenders and midfielders, Vidal realized the opportunity and passed the ball to Cavani's right side. The Uruguayan kept looking back while running forward. When the ball came, he happened to control the ball with his right foot, but the overall propulsion speed did not slow down.

The middle lane turned into two-on-two, with Carragher and Scotter facing Cavani and Messi, which is a very good opportunity. There are even many Tottenham fans in the stands and are ready to make a shout for a goal.

Cavani was about five meters away from the arc area. Seeing Scotter and Carragher consciously catching up, Jose Enrique and Lucas were both retreating quickly, and the opportunity was fleeting. So he suddenly slowed down, which scared Scotter, thinking that he was going to shoot from a long time on the spot.

Just when Scotter rushed over, Cavani passed the right side of the arc area with his right foot. When Messi stopped the ball, Jose and Enrique had blocked him, but Messi hit the left with a right foot and dunked over Jose and Enrique. He swung his left foot and shot with a arc shot.

Messi's entire shooting process was neat, without any confusion, and the angle of the ball was also very tricky. He crossed the top of goalkeeper Renner along an arc and fell down, drilling into the left side of the goal goal.

“GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL”

"In less than five minutes of the opening game, Tottenham Hotspur knocked on Liverpool's goal. This was the strongest and powerful revenge against Liverpool's single shot just now. Tottenham Hotspur is obviously telling this group of Liverpool players who came to the away game with facts. Welcome to hell, gentlemen."

There was a burst of overwhelming cheers in the entire White Hart Lane stadium, and almost everyone was crazy about Tottenham Hotspur's goal. This was a very fast and exquisite counterattack goal. If, on the offensive end, Tottenham Hotspur's past delicate cooperation was not reflected, then on the defensive end, a huge net woven by Tottenham Hotspur players can be clearly seen.

Through this huge net, they captured all Liverpool's passes and offensive routes, cut, and even gave strong counterattacks.

Benitez stomped his feet hard on the sidelines. He missed the opportunity just now, and he was still thinking that there should be a chance, but in less than a minute, Tottenham Hotspur broke through his team's goal, which brought a considerable blow to Liverpool.

But Benitez is a famous coach after all, and he soon realized the problem. He knew very well that Tottenham Hotspur was best at playing this rhythmic battle. Liverpool just now had high pressure and launched a round of attacks, but now Tottenham Hotspur is dominant, and Liverpool must take a defensive position.

Taking advantage of the victory, this has always been the creed of Tottenham Hotspur and Ye Qiu.

Just as Benitez called on the players to stabilize the defense, Tottenham Hotspur indeed launched a scramble against Liverpool, and the whole situation was completely reversed.
Chapter completed!