Chapter 707 Corner lore
The broadcaster at White Hart Lane Stadium is pronunciating the names of each starter in his unique voice
It is clear that when you read the name of a Tottenham Hotspur player, you will hear deafening cheers every time. When you read the name of a Manchester United player, the treatment the Red Devils receive is booing or even insulting.
This is commonplace in the away game
The players of the two teams slowly walked out of the player channel under the leadership of referee Martin He and Trkinson. After shaking hands and guessing the side, both sides lined up in their own half.
In this game, Tottenham Hotspur sent all the main lineup to start, with goalkeeper Cech, defense line Marcelo, Kompany, Thiago Silva and Alves, midfielder Ramsey, Pirlo and Vidal, and front trident was a combination of Ribery, Cavani and Messi.
Since the establishment of the Research Center, Tottenham Hotspur has done a pretty good job in preventing injuries. Apart from some injuries caused by emergencies in the game, players are basically rarely injured. In addition, the club has carried out certain rotations and preventive measures, so that in some key games, the teams can form a strong lineup.
Manchester United also sent all the main players, with goalkeeper De Gea, defense line Evra, Vidic, Ferdinand and Rafael, midfielder Giggs, Carrick and Scholes, and front court tridents were Tevez, Benzema and Rooney.
Among them, Scholes had announced his retirement after the end of last season, but after half of this season, Ferguson was very dissatisfied with the performance of Sneider and Las Dyara. Among them, Las Dyara was even thrown into the cold palace by Ferguson because of his salary and contract renewal. Sneider was also replaced by a substitute because of his poor condition.
In this case, Ferguson invited Scholes to come back again. After the comeback, Scholes performed very well and occupied the main position of the midfield. In addition, Giggs, who is also a veteran, Manchester United's entire midfield operation is very good.
But everyone knows that it is undoubtedly unlikely to compete with the ideal combination of Ramsey, Vidal and Pirlo, with such a midfield configuration. So before the game, many media expressed their pessimistic attitude towards Ferguson's away trip.
But Mr. Fur is not to be outdone. At the press conference before the game, he publicly stated that this would be a very serious game. "This game is of great significance to both sides. Although Tottenham occupies the top spot, if they lose in this game, it will be their first loss in the past year."
"I told our players that this is a championship game, and we need to rely on a victory to continue our pursuit and desire for the championship. I believe Tottenham is under great pressure because they also want to win this game, but they are very clear that it will not be an easy game."
As a legend of Manchester United, Gary Neville also stated in his column that this derby will have a crucial impact on the future situation in the Premier League. "This is the battle between the two most powerful and successful teams in the past few years. I believe that Manchester United should fight to wash away their shame now
Losing to Tottenham Hotspur 08 at Old Trafford is definitely a humiliation for the Red Devils and Manchester United, but from another perspective, it is also a kind of motivation, inspiring all players to fight back and forth
In fact, as soon as the game began, Manchester United had the intention of turning away.
Less than two minutes into the game, Carrick inserted and got a chance to attack in the penalty area. However, Kompany, who returned to the right time, blocked the ball and cleared it, but this obviously did not let Manchester United give up.
Ferguson used two veterans Giggs and Scholes and Carrick to partner with the midfielder in this game. One very important reason is that he believes that the veterans can bring more motivation to the team in terms of spiritual strength, which is something Sneijder, Las Diyala or Park Ji-sung and others cannot give.
But Ferguson is also very clear that veterans have weaknesses and shortcomings in appearance, especially in terms of running.
So, after the opening, he scored two shots, but he failed to hit the goal, and then he started to play in a tight spot, which was also the starting tactic that Ferguson had specially arranged before the game.
"The rhythm of a typical Hollywood blockbuster" Ye Qiu said with a smile on the sidelines.
Hollywood commercial blockbusters are basically produced in the same pattern. The most important thing is to have a small climax at the beginning of the movie, which directly mobilizes everyone's emotions, and then slowly enter the theme of the movie.
Ferguson actually wants to play defense in this game. He himself knows very well that when playing against the opponent, Manchester United is not a match for Tottenham Hotspur. Only by playing defensive counterattacks can he have some chances, but he is different from other teams. He will give you a fast-paced grab for a few minutes from the beginning. It is best to score goals, and you can't score a goal, and you have to play a lot of morale.
"He knows us so well." Mauro Tasotti thinks Ferguson is indeed a big rival. More importantly, his ability to understand football is probably difficult for anyone to compete with him in today's football world.
"This is just a small trick. Mauro, the most important thing in a football game is to rely on strength to speak."
Ye Qiu does not deny that sometimes small means can also play a surprising effect. For example, if Tottenham accidentally attacked and scored a goal by Manchester United after the opening game, the situation of the game will be completely rewritten, but the probability of this is very small.
For a head coach, improving the team's strength and optimizing the team's tactics can improve the team's chances of winning.
An excellent head coach can never pin his hopes on low-probability events.
After five minutes of attack, Tottenham Hotspur's defense stabilized in an orderly manner, and the team gradually controlled the advantage of the game. From the sixth minute, Tottenham Hotspur began to take the initiative and continuously put pressure on Manchester United. Ferguson's team also retreated into the 30-meter area of its own in just three minutes.
Tottenham Hotspur has the advantage, and it can even be said to have pushed Manchester United to the ground and beaten up. However, Ferguson's targeted tactics are still very effective, especially when Tevez and Rooney actively retreated to the midfield to assist. Although the team's frontcourt offense was sacrificed, the defense of the midfield was improved.
The game time passed quickly. Manchester United had almost no chance to shoot except for the five minutes before the opening. Although Tottenham Hotspur got a lot of shooting opportunities, they were not very good goals and it was difficult to threaten Manchester United's goal.
Despite this, Pirlo still firmly controlled the rhythm on the court for Tottenham Hotspur and seized the initiative, making it difficult for Manchester United to have a chance to fight back, let alone make a decent attack.
After joining Tottenham Hotspur this season, Pirlo's performance was very eye-catching and returned to his peak level. In addition, Ramsey and Vidal are both players with good skills and excellent consciousness, which makes Tottenham Hotspur's midfield very resilient, and Pirlo's single midfield problem has not been exposed.
The only big thing is the away game against Newcastle, but that's just that.
When the team has the advantage and controls the initiative on the field, even if the midfield ends at 0, Ye Qiu still does not make adjustments or substitutions. Instead, he reminds the players during the break to appropriately increase the transmission of the front of the penalty area.
Although Tottenham Hotspur's shooting opportunities were mostly in the penalty area in the first half, they were all between the small penalty area and the penalty area, making it difficult to break into the small penalty area, and they were basically on both sides, which was not a good shooting opportunity.
This is mainly related to Tevez and Rooney's return to defense. They even frequently return to defense to the bottom line, not to mention the front of the penalty area, which made Tottenham Hotspur not do enough in this regard. Therefore, Ye Qiu asked the players to increase the transmission of the front of the penalty area, and then pull out the gap and pass it into the penalty area to create murderous intent.
As soon as the second half started, Tottenham Hotspur got an opportunity in the small penalty area.
After receiving Alves' pass from the right side of the penalty area, Vidal received a pass from Alves and sent it into the penalty area. Messi wanted to dunk Vidic after receiving the ball from the right side of the small penalty area, but the Serbian got stuck. Messi had no choice but to accelerate suddenly, break out of an open position and pass it out. Cavani in the small penalty area wanted to volley but hit the ball high.
This is also the most threatening shot opportunity in the whole game. It appears in the middle of the small penalty area. As long as Cavani can suppress the ball, even if he doesn't choose the angle to directly hit the middle, the possibility of scoring is very high. Even if he can't score by himself, he can create opportunities for Ribery and Messi, because such a shot De Gea will definitely not be able to catch it and will definitely lose his hand.
Cavani was also helpless about wasting such opportunities. He kept waving his hands at his teammates as he walked back.
Ferguson saw the problem and immediately made targeted adjustments, but he still did not make substitutions. The reason was very simple. Ye Qiu did not change, and he did not change either, because he did not want to break such a balance.
For Manchester United, being able to get a point from the White Hart Lane Stadium and get rid of it is actually a very good result.
As for what to win the championship, Ferguson is not that stupid. If you want to snipe Tottenham Hotspur, you have to look at your own strength. Manchester City and Liverpool may be a little bit possible, but Manchester United really does not have such strength at the moment unless Tottenham Hotspur makes a major mistake, but from the game process, Ye Qiu does not make any mistakes.
You should know that Ye Qiu's coaching team has nearly 30 people. Except for a few members of the core coaching team, everyone has their own expertise and responsibilities. Therefore, it is almost impossible to make Tottenham Hotspur make a mistake when fully prepared.
This is also a very interesting phenomenon. Ye Qiu and Guardiola can be said to be the most successful head coaches in the past few years. The former has twenty-nine coach teams, while Guardiola has twenty-four people. It can be seen that success or not also has a lot to do with the head coach's assistant team.
"Good phenomenon" Ye Qiu is not as nervous as Ferguson. He seems a little relaxed because Tottenham Hotspur has the advantage.
Mauro Tassoti also laughed, "From outside the penalty area to the penalty area, now we have reached the small penalty area, pushing forward step by step, I see that it is not far from scoring."
Although this statement is a bit far-fetched, it does make some sense.
"I won't replace people now. Let the game continue like this and I should be able to score a goal." Ye Qiu had this feeling.
"If you don't change, Ferguson probably won't change either. He is too passive now." Mauro Tasotti also felt that he should not take the initiative to replace people, as this would only disrupt the current advantages and situation and would make Ferguson cheaper.
At least, according to the data obtained by Ye Qiu, the pass success rate of 87. and the ball possession rate of 57. The two big data are Tottenham Hotspur’s favorite data and are also the most capable of playing Tottenham Hotspur’s characteristics. Why do you need to substitution?
Just as Ye Qiu and Mauro Tassoti were analyzing, Pirlo suddenly made a wall-to-wall cooperation with Ramsey from the middle, rushed to the front, passed the ball with one kick and passed it to the right side of the small penalty area. Ribery quickly inserted it, grabbed Ferdinand, stuck the position, stopped the ball with his back to the goal, turned around and shot it directly.
Although the shot was not in the small penalty area, it was just at the corner of the small penalty area and was very close to the goal. Ribery turned around and kicked the ball directly. The force was also very strong and the angle was very tricky. However, De Gea's reaction was also very fast. He was originally on the left and flew directly to save the ball out of the bottom line.
"A world-class save" Andy Grey couldn't help but cheer for De Gea's save. "From De Gea, the young goalkeeper from Spain, has a very outstanding performance, ensuring that Manchester United's goal is not lost."
The live TV camera repeatedly replayed the shooting and save process just now. Ribery's stopping ball turned and shot in one go. The movement was very skillful and smooth, and Ferdinand couldn't even stop it, but De Gea's reaction was fast enough and he flew directly to save the ball, proving that his body was also in a state of nervousness and alertness.
"This is indeed a goalkeeper with great potential. He has no stage fright from a young goalkeeper at all, and he is very popular with a general."
"Tottenham Hotspur's corner kick opportunity"
Pirlo stabilized his hand towards his teammates, signaled himself to take the penalty, and then slowly walked towards the corner kick area. A quick sprint just now made him feel a little breathless. After all, time is unforgivable and he is not young anymore.
Ferguson was in the visiting coach's command area on the sidelines and shouted at the players, "Be careful of their front points."
Tottenham Hotspur's ground offense is indeed very good, but this does not mean that their set-piece is not good. On the contrary, in terms of free kicks, Tottenham Hotspur has players with very good free kick skills, such as Pirlo, Beckham, Messi and Ribery. In terms of corner kicks, Tottenham Hotspur is relatively weak, but the threat is not small.
Pirlo set up the ball in the corner kick area, and the penalty area suddenly turned into a glory field. Tottenham Hotspur players wearing white jerseys and Manchester United players wearing red jerseys were entangled with each other, while also playing various covers and cooperation.
The front point is Thiago Silva, Vidic stands between him and the goal, entangling Thiago Silva, and the next point is Kompany, Ferdinand stands in front of him, while Cavani occupies the middle. The three tall players of Tottenham Hotspur are still very shocking in the penalty area.
Pirlo raised his right hand high and made a gesture. The Manchester United players suddenly felt like they were facing a big enemy. They didn't know what the right hand gesture meant, and time couldn't think and analyze it for them, so they could only stare at them very nervously.
Ferdinand was afraid of missing Kompani, so he gently pulled Kompani with his hand and turned around from time to time, but at the same time he had to stare at Cavani in front. After all, the Uruguayan's heading ability is not weak, and Karik may not be able to stare at him alone.
Just as he saw Pirlo start forward, Cavani suddenly retreated from the center of the goal, so he became blocking Ferdinand. Everyone knew that after blocking the opponent with his body, as long as the ball landed well, he could basically score.
Therefore, Cavani's action made Ferdinand instinctively react that Tottenham Hotspur was going to attack Cavani, so he began to compete with Cavani for the position. Even if he couldn't get the best position back, at least he had to mess with Cavani and then hoped for Carrick.
In this very short time when the ball was sent, Manchester United's defensive players could only rely on instinct reactions, because they could not guess how Tottenham Hotspur wanted to play.
Ferdinand stared at the ball and competed for position with Cavani, but ignored Kompani behind him. Without Ferdinand noticing, Kompani rushed forward from Cavani and jumped high in the middle of the goal. At this time, the corner kick sent by Pirlo fell just right on top of his head.
The bare-headed Kompany did not hesitate at all and pushed the ball with excellent landing into Manchester United's goal. De Gea was out of reach this time and could only watch the ball enter the net. 0
After scoring the goal, all Tottenham Hotspur players quickly rushed out of the penalty area, out of the stadium, and rushed to the front of the stands. At this time, in the stands of the White Hart Lane Stadium, all the fans stood up from their seats, some holding the team's scarves and souvenirs high, cheering loudly.
Ye Qiu from the coaching area of the home team made a very powerful fist clench in his right hand after Kompany scored, which represents his confidence in the game.
As it turned out, the situation of the game was as he expected, from the big penalty area to the small penalty area to the goal score, Tottenham Hotspur always grasped the situation of the game, while Ferguson's team had no chance from beginning to end.
Chapter completed!