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Chapter 202 Meat Grinding Battle (2)

Capello was surprised to see that Tottenham had no disadvantage in this war like a meat grinder, and had a hard time fighting with Emerson and Nedved on the court. Obviously, he did not expect that this opponent would be so tough, not only resisting his frontal attack, but also dragging Juventus into the bottomless quagmire called Meat Grinding Battle!

Although Juventus' muscle midfielder is invincible in Serie A, for Tottenham players who are used to the fast pace and intensity of the British competition environment, what they are most afraid of is to compete with their opponents for muscle and physical fitness. Perhaps in terms of personal abilities, Emerson and others do have better skills, but in terms of rudeness and barbarity, Roy Keane and Vieira are obviously one level higher than the Zebra Legion!

In fact, being able to drag Juventus into this grinding battle represents Tottenham's victory to a certain extent - focusing a lot of energy on the competition and confrontation of the ball, the power that Juventus players can invest on the offensive end will naturally be reduced a lot. In this way, Tottenham's goal can become safer!

The players on both sides were shooting Mars on the court, and the two head coaches off the court were not idle either. Whether it was Capello or George, they were racking their brains to think about countermeasures to increase the chances of their own victory!

Especially Capello, who is currently behind in the score, the gold medal coach cannot let the players waste their precious energy and time in this meaningless grinding battle. Because he knows very well in his heart that the purpose of Tottenham doing this, he naturally has to try his best to avoid the game moving in the direction that is most unfavorable to Juventus!

Therefore, in the 60th minute of the game, after seeing Nedved, who was trying to dribble the ball and cut in, being knocked to the ground by Stephen Carl again, Capello, who could no longer bear it, finally took advantage of the dead ball opportunity to change his moves. However, Capello's choice made a puzzlement to everyone present, not only because he sent Gianluca Pesotto, who was the substitute fullback, but also because the player who was replaced by Pesotto was actually the Zebra Prince del Pierro!

When the team urgently needed a goal to equalize the score, a full-back was sent, and a forward was replaced. Capello's substitution adjustment surprised everyone - if Juventus replaced a defender while he was in the lead, then Capello's intention was easier to understand, and it was nothing more than strengthening defense and maintaining the fruits of victory. Now, Juventus is clearly the side behind in the score. Why did Capello take the initiative to weaken Juventus' offensive end?

Seeing the substitution logo played by the fourth official on the sidelines, Pierro's face was quite bad at this time - he was replaced when the team was behind. No matter what the reason Capello made this choice, his move invisibly illustrates a fact, that is, the gold medal coach simply does not trust this Zebra Prince, who has been the Juventus forward ace in the past ten years!

Unlike most Italian head coaches, Capello has never caught a cold for this No. 9 player. When coaching in AC Milan, Robert Baggio, who was at the peak, was bullied by Capello very badly and could only sit on the bench to wait for opportunities. Casano was also heavily dealt with by Capello when playing football in Rome, that is, Toti, who is much stronger than the average No. 9 player, could get the different look of the gold medal coach.

George also couldn't see through Capello's real intention of this move, but he did not panic because of this. Instead, he made a gesture to the Tottenham players on the court, indicating that they would respond to changes in the same way as possible. George believed that if Capello had any plans, he would definitely be exposed as soon as possible in the next game. After all, for Juventus now, the most precious thing is time!

"I am really a famous gold medal coach. I can come up with this way to solve the current difficulties facing Juventus." Sure enough, after the game restarted, Capello's intention was clearly presented to George, and the former's method of solving the problem also made George amazed. "Persoto replaced Pierro, and Zanbrotta, who was originally the left back, topped the left forward, and Nedved moved to the center to liberate the Czech offensive ability without weakening the defensive power, thereby enhancing Juventus' attack power in disguise. This is really a genius idea!"

Before George finished speaking, Nedved proved the accuracy of his words with practical actions - he shot a long-range shot from outside the penalty area and almost penetrated Cech's ten fingers!

"George, I still don't understand why Coach Capello did this?" After hearing George's explanation, Charlie asked in confusion, "If you change to a striker or attack the midfielder, the effect should be better than this. Why do you have to go into a circle to achieve your intention to strengthen the offense?"

"So Charlie, let me tell you, if you are Capello, what adjustments should be made at this time?"

"Of course, uh..." When the words came to his mouth, Old Charlie then realized that on Juventus' bench, he could not find such a player who could provide assistance to the Zebras on the offensive end!

"You're showing up too?" Seeing Old Charlie's embarrassment, George smiled and said, "So, Coach Capello is a helpless move. Although Juventus has a large number of first-team players and the strength of the main lineup is strong enough, the depth of the bench is far inferior to when he reached the Champions League final for three consecutive years. Once the main player is injured or in poor condition, Juventus will become quite passive."

George didn't say anything, that is, compared with Lippi, Capello does not value those role players with inferior strength, and is even stingy to give them a chance to prove themselves. This has led to the substitutes who can get a lot of opportunities to play during Lippi's time, and they have very little playing time under Capello, so naturally there is no chance to save the team with one inspiration.

After seeing through Capello's intentions, George was useless to substitutions. He waved his hand and asked Vidic to go forward to help Kompani and Mascherano assist in defense of Nedved, strengthening the protection of the front of the penalty area, leaving only Ridley King to guard Trezege, and at the same time, let Carl and Evra on both sides adopt the strategy of defending the middle and putting the edge. If he couldn't prevent Zanbrotta and Camoranesi's incision, he would immediately take a tactical foul and would never give them a chance to shoot directly!

The result of George's adjustment was that Juventus's just improved offensive was soon resolved by Tottenham players. Although Trezeguet is a first-class center, his style is more like a traditional center. He is not as strong as Vieri and Drogba. He has difficulty solving the problem of Ridley King Nedved, who is guarding him alone, and he is desperately sending shells to the front to try to activate Trezeguet, but most of their passes were successfully intercepted by Alonso and Mascherano, who were strictly guarding in front of the penalty area, and there was no chance to perform at all.

Seeing that the remaining game time is getting less and less, the Juventus player, who has always been very calm, has finally become a little impatient. This naturally led to the fiercer confrontation between the players of both sides. The referee Merck had to blew the whistle frequently, and almost became the busiest person on the court!

Unconsciously, the balance of victory began to gradually tilt towards the end where Tottenham was!
Chapter completed!
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