Chapter 259 Powerful Eindhoven
"Gomez has made a contribution! He saved Robben's shot that was shot directly into the dead corner of the goal!"
Seeing Robben's inward shot being saved by Gomez from the baseline, Andy Grey sighed in the commentary seat with regret. Just at that moment, the ace commentator of Sky TV thought Tottenham could finally break Eindhoven's blockade and take the lead in the score. However, Andy Grey still failed to see the scene he was looking forward to this time - Gomez, who performed well in this game, made his expectations fall again!
"Just judging from the performance tonight, Gomez can indeed be regarded as a quasi-first-class goalkeeper." Despite his different positions, as a commentator, Martin Taylor still gave a very objective evaluation of Gomez's performance in this game. "If this Brazilian goalkeeper's performance in his usual performance can also be as successful as today's game, then the senior executives of Eindhoven may now be prepared to lose the main goalkeeper this summer."
Before the game started, most people were more optimistic that Tottenham Hotspur easily defeated Eindhoven in the quarterfinals of the Champions League and got the initiative to advance to the Champions League semi-finals. You should know that before that, Tottenham players have fully proved their abilities in the Champions League this season. Many top giants including Bayern Munich, Juventus, and Real Madrid have become their deceased souls. Therefore, in the eyes of most people, Eindhoven obviously cannot stop Tottenham from entering the Champions League semi-finals!
However, what people unexpectedly expected was that after the game began, Eindhoven not only withstolen Tottenham's offensive, but also played well with Tottenham on the court. From the scene, it can be said that it was not at all inferior!
"After experiencing the defeats of Real Madrid and Real Betis, coach Hiddink made a comeback by relying on the host South Korea team's good results in the 2002 World Cup. Of course, everyone should know what kind of team South Korea was in that World Cup." Seeing that Tottenham could not start the situation on the court, Andy Gray spoke again, "However, judging from the current situation, Hiddink is still very capable. You must know that there are not many teams with the ability to block Tottenham's offensive. Even Juventus, known for its strong defense, has not been able to complete this task. I wonder if Eindhoven today can bring us a surprise."
As a head coach, Hiddink is best at combining the team into a whole through his iron fist, and then adopting corresponding strategies based on actual conditions to lead the team. The most famous thing is what he did when he was in charge of the Orange Army coach nine years ago. In order to establish his prestige in the team, Hiddink even excluded midfielder Edgar Davis from the roster of the Dutch national team in the European Cup in England!
Hiddink's move to kill the chicken and warn the monkey successfully shocked the restless elements in the Dutch team. As a result, the unprecedentedly united Orange Army won fourth place in the French World Cup, which was the best result the Netherlands achieved in the World Cup since 1978!
In other words, if Hiddink wants to lead a team to achieve good results, the premise is that he must get strong support from the management. Because only in this way can he be able to suppress the big-name stars in the team. Otherwise, his fate will be as sad as when he was in Real Madrid and Real Betis, leaving the company with an extremely miserable report card.
Therefore, selling Robben last summer is not a bad thing for Eindhoven and Hiddink. Because after making a big splash in the European Cup in Portugal, whether Robben can still obey Hiddink's command as before is an unknown. If Robben expanded himself after the European Cup and believed that he should have more freedom and voice on the offensive end, then Einddowen would not be far from civil strife.
This can be seen from Robben's performance when playing for Real Madrid and Bayern Munich in his previous life. Robben often performed quite calmly when he first joined, but over time, after he proved his ability in his new club and settled in the main position, the Dutch's habit of eating alone on the offensive end began to be exposed, which had many negative impacts on the team and the locker room.
If you use it well, you will be the world's number one winger. If you use it well, you will be the fuse of the outbreak of conflicts within the team. Robben is such a player full of double-edged sword attributes!
Perhaps because the Eindhoven executives saw the potential danger in Robben himself, they chose to decisively sell Robben after he became famous in the European Cup, rather than staying in his hands and waiting for appreciation.
However, although selling Robben made a big profit and successfully avoided the possible locker room crisis, the negative effects of this deal were quite obvious. After Robben left, there was no strong presence in Eindhoven who could open a breakthrough on the opponent's defense alone. This led to Eindhoven's forced attack when he was trapped in positional warfare.
Therefore, although Eindhoven successfully resisted Tottenham's offensive with the unremitting running and outstanding performance of players such as Van Bomel and Voger, on the offensive end, they lost Robben and Kezerman, two absolute main players, and it was difficult for them to pose enough threat to Tottenham's goalkeeper's goalkeeper skills by inserting a shot from the midfielder!
Heiserink and Falfan, a combination of high and fast, is indeed a first-class forward team in the Eredivisie, where the glorious Dutch Eredivisie is indeed a first-class forward team, but in the Champions League, the forward team is a bit out of touch. For example, now, Vidic and Ridley King don’t even need the help of their teammates, one-on-one can prevent them from finding the direction of the goal!
The reason why Eindhoven in his previous life almost copied the miracle of La Coruna and reversed AC Milan in the second round to advance to the finals was that head coach Hiddink made a great contribution, but it was mainly because Ancelotti's excessive use of the main players, which caused AC Milan, who was obviously older on average, lacked the potential in the sprint stage - don't forget that in the first round of the two sides, Eindhoven, who had the main players, was easily defeated by the Red and Black Legion, who had received a full rest!
In this way, the two teams who were stalemate on the court kept the score of zero to zero until the end of the first half. If you want to decide the winner in this game, it depends on who made the mistake first in the next time, and how the players of both sides performed in the second half!
Chapter completed!