Chapter 063 Impossible!
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"Guys, what do you think we should do in the second half to better deal with Arsenal?" Looking at the players who were panting in the locker room, but their spirits were not hit much by the passive situation in the first half, George did not convey the solution he came up with in the form of an order at the first time, but solicited opinions from the players first.
After watching the team's performance in the first half, George has clearly realized that Tottenham does not have the ability to wrestle with Arsenal head-on. Although adopting the full-game pressing tactic can achieve miraculous effects in a short period of time, it is not a long-term plan. Arsenal's extremely sharp attack line is not a decoration. If Tottenham players make mistakes in coordinating during pressing, they will be taught by Henry and Borgkamp.
By the way, George was able to lead Manchester United to defeat Arsenal in the coaching show last season mainly because of the tacit understanding accumulated by Manchester United players for a long time and the off-ball running system left by Ferguson. At that time, George made a fine-tuning of Manchester United's tactical system based on these two, and also made full use of Arsenal's huge loopholes in the goalkeeper and central defender in the game, which led to the final victory.
Now, with the growth of Klorothure and the joining of Lehman, Arsenal has been greatly strengthened in these two positions. However, George is no longer the strong and tacit cooperation between Manchester United, but Tottenham Hotspur, who has just completed reconstruction and needs further training in many aspects. In this way, George naturally cannot use the methods used when coaching Manchester United last season to deal with the current Arsenal.
Therefore, in George's view, only by letting the players consolidate their thoughts first can Tottenham defeat Arsenal in the second half. Otherwise, as long as there are players who are doubtful about George's tactical arrangements and are not determined enough in the execution process, the effect of these adjustments will be greatly reduced, and it may even hurt Tottenham itself!
"Boss, these guys from Arsenal are so cunning. They don't fight us head-on, so they know how to use passes and runs to circle us. If we let us say it, it's better to use the defensive system that Coach Allegri taught us in training, cut off their pass routes, compress their activity space, and force them to face us head-on." Hearing George's question, Vidic and Mascherano complained first and gave their suggestions. In the first half, Arsenal's style of reliance on large-scale interspersed running and passing and cutting cooperation to complete the offense made them very tired, and their resentment towards Arsenal was naturally the heaviest.
Regarding Mascherano and Vidic's statement, the other Tottenham players here nodded with consent. Obviously, after dealing with Arsenal for the first half, they had a general understanding of the Gunners' strength and tactical style. They also realized that if To make Tottenham defeat Arsenal in this game, the first thing they had to do was to find a way to curb the Gunners' offense. If they could not do this, then everything would be empty talk!
"Boss, tell us what to do. I promise, we will definitely obey and implement any arrangements of yours!" At this time, Ledley King, who realized the problem, stood up and expressed his attitude to George. Under his leadership, other players also echoed, saying that he would definitely act according to George's tactical arrangements!
Now, after working with George for nearly four months, Tottenham players who have personally experienced that the team has climbed to the second place in the standings without anyone's favor are already convinced by their head coach. Therefore, when they realized that they had to curb Arsenal's offensive to consider winning, their first reaction was to seek help from George.
"Since that's the case, then I ask everyone to listen carefully and remember every sentence I said next. In the second half, Phil and Gabriel, you two." Seeing the players' statements, George did not continue to go around in circles and directly assign the second half task to everyone.
After talking about the tactical arrangements of the second half, George used the last few minutes of the half-time break to end, and George rarely made an impromptu speech in front of the players: "Don't fantasize that we will get any assistance at the Highbury Stadium. Here, we can rely on only ourselves and our teammates around us. Remember, this will not be the first time we have encountered such a situation in Highbury, nor will it be the last time. As long as the opponent standing in front of us is Arsenal, as long as we still play for Tottenham, we should keep in mind the point. There are countless possibilities in this world, and it is impossible to defeat Tottenham!"
"That's right! It's impossible!" n. George's words "It's impossible only if Arsenal defeats Tottenham", made all Tottenham players present excited. Especially after listening to George's tactical arrangements for the second half, they were already full of confidence in achieving this task. George's speech aroused the players' confidence in winning to the greatest extent!
"Now, guys, I'll play immediately and kick those guys in the ass! Tell them with practical actions that the days when Arsenal dominated the world in London and British football have gone back!"
"Now, players on both sides have left the player channel." Seeing Tottenham players reappear on the court, Martin Taylor couldn't help but be happy. As the side supporting Tottenham, the passive situation of the away team in the first half made Taylor very depressed. Only in the last few minutes did he feel a little relieved to see Drogba equalize the score. "I hope Coach Nelson can come up with effective countermeasures during the break to resist Arsenal's offensive. Otherwise, the situation that Tottenham has to face in the second half can still be said to be full of crises."
Therefore, when Taylor showed that George did not make any adjustments to Tottenham's lineup during the halftime break, he was actually a little disappointed, and even had the idea of "Did the opponent give up this game in advance?" But not long after, Taylor gave up this idea. Because he found that even if Tottenham did not make personnel adjustments, it seemed that he had found a way to deal with Arsenal!
After the start of the second half, although Tottenham did not make any challenge in personnel configuration, they made extremely resolute tactical decisions to give up two wings and hand them over to Arsenal players to sport. However, they concentrated their efforts to prevent the middle, used the advantage of numbers to compress the Arsenal players' pass space, and controlled and cut off the Arsenal players' pass route through a tight defensive system to prevent the home team from advancing and penetrating in the middle!
Induced by the tactical idea of Tottenham players "defend the middle and let go of the edge", Arsenal players, who encountered great obstacles in the middle promotion work, began to unconsciously choose to attack from the two sides and continuously pass high balls, using this slightly simple and crude way to complete the attack.
Although sometimes crossing on the wing can also achieve good results, for this Arsenal, crossing from the two wings in the middle is undoubtedly the most unsuitable attack method for Gunners. Whether it is Henry or Borgkamp, they are not the kind of striker who is good at grabbing points in the penalty area or flashing in a narrow space.
Therefore, most of the crosses sent by Pire, Lyonberg and others were confiscated directly by Cech or cleared by Vidic and others, which was difficult to pose a sufficient threat to Tottenham's goal. Henry, Borgkamp, Pire, and Lyonberg are famous in European football. Faced with Tottenham's strict defense, their degree and skills, as well as the pass and cut cooperation of Guan Jueying, they could only return in front of Tottenham's defense again and again.
Seeing that Tottenham had only taken a break to find a way to deal with Arsenal, Wenger could be said to be extremely shocked: "This guy Nelson actually came up with a countermeasure so quickly? How is this possible!"
As the yi player who has made Arsenal a champion, Wenger is naturally well aware of Arsenal's weaknesses. Among them, not being good at dealing with intensive defense and competing for high balls are two fatal flaws for Arsenal on the offensive end!
At the same time, after the current head coach can indeed effectively deal with Arsenal's offensive, Tottenham players have become more resolute and efficient in their execution, making it more difficult for Arsenal players to take offense. The result of Arsenal's long-term attack on the court is that Tottenham's threat coefficient in counterattacks is also increasing over time!
In the 56th minute of the game, Pire's cross was cleared by Ridley Gold's header. Then Tottenham Hotspur counterattacked with Carrick's long pass. Drogba, who retreated to the center circle, squeezed out Campbell who was defending him, and received Carrick's long pass, one-on-one!
Facing Lehmann who abandoned the goal, Drogba, who dribbled into the penalty area, did not greedy for me. After attracting the attention of the German goalkeeper, he distributed the ball to Ronaldo on the other side of the penalty area. The latter easily pushed the ball to the empty goal, and scored two-way!
If it weren't for the two tough guys Vieira and Campbell, they made up for the fire, and used their excellent positioning, prediction and defensive skills to destroy Tottenham's counterattacks many times. I'm afraid that at this time, Tottenham would have probably further expanded their lead!
Chapter completed!