Chapter 511 The bigger the wind and waves, the harder it is to catch fish
Chapter 511 The bigger the wind and waves, the harder it is to catch fish
Author: Ant who watches football ruthlessly
Scaloni's tactics for York City tomorrow are very simple, which is to defend and counterattack.
Or even more defensive, and not ready to invest too many troops in the attack for the time being - commonly known as "setting up the bus".
Is that a wise choice given the disparity in strength between the two sides?
You have to win the game, but no matter how high your morale is, you can’t be reckless.
However, from the very beginning of the game, York City's players on all three lines were fighting and retreating. At first, most of them retreated to their own half and set up a barrel formation.
And York City's defense is also very tough.
In the 2nd minute, Lamela got the ball on the right, and Kulusevski and Alphonso Davis surrounded him one after another, preventing him from easily releasing the ball.
Lamela was forced to pass back to Moussa Dembele in the middle, and as soon as Moussa Dembele got the ball... York City's midfielder Rice leaned in with his whole body and made a mistake.
The leg wanted to dribble and when he turned around, he tripped him.
Moussa Dembélé got up from the ground, glaring at Rice with a pair of angry eyes. Rice, who kept retreating towards the defense line, looked at him with an expressionless face, deliberately showing a trace of
A smile that is not a smile, that irritates Moussa Dembélé.
That's not York City's main strategy tomorrow.
This will give Tottenham's midfield strength and resistance.
Since the overall technical ability is indeed not as good as theirs, if there is no active defense and physical confrontation, it will obviously not work.
After all, Moussa Dembélé and Eriksen both have very good dribbling and passing skills. If you give them a little space, they will tear through York City's defense.
"You can see from the first few minutes of the game that Tottenham took the perfect initiative. From the first minute after the opening, York City was suppressed by Tottenham in their own half and could not get out.
Even forward Baker returned to defend near the penalty area. It seemed that York City was going to defend to the end in that game!"
Tottenham used Vicent Jensen as the arrow, and players such as Son Heung-min, Alli, and Lamela took turns attacking York City's defense.
Especially Son Heung-min on the left wing. He was so fast that he showed great leaps and bounds. He got rid of Fuyasu Kenyang's defense several times and created threats. Fortunately, York City's old Swedish goalkeeper Isaksson continued his recent good form.
, that way it didn’t result in a goal conceded.
As a young player who is unlikely to be selected for Japan's national team, Fuyasu Kenyo can't help but find it a bit difficult to face Son Heung-min, a "old player" who has been racing in the European arena for several years.
"Caught in the east wind.
"Son Heung-min broke through with the ball, reached the edge of the penalty area... and hit the goal! Isakson reacted quickly and saved the ball. Tottenham's 20-year-old Alli judged the landing point of Isakson's hit and made a follow-up shot!"
"It's not Isaacson again. The experienced veteran blocked the ball out of the goal with his feet. De Ligt, who was returning to defense, kicked the ball out of the baseline and formed a corner kick!"
"Eriksson took a corner kick, but it landed too close to the goalkeeper. Isaacson grabbed the ball before Alderweireld and picked it up!"
"Obviously, York City relied on defense today and did a very good job, but the individual ability of Tottenham players is very strong. They did not miss York City's goal and launched an indiscriminate bombardment, and got several goals.
A good opportunity, but unfortunately York City’s former Swedish national goalkeeper Isaksson performed bravely and repeatedly helped the team resolve crises.”
Scaloni saw the thrilling scenes in the coaching bench, and he couldn't move away for a moment.
He came to the sidelines and kept waving his legs to signal Rice, Alonso, including Westerman and De Ligt behind him, asking to establish a tight defense in the middle to prevent Tottenham players from easily missing the goal.
I want to know whether the offensive players in Tottenham's frontcourt are very good at breaking through or shooting, and whether a small opportunity can be directly converted into a goal.
York City's two wide midfielders Lin Liangming and Kulusevski were also asked to return to defense.
Judging from the game scene, they don't seem to be a full-back, but more like a full-back. Now York City seems to have eight defenders defending.
Of course, there are advantages and disadvantages to that kind of iron barrel formation.
The advantage is that there are many defensive players, and the defensive line is compressed relatively flat, leaving less space for Tottenham players.
The disadvantage is that due to the retreat of York City's two full-backs, Tottenham's two full-backs have a wider space to move forward.
Like Danny Rose and Kyle Walker, they themselves like to assist, and now they frequently attack from the front.
In the 5th minute, Walker passed a sharp pass to center Vicente Jensen outside the penalty area. Fortunately, De Ligt pushed it out of the penalty area. Otherwise, it would have been very difficult.
Will cause York City to concede a goal.
In Tottenham's crazy attack, York City's defense was crumbling, as if it would be swallowed up by the wind and waves at any time!
A big man named Gao from the Dragon Kingdom once said: The bigger the wind and waves, the bigger the fish.
But football stadiums don't seem to fully adhere to that rule.
Even though Tottenham made a big storm, they still couldn't catch York City's little fish.
Even if Tottenham players got several pretty good chances, they couldn't convert them into goals.
The goalkeeper Isakson played bravely, and the defenders performed well and blocked the hole of the gun.
Among them, Alphonso Davies and Alonso saved the team twice at critical moments, blocking the shots of Alli and Son Heung-min from the bottom line.
Even in such an absolutely disadvantageous situation, York City firmly clung to the initial barrier, which made every attack by Tottenham seem like it could deal the final blow to York City at any time, but every time it came to the end
All turned out to be in vain.
"They can see that York City has obviously implemented the iron barrel tactics to the end. Now they don't even have a single player in the frontcourt, and even forward Baker has returned to the front of the penalty area to defend. Is it true that York City really
Are you going to give up the attack and defend to the end?" Lineker smiled bitterly.
The game has already gone on for 20 minutes, and outside of that time, York City's ball possession rate is a pitiful 20%.
That means that Tottenham's ball possession rate has reached a terrifying 80%!
Moreover, the difference in the number of shots between the two sides is really very big. Tottenham shot a total of 15 times in such a short period of time, almost one shot every minute, while York City did not even ask for shots, and even scored in Tottenham's penalty area.
Not going.
I have to say that it was a one-sided game, at least from the first 20 minutes.
So Lineker, as a "Pan Yi fan", is a little disappointed.
"Although before the game he thought York City should play against Tottenham, which has a full roster of players, he didn't expect the scene to be so ugly."
"In his impression, Pan Yi's team sometimes uses defensive counterattack tactics when encountering strong opponents, but it doesn't seem to use that kind of iron barrel formation."
"The York City fans at the scene don't seem to care about our team's passivity on the scene. They enjoy tomorrow's game even more. Even if there is a foul that is beneficial to themselves, they will give warm applause."
Alan Shearer, who will be partnering with Lineker to commentate on the game tomorrow, said with a smile: "In fact, from his point of view, it is understandable whether he is a York City fan or a fan of the team's performance."
"I must not forget whether Tottenham can be third in the Premier League, BIG6 in the Premier League, and one of the strongest teams in English football."
"As for York City, no matter how good they perform, they will still be in League One, and the gap will be very big."
"So Scaloni doesn't see any problem with his defensive style of play, and York City fans obviously understand that."
"For them, winning or losing is not so important. What is important is that 20,000 people will come to the scene tomorrow to have fun together. They can see the stars of the Premier League teams live!"
Lineker coughed and said with a smile: "Thanks for the reminder. Could it be that because of Pan Yi and York City's performance in the first round, he ignored that point."
"Although Arsenal did not have all the main players in the first round and was also affected by Xhaka's red card in the east game, York City's performance did not look like a League One team."
"After all, for a team like Arsenal or Tottenham, if you are dealing with a team from League One, you don't have to do your best."
"But judging from the first 20 minutes of tomorrow's game, it is true that the Premier League is the Premier League, and the English League One is the League One! The gap between the three levels is not huge."
"Looking at it that way, Scaloni can also choose to play defensively. Otherwise, it is very likely that Son Heung-min and others will break the net."
Alan Shearer nodded: "At present, if York City attacks rashly, the risk is really too great. Rather than doing this, it is better to defend to the end."
But Lineker shook his head: "But the FA Cup is not a knockout system, so it won't be postponed to a penalty shootout tomorrow. Even if they hold on to 0:0, can they get a rematch in the Eastern Round?
At Red Hart Lane, could it be that York City gave up the opportunity at home because they feel they are more likely to win away from home?"
Alan Shearer said: "That's not necessarily true. He has seen the game so far. Although Tottenham is playing very lively, York City's defense is not good, especially the defense of Tottenham's two wings."
At the same time as Alan Shearer said those words, Son Heung-min took the ball on the left side and was about to start accelerating, but Alonso, who came out from the side and stabbed him diagonally, pushed him to the ground and caused a foul.
But it also interrupted Tottenham's offensive rhythm.
"Lamela on Tottenham's right is quite capable of running, but his impact is weak. Son Heung-min on the left, partnered with Danny Rose, is obviously more threatening in attack, so York City pays great attention to its right side when defending.
Assistance and protection of roads.”
"Alonso in the defensive midfield position often appears in that area. Coupled with Lin Liangming and Fuyasu Jianyang who are returning to defense, Tottenham's left side hardly poses much of a threat."
"The right wing cannot stand out and the left wing is restricted, which makes Tottenham's left and right wings unable to fly. This also causes Tottenham's attack to be more thunderous and less rainy. It seems that they have all the advantages, but in fact
There aren't many who can really threaten York City's goal."
"I think Isakson did make a lot of saves, but in many cases it was because Tottenham's shots were hasty, resulting in the angle and power of the shot being insufficient."
It seemed that Alan Shearer's football comments were once again confirmed. Tottenham launched another attack on the spot. Lamela took the ball on the right, but Lin Liangming quickly followed up.
After barely passing the ball, Vicente Jensen in the middle was unable to take advantage of De Ligt's presence, and the ball was pushed out of the penalty area.
"In addition, he thinks they should pay attention to whether Vicente Jensen is the bridgehead of Tottenham's attack. In that game, the Dutchman's height and header had no advantage at all."
"Vicent Jensen is a little over 1.8 meters tall, and York City's defense is, De Ligt is 1.89 meters tall, Westerman is 1.90 meters tall, and even right back Kenyo Fiyasu is
It has also reached 1.88 meters, and the shortest left back Alphonso Davis is also 1.85 meters..."
"Every one of them is taller than Vicente Jensen, and coupled with the perfect cooperation of those four people, it makes it impossible for Tottenham's passing tactics to be used at all."
Lineker nodded slowly after hearing this.
Indeed, he immediately saw another pass from Tottenham's left wing Danny Rose, but it was pushed out of the penalty area by Westerman.
Although Eriksen, who was inserted in the back row, stopped the ball and launched a second wave of attacks, Rice quickly stepped forward, forcing Eriksen to take a long shot in a hurry, but it failed to hit the right spot.
"So, the current iron barrel formation that York City specially used for Tottenham Hotspur is not very effective. Tottenham can't fight on the two wings, and the bridgehead in the middle is controlled again. In this way, York City's goal is temporarily
Is it safe?" Alan Shearer gave his own conclusion.
The game time passed by minute by second, and it seemed that just as Alan Shearer said, due to York City's desperate defense, Tottenham's offense has been unable to play, and the score has remained unchanged at 0:0.
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"He felt that Pochettino should make decisive adjustments at that time! Otherwise, the ball would be too ugly." Lineker watched for a while, but felt that the game was too dull, and couldn't help but give his own opinion
Views.
Alan Shearer smiled and said: "Everyone knows that when breaking the bus, the most effective are wing and long-range shots. If Lamela on the right cannot stand up, York City will have enough energy to defend.
Tottenham's left wing, which also resulted in the left wing being restricted."
"As for the long shot... haha, let me see, there are no people everywhere in the York City penalty area and the outside of the penalty area. Where does the ball go in?"
"And what I said is ugly is that there is nothing we can do about it. He also said just now that the strength gap between the two sides is too huge. As the weaker side, York City's first consideration is definitely not to attack, but how to avoid it as much as possible.
Conceded goal.”
Lineker shrugged: "Let's see what strategies Pochettino has to deal with."
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At this time, Tottenham has really changed a bit.
After Pochettino gave some instructions from the sidelines, Tottenham's offensive obviously weakened a bit, and the pace of the game also slowed down.
Obviously, the young Argentinian coach also discovered his own problem, that is, he pushed York City too hard and the formation was too flat, leaving Tottenham with no other option except crosses and long-range shots.
And as Alan Shearer said, York City defended Tottenham very well, which meant that Tottenham didn't really have a good chance to score.
Otherwise, Pochettino can let his players relax the pressure on the wrong leg a little, giving York City a chance to breathe, and then pull it out to play.
Only when players have more room to move can the capabilities of Tottenham's forward players be unleashed, especially running backs like Son Heung-min who need sprinting space.
Unfortunately, despite Pochettino's changes, York City remained unmoved.
"Remember, if you want to be on guard, be on guard until death. Don't be fooled by their 'asking you to put yourself in the urn'. You must stay calm!"
Scaloni remembered Pan Yi's warning before the game.
Is he also constantly reminding his players on the sidelines to be careful, to keep the three lines compact, and not to rush to attack.
In other words, I would rather give up the offense than give Tottenham even the slightest chance!
That probably doesn't match the "all-out defense" mentality used in FM games.
Of course, Pan Yi's advice makes sense. After all, it would be terrible to give them space against a strong team like Tottenham that is famous for its speed. Otherwise, they will most likely seize the opportunity to score.
And once the ball is conceded, it will be a disaster for York City.
Because at that time, York City pressed forward and counterattacked with all their strength, which would definitely give Son Heung-min more opportunities for his extremely fast kick.
And the reason why Pan Yi said in a high profile before the game that his team can "defeat any opponent" is indeed what he told Tottenham in the East.
Just let them press out and attack!
Just ask them to keep attacking but can't get a leg. Whether it's the coach or the players, they will definitely be impatient, and then York City's opportunity will come.
In fact, it is obvious that Portino is not very calm.
Now that Tottenham are not in a hurry to attack, York City will certainly not be fooled by them, so the situation becomes more stalemate and the number of shots begins to decrease sharply.
And just like that, the time at the beginning of the half was also wasted.
"The referee blew the whistle at the end of the half, and the two sides exchanged red scores. The game was very dull and ugly. If the Eastern half did not proceed according to the situation at halftime, both sides would have to go to the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.
Only a rematch can determine the winner!"
Hearing what Lineker said, Alan Shearer didn't think so. He said:
"Tottenham definitely don't want to play a rematch, as it would greatly affect their performance in the Premier League. Pochettino must be thinking of ways to strengthen the offense and try to score York City's goal in the eastern half!"
Lineker said: "What if York City doesn't defend so passively and goes east?"
Alan Shearer shook his head: "He actually feels that York City doesn't want to play a rematch, because there is no hope of playing away in the Eastern Round."
"Is it possible that in this situation..." Lineker hesitated.
Alan Shearer said: "Perhaps Scaloni has some backup plan. Just like they used to watch Pan Yi lead the team in the game, when they think the game will end dull, Pan Yi will always surprise them."
Lineker agreed: "Well, if Scaloni gets Pan Yi's true pass, then he can really look forward to a half-time game!"
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At the beginning of the eastern half, Pochettino made substitutions immediately.
Lamela, who had no achievements in the half, was replaced by Frenchman Moussa Sissoko.
Compared to Lamela, Moussa Sissoko is slightly inferior to Coco in terms of technique and imagination, but is physically stronger and has stronger impact.
Then let the French attack on the right to avoid Tottenham's half-time dilemma.
And such a substitution is obviously effective. Moussa Sissoko immediately activated Tottenham's right attack as soon as he came on the court.
He is a very comprehensive player. He often plays in the middle of the midfield or on the right, and he is equally sharp as a right winger.
After getting the ball, either making a pass from the east end or shooting from outside, all of which are his tricks.
With Moussa Sissoko on the right to relieve the defensive pressure, Son Heung-min on the left also felt relieved and became more active. In addition, behind him was Dan Dan, who was equally fast and had a strong desire to attack.
Nick Ross.
At the beginning of the eastern half, Tottenham launched several threatening attacks from the right. Moussa Sissoko, who had just been replaced, was full of energy and performed very well. As soon as he came on the court, he missed York City's left wing.
There was a sudden burst of defense on the road.
Although Alphonso Davies is no worse than Moussa Sissoko in terms of speed, he loses a lot to the wrong side in terms of experience, and it is a bit difficult to deal with it.
Fortunately, Rice and Alonso often returned to the left to help defend, and they could barely block Tottenham's attack from the right.
But Moussa Dembele and Eriksen, who controlled the rhythm of Tottenham's attack, were very smart. When everyone thought that Tottenham wanted to focus on the right wing, they passed back Moussa Sissoko's kick.
The ball moved to the left wing and was handed to Danny Rose who was driving forward.
After Danny Rose got the ball, he dribbled the ball into the York City half. Son Heung-min cut into the hinterland. After a clever one-two with Danny Rose, Danny Rose went to the bottom line.
Vicente Jensen and Alli, who were connecting in the middle, rushed to the penalty area desperately. De Ligt and Westerman on York City's side were staring at them, while Kenyo Fuyasu on the right was lying on the side.
In front of Danny Rose, occupy the position and prevent him from entering the penalty area.
But just when everyone thought Danny Rose was asking for a pass, the latter once again unexpectedly passed it to Son Heung-min on the outside of the penalty area.
Rice was close to the front, and Son Heung-min cleverly created a gap, then pushed the ball gently, and a red figure roared next to him, and he shot a long shot!
No, Erikson inserted in the back!
That kind of long-range shot can be regarded as one of his famous stunts in the world.
"Beautiful! Isaacson made another beautiful save, saving York City! He saved Eriksen's long shot from the bottom line! That was definitely a world-class save!" Lineker praised loudly.
The fans at the scene immediately exploded. Everyone shouted Isaksson's name loudly and cheered loudly for his world-class save just now!
"Isakson got up from the ground on the pitch, and the captain Westerman hugged him tightly to express his gratitude. No, without his wonderful performance, York City would have lost its gate.
Once Tottenham scores a goal, York City's defense will no longer be as resolute as it was in the half, otherwise Isaacson saved York City!"
Pan Yi, who was in the stands, breathed a sigh of relief and walked east, with a look of shock on his face.
"Damn, being a boss is more stressful than being a coach!" Pan Yi laughed at himself.
Indeed, although he communicated with Scaloni and others before the game and prepared for that game, once the game started, it had nothing to do with him.
So for Pan Yi, if you don't have a sense of control over everything that's happening now, you can just watch.
He will not call now to interfere with Scaloni's judgment. After all, York City is not playing badly now.
As a result, his tension in the stands will really be much greater than when he was a coach - after all, he can no longer "have everything under control".
"Hey, it seems that you rarely see me so nervous. Are you afraid of losing to Tottenham?" Tottenham boss Levy walked aside and said with a smile. His bald head was as bright as ever.
"It's too early to say who will lose and who will win." Pan Yi's face showed his signature confident smile again, "If you don't believe it, they can continue to look east!" (End of Chapter)