Fengba Greenery

Chapter 737

Chapter 737

Chapter 91 First of all, we must be able to defend

At the beginning of the game, Manchester United launched a fierce offensive towards Tottenham's penalty area.

Although Tottenham are not a team known for their defense, under Manchester United's offensive, they can only shrink their defense and wait for an opportunity to counterattack.

This is not the way Tottenham are good at playing, but when facing an offensive like Manchester United, Tottenham also had to make a choice to avoid its edge.

Even if Barcelona comes here, I am afraid they will have to give up some possession.

Pochettino reached into his coat pocket, watching the situation on the field with a calm expression.

He is a head coach who likes to emphasize ball possession. In today's football wave, Pochettino's tactical philosophy is not much different from some mainstream tactical concepts such as Spain, Barcelona, ​​and Bayern.Both of them are based on the philosophy that emphasizes patience and purposeful passing when in possession, offensive efficiency with creativity, energy and speed.When conceding the ball, they will emphasize maintaining continuous pressure on the opponent.Under Pochettino, not all players on the field have offensive responsibilities, but in defense, everyone needs to contribute.

Tottenham's game is still their usual 4231 formation.

Goalkeeper boss Lloris, central defender Alderweireld and Vertonghen, right back Walker, left back Rose, midfielder Dell and Wanyama, midfielder Eriksson, left and right Ali and Sun Xingmin are on the two sides, and center Kane is naturally at the top.

As for Manchester United, due to the injury of Hummels, Ancelotti arranged for Bailey and Phil Jones to partner in the central defender combination in this game, while Rojo replaced the injured Sandro to play left back. The defender is Valencia, the midfielder is Kramer, Herrera, Pogba, and the forward line is Lingard and Li Qingshan.Di Maria, Mata got a rest for this game.

Pochettino took over as the head coach of Tottenham in 2014, and the tactical transformation of the Tottenham team has been basically completed. In the past two years, Tottenham's performance has also improved.

Facing Manchester United's offensive, Tottenham's defense is still relatively stable.

The defensive midfielder Dell retreated to the back line, Eriksson also retreated slightly, and the players on the two sides also retreated a little. When Tottenham were in a defensive position, the formation became 541. Between the two defensive lines The distance is very close, without leaving too much space for the opponent.

Pochettino with a calm expression looked at Tottenham who were being besieged. His team only had the ball at the kick-off at the beginning of the game, and then the ball was quickly snatched by Manchester United. After that, Manchester United overwhelmed Tottenham. Back to the front of the restricted area.

Pochettino is ready for a tough fight. The opponent in front of him is the Triple Crown team last season. In terms of strength, it is definitely above Tottenham.Therefore, it is not surprising that Pochettino has such a situation in the away game.

But even if Tottenham were fully prepared, facing Manchester United's offensive wave after wave, Tottenham's penalty area began to panic.

Generally speaking, Tottenham is a young youth team. Such a young team also means that they are often not good at playing against such headwinds.

Manchester United's offensive wave after wave, one attack failed, and there was a second attack.Their formation was pressed up as a whole, and they continued to launch offensives, which made Tottenham's penalty area jittery.

"Lingard made a cross from the side!!!! Li Qingshan!!!!!!!!! Oh ----- so dangerous, Li Qingshan's shot went wide of the goal!"

Fans cheered from the stands at Old Trafford.

Li Qingshan clenched his fist and swung it down forcefully. He could have handled the shot just now better.

Pochettino frowned, Manchester United's offensive is too fierce, if it continues like this, Tottenham's defense may not last long

"Manchester United's offensive is very fierce. They formed a siege. After all, this is Old Trafford. It's okay. Their home, Pochettino's youth army has performed well in the past two seasons, but from the absolute strength From a technical point of view, Manchester United is obviously a class higher than Tottenham."

The narrators are analyzing the past ten minutes of the game for the TV audience.

It's almost 10 minutes into the first half. From the perspective of the scene, Manchester United has an absolute advantage, and Tottenham's goal has begun to crumble.

But fortunately, so far, Tottenham have not conceded a goal!

"The defensive tenacity of Pochettino's team is amazing. In the face of Manchester United's onslaught, they can survive for more than 20 minutes without conceding the ball, but it is not an option to continue defending like this. Now Tottenham's goalkeeper Lloris Work is already getting hectic and when your goalkeeper starts to appear in the camera frequently, nothing good happens at this time."

Of course, Pochettino also knows that it is impossible to defend for 10 minutes by defense alone, so Tottenham must make a difference on the offensive end-otherwise, with the current situation, it will be a matter of time before they lose the ball.

Pochettino didn't intend to stick to the away game. Defense is not Tottenham's strong point. In fact, his pre-match arrangements are mostly about the offensive end.

Pochettino originally thought that Manchester United's onslaught would only last more than ten minutes at most, and they would definitely adjust it a little bit, so that Tottenham could press out and relieve the pressure on the defense.

With Kane's ability, and Sun Xingmin, Ali, Eriksson and several very capable players, they can still create some opportunities when facing Manchester United's defense.

But who would have thought that the game has been more than 20 minutes now, and Manchester United's offensive seems to be far from exhausted.

Tottenham's formation was getting flatter and flatter, and Pochettino's frown became deeper and deeper.

I originally wanted to strike later, but it turned out that it looked like I was going to be punched to death by someone else

Pochettino must admit that although he paid enough attention to Manchester United's offensive power before the game, he still underestimated the opponent's strength.

Li Qingshan has a wide range of activities, and he is no longer the kind of high center forward who only waits for the ball in the penalty area.

In almost every position in the frontcourt, Li Qingshan can be seen almost everywhere. He can grab high points in the dense crowd in the penalty area, or make a fatal blow with his feet, or retreat to the midfield to participate in the passing organization .With such a bridgehead in the frontcourt, Manchester United can hold the ball in the frontcourt and then calmly organize the attack.

Just like this time.

Li Qingshan first retreated to the front of the penalty area and received a direct pass from Herrera, and then he distributed the ball to Lingard on the wing.

Lingard tried unsuccessfully, but the ball was still under his feet, and Li Qingshan moved over to ask for the ball again.

This time Li Qingshan chose to come by himself. He leaned against Vertonghen, calmly completed the turn, and got into the penalty area.

Li Qingshan in the penalty area immediately attracted most of Tottenham's defensive attention.

Alderweireld, Dell, and Wanyama surrounded him.

Li Qingshan paused in the penalty area, waiting for the moment when Tottenham's defense panicked.

Suddenly he tossed the ball into the air.

At this time, a figure inserted into the restricted area at high speed! !

"Herrera!!!!!!!"

Amidst the screams of the commentators, Herrera charged into the penalty area and, unguarded, easily headed the ball into the goal.

(End of this chapter)