The Prince of Inter Milan starts with Brother Xiaosa

Chapter 42 Shall I play the core role?
  After experiencing the lead, being equalized, falling behind, equalizing and finally winning with a decisive victory, the mood of Tottenham fans was like riding a roller coaster.

Fortunately, Leo stood up at the last moment and helped the team defeat their mortal enemy with a goal worth a thousand dollars.

“There’s nothing better than beating a rival away from home!
  If anything, it would be to beat them both home and away, haha!
  I'm very happy with the performance of the boys. Arsenal controlled the game for a while, but our players did not give up in extremely difficult circumstances.

The best performer...if I had to choose, I would definitely choose Leo. His performance in both offense and defense in the midfield was very good, and in the end he scored the winning goal.

Our goal this season has never changed, which is to secure six and compete for four. If the team can continue its current good form, I think it is not impossible to enter the top four and win a Champions League seat. "

Winning Derby rival Arsenal for the second time this season, and also ending the opponent's winning streak, made Tottenham coach Martin Jol high-spirited and full of confidence in the team's results this season.

Bai Baihe unexpectedly defeated the Gunners in an away game, surprising all "experts".

"Double kill! Tottenham Hotspur wins two consecutive North London derbies! 》

"Tottenham youngster scores a stunning goal, Arsenal coach looks sad"

“This photo is great!”

Leo saw that the photo selected in the newspaper was of himself waving his arms high when he scored the winning goal. In the background, Wenger was standing on the sidelines with a sad face, forming a sharp contrast.

There is also a voice gradually emerging among Tottenham fans, that is, whether the team can find a way to keep Leo, the new Arsenal killer, in Tottenham.

Although Leo didn't score many goals, he scored the winning goal in two North London derbies. It seems that it is not an exaggeration to call him the Arsenal killer.

"If we want to continue to win the derby, I think we must keep Leo!"

"Yes, that's right! We hadn't won against our opponent for a long time before he joined the team. Was it seven or eight years ago? But this season everything seems to be different!"

"It depends on Levi. If he can keep Leo, then I won't attack him for ten years!"

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Martin Jol's arrangements for Leo went through three different stages. The first stage was to ask Leo to adapt to the team's tactics and switch to playing on the wing with which he was unfamiliar. The second stage was to allow Leo to perform better. And adjusted the tactics.

More than half a season has passed, and Leo has become an indispensable member of Tottenham through his performance.

The head coach's attitude towards him has also entered the third stage, and Martin Yoel decided to create a new set of tactics around Leo!
  This is certainly not a sudden thought. The Dutch have already had such a plan in mind.

However, I have never made up my mind, because instead of saying whether Leo can take on this important task, rashly changing to new tactics during the season can easily lead to a sudden decline in the team's performance.

"Leo, you have performed well recently. Do you have any ideas about the team's tactics and your own position?"

"what?"

Leo didn't expect that the head coach called him over after training today to say this.

When it comes to tactics, he really has too many things to complain about. The tactics of most Premier League teams, including Tottenham, are not much different.

In Italy, let alone players and coaches, just pick up anyone on the street and he can tell you thirty or fifty tactics. He can even analyze in detail the home team's center back's play in the 57th minute of yesterday's game. What's wrong with the defense?

In England, there is no such tactical atmosphere at all. Let alone ordinary fans, it is not easy for a Premier League head coach to understand the traditional tactics of long passes, flying with both wings, and one high and one fast.

For them, a player's personal ability is more important. Shankly, who once led the Premier League giant Liverpool to win the European championship, firmly stated that football is a simple sport, passing the ball and shooting, that's it, and does not require so many complicated tactics.

This is why there are so many top coaches and tactician masters in Italy in European football, but there are none in England.

It is ridiculous that Southgate, who works in an office at the FA, can become the head coach of the national team.

It's a pity for England's generation of players. If they were replaced by a wise coach, they wouldn't have no achievements at all.

When Leo was in the Inter Milan youth team, the head coach would take the trouble to make detailed tactical arrangements for each position in every game. Everyone had specific arrangements for when and how to play each position.

After arriving at Tottenham, in addition to being able to clearly tell him which position to play, the tactics cannot be said to be general. It can only be said that it pays more attention to free play.

Which one is better, letting the players play football in full accordance with the head coach's pre-match arrangements, or letting the players play freely, is not absolute and cannot be generalized. If I have to say, neither of these is good. There should be a degree, which should be judged based on the team's situation and the player's ability.

If there is a star with absolute strength in the team, then it is actually a tactic for the whole team to pass the ball and watch him perform, right?

So Martin Yoel's question immediately silenced Leo Aogan, but fortunately the other party didn't really want to wait for Leo's answer.

"I'm wondering if you would be more threatening if you played as a midfielder and closer to the opponent's penalty area."

"But if this happens, my opponent will definitely increase their defense against me, and I may not be able to perform better."

The Dutchman nodded, of course he had thought of what Leo said.

"What if you let Robbie and Dimita cover for you? If you have a chance, you can finish the shot yourself. If they run into the gap, you can also pass the ball to them."

Leo:? ? ?
  This is good, but why?

How can I be so virtuous that I can enjoy such treatment?

I asked two big stars, Robbie Keane and Berbatov, to be my wingmen. What happened? Is the manager out of his mind?

Seemingly seeing Leo's doubts, Martin said with a smile:

"Perhaps you have strengths and weaknesses in terms of strength, but I don't know if you have noticed that in important games, that is, when you face strong opponents, you can always perform to an extraordinary level.

This is a trait that no one else in the team has, oh, and that kid Gareth, he is also very energetic when it comes to key games.

So I want to further stimulate your potential and see where your upper limit is.

Of course, don't worry, I don't want to mess around. Our opponent in the next round of the League Cup happened to be Arsenal.

If you want to try it, let's see the effect in this competition.

It doesn't matter if you don't want to, just continue to play as before and continue to focus on the league. It depends on what you think. "

There are also some reasons why the Dutchman will not tell Leo in too much detail. He has already had a meeting with the club's senior management. By the end of this season, the two parties will terminate the contract peacefully.

In other words, this will be Martin Jol's last season coaching Tottenham. He doesn't want to leave just like that, he wants to leave something to the team.

Now that the league is in this situation, the League Cup is actually a very good opportunity.

If he can lead Tottenham to win the League Cup, then he will be recorded in the Lily Legion's credit book forever.

Even if he fails to succeed, he can still use this to train Leo well. Although he may not be able to continue working together in the future, he will be remembered by his future fans as the first head coach to reuse Leo.

Regardless, Martin will not lose, because now he is the only person who best understands Leo's potential.

is that so? After listening to what the head coach said, Leo thought about it carefully and it seemed that it was really the case.

After more than half a season, he has made achievements in games against Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal.

On the contrary, there was no particularly outstanding performance in some of Tottenham's miserable games.

Is it possible that it has something to do with my [big heart] talent? The more critical and tense the game is, how can you perform better than others?

Not only does this broken cheat have no artificial intelligence, it doesn’t even have an explanation. It relies entirely on your own guessing.

Regarding the head coach's idea, Leo had no reason to refuse. The last time he played as the core of the offense was six months ago when he was in the Inter Milan youth team, so he nodded without hesitation.

"Thank you coach for your trust, I want to give it a try!"

　We need to speed up the pace. We originally planned to end Tottenham's season within 100,000 words, but now it seems that it may take a few days. Don't worry, it's still under control.
  　　
  　
  (End of this chapter)