The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 433 An Accidental Goal

There is such a saying in Sun Tzu's Art of War: "Soldiers have impermanent potential, and water has impermanent shape."

This sentence means that there is no static situation in the use of troops. You must know how to adapt to local conditions, and you must also know how to think about problems from the actual situation when encountering problems, and analyze specific problems in detail, because there are no completely identical environments in this world.

The formation of troops on the football field is actually a kind of use of troops.

Ye Qiu has always understood this truth deeply, so the most important thing for him to form a team is to let the team unswervingly carry out his orders and requirements at any time and under any circumstances, Build the trust of the players in the head coach.

This is not easy, but once this kind of trust is established, it is very difficult to break it and be replaced by others.

This is why even now, in the hearts of many Chelsea players, there is still a kind of rejection of Mourinho.

Conceding a goal in the opening 17 minutes, and this kind of life-and-death derby, the pressure from Tottenham Hotspur was not insignificant, but Ye Qiu still achieved the goal of limiting Arsenal's attack through fine-tuning at the tactical level.

The first is to allow the team's midfield to shrink appropriately to limit the range of activities after Walcott and Hleb cut inside.

Arsenal's intention of arranging two forwards in this game is to let Walcott stretch the defense as much as possible, support Adebayor, and then use Adebayor to attack Tottenham's defense. Kurt's shortcomings are obvious. He is not suitable to play in a narrow range at all, and he doesn't have that skill.

Hleb is not a pure winger either, he is better at cutting inside after taking the ball, or organizing on the wing, so now Ye Qiu is making targeted defensive adjustments, first to contain Arsenal's offense and stabilize the attack. Live in your own situation.

But the price of doing so is not small, that is, paying for his possession of the ball.

And this was Ye Qiu's second step.

"Since Arsenal want to control the ball, let them control the ball, tell Cavani and Mascherano, I will give them freedom, the whole court rushes wildly, other teammates stand in position to support, must not let Arsenal Slow down!"

Mauro Tassotti and Roland Sheppas were obviously surprised when they heard this, "What are you doing?"

"Tell Cavani and Mascherano, they will give me all my energy in less than 10 minutes!"

When Ye Qiu said this, Mauro Tassotti understood a little bit. Ye Qiu wanted to fight off two players to consume Arsenal's physical energy, so he immediately transferred to the court and asked Van Persie to play on the right. Cavani went to the front, one after another with Mascherano, forming a mad grab for Arsenal.

Wenger dares to bet, Ye Qiu dares to bet, who is afraid of whom?

Besides, Ye Qiu knew Wenger very well. He belonged to the academic school who was better at reforming the team style, building the team's passing and receiving system, and fully prepared before the game. It's not easy for him to take such a bold risk before a game, but Ye Qiu wants to see how he will fight after his lack of physical fitness.

Cavani crazily pressed Arsenal's defenders in the frontcourt, Mascherano almost desperately swept the midfield, and other Tottenham Hotspur players ran to support the two teammates. Everyone has obviously had a serious impact on Arsenal's pass advancement. Although Arsenal still has possession of the ball, there is no way to play the ball as smoothly as before.

Both Mauro Tassotti and Roland Shepas looked at Ye Qiu in surprise. From a strategic point of view, Ye Qiu was taking a risk, but from a tactical point of view, he was taking Cavani and Ma. Scherano was regarded as a pawn that consumed the opponent, forcing Arsenal to keep running at high speed.

Football games are like this, no one can play against the opponent forever, and no one can keep possession of the ball forever, so Tottenham Hotspur's current strategy is, since you want to press crazy, then I will let you press, As long as our side has the ball, you have to run non-stop, and as long as your side has the ball, I let Cavani and Mascherano force you to stop and see who can consume the other.

It has to be said that Ye Qiu's strategy is a risky move that hurts the enemy one thousand and self-damages eight hundred. The bet is that Arsenal does not have a suitable substitute lineup at present, which is why Arsenal has been criticized for a long time. Hotspur are noticeably more full on the bench.

Currently sitting on the bench is Messi, who was replaced by Ye Qiu because he played for the national team, and Modric, who just joined the team this summer, and another card who can provide a high point in the frontcourt anytime, anywhere. Luo Er, Arshavin who strengthened the offensive power in the frontcourt, Ye Qiu gambled on the thickness of the bench.

If you use the terms in chess to describe it, it is exchanging pieces to resolve the opponent's offensive, gaining an advantage in the situation, and winning the initiative by exchanging pieces with the opponent.

Wenger did not expect that Ye Qiu would adopt such a way of confronting extremes with extremes, but it was obvious that he had no choice but to retreat.

If he chooses to withdraw now, then Tottenham Hotspur will definitely take advantage of the victory and directly form a powerful attack. By then, Arsenal will not only be equalized, but may even be defeated.

But if they don't shrink, they can only choose to fight with Tottenham Hotspur, but this is obviously not good for Arsenal. At least in the second half, their physical fitness will definitely have problems, and the initiative and advantage will definitely be lost by then. Slowly transferred to Tottenham Hotspur, because relatively speaking, Arsenal currently lacks the thickness of Tottenham Hotspur's bench.

As Ye Qiu said, sometimes a football match is like a game of cards for the head coach. No need to fight.

Now Wenger has no cards in his hands. Rosicky is an old patient. After Gilberto Silva was robbed of the main position by Flamini, his state has also declined a lot. He is currently sitting on the bench, but he is a Defensive player.

Therefore, no matter from which point of view, it is impossible for Wenger to adjust in the first half.

In the end, neither side chose to change, but continued to let the game go on like this.

"Arsenal's ball possession is more advantageous. They currently have 60% possession rate, while Tottenham Hotspur's possession rate is only 4%. The gap between the two sides is 39%, which is even more surprising to us. What is surprising is that Tottenham Hotspur did not actively try to regain the possession of the ball, but instead seemed to consciously let Arsenal come up to grab it!"

Andy Gray was a little surprised by Tottenham Hotspur's performance in the first half. In fact, the tactics of both sides in this game were obviously surprising, and they all felt very incomprehensible.

"We couldn't understand what Ye Qiu was thinking right now. Tottenham Hotspur played relatively orderly in the opening game, but as time went on, the team became more and more chaotic, and Arsenal had ten shots. One goal, while Tottenham Hotspur only had three shots and no goals. From the data point of view, Tottenham Hotspur, who are playing at home, do not seem to be very active in trying to win this game , Could it be that Ye Qiu wants to stay focused on the Champions League group stage in the middle of the week?"

When Tottenham Hotspur played Manchester United before, it was because of the UEFA Champions League qualifiers in the middle of the week, so Ye Qiu obviously did not give his best in this game, but played half of the substitute lineup, which directly caused the team The away game lost 0:1 to Manchester United.

But that match was a crucial battle that would determine the team's survival in the Champions League. It was understandable for Ye Qiu to put all his eggs in one basket, but now the team was facing the group stage of the Champions League, so there was absolutely no need to fight like this.

"Looking at the progress of a league, especially for a team like Tottenham Hotspur, which is on the rise but has yet to establish itself as a strong team in the Premier League, last season's performance was a dark horse, but This season is about to start again, and it is also a crucial season to lay a solid foundation for the team."

"If Tottenham Hotspur can perform well this season, reach the Champions League again, or even reach a higher level, it will surely establish their status in the Premier League in one fell swoop, but if they perform poorly, they will be defeated by other strong teams. If the team is under pressure, then it will completely return to its original shape, just like Everton a few years ago."

"And for a team like Tottenham Hotspur, the opening score is very important. Many times the start is bad, and then you have to chase all the way back. Maybe because the gap is too large, even the players themselves lose the catch-up. With confidence and fighting spirit, it will be very difficult to catch up again.”

Andy Gray is also a bit worried about Ye Qiu and Tottenham Hotspur. After all, this team's performance last season was too amazing, and it has won the attention and appreciation of many people. In fact, that's really a pity.

After all, as neutral fans, almost everyone hopes that there will be more strong teams in the Premier League to break the monopoly of the traditional top four on the top four of the Premier League, and Tottenham Hotspur is undoubtedly the hope of all neutral fans now.

At least in Andy Gray's opinion, Tottenham Hotspur should have more belief in winning than their opponents in this derby against Arsenal, even if they sacrifice the Champions League for this, after all, the league is Tottenham The foundation of Tottenham is to ensure a high level of performance in the league and to ensure the qualification for the Champions League next season, which is the most practical goal of Tottenham Hotspur.

If you lose to Arsenal, it's not just losing three points, it's also losing the most important derby, losing the morale and fighting spirit of a team and a group of fans, so for Ye Qiu's current tactics , Andy Gray couldn't understand its intention.

It's not just Andy Gray who doesn't understand, the entire Tottenham Hotspur fans at White Hart Lane also don't understand, and they don't even understand why the team is playing so chaotically, it seems It's chaotic, and sometimes it always makes people feel as if they are being led by the nose by their opponents.

As time passed, gradually, the situation became more and more difficult, and the physical energy of the opponents became more and more serious, especially after entering 10 minutes, this situation became more and more obvious.

It was at this time, in the 43rd minute, after Tottenham Hotspur stole the ball from the backcourt, Cesc Fabregas made a diagonal pass and split the ball. Van Persie competed with Clichy on the right. After both landed, the referee blew the whistle for a foul, signaled Clichy for a handball, and gave a yellow card. At the same time, Tottenham Hotspur also got a chance to set the ball in the frontcourt.

"Looking at the slow motion, Clichy is indeed a handball. It is hard to say whether it was intentional or not, but the handball is for sure. Now it depends on whether Tottenham Hotspur can seize this opportunity. Their first set piece of the game."

"Beckham came up and prepared to take this free kick. Since Tottenham Hotspur introduced Beckham, the set-piece offense has always been the team's scoring weapon. The team includes Hangeland, Tee Jago Silva and other players got a lot of chances to score goals with the help of Beckham's free kick, we will see if we can tie the score this time!"

As Beckham set up the ball, several set-piece scorers in the Tottenham Hotspur team entered Arsenal's penalty area, and at this time the height advantage of the Tottenham Hotspur players was reflected.

"Arsenal's two central defenders, Kolo Toure is 1 meters tall, Gallas is 78 meters tall, but Tottenham Hotspur's two central defenders Hangeland is 1 meters tall, and Thiago Silva's height has also reached 83 meters, and Hangeland still has an advantage in terms of height."

Following Beckham's gesture, there was a savage wrestling in Arsenal's penalty area, and when the Englishman took a free kick, there was a frantic collision and run in the penalty area, and in this chaotic Among the crowd, Hangeland was seen jumping high in front of the goal.

This jump made Hangeland, who was already more than ten centimeters taller than his opponent, stand out from the crowd. Even though Gallas and Adebayor joined forces to prevent him, Beckham's move The free kick landed very well, just above Hangeland's head. After staying in the air for a while, the Norwegian peeped at the ball's coming direction and hit a bounced ball on the ground.

Almunia reacted, but he wanted to block the ball with his foot, but he obviously couldn't reach it, so he could only let the ball bounce off the ground and hit the goal. Ramini rushed into the goal and kicked the ball to the net angrily, venting his depression.

"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"

"A beautiful free kick!!!"

"Brad Hangeland's header! It's still Beckham's precise free kick assist from the right. His free kick on this side is too threatening!"

When the live TV and the big screen in the stadium were playing the slow motion of Beckham's penalty kick and Hangeland's header repeatedly, Andy Gray exclaimed: "We were just worried, saying that Tottenham Hotspur Hangeland's height and his ability to stay in the air really have an advantage in high balls."

"The Norwegian centre-back scored the equalizer for Tottenham Hotspur!"

All the Tottenham Hotspur fans in the audience were chanting the names of Hangeland and Beckham, and the two players rushed to the sidelines to celebrate the team's goal together, almost All the Tottenham players rushed up to congratulate them on their goal, only the Arsenal players were visibly disappointed.

When Ye Qiu saw this scene from the sidelines, he immediately walked over, waved at the players, and signaled them to keep pressing on.

This goal came by accident. The team's free kick cooperation was indeed very threatening, but the handball by Arsenal was beyond Ye Qiu's control. The equalizer was accidental, but Ye Qiu decided to pursue the victory.

But it is a pity that Tottenham Hotspur was about to make a counterattack, and the first half of the game was over soon. The referee saw that there were not many fouls in the first half of the game, and both teams played relatively cleanly, so he decided to Add 1 minute.

Ye Qiu didn't care either, smiled, and pulled Roland over, "Go and tell Luka Modric and Messi to warm up during halftime and find out how they are. I'll let them play in the second half at any time! "

Roland was taken aback for a moment, then looked at Ye Qiu, who nodded affirmatively, and then walked to the dressing room.

Although he didn't understand it very well, Roland quickly conveyed Ye Qiu's words to Messi and Modric, telling them that Ye Qiu wanted them to warm up during the intermission and be ready to go up in the second half.

Since Messi played in the Copa America, his body is still in the adjustment stage, and he returned to Argentina to play a few days ago, so Ye Qiu did not arrange him to play in this game, so seeing the team so passive on the scene , Messi could only be anxious off the court, but now after hearing Ye Qiu's arrangement, he immediately became happy.

Modric has just joined the team. He has played a few games in the warm-up match, and his performance is tepid. Even now, he is still a bit unable to adapt to the rhythm of the Premier League, because compared to Croatia, the pace of the Premier League is too fast. Moreover, players in this league generally have a strong impact and more physical confrontation, which makes Modric, who is relatively thin, not very adaptable.

Ye Qiu also understood this. After listening to Modric's thoughts in a private communication not long ago, Ye Qiu said that the team would give him more time and opportunities to slowly integrate into the team.

Originally, Modric thought he had no chance to play in this match, but who would have thought that Ye Qiu would let him play in the second half.

Thinking of this, Modric's warm-up became even more exciting.

What is surprising is that after a 15-minute break and adjustments at halftime, neither Ye Qiu nor Wenger made any substitutions, and after the start of the second half, Tottenham Hotspur remained on top. The half-court tactics, launched a rush attack on Arsenal from the beginning, directly pulling up the rhythm.

Arsenal was forced to deal with it, and the two sides continued to start the kind of attrition war where you come and go. The situation does not seem to have changed much, and many people may even think in their hearts that neither side can find a great deal in this game. An effective way to overwhelm the opponent and make the game dull.

But just after 50 minutes, Arsenal's midfielder Song went to the sidelines to warm up.

The Cameroon international was loaned to Charlton last season and performed very well. Although Charlton was relegated, Arsenal were very sure of his performance and recalled him to the team, but he has not yet Can find the main position in the Arsenal team, but since Wenger has always been interested in cultivating and refining, it is not difficult to see how much he attaches importance to Song.

But Song hadn't played yet, and Tottenham took the lead in making a substitution in the 55th minute.

(End of this chapter)