The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 666 Welcome to hell, gentlemen!

Benitez will always appear in front of the fans in a suit and leather shoes. On this point, Ye Qiu once joked that fat Spanish people can only look in suits, but Benitez countered that this is My attitude towards football is at least not as complicated as some people's.

The nights in early autumn are not particularly cold, and London does not have the humidity that is typical of port cities like Liverpool.

Benitez stepped on the turf of the White Hart Lane Stadium, which was soft and comfortable. Although he was not convinced by Ye Qiu and Tottenham Hotspur, he still admired the pitch. , because the White Hart Lane Stadium is always so comfortable and always in a state of turf that is most suitable for playing football.

Of course, he wouldn't think that Ye Qiu and Tottenham Hotspur were aboveboard, mainly because this group of bastards had higher requirements for the turf than any other team. suffer.

For this game, Fatty Bei has been so busy these days that he has no time to shave his beard. He has watched all Tottenham Hotspur games this season. The team felt a headache.

Playing Manchester United and Manchester City are two very different styles. The main reason for Manchester United's disastrous defeat was that Ferguson was a little careless. After the opening, he was directly suppressed by Tottenham Hotspur, and the rhythm was completely controlled. Lost like a mountain.

Manchester City is different. Mancini consciously wants to hit Tottenham Hotspur's two ribs, obviously targeting Pirlo's single midfielder, but the Italian obviously did not notice the changes in Tottenham Hotspur's defensive system in the past two years. Change, what Tottenham Hotspur is best at is to attack the two ribs, Ye Qiu will let his two ribs be exposed and ignore it?
If Benitez were to judge, this season's Tottenham Hotspur is better than last season's Tottenham Hotspur with Cesc Fabregas, David Silva and Yaya Toure In comparison, it is more balanced, but also more difficult to deal with.

Playing against weak teams, Tottenham Hotspur can release the powerful attack power brought by the single midfielder to their heart's content. They can be fearless, because they have an absolute advantage in strength, so the single midfielder will not be a problem, but will Become an effective weapon for Tottenham Hotspur to play more aggressive football.

Because others have double midfielders and you have a single midfielder, it means that you have invested one more person on the offensive end.

Of course, beating a weak team is not a skill, and talking about a strong team is the key to reflecting the core combat effectiveness of a team.

It is a headache for a strong team to play Tottenham, because they are very balanced, they are not afraid of you pressing out, the reason is simple, their offense is very good, you press out, it is good for them, and one of their biggest changes this season That is, the switching between offense and defense is very fast, and the offense is very impactful.

But they are not afraid of you shrinking to defend. When you shrink to defend, they will quickly switch to ball possession tactics. A sudden change in rhythm, even if you have no loopholes, they will do everything possible to help you create loopholes and attack them.

Therefore, in theory, this Tottenham Hotspur team has no weaknesses in offense and defense. They can play both positional and tough battles. They have almost no weaknesses. Take a slow cut of the ball, and more importantly, they can switch back and forth between multiple styles of tactics.

I will fight whatever tactics are effective, and see if you can adapt and keep up with me, if not, you will be screwed!

Balanced teams have appeared before, such as Ye Qiu and Mourinho's Chelsea, Ferguson's Manchester United, and Arsenal in the undefeated season. At that time, these teams were very balanced, but the problem is, these balanced teams The team is not as good as Tottenham Hotspur in terms of diversification of offensive methods and switching back and forth between different styles.

In other words, their balance is reflected in the ability to advance, attack, retreat, and defend, but you can't ask them to play Barcelona-style ball control all at once, and then play the impact attack of Real Madrid all at once. This is impossible. .

But Tottenham Hotspur is not as good as Barcelona in possession of the ball, not as good as Real Madrid in terms of impact, and not as good as Dortmund in high-intensity pressing and active running, but he has achieved a certain balance in these various styles and can play in a variety of styles. Switched back and forth, and both did a pretty good job.

At first glance, you will find that they have many weaknesses, such as full-backs who are stronger in offense than defense, such as a single midfielder, such as defensive protection at the front of the penalty area, etc. But in fact, when you wait for the game, you will suddenly find that, ah, You can't find them these holes because they are well covered up.

Therefore, it is not impossible for you to beat such a team, because there is no impossible team in this world, and there are no tactics that can always win, but you will find that all your possible ways to beat this team method, the success rate will not be high, or even very low, or you can only wait until their player's state declines to have a good chance of winning.

perfect?
No, this team is not perfect, but it is very balanced. He can use comprehensiveness to make up for local weaknesses and deficiencies, and even use the cooperation of all players to make up for the poor state of players in individual positions.

In the past half a month, Benitez has been having a headache and thinking about a problem, that is, how to improve the chances of beating Tottenham Hotspur. He found that this is a very interesting paradox.

In theory, there is a way, and that is to kill Tottenham Hotspur's possession rate, kill their pass success rate, limit their running routes.

But to achieve these points, you must first not be conservative, you have to press out, but the problem is, after you press out, maybe you have not curbed their ball possession and passing, and they have already broken your goal. What time?
And it was foreseeable that Benitez wanted to knock down Tottenham Hotspur's ball possession rate and pass success rate, didn't Ye Qiu want it?He could even imagine that Ye Qiu was probably still emphasizing the players in the locker room just now.

In fact, at first glance, there are many similarities between Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur.

In the front trident, Tottenham Hotspur is a combination of Ribery, Cavani and Messi, while Liverpool is a combination of Mata, Suarez and Villa, of which Messi and Villa The role is similar, Suarez and Villa, and Ribery and Cavani's configuration and tactical role are also very close.

Of course, this is from a tactical perspective, regardless of personal performance.

The biggest gap between Liverpool and Tottenham is in the midfield!

Benitez said in the locker room just now that if he can't hold down Tottenham's midfielder, Liverpool will undoubtedly die!
Sometimes the head coach has to make a choice, even if there is no choice, even if you can't guarantee whether you are sure, but you have to make a choice, give all players a clear answer, and let them know what they want to do.

Mancini failed miserably because he did not have a clear answer.

Because of this, Benitez chose to continue to follow his usual style of play in the past. After the opening, he adopted this kind of high-intensity midfield oppression, trying to suppress Tottenham Hotspur, and at least try to contain Toth. The status and offensive of Nam Tottenham.

It must be mentioned here that the so-called poor state is actually a relative term.

Suppose Tottenham Hotspur were restrained by Liverpool's high-intensity pressing and pressing after the opening, and they played in a state where they were very uncomfortable throughout the game, unable to make effective resistance, even if they No matter how good the state shown before the game is, it will still be said to be in poor state after the game.

Therefore, the quality of the state is also closely related to the performance of the team in the game.

Benitez was pacing back and forth in the coaching area of ​​the away team, waiting for the referee to blow his whistle. His right hand was scratching the stubble of his upper lip and chin, which was a bit prickly, but his attention was all on the field.

The referee of this game is Philip Dodd, the famous referee of the Premier League. Risuarez and Villa sandwiched the ball left and right, jumped a few times on the spot, and moved their bodies.

With Philip Dodd's whistle, Suarez quickly kicked the ball to Villa, who knocked back and the game began!
Although it was an away game, Liverpool did not start conservatively. Taking advantage of the kick-off opportunity, they had an impact on Tottenham Hotspur from the very beginning. The trident was very high, especially Suarez and Billy. Ya, looks more like a double striker, while Juan Mata is responsible for taking the ball and organizing.

Tottenham Hotspur also has a wealth of experience in dealing with such scenes. After the opening, the defense line still stands in the 30-meter area, and the entire midfield is properly retracted to keep the formation compact and orderly.

Liverpool tried to attack Tottenham Hotspur's defensive formation, but failed to achieve results twice in a row. As soon as the ball entered Tottenham Hotspur's half, it seemed to hit a copper wall and had to go back. Pass, as long as the trident in the frontcourt gets the ball, there is no chance to turn around.

It wasn't until the second minute that Tottenham Hotspur really had a chance to get the ball. Ramsey wanted to go straight behind Carragher and Skrtel, but Carragher intercepted the ball steadily. , The ball was once again in the hands of Liverpool.

After a little organization, Liverpool launched another round of attack. This time they seemed to play more patiently. Juan Mata retreated a little. Gerrard passed the ball to his feet. After turning around with the ball, he finally got the ball. Given a chance to face Pirlo, the Spaniard dribbled the ball into Pirlo's defense zone.

In a one-on-one situation, Pirlo was at a disadvantage and failed to effectively organize Mata's dribbling advance. When the Spaniard rushed to the front of the defense line, he directly kicked the ball, and the ball passed from Thiago Schiller. The gap between Watts and Kompany was stretched too wide, and Suarez quickly inserted.

At this moment, more than 3 Tottenham fans in the entire White Hart Lane stadium exclaimed, but at the critical moment, Peter Cech abandoned the goal and rushed out of the small penalty area. He threw the ball in his arms and resolved a threatening attack from Liverpool.

Cech got up from the ground, with the ball in his arms, he yelled at Thiago Silva and Kompany in front, thinking that the distance between the two teammates just now was too wide, especially It was Kompany, too far to the left.

The latter shook his head apologetically, saying that he was worried that Villa would hit Marcelo's area, so he must be careful next time.

There is no defense line in the world that will not make mistakes, because the opponent keeps pulling you and moving you through passing the ball, you will definitely expose the problem, the key is whether your defensive switching and movement can be effective attack against the opponent.

Ye Qiu also frowned at the sidelines. Juan Mata could play on the left, but this time he suddenly shifted to the center, and retreated to get the ball, turned around and hit Pirlo head-on. This was a wake-up call.

"Arturo!" Ye Qiu walked to the sidelines, shouted at Vidal, and at the same time made a gesture for him to retreat appropriately, which was to tell Vidal that you were a little far away from Pirlo just now.

Ramsey also noticed this. He and Vidal were indeed a little bit forward just now, breaking away from Pirlo. After Liverpool passed the ball, Juan Mata took the ball in the middle area between them and Pirlo. After turning around It is indeed very dangerous to hit Pirlo head-on. If Cech hadn't made a decisive attack, the ball would have been single-handed!

The two midfielders looked at each other, realizing their mistake, and exchanged glances.

The game restarted, Liverpool pressed hard, and the trident formed a suppression in the frontcourt. As soon as Kompany got the ball, Suarez forced him up. Marcelo of the road.

The Brazilian left-back ran back and got the ball on the edge of the box but with his back to the attacking side, while Villa blocked Marcelo with his body.

Marcelo is small and flexible, and Villa is not bad. He never let Marcelo turn around and get rid of it. The Brazilian had no choice but to turn around and force a big foot. Franck Ribery headed back to midfield.

Gerrard had the ball and was about to attack head-on but Ramsey got in the way and the Liverpool captain crossed Javier Martinez but Pirlo was the first to get out of his position as he Closer to Martinez's position, Vidal waited for an opportunity to ambush at a later position.

Martinez was blocked by Pirlo in the front, Gerrard on the right with Ramsey next to him, left back Jose Enrique came up on the left, so he sidled to the left and passed the ball to the left Looking for Jose Enrique.

But he regretted it as soon as he passed the ball, because he found that Vidal rushed up from behind quickly, as if he had expected that he would pass to the left, and intercepted the ball halfway, and after stealing the ball, Quickly dribble the ball forward.

Tottenham switched from defense to attack almost in the blink of an eye, with Vidal dribbling into Liverpool's half, drawing the Reds' entire midfield, while Messi and Ribéry It was rushing to the front, Cavani faced the attacker, but deliberately slowed down, waiting for Vidal's pass behind him.

Seeing that Cavani was running slowly and deliberately placed himself between the two central defenders and midfielders, Vidal realized the opportunity and passed the ball to Cavani's right side. The Uruguayan In the process of running forward, he kept looking back. When the ball came, he happened to control the ball with his right foot, but the entire advancement speed did not slow down.

It became a two-on-two in the middle. Carragher and Skrtel faced Cavani and Messi. This is a very good opportunity. There are even many Tottenham Hotspur fans in the stands. , ready to give the goal cry.

Cavani was still about five meters away from the arc area. Seeing that Skrtel and Carragher were consciously trying to catch up, Jose Enrique and Lucas were both retreating quickly, and the opportunity was fleeting. , So he suddenly slowed down, startled Skrtel, thinking he was going to shoot long-range on the spot.

Just when Skrtel rushed forward, Cavani made a diagonal pass with his right foot to the right side of the arc. When Messi stopped the ball, Jose Enrique was already in front of him, but Messi made a right foot The spike went to the left, past Jose Enrique, and he swung his left foot directly to shoot a curve ball.

Messi's entire shooting process was clean and neat, without the slightest sloppy, and the angle of the ball was also very tricky. It crossed the goalkeeper Reina's head along an arc, then fell, and got into the left side of the goal, 1:0!

"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"

"In less than 5 minutes, Tottenham Hotspur knocked on Liverpool's goal. This is the most powerful revenge for Liverpool's one-handed goal just now. Tottenham Hotspur is obviously telling the truth with facts. Welcome to hell, gentlemen!"

There was overwhelming cheers from the entire White Hart Lane Stadium, and almost everyone was crazy about Tottenham Hotspur's goal. In other words, on the offensive end, if the delicate cooperation of Tottenham Hotspur in the past has not been reflected, then on the defensive end, you can clearly see the huge net woven by Tottenham Hotspur players.

Through this huge net, they netted all Liverpool's passing and offensive routes, cut them, and even gave them a strong counterattack!

Benitez stomped his feet fiercely from the sidelines. He missed a good opportunity with a single-handed ball just now. He was still thinking that there should be another chance, but after turning around, in less than 1 minute, Tottenham Hotspur Breaking through his own team's goal, which brought a big blow to Liverpool from top to bottom.

But Benitez is a famous coach after all. He quickly realized the problem. He knew very well that Tottenham Hotspur is best at playing this kind of rhythm warfare. Just now Liverpool pressed hard and launched a round of onslaught , but now that Tottenham Hotspur have the upper hand, Liverpool must take the defensive.

Taking advantage of the victory and chasing after them has always been the credo of Tottenham Hotspur and Ye Qiu.

Just when Benitez called on the players to stabilize their defense, Tottenham Hotspur launched an attack on Liverpool, and the whole situation was completely reversed.

(End of this chapter)