The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 793 Too Unscrupulous!

After beating Manuel Pellegrini's City 4-0 away, Tottenham travel to Germany three days later to travel to Bayer Leverkusen in their fifth round of the Champions League group stage.

Because he had already qualified from the first place in the group ahead of schedule, Ye Qiu arranged a large rotation again this time. Matic was left in London by Ye Qiu, and Pirlo, who had returned from injury, was qualified to start. It was Strowman and Pogba who were on the field, and the Dutchman was still arranged as a central midfielder in this game.

As a result, Tottenham took a 2-0 lead in the first half with the goals of Neymar and Varane, and in the second half, the goals of Marcelo, Pogba and Stroman The goal helped Tottenham Hotspur to beat Leverkusen 5:0, successfully retreated from the away game, and won five consecutive victories in the group stage.

This victory also made the German fans very dissatisfied, because they thought that Tottenham Hotspur was secretly helping Shakhtar Donetsk, because before the fifth round, Leverkusen still led Donetsk The miners scored two points, but after this round, Shakhtar Donetsk defeated Real Sociedad 4-0 at home, allowing the Ukrainians to come from behind and rise to second in the group.

In the last round, Leverkusen will challenge Real Sociedad away, while Tottenham Hotspur will face Shakhtar Donetsk at home.

It is conceivable how unfavorable the situation and situation are to Leverkusen.

Ye Qiu didn't need to worry about the reaction of the Germans. All his thoughts were focused on Saturday night's match against Manchester United at home. This was also the first time Tottenham Hotspur faced Manchester United after Ferguson retired.

Speaking of Manchester United this season, they have fallen to fifth place in the current Premier League standings. The league started with twelve games, six wins, three draws and three losses. Judging from the transcript, it is not too bad, especially considering that Manchester United has always been good at playing against the wind, so the second half is the critical moment for Manchester United to exert its strength.

Manchester United have encountered five strong teams this season: Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Southampton and Arsenal. Among them, Chelsea and Southampton are home draws, and Liverpool and Manchester City are away losses. Only Arsenal wins 1:0. , The record against strong teams can be described as extremely bad.

This is also the most criticized point of Moyes this season, that is, he always has problems in some strong dialogues. Everyone thinks that this has something to do with the fact that he has never coached a rich team in the past. After all, he has coached a weak team.

But after defeating Arsenal, the situation changed completely. Moyes said that he has adjusted to the position of Manchester United manager, and his United won five games in the next seven games after losing to Manchester City in the fifth round. Two draws, two draws at home against Southampton, which has performed amazingly this season, and one against Cardiff away.

Judging from this report card, Moyes' team is not bad, and the state can be described as very good.

So Moyes, in his pre-match press conference before the team traveled to London, was asked what would be special about leading Manchester United against Tottenham Hotspur, who he had suffered for many years, for the first time. When feeling, he smiled and said that if he wins, he will not celebrate.

"If it was before, I would think it was an honor, the glory of defeating the strong with the weak, but now, I think it is normal, because Manchester United is a strong team at the same level as Tottenham Hotspur. The other party is a very normal thing, there is no need to deliberately celebrate."

The outside world also pays special attention to this red-white battle. After all, this is the first red-white battle after Ferguson retired, and it is also the penultimate red-white battle before Ye Qiu's retirement, so the official arrangement of this game It will be held on Saturday night in prime time, and at the same time, Weber, the most authoritative referee in England, will be seated.

From Manchester United officials, including David Gill, Ferguson, and a group of senior management of the team all rushed to Stratford Stadium, it can be clearly seen that the management of Manchester United attaches great importance to this game, and some even I think this is an inspection of Moyes, and it depends on what tricks he shows in this game.

You know, this game is an important event that has attracted nearly [-] million fans around the world. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is the derby of the century in the Premier League, so the attention of both sides is extraordinary, and Ye Qiu even has two consecutive games. Leaving Ribery, Messi and others, just to send the main force to play in this battle.

Goalkeeper Petr Cech, defense Marcelo, Thiago Silva, Kompany and Kyle Walker, midfielder Matic and Vidal, frontcourt from left to right Neymar, Messi and Ribery, the lone striker is Lewandowski.

This is Tottenham Hotspur's strongest lineup so far this season. Among them, Messi, Ribery, Vidal and Marcelo have all missed consecutive matches against Manchester City and the midweek Champions League group stage. The game, just for this game against Manchester United.

Moyes' side is also playing with the main force, the goalkeeper is De Gea, the defense is Evra, Vidic, Ferdinand and Rafael, the midfielder is Fellaini and Carrick, and the frontcourt is Argentine. Shley? Young, Rooney and Valencia, the single striker is Van Persie, which is currently Manchester United's strongest lineup.

What's interesting is that both sides have formed a 4231 tactical formation. That is to say, from the perspective of pure formation positions, the two sides are facing each other. up, do better.

At the beginning of the game, Manchester United continued the tactics of Ferguson's period as always, and launched an offensive against Tottenham Hotspur after the opening. Van Persie had a chance to get the ball in the penalty area after 1 minute. Under the interference of Jago Silva, he failed to effectively form a shooting opportunity.

But it was just this chance, because the subsequent development of the game made everyone realize that Moyes made an unforgivable fatal mistake in this game.

"Not in midfield!" Mauro Tassotti judged this in less than 2 minutes, because Fellaini often participated in the frontcourt attack, which led to Manchester United's double defensive midfielder, but the front line of defense Often it was just Carrick alone.

Manchester United's defense actually encountered a problem similar to that of Chelsea. Ferdinand and Vidic are both old, and they are not suitable for pressing up. The difference from Chelsea is that they also have a Cary who can hold his position. gram, but the player's coverage and running ability are not outstanding.

"Moyes' idea is a bit interesting. He should let Fellaini fill Carrick's shortcomings by actively running in a wide range. The two complement each other and at the same time play a threat when attacking, but he takes it for granted. !” Ye Qiu shook his head and laughed.

Perhaps, Moyes should have discussed this issue with Fellaini before the game. Both of them are not in an ideal situation at Manchester United. Lenny played the form he had at Everton, helped him fit in at Manchester United, and got rid of Tottenham Hotspur.

It is necessary to understand Fellaini's tactical role at Everton. His position is more like a central midfielder or midfielder. Although he is also working hard to complete coverage and oppression, his most important The tactical value lies in competing for long passes from the backcourt, or rushing into the penalty area to score.

Fellaini, who is 1.9 meters tall and weighs 85 kilograms, is very deterrent no matter whether he stands in the frontcourt and competes for the first landing point, or rushes into the penalty area to respond to crosses from both sides.

So, you can imagine that if, as Moyes designed, Fellaini provided the team with a wide range of running coverage. Once the team attacked, he rushed all the way from the midfield into the penalty area and responded to the cross from the wing. , then he will be able to maximize the advantage of running back, as well as his ability to head the ball and grab points.

In theory, it's a perfect design, isn't it?

But what went wrong?Why did it work at Everton but not at Manchester United?
The reason is that Everton's style of play is somewhat similar to England's long pass rush. Fellaini is used to this style of play, but now at Manchester United, among all the top teams, What is important is not this kind of long pass flushing, because his success rate is too low, and all strong teams are ball possession and oppression.

So now those who act as tactical fulcrums in the top giants teams, such as Messi, Lewandowski, Suarez, etc., are not the traditional tactical fulcrums. Their bodies may not necessarily be very strong, because in modern football tactics As a fulcrum, the most important thing is to take the ball and make it, and it must be fast.

Fellaini's position in the current Manchester United team is very awkward. Moyes can't give him the midfielder position, because there is Rooney in that place, and even Benzema will be left on the bench. Even if Rooney is replaced, It's not his turn to Fellaini.

So Moyes wanted to pull him to the back, as Carrick's partner, to take advantage of his height, height, frontal defense and interception, and at the same time let him insert behind to create this sudden killing intent.

But why is it said that it is good in theory, but not in practice?
The reason is that the distance is long, and it is difficult to grasp the timing of plugging in!

When Fellaini was at Everton, the team played around him. He could easily grasp when to insert into the penalty area because he was close to the penalty area. Once the ball hit the side and had a chance, he would insert it.

But now the question is, when will he plug in?

Playing and dragging the back double midfielder, the distance between him and the penalty area is far away, and he is still playing in, how to grasp the timing of the in?

He waited until the ball reached the wing, and then he inserted it. Do teammates have to complete a few back and forth on the wing before making a pass?

If he jumps in without waiting for the ball to go to the side, what if the opponent's defense doesn't let Manchester United's ball go to the side?

What if the opponent steals the ball successfully at this time and hits a counterattack?
This is where Fellaini is embarrassed. He is not easy to control. Sometimes he plugs in late, and sometimes he plugs in early. He has no way to control the timing of plugging in well.

Especially considering that Fellaini is tall and burly, he is doomed to lack explosive power, the starting speed cannot be fast, and he can't get off if he can go up!
Ye Qiu saw through this point, that's why he said that Moyes took it for granted.

There is such a person in the Tottenham Hotspur team, Matic, but Ye Qiu never asks him to step in and participate in the offense. He is more often dragged behind the team, and even the full-backs often go up Matic formed a defensive triangle with the double central defender.

In the end, Moyes was used to being a slut, and suddenly he became a rich and handsome man. He really didn't understand the way of being a rich and handsome man. He thought that the slutty tactics he used in Everton would come to Manchester United. Can this kind of rich team play well?
You know, in the past when you played a strong team at Everton, people didn't care too much, and everyone was very happy for a long time when you got upset occasionally, but now, when you have a strong dialogue, who is not staring at your weaknesses and weaknesses? beat?
"Tell them the full-backs to pay attention to the defense of the two sides. Matic should pay attention to Fellaini's back penetration. When stealing the ball and counterattacking, hit Messi and blow Carrick!"

After Ye Qiu made adjustments, Tottenham Hotspur reacted quickly and began to consciously make a fuss about Carrick's helplessness after Fellaini's attack.

Vidal once intercepted a pass to the wing in advance. After stealing the ball and taking two steps forward, he passed the ball straight to Manchester United's half and found Messi.

The Argentine took the ball with his back, and Carrick blocked him, but Messi turned sharply, got rid of Carrick, dribbled the ball diagonally to the left, pushed it with his left foot, and sent it to Neymar in front.

Facing Rafael, the Brazilian suddenly sped up and broke through to the bottom line after a few consecutive dribbles. However, Rafael was also very fast and got stuck in the position, forcing Neymar to stop suddenly and take two steps back. , The Brazilian suddenly picked a pass from the restricted area.

Lewandowski fought Vidic in the penalty area, but it is conceivable that in this regard, the Polish center has no advantage against Vidic, but he forced Vidic to fail to get the ball. At the top, it still fell into the restricted area.

In Tottenham Hotspur's tactics, there is not much chance of winning the first point, unless it is Drogba or Mitrovic, so Ribery has long been lying around waiting for the second point. As soon as he saw that Vidic's header didn't go far, he rushed up immediately, facing the falling ball, and volleyed vigorously with his right foot.

The ball shot into the goal behind De Gea at a very fast speed, 1:0!

"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"

"1 minutes, No. 11 minutes, Tottenham Hotspur scored!!!"

"A volley from French winger Ribéry, 1-0!"

The entire Stratford Stadium was blown up, [-] fans rushed out of their seats frantically, and cheered amazingly while the Manchester United players were stunned. No one thought that the goal would be scored so quickly coming!
Ye Qiu clenched his fists and made a confident gesture, then gave Mauro Tassotti and Roland Sheppas a high-five to celebrate, and he was able to discover this problem earlier than Moyes precisely because He knows Manchester United better than Moyes.

In the past so many years of Manchester United, on the surface, Ferguson's team does not pursue possession of the ball, but in fact, Ferguson has always been trying to achieve a balance between possession and space control, that is, oppression.

The Red Devils' off-the-ball running system is very good, not even worse than Tottenham Hotspur, so since the time of the Red Devils' treble winning, Manchester United's midfield has not changed, that is, off-the-ball running plus skilled One kick out of the ball, this is Manchester United's consistent label.

Ferguson once considered introducing a ball-holding midfielder like Guardiola and Veron, and switched to a continental style of play, but failed for various reasons. After Keane left the team, Carrick He has become the first choice for Manchester United's midfielder position, but he is not a ball-handling team, but basically continues Manchester United's traditional style of play.

Therefore, regardless of the combination of Cristiano Ronaldo, Rooney, Benzema, Tevez and others, Manchester United will take the route of passing through the midfield quickly and hand the ball to the frontcourt as soon as possible, but once the ball arrives In the frontcourt, Manchester United will seek cooperation and changes. This has become more obvious after the introduction of Benzema and Van Persie, because they can take the ball and play it.

From this point of view, unless Fellaini changes his style of play, he is completely incompatible with Manchester United, because his best role has no place in Manchester United.

But looking at it the other way around, if Fellaini gives up his advantages and specialties, is he still worth the price?

This may be the most tangled part of Moyes now, so he arranged for Fellaini to play as a midfielder in this game, but at the same time he won Benzema and insisted on playing two wings to play his fee Lenny's strengths and specialties.

"Not fun!" Ye Qiu shook his head and sighed after seeing the goal, a little disappointed.

At his level, he still hopes that his opponents can give him some stimulation, such as Ferguson, or Benitez and Mourinho, but Moyes does not have a very keen tactical sense.

From Ye Qiu's adjustment to the team's goal, although it took less than 10 minutes, if it was Ferguson, he might have already smelled some clues.

Of course, you can look at it the other way around. With Ferguson's cunning and cunning, it is impossible for him to arrange such a starting lineup.

Mauro Tassotti was a little funny after hearing Ye Qiu's words, but he had to admit that Moyes was really not a qualified opponent in Ye Qiu's eyes, it was too easy, and he was beaten down after just one emergency Yes, this obviously made Ye Qiu unmotivated.

"I'll leave the rest to you!" Ye Qiu patted Mauro Tassotti on the shoulder, turned and walked towards the coach's bench.

After Mauro Tassotti and Roland Shepas looked at each other, they both laughed. They must be thinking in their hearts, if Moyes knows, will he go crazy?
But what is even more unexpected is that Tottenham Hotspur scored again in the No.208 minute, still counterattacking after stealing the ball from midfield, and Matic passed it diagonally to Franck Ribery, who was transposed to the left. , the latter cooperated with Marcelo who came in, Marcelo made a cross after getting down to the bottom line, and Lewandowski made a spot in the penalty area, 2:0!

At this time, the entire Stratford Stadium was fried!
Sitting in the coach's bench of the home team, Ye Qiu, who was crossing his legs, heard the sound, stood up from his seat, poked his head out for a look, he thought he had lost the ball.

But at this moment, a sharp-eyed photographer next to him caught Ye Qiu's phone screen that was actually on, and immediately picked up the camera to capture it.

Damn it, this guy is not only looking at his phone during the game, he is also playing Tiantian Speed, so unscrupulous!
(End of this chapter)