The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 743
Many people are not soberly aware of where Tottenham Hotspur's difficulty is reflected.

But Mourinho is very clear, because he has been watching the whole process of Tottenham Hotspur's transformation in the past few years, and in the past few months, he has been thinking hard about restraining Toth Nam Tottenham's approach.

The European Super Cup game was his first attempt, but in this game, he and his Chelsea exposed a problem, giving Pirlo too much freedom, and the Italian midfielder only had his precise scalpel The passing of the ball cut Chelsea's defensive formation time and time again, revealing bloody flaws.

The first direct contest between the two sides ended in Chelsea's complete defeat.

The second game, the eighth round of the Premier League, how to play?This became a problem that bothered Mourinho the most before the game, and he even lost sleep over it, because he knew very well that he had to find a way to restrain Tottenham Hotspur!

This is a very resilient and tough team, and it is difficult for you to grasp their weaknesses.

It seems that at the beginning of this game, Mourinho adopts a strategy of compressing the midfield, giving up the frontcourt press, giving up the interference of Tottenham Hotspur's defense, and leaving only Torres in the frontcourt People, concentrate their forces to the opponent's midfield, especially Pirlo, and don't give them a loose chance to get the ball.

But this tactic worked at the beginning. Tottenham made frequent midfield pass mistakes, but it only lasted for 4 minutes.

Nesta took the ball and Torres pushed forward immediately, but the Italian immediately gave the ball to Kompany. In this game, Kompany, who was the left center back, pulled very close to the left side. After getting the ball, he stood on the sidelines Mourinho realized something was wrong.

When Kompany took the ball, his position was about ten meters in front of the left side of the penalty area, but their midfielder, Pirlo, was at the bottom of the center circle, and the left back Luke Shaw had already passed the center line. , That is to say, the distance between the two is more than 20 meters, and there is only one Torres left in Chelsea's frontcourt.

This is Mourinho's arrangement, focusing on restricting Tottenham's midfield, so Oscar and Hulk both dragged back to help the three midfielders defend the midfield, so when Tottenham's midfield When the backcourt widened the distance, they were also forced to retreat.

So, between Kompany and Nesta, Torres is walking like a monkey. The Spanish center is very diligent and wants to press back and forth, but no matter how he runs, he is alone in front and can run well. Pass the ball?
Therefore, when Kompany widened the distance with Nesta and received a pass from Nesta, Torres stood there panting, he could not carry out this kind of non-stop running and sprinting back and forth.

In fact, even if Torres can still run now, he can't stop Kompany from advancing with the ball, because he is close to Nesta, and the distance from Kompany is more than ten meters away, so he can only watch Kompany helplessly. Ni dribbled the ball forward, and Chelsea's overall formation had to keep retreating because of this, directly retreating into their own half.

After Kompany dribbled the ball into the half court, Pirlo wisely chose to run to the center and gave the left side to Kompany, while Luke Shaw was always moving along the left line, waiting for the opportunity to get the ball. But after seeing Tottenham Hotspur retreated to the 30-meter area, they did not retreat further, and Kompany also slowed down.

Advancing to the opponent's half, this is the purpose of the Tottenham Hotspur central defender to get the ball. In this area, when your defense line advances to the center line, you cannot easily lose the ball, otherwise it will be too dangerous behind you.

Seeing Torres running towards Kompany, Nesta immediately called out, allowing Kompany to pass back without a chance.

The Belgian central defender took a look. The Chelsea player in the blue jersey was defending very tightly, so he had no choice. After Torres approached, he passed the ball back to the half court to Nesta at the bottom of the center circle. Kyle Walker also crossed the half-way line and returned to his own half as he saw Torres come back to press Nesta.

The Italian was assigned to the right, to Kyle Walker, and England had no defensive player in front of the right-back.

Mourinho stood on the sidelines, frowning deeply, because he realized that after Tottenham Hotspur opened the entire formation, Chelsea's pressing will hardly work unless you are willing to follow them. The problem is, once you follow suit, the result is likely to be defeated by them one by one.

The moment Kyle Walker received the ball, Nesta, Kompany and Pirlo, all three players ran to the unguarded area, and they could all respond to Kyle Walker's pass, but Kyle Walker received the ball. After the ball, he turned around calmly and rushed forward with the ball quickly, crossing the half court again.

Oscar noticed that Cavanilla came out to the right to meet Kyle Walker. When he was defending Kyle Walker, he stood very far to the right, because he could use this position to block Kyle Walker. Pass to Cavani.

At this time, Lampard's position is also very smart. His position is behind Oscar, but to the left. This is to block the defensive blind spot on the left side for Oscar. However, Messi, who has switched to the center, suddenly turns back from the front. Run and he appears on Lampard's left, closer to the center, pulling David Luiz out as well.

I saw Kyle Walker pass the ball directly to Messi's feet immediately after Messi retreated.

Although the ball is very fast, Messi stopped the ball very steadily. While stopping the ball, he used his body to block David Luiz behind him. In the frontcourt, even in the most densely defensive center, it is difficult for defensive players to break Messi who has already held the ball, unless he fouls, but with Pirlo around, no one dares to foul easily.

Messi blocked David Luiz, dribbled the ball, and when Mikel reacted to form a double-team, he turned sideways and passed the ball directly with his left foot. When he reached the left, he saw Luke ? Xiao has been lying in ambush on the left line. At this time, there is no one to guard. After getting the ball, he flicked the ball slightly to the back point.

I saw Cavani, who was pulled to the right and out of the big penalty area, suddenly rushed into the small penalty area from the right rib, directly hit the back point, and beat Ashley Cole with a header! ! ! !
But Cesar made a very, very critical save this time, directly throwing the ball out, which was able to resolve a scoring crisis, and also made the entire Tottenham Hotspur fans in the White Hart Lane greatly shocked regret.

"It's dangerous. Chelsea's defense is very porous, especially in the midfield and the frontcourt. There is a big disconnect. Tottenham Hotspur started to use this defensive disconnected area to get the ball. Mourinho must Get enough attention!"

When the on-site commentator was analyzing, he could clearly see this scene from the main perspective. He saw that Chelsea's formation was pulled apart, and Tottenham Hotspur used running positions and balls to attack this area. .

But he didn't know that Chelsea did have a way to defend this area, but in this way, the price paid was the weakening of Tottenham Hotspur's midfield containment.

Tottenham Hotspur's frontcourt trident is the best in the world no matter in terms of individual ability or overall cooperation. It is difficult to defend them with four defensive players alone, so the midfielder must be used. And if you allocate part of the midfield to help defend the back line, and part to support the frontcourt and fill the gaps, then the result must be a weakening of the control of the midfield.

At that time, the midfield of Pirlo, Phil Jones and Ramsey will be powerful.

The most difficult thing about Tottenham Hotspur's lineup is that his three lines are very balanced. Whether the three lines are connected or the three lines are stretched, they are very balanced offensively and defensively, especially in the midfield. Moreover, their passing distance is excellent, and the success rate within 15 meters is very high. Coupled with the active running of the players, there are many receiving points, which is very difficult to deal with.

As the saying goes, everything is always the same, what Ye Qiu played in this game was to pull on the left and right sides, and then suddenly shifted to the other side, playing the weak area of ​​defense, advancing from the right just now, and giving Messi in the middle , then move to the left, and then pass diagonally from the left to the back, you can witness Ye Qiu's thinking of this set of play.

Knowing it is one thing, but deciphering it is another!

When you're up against a style of play that has no obvious soft spots or weaknesses, it's going to give anyone a headache.

Mourinho focused on arranging Hulk to attack young player Luke Shaw's side in this game, because he judged that Luke Shaw would be the weakness of Tottenham Hotspur's left defense line, after all, he is too young , but Ye Qiu made a bolder choice. He directly brought Kyle Walker back and let Luke Shaw go up. He attacked from the left and defended from the right to cover up his weakness.

But in this way, Mourinho also has a coping strategy.

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As time progressed slowly, Tottenham Hotspur had an overwhelming advantage on the court and kept creating opportunities.

Once, Hazard hit Luke Shaw back from the left, and the latter moved to the right in a wide range. Kyle Walker passed the ball obliquely to the penalty area. Losing his center of gravity and having no time to react, Gary Cahill blocked the ball in front of the goal line, which resolved a must-goal opportunity for Tottenham Hotspur.

Then Tottenham Hotspur took advantage of a through ball from Ramsey's midfielder. Hazard got a single chance. After being disturbed by Cesar, the ball was a little too big, followed by a stab shot at the empty goal, but it hit the side net and missed a good opportunity again.

Tottenham Hotspur's frenzied attack made Chelsea's gate suddenly turbulent, Mourinho finally couldn't sit still, he realized that he could not continue to let Tottenham Hotspur's frantic attack continue, Otherwise, sooner or later he will be scored, so he made adjustments.

After the adjustment, Tottenham Hotspur's offensive remained unabated. This group of players wearing white jerseys looked like a pack of hungry wolves. Regardless of 21 or [-], they only had one thought, to beat their opponents to death. Goal, never give up.

The game is finally drawing to a close. The No. 401 minutes in the first half are less than 5 minutes away from the end.

But just when everyone thought that the first half would end 0-0 and Chelsea would pass safely, Tottenham Hotspur created a chance. Technology, broke into Chelsea's penalty area, and after making a mess, he knocked back to Phil Jones who was inserted in the back, and the Englishman pulled his leg directly and shot an angry shot.

This volley was very decisive and resolute, but Lampard blocked the ball at the first time, the ball turned a corner, hit David Luiz's leg and bounced back, Cavani was at the front of the small penalty area , Seeing the ball coming, the direct instinctive reaction stopped, and Gary Cahill was so scared that he went forward to block it immediately.

But Cavani dunked the ball and pushed it lightly. The ball stuck to the turf and rolled into the lower left corner of the goal, 1:0!

This goal dealt a terrible blow to Chelsea. They defended for 45 minutes, but they were still scored by their opponents at the last moment. This had a huge impact on their morale and psychology. For Turnham Hotspur, it was a big encouragement.

During the intermission, Mourinho obviously consciously boosted the morale of the team and made adjustments.

At the beginning of the second half, Chelsea directly played a frenzied attack that almost ignored defense. Their attitude was also very clear. Since I can't defend, then I will simply go all out to attack you. Let's play our lives together to see who can play well. who.

In two minutes, Oscar got a chance. After getting the ball in the front court and passing Pirlo, he made a low pass to the right side of the penalty area. Luke Shaw lost his position in defense. Hulk inserted a low shot directly, but Kompany showed his strength at the critical moment and shoveled the ball out of the bottom line, resolving a crisis.

Nesta also played the role of a veteran at the critical moment. When he was defending a corner kick, he gave Luke Shaw a hard lesson and told him that the situation is different now. As in the first half, the distance between the full-backs and the central defenders has widened, so we must know how to watch the situation and change according to the situation.

Luke Shaw nodded in agreement very teachably.

After the corner kick was pushed out of the penalty area by Nesta, Tottenham Hotspur made a quick counterattack. After Pirlo got the ball, he protected the ball first and passed it to Kyle Walker on the right. The latter knocked back to Nesta, who passed it to Pirlo, and made a continuous pass. Chelsea's players also gave up the frontcourt press and quickly retreated.

But when Pirlo took the ball again, he noticed that his teammates had rushed to the front, and directly passed the ball from a long distance from the front of the penalty area to the front of Chelsea's 30-meter area.

Cavani saw where the ball landed, stuck it, and the header flew behind him, and the ball rolled to the right side of the penalty area.

Cesar abandoned the goal and wanted to take down Cavani's header, but Messi was faster. After catching up with the ball, with a push in front of the goal, the ball went into the net, 2:0!

"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!"

"A quick counterattack from Tottenham Hotspur, 2:0!!!"

All the fans in the entire White Hart Lane stadium rushed out of their seats excitedly, facing the crazy rushing out of the stadium, crossing the billboard, shouting loudly and clearly Messi, chanting Messi's name, while Cavani It was rushing from behind and hugging Messi.

"Chelsea were very aggressive and dangerous in the second half, but they missed a very good chance to score. If they had equalized, maybe the situation would have been completely different, but unfortunately, they missed the opportunity and Tottenham. Tottenham punished them with a counter attack!"

"It's so exciting. In this game, the wrestling between the two sides is indeed quite exciting. Although Mourinho's team is very passive, it still played Chelsea's willpower. In this way, even if Chelsea loses in the end , but they will also win the tolerance of the fans!"

"Tottenham Hotspur's offense is really, really good, but what is even more desperate and terrifying is that their defense is also very solid, which makes it difficult for all their opponents to find obvious weaknesses from them. and weakness."

"Perhaps, as Martin Samuel said, to beat this Tottenham Hotspur team, apart from themselves, I am afraid there is only time. Wait until Pirlo retires, and wait until a group of players get old! "

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Ye Qiu quickly made adjustments, because he was going to challenge Dortmund away in the middle of the week. Klopp's team was also a very difficult team, and it was an away game. Tottenham Hotspur had to Be fully prepared.

So soon, Ye Qiu replaced Messi with Neymar, Pirlo with Sandro, and Cavani with Drogba. After seven and 10 minutes, it is obvious to save energy for the midweek game.

After Mourinho made a change at Tottenham Hotspur, he gave it a go and replaced Sturridge to further strengthen the team's offense. For them, they had already lost two goals anyway, so they might as well simply Go all out and fight.

In fact, when Mourinho is determined to kill you, his offense is also quite sharp.

In the end, Torres assisted Hulk to score an embarrassing goal for the class. He still used Luke Shaw's left. Erke was completely defeated.

The Brazilian's physical fitness and personal ability are still quite good. Luke Shaw is at a disadvantage physically and failed to prevent Hulk from scoring.

But Tottenham Hotspur also had a very threatening shot, that is, after the frontcourt attack lost its effect, it hit the midfielder Ramsey back, the latter passed Sandro again, and the Brazilian midfielder took the ball and swayed past Osk, volley directly and vigorously.

This shot from 25 meters away made it too late for Cesar to make a save, especially when there was a rebound in front of the goal, but unfortunately, the ball hit the right post and rolled out of the baseline. Dro missed another chance to shoot Chelsea.

In the end, the game ended 2:1. Tottenham Hotspur defeated Chelsea at home and won eight consecutive league victories.

But the price Tottenham Hotspur paid was not small. Several main players tried their best against Chelsea. In the middle of the week, when they challenged Dortmund in the away game, their performance was sluggish, which led the team to No.306 in the first half. In minutes, Dortmund used Lewandowski to assist Royce to score a goal and took the lead.

Then Tottenham Hotspur made mistakes again and again in Dortmund's almost brutal high-intensity oppression and pressing, and performed very badly. Before the end of the first half, it was broken by Lewandowski again. Goal, 0:2!

(End of this chapter)