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To be honest, George's decision to abandon the midfielder style of play in this game was also a helpless move. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 After all, although the strategy of defending the middle and putting the side on the side has been tested in actual combat and has proved to be one of the most effective means against Arsenal, due to Arsenal's pre-match remarks about the unbeaten season to win the championship, it has greatly aroused the competitive spirit of Tottenham players, which directly led to the players being unwilling to win the game with Arsenal in this slightly conservative way at home.

As much as they told them that as long as they stick to the previous set of tactics, they have a good chance of successfully blocking Arsenal and breaking the Gunners' dream of winning the Premier League title with an unbeaten record, but after such a wave of psychological offensive by Arsenal before the game, the emotional factor in the minds of Tottenham players has obviously taken over - in the face of provocation from Arsenal, all Tottenham players are holding back their strength in their hearts, and they are going to use practical actions to hit the arrogance of the Gunners!

The main reason for this situation is that Tottenham Hotspur have a considerable advantage in the record against Arsenal this season, which makes the Spurs players somewhat despise Arsenal - if Arsenal have successfully beaten Tottenham in the previous four north London derby, then the players will still be more or less vigilant and settle down to fight the Gunners' defensive counter-attacks. Now, with Arsenal winless in four straight north London derbies this season, and the last two meetings ending in two straight defeats, Tottenham's players will inevitably have some inflated mentality.

After all, no matter how amazing Tottenham's achievements have been this season, most people, including George, have been quite lacking or even never had a similar experience. Therefore, in the face of Arsenal's defeat, it is normal for players to have a mentality of underestimating the enemy.

Luckily, after being reminded by Charlie Sr., George was the first to come to his senses, noting early that the mental state of his players was very different from the previous games against Arsenal, and further confirmed this change in the team's training over the past few days. As a result, George will come up with this set of tactics in this game, which can only be regarded as a preliminary formation and still have a long way to go before Dacheng, and use this north London derby as a testing ground and whetstone for this new set of tactics!

Although George can also use the manager's authority to force the players to obey his tactical arrangement, in this way, the players will be somewhat rebellious. At that time, it is really unknown whether Tottenham, who have not been in a concerted position, will be able to overcome Arsenal, who are bent on setting a record for an unbeaten league title.

Therefore, out of consideration in all aspects, George finally decided to obey the psychology of the players, gave up the most secure defensive counter-attacking tactics, and instead chose to take the initiative and use another new set of tactics to deal with Arsenal!

However, although Tottenham players are psychologically contemptuous of Arsenal, that doesn't mean they don't take the north London derby against Arsenal seriously. Not to mention anything else, the parade ceremony before the start of the game, which made Tottenham feel extremely humiliating, was enough to make everyone cheer up and face this game with the fullest state!

And just like that, with a whistle from Howard Webb, the fifth north London derby of the 2003-04 season officially kicked off at White Hart Lane!

Hearing Webber blow the opening whistle, Thierry Henry, who was standing in the middle circle of the pitch, quickly passed the ball back to Patrick Vieira behind him, before turning and rushing into the Tottenham half. As before, the Kings of Highbury still opted to cut diagonally to the left side of the frontcourt, leaving space in the middle for team-mates such as Bergkamp and Pire.

For Thierry Henry, who is less capable of attacking, being crucified in the middle will only leave the King of Highbury feeling at a loss to play to his advantage in speed and movement. Only by running off the ball and passing and cutting together, Henry can get as much space as possible to start, can Henry's powerful power on the offensive end be maximized!

If it was Tottenham before, then at this time, they would definitely shrink the defense line at the first time to block the middle, and give up the two wings to Thierry Henry and Ljungberg to roam freely. However, this time, the Tottenham players did not do this, but adopted a zone defense approach, each person was responsible for their own defense zone, and resolutely did not follow the Arsenal players around!

Seeing that Tottenham's defence was not exposed by his own running, Henry had to curse to hell and then pass the ball back to Pire, who was picking up nearby, before Phil Neville and Carrick could complete the siege, intending to get his team-mates to reorganize a wave of attack.

However, Thierry Henry's pass was cut off by Mascherano who didn't drag the ball in the slightest, lifted his foot to send a long pass, and found Ronaldo at high speed along the right touchline with great precision!

"Beautiful!" George couldn't help but light up at the sight of Mascherano's long pass. He suddenly remembered that the little brother in his previous life was also very good at attacking when he first debuted, and it was not until he was transformed into a defensive midfielder by Benitez in Liverpool that his ability in this area gradually deteriorated.

Since Mascherano has such a talent, shouldn't he develop his ability in this area and build him into a playmaker who can play both offensively and defensively, rather than just treating him as a midfield sweeper?

Look back on the court. After receiving Mascherano's long pass, Ronaldo immediately continued to accelerate with the ball, leaving the opposing Ashley Cole far behind - it is no wonder that when Mascherano instigated the counterattack, Cole himself was still in Tottenham's half to participate in the attack, and naturally it was impossible to catch up with the Portuguese, who had already opened up a long distance from him.

Immediately afterwards, Ronaldo sent a low cross before Gilberto was in place, and Drogba, who followed up in the middle, forced his feet against Campbell's defense. Unfortunately, Drogba's shot was easily saved by Lehmann, who had been prepared for a long time, and could not pose any threat.

Although Tottenham came to the opening game, the Arsenal players did not flinch because of this. Because after the trial just now, they got a pretty good news, that is, the Tottenham players obviously have no intention of continuing to stick to the middle in this game!

In that case, then Tottenham has nothing to fear! Thinking about this, the Arsenal players can't help but be demoralized, as if they have seen the dawn of victory. After all, in their opinion, the reason why Tottenham were able to gain the upper hand in the derby was entirely due to the shameless defensive counterattack. Otherwise, Tottenham would have been blown to slag by them!

Arsenal's side is attacking fiercely, and the Tottenham players are naturally not to be outdone, and they played an offensive game with the Gunners on the field, and the pace of the game was simply fast!

"George, boy...... What the hell was he thinking?" Ferguson, sitting in front of the TV, couldn't help but wonder as he watched the Tottenham players who took the initiative to take the initiative and George who looked like he was sitting firmly on the Diaoyu Tai in the dugout. In the lord's opinion, it is clear that George has found a killer weapon against Arsenal, why should he give up this advantage and start an offensive battle with the Gunners on the field?

If the first four meetings between the two teams this season were contradictions, then this time the two sides gave people the feeling that the brave won when they met on a narrow road. After the start of the game, the players of both sides went back and forth on the field, and joined forces to present a battle for the fans!

Although both Arsenal and Tottenham chose to focus on attack in this game, as the game deepened, many people still saw many differences in the tactical play of the two teams. On the defensive end, Tottenham Hotspur is obviously more professional and systematic than Arsenal, four defenders and three midfielders rely on reasonable positioning and movement to block the passing routes of Arsenal players, coupled with Drogba and others in the front court frequently retreat to participate in defense, further dividing the Gunners' offensive into many parts, thereby compressing the offensive space of Arsenal players, so that they have to fall into a situation of fighting alone; ！

On the other hand, Arsenal, although they have caused a lot of problems for Tottenham Hotspur, who are no longer focused on defense, through passing and cutting in attack, in defence, Wenger's weaknesses in not being good at adjusting defense have been exposed, and most of the time they can only rely on the individual abilities of Campbell and Toure to resolve the crisis.

So, in the 35th minute of the game, the Arsenal players finally made a mistake and gave Tottenham a super gift - Basturk distributed the ball to Drogba, who withdrew from the penalty area, and pulled it to the left front, who picked up the ball and passed it to Villa, who moved to the right, and then the Spaniard turned the ball and dodged Ashley Cole's press, and then crossed the ball to Cristiano Ronaldo at the top of the box!

Seeing Cristiano Ronaldo get the ball in this dangerous place at the top of the penalty area, Campbell and Kolo Toure involuntarily rushed towards Ronaldo together. However, as soon as they were taking a step away, Ronaldo passed the ball to where Toure had been before - where Basturk, who had made a big circle on the left side of the pitch and slotted diagonally into the box, was in this position and ready to shoot!

With a player of Basturke's calibre given the opportunity to kick off less than 10 metres from the goal, Arsenal's fate is naturally conceivable. 1-0! The Turkish midfielder opened the scoring for Tottenham!

What the hell is going on? Looking at Basturk on the pitch and celebrating with his team-mates, Wenger felt his brain go haywire. You know, just a minute ago, Arsene Wenger saw the Turks attacking with the ball in midfield. Why did this guy rush to the penalty area to grab a shot in a blink of an eye?

At the same time, looking at Arsene Wenger, who was standing on the sidelines with a stunned expression, George secretly sneered in his heart - thought that after using the agitation method to abolish our tactics that extremely restrained your Arsenal, you would have a chance to defeat our Tottenham Hotspur and become the first team in Premier League history to win the title unbeaten in the season?

Phew!