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Now that he has decided to abide by his previous promise, George's range of options is naturally basically determined. After all, there are only 25 players in the Tottenham first team, and in addition to the dozen or so players who often appear in the league, the rest are the main players of Tottenham Hotspur in the domestic cup this season.www.biquge.info

Casey Keller, Phil Neville, Michael Dawson, Vermaelen, Matthew Taylor, Kompany, Poyet, Basturk, Ribery, Darren Anderton and Luca Toney, that's Tottenham Hotspur's starting eleven for this game!

Since George announced Tottenham's starting list for this game early, Wenger naturally did not worry about what tricks the opponent would play in the lineup, and sent out the strongest lineup in his hand with peace of mind:

Goalkeeper Lehmann, Ashley Cole, Saul Campbell, Kolo Toure and Lauren lined up in a line, Vieira and Gilberto partnered in the back, Pire and Ljungberg formed a winged midfield on left and right, and on the front line was a combination of Thierry Henry and Bergkamp, the "Ice Prince". Obviously, Wenger intends to take advantage of the home field to build up a sufficient lead in the first leg of the meeting between the two teams, so as to completely kill the suspense of the game!

"George, you were right, Arsene Wenger really sent the main line-up for this game. Looking at the Arsenal players who walked out of the tunnel in turn, Charlie Johnson patted George on the shoulder with great admiration and said, "I thought that after watching your line-up, Wenger's old boy would be enthusiastic and send substitutes to play a relatively fair game with you." ”

"No kidding, Charlie. Arsene Wenger is a bit idealistic, but he doesn't make a fool of himself in this kind of crucial game. George just laughed at old Charlie's joke. He never believed that Arsene Wenger would consider the issue of unfairness after seeing him announce such a starting XI.

In Wenger's view, sending the most powerful main lineup, directly crushing the Spurs players who played as substitutes in the first leg, while winning this north London derby, killing the suspense of this League Cup semi-final in advance, and letting Tottenham extinguish the idea of advancing to the final, that is the most important thing he should do now.

But that's okay, if Arsenal, who are the main players, fail to win against Tottenham Hotspur at home, or even end this duel with a defeat, then after the game, all the pressure will be transferred to Arsenal, adding more psychological burden to the Gunners, who are not very good at psychological quality and pressure resistance. As a result, Tottenham's chances of progressing to the Carabao Cup final would be greatly increased.

Despite the tough guys of Patrick Vieira, Campbell and Ljungberg, Arsenal are becoming more and more technical, and the iron-blooded style of the back five is indeed declining. It's just that due to the presence of Vieira and others, Arsenal is not very obvious in this regard now.

Therefore, in George's view, although Arsene Wenger's Arsenal team can indeed compete with those top European teams in terms of strength, it does not mean that he has no way to beat the Gunners. If nothing else, Arsenal have never had an effective solution in the face of a dense defence, which is enough to bury the Gunners' game.

Even Barcelona, who was known as the Cosmos team in the previous life and can be said to be the pinnacle in the field of technology and passing, does not dare to guarantee that it will be able to break through the opponent's door when encountering dense defense. Not to mention the Arsenal players, who are skilled enough to crush most Premier League players, but not very good at manoeuvring around tight spaces.

If Thierry Henry and Bergkamp had this ability, the former would not have been swept away by the Bianconeri after only half a season at Juventus, and the latter would not have taken off the hat of "Ice Prince" and soft eggs until now.

This English League Cup semi-final first leg is a case in point. Although the Arsenal players tried their best to pass and cut the position on the pitch, trying to tear apart the Tottenham defense and create scoring opportunities, the Tottenham players were not moved at all, and resolutely gave up two wings, blocking the penalty area and the top of the arc of the penalty area tightly, not giving the Arsenal players any chance to easily get up and hit the goal!

With a lot of troops invested in defence to contain Arsenal's attack, Tottenham naturally have a lot less troops at their disposal in attack. However, even so, the Arsenal players did not dare to relax in the slightest, and pressed heavily to give more support to their teammates in the front. Because the attacking trident composed of Anderton, Tony and Ribery has already educated them several times after the start of the game with a concise but extremely sharp quick counterattack, so that the Arsenal players are afraid when attacking and dare not easily press the attack!

Honestly, the counter-attacking tactics are a perfect fit for the current Tottenham team. After all, of Tottenham's four regular centre-backs, apart from captain Ledley King, there is no defender who is adept at filling in for his team-mates. Whether it's Nemanja Vidic, Vermaelen or Dawson, they're better at defending head-on rather than filling in for their team-mates. The most important thing is that due to their size limitations, Vidic and Dawson's turning speed is not fast, once they are broken through by the opposing striker, it is basically the rhythm of giving the opponent a single ball for nothing.

Although Vermaelen in his previous life was extremely eye-catching after joining Arsenal, and once became the mainstay of the Gunners' backline, he could do almost everything to make up for the pass and even score, but now he is far from reaching that height, just a little frizzy, and his defensive skills need to be further tempered.

A backline with excellent frontal defensive ability, but not good at filling in and chasing back slowly, coupled with the old but not as strong as Poyet and the physical but inexperienced Kompany in the back, made it impossible for George to choose to play against Arsenal. Because if you do that, it will definitely be Tottenham Hotspur who will be dragged down first!

It can be seen that George asked the players to focus on defensive counterattacks in this game, not only to target Arsenal's weaknesses in attack, but also after carefully studying the technical characteristics and playing habits of his own players, he made such a decision!

With the passage of time and the deepening of the game, the Tottenham players, who were somewhat lacking in confidence because they were facing Arsenal's main players, gradually adapted to Arsenal's tactical play and offensive routines, and their performance on the pitch became more and more stable and excellent. No, it should be said that after this group of players realized how wise their coach's pre-game decision-making was, the resulting morale and confidence boost allowed them to maximize their abilities!

Unlike the Tottenham players, who are united and their morale is getting higher and higher, Arsenal's side is getting more and more depressed. After all, despite having the absolute upper hand in possession and on the field, they never found a chance to shoot, and there was a feeling of being unable to put their mouths in the face of Tottenham's turtle shell.

Especially the veteran Bergkamp, under the meticulous care of Poyet, the ice prince, who is struggling to get rid of the Uruguayan veteran's marking, basically has no spare strength to connect his teammates in the front, which makes Arsenal's offensive in the front court not as smooth as before!

Moreover, although they gave up the defense on the wings and concentrated their forces on the penalty area and the front of the penalty area, this does not mean that Tottenham has given up attacking!

In the 61st minute of the game, Henry's forced kick on the left side of the penalty area was blocked by Dawson, and Vermaelen, who was following him, cleared the ball to the left side of the front court, and Ribery, who was cruising near the center circle, suddenly accelerated and left Lauren, who was marking him, behind, and then received Vermaelen's clearance ball, single-handed!

Although the current Ribery has not reached the height of the peak of his previous life in terms of overall view and threat, most of the time he is just a wing attacker who is keen on breaking through and lacks the sense of cooperation, but in a certain aspect, Ribery is no different from the scarred face that frightened all defenders in his previous life, that is, speed!

You must know that when Ribery first joined Bayern in his previous life, he turned the entire Bundesliga upside down with his own efforts. At that time, in order to prevent Ribery's breakthrough, the Bundesliga defenders can be said to have paid a heavy price for countless fouls and red and yellow cards.

So, in the face of Ribery moving at full speed, Lauren couldn't keep up with the speed of the French at all, and could only watch himself being left farther and farther away by Ribery!

Although he managed to break through Arsenal's defence, Ribery's one-on-one goal did not give Tottenham a lead in the score - Lehmann's timely attack and scoring snibbled Ribery's one-time effort to the line of the penalty area, and did not cause more serious damage to Arsenal.

Although they narrowly escaped, Arsenal were also scared into a cold sweat by Ribery's raid. Therefore, in the ensuing time, the Arsenal players unconsciously strengthened their marking of Ribery and others. This, in turn, greatly reduced the defensive pressure on Tottenham.

In the end, until the end of the game, the Arsenal players failed to tear apart Tottenham's defense, and had to accept the reality of a blank draw with their opponents at home!

In this way, the two teams that drew 0-0 in the first leg will have to wait for the second leg of the semi-final to be played a week later to determine the winner!