Chapter 157: The Strongest Gunslinger (Medium)
The goal of Tottenham Hotspur was found early on and a one-goal lead was a shot in the arm for the Arsenal players!
Especially Vieira, who was successfully ridiculed by George before the start of the game and appeared in front of the camera once, was the most excited of all at this time. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info saw him run all the way to Tottenham's bench and dance to celebrate the goal, and his mouth was dry and greeted the families of everyone in front of him (especially George himself). Those who don't know or just turn on the TV to watch the game may think that Arsenal's goal was scored by Patrick Vieira.
Didn't you say we didn't have a chance to beat Tottenham? Now look at the scoreline, who has the better chance of winning this game? Vieira's message is clear, but his expression is so inappropriate that it has caused displeasure from many neutral fans.
"Look at Charlie, am I right?" Ignoring Vieira's provocative behavior, George turned around with a blushing face, allowing Vieira to act recklessly on the sidelines, and at the same time held back Ribery and Drogba, who were angry and wanted to rush up to "theorize" with the other party, and said, "If we had set a tactical policy of defensive counterattack at the beginning, I am afraid it would only be a matter of conceding a few fewer goals, and there is basically no hope of winning." ”
"Well, now it seems that George's pre-match strategy was really correct. Charlie Johnson, who also ignored the Arsenal players in front of him, immediately nodded yes, "Alonso and Patrice Evra are indeed very strong players, but their training time with the team is still too short. That's not enough time for them to integrate into the team, and it's inevitable that there will be a mistake like the one on the defensive end...... But George, is it really okay to let that bastard Vieira continue to be arrogant like this?"
Although in terms of ability alone, Patrice Evra and Xavi Alonso do outperform Heinze and Carrick. But that doesn't mean they will be able to outperform Heinze and Michael Carrick immediately after joining Tottenham.
Patrice Evra, for example, has become accustomed to desperately inserting assists in games under Didier Deschamps' system, resulting in him not putting as much energy on the defensive end as Heinze, who is rarely involved in attack. As a result, Tottenham's defence on the left is naturally not as solid as it was when Heinze was there.
Alonso's situation is similar to that of Patrice Evra. Although Alonso is at least one notch better than Carrick in terms of passing vision and overall situation, due to the lack of tacit understanding, Alonso has repeatedly made mistakes with his teammates in this game. For example, the goal conceded by Tottenham just now, Evra, who was out of position defensively, certainly had to bear the biggest pot, but Alonso, who did not make up for the defense in time, also had to bear some responsibility.
"It's fine. Hearing old Charlie's inquiry, George glanced contemptuously at Vieira, who was still chattering on the sidelines, but put on a posture of turning and running away at any moment, and replied, "It's easy to get this coward to shut up that foul mouth, and there's no need to rush to deal with him now." It's not too late to wait until the game is over to take care of him. ”
Although George was extremely annoyed by Vieira's behavior, and indeed wanted to rush immediately and shut up the obnoxious guy with a combination of punches, but to be honest, now is not the right time for a clash - if Vieira is gone, Arsenal still have Edu and Cesc Fabregas on top, and there may be problems with defensive toughness, but with Wenger here, there will not be much of a problem with the fighting power. The impact of George's off-field shooting is different, without him sitting on the sidelines to command the overall situation, the difficulty of Tottenham Hotspur winning will undoubtedly increase exponentially!
Not to mention, if they were to openly act against Vieira now, then George and Tottenham would likely become the passive side in public opinion – and if they did, the public would often criticize the side that made the first move. Therefore, even in order to grasp the initiative in public opinion, George could not take the initiative to attack Vieira at this time.
"So, the plan remains the same?" Seeing that George had no intention of dealing with Vieira (at least not now), the old Charlie, who was originally worried that George would clash with Vieira on the spot because of impulse, finally let go of his hanging heart, "Do you need to adjust your defensive strategy, so as not to be further expanded by the opponent by taking advantage of our loophole on the left side?"
"No, or rather, we don't have the means to make adjustments right now. This time, George did not choose to take Charlie Sr.'s advice, "If Javier (Mascherano) and Nemanja [Nemanja] are allowed to help defend the left side, then the defense in the middle will be more exposed...... This is a more terrible thing than the fall of the left side. ”
The defense on the left side was poor, and at most he was blown up by Ljungberg alone. If the middle is lost, then Thierry, Pire, Bergkamp and others will rush up and tear Tottenham's porous backline to shreds in an instant!
Therefore, Thierry Henry's goal did not cause too much concern in George's heart, because he has full confidence in the attacking ability of these players under him. In other words, George is still very confident in Arsenal's defensive intensity and weakness of not being good at attacking in the middle.
Sure enough, although Patrice Evra and Alonso made mistakes or leaks in defense from time to time, and even gave Arsenal a big gift again in the fifteenth minute of the game, allowing the Gunners to extend their lead to two goals, but in attack, the two performed quite well and created a lot of scoring opportunities. Unlike a defense that requires a high level of tacit understanding, on the offensive end, even if there is a lack of tacit understanding between players, there is enough room for adjustment to avoid conceding a goal because of a single mistake, which will make the whole team face a passive situation.
Of course, tacit understanding is not without influence on the offense. In fact, if it weren't for the likes of Klose and Alonso who were new arrivals and didn't know enough about Tottenham's attacking tactics, they would have equalised before Bergkamp scored the second goal for Arsenal!
Therefore, although Tottenham Hotspur had scored twice by Arsenal in just 15 minutes, from the Tottenham players on the pitch to George Nelson on the sidelines, there was not the slightest waver - everyone was convinced that at the end of the game, it would only be Tottenham Hotspur who appeared on the podium!
Even the mighty AC Milan was overturned by Deportivo La Coruna by a huge margin of 4 to 1, why can't we do it?!
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