Many teams in England play traditionally, with a focus on attacking from the wings. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Therefore, the most important thing for the middle and lower reaches of the Premier League is the full-back, and the ones that come out are the traditional full-backs in England. But that doesn't include Tottenham. With the arrival of coaches and foreign players from the European continent, the style of play of English clubs has also begun to change and become richer.

There's Arsenal, there's Chelsea, there's Newcastle and of course there's Tottenham, and the style of play is different from the traditional English style of play. Tottenham Hotspur is one of the earliest English clubs to learn the continent's style of play. Since the nineties of the last century, he has learned the playing style of the European continent.

Just look at the way Tottenham are playing now.

There is no impact on the wings at all, in addition to the fact that Tottenham have not brought in many good players in the past two years, and because they have not played wide attacks for many years. In this game, a group of central midfielders such as Redknapp, Dalma, and Poyet were sent in order to suppress West Ham in midfield.

However, as the game progressed, Tottenham did not have the upper hand at all in the confrontation in the middle. On the contrary, in the battle for midfield, Tottenham is slowly at a disadvantage.

"Poyet, Poyet is Carrick in front of him. Poyet had no choice but to pass the ball to Redknapp next to him. ”

"Carrick and Poyet are fighting for a header and Carrick gets the ball!"

"Poyet, pass...... Carrick stretched out his foot to disrupt the pass. ”

"Carrick, Carrick is everywhere. Carrick's range of movement is very wide, and he only knew that Carrick's defensive position, defensive awareness, and defensive skills were good, but he didn't expect Carrick's dominance in the midfield to be so strong in this game. Poyet and Redknapp were completely defeated in the confrontation with Carrick. ”

Everywhere.

That's Carrick. In this game, because Tottenham did not have impact on the wing, the two sides competed for the midfield. Leo Cork and Lomas stepped back to protect the midfield, with Carrick stepping up.

West Ham's formation slowly changed to something like 4-3-3, with Lambert, Franck Ribery and Defoe up front, and Carrick, Lomas, Leo Koke and Tottenham battling it out in midfield.

It works very well.

Under Carrick's struggle, Poyet and Redknapp couldn't control the ball calmly. They couldn't find space to get the ball in front of them, and they couldn't get the ball at all when they grabbed the ball with Carrick.

The bigger problem is that Tottenham's midfield is full of technical flow players. After receiving the ball, you need to control it. But Tottenham's impact in this game was already problematic, and if you control the ball again, the whole rhythm will be slowed down immediately. Again, we need to get caught up in the battle for midfield. And when the tempo slows down, West Ham's defence has been quickly organised and does not give Tottenham a hole at all.

Carrick, on the other hand, is not only very good at tackling the ball, but also has excellent judgment on the ball. What's more, Carrick dares to fight physically, coupled with Carrick's 1.88 meter tall man, long legs are very advantageous to grab the ball.

Of course, what makes Carrick even better is that all of a sudden explosiveness is outstanding. Sure enough, the explosiveness of 8 is already very powerful on the court. Poyet, Redknapp and Dalma were a little careless, and Carrick was able to get close to the ball quickly.

It completely disrupted Tottenham's attack.

Not to mention defense and destruction, even if he controls the pace of the game, Carrick is getting better and better.

Carrick used his runs to disrupt Tottenham's possession, and Tottenham's attack also used his runs to control the tempo of the game on West Ham's side. Originally, it was Tottenham who controlled the ball at their feet, but as the game progressed, it was West Ham who controlled the tempo.

'Tottenham's attack was completely ineffective, just chamfering in midfield. Redknapp handed the ball to Dalma, who suddenly picked up speed. Now it's a stalemate, Tottenham need this kind of breakthrough, this kind of speed...... Carrick, Carrick's performance in this game was really good. Carrick's brilliant break. ”

There are very few teams in League One that have been controlled by midfield, so Carrick hasn't played like this for a long time. Against a team like Tottenham today, Carrick was outstanding. Seeing that there was no advantage in midfield, Dalma wanted to break through the middle and disrupt West Ham's defence. But Carrick was quick to judge, quickly got close and stretched out his foot to poke the ball out. Carrick's long legs are too useful at this time.

"Carrick, Carrick on the ball, Carrick long pass!"

Carrick also has a big problem at the moment, and that is the technical problem at the feet. It's not just Carrick's problem, it's the whole of English football. This is basically the case with the midfielders produced in English football.

Including Frank Lampard, Steven Gerrard, Parker, Barry, many of these players have similar characteristics, and they are the most typical English midfielders. Their fundamentals are not bad, and their running ability is very strong, but their foot skills are completely incomparable to the midfielders of Italy and Spain. For example, Andrea Pirlo and Xavi are both midfielders with excellent ball control, but England players do not have such ball control ability.

England's midfielders are not very good at getting rid of small areas.

Carrick also has this problem.

So to cover up the problem, Carrick doesn't keep the ball at his feet for long. It's more about controlling the pace of the game with your own runs and responses. Once you get the ball, you can pass it quickly.

This time too.

Carrick didn't have the slightest desire to keep possession of the ball, and immediately switched to counter-attacking when he grabbed the ball. Quickly passed the ball to Ribery.

'Ribery, Carrick's good pass, passed to Ribery. Ribery, the crotch is amazing!"

Counterattack.

This is what all the teams love. Because when it comes to counter-attacking, the opponent won't have time to defend well, and there will be a lot of chances. Ribery got the ball and Stephen Carr didn't get up. Stephen Carr was named Tottenham's best player in '99 and '01 and the 27-year-old hasn't ignored Ribery just because he's a League One player.

Because he knows that Ribery is explosive and fast. So there was no grabbing, just staring at Ribery's slow retreat.

However, Ribery accelerated rapidly, and in the blink of an eye, he was already close to Stephen Carr. At this time, Stephen Carr had no choice. So when he was close to Ribery, Stephen Carr quickly stepped forward to break the ball. Because Stephen Carr knew that he was still far from the penalty area, Ribery would not be able to chase him once he accelerated. So at this time, I could only bravely step forward and break Ribery's ball.

But Stephen Carr had just come up, and Ribery very cleverly kicked the ball under Stephen Carr's crotch and then quickly got around Stephen Carr.

Stephen Carr thought that a fast player like Ribery would be able to score the ball, so he kept an eye on Ribery all the time. The meaning is simple, the ball passes, but the person can't pass.

But he didn't expect Ribery to come with a crotch piercing, so he didn't react for an instant. By the time he reacted, Ribery was far away from Stephen Carr.

"Stephen Carr, it's a shame. How could Ribery be humiliated like this. Ribery, Ribery is fast. Dean Richards keeps the inside, Ribery, pass!"

Fast.

Ribery's absolute speed is not as impressive as Martin Anthony's, but he is definitely the fastest horse in world football. After bypassing Stephen Carr, it was already in the Tottenham penalty area in a few clicks.

Dean Richards reacted quickly and immediately blocked the inside line, preventing Ribery from continuing into the box and not allowing Ribery to shoot.

Franck Ribery saw Dean Richards coming, and instead of continuing to pass, he sent the ball straight to the penalty spot. Lambert ran to the six-line box, and Gardner, who defended Lambert, followed him.

And there is too much space in the back line and in the midfield.

Because it was a counterattack, and Tottenham's midfielders in this game were all attacking players with technical flow, they were unable to protect the vicinity of the penalty area line in time. None of these players had the awareness to protect the vicinity of the penalty area, leaving a large gap around the penalty area.

Defoe liked the location the most.

Defoe ran here when Lambert was compressing the Tottenham backline and the Spurs midfielders had not yet protected the position. Ribery's pass, aimed at this gap.

"Defoe, Defoe push!"

This kind of shot is too simple.

For a striker like Defoe, there are many ways to shoot at such an opportunity. Defoe even aimed at the goalkeeper's position before firing the ball in.

“gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooal！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！”

"Two to zero! two to zero!"

"West Ham are already 2-0 ahead of Tottenham. And West Ham's several counterattacks have been impressive, but Tottenham has not had a reliable shot on goal until now, and they have not really threatened James. ”

"Tottenham's midfield had no advantage in front of West Ham at all, but was beaten by West Ham in a scattered manner. Poyet, Redknapp, Dalma and Anderton, the four players, had no upper hand in front of Carrick, who was only 22 years old. Carrick alone has left these Tottenham midfielders overwhelmed. Carrick is a fantastic midfielder. ”

"Although Tottenham rotated some key players for this game, they didn't play so badly. Speaking of which, most of Tottenham's main players are still on the field. At most, Ridley King, Robbie Keane and Canute are missing. Or maybe it's not that Tottenham are playing badly, it's that West Ham are playing well. West Ham's attack was succinct and effective. ”

'If Tottenham don't solve the problems in midfield, maybe they will continue to concede goals. ”