After we scored the equaliser, the morale was boosted, and Tottenham, on the other hand, they wanted to prove their quality to the manager by overthrowing us, but after taking the lead, they were not able to put pressure on us consistently, but were completely suppressed by Giarney with a wave of super play. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

As a result, our offensive slowly picked up, and Tottenham's substitutes slowly lost their advantage after we became familiar with the opening three. The wave of attacks they formed against us at the beginning of the game can be said to have just caught us off guard, as long as we are familiar with their routines and their skills at the feet, there is no way to pose any threat to us.

You know, our Croatian team is one of the best teams in Europe, and our two midfielders, Boban and Prosinetski, are both well-known ball-possession and passers, and with the two of them in charge, Tottenham's midfield is gradually losing the ball. Instead, we repeatedly played the ball into the 30-metre area in front of the opposition goal through Boban and Prosinetsky's passes, forcing Tottenham's substitutes to set up buses in front of goal to defend. At its peak, they defended at 10 men, and no player could get out of the box except for a striker who was left to roam around the centre circle looking for a counter-attack. Of course, there aren't many such moments, but there's no doubt that they can't put pressure on us most of the time. Their counterattacks, often only hit a dozen meters, and were cut off by our players - the two midfielders on the wing, Stanich and Maric, when Boban and Prosinetski rushed to the front, will move closer to the middle to assist in defense, so once the Tottenham team's counterattack hits near the midfield, it will often be cut off by Stanich and Marić, once these two make a mistake, the fast Giarni can always quickly make up for the defense and cut off the ball at the right time. In this way, Tottenham Hotspur will have no claws to counter-attack and can only be led by our nose.

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However, Tottenham Hotspur is also a great team. Although they couldn't control the situation on the field, they managed to keep a goal through stubborn defense. We pressed our formation to the edge of their penalty area, but we couldn't find a chance to break their formation. If you want to penetrate into the penalty area through short passes, although it is in line with the characteristics of our art football, but in the face of a team of 10 people defending in the penalty area, it is too difficult to penetrate with short passes just by grabbing a lot of legs in the penalty area. We tried a few short passes and we either got kicked out or lost by a bump. Even a character as strong as Boban is still difficult to defend against 10 men, I guess.

What kind of offense should be relied on to break such an iron bucket defense? I was lost in thought......

As the number one star of the Croatian team, I, Davo Suker, is known as the one who can play the violin with his left foot. My skills are unique in Europe. If it is difficult for our Croatian team to break the iron bucket formation through short passing, what if we switch to individual breakthroughs?

Personal breakthroughs, compared with short-pass penetration, have the characteristics of being easy to control. But on the other hand, individual breakthroughs are not like short pass penetration, which can have relatively fast ball speed. It's easy for one person to pass the ball with one person, it's difficult to get past two people, and as for the defense of three people, it's almost impossible to break through. Now that they're defending 10 men, wouldn't it be very cost-effective for me to use individual breakouts?

However, all of them are standing in the restricted area, which means that they are not very far from the front and back. It's a very flat defensive structure, not a vertical full-court defense. It's not easy for one person to pass the ball and get past the whole field, and to score goals with four or five people in a row, but if it's in a very flat structure, it's not so difficult to shoot directly with two or three people in a row.

In that case, instead of penetrating with a short pass, it is better to simply let me break through with the ball at the edge of the penalty area to solve the problem! Starting from the top of the arc of the big penalty area, if you want to break through to break through to the small penalty area, you only need to advance three or five meters, basically speaking, you only need to pass twice in a row to do it! I was determined to give it a try, so I told my good partner in the front line, Boksic, and asked him to help me feint, and when I broke through, he cut into the box from the other direction to attract the defenders, so that my breakthrough could get a better environment!

So, here we go!

Boban passed the ball to my feet! I started my own solo show!

Boksic ran towards the right side of the penalty area and two defenders were brought past by Boksic. I started to break down on the left side of the penalty area – facing Tottenham Hotspur's midfielders and defenders, I was so confident that I pulled the ball with my left foot, deceived a defender, and then pulled the ball to the right and he fell right in front of me! I pushed forward and that's when a second defender came over and he made a reckless tackle to get to my feet faster! And I deftly turned my body away and shook him again. These two passes quickly got rid of the entanglement of the two men, and at the same time, I came to the vicinity of the penalty spot, a few points closer to the best place to shoot, near the line of the small penalty area! However, the more you get to the heart of the defence, the more intense the defence becomes, and defending around the penalty spot is not as simple as just two people defending one after the other – at this point, two Tottenham players pestering me at the same time, one left and one right, making it difficult for me to turn around. They grabbed my clothes with their hands, and the movements were very hidden, and the referee's eyes were only focused on the legs, and it was difficult to observe the small movements of the upper body in time. Such a small hidden movement made it difficult for me to carry out my passing movements, and I could only rely on my physical superiority and lean on two people at the same time. That's when the ball is protected – they make it difficult for me to move forward, but they also struggle to get the ball from under my feet. The balance of power was maintained for a few seconds, and suddenly Boksic's side shouted: "Suker passes!" ”

The player next to me was stunned for a moment, and I immediately pushed forward and passed the two directly! At this time, I finally came to the front of the small penalty area and faced the goalkeeper of Tottenham Hotspur!