Section 466 Stronger goalkeepers
Neuer's injury has made the Premier League talk a lot, and in the midst of the discussion, Tottenham has left north London and headed to Old Trafford to visit Manchester United.
The main goalkeeper is injured, which has put Tottenham's defeat under many doubts. And Handanovic's results, people are not very clear, he was hastily substituted in this game, and many people also believe that the pressure on Tottenham should be great.
"If Tottenham get a draw away from home, it should be their highest pursuit, losing the main goalkeeper, Tottenham's strength will inevitably decline, last season's game, against a strong opponent when Neuer savior, without his existence, Tottenham's defense will inevitably be affected, facing Manchester United at home, Tottenham can get a point, it is considered a success......"
Much of the media was not very hopeful about Tottenham, and Tottenham's game proved it, from the very beginning of the game, they were all at the back, afraid to cut in, and even the entire defence retreated about ten metres back, shrinking the line to the penalty line. Such a defensive attitude made the Manchester United players determine that they wanted to defend as soon as they saw it, which made Manchester United's pressure also very rampant.
Now that Tottenham's main goalkeepers are already injured, what else is there to worry about?
'Tottenham didn't look like a formation today to play attacking football. They removed a striker and used Suarez as a single arrow, while in midfield, they added a Reuss to the line-up and the squad became 451.
'Tottenham didn't use Edinson Cavani, which obviously means they don't intend to press Manchester United at all. Without the fulcrum of the front, Tottenham's formation is difficult to develop and form a multi-layered defense, and it seems that Tottenham's idea is indeed to play a defensive game......
Anyone can see that Handanovic in front of the goal and Neuer are two completely different types of goalkeepers. If Manuel Neuer had been in goal, he would have been on the line of the six-yard box or even further away. In doing so, the whole back line can be pressed very forward, and he can also receive the ball at the back goal, pass the ball and play the role of a defender. And now Handanovic's style of play is standing on the goal line, as a typical goal-line goalkeeper, he can't press out to play, which makes Tottenham's back line very tight, and naturally looks like the situation is very bad.
However, even in a bad situation, United have not been able to win the game now. Although their offensive can be regarded as fierce, there are not many attacks that can actually create a threat.
On the penalty line, Tottenham's defence is still quite solid. Although Manchester United's attacks tried to break through several times, they were all blocked by Tottenham's interception.
The players on Tottenham's backline, after Li Bin has been trained for a year, are still very growing, Italian defense is what Li Bin insists on, this style of play is the best at preventing small-scale ground cooperation, and several players of Tottenham have built a back line at the front of the penalty area, and the effect is also quite good, because the distance is close, and the complement is more aspect, their defense line is very dense, the weakest link is Coentrão, but Gustavo can retreat to fill the position, and there is no problem, Anyway, Tottenham doesn't want to attack, and Manchester United's poor attacking power can't penetrate Tottenham's defense at all.
Any strong team, as long as it wants to defend to the death, it is difficult for the opponent to break through. Tottenham can also be regarded as a strong team now, and since they have put on such an all-out defensive mode at Old Trafford, it is difficult for Manchester United to break through the Tottenham defence.
'Tottenham are all putting a bus in front of the box and United can't break through their defence at the moment. This kind of defense is rarely used by Coach Li Bin, and it seems that he really attaches great importance to a game......"
However, Ferguson had already expected this: he knew very well how difficult the Italian defense was, and he also knew that Rooney's small skills could not break through the Italian-style steel defense arranged by Li Bin. At the same time, he also expected that Li Bin would shoot wildly, so he took a different approach.
After Rooney got the ball in the middle, he didn't insert it very deeply, directly in front of the penalty area, 25 meters away from the goal, and directly got up and blasted the ball out!
Since your goalkeeper is a shortcoming, why should I entangle with your defender line, just shoot the ball into the goal!
The chances of a long-range shot finding the back of the net are slim, but for Tottenham at the moment, it's a different story. They use a substitute goalkeeper, and the substitute goalkeeper may not have a good reflex nerve when defending a long shot, and more importantly, if the long-range shot is reliable, creating a corner kick and set-piece defense is also quite a test of the goalkeeper's ability.
Alex Ferguson knows that Italy's defensive skills are good, but he will not let Tottenham get a draw so easily. Italy's set-piece defence, especially the header defense, is a great threat to them, and I believe that if they rely on set-piece attacks, Manchester United can get their chances.
But now it seems that you don't have to wait for the set-piece, Rooney's long-range shot came very suddenly, the back line was very dead, and he was not guarded against, this shot almost went to the upper left corner immediately, this high-quality shot, so that Tottenham's door was suddenly threatened!
However, at this moment, Handanovic suddenly jumped, his speed was very fast, and his judgment was very accurate, and he lifted the ball off the crossbar in one fell swoop!
"Excellent judgment, Handanovic showed the qualities of a high-level goalkeeper, and his save was quite timely, and he saved a quality shot from Wayne Rooney to save the door for Tottenham......"
Ferguson looked at the saved ball, and also shook his head, this time the goalkeeper's save was a little unexpected, and I didn't expect Tottenham's substitutes to be of a good standard.
But we still have set-pieces.
At the corner kick point, Scholes kicked the ball out, and in the penalty area, several people rushed over at the same time, but the best judgment of the landing point was not any striker or defender, Handanovic, who rushed forward, jumped up, raised his hands high, and took the ball off.
"Again, a very beautiful judgment. Handanovic has surprised us a lot and it seems that his defensive quality is also very good......"
On the sidelines, Ferguson watched Handanovic's defense this time and did not speak. He began to realize that something seemed to be wrong.
That's what years of experience and smell of the game tell – maybe Manchester United want to win, it's not as simple as he thinks.
Tottenham's defence continued to take root at the back, and most of United's attacks were launched from outside the box. However, their successive shots and set-pieces failed to break down Handanovic's goal. Attack after attack, shoot at goal again and again, but Handanovic's play doesn't seem to be bad at all, he is high and low in front of the goal, and intercepts all the attacking balls!
When Manchester United got the ball again, Scholes successfully passed the ball to the right side, allowing Valencia to launch a long pass, Rooney's header with a close reflex to the ground, and when Valencia fell to the ground and hugged him into his arms, Rooney finally yelled angrily, turned around and walked backwards!
It's so weird that a substitute goalkeeper can play so well.
'Tottenham's goalkeeper is really strong enough. originally thought that Neuer's injury would be an opportunity for Manchester United, but who would have thought that Neuer's injury would have fulfilled Handanovic's performance. ”
Even the commentator who commented on the game couldn't help but admire Tottenham's defense. In the past, Neuer made mistakes from time to time in defending set-pieces, but in this game, Handanovic's prediction and blockade of set-pieces were more than Neuer's, and it was a pity that this kind of goalkeeper played as a substitute!
"Maybe when Manuel Neuer comes back, Handanovic won't have to sit back on the bench. The consistency and goal-line skills he showed in this game were much better than that adventurous guy in Neuer. It's just that I don't know what Lu Dao is for, Coach Li Bin didn't use him before? He looks even better than Neuer. ”
Li Bin couldn't hear the commentator's question, but if he knew the truth, he would definitely think that the commentator's question was too naïve.
Indeed, if it comes to goal-line skills, Handanovic is definitely no worse than Neuer, even because he is very nervous when he plays now, and he plays even better than Neuer. He has solid goal-line skills, serious defending, a good attitude, and in terms of defensive ability, maybe even better than Neuer. Manchester United thought that without Neuer, Tottenham would not have a good goalkeeper, but it was just wishful thinking.
However, having such goal-line skills does not mean that he is a top-level good goalkeeper. Li Bin knows very well that he is not the type of goalkeeper he wants.
Tottenham now looks like they are defensively better than usual, but this is at the expense of attacking power. Li Bin has also played defensive counterattacks before, but defensive counterattacks are not his pursuit at any time. With Neuer, the back line can be advanced, the midfielder, the forward, can be pressed forward, can better press the opponent, there may be problems in defense, but the control range is greater, this is undoubted. Although Handanovic's defense is very good, his goal-line style of play dooms him to be afraid of attacking, which makes the defense have to retreat, and even have to play defensive counterattacks to ensure that there are no problems - this is what Li Bin is unwilling to do.
Football as a whole is more important than the individual, and a goalkeeper who can improve the overall attack is much more important than a goalkeeper who can only play a rebound when the team is fixed.
The former Inter Milan, because of such a problem, eliminated Toldo, who is almost the first in the world in terms of goal-line skills. At that time, they still had Samuel, who was a first-class defender, but they refused to play a defense that had to be delayed and had no elasticity to speak of. Li Bin has been mixed up for so many years, so he can't be worse than Mancini back then.
Moreover, defending like this, attacking is really a problem.
Looking at his frontcourt players, Li Bin was also a little worried: he came to Old Trafford, not thinking that he would only steal a draw and be finished. All he was thinking about was how he could get a win. For this reason, he specially adjusted the lineup in the frontcourt, but can he get this victory?