Volume 1 Chapter 413 Arsenal's Traditional Virtues
It was a match that was scheduled to be played at noon.
The ball kicked off at 45 and ended at 14:4l, and the whole process lasted nearly two hours.
The attendance rate of the White Hart Lane Stadium has always been very high this season, the highest can accommodate 36 courses, the average attendance rate this season is about 35RU, and the stadium is full, and this game is full, and even the motorized seats that always have to stay on weekdays are all sold out this time.
Not only that, but Tottenham Hotspur fans were almost everywhere outside White Hart Lane, and at noon, the two bars were full of people, and even around the stadium, because they knew that this was not just a north London derby, but also a match about qualification for next season's Champions League.
The fans gathered outside the White Hart Lane stadium, or those stationed outside the Tottenham Hotspur fan souvenir shop to watch the live broadcast, or the fans watching the game in the bar, as soon as they heard the cheers coming from inside the stadium, they all immediately shouted and shouted.
Perhaps, they want to use their shouts to help the team and give everyone more courage and fighting spirit to beat this north London rival, so they will beat their hearts faster with every attack of the team, sigh with every goal they concede, and then they will also curse with every chance wasted by the team.
"Tottenham Hotspur have been a bit underwhelmed lately, even if they just slaughtered Wigan"
The hapless Andy Grey was scolded by all the Tottenham Hotspur fans on and off the pitch at White Hart Lane for almost an hour for this sentence, until after the game, when he said another word before they let him go.
"Arsenal are so lucky, if it weren't for Tottenham Hotspur's bad luck and lack of chances, at least they could score five goals and be able to draw the game, Wenger's team should be most grateful to God"
The game was indeed very exciting, as always, the two teams with the most technical and fluent style of play in the Premier League this season came together to play a wonderful game, and even for Tottenham Hotspur, they had an absolute overwhelming advantage on the field, making them impeccable except for the final score that ended in a draw.
It's hard to imagine that the final number of shots on goal in the second half would have been: 0 Tottenham Hotspur played a frantic attack, creating a total of starting chances, including three on the post, four on target, but only one goal was scored, while Arsenal's two goals came in the first half, and they didn't even have a chance to get off in the second half.
This is also for what Andy Gray said in the first half that Tottenham Hotspur's performance was relatively average, not because Tottenham Hotspur was at a disadvantage, but because the team's ability to seize opportunities was obviously weaker than Arsenal, the Gunners' counter-attacks frequently threatened Tottenham Hotspur's goal, and Adebayo's presence brought a great threat to Thiago Silva.
The Brazilian centre-back has clearly had a fear of a strong centre-forward this season, whether it is Drogba or Adebayo, he is not too good and effective against the opponent, and usually many teams play Tottenham Hotspur by exploiting the combination between Hangrand and Thiago Silva to play holes.
Everyone also knows this, Thiago Silva himself understands, Ye Qiu is very clear about this, but he knows even more that in the history of football, which defender has not been abused? And what defender can guarantee that he will never make a mistake?
Any defender, even if he is as strong as Cannavaro, Nesta, Samuel, etc., has been abused to the point that he can't find the north, and the kind of iron gate that will not make mistakes and will always be unbreakable will always exist only in the imagination of some fans.
At least in Ye Qiu's opinion, Tottenham Hotspur's defensive line has improved very significantly this season, and the combination between Thiago Silva and Hangrid has shown its power for most of the time, with Hangrande's performance being more calm, but that is based on Thiago Silva sharing some of the attacking pressure for him.
Possession in the second half, U. l, there is no doubt that the former is Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal is the latter.
"In the Premier League, there are really not many teams that can force Arsenal, who are good at ball control, to be so embarrassed, and only Ye Qiu's Tottenham Hotspur can do it this season, but unfortunately, football games sometimes don't believe this, as if the referee won't count three weird posts into the score."
"But we also have to admit that both teams are obviously crazy in this game, even in the last minute, Tottenham Hotspur is still insisting on attacking, while Arsenal is still not careless to defend, neither side is willing to easily give up the Champions League contention, are doing their best."
Andy Gray's words are not only sympathetic to Tottenham Hotspur, who dominated but failed to win, but also sympathy for Arsenal, because the Gunners were also very tenacious in this game, and more importantly, Wenger changed his 44 tactics for the first time in this game, to 43L tactics, and further strengthened the midfield.
'We have just received the news that in the other game played at the same time, Liverpool beat Wigan 0 at home thanks to goals from Steven Gerrard and Kuyt, and the gap between the Reds and the two teams has widened further to five points, and with three rounds of league remaining, perhaps Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal will only be in contention for the top four.
Hearing the news, there was a clear sigh from Hag Road, where the White Hart Lane stadium is located, and it was clear that all Tottenham Hotspur fans were sorry for the final result of this game, and if they could beat Arsenal, maybe the result would have been different.
Ye Qiu expressed his disappointment at the post-match press conference about being held to a draw by Arsenal at home, but he said that he was proud and proud of the player's performance, and believed that if the result of the game was more reasonable, it should have been at least a victory.
"I don't think we're having problems now, on the contrary, I think we're playing well, pretty good"
When asked by reporters whether he felt that Tottenham Hotspur had encountered problems, Ye Qiu denied it
'No matter what kind of opponent we're playing against, we can create a lot of scoring chances, it's just that sometimes football is like that, when you have a bunch of opponents who are desperate to keep the goal, you can't guarantee that you can take every chance.
'There's no doubt that we have the best midfielders, the best wings, the best scorers, we just lacked some luck, so we had to accept a draw that should have been three points, and I think congratulations to Arsenal for getting a point that wasn't theirs'
Wenger also countered the doubts from Ye Qiu, believing that although Tottenham Hotspur had the initiative, they were not much of a threat, especially in the last pass, Tottenham Hotspur lacked an effective approach.
'I told my players that Ruud van Nistelrooy's biggest threat is in the box and we should find a way to stop him from getting into the box, that's what we did when we played Manchester United in the past, I know better than anyone how to limit Ruud van Nistelrooy, so we succeeded'
'Even though Ruud van Nistelrooy scored in the game, he also missed a lot of chances, so I don't think we were lucky to get the draw, on the contrary, I think it was the result of all the hard work of all of us and I'm proud of my players'
When asked by reporters about the confidence and fighting spirit of the two teams in the fight for fourth place in the league, Wenger said with confidence: "I can guarantee that Tottenham Hotspur will start to fall behind, because they are too young and lack confidence, and the core players they rely on, Beckham and Ruud van Nistelrooy, have obviously declined in recent times." ”
This is also true, Beckham's performance has not necessarily declined, but Ruud van Nistelrooy's decline is more obvious, after all, he is not young, and this season's ability to play such a form and goal rate has a lot to do with Tottenham Hotspur as a whole to create chances for him, and in this game he really has no other role than a goal.
For example, he lacked interaction with Messi and Ribery, and later Ye Qiu had to replace Arshavin to play the front midfield, connecting the two wings, and then the Tottenham Hotspur offensive in the second half played a threat.
But in this way, Tottenham Hotspur is not the same as the last two people, not the life of one person?
Ye Qiu gave a completely different answer to this doubt than Wenger.
'I have to correct that the fight for fourth place in the league will not happen to my team, we are aiming for third place in the league and I believe that whether it is Arsenal or Liverpool, the last one will make mistakes, we will have the last laugh'
However, some reporters immediately reminded that Tottenham Hotspur faced Chelsea in the last round.
According to the current situation, if Chelsea can win the championship in advance, the last round may be easier, but Mourinho will definitely not let go of Ye Qiu easily, so this is destined to be a dead end, and even if the suspense of winning the championship is left to the last round, then this game at the White Hart Lane stadium is bound to be a more tragic game than today's game, because it will be related to the ownership of the championship and Champions League qualification.
Ye Qiu gave a very positive answer to this question, and answered confidently, "No matter who we are facing, we have enough strength and confidence to defeat each other."
For Ye Qiu's self-confidence, the outside world has mixed reputations, after all, no one can say with such certainty how they will be, but whether it is Wenger or Ye Qiu, they obviously will not say some discouraged words at this time, and now they are more confident than anyone else, even at the expense of being a little excessive.
But sometimes, people really can't help but believe that this world is in turn.
Tottenham Hotspur played the first leg of the League Cup semi-final at home to Sevilla on Thursday, with Arshavin setting up Robin van Persie to score the only goal of the game as they beat Sevilla 0 at home.
Van Persie's performance in this game is remarkable, and the coaching staff have also given him a high opinion of his physical condition this season, if in the previous life at Arsenal, health and injuries were the number one obstacle to Van Persie's progress and rise, now at Tottenham Hotspur, Van Persie clearly has no worries in this regard.
Not only that, but the coaching staff's intensive training for his upper body strength has also made significant progress, which can be seen from Van Persie's performance has been getting better and better since the second half, and Van Persie has also become the most active player in Tottenham Hotspur in this game, and Ye Qiu is even more determined to find opportunities to correct Van Persie's idea
Playing as a substitute in the UEFA Cup, Tottenham Hotspur's main squad travelled to Middlesbrough at the weekend.
France Scarface has also been very active of late, and he has also shown more and more attacking power on the left, this time away to Middlesbrough, he created chances on the left side after the opening, and knocked on the Middlesbrough goal for Tottenham Hotspur in the first minute, and it was Cesc Fabregas who provided him with the assist.
And just before the end of the first half, it was another transfer of the ball on the left flank, Messi ran to the middle to win the ball and plugged it through, and Ruud van Nistelrooy stopped the ball and hit the goal, continuing to extend the score for Tottenham Hotspur.
But not long after the start of the second half, Viduka took advantage of a counter-attacking opportunity to beat Thiago Silva's header to pull one back for Middlesbrough, but Ribery received a diagonal pass from Alves on the right in the 73rd minute, and the box was another goal for Tottenham Hotspur
At the end of the game, Tottenham Hotspur beat Middlesbrough away.
Ribery, who scored twice, has been in a fine form this season without losing to Ruud van Nistelrooy, and even his performances have not lost at all to Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo, both of whom have scored 16 goals in the Premier League, far behind Ruud van Nistelrooy, but Ribery has created a total of 15 assists for his team-mates and has recorded a very good double-double.
But that's not Tottenham's number one assist leader, Tottenham's best assister is Cesc Fabregas, who has created a total of 18 assists for his team-mates, arguably the Premier League's veritable assist king.
Beckham's goals are not very many, and there are only eight assists, but this has a lot to do with the fact that he only joined the team after the winter break, and a very important statistic for Beckham is that there are a lot of key passes, because his responsibility is to transfer the ball on a large scale and hit the opponent's weakness, so whether it is goals or assists, it will not be too much, but the effect is very large.
Messi has also scored fourteen goals, and almost the vast majority of Tottenham Hotspur's attack comes from the front trident, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Ribery and Messi, others have scored fewer goals, but players like Alves and Vargas are players with a lot of assists.
However, from another point, it can be seen that Vanney is currently incompatible with Tottenham Hotspur, and his number of assists is only three times, from which it is not difficult to see that he is very dependent on the team's entire tactical system, but Tottenham Hotspur's attack has a faint feeling of being dragged down by him.
Of course, it's not about Vanney's strength, but purely from a tactical level, Ye Qiu should really consider supporting Van Persie, on the one hand, because of Vanney's age, and on the other hand, because of tactical considerations.
It's just that with Van Nistelrooy likely to break the Premier League scorer record of 30 goals this season, Ye Qiu also feels a headache how to deal with him, because now Tottenham Hotspur fans like him very much, and even the media feel that Tottenham Hotspur's attack basically relies on Ruud van Nistelrooy.
This also made Ye Qiu have to think about the consequences, after all, if he rashly replaced Van Persie with Van Persie, whether he would be able to take over smoothly in the end was also a big problem.
Tottenham Hotspur won the opponent, Arsenal was not to be outdone, also defeated Fulham, Wenger is not willing to show weakness at all to chase the pace of Tottenham Hotspur, always staring at this north London rival.
This season's Champions League semi-finals bring together Manchester United, Chelsea and Liverpool, and the strength of the Premier League can be said to be unmistakable.
But it has also affected the performance of the top three in the league, with Manchester United and Chelsea drawing after the first leg of their Champions League semi-final ties, while Liverpool returned to the league after losing 0l away to Chelsea in the first leg of the Champions League, and then lost to Portsmouth at home.
From the original five points to two points quickly narrowed, the battle for the top four in the Premier League is getting hotter and hotter, and Arsenal is naturally more advantageous, because whether it is Liverpool or Tottenham Hotspur, they have to play European competitions, while Arsenal only needs to play in the league.
Three days later, Liverpool beat Chelsea on penalties and sent the Blues out of the Champions League, completing a very beautiful home comeback and reaching the Champions League final again.
Tottenham Hotspur played with an all-substitute line-up, losing away to Sevilla but successfully eliminated Sevilla on an away goal, with Dutch striker Robin van Persie scoring the only goal for Tottenham.
In the two-legged game, Van Persie and Arshavin were the most eye-catching players in Tottenham Hotspur's attack, and they also won the affirmation of all Tottenham Hotspur fans and the media, and coach Ye Qiu also repeatedly said in an interview with the media after the game that Van Persie and Arshavin's performance has the strength to play more games in the team
At the same time, Ye Qiu is also optimistic about the prospects of the league, and he believes that the team will be able to successfully qualify for the Champions League.
'I want to tell all the Tottenham players and fans not to think too much about anything else and not to think about our opponents, we should believe in ourselves and as long as we show the quality we deserve in the next two Premier League games and get the win, then all the pressure will be on our opponents
In an interview with the media, Ye Qiu also repeatedly said that Arsenal has always had the traditional virtue of dropping the chain at critical moments, and Wenger has not known how many times he has lost the championship or lost the game at critical moments
"I believe that Arsenal will continue to carry forward their traditional virtues this time around, while Liverpool will fall on two fronts, I am convinced of that"
Ye Qiu knows very well that relatively speaking, the challenge that Tottenham Hotspur has encountered in the League Cup is really not very big.