Section 468 Revisiting the Old Place

In the fifth round of the Premier League, Tottenham once again broke out a big upset.

Against Manchester United, they relied on a counter-attacking opportunity near the end of the first half to score a goal to give their side the lead, and in the following games, although United tried their best to earn a goal, they were unable to succeed. Tottenham's defense has always been impregnable, Rooney, or Dzeko, who came on as a substitute, could not open the door, and in the second half of the game, Tottenham even did their best to replace Di Maria, let Ramsey play, and insisted on playing with almost three back midfielders, so that Manchester United had no chance to press at all. At the end of the game, Tottenham won 1-0 against Manchester United.

However, this game also made the media have different opinions.

Although it was said that in this game, Manchester United had the upper hand, and in their own home stadium, they controlled the entire midfield situation, but they had as many as 17 shots on goal in the whole game, but they did not score a single goal, on the contrary, Tottenham only had three shots on goal in the whole game, two on target, but they scored one goal.

'Tottenham got an ugly win, very ugly. We never knew that the team coached by Coach Li Bin would have such an ugly side, and his performance at Old Trafford was not a football match at all, but more like a mahjong game - according to the Chinese, they call it the Great Wall - obviously, Tottenham is building the Great Wall, they built a Great Wall in front of the penalty area, so that they won a victory! ”

Regarding Li Bin's victory, the media's attitude is still difficult to be optimistic about. Li Bin has always had a good reputation, although he has played against the back, but with the important games of the strong team is rarely used, and even if it is the defense, he prefers half-court defense, and rarely plays into such a rigid mode in the penalty area, and this game can be said to break through the ugly lower limit of Li Bin's coaching, of course, the media will not be too polite to him. Especially considering that they intercepted the England Maradona - that is, Wayne Rooney, who has high hopes for England this season - and the English media rated him even worse.

"Our goalkeeper is injured and I can't do anything about it. The change of tactics always depends on the actual situation of the players, and our players can only play on the counter-attack right now, so naturally I will only play on the counter-attack. ”

In the interview, Li Bin didn't say anything like winning: there is nothing to say about it, but he himself knows that it is not the truth. Originally, such a victory was not his own pursuit, and there was no need to be too stubborn and quarrel with the media.

He still admitted to the media that he was indeed forced to change tactics now, and he did not want his players to feel that such a victory was also something to be proud of. Defensive counterattacks, especially this kind of shrinking defense, are relatively easy to form and are the easiest tactics to achieve, but there is no way to train the player's skill level, and it is also difficult to improve at the same time. A defensive counterattack tactic can easily crush most opponents, but it is easy to be powerless to attack when encountering a strong enemy. Li Bin is very clear about this kind of problem, but the players are not clear, he doesn't want his players to think that as long as they win, everything else is not important, what he wants is to give them a better tactical concept, which is conducive to their growth.

His attitude made the media have nothing to pick, so soon, they also set their sights on another thing.

"In this Tottenham game, Handanovic's performance was amazing. As a substitute goalkeeper, his form is unbelievable. In defending from Manchester United's set-pieces, he showed a very rare quality. Tottenham's Neuer has always had a lot of problems when defending set-pieces, and in comparison, Handanovic's strength is better, and I wonder if he will squeeze out Neuer's position. On the other hand, if his level does not decline, then next season, it will be difficult for Tottenham's two goalkeepers to stay......"

The media's words are a bit mean, but they hit the nail on the head. If Handanovic can really maintain a high level of play for months, then next season, someone will surely poach him to play in the main team. Now there is a lot of lack of goalkeepers in football, and if a player can play a high level of goalkeeping skills, then there is no need to worry about the main position. I now give him two months or even more of the main time, which is actually equivalent to next season, and I have to let him go.

If nothing else, maybe Manchester United will have to buy him - Van der Sar is almost 40 years old, although he can remember playing until he was 41 years old, but Ferguson's idea of finding a goalkeeper has never been broken.

However, even if he knew that Lu Dao was drinking to quench his thirst, Li Bin had no choice. He can't use someone else now, can he? I have someone in my hand now, so I have to use it well, and as for next year, I'll talk about it next year.

However, after the game, when Li Bin looked at the standings, he could only smile bitterly: Chelsea quietly won another big victory, and the goal difference surpassed Tottenham Hotspur to become the top of the table.

Despite the same 15 points, Chelsea have played a much more consistent game than Tottenham. The Chelsea players are seasoned and experienced, and they are still slightly better in one-line situations, not to mention, they are still playing in underdogs, and they have not encountered many strong teams. It's no surprise that Chelsea are now overtaking themselves.

'Chelsea have overtaken Tottenham and it will be even more exciting for the next round. Tottenham and Chelsea meet in the sixth round, with both teams on a five-game winning streak, so who will be the one to continue their winning streak and who will be the winner of the last round? ”

The sixth round against Chelsea, after both teams played well, began to attract more attention. If Tottenham can win, then Tottenham will be able to win six in a row and sit at the top of the table for the time being, but if they lose, then they will be really left behind by Chelsea.

However, although Zhilu Dao is about to face Chelsea, Li Bin now has to face other things: in the Champions League, he is also about to usher in the match with Milan, and this game is also very important.

"It's really helpless to have such a cheating schedule......" In private, Li Bin looked at the current Milan information and smiled bitterly, "Playing with these teams is really more difficult than one game." ”

In Li Bin's memory, Milan this season can be said to be very weak. However, the things in his memory are very different from the things in this world, and Li Bin also thinks that he needs to know some Milan lineups.

And after doing so, he also found that his choice was quite wise.

Milan's current goalkeeper is Abbiati, and their main backline is the veterans Nesta and Jankulovski, as well as the veteran Zambrotta, and a Lucio that Li Bin never expected.

In this summer, after Milan sold Kaka, there was not much money to buy, and adhering to his usual signing criteria, Galliani bought a 31-year-old Lucio from Bayern with one year left on his contract as the main defender - this signing, Li Bin didn't pay attention to it at the time, but now that he thinks about it, he feels that Milan is worthy of Milan, and the mood of this old people's home will never change.

And Li Bin also looked at Inter Milan's back line curiously: it turned out that Pellegrini left the teenager Bonucci as their defender. And when Li Bin looked at Juventus again, he found that Koscielny, who he introduced to Serie A back then, is now the main force of Juventus.

What an interesting change...... Li Bin found that under his influence, Serie A was almost unrecognizable. It seems that this place is really full of its own footprints.

However, the changes caused by Li Bin are not particularly obvious in the Milan frontcourt. Milan now have Gattuso, Pirlo, Ambrosini, Seedorf and several other veterans in the midfield, last season, they brought in Ronaldinho, this season, they have loaned David Beckham, and bought Van der Vaart from Real Madrid as a midfielder - this series of signings has made them quite manpowered. In terms of forwards, they have Borriello, Inzaghi, Pato, and Balotelli and several others, the old and young combined, and the memory is also different - for example, Huntelaar went to Inter Milan instead of Milan, which is different from Li Bin's memory. Balotelli was poached by Milan, and now he and Pato are known as Milan's future hopes - but this title always reminds Li Bin of the ten-year combination......

Such Milan, of course, is not very strong. There is almost no young man in their midfield and backfield, defensive elasticity or anything is completely non-existent, and, because of age, their midfield is basically no impact, how can such a team play a good game?

Especially their head coach, the lackluster Leonardo. Even, Li Bin believes that Fiorentina, who bought Falcao this season, is much stronger than Milan - but Fiorentina is not very strong, he can't see it, it is Liverpool's group stage opponent, not his.

And the match between Tottenham and Milan, at this time in Italy, has also been very hyped. Tottenham have been so good this season that they have even become the leaders of the Premier League. And Milan played quite humiliating this season, losing the Milan derby 0-4, and being pressed by Inter Milan to kick, so that they didn't have any face at all. If it was before, Tottenham met Milan, people would be optimistic about Milan, but now, when Li Bin came to Milan with the team, the caliber of the Italian media really had no way to favor Milan

"The matchup between Tottenham and Milan may be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Coach Li Bin. He once lost to Carlo Ancelotti's Milan, but now Milan, he should have nothing to fear. Tottenham will take on Milan away and we are confident that they will give us a good game at the San Siro as well. ”

"It's like I'm scared of Ancelotti." Li Bin complained, but he still turned his head to Esposito, "See, the media wants a good game - we haven't been back for a year, let's show Italy, what are we going to do for it, how strong the Premier League is, and now we can give them what a wonderful game!" ”