Section 512 Breach of the last bastion

When the whistle blew and the game began, the Arsenal players immediately rushed to the front, and they grabbed ahead of Tottenham and controlled the game.

It wasn't easy for Arsenal: although Tottenham didn't send a midfielder for this game, Kevin Boateng was powerful in the midfield position, and the core of the Ghana national team's midfield has considerable quality. In the front field of Tottenham, Cavani is entangled with defenders in front, and Raul's position is also free to move between the forward and forward, which also puts a lot of pressure on the defenders.

But fortunately, the Tottenham players did not have the idea of seizing the midfield, and from the beginning, they shrank more violently. This made Wenger, who was watching the situation from the sidelines, quickly understand Li Bin's thoughts: This is the last time Tottenham has played against a strong team this season. After surviving Arsenal, the remaining eight rounds, they are basically all underdogs, only the most sluggish Manchester City, may pose some threat to them, and in addition to Manchester City, they are facing a flat game. Tottenham Hotspur now has an advantage in points and the championship situation is very good, therefore, Li Bin does not need to gamble to grab points, what he needs to do is to shrink his squad at this time, even if he really can't win the game, only score one point, and the advantage in the league will still be Li Bin.

"As long as we win this game, Tottenham will not have any opponents in the remaining eight rounds. If they can work hard enough, they can win the championship. It can be said that Arsenal is the most reliable fortress against Tottenham, the only team that can be trusted. ”

Arsene Wenger knows the format of the game very well, and if he doesn't want his arch-rivals to win the title, this is his last chance. It's just that I don't know how long I can hold on to my opponent in front of my opponent.

Nasri was constantly involved in attacking with the ball in the midfield, and Wilshere in the middle was a little weaker, and he and Rosicky took on the task of organizing in the game.

Nasri took the ball and ran forward quickly, and in midfield, Kevin Boateng ran towards him to try to stop him. Nasri made a sharp stop at his feet and stopped the ball at his feet. He feints, loops the ball twice with his feet, and then shakes his body violently to shake Boateng away.

Boateng was not only not deceived by his movements, but rushed over while his body was shaking. Nasri quickly pulled the ball back, leaned back and hooked it with one kick. He picked the ball twice with his right foot in a row, then flicked it at the ball, and the ball fell behind him, and he immediately picked it up with his back heel and picked the ball forward.

Nasri quickly followed, stopped the ball with one chest, stopped the ball and ran forward. This time, he did quite well, although the movements were a little more, not concise enough, not enough for him to pass Kevin Boateng with his movements.

However, this time there are some slippery passes, which also makes Tottenham's defense quite tight. Nasri couldn't find a proper way to pass the ball and after two flashes of motion around the box and couldn't see it out of the way for the Tottenham defence, he struck a pass to kick the ball into Villa.

However, the ball was not able to get to the spot. Villa was in the penalty area, tightly entangled by Jagielka, while Thiago Silva, who was next to him, stood on the passing line and intercepted the pass with one kick.

Arsenal's attacking focus is on getting into position quickly, intercepting their passes, and being very lethal to them. Thiago Silva remembers the coach's words well. Once he had the ball, he took two steps to the side to make sure Villa didn't get up and gave it to Coentrão.

Counter-attacking and going sideways? Arsene Wenger silently watched his opponent's tactics and pondered in his heart.

Coentrão got his hands on the ball, played a pass and fed it to Gustavo in midfield. He himself was on the left side of the road, and immediately ran at high speed, rushing towards the front. Gustavo ran to the left with the ball, and instead of choosing Coentrão, who was watched by his opponent, he slid the ball through and handed it to Reuss.

Reus had already moved to the middle of the pitch and as soon as he received the ball, he immediately headed it forward and kicked it to Raul, and after a nice hit against the wall, he ran towards the ribs!

A series of combinations, which are done very quickly and very coherently and smoothly. Thiago Silva didn't play the ball fast, and the Arsenal players didn't see the attack as a quick counter-attack, but Tottenham's several passes immediately raised the tempo!

"Arsenal's midfield interception......" Lineker looked at the game and couldn't help but complain, "Do they really have such a thing as a midfield interception?" ”

Arsenal's midfield interception has always been a shortcoming, and now because of injuries, only Alexander Song and Denilson are available, and they are completely unable to control the situation in midfield. Moreover, Tottenham's attack on the left was very fast, because this game was replaced by Coentrão as the starter, and they played differently in their own way.

Instead of counter-attacking and playing on the wing, it relies on the tempo change on the wing to achieve a quick counterattack. Sure enough, the opponent didn't rely on just one Yaya Toure.

When playing in the Champions League, although Boateng did a good job, his problem of not being able to insert forward in the midfield still caused a lot of trouble for Tottenham. Now, Tottenham have replaced him with Coentrão, who can cut forward at will, with Gustavo in the back, Coentrão has attracted a lot of defence on the wing, and here he can be seen as a wide all-rounder.

"Against Fiorentina, I also have another concern, that is, although the style of play with Yaya Toure as the core of the midfield to control the rhythm is very good, but what is needed is Yaya Toure's absolute suppression of the opponent, without Yaya Toure's passing to control the tempo, it will be difficult for Tottenham to grasp the advantage on the field. Now, though, I seem to have read what Li Bin thinks: even without Yaya Toure, he can still change gears, because on the left side, he has already prepared the way. Coentrão should play a crucial role in the game. ”

At this time, Reus quickly broke through to the left side with the ball, and he was going to rush into the box and directly use a quick attack to complete his counterattack, but Vermalenka in front of him was in a good position, so he gave up this idea. He gave the ball to Coentrão and ran towards the middle, while Coentrão was on the wing, got the ball, and slammed the ball into the penalty area from the bottom line.

On the left flank, he formed a good combination with Coentrão who broke through to the bottom line, Coentrão entered the penalty area, and in the face of Sagna's defense, Coentrão did not choose to force a breakthrough, he waited for the midfield players to press up. He was not in a hurry to break through, because he knew that at this time, he needed to control it a little.

With a slight acceleration under his feet, he wanted to sway from side to side to dodge Sania's marking, but Sania didn't give him too many opportunities, so he had no chance of breaking through. However, after a few failed attempts, Coentrão made his choice, and he kicked the ball directly to Lennon on the other side with a long pass!

A long pass from Coentrão sent the ball straight to Lennon's feet. As a player on Tottenham's right flank, Lennon's height of 165cm has always been a big shortcoming, but when Coentrão and Reus attracted most of the defensive power, he received the ball without any effort.

Different teams have different styles of play when they can't take it in the face of the opposition's dense defense. For example, Barcelona's solution is to find a way to widen the ball and pass the ball horizontally on a deep enough position to make the opponent's defense wider and thinner, so as to achieve a breakthrough. What they need for this style of play is someone who can stretch the width, so even if Alves asks for 37 million, they have to buy it - because he fits. Manchester United's style of play relied on Rooney and Tevez to pull, and then Ronaldo plugged in, so when Ronaldo arrived at Real Madrid, there were even many rumors that Real Madrid wanted to buy Rooney and give Ronaldo a special hand, not because Rooney was strong, but because Rooney was suitable. Football is a game of cooperation, and if you can cooperate well, then you can make the players play to their strengths and avoid their weaknesses.

Tottenham's style of play, that's what it means. As soon as Reuss broke through in the front court, he had already found that the opponent's defense was closing quickly, and if he wanted to break through, he would probably have to face a dense defense. So he gave the ball to Coentrão on the left, and the aim was to bring the focus of the attack back to the left side. Tottenham's front line has been greatly improved by the presence of Coentrão, which makes it necessary for Arsenal to lean to the right side of the defense. In this way, when the ball is passed to another time, Lennon will catch the ball and break through, which will be much easier.

This tactic is not unusual, but when used in different teams, it is much more effective. It's a basic principle that if the defense is tilted to one side, the defense on the other side will inevitably be tight. This style of play was common in Liverpool in its heyday. It's just that although Liverpool has a wide range of transfers, they don't have a good enough wing, even if they are transferred, it is difficult to create enough good opportunities, but for Tottenham, this is not the case.

When Lennon received the ball, he faced in front of him, basically directly Arsenal's backline: in order to resist the surprise attack from the left side, Arsenal's defense was very tight, but unfortunately, the Arsenal players have never been very good at how to arrange dense defense, Lennon directly kicked the ball and took the ball into the penalty area.

Arsenal's penalty area was suddenly chaotic, and Lennon inserted it too quickly for them to react. Gibbs on the left-back met Lennon, Lennon entered the penalty area, and in front of him, there was basically only one layer of defense left, and at this time, no matter what, he couldn't take advantage of it.

However, since the defense has been torn apart, where is it so easy to make up for it? Just before he could rush up, Lennon struck the ball wide – his pass went straight to the far post.

There, Cavani jumped up, and the players around him were moving quickly, trying to block Lennon who had entered the penalty area, but this left Cavani without enough guards around him. He almost rose from the spot, and Julu next to him was supposed to be the one who defended his header, but Julu didn't even jump at all, and Cavani didn't encounter any resistance at all, and directly hit the ball with a header and threw the ball towards the goal!

Fabianski jumped up and wanted to intercept the ball, but Cavani's header skills did not give him this opportunity at all, and the football was directly pushed by Cavani to the upper left corner of the goal.

'Edinson Cavani scored the goal! Nice head-to-head attack! Tottenham scored their first goal on home turf and their attack is still as sharp as it was a while ago, with no regression! ”

Cavani's goal made the emotions of Tottenham fans rise all of a sudden: win the opponent, win the derby, win this one, they are a big step away from the league title!