How to play against Tottenham Hotspur?

I believe that this has become a common problem for all teams in Europe in the past few seasons, especially the Premier League teams, almost two games a year against Tottenham Hotspur cannot be run, how to play is a problem.

In fact, it is nothing more than two options, stick to the defense, try to ensure that the goal is not lost, do not let Tottenham Hotspur score, and then seize the opportunity to counterattack, in this way to beat Tottenham Hotspur The team is not nothing, mainly depends on how much confidence you have in your own defense.

Another is to attack against attack, using attacking tactics to suppress Tottenham Hotspur, strive for the first goal, hit the morale of Tottenham Hotspur, and then win the game, and this tactic has also been effective by many teams, but this season with the improvement of Tottenham Hotspur's defensive strength, there are fewer and fewer teams that can break their goals.

Carlo Ancelotti has also been worrying about this question, in the face of Tottenham Hotspur, should he attack or defend?

To say that Chelsea, the offensive ability is not bad, this season under the tutelage of Ancelotti, although in terms of team style and dominance, not as good as when Ye Qiu was coaching, but the number of goals is better than Ye Qiu's back then.

The reason why Chelsea are still 12 points behind Tottenham Hotspur this season is believed by many to be due to Carlo Ancelotti's own coaching ability.

Throughout this season, Chelsea has lost a lot of games so far, although they beat Manchester United and Arsenal twice, but in the away game against Manchester United, Ferguson has obviously given up the game, and the first leg of the duel, Chelsea also won at home without convincing, a narrow victory, and for Arsenal, this team has almost lost this season.

But what really makes people doubt Chelsea's ability to win the title is that Chelsea have been beaten twice by Manchester City this season, and at the same time planted a heel in Tottenham Hotspur, Everton and Wigan Athletic, with Tottenham Hotspur and Wigan Athletic both losing by three goals, and in the two games against Manchester City, Chelsea conceded six goals and scored three goals, and lost four at home, creating Chelsea's worst home defeat in the past eight years.

You must know that whether it was in the Ye Qiu or Mourinho period, Chelsea was a veritable home dragon, not to mention the excellent home results, the number of goals conceded at home and away is also quite small, even if it is lost, it is rare to concede more than three goals, let alone concede four goals at home, this achievement dates back to Ranieri's first season in charge of Chelsea, and it was also a home 4 losses to Black Cat Sunderland.

Losing to Wigan Athletic 03 at home to Tottenham Hotspur and losing to Manchester City 4 The two heavy defeats made Chelsea's results this season unconvincing, which is also seen by many as one of the reasons why Chelsea lost the title this season, at least Ancelotti will always make some incredible mistakes in some games that test the manager's ability.

In the eyes of many people, Ancelotti's claim that the multi-front battle led to the team's mistakes is obviously unjustifiable, because Wigan Athletic's strength is far inferior to Chelsea's, and Manchester City's overall combat effectiveness is not as good as Chelsea's, and it is unbelievable that there will be a big rout.

In other words, it is also a multi-front battle, why is Tottenham Hotspur not having such a big rout?

This is also the reason why Tottenham Hotspur has been expected this season, Manchester United lost to Fulham in 03, lost to Everton in 3, and suffered a double defeat by Chelsea, although it also beat Arsenal twice, and Liverpool is also a win and a loss, but Ferguson's team is also unconvincing in the Premier League this season.

But United's situation is a bit peculiar, as Ferguson has restructured the entire midfield this season, which has led to the United not really developing a strong attacking and defensive system until around the knockout stages of the Champions League, and the defeats to Fulham and Everton were before that.

But Chelsea's situation is different, Carlo Ancelotti's side have suffered heavy defeats this season with little explanation, and even Ancelotti's home and away defeat against Jose Mourinho's understaffed club has shown that Carlo Ancelotti's side are hardly convincing at crunch time.

And the media's judgment on this is that Ancelotti always makes the wrong decisions at crucial moments.

So, will this game against Tottenham Hotspur come up?

Ye Qiu said before the game that he had studied almost all of Chelsea's game footage this season, and he even joked that he knew the Chelsea side better than Carlo Ancelotti, so he was absolutely confident that he could beat Chelsea at home.

But Ancelotti did not respond positively to such remarks, saying only that he would prove it with a victory.

As a result, all the reporters were surprised to find that the Chelsea team that appeared at the White Hart Lane stadium had made a lot of changes in tactics, giving up the 44 diamond-shaped midfield position of Ancelotti when the two sides faced off in the first round, obviously worried that their midfield wing would be blown up by Tottenham Hotspur again, but returned to the 433 position during the Ye Qiu and Mourinho periods.

Goalkeeper Cesar, Zhirkov, Alex, Terry and Ferreira at the back, Frank Lampard, Essien and Ballack in midfield, and Malouda, Drogba and Anelka in the front three.

In attack and defense, Ancelotti's last choice is defense, so Chelsea's opening played very cautiously, and the three players in the midfield all adopted defensive tactics, not only that, Ancelotti did not dare to press the defensive line, but more let the defensive line in his own half, even when attacking, not a lot of troops were invested, and more relied on the combination of the front trident to play, around Drogba to make a fuss.

In this game, Tottenham Hotspur still arranged Thiago Silva to mark Drogba, the main central defender of the Brazilian national team is more experienced in this aspect, and in Ye Qiu's view, if you can prevent Drogba, you can curb more than half of Chelsea's offensive firepower, and once Drogba is completely out of shape, it will be a disaster for Tottenham Hotspur.

This tactic makes Chelsea look passive, but the strength of the Blues, as well as the tactical execution of the players, is the most troublesome and difficult part of this team, so when Ancelotti makes it clear that he wants to defend, Tottenham Hotspur's attack is difficult to develop, so Tottenham Hotspur attacked for a while after the opening, and Ye Qiu immediately signaled the players to slow down.

Tottenham then did not rush to attack, but looked for opportunities more through short passes in midfield and back and forth between players, but Chelsea's entire defensive system was very tightly arranged.

After all, from the Ranieri era, to Ye Qiu to Mourinho, and now to Ancelotti, Chelsea still maintains the foundation of the Italian defensive system built during the Ranieri era.

Tottenham Hotspur's starting line-up for this game was also star-studded, with Petr Cech in goal, Marcelo, Zigrinski, Thiago Silva and Alves in defence, David Silva, Yaya Toure and Cesc Fabregas in midfield, and Ribery, Falcao and Messi in front.

In the end, it was a derby between sworn enemies in the same city, and Ye Qiu still refused to give up such an important event easily.

Compared with Chelsea's defense, Tottenham Hotspur still chooses to attack, actively trying to open a channel through two wings, actively creating articles on the wings, even if it can't form an effective breakthrough, but also strive to attract the opponent's defensive attention, and then suddenly a sideways and large-scale shift, creating a threat from the other side.

However, while the two flanks were active, Tottenham Hotspur's attack in the middle was contained, after all, Chelsea ambushed heavily in the midfield in this game, making it difficult for Tottenham Hotspur's midfield to form an effective penetration and advancement.

While there was a Falcao up front, and Ribery and Lionel Messi were able to do a great job of cutting inside the wings, Chelsea's defence was also very targeted, providing a strong check on Tottenham's attack.

Although the adoption of such tactics led to passivity on the field, and it was embarrassing and embarrassing, not at all like a strong dialogue, but like a duel between two teams with a huge disparity in strength, but the stalemate was still maintained on the field.

It should be said that among all the teams that have faced Tottenham Hotspur, there are only a handful of teams that can really do this.

As it turned out, Ancelotti's defensive strategy was still very tightly arranged, especially against Tottenham Hotspur's two wings, don't look at Tottenham Hotspur's attack seems to have a lot of opportunities, but in fact it is really a good chance, almost none, which shows Chelsea's success in defense.

As Ye Qiu said before, unless Ancelotti and Chelsea make mistakes in the starting tactics, playing Chelsea is a war of attrition, but the problem is that you can't play a game like this if you don't play with all your might.

To be honest, Tottenham's current problem is that the bench is too weak, Beckham is old, Phil Jones and Ramsey are too young, Kompany is not experienced enough, there is only Hazzard as a substitute in the front, and Tottenham Hotspur's healthy financial policy has led to the team not being able to have a luxurious bench squad similar to Manchester City.

In other words, if you glance at the giants in Europe, which team can compete with Manchester City, Real Madrid and other teams on the bench? Manchester United has a lot of salary budget this season because of a number of signings, so Ferguson has to bet heavily on the Champions League, because every step in the Champions League will increase the team's income by millions or even tens of millions.

Of course, part of the reason was that United dropped too many points in the first half and missed the lead.

Now Tottenham Hotspur is in a stage of adjustment and transformation, Ye Qiu will try his best to ensure the integrity of the main lineup, and then improve the team's bench lineup, for example, from next season, Neymar and Coutinho, who are 18 years old, will enter the first team of Tottenham Hotspur, and Lucas Jr. will also enter the first team if he can apply for a labor certificate, if not, he will temporarily loan to a satellite club to continue cultivation

In addition, Ye Qiu will further promote the current youth team, such as Pogba, Varane, Nastasic, and even Eden Hazzard's younger brother Solgen Hazard is also doing well in the youth team and the development team, and these players have a chance to break into Tottenham's first team.

Use the young players to enrich the squad of the first team and improve the depth of the team's bench, and with the improvement of the strength of the young players, especially the young players with excellent strength and potential such as Neymar, Pogba and Varane, the stronger they are, the overall combat effectiveness of Tottenham Hotspur, as well as the ability to deal with multiple fronts, will also improve.

That's what the academy is for! The benefits are also a strategy that any team that wants to stay financially healthy must follow.

In the case of insufficient bench strength, it is impossible for Ye Qiu to play a sworn enemy in the same city like Chelsea in the young lineup, because the young players are not strong enough, and they will be swallowed by the hungry wolf of Chelsea anytime and anywhere.

At the very least, he doesn't want to lose a big score in a local derby.

Chelsea ended the first half with a score of 00, Chelsea did not make the slightest mistake at the tactical level, Ancelotti carefully helped Chelsea hold the situation, although they lost the initiative and were embarrassed by Tottenham Hotspur, but at least they held the goal.

When Ye Qiu walked into the locker room, he obviously saw their consumption in the first half from the expressions and reactions of the players, in fact, through Roland's tablet, Ye Qiu could also clearly see the extent of their consumption.

But this is a strong dialogue, playing is attrition, and if you can't afford to play, you will lose

"We played very well in the first half" Ye Qiu clapped his hands vigorously, so that all the players paid attention, "But I still have to say a few problems, first of all, we take too many high crosses, which is very bad for us, especially in the opponent's penalty area"

Ye Qiu had already raised this issue during the game, but the players still didn't do a good enough job, but it was definitely not just a problem for Tottenham Hotspur's players, but also a problem for Chelsea's defense to consciously carry out targeted containment.

When the opponent is targeting your inside cuts and low crosses, you have to go high because everything that happens on the pitch is instantaneous, and many times your options are very limited or even non-existent.

Although Falcao has a good header and bounce, but the height limit is objective, in the face of Alex and Terry, the two big men, Falcao wants to grab the first landing point of the high ball between the two strong men, the difficulty is really not ordinary, he almost lost all the direct high ball confrontation in the first half.

"The second problem, I think we put too much pressure on the opponent, we attack too quickly, as I told you before, the tighter we press the opponent, the stronger the opponent's defense will become, so we have to relax this pressure in the second half and give them hope."

Ye Qiu smiled when he said this, "We are going to play Manchester United in midweek, or in this stadium, so I believe that Ancelotti will not let go of this game, he will want to win, and when we reduce our attack, they will feel that we want to stay and play Manchester United, because this game is for us, a draw will achieve the goal." ”

'After 70 minutes, I'm sure Chelsea will want to attack'

Ye Qiu himself is an old bird who plays targeted tactics, he knows Ancelotti's calculations very well in this game, after 70 minutes, Tottenham Hotspur's physical consumption has reached a certain level, and this is the best time for Chelsea to counterattack.

All the head coaches who play defensive counterattacks, defense is the basic skill, but the grasp and grasp of the timing of the counterattack is the real kung fu of the head coach, it can be said that the timing of the counterattack is good or not, which is the key to testing the ability of a head coach.

Ye Qiu didn't dare to say how well he played the defensive counterattack, how good he was, but he knew himself very well, and he knew the opponent very well, Chelsea's poor record against strong teams this season, and the three-goal defeat at home in the first round, which made it impossible for Chelsea to give up this game, because you play once a week, and you have the advantage in physical fitness and condition, if you don't dare to give it up with Tottenham Hotspur, then Ancelotti is not qualified to be called a European coach.

But as Ye Qiu has always said, there are two sides to everything, sometimes the advantages are used well and can be transformed into help, but sometimes they are not used well, or they are used by the other party in turn, then it may become the help of others.

"In the second half, we must pay attention, we can't put too much pressure on the opponent, but we can't be too weak, we must not be able to relax in the middle, and continue to suppress me to the death" Ye Qiu looked at Fabregas and the other three, and solemnly admonished.

Frank Lampard, Ballack and Essien were almost exclusively defensive in the first half, and while they stifled Tottenham Hotspur's penetration in the middle of the midfield, they paid the price of almost zero attacking support up front.

'Another thing to note, Anelka, in the first half he played on the right side, which didn't show his characteristics, he played badly, he was almost invisible in attack, I think there should be some adjustments in the second half, maybe he will return to the position of two strikers, ambush behind Drogba, you have to pay attention when defending"

When a lot of people think about problems, they always think about a static thinking, that is, he thinks that Anelka's performance in the first half was terrible, proving that the team's defense worked, and the second half should continue, but he forgot a question, when you adjust, didn't Ancelotti adjust?

So, the manager's role is to remind the players of the changes that the opposition might make in the second half.

"In the second half of the attack, we still created chances from two wings, especially our left side, Ferreira was not in very good shape in this game, if it wasn't for a Ballack in the midfield, he would have been finished, so in the second half midfield, David Silva, pay attention to pulling Ballack, and then drop Ferreira in the front"

After listening to Scarface, Ribery nodded heavily, it was because of Ballack's presence that his attack in the first half was limited, because the German often appeared in key positions to help defend Ferreira.

If a teammate can help pull Ballack away, Ribery is absolutely confident that he can defeat Ferreira

One-on-one, Ribery is not afraid of any defender in the world

But when Ye Qiu was making careful midfield adjustments and tactical arrangements in the second half, he never thought that the development of the situation in the second half would be completely unexpected by him.