Volume 1 Chapter 442 A Chance Goal

There is such a sentence in the fictional and real chapter of Sun Tzu's Art of War, soldiers are impermanent, and water is impermanent.

The meaning of this sentence is that there is no immutable situation in the use of troops, and we must know how to adapt measures to local conditions at the right time, and we must also know how to think about problems from the actual situation when encountering problems, and analyze specific problems in detail, because there is no exactly the same environment in this world.

The formation of troops on the football field is actually a kind of use of soldiers.

Ye Qiu has always understood this truth deeply, so the most important thing for him to form a team is to make this team able to unswervingly carry out their orders and requirements at any time and under any circumstances, and establish the trust of players in the head coach.

It's not easy, but once that trust is established, it's very difficult to break it and replace it.

This is also for what reason, even now, in the hearts of many Chelsea players, there is still a rejection of Mourinho.

Losing the goal in the first 17 minutes, it was this kind of life-and-death derby, and the pressure on Tottenham Hotspur was not small, but Ye Qiu still achieved the purpose of limiting Arsenal's attack through fine-tuning at the tactical level

The first is to shrink the team's midfield and limit the range of movement of Walcott and Hleb after cutting.

Arsenal's intention to arrange two strikers in this game is to let Walcott try to pull the defense as much as possible, respond to Adebayo, and then use Adebayo to impact Tottenham Hotspur's backline, but Walcott's shortcomings are obvious, he is not suitable for playing in a narrow range at all, he does not have that skill.

Hleb is not a pure wing, he is better at cutting inside after taking the ball, or organizing on the side, so now Ye Qiu is making targeted defensive adjustments, first containing Arsenal's attack and stabilizing his situation.

But it didn't come at a small price, and that was to pay for possession.

And this is Ye Qiu's second step.

"If Arsenal want to keep the ball, let them keep the ball, tell Cavani and Mascherano that I will give them freedom, go crazy all over the field, and the rest of the team-mates will stand in position and play in response, and Arsenal must not slow down the tempo"

Mauro Tassotti and Roland Shepas were visibly surprised when they heard this, "What do you want?"

"Tell Cavani and Mascherano that in less than thirty minutes they will give me all the stamina"

As soon as Ye Qiu said this, Mauro Tasotti understood a little bit, Ye Qiu was going to fight out two players to consume Arsenal's physical energy, so he immediately transferred to the pitch and let Van Persie play on the right side, and Cavani went to the front, and Mascherano went forward and backward, forming a crazy robbery for Arsenal.

Wenger dares to bet, Ye Qiu also dares to bet, who is afraid of whom?

Moreover, Ye Qiu knows Wenger very well, he belongs to the kind of academy who is better at transforming the team's style, building the team's passing and receiving system, and being fully prepared before the game.

Cavani's frantic pressing of Arsenal's defenders in front, Mascherano's near-fatal sweep in midfield, and the fact that the rest of Tottenham's players were running to deal with two teammates, both of them obviously had a serious impact on Arsenal's passing advancement, although Arsenal still had possession, but there was no way to get the ball out as smoothly as before.

Mauro Tasotti and Roland Shepas both looked at Ye Qiu with some surprise, from a strategic point of view, Ye Qiu was taking risks, and from a tactical point of view, he was treating Cavani and Mascherano as pawns that consumed their opponents, forcing Arsenal to keep running at a high speed.

Football is like this, no one can always press the opponent to play, and no one can always keep possession, so Tottenham Hotspur's strategy now is, since you want to press like crazy, then I will let you press, as long as we have the ball, you have to keep running, and as long as you have the ball, I will let Cavani and Mascherano force you to stop, to see who can consume whom.

I have to say that Ye Qiu's strategy is a dangerous move to hurt the enemy by 1,000 and self-inflicted 800, and the bet is that Arsenal does not have a suitable substitute lineup, which is why Arsenal has been criticized, and Tottenham Hotspur is obviously more adequate on the bench.

There are still Messi who was substituted by Ye Qiu because he played in the national team game, as well as Modric, who just joined the team this summer, and Carol, who can provide the high point of the front court anytime and anywhere, and Arshavin who strengthens the attack power of the front court, Ye Qiu is betting on the thickness of the bench.

If it is described in the terms of chess, it is to solve the siege with a piece, which is a kind of tactics that can defuse the opponent's offensive by changing pieces with the opponent, seek an advantage in the situation, and win the initiative

Wenger didn't expect that Ye Qiu would adopt this kind of extreme against extreme way, but it was obvious that he had no choice but to retreat.

If he chooses to retract now, then Tottenham Hotspur will definitely take advantage of the victory and form a powerful attack directly, and then Arsenal will not only be equalised, but may even be defeated.

But if you don't shrink, then you can only choose to fight with Tottenham Hotspur, but this is obviously not good for Arsenal, at least in the second half, their physical fitness will definitely have problems, and then the initiative and advantage will slowly transfer to Tottenham Hotspur, because relatively speaking, Arsenal currently lacks the bench thickness of Tottenham Hotspur.

As Ye Qiu said, sometimes a football game is like playing cards for the head coach, whoever has more cards will have a bigger chance of winning, and those managers with fewer cards will win by surprise, otherwise they don't have to play at all.

Arsene Wenger doesn't have any cards in his hand now, Rosicky is an old sick man, Gilberto Silva has also dropped a lot after his main place was snatched away by Flamini, and he is currently on the bench, but he is a defensive player.

So, from any point of view, Arsene Wenger was unlikely to make adjustments in the first half.

In the end, neither side chose to change, but continued to let the game go like this.

'Arsenal have an advantage on the ball and are currently UU. while Tottenham Hotspur had just 39 possession. What surprised us even more was that Tottenham Hotspur did not actively want to take back possession, but seemed to consciously let Arsenal come up to grab it."

Andy Gray was a little surprised by Tottenham's first-half performance, and in fact, the tactics of both sides were clearly surprising and incomprehensible.

"We can't understand what Ye Qiu is thinking now, Tottenham Hotspur's opening is still more orderly, but the more later, the more chaotic the team's performance becomes, and Arsenal has ten shots on goal, one goal, while Tottenham Hotspur only has three shots on goal, no goals, from the data point of view, Tottenham Hotspur at home does not seem to be very active in wanting to win this game, is Ye Qiu going to stay in the Champions League group stage in midweek?"

When Tottenham Hotspur played Manchester United before, it was because they were going to play the Champions League qualifiers in midweek, so Ye Qiu obviously did not do his best in this game, but went on half of the substitute lineup, which directly led to the team's 0l defeat to Manchester United away.

But that game was a key battle to decide the life and death of the team's Champions League, and Ye Qiu's desperate gamble was understandable, but now the team is facing the Champions League group stage, and there is no need to fight so hard.

"From the perspective of the course of a league, especially for a team like Tottenham Hotspur, which has obvious upward momentum but has not yet established a strong position in the Premier League, last season's performance was a dark horse, but this season is a crucial season to start over and lay a solid foundation for the team."

"If Tottenham Hotspur can perform well this season and reach the Champions League again, or even to the next level, it will inevitably establish their position in the Premier League in one fell swoop, but if they perform badly and are pressed down by other strong teams, then they will completely return to their original shape, just like Everton in previous years."

"And for a team like Tottenham Hotspur, the opening point grabbing is very important, many times the start is not good, and then you have to chase it all the way back, maybe because the gap is too big, even the players themselves have lost the confidence and fighting spirit to catch up, and it will be very difficult to chase again."

Andy Grey is also a little worried about Ye Qiu and Tottenham Hotspur, after all, the team's performance last season was so amazing that it got a lot of attention and appreciation, and it would be a pity if it was beaten back to its original shape this season.

After all, as neutral fans, almost everyone hopes that more strong teams can rise in the Premier League and break the monopoly of the traditional top four over the top four in the Premier League, and Tottenham Hotspur is undoubtedly the hope of all neutral fans now.

At least in Andy Gray's view, Tottenham Hotspur should have more belief in winning than the opponent in this derby against Arsenal, even if the Champions League is sacrificed for this, after all, the league is the foundation of Tottenham Hotspur, and ensuring the high level of performance in the league and ensuring the qualification for the Champions League next season is the most practical goal of Tottenham Hotspur.

If you lose to Arsenal, it's not just about losing three points, it's also about losing the most important derby, losing the morale and fighting spirit of a team and a group of fans, so for Ye Qiu's current tactical play, Andy Gray can't understand his intentions.

It's not just Andy Gray who doesn't understand, but the entire Tottenham Hotspur fans at White Hart Lane don't understand either, and they don't even understand how the team plays so disorganized, looks like it's chaotic, and sometimes it always feels like they're being led by the nose by the opposition.

As time went on, the situation became more and more difficult, and the physical consumption of the opposing sides became more and more serious, especially after 40 minutes.

It was at this time, in the 43rd minute, after Tottenham Hotspur broke the ball at the back, Cesc Fabregas rubbed a diagonal pass to divide the side ball, Van Persie competed with Klich on the right side, and after both landed, the referee blew the whistle for a foul, signaled Klich for handball, gave a yellow card, and Tottenham Hotspur also got a chance to take a set-piece in front.

'In slow motion, it was a handball and it's hard to say whether it was intentional or not, but the handball was for sure and now it's up to Tottenham to make the most of this opportunity, which was their first set-piece in the game.

"Beckham came up to take this free kick, Tottenham Hotspur since the introduction of Beckham, the attack of set-pieces has always been the team's scoring weapon, the team including Hangrande, Thiago Silva and other players have been assisted by Beckham's free kick to get a lot of scoring opportunities, we will see if we can equalize this time"

With David Beckham setting the ball in place, several Tottenham set-piece scorers made their way into the Arsenal penalty area, and that's when Tottenham Hotspur's height advantage was revealed.

"Arsenal's two central defenders, Kolo Toure is 78.78 meters tall, Gallas is 83.8 meters tall, but Tottenham Hotspur's two central defenders Hangrand is 94.94 meters tall, and Thiago Silva is also 83.83 meters tall.

With Beckham's gesture, a brutal wrestling suddenly occurred in the Arsenal penalty area, and when the Englishman took a free kick, there was a frenzied rush and squeeze in the penalty area, and in this chaotic crowd, Hangrande was seen jumping high in front of the goal.

This jump made Hangrande, who was already more than ten centimeters taller than his opponent, stand out like a chicken, even if he had Gallas and Adebayo teamed up to prevent him, but Beckham's free kick landed very well, just above Hangrande's head, and after the Norwegian was in the air for a while, he saw the coming of the ball and hit a rebound ball.

Almunia reacted, but he tried to block the ball with his feet, but obviously couldn't reach it, so he could only let the ball bounce off the ground and crash into the goal, and then Flamini, who wanted to run over to clear the ball, rushed into the goal and kicked the ball into the net in anger to vent his frustration.

“GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

'A beautiful free-kick combination'

'The header from Brad Hangrande was still a precise free-kick from Beckham's right, and his free-kick on this side was too threatening'

Andy Gray exclaimed as the slow motion of David Beckham's penalty and Hangrid's header was repeated on live TV and on the big screen in the stadium, Andy Gray exclaimed: "We were just worried that Tottenham Hotspur's free-kick was very threatening, but in the blink of an eye, they scored, and Hangrande's height combined with his ability to stay in the air is indeed very advantageous in terms of high balls." ”

'The Norwegian centre-back scored the equaliser for Tottenham Hotspur'

All the Tottenham Hotspur fans chanted the names of Hangrand and Beckham, and both of them rushed to the sidelines to celebrate their goals, with almost all the Tottenham players rushing up to congratulate them on their goals, with only the Arsenal players visibly disappointed.

When Ye Qiu saw this scene on the sidelines, he immediately walked over and waved at the players, signaling them to continue pressing.

This goal came a little accidentally, the team's free kick coordination is indeed very threatening, but Arsenal's handball is not under Ye Qiu's control at all, the equalizer is accidental, but Ye Qiu decided to take advantage of the victory to pursue.

But unfortunately, Tottenham Hotspur was just about to make a counterattack, and it didn't take long for the first half of the game to be over, and the referee saw that there were not many fouls in the first half, and both teams played relatively clean, so there was one minute of stoppage time.

Ye Qiu didn't care, smiled, and pulled Roland, "You go and tell Luka Modric and Messi, warm up at halftime, find a state, and I'll let them play at any time in the second half."

Roland was stunned for a moment, then looked at Ye Qiu, who nodded affirmatively, and then walked to the locker room.

Although he didn't understand it very well, Roland still quickly conveyed Ye Qiu's words to Messi and Modric, telling them that Ye Qiu wanted them to warm up at halftime and be ready to go up in the second half.

Since Messi played the Copa America, his body is still in the adjustment stage, and he returned to Argentina to play a few days ago, so Ye Qiu did not arrange for him to play in this game, so seeing that the team was so passive on the field, Messi could only be anxious off the field, and now after hearing Ye Qiu's arrangement, he immediately became happy.

Modric has just joined the team, played a few warm-up games, and his performance was tepid, even now he is still a little unable to adapt to the rhythm of the Premier League, because compared to Croatia, the pace of the Premier League is too fast, and the players in this league generally have a strong impact and more physical confrontation, which makes the thinner Modric not very adaptable.

In this regard, Ye Qiu also gave understanding, not long ago in a private exchange, after listening to Modric's ideas, Ye Qiu said that the team will give him more time and opportunities, so that he can slowly integrate into the team.

Originally, Modric thought that he would not have a chance to play this game, but who would have thought that Ye Qiu would let him play in the second half.

Thinking of this, Modric's warm-up was even more energetic.

What is surprising is that after fifteen minutes of rest and adjustment in the midfield, neither Ye Qiu nor Wenger made any substitutions, and after the start of the second half, Tottenham Hotspur still maintained the tactics of the first half, attacking Arsenal at the beginning, and directly pulling up the rhythm.

Arsenal were forced to deal with it, and the two sides continued to start the kind of war of attrition between each other, and the situation did not seem to have changed much, and even many people were probably thinking in their hearts that neither side could find a very effective way to suppress the opponent in this game, making the game very dull.

But just as the time entered the 50th minute, I saw that the midfielder Song of the Arsenal team went to the sidelines to warm up.

The Cameroon international was loaned to Charlton Athletic last season and performed very well, although Charlton was relegated, but Arsenal was very positive about his performance and recalled him to the team, but at present, he has not been able to find a main position in the Arsenal team, but from Wenger's intention to cultivate and sculpt, it is not difficult to see that he attaches great importance to Song.

However, Song was not allowed to play, and Tottenham Hotspur made the first substitution in the 55th minute.