Volume 1 Chapter 473 Finally Scored!
"Welcome back to the Luzhniki Stadium in front of the TV"
"We are now preparing for everyone to broadcast live, 07 to UR season, the second half of the UEFA Champions League final"
"In the first half of the game that just ended, Manchester United temporarily took the lead with a score of 0, and I believe that all the fans in front of the TV were full of surprise at this scoreline, and also lost suspense in the second half, because this is already a score that can be announced to win the championship early"
"To the disappointment of Tottenham Hotspur fans, we have just received the news that the number one ace of the Tottenham Hotspur team, French winger Franck Ribery, is sitting on the bench and I heard that he suffered a left ankle injury in a confrontation in the first half and is no longer able to play in the second half."
With the commentator's words, the camera also swept over the bench of Tottenham Hotspur, and it was seen that Ribery was indeed sitting in the crowd, not only him, but also Modric, who had a poor performance in the first half, was also sitting on the bench.
Seeing this, Cruyff couldn't help but exclaim, "Tottenham Hotspur has made a change"
Mourinho is also obviously aware of Ye Qiu's changes, "Perhaps, the situation in the second half will be different, but I don't know how he will play, hard-hitting?" ”
Soon, I saw the players of the two teams walking out of the stadium one after another, and Tottenham Hotspur looked very serious one by one, but there was no longer the frustration when they walked off the field in the first half, but they became full of fighting spirit, but at least they could be like a normal person and wanted to win the game.
"It can be seen that these fifteen minutes are very critical, I often say, to measure the excellence of a manager, the fifteen minutes of halftime is a very important standard, Ye Qiu's midfield adjustment ability has always been good, if the midfield can make adjustments in this game, the situation in the second half will still improve, at least, Tottenham Hotspur has a great hope of scoring"
After listening to Mourinho, he nodded, but said with a smile: "However, if you want to equalize, it is no longer possible"
The on-site commentator immediately took over and said: "We have also been confirmed, at halftime, Ye Qiu replaced Ribery and Modric, and replaced Beckham and Arshavin, which seems to be only a counterpoint substitution."
Beckham replaced Modric, which is not surprising, because before Modric, Beckham had been Tottenham's main midfielder, and in the second half of last season, it was thanks to his excellent performances that Tottenham Hotspur got out of the relegation zone and broke into the top four of the league.
This season, if it weren't for Beckham's injury, who would have believed that Modric could play in the main line?
As for Arshavin, in the front field of Tottenham Hotspur, the Russian can play many different positions, left and right wingers and forwards, and even strikers, including a wonderful performance of the big four, so replacing Ribery with him is also a counterpoint substitution.
"It's different" Mourinho shook his head and said, "Arshavin is a player with stronger ability to hold the ball, more delicate skills, Ribery is better at assault, Ye Qiu replaced Ribery with Arshavin, Tottenham Hotspur's tactics must change." ”
Cruyff also nodded: "Change is a chance, change must die, and I think Ye Qiu may be trying to use the ball to fight Manchester United's strength, although I don't see any specific arrangements and ideas for the time being, but I think he is nothing more than targeting two people, Carrick and Berbatov." ”
"It's defense, and if it's on offense, I think he should do everything he can to play to his strengths, what advantages? It is excellent off-ball running and skillful passing and receiving cooperation, because the midfield combination of Beckham and Fabregas at the beginning, the Premier League team encountered, not to mention two grabs and two, and even many times three grabs and two grabs, four grabs and two can not grab the advantage. ”
"As long as you can regain this advantage of these two players, your midfield will be alive, and as soon as the midfield is alive, the attack will improve, and the whole attacking system will be revitalized, and the midfield will be completely activated, and there will be hope for goals."
"Another point, I think Tottenham Hotspur should give full play to their usual attacking advantages, that is, small and fast play, with skillful and delicate passing and receiving coordination, coupled with smart off-ball running, quickly create local advantages, and use the technical advantages of their players to impact Manchester United's defense."
"Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic are both tall centre-backs, while Carrick and Hargreaves are lacking in technical ability, and as long as they can make targeted arrangements for this, Manchester United's midfield is actually not strong."
After the worst, Cruyff concluded: "A very important reason why Tottenham Hotspur had a big rout in the first half was that he himself was very messy, coupled with Manchester United's suppression, so that they didn't even play at half the usual level, so we looked like Tottenham Hotspur was so weak. ”
So, for Ye Qiu, reactivating the team's offensive ability is his only chance
Mourinho agrees with Cruyff's analysis and judgment, but he has a different opinion, "too far behind
"If it's just one goal behind, or even two goals, I don't think Tottenham Hotspur will be hopeless, but now three goals behind, Ye Qiu used up two substitutions in one go, I believe one of them was forced to make a substitution, because Ribery was injured, and Ferguson now has three substitutions, plus a three-goal lead, the advantage is almost so obvious that it's desperate"
"So, I'm still the same sentence, Tottenham Hotspur have hope to get back face, but the championship, it's no longer possible"
After the two men finished their analysis, referee Michel blew the whistle for the start of the second half.
As soon as the whistle blew, everyone up and down Tottenham Hotspur was immediately like a white tide, interspersed in the red gaps, but they did not launch a quick attack at the first time, but the back line took the ball.
'Strangely, Tottenham's two full-backs pressed forward so much that it was midfielder Mascherano back who came back to the back, and Tottenham now look like they're playing a back three. The on-site narrator noticed the change.
Mourinho nodded: "It's a back three, Mascherano, Hangrande and Thiago Silva, David Beckham plays in the back midfield, the full-backs press forward to the wings of the midfield, Cesc Fabregas plays in the middle of the midfield, Arshavin plays in the midfield, Van Persie and Messi are in the front"
When analyzing this, Mourinho snorted, "He's going to fight Ferguson."
"You have to work hard to get a chance," Cruyff also laughed, but he was more expecting from Tottenham Hotspur.
At the beginning of the game, Tottenham Hotspur actively pressed forward, but it was not very fast, especially in attack, taking patient possession, and the ball was more in the middle and back, especially concentrated at the feet of players such as Mascherano, Thiago Silva, Beckham and Cesc Fabregas, constantly falling back and forth, left and right.
Through this back-and-forth left and right, Tottenham Hotspur's defence pressed forward steadily and successfully pushed through the half, while Manchester United did not have many chances for this, and they did not have many chances to touch the ball from the start of the second half, mainly because their midfield pressing was not very strong.
Ye Qiu is right, Berbatov and Cristiano Ronaldo's defense is only symbolic, more with the eyes to defend, the only one in the front field who is more active in counter-attacking is Tevez, but Tottenham Hotspur's midfield has Beckham, Mascherano, Thiago Silva and Hangrande four players.
Three steals and four may be able to create some threats, but one grab four, unless Tottenham Hotspur makes a careless mistake themselves, otherwise, how can Tevez grab the ball, more in the front of the crazy run.
Tottenham Hotspur passed the ball forward on a couple of occasions but lost it, but quickly grabbed it back, as Tottenham's main defensive focus was on Carrick and Berbatov, the former being the team's most important playmaker, while the latter was the most important point of receiving the ball up front.
Scholes is a very good passer and playmaker, and his greatest tactical value is reflected in his receiving and passing to his team-mates, but if he is to drop back to Carrick's perimeter to meet Carrick, he is too far back to threaten because Scholes himself has average ball control.
The real ball master in the Manchester United team is Ryan Giggs, and even in his old age, Giggs is still the best ball handler.
Seeing that Tottenham Hotspur's tactics changed in the second half, they began to play high pressing, and at the same time actively and patiently controlled the ball in the midfield, Ferguson also frowned on the sidelines, and he vaguely guessed Ye Qiu's true thoughts, because Manchester United's midfield and backfield are a group of big bosses, and they are really forced by Tottenham Hotspur to play in the 30-meter area, and they have no advantage.
And in this area, once the ball is conceded, any pass by the opponent can be the last pass.
Standing in the command area of the away coach, Ferguson turned his head sideways and glanced at Ye Qiu, the Chinese still maintained confidence, Ye Qiu had this ability to turn the situation around, he was not surprised, because he knew Ye Qiu's level better than anyone else, but this move still somewhat surprised him.
Mascherano and Thiago Silva both have the ability to accurately hit the ball at around 15 meters, plus a Beckham, and the passing and receiving of the ball in the midfield ensures that there is no problem with possession, because Manchester United cannot press the midfield, because once you press up, Tottenham Hotspur is likely to hit Fabregas in the midfield.
"There is still such a trick?" Ferguson nodded with a smile, full of excitement, the stronger the stronger, this is his personality.
Walking to the sidelines, Ferguson waved at Evra and Gary Neville, signaling the full-backs to actively participate in the attack, and at the same time allowing Carrick to play more on the wing, after all, Tottenham Hotspur is now playing two forwards, the full-backs are much less threatening, and the full-backs can be activated to advance on the wing, especially on Evra's side.
The whole second half went on for ten minutes unconsciously, the game was very smooth, there were almost no fouls, and the referee's whistle did not sound much, everything seemed to be very calm, but if you watch the game carefully, you can appreciate a trace of uneasiness.
It's like you see a powder keg with a fuse lit, but you don't know how long the fuze is and when it will explode, so you can only wait and wait.
Still the same as before, the ball came from the back to the midfield, and then to the front, Van Persie took the ball in the left side of the middle about 20 meters away from the goal, Vargas quickly inserted, but Gary Neville followed the defense for the first time, Van Persie had no chance, passed back, and passed directly to Beckham.
Because of Tottenham Hotspur's overall forward pressure, the distance between Beckham and Van Persie is not large, and after receiving the ball, Beckham directly put on a full moon scimitar posture, and gently rubbed his right foot against the ball.
A diagonal pass from the left side of the 30-meter area to the right side of the penalty area cut through a graceful arc, and on the right, Alves rushed forward quickly, and Evra and Hargreaves were also the first to rush up.
Alves stopped the ball steadily, but Evra was very solid stuck in the penalty area, not giving Alves a chance to cut into the penalty area, and behind Hargreaves has been quickly close, the England midfielder's marking and pestering skills are indeed a headache, so in order to avoid being entangled, Alves gave up cutting into the penalty area and took the ball to the side.
But Evra and Hargreaves obviously had a tacit understanding, the two formed horns and launched a pinch attack on Alves with the ball, and at this time, Tottenham Hotspur's players could not run over to meet Alves at the first time, so the Brazilian full-back was forced to take the corner area, and they were forced into the corner at the end.
It's an area where you can't pass the ball at all, and you're forced into a corner, and the best thing to do is to kick the ball into a defender in exchange for a corner, so Alves is going to do the same.
Hargreaves' defensive awareness and experience were so good that he immediately spotted Alves' thoughts, and when the Brazilian players crossed the ball and wanted to kick it back to them, he got stuck between Alves and the ball.
The Brazilian full-back was squeezed out of balance by Hargreaves' sudden scramble and fell outside the baseline, while the ball was safely stopped by Hargreaves.
"Beautiful defense" the on-site commentator exclaimed loudly, "Hargreaves' kick is very exciting, and the timing is just right, Manchester United began to counterattack"
Hargreaves played the ball to Evra, who made a quick pass to Carrick in front of the penalty area and then rushed forward himself, believing that no matter how fast he rushed, Carrick would be able to get the ball in front of him.
With just one more goal, Tottenham Hotspur is completely finished
Carrick was facing the corner kick area just now, and when he stopped the ball, he naturally stopped in the direction of the attack, so that he could pass the ball directly after turning around, but at this time, Messi suddenly rushed over from the side and stabbed the ball directly to Arshavin.
Carrick lost the ball at the edge of the penalty area, immediately realized the danger, rushed madly to Arshavin, and made a very dangerous sliding tackle, Arshavin was flexible to dunk the ball, directly dunked Carrick, and accelerated the ball into the penalty area.
Vidic stepped forward to block Arshavin for the first time, and Messi quickly completed a misalignment with Arshavin, and he quickly went down from behind Arshavin, and Ashavin passed the ball to the bottom line after a feint and gave it to Messi.
The two small players were in a very tight area, using this kind of continuous pass past Vidic, the Serbian central defender turned around and wanted to chase, but Messi was already in front of the bottom line, directly to the edge of the small penalty area diagonal pass, accurately found Van Persie ambushed there
"Tottenham Hotspur got a chance in the box, Van Persie, the ball went in"
“GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL”
'Van Persie has scored'
"In the 58th minute of the second half, Tottenham Hotspur finally pulled a goal back, and the wonderful cooperation from Tottenham Hotspur's frontcourt players tore apart Manchester United's defence, and Van Persie calmly pushed in front of the goal, scoring a face-saving goal for Tottenham Hotspur"
"Tottenham didn't look like they were giving up on this game, they were still sticking to their attacking football, they were still going to attack boldly, they wanted to tear down the United defence, and now they finally had their chance to score, with more than half an hour to go, they still had a chance
The on-site commentators looked very excited after Tottenham Hotspur's goal.
The goal was definitely Tottenham's most striking style of football this past season, which was to use the skillful skills of the feet to rely on the players to pass and receive the ball together, tearing apart the opposition defence in tight gaps and creating chances.
Van Persie rushed out of the stadium, rushed to the stands where the Tottenham Hotspur fans were, excitedly raised his arms to the Tottenham Hotspur fans, and kept sitting with encouraging gestures, as if to say, guys, comrades, we didn't give up, please don't give up either, okay?
The Tottenham Hotspur players rushed out of the pitch quickly, hugging Van Persie one by one and shouting at the fans in the stands.
The Tottenham Hotspur fans roared thunderously as they all rushed out of their seats, all shouting frantically at the players off the pitch.
Scored, finally scored
Ye Qiu on the sidelines also shook his fist excitedly, this goal came too well, the time was just right
There is still half an hour left, and for Tottenham Hotspur, scoring two goals in half an hour is not a problem at all, so this goal will completely ignite Tottenham Hotspur's desire to attack, and completely ignite the morale and fighting spirit of the team and players
And Ferguson also seemed to be aware of this, and he immediately called out Ryan Giggs and Park Ji-sung from the bench, obviously wanting to make substitutions, the former can provide Manchester United's midfield with the ball, while the latter can strengthen Manchester United's pressing and running ability up front, which are set for the current weakness and shortcomings of Manchester United
The live TV broadcast kept replaying the entire goal process just now, and even deliberately paused when Ashavin passed the ball to Messi to show that Messi was not offside, which was a wonderful and beautiful goal match.
"Scoring at this time, Tottenham Hotspur's morale has skyrocketed, and now Ye Qiu should seize the opportunity as soon as possible, hurry up and continue to strengthen the attack, and completely enliven the situation, then they may still have a chance" Cruyff also seemed very excited for Ye Qiu.
Jose Mourinho was a bit silent because he could see it