Chapter 101: Adaptation
It turns out that Friedel's reminder is completely unnecessary, a player who has reached the height of Degan can already be pampered and not shocked, if you talk about the honors achieved, the only one that can be compared with Degan in the history of world football is Pele, that is, Maradona has to stand aside.
Although Degan's desire for honor is the same as at the beginning, but the abuse of those fans and the hostility of opponents, he has long been out of his mind.
Now Degan, what he has to do is to enjoy football, which of course also includes enjoying different football cultures, like now, the booing, abuse, and personal attacks of Newcastle fans are naturally one of them, and what Deegan has to do is to fight back with performance, telling those people that all their actions cannot affect his performance.
With the referee's whistle, Degan's first Premier League game officially began, as people expected before the game, Newcastle made up their minds from the beginning to defend not to relax, Ben Arfa and Cabaye were absent, so that Newcastle's offensive firepower dropped by at least fifty percent, Demba Ba and Cisse on the front line could not get support from the midfield, with personal ability, it was difficult to form an effective threat, it was better to simply defend, see the opportunity to counterattack, if you can win Tottenham of course the best, gain a point, It can also be satisfied.
Newcastle are very realistic, very realistic, and their defense is really good, the formation in the midfield and back is very intact, everyone is in their own area, and for a while Tottenham didn't have a good solution.
As the biggest threat to Tottenham's front, Degan naturally has to be taken care of by Newcastle, from the beginning of the game, Tiott has become his personal bodyguard, even if Degan recycles how to leave, Tiott will not leave an inch.
There is no room for free movement, and because he missed Tottenham's pre-season preparations, he is not very adaptable to Tottenham's tactics, especially the rhythm problem, the whole team is playing very fast, football has been running non-stop, Degan feels as if he is completely out of the whole, although his teammates are actively looking for opportunities to pass the ball to him, but because he is not suitable for the way his teammates play, he received the ball in time, and Degan could not send a threatening pass in the first time.
For ten minutes, Deegan was nothing to show, just running on the pitch, receiving the ball, passing the ball, and as the best striker in world football, he didn't even find a chance to shoot.
Although the Italian football style is mainly defensive, the Italians prefer to interpret the defense on the football field as an art, and their defense pays attention to the positioning, prediction and small-scale encirclement, and achieves the purpose of defense through pure tactical use.
Spain's defense is simpler, basically one-on-one, and the more in-depth ones will learn from Barcelona to complete the defense by dividing and surrounding the stadium area.
England is completely different, the defensive players here, difficult to summarize the characteristics are rough, very rough, that is, Thornton, cultivated by the Italian football system, can run over more than ten meters away, and then a big flying tackle, like Simpson, Taylor, the English football system has cultivated fierce people even more, in just ten minutes, Degan, a strong man, has not been put down three times.
To say that in the past, Deegan also had the experience of playing against Premier League teams, but at that time he was still able to kill all sides, but now it is different, he is in the system, he has never been in contact with before, this kind of high-speed, simple way of propulsion, it is difficult for Degan to adapt, let alone fully integrate into it.
However, Digan is not in a hurry, although he can't adapt to it for a while, but he likes this style of play very much, which is completely different from the previous in Barcelona, when he was in Barcelona, he didn't like the positioning that Guardiola and Vilanova gave him, and he didn't like Barcelona's slow way of playing.
Now what Deegan has to do is to slowly adapt, slowly get used to it, and fully integrate into a new style of play, and there is no hurry!
"Degan seems to be in trouble, the problem that people are worried about has finally appeared, for the style of English football, Deegan has no way to adapt to it, he seems to be out of touch, this situation is also what people were most worried about before, but it was covered up by Degan's previous performance in the game against Real Sociedad, I said before that the last time Tottenham and Real Sociedad matched, Tottenham played not their football at all, but a completely different style, and the reason why Degan can perform so well, It's all about his individual ability, and once he faces a real Premier League game, all kinds of problems will burst out all at once, and now it seems that my worries are not unreasonable! ”
All right! In hindsight, what Zhuge Liangjun said was not wrong at all!
Deegan is indeed in trouble now!
He now has to adapt not only to the pace of the Premier League, but also to the penalty scale of the Premier League.
Just now, when Digan was violated several times, the opponent's foul action, if it was in Serie A or La Liga, it would not be too much to pay a yellow card, but this is the Premier League, here, everything is reasonable, and people are willing to watch this.
The Premier League has always been known for its fierce physical confrontations, and now that people are under increasing pressure, watching the fast-paced and high-confrontation Premier League can be said to be a catharsis, coupled with the success of publicity, the Premier League naturally attracts a lot of fans.
In this high-level confrontation, the referee's whistle is significantly less than in other games, and many actions that would be judged as fouls in other games can be popular in the Premier League.
What are the consequences of this, the game is certainly more exciting, but once the rough and fierce style is formed, the probability of injury to athletes has also greatly increased, and the serious injuries of players in the Premier League in the past two years are even more alarming, the riverside stadium left Liverpool players with broken legs, Blackburn Rovers almost became a violent class, Cech almost became a vegetative person back then, of course, any sport has unpredictable dangers, not to mention football with frequent physical contact, and people are willing to believe in the Premier League those who hurt people, It is not deliberately to infringe on the health and even life of the other party, perhaps this is an accident, and this kind of accident has not happened in other arenas outside the Premier League, but the law enforcement scale of the Premier League is undoubtedly a kind of connivance, in order to make the game more exciting and exciting, so that the athlete's body bears an additional burden, which greatly increases the possibility of accidents.
Moreover, the Premier League's law enforcement scale not only increases the possibility of players being injured, but also affects the performance of Premier League teams and even England in Europe and internationally.
I'm sure people are familiar with the scene of England disallowed in 1998 and England against Argentina in 2004 and England against Portugal in 2004, Campbell celebrated after scoring a goal, and Terry looked innocent after being judged to have committed a foul, they didn't even realize the foul, because such actions are common in the Premier League.
When Cech almost killed the foul, the perpetrator Hunt obviously did it intentionally, and what made people angry was that the referee Riley not only did not send the perpetrator Hunt off the field, but also urged Cech to climb out of the field quickly like a ghost, not to affect the game, until now I recall the scene when Cech climbed out of the field with his hands and feet, fans who like the Czechs are afraid that tears will roll in their eyes, whether Riley is a law enforcer on the field, or a life-urging ghost, if Cech has three long and two short afterwards, Will he ever be better off for the rest of his life, and if anything does, Cech's few steps out of the climb will surely make the injury worse.
Deegan doesn't know why the Premier League has such a penalty scale, perhaps it has something to do with the style of the league, and if the penalties are really judged according to international standards, the continuity of Premier League matches may be greatly affected, resulting in a plummeting spectacle.
The fierce scene of the confrontation naturally attracts more fans, in recent years, the Premier League is the first league of the rumor, from the commercial development is true, but the results, success or defeat is not the only criterion, but obviously always an important criterion, look at the European arena in the past ten years, how many trophies have been won by English clubs.
In 2006, when the first league of the English Premier League was becoming more and more popular, in the finals of the two major European cups, Arsenal, which represented the Premier League giants, lost to Fiorentina led by Degan, and Middlesbrough, who represented the middle and upper reaches of the Premier League, was swept 4:0 by Sevilla of Spain.
The reason why the best players are reluctant to come to the Premier League is that in addition to the difficulty of adapting to the style of the Premier League, it is also difficult to adapt to the penalty scale of the Premier League, of course, the style and the penalty scale itself are also closely related.
A talented playmaker like Veron can't adapt to the Premier League, a long-recognized super goalscorer like Shepchenko can't adapt to the Premier League, and even Ballack, who is so physically good, comes to the Premier League, compared to his performance at Bayern, the problem is more in these players themselves, or in the Premier League?
Can't adapt to the Premier League, it doesn't necessarily mean that the Premier League is superior and people can't fit in, on the contrary, the Premier League's style has never been a representative of the most advanced tactics, and their results in Europe speak for themselves.
The standard of enforcement in the Premier League affects the style of the Premier League, perhaps this is a very complex issue, is it the style of the Premier League that determines the scale of enforcement? But even so, the penalty scale that is more in line with international standards will have a good impact on more than just style, and the style of the Premier League is not advanced even if it is not backward in the world, which affects the performance of Premier League teams in foreign arenas, why the national team seems to be a big name, but England is just a second-rate team, because they adapt to the style of the Premier League, if the opponent's style of play is similar to them, or the overall strength is difficult to threaten them, their physical advantage will prevail, Since the 2006 World Cup, they have nothing to do except Becky's set-pieces, and the 2010 World Cup is still Becky's free kick.
Also, the level of the Premier League referees is really not flattering, in the past, the Premier League linesmen made mistakes in offside decisions almost every game, and a game is not one but many times, the controversy in the game is continuous, freezing three feet is not a day of cold, it is estimated that the level of Premier League referees will not improve much.
Finally, the media in England also have a responsibility, this is a football stadium, not a casino, don't be busy with those gossip all day long, this is a pluralistic world, not so protective of calves, and so xenophobic.
At the time Cech was seriously injured, how many of the media in England condemned Hunt's brutality and questioned Riley's decision?
The hearts of those who watched were cold.
In the 2006 World Cup, when Rooney kicked Carvalho's life, the media in England did not condemn Rooney's evil deeds, but unanimously aimed their guns at the Golden Mauro who didn't know what to say to the referee.
Is it the Premier League, or is it the English Rough?
All right! There is nothing to say about this Degan, although he came to England with the crown of the football king, to put it bluntly, he is still a pawn in the league, what he can do is adapt, not infinite complaints.
When the game reached the seventeenth minute, Degan finally had his first shot on goal, or Modric's pass, this time, Degan grasped the rhythm, quickly inserted, shook off the defending his Tiot, before Taylor pounced, a long shot from outside the penalty area, the opponent's goalkeeper Krul's reaction was extremely fast, a side pounce, blocked the ball off the line.
Damn it!
Deegan kicked the turf with some annoyance, then turned around and gave Modric a thumbs up.
This picture is also one of the few highlights of Degan's game, most of the time, Degan's performance is very mediocre, inactive in the front line, Deegan is also adjusting his role, he began to consciously retreat, let Defoe alone in the front, so that although he has fewer opportunities to threaten the Newcastle goal, but can play his accurate through ball ability.
Ridley. Jin couldn't help frowning when he looked at it: "Rod's position is too far back, and his power can't be exerted at all!" ”
Antienes laughed when she heard this: "No! Rod is the most dangerous in any position on the pitch, he's still adapting to the pace of the Premier League, he's just trying to get the most out of him, and don't forget, he's a great playmaker as well as a great goalscorer. ”
Digan retreated and formed a new central partnership with Luka Modric behind him, and Huddlestone could now be completely liberated to focus on the team's attacking affairs and concentrate on defense.
The game began to gradually fall into a stalemate, and at the end of the first half, the score of the two sides was still 0:0, and there were not even a few high-quality attacks, which made Mr. Smith, who was the commentator of the game, find it boring.
'Both sides of the game gave a boring first half, they both looked a little bit out of spirits, especially Tottenham, I think a lot of people have a lot of expectations for them, but unfortunately they played very badly today, especially Degan, he still doesn't seem to fit into Tottenham's tactics, of course, it's completely understandable, he missed Tottenham's summer preparations, and it does take some time to adapt to a completely unfamiliar environment, but I'm still looking forward to it. He was able to show something different in the second half! ”
Smith's commentary on the game has always given people a sense of poisonous tongue, and this time the evaluation of Degan is already very tolerant, after all, in the previous Champions League qualifiers with Real Sociedad, Degan's performance was very good, because of today's performance in the first half, it would be too harsh to deny Degan's words.
However, after the start of the second half, although Deegan was still very active in running and trying to insert attack, the two different styles still seemed a little difficult to blend together, and as the game ticked by, Newcastle seemed to be very satisfied with a draw, and began to defend with all their might, and even replaced Cisse, leaving only one Demba Ba player in front of Tottenham Hotspur.
Deegan also got two chances to shoot in the second half, but unfortunately his luck today was really bad, both shots on goal, were denied by Krul, the rest of the time, he was under the tive of Tiot, it became a little difficult to connect the ball, once he tried to break through, he was immediately surrounded by Newcastle defenders, and then the opponent did everything to stop him.
As the referee's whistle blew for the game, the game ended, and finally after a dull 90 minutes, the two sides fought 0:0!
Tottenham failed to get off to a good start, and Degan's performance in this game was given a 5 after the game, which was such a consoling score.
In the post-match press conference, Antienes was inevitably asked about Degan's form, to which Antienes still appeared confident in Degan: "He has no problems, no problems at all, I bet with all of you, I have said many times before, don't doubt Rode, he is still adapting, we can't ask him to integrate into the team right away, it will take a process, and I am sure he will be back soon to give the best game to the fans who support him!" ”
Antienes, as always, has chosen to support Degan, and he believes that his support for Degan will be rewarded handsomely in the near future.
However, after the game, there were still some media discussions on the issue of style, and they all agreed that Deegan could not adapt to the style of English football at all, just like Veron at the beginning.