Chapter 538: Tottenham's Maginot Line

Just over 30 minutes into the first half, Gao Yuan made a substitution.

J Ronaldo was replaced, and Aduris was replaced.

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All the commentators around the world who broadcast the game were silent for a long time.

Because they really don't understand what Gao Yuan is going to do.

In the stalemate, a playmaking midfielder was removed and replaced with a striker who was over 40 years old and retired once

If nothing else, let's talk about the intensity of the game, how long can Aduris last

Will he be able to survive the remaining 60 minutes?

However, the analysis still has to be analyzed. As for whether the analysis is correct or not, it is a matter of opinion.

Some analysts said: "This embodies Gao Yuan's tactical thinking of consistently acting in a treacherous manner. It was definitely unexpected by Mourinho and caught the opponent off guard. ”

This is a correct nonsense, of course, unexpected, but it is a consequence, not a cause, and does not explain why it was done.

Some speculated: "Young managers want to draw on the experience of their veterans, and experience is crucial in such an important game as the Champions League knockout round"

However, Ronaldo is also 30 years old, has experienced ups and downs, ups and downs, and has a mature mentality and enough experience, and even in a way, more experience than Aduris.

Others disdainful: "Gao Yuan is too young, he messed up first and thought that he could break the deadlock by adding strikers, it's so stupid"

But this kind of argument is purely blind and dark-hearted, and people with a little common sense know that Gao Yuan is by no means a guy who doesn't know how to advance or retreat. Take 10,000 steps back and say, it's also a draw now, what's there to mess with.

The commentators in the world are not all stupid, there are still many people of insight, and they have guessed lofty intentions.

In the face of Mourinho's steel bus, it is difficult to penetrate through the ground, and it is difficult for a small fast player like J Ronaldo to play a role in the muscle jungle, so he simply replaced a center forward and added a point-grabbing player in the penalty area to form a multi-point outflanking situation. So this substitution is not a simple personnel adjustment, but a change in tactical play."

This is indeed a lofty purpose

At the beginning of the season, through Mendes, Aduris, who has retired, was brought into the team for this day

It's not a foresight, but research predicts that he will meet defensive guru Jose Mourinho in the Champions League. Rather, based on his judgment of the team's strength and fame, Gao Yuan expected that in the future games, he would encounter more and more "buses" of various models.

Breaking down dense defense is a worldwide problem, and smashing with a center forward is the simplest and most direct one among the few countermeasures

Today, he encountered an iron plate in White Deer Lane, and Gao Yuan judged the situation and decided to use a double center to strike iron

Soon, viewers all over the world noticed that Maritimo's tactical style of play had changed.

In the past, although it was also a defensive counterattack style of play, but more like to control the ball at the feet, but now it is more direct, all kinds of big foot long passes flying all over the sky, long passes in the backfield, 45 degrees of bombing, and bottom crosses The ball flies in the air, just like the bombs dropped by the United States in Iraq.

Although Gao Yuan's tactics are simple and direct, the outflanking of the attacking players is extremely layered.

In the penalty area, Dzeko and Aduris are not just counted on, but there is always a wing-back who acts as a third point of attack.

If the ball is crossed from the left, then Vukovic on the right will cut into the box and outflank the back post; If it is a cross from the right, then Wang Zi on the left side will also enter the penalty area and outflank the point.

And if it is a long pass directly from the backfield, then maybe Vukovic and Wang Zi will enter the penalty area to support the attack.

Wang Zi and Vukovic are both in good physical condition and can grab headers, which is why Gao Yuan replaced J Ronaldo and kept them on the field.

As the game wore on, Mourinho's brow furrowed.

As a defensive guru, his team "bus" is in full swing.

A solid defensive system, horizontal like a chain, vertical depth, sweeping in the midfield, and return defense in the frontcourt.

If the opponent wants to tear apart their own defence by passing and receiving the ball, it is very difficult to do so.

His pre-match deployment is to wait for the opponent to make mistakes, expose flaws in the flaws in the futile attacks again and again, and then kill himself through sharp counterattacks.

However, the other party actually did not play cards according to the routine

Without warning, a long series of rushing cranes began

I studied the video footage of Maritimo before the game and found that the opponent was a team with flexible tactics. However, he didn't expect the other party to become so thorough

That's a hassle. No matter how many defenders there are, and no matter how tough and resilient the ground defense is, the opponent doesn't go to the ground at all and flies the ball in the sky.

No matter how many defenders there are, no matter how strong the tackling ability is at his feet, he can only watch the ball fly over his head, turning into a few people competing to jump high and grab the header.

The high-altitude ball avoids the defender's assistance to the greatest extent. Although the defender can also use the form of a bag to limit the attacker's header.

However, after all, the air is different from the foot, as long as the body is strong, you can get stuck in the position; As long as you are good at judging where the ball lands, you have a chance to grab a header; As long as you jump high enough, you can overpower the opponent.

And the air defense has always been the shortcoming of the Tottenham team, they are an extremely fast counter-attacking team. The average height is not dominant; They are not afraid of fighting, but if the ball goes to three ways, it is not their strength.

The high-altitude ball attack has a lot of luck component. The ball travels in the air and is affected by many factors. Maritimo's header success rate is not too high.

However, this is enough of a headache for Tottenham.

Their solid ground defense system is like the Maginot Line in France during World War II. No matter how strong it is, people don't go from here at all, but choose to bypass it

This turned Tottenham's Maginot defence into a joke.

Moreover, the advantage of directly opening up a long pass with a big foot is that it can greatly speed up the pace and frequency of the attack.

Hitting the ground normally, the ball is upside down, a dozen or even dozens of feet, and it can't form a shot. But the ball is different, two or three kicks can hoist the ball into the box and form a good header opportunity.

Although the success rate is low, there are always one or two out of ten times to form a threat, and from the perspective of unit time, it seems to be much more cost-effective than ground control.

Maritimo's long pass is rushing, the more he plays, the more he has experience, and the more he plays, the easier it is.

But Mourinho was so sad that the process of the game was completely beyond his expectations.

If it were replaced by Terry at Chelsea, Varane and Ramos at Real Madrid, or even Fellaini, who was "above the world" at Manchester United, was on the field, did you dare to play a long string so unscrupulously

However, this lofty and far-reaching, who knows how to judge the situation, guide according to the situation, is not confined to a football concept, and can put down his body to play some ugly and primitive high-altitude balls, which is enough to show the coaching skills of this young man.

Doesn't this coincide with my own football philosophy?

The world says that they are outdated, and their practical football ideas should be thrown into the dustbin of history.

And several encounters in recent years have also made the once invincible madman have self-doubt.

However, today, in this young man, I vaguely see the shadow of when I led the team to sweep the Premier League and dominate Europe.

The same emphasis on discipline and iron will, the same fearlessness of gossip, the same disregard for the world's eyes, only victory in the eyes, full of passion, unscrupulous means.

He's the same kind of person as himself, and maybe he can carry forward his idea of practical football

Thinking of this, Mourinho looked at Gao Yuan standing in the coach's seat of the away team, his eyes were full of appreciation and expectation.

In the past, he was a little resistant to Gao Yuan being called a "new madman", and he was a little resistant to being compared to himself, but now, he deserves this title

This young man has a bright future