The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 466 A Goal

"Tottenham Hotspur did a miracle in this game!"

The commentator watched the Tottenham Hotspur players attacking Manchester United again and again on the pitch, and sighed involuntarily. Ferguson even had to make adjustments. Coles wants to let O'Shea play a defensive midfielder after playing, and further strengthen the team's midfield defense and interception capabilities.

"This is a forced substitution. Ferguson is ready for a tie within 10 minutes, or even a penalty shootout!" Mourinho directly saw through Ferguson's intentions.

It's not that he knows Ferguson well, but that his intention is too obvious. Anyone with a little bit of professional football knowledge can see that now that the second half is coming to an end, Manchester United chose to replace O'Shea at this time, which is clearly a request. draw.

Cruyff praised with some sighs: "But no matter what the final result is, Tottenham Hotspur can push the tyrannical Manchester United to this point. They have won everything!"

"We have every reason to believe that this game will change many coaches' understanding of future tactics. Tottenham Hotspur are facing the powerful Manchester United. They pay more attention to ingenuity and avoid unnecessary physical confrontation. And adopt a more dexterous, faster and more efficient technical style of play, I think this also brings some new tactical ideas to many Premier League teams, and even non-Premier League teams!"

Cruyff's words were recognized by the on-site commentator, "Strength and technology, these two issues have always been very controversial in the Premier League. In the past, it was always a dispute between Manchester United and Arsenal. Later, Ye Qiu brought out the A Chelsea team that obviously had strength but was not lacking in skill, and now this Tottenham team has clearly gone a step further."

The on-site commentator's unaware of the problem made Mourinho a little embarrassed and didn't make a sound, but Cruyff nodded in agreement, and he felt that Ye Qiu's tactics in Tottenham Hotspur It is actually in line with the past.

"Actually, in the past few years, we have all seen Ye Qiu's continuous improvement in the pursuit of tactics. Whether it was at Ajax or Chelsea, and now at Tottenham Hotspur, his progress has been consistent. It's all obvious, and his pursuit is also very clear, that is the organic combination of technology and power, but at the same time there is no lack of speed, flexibility and creativity."

"By the way, Mr. Cruyff, I don't know if you have noticed something, that is, I have always had a feeling that Ye Qiu seems to have always had an idea that he hopes to combine the frontcourt, midfield and back of a team. The field is connected as a whole, regardless of each other, so you can see that he likes assisting full-backs very much, and his frontcourt players are also running in a disorderly manner, and the midfielders are actively advancing forward. I have Sometimes I even wonder, is this a kind of total attack and defense?"

The game is still going on, and Tottenham Hotspur are still actively organizing the offense, but because there is no threat, the commentator needs to talk about other topics to attract the attention of the fans watching the game. Without a doubt, let Crewe Yves commented on Ye Qiu's highly respected Total Attack and Total Defense, which is a highlight.

After listening to the question, Cruyff smiled, "I can only say that Ye Qiu is on the path of pursuing Total Defense, but there is still a long way to go before Total Defense."

After hearing this, Mourinho immediately retorted, "Actually, I have always felt that total defense is a very idealized tactical concept, because it is impossible to be reflected in modern football! "

Cruyff nodded, "That's right, one of the most important reasons why it is difficult to achieve total defense in modern professional football is that you can't find so many individuals with outstanding strength, but at the same time have a strong personality." A player who has a sense of team and can cooperate with the head coach's overall tactics, and integrate them into a whole."

"Also, there are so many modern professional football games, the intensity is so great, the influence of injuries, players' state ups and downs, etc., all make it almost impossible to implement total attack and defense. Therefore, I highly recommend One of Ye Qiu's ideas, he wanted to pursue total defense, but he didn't ignore the reality, he was pursuing a goal that might be difficult or even impossible to achieve on the basis of reality."

In professional football circles, many people regard total defense as a utopian football ideal, including Mourinho, Ferguson and others, but everyone knows very well that the emergence of total defense is a kind of utopian football ideal. One of the huge changes brought about is running without the ball.

The emergence of off-ball running is bound to cause the team's tactics to completely bid farewell to the modularity of the past, that is to say, a certain player is responsible for what role, other players are responsible for what, and then they are responsible for different responsibilities to integrate into a ball. Team, this situation will be completely broken.

"I discussed this issue with Ye Qiu once, and he told me that he had read a book by Sacchi, and he highly praised one of Sacchi's predictions, that is, the future of football will move toward blurred positions, and the future of football will not There will be no more fixed positions, but it will be a tactical era full of fusion!"

Cruyff was obviously very impressed with the previous communication with Ye Qiu. "At that time, Ye Qiu gave me an example. He asked me, why does AC Milan need Gattuso? Because they have Kaka!"

"In the same way, why do Manchester United need Tevez in the frontcourt now? Because they have Cristiano Ronaldo and Berbatov, so Ferguson needs Tevez. This is a balance, you know what I mean?"

The on-site commentator nodded immediately. Anyone with a little knowledge of football knows that the first thing to consider in tactics is balance, the balance between offense and defense. Therefore, when AC Milan wants to use Kaka, it must arrange a Cato Players like Suo protect Kaka behind him.

For the same reason, the reason why Real Madrid played well in the first phase of the Galacticos was because of Makelele.

"Ye Qiu has an idea. He feels that if Sacchi's theory is combined with the current situation, football should completely overthrow the existing so-called positions and responsibilities, but redistribute them. That is to say, in the overall situation, let offense and The defense is effectively integrated into one, that is, the high-post defense and counter-attack on the spot that Ye Qiu has been insisting on for the past few years."

"In terms of details, the players do not have a fixed position. They move and change positions completely according to the situation on the field, but when they move and change positions, they can keep the team's overall tactical framework from being broken and maintain the overall unity. Rigorous, let the defenders control the ball like a midfielder, let the midfielder participate in the attack like a forward, let the forward actively invest in defense like a defender, but at the same time, they can maintain high-quality, creative movements and cooperation on the court. "

When Mourinho heard this, he couldn't help but nodded again and again, "If there is no Kaka, there is no need for Gattuso, because it is easier to defend Kaka or attack Gattuso, but if there are two other When Kaka has a part of Gattuso's defensive ability, and when Gattuso has a part of Kaka's offensive ability, facing such two people forming a midfield again, it becomes very difficult to attack or defend. !"

"That's the reason!" Cruyff nodded, "So, Ye Qiu feels that Sacchi's prophecy is likely to come true, because it can completely and truly turn football into a holistic sport!"

The on-site commentator also understood, "Looking at the current performance of Tottenham Hotspur in this game, it is indeed surprising. The front trident Van Persie, Ribery and Messi have no fixed positions and positions. Responsibilities change completely according to the situation. When Ye Qiu needs it, the full-back can be used as a full-back, and the midfielder can be used as a defender. The whole team is like a jigsaw puzzle that he put together at will. Whatever it is, spell it out."

"In this way, Tottenham Hotspur are conducting a great tactical experiment!"

Cruyff nodded, "It is indeed a great tactical experiment, but it is just the beginning." And this is why Cruyff is so optimistic about Ye Qiu and Tottenham Hotspur.

The emergence of this team completely changed a lot of things, and also changed a lot of Cruyff's understanding of football in the past.

Ye Qiu is like an enigma. He has a pair of eyes that are enough to make all the head coaches and scouts in the world envy and hate. He can distinguish countless outstanding talented players for him. Comprehensive football knowledge, these have given him a very clear idea of ​​​​the future of himself and the team.

It can be said that instead of saying that Ferguson won the game at the beginning and lost at the end, it would be better to say that he never won from the very beginning, because during the game, Ye Qiu fully demonstrated that he played against Tottenham. Tottenham's unscrupulous transformation, as well as the players' adaptability after random changes on the spot, these are all left over from the accumulation of a long period of time in the past.

When the three commentators were speaking, the game seemed a bit boring, because Manchester United adopted a shrinking defensive strategy. After O'Shea came on the field, their formation kept relatively compact, and they shrank to the front of the goal to start intensive defense.

Regarding Manchester United's tactics, Tottenham Hotspur failed to continue their attack effectively, and Ye Qiu seemed to have made up his mind in the 87th minute, replacing Uruguayan striker Cavani with an excellent performance. , but Van Persie has cramp.

Tottenham Hotspur's tactics emphasize running without the ball, and Van Persie really fought too hard in the second half. Now he can't run in front of him anymore. If he continues to stay on the court, the effect is not very obvious.

This adjustment by Ye Qiu allowed Cavani to stand alone at the front, with Arshavin and Messi behind him. Taking advantage of Cavani's excellent running and height, he impacted and pulled Manchester United's defense line, providing support for the team's offense. Create opportunities, and this substitution is also a preparation for overtime.

Cavani's physical fitness, as well as his investment in the game, can ensure that he can fill the lack of physical fitness of Asavin and Messi in overtime, can withstand Manchester United's midfield well, and ensure Tottenham's heat Stabs the strength of the frontcourt, and Cavani's height and physical confrontation ability are excellent.

In fact, Cavani is really a bit like his idol Ruud van Nistelrooy. Both of them can be regarded as the standard figure of a center forward, 1 meters, but they both look a bit thin, and his weight is only 88 kilograms In the early days, but the whole body is full of muscles.

According to Peter Brandt, South American players are generally thinner, just looking thinner, but their physical confrontation ability is not inferior to European strong men at all, and this thinness makes them more flexible. More speed, so don't look at Cavani and Carroll's height and weight do not have an advantage, but in a confrontation, it is difficult for Carroll to take advantage of Cavani.

With speed, scoring ability, and willingness to fight, Cavani is a striker that Ye Qiu relies heavily on. In this final, he was specially placed on the substitute list, and at the last moment, he was asked to replace Van Persie on the field .

After Cavani came on the field, he seemed very excited and worked very hard. He kept rushing and running. As soon as Tottenham Hotspur lost the ball, he immediately participated in the counter-robbery, and once the team wanted to attack, he was there. Manchester United kept running and sprinting back and forth in the penalty area, just like a tall version of Tevez.

It may be that Cavani brought excitement after playing and injected fresh blood. The two central defenders of Manchester United were a bit unable to keep up with the rhythm of the Uruguayans, and there were some chaos, but Manchester United's defense is very experienced. The physical fitness of the Tottenham players has also been exhausted, and it is difficult to create threats.

It seems that this time, Arshavin suddenly pulled to the left to get the ball. After getting a pass from Vargas, he passed Gary Neville directly on the left and broke into the penalty area.

This was a breakthrough in the second minute of overtime, which made the three commentators feel as if they had been beaten, because with the exhaustion of physical energy, it is difficult to see this kind of personal breakthrough that breaks the situation on the court. , Messi can't even run anymore.

"Ashavin broke into the penalty area from the left and faced Ferdinand. Ferdinand didn't dare to take a kick because he was afraid of a penalty kick."

"Russians try to break through, pass, break through Ferdinand!!!"

"Oh!!" The on-site commentator finally waited for a threatening attack, but saw Arshavin break into the penalty area and was blocked by Ferdinand, followed by Vidic through precise positioning. Before reaching Arshavin, he stopped the ball at his feet almost effortlessly, but Arshavin was staggered by Ferdinand and almost fell down.

After Vidic got the ball, he turned around and cleared with a big foot.

"I still don't have the physical fitness, so the technical movements are a bit deformed, and it's a bit big when passing people!" Cruyff also felt regretful.

If according to the current situation, there are 4 minutes of stoppage time, it is estimated that 10 minutes of this game will end in a tie, and the two sides will enter overtime, and it is still unknown who will win.

Seeing Vidic's clearance back to the center circle, Thiago Silva grabbed ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo again, and headed back to Beckham. In the final period of the game, Brazil The central defender almost blocked the Portuguese superstar.

"Entering extra time, Tottenham Hotspur still has a good chance of winning!" The commentator on the spot is still more optimistic about Tottenham Hotspur, and after Beckham got the ball, he reorganized an attack again, " Let's look at this attack again, Beckham has the ball, wide cross to the right, it's Alves again!"

I saw Alves quickly plug in from behind, on the right side of the Manchester United penalty area, directly facing Beckham's long pass, leaping high, and ferrying the header to the penalty area.

After Nemanja Vidic made a clearance, Manchester United's players were spreading out their formation and preparing to reorganize their defense. Suddenly, Tottenham Hotspur sent the ball into the penalty area again, so at this time, Manchester United's defenders rushed towards the goal immediately. Chong, at this time, the advantage of speed is reflected.

In the penalty area, Cavani used his speed to seize the opportunity, and blocked Vidic behind him with his body, while Ferdinand interfered beside him, and Cavani had already occupied the position of grabbing the ball Now, all he and Vidic can do is to interfere with Cavani's direct header.

The Uruguayan didn't seem to intend to head the goal from the very beginning, so after he jumped high, he was not disturbed and affected by Vidic and Ferdinand, but knocked Alves' ferry to the goal with his header. in the opposite direction of the goal.

Because both Vidic and Ferdinand rushed towards Cavani, and Manchester United was preparing to spread out just now, many players failed to return to their positions. As a result, behind the two Manchester United central defenders, from the penalty area line to the penalty area, There were no defensive players, leaving only Messi who was alone, unable to run, standing over there panting.

The ball suddenly flew from the direction of the small penalty area. Messi himself was a little surprised. He couldn't even believe that there was such a good thing. Cavani's header was also very smart. He didn't directly give the half-high ball. Instead, for the height of Asavin and Messi, a ground ball was given.

Therefore, the ball bounced after touching the ground, and Messi hardly thought about it. He used an almost instinctive reaction, took a step forward to catch up with the ball, and kicked directly after the ball just bounced off the ground.

After finishing this shot, Messi himself lost his balance and fell to the ground. He had no strength at all.

But when he turned his head sideways and looked at the goal, what he saw was the ball bouncing in the goal line for some reason, which made his head stunned, and he was a little knotted. Realize what this means.

On the contrary, the other Tottenham Hotspur players rushed towards the penalty area in ecstasy, rushed towards Messi, and directly overwhelmed Messi in the penalty area, while the Manchester United players were all completely stupid up.

All the Tottenham Hotspur fans in the stands rushed out of their seats almost crazily, shouting with an almost ferocious expression, shouting Messi's name and Tottenham Hotspur's Names, shouting the names of everyone on the team.

Ferguson's ass just stood up from his seat because of nervousness, but when he saw Messi score, his whole body seemed to be exhausted, and he slumped back to the coach's bench.

At the last moment, with more than a minute left in the game, Tottenham Hotspur scored a reversal goal!
This is a goal that created a great miracle!
This is also a goal that is bound to go down in history!
(End of this chapter)