Chinese players in Europe

Chapter 335

Redknapp is full of confidence in the victory of the game.However, he reminded the players not to be careless and to minimize the possibility of accidents.Redknapp also has something to fear, and that is the head coach of Stoke City, Tony Pulis.Halfway through the Championship last season, former coach Steve Cotterill resigned because of the poor performance of the team.After Prince took over, it only took half a season to bring Stoke City, which was on the brink of the relegation zone, to the No.3 position in the British Championship, and was able to return to the Premier League. His excellent coaching ability is evident.

More importantly, Pulis is an extremely pragmatic head coach, known for his iron-blooded wrists, which is consistent with Stoke City's rough and tough spirit.Although they are a "grassroots" team and there are not many stars in the team, they can clearly recognize themselves and always make up for their shortcomings with crazy pressing.

To put it bluntly, they are a defensive team, and what they are best at is to use the three-layer and outer-three-layer defensive line in the crowd 30 meters away from the penalty area to form an "iron bucket formation".

A few days before the game against Stoke City, the coaching staff had set the tone of sticking to the attacking style of play in the away game. After all, the opponent's strength was not strong, and even if they wanted to attack, they didn't have the ability.The opponent is more likely to choose a defensive counterattack style of play.If Tottenham want to win, they must generate high pressure on the opponent and continue to attack.Therefore, the most important issue before the coaches is how to break the opponent's defense.

Based on the characteristics of the opponent's defense, Redknapp decided to send a striker combination of Kranjica and Defoe for this game.Kranica has height and can act as a bridgehead. At the same time, his ability to grab points is also very good.Defoe has excellent speed and full impact, and can partner with a striker to pose a more three-dimensional threat to the opponent's goal.

Redknapp believes that as long as the team has the advantage in the midfield and can continue to maintain a strong pressure on the opponent, he does not believe that the Stoke City team will not make mistakes in the overall game.No one can never make mistakes, it just depends on whether the opponent can seize the fleeting opportunity!

Redknapp is not worried about gaining control of the midfield. Tottenham's midfield staffing ranks first among all Premier League teams.With Mo Fei as an excellent commander, even if there are occasional twists and turns in the course of the game, Mo Fei will make adjustments according to the situation, so he doesn't need to worry about it.

Before the game, the media in London also offered advice and suggestions for Tottenham. On the sports page, they unanimously supported Tottenham's aggressive tactics.According to the strength comparison of the two teams and the players in each position, they believe that Stoke City's defensive counterattack tactics are a certainty, and Tottenham only need to consider how to break through the opponent's "iron barrel formation".

Some media suggested that Tottenham could consider pushing right back Joel Luka to the front line when the defense does not feel the pressure, because Joel Luka needs to be tall and has good skills at his feet. Maybe he can receive surprise soldiers Effect.After all, it is not the first time for Joel Luka to do this job. Two seasons ago, his performance as a temporary guest forward was very eye-catching.

Of course, more media still call for the team to send more attackers. In their view, although Defoe has good shooting skills, his physical confrontation is a bit soft.As for Kranjčar, his body is strong enough, but he is not a true center after all, he is more suitable for the position of avant-garde, and his performance after being forced to the front line is still worth worrying about.Therefore, the best way is to send one or two more forwards. As long as there are enough shells in the midfield to send them from afar, the chances of breaking the opponent's goal will be greatly increased.

However, some media reminded Tottenham not to be negligent. The Stoke City team is not helpless, and their winger Assaulter Pennant is a dangerous figure worth noting.Pennant once played for Liverpool and has always performed very well. His speed and breakthrough have always been the most important part of Stoke City's counterattack tactics.

Another figure worth mentioning is England striker Peter Crouch.The former England international is a veteran of the Tottenham club and he is familiar with Tottenham's style.At the same time, with a height of more than two meters, he has the nickname of "Bamboo Pole". His scoring efficiency has always been very high, and he is an excellent striker.

The media believes that as long as the performance of these two players is curbed, Stoke City will have no threat in offense.For the rest, as long as they break through the opponent's goal, the victory will not escape their palms.

Naturally, these various remarks cannot affect Redknapp's normal tactical arrangements, but he has also borrowed a lot of opinions, at least when he was preparing for the game, he had thought about letting Joel Luka play as a guest striker.But in the end he gave up. The reason is very simple. Under the circumstances of the great disparity in strength, these "heretics" should try not to be put on the table.

In his words, if we have the strength to win, we must defeat the opponent openly and convince the opponent!
Tottenham Hotspur received very indifferent treatment when they came to Stoke City. The long-term tepid performance in the Premier League has almost made fans and the media almost forget them. If it were not for the sudden emergence of Tottenham last season, Achieving No.4 in the league and entering the UEFA Champions League in one fell swoop, I am afraid that not many people will pay attention to it except the local media in London.

In this regard, Stoke City will do much better. At least their "lift career" is quite fresh and exciting to many people, and it can attract the attention of many people.Stoke City has seen many giants and strong teams back and forth. In their eyes, apart from being stronger than them, there is nothing surprising about Tottenham.

In fact, this is nonsense. There are 20 teams in the Premier League who are better than them. How should they play? The players have already adapted to it, and there is no strange feeling.

At the pre-match press conference, Stoke City coach Tony Pulis was very low-key. Although the opponent's performance over the years has not been very good, he has been in the Premier League anyway. What is his team? So he is very clear that he does not have any self-confident capital in front of Tottenham.

Pulis said: "Tottenham are the favorites to win the championship, at least in my opinion. Their ability to easily sweep the powerful Blue Moon Manchester City in the first round is the best proof. Their attack power is very strong. This season, many talented and strong players joined in, which greatly enhanced the team's competitiveness. I think this season's Premier League will be a chaotic situation. This game is very difficult for us, although This is our home court, but if we want to score points, we must fight against our opponents with will and courage. The strength of the two teams is not at the same level, but we will not give up. This is never given up in the dictionary of Stoke City Words. Our tactics are very simple, which is to defend and counterattack. As long as we score points, it is a victory for us!"

Redknapp has a lot of experience and experience. The opponent's flattering rhetoric did not make him relax. On the contrary, he paid more attention to this opponent-a commander who is willing to deliberately lower his posture and is flexible. Naturally, his ability and wrist will not be much worse.

Redknapp didn't care whether the opponent was using "Ecstasy", he talked about the new players, the goals of this season, and the running-in of the players according to his own ideas, and finally said: "Stoke City team Although there are no outstanding results, they are extremely strong inside and have a strong self-regulation ability, which is proved by their ability to return to the English top flight very quickly. We can't underestimate them, Arsenal have been in them They have suffered a lot from the hands of the team. They are also very good defensively. This will be the hardest homework problem for my team. Of course, we are not Arsenal, we are here to take away three points. We will definitely be in Away to the final victory!"

Stoke City's home stadium, Britannia, can accommodate 8000 people, but today only less than 2 people arrived. This is related to their "roller coaster" performance every season. The fans of the home team are really very impressed by this inexplicable performance. It's hard to get interested.

On the contrary, nearly 4000 Tottenham Hotspur fans came, including many local Huaxia students who were Mo Fei's supporters.With Tottenham's performance getting better and better last season, coupled with the joining of many well-known stars, Tottenham fans have become more and more passionate about supporting the team.Although the number of people coming to the away game this time is not large, the volume produced can still make the players on the field feel excited.

The game started at 03:30 in the afternoon. Tottenham players, who always played in the evening, were a little uncomfortable with this time period. During the pre-match adaptive training, Stoke City fans were very rude and ruthless. Seriously boos.Having received such "courteous treatment" before the game, it is predictable how they will be treated during the official game.

In fact, Stoke City has a nickname nicknamed "Grenade Corps" by British fans. Of course, it is because they often use "grenade tactics" to break through the opponent's goal, but there is another reason, that is, their style of play is rough and violent.The team has such a violent style, and the fans of the home team who have been swayed by it will naturally not give the visiting team a good look.

Pulis did not put smoke bombs before the game. He did put his team in a very low position, realized his previous remarks, and sent a 541 defensive formation-goalkeeper Sorensen; five Defenders Wilkinson, Huth, Davis, Collins, Shawcross; four midfielders Pennant, Lawrence, Delap, Tonchay; center "Gao Guy" Crouch.

May [-] is the style of play that Stoke City have been insisting on since Pulis took over the team. Although their offensive ability has been weakened a lot, when they encounter strong teams, this can better play their excellent defensive characteristics.The most important point is that three of the four midfielders are speed players, like Delap and Tonchay should be replaced from the forward position, which can quickly advance to the frontcourt when counterattacking.

This typical defensive counterattack formation has been expected by everyone, and everyone is not interested. What everyone is looking forward to is what formation Tottenham will use to deal with the opponent's iron barrel formation.Before the game, Tottenham coach Redknapp kept his mouth shut, hiding his secrets, which greatly aroused the curiosity of fans and the media.

Tottenham's starting lineup was quickly revealed. Redknapp sent a 353 attacking formation: goalkeeper Cudicini; three defenders were Gallas, Dawson and Joel Luka; The midfielder is Gareth Bale, the midfielder Huddlestone, Modric, van der Vaart and Murphy; the striker combination is Pavlyuchenko, Defoe and Kranjca.

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