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Chapter 473 Finally a goal!

"Welcome to the Luzhniki Stadium in front of the TV"

"We are now preparing to broadcast live for you, from 07 to UR season, the second half of the UEFA Champions League final"

"In the first half that just ended, Manchester United temporarily took the lead with a score of 0. I believe that all viewers and fans in front of the TV were surprised by this score and lost suspense in the second half, because this is a score that can be announced to win the championship in advance."

"What disappoints Tottenham fans even more is that we just received the news that the number one ace star in Tottenham, French winger Frank Ribery, sat on the bench. I heard that he injured his left ankle in a confrontation in the first half, and there is no way to play in the second half."

As the commentator said, the camera also swept across Tottenham Hotspur's bench and saw that Ribery was indeed sitting in the crowd, not only him, but also Modric, who performed poorly in the first half.

Seeing this, Cruyff couldn't help but speak out, "Tottenham Hotspur has made changes."

Mourinho also obviously realized Ye Qiu's changes, "Maybe the situation in the second half will be different, but I don't know how he will fight and fight head-on?"

Soon, the players of the two teams walked out of the stadium one after another, while Tottenham and Hotspur were all serious, but they no longer had the frustration they had when they left the first half, but they became full of fighting spirit, but at least they could still like a normal person and want to win the game.

"It can be seen that these fifteen minutes are very important. I often say that measuring the excellence of a head coach, these fifteen minutes are very important criterion. Ye Qiu's midfield adjustment ability has always been good. If the midfield can make good adjustments in this game, the situation in the second half will still improve. At least, Tottenham Hotspur has great hope of scoring."

After hearing this, Mourinho nodded, but smiled and said, "However, it is impossible to equalize the score."

The on-site commentator immediately took over and said, "We have also been confirmed. During the half-time break, Ye Qiu replaced Ribery and Modric, replaced Beckham and Ashawen, and it seemed that they were just substituting players in the match.

It is not surprising that Beckham replaced Modric, because before Modric, Beckham has always been Tottenham Hotspur's main midfielder. In the second half of last season, it was thanks to his outstanding performance that Tottenham Hotspur got rid of the relegation zone and rushed into the top four of the league.

If Beckham hadn't been injured this season, who would have believed that Modric could play as the main player?

As for Ashawen, in Tottenham's frontcourt, the Russians can play in many different positions, including left and right wingers, front midfielders, and even forwards, among which there are also wonderful shows of the big four, so he used him to replace Ribery, which can be regarded as a counter-substitution.

"Different," Mourinho shook his head, "Ashavin is a player with stronger ball skills and more delicate skills. Ribery is better at assault. Ye Qiu replaced Ribery with Ashavin. Tottenham Hotspur's tactics must change."

Cruyff also nodded and said, "There is a chance to change, and he will die if he does not change. And I think Ye Qiu may try to use ball control to fight against Manchester United's power. Although I still can't see any specific arrangements and ideas for the time being, I think he is nothing more than targeting two people, Carrick and Berbatov."

"This is defense, and if it is in the offense, I think he should try his best to play his advantages. What advantages are it? It is excellent off-ball running and skillful pass-and-receive cooperation, because the Premier League team encountered the midfield combination between Beckham and Fabregas. Not to mention two-two, even two-two, and two-two in many cases."

"As long as you can re-leverage the advantages of these two players, your midfield will be alive. Once the midfield is alive, the offense will improve, and directly revitalize the entire offensive system. The midfield and frontcourt will be completely activated and there will be hope for the goal."

"There is another point. I think Tottenham Hotspur should play its usual offensive advantage, which is a small and quick-playing style, skillful and delicate passes and receiving cooperation, and smart off-ball running, quickly create local advantages, and use the technical advantages of its own players to attack Manchester United's defense."

"Ferdinand Vidic are both tall central defenders, and Carrick and Hargreaves' technical capabilities are insufficient. As long as we can make targeted arrangements for this, Manchester United's midfield and backcourt are actually not strong."

Finally, Cruyff concluded: "One of the important reasons why Tottenham Hotspur suffered a big defeat in the first half is that he is very messy. Coupled with Manchester United's suppression, they did not even play half of their usual level, so it makes us think that Tottenham Hotspur is so weak."

"So, for Ye Qiu, reactivates the team's offensive ability, this is his only chance to reactivate the team's offensive ability.

Mourinho acknowledged Cruyff's analysis and judgment, but he had a different view, "I'm too far behind."

"If I were just one goal behind, or even two goals, I think Tottenham Hotspur would not be without hope, but now three goals behind, Ye Qiu used two substitutions in one breath. I believe one of them was forced to substitutions because Ribery was injured, and Ferguson now has three substitutions, plus the lead of three goals, the advantage is almost obvious and hopeless."

"So, I still said that Tottenham Hotspur has hope of getting back to its face, but the championship is no longer possible."

After the two of them finished their analysis, referee Michel blew the whistle to start the second half.

As soon as the game whistle sounded, everyone from Tottenham Hotspur immediately felt like a white tide, interspersing through the red gap, but they did not launch a fast attack as soon as possible, but instead took the ball from the back line.

"Strange, Tottenham Hotspur's two full-backs were very strong in front of each other, but the midfielder Mascherano returned to the defense line. Tottenham Hotspur now looks like he is playing three defenders." The live commentator noticed the change.

Mourinho nodded and said: "It's three defenders, Mascherano, Hangland and Thiago Silva, Beckham plays behind the midfield, the full-back hits the two wings of the midfield, Fabregas plays on the midfield, Ashavin plays on the front midfield, Van Persie and Messi are at the front."

When analyzing this, Mourinho smiled, "He is going to fight Ferguson to the death."

"Only by fighting hard can you have a chance." Cruyff also smiled, but he was more expecting Tottenham Hotspur.

At the beginning of the game, Tottenham Hotspur actively pressed forward, but the game did not play very quickly, especially in the offense, taking patient control of the ball, and the ball was more likely to fall in the middle and backcourt, especially at the feet of players such as Mascherano, Thiago Silva, Beckham and Fabregas, and kept falling back and forth, falling left and right.

Through this back and forth, Tottenham Hotspur's defense line steadily pushed forward and pushed through the half, while Manchester United did not have much chance of this. After the start of the second half, they did not have many opportunities to touch the ball, mainly because their midfield and frontcourt pressing was not very strong.

Ye Qiu is right. Berbatov and Cristiano Ronaldo's defense are only symbolic, and they are more like defending with their eyes. The only one who is more active in counter-attacking in the frontcourt is Tevez, but Tottenham Hotspur has four players: Beckham, Mascherano, Thiago Silva and Hangland in the midfield.

Three-and-four may create some threats, but if Tottenham Hotspur makes mistakes in one go, how can Tevez grab the ball more often run wildly in the frontcourt.

Tottenham Hotspur passed the ball forward several times, but lost it, but it quickly snatched it back because Tottenham Hotspur's main defense was focused on Karik and Berbatov. The former is the team's most important drag-back organizer, while the latter is the most important ball-receiving point in the frontcourt. As long as these two points are pinched, Manchester United's ball path advancement will become a problem.

Scholes is a very excellent passer and supporter. His greatest tactical value is reflected in his response and pass to his teammates. However, if he is asked to retreat to Carrick to receive Carrick, his position will be too far behind and the threat will not be exerted, because Scholes' own ball-control ability is very average.

The real ball-handling expert in Manchester United is Giggs. Even if he is old, Giggs is still an outstanding ball-handling player.

Seeing Tottenham Hotspur’s tactics change in the second half, he began to press high positions, and at the same time actively and patiently controlled the ball in the middle and backcourt, Ferguson also frowned on the sidelines. He vaguely guessed Ye Qiu’s true thoughts, because Manchester United’s midfield and backcourt were all a group of big and rough men, and they were really forced to play within 30 meters by Tottenham Hotspur, and they had no advantage.

And in this area, once the ball is lost, any pass from the opponent may be the last pass.

Standing in the visiting team coach's command area, Ferguson turned his head and glanced at Ye Qiu. The Chinese still maintained confidence. Ye Qiu had the ability to turn the situation around. He was not surprised because he knew Ye Qiu's level better than anyone else, but this move was a bit unexpected to him.

Both Mascherano and Thiago Silva have accurate ball output skills of about 15 meters. In addition, Beckham, the pass and reception in the midfield ensures that there is no problem with the ball, because Manchester United cannot push the midfield up, because once you press up, Tottenham Hotspur is likely to directly play against the midfield Fabregas point.

"Is there such a move?" Ferguson nodded with a smile, his whole body full of excitement. The stronger he meets, the stronger he is. This is his personality.

When he walked to the sidelines, Ferguson waved at Evra and Gary Neville, signaling the full-back to actively move forward and participate in the offense, and at the same time, Carrick also made more shots to the side. After all, Tottenham Hotspur has now switched to the double striker, so the threat of full-backs is much less. In addition, activate the full-back, and the wingback can be promoted by the side, especially on Evra's side.

The entire second half was unconsciously played for ten minutes. The game was smooth, with almost no fouls, and the referee's whistle didn't sound much. Everything seemed to be very calm, but if you watch the game carefully, you can feel a little uneasy.

It's like you see a powder barrel with a fuse ignited, but you don't know how long the fuse is and when it will explode, so you can only wait and wait uneasy.

Just like before, the ball came from the backcourt to the midfield and then to the frontcourt. Van Persie took the ball from the left side of the middle, about 20 meters away from the goal. Vargas quickly inserted it, but Gary Neville followed the defense at the first time. Van Persie had no chance and passed it back and passed it directly to Beckham.

Because of Tottenham's overall front pressure, the distance between Beckham and Van Persie was not very large. After receiving the ball, Beckham directly acted like a full moon scimitar and gently rubbed the ball with his right foot.

A long diagonal pass from the left thirty meters away from the left, to the right side of the penalty area, crossing a graceful arc. On the right, Alves rushed forward quickly, and Evra and Hargreaves rushed up as soon as possible.

Alves stopped the ball steadily, but Evra was stuck in the penalty area very steadily and did not give Alves the chance to cut into the penalty area. Hargreaves was already quickly approaching behind him. The English midfielder's goal and entanglement skills are indeed a headache, so in order to avoid being entangled, Alves gave up cutting into the penalty area and dribbled the ball to the side.

But Evra and Hargreaves obviously had a tacit understanding. The two formed a horn and launched a pincer attack on Alves who dribbled the ball. At this time, Tottenham Hotspur players could not run over to pick up Alves as soon as possible, so the Brazilian full-back was forced to lead to the corner kick area, and they were finally forced into a dead corner.

This is an area where the ball is simply not passed, and being forced into the corner area, the best result is to kick the ball to the defensive player in exchange for a corner, so Alves intends to do so.

Hargreaves's defensive awareness is still very good and has rich experience. He immediately judged Alves's idea. When the Brazilian player stepped over the football and wanted to kick the football back on them, he immediately got stuck between Alves and the ball.

The Brazilian full-back was squeezed out of balance by Hargreaves' sudden snatch and fell outside the baseline, while the ball was steadily blocked by Hargreaves in front of the baseline.

"Beautiful defense" the commentator exclaimed loudly, "Hargreaves's kick was very exciting, and the timing was just right, Manchester United began to fight back."

Hargreaves passed the ball to Evra, who quickly passed it to Carrick in front of the penalty area and rushed forward by himself because he believed that no matter how fast he rushed, Carrick could accurately pass the ball to him.

Just score another goal and Tottenham will be completely finished

Carrick was facing the corner kick area just now. When he stopped the ball, he naturally stopped in the direction of the attack, so that he could turn around and pass the ball directly. But at this time, Messi suddenly rushed over from the side and stabbed the ball directly to Ashavin.

Carrick concedes the ball at the front of the penalty area. He immediately realizes the danger and rushes towards Ashavin frantically and makes a very dangerous slip-on move. Ashavin flexibly dunks the ball and directly dunks over Carrick, speeding up and dribbling into the penalty area.

Vidic came forward to block Ashavin immediately, while Messi quickly completed a misalignment with Ashavin, and quickly went down from behind Ashavin. After a fake move, Ashavin passed the ball to the bottom line and gave it to Messi.

The two small players were in a very narrow range and used this continuous pass to pass Vidic. The Serbian central defender turned around and wanted to chase him, but Messi was already in front of the baseline and directly passed the ball to the front of the small penalty area. He accurately found Van Persie who was ambushing there.

"Tottenham got a chance in the penalty area, Van Persie, the ball has entered."

"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

"Van Persie scored a goal"

"In the 58th minute of the second half, Tottenham Hotspur finally got a goal back. The wonderful cooperation from Tottenham Hotspur frontcourt players tore open Manchester United's defense line. Van Persie calmly pushed the ball in front of the goal, scoring a goal to regain his face."

"Tottenham Hotspur doesn't seem to give up this game. They are still sticking to their offensive football and still taking bold attacks, hoping to use offense to tear Manchester United's defense. Now, they finally have the opportunity to score. There is still more than half an hour left, and they still have a chance.

The live commentator seemed very excited after Tottenham Hotspur scored.

This goal is definitely the most prominent football style of Tottenham Hotspurs in the past season, which is to use the skillful skills under his feet and rely on the players' passes and receiving balls to tear open the opponent's defense in a narrow gap and create opportunities.

Van Persie rushed out of the stadium and rushed to the stands where Tottenham Hotspur fans were. He excitedly raised his arms to the Tottenham Hotspur fans and kept sitting with cheering gestures, as if saying, "You guys, comrades, we haven't given up, please don't give up, okay?"

Tottenham Hotspur players rushed out of the stadium, hugged Van Persie one by one, and shouted at the fans in the stands.

Tottenham Hotspur fans cheered thunderously, and they all rushed out of their seats and were shouting wildly at the players off the court.

The goal was scored, finally the goal

Ye Qiu on the sidelines was also excited to clench his fists and waved his fists hard. The goal came so well, and the time was just right.

There is still half an hour left. 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, completely ignite the morale and fighting spirit of the team and players.

Ferguson also seemed to realize this, and he immediately called out Giggs and Park Ji-sung from the bench, obviously wanting to make substitutions. The former can provide Manchester United's midfield ability to get the ball, while the latter can strengthen Manchester United's pressing and running ability in the frontcourt. These are all set against Manchester United's current weaknesses and shortcomings.

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. This was a wonderful and beautiful goal cooperation.

"At this time, Tottenham Hotspur's morale soared. Now Ye Qiu should seize the opportunity as soon as possible, continue to strengthen the offense and completely survive the situation. Then they might still have a chance." Cruyff also seemed very excited for Ye Qiu.
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