Chapter 550 Tiger
"Friends, welcome to watch the focus of the first round of the new 09010 Premier League, which was broadcast live by Sky TV for you. We are now at the White Hart Lane Stadium in north London."
"The game we will broadcast live tonight is a match made by Tottenham Hotspur, the double champion of the Premier League and Champions League last season, facing the strong Reds Liverpool from the north. This is also the first direct confrontation and competition between the two world-renowned coaches Ye Qiu and Benitez in the new season."
The opening match of the Premier League this season started in the afternoon. Chelsea's performance was rather average, and they reversed Hul City at home. If it weren't for Drogba's outstanding performance, Ancelotti might have had to make a comeback in the first league game of the new season.
Another important showdown, Manchester United's home match against Birmingham will also be held at the Old Trafford Stadium in Manchester tonight. This is also the first appearance that Ferguson has made after selling Cristiano Ronaldo and reorganizing the Manchester United lineup, so it has attracted much attention from the outside world.
Arsenal's away game against Everton is scheduled to be held tomorrow.
"Tottenham and Liverpool have experienced considerable turmoil this season. Among them, Tottenham sold the team's top center Robin Van Persie, Wales left-wing Gareth Bale, Brazilian organizational midfielder Lucas Reva, and defense versatile Aveloa, who lost four players.
"However, judging from the warm-up matches in the early stages of the season and the performance of the players, Tottenham Hotspur did not seem to have been greatly affected, especially in terms of attacking power on the front line, the newly joined Colombia center Romedal Falcao quickly replaced Van Persie's position and became the team's starting center, and performed very well in the warm-up match."
"But on the back line, the problem still exists. In the Amsterdam Cup Invitational, Tottenham Hotspur played a game with Sevilla. In this game, Tottenham Hotspur's defense is very worrying, especially when Marcelo faces Sevilla's right winger Navas, he performed very poorly and was very worried."
"Compared with Tottenham's serious personnel loss, Liverpool's situation is also not optimistic. Central defender Hepia transferred to Leverkusen, Pennant went to Zaragoza, and the team's core main midfielder Xavi Alonso transferred to Real Madrid, which has caused quite a lot of trouble to Benitez's team, especially in the midfield organization."
"Benitez seems to have been prepared for this, and has successively introduced Brazilian midfielder Lucas Reva from Tottenham Hotspur at a high price and Italian midfielder Aquilani from Roma. However, whether these two players can fill the weaknesses of Liverpool's midfield organization in the new season is really exciting."
"Ye Qiu and Benitez are a famous pair of stalemates in the Premier League. They attach great importance to this game. They have not announced the starting lineup for this game until now."
"Tottenham Hotspur's starting lineup is goalkeeper Peter Cech, defense line Marcelo, Ziglinski, Thiago Silva and Alves, midfielder David Silva, Yaya Toure and Fabregas, and front court Ribery, Falcao and Messi."
"It can be said that Tottenham Hotspur's starting lineup is not too surprising. Although Ye Qiu arranged for Portugal left-back Coentrand to replace Marcelo in the Community Shield game, Ye Qiu still trusted Marcelo in a critical battle."
"The starting lineup of Liverpool is not surprising, the goalkeeper is Reina, the defense is Argentine young players Insua, Scotter, Carragher and Glen Johnson, the midfield is Lucas Reva, Aquilani and Gerald, and the front trident is Babel, Fernando Torres and Kuyt.
"Both sides can be said to have arranged their strongest main lineup to play this game, but those who are familiar with the Premier League know that Liverpool's start has always been known for its turbulence, and Benitez's tactics have always been famous for their future strength. Therefore, in the past few seasons, although Liverpool's league starts as amazing as last season, it is still not ideal in general. I don't know whether Liverpool can continue the outstanding performance of last season."
"For Tottenham Hotspur, with the honor of double championships in the Premier League and the Champions League last season, it is very necessary for Tottenham Hotspur to chew this hard bone with the first round of the new season to prove its strength to the world."
As early as the day before the game, at the pre-match press conference at Theobord Training Base, when reporters asked Ye Qiu if he had any ideas about the new season, he smiled and said that the team hoped to adjust the defense.
Even though Tottenham sold four powerful stars in the summer, it is still the most powerful and appealing team in today's football world, because they are still full of super stars such as Ribery, Messi, Fabregas, David Silva, etc., which makes the team's strength still make all opponents dare not underestimate it.
Although everyone has always said that Manchester United sold Cristiano Ronaldo and introduced Rooney, Benzema, Sneider and Las Diarra's strategies were right, but in fact, Ferguson has not yet developed an orderly team offensive and defensive tactic throughout the summer training camp, and the main problem is still in the midfield.
The midfield has been a long-term problem for Manchester United. Although the arrival of Sneider and Lars Diyala has improved Manchester United's midfield, it will definitely take some time to integrate into the unique off-ball running midfield of Manchester United's past.
Also, like Chelsea, the Blues are indeed not weak, but serious aging of personnel is a difficult problem. Moreover, after the Blues sold Rooney, the team itself did not have high-quality signings. In addition, the conflict between Pini Zahavi and several players in the team has always been the focus of attention from the outside world, so Ancelotti's team also ushered in turmoil.
In other words, looking at the entire Premier League arena, Tottenham Hotspur is still the most champion team
If someone had been worried that after Tottenham sold Van Persie and Gareth Bale, the team's entire offensive level would be affected, then with the rise of Falcao, such a problem no longer exists. Everyone clearly saw that Falcao's arrival blocked the impact of Van Persie's departure.
When a reporter asked Ye Qiu that Tottenham Hotspur sold people almost every year, but its performance improved year by year. Is there any secret? Or, in Ye Qiu's mind, what should Tottenham Hotspur look like?
Ye Qiu also bluntly expressed his doubts, saying that today's professional football is a very complex social system and has almost no fixed nature. So there is a saying that is very correct, called "Iron Battle of the Camp and the Slow Soldiers", which is common common sense.
"To be honest, the team has developed to this day, and I don't need to worry about the next game, the next opponent, I would like to say a more excessive thing. Even if we sold Ribery, Messi, and a lot of people today, as long as Tottenham Hotspur walked onto the stadium, who dares to say that it can defeat us in today's football world?
The reporters in the press conference hall were uproaring at Ye Qiu's remarks, which seemed a bit arrogant, but in fact this is the fact, because not to mention those big-name stars, Tottenham Hotspur's strength is still quite strong.
"Then what are we relying on? Players are our most important core assets. Without players, we can't play at all, but we have only one core force, that is, we are Tottenham Hotspur, we are the entire team, not someone's team, we are one."
"With a mature and stable big framework, what we need to do in our signing and transfer is to be forward-looking, that is, to combine the needs of reality and consider the future more. So we have many young players in our team, Marcelo, Kompani, Ramsey, Hazad, Nastasic, Varane, Pogba, Neymar. A lot of young players."
"What am I trying to say? I want to tell everyone a very simple and easy-to-understand truth. Even after selling players for many years, Tottenham Hotspur is still the most room for growth and potential team in the Premier League. For a team like us, the more players are in the period of rapid growth and growth, the faster our strength will improve over time, because you can see him improving almost every day."
"So, I'm not worried about this game against Liverpool, and in fact, I haven't regarded Liverpool as our Tottenham Hotspur's number one victim, because I have absolutely confidence to beat them."
It is obvious that Ye Qiu's mobilization before the game ignited the enthusiasm of all Tottenham Hotspur fans in the White Hart Lane Stadium. They all rushed into the White Hart Lane Stadium wildly, crowding more than 30,000 seats. They welcomed the team's new season premiere with heart-wrenching shouts and cheers.
Is Anfield Stadium in Liverpool awesome?
Then let them see, our more awesome White Hart Lane Stadium
Compared with the high profile before the game, the fans' enthusiasm after the start of the game, the head coaches of both sides adopted the same tactics of stability because they all knew that this was the first game of the new season and it was related to the start of both sides, so no one dared to be careless and were very cautious.
The first shot attempt of both sides occurred in the sixth minute, with a pass from David Silva after getting rid of it, Ribery cut off from the left, kicking the ball at the front of the penalty area, but it turned into an anti-aircraft gun, and directly missed a good scoring opportunity.
Following closely behind, Falcao blocked Scotter with his body in the penalty area and took the ball back to Messi. After getting the ball, the latter threw away the defender and kicked it, but was blocked by Carragher and the corner kick that followed did not pose a threat.
"Romedal Falcao, this time he took the ball with his back and was a bit surprising." Andy Gray, who was in charge of the commentator, was very impressed by Falcao. "He is not tall, but his body is very strong. He is not at all inferior in the direct confrontation with Scotter. He is also very stable in taking the ball and making the ball. He is taking a different path from Van Persie."
In the past, Van Persie emphasized the word "smart", which means playing with falsehood. Because Van Persie was not physically strong, he suffered a lot in direct confrontation, so he used the way of playing smart people to avoid heavy and weak things. I don't fight directly with you, and I avoid you and come to the dark side. It's best to pull you out and beat you slowly.
This tactical style has cleverness, but it also has its disadvantages. That is, when you encounter a group of teams that are not pulled out of the position by you and have a tighter overall defense, it will be difficult for you to effectively break through the opponent's defense line because you lack the tough attacking power.
Isn’t the Chinese saying that it is as unmoved as a mountain
As long as my defense is tight enough and my overall nature is strong enough, you can run away. Anyway, you can't run out of my Wuzhishan when you run there, so I'll block you here because you always have to shoot.
Falcao took another path, specializing in playing real things and not playing virtual things with you, so he directly attacked Liverpool's defense line several times, especially this time he held Scotter's back and took the ball, which was indeed good.
"Now Tottenham has slowly established its signature style of play, fast, smooth and accurate passes and receptions, and the rhythm is also guided and controlled by Tottenham Hotspur, and Liverpool has gradually fallen into a passive position."
"It's obvious that after losing Xavi Alonso, Liverpool's midfielder was still affected. The progress of the ball was also a problem. If there were too many passes and receiving mistakes, the time for possession could not be increased. Passiveness was natural, especially when you could press after the start, but as the game deepened, you could not always grab the ball to reasonably allocate your physical fitness."
Seeing Tottenham Hotspur gaining the initiative and advantage again, Tottenham Hotspur fans in the stands shouted so happily, especially as Tottenham Hotspur gradually strengthened its offensive.
Liverpool's defense was very high in this game, especially on the right, Kuyt was always close to Marcelo, guarding against the forward pass of the Brazilian international. So when Marcelo was close to the center line in his half and received a pass from Ziglinsky, he was about to turn around, but Kuyt was close to him.
Fortunately, the Brazilian was flexible and blocked Kuyt with his body. After protecting the ball with his back, he immediately passed the ball across and gave Yaya Toure. This Hei Dazhuang has always been his amulet at the critical moment of crisis in the past year.
Before the game, Ye Qiu predicted that Benitez arranged for Lucas and Aquilani to start, and may have to regain both midfielders and continue to defend at high positions. Therefore, the most important task of Yaya Toure in this game is to protect the defense line and block Liverpool's front-court penetration against Tottenham Hotspur's hinterland.
After getting Marcelo's pass, Yaya Toure did not leave the ball at his feet. He stopped, turned around, and pushed, and passed it to Ziglinski, who passed it to Thiago Silva, forcing Torres to dive to the left to transfer the target, while Thiago Silva passed it to Alves.
The Brazilian took a few steps forward and observed the opportunity, but Liverpool's midfield layout was very tight and he failed to get the opportunity. Alves passed again to Yaya Toure, who ran from the left side of the court to the right side to meet.
Everything is the same as usual, very normal, from the left to the middle to the right, and from the right to the middle.
Although Tottenham Hotspur's entire pass and downs are relatively fast, Liverpool's defensive response mechanism is also sensitive enough, constantly changing the formation and blocking Tottenham's ball path.
Yaya Toure received a pass from Alves behind Gerald. This time he did not choose to pass again, but Yu Qian turned around and rushed forward by himself, choosing to avoid Gerald, dribble the ball from the middle to the left, and quickly crossed the center line.
As soon as Tottenham Hotspur's ball entered Liverpool's half, the Reds' defense immediately became solemn and cautious. Gerrard chased Yaya Toure at the first time, and the latter saw that there was no way out in front of him, stabbed the ball forward with one kick.
This stabbed the ball to David Silva's feet. The Spanish midfielder was small and had a very flexible center of gravity. In front of Aquilani, he almost stuck the ball to his feet, and then turned around calmly. The whole process did not give Aquilani a chance to kick. The Italian midfielder could only choose to block his exit route.
But even so, David Silva still picked up a slight shot with his left foot and actually picked a half-high ball from Aquilani.
He saw Ribery tangentially from the left to the middle, facing David Silva's pass, he did not stop the ball, nor did he want to catch the ball, but instead pointed it lightly towards the head of the ball.
At this time, Aquilani was shocked by David Silva's pick-up pass, and hurriedly turned around to look at Ribery. His attention was attracted by Ribery, so Ribery's header came over, just behind him, and David Silva quickly inserted it and directly passed the ball towards the ball.
The straight pass was almost just right, and the ball passed through the middle of Scotter and Carragher. After attracting Aquilani's attention, Ribery quickly turned around and rushed directly to Carragher, attracting Liverpool's vice captain. However, because his sprint speed was faster than Falcao, he formed a counter-offside in an instant, so almost all Liverpool's defensive attention was on Ribery.
This is inevitable, because according to the investigation by authoritative institutions, the attention of defensive players always involuntarily falls on the player closest to the goal, and if it extends from this, it should be the offside rule.
In short, at the moment Falcao rushed into the penalty area, Liverpool's defensive players clearly felt that the most threatening offensive player was Ribery, so their entire defensive position was slashed, which reduced the defensive pressure Falcao was under a lot.
Through Yu Guang, he noticed that Reina's position was a little out of the way. It was obvious that when he rushed into the penalty area just now, the Spanish goalkeeper was preparing to attack. Now he didn't have time to retreat, so in this reaction time of almost one tenth of a second, he made a judgment, stopped the ball, gently rubbed the ball with his left foot, and directly shot it.
Chapter completed!