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Chapter 791 Secret Weapon

"Wembley Stadium, the venue for the 13th season Champions League final"

"Dear viewers in front of the TV, welcome to watch this world-renowned focus battle broadcast live by Sky TV. The legendary head coach of the Premier League, Ferguson, welcome the Jazz"

"Hello everyone, everyone" Ferguson greeted with a smile.

The fans in front of the TV can only hear his voice, but cannot see him, because the game is live broadcasting a simple welcome trophy ceremony to be held at Wembley Stadium, and there is a brief unveiling ceremony next, which were specially arranged by UEFA.

"This game is full of politicians. We see that, accompanied by UEFA President Platini, British Prime Minister Cameron, German Chancellor Merkel, Chinese Prime Minister and other politicians appeared in the stands, and the British royal family also arranged a star lineup. Crown Prince Charles, British FA Honorary Chairman Prince William, and the big belly Kate, as well as Prince Harry and other royal members all appeared at Wembley Stadium."

After the camera swept through the various political leaders in the chairman's stands, he quickly fell back to the stadium. After the San Borde Cup was welcomed on the stadium, the opening ceremony was immediately prelude, and a group of medieval warriors wearing white, representing the color of Tottenham Hotspur and printed on the armor with Tottenham Hotspur team badges, and a group of medieval warriors wearing red, representing the color of Bayern Munich, and printed on the armor with Bayern Munich's team badges.

Although from the performance, neither side had a neat order and looked a little messy, especially when the camera was closer, the details were a little unsightly, but they still won a burst of warm applause from the scene.

After the performance, the camera cut back into the player channel and pointed at the players of both teams.

"We have already got the starting lineup against both sides."

"Tottenham Hotspur is still the traditional 433 tactics, the goalkeeper is Cech, the defense is Marcelo, Thiago Silva, Kompani and Kyle Walker, the midfield is Ramsey, Pirlo and Vidal, the frontcourt trident is Ribery, Cavani and Messi, this is also the strongest lineup of Tottenham Hotspur this season

When Ferguson heard this, he nodded and smiled, "Tottenham Hotspur's lineup is indeed very strong. Ye Qiu has made conscious adjustments since the semi-finals to avoid losing an important player in the key finals. After Ramsey returned from injury, he performed well. I believe that Tottenham Hotspur will do its best in this game."

The commentator nodded and continued, "Bayern Munich's starting lineup is also strong, the goalkeeper is Neuer, the defense is Alaba, Dante, Boateng and captain Ram, the midfield is Gustavo partner Schweinsteiger, the front court is Thomas Muller, Tony Klos and Robben, and the single striker is Mandzukic."

"From the lineup, Bayern Munich also played all its main players, so neither team has many injuries absent, and its strength has not been affected much. Does this mean that the two teams are likely to play a peak duel?" The commentator asked Ferguson, after all, this is also the expectation of all fans.

Ferguson thought for a while, "It depends on the situation. I personally hope that there will be a wonderful peak duel, but I think it is difficult, because both sides will definitely adopt a more cautious attitude in the Champions League final, so it is difficult to have a wonderful duel every time the key finals."

"Then who do you think has a greater chance of winning?"

Ferguson smiled after hearing this, "Ye Qiu and I are good friends. I know him very well. He likes to win surprises. He has been training in closed terms before the game. Even in the last two rounds of the Premier League, he did not send the main players to play. In one of the games he arranged for Ramsey to play the left winger. Do you still remember?"

"Yes, but Ramsey performed very badly in that game. After returning to midfield in the second half, he performed well."

"That's right" Ferguson nodded, "I think that should be Ye Qiu's attempt, but the effect is not obvious. Ye Qiu is a person who likes to win unexpectedly. If he plays something too surprising in this game, I personally think it is not worth surprise. But whether this surprising effect can win is a suspense."

"In other words, the biggest suspense of Tottenham Hotspur is whether the change is successful?"

"Yes," Ferguson nodded again, "Relatively speaking, we all know that Bayern Munich is at a disadvantage. Although this ball is balanced in offense and defense, I don't think any team will say that they can have an advantage, so their strength is at a disadvantage, so there is less room for choice and changes."

"So, I personally think that Bayern Munich's most secure tactic is to use the 3L tactic that has been playing for a season, at best, it is to make some fine adjustments in details. I think the biggest suspense is Mandzukic's suppression of the opponent's midfielder."

The commentator understood this, "Bousquets was very depressed in the two rounds of the game against Barcelona."

"Yes," Ferguson laughed, "I have always said that this is a preview against Tottenham Hotspur. If possible, Bayern Munich likes to choose Dortmund because Klopp's team style is relatively single, which is to fight and oppress. This is very beneficial to Bayern Munich's preparations, but Tottenham Hotspur is different. They are stronger and have more changes."

"But everyone knows that Tottenham Hotspur's weakness is in the midfielder," the commentator reminded.

"That's right, so I said, can Mandzukic suppress Tottenham Hotspur's midfielder, that is, Pirlo, like in this game, like in Barcelona. We have all noticed that Pirlo's performance this season has actually declined compared to last season. Therefore, pinching this point can not only disrupt Tottenham Hotspur's organization and ball control, but also attack Tottenham Hotspur's single midfielder tactics. I personally think that this is likely to be the tactics that Heinkes will adopt."

"There is no other effective way?" the narrator asked with a smile.

Ferguson shook his head, "Tottenham Hotspur is really strong, both in the front and back court, with sharp offense and solid defense. If Pirlo is five or ten years younger, then this Tottenham Hotspur will be invincible."

"Haha, so Cruyff said that Tottenham's most powerful enemy is time."

"Yes," Ferguson had to admit this, "But I'm not worried at all. Tottenham's weakness has been exposed for two years, but we can find that in the past two seasons, who can make good use of this weakness? The team that wants to use their weakness is always confused by Ye Qiu."

"So, do you still have a very optimistic view of Ye Qiu?" asked the commentator.

Ferguson nodded, "Of course, I am good friends with him, and I can only support him." After saying that, there was a hearty laugh.

It can be heard that after removing the heavy burden of Manchester United, Ferguson became relaxed, spoke louder, laughed more, and looked much happier.

While the two commentators were analyzing, the players of the two teams on the scene, led by the Italian referee Rizzoli and other referee groups, slowly walked out of the player channel. A tsunami-like shouting came from the scene. The fans of the two teams were competing with their own abilities to build momentum.

"The head coaches of both teams have rich experience in the Champions League finals. Heinkes once served as the head coach. This time was his third time in the Champions League final. Recently, last season, he lost to Tottenham Hotspur in the final, and the earliest was in the 1990s when he led Real Madrid to win the championship."

"Ye Qiu is relatively more experienced, and many people say that he is the king of the finals. As long as he reaches the final, he can basically win the championship. This is his seventh time participating in the Champions League final, and he has won five Champions League trophys. The only miss should be at Chelsea, losing to Liverpool, who lost to Benitez."

"Yes, in that game, Ye Qiu's team lost unfairly, and after the game, he also left Chelsea, which was called the most painful blow in Ye Qiu's career." Ferguson said with a smile.

"And Chelsea wanted to defend their title at that time, and the situation was very similar to this time," said the commentator.

I kept mentioning the suspense of this game before the game, which is also a commentary skill of the commentator, which can retain the audience.

As the two teams guessed the side, Bayern Munich got the kick-off, and the two teams returned to their own half to start preparing. When the formations of the two teams spread out, everyone suddenly realized something was wrong.

"It's a bit strange, Tottenham Hotspur's position today." The commentator was puzzled.

"It's strange." Ferguson also couldn't understand it very well. "Bayern Munich should adopt the traditional 3L position, which is also Bayern Munich's main formation this season. They can still play 43, which is to pull Tony Klos back to form three midfielders, but judging from the layout of the game, it should still be 3L."

"Tottenham Hotspur's main formation is 433 tactics, but from the players' positions, Ye Qiu seems to have adjusted the player's position. Look, Ribery went to the right and gave up the left, while Messi moved to the middle. Originally, Ramsey was on the left in the midfield, and Vidal was on the right. Although they often switched positions, Vidal was on the left this time."

"Can this be the secret weapon Ye Qiu said?" the commentator asked.

Ferguson shook his head, "The game hasn't started yet, we can't see clearly what's going on."

The live TV footage was given to the two head coaches on the sidelines. Heinx obviously noticed the changes in Tottenham Hotspur, frowned with some concern and was discussing something with his assistant. Ye Qiu stood firmly in the coaching command area, looking at the court, Mauro Tassoti was reminding the players to pay attention.

With Rizzoli's whistle, the game officially began. After Bayern Munich served quickly, he directly sent the ball to the backcourt.

Tottenham Hotspur surged up like a tide, obviously wanting to use this momentum to form a midfield and frontcourt press and oppress Bayern Munich, and use the attack after the opening to gain some initiative.

It's also a signature start for Tottenham Hotspur, so there's nothing to surprise.

But what is really surprising is that when the game reached the 30th second, Tottenham Hotspur successfully robbed the ball, and at this time everyone was surprised to find that Tottenham Hotspur was not playing 43 but 3l tactics.

This time the ball change was that Vidal quickly retreated to the left side. After defending the opponent Robben, he kicked the ball to the sideline that Ronal himself popped up. Judging from Vidal's position, he was playing the left back, and Marcelo's pressing range was very high, obviously he wanted to play the left winger.

"Vidal is a player with many faces. He was originally a defender. The South African World Cup played as a left-back attracted the attention of fans. It was only at Leverkusen that he played in the midfield. After coming to Tottenham Hotspur, he was further explored for offense and defense, so he played in the midfield more."

"Marcelo has excellent attack power, fast speed and good skills. Ye Qiu can make him play the left winger. Ribery has both feet, and both left and right feet are excellent. There is no problem with playing on the right. Messi was pulled to the middle and it turned out to change the formation, 3l." Ferguson's analysis immediately came to the conclusion.

On the court, when Tottenham Hotspur obtained possession, he had no intention of slowing down the pace at all, but launched a quick attack. However, as soon as the ball fell into Bayern Munich's penalty area, Neuer got the ball and threw the ball to his teammates, he found that Tottenham Hotspur had adopted a high-level defense and pressed it very reliably

"Smart" Ferguson saw this and had already guessed Ye Qiu's intention. "Using the opening to suppress his opponent in the half, striving to open the situation in the shortest time, and even if he can't open the situation, he can still shave his opponent's spirit. I once said that Tottenham Hotspur is very good at playing rhythm and momentum. As long as the opponent's momentum is weak, Tottenham Hotspur will have a chance to win."

"After the opening, Messi and Cavani seemed to be pressing too much." The commentator also saw some tricks.

Ferguson nodded and said, "Yes, yes, this is what Ye Qiu is smart. First of all, he used Cavani and Messi to press on, and both of them formed a deterrent force against the opponent's central defender in the front. In the case of two-on-two, Bayern Munich's central defender did not dare to get the ball because Tottenham Hotspur had two players in the middle, and they were very layered one in front and one behind, so the ball output routes of Schweinsteiger and Gustavo were limited to the back of the midfielder."

"At this time, Ribery and Marcelo, especially on the left side of Marcelo, aim to freeze Ram and Robben's side. When the opponent's central defender can only pass the ball to the two wings, they always entangled Bayern Munich's two full-backs, which is equivalent to strangling Bayern Munich's backcourt route to the ball."

"On the surface, Tottenham Hotspur is very risky, because the defense line is too pressed, almost all passed the half. But from the actual situation, this tactical pressure is very effective. Bayern Munich has no way to effectively pass the ball, especially the direct pass to find the deep ball in the frontcourt, which is almost no, so there is no way to use Tottenham Hotspur's rear."

"This reflects the gap. No player in Bayern Munich can hold the ball in the frontcourt, especially when Robben is pinched, they can only move higher, but Tottenham Hotspur is not afraid of high balls. But on the other hand, once Tottenham Hotspur holds the ball or intercepts the ball in the frontcourt, Bayern Munich is in danger.

When the commentator heard Ferguson's analysis, he had already understood completely, "Messi"

"Yes" Ferguson has to admit that Ye Qiu played this move very smartly, using his greatest strengths to restrain his opponent's weakest link. If Bayern Munich still has weaknesses, it is that they lack the ability to get the ball in the frontcourt.

Bayern Munich's more offenses rely on intermittent running and passing and receiving, which makes it much less likely that once they are compressed and cannot play their advantages and strengths.

But Tottenham Hotspur is different. Messi can hold the ball in the frontcourt. Even in the dense defensive area, Messi can hold the ball and pass it out. Ribery and Marcelo can get the ball and complete the attack. Coupled with the impact of a Cavani in the middle, as long as Tottenham Hotspur gets the ball, the threat will be reflected.

"Theoretically, Tony Klos should return to the midfield, so that he will form three midfielders with Schweinsteiger and Gustavo, and will have an advantage against the combination of Pirlo and Ramsey, but this is more reflected in defense. Once you want to attack, Tottenham Hotspur's compact formation will make it difficult for Bayern Munich to pass the ball as he pleases, and the offensive will be difficult to unfold."

Ferguson had to admit that Ye Qiu's secret weapon did create too much surprise.

After the opening, Bayern Munich was almost pressed into his half, and had no power to fight back, and even had a very embarrassing parry. However, Tottenham Hotspur was able to find opportunities frequently and send the ball into the threatening area. However, Bayern Munich's defense was also done well, and he did not give Tottenham Hotspur a chance.

But it is obvious that Bayern Munich still faces Tottenham Hotspurs, regardless of whether it is blue or red, or white, and if you don’t ask about it, you will be very uncomfortable with the bombardment style. This makes their defense still reveal flaws in the midst of a secret.

Tottenham Hotspur right-back Kyle Walker pressed up and made a diagonal pass from the ground ball to Cavani in front, but the Uruguayan was a little big when he stopped the ball from behind. Dante stabbed it and landed at Schweinsteiger's feet.

Cavani was deeply indignant and caught up from behind, pressed Schweiingsteiger behind him and poked the ball to Messi.

As soon as the Argentinian saw the ball coming, he immediately passed it behind him with a diagonal pass and found Ribery on the right.

For a moment, the stands at the Wembley Stadium were in full swing, and all the fans were condescending, and they could see that Tottenham Hotspur's entire offensive situation was alive.
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