Chapter 219: Wonderful Battle (3)

After the game resumed, Tottenham did not make any adjustments to their tactics because of the lead. It seems that the new coach Jacques Santini is still very confident in the team. The same is true for Chelsea. Mourinho believes that the goal just now does not mean anything. In this kind of offensive battle, there will always be goals, but the opponent's luck is slightly better.

This is indeed the case. When the game resumed, the two sides began to compete in offensive ability again. However, at this time, the difference in tactical thinking between the two teams' head coaches was reflected in the details of the game.

As the best head coach of the treble-winning team last season, Mr. Mourinho has always insisted on the idea of ​​defense first, 'defense can win you victory', which is what he has always emphasized in the team. Therefore, if Chelsea's midfielders and backcourt players want to get a starting position and get the recognition of the Portuguese, defensive ability is the most fundamental. For example, the team's main players Claude Makelele, Frank Lampard, Thiago Mendes who just joined the team this season, Ricardo Carvalho, etc., their personal abilities are all biased towards defense.

In the current Chelsea team, midfielders and backcourt players with weaker defensive capabilities are unlikely to be favored by head coach Mourinho. Although they are expensive and strong, they are still just supplements to the team in the Portuguese's tactics, such as Robert Huth and Damien Duff. Of course, Joe Cole is an exception, but he is more of a guest striker in the game.

After falling behind by one point, Chelsea still maintained their original offensive range without rushing to attack. Although defender Ricardo Carvalho often stepped forward to assist, captain Makelele would always let other defenders stay near the midline to prevent Tottenham from counterattacking after the ball was intercepted.

In the tactical thinking of Mr. Jacques Santini, the all-out attack and defense tactics are more advocated, and the Frenchman is trying to integrate this thinking into the blood of Tottenham, just like he did in the French Ligue 1 Lyon team.

However, it is clear that Mr. Santini's time at the team was too short, and his tactical ideas were not fully accepted by the team. The Tottenham players only understood half of it. Yes, only half. Tottenham Hotspur was originally an offensive team, and when Mr. Santini came to London, his offensive ideas were quickly "fully" understood by the team. Under the guidance of Jacques Santini, Tottenham's offense became more diverse, and the means of creating goals were also richer.

All-out attack and all-out defense tactics, in general, in this kind of defense, the goal is achieved by using full-court pressing. Now on the field, Tottenham is more "all-out attacking", but the defense is getting more and more lax. After the players attack, they do not participate in the defense during Chelsea's counterattack. Of course, sometimes it is because some players attack too far forward, but more often it is due to an alternative idea---

Wait for teammates to steal the ball and then continue attacking.

Perhaps doing so can make the team's offense more threatening, but it cannot conceal the great crisis contained therein. Tottenham Hotspur soon paid the price for this behavior.

In the 41st minute of the game, Tottenham Hotspur forward No. 32 John Jackson made a mistake in the two-on-one coordination with striker Kanoute on the right, and the ball was intercepted by Thiago, who passed the ball directly to captain Claude Makelele. After Makelele got the ball, he passed it to Geremi next to him without thinking. For the former, it is safer to let his teammates attack, even though Geremi is only a substitute for the team.

Now Chelsea's midfield and backcourt only have Geremi, Makelele and Mendes. Obviously, among these three, only Geremi has the best overall offensive view. So when Geremi got the ball, he did not choose to make a short pass, but looked up at the front court and kicked the ball to the left.

On the left side, Arkin Robben was completely unguarded. Although Geremi's pass was not very accurate, Robben still ran to the landing point easily and unloaded the ball. After he took two steps forward, he encountered a Tottenham defender who came to grab the ball.

After seeing the Dutch star's dribbling ability, the Tottenham defender was probably a little worried that Robben would use his speed to overpower him, so he stood about one meter away from Robben, blocking his attack route to prevent him from suddenly starting. However, this time Robben did not choose to dribble through, and in a quick counterattack, this approach was obviously a waste of time. To the defender's astonishment, Robben kicked the ball to the right.

In the middle, Mutu came up

At this time, the ball had reached the front of the penalty area. Even if Tottenham's defense was not good, it was irrational to break through from this position. Mutu, who had been "sleepwalking" throughout the game, seemed to be a little sober now. He didn't waste time and passed the ball to Wang Li on the right.

After Wang Li got the ball, he looked at the situation in the penalty area: there were two defensive players in Tottenham's penalty area, and on the right, in front of him, Kim was trying to come over to steal the ball. On the left, Robben was running towards the penalty area, followed by a defender. After Mutu passed the ball, he stood on the penalty area line, and seemed to be planning to move forward.

There was no time for much consideration during the game. While Wang Li was still thinking, Ledley King had already come over on the right. The main defender of the England team already had some understanding of Wang Li. When King ran to Wang Li, he planned to stick to him and prevent Wang Li from kicking the ball easily. King would not rashly stretch his foot to steal the ball, as that would result in him being easily dribbled past.

However, the next moment, the choice of the black-haired boy in front of him still surprised Jin Da.

Pass the ball, Wang Li chose to pass the ball

Ledley King couldn't figure out how the black-haired boy in front of him had mastered the ability to pass the ball accurately. ...Can this ability really be learned through constant practice?

Under the gaze of everyone in the stadium, the black-haired boy on the field looked up at the penalty area after receiving the ball, and then made a move to break forward, but his right foot kicked directly behind the football. The ball passed through Jin's left side, stuck to the grass, and flew towards the penalty area.

At this time, there were only two defenders in the Tottenham Hotspur penalty area, and one of them was still on the sideline guarding against the "sleepwalking" Mutu. Even though Mutu's performance was not good, at this time, Tottenham Hotspur would not give up defending him. Another player was also looking in the right direction, but Wang Li's pass was too unexpected, and the speed of the ball flying close to the grass made the defender unable to react at all. When he subconsciously stretched his foot to intercept, the ball had already flown into the penalty area from the left side of his body.

Arjen Robben

Robben's speed was too fast. At this time, he had already rushed into the penalty area from the left. Wang Li's pass was just right. When the ball flew to the middle of the penalty area, the speed had slowed down and it just rolled in front of Robben. Facing this comfortable pass, all Robben had to do was to push the ball into the goal.

Pushed by Robben's left foot, the football changed direction and flew towards the right corner of the goal.

Paul Robinson could only watch the ball and sigh - with a shot of this speed, the goalkeeper would not be able to react unless it was predicted.

"gl Robben, Arjen Robben, the young Dutch player, scored the equalizer for Chelsea. However, this goal was mostly thanks to Allen who passed the ball. Let's take a look at the long-distance pass, which flew past two Tottenham players at a really fast speed. It was Allen who always brings us surprises."

Robben was very excited after scoring the goal. He wiped the raindrops off his face with his wet jersey and gave Wang Li a warm hug. However, Wang Li didn't feel very good. Anyone would not feel good to be hugged by a man who was soaked in sweat and rain...

Seeing the team score a goal, the head coach Mourinho on the bench also smiled with satisfaction. He was still very optimistic about Robben as a player. He was fast, had a good physique, and had accurate passing ability. Although Robben's personal skills were not very outstanding, the above points were enough to make him a top player.

Mourinho was very satisfied with the 2-2 draw in the first half when he used this substitute lineup to directly confront Tottenham. He has prepared the tactics for the second half and he believes that after changing the lineup in the second half, the team will be able to win easily.

When the game resumed, it was already the 44th minute. At this time, most of the players were mentally waiting for the whistle to end the game. After 45 minutes of confrontation, they all hoped to rest for a while.

Tottenham kicked off, Kanoute kicked the ball to his teammate next to him and ran towards Chelsea. After Defoe got the ball, he turned around and kicked it to Redknapp behind him, and then ran towards the front court.

At this time, the fourth official on the sidelines also held up the extra time card with a red '2' on it, telling the players that there would be 2 minutes of extra time in the first half.

Tottenham's backcourt.

Nebet kicked the ball to Ifill, Ifill passed it to Edman, Edman kicked it to Ledley King, who kicked the ball back... Tottenham players kept passing the ball back and forth, and they seemed to be intentionally using passes in the backcourt to kill time.

At this time, Wang Li was only two meters away from the opponent's defender Edman. He pretended not to care and watched the ball rolling around in the backcourt. In fact, he was hiding like a cheetah, waiting for the perfect opportunity to explode.

In another pass, Sean Davis passed the ball diagonally to Edelman...

Wang Li suddenly started, rushed towards the ball with his "Lingbo Weibu" and intercepted the ball directly in front of Edman.

Danger

By the time Tottenham's defenders realized this, it was too late. How fast was the cheetah that had just started? After Wang Li grabbed the ball outside the penalty area, he dodged and dribbled into the penalty area. Edman next to him could only follow behind him and eat dust...

Paul Robinson took action. As the substitute goalkeeper of the England team, he felt a headache when he thought about the shot of the black-haired boy in front of him, but he could only rush out with gritted teeth.

Fortunately, Wang Li was very 'caring' about Paul. He did not choose the most terrifying powerful shot, but instead completed the attack with a light high lob, which also helped Chelsea score the goal to overtake the score.