The Godfather of Football

After the start of the second half, Tottenham Hotspur continued the rhythm and momentum of the first half.

Because neither side made substitutions during the halftime break, even Bayern Munich, who was behind in the score, did not.

Tottenham Hotspur still controlled the ball. If you look closely at the game, it is not difficult to find that when Tottenham Hotspur got the ball, the formation was spread out very wide, which is also a very interesting feature of Tottenham Hotspur.

Bayern Munich actively invested four players in the frontcourt to press, while Tottenham Hotspur controlled the ball in the backcourt composed of the back line and Pirlo, skillfully mobilizing Bayern Munich's players back and forth. They tried to get to the front several times, but were forced back by Bayern Munich's defense.

"Tottenham players are really good at moving back and forth. Once they see that you are in a difficult situation in the backcourt, the players in front will immediately retreat!"

When the commentator saw Bayern Munich put five players into the frontcourt to press, Tottenham's main winger Ribery immediately retreated from the front, received Marcelo's pass, made a transition, and then passed it back to Kompany. In this way, the situation that was originally forced into a difficult situation by Bayern Munich suddenly became clear.

After opening up, Ribery returned to the front, and the ball was still at Tottenham's feet.

"Someone once said that the Tottenham Hotspur coaching staff called their tactical system a wave-style attack and defense system. I think this is a very clever running and positioning system, which is very rigorous and tight, and has a strong overall integrity."

"Bayern Munich now wants to grab the ball, but has not been able to find an effective way to grab the ball, because if you are not willing to invest more manpower, no matter how hard you grab, it will not have a very good effect. If you invest enough manpower, your back line will definitely be empty, and Tottenham Hotspur will launch an attack from the backcourt as soon as it sees an opportunity."

"It is indeed a headache and a very troublesome feature. Tottenham Hotspur is obviously playing more patiently now."

Ye Qiu stood on the sidelines, watching the game silently. The second half had already started for five minutes. The ball was at Tottenham Hotspur's feet most of the time. The ball possession rate during this period should be astonishingly high, but he was not worried, because in five minutes, Tottenham Hotspur had four attacks into the 30-meter area of ​​Bayern Munich.

In other words, Tottenham Hotspur is not like Barcelona, ​​who is slow and methodical in passing the ball back to the backcourt. Instead, they are actively looking for opportunities and the pace is also very fast, so the players of Bayern Munich who participate in the pressing consume a lot of physical energy.

Continuous attacks are also a kind of provocation and stimulation to the psychology of Bayern Munich players, telling them that the initiative of the game is in my hands. If you let us control the ball like this, I will attack once every one or two minutes. You'd better tighten your nerves and shrink your heads, otherwise I will cut you down anytime and anywhere.

No one is willing to accept this passive situation where their fate is dominated and controlled by others, so slowly, Bayern Munich gradually increased the intensity of pressing in the frontcourt.

Tottenham Hotspur's control of the ball is mainly outside the 30-meter area of ​​their own side, but in the narrow area from the 30-meter area to the midline, Bayern Munich once added seven players to the frontcourt pressing force, that is, they even pressed the defenders, which shows the impatience of the mentality.

Ye Qiu stood at the edge of the coaching area after the game started. He saw the situation clearly. Heynckes also kept waving his hands, shouting at the players not to be anxious and not to be reckless, because he knew better than anyone that Tottenham Hotspur just wanted you to press forward.

Once Tottenham Hotspur gets the ball now, the formation is spread out even larger than Barcelona. If we look at the formation, the only team in the entire European football world that can compare with Tottenham Hotspur is probably Pellegrini's Real Madrid.

The Chilean engineer has a long pass player like Xavi Alonso, and Pepe and Ramos are also good at getting the ball. With the addition of two full-backs, Real Madrid can also stretch the formation quickly, and once the formation is stretched, it is more suitable for the individual performance of Real Madrid's front-court superstars.

The distance between the three lines of Tottenham Hotspur is not as large as that of Real Madrid. They are more closely connected to each other, and the distance from front to back is always maintained at about 30 meters, so it seems that they control a narrow area.

But as some people say, when Tottenham Hotspur is not attacking, it is like a retracted fist, ready to give a full-strength blow at any time and anywhere.

When Thiago Silva was pressed by Gomez, he passed the ball to Pirlo, who turned his back to the attack direction and knocked it back to Cech in the penalty area. The Czechs were already used to such a return pass and passed the ball to Thiago Silva again.

At this time, Kompany had almost pulled to the left sideline. Thiago Silva passed the ball to him, but Robben of Bayern Munich interfered on the side, so Kompany passed the ball to Thiago Silva again.

The Brazilian central defender stopped the ball and moved forward, Gomez approached quickly, and Toni Kroos also stood in position and stared at Thiago Silva as if he was facing a great enemy. The Brazilian's ability to advance with the ball is also very strong.

When dribbling, Thiago Silva had an obvious but smart move.

Because Gomez was approaching from the left, that is, the middle, Thiago Silva stepped out with his left foot first when the German center approached, stepped on the left side of the ball, and blocked Gomez with his body. In this way, Gomez could not steal the ball unless he committed a foul.

But just when Toni Kroos wanted to go up to block and press, he saw Thiago Silva followed up and directly hit a long diagonal pass with his right foot, directly looking for the left side behind Bayern Munich.

This long pass had a small arc and fast speed, and the landing point was on the right side of the penalty area. Badstuber and Contento blocked the cut-in route, and the other player chased Cavani. The Uruguayan rushed forward desperately, and at the same time used his body to block Contento who was close to him, and he protected the ball.

Just as Cavani rushed forward to receive the ball, Kyle Walker was also sprinting forward quickly. The sprinting speed of this native English right-back was very fast, not even inferior to Gareth Bale. After Cavani blocked Contento with his body, he turned around and saw Kyle Walker, waved his right hand, and made a gesture to cut in.

Then Kyle Walker suddenly cut into the penalty area, and Cavani also sent the ball with his right foot, and the ball passed from Toni Kroos in front of Kyle Walker's feet.

But Kyle Walker did not take the opportunity to dribble the ball into the penalty area, because he found that Gustavo and Jerome Boateng were in the penalty area, and Lahm on the right also returned to the penalty area, so he suddenly stopped when Cavani passed the ball to his feet. This sudden stop allowed him to stop the ball and avoid Toni Kroos.

Badstuber wanted to go forward to block, but Kyle Walker suddenly kicked the ball forward and rushed forward quickly, turning slowly. Badstuber, who was caught off guard by Kyle Walker's action, was left behind. Before the ball went out of the baseline, he directly made a half-high cross with his right foot.

This kind of ball is very troublesome, and it is generally difficult for defenders to handle it, because if they are not careful, it will be an own goal. The trajectory of the ball is in the area of ​​the small penalty area, so goalkeeper Neuer dare not attack easily, but someone is obviously not within such restrictions.

Then I saw a short but very flexible figure, like a slippery loach, rushing out from between Gustavo and Jerome Boateng, leaning down, and heading the cross to the upper left corner of the ball, which made Neuer judge the direction correctly, but he was powerless.

"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!"

It was at this time that everyone saw the white jersey lying upside down in the small penalty area of ​​Bayern Munich. The number on the back was 10, which was Messi's jersey.

"Messi! Messi! Messi! The second goal, less than seven minutes into the second half, Tottenham Hotspur scored the second goal of the game, 2:0, Tottenham Hotspur is temporarily leading Bayern Munich!"

The entire Allianz Arena was completely ignited. Although there were only about half the number of people, the fans of Tottenham Hotspur created the most amazing cheers since the start of the game, as if to let the whole of Munich feel the excitement and enthusiasm in their hearts.

After Messi scored, he quickly got up from the grass again, wiped the grass from his mouth, and ran all the way to the white stand of Tottenham Hotspur again. He once again made the action of sucking a pacifier. All the fans in the stands were shouting Messi's name.

At this moment, Messi is the king on the court, a well-deserved king!

When Ye Qiu saw Messi score the second goal, he also excitedly clenched his fists, then opened his arms, with a look of confidence. Obviously, he felt that there was not much suspense in the game.

It's not that he underestimated Bayern Munich, but because this team did not play to their original strength.

Can't blame Heynckes, can't blame anyone, this is the pain of reform!

Just like in the past two seasons, if Tottenham Hotspur looked at the cards, they had the strength and qualifications to defend the title, but they stopped in the semifinals once and stopped in the quarterfinals once. Who can Ye Qiu blame?

It can only be said that reform will definitely bring pain, and there will definitely be bloodshed and sacrifice!

"Basically, the overall situation has been determined. Tottenham's attack is too sharp. From the point of view of this attack, it is still a high ball and behind. Thiago Silva's long pass over the top is very good, and Cavani's timing is also very good. It can only be said that Tottenham's cooperation is too wonderful."

"Kyle Walker, the English right back, replaced Alves who was suspended for a yellow card in this game. He performed very well in defense, especially in the beginning, but as the team's offensive improved, his offensive performance The performance also left a deep impression. "

"In the previous attack, Kyle Walker received the pass from Cavani and suddenly stopped. It was very clever. He passed Toni Kroos directly, and then used his speed to force a breakthrough through Badstuber. In less than ten meters, he was able to get a cross from Badstuber. The speed was amazing! "

"2:0, Tottenham Hotspur can basically say that the situation is set. Bayern Munich is obviously going to make substitutions. "

After Tottenham scored their second goal of the game, Heynckes made a substitution that earned him a wave of boos from fans in the red stands. , because he replaced Thomas Muller with Van Buyten.

"This is a relatively conservative substitution. Heynckes was obviously aware of the problem of preventing high balls in the defense, so he wanted to replace Van Buyten to increase height, but he took Thomas Muller and the team How to launch the attack?"

Still 4231, Robben was moved to the left, Tony Kroos still played as an attacking midfielder, and Lahm was moved to the right attacker's position. The defense Jerome Boateng moved to the right, and the center was The combination of Van Buyten and Badstuber.

But with Bayern Munich's substitutions, Ye Qiu also made adjustments. Cavani is now fixed in the middle, specifically targeting Bayern Munich's two central defenders, because whether it is Van Buyten or Badstuber , both obviously lack the ability to turn, and Van Buyten's ability to pick up the ball and pass the ball is not strong, which is most suitable for Cavani to harass him.

At the same time, Ribery and Messi actively played on both sides, and even Ramsey and Vidal also actively pressed forward to participate in the attack.

So a very different scene appeared. Tottenham Hotspur's offense no longer opened up the width, but actively reduced the area of ​​​​the offensive area, because for the pair of central defenders Van Buyten and Badstuber As a combination, with the technical skills of Tottenham Hotspur players, as long as they can face each other, it is basically difficult for them to resist.

Being tall has the advantage of being tall, and being short has the advantages of being short.

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After Tottenham Hotspur scored the second goal after taking advantage of the start of the second half, Bayern Munich was hit hard. They knew very well that if they wanted to win, they had to press out and attack, but the problem was that they had no means to press out and attack. , and they don’t have the courage to press out and attack. At least they can’t guarantee the risk of being beaten after pressing out.

At this moment, Heynckes truly understood why Van Gaal shouted out, "I need more Bastian Schweinsteiger". This was definitely not a polite word, but a sentiment. hair.

When Van Bommel was still there, the Dutch midfielder was late in organizing and distributing the ball, with Bastian Schweinsteiger assisting. The two complemented each other and organized Bayern Munich's midfield in order. However, Van Bommel was old, and later Van Gaal wanted to transform it. Toni Kroos, but the progress and effects were unsatisfactory, which made Toni Kroos once criticized by fans.

The reason is very simple. Bastian Schweinsteiger needs a partner similar to Van Bommel who can provide hardness and strength to the midfielder and can also provide him with suitable support at the ball point. Heynckes was originally the ideal partner. The candidate is Vidal, who is currently playing well at Tottenham Hotspur.

Facts have proved that if Vidal partners with Bastian Schweinsteiger and Toni Kroos, this midfielder will be a perfect match. Bayern Munich's entire midfielder strength can definitely be improved to a higher level. Gustavo He is a very good defensive midfielder, but he is more about covering and intercepting, and his forward ability cannot meet Bayern Munich's tactical requirements.

Looking at Tottenham Hotspur, Pirlo is not strong in coverage and movement, but he can make up for it with passing. Ramsey and Vidal both have wide coverage, excellent running ability, and can go up and down. players, which makes Tottenham Hotspur as a whole very resilient.

The role of the midfielder to a team is like the role of the waist to a person. On the surface, people stand on their legs, but the waist keeps us balanced and makes us more flexible.

But there is no regret medicine in this world. Missing Vidal, Bayern Munich's midfield options will be much narrower. If the current situation continues, it will be difficult for Bayern Munich to make a difference. In the final analysis, it is still a midfield problem.

As the game progressed, Heynckes kept adjusting the team's defense. Although Tottenham Hotspur's offense was contained, Bayern Munich found it difficult to attack effectively. , you will find that except for the wave of offensive in the opening stage, Bayern Munich did not play well throughout the game.

"There is indeed a slight gap in strength. Tottenham Hotspur's overall strength is better than Bayern Munich, and the team's overall tactics are more reasonable and balanced than Bayern Munich. This makes Bayern Munich meet Tottenham. Tottenham, there are very few options available and very few that are effective.”

"Looking at Tottenham Hotspur, their strength advantage and tactical rationality gave them a higher chance of making mistakes, so they played poorly after the opening period, but they quickly adjusted. And turned the situation around.”

"There was not much suspense before this game started, because Tottenham Hotspur's condition and performance got better and better as the schedule progressed. Ye Qiu's team defeated Barcelona with nine goals in the semi-finals. It also pushed Tottenham Hotspur’s call to win the championship to the highest level.”

"Although Heynckes' team is excellent, they have never been able to play at a convincing level. In this game, they did not pose a threat to Tottenham Hotspur throughout the game. It is reasonable to lose. among.”

As the commentator made his analysis, the game went on minute by minute. Neither side made any major substitutions or changes, because the starting lineup for this game was already their strongest lineup. In this case, any substitution would hardly bring about major changes.

Until the 74th minute of the game, Heynckes finally couldn't help it and replaced Contento with Olic, finally starting to strengthen the team's offense.

But Ye Qiu also adjusted the team's tactics and replaced veteran Pirlo with Sandro, which was a signal to strengthen defense.

Pirlo's departure was cheered by all Tottenham fans in the stadium. Although he didn't score, he performed so well in the season after joining Tottenham and became the core of the team's midfield.

It can be said that Pirlo has made an indelible contribution to Tottenham's success today.