winning hand

386 The difference in defense

In the 21st minute of the opening, Tottenham scored their first goal. This goal could not be said to be very delicate or even beautiful, but Yaya Toure's wonderful long-range shot still made Arsenal fans

Everyone was stunned.

From the backcourt to the frontcourt, steal, attack, and then score with a long shot - this process is simple to describe, but how many people in the world of football can complete this task?

"Yaya Toure's fourth Premier League goal - this season, he and Suarez are tied for first in the Premier League goals. It's hard to imagine that he is a midfielder, a defensive midfielder, a defensive midfielder

The player can actually score four goals in seven rounds. Yaya Toure's state is really crazy. This is like a top defensive midfielder. We used to doubt his level when he was in Serie A, but now we know

Yes, he is really worth it

A million-pound defensive midfielder! Compared with him, Denilson’s mistake was really too unbearable. This is a top league stadium, not beach football. How can you not be careful about your opponent after getting the ball?

What about pressing?”

The commentator was accusing Denilson of not paying attention to the ball, but for this goal, Li Bin felt that Denilson could not be entirely blamed. Denilson, who was born in Brazil, had played very few Premier League games, so it was difficult for him to do it in his own right.

He is near the penalty area and is also on guard against the opponent's pressing. Secondly, Denilson was born as an attacking midfielder in his early years. He needs to be protected by others, but in Arsenal, he needs to be someone else's bodyguard. There is a huge gap between the two.

Big, which naturally makes him unable to play football well.

As for the third reason, it is also related to Wenger's tactical arrangements.

The defensive concept implemented by Wenger at Arsenal is a defensive concept called "deep defense" or "through defense". Of course, through defense is not a defense created by passers-by, but a defense that prevents the opponent from passing the ball across the midfield

This tactic is derived from the concept of "cutting defense" of the Paraguay national team. It has undergone some changes after being introduced to Europe, but in the final analysis, its core idea remains unchanged: its essence is to be the main third player.

When a defender presses the opponent's ball-carrying player, the other defender closest to him is always ready to cut off the ball-carrying player's line of passing to the most threatening attacking partner in front of him, forcing the ball-carrying player to pass to other teammates or across the field.

Pass the back pass to interrupt the first and most threatening offensive. If no one is particularly threatening and there is no need to cut off the connection in front, then assist the main defensive player to press the ball holder and take the ball to the side area to reduce the risk.

Little threat to the goal.

This tactical arrangement can be said to be quite advanced. Although he cannot cover everyone and press everyone, he can cut off the opponent's quick attacks. However, the bad thing is that such defensive tactics

, which places extremely high demands on the defender’s experience and judgment as well as the tacit understanding between the players.

If the players do not have enough experience in cooperation, it will be difficult for them to develop a tacit understanding of cooperation. If they are veterans, even if they do not have a tacit understanding of cooperation, they can rely on experience to make up for it. However, Arsenal is a team with mostly young players.

, they don’t have much experience in cooperation, and they can’t talk about tacit cooperation and defense.

For Arsenal, Denilson is firstly new, secondly he is not very old, and thirdly he has just changed his position. Playing like this, it is difficult for them to think of any problems. When Yaya Toure covers,

Logically speaking, someone should be keeping an eye on him at all times. Since Denilson has gone

When passing the ball, Fabregas, as another defensive midfielder, should look at people. However, they did not have this sense of cooperation. When receiving the ball, they all thought about attacking and relaxed the pressure on the opponent, so they

Yaya Toure directly intercepted the ball and broke the goal.

In the first 21 minutes, Arsenal was already trailing 0-1 at home, which suddenly made their playing situation tense.

The game between the two sides continued, and the pace of Tottenham's game suddenly accelerated a lot.

Arsenal's players, like Tottenham, are relatively young. The younger they are, the more likely they are to suffer from emotional problems. When they are depressed, it is difficult for them to play well. The confrontation between the two sides will speed up immediately.

The purpose is not to give Arsenal players time to think, forcing them to have a tougher confrontation with Arsenal.

Arsenal are very afraid of losing the team physically - Tottenham have only lost to Villa once, and Arsenal have not beaten Villa away from home since sending Vieira away - their weaknesses are obvious, generally

Baby soldiers, their bodies are a big problem. Although Tottenham is not a particularly strong team, it is definitely possible to suppress them.

Arsenal is also trying to resist, but the offensive efficiency of the two sides looks completely different.

"We can now clearly see how different the defensive quality of the two teams is. In the midfield, Gustavo has a wide range of activities, and Fabregas has almost no way to run into his coverage.

Outside, he also took care of defending Nasri on the wing, and by the way, he paralyzed an entire wing.

.Furthermore, his ability to steal the ball is very strong. Tottenham now does not particularly rely on defense awareness. What they do is Gustavo to grab the ball immediately, Yaya Toure and another full-back.

Playing on the wings, blocking the space for players to pass the ball to both sides - this is much simpler than Arsenal's game."

Arsenal are now in a hasty formation, but Tottenham are even more hasty than them. However, Tottenham's defense did not have much problems. They relied on Gustavo to seal the opponent in the first place. At the same time, two players

Block the passing lanes from the left and right at the same time - relying on three people to move together instead of two people to defend, they directly cover the 180-degree passing range in front of the ball carrier

, no matter where he passes the ball, it is difficult to succeed. Compared with tactics that require reading ability and skillful cooperation, this style of play only requires the physical running of the players, and the first defensive player is relatively good.

Although these two points are also rare, they can be obtained by selecting the right players. They are not like tacit cooperation, which must be cultivated slowly.

Wenger's idea is correct, but it is too idealistic. Such details determine success or failure.

This also makes Tottenham's current defensive end much better than Arsenal. At least until the beginning of the game, Arsenal has not had many chances.

However, with three people defending together, there will be fewer people at the attack point. Now Tottenham relies entirely on counterattacks from the wing, and they are still unable to score goals. However, Tottenham's original strategy is to kill the elephant with too many ants.

If there are many opportunities for your policy, you can always get one.

"We can see that Tottenham have sped up. Now after they get the ball, they all split the wings as soon as possible, trying to rely on their advantage on the wings to forcefully break through Arsenal's door. Arsenal's two wings are slightly weak.

It has been a while, and it has not formed a good defense yet and cannot intercept Tottenham's crazy breakthrough... Let's take a look at this time, Lennon suddenly broke out.

Breaking the right wing, very fast, almost no one can stop it! Clichy tackled! The ball was destroyed, the referee did not take the card. A surprising breakthrough, not only Bale and Di Maria have played well this season

, between them, Bale rested once in seven games, Di Maria rested twice, and Lennon played well in the three starts."

Of course, it's just good. Lennon's task is much simpler than Di Maria's. He is just doing simple raids on the court. He can still complete such a task without any problems.

But everyone knows that Tottenham's chances cannot come from him. Di Maria's injury caused Tottenham to encounter a big problem before the game. It was difficult for Lennon to play out Di Maria as a substitute.

Leah's basic coordination, therefore, their attacks need to be launched more from the left.

Soon, Tottenham launched another attack. This time, after Arsenal's attack failed, Neuer held the ball in his arms. He threw the ball with all his strength in the penalty area and directly threw the ball into his arms.

The ball passed half the court and fell to the left. This excellent hand throw made everyone scream in surprise.

Long-distance, accurate hand-throwing will be of great help to the game. Everyone knows this. But most goalkeepers do not have such skills, let alone hand-throwing, they just open the ball wide.

There are also many people who kick the ball out of the field with their feet.

But Neuer's pass reached Bell's feet quite accurately. Bell took two steps forward with the ball, but Sagna immediately came over. He followed Bell closely, keeping his eyes on Bell.

Above the left foot that controls the ball, he doesn't even look at his right foot.

As a left-footed player, it is difficult to keep up with the skills of his right foot. Bell also has this problem now. When he carries the ball, it is difficult to control the ball with his right foot. Sagna does not care about his right foot.

He just stared at the changes of his left foot, forcing him to the wing position step by step.

During the whole process, it was difficult for Bell to even find a chance to pass the ball. Sagna, who had been successfully passed by him just now, would not make the same mistake again this time.

Bell was driven to the left side of the penalty area by him. Sagna was so close that he couldn't even get rid of him. He had to turn a step to the left, trying to hold Sagna with his body and give the ball to

The teammates behind him responded and then made plans. However, there was no one behind him at this time.

Teammate Kolarov had no task to intervene, and Gustavo was positioned relatively far back and was unable to intervene in time. This made him not know how to deal with it for a while, but behind him,

Sania had already pushed hard, pushing him forward.

Bell quickly supported the ground with both hands, and did not let himself slip completely. Instead, his body formed an arch to protect the ball under him. And at the moment he slipped, he also kicked his foot backwards.

When he reached Sania's lap, Sania also fell down and pressed on him. This made Bale immediately think of an opportunity. He tried to prop up his body and at the same time turned half a circle to the left, pushing Sania

Yager came behind him, and then he immediately strode into the penalty area!

"Bale goes in! What a great opportunity!"

Bell followed the baseline and headed towards the small penalty area. In front of him, Almunia had already abandoned the goal and was preparing to defend, and Sylvester was also on his right, blocking his passing route.

At this time, Bell realized that his situation was still a bit embarrassing: he didn't know how to hit the goal from a small angle at all, so he would just hit the opponent's goalkeeper.

Suarez in the middle was closely guarded by Gala. Cavani kept running back and forth, trying to find a position, but was constantly affected by Clichy. What made Bell even more anxious was that he

I don't know how to pass the ball at all.

Fortunately, Suarez saw his embarrassment and came over. He passed the ball from close range and kicked the ball towards Suarez. However, Sylvester in front of him raised his leg and blocked the ball.

Suddenly, the ball flew behind him.

Cavani and Clichy ran over together. After all, Clichy was one step faster. He kicked the ball and wanted to kick it away. However, he failed to find a good position for this kick. Football

The direction of flying is not right at all!

"gooooal!!!! Clichy scored an own goal! It's unimaginable that he scored an own goal in a derby. Clichy made a big mistake all of a sudden!"

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