Football No. 10: God's Perspective

Chapter 252 Fierce battle against Tottenham

Pochettino is obviously in trouble. When the score is behind, whether to continue to stick to the defensive strategy he formulated before the game, or to abandon it, the pros and cons of it are a big headache.

In terms of results, after Ajax scored a goal, it has been proved that the tactics formulated by Pochettino before the game were a failure, but from the perspective of the process, it is indeed difficult for Wang Po to perform fully under the tactics formulated by him. How to choose, how to change, or whether to change is a difficult problem for Tottenham Hotspur coach Pochettino.

What's next?
Pochettino on the long side fell into contemplation.

At the same time, after a goal that does not rely on Wang Po, the self-confidence of the Ajax players is a good improvement. In contrast, the psychology of the Tottenham players began to fluctuate. They began to question whether the head coach formulated such a defensive tactic before the game.

In the 34th minute of the game, Ajax's counterattack came again. Casciela passed the ball back to Van der Beek at the top of the arc.

All Tottenham fans couldn't help sweating. The team's defense had no substantial effect on the Ajax team's offense.

How to do?
The head coach Pochettino, who was still hesitant, finally made up his mind this time and changed his formation.

Focus on me, return to the 4231 formation commonly used in the league, and adopt zone-marking defense against Wang Po.

This is Pochettino's denial of his tactics.

This gave the fans who criticized Pochettino's timidity and conservativeness before the game an excuse.

Pochettino, who has extremely rich coaching experience, has already anticipated such a ferment of public opinion, but there is no way. Competitive football judges heroes by success or failure.

The defensive strategy of tearing down the east wall to make up for the west wall must have its own flaws, and there is no way to do it. Now that it is behind, it is better to give up and fight against Ajax.

Counting down the offensive line of Tottenham Hotspur, whether it is Harry Kane, Sun Xingmin, Lucas, or Eriksson, they are all first-class players. Such strikers have advantages against Ajax's defense.

Not only that, this kind of personnel combination requires high-altitude balls to have high-altitude balls, ground balls to have ground balls, and speed to explode. It can be said that such a personnel mix covers a multi-directional three-dimensional attack, which is what all coaches pursue.

There is such a three-dimensional offensive group that does not use it, but uses the number of people to limit the opponent's trump card. The practice of self-destructing the Great Wall is a late result. This kind of mysterious operation is also regarded by fans as a joke to ridicule Pochettino.

"A coach who doesn't know how to fly an aircraft carrier, I'm laughing."

"Looking at it this way, Fatty Bo really doesn't work at all, he's just a bastard."

"Is the threshold for coaches so low now?"

……

There is no doubt that Pochettino's slap in the face has become a laughing stock.

After the formation change, the Tottenham team gradually took the initiative on the field. The players were in their familiar positions and played football with their familiar rhythm. Their own hard power was higher than that of the Ajax team, and it was reasonable to dominate the control of the ball.

After taking possession of the ball, Tottenham's offense spread out, and the three-dimensional offense began to test Ajax's defense.

It is undisputed that in today's world football, Harry Kane is the template of an all-round forward. The ability of his own system makes offense easy.

As the captain of the team and the backbone of the defensive line, De Ligt took on the responsibility of facing Harry Kane. Physically, the Dutch guy still has certain advantages, but he lacks experience.

Harry Kane's avoidance of reality made De Ligt very uncomfortable. Generally speaking, De Ligt suffered from the matchup between the two.

However, there is no shame in such a disadvantage. After all, Harry Kane has basically reached the TOP level in the center position.

At the end of the first half, the Heat set off a wave of offensive frenzy.

In a short period of 3 minutes, 4 waves of attacks were organized and 3 shots were created.

Such a sudden acceleration of the attack made the Ajax players feel tremendous pressure.

Sun Xingmin's inside cut was dragged out of the baseline by Onana, and Tottenham Hotspur got a corner kick near the end of the first half.

Eriksson took the corner kick to the back point, and Harry Kane, who had already bought it somewhere, broke through the gate guarded by Onana with a header.

1:1.

Harry Kane not only equalized for Tottenham, but also scored a valuable away goal for the team in this knockout round.

Then, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half.

If it is a tie, then for the Ajax team, they would rather be a 0-0 score. The opponent scored an away goal, which became a psychological burden for De Jong and other teammates.

This is the semi-finals of the Champions League, and any disturbance will be a huge psychological pressure resistance for these young players.

There is no problem with the tactics, and there is no problem with the boy's performance.

Conceding the ball is purely due to strength issues.

During the half-time break, Ten Hager continued to provide psychological counseling for these young lads.

Having experienced difficulties and adversity this season, and won the double championship, the growth of these young teammates is obvious to all. Wang Po also believes that these teammates will not be knocked down by this difficulty.

"Ajax, fight~!"

Before the start of the second half, Wang Po shouted with his teammates.

"beep"

The whistle blew and the second half began.

After scoring the equalizer goal, the Tottenham Hotspur players were quite encouraged. They pushed forward on the three lines and pressed the three lines of the entire Ajax team firmly in the backcourt, forming a siege.

The scene was very passive, the goal was repeatedly threatened, and the Ajax fans at the Cruyff Stadium began to worry about the team.

Dao Shanqiu is here.

After getting the ball back, facing Tottenham's on-the-spot counter-grab in the frontcourt, full-back Mazraoui hurriedly passed the ball out in a panic.

Both Wang Po and Ali were eyeing the ball. The two started at almost the same time. Seeing that the faster Ajax No. 29 was about to get the ball, Ali directly slid down to the ground.

(End of this chapter)