Chapter 567 Erickson

On the evening of April 18, the first match of the 35th round of the Premier League was Manchester United's away game against Bournemouth.

The team led by Eddie Howe, the best manager in the English Football League in the past ten years, only lasted an hour at home.

Harry Kane opened the scoring for Manchester United in the 63rd minute, receiving an assist from Bruno's cross in front of the goal.

This was definitely a selfless pass, because Bruno himself was in a pretty good starting position, but he chose Harry Kane who was in a better position, helping the England number one score his 30th goal of the season. Premier League goals.

This is also a new high in Harry Kane's career, breaking his personal single-season scoring record of 29 goals last season. So after scoring, Harry Kane took the lead in rushing towards Bruno.

Ten minutes later, Herrera passed a tactical corner kick, Lingard made a pass from the right side of the penalty area, and Smalling easily scored from close range.

In the final stages of the game, Mbappe scored another victory for Manchester United.

In the end, Manchester United defeated Bournemouth 3:0 away from home.

Bruno was closely marked by Bournemouth throughout the game, and Eddie Howe developed a tailor-made marking strategy for him.

Although Bruno failed to score, his selfless assist to Harry Kane was unanimously recognized by the media, fans and teammates, especially those from the locker room.

With one more game in hand, Manchester United temporarily extended their advantage in the standings to 9 points.

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Over the weekend, while other Premier League teams were playing their 35th round of matches, Manchester United was challenging Tottenham Hotspur at the new Wembley Stadium in this season's FA Cup semi-finals.

Under the coaching of Pochettino, Lilywhites has performed very well in the past few seasons. Last season, it ranked third behind Manchester United and Chelsea. After 34 league rounds this season, with one game less, it ranks fourth in the standings, second only to Manchester City and Liverpool.

So far this season, Tottenham have performed well on many fronts in Europe and England. At the new Wembley Stadium, they have only lost two games, which was a 1:2 loss to Chelsea at home in the first league game. , and the 1:3 loss to the powerful Manchester City last week.

Even Manchester United only got a draw here, the score was 2:2.

The other two teams in the Big6, Liverpool lost 1:4 here, and Arsenal lost 0:1.

In the European arena, the star-studded Galacticos Real Madrid and the Bundesliga giants Borussia Dortmund both lost 1:3 here, while APOEL suffered a 0:3 defeat. The only game they lost was a 1:2 loss to Juventus, but this also caused them to be blocked from the Champions League quarterfinals.

Overall, Tottenham's results at the new Wembley Stadium this season have been quite impressive.

In addition, Manchester United almost lost when they visited the new Wembley Stadium before, which also made Manchester United particularly cautious when building the new Wembley Stadium.

Mourinho arranged a four-three-three formation, allowing Herrera and Kanter to once again form a double midfielder to prepare for the game.

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Although Manchester United appeared relatively conservative in the away game, in the 11th minute of the game, Danish midfielder Eriksen forced a breakthrough through Kanter when he got the ball in midfield. After a one-two with his teammates, he sent it out from the right. From the cross, Ali caught the ball and hit the goal.

"GOOOOOOOOOOOALLLLL!!!!"

The entire new Wembley Stadium cheered like crazy, and countless fans sang Eriksson's name.

In the first season of renting the new Wembley Stadium as their home stadium, coupled with Tottenham's excellent performance, when they faced the big6 team at home, at least 80,000 fans came to watch the game.

Today's FA Cup semi-final against Manchester United, the new Wembley Stadium, which can accommodate 90,000 spectators, is almost full, with only a few seats without fans.

According to official data released by Tottenham, the attendance at the new Wembley Stadium for this game reached 87,532, including approximately 5,000 Manchester United fans.

As he walked towards the center circle, Bruno looked up at the stands. Looking around, the entire stand is white. With the ups and downs of the fans, it looks like a white ocean.

Looking at Eriksen who was surrounded by Tottenham players celebrating his goal, Bruno praised: "What a good opponent!"

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Bruno is naturally no stranger to Eriksson. The Danish midfielder is affectionately called "The God of Love" by Chinese Tottenham fans. "爱" means "love" because Eriksson was born on Valentine's Day and shares the same English name as Eriksson. The pronunciation is similar; "God" is a person with super powers, because Eriksson often saves the team in critical moments and leads the team to victory.

Since joining Tottenham in the summer five years ago, Eriksen has quickly established himself at Tottenham, taking over the mantle of his predecessor Modric and becoming Tottenham's midfield commander.

Especially the arrival of Pochettino has completely unleashed Eriksen's offensive talent. He can produce a double-double of goals + assists almost every season, making him one of the hottest top midfielders in the Premier League.

Many media even call him one of the top four midfielders in the Premier League, together with Bruno, Manchester City's De Bruyne, and Arsenal's Beggar.

With his outstanding performance for several consecutive seasons, the 26-year-old Danish midfielder has also attracted the attention of many top clubs in the Premier League and even Europe, who want to recruit him. However, Tottenham and Pochettino have always refused to poach players. When big-name stars such as Harry Kane and Kyle Walker were poached, Eriksen was still insisted on staying in the team, which shows how much Pochettino values ​​him.

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In addition to Eriksen, Tottenham's forward line is composed of former Real Madrid genius Alvaro Morata, British genius Dele Ali, and Korean star Son Heung-min.

Tottenham's style of play is not conservative, and the players are very capable. In addition, Pochettino has coached Tottenham for four years. This team can be said to be built by him, which just gives full play to the players' abilities.

Pochettino is good at the formation of 4231, or 433. The most important part of this is the connection between Eriksen and the three forwards in front.

This was what the head coach repeatedly reminded before the game, but Manchester United's double defensive midfielder just now did not do well, and Eriksen immediately caught the opportunity and inserted himself to assist Tottenham to take the lead.

This somewhat embarrassed Herrera, who was responsible for marking Eriksen. Bruno also saw the clues. When he walked back, he clapped his hands vigorously and shouted loudly: "It doesn't matter. It's only eleven minutes. Let's take it slowly. First, we must do a good job of defense and stabilize our position. There will definitely be a chance."

Bruno is not only the captain of Manchester United, but also the team's well-deserved top star and soul figure. His weight in the locker room is getting heavier and heavier. Everyone can listen to what he says.

Herrera nodded to Bruno and expressed his gratitude.

After seeing that the players had returned to their positions, the Manchester United coach immediately walked to the sidelines and called Herrera and Kante, indicating that they should pay attention to restricting Eriksen, not giving him too many opportunities, and cutting off his connection with the three players in the frontcourt.

This season, the connection between Eriksen and Son Heung-min is also a very important offensive link for Tottenham.

The Danish midfielder is the soul of Tottenham's regulation of the game rhythm and the transition between offense and defense. As long as Eriksen is held, Tottenham's offensive threat will be much smaller.

At that time, Manchester United will be able to exert its strength.

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Sometimes, football is so simple. As long as the targeted tactics work, the situation will change.

After the game resumed, Tottenham's morale was still very high, but they always slowed down their offensive. On the one hand, Manchester United's two midfielders began to strengthen their defense against Eriksen. On the other hand, they were very afraid of Manchester United's counterattack.

Bruno's outstanding personal ability and overall view have been known in Europe in the past few seasons. This season, he has taken on the responsibility of Manchester United and become the backbone of the team.

Pochettino is obviously very clear that if he rushes forward and leaves a gap behind him, giving Bruno too much counterattack space, it will definitely be fatal. So after grabbing a goal at the beginning, the Argentine coach cleverly arranged for the team to slow down the offensive and play steadily.

At the same time, Pochettino also made special arrangements for Bruno's defense. It's like Manchester United will make arrangements against Eriksen. Bruno is the soul of Manchester United.

Almost every time Bruno gets the ball, in addition to Eriksen, the nearest Tottenham players will rush to grab it first, mostly Dembele or Dell, which also affects Bruno's performance.

But Bruno also quickly expanded his running range, actively using interlaced running to pull the opponent's defensive players and create opportunities for his teammates, but the effect is not very obvious.

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Bruno was not in a hurry, still running patiently and actively, looking for opportunities.

Fortunately, after Mourinho's adjustment, coupled with Tottenham's intention to slow down the offensive, in the next 20 minutes, neither side was able to create a good scoring opportunity, and Eriksen was temporarily silent.

Manchester United intercepted the ball in the backcourt and made a long pass to the right side of the frontcourt.

Ibrahimovic reached the first landing point, but was pressed step by step by Tottenham's central defender Vertonghen behind him, so he had to take it back and pass it to Bruno who caught up behind to respond.

As soon as Bruno received the ball, Dembele and left-back Ben Davies immediately gave up Ibrahimovic and rushed to Bruno.

The two Tottenham players were like a wall, blocking Bruno.

Bruno turned around immediately and protected the ball, but the two still stood in a fan-shaped position behind him, pressing step by step.

Through a wide field of vision, Bruno could see Gundogan in the middle and Ibrahimovic behind him, but he couldn't pass the ball and could only carry it back.

This was a game strategy, he expected that these two players could not retreat with him at the same time.

Eriksen basically did not participate in defense, as long as the two came out, Gundogan would have a chance.