Chapter 510: Revenge One Year Late

Unconsciously, Cavani has been in the Premier League for three seasons.

In the past three seasons, his position in Tottenham Hotspur has always been a substitute, which is quite embarrassing, but this does not mean that the coaching staff has given up on cultivating him. On the contrary, the coaching staff has been helping him.

Of course, he is not special, because the coaching staff will tailor tactical roles and technical details for almost every player in the team, which is also an internal feature of Tottenham Hotspur.

As early as when Cavani arrived in London and first came to the team's training base in Chigwell, Ye Qiu had a very in-depth exchange with him. After that, the coaching staff observed his technical characteristics through his performance in training and finally came to a conclusion that it is difficult for Cavani to play like his idol Van Nistelrooy.

Let's not talk about whether Van Nistelrooy's technical characteristics are in line with the current tactical environment. Let's say that Cavani's skills, especially the ball stopping link, are quite different from Van Nistelrooy. The Dutch center has enough strength to ensure that even in the most densely defended and surrounded by defensive players, he can stop the ball steadily and adjust before shooting.

Cavani obviously doesn't have this kind of ball-stopping ability, because if we look at the current professional football world, his ball-stopping ability can only be considered as the middle level of professional players, but compared with top center forwards like Van Nistelrooy, he is still far behind.

This made Cavani very disappointed, but Ye Qiu told him that he didn't have to learn from Van Nistelrooy to reach the top level.

Poor ball-stopping ability is not completely impossible to make up for, just like Cristiano Ronaldo of Manchester United, his ball-stopping ability is not necessarily very good, but the most clever thing Ferguson did was to place him on the wing.

Cavani is 1.88 meters tall, has excellent physical strength confrontation, and good heading ability, but what is more valuable is that his physical fitness is quite good and he is willing to fight and fight, so from the beginning, Ye Qiu and the coaching staff positioned Cavani not in the middle, or in other words, not fixed in the middle, but moving over a large range.

Perhaps it would be more vivid to say that his best tactical role is to be a troublemaker, to completely disrupt and attack the opponent's defense, and then to run over a large area, try to find opportunities, and shoot when there is an opportunity.

Therefore, relatively speaking, Cavani's technical characteristics have taken shape relatively quickly in Tottenham Hotspur. Although he is only 22 years old this year, he has basically taken shape, and in the past three seasons, Moniz and Meulensteen have been constantly sculpting his shooting skills and some simple and practical skills.

Just imagine that even the veteran Van Nistelrooy, who has degenerated into a pure center forward in Manchester United, can dribble past the opponent in a similar way under the training of Moniz and Meulensteen, not to mention the young teenager Cavani, who now looks quite comprehensive.

In fact, Cavani's starting speed is not fast, after all, his height is there, but once he rushes, his speed is very fast, just like this time, when Beckham made a long pass from the backcourt, Cavani rushed directly, and Evra could not catch up with him at all, allowing him to catch up with the ball calmly in the right corner of the penalty area without any defense.

Vidic's defense also retreated relatively far back, so this time he reacted quickly enough and rushed directly to Cavani.

The Uruguayan did not stop after catching up with the ball. Vidic felt that it was not easy to kick at this position, and Cavani did not stop the ball, so he thought Cavani was waiting for Messi in the middle and Ribery on the left to come forward to respond. He did not get close to him at the first time, but planned to hold Cavani and wait for his teammates behind him to return to their positions to support defense.

But because Vidic didn't get close to him immediately, Cavani saw that neither Ribery nor Messi could reach the penalty area quickly, so he waited until the ball slowed down, suddenly rushed forward, and directly kicked with his right foot, without any hesitation.

Cavani's sudden and powerful shot not only scared Vidic, but also surprised Van der Sar, who was standing on the right side. He made a flying save immediately, but the shot came quickly and urgently. Van der Sar was old and his reaction speed was not very fast. When he reacted and made a move, the ball passed through the tips of his outstretched fingers.

The ball went into the goal behind Van der Sar in a very straight and slightly curved line, hitting the left net inside the goal, and this powerful shot also shocked the Manchester United fans behind the goal and stood up from their seats one by one.

Not only the Manchester United fans were panicking, but even Ferguson rushed out of the coaching booth with a look of astonishment. After seeing the ball go in, he shook his head vigorously, unable to hide the disappointment on his face.

As the saying goes, one wrong move can lead to a complete loss. He is now regretting it!

After scoring the goal, the Uruguayan striker quickly rushed to the corner flagpole, stretched his hands behind his head, grabbing his iconic long hair, but just as he had tidied it up, his teammates who rushed up immediately messed up his long hair again, wasting their efforts!

Tottenham Hotspur players celebrated at the corner flagpole, and Tottenham Hotspur fans who came to Old Trafford also celebrated in the stands. They now not only go to the home stadium to watch the game, but also like to go to the away stadium to watch the game, because they all like the feeling of celebrating in the opponent's home, which makes them feel proud and proud.

"Manchester United's condition in this game was obviously not very good, especially in the midfield. They did not put enough pressure on Beckham, but this is understandable. They just played against Tottenham at Old Trafford three days ago. Tottenham Hotspur fought a tough battle, but none of the core Tottenham Hotspur players who started the game at that time."

Andy Gray, the famous BBC commentator who was responsible for explaining this Champions League game for British fans, was a little surprised by Manchester United's conceding a goal, but he was not surprised by the sluggish performance of Manchester United's players, because even the Iron Man couldn't resist such a continuous beating.

"The last time Manchester United defeated Tottenham Hotspur 2:1 at home in the Premier League, many media speculated that this might be a trap deliberately set by Ye Qiu, which was to exchange three points from the Premier League for the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals The advantage of the game, many people thought it was nonsense at the time, but now it seems that it is indeed the case! ”

"It's hard for us to say whether this is right or wrong, because even if they give up three points, Tottenham Hotspur is still one point ahead, and there is still enough advantage. As long as the team performs well, winning the Premier League is not a big problem. But if both fronts fail at the same time, it will be a heavy blow to Tottenham and Ye Qiu.”

The live camera showed Cavani, "This is Cavani, a 22-year-old player from Uruguay. He is a very comprehensive player who can play in the center and on the wing. This powerful volley is really impressive." "I'm very impressed, especially before he hits the goal, he also pays attention to his teammates around him. He is a very potential team player."

As Tottenham Hotspur completed the first goal of the entire game, Manchester United was completely disrupted by Tottenham Hotspur. They began to fall into chaos because their players were now having a hard time making decisions. Should we attack or defend?

There is no doubt that Tottenham Hotspur took advantage of the team to score the first goal and launched attacks against Manchester United again and again. However, Ferguson watched Tottenham Hotspur's offensive become more and more fierce and could not help but Don't choose to shrink your defense.

Even before the game started, everyone knew that Tottenham Hotspur were good at attacking and Manchester United was good at defending.

And when the game is idle or paused, the live broadcast camera will switch to the entire process of the goal. Beckham's long pass from the backcourt is almost 70 meters away, and the landing point is very good. After landing, The ball speed also slowed down, which made Cavani slow down even if he didn't stop the ball. This reflects Beckham's long passing skills.

"David Beckham, the former Manchester United superstar, this long pass is indeed very powerful, because in the current football world, there are many players who are excellent at long passes, such as Carrick in the Manchester United team, but he can pass There are few who are as superb as Beckham, and his long pass to Cavani was truly exquisite!”

Andy Gray was full of praise for Beckham's assist, thinking it played a huge role in the entire goal process.

"Giving Beckham an easy passing opportunity, Manchester United's midfielder must take responsibility, especially when the team's offensive pressure came up, the midfielder failed to keep up, resulting in Cristiano Ronaldo stealing the ball, and Beckham Ham takes the ball and passes it long easily.”

"In fact, Manchester United's midfield has always been a very criticized part. Scholes and Giggs are both old, Carrick is in his prime, and Hagley performed well last season. Jeffs has been affected by injuries and other factors this season, and it has been difficult for him to play his role again. Anderson is an offensive player who has been transformed into a defender. Although the Brazilian is very diligent and performs well, he is not always a qualified defensive player. ”

"Judging from the whole process just now, Manchester United's midfield problem is quite obvious, and the current football tactical system actually focuses on the midfield. Ye Qiu pays more attention to this than Ferguson, so as early as the beginning of the season, many people I’m not worried about Tottenham selling players, because Ye Qiu barely moved in the midfield.”

While Andy Gray was analyzing, he saw that Tottenham Hotspur got another chance.

Beckham, Marcelo, and David Silva passed the ball to each other continuously. David Silva passed the ball to Cesc Fabregas. The latter passed the ball diagonally over the top to To the left side of Manchester United's penalty area.

Ribery started quickly and rushed up between O'Shea and Ferdinand. The Frenchman started very quickly. Although he was double-teamed by O'Shea and Ferdinand at the same time, he was small and seized a favorable position immediately. He got ahead of O'Shea and stopped Cesc Fabregas' pass.

This is not a simple stop of the ball, but a direct slam on the ball, and the person immediately brakes suddenly.

"Beautiful emergency stop!!" Andy Gray exclaimed, "Manchester United's left rib is in danger!"

O'Shea's reaction was indeed fast enough. When he saw Ribery making an emergency stop, he and Ferdinand almost collided with each other, but O'Shea quickly turned around and pounced on Ribery, but after the emergency stop Ribery, who originally wanted to cut the ball inside to cooperate with Messi, made another hurried stop when he saw O'Shea reacting and spiked the ball to the left.

In an instant, within a narrow range, two consecutive emergency stops and spikes changed directions. This fully demonstrated Ribery's personal ability, but it also exposed the flexibility of the two defensive players O'Shea and Ferdinand. deficiencies.

After the spike reached the left side, O'Shea could no longer keep up with Ribery. The Frenchman volleyed directly with his left foot. Van der Sar, who was interfered by Ferdinand and O'Shea, had not yet reacted, and the ball passed him. Pass through, 2:0!

"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"

"Wonderful shot! Wonderful individual performance!!!!"

"From Tottenham Hotspur's left winger, Franck Ribery scored from the left side of the penalty area, 2:0!"

"Manchester United's midfielder was completely suppressed by Tottenham Hotspur. With continuous passes, Manchester United barely had a chance to block it, and Cesc Fabregas's diagonal pass from behind on the left side was even more difficult. It was definitely a very subtle collaboration to expose the turning flaws of Ferdinand and O’Shea, but more importantly it was Ribery’s personal performance!”

"With continuous sudden stops and changes of direction, Ribery seemed to be able to move with ease between the two big players O'Shea and Ferdinand, which fully demonstrated the French winger's calmness and rationality in the penalty area. It also made people see his outstanding and Flexible footwork."

Andy Gray rated Ribery's goal quite highly, because it was a goal that almost completely demoralized the Manchester United players, and it only happened in the 31st minute of the first half. Tottenham Tottenham still have a considerable chance to continue to score goals, but Manchester United is bound to be in a dilemma.

"Ferguson must be feeling very embarrassed now. If he presses out, Manchester United's offense may not have an advantage, especially when the midfield is restricted and the attack on the left is frozen. Manchester United's offense does not have enough chips to suppress Tottenham. Tottenham, on the contrary, if there is another mistake, Tottenham's counterattack will be very fatal!"

"Zygrinski, Beckham and Thiago Silva all have strong abilities to take and deliver the ball. Their long passes are ranked first among the midfielders of Premier League teams, even in In European football, Barcelona may be the only team that has this kind of ability to pass the ball long from the backfield.”

"From this point of view, Manchester United may not have a chance of winning if they press out, but if they continue to defend, let alone whether they can defend it or not, what will happen if they defend it? Tottenham Hotspur won two away games By scoring a goal, they have undoubtedly taken the initiative and advantage to advance, and Manchester United will be completely passive.”

Ferguson obviously still chooses to go all out and fight, because Manchester United has no choice at all, unless he wants to watch Tottenham Hotspur take away a victory from Old Trafford, otherwise, he will The only way to go is to fight hard, and at least leave enough opportunities and hope for the second round.

However, the players' physical fitness was obviously very tired, especially towards the end of the first half. Many players began to show signs of fatigue. Although Tottenham Hotspur also had physical problems, they could continue to persevere.

After entering the forty minutes, Tottenham Hotspur continued to use their skillful control of the ball to take the initiative in the game and suppress Manchester United in their own half. Up to now, everyone has completely lost Manchester United's upper half. The hope of a half-time goal, and even their expectation, was that Manchester United would not concede another goal.

But in the 43rd minute, Thiago Silva passed to Cesc Fabregas. The Spaniard found a gap between Vidic and Evra and made a precise overhead pass. After finding this gap, Messi quickly rushed towards this gap, passed Vidic, and formed a single shot after stopping the ball.

The Serbian central defender turned around as soon as possible and chased back desperately, but he still could not stop Messi. By the time he caught up with Messi, Messi had already scored the Manchester United goal with a lob, and at this time, Vidic met What came over was Van der Sar's eyes that were obviously complaining, as if asking him, why are you staring at this person?

3:0!

In the first half, Tottenham Hotspur almost gave Manchester United the most fatal and painful blow!

Ferguson stood on the sidelines with a gloomy face, and his expression did not look very friendly. Everyone knew his mood at this moment, but as Andy Gray said, this was his choice.

"Frankly speaking, Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United each played a good game. In the league game three days ago, Tottenham Hotspur was obviously not in a very good state, and Manchester United appeared to be very active. Ferguson's ball The team defeated Tottenham Hotspur 2:1 at their home court and successfully shortened the league points to one point.”

"But because of this, Manchester United's physical energy was quite exhausted. In addition, coupled with the long-term two-front battle in the past, it is not surprising that this game was in poor condition, and Tottenham Hotspur did not play in the game. We tried our best, but Ribery, Messi and Cavani didn't play, so the game exploded."

"But another thing worthy of our attention is that Tottenham Hotspur's tactics in this game have a bit of a British flavor. All three passes in the three attacks were medium and long passes, even if Fabregas gave Messi’s pass was about 20 meters away, and it was indeed very much in line with England’s traditional long pass tactics.”

"From this point, it is not difficult to see that Ye Qiu's intention, especially for Beckham, is to use the frontcourt to suppress Manchester United, gain enough opportunities for the backcourt, and then use the physical advantages of the frontcourt trident to carry out the game. Pull and create opportunities.”

"Three goals, from the right, left and center, really reflect the diversity of Tottenham's attack, and also reflect Ye Qiu's arrangement and preparation for this game."

"After falling behind by three goals at halftime, for Manchester United, perhaps the most important thing now is how to rebuild morale. This is also easy to remind people of the Champions League final a year ago. At the Luzhniki Stadium, Tottenham fell behind Manchester United by three goals at halftime. Now, a year later, Tottenham scored three goals at Old Trafford in the first half, which is a revenge for a year ago!"

Andy Gray's words were obviously joking, but they fully reflected that the world of football is full of all kinds of contingencies, and even many things are unbelievable.

Revenge one year late?

I believe Ye Qiu will think this evaluation is quite good, but more importantly, he wants to defeat Manchester United in one game!