Chapter 760: The Sorrow of the Weak Team
There is a way that is better to hear than to see.
I often read some reports about Tottenham Hotspur from the European media, many of which are about the White Hart Lane stadium, which has a capacity of just over 30,000 people, and is regarded by countless fans around the world as the temple of football because of Tottenham Hotspur's magical performance in the past few years.
It is known as the devil's home stadium of England not losing to Liverpool's Anfield
When the players on both sides walked into the stadium along the narrow tunnel under the leadership of Turkish referee Kakir, there was a feeling of sudden enlightenment, and when they walked out of the players' tunnel, the movement of the fans in the stands suddenly swept towards them like a tsunami, making them feel like they were in the ocean.
Dortmund players couldn't help but look around the stands, they were surprised to see that the entire stand was all snow-white, that is the color of Tottenham Hotspur, and in the middle of the stands on the east and west sides is a fan holding paper cards to form two cockfighting cocks on the football pattern, which is the Tottenham Hotspur team crest.
Many female fans, this is their first impression of the fans in the stands, and these female fans are very fanatical, and even above the players' tunnel, there are many female fans who have painted oil paint on their faces, which is not inferior to male fans.
In the past, the newspapers said that Tottenham Hotspur were friends of women, but now it seems that they are friends of women.
Jurgen Klopp followed the player out of the aisle, still wearing his trademark black-rimmed glasses, his trademark beard, and a scruffy decadence, which caused a row of female fans in the stands to hold up pieces of paper cards, which just formed a slogan.
"Jurgen Klopp, haven't you evolved yet?"
"Oh my God, this is a naked personal attack" When the camera swept over the slogans of this group of female fans, the audience resounded with cheers, obviously cheering for the slogans of this group of female fans, and the commentator in charge of the live TV broadcast also read the slogan again and laughed loudly for fear that the world would not be chaotic.
"I wonder what Klopp's mood is at this moment? Will he regret that he didn't shave his beard when he went out this morning? â
The live TV camera was focused on Jurgen Klopp, but the German pretended not to see the slogan in the stands or the big screen on the opposite side, and after holding his glasses, he walked to the visitors' dugout, where his right-hand man Zorco Bouco was waiting for him.
"Hello, welcome to White Hart Lane Stadium, Mr. Klopp" Ye Qiu, as the host, walked over to greet him very politely.
If it was in normal times, Klopp's impression of Ye Qiu was also quite good, but I don't know why, now when I see Ye Qiu, his face is very clean, he can't see his beard, with a smile, and he has a very affinity feeling, which makes him very unhappy in his heart, so he just politely shook hands with Ye Qiu and said a few perfunctory words.
Perhaps, he was hit too badly by the group of female fans in the stands
Labor and management are called rough, do you know what is called rough? You just have to keep some of this stubble to have a taste
"You look at Tottenham Hotspur, it's a little weird," Bouco on the side didn't notice Klopp's expression and reminded.
Klopp followed the gesture of his assistant and looked over, and he was a little surprised to see that among the eleven players lined up in the home team Tottenham Hotspur, there was no Cavani or Drogba.
At this time, the guy at White Hart Lane, who became famous because of Tottenham Hotspur and was known as the most unique live commentator in the UK, was reading the names of the players in Tottenham Hotspur's squad on the stadium radio.
'Goalkeeper Petr Cech, Marcelo, Kompany, Thiago O, Silva and Cesar Azpilicueta at the back, Pogba, Pirlo and Vidal in midfield, Neymar, Messi and Ribery up front.
The on-site commentator and the fans in the stands obviously have a tacit understanding, he will deliberately pause every time he pronounces the name of a player, and the fans in the stands will respond with cheers, once a player, and the player whose name is read will raise his hands and applaud the fans above his head.
Then when it was Dortmund's turn, the on-site commentator read quickly and in a perfunctory tone.
This on-site commentator is only aimed at the more than 30,000 fans at White Hart Lane, all of whom are Tottenham Hotspur fans, and the commentator is taking Tottenham Hotspur's salary to explain the game for the fans, so he is different from the commentator on live TV, he is very tendentious, and represents the position of the home team's fans.
Borussia Dortmund's line-up has not changed much from two weeks ago, with Weidenfeller in goal, Schmelzer, Hummels, Subotic and Piszczek at the back, Sven Bender and Gundogan in the back, Reus, Gotze and Kuba up front, and Lewandowski in the single striker.
Both sides can be said to be the main force, from this point it is not difficult to see the importance of the two sides and a game, and Tottenham Hotspur has won three consecutive group games, as long as they win this one, they will advance to the first place in the group, and Dortmund is to continue to fight for the right to qualify for the group, as for the so-called group top, it is more like a piece of cake drawn by Klopp.
"He's trying to eat us from the start" Klopp glanced at Ye Qiu in the home team's coaching area, and reached out to hold his glasses again, as if he wanted to use this action to cover up something.
"In the last game at the Westster Stadium, Messi swung very well in the position of retreating in the middle, this time he didn't even cover up, and directly placed Messi in this position, obviously to target our weakness" Bouco is also worried, because he himself knows Dortmund's weakness.
Many managers of many teams know that Dortmund's physical exertion and the excessive distance between the two central midfield positions and the back line are two weaknesses, but the problem is that not many teams can use these two weaknesses in the game, either because they don't have the time or they don't have the strength enough.
You must know that Dortmund's offensive and defensive conversion is very fast, and the player moves to the position between the back and the back line to get the ball, which requires the player to have a very solid technical foundation, otherwise it is difficult to deal with such a fast ball movement, and it is often easy to make mistakes, and Dortmund's two central defenders, especially Hummels, are already world-class central defenders.
As a result, many teams can't take advantage of this well, but maybe they want to take advantage of it, and they are distracted in the game and are defeated by Borussia Dortmund.
But it is undeniable that Tottenham Hotspur have enough quality to take advantage of this, especially when Messi and Ribery are in this area, and Dortmund is often easy to fall into passivity.
So Ye Qiu did a thorough job in this game, Cavani and Drogba didn't play any of them, and directly played three attacking players with delicate skills, showing their attitude, I just want to hit your weakness, what can you do?
Can Dortmund change?
Of course, very simply, as long as Klopp wants the midfielders and the backline to stay tight, but then the attacking combination up front will have to retreat, and the cost of doing so will be that Dortmund will lose the high-intensity pressing and pressing up front, while Tottenham Hotspur will have plenty of possession at the back.
But you must know that high-intensity pressing and pressing, which is the basis of Dortmund's tactics, and if this foundation is lost, Dortmund's capital to compete with strong teams will also be lost, so Klopp will never allow his team to give up frontcourt pressing and pressing, because that is tantamount to chronic suicide.
Zorko Bouco has followed Klopp since he was in Mainz in O4, he has witnessed Klopp's rise to Dortmund, and he is well aware of the problems that Dortmund are facing, which can be said to be the problem that almost all underdogs will encounter when they rise, including Tottenham Hotspur back then.
That is tactical singularity
The reasons for this problem are complex, such as the team's salary affordability that makes it difficult for the team to stock up on stars with different characteristics like the big teams, or the team does not have a strong enough attraction to recruit strong stars with different characteristics to play in rotation, and so on, many very complex factors.
But the tactics are single, the main lineup is excellent, and the strength of the substitute lineup is not enough, so that the rise of the weak team is often easy to be just a flash in the pan, because as long as they are excellent, the core players in the team are immediately poached by the giant team, and as soon as the core players are poached, the team's set of tactics can not be played immediately, and the overall combat effectiveness is greatly reduced.
Just like the current Dortmund, Klopp knows very well that this may be Dortmund's most promising season for European results and the Bundesliga title, the reason is simple, Lewandowski is leaving, and players including Gotze, Reus and other players have also been poached by the giants, and the team is facing disintegration.
Tottenham Hotspur also went all the way back then, they were poached every year, but Ye Qiu can rely on the attraction and appeal of his famous coach to retain some stars in the team, and every time he sells a player, he can always find a suitable substitute or adjust the team's tactics.
This is what Ye Qiu admires Klopp the most
It can be said that if there is no Ye Qiu, Tottenham Hotspur will not be said to have reached the point of being the strongest team in Europe today, even if it is to complete the promotion from the British team to the European powerhouse, it will take at least ten years of accumulation and precipitation before there is hope to be familiar in the Champions League, and if there is a mistake in the management process, the time will be longer.
But Ye Qiu has spent just six years bringing Tottenham Hotspur to today's achievements, and has assembled a set of teams that can be called the top and most complete in today's football, as well as the most tactically rich and diverse lineup, which is not something ordinary people can do.
So he went to Cavani two weeks ago, and the result was not very good, and in the second half, Messi and others played in the middle, and they received the effect, and immediately changed the formation, and this game directly gave up the center forward play, because he has such a squad thickness and such confidence.
But on the other hand, look at Dortmund, knowing his weakness, knowing that the opponent will take advantage of this weakness, but Klopp has no way but to make detailed adjustments in terms of targeted tactics, such as letting Sven Bender pay more attention to his back, allowing the team's midfielders to appropriately expand the range of activities, etc.
Klopp has no doubts about the execution of the players, because he knows very well that no player on the pitch dares to resist his orders and demands when he gives an order, as if the game has just begun, Klopp shouted on the sidelines that the players should be careful of Tottenham Hotspur's opening attack.
As a result, Tottenham Hotspur's first attack reached the edge of the Dortmund penalty area, at which point a full eight players retreated into the box, and Reus and Lewandowski also defended in the 30-meter area.
But even so, after Neymar received Marcelo's pass on the left side, he rushed to the bottom line with the ball alone, and under the bag of two players, Kuba and Piszczek, one person in front of the bottom line, relied on his extremely skilled foot skills, so that the ball was almost stuck to his feet, and played magic from the blocking bag of the two players, and brought the ball into the big penalty area with the bottom line.
After entering the penalty area, Subotic stuck the position, but Neymar instead brought back from the bottom net, attracted the attention of three Dortmund defenders, and passed the ball back to the edge of the penalty area, Pogba rushed up from behind, and directly volleyed a powerful shot.
The ball almost grazed the crossbar above Weidenfeller's head and went off the bottom line, causing everyone to exclaim.
It was only less than two minutes into the game, and Tottenham Hotspur used this attack after the opening to make everyone in Dortmund break out in a cold sweat and completely suppress the opponent.
I believe that at this moment, all Dortmund players have clearly realized that this is the White Hart Lane stadium
On this pitch, Tottenham Hotspur are more terrifying and threatening than ever
For the opening of such a dismount, Klopp has no choice, Tottenham Hotspur's individual ability is quite good, and these players with excellent individual ability, when they form a strong whole, the overall combat effectiveness is very amazing, this is the difficulty of all teams when they meet Tottenham Hotspur now.
Tottenham Hotspur at home looked confident and calm, because they were confident enough to beat any opponent in this stadium, so they were not in a hurry.
After the opening, Dortmund defended very tightly, but Tottenham Hotspur opened the game for two minutes and could not see any effect, so Pirlo began to form a reverse foot with the two central defenders at the back, slowing down the tempo, and at the same time pulling Dortmund out to play, and then patiently looking for opportunities.
In the ninth minute, Dortmund began to press forward, hoping to get the game back to the rhythm and situation they were familiar with, but as they pressed forward, a fatal flaw finally appeared behind them.
Marcelo dribbled forward, and Ribery switched to the left side of Neymar quickly to the middle and let the left side out, while Marcelo gave the ball to the in-cut Ribery, who came to a two-over-one collision with Messi at the front of the penalty area, and then Ribery went straight into the penalty area.
Messi successfully countered offside, and after inserting the ball, he shot directly with his left foot, and the ball went into the net, and Weidenfeller didn't even have a chance to react, o
The goal set the pitch in full swing, with more than 30,000 fans rushing forward to cheer for the players in the stadium, while the Borussia Dortmund players looked a little frustrated, as they were just about to press the ball when the back goal was pierced by Tottenham Hotspur.
This is definitely a painful blow to the reigning Bundesliga champions
Jurgen Klopp raised his right hand helplessly on the sidelines, knowing that his players were doing their best, but he was feeling depressed.
From Marcelo cutting forward, to Ribery cutting in, Messi pulling to the left side of the penalty area to respond, Tottenham Hotspur players are prepared and premeditated to use this kind of continuous touch to quickly tear apart Dortmund's defense.
On the surface, Piszczek, Subotic, Sven Bender and Gundogan all had problems and made mistakes, but Klopp knew in his heart that between the electric and flint, they could only instinctively decide who to target and who to defend, and they had no way to deal with Tottenham's continuous fast switching and interspersed running.
As Ye Qiu said, the Tottenham Hotspur team in the first half of the West Stadium is not the real Tottenham Hotspur, and the Tottenham Hotspur team at White Hart Lane is the real European king
Scoring goals, for them, seems to be a very simple, very easy, very inconspicuous thing
But for their opponents, being scored by them is an unbearable pain.
And the damn on-site commentator, as soon as the goal was scored, the voice was as excited as something, directly mobilizing the emotions of the fans in the stadium to a higher level, and the entire White Hart Lane stadium became completely turbulent.
In this atmosphere, the home team Tottenham Hotspur continues to maintain a high level of swinging, the players seem to be gradually playing with the start of the game, and the performance on the field is getting better and better, more and more open, whether it is Neymar, or Ribery, or Messi, they are all very active.
In this passive situation, Dortmund was beaten one after another, and finally had to retreat to the 30-meter area, unable to find its own rhythm at all, unable to play its own state, and the whole team was suppressed by the opponent.
The best player is Hummels, the centre-back who faced Tottenham Hotspur and played well in both games, with a very good standard and a lot of praise, but the question is, what does it mean that the centre-backs of a team are the best?
And Klopp also knows very well in his heart that against Tottenham Hotspur, the longer he stays, the more dangerous the goal will be, because once this team controls the game, Shun LĂŹ controls the situation, and after playing the state, this group of players are all like crazy people, and there is only one thought in their minds, goal
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