Six Hundred Fifty-Four Bell Area
The genius remembers the address of this site in a second: [new] the fastest update! No ads! August 14th at twelve forty-five noon. After a brief ceremony for the opening match of the first round of the Premier League in the 2010/2011 season, the whistle was officially blown. A total of 36,000 fans flooded into the White Hart Lane Stadium, which can be described as a full house. Redknapp also did his best to line up his strongest attacking lineup. Goalkeeper: Gomez. Defense: Hector, Dawson, Ledley King and Joel Luka. Midfielders: Van der Vaart, Huddlestone, Modric and Lennon. Forwards: Defoe and Dzeko. Dzeko and Van der Vaart, who were heavily invested in by Tottenham this summer, both started the game, and there are famous players such as Crouch and Robbie Keane on the bench. The thickness of Tottenham's bench can be seen. Manchester City is also doing their best here. Goalkeeper: Neuer. Defence: Felipe, David Luiz, Kompany and Lichtsteiner. Midfielder: Javi Martinez lingers, David Silva and Rakitic come forward. Forwards: Gareth Bale, Suarez and Arjen Robben. Gao Shen made several adjustments in this game. One is Gareth Bale starting,
Another is that Lichtsteiner replaced Zabaleta's position.
Neither Yaya Toure nor Van Persie, who excelled in the Community Cup, were scheduled to feature.
Obviously, Gao Shen is more cautious about the first round of the new season.
After all, it is a well-known consensus that the first round is not easy to play.
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As soon as the game started, Redknapp's team uncharacteristically launched an offensive at home.
Looking at the momentum of the North London team, there is a feeling that they want to swallow Manchester City in one go.
Less than two minutes into the opening, Dzeko kicked his first shot in the Premier League this season, but unfortunately, this shot was blocked by Kompany and failed to threaten the goal.
But then, Tottenham's aggressive attack was very resolute, and the investment of troops was also large, forming a certain momentum of suppression against Manchester City.
The team playing at home is so capricious.
The most threatening one was in the ninth minute, when Modric dribbled the ball from the right rib, he was tackled by Harvey Martinez, and Tottenham got a free kick in the frontcourt.
After the penalty from the Croatian midfielder, Dzeko headed in and Neuer made the first save of the game to block the ball.
The subsequent corner kick was easily obtained by Neuer.
After that, Manchester City launched offensives again and again under the planning of Modric.
Van der Vaart seems to be on the left side, but in fact he often appears on the left rib. On the contrary, Lennon actively poses a threat on the right side, and in front is Dzeko, the top scorer of Tottenham last season. Defoe was cruising around.
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Gao Shen stood on the sidelines, silently watching the game on the court.
The Manchester City coaching staff behind them moved somewhat, and Carlo and Brian Kidd were obviously a little nervous.
Tottenham's attack was really fierce and resolute.
Of course, you can also look at it the other way around. If Tottenham are not resolute in their attack and don't invest much, they won't be able to hold down Manchester City at all.
Everyone knows that Manchester City's possession ability is unique in the Premier League.
Everyone saw Gao Shen with a blank face, but only he knew that he was actually a little regretful in his heart.
He really admired Modric, but unfortunately, he failed to buy it several times.
It's basically impossible now.
As the head coach of the team, he must take into account the overall situation.
After already having midfielders such as David Silva, Rakitic, Yaya Toure and De Bruyne, if Modric is introduced again, how will the midfielder be arranged?
At that time, players in the locker room will definitely come out to protest because of too little playing time.
A mature team leader should not make judgments based on his own preferences. When Modric failed to come to Manchester City, it meant that he had no chance with the advanced team.
As for Yaya Toure, he looks a bit like Modric, but he is too tall and strong, and his movement frequency is much slower.
Don't underestimate this point, which makes him basically useless in the midfielder position, because the closer to the goal, the denser the defense, the smaller the space, and the slower the movement frequency, it is basically difficult to get opportunities.
This is also the crux of why Giroud's scoring efficiency is low.
Therefore, the best way for Yaya Toure is to plug in later.
While thinking deeply, ten minutes have passed.
"Do you want to adjust it?" Carlo asked with concern.
He used to be Gao Shen's "master", but now, Gao Shen has surpassed him in terms of team strategy, coaching experience, and on-the-spot command, so Gao Shen gives orders most of the time, and he is responsible for execution and giving advice .
"No, let them attack!" Gao Shen smiled confidently.
After the opening, Manchester City did not press too high, and Gao Shen started steadily.
This also indirectly led to Tottenham's offensive effect being good, and they had an advantage on the scene. Even in terms of ball possession, Manchester City was still at a disadvantage. This is not normal no matter how you look at it.
But Gao Shen is not in a hurry.
He is different from Barcelona. Barcelona regards possession of the ball as their life, but the depth is not.
What he wants is to score goals, to win, possession of the ball is just a way for him to achieve goals and wins.
Moreover, in the game, it was difficult for Tottenham Hotspur to break through Manchester City's defense, and they used more long-range shots and free kicks to threaten the goal.
"They played four-four-two tonight, Huddlestone and Modric were a little bit deep, obviously to suppress our midfield, but in this way, the gap between the striker and the midfield It will be a little bigger, and it will be exposed sooner or later."
"Wait." Gao Shen smiled confidently.
He has confidence in his team.
This is a team brought out by him personally, and he knows better than anyone else how strong it is.
Especially David Silva and Rakitic, these two midfielders are not stupid at all.
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Time passed bit by bit like this.
People gradually discovered that starting from the eighteenth minute, Manchester City slowly stabilized their position and found the rhythm of the game.
Although Tottenham are still actively trying to press and attack, the intensity has been reduced.
But Manchester City's formation is like a spring. No matter how hard you pressed before, now the strength is reduced, the rebound will be as strong.
In the 21st minute, after Manchester City intercepted the ball in the midfield, Rakitic stopped the ball on the right side of the midfield, and there was no one around. The Croatian directly passed the ball over the top and sent the ball straight Enter the restricted area.
I saw Suarez throw away Mike Dawson and quickly plug in. He succeeded in anti-offside, and stopped Rakitic's pass with his sideways chest. Before it landed, he volleyed with his right foot.
Goalkeeper Gomez fought hard to make a save, but he was too far away.
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"
"Luis Suarez!!!"
"Manchester City's third shot in the game successfully broke through Tottenham's goal!"
Gao Shen clenched his fists on the sidelines, applauding secretly in his heart!
awesome!
Rakitic and David Silva are smart guys, they know exactly where the opponent's weak points are, they have excellent passing ability, whether it is long or short, they are very good.
This creates a problem for Tottenham. It's okay to suppress Manchester City, but if they can't suppress them, they will be in danger.
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Only two minutes later, it was Rakitic again, still in an unguarded area, who sent a kick over the top to the right side of the penalty area. Robben quickly slanted into the right side of the penalty area and headed back to the center. But goalkeeper Gomez took the ball away first.
For two consecutive attacks, the routine was exactly the same, which also posed a problem for Tottenham.
Redknapp obviously also saw the clues, and immediately adjusted to let van der Vaart return to the middle, changing into four, three, three.
But in this way, Manchester City's two sidewalks can survive.
First, Robben from the right started with the ball from the right line, broke through the double-teaming of two Tottenham defenders, cut inside to the right side of the top of the penalty area, and sent a cross pass to the left side of the top of the arc. David Silva followed up and volleyed directly, sliding the door slightly out.
Tottenham's tactics tonight are obviously not conservative.
Even after Redknapp changed his formation, he still seized the opportunity to launch an offensive against Manchester City, and he was ready to attack Manchester City. It is no wonder that Redknapp has such ambitions.
Dzeko, Defoe and Lennon, this is also a combination that can score 50 goals in a season, and it may not necessarily lose to Manchester City.
The combination of van der Vaart and Modric in the midfield is even more European-level, and the standard is definitely not bad.
What's more, they are still playing at home. If they dare not press out and fight against Manchester City, then Tottenham will be too weak.
How can Redknapp be worthy of the huge transfer fee he has invested in?
But in the 28th minute, after Manchester City made a steal from the backcourt, Kompany stabbed the ball forward. Suarez stopped the ball and turned around, and immediately distributed the ball to the right. Lichtsteiner quickly walked all the way to the right. He ran wildly with the ball, quickly rushed to Tottenham's 30-meter area, and kicked a pass.
At this time, Robben had already rushed all the way to the outside of the penalty area. Facing Lichtsteiner's pass, he didn't take off, but he wanted to head the ball to the left to find Gareth Bale, because the ball he Not easy to handle.
Unexpectedly, Ledley King intercepted the ball first when he returned to the defense, but failed to control the ball.
David Silva followed and tackled the ball directly to the right.
Robben turned around, regained control of the ball, and sent a diagonal pass with his left foot.
The football was passed diagonally into the box between Ledley King and Mike Dawson.
Gareth Bale, who had been ambushing on the left side for a long time, rushed to him, and his position happened to be on the left side of the penalty area, the area he was best at.
The Welshman stopped with his left foot, just in time to avoid Joel Luka who was returning to the defense, and took another angry shot with his left foot.
The ball followed a straight line and went straight to the lower right corner of the goal at an extremely fast speed.
Tottenham goalkeeper Gomez is still shifting his focus, and there is nothing he can do about this shot.
This goal is almost exactly the same as Gareth Bale's goal for Manchester United before.
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"
"In this area again! It's Gareth Bell again!"
"Manchester City obviously want him to play in this area on purpose. This should be the exclusive area for Gareth Bale!"
One by one, Manchester City's players went after him, clearing his goal for Gareth Bale.
Two to zero!
This game is stable!