Chapter 119: The Core of the Attack! Son Heung-Min!
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Tottenham's corner kick was headed out by Arsenal, and a counterattack was quickly launched, but it was soon blocked by Tottenham.
Under the three-way attack of Eriksson, Dier and Harry Kane, Aubameyang had almost no passing channels.
After grabbing the ball, Eriksson made another long pass to find Son Heung-min accurately.
Son Heung-min leaned against the goal, stopped the ball with his chest, used his right foot as the axis, twisted his waist and turned to volley.
The ball hit the ground, refracted, passed the goalkeeper's hands, and also crossed the goal post.
"Ah~~~~~ Sun!
The ball flew out by the goal post, and Tottenham missed a chance to lead!"
Soon, Paul Merson was surprised: "After completing the tactical change, Tottenham's offense became more dynamic and aggressive."
As the commentator said, after completing the tactical change, Tottenham's offense was actually a bit amazing.
At least after the opening, these two attacks made Arsenal somewhat difficult to defend.
Pochettino on the sidelines also clenched his fists and waved his arms vigorously.
Obviously, this tactic worked.
After losing to Arsenal last time, he began to study all night how to deal with Arsenal.
Finally, after a long period of research and discussion, this set of tactics was derived.
The main focus is a "avoiding Arsenal's midfield".
Yes!
When many teams face Arsenal, their biggest problem is that they cannot get enough rhythm in the midfield.
Confronting Arsenal's midfield and fighting for rhythm is futile, it is a slow death.
For this reason, Pochettino developed this set of tactics specifically for Arsenal while combining the traditional British long pass.
It is to cross Arsenal's midfield and focus on the back half.
It depends on Harry Kane's pivot role in the frontcourt and Son Heung-min's shooting ability, both of which are indispensable.
After combining these two points, Tottenham's offense began to become effective.
In fact, it is to bypass Arsenal's midfield and attack Arsenal's penalty area.
If Arsenal's midfield retreats, or Kante retreats to defend, then Tottenham's midfield will press forward.
During this period, the back line will also be in a multi-person safe state.
From this point of view, the Tottenham coaching staff has obviously worked hard.
The only pity is that both shots failed to score.
But threatening Arsenal's goal twice in a row is good news for Tottenham, at least they have hope.
"Hey! Let's do it again!"
"Sonny! Keep your position! Wait for our pass!"
"Guys! Move!"
"Let's show these guys some power!"
The Tottenham players are excited.
Two consecutive effective shots threaten Arsenal's goal, which makes their offense have the hope of breaking the goal.
Unlike the last time when they were crushed and passive throughout the whole process, they now have the initiative.
The Arsenal players on the field are also not used to this style of play.
After all, they were used to seeing Tottenham's smooth ground passing, and suddenly there was a change, and they actually mentioned traditional English football. They also needed some time to adapt.
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"Keep standing, pay attention to the opponent's high ball."
Lucky shouted in front.
Kant has retreated to defend Son Heung-min, and it is obvious that Son Heung-min's performance is threatening Arsenal's goal.
Seeing Kant's position, Eriksen was also eager to try.
In the next attack, Tottenham began to change their way and continued their ground passing.
Lucky was about to press, and the opponent passed it directly.
After two passes, the ball came to Harry Kane's feet, and the latter knocked it horizontally. Son Heung-min pushed Kant hard, and immediately started to take a step horizontally.
The next second, Sun Xingmin pretended to shoot and tricked Kante into blocking the ball.
At this time, Sun Xingmin turned his ankle inward and turned the ball back to the left side again.
And there, Ali had already flanked and kicked the ball easily.
Harry Kane failed to get the first point under the defense of two Arsenal defenders. The ball fell to the back point and was kicked out of the sideline by Robertson.
"Arsenal's situation is a bit passive! This is the first time that Arsenal has encountered such a situation. Their midfield was cleverly suppressed by Tottenham, and the back line was even more difficult to resist Tottenham's attack!"
Tottenham's attack is not so easy to digest.
The biggest impression of Tottenham this season is the sharp scoring ability on the offensive end.
Whether it is Harry Kane, Ali, Sun Xingmin, Eriksen, or Lamela.
These players can become Tottenham's scoring options.
For this reason, when they have enough say in the midfield, Tottenham's offensive ability is revealed.
It can be said that Tottenham's revenge was definitely premeditated and confident.
Near the midfield, Lukay frowned.
They can't go on like this.
The defensive pressure is too great.
When goalkeeper Martinez kicked off, Lukay took the initiative to retreat to ask for the ball and sort out the rhythm.
Lukay thought Tottenham would continue to press, but these guys all ran back to the back half in a flash, as if they were in a defensive formation.
This is to avoid the strong push of Arsenal's midfield and suppress it with more numbers.
After trying a few forward passes, Lucky began to make more lateral moves.
Wanting to use this to tear apart Tottenham's defense is what he is best at.
At this moment, Arsenal's rhythm has finally stabilized.
"Huh~~~" Paul Merson took a long breath and said: "After Kai dominated the ball, Arsenal's rhythm finally stabilized."
In the first few minutes, Arsenal really looked like they were stunned by Tottenham's three goals.
Fortunately, Lucky retreated.
"We thought this game would continue the same rhythm as before, but Tottenham have obviously prepared a lot of things. Just like now, they play very methodically, and their offense and defense are very stable."
"Arsenal needs to be careful! Tottenham are here to end their unbeaten streak!"
The Arsenal fans at the scene also saw the clues.
After all, one attack was an accident, but after several consecutive attacks, they understood that Tottenham was well prepared.
Although they despise Tottenham, Arsenal fans still very much agree with Tottenham's offensive capabilities this season.
Once these guys are given enough opportunities, Arsenal's defense may not be able to stabilize.
In the past, they relied on the combined defense of the midfield and backfield to limit the opponent.
But now, with the change in tactics, Lucky's position has been advanced, and the double midfielder has become a single midfielder. The pressure on Kanter has increased too much.
"Press up!"
Lucky passed the ball to Aubameyang and immediately directed his teammates to press forward.
The moment Aubameyang started, Tottenham players also quickly moved towards the left wing to outflank.
In the blink of an eye, Aubameyang was double-teamed again.
"Damn it!"
Lucky pursed his lips slightly, feeling extremely unhappy.
Tottenham have definitely rehearsed this.
They know Aubameyang's characteristics and how to defend.
At this time, Eriksen once again completed the press and gained the ball.
Just as he turned around to fight back, Lucky suddenly appeared in front of him.
Before Eriksen could react, Lucky poked the ball behind Eriksen, then turned and ran wildly into his own half.
Lucky creates time for his teammates to retreat.
Sure enough, when Dier retreated to receive the ball, the Arsenal players had already retreated and Son Xingmin was closely guarded. Tottenham had no room for counterattack.
"Arsenal does a very good job in this kind of transition between offense and defense!"
"Kai's proactive pressing not only cut off Tottenham's counterattack opportunity, but also helped his teammates to retreat immediately."
"But the problem is that there is still no complete ending."
Paul Merson said: "I feel it is necessary for Kai to retreat. Double midfielders are the safest way!"
On the sidelines, Arteta also looked at Mourinho anxiously and said: "Kay is going to retreat."
"Not in a hurry!"
Mourinho waved his hand and said; "They can't hold on for long!"
Hearing this, Arteta was stunned for a moment, and he turned to look at Sun Xingmin.
Sure enough, Son Xingmin's breathing was abnormal, which was a sign of rapid consumption of physical energy.
"Does he run a lot?"
Arteta was confused.
Mourinho said: "Every counterattack requires Sun Lai to use his movement to create space, but this kind of movement comes at a price. The wasted physical energy cannot be recovered quickly. He is not the Park Sam Fei. If he continues like this Go down, he won’t last long!”