I just wanted to play football, but I became a Hollywood god

Southampton's captain Davies guessed right or wrong and got the priority to pick the side, while Tottenham's captain Ledley King got the priority to kick off for Tottenham.

The two captains shook hands with the referees and then exchanged team flags.

Players from both teams also took photos in their respective half-courts, and then set up their formations.

Southampton's formation is the 4231 formation they have recently practiced intensively.

Lallana plays as a forward.

Although Lallana is not tall and his body is not strong enough, it is difficult for him to compete head-on with the defenders of strong Premier League teams, but Lallana is flexible enough, and most importantly, Lallana can play as an attacking midfielder/midfielder The midfielder can drop back at any time to get the ball or help defend, intercept and counter-attack on the spot, etc.

This is something Gurley and Connelly find difficult to do.

Coach Adkins's 4231 formation is actually more like a strikerless formation. After all, most of the time, Southampton cannot compete against a strong team like Tottenham.

The three forwards are Chamberlain, Lambert, and Schneiderlin.

The three of them, plus Lallana in front, formed Southampton's first line of defense.

But in fact, Southampton's first line of defense is more than just these four people, and also includes Gu Ran, who is standing in the midfielder position.

Southampton's double midfielders are Gu Ran and Mikel.

Mikel was behind Gu Ran, helping Gu Ran handle the dirty work and guarding the entire back line. He was Southampton's second line of defense.

Gu Ran is the most special. Today, Gu Ran is not only the second line of defense, but also Southampton's first line of defense. He is also Southampton's last line of defense.

With Mikel here, Gu Ran can roam around the place with peace of mind and do whatever is needed.

The addition of Mikel has also made the overall defense of Southampton's team very three-dimensional. In this way, when being pressed by a strong team, Southampton's defensive system will not be overwhelmed instantly and has the remaining capacity to deal with dangerous attacks. It will also be very large.

Left guard is still not too good with Hammond.

Hammond is a defensive midfielder and is also right-footed. It is more difficult to play the position of left back. However, coach Adkins has no better choice. Secondly, he does not need the left back to assist and cooperate. He only needs zone defense. Just make no mistakes, which is not a big problem for the experienced veteran Hammond.

The right back is Richardson.

Richardson's state has been very stable recently. Although Richardson's assist ability is not very strong, he can still do a good job in wing defense.

The two central defenders are Jaidi and Fonte.

The level of these two central defenders is roughly equivalent to the level of the upper reaches of the English Championship. They are simply not good enough in the Premier League. Fortunately, Gu Ran is here, so Southampton's defenders have come all the way to this point, facing Everton, Manchester City and Chelsea have never collapsed.

In the end, Southampton's goalkeeper is still Davies, who performed brilliantly.

Davis's own strength level is good, but if he reaches the level of a Premier League goalkeeper, it will definitely not be enough.

However, since Gu Ran joined the Southampton team, Davis has faced super monster opponents like Gu Ran every day in training. It would be strange if he could not improve.

In today's game, Tottenham's head coach Redknapp still put in his 442 formation that has not changed for thousands of years.

It is said to be 442, but in fact it is just the positioning formation before the whistle blows. When the ball is actually played, 442 can change as you please. If Southampton gives Gu Ran 100% freedom, and Gu Ran is a free agent who can play any position, then all 10 Tottenham players are treated like Gu Ran, and all 10 players are 100% The degree of freedom can be crossed and transposed at will.

When the defender feels energetic, he can directly move into the forward position to take the ball and shoot. The forward can return to the midfield to steal, the midfielder can play as a defender, the left side can be switched to the right, the right side can be switched to the left, whatever suits the situation.

Of course, the goalkeeper is still the same goalkeeper.

If the goalkeeper also plays with 100% freedom and runs out as a forward, then Tottenham will not have to play.

Moreover, Tottenham's free tactics actually have a very high threshold. Tottenham's threshold lies in selecting players. Players who can play freely on the court are basically genius-level players, and they are basically all experienced. old players.

Lao Lei knew them thoroughly and knew their mentality and physical condition before the game, so he dared to let them play like this.

This tactic is almost impossible to replicate, because few head coaches have Lao Lei's charisma and courage, and few teams have this level.

A team whose overall level is not good will definitely die if it learns Lao Lei's freestyle tactics.

Tottenham's two starting forwards are No. 15 Peter Crouch and No. 18 Jermain Defoe.

Both strikers are fantastic.

Peter Crouch, nicknamed Gao Lao and Big Bamboo Pole, is 201cm tall and weighs only 68KG (2011 data), so he looks tall and thin, like Fat Tou Tuo.

Height is Crouch's absolute advantage. With this advantage, Crouch can definitely be regarded as one of the strongest heading players in this era.

Yes, just one, not the strongest.

Crouch's header strength is weak, which has a lot to do with his body not being strong enough and his waist and abdominal strength not being strong enough. Crouch's real strength is his header transfer, even when he shakes his head, it is still very powerful. He is strong. Even though he is tall, he may not be able to compete with Ronaldo for the top position.

However, although Crouch lacks waist and abdominal strength, his height is a natural advantage. Even if he is not strong enough, he can still bluff people if he is long enough.

In addition, Crouch is very fast and explosive, and his skills at his feet are not weaker than any center/forward, so Crouch's scoring efficiency is very high.

Crouch is not essentially a dominating center, but a technical forward. Heading is just one of his shooting skills.

Crouch has played for a total of 11 clubs in his career.

In the early days, Crouch was in Tottenham's youth training, but because he was as thin as a stick, he was not favored by the head coach at the time for promotion to the first team. Instead, Crouch was loaned to Sisley, the Swedish low-level league. Holm, after a year playing overseas, Crouch moved back to Queens Park Rangers, who were still in League One at the time, and later moved to Portsmouth, and then moved to Aston Villa, then moved to Norwich City, and then to Southampton - when Southampton was still a Premier League team, Crouch also established Southampton He made a lot of contributions to help the precarious Southampton team successfully avoid relegation. Southampton also regarded Crouch as Southampton's star player.

But Crouch was a scumbag, and he turned around and threw himself into the arms of Liverpool, and then transferred from Liverpool to Southampton's arch-rival Portsmouth. This was also Crouch's second transfer to Portsmouth. , and this time, Portsmouth has fallen to the English Championship. Crouch helped Portsmouth succeed in reaching the Premier League. Portsmouth also enshrined Crouch into the club's Hall of Fame.

Crouch was so moved that he vowed to hang up his boots at Portsmouth.

Crouch's head coach when he moved to Portsmouth this time was Redknapp.

When Redknapp went to Tottenham, Crouch also followed Redknapp to Tottenham - what kind of eternal alliance, can it be a meal?

Southampton Football Club gave Crouch a thumbs up. (End of chapter)