The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 615 Paper Tiger
When players from Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal stood in two straight rows, led by Philip Dodd, the referee on duty, slowly walked out of the player tunnel. The famous native England whistle immediately received some cheers from the scene at the Emirates Stadium.

Before every strong dialogue, there will inevitably be a war of words between the supporters of the two strong teams. For example, before this north London derby, the Independent, which represents Arsenal's position, took the lead in launching a round of offensive , From the players to the referee, they are trying their best to create factors that are beneficial to Arsenal.

Philip Dodd is in his 40s this year. He is an international referee in England. He has rich experience in law enforcement. However, because of his slightly fat body, many people have always doubted his athletic ability, but this name The referee is not a soft bone, on the contrary, he is very hard and has a lot of personality.

So far this season, Philip Dodd has officiated a number of Premier League games and is called a giant killer by the media, because in the four games he has officiated, including Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool and Chelsea, these four teams The team either draws or loses, and what makes people feel interesting is that their opponents are not strong teams.

Of course, Philip Dodd has also officiated other games. For example, in Newcastle's victory over Sunderland, the Magpies played very well. In the League Cup match where the Magpies beat Chelsea away, Philip also won the whistle. .

This made the independent newspaper, which represented Arsenal's position before the game, believe that Tottenham Hotspur, a giant team, will suffer its first defeat in the past nine months under Philip Dodd's law enforcement. Arsenal will use this victory in the North London derby to reach the top four of the league again.

But there are also some newspapers and fans who support Tottenham Hotspur have made a completely different explanation, thinking that Philip Dodd is a killer of a wealthy family, and so far, Tottenham Hotspur is not considered a wealthy family, but Arsenal But they have always regarded themselves as the Premier League giants, so this game will definitely be Tottenham Hotspur killing Arsenal.

Judging from the performance of the past few rounds, many teams including Arsenal and Chelsea have obviously encountered bottlenecks. Chelsea's performance has dropped a lot compared to the beginning of the season. There is no need to say more about this. Take a look at the standings You know, and although Arsenal have won two consecutive rounds in the past two rounds, their performance is hardly satisfactory, and winning is also very stumbling.

But the recent situation of Tottenham Hotspur is very amazing. They win every game by a big score. The trident combination of Messi, Franck Ribery and Cavani has shown amazing power. Messi and Franck Ribery relied on their strong personal ability and excellent post-insertion awareness to use the space created by Cavani's disruption to score goals.

Such a tactic seems to be very simple, and it is not complicated to say, but the problem is that it is very difficult to prevent.

Compared with Tottenham Hotspur's tyrannical offensive ability, Arsenal's defense is a persistent problem.

Goalkeepers are already an old problem. Even during the period of Lehmann and Almunia, Arsenal's goals were not reassuring. Since Campbell, Gallas, Sylvester, Senderos After Kolo Toure, Arsenal's central defender has always been a criticized role.

The central defender Vermaelen was introduced from Ajax this season, but the Belgian is currently injured and will miss this game, and many professionals do not think very highly of Vermaelen, but the media is because of his season. The consecutive goals in the early stage almost brought him to the sky, and some media broke the news that this player was once favored by Ye Qiu.

Wenger also rarely took the initiative to shoot before the game. He said in an interview with the media that the strength of Tottenham Hotspur is like a bubble that is constantly blown up by the outside world, and Arsenal is like a mans. The needle will pop this one giant air bubble.

Ye Qiu also responded to Wenger's provocation, "When I heard Wenger say that we are a big bubble, a fairy tale came to my mind, the emperor's new clothes."

"Wenger is the emperor in a fairy tale. The whole world knows that you are naked, but you still have to pretend that you are wearing clothes, and you have to pretend that everything is normal. Everyone sees the truth!"

The war of words before the game also ignited the enthusiasm of the fans, but I have to say that the Emirates Stadium is quite big, but there are not many seats, empty, and the atmosphere at home is very bad. This is no longer a day or two. Even Arsenal players themselves are saying that the atmosphere at the Emirates Stadium is not like a football game at all, but more like an entertainment venue.

But in the end it was the North London Derby, and the Arsenal fans in this game were also carefully arranged.

When the players of the two teams walked into the field together, they first used cheers to please Philip Dodd. Turnham Hotspur, the bloody hater!
Then, the on-site commentator at the Emirates Stadium also introduced the team's starting lineup to the Arsenal fans who came to the scene.

The goalkeeper is Fabianski, the defense is Clichy, Koscielny, Squillac and Sagna, the midfielder is Arteta, Alexander Song and Denilson, and the frontcourt is Rosicky, Charles Mark and Nasri.

Arsenal's defense has always been criticized, and in this game Wenger, in the absence of Vermaelen due to injury, including Koscielny and Squillac, are all players who have just joined the team this season , Coupled with the goalkeeper Fabianski who has always been on the bench before, this also makes many people more worried about Arsenal's defense in this game.

You know, they are facing the attack line of Tottenham Hotspur, which is composed of Messi, Ribery and Cavani. Tiger's Tottenham Hotspur?

Long before the game, the Independent had made such an appeal, hoping that Arsenal fans could create a more enthusiastic home atmosphere in this game, because some data show that an extremely enthusiastic home atmosphere can be more powerful. The probability of guiding the referee to favor the home team is about 16%.

Therefore, after the players entered the field in this game, when the on-site commentator introduced the team's starting lineup, whenever the commentator called out a player's name, there was a burst of cheers from the stands, and the momentum Not too young, and at this time the flattered Arsenal players would wave their hands towards the stands.

"Will this turn into a psychological pressure for these players?" Ye Qiu felt amused when he saw this scene.

The commentator read a name, and the fans cheered loudly, which seemed to be very powerful, quite scary!

After Ye Qiu, Mauro Tassotti and others walked out of the player tunnel, he walked directly to the coaching bench of the home team, shaking hands with Wenger and a few acquaintances in the Arsenal coaching staff. Ye Qiu has a good relationship with Wenger, by the way I am also familiar with his coaching team, but both sides kept a restrained distance before the game. After all, this game is very important to both sides.

So, after the handshake, Ye Qiu chose to walk back, while guessing was going on on the court, Tottenham Hotspur won the kick-off, Messi and Cavani stood in the middle circle to prepare Take the tee.

With the whistle of the referee Philip Dodd, the No. 14 round of the Premier League's most watched key game finally ignited the flames of war, and the most exciting thing is sitting in the stands and responsible for explaining this game Andy Gray.

Andy Gray can be seen in almost every round of important events.

"The game finally starts, Tottenham kick off and we see..."

Before Andy Gray finished speaking, he saw Tottenham Hotspur quickly pass the ball to the backcourt. After Thiago Silva stopped the ball, he looked up and faced the front directly. The ball kicked a long pass over the top.

I saw Franck Ribery, the sharp knife on the left, rushing forward quickly, while the Arsenal defense led by Sagna and Squillage was retreating.

Franck Ribery received the ball on the left side, faced Sagna, one-on-one, and saw Ribery's extremely skillful fake move. With his own flexibility, he changed to cut inward, blocked Sagna with his body, and rushed towards the penalty area diagonally with the ball.

After Squillage saw Ribery breaking through his teammates, he rushed up to intercept Ribery at the first time, but after the French made an emergency stop and smashed the ball, he swayed Squillage again, and he insisted on making a pair on the wing. In the one-to-one contest, he passed two of Arsenal's defensive players, and then rushed to the bottom line.

"Beautiful! Franck Ribery made consecutive passes, and Tottenham Hotspur entered the penalty area in the first attack!" Andy Gray couldn't help exclaiming, "Let's take a look at this attack... "

Koscielny and Squillac also quickly returned to the penalty area. They cooperated very well to block Ribery's inside cut, preventing the Frenchman from directly facing the goal, while Ribery It was one person who attracted three defensive players including Sagna, Squillac and Koscielny, so that Alexander Song had to rush back to the penalty area.

Franck Ribery saw that the goalkeeper Fabianski also stood in a favorable position. He obviously had no chance, so he stopped being reckless and suddenly knocked back and passed the ball back to the front of the penalty area. At this moment, David Silva followed up and swung his left foot to shoot a curve ball from outside the penalty area.

The speed of this kick is not too fast, but the angle is too tricky. It is impossible for Fabianski, who is already close to the left column, to block the upper right corner, but it is precisely because he is too pursuing The angle made this shot slightly higher than the goal, and it brushed the post and went out of the bottom line.

There was an obvious sound of exhalation from the audience, and all Arsenal fans were grateful for their lives after the catastrophe.

"In less than 30 seconds, Tottenham Hotspur showed a very good offensive state. After a week of rest, their state has adjusted quite well. The offense is very threatening, especially Ribe. One-on-three this time!" Andy Gray continued the slow-motion replay of the game, and he greatly appreciated Ribery's personal show after the opening.

The reason why Tottenham Hotspur's front trident is terrifying is that the left and right wingers have outstanding personal strengths, but at the same time, their teamwork ability is also very strong, full of tacit understanding, plus a tactic Cavani, who played a very important role, made the tactical effect of Tottenham Hotspur's Trident very obvious.

Maybe you'll know how to defend, but that's only in theory, and it's hard to defend in football because Tottenham don't attack once, they attack non-stop for nine 10 minutes Pressure, and their offensive routines are not static, but are constantly changing according to the situation.

And more importantly, Tottenham Hotspur's offensive weapons are not only offensive routines.

In the second minute, Tottenham Hotspur launched an offensive from the left. Ribery once again ate Sagna one-on-one, but the cross was blocked by Squillage. David Scheer Wa took a corner kick and Kompany overwhelmed Squillacci and headed a back post. Fortunately, Fabianski, who had already shifted his center of gravity to the left, stretched his leg to block the ball out of the goal.

Two consecutive waves of attacks made Arsenal's gate jittery. Everyone has seen Tottenham Hotspur's excellent game state and almost overwhelming strength advantage.

"Judging from the current lineups lined up by both sides, Tottenham Hotspur does have a strength advantage. Arsenal's lineup, especially the defensive lineup, is indeed full of strength for Tottenham Hotspur. It is tempting, that's why Ye Qiu launched a desperate attack at the beginning of the game, because he knows that for Arsenal, who are weak in defense, offense is the best defense, but we don't know whether Wenger is against Toth. Nam Hotspur's tactics are targeted."

Playing offensive after the opening, Tottenham Hotspur's move is not a secret at all. The key is whether you can defend and how long your defense can last. This is the key to the problem.

Arsenal's defense used to be very afraid of Drogba, because Drogba kept ravaging those unlucky defenders with his body in the frontcourt, but Cavani did not give up much, because although his body is not as strong as Drogba, but The important thing is that he can run, and he will drag you to death with non-stop running.

For such an opponent, it is useless for you to defend the opening, the key is whether you can defend until the end.

After two attempts from the left, Tottenham switched direction this time, right.

Messi got the ball down the right, but Clichy and the returning Arteta prevented him from doing whatever he wanted, so Messi passed back to Fabregas, then ran down the center himself, immediately drawing Clichy to the goal. In the middle, Alves on the right rushed forward at a high speed. Fabregas immediately sent an overhead pass to Alves in front of him after receiving the ball.

I saw Alves rushing up quickly, after chasing the ball, he passed the ball directly and hoisted it to the middle of the penalty area. Cavani blocked Koscielny with his body in the penalty area, and shook his head to knock Alvi Si's cross headed towards the goal, but this time Fabianski judged Cavani's only angle of attack early, and the ball went directly into his arms.

Cavani shook his head and gave Alves a thumbs up with a wry smile, but looked at Koscielny with a bit of resentment. If there wasn't this central defender behind him, he could consider a contrarian, Fabio Anski was screwed, but because of Koscielny, his shot angle was blocked, and Fabianski easily judged it.

Although it failed to achieve results, Tottenham Hotspur's offense was very threatening.

"In less than 5 minutes of the game, Tottenham Hotspur already had three chances to shoot. We saw that Arsenal's defensive line was exactly as Ye Qiu said before the game, just like the emperor's new clothes, standing naked. In front of the guns of Tottenham Hotspur, and Tottenham Hotspur from North London didn't have the slightest sympathy, just knocked down and went up!"

Andy Gray also had to sigh. Judging from the start of the game, Tottenham Hotspur's recent state is really good, especially the team's offense, but this also reflects other A fact is that Arsenal's defense, not just defense, but also the Gunners' overall lineup, is indeed far behind Tottenham Hotspur.

Of course, Rosicky, Nasri, or including Arteta and Alexander Song, all have a level of strength at the European level, but the question is, apart from these players, does Arsenal have any other stars that can be used?

When individual strength gaps are finally piled up into the team's overall gap, the original small gap will become a huge strength gap.

So far this season, Arsenal’s performance against strong teams has not been ideal, and it has been like this in the past few seasons. If it’s just one and a half times, it’s okay, but when you meet strong teams for a long time, you can’t play well. , then people have to doubt whether your team is really strong or fake.

"Since the start of the game, Arsenal have been beaten by Tottenham Hotspur in the away game. So far, they have not had a chance to shoot. Wenger seems to be very anxious about this situation, and he frequently walked to the sidelines to give instructions. .”

Andy Gray felt a little sympathetic to Arsenal. After all, the former top giants in the Premier League and the favorites to win the championship were overwhelmed by rivals in the same city and district. It could be said to be a one-sided situation. Also very embarrassing.

"Now for Arsenal, the most important thing is to stabilize the situation first, keep their own goal, so that they have the opportunity to create a counterattack. As long as there is a counterattack, Tottenham Hotspur's offensive will be weakened, and the defensive pressure will be weakened." Naturally, it will relax!"

This is what Ye Qiu said. There are never absolutes in football games, only relatives. This is what Andy Gray wants to say now. The famous Premier League talker is not only full of passion in commentary, but also his professional knowledge and football tactics. very high.

But less than a minute after Andy Gray finished speaking, Tottenham Hotspur finally broke through Arsenal's goal!

(End of this chapter)