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After seeing Tottenham fall into a cycle of draws after their big win in the opening game, and seeing their ranking in the league standings continue to decline, many media and experts who had been praising Tottenham began to turn their guns and work harder. They criticized George and Tottenham, as if those who had previously praised Tottenham had nothing to do with them.
As the media has changed its direction, affected by this, Tottenham fans can't help but start to worry about the team's results this season. After all, although media reports often take things out of context or make generalizations, they are always right about one thing, that is, compared with the same period last season, Tottenham's performance this season has indeed declined a lot. ——You know, Tottenham achieved three wins and one draw in the first four rounds of the Premier League in the 2002-03 season. Compared with the current results of one win and three draws in the first four rounds, I don't know how much better it is.
The reason why there was such an obvious gap was mainly because Tottenham did not have a strong opponent in the first four rounds at that time, and the Tottenham team coached by Hoddle at the time was already a mature team. But Tottenham this season is completely different. Not only has the entire team been reorganized, but the first four opponents include former strong teams like Leeds United and top clubs like Liverpool. The difficulty level is not at the same level as last season. .
Despite Leeds United's heavy blood loss in the summer transfer market, the youth team that reached the semi-finals of the Champions League have now gone their separate ways, but in fact, the performance of Leeds United in the previous life at the beginning of the 2003-04 season was still It was quite good. It was not until later that they encountered a devilish schedule that challenged the three top teams of Manchester United, Arsenal, and Liverpool and ushered in a losing streak. Then they fell into the relegation zone and never had a chance to turn around. Therefore, it is quite commendable that George can lead Tottenham, which is in the rebuilding period, to achieve an unbeaten record of one win and three draws.
Despite this, the media has no intention of letting Spurs go. Thanks to their unremitting efforts, they have only suffered three consecutive draws. Tottenham, which is ranked higher than Liverpool in the league, has been described as a team more likely to be relegated than Leeds United!
"Three draws in a row..." At the same time, facing the unfavorable situation of the team's recent consecutive draws and the media's general pessimism, George could only sigh helplessly and did not give any reply. . Because George knows that before he can produce convincing results, no matter what he says now, it will only attract more ridicule from the media. Therefore, what George needs to do most now is to comfort the players, keep them away from the interference and influence of public opinion as much as possible, and shape the team as soon as possible so that the players can form a sufficient tacit understanding instead of running away. What kind of war of words do you have with the media?
You know, in the two previous draws with Leeds United and Liverpool, Tottenham's conceding goals were inseparable from the lack of tacit understanding between the players - against Leeds United, when Viduka and Alan Smith were marking When chasing Vidic at this point, if Speed and Heinze could help defend at the first time and help Vidic reduce the defensive pressure, then Tottenham would not have lost in the first half. Two goals behind the opponent, they had to catch up in the second half; when challenging Liverpool at Anfield, Gerrard's equalizing goal was also due to Mascherano's defensive misalignment.
However, although George has been working hard to get the players to form a tacit understanding as soon as possible since the beginning of summer training, this kind of thing cannot be rushed after all. After all, everything has its limits, and too much is never enough. Although tacit understanding can be accelerated through training and competition, if it is practiced too hard and leads to non-combatant attrition of the team or arouses the rebellious psychology of the players, it will not be worth the gain.
"We have to come up with a countermeasure. It's not easy to just wait..." However, just as George was thinking about how to get the team out of the vicious circle of consecutive draws, a knock on the door woke him up from his thoughts, " Who's out there? Come in."
"Boss, it's me." As soon as George finished speaking, a blond man with side-parted hair walked into the room with a very serious expression, "I'm sorry to disturb you at this time. But regarding the current situation of the first team , I have some ideas here, so I want to discuss it with you as soon as possible to see if there is anything I can improve. I don’t know, do you have the time now? "
"Oh? No problem, Coach Tuchel." After hearing what Tuchel said, George realized that the sun had set and the time had pointed to seven o'clock in the evening, but he still agreed to the other party's request, "So about the heat?" Thorn, what exactly do you want to discuss with me?"
"Boss, I think the team pays too much attention to defense in daily training." The first words Tuchel said caught George off guard, "I admit, for Tottenham, this team is almost For a completely rebuilt team, it is indeed very important to build a mature defensive system as soon as possible. But this does not mean that we must sacrifice offense. Especially when the new season has begun, the team’s defensive system Now that it has taken initial shape, there is no reason for us to continue to ignore the construction of the offensive system."
Although Tuchel's main job at Tottenham is to manage Tottenham's youth team, he also has a job to do in the first team, which is to assist Charlie Johnson in formulating Tottenham's offensive tactics - for this future football player The famous coach, George knows Tuchel's talent in coaching offense.
Tuchel's words forced George to face a problem he had been deliberately avoiding, which is that in team training, defense is now valued far more than offense. Although this allowed Tottenham's defensive system to begin to take shape in just one month after the team gathered, it also caused Tottenham's offense to have some layers and changes in quick counterattacks. Once it fell into a positional battle, , basically only inward shots from both wings or crosses from the wing are left. The offensive tactics were so monotonous and lacked changes, which caused Tottenham players to be unable to do anything in the face of Fulham's highly targeted defense, and ultimately had to draw a goalless draw with their opponents.
However, George did not immediately respond to Tuchel's suggestion. Because George is still weighing in his mind whether it is necessary to increase the proportion of offensive training when the defense is not stable enough. After all, in George's mind, defense still weighs more.
Seeing George's silence, Tuchel, who felt that there was something to be done, quickly struck while the iron was hot and added: "So boss, I sincerely hope that in the future, the proportion of offense can be appropriately increased in the arrangement of training programs. Otherwise, there will definitely be More and more teams are following Fulham's example and using its tactics to deal with us... Therefore, if we don't find a way to get rid of the passive situation of lack of offensive skills as soon as possible, then no matter how good and solid the team's defense is, it will not be possible. There will be a situation where it is difficult to win.”
"Well, what you said does make sense." George nodded in agreement. Obviously, he has been moved by Tuchel's remarks. In other words, Tuchel's words reminded him of the final fate of the Inter Milan team coached by Argentinian Cooper: "So Coach Tuchel, if I asked you to be responsible for coaching the team's offense, what would you do? ?”
George knew in his heart that Tuchel would take the initiative to discuss these matters with him. On the one hand, he was indeed thinking about Tottenham and hoped that the team could perform better and better; on the other hand, he also hinted to George that he said these words. It is hoped that the other party can let him take on more responsibilities, just like Allegri, who is responsible for a certain aspect of the first team's training tasks instead of just serving as the head coach of Tottenham's youth team.
"If I were to be responsible for the drill of offensive tactics, then I would first divide it into two parts." After hearing George's question, Tuchel, who was well prepared, organized his language a little and then said all his thoughts. "The first part is the offensive tactics used by the team when launching a quick counterattack, but I don't think this part needs to be modified too much because the team's current offensive routine in this area is mature enough and does not need I'm going to add more information; the other part is how to create scoring opportunities when we and our opponents are in a positional battle."
"Although we have excellent technical midfielders such as Carrick and Redknapp, the technical level of the team is not as high as Arsenal and Barcelona, which can use a series of passes and cuts to open up the opponent's defense. Therefore, my idea is to use high-position pressing tactics to allow the players in the midfield and frontcourt to strengthen their running and interception capabilities, forcing the opponent to make more mistakes in the process of controlling and passing the ball in the midfield and backfield, thereby turning the ball against us. The positional warfare we exerted has turned into a counterattack that is more beneficial to us!"
"Well, your idea is very good." After hearing Tuchel's proposal to use high-position pressing to solve the offensive problems the team encountered in positional battles, George nodded first, then shook his head and said, "But , Coach Tuchel. I wonder if you have ever thought about whether Tottenham's current player configuration is capable of realizing your tactics?"
In response to George's question, Tuchel was just about to answer "definitely no problem", but the German immediately reacted and realized that the question raised by his boss was exactly what Tottenham would encounter when implementing this tactic. The biggest problem!
"It seems, Tuchel, you have finally realized it." Seeing Tuchel's expression, George still didn't know what the other party was thinking at this time, "Actually, what you said before was absolutely right. Add more midfielders and frontcourt The running distance of players increases their enthusiasm for pressing, and the use of pressing tactics in the frontcourt forces the opponent to be unable to control the ball comfortably in the midfield and backcourt, allowing the team to get more opportunities to counterattack and score. This is indeed a clever move. But Tuchel, don’t forget, among the players in Tottenham’s midfield and frontcourt, how many of them do you think would be willing to chase and block the opponent’s midfield and backfield like a defender?”
Although Robbie Keane and Luca Toni on the front line are diligent enough and willing to obey George's tactical arrangements, Bierovka and Darren Anderton, who are starting on the wings, are not very good defensively. Absolutely weak scum. If they have to be forced to engage in high-position pressing, it is probably either that these two guys have been worn out by this tactical system, or that Tottenham's frontcourt pressing tactics cannot be controlled due to the drag of the two of them. expected effect.
Therefore, if Tuchel's tactical theory is to be formally implemented in Tottenham, it needs to be carefully adjusted to make it consistent with the actual situation within the Tottenham team.
