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"Alex really made a good deal." Looking at the bad situation on the field, George frowned and sighed faintly, "I didn't expect that this guy Saha would be like this. Comprehensive ability. It seems that I have indeed underestimated Saha's ability. Judging from his current performance, this Frenchman is indeed worthy of Alex's huge transfer fee, and he even did not hesitate to sign with Fulham Club. Break the skin."
According to George's vision, Manchester United, which had hidden Scholes, should not have been such a big threat on the offensive end. As long as Vidic and Vermaelen can keep an eye on Van Nistelrooy, and Phil Neville and Heinze are not beaten by Giggs and Joaquin, Tottenham's defense in this game will be The goal has been more than half achieved. In this way, Tottenham can use quick counterattacks to teach Manchester United and Ferguson how to behave.
After all, in George's memory, apart from continuing his fiery form when playing for Fulham in the first season after joining Manchester United, Saha spent most of the subsequent time struggling with injuries. Opportunities can be said to be few and far between, and there is basically no way to leave a deep impression. Therefore, before the game started, George did not regard how to defend Saha as a problem. Because in his opinion, Saha is just like those meteors who suddenly shine for a season and then go silent. They are players who break out once in a while but do not deserve too much attention.
However, Saha's performance in this game was to slap George firmly. After the game started, Saha frequently withdrew from the penalty area and not only sent many passes to Van Nistelrooy that made the Dutchman feel extremely comfortable, leaving Vermaelen and Vidic in a panic when defending, but he also led the way from time to time. The ball directly hit the defense zone of the two people, using their personal abilities to drive the Manchester United team's offense!
For such a comprehensive forward, but he is considered to be something that is not to be feared, George will naturally feel disgraced.
Therefore, George, who realized his mistake, stood on the sidelines with a frown, thinking about how to resist Manchester United's offensive; as for Ferguson on the other side, he was smiling at Saha's outstanding performance on the court.
As Manchester United's most important signing in this winter transfer window, Louis Saha's performance after joining the Red Devils is indeed worthy of the 12.8 million euro transfer fee Ferguson paid for him. This French forward, who also came from the Clairefontaine training base, can be said to be very versatile. He can be used as an assault arrow in counterattacks, and he can also retreat as a supporting center. Saha can do it in a conscientious manner even when he is holding the side to occupy space or even acting as a center forward.
Moreover, Saha's skills are also very comprehensive. He can shoot with both left and right feet and has excellent headers. When he serves as a support center, he has a very broad passing vision. His physical fitness is also very good. He is extremely decisive when making moves and never sloppily. When reasonable, After getting the ball, he often opens an angle and dares to shoot directly. It can be said that such comprehensive skills and abilities are enough to make Saha a good partner for Ruud Ruud on the front line.
Practical, comprehensive, and willing to serve as a green leaf for the team, Saha can indeed be said to be the type of player that all head coaches dream of. Therefore, unexpectedly, Saha brought a lot of trouble to Tottenham in this game, especially Vidic and Vermaelen, Tottenham's starting central defender combination in this game. In their eyes, the Saha in front of them is undoubtedly much more difficult to deal with than the "king of the small penalty area"!
In other words, according to George's arrangement before the game, Vidic and Vermaelen should team up to attack Ruud van Nistelrooy during the game, while also taking into account the defense of Saha, which is enough to complete the defensive tasks assigned to them by George. However, Saha's strength in this game was beyond everyone's expectations. Vermaelen and Vidic did not dare to leave Saha open to flank Ruud van Nistelrooy - you know, they have done this before At that time, Saha fired a precise and powerful volley directly from outside the penalty area, almost helping Manchester United take the lead in less than five minutes of the game. From then on, Vidic and Vermaelen never dared to underestimate Saha, allowing the Frenchman to easily catch the ball and shoot.
However, if they give up the attack on Van Nistelrooy and adopt regional defense or man-to-man tactics, Vidic and Vermaelen will also be unable to escape the predicament at hand. In a one-on-one situation, Vidic may be able to barely cope with one of them, but Vermaelen on the other side is unlucky. Neither Ruud van Nistelrooy nor Saha can do it for the newly debuted Belgian. To deal with.
Don't look at the last game, Vidic defended Alan Shearer to almost nothing, and could hardly get a threatening shooting opportunity. You know, Shearer is now a 33-year-old veteran. A powerful center like him who relies on physical fitness to play has actually been greatly reduced on the offensive end. Therefore, the young and strong Vidic It's actually not that difficult to guard Shearer. Ruud van Nistelrooy and Saha are different. They are in the prime period of their careers and have a perfect balance between physical fitness, experience and technology. Therefore, for Vidic and Vermaelen who still need game experience, defense is a must. Their difficulty is naturally much higher than dealing with an aging Shearer.
If you want to become a top central defender, you must not only look at the player's football talent, but also need the accumulation and accumulation of experience. Central defenders like Nesta who shined brightly when they first debuted, and were even praised by Zeman as "one person can support a line of defense" are only rare after all. More top central defenders were abused by various forwards in the process of growing up. The most typical examples are Cannavaro and Chiellini. Although Vermaelen has good talent, at only 18 years old, he still needs a lot of games and time to accumulate and accumulate, and transform experience into part of his turning strength, so that he can truly transform into a world-class central defender!
But now, neither Vidic nor Vermaelen has completed this process. Therefore, facing the forward combination of Saha and Ruud van Nistelrooy, Vidic and Vermaelen behaved in an extremely embarrassed manner, and the goal guarded by Cech frequently sounded the alarm, with constant dangers in front of the goal!
However, no one is perfect, and Saha, who has such comprehensive skills and abilities, also has a fatal flaw, which is the "glass man" attribute similar to Redknapp Jr. and others. You know, after Saha set foot in England in his previous life, he could only guarantee the attendance rate he deserved as a main forward during the seasons he played for Fulham and the season he just joined Manchester United. From then on, he began to deal with injuries, and his attendance rate was maintained at around 50% in one season. And this naturally greatly affected Saha's career prospects and personal development. After all, few teams are willing to provide such a glass man with a long-term contract, let alone reserve a main position for this glass man.
(Note, the previous example of Irving joining Manchester United was a special situation. If Sir Alex Ferguson hadn't deliberately wanted to disgust Liverpool, it would have been impossible for Irving to get a work contract from Manchester United.)
Therefore, after watching Saha's wonderful performance in the first half of the game, George couldn't help but change his mind. He felt that if Saha hadn't had too many injuries in his previous life that affected his condition and attendance efficiency, I'm afraid Ferguson would have sold him. After losing Ruud, Saha became Manchester United's main center. After all, with Manchester United's frontcourt configuration at the time, Saha, who had comprehensive skills and a wider range of activities that could be pulled out to support, was obviously more suitable to work with Rooney than Ruud van Nistelrooy, who had been restricted by the title of "King of the Small Zone". There is also Cristiano Ronaldo's partner.
Later, the reason why Ferguson sold Saha was not because Saha was not suitable for Manchester United's tactical system or could not keep up with the team's pace, but more out of balance of payments considerations. After all, Manchester United is different from Chelsea. Whether it was previously a listed company or later acquired by the Glazer family, Manchester United needs to ensure that it can earn a large amount of profits every year. Under such circumstances, it is too luxurious for Manchester United to have Saha, a first-class forward whose attendance rate cannot be effectively guaranteed, on the bench or even on the sickbed. Therefore, Ferguson, who already had the frontcourt offensive combination of "Rooney-Tevez-Cristiano Ronaldo" at that time, had to sell Saha, who was paid a high salary, to Everton.
It is worth noting that even when Saha left Manchester United to join Everton, the Toffees spent 12 million euros in transfer fees to sign the then 30-year-old Frenchman. This value, which is almost the same as when he joined Manchester United from Fulham, can already explain to a large extent how great ability and value Saha has in the eyes of these professionals.
It can be said that if the team Saha played for at the time was not Manchester United, but Chelsea, it must be Mourinho or Grant, or the successors such as Scolari, Hiddink and Ancelotti. They will resolutely keep Saha in the team instead of sending the Frenchman away for balance of payments considerations.
However, although Saha's performance in the first half was extremely amazing, and he created many scoring opportunities for his teammates, and even personally played several times to test Cech's goalkeeping skills, today's luck was obviously not on the side of the home team. aside. Until the referee blew the whistle to end the first half, the score was still zero to zero, and neither home nor away team could break the deadlock.
Hitting the goal post three times, hitting the goal crossbar twice, and several other extremely threatening shots were all blocked by Cech. It must be said that Manchester United's luck in the first half of the game was really unlucky.
Although judging from the score on the field, the two teams are indeed evenly matched, but all fans who have watched the performance of both sides in the first half know very well that if George still cannot think of a way to win during the next fifteen minutes of intermission, Effective countermeasures to resist Manchester United's offensive, then when the second half of the game starts, Tottenham will probably face a more severe test!
After all, with two first-class forwards in Saha and Ruud van Nistelrooy at the front, coupled with the magical wings of Giggs and Joaquin, Manchester United's attacking combination is enough to defeat any team's defense. If Tottenham can't find a way to deal with it, and wait until the goddess of luck no longer favors them, then Tottenham will very likely suffer a very painful defeat at Old Trafford!
