"Gomez has done a great job! He saved Robben's shot that hit the dead center of the goal!"
Seeing Robben's inward shot saved by Gomez, Andy Gray sighed with regret in the commentary box. At that moment, the ace commentator of Sky TV thought that Tottenham could finally break through PSV's blockade and take the lead in the score. However, Andy Gray still failed to see the scene he expected this time - Gomez, who performed well in this game, made his expectations frustrated again!
"Judging from tonight's performance alone, Gomez can indeed be regarded as a quasi-first-class goalkeeper." Although the positions are different, as a commentator, Martin Taylor still expressed his appreciation for Gomez's performance in this game. He gave a quite objective evaluation, "If the Brazilian goalkeeper can achieve the seven or eight successes in today's game in normal performance, then the top management of PSV must be prepared to lose their main goalkeeper this summer." get ready."
Before the start of the game, most people were more optimistic that Tottenham Hotspur could easily defeat PSV Eindhoven in the Champions League quarter-finals and gain the initiative to advance to the Champions League semi-finals. You know, before this, Tottenham players have fully proved their abilities in the Champions League this season. Many top giants including Bayern Munich, Juventus, and Real Madrid have become the dead souls of them. . Therefore, in the eyes of most people, PSV obviously cannot stop Tottenham from advancing to the Champions League semi-finals!
However, what people didn't expect was that after the game started, PSV not only withstood Tottenham's offensive, but also played vigorously with Tottenham on the court. Judging from the scene, it can be said that they did not lose at all!
"After experiencing the failures of Real Madrid and Real Betis, Coach Hiddink relied on the good results achieved by the host South Korea team in the 2002 World Cup to make a comeback. Of course, I believe what kind of team South Korea was in that World Cup. Everyone should be aware of it." Seeing Tottenham's delay in opening up the situation on the court, Andy Gray said again, "However, judging from the current situation, Hiddink is still quite capable. You know , not many teams have the ability to block Tottenham's offensive. Even Juventus, which is famous for its strong defense, still failed to complete this task. I wonder if PSV can give us a surprise today."
As a head coach, what Hiddink is best at is to use his iron fist to knead the team into a whole, and then adopt corresponding strategies based on the actual situation to lead the team. The most famous thing is what he did when he took charge of the Oranje coach nine years ago. In order to establish his authority in the team, Hiddink even excluded midfielder Edgar Davids from the Dutch national team. England is out of the European Cup squad!
Hiddink's move to scare the monkeys successfully frightened the restless elements in the Dutch team. As a result, the unprecedentedly united Oranje team won the fourth place in the World Cup in France, which was the Netherlands' first achievement in the World Cup since 1978. The best result!
In other words, if Hiddink wants to lead a team to achieve good results, the premise is that he must receive full support from the management. Because only in this way can he be able to control the big stars in the team. Otherwise, he will end up like he did at Real Madrid and Real Betis, leaving with a miserable performance.
Therefore, selling Robben last summer was not entirely a bad thing for PSV and Hiddink. Because after Portugal's European Cup shine, whether Robben can still obey Hiddink's command as before is really unknown. If Robben inflates his ego after the European Cup and believes that he should have more freedom and say on the offensive end, then PSV is not far away from civil strife.
This can be seen from the performance of Robben in his previous life when he played for Real Madrid and Bayern Munich. Robben often behaved quite calmly when he first joined, but as time went by, after he proved his ability in the new club and settled into the main position, the Dutchman's habit of being a solitary eater on the offensive end began to be exposed. came out, thus causing many negative impacts on the team and the locker room.
If he uses it well, he will be the best winger in the world. If he uses it poorly, he will be the trigger for conflicts within the team. Robben is such a player full of double-edged sword attributes!
Perhaps the top management of Eindhoven also saw the potential danger in Robben, so they chose to sell him decisively after Robben became famous in the European Cup, instead of keeping it in their hands and waiting for appreciation.
However, although selling Robben made Eindhoven a huge profit and successfully avoided a possible locker room crisis, the negative effects of this transaction were also quite obvious-after Robben left, Eindhoven There is no longer a strong presence in the Howen team who can single-handedly open up a breakthrough in the opponent's defense. This resulted in PSV being stuck in a positional battle and could only rely on the midfielder's long shots and Hesselink's height to force the attack.
Therefore, although PSV relied on the unremitting running and outstanding performance of players such as Van Bommel and Vogel to successfully resist Tottenham's offensive, on the offensive end, they lost the two absolute main players Robben and Kežman. It was difficult for them to pose a sufficient threat to Tottenham's goal. They could only test Cech's goalkeeping skills through the midfielder's back-shooting!
The high-speed combination of Hesselink and Farfan can indeed be regarded as a first-rate strike combination in the Eredivisie, which is no longer popular. However, in the Champions League where there are many strong opponents, this strike partner It's a bit unplayable. For example, now, Vidic and Ledley King don't even need the help of their teammates. One-on-one can make them unable to find the direction of the goal!
The reason why PSV in the previous life almost replicated the miracle of Deportivo La Coruna and reversed AC Milan in the second round to advance to the final was certainly due to head coach Hiddink, but it was mainly because of Ancelotti’s influence on the main players. The overuse of AC Milan, which was obviously older in average age, lacked stamina in the sprint stage - don't forget, in the first round of the confrontation between the two sides, Eindhoven, who played all the main players, was beaten by the well-rested Reds. The Black Legion was easily defeated!
In this way, the two teams were in a stalemate on the court and kept the score 0-0 until the end of the first half. If you want to decide the winner of this game, it depends on who makes the first mistake between the two coaches, George and Hiddink, and the performance of the players on both sides in the second half!
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