After the game started, Chelsea, who won the right to kick off during the pre-game coin guessing session, took the lead in launching a tentative attack. Lampard, who received Ibrahimovic's back pass, quickly passed the ball to Ribery on the left. The French scarface immediately took the ball and launched an impact on Maicon's defense zone!
This is another reason why George started Maicon in this game. After all, Ribery, who has worked with Karl for two years, is very familiar with the Tottenham vice-captain. Because the two often face off due to their positioning during team training, Ribery naturally knows Karl's weaknesses very well. This was reflected in the previous Community Shield final - although Ibrahimovic's burst of inspiration and Mascherano's absence meant that Chelsea was able to close the score even after falling behind by two goals twice. The main reason why Tottenham was forced to wait until the final stage of the game to decide the winner, but without Ribery's sharp breakthrough from the left and precise cross, it would be difficult for Chelsea to push Tottenham to this point!
At his peak, Carr was indeed one of the top three right backs in the Premier League. However, as he grows older and suffers from injuries, the Irishman's physical qualities such as jumping, tracking back, and explosive power are all declining year by year. Although Karl can make up for this disadvantage through experience, it is natural that Tottenham's deputy becomes powerless when guarding Ribery, a winger with first-class strength and a clear understanding of his own weaknesses. Something happened.
Faced with Ribery's attack, Maicon, who had just arrived, showed no stage fright or fear at all. With his strong body and accurate positioning, the Brazilian seized the opportunity of Ribery's oversized ball and directly blocked the French winger with a lunge, while controlling the ball at his feet!
"Nice steal!" Andy Gray's eyes lit up immediately when he saw Maicon cleanly steal the ball from Ribery's feet, his tone full of appreciation and praise, "No wonder Coach Nelson trusts him so much. He replaced vice-captain Stephen Karl as the starter in this crucial battle. Just looking at his performance against Ribery this time, Maicon is indeed worthy of the starting spot!"
In his previous life, Maicon was able to become Mancini's first choice at right back when he first joined Inter Milan, squeezing the old captain Zanetti into other positions. This was due to his outstanding performance on the defensive end, not his ability on the offensive end. How much help can be given to Inter Milan. Otherwise, Maicon's prospects at Inter Milan will never be any better than those of his predecessor Roberto Carlos!
Although he completed a wonderful defense, Maicon did not rush to pass the ball to Alonso to launch a quick counterattack. Instead, he followed George's instructions before the game and cleverly leaned on Ribery with his body to try to stop him. Scarface blocked the counterattack, and then steadily passed the ball to Ledley King in the middle!
Under George's careful training in the past two seasons, the technical levels of Ledley King and Vidic have improved a lot compared to their previous lives. Although they are still not as high as Baresi and Bonucci who can be counterattackers, they are still very competent if they just protect the ball and get rid of the opponent's press. Therefore, Ibrahimovic and Duff, who were very aware of this, did not rush to attack immediately. After making a show, they began to retreat to defend!
Although Mourinho has always given people a sense of arrogance in his words and deeds, this does not mean that he is a arrogant fool. He knows that playing at Tottenham's home court is an extremely difficult challenge for any team. Therefore, when arranging tactics before the game, Mourinho, who set his goal to maintain a tie and win, did not hesitate to choose to use his strengths and avoid weaknesses, and use his best defensive counterattack to deal with Tottenham!
Facing Chelsea, who had made it clear that they would focus on defensive counterattack tactics today, the Tottenham players on the field also felt a bit tricky. Because they all know how terrifying Chelsea's quick counterattack is!
Therefore, George also set the tone for the team to focus on stability. After all, this is just one game in the long Premier League, not a knockout match that determines the outcome. When the opponent has no obvious flaws, there is no need for him to risk losing and let the team attack rashly!
The most critical thing is that Ferreira and Del Horno, who learned from the experience of the previous game, became more decisive when fouling. As long as Robben shows the slightest sign of cutting inside with the ball, the two will foul at the first opportunity to prevent Peter Pan's next move. Although they paid the price for this by receiving a yellow card each in less than 20 minutes of the game, Tottenham's major weapon to break through the dense defense was successfully blocked by Chelsea!
The bigger problem is that Stiles is the referee of this game. There are endless reports in the British media about the referee's controversial decisions and various low-level mistakes. In George's previous life, even the referee committee, which always likes to protect shortcomings, was unwilling to continue to defend him. When he caused another controversial game in the duel between Liverpool and Chelsea, he was directly given a whistle stop penalty!
Take this game for example. Although Ferreira and Del Horno's vicious fouls earned them both a yellow card early, no matter how the two fouled Robben, Stiles refused to take out the seemingly A red card more precious than his life!
In stark contrast, when defending Chelsea's offense, Tottenham players were often fouled by Stiles for some minor defensive actions. The inconsistency in penalty scales caused Tottenham players to be somewhat cautious when defending and did not dare to make easy moves!
"This idiot Stiles...could he have forgotten to take his medicine when he went out today?" Seeing this scene, George felt very speechless. He didn't expect that after playing a trick on Clattenburg to scare the monkeys, someone would dare to mess with Tottenham!
You know, the last time Clattenberg dared to blow Tottenham's whistle during the game has now been disqualified from the Premier League. Stiles, how dare you favor Chelsea so much in this game? Are you not afraid of being settled by Qiu Hou after the game?
Another idiot who doesn't know how to live or die. After seeing Stairs call a foul on Mascherano's unproblematic steal and awarding Chelsea a free kick in the frontcourt, George couldn't help but sneer in his heart and at the same time gave Stairs, who was making trouble on the court, a foul. Charles was sentenced to death!
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