Grass roots glory

Chapter 996

White Hart Lane, Tottenham's home court, is much more famous in Europe than their team. Ten years before the birth of this team, White Hart Lane already existed.From the original state of a nursery with fences to the current three-tiered stands, the three overhauls of the White Hart Lane Stadium in the past century show Tottenham's heritage in English football.

However, Tottenham's current state is a bit embarrassing.Their honors are all from the last century. Zhou Tiancheng sat on the bench, and at most he just felt that there were some characteristics of White Hart Lane. As for this opponent, Zhou Tiancheng never regretted his judgment. They chatted one after another.

Giggs is indeed very courageous, but after the start of the game, Manchester United's offensive approach showed a significant difference.

The positions of Fellaini and Herrera are more fixed than when Zhou Tiancheng was on the field. Giggs did not give them too many tasks to participate in the attack.

Even though Giggs was very confident in front of reporters, he did not underestimate Tottenham at all in terms of tactics.

The opponent's midfielder has Paulinho, who has already played the absolute main force in the Brazilian national team, and the Belgian midfielder Dembele. The midfielder is the Argentine Lamela. On the front line, Tottenham have young killers. The 24-year-old killer Harry Kane.After being loaned out twice by Tottenham and returned, the tall man, who had high hopes from the Tottenham youth training camp coach, succeeded in leveling up. He has scored [-] goals this season, and he is closely following the top scorer in the list. Aguero, even with Zhou Tiancheng's excellent scoring efficiency, is still two goals behind him in the scorer list.

Tottenham also have a great chance to squeeze into the top four and fight for the Champions League qualification, so the opponent's tactics are destined to be unconservative.

With Zhou Tiancheng's super dominance, Fellaini has maintained a high level since his return from injury, Herrera's season performance is also higher than expected, Manchester United is recognized as having the strongest midfield configuration in the Premier League, but Giggs deliberately Arranging Zhou Tiancheng to rest in rotation, under such circumstances Manchester United did not have an advantage.

In the absence of Zhou Tiancheng, Mata can only slightly speed up the offensive rhythm and seek cooperation with Van Persie on the front line, while Tottenham's midfielder is very high, separating Mata from Fellaini and Herrera behind him. contact.

Belgian defender Jan Vertonghen came up and blocked Mata's through pass to Van Persie, and then made a direct pass to the midfielder to launch a counterattack.Paulinho and Dembele moved forward at the same time. The first attack crossed the midfield and was cleared by Smalling in front of the defense. However, on the periphery, Paulinho was fighting one-on-one with Fellaini. Under the circumstances, he forcibly turned around, forcibly dribbled the ball from Smalling's side to the penalty area and shot a low shot.

"Oh, it's been pierced like this!" Zhan Jundu burst out in exclamation. Fortunately, De Gea was quick and fast, and quickly struck out and blocked Paulinho's powerful shot at close range.

But the scene is already a little different from the familiar Manchester United.Paulinho and Dembele are both B2B midfielders with strong offensive capabilities, but Zhou Tiancheng sits on the bench and lacks midfield control, which is equivalent to giving the initiative to the opponent. Smalling can It is not easy to entangle the heavy hammer of Harry Kane one-on-one.

There was a lot of turmoil in the Manchester United penalty area. Those who were familiar with the rhythm of Manchester United this season saw a familiar scene again at this time.

Carragher said in a joking tone: "Giggs was able to become Manchester United's most important wing all-rounder in the past. He should be a very smart person. This season he has followed Manchester United all the way down. It should be very clear that in Louis Van What was United's game like when Garr was messed up, when Zhou left for the Asian Cup. Is it worth taking a chance on Tottenham for Liverpool over the course of the season?"

The scene was almost exactly the same. Once Zhou Tiancheng sat on the bench, Manchester United's midfield control immediately dropped to a notch, and it happened that Tottenham's two midfielders had strong offensive capabilities and were completely suppressed in the backcourt.

Giggs stood on the sidelines for most of the first half, he didn't give any gestures to the field, he just stayed closer to the pitch, he had to let the players know that he was with the team, to be more realistic , It is also convenient for him to arrange the tactics of the second half.

Some media with malicious intentions towards Manchester United felt a little regretful at the end of the first half. Tottenham had a clear advantage, but the top scorer Harry Kane did not get much. Lai did have a few absolute chances to score, but the follow-up shot did not seize the opportunity. Zhou Tiancheng was not on the court, and De Gea was the biggest focus of Manchester United as always.

But at the beginning of the second half, Giggs replaced Herrera with Zhou Tiancheng.

As a rule of thumb, when Zhou Tiancheng came on the field, Zhan Jun secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Luckily, Giggs was still much better than Van Gaal after all. At least he didn’t have to wait for serious consequences to make up for it.

Fellaini quickly trotted for two steps, he knew that what he needed to do was different.

When Paulinho and Dembele saw Zhou Tiancheng coming, they couldn't help shaking their shoulders. Of course, they knew Zhou Tiancheng's statement before the game. Many opportunities were wasted in the first half, and they were holding back their energy.

Paulinho and Zhou Tiancheng have played against each other twice, the 2013 Club World Cup final and last year's World Cup. The two experiences were not very pleasant.

Zhou Tiancheng's appearance immediately changed the situation. Even though Paulinho spent a lot of effort to mark Zhou Tiancheng from behind, Zhou Tiancheng was still completely fine with him. He took the ball, turned around, and got rid of it. .

Zhou Tiancheng played like a magnet. When he was the only one who dared to take the ball at his feet in the midfield, he carried the opponent while performing various delicate operations with his feet, gradually attracting the strength of the opponent in the midfield to his surroundings, and he It can also take the lead in sending the ball forward to the frontcourt.

Now that Mata runs to get the ball again, the situation in the first half is completely different.He could choose calmly at the front of the penalty area, but Mata did not choose to end the blow, and continued to break through into the penalty area. The first low pass was cleared by Vertonghen, and Mata continued to take the ball from the outside. He chose to pick Zhou Tiancheng who passed to the outside.

Zhou Tiancheng dexterously pulled the ball and turned around, swaying away from another central defender Alderweireld who followed up the defense, and shot with his instep outside the penalty area.

"Zhou Tiancheng! Here it comes!!! The ball is in! It's in! It bounced from the top of Lori's fingers. The French goalkeeper stretched his arms to the extreme and was still out of reach. 4 minutes, Zhou Tiancheng played only 4 minutes, Giger Si is the first to win! Sure enough, he has the confidence to speak big words. Zhou Tiancheng is the butcher's knife in Ziggs' hands. Why do you need to use it often? At this moment, the knife is lightly swung, and the stab breaks, three points!"

Zhan Jun originally intended to compare Tottenham to a chicken, but he probably thought it was too indecent, so he changed the term on the fly.

Even though his way of explaining has never been particularly biased, what he thinks in his heart is another matter.

To pull out the thorns, all you need is a light wave of the knife.To seal the mouths of Yoyo, all you need is to be between the top and bottom of the bench.

(End of this chapter)