our euro cup

Chapter 287 Personal Attack
After we scored the equalizer goal, our morale was boosted. On the other hand, Tottenham wanted to prove their strength to the head coach by overturning us, but after the head start, they failed to continue to exert pressure on us. It was completely suppressed by Garni with a wave of super play.

As a result, our offensive slowly rose, and the substitutes of the Tottenham team gradually lost their advantage after we became familiar with the opening three tricks.The wave of attacks they formed against us at the beginning of the game can be said to have just caught us off guard. As long as we are familiar with their routines and with their foot skills, there is no way to pose any threat to us.

You know, our Croatian team is one of the best teams in Europe. Our two midfielders, Boban and Prosinecki, are both well-known ball-handling and passing masters. Sitting in town, Tottenham's midfielder gradually lost the ability to hold the ball.On the contrary, we passed Boban and Prosinecki many times and hit the ball 30 meters in front of the opponent's goal, forcing Tottenham's substitute players to set up a bus in front of the goal to defend.At most, their defensive strength reached 10 people. Except for one forward cruising around the center circle, looking for counterattack opportunities, no player could get out of the big penalty area.Of course, there aren't many moments like this, but there's no doubt that most of the time they can't put pressure on us.Their counterattacks are often cut off by our players after hitting more than a dozen meters-the two wing midfielders Stanic and Maric rushed to the front after Boban and Prosinecki At times, they will move closer to the center to help defend, so once Tottenham's counterattack hits near the midfield, they will often be cut off by Stanic and Maric. Giarni has always been able to make up defenses quickly and steal the ball at the right time.In this way, Tottenham Hotspur will not have the claws to counterattack and can only be led by us.

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However, Tottenham Hotspur is also really an amazing team.Although they had no way to control the situation on the field, they managed to keep a clean sheet through defense.We pressed the formation to the front of their penalty area, but we still couldn't find a chance to break their formation.Wanting to infiltrate into the penalty area through short passes, although it is in line with the characteristics of our artistic football, but facing a team with 10 people defending in the penalty area, there are a lot of legs in the penalty area, and short passes penetrate It's just too difficult.We tried to penetrate with short passes several times, but we were either kicked out by big feet or knocked and lost.Even a character as strong as Boban, it is still difficult to fight against a defense of 10 people, I think.

What kind of offense should we rely on to break through such an iron barrel defense?I'm lost in thought...

As the number one player of the Croatian team, I, Davor Suker, was called the one who could play the violin with his left foot.My extraordinary skills are unrivaled in Europe.If it is difficult for our Croatian team to break through the iron barrel formation through short passes, what if we use individual breakthroughs instead?
Compared with short pass penetration, personal breakthrough has the characteristics of easy control.But from another aspect, personal breakthroughs are not like short pass penetration, which can have relatively fast ball speed.One person's dribbling is easy to pass one person, but it is difficult to pass two people. As for the defense of three people, it is almost impossible to break through.Now that they are defending with ten people, wouldn't it be very uneconomical for me to use a personal breakthrough?
However, all of them are standing in the penalty area, which means that their front and rear positions are not very far away.This is a very flat defensive structure rather than a vertical full-court defense.It is not easy for one person to dribble the ball, and if he wants to lead the whole field, it is not easy to shoot four or five people in a row, but if it is in a very flat structure, it is not so difficult for two or three people to shoot directly in a row .

In this case, instead of passing short passes to penetrate, it is better to simply let me use the ball to break through the front of the penalty area to solve the problem!Counting from the top of the arc in the big penalty zone, if you want to break through to enter the small penalty zone, you only need to advance three to five meters. Basically, you only need two consecutive dribbles to do it!I was determined to try once, so I told my good striker partner Boksic about this idea, and asked him to help with a feint. When I broke through, he inserted into the penalty area from another direction to attract the defense. , My breakthrough will be able to get a better environment!

So, here we go!

Boban passed the ball to my feet!I started my own solo show!
Boksic ran towards the right side of the penalty area, and two defensive players were taken by Boksic.And I started a breakthrough on the left side of the penalty area - facing the midfield and defenders of Tottenham Hotspur, I was full of confidence, pulled the ball with my left foot, fooled a defender, and then Pull the ball to the right again, and he fell directly in front of me!I took advantage of the trend and pushed forward. At this moment, the second defensive player also came over. In order to grab the ball at my feet faster, he took a reckless move up!And I dexterously turned my body to one side, and shook him past again.With these two extraordinary moves, I quickly got rid of the entanglement of the two people. At the same time, I came to the vicinity of the penalty spot, and I was a little closer to the best shooting spot-the small penalty area line!However, the closer to the core area of ​​the defense, the greater the intensity of the defense. The defense near the penalty spot is not as simple as just two people defending one after another-at this time, two Tottenham players entangled each other at the same time. Me, one left and one right, making my turn difficult.They grabbed my clothes with their hands, and their movements were very subtle. The referee only focused on the legs, and it was difficult to observe the small movements of the upper body in time.Such a subtle little move made it difficult for me to perform an extraordinary move. I could only rely on my physical advantage and lean on two people at the same time.At this time, the ball protection has become the key to technical movements-they make it difficult for me to move forward, but it is also difficult for them to snatch the ball from my feet.In this way, the balance of power was maintained for a few seconds, and suddenly Boksic yelled loudly: "Suk pass the ball!"

The players next to me were stunned for a moment, and I immediately pushed forward and passed the two of them directly!At this time, I finally came to the front of the small penalty area, directly facing the Tottenham Hotspur goalkeeper!

(End of this chapter)