Wen Sheng was very depressed. Some teams used Tottenham's trick on Crystal Palace but it may not work well. But today Tottenham used this trick and it worked a bit. They are also very fast on the wing and their frontcourt press is crazy. It seems like this

The boys were also not convinced that they lost in the last round.

Running hard makes it difficult for Crystal Palace players to adapt.

In this case, Tottenham's time to attack the 30-meter area of ​​Crystal Palace was greatly increased. However, at this stage, Crystal Palace's two central defenders were very powerful and made several clearances.

"Pay attention to your position!"

"Look at him! Run after him!"

"Taking people!"

In the 3rd minute, 4th minute, and 5th minute, for three consecutive minutes, Tottenham created passing opportunities. Bell's assists were quite large today, and he ignored his hips, but Crystal Palace couldn't launch a counterattack.

Too reliable.

After playing for about ten minutes, Crystal Palace slowly regained its footing!

Wen Sheng also breathed a sigh of relief. After all, no ball was conceded. With everyone's joint efforts, the team still defended Tottenham's opening attack.

Of course, Crystal Palace did not play any decent offensive. The midfield and backfield provided too little support to the frontcourt. The long passes from the backfield were very blind. De Bruyne was also followed closely. Once he got the ball, the opponent immediately got up and De Bruyne immediately got up.

It is difficult for Browne to turn around, otherwise his opponent will foul.

After Tottenham's fierce attack at the beginning, they gradually couldn't sustain it. They kept pressing and couldn't score goals. It was easy for the players to become mentally exhausted and gradually slow down their offensive.

Crystal Palace was gradually able to control the ball in the backcourt, the passive situation was alleviated, and the two sides entered a stalemate stage.

To be honest, Crystal Palace's control ability itself is not bad, but they were a little confused by Tottenham at the beginning. Now that the pressure from Tottenham has dropped, they have regained a lot of confidence, and slowing down the game is not a problem.

Lao Lei stood on the sidelines and took a look, this thing is not good. If it continues like this, how can Tottenham score goals? There is no high center forward today, and the rhythm of the whole game must be fast. But now the opponent's state has picked up, and they can't score goals.

Controlling the ball and allowing Spurs to press high up the pitch would be a bit ineffective.

At this time, the competition is about patience to see who can seize the opportunity.

Who is in really good shape.

It's a pity that at the end of the half, no one could do anything. Crystal Palace started passively, and then gradually took the advantage of possession of the ball. However, they played a wretched style of play and did not like to attack the Tottenham center through positional battles. On the contrary,

They often control and play long passes and play behind the ball. Anyway, Tottenham always like to move up the formation to press for Crystal Palace's control.

Tottenham did a relatively good job in using high-position presses and on-the-spot counterattacks at the beginning, but they did an average job in the rest of the game and didn't have many opportunities.

In the first half, everyone shot almost equally well. Each completed 7 shots. The accuracy rate was low. The goalkeepers of both sides were not tested much.

Wen Sheng was generally satisfied with the situation in the first half, but it was troublesome to find a breakthrough in the offense, but he did not dare to invest too much in troops, allowing the formation to move forward and increase the pressure on the midfielder.

There was a huge risk. After comprehensive consideration, he still chose to be conservative. He just asked Zaha, Mertens and De Bruyne to increase the time of holding the ball in the second half and strengthen their personal breakthroughs.

There is a fundamental difference between Tottenham's opponent and Benfica.

The game against Benfica itself is an away game, and Benfica's strength is not as good as Tottenham's in Wen Sheng's eyes. The risk taken by the striker is smaller, while Tottenham's strength is stronger, and the risk of taking risks is higher.

Different opponents have different views on Wen Sheng, and they have different thoughts on tactical changes and detailed adjustments, which are not set in stone.

Tottenham's frontcourt today was a quick one. The defense was too far forward and easily threatened. Benfica is good at positional warfare. The two are different.

In the second half, Tottenham attacked again as if they had taken medicine, but this time they were unlucky.

Old Lei, an old fox, couldn't hold it in anymore. He was in a hurry. The team needed to win so much.

As a result, Crystal Palace accidentally seized a counterattack opportunity in the 54th minute.

Vardy succeeded in countering offside, went to the meeting alone, and scored a goal with a light shot!

Tottenham believed that Vardy was offside, and Lao Lei was very excited about this, but the linesman was unmoved and the referee was unmoved, so they could not deny Vardy's goal.

Wen Sheng was overjoyed. He knew that this kind of opportunity would always appear. Just because it wasn't there in the first half didn't mean there wasn't one on the field. Tottenham were still in a hurry.

It's good to be anxious, it's wonderful to be anxious! Wen Sheng applauds Tottenham in his heart.

Of course, he also knew that there was nothing that Tottenham could do in a hurry.

Suddenly Wen Sheng felt like a Ninja Turtle, and he was actually more patient than Lao Lei.

But this joy did not last long. In the 59th minute, Tottenham equalized the score again.

In the 59th minute, Tottenham launched an attack. Modric dribbled the ball in the middle. Kante rushed to grab it. When he poked the ball, he did not fully control it. Instead, he poked the ball at the feet of Van der Vaart. Van der Vaart took advantage of the situation and passed through. Defoe also followed suit.

They countered offside and hit the goal directly. The ball went under Speroni's arm and into the net, and they equalized the score.

This goal was a bit lucky for Tottenham. Kante and Modric each had a 1/2 chance of touching the ball. Who knew the ball would bounce to Van der Vaart's feet?!

When Matic stretched out his long legs to intercept, it was already too late.

Wen Sheng felt regretful, but unfortunately there was nothing he could do.

"God, give me a few more chances!" Wen Sheng silently prayed to God.

Glancing at the bench, Wen Sheng felt that the most reliable players were all on the court. The rest of the players, including Scannell, Darnes, Smith, etc., felt that none of them were reliable.

Wen Sheng considers himself to be a good one at training young people, but unfortunately these three people seem to have made little progress under him. Scannell is said to have a rich life off the court. Wen Sheng has given advice twice, but now he doesn't bother to pay attention.

Xia Tian must deal with him.

The opportunity came.

In the 67th minute, Crystal Palace got a set kick opportunity. De Bruyne assisted, and Benatia made another contribution. He jumped high in the crowd and sent the ball into the Tottenham net despite Ledley's interference.

Crystal Palace has been scoring a lot from set pieces recently. In the last three games, they have scored three times from set pieces.

Wen Sheng thanked God over and over again. He must be grateful. If this continues, the Crystal Palace's physical fitness will be a big problem and it will be impossible to attack.

Lao Lei was so depressed that he almost vomited blood. Crystal Palace's set-pieces have always been criticized, but he just listened too much to the data. The data did prove that Crystal Palace's set-piece scoring rate was poor and they were not good at using set-pieces. However, they seem to have been bad at it recently.

Pretty good.

He didn't practice specifically on this area before the game. Wen Sheng also practiced the set piece defense in a targeted way. He thought that Tottenham would use a tall center like Pavlyuchenko or Crouch, so he had to

Defend.

After that, Lao Lei immediately replaced high center forward Crouch.

It's still early, but Tottenham's offensive characteristics have not reached the effect of Lao Lei, so it is natural to replace them, and the high center forward will be the core of the offense.

Crouch's condition was not very good. Tottenham passed a lot of long balls in the following time, but Crouch's fight for the top was quite unreliable. He was tall, but Benatiat would use small movements to interfere with him.

, Crystal Palace has also done a good job in two-point protection, and it is naturally difficult to play its role.

But when Tottenham got a set piece, Wen Sheng was particularly nervous because the opponent had a few tricks up his sleeve.

After three minutes of stoppage time, Tottenham were still unable to equalize the score after a busy game, so they had to suffer at home, basically declaring that the fight for fourth place was out of the question.

Although this game was won, and Crystal Palace also completed a double win against neighbors Tottenham this season, this game was much more difficult than the first time. The high press they implemented in the first round was not successful at all.
Chapter completed!