Neuer's injury caused a lot of discussion in the Premier League. Amidst the discussion, Tottenham had left North London and went to visit Manchester United at Old Trafford away from home.
The main goalkeeper was injured, which caused many doubts about Tottenham's defeat. As for Handanovic's performance, people were not sure about it. He was hastily replaced in this game. Many people also believed that Tottenham's defeat was too much.
The pressure of the prick should be very strong.
"If Tottenham gets a draw away from home, it should be their highest pursuit. Without the main goalkeeper, Tottenham's strength will inevitably decline. In last season's games, Neuer had a series of consecutive defeats against strong opponents.
The savior, without his presence, Tottenham's defense will inevitably be affected. Facing Manchester United at home, if Tottenham can score a point, it will be considered a success..."
Most of the media are not very hopeful about Tottenham, and Tottenham's game also proved this. From the beginning of the game, they all stayed in the backcourt, not daring to intervene, and even the entire defense line retreated.
About ten meters away, the defense was reduced to the penalty area line. Such a defensive attitude made the Manchester United players determined that they wanted to defend the ball as soon as they saw it. This made Manchester United's pressure very rampant.
Since Tottenham's main goalkeeper has been injured, what else is there to worry about?
"The formation that Tottenham put out today does not look like a formation that wants to play attacking football. They removed a forward and used Suarez as a single arrow. In the midfield, they added Royce to the lineup.
It became 451.
"Tottenham did not use Cavani, which obviously means that they have no intention of pressing Manchester United at all. Without the fulcrum in the frontcourt, Tottenham's formation is difficult to develop and cannot form a multi-layered defense. It seems that Tottenham's idea is,
I really want to play a defensive game..."
Everyone can see that Handanovic in front of the goal and Neuer are two completely different types of goalkeepers. If Neuer is usually guarding the goal, he should be on the small penalty area line.
Even move farther away. In this way, the entire defense line can press forward, and he
He can also catch the ball, pass the ball at the back door, and play some role as a defender. Now Handanovic's playing style is to stand on the goal line. As a typical goal line goalkeeper, he cannot press
He came out to play football, which made Tottenham's defense tighten up, and naturally the situation looked very bad.
However, even in a very bad situation, Manchester United has not been able to win the game now. Although their offensive is considered fierce, there are not many attacks that can really pose a threat.
On the penalty area line, Tottenham's defense was quite solid. Although Manchester United's attacks tried to break through several times, they were all blocked by Tottenham's interceptions.
The players on Tottenham's defense have made great progress after being trained by Li Bin for a year. Italian defense is what Li Bin insists on. This kind of playing style is the best at preventing small-scale ground cooperation.
, and the defense line set up by several Tottenham players at the front of the penalty area was also quite effective, so
Because the distance is closer, it is more convenient to cover the position. Their defense line is very dense. The weakest link is Coentrao, but with Gustavo beside him, he can drop back to cover the position, so there is no problem. Anyway, Tottenham
Regardless of attacking, Manchester United's poor offensive power cannot penetrate Tottenham's defense at all.
As long as any strong team wants to defend, it will be difficult for the opponent to break through. Tottenham can be considered a strong team now. Since they have put forward such an all-out defense mode at Old Trafford, then, I think
It is also difficult for Manchester United to break through Tottenham's defense.
"Tottenham just put a bus in front of the penalty area. Manchester United can't break through their defense at all now. Coach Li Bin rarely uses this kind of defense. It seems that he is really good at facing a game.
We take it very seriously..."
However, Ferguson had already expected this: he knew very well how difficult the Italian defense was, and he also knew very well that Rooney's small skills could not break through the Italian steel defense deployed by Li Bin. At the same time, he also
He expected that Li Bin would shoot wildly, so he adopted another method.
After Rooney got the ball in the middle, he didn't get very deep. He kicked the ball directly in front of the penalty area, still 25 meters away from the goal!
Since your goalkeeper is the weak link, why should I struggle with your back line and just shoot the ball into the goal!
The chance of scoring a goal with a long shot is very small, but for Tottenham now, the situation is different. They use a substitute goalkeeper, and the substitute goalkeeper may not necessarily have good reflexes when defending long shots.
And more importantly, if the long-range shot is reliable, corner kicks and set-piece defense will also test the goalkeeper's ability.
Ferguson knows that Italy's defensive skills are good, but he will not let Tottenham get a draw so easily. Italy's set-piece defense, especially header defense, is average. Headers are a great threat to them. I believe
If they rely on set pieces to attack, Manchester United can get a chance.
But now it seems that there is no need to wait for the set kick. Rooney's long-range shot came very suddenly. The defense was so tight that they did not guard against him. This shot almost went to the upper left corner immediately. This quality
A very high shot put Tottenham's goal in danger!
However, at this moment, Handanovic suddenly took off. His speed was very fast, and his judgment was very accurate, and he lifted the ball over the crossbar in one go!
"Excellent judgment, Handanovic showed the qualities that a high-level goalkeeper should have. His save was quite timely. He saved Rooney's high-quality shot from the goal and saved the Heat.
Thorny gate..."
Ferguson looked at the saved ball and shook his head. The goalkeeper's save was a bit unexpected. He didn't expect that Tottenham's substitute players were also very good.
However, we still have set-piece offense.
At the corner kick, Scholes kicked the ball out. In the penalty area, several people rushed over at the same time. However, the best judge of the landing point was not any forward or defender who rushed forward.
Handanovic jumped up, raised his hands in the air, and picked the ball off.
"Another very good judgment. Handanovic gave us a lot of surprises, and it seems that his defensive level is also very good..."
On the sidelines, Ferguson watched Handanovic's defense and said nothing. He began to realize that something seemed not quite right.
This is what many years of experience and sense of the game tell me - maybe Manchester United's desire to win is not as simple as he imagined.
Tottenham's defense continued to be rooted in the backcourt, and most of Manchester United's attacks were launched outside the penalty area. However, their continuous shots and set-piece offensive failed to break through the gate guarded by Handanovic.
Attack after attack, shot after shot, but Handanovic's performance seemed to be no worse than Neuer's. He caught the ball high and blocked in front of the goal, intercepting all the balls that came his way!
When Manchester United got the ball again, Scholes successfully passed the ball to the right road, allowing Valencia to launch a long pass. Rooney's header from close range was deflected by Valencia.
When he fell to the ground and was hugged into his arms, Rooney finally roared angrily, turned around and walked back!
Such luck is so weird, a substitute goalkeeper can play so well.
"Tottenham's goalkeeper is really strong enough. I originally thought that Neuer's injury would be an opportunity for Manchester United, but who would have thought that Neuer's injury would actually help Handanovic's performance."
Even the commentator who was commentating on the game couldn't help but praise Tottenham's defense. In the past, Neuer made mistakes from time to time in defending set pieces, but this time, Handanovic's anticipation of set pieces was
Judgment and blockade, compared to Neuer, it is a pity that this kind of goalkeeper is used as a substitute!
"Maybe when Neuer comes back, Handanovic won't have to sit on the bench anymore. The stability and goal-line skills he showed in this game are better than Neuer's adventurous side.
The guy is much better. I just don’t know why coach Li Bin didn’t use him before? His level seems to be even higher than Neuer’s.”
Li Bin couldn't hear the commentator's questions, but if he knew, he would definitely think that the commentator's questions were too childish.
Indeed, if we talk about goal-line skills, Handanovic is definitely no worse than Neuer. In fact, because he is very nervous when playing football now, he even plays better than Neuer. He
His goal-line skills are solid, his defense is serious, and his attitude is good. In terms of defensive ability alone, he may be better than Neuer. Manchester United thinks that without Neuer, Tottenham will not have a good goalkeeper. It is just their wishful thinking.
However, having such goal-line skills does not mean that he is a top goalkeeper. Li Bin knows very well that he is not the type of goalkeeper he wants.
Tottenham's current defense seems to be better than usual, but this is achieved at the expense of attack power. Li Bin also played defensive counterattacks in the past, but defensive counterattacks were not his pursuit at any time.
With Neuer here, the back line can move forward, the midfielders and forwards can press forward, and they can press the opponent better.
Hands may cause problems in defense, but the range of control is larger, which is unquestionable. Although Handanovic's defense is very good, his goal-line style of play destined him to be afraid of attacking.
This makes the defense line have to retreat, and even have to play defensive counterattack to ensure that no problems occur - this is something Li Bin is not willing to do.
Football as a whole is more important than an individual. A goalkeeper who can improve the overall attack is much more important than a goalkeeper who can only fix the team and play defensive counterattacks.
In the past, it was because of this problem that Inter Milan eliminated Toldo, who was almost the best in the world in goal-line skills. At that time, they still had Samuel, who was a first-class defender and defender, but they refused to play and had to delay.
, there is no flexibility in defense. After all, Li Bin has been around for so many years, and he is not worse than Mancini back then.
Moreover, it is really a problem to defend and attack like this.
Looking at his frontcourt players, Li Bin was also a little worried: he came to Old Trafford not thinking about just stealing a draw and that would be it. What he was thinking about was how to win. Because
Therefore, he specially adjusted the frontcourt lineup, but can he win this victory?