The Midfield Master

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After Tottenham and Everton's respective rounds of offense, the formations of both sides were stretched very wide, and it instantly seemed like a confrontational battle.

Among the 90,000 spectators at the scene, less than 10,000 neutral fans were hooked, while the other 80,000 supporters of both sides were worried.

Tottenham's offensive speed is extremely fast, and attacking midfielders such as Lamela, Eriksson, and Chadley have turned the world upside down in Everton's backcourt.

Under the instigation of Xia Ze, Everton frequently created shooting opportunities for the team's forwards through crosses from the wing and Xia Ze's precise through ball.

For a while, both teams had several good chances to score goals, but the goalkeepers of both sides performed very well, rejecting these threatening balls one by one.

The rhythm of the game suddenly accelerated after the 15th minute, and the two sides engaged in an offensive and defensive battle, and the scene was truly beautiful. But the two coaches on the sidelines frowned at the same time.

Neither Tottenham coach Pochettino nor Everton's coach Martinez was willing to see such a scene at the beginning of the game.

The formations of the two sides stretched extremely wide, at least seventy or eighty meters long, and the front, middle and rear lines were almost completely out of touch.

Players on both sides have a lot of room to play, and Xia Ze, who are extremely creative, can easily create good shooting opportunities for teammates on the court.

But in the eyes of these two coaches, they were dissatisfied with the scene at the same time. Although his team does not fall behind in the offensive and defensive battles and has a chance to score goals, it is easy to lose goals in such a wide-open game.

Once the team loses the ball first, the game will become extremely difficult, and the defense will even allow the opponent to penetrate.

So after observing for a period of time, they yelled at the sidelines at the same time, conveying the intention of tactical adjustment to their soldiers.

"Shrink the formation, fight fiercely, and don't let the opponent pass through the midfield easily!" Martinez shouted at his players from the sidelines.

Midfielders like Barry, Gibson and Xia Ze took advantage of the temporary suspension of the ball out of bounds and heard the coach's arrangement on the sidelines. .

After Martinez's call, the various Everton players deliberately narrowed the distance between each other and compressed the space for the opponent to pass the ball.

"Mason,

Don't rush to attack, slow down the rhythm and keep the ball at your feet! "Pochettino also yelled from the sidelines. Based on his team's midfield advantage, he adopted the method of suspending the attack and controlling the rhythm.

After the three midfielders Mason, Dembele and Eriksson received instructions, they also deliberately controlled the rhythm. The offense of the two sides suddenly slowed down and became a battle for control of the midfield.

So a very interesting scene appeared on the scene. The stalemate in the midfield that should have appeared at the beginning of the game, but it appeared after 25 minutes.

However, the first 25 minutes of the game were the most aggressive of both sides, which was completely different from ordinary games.

"Now the players on both sides have slowed down. It seems that the series of quick attacks and defenses just now consumed a lot of their physical energy. The coaches of both sides made arrangements to make such a change." Redkner Jr. Pu commented.

"Yes, in the first twenty-five minutes of the first half, although the offensive and defensive rhythm of both sides was very fast and the game looked very exciting, for the coaches of both sides, such a scene is obviously not what they want to see." Gary Neville Approved from the side.

"When the scene is stalemate again, it is necessary to see who can control the midfield. In such a crucial game, the two sides are evenly matched, and the winner of the midfielder wins the world. The next game may not be the top 20. Five minutes is so good, but every detail is related to the outcome of this game." As a Premier League legend, Les Ferdinand obviously has a good understanding of football.

And the scene of the game became more and more stalemate with the commentary of the three.

Tottenham's midfield is more luxurious than Everton's, but the fighting ability of Everton players is obviously not weak. In particular, Barry, the defensive midfielder, has the title of the most yellow cards among active Premier League players, and his ability to strangle in midfield is beyond doubt.

The two sides came and went in the midfield, and the fight became more and more fierce. In order to prevent the opponent from successfully organizing an attack, each made a unique move to check and balance each other.

In the 31st minute, Xia Ze got the ball in the midfield, and Dembele, who already had a yellow card on his back, put it up. Dare to foul and worry about receiving a yellow card in the second chapter, so Xia Ze can only pass through the midfield.

This is the first time in the past few minutes that the offensive players of both sides have successfully passed the midfield. In front of Xia Ze, Lukaku, Miralas and McGeedi are already running to respond.

If you can grasp this opportunity well, you will be very likely to overwhelm the opponent in the situation.

When Xia Ze got the ball, he had already thought about who to pass it to, but the moment he passed the ball, a person behind him shoveled over and directly shoveled Xia Ze to the ground. And his pass was not in place because of interference.

Beep! !

The referee blew his whistle and immediately ran over and gave Eriksson a yellow card for the tackle.

Eriksson didn't speak either, he pulled his socks, stood up and ran back to his half-court defense.

He paid for a yellow card in exchange for blocking Everton's attack, so as to prevent the two sides from losing balance in midfield control after this attack.

In the 35th minute, Barry made a pass error and Eriksson was about to break through Stones' defense. Jagiel made a foul and got a yellow card.

In the 37th minute, Lamela broke through Baines from the side and was brought down by Miralas, who was defending. The referee whistled without hesitation and gave Miralas a yellow card.

In the 40th minute, Barry was tackled and intercepted by Mason in the midfield, but the referee did not call a foul. He immediately got up and chased, brought Mason down and received a yellow card.

In the 41st minute, because of Barry's retaliatory foul on him just now, Mason was also annoyed. He directly brought down Xia Ze and got another yellow card.

From the 31st minute to the 41st minute, in this short period of ten minutes, in order to compete for control of the midfield, the two sides repeatedly fouled with shovels. The referee showed a total of five yellow cards, an average of one every two minutes.

Such a scene caused an uproar among the audience in the stands. It was unexpected that this game would turn into a yellow card battle after the 25th minute.

The fierce fighting between the players on both sides also made the fans hooked.

It's just that the faces of the head coaches of both sides are not so good-looking.

Before the end of the first half, Gibson and Coleman each received a yellow card, setting the total number of yellow cards in the first half at eight, with players on both sides receiving four.