Chapter 42: Continued Oppression

"Tottenham's ability to score goals in the frontcourt cannot be underestimated. Taking advantage of Arsenal's repair phase, Tottenham successfully regained the score, which was an excellent change for their situation in the second half!"

Sissoko's goal turned Tottenham's situation around.

This also makes Tottenham players extremely happy.

Although it was not the expected player to score, at this time, no matter who it is, as long as they can score, it will allow Tottenham to smoothly transition to the second half, which is better than anything else.

Of course, after this goal, Tottenham still had to consider a problem.

That's how it was against Arsenal's high press in the second half.

After Arsenal took the lead in the first half, they relaxed a bit in order to better cope with the second half.

They can't just play the first half and ignore the second half.

But after entering the second half, everything will change.

Arsenal's high press will continue, and they won't have the same break in pace they experienced in the first half.

This shows that Tottenham must find a way to resist Arsenal's high pressure in the second half.

Of course, Tottenham are still in a comfortable stage at this stage.

After all, they had just scored.

Soon, the first half was over.

Entering the halftime period, players from both sides returned to the locker room to rest.

During the halftime period, Arsenal did not make too many adjustments, while the Tottenham coaching staff was thinking about how to counter Arsenal's high press.

But after much deliberation, they still didn't think of a good way. In the end, they could only ask the players to play more actively in the second half to fight against Arsenal.

At the same time, the commentary desk is also helping Tottenham with suggestions.

"Under the current situation, although Tottenham equalized the score, Arsenal's high pressure will still continue after entering the second half, and the game will return to the same situation as the first half."

"And for Tottenham, solving this problem in this way is the key!"

Andy Gray said: "Perhaps Pochettino can consider moving the midfield back so that the organization and defense are relatively deep, just like the Italian team."

Richard shook his head and said: "This won't work at all. It doesn't matter whether Tottenham can get used to this style of play. Facing Arsenal, organizing a retreat seems to be a safe move, but in the end it will only lead to Arsenal's pressing. Press forward and the danger will be closer to the goal.”

"I think we should play against each other!"

After Richard finished speaking, Andy Gray said with doubt on his face: "I feel like you want Tottenham to be massacred!"

Not many teams dare to play against Arsenal, mainly because Arsenal's offensive and defensive conversion speed is second to none in Europe, and their ability to seize opportunities is also superb.

The confrontation is basically a round of attacks on each other, but once Arsenal finds the state, it will not be a matter of scoring a goal.

For this reason, few teams dare to play against Arsenal.

While the commentators were talking, the players from both teams walked out of the locker room again.

There are no changes to the lineups of both sides.

This also shows that whether Arsenal or Tottenham choose the same style of play in the second half, even if there are changes, it will not become too much.

In fact, Tottenham had no choice. Their bench was not that luxurious, and they couldn't put together another lineup.

The current Tottenham lineup is also the result of Pochettino's painstaking efforts. It is almost impossible for him to build another lineup.

For this reason, Tottenham often fall into a passive situation because apart from this lineup, they really can't make any other changes.

Once this set is targeted by the opponent, there is basically no suspense in the game.

Of course, Pochettino did not give up the game, but he gave more hope to the players.

After all, the game is completed by the players. What if a player suddenly breaks out?

For Tottenham, they can only place their hopes on this aspect at present.

Arsenal also maintained their original lineup, and they were not particularly anxious to change their lineup.

After all, pressing high is still very useful.

Soon, the second half of the game began.

After the start of the second half, Arsenal directly entered into a period of crazy pressure and pressing.

This made Tottenham extremely uncomfortable once again.

Every pass seemed to be a little stumbling, and most of them were return passes, and Arsenal would chase them away, which was very uncomfortable.

Even Tottenham fans looked extremely aggrieved. After all, the initiative was controlled by the opponent, and they were suppressed by the opponent in their own home court. This feeling is really uncomfortable.

"Arsenal tried to press at the beginning of the game. Facing Arsenal's pressure, Tottenham once again encountered the bad situation of the first half."

At this time, the ball was passed to Ali's feet. Ali wanted to pull the ball to the inside and turn around, but Eriksen suddenly came out from the side and blocked Ali's turning position, forcing him to turn towards the other side. Turn around.

Just when Ali had no choice but to turn to the other side, his teammates were already shouting in panic.

"There's someone coming from behind!"

Ali did not react immediately, which also caused Xhaka to suddenly poke the ball out from the side.

The ball was passed to Giroud in front. Giroud stopped the ball steadily, but did not shoot directly. Instead, he distributed the ball towards the two wings and looked for opportunities to attack.

But in the end, it was found that Tottenham's retreat speed was very fast, so Mane passed the ball back to Luka again.

After Luka received the ball, he did not continue to move forward, but handed the ball to Eriksen.

After passing the ball, Luka did not retreat, but made a gesture to Xhaka.

Seeing Luka's gesture, Xhaka immediately understood what the other party meant.

Xhaka began to retreat, while Luka cruised towards the opponent's half.

Luka slowly moved forward while observing left and right, looking for an opportunity to break through.

He wanted to help his teammates create an opportunity to score.

At present, Tottenham's left and right wings are not so solid.

Especially on Saka's side, although Gomez has good ability, he always feels a little wrong when facing Saka.

Gomez is a player who pursues stability, while Saka is definitely an adventurist.

Under this incompatible idea, the two often make opposite decisions.

For example, when Gomez thinks Saka will pass the ball, this guy will break through.

For this reason, Lekai also ran slightly behind Saka.

Eriksson passed the ball to Saka's feet.

Saka almost lowered his head and made a passing gesture at the moment of stopping the ball.

Gomez also responded immediately.

But at this moment, Lekai suddenly shouted; "Pass back!"

If it was someone else, it would be fine, Saka would not pay attention to you, but he still recognized Lekai's voice.

He stopped his breakthrough posture and turned to pass the ball to Lekai.

Lekai jogged towards the ball, and just when he was about to stop the ball, Lekai suddenly said: "Run!"

Saka was startled, and he passed from the side.

At the same time, Lekai also picked the ball behind Gomez.

This scene was completed in front of the linesman, so it was very clear. The linesman put the flag firmly against his leg and determined that this was a reasonable forward insertion and there was no offside.

After Saka stopped the ball, he immediately swept the ball to the middle.

Giroud wanted to replicate the goal in the first half and was about to shovel the ball.

But Vertonghen took the lead to destroy the ball.

Vertonghen's face flushed, and it was obvious that the clearance at this critical moment made his adrenaline secreted wildly.

After getting up, Vertonghen also yelled at Gomez.

"Don't be fooled by them, be careful behind you! I can't clean up your ass every time!"

Vertonghen was angry for a reason.

They lost the ball in the first half, and they wanted to lose it again in the second half?

This was their home court, and they lost two goals in the same way. He couldn't afford to lose face.

Gomez's expression was also very unhappy.

But there was no way. In the current situation, he seemed to be really eaten by Saka.

"It was a wonderful offside run. Kai and Saka cooperated well, but Vertonghen's clever retreat helped Tottenham solve the crisis."

"But the problem still exists. What should Tottenham do with the left wing defense? Gomez seems to be unable to defend Saka!"

Under the camera, Saka looked excited, while Gomez looked gloomy.

The expressions of the two formed a sharp contrast, just like the current game format.