Chapter 164: Helping to defend the movement
Bell's speed was indeed good. Even though Xu Qi tried his best to chase him back, he still did not catch up with Bell who added up to speed.
After comparing the two, Xu Qi truly felt the speed gap between him and a real speed player.
However, Bale was also stubborn. Although Xu Qi behind him did not catch up with him, he could only bring out a straight line under Xu Qi's interference. The experienced Serner directly judged Bale's propulsion line and forced himself to squeeze Bale with his body and broke the ball.
The two men's assisted defense successfully cut off Bale's ball.
Lucescu nodded. In his opinion, although Bale is a very talented player, he is still too inexperienced. In this case, he continues to break through like a stubborn person, and will naturally fall into the trap set by Serner and Xu Qi.
Although Xu Qi's speed is not as fast as Bale, he is very experienced in playing football. Although he can't catch up with Bale, it obviously interferes with Bale's breakthrough, forcing Bale to break forward and dare not change directions.
With such a successful blockade of the counterattack initiated by Bale, Xu Qi's role in the field will be revealed for the first time.
After Serner intercepted the ball, he transferred the ball to the other side of the court with a big foot. The main offensive point of the Miners was still on the left.
Xu Qi was originally running out of the gap to ask for the ball, but when he saw that Serner had transferred the ball, he couldn't help but waved his hand.
Serner also knew that Xu Qi wanted to use the ball to show himself at this time, but he had to use the coach's tactics to press down on Xu Qi, asking him to be more stable.
Seeing Serner give him a reply, Xu Qi didn't say much and started running to the middle, wanting to meet his teammates who were attacking on the left.
Indeed, William and others on the left need someone to support them because their offense is frequently blocked.
Judson had moved right to the left to assist William, and then Xu Qi ran to the middle.
Tottenham obviously made very strict arrangements for the miners' left offense. In their opinion, this is definitely the miners' offense. As long as they block their left offense, the miners' attack power can be at least 70%.
Seeing that there were two people guarding him, William passed the ball back to Judson. Judson also took the ball and looked at the penalty area and looked at the teammates who were receiving the ball, and could only pass the ball back to Fernandinho again.
The team needs to reorganize the offense, and they need to fight tough battles.
After Fernandinho got the ball, he was immediately surrounded by Tottenham. At this time, Xu Qi immediately ran over to respond.
"Here, here!" Xu Qi reminded Fernandinho in English.
Fernandinho looked up and saw that he was double-teamed by Tottenham, and Xu Qi was just out of control, so he immediately passed the ball to Xu Qi.
At this time, Xu Qi also discovered that his position had the least defending players of Tottenham.
He stands at the front of the penalty area and can directly face two central defenders of Tottenham.
At this position, Xu Qi did not hesitate at all. He could use his unique skill of shooting far corners here!
Make a little adjustment, swing your legs quickly, and quickly rub the ball out on the inside of your foot. Xu Qi directly threw the ball into an arc. The ball passed through the middle of two Tottenham central defenders Dawson and Gantt, and flew directly to the goal!
"A shot!" The ball was indeed very sudden, and the quality of the arc and ball speed were very high.
Many fans in front of the TV have their hearts beating wildly, and this kind of picture is what they are looking forward to.
After Xu Qi appeared, he was able to perform very well.
Just as the ball was about to fly into the goal, Tottenham goalkeeper Gomez threw the ball with his fingertips, and then the ball changed its direction of running and hit the post and bounced back!
"This ball didn't go in!" Xu Qi bared his teeth helplessly, shook his head and sighed.
After the ball bounced back, the ball was immediately cleared by Dawson.
"Wow! This is a very high-quality shot. It seems that you said that this Chinese boy was not good before, so you have to change your words." Leinker gave a very high evaluation of Xu Qi's shot.
"Indeed, this is a very close shot to the goal. Tottenham Hotspur needs to thank Gomez for his magic save. To be honest, I really didn't expect that the most threatening attack of the Miners after the start of the second half was from this Chinese player." McManaman also nodded in his admiration and shock.
Although this ball was also due to Xu Qi not being closely guarded, he could start his feet calmly, but the coherent connection between stopping the ball to turning and starting his feet showed a very high level.
The star commentators of Sky Sports are very clear about how difficult it is to complete the seemingly simple movement of Xu Qi from taking the ball to turning around and kicking again in such a short period of time.
"He has a good talent, isn't he?" Alan Hiller also smiled and praised.
Xu Qi's teammates also expressed some regrets to the time. Lucescu clapped his palms on the sidelines. He suddenly felt that his substitution was indeed very effective.
He originally wanted Xu Qi to play on the court to use Xu Qi's enthusiasm to assist Serner in the right defense, but Xu Qi's running position during the offense was very exquisite. He appeared in the right position at the right time, ran directly to the dangerous area where the opponent was unguarded and completed a very threatening shot.
After seeing Xu Qi's shooting level so high, Tottenham did not dare to underestimate the Miners' right attack.
Old Redknapp could only command Gilberto not to take too much care of the Miners' left offense for the time being, and would return to the position close to the middle to assist the team's middle and left defenses.
In this situation, the left lineup composed of Bale and Dos Santos is actually weak in defense. Dos Santos' defense is not very active, and Bale also likes to press forward too far, resulting in huge empty space behind him.
Therefore, after seeing the Miners' offense showing power from the right, he immediately made adjustments.
As an old coach who has been in the Premier League for many years, he does have his uniqueness, and his on-site command and response are very fast.
However, after drawing people from one side to the other side, the attack on William of the miners became active again.
The period after Xu Qi's appearance made Tottenham's defense very uncomfortable.
Soon, William completed another very high-quality cross on the left, and Gladkey's shot in front of the goal was slightly higher than the crossbar.
It seemed that he was a little dissatisfied with Gladki's failure to seize the opportunity this time. Lucescu quickly made a substitution adjustment, replaced Gladki, and replaced the striker Marcelo Moreno, who was both Brazilian and Bolivia on the bench!
In this game, the team's main center Luis Adriano was slightly injured and did not make it to the roster, so this made Lucescu's center choice a little stretched.
Fortunately, Adriano will be able to come back in the second leg, and the Miners will be able to win and lose with Tottenham at home with the strongest lineup.
Chapter completed!