Two consecutive Champions League matches without goals.. Conte attack tactics chopping board
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Antonio Conte’s tactics, who led Tottenham’s undefeated streak, came to the fore.
Manager Conte, who put Tottenham in a corner last season, to the UEFA Champions League, emphasized the importance of strengthening the club’s senior management several times, leading to the result of thickening the squad through the transfer window last summer.
The beginning of the season was also very good. In the first leg of the UEFA Champions League group stage, they were unbeaten in 7 consecutive EPL matches (5 wins and 2 draws), and in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League, they defeated Marseille (France) 2-0.
Tottenham, who had been doing well, lost to Sporting CP (away) 0-2 in the second leg of the Champions League, breaking the good flow. In the EPL match against Leicester City, Son Heung-min’s hat-trick, which had been silent, resulted in a 6-2 victory, but in the two matches played after the September A match period, the content of the match was difficult to accept.
In the North London derby against leading Arsenal, he conceded a whopping three goals and scored only one goal from a PK, and in the third leg of the Champions League, he had to be satisfied with a 0-0 draw with Frankfurt amid a helpless attack. Even qualifying for the tournament, which was considered not difficult in the evaluation of ‘Honey Joe’, makes people tilt their heads when it comes to their current performance.
Locals point to Conte’s tactics as the cause of Tottenham’s broken flow. Recently, coach Conte has been criticized for not using the powerful three-top effectively due to his defensive tactics. There are many opinions that we should choose a tactic that maximizes the firepower of strikers such as Harry Kane, Son Heung-min, and Richalisson.
Local media cited Heung-Min Son as an example and said, “Heung-Min Son needs to break through from the side to the center to increase his value. But since Conte came down to the half line and ordered a build-up, he is not making use of his strengths.”
Son Heung-min plays as a flank striker, but this season, there were more scenes where he stabbed the ball in the midfield rather than the goal. This is more often the case when Ivan Perisic starts as a left wing-back. It is not wrong to try to attack using the newly recruited Richalisson-Perisic, but it is correct to use the card when things are going well when things don’t work out.
In the match against Leicester City, he abandoned the attack of the Richalisson-Pericity combination, raised Bisuma to midfield, and brought Heung-Min Son to the front, resulting in a great victory.
Heung-Min Son and Harry Kane. ⓒ Dailyan reporter Hong Geum-pyoHeung-min Son wrapped up Conte, who was engulfed in criticism.
In an interview with British media on the 5th, Son Heung-min said, “Last season, no one thought that we would be on the Champions League stage right now. Coach Conte accomplished a lot last season. Players have to trust and follow the coach. And sacrifice. must,” he said.
He continued, “We have to think positively about criticism from outside because we have high expectations.”
Tottenham Hotspur will play the 10th round of the English Premier League (EPL) against Brighton & Hove Albion at the Palmer The American Express Community Stadium in England on the 9th at 1:30 am (Korean time). It is noteworthy what kind of tactic Conte will bring out this time.
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