When Postkoglu no longer believes in himself, how will Tottenham, which continues to lose, face Manchester United?

Before the Europa League final, the situation of Tottenham and Manchester United has not changed.

In this round of the game, Manchester United faces Chelsea who is competing for a Champions League place, and Tottenham faces Aston Villa who is competing for a Champions League place. Everyone faces the same situation. They hope that their team can play some momentum before the final to prepare for the final, and they also hope that they can leave more strength for the finals to better deal with their opponents on the finals.

In such a dilemma, it is difficult to get the desired result for both teams in bad situations. However, in this game against Villa, Tottenham exposed more problems.

Or, they have lost their most basic confidence.

In this game, Postkoglu lined up a team with considerable rotation.

On the goalkeeper and back line, Tottenham all used the substitutes of this season and tried to keep their strength for the UEFA Cup final, some main players were sent in the midfield and frontcourt area, including Saar, Son Heung-min and Terr all started.

Emery's Villa naturally needs no need to say much. They were at home with the intention of taking all three points, hoping to win the game smoothly, but what Emery might have unexpectedly failed was that Tottenham had completely changed. After the opening of the game, Tottenham, who played away, did not make the usual high-pressure and offensive investment, and the entire line was very low by tactics:

This obviously means that Postkoglu's tactical thinking has turned around 180 degrees. Whether you think this is the team's choice to avoid continuous losses, or think this is a different tactical change, it points to the team's tactical opening method that needs to change together so that the team can play combat effectiveness.

For example, in offense, Tottenham needs to make more and better use of space and speed, just like Ben Davis' long pass contacted Son Heung-min:

However, offense is always a relatively easy part to deal with. Compared to this, when the line actively retreats and is closer to its own goal, defense is the more difficult part to deal with.

So in the subsequent defense, you can see that Villa quickly started to attack threats through a 45-degree cross:

In the local area, through McGinn's force, Villa obviously had a better offensive opportunity on the left:

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Although after this, Tottenham made two counterattacks:

, and in this attack in the 16th minute, Son Heung-min, Terr and Odobay formed a good connection, and the threat developed from the backcourt to the front of the goal:

, however, this scene did not appear often.

In this game, Tottenham showed signs of three-back ideas. Compared with the left side, the winger Moore, who started on the right, obviously needs to focus more energy on the defensive end and often fall into the back line. Tottenham thus showed a 541 position:

However, Son Heung-min's defensive responsibilities have not been really reduced. If Villa hits the ball to the right side, the Koreans still have to defend to the end:

This means that rather than saying that Tottenham has signs of three-backs, it is better to say that it looks like a six-back. From this perspective, this is a common idea for Gua-based coaches to strengthen defense. It is precisely because of this that Villa will get so much 45-degree angle crossing space in the perimeter area.

Son Heung-min's defensive responsibilities will not be substantially reduced, so he cannot try to fight back at the highest position. Then at this age, the quality of such counterattacks is not surprising:

Therefore, Postkoglu did begin to strengthen defense and deviate from his tactical philosophy, but after all, he has not studied this deeply and still does not know how to grasp the big and let go of the small, defend the middle and put the edge, and combine the area and the people-to-peer construction, so the construction of the defensive system is still rigid.

To put it bluntly, it is just a person who is in a narrower space.

Because of this, Tottenham would have performed in the game in the middle of the frontcourt by Villa using a diagonal pass on the ground, because everyone scattered with Villa's players, and the space of the line that should have been occupied by the midfielder was exposed:

Moreover, more than once happened:

So, when Villa The width of the wing road was widened and Tottenham's level was destroyed. When Villa used more oblique running and all the defenders were chaotic, the space at the front of the penalty area was exposed:

So, Tottenham did shrink, but shrinking never accumulates defensive men, but to block the opponent's offensive space more efficiently, and then use its fulcrum and speed ability to threaten the opponent's space behind him.

In fact, Manchester United in the era of Tenghach also had similar problems, but in addition to people-to-people, Tenhach's Manchester United at least knew how to arrange Wehorst in the frontcourt, including sending McTominay directly to the frontcourt in the second season, so as to try their best to play their own offense while barely strengthening the defense, so that they have performed in the League Cup and FA Cup.

And Tottenham has neither of these two points in this game, especially as Son Heung-min's physical fitness is exhausted by defense and advancement, it will be difficult to form a tactical balance..

Therefore, Villa's tactical advantage was established in the first half, but Emery needed to appropriately increase the intensity in the second half, so that his offense could be fired on the basis of preventing the counterattack.

So in the second half, Villa continued to do the same:

Finally, in the 58th minute, McGinn held the opponent in the competition for ball rights, Mattson stepped forward to attack to create a corner kick. In the corner kick attack, Villa won the first goal:

After conceding the ball, Tottenham did not clearly equalize the score. The whole team's mind seemed to have been put on the UEFA Cup final.

So in the next 10 minutes, Villa continued to use the running of other players to bring out the space, and the ball holder continued to kick at the front of the penalty area:

Finally, in the 73rd minute, Villa scored the second goal:

The game ended under such circumstances.

From a certain perspective, Tottenham fans and Manchester United fans have the same mood. Facing opponents who are competing for a Champions League place, everyone may have done the result of not being able to win this game, and they may even lose.

And, everyone may be waiting to use a mid-week game to redeem the idea of ​​the whole season.

However, compared to Manchester United, we are obviously more concerned about Tottenham, because Manchester United is at least on its own tactical track, and Postkoglu has completely overturned his tactical philosophy recently and has become a realist who is counting on saving himself with a trophy.

However, unlike Tenghach, his shrinkage lacks defensive awareness and counterattacks, which makes it easy for Tottenham's defense to be opened up by the opponent, but it is difficult for him to threaten the opponent's goal because of the distance.

Perhaps in the final, with Solank and others, Tottenham will perform a little better, but as the ball rights increase, it will also allow Manchester United to see greater offensive space.

Of course, one is 16th and the other is 17th, and no one needs to say, no matter whether they win or lose, it is actually reasonable.

However, Tottenham's situation is still more dangerous. Not only do they have more serious injuries, but they also have less confidence in the locker room than Manchester United. Not only does it require breaking through historical limitations, the window paper from no crown to crown needs to be broken, but the head coach needs to convince the players to continue to believe in his tactical style.

Postkoglu has begun to change for the result, but he does not know how to change from offense to defense, and how to change from offense to ball when the pressing force needs to be reduced, and then how to carry out the whole game.

If the coach no longer believes in his tactical philosophy, how should he convince the player to continue to believe it? This is the biggest problem that Tottenham is facing at present.