Breath of The Interferer - Chapter 114
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#114 – Breath of the Interferer_Key – 1691348
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Privileges for young players
Harry Kane is without a doubt the best striker in England. Even if you expand the scope beyond England to the entire world, he can humbly settle into the top 10. If you take humility out of it, he is a top 3 striker in the world. He has already achieved a decent result of 13 goals in 15 games.
It can be understood as one goal per game, as Kane has a habit, not a habit, of not scoring in August. There is a problem with not scoring in matches against certain teams, but he scored three goals against Notts County last year. With Notts County at home, Tottenham fans were imagining a win and a move up the table.
However, once the game started, they felt that their pre-game predictions were wrong. The two key attacking players, No. 10 Harry Kane and No. 23 Eriksen, were tied up by Notts County’s defense.
Kim Si-woong felt free. It felt like he was released from being tied down to the right fullback position. Kasper played as the right fullback today. Kim Si-woong played as a free man marking Eriksen. His stats of 9 physicality, 8 man-to-man marking, 7 speed, 7 acceleration, and 8 defensive positioning were sufficient to mark Eriksen, who is not physically outstanding.
Harry Kane used a zonal man-marking strategy. When Kane went up to the front, Black would mark him, and when he retreated to the second line, Gray would mark him. Black had a little trouble marking Kane, but with the help of experienced Jeremy, he didn’t make any big mistakes.
In the 4-3-3 formation, the three attackers were Hunter, Hector, and Bonavich. As Hunter did not insist on staying at the front, he frequently switched positions with Hector and Bonavich, confusing the opposing defense.
As Hunter began to leave his position, Hector and Bonavich’s movements became more free. In the past, they had to avoid the area where Hunter was positioned, but now they don’t have to. In addition, Cha Beom-soo actively participated in the attack, and Kasper and Beno also frequently attempted overlapping.
Beno’s crosses are accurate, but they lack speed and power. Heading requires a backlash. If the ball is crossed quickly and with a lot of power, you can complete the header with a light neck turn. Beno sacrifices some speed and power for accuracy.
Hunter won the fight for position, but he decided that it would be difficult to shoot. So he headed the ball into the arc area. Although he didn’t check, Cha Beom-soo must be there, and Bonavich, who is not visible now, is also likely to be there.
After Hunter’s sudden change in the second half of the game against Liverpool, Bonavich is enjoying the game these days. With the awareness of being a professional and the responsibility to repay the fans, the game has become a game of enjoyment rather than hard work. Since I am enjoying the game, I feel like my judgment and decision are much faster than before.
While preparing to shoot, Bonavich perfected his momentary observation. Momentary observation is a way of putting as much information as possible into your head at one moment. Then, stop thinking. Through training and actual combat, the body will react most accurately with the experience ingrained in it. Whether it’s a shot or a pass.
Bonavich’s shot wasn’t fast or powerful, but it was waist-high and passed between three Tottenham defenders with chilling precision. The Dutch goalkeeper, who Tottenham signed for €30 million this season, didn’t even notice the ball’s trajectory. When the ball went into the goal, the goalkeeper’s body was still floating in the air.
Bonavich is not a fast player. He is not very physically fit and is not a creative passer. The fact that he is ambidextrous and can play many positions at a similar level is the biggest attraction for coaches. His clever positioning and reasonable movement are also his strengths, but they are not particularly memorable.
But Bonavich has a less obvious advantage: he capitalizes on his teammates’ strengths. When Hector or Hunter shoot, Bonavich always goes to where the ball is most likely to bounce.
Even when defending, he plays smart defense while considering the positions of other players. It is easier to do it by cooperating with other players rather than by his own strength. Due to his lack of experience, he has not been able to use Bonavichi properly until now.
If Cha Beom-soo is the core of the defense, Bonavich is a player who can easily become the core of the offense. The stronger the teammates he is with, the stronger Bonavich becomes. With Hunter’s awakening, Bonavich has been liberated. Notts County’s offense has become so strong that even with just three players, they can make a threatening attack.
Dembele, who received the ball, looked at Eriksen once, then at Kane once, and then passed to Alli. Alli beat a defender, but was unable to advance much due to Notts County’s quick cooperation. He kept possession of the ball with a dribble and passed it to Lamela.
Lamela tried to break through Jeremy, but was dispossessed by Jeremy’s long legs. Jeremy, who took the ball, pushed Lamela with his hip and passed it to Gray. Gray, who received the ball, turned around while holding the ball.
Gray used to pass the ball to the closest teammate when he got it. But now, he turns his body after getting the ball and thinks about who to pass it to. Kim Si-woong, who was marking Eriksen, ran quickly. Gray was thinking between Cha Beom-soo and Kim Si-woong, and passed to Kim Si-woong.
Kim Si-woong dribbled forward and Cha Beom-soo ran sideways to create a passing route. Gray also supported Kim Si-woong. As soon as the opposing defender came out to defend, Kim Si-woong passed to Cha Beom-soo.
Cha Beom-soo did not stop the ball and passed it to Hunter. Hunter ran slowly forward with his back to the goal and tried to receive the ball from Cha Beom-soo. Tottenham’s central defender followed Hunter.
Hunter only touched the ball passed by Cha Beom-soo with his right foot. The ball, which changed its path slightly, continued to flow behind Hunter’s back. The defender, who was focused only on Hunter, slid toward the ball flowing behind him, but failed to touch it.
Hector, who caught the ball that Hunter dropped, fooled the defender who was marking him with a simple shooting preparation movement. The defender who slid tried to stop his sliding body, but the friction coefficient of the grass was far below the value the defender wanted.
With a simple movement, Hector shook off the defender who was marking him and headed forward. There were two defenders in front of him, one of whom was guarding Bonavichi. Hector drove the ball between the two defenders.
Naturally, the defender who was marking Bonavich, who was shaking his upper body, couldn’t move. The Tottenham central defender, who was over 190 cm tall, had long legs as well as height. The space between his legs was as wide as his long legs. Hector pushed the ball between the defender’s legs with a very secretive movement.
Bonavich ran sideways when he saw Hector’s eyes change. The defender who was marking Bonavich paused for a moment. If he followed Bonavich, Hector’s right side would be empty. If Hector broke through to his right side, he would have space to shoot.
In that brief hesitation, Bonavić shook off the defender’s mark and became free. He took the ball from Hector and lightly pushed it to the near post with his left foot. The defender who had been marking Bonavić fell to his knees, clutching his head, and the goalkeeper kicked the innocent ball away with all his might.
Hunter’s header, Hector’s breakthrough and penetrating pass, all went according to the scenario he had imagined in his head, and Bonavich was going crazy. Bonavich always predicts other players’ actions during training and games. In the past, he mostly failed, but after Hunter changed, Bonavich’s predictions often hit the mark.
Tottenham’s formation is strictly speaking 4-2-3-1, but in practice it is 4-5-1. This is because the positions of 2 and 3 are not absolutely fixed. Like Liverpool, the demands on individual players’ abilities are high and require a considerable amount of time to hone their skills.
Kishin, who had no fixed tactics and could not use ‘advanced’ tactics due to the lack of players’ abilities, was always envious of Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester City, and Tottenham. However, as the players gradually developed their abilities, Kishin was not envious of any team in the world.
As the players changed, each game brought unexpected joy to Kishin. And in this game, Bonavich showed an unexpected performance. And Bonavich is a player who not only uses his teammates well, but also uses himself well.
Kasper’s cross flew towards Hunter’s head. Unlike Beno, Kasper sacrificed speed and power while sacrificing some accuracy. Contrary to Hunter’s expectations, the ball’s trajectory was too far back. Hunter headed into the arc area.
Hunter, Bonavich, Hector, Gray, and Kim Si-woong entered the penalty area, so Tottenham’s defenders were also crowded in front of the goal. Eriksen tried to block Cha Bum-soo who received Hunter’s header, but Cha Bum-soo blocked Eriksen’s defense with his body.
At that moment, Bonavich suddenly ran from Cha Bum-soo’s right-hand post to his left-hand post. The defender, who remembered his mistake earlier, immediately ran after Bonavich. Bonavich not only created a shooting path for Cha Bum-soo toward the right-hand post, but also took away the attention of many players.
Cha Beom-soo’s shot was like Beno’s cross. It was accurate, but there was no sharpness or surprise. However, the attention of the defenders and even the keeper was distracted by the movement of Bonavich, who scored two goals, so the reaction to Cha Beom-soo’s shot was delayed.
The keeper dived late and the player near the shot path also slid. However, they were better off doing only one of the two. The ball hit the defender’s foot and was delivered to Hector. Hector fired a lightning-quick shot into the empty goal with a spot shot. It was a shooting technique that was very tiring on the waist, hips, and thigh muscles, but Hector used it skillfully. It was not something he practiced through training, but something he was born with.
Harry Kane and Eriksen still played in the second half. Tottenham has no choice. If the two players are taken off right after the second half starts, the manager will have to deal with the players’ complaints, the fans’ complaints, and the club management’s complaints. In that sense, Kishin, who can control the starting lineup as he pleases, is a happy manager.
Although Tottenham was behind by three goals, they did not neglect their defense. The patterns of the three attackers were not infinite, so they could not score a goal. In the second half, the defenders provided less support for the attack, which reduced Notts County’s attack power.
Harry Kane and Eriksen were taken off in the 70th minute of the game, and Janssen and Sissoko came on. Kisin immediately took off Kasper and brought in Homan. Kim Si-woong returned to the right fullback position, and Homan started playing on the right wing.
With Homan on the pitch, Bonavich dropped back to midfield and Gray was pushed up to attacking midfield. Gray struggled to adapt to the role he was suddenly given, but he gradually became engrossed in the simple game of running in and heading the ball when Homan got it.
Kim Si-woong is not good at crossing, but he sometimes goes up to receive passes and joins the attack. Kim Si-woong, who was barely a substitute in his high school team, became a professional player at Notts County and was paid tens of thousands of pounds a week, and he was tied to the full-back position. Then, with today’s game as an opportunity, he cut the rope that had been binding him.
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