Dad was a Genius - Chapter 108



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My Dad Was a Genius Episode 108

4-2-3-1

This formation is designed to give everything to one striker.

However, Pochettino did not use this formation well in his last team.

The reason is simple.

It was because the top striker’s ability to handle that 1 was poor.

The role of one person was very important, as the phrase “1 for all” was appropriate, as everything had to be given to that one person.

So most of them couldn’t handle that role and dropped out.

Eventually, with no one fit to fill that role, Pochettino was forced to change his tactics.

It’s like a sealed tactic that only appears in legends.

There was such a sad legend.

But everything changed after coming to Tottenham.

‘This team has Harry Kane.’

Harry Kane, who spent five years in Tottenham’s youth system and was called up and used occasionally.

Pochettino recognised his talent straight away.

He was truly one of the greatest strikers I’ve ever seen.

I really couldn’t understand why the previous director didn’t recognize this young man with such incredible talent.

He immediately revived his 4-2-3-1 formation and put Harry Kane in the lone striker position.

Indeed, he shook the opponent’s goal with his destructive attacking power and became the most important attacking resource for this Tottenham.

“In that respect, Wolves are a good match for us.”

Wolves force long passes through their forward press.

It doesn’t matter if you decompress well, but no team has ever decompressed Wolves cleanly so far.

Everyone is flustered by the suffocating pressure they are experiencing for the first time, and they end up missing passes or kicking the ball far away.

Wolves’ current tactics are quite unconventional.

“It has a bit of a similarity to Liverpool.”

Liverpool changed under manager Klopp.

Liverpool, which had maintained second place in the league until last season, showed the appearance of an incredibly strong team.

However, starting from the following season, a large number of regular players whose contracts had ended left the team, and rumors of discord between the board and the manager began to circulate, eventually exploding, leading to Klopp, who was the manager of Dortmund, taking over the team.

In the midst of the chaos, Klopp applied the gegenpressing that he had enjoyed in the German league, but the tactic did not work properly due to lack of training.

Liverpool faced Tottenham in such a situation, and the gegenpressing they used allowed Tottenham to practice against Wolves.

There Pochettino realized.

The long passes that the gegenpressing tactic forces on the opponent are a huge advantage for Tottenham.

That was all thanks to Harry Kane’s presence.

“If Kane receives the ball up front, he can hold on.”

Kane is not fast.

No. He’s on the slow side for a striker.

But ball control skills, body contact, balance, shooting, etc.

He was an outstanding player in every other way.

That’s why he can withstand the pressure alone without panicking when receiving a long ball, and while he holds on, players can quickly move forward and receive passes from him.

Then Pochettino will be able to continue the development he wants.

“This has already been proven through the Liverpool match.”

Tottenham are immune to the gegenpressing that Liverpool and Wolves use as their base.

That’s thanks to the presence of Harry Kane.

In addition, there was Christian Eriksen, a creative passer in midfield, and Adebayor, Togo’s best striker, who could cover for Kane.

With Eric Dier and Ben Davies holding down the defence, Tottenham’s squad, which had been shaky without Gareth Bale, is now solid.

“So Wolves’ winning streak… … we’re going to stop it.”

And like Wolves, Tottenham will be looking to ride their winning streak to escape any jinxes this season.

* * *

“We are good at long passes because we have Kane. We also have many capable players who can cover him. Our tactics can perfectly counter Wolves’ tactics – that is what Pochettino thinks.”

Actually, that wasn’t wrong.

The tactics Tottenham were using did not work well against us.

The tactic itself is fine, but the skills of the players at the front are lacking.

Harry Kane, who later became England’s best striker.

A player who would have swept the trophies if Tottenham hadn’t been possessed by the ghost of no-fault.

So people say Harry Kane is a hexagonal striker, but he has never won a title, so there was a lot of talk about whether he is not good at playing in big games.

But strangely enough, he later escaped from Tottenham and went to Munich to win the trophy.

This is yet another case where it is proven that Taltnum is a science.

“Our tactic is to force the opponent to make long passes. We prevent them from building up. Then, the opponent has no choice but to make long passes, and mistakes are made there, giving us a chance to counterattack.”

The problem was that if Tottenham focused on long passes to Harry Kane, it would be disadvantageous for us.

Until now, other teams have shown problems in the process of receiving the ball or in the situation after a long pass, and have given us possession.

But Kane is different.

He doesn’t give the ball away easily and is likely to hold his own while his team makes inroads forward.

No, it definitely will.

“In other words, it’s not that Tottenham’s tactics are superior and we don’t have a good match-up, but it’s that this player, Harry Kane, is not a good match-up for us.”

No one has faced Harry Kane here yet.

This is why Tottenham have been performing so well recently.

If you don’t know this monster of a man and actually meet him, you will be shocked.

“First half 15 minutes.”

“… … ?”

“We have a high chance of getting the first goal from Kane at this point.”

“!?”

The players looked surprised.

That’s because I’ve never once said that I would be the first to score a goal.

“I don’t know if it will actually work out, but if it does, I hope you’ll think of it as paying your tuition.”

One goal wasn’t a bad price to pay for getting a feel for a player like Kane.

Other teams have struggled to adapt to Kane, but I trust our defense.

I especially trust Van Dijk, who is providing solid defensive balance at center back.

But if, contrary to my belief, the entire defense is shaken by Kane… … this game could become very difficult.

* * *

Virgil van Dijk.

He feels that the world has changed.

Even before joining the team, there were many doubts about him, but he was able to fully display his talents at Wolves.

In fact, I thought he had already blossomed in Scotland, where he played last season, but it wasn’t even half of that.

After meeting coach Cha Sung-eun, Van Dijk became clear about his strengths and was able to sharpen his abilities by continuously receiving training to maximize those strengths.

As a result, he has the highest tackle success rate in the EPL, and numerous teams have taken notice of him.

This is because it was obvious that Van Dijk was holding on to the central defense, which seemed to be somewhat lacking in defensive ability.

‘But you think we’ll score a goal in 15 minutes?’

I’ve seen people predict that Cha Seong-eun will score a goal, but this is the first time I’ve seen someone predict that he will miss a goal.

He’s not usually the type of person to say things like that, but is it because he said that to prevent the players’ mentality from wavering?

‘Tuition… … .’

Cha Seong-eun said that one goal would be tuition.

Also, since Kane is a player who shoots straight away without any preparation, I advised him to get used to the feeling by hitting the ball as much as possible.

‘It’s that guy.’

The long-awaited match against Tottenham.

Van Dijk took a quick look at Kane, who was playing as the front striker.

Tall but average physique.

Eyes that look somewhat cloudy.

However, Cha Seong-eun evaluated Kane like this.

‘Britain’s best striker’

But at first glance, Van Dyke felt like he had misread the car.

Of course, I’m not doubting his eyes.

‘Come and see for yourself.’

Kane, a promising English player who is only 20 years old.

Van Dijk tried to slam into Kane with his body as he came out to collect the ball.

“… … !”

But it doesn’t push.

The attackers of the teams they have faced so far have repeatedly fallen over and floundered in the face of Van Dijk’s physical contact.

However, Kane remained stubborn and did not give up in the physical fight, and did not even lose his balance.

‘It’s a lot harder than I thought.’

Contrary to his appearance, he was a player with incredible core strength.

He even managed to pass the ball to a player running down the flank, enduring Van Dijk’s physical challenge.

A crucial pass that almost resulted in a goal.

Fortunately, Adebayor took a strange shot and the ball went wide.

‘I guess I’ll have to try to increase the intensity a bit more.’

Wolves, as usual, started pressing deep into the opposition’s half.

Then, the opponent flinched and threw a long pass towards where Kane was.

Some missed, others landed on Kane’s feet.

Just then, Van Dijk waited and rushed forward fiercely.

Then he roughly thrusts his body in and induces a physical fight.

‘You’re saying this isn’t even pushed?’

Kane stood firm in his spot, like a pine tree.

Other players also rushed to help Van Dijk and applied pressure, but he overcame that stubbornly and passed the ball to his teammates who were penetrating the side.

That’s how the counterattack chance started.

As Cha Seong-eun said, Kane was a slow runner.

So even when a counterattack situation arose, he could not participate directly.

Because of this, Tottenham’s tempo for good counterattack opportunities was dead.

‘This is Kane’s weakness.’

However, Cha Seong-eun said that Tottenham would rather slow down the tempo and create scoring opportunities than counterattack.

Sure enough, they waited for Kane to come down slowly and then passed the ball.

‘No way.’

Van Dijk continued to mark Kane.

Kane also seemed to hesitate as he held him back by tucking his shoulder in to prevent him from moving around carelessly. And when he got the ball, he fought even more violently to make sure he got it back.

Phew-!

Kane, who was held down by Van Dijk outside the box, fired a shot wide.

“uh?”

And the ball flew straight out and landed at the top.

“Waaaaaaaaaah-!!”

It was a goal.

‘What, what is it?’

Any player needs to be in a ready position to take a shot.

That’s exactly what the defense and the goalkeeper react to by flying high.

But Kane had none of that.

Without any preparation, he just suddenly stretched out his leg and shot.

The strength of his ankle was so great that the ball flew at such a fast speed that it shook the goal net, and neither Van Dijk, the goalkeeper, nor anyone else could react to the shot and just watched blankly.

As expected from Cha Seong-eun, he was a talented player who would become the best striker in England.

Then, Van Dijk glanced at the scoreboard, wondering if it was true.

First 15 minutes.

“!?”

Cha Seong-eun’s prophecy has come true once again.