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热刺又挨了一顿胖揍,但眯起眼还是能看出(细微的)进步迹象
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热刺又挨了一顿胖揍,可眯着眼看,还是能找到(一点点)进步的影子
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<视频2>切尔西4-3布莱顿两连胜藏隐忧:阿隆索的足球尚未成型,科莫是真有实力?
显然,这样的表现还远远不够,而且在这场比赛之外,还有更大、更宏观的问题等着我们稍后去展开讨论。但有一个基本事实不能忽略:在埃尔兰加于第60分钟攻入那粒让热刺全队猝不及防的进球之前,热刺在与纽卡斯尔联的正面较量中完全不落下风,甚至可以说是一板一眼地和对方掰起了手腕,最终只是以0-2的比分咽下败果。很多人只盯着比分,会觉得这又是一场乏善可陈的失利,但比赛的实际进程,远比这个数字要复杂得多。
为什么这么说?看看热刺这场比赛派出的锋线三叉戟就明白了。顶在中锋位置上的是马尔穆什——这名球员上赛季在整个联赛里总共只打进了3个进球,而且是刚刚才加盟球队,此前几乎从未真正以单箭头中锋的身份踢过比赛。他身边的两个搭档更值得玩味:一个是蒂尔,今年只有21岁,职业生涯至今没有在任何球队稳定地当过主力;另一个是佩德罗·波罗,他的本职位置其实是右后卫,这场却被推上了锋线客串。
中后场的情况同样捉襟见肘。三名中前卫里,有两名是刚到队的新援,彼此之间的默契基本为零;首发防线的一半位置,也都是夏季新面孔。(哦,顺便提一句,防线上唯一不算新援的阿奇·格雷,严格来说也是一名被改造“再利用”的中场球员。)换句话说,这套首发阵容本质上就是一支仓促拼凑的临时之师,能撑住大半个钟头的均势,本身就已经不容易了。
当然,话说回来,纽卡斯尔这个夏天同样经历了巨大的人员动荡,阵容磨合的难题一点不比热刺轻。而且与热刺不同的是,他们并没有在转会市场上豪掷数亿英镑。所以,把上面这些细节一一摆出来,并不是要替德泽尔比找借口、为失利开脱,而是想说明一个更本质的问题:这份工作的体量与难度,远超外界的想象。从这个角度看,扬斯勒能在如此短的时间里把球队带到眼前这个水准,已经称得上是格外出色、近乎奇迹般的“光速成型”了。
<视频3>把镜头拉远一点看,这场比赛其实折射出一个更普遍的现实:当一支球队的骨架被大规模替换,任何战术理念都需要时间去落地。热刺前60分钟的表现证明,球员的个人能力和比赛态度并没有掉链子,真正欠缺的是整体的成型度。而纽卡斯尔那边,尽管同样处于动荡期,却展现出了更强的组织性和执行力,这也是扬斯勒执教能力最直观的体现。对两支球队来说,赛季还很漫长,眼下的阵痛未必是坏事,但留给主帅们的时间,显然不会太宽裕。
Sometimes you end up spending big because you've let players go and are desperate. But Spurs seem to have done the opposite. Richarlison, Kevin Danso, Pape Matar Sarr and possibly Lucas Bergvall are all being linked with moves elsewhere as we count down toward the deadline. That doesn't seem clever. You also wonder where Mohammed Kudus and Dominic Solanke, both just back from injury, fit in, much like James Maddison and Dejan Kulusevski, both pegged for a September return. Not to mention Xavi Simons and Wilson Odobert, who are back in January.
De Zerbi has to balance short-term and medium-term success, like all managers. I get it: It's not easy. But it feels as if this instability could haunt them all season long. As for Jaissle, weirdly, his lack of resources seems to have made his job at Newcastle a lot simpler.
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10. Jose Mourinho is right not to get carried away with Real Madrid: He pumped the brakes after Sunday's 4-0 demolition of Malaga, saying "the tough times will come, the criticism will come, the negative moments will come ... right now we're just preparing ourselves for that."
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卡雷察斯送出助攻,帮助塞罗·吉拉西首开纪录;随后康斯坦特利亚斯又补上一刀,把比分改写成2比0——尽管这粒进球多少借了折射的运气。不过,这场比赛真正值得称道的,并不只是这两个年轻人的灵光一现:多特蒙德的防线,即便是在缺少了伤号尼科·施洛特贝克的情况下,整个上半场竟然没有让对手完成哪怕一次射门——注意,是任何形式的射门,连不靠谱的浪射都没有一次。这种防守数据,无论放在哪个级别的比赛里都足够夸张,对于一支以年轻球员为框架的球队来说,尤其难得。
当然,这一天也谈不上完美。另一位被外界寄予厚望的年轻天才萨穆埃莱·伊纳西奥替补登场,结果上场还不到五分钟就领到红牌,把自己提前送回了更衣室;而康斯坦特利亚斯也在一次没有身体对抗的情况下受伤,被迫被换下场。具体的伤情要等到周一才会有更确切的消息,但说真的,遇到这种状况,你很难不为之揪心——对年轻球员而言,一次非对抗受伤,往往比一场胜负更让人放心不下。
8. 国际米兰:投入远多于收成,但这并不是问题
<视频5>数据不会说谎。克里斯蒂安·齐沃的球队做客挑战卡利亚里,踢出了一场彻头彻尾的一边倒:全队轰出31脚射门,而主队直到下半场才获得全场第一次射门机会;预期进球(xG)高达3.67,按Opta的统计口径,还创造了6次“绝佳机会”。可结果呢?90分钟踢下来只进了1个球——第9分钟由哈坎·恰尔汗奥卢打进。更让人后怕的是,比赛尾声阶段国米还经历了一次惊魂时刻,差一点就把到手的三分硬生生变成一分。
于是可以预料,关于国米“得势不得分”“临门一脚太软”“总是无法提前杀死比赛”的老话题,又会被人们翻出来讨论一轮。但平心而论,能够持续制造出31次射门和6次绝佳机会,本身就说明进攻体系运转良好;创造得多、转化得少,很多时候是状态和运气的问题,而不是结构性的问题。真正值得担心的,反倒是那些连机会都创造不出来的球队。对国米球迷来说,与其焦虑,不如把这场当成一次概率的正常回落——毕竟,一个场均能刷出这种数据的进攻端,长期来看进球数不会差到哪里去。
But they have identity, youth and plenty of fizz in their side. And they have an Antonio Nusa who, based on the stopover and the goal he scored in the 3-0 win over Borussia Monchengladbach, looks brimming with confidence. They have a gaggle of youngsters beyond Nusa who are either highly touted prospects (Castello Lukeba, Tidiam Gomis, Ezechiel Banzuzi) or were highly touted prospects looking for a second chance (Arthur Vermeeren, Conrad Harder, Johan Bakayoko). And when Christoph Baumgartner and Rômulo return from injury, they'll have veteran leadership too.
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4. Bruno Fernandes may be Man United's most important player since Bobby Charlton: And that was way before my time, so I'm not even sure. Let's be clear: we're not talking the best player (though I imagine he's up there), we're talking important as in valuable to the fortunes of the club. When you look at his supporting cast, when you consider the revolving door of managers and teammates and juxtapose it with his production, you can make a very strong case for him.