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4 kills in the season, 3 tactics combos! The "coach off" showdown, Tottenham Hotspur convinced Manchester United!

2:37pm, 22 May 2025Football

Relying on Brennan Johnson's goal, Tottenham defeated Manchester United and won the important event championship again after 17 years, bringing a wonderful end to this season with constant setbacks. In this game where there are not many secrets between the two sides, Postkoglu played a tactical combination of punches including high-level pressure to start, score lead and then switch to low-level defense, and three central defenders at the last moment to save the victory, completing the four season kills against Manchester United in a convincing way.

First of all, take advantage of the players' physical strength to get the start. In the league last weekend, Tottenham Hotspur held a full rotation, while Manchester United used multiple main players to compete with Chelsea, and there was a gap in the physical reserves of both sides. Postkoglu chose Risalisson to start (rather than Son Heung-min) just to give Manchester United strength in the first half of the game. Brennan Johnson's goal was the result of a continuous attack.

Leave Son Heung-min as a backup, Postkoglu's deployment is very forward-looking.

followed by the lead in the score and quickly moved to the low post defense. Based on his successful experience when he was a free throw away Frankfurt, Tottenham quickly contracted the front line and compressed the backcourt space, which made Manchester United, who lacked the center position, feel very struggling.

Finally, the five defenders changed their lineup to protect the victory in the final stage. In the 79th minute of the game, Postkoglu replaced Brennan Johnson, who was overdrawn, but did not arrange for wing players to fill the holes, but instead sent the central defender Denso, who joined the winter window, to deal with Manchester United's double center tactics with a three-center-back/five-back formation (Maguire forward). Densor's performance was stable after appearing, and the gap between Romero and Van der Fen and the fullback was filled, and Tottenham successfully maintained the score of 1-0 until the end of the game.

Postcoglu completed the goals that Pochettino, Mourinho and Conte failed to achieve.

From a 3-goal victory in the first leg of the league, to a 1-0 victory in the second leg of the match, from winning a 4-3 offensive battle in the quarterfinals of the League Cup, to the result of 1-0 relied on tenacious defense in this game, Tottenham used different methods to complete 4 kills against Manchester United on three fronts, Postkoglu showed extraordinary business ability and deserved the title.

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