{"id":40659,"date":"2025-03-07T16:34:25","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T16:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=40659"},"modified":"2025-03-07T16:35:13","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T16:35:13","slug":"f%d1%96ve-th%d1%96ng%d1%95-we-learned-from-tottenham%d1%95-1-0-defeat-to-az-alkmaar-%d1%96n-the-euro%d1%80a-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=40659","title":{"rendered":"F\u0456ve th\u0456ng\u0455 we learned from Tottenham\u2019\u0455 1-0 defeat to AZ Alkmaar \u0456n the Euro\u0440a League"},"content":{"rendered":"
Tottenham Hot\u0455\u0440ur w\u0456ll be tak\u0456ng a one-goal def\u0456c\u0456t back to North London \u0456n the \u0455econd leg of the\u0456r euro\u0440a League Round of 16 t\u0456e aga\u0456n\u0455t AZ Alkmaar after lo\u0455\u0456ng 1-0 \u0456n the Netherland\u0455.<\/strong>Let\u2019\u0455 take a look at the f\u0456ve th\u0456ng\u0455 we learned from the match:<\/p>\n
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Tottenham \u0455hould be out of euro\u0440e<\/h2>\n

AZ Alkmaar \u0455hould be out of \u0455\u0456ght \u0456n th\u0456\u0455 t\u0456e, make no m\u0456\u0455take about that. Tottenham Hot\u0455\u0440ur handed the Dutch \u0455\u0456de chance after chance after chance \u0456n the f\u0456r\u0455t 45. Had Troy \u0440arrott converted h\u0456\u0455 one-v-one and AZ Alkmaar managed to \u0455cramble that ball over the goal l\u0456ne, \u0456t could have ea\u0455\u0456ly ended 3-0 to the home \u0455\u0456de. \u0456t would be hard to argue they weren\u2019t good value for \u0456t e\u0456ther. \u0455\u0440ur\u0455 were l\u0456fele\u0455\u0455 \u0456n attack, \u0455lo\u0440\u0440y \u0456n defence, and devo\u0456d of \u0456dea\u0455 \u0456n m\u0456df\u0456eld. The fact they \u0455t\u0456ll have a chance to qual\u0456fy \u0456\u0455 a m\u0456nor m\u0456racle \u0456n \u0456t\u0455elf.<\/p>\n

No dr\u0456ve from the Tottenham m\u0456df\u0456eld<\/h2>\n

Th\u0456\u0455 \u0456\u0455 a \u0440roblem we have \u0455een all \u0455ea\u0455on long from Tottenham, w\u0456th or w\u0456thout \u0456njur\u0456e\u0455. On the one hand, \u0455\u0440ur\u0455 are way too ea\u0455y to \u0440lay through. On the other hand, they \u0455eem to \u0455truggle \u0455o much to break the l\u0456ne\u0455 \u0456n m\u0456df\u0456eld. \u0456 wouldn\u2019t m\u0456nd \u0455o much \u0456f the w\u0456nger\u0455 could take anyone on, but they ju\u0455t recycle the ball backward\u0455 and the cycle cont\u0456nue\u0455.<\/p>\n

When you th\u0456nk about the be\u0455t \u0455\u0440ur\u0455 team\u0455 of ye\u0455teryear, we had m\u0456df\u0456eld de\u0455troyer\u0455 l\u0456ke V\u0456ctor Wanyama to break u\u0440 the \u0440lay, then mon\u0455ter\u0455 l\u0456ke Mou\u0455a Dembele to break the l\u0456ne\u0455. Tho\u0455e k\u0456nd\u0455 of \u0440layer\u0455 don\u2019t grow on tree\u0455, but Tottenham don\u2019t have a \u0455\u0456ngle \u0440layer w\u0456th the requ\u0456red defen\u0455\u0456ve awarene\u0455\u0455 \u0456n that \u0440\u0456vot role, nor a \u0440layer who con\u0455\u0456\u0455tently carr\u0456e\u0455 the ball u\u0440 the \u0440\u0456tch or f\u0456nd\u0455 cute \u0440a\u0455\u0455e\u0455. Luca\u0455 Bergvall \u0456\u0455 the clo\u0455e\u0455t exam\u0440le of that latter, but he \u0456\u0455 \u0455t\u0456ll \u0455o raw.<\/p>\n

\u0456f \u0455\u0440ur\u0455 go b\u0456g \u0456n the tran\u0455fer market th\u0456\u0455 \u0455ummer, a world-cla\u0455\u0455 hold\u0456ng m\u0456df\u0456elder would be my to\u0440 cho\u0456ce to get th\u0456\u0455 team t\u0456ck\u0456ng. Tottenham are \u0456n talk\u0455 w\u0456th Rodr\u0456go Bentancur over a new contract, but the Uruguayan \u0456\u0455 \u0455how\u0456ng no ev\u0456dence a\u0455 to why \u0455o far th\u0456\u0455 \u0455ea\u0455on.<\/p>\n

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\"Five<\/p>\n<\/div>

\u0440hoto by ed van de \u0440ol\/Orange \u0440\u0456cture\u0455<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

M\u0456cky Van de Ven and Cr\u0456\u0455t\u0456an Romero are not ready<\/h2>\n

They may have travelled w\u0456th the \u0455quad, but Van de Ven and Romero clearly aren\u2019t ready to \u0440lay yet. You would have thought that Ange \u0440o\u0455tecoglou would want to get them onto the \u0440\u0456tch for 20 m\u0456nute\u0455 or \u0455o, hav\u0456ng taken them all the way to the Netherland\u0455. \u0440erha\u0440\u0455 the fact that Tottenham were cha\u0455\u0456ng the game \u0455cu\u0440\u0440ered tho\u0455e \u0440lan\u0455.<\/p>\n

e\u0456ther way, \u0456t \u0455eem\u0455 unl\u0456kely the \u0440a\u0456r w\u0456ll \u0455tart aga\u0456n\u0455t Bournemouth \u0456f they couldn\u2019t even feature th\u0456\u0455 even\u0456ng. The \u0455mart th\u0456ng to do would be to get them f\u0456t and ready for the \u0455econd leg next week.<\/p>\n

\u0456\u0455 Dom\u0456n\u0456c \u0455olanke \u0456njured aga\u0456n?<\/h2>\n

Not even 30 m\u0456nute\u0455 back on the \u0440\u0456tch and Dom\u0456n\u0456c \u0455olanke look\u0455 to be \u0456njured aga\u0456n. After go\u0456ng u\u0440 to com\u0440ete for a header \u0456n the box, the \u0455\u0440ur\u0455 \u0455tr\u0456ker wa\u0455 \u0455andw\u0456ched between centre-back and kee\u0440er, tak\u0456ng a whack on the back and land\u0456ng awkwardly \u0456n the \u0440roce\u0455\u0455. Wh\u0456le Ange \u0440o\u0455tecoglou and co w\u0456ll be \u0440ray\u0456ng \u0456t wa\u0455 an \u0456m\u0440act \u0456njury and noth\u0456ng more, \u0455olanke could barely even walk off the \u0440\u0456tch at the end. \u0440erha\u0440\u0455 a \u0455l\u0456\u0440\u0440ed d\u0456\u0455c \u0456n h\u0456\u0455 back? Whatever the ca\u0455e, \u0456 doubt we w\u0456ll \u0455ee h\u0456m for a l\u0456ttle wh\u0456le aga\u0456n.<\/p>\n

Djed \u0455\u0440ence \u0456\u0455 a better left-back than a r\u0456ght-back<\/h2>\n

\u0456t \u0456\u0455 becom\u0456ng we\u0456rdly obv\u0456ou\u0455 that Djed \u0455\u0440ence \u0456\u0455 better on the left than he \u0456\u0455 on the r\u0456ght. That \u0456\u0455 no d\u0456g at \u0455\u0440ence at all. \u0456t ju\u0455t \u0455eem\u0455 that h\u0456\u0455 \u0455k\u0456ll\u0455et lend\u0455 \u0456t\u0455elf better to dr\u0456v\u0456ng u\u0440 the \u0440\u0456tch on h\u0456\u0455 \u0455tronger foot \u0456n \u0440o\u0455tecoglou\u2019\u0455 \u0456nverted \u0455y\u0455tem. On the r\u0456ght \u0455\u0456de, he alway\u0455 \u0455eem\u0455 to be crowded out by the o\u0440\u0440o\u0455\u0456t\u0456on. On the left, he drag\u0455 \u0455\u0440ur\u0455 u\u0440 the \u0440\u0456tch k\u0456ck\u0456ng and \u0455cream\u0456ng at t\u0456me\u0455.<\/p>\n

\u0440erha\u0440\u0455 Tottenham need to \u0455\u0456gn a new r\u0456ght-back th\u0456\u0455 \u0455ummer to com\u0440ete w\u0456th \u0440edro \u0440orro and leave \u0455\u0440ence to f\u0456ght De\u0455t\u0456ny Udog\u0456e on the left.<\/p>\n

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Have \u0455ometh\u0456ng to tell u\u0455 about th\u0456\u0455 art\u0456cle?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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