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Sports media 'The Athletic' selected Tottenham manager Engie Postecoglou's replacement as a factor in Tottenham's victory over West Ham.
After Tottenham won the eighth round of the English Premier League (EPL) match between Tottenham and West Ham 4-1 at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London on the 20th (local time), the replacement of Tottenham changed the game, possibly their season' published an analysis article below.
Attention was paid to Postecoglou's 'Devil' which brought James Maddison, who started as an attacking midfielder along with Son Heung-min, to the bench at half-time.
First of all, the media said, `Madison is one of Tottenham's high profile players. He has the field of vision and the ability to pass through defensive teams. There was a time in the first half when all West Ham's defence and midfielders were camped in their own box. Madison's wide movement and Destiny Udo-gi and Son Heung-min's linked play caused problems for the opponent. It was also involved in Dejan Kulusevski's equaliser in the counter-attack"I let off the rhyme.
Tottenham, which started the game unstable in the 18th minute of the first half by giving up the first run to Mohamed Kudus, finished the first half 1-1 with an equalizer from Kulusevski, who was assisted by Madison in the 36th minute of the first half.
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Coach Postecoglou boldly called Madison, who assisted the equalizer at half-time, to the bench. Instead, there was a precipitation of putting in box-to-box type Pape Matar Sarr. "The Athletic" is "This replacement has completely changed the dynamics of the midfield. Madison did nothing particularly wrong, but Sarr provided more physically."
Postecoglou also explained that the `running ability' was crucial for Spurs to gain the upper hand in the second half after a 4-1 victory with Yves Bissouma's come-from-behind goal in the seventh minute of the second half, his opponent's own goal in the 10th minute, and Son Heung-min's consecutive goal in the 15th minute of the second half. "West Ham have big, physically outstanding midfielders like Thomas Soucek, and technically outstanding midfielders like Lucas Paquet and Guido Rodriguez. To win the battle against them, we had to stop them. There was a little arm-wrestling moment in the beginning, but we maintained our intensity and eventually we broke them down."
Sarr handed Son Heung-min a pass in the process of Bissouma's goal, and when Son scored his third goal of the season, he recorded an assist with a fantastic through pass. Postecoglou also praised Kulusevski, who boasted abundant activity, and Brennan Johnson, who failed to score a goal on the day.
Coach Postecoglou suffered great criticism for replacing players in the 35th minute of the second half against Brighton, which failed to keep its 2-0 lead in the first half and lost 2-3. He led his team to a victory against Brighton with unexpected determination. In the case of Son Heung-min, who returned after three weeks after recovering from a hamstring injury, he quickly replaced Timo Werner in the 25th minute of the second half, 10 minutes after scoring a net goal, and adjusted his condition ahead of the Europa League match against Alkmaar on the 25th.
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After the game, Son Heung-min said, "It was heartbreaking as a team member and captain while watching Brighton match. If I was in that stadium, I wanted to help the player even a little more"I did a good job in today's gameThe players suffered a lot and sacrificed a lot. I'm glad that I was able to play such a good game at last."
Regarding the early replacement, he didn't think much of it, saying, `I think the coach was considerate because it was my first game since I returned.'
Tottenham, with Son Heung-min's 250th offensive point in Tottenham's career, rose to seventh place with 13 points in eight league games.
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