Onoha: Son Heung-min needs to "hide" and Solank needs to adapt to high-intensity confrontation

Before the second leg of the Champions League semi-finals, Son Heung-min and Solank were trying their best to come back. They need to help the team enter the finals, because Uncle Bo's team can only compete for European qualifications for next season through the Europa League. Former England star Onoha believes that Tottenham defeated Bodo Grint 3-1 in the first leg. As long as Tottenham does not make big mistakes in the second leg, there is no problem for them to advance to the finals, and there is no need for Son Heung-min to make a comeback in a hurry. Onoha said: Son Heung-min still wants to "hide". Even if his health reaches the level of return, Uncle Bo should not rush to let him play, because Sun Xin's injury is originally a "morbid work to become an illness". Now he is playing high-intensity games, which can easily increase his risk of being injured again.

Uncle Bo might as well "hide" this Korean star and let Son Heung-min appear at the most critical moment. However, Onoha believes that Solank can make a comeback in time - Solank needs to adapt to high-intensity confrontation. Even if a professional player is injured and only rests for about ten days, his confrontational attributes may decline. For Uncle Bo’s tactical model, Solank is a frontcourt transit station, so he still appears in the semi-finals and adapts to high-intensity confrontation in advance. Moreover, judging from Solank's playing style, he still needs to adapt to the knockout-style confrontation mode in advance, which can be considered as preparing for the finals. In the following training, Uncle Bo obviously noticed this. He specially arranged targeted training to allow Solank to recover his form in the confrontation.

According to reports from Premier League media, on the training ground, the assistant coaches simulated the intensity of pressing at the knockout stage, and several defensive players took turns to test Solank's ball-holding ability with physical confrontation and quick siege. At first, Solank was a little uncomfortable and seemed a little annoyed after being intercepted several times, but as the training deepened, his physical memory was gradually awakened. The team doctor team also formulated a special plan to help him speed up his recovery through cold water bath and fascia relaxation. The nutritionist adjusted his protein intake ratio to ensure that the muscles can repair quickly after high-intensity confrontation. All this preparation was verified in the semi-finals - when Solank held the opponent's central defender at the front of the penalty area and completed the ferry and assisted his teammates to score the winning goal, the scouts in the stands wrote down in their notebooks: "The confrontation recovered to 90% of the injury." Behind this data is the crystallization of two full weeks of scientific training. The reason why Onoha suggested that Son Heung-min "hide" was that he had confidence that the hotspot entered the finals. Bodo Grint's strength is not as good as Tottenham. In addition, Uncle Bo's team has already led two goals in the first leg, so they should seek stability rather than take risks in the second leg. Moreover, Son Heung-min's style of playing has always been high-intensity. If the Korean star cannot control his physical rhythm when he returns, he may be injured again, and the loss of missing the Europa League final will be greater.

If Tottenham did not win the opponent in the first leg, Onoha would definitely hope that Son Heung-min will return as soon as possible. As of the current situation, Son Heung-min does need to "hide" and being more conservative may be more conducive to the performance of the finals. Postkoglu clearly agrees with this cautious strategy. At the pre-match press conference, he revealed that the medical team was monitoring Son Heung-min's muscle load data with biomechanical sensors: "We will not bet on the most critical week of the entire season for a second leg that almost locked in the victory." Sports psychologists point out that this "delayed gratification" arrangement may bring unexpected gains. Son Heung-min's past injury comeback shows that when he has sufficient psychological construction, the probability of scoring a goal in his debut is as high as 78%.

Just like last season's FA Cup match against Sheffield United, the substitute scored twice after three weeks of dormant. In the latest training video released by the Medical Center, the Korean arc ball at the top of the penalty area has been able to hit the lower edge of the crossbar five times in a row. This terrifying accuracy is perhaps the most exciting thing about the "hiding forward" tactic. After the ball, I remember that the Times used "precision-guided patience" to describe this tactical arrangement after the game: just like the top sushi chef's control of the tuna ripening time, Postkoglu made the core players' competitive state reach its peak on the competition day. In other words, players like Son Heung-min "hidden" will be beneficial to the next game. And Onoha said that the final is likely to be a Premier League civil war, and Tottenham will most likely play against Manchester United, and Son Heung-min is very important.