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How Spurs strangled Villa for 45 minutes — De Zerbi's press, Bentancur unlocked & 0.00 xG | A Coach's View
Aston Villa, fifth in the league, didn't manage a single 0.00 of xG against us in the entire first half. Zero.
A Licensed Coach JJ joins me to break down exactly how this Spurs team strangled Aston Villa for 45 minutes at Villa Park, and what Roberto De Zerbi has actually changed in four games. We get into the press, why the team has been so deliberately slowed down, why Pedro Porro is staying rooted as a full-back for now, why Bentancur and Palhinha suddenly look like a working double pivot when they didn't under Frank, and the bit JJ wanted to jump up and down screaming "I told you so"…
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