The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 425 Goal: Break Through Last Season

As early as when Tottenham Hotspur released the renderings of Theobald's training base, everyone was full of expectations and envy for this training base, not only because of the modern and advanced facilities here, but also because of the Beautiful.

Every building here is not high, whether it is the training building of the first team or the training building of the youth team, there are only three floors. Among them, the training building of the first team is relatively small because it is only used by the first team, but the training building of the youth team The area of ​​the training building is very large, because young players of each age group have their own locker room, tactical room and medical room and other facilities.

Every building here is professionally designed, and the architectural style of the entire training base is very uniform, which is why it took a total of three years to complete the training base.

The building of the training building is more modern, with sharp edges and corners. This kind of construction method using reinforced concrete is actually not difficult. After all, there are only three floors. The real difficulty of the entire training base lies in the two indoor training grounds.

Theobald training base has four sets of indoor football fields, one is a pitching machine training room, and the other is a small indoor football stadium. It is a small site, so it is not difficult to build, as long as the large supporting columns are reasonably arranged during the design.

The real difficulty is the two indoor training grounds for the first team and the youth team.

The indoor training field of the first team is the size of a standard football field, but there must be some room around it, so the size of the entire building is slightly larger than the standard football field, so there is a problem, because no Pillar.

In fact, many clubs, even now, do not have an indoor training ground in Chelsea's Cobham training base. One very important reason is that the indoor training ground is very troublesome to build, and no pillars are allowed in such a large area. This will undoubtedly require a very professional design to be able to do it.

The two indoor training grounds of Tottenham Hotspur have completed the design stage and are being prepared for construction. One is for the first team and the other is for the youth team. Both are standard football field sizes, except that the first team is dedicated. , the youth team is shared.

Both indoor training bases are designed with a steel frame structure, consisting of eleven arc-shaped steel frames with a ground span of 80 meters. Considering the span and the rain and snow that occurs in London almost every year, this The requirements for steel are very high, especially the durability and strength. After all, this indoor training ground will be used for more than ten years or even decades.

Because they are arc-shaped, which is similar to the shape of the arc top of the restricted area, the two training bases look very beautiful from the outside, and the roof of the training ground will use a copolymer called ethylene-tetrafluoroethylene. Referred to as ETFE film, this film has excellent scratch resistance, wear resistance, high temperature and corrosion resistance, and high insulation and safety, but it is very light and thin, and has good shock resistance. It can be used for more than 150 years in extremely harsh environments such as minus 15 to [-] degrees Celsius.

The Eden Botanic Garden in Cornwall, England, which is famous for turning waste into treasure, was built on the ruins. This kind of ETFE membrane is used as the roof, even if everyone in a rugby team runs and jumps on it, or even plays. It will not break even in a football game, which shows how high its safety performance is.

Because of the existence of two indoor training grounds, together with other surrounding buildings and lush green grass, the entire aerial view and renderings of Tottenham Hotspur's Theobald training ground look a bit like a piece Not exactly symmetrical, but a very eye-catching board.

This made many fans of the Zeus mobile phone see it, and immediately realized that it must have been written by Jonathan Ivey. This Englishman has designed houses and buildings for himself and his friends many times. His designs always have a strong The industrial and IT atmosphere, and he also participated in Theobald's design, but many professional details are still left to the architect.

No one can deny that it has not even been fully completed, but it is already recognized by fans all over the world as the best-designed football training base, but for now, Tottenham Hotspur is only open to fans of the team for the time being.

As long as you hold an official Tottenham Hotspur membership card, hold a season ticket for the new season of any age group of the club, or are a registered member of a fan organization recognized by the team, you can enter Theobald Training Base for free.

Therefore, on July 7, the Theobald training base ushered in thousands of fans.

Because of this day, Tottenham Hotspur officially started training for the new season.

"Is there a little more people?"

Arrived at Theobald training base, the players are still familiar with everything in this new training base.

They all felt very strange, but at the same time they were also full of surprises, because they found that everything here was completely different from the Zigwell training base in the past, even the turf was much different than the Zigwell training base. Er is much softer.

"It's good to have more, it proves that we are popular!" Franck Ribery said while dancing and warming up on the spot with a smile.

Although there were a lot of fans who came, they had already been checked by the security at the gate, and they were allowed in only after they were sure they were safe. After entering, they all stood outside the court in a well-behaved manner, silently watching the players on the court warming up and working. Personnel place training equipment.

Because seven players in the team participated in the Copa America, and unfortunately, although the group stage of the Copa America has ended, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Peru, where Tottenham Hotspur's seven players are located, have all been killed. entered the knockout round, so the return of these players will have to wait until the end of July at least.

There are joys and sorrows, and the performances of Tottenham Hotspur's international players are also good and bad. In the Brazilian national team, whether it is Thiago Silva, Alves or Marcelo, they are temporarily unable to play. The main players are just the team's substitutes. Although they all played, they didn't get many opportunities.

On the contrary, in the Argentine national team, Mascherano and Messi are the main players of the team and the pillars of the team, and their performances are also very good, while Cavani of Uruguay is also not the main player. .

On the contrary, in Peru, Vargas became the most outstanding player in Peru, especially in the Copa America debut, Peru defeated Uruguay 3-0, Vargas became the most eye-catching player in Peru's offense, This also made Vargas famous, and he looked like he would become famous in a battle.

Because there are seven players playing in the America's Cup, Ye Qiu directly recruited many players from the youth team to the first team to train together with the first team, including several young players introduced by the team this summer. Young players such as Pogba, Varane, etc., as well as Neymar who came to London from Brazil to train with the team.

Neymar will train with the team for a period of time, and then return to Brazil, and the team will also observe and evaluate Neymar during this period of time, get a more detailed set of data, and include him in the team's key observation Objects to help him grow and progress in the future.

When Mascherano was away, Beckham assumed the responsibility of team captain. During the warm-up before the morning training, he specially introduced Modric, Ramsey and several young players in the team. For teammates, after all, we will train together for a period of time.

The first day of the training camp is mainly to let everyone familiarize themselves with the Theobald training base, so the first day will be open training, allowing all fans and media to watch, and tomorrow, the team will return to the beginning of the season to prepare At that time, I practiced three times a day to make more adequate preparations for the new season's physical fitness. Then it will be closed and all visits will be declined.

When the time came to 09:30, Ye Qiu and the coaching staff walked out of the training building on time, which immediately aroused cheers from the audience. Ye Qiu and the coaching staff also greeted the fans and the media with smiles, but they didn't linger at all. Go directly to the training ground.

"How was your vacation?" Ye Qiu asked with a smile.

The newcomers may be a little nervous, but the old players all look very relaxed.

"not bad!"

"It's just a little shorter!"

"It would be more pleasant to have a girlfriend, don't you think, head?"

There are all kinds of answers, the atmosphere of the scene looks very relaxed, and there are constant laughter. Some players even seem to regard the head coach as air, making jokes recklessly, such as ridiculing that such-and-such has no girlfriend, and ridiculing that such-and-such is too Greedy or something.

This kind of scene makes some new players feel surprised. Is this the atmosphere in the Tottenham Hotspur team?

Are they always joking around like this on the training ground and in front of the head coach?

"Okay, okay, you guys, you should also properly consider the psychological feelings of our group of people who don't even have vacations, okay?" Ye Qiu laughed for a while, and then said to stop.

Everyone knows that Tottenham Hotspur's training base will be relocated this summer, and the coaching staff and staff at the training base will not have a holiday. Therefore, everyone stopped when they heard Ye Qiu say that. On the contrary, many of the coaching staff Everyone smiled.

"Today is the first day of the team's training camp. I believe that everyone is still relatively unfamiliar with the new training base. Our training tasks today are very easy and focus on adjustment. After training, everyone can walk around and look around. .”

Hearing what Ye Qiu said, this group of monkey-like players laughed and seemed a little excited. Some of them even wanted to try the team's advanced training facilities that had been disclosed by the media for a long time. , such as hot and cold swimming pools, such as the anti-gravity treadmill that is said to be developed by NASA, and so on.

"I don't care how you spent your holidays in the past, but all in all, for the next month or so, all of you will live in hell, I promise!"

At this moment, in the eyes of the players, Ye Qiu's smile was full of demonic aura, bringing despair.

"In the end, everyone has half an hour to go to the analysis center, which is the one-story building next to our training building. Your old friend Professor Peter Brandt is waiting for you. I believe you all know the rules. go!"

Following Ye Qiu's words, many people present did not feel much pressure, but there were also many people who looked worried.

"David, is there a problem?" Modric asked Beckham strangely when he saw his teammates like this.

Beckham insisted on exercising even during the holidays, so the physical examination was no problem for him, so he smiled easily, "We conduct regular physical examinations every day, but they are very simple physical examinations. For example, they only It’ll make you jump as hard as you can on a platform that measures your weight, or run for a few minutes on a treadmill.”

"But every season and every time we leave the team for a long time, such as the national team game, after returning to the team, we have to conduct a very detailed physical examination, even including detailed physical examinations such as blood and heartbeat. In addition to observing whether the players are overweight and whether there is In addition to injuries, the most important thing is to obtain various physical indicators."

Modric was a little surprised when he heard it. He had never heard of these things in Dinamo Zagreb before. At that time, the team adopted a laissez-faire style. If you don't have an injury, they don't care about you, and sometimes even when there is an injury, they don't give special treatment.

"You will understand after staying for a long time, it is a bit more troublesome, but the physical examination is basically before the training warm-up, and this can help you reduce injuries to the greatest extent, which is of great importance to any professional player. The benefits!" Beckham patted Modric on the shoulder and said with a smile.

The fans outside the stadium and the media didn't know what Tottenham Hotspur was going to do up and down, so they chased after them, but they could only go to the entrance of the analysis center, and they were not allowed to enter, which made this analysis center full of a kind of mystery. element of feeling.

"Mr. Ye Qiu!"

Taking advantage of the fact that the players were all running for the physical examination, Ye Qiu took the initiative to walk towards the media reporters and fans.

"Welcome to Theobald!" Ye Qiu greeted everyone present with a smile.

Amidst the shouts of the fans, the reporters all took out their recording pens.

"Can you answer a few questions for us?"

"I thought you were just here for a visit today, but you brought your equipment!" Ye Qiu joked with a smile, "Of course, you can ask whatever you want."

Hearing Ye Qiu say that, even the fans at the side became quiet.

So, he interviewed this group of reporters across the barbed wire.

"Last season Tottenham Hotspur won the unprecedented Premier League No.3. We all want to know what kind of expectations do you have for Tottenham Hotspur in the new season? Many people think that the team is sold out. Without Ruud van Nistelrooy as the leading striker, the offensive ability will be weakened, what do you think?"

For these questions, Ye Qiu was mentally prepared and had the answers.

"First of all, the first question, I hope the team can achieve breakthroughs in the new season. Of course, I know it will be difficult, because the competition in the Premier League in the new season will be unprecedentedly cruel. Seeing that our opponents are constantly strengthening, this will be a cruel test for us."

"Second question, Luther's departure makes me and everyone at Tottenham feel sorry, he is a great scorer and a player that all Tottenham players and fans look up to, We all hope that he can continue his glory in Spain, but I believe that we will find a good way to fill the problems caused by Luther's departure."

Immediately at the scene, a reporter asked again: "Are you talking about Van Persie?"

Ye Qiu smiled after hearing this, noncommittal, "Robin is a very good striker, he has strong abilities, and his performance last season was also very good, not only him, but also Cavani and Carroll, all of them They are strikers with great potential and strength, and I believe they will all play a bigger and more important role in the new season."

"Mr. Ye Qiu!" another reporter said, "You just said that the competition in the Premier League in the new season will be very fierce. I believe everyone agrees on this point, because whether it is Manchester United, Liverpool or Arsenal , have invested a lot in signings this season, but only Tottenham Hotspur seem to have been slow."

Ye Qiu smiled and shook his head after hearing this, "I have to correct one point, we introduced Luka Modric, this is an important signing for us to strengthen the team's midfield in the new season, and we introduced Aaron from Cardiff ? Ramsey, this is a young player with great potential, so I don't agree with the fact that we have no signings."

After hearing this, the reporters laughed one by one, and then someone asked: "Then what do you think of the signings of Tottenham Hotspur in the new season? It's all in the transfer market."

"I have to clarify something first!" Ye Qiu looked at everyone present with a smile, "I believe that not only the journalists, but also our Tottenham fans have such doubts, but I have to explain why I transferred meeting?"

"The transfer has only one purpose, to fill the vacancy in the team's lineup and strengthen the team's strength."

Ye Qiu's words were approved by everyone present.

"We ran in very well in the second half of last season. I don't think there are too many problems with our overall framework, and we were the team with the youngest average age in the Premier League last season, and this season will be the same, which means The players in our team still have a lot of potential to explore."

"Yes, Luther's departure has brought some impact, but we should all see that Van Persie performed very well last season, so I don't think we should transfer for the sake of transfer. On the contrary, I hope to be able to Give these young players more opportunities."

After a pause, Ye Qiu smiled again: "Of course, I don't rule out that with the start of the training camp and warm-up match, I will suddenly change my mind, but I always believe in one thing, for a team to form combat effectiveness, it depends on As a whole, it is still the strong combat strength formed by the team itself, rather than relying on the introduction of stars."

"well said!"

"Well said!"

"We all support you, Mr. Chairman!"

"Tottenham will always be the best!!"

After hearing this, the Tottenham fans at the scene were very excited and cheered loudly. They were obviously very satisfied with Ye Qiu's answer, because throughout the interview, Ye Qiu seemed to be very happy. Very calm, very confident.

Often, his attitude can infect those around him and bring them confidence.

(End of this chapter)