The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 436
"Perhaps, it is really the Copa America in the summer, and more and more international players, that makes this group of young players in Tottenham Hotspur have not yet found the right rhythm of the league, which makes their integration into the game always slow. !"

On October 10st, China's National Day, Tottenham Hotspur played against Aston Villa at home. In the 1th minute of the opening, Tottenham Hotspur was defeated by Aston Villa. It was a counterattack from Abanglahor that scored the goal.

When the opponent scored, Andy Gray was a little regretful, because the goal was a counterattack from the left, aimed at Alves on the right of Tottenham Hotspur, and it was obvious that the Brazilian right back The performance in this game was not very ideal, the offense could go up, but the defense couldn't come back.

"We have always said in the past that Tottenham Hotspur are a team that is very good at opening up the field and attacking from behind, but judging from their performance this season, their start is not as smooth as in the past. It was like this at the time, and it’s still like this when we play against Aston Villa, it’s really not a good phenomenon, it’s too slow!”

Ye Qiu didn't think so. He felt that the influence of the America's Cup on the team was Messi, Mascherano and Vargas. Interestingly, these three players happened to be on the left. There are three deep offensive lines on the center and right. Among them, Mascherano has not performed well since the beginning of the season, and is not as stable as in the past.

Of course, this is a very normal thing. Ye Qiu will not doubt his ability because of this, or even move his main position. After all, every player's state will have ups and downs, and it is impossible to maintain a high level of performance forever.

Ye Qiu felt that there was actually another aspect that affected the team, and that was the team's performance last season, especially in the second half, which could almost be used to describe the team's offense at that time.

But at that time, Tottenham Hotspur’s offense was focused on Ruud van Nistelrooy, but now it is fully blooming. This requires a period of adjustment and adaptation, so Tottenham Hotspur played some relatively wide balls. The team can play very well, for example, in the second half against Arsenal, it is because the Gunners' physical fitness has declined.

But once they encountered strict pressing and oppression, they became a little messy.

There is also a psychological problem. Last season's third place in the league made many players in the team feel that they should be a strong team. Young players are immature and easily affected, so once they When such thoughts arise, it is easy to underestimate or even underestimate the enemy.

Sometimes the emotions of the players can't be resolved by Ye Qiu's words, it still depends on the players themselves.

Therefore, after losing the ball, Ye Qiu did not make any adjustments, but let the team control the situation steadily, control the ball, and slowly advance forward. Ke and Gareth? Barry combination, two players are defensive, so they played a lot of emphasis on oppression and pressing.

Therefore, Ye Qiu's strategy is also very simple. He keeps using his skillful ball control and passing and catching cooperation to put pressure on Aston Villa. At the same time, he also retreats Beckham's position. The overall formation looks a bit like It is 4231 configuration.

"David's role in the counterattack is indeed very obvious, but once he falls into a positional battle, especially a tough battle, the effect will be greatly reduced!" Mauro Tassotti frowned, staring at the situation, shaking his head.

Beckham's long pass accuracy is very high, but the problem is also obvious, that is, his effect is weakened in positional battles, especially when the opponent shrinks the defense, and at this time the Tottenham Hotspur midfielder The weakness of the lack of effective ball control points will be exposed, which is why Ye Qiu introduced Modric.

But even so far, the Croatian midfielder has not been able to integrate well into Tottenham Hotspur's midfield, and his timing of playing the ball, as well as some shortcomings, made Ye Qiu not very reassuring about him.

Just like Ye Qiu and Peter Dewissel judged him before, if Tottenham Hotspur only want to keep the top four in the Premier League, Modric will be a very good midfielder, but Now the Tottenham Hotspur team has Beckham, Fabregas, Messi, and Ribery. The team's goal is to hit the championship, and even the Champions League.

So, in this case, if Modric cannot change himself well and integrate into the team, it will be difficult for him to bring effective supplements and reinforcements to Tottenham Hotspur.

It's not that Beckham is completely useless, because every game will have many, many counterattack opportunities, even if you are facing an opponent who is not as strong as yourself, but the root of the problem is that with an increasingly Fabregas, who is mature and has more and more strength in both long and short passes, should Beckham be given another position in the midfield.

This is a question of trade-offs and trade-offs for the head coach. After all, if there is an excellent ball handler in this position, then Tottenham Hotspur's entire midfield formation will be theoretically perfect. There will be a qualitative leap in the team's entire offense, especially with the Trident in the frontcourt.

In the middle of last season, Tottenham Hotspur's performance was not good. The Premier League teams generally adopted the strategy of pressing out and playing. They all wanted to get points from Tottenham Hotspur. The changes after the introduction of Beckham were unfamiliar, so Tottenham went crazy.

But now, the third place in the Premier League last season was too conspicuous. Now many teams adopt a defensive counterattack strategy when they encounter Tottenham Hotspur, and the disadvantages and shortcomings of the team are exposed.

Ye Qiu foresaw this in the summer, so he introduced Modric, but now it is difficult for him to win Beckham.

"Playing against Aston Villa, there's no need to think like playing in the Champions League final!" After hearing Mauro Tassotti's words, Ye Qiu patted him on the shoulder with a smile, "Martin O'Neill, I'm going to eat him!"

After a little confusion after the opening, Tottenham gradually stabilized the situation, and successively launched attacks against Aston Villa, putting pressure on them, and Aston Villa's attacking trident against Tottenham The defense also felt very difficult.

Tottenham Hotspur's trident has no fixed routine, Van Persie, Ribery and Messi, and even Cesc Fabregas behind him, these four players can cross positions anytime and anywhere, and can run unscrupulously And pull, and the tridents are all left and right footed players, they can switch left and right, and they can also dribble the ball for their teammates.

This style of play requires a lot of tacit understanding between the players, and the three of them played together when they were at Chelsea. Naturally, the tacit understanding is needless to say, and Ye Qiu also consciously cultivated them in this aspect in the past. There is a tacit understanding, so their performance on the offensive end is getting better and better.

After a period of pressure, Aston Villa gradually exposed its weaknesses and shortcomings.

In the 37th minute, Cesc Fabregas got the ball from the center and split the side. Messi made a one-on-one breakthrough from the right and then made a pass. Van Persie hit Aston Villa's defense and scored in front of the goal to help Tottner. Tottenham equalized the score, 1:1!

But in less than 5 minutes, Tottenham Hotspur made another breakthrough on the wing. Beckham was given to Vargas. The Peruvian left back quickly stepped in and formed a two-on-one with Ribery on the left Franck Ribery got the ball on the left side of the penalty area and passed it low to the penalty area. The unguarded Van Persie easily shot low in front of the goal, 2:1!

The entire reversal process did not have the slightest sloppiness, no hardships, and some were just easy and freehand passing and receiving. This is also the outside world's impression of Tottenham Hotspur, that is, when the team finds the feeling, Their offense is as smooth as flowing clouds and flowing water.

Entering stoppage time, Tottenham Hotspur got another chance. It was Van Persie's header in front of the goal, which was saved by the goalkeeper. Beckham took a corner kick. The ball was saved, but after that, Messi picked up a missed shot in the crowd and hit it, 3:1!

In just ten minutes, Tottenham Hotspur broke through Aston Villa's goal three times, which made Martin O'Neill angry, helpless, and somewhat annoyed.

Especially in the second half, Tottenham Hotspur, who had regained their familiar feeling, launched a round of fierce attack on Aston Villa in one breath. Can't stop Tottenham from threatening their goal frequently.

In the 62nd minute, Van Persie suddenly pulled to the left to meet the pass from Vargas. After getting the ball, he shook the defender and knocked back into the penalty area. inside.

The referee awarded a penalty and gave Carson a red card, sending him off the field.

Beckham personally took the knife and made a penalty kick, rewriting the score to 4:1!

Seeing the team's victory, all the fans at White Hart Lane were also very excited. Ye Qiu directly replaced Modric and Beckham who scored the goal. At the same time, he also replaced Ashley? Young and Cavani wanted to give the main players a chance to rest and save some energy, but afterward Tottenham Hotspur, although they firmly controlled the ball, never scored again.

In the end, Tottenham Hotspur reversed Aston Villa 4:1 at home.

On the second day after the game, Tottenham Hotspur's performance was mixed.

First of all, they gave a very high evaluation of Tottenham Hotspur's offense, especially the trident in the frontcourt. Qiu Tiao taught a set of extremely sharp attack combinations.

But for Tottenham Hotspur's conceded goals after the opening, everyone felt that it was unnecessary, especially the passivity in the opening stage, which made people feel that this would become a major hidden danger for Tottenham Hotspur, and also Ye Qiu said that Ye Qiu should work hard to overcome such problems and ensure Tottenham Hotspur's combat effectiveness this season.

After eight rounds, Tottenham Hotspur played two rounds less. With four wins and two losses, they had the same points as Portsmouth, Blackburn and Chelsea, but Tottenham Hotspur relied on the team Strong offensive power, ranked sixth in the league, while Chelsea ranked eighth, because they tied Fulham 0:0 at home this round.

After eight rounds of matches, Chelsea's points are equal to Tottenham Hotspur, which has two rounds less. This is unacceptable to all Chelsea fans, and many reporters have expressed that Mourinho O's method has already been pondered by the Premier League opponents, and there is no way to play it anymore.

Many media have said that throughout the three seasons Mourinho has coached Chelsea, his tactics have remained unchanged. Although Shevchenko and Ballack were added in the middle, Mourinho once tried to become a double striker tactic , but soon returned to the 433 formation, always relying on the central axis that Ye Qiu left him, without any change.

But obviously, the Premier League teams have gradually begun to adapt to Chelsea's tactics. When the opponent has changed, if you remain the same, it will naturally be difficult to play well, and the results will definitely be affected.

Regarding the accusations from the outside world, Mourinho fought back. He believed that the team's poor performance was due to not getting the players he wanted. A dead end winger in defence, but it was Malouda who he ended up with.

Mourinho's remarks also exposed the contradictions in the Chelsea team, especially the rumors that the outside world has been rumored for a long time, Mourinho and Mendes faction, with Pini Zahavi and Grant faction, two factions The power struggle in China is obviously heating up, and it has gradually surfaced.

Regarding Chelsea's internal strife, the media liked to hear Ye Qiu's thoughts, and even wished that Ye Qiu would make trouble for his old enemy Pini Zahavi, but Ye Qiu remained silent, saying that he would not intervene in any disputes in Chelsea.

In fact, with his arrival, Chelsea's situation has changed, and Ye Qiu is not sure whether Mourinho will get out of class, and he doesn't think whether Mourinho's get out of get out of class will bring him anything The good thing is that sometimes changing coaches is like changing a knife, and no one knows the changes brought about.

Three days later, Tottenham Hotspur challenged Steaua Bucharest in an away game. Because they had some strength in the league, this time Tottenham Hotspur still went to Romania with a trident offensive lineup, and with Ribe Goals from Li and Van Persie defeated the Romanian team 2-0 in the away game and successfully won the first three points of the group stage.

And when Ye Qiu led the team back to London from Romania, he received the news that Mourinho was dismissed.

On the way back to Theobald training base from Heathrow Airport, Ye Qiu looked out the window.

The scenery along the highway flew back behind him like a carousel, but his eyes didn't notice these scenery at all, but concentrated more on his thoughts.

Mourinho is out of class!
For Ye Qiu, I really don't know whether this is good news or bad news, because to some extent, Mourinho's departure is tantamount to allowing Grant to step into the foreground, which is a turmoil for Chelsea .

At the very least, Ye Qiu really didn't take Grant seriously. This Israeli is fine for talking on paper, but when it comes to real formation and on-the-spot command, Ye Qiu has worked with him for a while, so I really don't think he has any What can be obtained.

In the previous life, many people said that after Grant accepted, Chelsea entered the Champions League final, but they didn't think about it. What kind of team did Chelsea encounter?
Needless to say in the group stage, in the knockout round, they met Olympiacos first, and then they met Fenerbahce. The semi-final opponent was slightly stronger, Liverpool, but both rounds were 1:1. In the final, they also drew 1 with Manchester United: 1. In the end, they lost to Manchester United on penalties.

If you just look at the results, it seems to be a pity that they have all entered the finals, but if you look at the process, it is not difficult to find that among the semi-finals of the Champions League, Chelsea is the least valuable. The season in which Dink led the team to the semifinals was even less convincing.

It's a real pity that Hiddink's Chelsea stopped in the semi-finals. Grant's kind of luck is called big luck.

Of course, Ye Qiu also has to admit that Grant also has his own strengths, that is, the typical Jewish tact, at least even when Ye Qiu was coaching Chelsea, he was able to do well in the team, but Ye Qiu never At the beginning, because he belonged to Pini Zahavi's party, he was somewhat repelled.

There have been power struggles within Chelsea over the years, but Grant has always stood by Abramovich's side. Like Pini Zahavi, who is also Jewish, these two people must have their merits.

But Ye Qiu can be sure that their good points are not in the football field, nor in the position of head coach.

"Maybe, Chelsea can be removed from the Premier League championship list this season!" Roland said with a smile.

Mauro Tassotti listened, looked at Ye Qiu who was frowning, smiled, and said: "It's hard to say, Chelsea is still very strong, but the current internal battles in this team are too fierce, leading to internal friction. Seriously, now that Mourinho is gone, they can temporarily form a united front, which might actually stimulate the team's combat effectiveness."

In terms of team lineup, Chelsea is still very strong. No matter in terms of player strength or bench thickness, Chelsea is undoubtedly ranked first in the Premier League, even though Ye Qiu is full of confidence in his Tottenham Hotspur , but still feel that his team is inferior to Chelsea, after all, Chelsea is more mature.

"Grant's taking over now must be based on stabilizing the team, and the winter break must be signed, so it's too early to say that Chelsea can't win the championship!" Ye Qiu also said lightly.

"It's still the same old saying, focus on playing your own game well, otherwise everything is empty talk!"

After a pause, Ye Qiu suddenly smiled and said, "We can't be Arsenal!"

As Tottenham Hotspur returned to London, it ushered in the ninth round of the Premier League non-stop. This time Tottenham Hotspur challenged Benitez's Liverpool away, but this strong dialogue ended in a draw end.

The old enemies Ye Qiu and Benitez are still evenly matched, but the old problem of Tottenham Hotspur is still there. They conceded the goal in the 12th minute of the opening, but followed closely, Ribery scored twice to help Tottenham Hotspur reversed, but in the first minute of stoppage time, Kompany defended Torres and made a mistake and conceded the ball again.

Considering that it is an away game and the opponent is Liverpool, 2:2 is considered an acceptable score, so the outside world did not blame the team too much, but it is a pity. After all, the original three points became one point. For this reason, Ye Qiu even defended Kompany.

The teams were disbanded on the spot after the league game, and each went back to their respective national teams to report. Some players who did not have the task of playing for the national team could rest for two days. Ye Qiu planned to take advantage of the two-week league suspension period to complete a purchase. .

(End of this chapter)