The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 441 Dictatorship
Beckham's injury still greatly affected Tottenham Hotspur's midfield.

Although the team played in the League Cup in the middle of the week, Manchester City also played with a semi-substitute lineup because neither side did their best. As a result, Tottenham Hotspur defeated Manchester City 2-0 in an away game with a mix of substitutes and youth teams. .

This season, Ye Qiu has successively transferred several young players in the team to the first team to train with the first team, such as Ramsey, Eden Hazard, and Kyle Walker. These three players are basically Training with the first team, but either playing youth and reserve teams, or just playing in the League Cup, or occasionally coming off the bench.

With regard to the cultivation of young players, Ye Qiu felt that he should not be too hasty, but he should not be too slow.

Wenger and Ferguson can be said to be two completely different training methods. Due to the financial impact of Wenger at Arsenal and Wenger's own personality problems, Arsenal's young players often take charge early, but the problem is, this way Promoting young players early to play the main force is a bit suspected of backfiring, and it also affects Arsenal's performance.

Regardless of Arsenal's current ranking at the top of the list, everyone knows that Wenger's main lineup is the same. Those young players are simply unable to bear the heavy responsibility. The favorites are Manchester United, followed by Arsenal, Liverpool in third, and Tottenham and Chelsea in joint fourth.

It is not to say that Tottenham Hotspur is underestimated. A very important reason is that Tottenham Hotspur lacks the experience of winning the championship, and with Beckham injured, he missed the entire intensive winter schedule. The impact of Tottenham is very significant, but this year Ye Qiu obviously does not plan to make up for it during the winter break because there is not enough time.

Instead of bringing in more players, for Ye Qiu, it would be better to carve out Modric.

Ferguson’s way of cultivating young players is the opposite of Wenger’s. He has always been worried about overthrowing young players, so he usually entrusts young players with important responsibilities around the age of 20, so he introduced Nani and Anderson this season. This season's Manchester United team has not received much reuse and cultivation.

And the other central defender Evans, who is also 19 years old, although Ferguson and the coaching staff are very optimistic about this player, even now, Ferguson still does not plan to focus on cultivating him, but plans to loan him out.

Of course, this aspect is also due to the fact that the central defender combination of Vidic and Ferdinand is becoming more and more solid, but it is undeniable that in Ye Qiu's previous life, Gerard Pique finally chose to return to Barcelona, ​​and even later Paul ? Pogba went to Juventus, which has something to do with Ferguson's cultivation of young players.

Many people say that Arsenal are good at cultivating young players, but don't just stare at the few finished products, but you should see how many young talents have wiped out everyone in the Arsenal team. The cultivation method is one of the very important reasons.

But Ferguson's training method of waiting for players to mature before reusing and refining them is gradually not in line with the current rules of players. After all, with the development and progress of technology, players will mature more and more. Competition and exercise to accumulate experience, especially for some precocious players with relatively independent personalities.

So many times, Ye Qiu would simply bring the youth team on as a substitute in certain matches, and then give them two or three 10 minutes a game, or even just let them play for ten or so minutes. For them, it is a kind of exercise, a kind of exercise that is familiar with the intensity of the Premier League and the Champions League.

According to Ye Qiu's statement, it is not to overwhelm the growth of the seedlings, but also not to be too slow, adopt the Chinese way of the mean, and walk in the middle.

How to grasp the scale here depends on the balance between Ye Qiu and the coaching staff.

After playing Manchester City, Tottenham Hotspur ushered in another North London derby, but this time they lost 1:2 to Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium, because Ye Qiu arranged for Komper Ni and Thiago Silva's central defender combination, as a result, Adebayor and Bendtner scored two goals, both of which knocked on Tottenham Hotspur's goal.

Although Van Persie helped the team score in the middle, they eventually lost the game.

After the game, the media strongly reprimanded the two central defenders of Tottenham Hotspur. Thiago Silva's performance against high center forwards like Drogba and Adebayor is a consensus. But in this game, Kompany, who replaced Hangeland in the starting lineup, also couldn't hold down Arsenal's two high center forwards, which was indeed unsatisfactory.

Many fans and the media have even called for the team to consider recalling Ledley King, who was unable to play at Chelsea, or let Ye Qiu reuse Mike Dawson. At least the frontal defense ability of the English central defender is still Excellent.

Although Tottenham Hotspur did not respond to the outside world, there were also many internal differences.

How terrifying the devil's schedule around Christmas is, the players are already familiar with it from last season, and Ye Qiu has been saying that the schedule around Christmas will seriously affect a team's entire season. A Premier League feature.

Therefore, in the last game before Christmas, especially in a major game like the North London Derby, the loss to Arsenal, the mortal enemy, affected the internal atmosphere of the team to some extent. The reporter gave doubts about the performance of individual players, which added some pressure virtually.

As the head coach of the team, Ye Qiu himself is also under pressure, because after losing to Arsenal, the team fell out of the top four and dropped to fifth place. For the English media, it is like a holiday, especially After Tottenham Hotspur just won the future ownership of the London Olympic main stadium.

Whether or not to sign in during the winter break is not only from the outside world. The opinions of fans and reporters are divided into two factions. Even the coaching staff of the Tottenham Hotspur team also have different opinions. Some people think that they should be brought in. , especially the introduction of a high-level central defender. After all, Hangeland is currently the only central defender with a solid performance. Thiago Silva's performance is mixed.

Ye Qiu was in the coaching room just now, and it was rare for him to be domineering once. He directly stated that no matter whether it was a central defender or a midfielder during the winter break, he did not plan to sign in, especially the central defender. "I don't think there is anyone in the transfer market now." It is suitable for our central defender and at the same time has the conditions for introduction."

With this sentence, he suppressed all other opinions a bit authoritarianly, and firmly continued to trust Thiago Silva.

Today's central defenders are very scarce. A very important reason for this situation is that the tactical system of European football has developed by leaps and bounds in recent years. Everyone knows very well that integration is the future trend. All head coaches with a little foresight They are all overhauling the team.

Perhaps in the eyes of many fans, integration is a good thing for the middle and lower teams, because the fans do not know the situation.

The so-called integration is to pursue a stable one plus one greater than or equal to two, and one is the player's strength, so for the team, the overall strength has an advantage, that is, the overall strength of the team will no longer be the same as in the past, and the core players will be injured. , the team's performance fluctuates too much, but this is a nightmare for the middle and lower teams, because they will find that it is getting harder and harder to be upset, because the strength of their players cannot be compared with the strong teams. The overall result is , the gap between the two sides is even greater.

For some players in the integrated strong team, especially the scorer, it becomes easier to score goals, because the integration makes the strong team easily crush the weak team, and it is naturally easy to score.

So this season, Tottenham Hotspur have scored 41 goals so far, and Ribery scored 14 goals alone, three goals more than the second-ranked Manchester United winger Cristiano Ronaldo, and Van Persie Also scored 7 goals, Messi scored 6 goals, and the Trident swept a total of 41 goals out of Tottenham Hotspur's 27 goals.

But this is on the offensive level, but what about defense?It's getting harder and harder!

To some extent, the overall transformation of the current football offense is relatively fast, but the overall defense is a bit behind. A defensive player is easier, and for a defensive player, switching styles is not an easy thing to do.

Even Ye Qiu can say that even in 2013, the transformation of central defenders is still in a very embarrassing stage, so if you look at the top central defenders in 2013, you will find that you can't pick out a few top central defenders , Even in the rich teams, there will still be many central defenders who seem to be very bad in your impression and whose performance is very unstable, but they are already the main players of the rich, and they can be counted among the best in football all over the world.

Ye Qiu dares to say that looking at today's football world, no one has more tactical foresight than him, because he has experienced all this personally, and he knows exactly what changes will happen in the future, so he can always walk ahead of others, This time, he still has to take the lead in the training of central defenders.

But facing the coaching staff, he can be dictatorial, because it is not the first time he has been dictatorial, but he feels that he should talk to the players.

Coming down from the second floor of the training building, Ye Qiu plans to go to the pitching machine training room, which has become the favorite place for Tottenham Hotspur players. The other place is the indoor football competition venue, where there are group matches every day. Compete there, and the players will also draw up some interesting rewards and punishments, such as cleaning the toilet.

But when Ye Qiu was about to walk out of the training building, he found that the people he was looking for were all in the gym. This made him feel like laughing, because he felt that the team's central defenders least needed training. It's all about strength and confrontation.

"Are you in a meeting?" Ye Qiu walked in directly.

Thiago Silva and Kompany are there and the Belgian is still sitting on the chest clamp.

"Head!" The two central defenders were obviously discussing something. When they saw Ye Qiu walk in, Thiago Silva immediately stood up, and Kompany immediately got off the chest clamp.

"Don't we have a rule that it is not necessary not to use gym equipment for training without permission?" Ye Qiu's tone was a bit harsh.

Every piece of equipment in the gym has its fixed function. As a professional player, it does not mean that the more you practice here, the better. The most important thing is to be reasonable, and Tottenham Hotspur are very good at these High requirements and management measures.

"We have consulted Professor Peter Brandt." Thiago Silva quickly explained.

After Ye Qiu heard this, he didn't say anything more. He looked at Thiago Silva, and then at Kompany. This Belgian boy has a bald head and is really distinctive. His head is very big and round. It's a bit like the Wogua in Plants vs. Zombies.

"If you have time, I think you should watch more game videos, and at the same time practice passing and catching the ball more, especially the fast oblique long pass to the two wings." Ye Qiu gave his opinion to the two central defenders.

Thiago Silva and Kompany looked at each other and nodded, then Kompany thought for a while and asked: "What about our strength confrontation? Do you think it should be strengthened?"

After hearing this, Ye Qiu smiled, shook his head and said, "I can't say whether to strengthen it or not, because for a central defender, strength confrontation is definitely needed, but I think it's enough. On the contrary, you all have You have played in many different positions, Thiago, you have played as a striker and midfielder, you are good at holding and passing the ball, Vincent, you have also played as a midfielder, and you have a good ability to hold the ball."

"You know? The reason why I introduced you is because I have taken a fancy to you."

Both Thiago Silva and Kompany were a little surprised. Ye Qiu never told them why he considered bringing them in, but he has always strengthened their ability to hold and play the ball.

Ye Qiu thought about it, he had enough time today, so he decided to take a center back class, so he brought a pen and paper from the gym, and introduced to two center backs he was very optimistic about.

"What do you think is the most important thing for all teams to insist on integration now? Also, if you think about it carefully, what will you find when you watch the game tapes from around the beginning of the century?"

Both of them were a bit unexpected about Ye Qiu's question. This question was either too deep or too cold.

"Let me tell you, when more and more teams become more and more proficient in overall control, running off the ball will become more and more important, because the offense of football always uses its own advantages to attack the opponent. Weakness, but in the past? The overall tactics were not strong enough, not rigorous enough, and the coordination was not high, so it relied on the individual strength of the stars, using one-on-one to create local advantages, so with Pele, with Maradona, there is The magical performance of Ronaldo and others."

"Because you concentrate your best strength on one point, break through a certain point of the opponent's defense line, and then disintegrate the entire defensive surface, creating gaps, and scoring opportunities will naturally come, so the personal ability of the stars in that era is very high. , The personal abilities of offensive players and defensive players are very important, because at that time all offensive tactics were trying to create one-on-one opportunities.”

"But with the advent of the overall trend, offensive players have gradually discovered a problem, that is, the opponent will no longer give you one-on-one opportunities easily, and the opponent will maintain the rigor of overall coordination at the tactical level, making it difficult for you It was easy to create one-on-one, so Greece won the European Cup!"

Thiago Silva and Kompany are just young players. Their understanding of football, especially the understanding and thinking at the core level of tactics, can’t be compared with Ye Qiu and the coaching staff, even if they are compared with Baker. Compared with a group of veterans like Ham, they were far inferior, so when they heard Ye Qiu analyze Greece's success in this way, they were all full of surprises.

"After I won the championship in Greece, I said that this European Cup is bound to bring about huge changes in European football, and even football in the world, because everyone has discovered the advantages of holistic football, but to play this advantage, It will bring a new problem, which is running without the ball."

Ye Qiu was very patient. He was here to knock these two pieces of jade in the rough, so he had to let them understand that at least he had to have a concept in his heart, that is, the central defender of Tottenham Hotspur in the future would have to bear the burden. What kind of responsibilities, what kind of system is the team's defense.

"For the offensive side, the tighter your defense is, if I don't move, I will be restricted by you, so I want to move, not only I want to move, but also my teammates must follow suit, constantly interspersed and running He moves and stretches the defense, so as the integration progresses, he plays a pivotal role on the pitch whether the player has the ball or not."

In the past, when the overall tactics were not strict enough, individual players were allowed to be invisible, even Ronaldo was invisible in a game, and finally scored a flash goal, it didn’t matter, because the impact was not big, but now it is different. Now the integration is promoted, and one person’s running If you are not active, it will greatly affect the overall control of the team.

Assuming that the team is compared to a whole composed of 11 people, ten people are deducted from the goalkeeper, and the standard running distance is set to be ten kilometers. That is to say, the total running distance of a team in one game is [-] kilometers , so the question is, what if one of the players only ran five kilometers?
If this team wants to continue to maintain his control, then the five kilometers he ran less must be shared by nine other players, or shared by several people, or shared by one of the players. If the players share the five kilometers, the team's control will decline.

"Of course, what I'm talking about is a hypothetical concept. The purpose is to describe the operation of football as a whole in a more vivid way, but I believe that you also have a deep understanding, that is, the current football is no longer It’s the old days of focusing on one-on-ones.”

"Similar to Pele, Maradona, and Ronaldo, the era when one person led a team to completely defeat the opponent has long since ceased to exist. Even I can say at the extreme point that the current football tactical system In the world, it is impossible to have a ball king like Pele and Maradona again, unless it undergoes a new round of changes in the future."

"So, think about it again. For all the offensive players you have encountered, what is the most important thing in their tactics? For defensive players, what is the most difficult thing to defend?"

Even now, Ye Qiu never forgot to test these two young central defenders. Of course, it doesn't mean that he can't answer well, or that he will deduct points if he doesn't answer well. He wants them to think about this for themselves. question.

(End of this chapter)