The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 500 Picking a handsome man is like a blind date!

Tottenham Hotspur are not doing well recently, but Chelsea are obviously not much better.

Their performance in the Christmas schedule was not very satisfactory. After entering January, they first lost 0:3 to Manchester United, which was in hot form. Anfield lost 0:2 to Liverpool.

When Scolari's team encountered strong opponents twice in a row, they obviously had no effective way to suppress their opponents. They were defeated by their opponents in both games, which made Chelsea fans very dissatisfied. Hull City drew 0:0, opened the points gap with Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United, and was booed by Chelsea fans.

They played slogans demanding Scolari's dismissal from the stands at Stamford Bridge, and even booed Scolari as soon as he showed up to vent their dissatisfaction with Scolari.

In fact, regarding Scolari's future at Chelsea, quite a few people, including Ye Qiu, were not optimistic about Scolari's future at Chelsea. Personality and coaching style are very similar, so on the one hand, there is no way to bring Chelsea the beautiful football that Mourinho cannot bring; There is a conflict.

After Scolari came to Stamford Bridge, he suppressed Drogba. As a result, the Ivorian wanted to leave. There was even news that he wanted to leave Manchester City, but was rejected by Chelsea. Pini Zahavi wanted to introduce Card Rolle, is to replace Drogba.

But what really decided Scolari's dismissal was his invincibility against strong teams, losing to Arsenal, two losses to Liverpool, one draw and one loss against Manchester United. Satisfactory, and although Chelsea have followed Liverpool since the start of the league, they were overtaken by Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United successively, which made Abramovich very dissatisfied.

However, Ye Qiu is very clear about one thing. The reason why Scolari encountered difficulties at Chelsea, and even Ye Qiu felt that the reason why Scolari would be discouraged from professional teams in the four major European leagues in the future was that he had no Does not adapt to the coaching style of clubs in the four major European leagues.

Coaching the national team and coaching the club are two completely different environments. Although coaching the national team has the dilemma of selecting talents, the pace is slower, because there are only big competitions, and there is enough time for you to slowly select players and slowly prepare the team. It is even slowly adjusted, and everyone recognizes that at the tactical level, the national team has fallen far behind the club.

But coaching a club is completely different because it's so fast-paced, so fast that if the tactics you drafted at the beginning of the season have serious problems, you may not even have enough time to adjust it, just game after game. hit it down.

That's why Ye Qiu said that each season's pre-season training camp is very, very important, almost affecting the team's entire season.

After Scolari led Portugal to the European Cup, he became the head coach of Chelsea non-stop. During the whole process, he didn't even have much time to think about what tactics he would play at Chelsea, so he called out at the beginning of the season. It's more like a slogan to please the fans.

Regarding Scolari's dismissal, Ferguson expressed surprise and Ye Qiu expressed regret, but neither of them expressed their true thoughts. After all, it has little to do with them, and Chelsea soon announced Hiddink to take over the team .

Speaking of which, this is also Ye Qiu's old enemy. Sometimes Ye Qiu really never thought that it would be such a coincidence. He met Marseille at the beginning of the season. When it comes to Hiddink, the latter is the successor of Gretz during the PSV Eindhoven period.

"It's really a season full of nostalgia!" Ye Qiu said with a smile when he met Hiddink before the game.

But in the game, Tottenham Hotspur, who desperately wanted a victory, showed no mercy.

Hiddink arrived for the first time and did not adjust the tactics left by Scolari, but continued to use a single midfielder. The goalkeeper is Cudicini, and the defense line is Ashley Cole, Terry, Alex and Fei. Leila, the single midfielder is Mikel, the midfielders are Asavin, Ballack and Lampard, and the double forwards are Drogba and Anelka.

The big change is that Drogba reappeared in the starting lineup, but the long-lost Ivorian was stared at by Thiago Silva in this game, almost without any performance, and Thiago Silva also relied on this game to block Drogba and completely broke his past shadow of Drogba and high center.

Not only that, Thiago Silva also took advantage of a free kick in the first half and pushed David Silva's free kick into Chelsea's goal, 1:0!

After the two sides changed sides to fight again in the second half, Tottenham Hotspur's offensive continued unabated. After Ribery was injured, Gareth Bale returned to the starting lineup again. He launched another attack on Ferreira on the left , the Portuguese right-back was repeatedly broken by Gareth Bale, and there was nothing he could do.

In the end, Messi and Van Persie scored successively. Tottenham Hotspur defeated Chelsea 3-0 away and successfully scored three points!
When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, there was a deafening booing from the entire Stamford Bridge Stadium, making it impossible to tell who the booing was aimed at, Ye Qiu?Or Abramovich and Pini Zahavi sitting on the rostrum?
Perhaps, from the point of view of the power struggle, they won. They successfully forced Ye Qiu out of Stamford Bridge, but from the point of view of the team's interests, they lost. They lost completely and completely.

Every time he sees Ye Qiu and his Tottenham Hotspur, Abramovich feels like his face has been slapped, and every time he hears news about this team, he gets slapped , and even though more than two years had passed, he still felt the slap in the face was very painful.

Although he didn't want to admit it, he knew very well in his heart that he regretted the choice he made back then.

Sometimes the club owner chooses the head coach, just like a blind date.

There is always a rule in blind dates, that is, when you miss a person you thought was OK due to various reasons, then what awaits you is likely to be a long-term waste, the reason is very simple, you can't help being Mentally compare your current blind date with the one you missed in the past.

Everyone has more or less comparisons in their hearts, especially for a person with such a strong possessive desire like Abramovich, the comparisons are stronger than ordinary people, so he always has a feeling in his heart, that is To find a head coach who is better than Ye Qiu, not only to overwhelm Ye Qiu in terms of performance, but also to completely beat Ye Qiu in terms of team skills and tactics.

This is the requirement for Mourinho, the requirement for Grant is the same, and the requirement for Scolari is also the same. It is his character that has led him to go farther and farther on the road of coach selection , going further and further away.

Perhaps there is a sentence that can well describe Abramovich's current mood, what is missed is always the best!
But this is easy to say, but it is very difficult to see through this layer of fog.

And when he saw that Hiddink, who had been humiliated by his old enemy Ye Qiu with three goals in his first show, he had tried everything possible to invite him from the Russian Football Association, took the initiative to walk to the coaching area of ​​the visiting team after the game, and stood outside to talk to Ye Qiu During the exchange, he kept asking himself in his heart, "Will he be the most suitable head coach for the team?"

"What's it like to be double-job?"

When Abramovich asked himself in the chairman's stand, the two people he compared in his mind were chatting in the coach's command area of ​​the visiting team. The relationship between them should be traced back to when Arshavin was still in Tottenham When playing in the Tottenham team.

In the early years, the relationship between Hiddink and Ye Qiu was the same as that between Eindhoven and Ajax, but in the Premier League, Ye Qiu was able to accept Peter de Wiesel from Eindhoven, and he was able to forget the relationship with Eindhoven. The grievances between Gretz will naturally not hold grudges against Hiddink, and there is no grievance between him and Hiddink.

"That kind of feeling..." Hiddink put on a complex expression of helplessness and enjoyment, which can be said to be painful and happy, "...you won't understand!" After finishing speaking, he himself I couldn't help but laughed.

Ye Qiu shrugged and smiled, "Then you can continue to enjoy it!"

"This is not a good job, Gus!" As an old friend, Peter Dewissel had a closer relationship with Hiddink and spoke more directly.

"I understand, thank you Peter!" Hiddink nodded gratefully towards this old friend, "But sometimes, we are just like players, and there will always be times when we can't help ourselves!"

It is reported that one of the important reasons why Hiddink took over Chelsea is that half of his salary was paid by the Russian Football Association sponsored by Abramovich, so when Abramovich came forward to persuade the Football Association, he hoped It is very difficult for Dink to refuse an invitation from a rich Russian, and they have a very good relationship.

"Then I can only wish you good luck!" Ye Qiu smiled and stretched out his hand.

After shaking hands, the two returned to their locker rooms.

Ye Qiu has never doubted Hiddink's ability. Just like a saying in football circles, almost every head coach from the Netherlands is a tactical master and has very deep tactical knowledge, because the Netherlands has always They all pay attention to this aspect of research, so the Dutch coaches have high tactical literacy, and Ye Qiu himself is regarded as the Dutch coach.

And Hiddink is undoubtedly the best coach in the Netherlands, so there is absolutely no problem with his ability, but the current Chelsea team is obviously worse than the previous life. Hilario is not a reliable goalkeeper, which is Chelsea's biggest weakness.

Under the general environment, the rise of Tottenham Hotspur has made Chelsea more difficult than in the previous life. At least Hiddink suffered a disastrous defeat in the first game, although everyone knows that this has nothing to do with Hope. The matter of DINK is more or less a black start, and no one is sure about the future.

Defeating Chelsea 3:0 in an away game, Tottenham Hotspur finally tied all the Premier League teams in the number of games played, and they have achieved an impressive record of 25 wins, [-] draws and unbeaten in [-] rounds of the Premier League. It really amazed the entire Premier League, and even the whole of Europe.

With 65 points, Tottenham Hotspur successfully widened the points gap between themselves and Manchester United to six points, and returned to within the safety line. Ye Qiu was also relieved by this, but for the team. He couldn't feel the slightest slack about the problems that had arisen in the past period of time.

So, after the team finished playing against Chelsea, at noon the next day, Ye Qiu called the core coaching staff of the first team to his office for a meeting. The main content of the meeting was to readjust the team's skills and tactics.

With the ball and without the ball, this is a very contradictory opposite.

Ye Qiu once thought about a question by himself, what is the biggest difference between Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United during the treble-winning period?

Many people say that these two teams are actually very similar, because they both respect the ball very much and pay attention to fast and sharp offenses, and Manchester United had black winds and double evils in the frontcourt back then, while Tottenham Hotspur Now there is a trident in the frontcourt, all of which emphasize changing positions and pulling, and then let the midfielder behind him be responsible for passing the ball.

Ye Qiu also felt for a while, had his team found the most suitable style for him?
But as Ribery recovered from his injury, he was injured again, and Gareth Bale was more aggressive on the left. On the contrary, the small Messi and David Silva adapted very well. This made Ye Qiu gradually realize a problem.

Many people say that Messi scored more goals this season because of Franck Ribery's injury. In fact, they only see superficial factors.

Yes, Ribery is injured, the team needs someone to fill in the last kick, and Messi happens to fill this position, so he used to make the ball for his teammates after getting the ball to attract the attention of the defense, but now he It is to take the initiative to run the gap and let his teammates play for him. This transformation has led to Messi scoring more goals.

To put it simply, this transformation is the transformation from with the ball to without the ball, from the previous possession of the ball to the current movement.

David Silva is another type, that is, he combines very cleverly between with the ball and without the ball, that is, between ball control and movement. balance between the two aspects.

Too much without the ball is not a good thing, just like Cristiano Ronaldo, he used to be better with the ball than without the ball, but now he is almost completely biased towards without the ball, so his breakthrough with the ball has often lost his threat. On the one hand, this is because his body has become stronger, but on the other hand, it is also because of his long-term practice of playing without the ball, which makes his ability with the ball deteriorating.

A player's technical ability will keep changing. It doesn't mean that after you reach a certain height, it will always be fixed there. It will change. If you don't advance, you will fall back. If you use it frequently, it will become rusty and degenerate after a long time, and you will gradually forget it.

And having too many balls may not be a good thing, just like Ribery, although he also started to run without the ball last season, when he got the ball, he still likes to rush, although this maintains his Individual combat capability, but the chance of injury has increased.

With the ball and without the ball, it is not only the head coach's choice of the team, but also the players' use of their two abilities is difficult to achieve a balance, as if it is impossible for a player to get the ball like Robben After that, he kept breaking through, and at the same time, like Cristiano Ronaldo, he kept taking advantage of the gap to score goals.

Of course, it is very simple in theory, that is to make the best choice according to the situation on the field, to break through when you need to break through, and to take advantage of the gap when you need to take advantage of the gap to score goals, that would be perfect.

But this is only in theory. Whether it was Pele back then, Maradona later, Ronaldo, Zidane and others later, no one can achieve this perfect state. Otherwise, Maradona How did Dona and Ronaldo get hurt so badly?
Looking at the history of football, almost all stars who rely too much on their ability to have the ball are often injured. Maradona, Ronaldo, Robben, and even if Gareth Bale does not change his style of play, he will blindly take the ball on the left Strong sudden, sooner or later he will have something to do with injuries, it has nothing to do with whether you are physically strong or not.

Because, when the other party is forced to stop you with only aggression, you have become relatives with the injury.

"I also suggest that both Ribery and Messi reduce their personal breakthroughs appropriately, but in this way, we will become a big trouble when we encounter dense defense!" Mauro Tassotti also thinks that the team's style It needs to be adjusted, but once the scale is not properly adjusted, it is likely to cause problems for the team.

"Almost all teams now know that we are good at attacking. They will play defensive counterattacks when they meet us. Without enough individual breakthroughs to destroy the opponent's defense line, we will become helpless to break through the dense defense."

"And this change may lead to another problem. Van Persie's running and counter-attacking strength is not very strong. If we can't use the ball in the frontcourt to suppress the opponent's defense and create a strong threat, then our The control of the frontcourt will decrease, and the possibility of being hit by the opponent will be greater."

Tottenham Hotspur's high-post defense is still based on the frontcourt suppressing the opponent's defense. Once the frontcourt fails to suppress the opponent's defense, then the opponent will have more opportunities to attack your defense and move forward. The space left behind.

Listening to the coaching staff's analysis, Ye Qiu remained silent, but his brows were tightly knitted, because he knew very well that this was the attack power that Tottenham Hotspur wanted to further liberate the team. Reducing injuries to frontcourt attackers is another problem that must be overcome.

But adjusting the team's tactics is like a 100-meter sprint. For track and field athletes, if you want to run into 11 seconds, as long as you keep training, it is not very difficult, but if you want to run from 11 seconds to [-] seconds, the difficulty is I don’t know how many times better than before, and if you want to run from ten seconds to nine seconds, it is almost a threshold that countless track and field athletes will find difficult to cross in their lifetime.

This is the situation Tottenham Hotspur is currently encountering. With the formation of the tactical framework and the finalization of the overall technical and tactical style, the team will encounter more difficulties and difficulties in every subsequent adjustment.

But it won’t work if you don’t change, because in professional football, especially in top leagues like the Premier League, once your tactics are familiar to others, then congratulations, you will be restrained soon, and the situation will be different at that time. It is more severe than your initiative to seek change!

(End of this chapter)