The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 562 The Temptation That Can't Be Refused

In this world, no one is perfect, including Ye Qiu!

In the eyes of many fans and reporters who don't like Ye Qiu, Ye Qiu has a lot of shortcomings, but it certainly doesn't include breaking his promise.

On the contrary, whether it is in the field of football or in the field of business, Ye Qiu's word of mouth is well known all over the world, so many times when facing the media, he either does not speak, but as long as he speaks, under normal circumstances you There is no need to doubt the authenticity, of course, jokes and exceptions when dealing with player transfers.

For example, before selling Gareth Bale, Van Persie, Vargas and others, Ye Qiu said in an interview with the media that these players were not for sale, but in fact, everyone knew that they all transferred in the end , It's just that Tottenham Hotspur got a huge transfer return.

But there was one situation where Ye Qiu would definitely not joke around, and that was the player match arrangement!

As early as a week ago, Ye Qiu shouted that the team's starting lineup would not be changed, and young and substitute players would continue to play in the second round of the League Cup semi-final. Everyone was in an uproar, not just the outside fans and the media. Surprised, even all the young players in the team were extremely surprised, because this is a crucial battle!
But the final result was that Ye Qiu fulfilled his promise once again.

Joe Hart in goal, Coentrao, Nastasic, Varane and Kyle Walker in defense, Aaron Ramsey, Phil Jones and Pogba in midfield, and Egypt in front. Don Hazard, Cavani and Beckham.

Compared with Tottenham Hotspur's extremely young starting lineup, Manchester City's lineup is star-studded. The goalkeeper is Given, and the defense line is Lescott, Hangeland, Micah Richards And Zabaleta, Gareth Barry, De Jong and Modric in the midfield, Robinho, Adebayor and Wright Phillips in the frontcourt.

At first glance, Manchester City's strength is indeed higher than that of Tottenham Hotspur's second-team lineup, but football will never rely on just one lineup. After all, Manchester City's lineup has just been played. Having played in the league, plus this group of young players from Tottenham Hotspur is not completely immune to resistance.

However, from the beginning of the game, it was indeed Manchester City who had an overwhelming advantage and took the lead in launching a fierce attack.

Robinho, who has been frequently rumored to be leaving the team recently, took the lead in forming a breakthrough with the ball on the left, and he easily ate Kyle Walker in a one-on-one situation. When crossing, Varane blocked Adebayor with his body and cleared the ball out of the baseline.

Then Manchester City's corner kick was pushed out of the penalty area by Nastasic and failed to pose a threat.

However, Manchester City was obviously not willing to let it go, and immediately made a comeback. This time, Robinho made a quick breakthrough on the left, but with a cunning fake move, after deceiving Kyle Walker, he suddenly cut inside and picked a pass After the second point, Adebayor stuck the position very well this time, suppressed Nastasic with his body, and scored with a header.

Facing the incoming ball, Joe Hart made a very surprising flying save and bravely saved the ball. For this reason, the native English teenager won a warm cheer from the Tottenham Hotspur fans in the audience. .

Although, in the past period of time, Joe Hart's performance has been good or bad, and it is difficult to shake the main position of Cech, the world's number one goalkeeper, but the performance and progress of this native England teenager are still seen by the fans It has also attracted more and more attention. This time, he bravely saved Adebayor's header, which is worthy of recognition.

Perhaps because of Manchester City's sharp attack on the left, especially Robinho's active performance on the left, the Brazilian seems to want to vent his depression in Manchester City on Tottenham Hotspur. Ye Qiu immediately made adjustments, and Beckham's position was appropriately withdrawn to help defend Kyle Walker.

The England teenager is very fast, has a strong impact, and is good at his feet, but his defense is a bit unreliable.

But Tottenham Hotspur has a very obvious characteristic, that is, panic and not panic, especially this group of young players in the team, each of them is obviously full of fighting spirit, obviously because of Ye Qiu's words before the game , and the trust that the head coach still maintains in them at this critical moment, they all held their breath to prove their strength.

This is the advantage of young players. It is easy to change with the ups and downs of emotions. The key depends on how you guide them.

Tottenham Hotspur's first threatening attack occurred in the 5th minute. Manchester City attacked twice in a row. After being suppressed for 5 minutes, Tottenham Hotspur quickly launched a threatening attack. After Beckham took the ball from the right, he made a precise diagonal pass and transferred it. Cavani rushed offside to the left side of Manchester City's penalty area. After stopping the ball, he passed the small penalty area, but then inserted Bo Geba failed to get a chance from Given's hands, and the Manchester City goalkeeper quickly hugged the ball to defuse Tottenham Hotspur's attack.

But the two sides played very openly, Manchester City has the advantage in terms of strength, and Mancini's abacus is also very loud, that is to use the aggressive attack after the start to completely suppress the arrogance of this group of young brats. Like the City Stadium a week ago, this group of young players who overwhelmed Tottenham Hotspur completely lost their fighting spirit.

What is somewhat surprising is that Ye Qiu is also very open in this game. Although they are both the second team and their strength is not as good as that of Manchester City, Tottenham Hotspur still insist on the offensive tactics. Fighting against each other, there is no trick at all, it is a direct confrontation between you and me.

Soon, the first wave of offensive had just been resolved, and Tottenham Hotspur came to the second wave of offensive. When Hazzard broke through Zabaleta quickly on the left, he caused a foul by Zabaleta. Toth Nam Tottenham got a chance to set the ball in the frontcourt.

Beckham personally took the penalty, and the placement was excellent, but Hangeland firmly controlled the high ball advantage. The former Tottenham Hotspur central defender faced his old club and a group of juniors who were younger than him. , obviously showing no mercy, he steadily cleared Beckham's free kick out of the penalty area, and after Pogba outside the penalty area got the ball, he shot directly, high!
After Tottenham Hotspur attacked for a while, Manchester City quickly changed their colors. Robinho, who was still very excited in this game, played on the left side. Three successful dribbles past Kyle Walker, but three successful dribbles only resulted in a corner as Tottenham were heavy in the middle.

But Manchester City's strength advantage is still very clear. They started to control the game very well, and in the first 10 minutes, they won a total of [-] corner kicks, which made Tottenham a little passive on the scene. Qiu even had to pull Beckham back to participate in the team's defense on the right.

Everyone watched the game with trepidation, and the fans at White Hart Lane, which was full due to the low ticket price of the cup match, also watched with trepidation. I believe that quite a few fans are praying in their hearts, hoping The team can get rid of the suppression of Manchester City and find the magic weapon to defeat the enemy as soon as possible.

I believe that many people secretly criticize Ye Qiu's decision in their hearts, especially for him in such an important semi-final, continue to insist on adopting the strategy of starting young players. After all, no matter how strong young people are, it is difficult for them to fight against Manchester City. This group of powerful stars, like Nastasic, performed very well, but facing Adebayor, he is still at an absolute disadvantage.

Tottenham Hotspur was passive on the scene, but the defense was well organized. With Beckham's retreat on the right, the defense was strengthened, while Pogba and Phil Jones also defended very tightly in the center. Coupled with Coentraon on the left, Ramsey assisting in the defense in the midfield, and Cavani running and pressing at the front, Tottenham's defense is fairly stable.

But everyone was not used to it, because Tottenham Hotspur had been playing against others all along. When did you see Ye Qiu's team being beaten by others?
Don't look at Manchester City pressing hard and playing hard, but in fact, they did not create many threatening offenses. The many corner kicks are a strong proof that they lack effective penalty area lethality.

2010 was the year of the African Cup of Nations. Yaya Toure of Tottenham Hotspur, Kolo Toure and Adebayor of Manchester City all participated in the African Cup of Africa. The difference is that Adebayor The Bayeux group stage was not finished. The Togo team was attacked by machine guns in Angola, killing three people, and the Togo team also ended the Africa Cup of Nations ahead of schedule.

Perhaps because of this life-and-death violence, although Adebayor was not injured in the machine gun attack, this round of shock obviously affected his state. Although he scored twice in the first round of the game, And he has an advantage in the competition with Tottenham Hotspur's young players, but overall, his performance is not ideal.

And this unsatisfactory situation continued into the second round of the game. When Tottenham Hotspur assembled a heavy force in the middle, Manchester City has never been able to find an effective way to break through Tottenham Hotspur's defense. Robinho took the ball on the left, but this was also curbed as Beckham retreated.

In the end, the two sides had an absolute advantage in the first half with Manchester City, but they were unable to break through the Tottenham Hotspur goal.

"Everyone did a very, very good first half!"

During the halftime break, as soon as he walked into the locker room, Ye Qiu immediately praised the team's starting lineup. It was obvious that he had no intention of adjusting the team's tactics or player lineup during the halftime break. This also reassured many players who were still a little uneasy.

To be honest, young players hope to get more games and performance opportunities, and many of them performed poorly in this game, such as Ramsey, but this is also a common problem of young players, and it is difficult to maintain their state. time keeping.

"I am satisfied with everyone's performance in the first half. I know that many of you may be disappointed by the situation in the first half, but what I want to tell you is that we did not play badly in the first half. Because we must clearly see that Manchester City is indeed a very capable team, which cannot be denied!"

"But I also want to tell you one thing, that is, judging from the performance in the first half, we definitely have the strength to challenge and even beat Manchester City, and I also believe that at this moment, all of you hope to beat this powerful team." opponents, I, like you, hope to use the performance of this game to prove one thing and prove it to everyone."

"Anyone who can wear a Tottenham Hotspur jersey will not throw in the towel or be defeated easily, even if we are facing a team far superior to us, even if we are at an absolute disadvantage. , but we will not be defeated!"

Ye Qiu's words won the approval of many players. At least since the miracle of the Champions League final reversal at the Luzhniki Stadium, blood and passion have become a part of Tottenham Hotspur football , That classic game has also become a classic theme for countless Tottenham Hotspur players and fans to motivate themselves.

"Guys, 0:0 in the first half, we are 1:2 behind Manchester City on aggregate, but we still have hope, as long as we get rid of Manchester City in the second half, we can enter the final, and you, will appear on February 2 At Wembley Stadium in west London, you will have the opportunity to win the first championship trophy that you have used your strength to fight for in your career, even if it is only the League Cup, but can you refuse such a temptation? "

"cannot!"

"Can't refuse!"

"Absolutely not!"

Players began to respond to Ye Qiu, and then more and more people spoke out. After all, they were still so young, and Ye Qiu's words were a promise. As long as they beat Manchester City, they would appear in the starting lineup at Wembley Stadium. The people here are still young players like them.

Who can resist such a temptation?Who can resist the attraction of the championship trophy?

The answer is, no!

But it is definitely not an easy task to beat Manchester City. Ye Qiu focused on one player, Micah Richards.

Côte d'Ivoire is still playing in the Africa Cup of Nations, so neither Kolo Toure nor Yaya Toure has returned to the team. The former is Manchester City's main central defender and Hangeland's right-hand man. When he is absent, Mancini will use Young Micah Richards instead, but with an unreliable Zabaleta on the right and a young Micah Richards at right centre-back, this is a link that Tottenham could exploit, But it didn't do enough in the first half.

After kick-off in the second half, Manchester City still actively played on their left. At the same time, as Tottenham Hotspur maintained a compact and retracted defensive posture with three lines, Manchester City began to press up and frequently created threats.

No. 406 minutes, not long after the start of the game, Gareth Barry passed the ball to Robinho, the latter got a chance to hit the goal from a small angle in the penalty area, but Joe Hart stuck the position very steadily, Pounce the ball.

Although the defense this time is only the goalkeeper's job, which is quite satisfactory, Joe Hart's performance still won the affirmation and cheers of the Tottenham Hotspur fans in the audience. I believe that after this game, all fans will get to know each other again Joe Hart.

But 1 minute later, Manchester City made another attack. Wright Phillips tried to break through Coentrao on the right, but failed. The Portuguese intercepted the ball and passed it to Ramsey, but when the latter turned around, Germany Rong appeared behind him, fouled the tackle and was warned by the referee, but interrupted Tottenham's counterattack.

At least in terms of game experience and the use of rules, Manchester City's players are still more mature.

The counterattack rhythm was interrupted, Tottenham Hotspur fell into the oppression of Manchester City again, a free kick was taken, Hangeland headed back to the midfield, Manchester City reorganized the offensive, and soon it was on the left Lu won a corner.

Looking at the first few minutes of the second half, Ye Qiu realized that Mancini consciously wanted to open the right flank. With Adebayor's condition not very good, it would be difficult for Manchester City's offense to rely solely on Robinho on the left flank. It is also difficult to form a threat if it is spread out. In this case, it is necessary to activate Wright Phillips on the right.

However, Ye Qiu also guarded against this move during the intermission. Coentraon and Ramsey both paid great attention to the defensive protection on the left side. Very good, conscientiously carrying out the tasks arranged by Ye Qiu.

In this case, the right side cannot play, so they can only continue to return to the left side, and returning to the left side is tantamount to returning to the rhythm of the first half, and this is precisely what Tottenham Hotspur are already familiar with. I am used to the rhythm, and the team's defense has accumulated enough experience to deal with Manchester City's left offensive, and there is no problem with adapting.

In this case, Tottenham Hotspur have the strength to withstand the pressure of Manchester City's offense and play their own counterattack!
It was precisely this corner kick won by Robinho on the left. Manchester City chose a tactical corner kick. After a quick kick, Gareth Barry responded and passed a low pass to the penalty area, but Varane headed the ball to Baker outside the penalty area. Ham.

After the Englishman stopped the ball with his chest, there was no one around to defend him. He turned around without the slightest hesitation. With the mentality of trying and clearing with a big foot, he made a precise long pass and kicked the ball directly from the front of the penalty area. go out.

The ball drew an arc in mid-air, and in the stadium below, the Tottenham Hotspur players in white jerseys were rushing forward quickly, with Cavani at the forefront.

The Uruguayan is tall and not weak in stature, and his flexibility and starting ability are indeed not what he is good at, so it is difficult for him to perform well in a narrow range, but once he is given enough space to charge up, then this The guy is a heavy armored tank. The combination of inertia and speed makes him very fast and very impactful.

While Cavani rushed in front, Hazard, Ramsey, Pogba and others followed closely behind. Tottenham Hotspur's counterattack was very fast, and because of Manchester City's penalty corner kick, Han Grande, Micah Richards and others all rushed into Tottenham Hotspur's penalty area, and now they retreat, it is obviously too late.

(End of this chapter)