The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 573

When Victor Kasai blew the whistle for the end of the game, the entire Camp Nou stadium became completely dead.

Nearly [-] Barcelona fans sat in the stands. Under their feet and beside them, there were hidden props that were originally prepared to celebrate the team's reversal of Tottenham Hotspur and their promotion to the semi-finals of the Champions League. But obviously, these things are useless now, so many people threw these props off the stands as if venting their anger.

Just like they used pig heads to throw Figo back then, now they use these props to throw Tottenham Hotspur and the damn Chinese, but they also want to smash this group of unsatisfactory players to death.

1:2, the scoreboard shows the final result of the game, and also shows the total score of the two rounds, 1:4.

This represents a cruel fact, that is, Barcelona finally stopped in the quarter-finals and was eliminated from the Champions League by Tottenham Hotspur. The season that the fans had placed high hopes on finally failed.

Yes, for Barcelona, ​​failing to win the Champions League, or in other words, not being able to show enough competitiveness in the Champions League, means failure, especially after introducing Mascherano, Van Persie, Alek After Sith Sanchez and other players, the team's performance still hasn't improved much. This is definitely a failure.

Tottenham Hotspur players are celebrating their promotion to the semi-finals. Among the Tottenham Hotspur players wearing white jerseys, there are Cesc Fabregas, Messi, and David Silva. There are Ribery and Thiago Silva. These are all players who have rumors with Barcelona, ​​but they are just rumors.

Everyone knows that if you want to poach players from Tottenham Hotspur, especially those players who have proven themselves on all fronts, it is impossible not to pay a high enough price , and at the moment when the transfer market bubble is getting bigger and bigger, even Barcelona does not have enough funds to operate such an astonishingly high-priced transfer.

Mascherano, Van Persie, Deco, Abidal and other old courtiers of Ye Qiu, after the game, one after another, went to Ye Qiu to congratulate him on getting the promotion right, although they are all wearing Barcelona now. jerseys, but after the game, they can also represent themselves and congratulate their former mentors.

Losing is a sad thing, but some things are more important than winning or losing a game.

It's like Harvey and Iniesta, even if they lose, they still congratulate Fabregas and Messi.

Both goals came from Messi. The second goal occurred in the No.708 minute. At that time, Barcelona's physical energy was almost exhausted. In the case of excessive physical energy consumption, their defense was not enough. A mistake was avoided. When organizing the defense, the Argentine was missed. As a result, Messi got another chance to be unguarded.

In terms of the ability to seize opportunities, Messi will not lose to anyone, so in the face of this kind of unguarded opportunity in the penalty area, he will not let it miss from his feet, even if this time he is facing His old club Barcelona.

"Congratulations!" Guardiola, as the host, walked up despite his reluctance to lose.

"Thank you!" Ye Qiu shook hands with him.

In fact, Guardiola's ability to design a tactical framework is still very good, especially his familiarity with Barcelona's tactical system. He is indeed very good in the overall situation, but he also has his own flaws in some specific details, such as On-the-spot command, and he took the selection of players a bit too much for granted.

In the previous life, Guardiola introduced Ibrahimovic, gave up Eto'o, and even sacrificed a great deal of the club's interests. In the end, Ibrahimovic proved to be a failure. A big example.

And now, although the introduction of Van Persie proved to be successful, the core problem of Barcelona is not just in the frontcourt, because in Ye Qiu's view, Barcelona's entire tactical system is actually born out of the 433 of Ajax in the Netherlands. The difference in the tactical system is that they place more emphasis on possession of the ball.

It can be said that the biggest ideological conflict between Cruyff and Dutch football lies in the amount of possession of the ball. The former is obsessed with possession of the ball, while the latter is more inclined to winger tactics. Of course, there are more or less differences between the two. Paranoid, however, they are both very wide-focused.

When Ye Qiu took over the first team of Ajax, he once said that the glory of Ajax in the 90s under Van Gaal, and it can even be said that the glory of Ajax and even the history of Dutch football cannot be separated from the side. , Whether it is a winger or a full-back, the same is true.

If we expand it further, the success of any powerful team in the world is inseparable from the wing. Cafu and Carlos of the Brazilian national team, Mauro Tassotti and Maldini of the AC Milan dynasty, All of them.

So when Ye Qiu took over Ajax, the first thing he did was to improve the flanks, bring in winger Arjen Robben, and at the same time bring in full-backs Maicon and Abidal. After arriving at Chelsea, Ye Qiu did the same thing. sidewalk.

In the 433 tactic, the wing is a crucial part, especially the full back, because the 433 tactic has too strict requirements on the wing, and the 433 tactic requires the wing attack, which makes the 433 tactic's side Lu must adopt a full-back who has strong assisting ability, fast speed, and can echo with the frontcourt winger.

Don't blindly think that Ye Qiu trusts Alves and Marcelo, thinks that he favors Brazilian players, or likes assisting full-backs. Spurs' offense would drop more than a notch.

Of course, Ye Qiu doesn't mean that the side lanes are more important than the middle lane, because he has always emphasized the combination of the side lanes and the middle lane.

Barcelona's previous problem was getting the ball in the frontcourt. With Eto'o, the introduction of a ball-handler would have a chance to solve this problem. For example, David Silva, who is called Ronaldi Neo's natural successor, but Guardiola doesn't like Eto'o, so he introduced Van Persie and strengthened two wingers at the same time, which is fine.

However, the problem of full-backs has never been resolved. Puyol and Abidal are both offensive and defensive in theory, but in fact, they are both types of full-backs who are stronger in defense than offense, which makes their attacking It exists more as a support point, as a back row support point, and there is no way to insert directly to the front like Marcelo or Alves, or even cut inside and rush into the penalty area.

In other words, as full-backs, Puyol and Abidal can do a good job defensively, but their contribution on the offensive end is only to limit and respond to ball possession. In a threatening offensive routine, it is difficult to appear. their silhouette.

The most obvious feature is that when the team scored the first goal, Ribery took the ball and cut inside, and Marcelo dared to go back directly, and took the ball to attack Barcelona's defense. The convenience can ensure that Marcelo can directly attack the opponent's weakest link, and the result is to completely disrupt the opponent's defense line.

But such a style of play is impossible for Puyol and Abidal.

Thinking of this, Ye Qiu couldn't help smiling, because he found something very interesting, that is, Barcelona and Arsenal, both teams have a clear preference for possession tactics, but there are two completely opposite teams. shortcoming.

Barcelona's weakness is on the wing, but Arsenal is just the opposite. Arsenal's wing not only has good players such as Clichy, Sagna, Nasri, Walcott, etc., but also has a very good wing attack ability. Theo Walcott was very eye-catching this season, but the problem is that Arsenal lacks a center, especially a top center.

After Adebayor left the team, Arsenal lost their frontcourt fulcrum this season, but did not have proper signings, so that the Gunners' performance this season has always been difficult to challenge the top three in the league. Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea and Manchester United.

Of course, relying on the advantages accumulated over the past years and the team's mature system, Arsenal can still secure fourth place in the league and advance to the Champions League next season.

In the two rounds against Barcelona, ​​Ye Qiu adopted similar defensive counterattack tactics, not only because the team was in poor condition, but also because he wanted to get a confirmation, that is, the team's defensive tactics Whether the system has enough strength to contain Barcelona and Arsenal, two teams with obvious flaws and weaknesses.

The final result is quite satisfying!
Tottenham Hotspur defeated Barcelona 2:1 away and eliminated the La Liga giants with a total score of 4:1. Successively decided the outcome.

The first is the match between Manchester United and Bayern Munich, who are also in the top half with Tottenham Hotspur.

Ferguson's team has indeed performed better and better in recent times, especially after the team's entire offensive and defensive system has become more and more in place. After Ferguson's team lost 1:2 to Bayern Munich in the away game, they returned At the Old Trafford Stadium, Manchester United's physical fitness and state were more ideal due to the intentional retention of strength in the league last weekend. They defeated the visiting Bayern Munich 3:1 at home and finally defeated Bayern Munich with a total score of 4:3. The Bundesliga banba was eliminated from the Champions League.

Van Gaal's team is known for its offensive ability, which is also a typical Van Gaal characteristic, so from the perspective of picking opponents, Ye Qiu prefers to meet Van Gaal, but it turns out that his recent luck has been terrible, and in the end he even Met Manchester United.

Ferguson knows all about Tottenham Hotspur, and he is very mature in his running-in with this team. In the Champions League knockout round, he has eliminated giant teams like AC Milan and Bayern Munich. Manchester United's combat effectiveness can be seen .

Or it should be said that Tottenham Hotspur can maintain such a huge lead in the league. One of the very important reasons why Manchester United decided to give up the league early is that Manchester United lost too many points in the first half. There are so many that they can't catch up now, so Ferguson made such a strategic choice.

But it is also because Ferguson decided to give up the league, so he will do his best in the Champions League. In Ferguson's words, this year may be the season he is most likely to win the Champions League. This is not only because of the team The central and frontcourt are running in well, also because the two central defenders on the back line are still at their peak.

At present, Manchester United is also working hard to cultivate Vidic and Ferdinand's successors, such as Evans, but the progress has not been very good. It is foreseeable that with the increase of the age of the two central defenders, the competitive state will definitely decline. At that time, Manchester United's central defender will definitely have another twists and turns. If you want to win the Champions League again, it will be very difficult.

Therefore, it is indeed a very wise choice to take advantage of the maturity and stability of the two central defenders to strive for the Champions League.

But for Tottenham Hotspur, it is indeed very unfavorable to touch Manchester United, especially the schedule of home first and away.

On the contrary, Mourinho, this kid is lucky now. Although Inter Milan's performance this season is not very satisfactory, especially in the goalkeeper position, after selling Cesar, there is no strong supplement. Missing Lucio and Sneijder this season, neither Carvalho nor Lampard that Mourinho wanted came, which directly led to Inter Milan's poor combat effectiveness.

However, after defeating Chelsea in the round of [-], Inter Milan easily defeated CSKA Moscow in the round of [-], and faced Lyon in the semi-finals. It can be said that Inter Milan successfully advanced to the final, almost without There is so much suspense, and everyone feels that as long as Tottenham Hotspur beat Manchester United again, the three consecutive Champions League titles will not be a dream, because with the strength of Tottenham Hotspur, it is almost impossible to reach the final and beat Inter Milan. suspense.

Returning from Barcelona to London, the whole city began to enter the football atmosphere of the North London Derby.

Ever since Ye Qiu acquired Tottenham Hotspur, this north London team has shown a reborn performance. In the past few years, Tottenham Hotspur not only achieved outstanding results, but also the team's tactics. The style and style are also very pleasing. Together with Arsenal, they are the two most gorgeous teams in the Premier League.

Because of this, every North London derby has attracted the attention of countless fans.

At the beginning of the season, in the No.11 round of the Premier League, Tottenham Hotspur challenged Arsenal away. Applause to this arch-enemy team, which was seen by countless Gunners as a great shame.

But what makes Arsenal and Wenger even more embarrassing is that from the beginning to the end of this season, Arsenal has not shown even the slightest sign of winning the championship. Their goal from beginning to end is just to compete for the Champions League Qualifications are the exact opposite of ambitious Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea and Manchester United.

This dissatisfied the Gunners fans and put huge pressure on both Arsenal management and Wenger.

The current Premier League is not the era of oligarchs when Arsenal and Manchester United, or even joined a team of Chelsea. Today's Premier League is an era of heroes competing and heroes rising together.

I didn’t see Liverpool’s poor performance this season, the team lacked combat effectiveness, and their results immediately plummeted, directly falling to sixth in the league. It is no longer possible to have hope of returning to the Champions League qualification zone, and Benitez dismissed get out of class after the season There won't be much suspense either.

Arsenal's situation is not much better than Liverpool's. In front of them, strong enemies such as Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea and Manchester United are blocking them like mountains, and behind them are Manchester City, West Ham United and Aston Villa. The vulgar pursuers are chasing after them like hungry wolves, and Arsenal's situation can be described as extremely dangerous.

If it is in other teams, Wenger will definitely try to ask the board of directors for additional investment, at least to introduce a powerful center to further strengthen the team's offensive power, but it is a pity that in the current Arsenal, there is no There is no possibility of big signings, especially the center forward.

The most popular center in today's football is Tottenham's Falcao, Barcelona's Robin van Persie, Inter Milan's Ibrahimovic, Chelsea's Drogba, or Liverpool's Torres, but these few It is very difficult to introduce a famous center forward or a scorer, and the transfer fee is beyond Arsenal's expectations.

In addition to these top forwards, Wolfsburg's Bosnian center Edin Dzeko, who has risen strongly in the past two seasons, is also very good, but the problem is that this center is currently being watched by many wealthy teams. To introduce this Bosnian center forward from Wolfsburg, it is impossible to make a deal without a transfer fee of more than 2000 million euros.

And 2000 million, this is almost an impossible number for Arsenal.

Many people like to scold Wenger, and many Gunners fans blame Wenger for the team's decline. Some members of the board of directors even stood up and said that the Gunners are not without money, because in the past five years, the team has changed from transfer to Wenger. Net profit of nearly 5000 million euros in the market.

Every time he sees such remarks, Wenger has an urge to scold his mother, because he really wants to ask this stupid guy who can't even read the financial statements to see if he knows that every year the team wins How much will Bury Square's real estate project pay off its liabilities?

3000 million euros, for a period of five years, that happened to be the money earned in the transfer market, all invested in real estate projects, and what is even more sad is that this real estate project costing hundreds of millions of pounds, so far Come on, it's still a bottomless pit, and all this comes from a decision made by some managers!
Without this real estate project, Arsenal would not need to earn the transfer fee difference of 5000 million euros, nor would they need to spend every year without funds to invest in the transfer market. At the Emirates Stadium, the matchday revenue increased by 500 million euros in the first year, and has been increasing year by year.

Without that damn real estate project, Arsenal can now spend a lot of money without worrying about financial problems at all.

But everything in this world doesn’t believe in ifs or assumptions, so now Wenger can only use the only resources in his hands and use his existing abilities to try his best to help this team out of adversity and keep the Premier League The status of a powerful team is the only thing he can do.

And sometimes, especially when he sees that others are lavishly signing in, he even has a sense of anticipation, wishing that a local rich boss will fall from the sky and give him an innumerable amount of money. Let him spend unscrupulously!

I believe this is not only Wenger's dream, but also the dream of countless head coaches!
(End of this chapter)