Chapter 369: Weak team's goalkeeper

Although White Hart Lane looks a bit old from the outside, the stands are not very good, and the facilities are not perfect, the home team's dressing room is very high-end, and it can even be said that it is not inferior to any other team's home dressing room.

However, the visiting team's locker room is in a miserable state. It is so shabby that there is almost no extraneous gadgets to be found.

This is what all teams do. The home team’s locker room is always the best. Who cares about the visiting team’s locker room?

The walls of the home team's dressing room at White Hart Lane are all covered with wooden panels, with an integrated ceiling above. When you come in from the door, you will see the tactical board and formation board. In the middle of the two boards is a large TV with a multimedia control area next to it. , which is used by the head coach to explain tactics to the players in the locker room.

The decoration of the dressing room adopts an overall layout, all made of wooden boards. The wardrobes and lockers are also built-in style. A strip of white tiles will be sealed between the two adjacent wardrobes, reaching the ceiling to show that The difference is that above each wardrobe there is a stainless steel pendant similar to the one used to place towels and hang clothes in the bathroom.

Long before the players enter the locker room, their jerseys and shorts are hung in front of the locker by dedicated staff. After the players come in, they either rest or go to the back to wipe the sweat from their bodies, and then They all sat in front of their closets, and many of them were even naked.

The locker room is sacred and no one can enter or leave casually, so it is not uncommon to be naked in the locker room.

Ye Qiu followed the players into the locker room and looked at the round clock hanging on the wall, which showed the time.

"I believe everyone knows how to fight. I don't need to say more. I will emphasize one point now!"

After Ye Qiu walked in, he casually placed the notepad in his hand under the tactical board. He sat in front of the TV facing the players. He looked solemn, "I have to tell everyone, this will be a game." It’s a very difficult game because we are facing the best team in the Premier League!”

"Chelsea is a team with very rich experience in the game. They are very mature and stable. They don't have any major weaknesses or flaws, but this does not mean that they are invincible. As long as we play our rhythm, we have every hope of defeating them. But if we let them lead us, we have no chance of winning!"

Ye Qiu's words sounded loud in the silent locker room. All the players were sitting in front of their jerseys, raising their heads and listening quietly. Many people even chanted silently after Ye Qiu's words, obviously to remember , and remember it.

"Chelsea likes to play defensive counterattacks. When playing against a team like this, we must remain patient and not be impatient. It is easy to make mistakes when you are impatient. Their counterattacks are specifically launched when you make mistakes, so we must always maintain our spirit and Pay attention, but don’t be offended by them, don’t be affected by them.”

Ye Qiu repeatedly stressed that he should not lose patience or get angry.

Young players are a group that is difficult to control. Once they play smoothly or go crazy, they can score any score. They can accompany you in the attack for ninety minutes and do whatever they can to break the opponent's. The goal, but once they lose their patience and their rationality, the result will be that you will be very crushed.

And Ye Qiu had a hunch, especially today, he noticed that many players in the team were quite excited, especially when talking about what Mourinho said before the game, saying that he wanted to teach the Portuguese a lesson. , in terms of fighting spirit, this is a good thing, but if it is not grasped well, it may be a bad thing.

Isn't one of the purposes of Mourinho's words just to make you angry?

"Guys, all look at me, come on, all look at me!"

Ye Qiu walked to the middle of the locker room and waved to the players. Ruud van Nistelrooy did not play in this game. He played two games for the Dutch national team. Ye Qiu asked him to rest, so this Ye Qiu fucked Van Persie during a game.

When all the players focused their attention on himself, Ye Qiu looked at them and said word by word: "They will try every means to stimulate and provoke you during the game, but you must not be fooled. According to We play as we planned before the game, play our stuff, play our style, don’t be anxious, take your time, understand?”

"Understood!" The players nodded in agreement.

"Very good, don't panic if anything happens. Look to the sidelines, I'll be standing there!"

Tottenham Hotspur's starting lineup for this game is goalkeeper Petr Cech, defense line Arbeloa, Hangeland, Thiago Silva and Alves, and midfielder David Si, Mascherano and Cesc Fabregas, the front trident is Ribery, Van Persie and Messi.

Chelsea's starting lineup still adopts a 442 position. The goalkeeper is Cudicini, the defense is Ashley Cole, Carvalho, Terry and Ferreira. The midfield adopts a very strange position. The style of play is that Makelele is deep behind, Ballack and Deco are in the middle, and Lampard is forward, but his position is not fixed. Deco is basically responsible for organizing and sorting out, Ballack also frequently moves forward, and Shevchenko is the double forward. Coe and Drogba.

"How are they going to play without serious wingers?" Mauro Tassotti stood beside Ye Qiu. Seeing Chelsea setting up such a midfield, he frowned. Who is meeting him now? Chelsea found it difficult to handle.

"It's very simple, guard the center and attack the wings as you like!" Ye Qiu chuckled, but asked Roland to tell Messi to involve Ashley Cole more. The left back of England in this lineup will be Chelsea. One of the few wing attackers.

At the same time, he also told the team not to rush forward rashly. Looking at Chelsea's formation, it was clear that they were waving towards Tottenham Hotspur, as if they were telling the Tottenham players, come on, come on. , attack me!

But whoever attacks at this time will die!

That's why Ye Qiu said before the game that he must maintain enough patience in this game. This will be a battle of patience and will!

"Typical Mourinho style, never risk making mistakes in important games!" Ye Qiu snorted.

With the whistle of the referee Webb, Chelsea took the lead to win the kick-off. The ball was quickly passed back to the back line by Chelsea. Carvalho spotted the opportunity and directly passed the ball long to the front to find it. Drogba.

Hangeland does have the shortcomings of turning slowly and not being flexible enough, but his advantages are also very obvious, that is, he has strong frontal defense ability, excellent positioning and physical confrontation ability, and he is an aerial dominating central defender. , so it is not too difficult to deal with Drogba in a fixed area. He can firmly block the position and then head the ball to clear the ball.

The ball fell to the feet of Davis. Davis passed the ball to Fabregas, who passed the ball to the right. Messi got the ball on the right and was about to go forward. Ballack rushed out from the diagonal. , poked the ball directly out of bounds, foul ball!

Alves threw a throw-in, but it was not thrown to Fabregas, but to Messi. Then the Argentine knocked back, and Alves quickly dribbled the ball forward along the right sideline, but Alves Shri Cole chased back very quickly.

With an emergency stop, Alves opened a gap and rolled a half-high arc ball with his right foot, directly to the left side of the goal. Ribery quickly crossed into the penalty area from the right. He obviously wanted to grab this point, but Terry was more stable and blocked Ribery with his body until Cudicini struck out and got the ball.

The Frenchman's trip was in vain. He shook his head and sighed in disappointment. If his sprint speed could be faster and not interfered by Terry, as soon as the ball reaches his feet, it would at least create a threat, regardless of whether the opponent dares to foul or not. , facing Terry with his personal ability, the chance of getting a kick is still very high.

Tottenham Hotspur launched an attack with no effect, but they did not adopt the high defense and frontcourt pressing tactics of the past. Instead, when Chelsea was preparing to attack, they slowly retreated as a whole, obviously to let Chelsea attack.

This made Ye Qiu nod his head as he watched from the sidelines. This is how he plays when playing Chelsea. Don't be hasty and look for opportunities slowly.

Tottenham Hotspur fans at White Hart Lane are very worried about this game. Even if they have never doubted Ye Qiu's ability, Tottenham Hotspur's state has indeed been bad recently, and Chelsea has been the strongest team in the Premier League in the past few years, which invisibly puts pressure on players and fans.

But they still cheered for the team very hard in the stands, because if you really love a team, you won't care whether the team wins or loses, wins or loses, is at its trough or at its peak, love is love. , will not change because of these.

Those who shout support when they see the team playing well, seeing the team doing well, seeing the team buying superstars, that is not love!

"Both teams today seem to have no desire to actively attack. Whether it is Chelsea, which has an absolute advantage in strength, or Tottenham Hotspur, which is playing offensive football this season, they obviously have no desire to attack!" Sky TV's Commentator Andy Gray felt that such a game was not good to watch.

"But it's no wonder that Tottenham Hotspur are in poor form recently. Although Ye Qiu's team had a 5-0 victory, it was a massacre of newly promoted teams. They have played three games so far this season. , One win and two losses, this result really disappoints everyone at Tottenham Hotspur, including Ye Qiu!”

"In this case, if they lose against Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur's morale will undoubtedly drop to the bottom, and this team may even enter the relegation zone as others have said. ”

"As for Chelsea's approach, the reason why Mourinho's team was able to win the championship without any danger last season was due to stability. He rarely adopts too risky game strategies, so before the game , He will not act rashly before he understands Ye Qiu’s tactical ideas.”

While talking, Ballack got a chance. After getting the ball on the left side of the midfield, he directly kicked the pass. The ball passed through the middle of Thiago Silva and Hangland. Because of Drogba's pull, the distance between the central defenders was a bit wide. Ballack's through ball passed through the middle of them, and Shevchenko quickly started.

"Danger, Tottenham Hotspur!!!" the on-site commentator exclaimed.

All the Tottenham Hotspur fans in the audience couldn't help but stand up and let out a loud roar~~~~

But just when everyone's heart was about to jump out of their throats, they saw Cech suddenly abandon the goal and attack before Shevchenko. He fell down steadily and saved the ball, filling the gap between the two teammates. Loophole!

"Beautiful, Petr Cech's decisive attack defused a very threatening attack from Chelsea!!!"

In the voice of the on-site commentator, all Tottenham Hotspur fans gave Cech warm applause. The Czech stood up from the ground, gasping for breath. He took a few steps just now, but he It took all the strength of the whole body.

For the goalkeeper, the running distance may not be long, but the consumption in all aspects is no less than that of players in other positions, because the goalkeeper has to maintain a high level of concentration for 90 minutes in a game and stop moving. You have to move as fast as possible, which is also a huge loss of physical energy.

Ye Qiu was also watching with fear from the sidelines. Being at a disadvantage is like this. Once there is a loophole, it may be caught by the opponent. The loophole just now was obviously a problem of insufficient response between the two central defenders, which led to the distance between them being widened. .

Drogba, the center, is getting better and better. The most powerful thing about him is not his almost abnormal body. Simply speaking, in terms of physical strength, it is not that there are no people in the world who are taller and stronger than Drogba, but to Speaking of centre-backs, there are many who are stronger than him, but why can't he guard Drogba?

Because he is very diligent and is always actively running and looking for opportunities during the game, this makes his greatest tactical effect not just the frontcourt fulcrum, but his destruction of the opponent's defense, especially the two midfielders. The defender is definitely the most terrible torture, because you don't know where he will run next second or how he will attack.

Goalkeeper coach Frans Hoque didn't know when he ran behind the home team's goal. After Cech sent the ball, he spoke to the Czech, "The save just now was very exciting, but you should be more proactive! "

Cech looked forward, but listened carefully to Frans Hoque's opinions. Although he had only arrived at Tottenham Hotspur not long ago, he had some training from Frans Hoque. He admires his technique and understanding of the goalkeeper position, and he has also heard that Frans Hoque, Edwin van der Sar, Valdes, Reina, and even Real Madrid's Casillas have all been influenced by him. The profound influence of Frans Hoque, who is definitely a god-level figure in the field of goalkeeper coaching.

"What do you mean?" Cech asked, still looking ahead.

"You should have reminded Thiago Silva just now. After Hangeland was pulled away, you should have reminded him and Alves that the formation should retract and move to the left. As long as it remains compact, how can the opponent pass the ball? You can't even pass the ball into the penalty area!" said Frans Houck. What he is best at is directly mentioning players during the game.

"I understand!" Peter Cech stood on the spot and jumped a few times, nodding.

"Be bold and brave. He asked me to convey that the attack just now..." Frans Hawke gave a thumbs up.

Of course, Cech knew that Frans Houck was referring to Ye Qiu, so he smiled happily and nodded in agreement.

But less than two minutes after Frans Hoque left, Chelsea launched another attack, but this time they obviously failed to get a chance. Lampard directly took a long shot about 25 meters away from the goal.

This long-range shot came very suddenly. Although Cech responded, he was not sure to hold the ball. In the end, he had no choice but to lift the crossbar, giving Chelsea a chance for a corner kick.

Deco set up a corner kick, and there were many high points in the penalty area, while Cech was communicating with Hangeland and Thiago Silva. When Deco sent the ball into the penalty area, Cech judged that the landing point was in In the middle, he immediately shouted loudly: "I'm coming!!"

Then I saw the Czech quickly rushed out of the small penalty area, jumped high, grasped the ball with both hands, and directly intercepted the ball in mid-air. This decisive attack once again won the applause of the fans in the stadium.

Watching Cech rush out of the small penalty area like a god and pick the ball out of the air with his slender hands, Mourinho on the sidelines was really uncomfortable watching it, even if Cech was in Tottenham Hot. Spurs conceded a lot of goals, but that's because Tottenham Hotspur's defense performed poorly. In terms of goalkeeper strength, Cech is improving rapidly in almost every game.

This goalkeeper has an almost perfect body, with long and powerful arms. He is tall but flexible, has excellent positioning and anticipation, is calm-minded, and has extremely quick reactions. These are all must-haves for a top goalkeeper. , and Cech is the best in these aspects, and his game concentration is very high, which is even more rare.

Perhaps he was a little uncomfortable with Ye Qiu's high-post defense when he first arrived, but after the warm-up match and several Premier League games, his performance became increasingly better.

Soon, Chelsea launched another attack. Drogba suddenly pulled to the left to receive Ashley Cole's breakthrough pass. After getting the ball, he broke through the penalty area and passed the ball across the penalty area. Shevchenko was obviously stunned by Drogba's sudden pass. His lack of response to passing the ball caused him to be a little slow after quickly inserting it. He watched helplessly as the ball passed in front of him. He only had to stretch his foot to poke it in, but he missed it in vain.

The ball fell to the feet of Arbeloa, who directly made a big-footed clearance, but Terry quickly stepped in and headed the ball to Ballack. Ballack blocked Cesc Fabregas with his body, stopped the ball, turned around, and hit it again. A sudden long shot, a shot that was almost like a cannonball.

This time Cech reacted faster, stood firmly in his position, faced the incoming ball, hugged the ball directly, threw himself on the grass in the small penalty area, and withstood the powerful volley.

This immediately won the Czech goalkeeper applause, but Andy Gray was not optimistic about this situation. He thought that this was caused by Tottenham Hotspur becoming more and more passive, because the goalkeeper's outstanding performance often means that the team is in a passive state.

Isn't there a saying?

Weak teams use goalkeepers, that's the reason!