Chapter 378 Innocent People

"Huddlestone passed the ball to Fabregas on the right. Fabregas stopped the ball and passed it diagonally to Messi on the right."

"Messi has it, stop the ball, bring it inside, go in, pass it directly behind, Ruud Ruud... Ruud Ruud"

"The ball went in!!!"

"Beautiful! In the 31st minute, Tottenham Hotspur completed a beautiful cooperation. Messi dribbled the ball in from the right and then passed it behind him. Ruud van Nistelrooy stepped in front of the goal to grab the ball and opened the scoring for Tottenham Hotspur. 1:0!”

"Messi is getting the ball on the right again. Charlton needs to be careful. Messi is very threatening on the right. He just assisted Ruud van Nistelrooy to score two minutes ago. This time, he has to be careful. Hey, Alves is behind It was very fast and Messi passed the ball to the baseline.”

"Alves quickly stepped in, got the ball before defensive player Luke Young, and made a pass from the baseline."

"The Charlton centre-back headed the ball out of the penalty area. Alves's landing point was too positive and he should have passed the ball more cleverly."

"Oops, Ribery got the ball, he just kicked it off and the ball went in!!!"

"In the 33rd minute, less than two minutes after the goal, Ribery, who had not performed well in the first half, suddenly ran to the front of the penalty area and stopped the ball with a long shot. , penetrated Carson's goal, and further changed the score to 2:0! "

"Tottenham Hotspur swept away the depression of losing to Arsenal in an away game a week ago. The players were very active in this game. Whether it was the attack and support on the left and right wings or in the center, they did a very good job. Especially the connection between the three lines of the team almost forced Charlton to play in the half! "

"Very beautiful! We saw that Tottenham Hotspur's performance in the first half was really exciting, especially their tidal attack and skillful combination of passing and receiving, which brought great benefits to Charlton's defense. A huge amount of pressure.”

"And we saw that after Tottenham took a 2:0 lead, they still showed no signs of relaxing their offensive. They were still launching a fierce attack on Charlton's goal. Let's see if they can continue to make progress. ball."

"After the start of the second half, Charlton obviously strengthened its defense on the wings, especially on the two wings."

"Ribery took the ball from the left, had a chance, broke through quickly, and made a cross. Ruud van Nistelrooy's header flew behind him. Cesc Fabregas stepped in from behind. The ball went in, and the ball went in again!!!"

"In the 53rd minute, Tottenham Hotspur scored again. Franck Ribery passed in from the left. Van Nistelrooy headed the ball in the penalty area. Fabregas stepped in and volleyed the ball directly. Hit the net again, 3:0!”

"This time Tottenham obviously played crazy. Charlton was completely suppressed and had no power to fight back!"

"It's the wing again, Luke Young faces Messi, one-on-one, breakthrough, Messi breaks through Luke Young and crosses!"

"Ruud, the ball went in!!!"

"Oh my God, in the 65th minute, Van Nistelrooy received a cross from Messi's left foot in the penalty area. He stopped the ball before the central defender and then stabbed the ball. He once again broke through Charlton's goal. This is also Charlton’s fourth goal of the game!”

"We can see that the Tottenham Hotspur players look very excited. They definitely have reason to be proud of their wonderful performance in this game. They completely suppressed Charlton in the half. , completely dominated this game!”

"Carson made a big-footed clearance, Hangeland stepped in quickly, and headed the ball to Mascherano. The Argentinian passed it to Huddlestone and shot a long shot!!!"

"Beautiful! Carson made a great contribution! A very wonderful flying save. Carson saved Huddlestone's wonderful long shot!"

"The ball is out of hand, Ruud van Nistelrooy, the ball is in!!!!"

"Ruud, it's Van Nistelrooy again, the third goal of the game, Van Nistelrooy has a hat trick!"

"We simply can't believe that this Dutch forward, who was just kicked out of Manchester United by Ferguson this season, has continued to lead the Premier League scorer list so far this season, and in this game he once again scored a hat-trick , this is also his second hat trick this season!”

I saw in the game footage that Ruud van Nistelrooy quickly rushed out of the stadium, opened his arms, rushed under the stands of White Hart Lane, and waved to the Tottenham Hotspur fans in the stands. arms, venting the excitement and excitement after scoring, then turned around and hugged his teammates one by one.

"This is Ruud van Nistelrooy's 17th goal this season. He has scored 17 goals in 17 rounds. This list of results puts Van Nistelrooy far ahead of the Premier League. We can all see that his competitive form is very, very good. I believe Manchester United fans must be very regretful now because they let go of one of the world's top scorers but brought in Berbatov!"

When Ye Qiu saw the players celebrating the goals on the sidelines, he was also very happy, but he was not surprised at all by Ruud van Nistelrooy's goals, because this season, even against the likes of Arsenal and Chelsea, he was very happy. As a strong team, Tottenham Hotspur can still create a lot of scoring opportunities, especially with a lot of balls passing into the penalty area, so Ruud van Nistelrooy will naturally have more scoring opportunities.

And another factor is that Tottenham Hotspur adopts high defensive tactics. Van Nistelrooy does not need to run too much, but concentrates in the penalty area, which undoubtedly brings out his role better.

This also directly proves another thing, that is, the number of goals does not entirely depend on the individual ability of the striker, but more on the ability of a team to create opportunities. Only by being able to create more opportunities, the striker does not even need to be a striker, and the number of goals scored by any player will soar.

This is also the reason why in the following years, whether it is Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, or even Falcao, they can score a lot of goals. Many people think that is brushing data. In fact, when a team can create a lot of scoring opportunities for you, as long as you have a high enough ability to seize opportunities, anyone can brush data.

But Ye Qiu is also very clear that Van Nistelrooy's weakness is still obvious.

Now Tottenham Hotspur has sacrificed the wing to make the ball for Van Nistelrooy. Although Ribery's performance is very eye-catching, Ye Qiu feels that if the tactics are appropriate, he can play better, and so does Messi. Therefore, Van Nistelrooy's excellence is precisely because Tottenham Hotspur's offense revolves around him.

Of course, this is also because he is the biggest star in Tottenham Hotspur.

But Ye Qiu is very sure that sooner or later Van Nistelrooy will become a hindrance to Tottenham Hotspur's continued progress. This is determined by his technical characteristics and is difficult to change. Because now no one can ask Van Nistelrooy, who has entered the twilight of his career, to change his technical style. That is not realistic at all.

So Ye Qiu feels that he should prepare for this as early as possible.

Thinking of this, Ye Qiu can't help but turn his head and see Alan Pardew, whose face is as bitter as a pinched chrysanthemum. This unlucky guy just took over Charlton, but he didn't expect that the first game after taking over was a 5:0 bloodbath by Tottenham Hotspur, which is also in London. This is equivalent to giving him a black start.

It's also interesting to say that when Alan Pardew coached West Ham United, he gave Ye Qiu a big win. Now after switching to Charlton, he gave Ye Qiu another big win. Speaking of it, he is really a lucky star.

However, Alan Pardew obviously didn't think so. At least he felt that he was the most miserable and innocent, because the loss of this game had nothing to do with him, but he was blamed for the defeat. How could he continue to work in Charlton?

Thinking of this, he really wanted to tear Ye Qiu apart.

After the 17th round of the Premier League, Tottenham Hotspur's ranking finally returned to single digits, ranking ninth. This undoubtedly made all Tottenham Hotspur fans excited, because even if the team lost to Arsenal, the game against Charlton was indeed very exciting and outstanding, which gave people hope.

But as many columnists said, if Tottenham Hotspur cannot overcome their shortcomings of unstable performance, then their ranking will only be temporary, and they may be thrown out of the top ten at any time.

At present, the entire Premier League trend is still led by Chelsea and Manchester United. The current points ranking of these two teams is very close, with a gap of one or two points between them. Although Mourinho's team is strong, its state this season is not very ideal, and it has never been able to widen the gap with Manchester United.

Another big trouble is Shevchenko. The Ukrainian nuclear warhead has been under Mourinho for two years, but he has never played to his peak state, let alone the average level. Chelsea fans are also very dissatisfied with this. They think that instead of reusing Drogba, why did they introduce Shevchenko in the first place, and even caused Ye Qiu to resign?

On the contrary, Manchester United also has many problems. For example, Berbatov is temporarily unable to adapt to Manchester United's tactics, resulting in poor performance of the team, but Cristiano Ronaldo has taken on the team's offensive responsibility very well and performed very well. Ferguson also used tactics to make up for the players' shortcomings.

The Blues and the Red Devils are the two most likely to win the Premier League this season. The two teams are in the top two of the standings, followed by Liverpool and Arsenal. Everton, Bolton, Reading and Portsmouth are also in front of Tottenham Hotspur.

Because of this, both professionals and Tottenham Hotspur fans feel that the team can continue to climb the standings with its strength, at least to compete with Everton.

After the 17th round of the Premier League, Tottenham Hotspur welcomed Dinamo Bucharest at home, and finally defeated the visiting opponent 3:1 at home, and successfully qualified from the UEFA Cup group stage as the first place, and successfully advanced to the UEFA Cup 32, but the opponents in the knockout stage will have to wait for the next draw ceremony.

In the 18th round of the Premier League, the unlucky Alan Pardew lost 0:3 to Benitez's Liverpool at home. This unlucky guy kept complaining to the media, saying how innocent he was and that the team's consecutive defeats had little to do with him, but this could not prevent him from being blacklisted for dismissal after just taking office.

Compared with Alan Pardew, West Ham United's luck seemed very good. Although they also suffered a 0:4 defeat in the last round, the power of the coaching change was soon revealed. They defeated the visiting Manchester United 1:0 at home, which directly led to Manchester United giving up the top spot in the league. Chelsea came from behind and occupied the throne of the league leader.

However, Chelsea also won very thrillingly. Moyes' team took the lead twice at home, but was equalized by Chelsea twice. Drogba's key goal at the last moment saved Mourinho and the team, and reversed Everton 3:2.

After the game, the media gave Mourinho and his Chelsea the hat of hard luck.

Tottenham Hotspur challenged Manchester City away this round, but the team's performance was not very ideal.

Vargas opened the scoring for Tottenham Hotspur in the 16th minute, and 8 minutes later, Yaya Toure helped the team score another goal. After that, Tottenham Hotspur played very chaotically, but Manchester City obviously played more chaotically than Tottenham Hotspur.

In the second half, midfielder Barton scored a goal for Manchester City, which once gave the home team hope of a reversal, so Manchester City pressed forward aggressively, while Tottenham Hotspur adopted a defensive counterattack strategy.

Thiago Silva made a long pass, Ribery counterattacked quickly, broke through Manchester City's defense, directly entered the penalty area, shot, penetrated Manchester City's goal, and also dispelled Manchester City's idea of ​​continuing to counterattack.

3:1 win another game, because Reading lost to Blackburn at home, Portsmouth tied Arsenal away, and finally Tottenham Hotspur surpassed two competitors in one round and jumped to the seventh place in the league.

The outside world also gave a high evaluation of Tottenham Hotspur's performance in recent times, especially the two games against Charlton and Manchester City, which showed a high level and progress. It is believed that the seventh place in the league is a reflection of Tottenham Hotspur's strength, and the team even has the hope of striving for a higher ranking.

But Ye Qiu said in an interview with the media that the ranking is only temporary, and the team must not relax because of this, because his goal has never changed, and he will not be satisfied with the seventh place in the league.

"As early as the beginning of the season, I said that our goal this season is to be in the top four of the Premier League. Although there is still a big gap between us and the top four of the Premier League, we must also see that with the joint efforts of everyone, we have climbed up step by step from the 17th place in the league where we were almost relegated, and finally rose to the current seventh place. I also believe that as long as we continue to work hard and as long as all of us are united, then our ranking can continue to move up."

"I am very confident that I can achieve the goal and wish of reaching the top four this season. I also believe that my team is absolutely capable of reaching the top four. Therefore, we should let Arsenal and Liverpool think about it carefully and put more pressure on them to see who will be squeezed out of the top four by us!"

When the reporter asked Ye Qiu with a provocative mentality which team he hoped would fall out of the top four, Ye Qiu laughed and shook his head and refused to answer the question, but he believed that all Tottenham fans obviously hoped that Arsenal would fall out of the top four.

However, after the 18th round, the League Cup came in the middle of the week. Tottenham Hotspur beat Southend 2:0 at home. Even though Freddie Eastwood is really good, one person can't replace a team. Southend's dark horse journey stopped in the quarterfinals, while Tottenham Hotspur successfully reached the League Cup semifinals.

The most shocking thing in the League Cup quarterfinals was Arsenal's 6:3 victory over Liverpool. Wenger seemed to be concentrating on grabbing the League Cup, so this game was still played by the main lineup. Liverpool's bench was obviously not as deep as Arsenal's, and Tao Yu suffered a miserable defeat in the League Cup.

The draw for the semi-finals was also soon released. Tottenham Hotspur once again visited the Emirates Stadium and faced Arsenal.

Chelsea's luck was off the charts. Their semi-final opponent was Wycombe from a lower-level league.

The League Cup semi-finals are different from other knockout matches in that the semi-finals are two-legged matches, while the other knockout matches are single-legged matches, scheduled for mid-January and late January 2007.

After the League Cup, only one league is left in the three battles, but Tottenham Hotspur is still under great pressure because the team is facing the most intensive Christmas schedule.

However, what surprised everyone was that after entering the Christmas schedule, Tottenham Hotspur's performance did not decline at all.

In the 19th round of the league, Tottenham Hotspur defeated Newcastle 3:1 away. The trident of Van Nistelrooy, Ribery and Messi scored goals for Tottenham Hotspur away from home, defeated the strong enemy Newcastle, and made a good start for the winter break schedule.

Three days later, the day after Christmas, Ye Qiu rotated the team. Van Nistelrooy was replaced by Van Persie, and Messi was replaced by Arshavin. As a result, Ribery scored twice, helping Tottenham Hotspur beat Aston Villa 2:1 at home.

This time, Tottenham Hotspur successfully moved up the league ranking again, surpassing Bolton and ranking sixth in the league. The league points were only one point behind Moyes' team, allowing everyone to see Tottenham Hotspur's excellent state in the past period of time and the progress made by the players in the Premier League.

Now, no one will doubt the strength of Ye Qiu's team and his optimism about the team's future prospects.

On December 30, in the 21st round of the Premier League, Tottenham Hotspur, which had won four games in a row, finally stopped and drew 1:1 with Portsmouth away. Van Nistelrooy equalized the score for Tottenham Hotspur in the second half, bringing his Premier League goals this season to 19th, making him the best striker in Europe in terms of performance and status.

Although they encountered a draw in this round, Tottenham Hotspur's ranking did not decline, but rose to fifth place in the league, suppressing Everton, who lost 1:2 to Manchester City away.

Everyone was surprised at Tottenham Hotspur's climbing speed, but at the same time they also felt that the fifth place in the league was undoubtedly the best reflection of Tottenham Hotspur's strength. At least, the 100 million euro transfer investment at the beginning of the season was rewarded, and all Tottenham Hotspur fans were also satisfied with the team's current situation.

However, they were also worried about the team's home game against Liverpool on January 2.

Ye Qiu didn't have time to worry, because he finally waited for Real Madrid's reply!