Chapter 487: Battle against the wealthy!

After completing the reversal in the first half, Marseille began to shrink in the second half.

Although Marseille is a strong team in Ligue 1 and has performed well in Ligue 1, Tottenham Hotspur is a team that is trying to win the league title in the Premier League. Even though they have sent away many players this season, they are still very good in the Champions League. Competitiveness, coupled with Tottenham Hotspur's excellent offensive strength, Gretz finally had to choose to shrink the defense.

This also made it difficult for Tottenham Hotspur to score again in the second half, and finally took away a 2:1 reversal from the away game.

At the post-match press conference, Ye Qiu was very dissatisfied with the team's performance. He felt that there was no need for the team to concede the goal, but at the same time, he was sure that the team's performance after conceding the goal was indeed improved. A big improvement.

“Marseille’s goal completely woke us up and made us clearly realize that if we do not perform well, any opponent may beat us, so we should not think about other things and forget about us. Last season’s Champions League title, we have to do it all over again!”

As for the team's reversal, Ye Qiu said that he had mixed feelings. On the one hand, he was happy to see that after the team won the Champions League, they did not relax their requirements at all, nor did they give up their pursuit and desire for victory. , but on the other hand, he also said that the reversal means that Tottenham Hotspur did not do well enough, or even very poorly.

"I have always felt that a reversal is a manifestation of mental strength, but if you have reversals again and again, either your team is not strong enough, or your team has serious problems."

As for the performance of individual players in this game, Ye Qiu singled out Yaya Toure. He first criticized Yaya Toure for taking most of the responsibility for conceding the goal in the first half, thinking that he had previously His performance was not ideal, and even so far this season, after assuming the starting position of the team, his performance has not been satisfactory.

But Ye Qiu also said that Yaya Toure's performance in the second half of the first half and the second half was satisfactory.

"I was disappointed with Yaya Toure in the first half of the first half, but Yaya Toure in the second half of the first half and the second half gave me hope. I hope he can continue to be good. Because I believe he can become a strong barrier in front of the team’s midfield defense!”

Returning to London from Marseille, France, Tottenham Hotspur had almost no time to spare, and directly ushered in Wigan in the fifth round of the Premier League. This time Tottenham Hotspur scored cleanly at their home court 2: Defeating Wigan 0, Messi scored twice again.

Having scored twice in two consecutive games, Messi's recent performance is really surprising, especially after playing in the Olympics. He showed strong offensive momentum and desire to score, and with the combination of Robin van Persie , Gareth Bell's impact on the left, Messi will get more opportunities on the right and center.

In mid-week, the Premier League ushered in the League Cup, and Tottenham Hotspur challenged Newcastle on the field.

This time, Ye Qiu still arranged for all young substitute players to play in the lineup, and Newcastle also arranged many substitutes, but main players including Duff, Martins, Owen and others appeared in the starting lineup.

Newcastle used their home advantage to launch a fierce attack on Tottenham Hotspur's young lineup, but this time Yaya Toure performed well in the midfield. He, Thiago Silva and Kompa Nigeria's two central defenders formed a defensive trident in the backcourt. Together with Arbeloa beside him and Kyle Walker on the right, the entire defense line was quite tight.

It is precisely because the midfield and backfield can withstand Newcastle's offensive pressure that Tottenham Hotspur's frontcourt offense can be very active, especially the counterattacks from the two wings are very sharp, that is, they rely on the left wing respectively. Two sharp counterattacks from Eden Hazard and Ashley Young on the right, followed by crosses from the wing, helped Andy Carroll score twice and knock on Given's goal.

2:0, Tottenham Hotspur relied on the performance of this group of outstanding young players to defeat Newcastle in the away game and successfully advanced to the next round. This also made several young players in the Tottenham Hotspur team famous. .

This is the first game of the Tottenham Hotspur Cup, but the performance of Tottenham Hotspur's young players is eye-catching. The 17-year-old Ramsey is very good at taking the ball and organizing offense. He has the demeanor of a general. In this game, he formed a midfield duo with the 16-year-old Danish youngster Eriksen. They organized Tottenham Hotspur's midfield in an orderly manner. His passing during counterattacks was also very threatening. Accurate to the point.

Although the best of the game went to high school forward Andy Carroll, in Ye Qiu's eyes, there were two players who performed best on the team in this game. One was midfielder Yaya Toure, and the other was midfielder Yaya Toure. One is captain Thiago Silva.

After Thiago Silva experienced the trough of the first season, he grew very rapidly in the second season, his strength improved rapidly, and he made great progress. After becoming the captain of the team this season, his performance He is very stable and has the demeanor of a general. Although Hangeland is gone, he still plays very steadily whether he is paired with Zyglinski or Kompany.

Yaya Toure continued his outstanding performance after the game in Marseille, and Ye Qiu did not intend to interrupt his state, because he knew very well that for Yaya Toure, this was a critical moment. A very critical period.

The growth of every player is accompanied by a lot of unpredictability, so a long period of stable performance is very precious for young players, because they will explore and find their own way of playing and their own rhythm of playing during this period.

The outstanding performance of a game is often just because they grasped a flash of inspiration at a certain time and found the threshold, but in fact they may have a very vague concept of this, but if you continue to give them games, continue to let them get exercise, get familiar with this threshold from the game, and even walk into the threshold to explore, it means a leap forward.

So sometimes, when you look at many young European players, they may only need one season to make a leap forward, because of this reason.

If you don't give them games at this time, it is equivalent to interrupting their momentum of progress, and they will miss the opportunity to explore this threshold, and it may be difficult for them to encounter such an opportunity again in their lifetime, and eventually they will be lost in the crowd.

Therefore, Ye Qiu not only continued to give Yaya Toure the opportunity to practice in the game, but also let him continue to play even in the League Cup in the middle of the week, because he knew very well that Yaya Toure now needed a lot of games to enrich himself, and he needed to rely on the practice of the game to master and establish his own way of playing.

As the head coach, all Ye Qiu needed to do was to guide and give instructions.

Another player who may undergo a transformation this season is Gareth Bale, but Gareth Bale's situation is a little different, because the 25-year-old Yaya Toure has basically taken shape. What he needs to do now is to find the one that suits him in the two paths, while Gareth Bale is choosing from many paths.

At present, Tottenham Hotspur's trident is Gareth Bale, Van Persie and Messi. Van Persie is a central striker, and his role is naturally needless to say. Messi can play on the right and in the middle. He is small, but very flexible, and his footwork is very delicate. Even when encountering dense defenses from opponents, he can come and go like the wind and intersperse freely.

What makes Ye Qiu most satisfied is that Messi not only has a keen sense of smell, but also can seize the opponent's gap in the opponent's dense defense in the shortest time, and give it use and attack, and his ability to hold the ball can ensure that he will not be intercepted by the opponent at almost any time and anywhere. Such a player is a strong and powerful improvement for any team's offense.

Relatively speaking, Gareth Bale is relatively simple. Ye Qiu often pulls him back and plays him almost as a left winger. This is related to his origin as a left back. On the one hand, it is to give him space to play his sprint and side breakthrough. On the other hand, it is also to strengthen the team's midfield defense and support the right to increase the offensive strength.

Gareth Bale's current offensive method is relatively simple, breaking through the left, then passing, or having the opportunity to cut into the penalty area and shoot. It is a standard left winger's style of play, without any position change with Van Persie, Messi, and Fabregas.

Therefore, many people feel that Tottenham's offense seems to have changed this season, and the front three do not have so many position changes. In fact, this is because Gareth Bale is very immature.

In Ye Qiu and the coaching staff's plan for him, he will temporarily replace Ribery as the main player, and wait until Ribery returns to see the Frenchman's recovery. However, the coaching staff still has to ensure Gareth Bale's playing time and ensure that he can get training opportunities. This is the same as another striker in the team, Cavani, who is also Ye Qiu's key training target.

With the accumulation and improvement of this season, Ye Qiu will try to let Gareth Bale play on the right, or in the middle, or even as a striker in the next season, and arrange Cavani to change positions as much as possible. This will be of great benefit to their future growth. Once they really mature, the comprehensiveness of the attributes and technical characteristics of multiple positions will help them reach the peak of their careers.

As Ye Qiu said before, the trend of football now and in the next few years will be to blur positions. Comprehensive technical characteristics are necessary. After training in multiple positions, exploring and finding the most suitable path for oneself is undoubtedly the greatest guidance and help that Ye Qiu can give to these young players.

Just like the hot sales of Zeus mobile phones, in the eyes of many people, this mobile phone seems to be a hit, but in fact, behind it, countless engineers, countless software developers, countless marketers, and countless professionals have quietly paid two or three years of hard work for it, and then it became popular overnight.

The same is true for professional players, especially to cultivate and carve a top professional star, which is a systematic project.

Let alone Messi, the current strength of the Argentine is definitely not as good as that of his previous life. The reason is very simple. He was delayed for a full year in Chelsea. Even though Ye Qiu has been helping him make up for the lessons in the past two years, he is still making rapid progress now, and Ye Qiu and the coaching staff have to keep an eye on him carefully to avoid injuries.

Just like Ribery, who was on the verge of his peak, but due to a serious injury, he is still recovering. Who knows how much he can recover after his comeback? Who can be sure whether he can return to the level of last season?

Returning to the Premier League, Tottenham Hotspur soon ushered in the sixth round of the league. The team drew 0:0 with Portsmouth in the away game. Although Tottenham Hotspur lost this game Spurs did not try their best, and many players including Messi, Cesc Fabregas, Robin van Persie, and Thiago Silva did not start. However, Tottenham Hotspur still relied on Ashley Young, The outstanding performance of Cavani and others firmly took the advantage, but they were unable to break through the Pompeii goal.

And all of this is for the first decisive battle with Bayern Munich four days later!

This is also the first battle between the two strongest teams in the Death Group!

This is the first time Tottenham has faced a wealthy team in the Champions League since winning the Champions League.

Before this game, Bayern Munich head coach Klinsmann said that Tottenham Hotspur's strength is not as good as the outside world imagined. He believes that Tottenham Hotspur's offense is not impossible. Contain and resolve, he firmly believes that the team can get a satisfactory result at White Hart Lane.

During the conversation, Klinsmann also expressed his affirmation of the achievements of Ye Qiu's team. He said that Tottenham Hotspur is not the upstart that many media and fans have questioned. It is a team with great potential. A strong team.

If Klinsmann's remarks are a bit soft, then Ye Qiu's remarks are tougher. He said that the team must defeat their opponents at White Hart Lane because this is the first time Tottenham Hotspur has played so far in the new season. The most important game is directly related to the qualifying of this group, so the team must win.

"We are playing against a wealthy family!" Ye Qiu said in an almost loud voice before the game.

Fight against the rich!

Tottenham Hotspur have also expressed strong fighting intentions, because everyone hopes to continue last season's outstanding performance in the Champions League this season, but many players are cautious about the game.

Tottenham Hotspur captain Thiago Silva predicted the game in a pre-match interview with the media. He hoped that the team would not concede a goal, but many familiar media interpreted it as the current situation of Tottenham Hotspur. Tottenham Hotspur's offensive strength means that not conceding a goal means the team's victory, because it may be difficult to concede a goal at Tottenham Hotspur's home court.

Compared with Tottenham Hotspur's toughness, Bayern Munich in the away game seems a bit cautious. This is also related to the injuries they are currently experiencing. The main center back Lucio and the main forward Kroc Zedou will miss this game, but considering that Tottenham Hotspur's Ribery is also absent, the gap between the strength of the two sides is not particularly large.

When Lucio was interviewed by the media before the game, he reminded the head coach and teammates to be careful after the start.

"I played under Mr. Ye Qiu. He is the head coach I respect the most. I know him very well. When playing games with him, you must be careful at the beginning. He is the kind of person who likes to grasp the game firmly from the beginning. He is also the kind of coach who is very good at finding your weaknesses from unexpected places and attacking them.”

"If you don't get off to a good start, this game will be very, very difficult!"

At the same time, Bayern star Beckenbauer reminded Klinsmann to be careful about Tottenham Hotspur's midfield and rhythm.

"As Ferguson said, when you face a team like Tottenham Hotspur, you have to make a choice. You can't let them control their own rhythm and play their own style. We should destroy their rhythm and playing style and not let them play as they please, otherwise, it will be a disaster!”

In Beckenbauer's column, he analyzed that Tottenham Hotspur's overall offensive and defensive system actually has a strong flavor of total offense and free agency, but it is very different and more in line with Today's football tactics are also more penetrating.

"When we play Tottenham Hotspur away, defense may be a very good choice!" Beckenbauer finally said.

But it's obvious that Klinsmann doesn't think so. He feels that Bayern Munich may not have the strength to compete with Tottenham Hotspur on the road. At least his striker will not lose to Drog. There are high center forwards like Luca Toni in Brazil.

But as Ye Qiu said at the pre-match press conference, if you don’t want to lose the ball, the best way is not to let the opponent have an easy chance to kick!

At the beginning of the game, Tottenham Hotspur took advantage of their home court advantage to launch a fierce attack on Bayern Munich, taking advantage of the problems between Demichelis and young player Breno, as well as the immaturity of the young Brazilian central defender, and frequently created threats. .

In the first minute, Tottenham Hotspur took the lead in opening up the situation. Alves stepped in from the right and cooperated with Messi who cut inside. Messi received the ball with his back at the front of the penalty area and brought it back, but But suddenly his heel knocked back into the penalty area, and Van Persie crossed into the penalty area diagonally for offside.

Goalkeeper Bute abandoned the goal, but Van Persie was obviously well prepared. He directly passed the attacking goalkeeper Bute and then pushed lightly. However, at the last moment of the goal, this sudden shot was missed by the rushing Van Bome. I got out of the siege.

It was like surviving a disaster. None of the Bayern Munich players expected that Tottenham Hotspur's offensive would come so fiercely and so quickly. Especially Messi, who was able to pass the ball when double-teamed by two players. Such a back-heel pass, and Van Persie actually had such a good understanding with him. After Messi took the ball and retreated, he also inserted diagonally into the penalty area.

It can be said that this attack was a reflection of the strength and tacit understanding of Tottenham Hotspur players, and it almost frightened everyone in Bayern Munich.

But soon, Tottenham Hotspur organized another attack, still on the right, still with Messi!