Chapter 548: A Rider Away from the Others

The strong Tottenham Hotspur won six consecutive games and conquered Stamford Bridge with three goals!

Falcao scored twice, and the Colombian scored 11 goals in six rounds, surpassing the Europa League!

The Blues will no longer be the Blues if one person is missing. The world's number one hard-fought king is still honored in defeat!

Tottenham Hotspur won the diamond iron gate in a key battle, and the Brazilian central defender interpreted the best in Europe with his actions!

These are some reports from major European and English media the next day after Tottenham Hotspur defeated Chelsea 3:0 away. But it is very regrettable that Tottenham Hotspur, who has always been good at enjoying the treatment of front-page headlines, gave up their front-page headlines this time. The reason is very simple. Manchester United finally won the epic battle!

As Ye Qiu has always said before, although Ferguson's team is full of internal problems, as long as there is an external force to impact it, it may lead to the overall order of Manchester United and stimulate their internal unity.

So even after defeating Manchester United 3:0, Ye Qiu said in an interview that all Ferguson needed was a hearty victory, and Ferguson himself knew this very well, so he had been waiting patiently.

This battle finally came, but it was not a hearty victory, but a narrow victory.

In the Manchester derby, as Manchester City spent a lot of money to recruit players, the strength of both sides was rapidly reduced, and the gap between them was shortened, which made Manchester fans attach great importance to this game. Even quite a number of Manchester City fans hope that Manchester City can beat Manchester United away from home and wipe out the shame of being trampled under Manchester United in the past.

If you look at it simply from the cards, Manchester City does have such strength, but unfortunately, there is a saying that is very true, a soldier is a tyrant, and a general is a tyrant. Manchester City led by Mark Hughes has always been a helpless person and cannot be relied on at critical moments.

In this match held at Old Trafford, Manchester United scored in the second minute, but soon, Manchester City equalized the score. Before the end of the first half, Manchester United scored again and entered the second half with a leading advantage.

But at the beginning of the second half, Manchester City equalized the score again. After that, Manchester United scored first and Manchester City equalized the score. The two sides were in a stalemate, and Manchester City's third goal had already occurred in the stoppage time. At this time, they only needed to stabilize their position and they could completely retreat from the away game.

But at the critical moment, Mark Hughes' team was still unreliable. Owen's key lore at the last moment allowed Manchester United to win this epic victory. After leading three times and being equalized three times, the Red Devils withstood the pressure, showed their heritage and spiritual strength, and finally defeated the enemy Manchester City.

Ferguson was as excited as a child after the game, dancing and dancing, and seemed very excited. He kept telling reporters that this victory would sound the horn of Manchester United's counterattack, and the strongest Manchester United in the new season had sounded the assembly call!

Of course, Ferguson, the old man, will inevitably step on Mark Hughes, his former disciple, and curb Manchester City's arrogance. He even did not forget to be sarcastic.

"You know, for us, Manchester City is like a noisy neighbor all day long. They are always the focus of the media, and it seems that there are always endless topics to talk about. What can you do about such a neighbor? I tell you, it's very simple, turn on the TV and turn up the volume to the maximum, it's very enjoyable!"

Obviously, not everyone can appreciate Ferguson's humor, at least Ye Qiu can't detect it. On the contrary, as long as he thinks of the old guy's arrogant look after winning the game, he can hardly feel relaxed.

Manchester United is a team with magic. Although Manchester United has a bad start this season, once this team shows its magic, it will burst out with a very terrible force. This is the momentum accumulated by Manchester United's dominance of the Premier League football for more than 20 years, a force that no competitor can ignore.

Although Manchester United's last-gasp victory over Manchester City made headlines, Tottenham's performance still won unanimous recognition and praise from the media, because Tottenham has won six consecutive games so far this season.

In the past six games, Tottenham has encountered Liverpool, Hull City, West Ham United, Birmingham, Manchester United and Chelsea, three of the traditional top four teams in the Premier League, and West Ham United is also a new rising force in the Premier League this season, and its strength should not be underestimated.

From the opponents, it can be seen that Tottenham can currently rank at the top of the Premier League with six consecutive wins, which is absolutely valuable, and many fans have given Tottenham the top favorite for the Premier League championship this season, believing that as long as the North London team continues to maintain the current momentum, it will not be difficult to defend the Premier League.

But compared with Tottenham's outstanding performance, the team's progress in many aspects makes people extremely optimistic about its future development prospects.

"In the past six Premier League games, Tottenham Hotspur has scored a total of 23 goals, but conceded only two goals. These two goals were conceded in the first and second rounds of the Premier League, when they beat Liverpool and Hull City. So we can clearly see that Tottenham Hotspur has improved defensively."

"Long before the season started, Ye Qiu said in an interview that he hoped to strengthen the team's defense in the new season. This was interpreted by many people as Ye Qiu adopting a more conservative game strategy, but from the perspective of support, Judging from the past six games of Tenham Hotspur, it is not difficult to find that the North London team has not become conservative at all, and offense is still the life of this team.”

"So, what exactly has happened to this team?"

"Maybe the answer should lie in the defensive system!"

"We have always said in the past that Tottenham Hotspur is a team that focuses on offense but not defense, but judging from this season, Tottenham Hotspur are obviously more pursuing a reasonable tactical system with a balance of offense and defense, and this season Tottenham Hotspur's ability to score 23 league goals on the offensive end this season, averaging nearly four goals per game, is inseparable from their indestructibility on the defensive end."

"In fact, as early as last season, Cech once created a great clean sheet record. At that time, many people's impression of this record was stuck with Cech, but many people also felt that Tottenham Tottenham’s defensive system has become mature and stable, especially the entire defense with Thiago Silva as the core.”

"In this game against Chelsea, we can see this change more intuitively and clearly. The defense line led by Thiago Silva faced Drogba, Anelka, and Arsenal. When Chauvin and other offensive players attacked, they did an almost flawless job in defense, not giving their opponents the slightest chance, and finally shut out Chelsea!”

"Relative to Tottenham Hotspur's powerful offense, defense has always been seen as a weakness and shortcoming, but judging from the past period and this season's performance, we have absolutely reason to believe that Tottenham Tottenham's overall defensive level has been improved and strengthened. At least their defense is not inferior to any other giants in Europe."

Regarding the improvement and changes in Tottenham Hotspur's defense, not only the journalists and media in England have given high praise, but also columnists such as Martin Samuel and Jonathan Wilson have given full affirmation. , especially Jonathan Wilson, gave an in-depth analysis of Tottenham Hotspur's defensive system in his column.

Because he once wrote the Inverted Pyramid, Jonathan Wilson is highly praised and sought after by countless fans who love tactical analysis, and he himself also has considerable attainments in tactics. He analyzed it in his column and believed that Tottenham Hotspur’s defense The system contains a very strong Italian chain defense concept.

"Tottenham Hotspur's defense has always attached great importance to cutting routes. This is also a typical defensive idea of ​​​​Dutch football, but since Mauro Tassotti came to Tottenham Hotspur from AC Milan , we began to notice that Ye Qiu paid more attention to the system in defense, and he has been working hard to integrate the three lines into an offensive and defensive system in an orderly manner."

"He once said that the ideal football should have the integrity of the Bundesliga, the passion of the Premier League, the tactical rigor of Italy, and the delicate technology of La Liga. But this is very simple to say, but it is very difficult to do it. The reason Quite simply, many things are in conflict, such as the passion of the Premier League and the rigor of Italy. This is a contradiction. "

"But we have noticed that on the defensive level, Ye Qiu has added a chain reaction to Tottenham Hotspur's focus on running and cutting. In other words, he has integrated the entire midfield and backfield of the team. Create a system like a set of dominoes, and no matter which point you face with the ball, you end up facing the entire card. "

"Because even if you cross the point in front of you, you will soon usher in the next defensive point, which will still do everything possible to prevent you from threatening their goal. And through this chain reaction, the links are linked. Forcing you not to attack as you wish is definitely the essence of Italian defense.”

Jonathan Wilson also posted a few screenshots in his column to explain his analysis. However, in fact, the entire tactical system is very complicated and cannot be explained clearly in just a few words and deeds. Otherwise, Mauro Tassotti would not have spent so long building and perfecting it.

In fact, more than three years have passed since Ye Qiu decided to invite Mauro Tassotti to coach in London. Many people thought that Mauro Tassotti was just serving as an assistant coach beside Ye Qiu, but in fact, He is also Ye Qiu's tactical advisor and is also responsible for the team's defensive system construction.

It can be said that there are quite a few things about Tottenham Hotspur that can be traced back to the graduation thesis of Mauro Tassotti, and the shadow can be found in it, including weak-side protection, multi-layer and single Rapid switching of defensive echelons, protection and games, etc. The prototypes of these can be found in Mauro Tassotti.

In the past three years or so, Tottenham Hotspur has been groping and studying a defensive system that suits them, because different teams have different technical and tactical styles. You need a different defensive system. If you apply Manchester United's defense to Barcelona, ​​it will work!

Therefore, the shape of Tottenham Hotspur's defense now is just the result of the accumulation of the past three years.

Ye Qiu has always been very reserved about so-called analysis and tactical analysis. He won't talk about it if he can, because it is very simple and it is good to maintain a certain degree of mystery.

It's like he likes watching movies, but he never advocates over-interpretation of film reviews, especially stuffing a lot of seemingly plausible things into the movie. Maybe many things even the director himself has never thought of before, but you are good, you came up with it yourself, awesome!

Therefore, many media and reporters outside, especially on the Internet, many tactical enthusiasts are pondering Tottenham's defense and tactics. There is even an extreme fan who slowly analyzes the live broadcast of the game, but hasn't he thought that the game screen can often only reflect part of the facts?

Of course, Ye Qiu is still quite welcome to such attention. After all, it is good for Tottenham, and it can also attract more fans. Why not?

After the sixth round of the Premier League, Tottenham has firmly established its position as the leader of the league and will soon usher in the League Cup's 32-team knockout match. Tottenham's opponent this time is Preston, a team from the Championship League.

Ye Qiu still arranged young players and substitutes to start in this game as usual. As a result, Tottenham Hotspur defeated Preston 5:1 and successfully advanced to the next round.

What made Ye Qiu even more satisfied was that Cavani scored a hat trick, and Hazard and Kompany scored one goal each.

Originally, with Falcao in a hot state, Ye Qiu was worried that Cavani would be stimulated, so he decided to arrange the two forwards to rotate appropriately. After all, maintaining the state and competitiveness is also good for Tottenham Hotspur to finish this season, but now it seems that Cavani seems to be holding back a lot of anger to vent.

In this League Cup match against Preston, Cavani completely decided the game. He created four goals by himself, shot three times and passed one. He was unambiguous and sent Preston back home directly, and Tottenham Hotspur successfully advanced to the round of 16.

After the game, Ye Qiu also focused on praising the performance of Cavani and several young players in the team. In this game, players including Nastasic, Varane, Ramsey, Pogba and others all started, and the performances of these young players were also good and bad, but generally speaking, they were still okay.

Back to the Premier League, Tottenham Hotspur finally ushered in a weak team, the newly promoted Burnley, and played at home.

As a result, Tottenham Hotspur did not hold back at their home court, and sent the newly promoted Burnley home 5:0. Messi, who has been a little tepid recently, finally broke out in this game, scoring four goals alone, and staged a big four. Ribery scored one goal and assisted two, and Falcao also had an assist.

With seven consecutive wins, Tottenham Hotspur is unstoppable and has a clear vision of being the best in the league. Manchester United, which has just come out of the trough, beat Stoke City 2:0 steadily. Ferguson's team still needs to slowly adjust, lay a solid foundation, and avoid ups and downs in form.

Three days later, in the second round of the Champions League group stage, Tottenham Hotspur welcomed Olympiacos at home. Ye Qiu made appropriate adjustments to the team's starting lineup and successfully defeated Olympiacos 4:1 at home with goals from Ribery, Messi, Cavani and Beckham, winning two consecutive group wins.

Back in the Premier League, Tottenham Hotspur challenged Bolton away.

This completely became a game of Falcao's goal game. Facing Tottenham Hotspur's fierce attack, Bolton's defense could only last for more than half an hour, and was finally conquered by Marcelo's goal.

Although Bolton still fought hard and caused a lot of trouble for Tottenham's offense, in the 69th and 78th minutes of the second half, Colombian center forward Romedal Falcao scored twice to help Tottenham expand the score to 3:0!

But after scoring consecutive goals, Tottenham still had no intention of stopping temporarily. Immediately afterwards, the young substitute Hazard scored another goal for Tottenham, successfully locking the total score at 4:0!

This has almost become a rule for some time in the past. Falcao's goal drought usually only lasts for one game, that is, if he doesn't score in this game, he will definitely score in the next game. But whether it is reporters, media, or fans, they are obviously unconvinced. They always attack and question this Colombian center after Falcao didn't score in the game, thinking that he is going to fall into a goal drought, but soon, in the next game, Falcao used a goal to prove his strength and slap them in the face.

Ye Qiu is quite satisfied with the overall development momentum of the team. The defense is solid and the offense is sophisticated. Ribery and Messi seem to be not as eye-catching as Falcao, mainly because they have not scored as many goals as Falcao, but in terms of specific performance, they are obviously better than Falcao, which can be seen from the fact that they have won more games than Falcao.

Professionals judge the best players not only by the number of goals, but more by your overall performance and play. In this regard, Messi and Ribery's performance is more worthy of recognition.

At least, Falcao can score goals continuously, which has a great relationship with the support of the two of them.

That is, after the eighth round, the Premier League was suspended again, and Ye Qiu finally received good news.