Chapter 600: King of European War

For many years, Raul had been thinking about a question, that is, why did the last three years of the first phase of the Galaxy Battleship end with such an embarrassing result? Even in the end, Florentino had to step down because of this?

Don't listen to the commentators in the newspapers. In fact, these people were all fascinated by the grand blueprint outlined by Florentino, including Raul, everyone in Real Madrid, and the whole world. They were all fascinated by Florentino's great plan. There were countless reporters chasing behind, counting the superstars for Real Madrid on their fingers.

Florentino's plan is indeed very fascinating. In his conception, the players in every position of Real Madrid's starting lineup are the best superstars in the world, such as Figo on the right, Ronaldo on the front line, Zidane and Beckham, Vieira, Nesta and others.

In other words, Real Madrid collects the world's strongest eleven players to form a team, and then integrates these stars into a whole through the integration of a head coach to play the most influential football style in the world.

This is actually possible, because Real Madrid does have such conditions, because they are a membership system, and they also have such appeal, because they are the greatest football club in the 20th century, the team that all the stars in the world are eager to join, and the most influential football platform in the world.

But why did it fail?

Many people will find a lot of reasons, such as too many stars, leading to internal conflicts, which is nonsense. Although Real Madrid had many stars at that time, there were not many internal conflicts, at least it did not affect the team's games, even Figo and Beckham, who had conflicts in positions, did not have any major conflicts.

Of course, there are a lot of other reasons and causes, some of which are right and some are wrong.

After Raul entered Tottenham, he found a very interesting problem, that is, the current Tottenham is also star-studded. In the past few years, the team has sold superstars including Van Persie and Falcao. At present, the team still has Ribery, Messi, Fabregas, Alves and Cavani, who are well-known in the world football. Why can this team still maintain a strong fighting power in the past few years without falling into the problems of Real Madrid?

After coming to Tottenham, Raul gradually discovered a very interesting phenomenon, which is also the biggest difference between Tottenham and Real Madrid's Galactico period.

First of all, these stars of Tottenham are all cultivated by themselves, that is to say, they all became famous in Tottenham, which makes them more loyal and dependent on the club, and they are still very young. Although Ribery and Messi have won the peak personal honors, they are still full of desire for the future.

But Real Madrid in the previous life was different. All the stars in the Galacticos era were introduced from outside the team, which made them not have a strong sense of belonging to the team. What's more important is that each of them had passed the peak of their careers before or just when they came to Real Madrid.

Of course, the achievements of the Galacticos in the first three years were indeed amazing, but it is undeniable that Ronaldo, Zidane, Figo and others have experienced the transition from the golden age of their careers to the twilight years in Real Madrid, which makes Real Madrid in the last three years look like a superstar nursing home, and these superstars have already won both team honors and personal honors. At the same time, the superstars who are on the decline in age and physical condition have obviously lost their fighting spirit and hunger for the game.

In this case, the combat effectiveness of the Galacticos will decline rapidly.

Another difference is that Tottenham Hotspur is full of a large number of young rookies, who are very capable, potential and talented, just like Neymar, Raul is very optimistic about this Brazilian teenager.

What are the benefits of young people?

First of all, they can bring fresh blood to the team and bring some impact.

You know, everyone has a sense of honor, especially those top superstars, and young people are new to the team, they rush around and don't care about anything. They have only one goal, relying on their youth and strength to break out of the world, and they are fearless.

The biggest advantage of young people is that as long as you give them opportunities and give them training, they will repay with rapid progress.

Just like Neymar, you can see that his level is difficult to shake Ribery, Messi, or even Hazard's position now, but as long as you give him a chance and let him accept training, within a year, he will definitely have the strength to challenge the status of these players and shake their position.

Imagine if a famous star was pressed on the bench by a young teammate who is not well-known?

He will feel ashamed, humiliated, and unacceptable!

Generally speaking, if this happens, he has only two choices, either to rely on his own strength to regain his main position and defend his honor, or to simply leave and threaten to leave the team. Of course, another possibility is to be content with the current status of being a substitute, but this is absolutely unacceptable for young stars such as Messi, Ribery, Thiago Silva, and they will never choose this path.

That is to say, when Ye Qiu was forming the team, he consciously used young rookies to stimulate the famous stars in the team, just like Alves, behind him there is a Kyle Walker. Although the Englishman is not as good as Alves, he is still young, has potential and momentum, and he is not afraid of anything!

This is a threat, a stimulation, forcing your team, whether young people or famous stars, to fight hard for me. If they don't fight hard, they may lose their positions at any time.

Many people say that Tottenham Hotspur has sold many stars. Raul once wondered, if Tottenham Hotspur sells stars every year, can it still maintain its fighting power?

But after coming to Tottenham Hotspur, Raul realized that he had made a serious mistake, exaggerating the role of stars, or overestimating the value of stars to a team.

In the modern tactical system of holistic football, stars do play a role, but the role is far less than many people think. The gap between professional players has narrowed a lot. Even the players who can play for Tottenham Hotspur are not as big as their value shows.

So what is the most important thing for a team?

It is a perfect overall tactical system!

Therefore, for any team, as long as the overall tactical system is perfect, anyone in the team can be sold, because selling you has no impact on the team as a whole, so why not sell?

Just like Tottenham Hotspur sold Van Persie and Falcao at sky-high prices in the past two summers. Many people thought that Tottenham Hotspur was going to be finished, but as a member of the team, Raul knew very well that it was too early to say that Tottenham Hotspur was finished.

These two players are of great tactical value, but it is far from the point where Tottenham Hotspur relies on them to survive.

Just like Falcao, he can score goals and is very good at scoring goals, but everyone knows that the most important thing for a team is not the one who can score goals, but the one who can create scoring opportunities. So Falcao left, Messi, Ribery and Fabregas stayed. With them, anyone who plays the striker position can score a lot of goals.

Ye Qiu's business is very cunning. He sells center forwards and hypes them up. He sells one a year. Whoever wants to buy it can buy it. As long as you can afford the price, I have as many as you want. It's best to sell one a year, and then make it an assembly line operation for center forward training, launching one a year and selling it at a high price.

Maybe some people will doubt this, but look at Raul, how many goals can he score in a season in Real Madrid?

After returning to the striker position, Raul scored 18 goals in the two seasons he partnered with Van Nistelrooy, and six goals last season. He is also 33 years old. Many people doubt that Raul has reached the twilight of his career. In other words, in their opinion, Raul is no longer good.

But after coming to Tottenham Hotspur, Raul proved with facts that he was still good, and very good!

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When David Silva received the pass from the backcourt within 30 meters of Braga, he turned around and got rid of the defender, dribbled forward, and made a precise straight pass to Ribery's feet at the front of the penalty area.

After the Frenchman got the ball, he faced the Braga defender, one-on-one, and rushed into the penalty area. The defender did not dare to attack Ribery, and the French scarred face made two consecutive fake moves, attracted the attention of the right back and the right center back, and then passed the ball directly behind the right center back.

Raul rushed out from behind the opponent's center back, facing the goal with a calm left-footed shot, and the ball almost brushed the top crossbar and crossed the goal line, 5:0!

This goal happened in the 63rd minute of the second half. When Raul scored, even the live commentator of the European Champions League couldn't help but exclaimed. All the Tottenham fans in the stadium also stood up from their seats under the shouting of the live commentator at White Hart Lane.

After Raul scored, he quickly rushed out of the penalty area and stretched out his right hand to kiss his ring. When he ran to the corner flagpole, he saw all the Tottenham fans in the stadium stood up and applauded him. The live commentator at White Hart Lane was even shouting Raul's name and shouting Raul's great goal!

This was Raul's first hat trick after joining Tottenham. This was definitely an impressive game, because this was Raul's first Champions League game for Tottenham, and he performed a hat trick, not just a hat trick, nor just a big win.

The three goals in this game helped Raul surpass Filippo Inzaghi and German legend Gerd Muller in the total number of goals scored in European competitions with 70 goals, becoming the top scorer in European competitions!

But if we only count the Champions League, Raul is already the first in the world, but only with these three goals did Raul break almost all the European competitions' scorer records. This was definitely a great game for him, and also a great hat trick!

Raul rushed to the sidelines and knelt down outside the corner flagpole of White Hart Lane. Behind him, Tottenham Hotspur players wearing white jerseys rushed up one by one. Ribery even took the ball from the opponent. The goalkeeper took it from his hands, ran to the sidelines, and stuffed it into Raul's hands. A group of people hugged Raul who was kneeling on the grass.

In the stands, some fans had already played cards with the number seventy in the stands, and some fans raised cards with Raul's name on them, and some wrote "King of European War". They were obviously helping. Celebrating with Raul.

Perhaps, at this moment, in Raul's heart, his extremely sad and disappointed heart because he failed to win the World Cup will be somewhat comforted, because he can somewhat get some compensation from this honor.

But more importantly, he is telling everyone one thing with facts, that is, leaving Real Madrid is not necessarily a bad thing for him. On the contrary, he has been liberated and he can return to his own football world. Inside, he can unleash his offensive desires and passion for the game without any need to suppress or hide.

After celebrating with his teammates, Raul walked to the coaching bench with the ball in hand, and then shook hands with the head coach Ye Qiu who was standing outside directing the game. Ye Qiu also said something. No one knew it at the time, but soon, Raul was replaced.

Ye Qiu replaced Raul with Cavani, allowing Raul to accept the cheers from the fans at White Hart Lane alone. This was an honor he deserved, and Raul was in a good mood after scoring a hat-trick. , with a satisfied smile on his face when he came off the field, it seemed that one could vaguely see the appearance of the Spanish golden boy from his face that had been left traces of time, but it was inevitable for everyone There will be some regrets.

Raul's dismissal did not stop Tottenham Hotspur's offense. On the contrary, with Cavani's appearance, Tottenham Hotspur still launched a fierce attack on Braga, and in In the last twenty minutes, relying on goals from Messi and Cavani, they finally defeated Braga 7-0 at their home court.

You know, Braga is not a weak team. They eliminated Celtic from the Scottish Premier League and Sevilla from La Liga in the Champions League qualifying rounds. The strength of this team is still It is worthy of recognition. Everyone was worried even before, thinking that this Portuguese Super League team had a chance to create an upset.

But who would have thought that Tottenham Hotspur not only defeated Braga at home, but also won a big victory in one breath.

With a seven-goal victory over Braga, Tottenham Hotspur fiercely countered everyone's previous doubts about them, especially when many people suspected that Tottenham Hotspur's offense encountered problems, the north London team But he used such a big victory to show his strength, especially Raul, who scored a hat trick in this game and proved his worth.

Raul, the King of the European War and the top scorer in the European War, is well-deserved for this title!

Regarding the team's outstanding performance in this game, Ye Qiu also expressed his satisfaction at the post-match press conference.

"We won the game, and we also showed our football style very well, reasonable possession time, excellent technical and tactical coordination, and also created a lot of scoring opportunities, but more importantly, we grasped These opportunities!”

"In fact, when we played Manchester City in the first round of the Premier League, our performance was no worse than this game, but we failed to score in that game, so we were worse and received some unnecessary criticism. But I think these criticisms are a spur and motivation for us.”

Ye Qiu spoke very highly of Raul becoming the top scorer in the European War in this game.

"Many people say that we specialize in selling superstars, but I want to say that we actually introduced a superstar in the summer, and that was Raul!" Ye Qiu couldn't help but laugh when he said this. "Raul is a seriously underestimated superstar in my mind, especially in the past few years, I think he has been very seriously underestimated."

"Being able to score a hat trick in this game, I think Raul has proven his worth and strength!"

As for whether Tottenham Hotspur can continue to maintain its competitiveness in the Champions League this season, Ye Qiu also gave a positive answer, "As long as we can maintain the current state, I believe we can still perform." If you do better and become better, you will definitely achieve better results.”

Ye Qiu's words were widely publicized by the media after the game. Tottenham won the game and won praise from the media, because as long as you win, all the media will praise you, and even many people will Once again, Ye Qiu's vision for signings has been hyped, so from Beckham back then to Raul today, Ye Qiu has proven his transfer operations.

Both Beckham and Raul obviously came to Tottenham Hotspur with a questionable aura when they first joined, but they both quickly showed their strength, and through this performance, It helped the team improve its competitiveness, which also made many people praise Ye Qiu's vision.

Moreover, from Beckham's transfer operation, Tottenham Hotspur not only gained results, but also influence and income from commercial operations. Considering that Beckham is the image ambassador of the London Olympics, after the 2008 BJ Olympics, he also represented the London Olympics to participate in some ceremonies and activities, which made Tottenham Hotspur show off a lot of face.

Many people think that the introduction of Raul will also be successful.

In fact, after Raul scored a hat trick and broke Gerd Muller's European goal record, Tottenham Hotspur started a new round of publicity and promotion operations the next day, which has become a mode of operation.