Chapter 627 Who is it?

Ye Qiu said that youth training coaches are the most valuable resources in the youth training system.

If this statement is spread, it may cause a lot of controversy, because everyone's attention is always focused on the players, so few people will pay attention to the coaches. Therefore, players are superstars in the football world, but it is difficult for coaches to become such a striking role, especially coaches engaged in youth training.

The BBC once made a survey report showing that the total number of people who have obtained UEFA A-level coaches and professional-level coaches certificates is only 1,010 in England, which has a population of more than 50 million, which is less than the Netherlands, which has a population of more than 10 million. The latter has a total of 1,137 professional coaches.

Italy and France, both with a population of more than 60 million, have 1,810 and 2,588 respectively, while Germany, with a population of 80 million, has 6,570 professional coaches, and Spain, with a population of more than 40 million, has the largest group of professional coaches in Europe, 14,860, which is more than ten times that of England.

This is a very interesting data. The BBC is based on the statistics up to the World Cup in South Africa. If calculated according to this data, the number of professional coaches in each country follows the proportion of the population, and the final number is exactly consistent with the youth training level of each country.

You can say it is a coincidence, but is it really that coincidental?

It is an indisputable fact that the youth training in England and Italy is terrible, and it is also an indisputable fact that the youth training level in Spain, the Netherlands and Germany is very high. Therefore, the number of professional coaches is definitely directly related to the youth training level. If any country wants to develop youth training, it must first develop a professional coaching team.

Without an excellent and high-level professional coaching team, it is impossible to have a high-level youth training.

Tottenham Hotspur established a coach training class, but there is no mandatory requirement for all coaches who receive training to stay in Tottenham Hotspur. First of all, it is because Tottenham Hotspur only wants high-level professional coaches, and also, Ye Qiu does not think that this mandatory measure has any effect.

At first glance, although Tottenham Hotspur did not make money by holding such training courses, it invested a lot of money, but the talents trained were outflowed, which seemed to be a disadvantage. However, we should never forget that this is a long-term project. These people do not stay in Tottenham Hotspur now, but choose to go to other places, but they may learn more from outside in the future.

Moreover, the football circle is the same as all industries, and interpersonal relationships are indispensable.

Why are the rich and powerful rich? It is because they have a deep foundation, and interpersonal relationships are a very important part of it. So if the rich and powerful are regarded as the top of the pyramid, then interpersonal relationships are definitely one of the pillars supporting this pyramid.

There are also many people criticizing Tottenham Hotspur, thinking that Ye Qiu's way of running the team is too chaotic and the things he does are too complicated.

If it is said that investing in real estate is what Manchester United and Arsenal are doing, it is understandable, then what coach training courses, sports medicine research centers, tactical research centers, and Christmas carnivals are almost all some business that accompany and earn shouting. They are not profitable no matter how you look at it, but they have to invest a lot of money every year.

Do you know how other football clubs do it?

AC Milan has announced that it will close the medical research department of the Milan Laboratory due to financial budget issues. Of course, the so-called Milan Laboratory is still in use by the club, but it is no longer invested in research.

In addition, all clubs are serving the fan community, but no team has ever been like Tottenham Hotspur, including Manchester United, Arsenal and other teams. At best, they go to community nursing homes or children's hospitals during festivals and let a few reporters take pictures.

But Tottenham Hotspur has a community event every month, from the first team to the youth team, every age group, because in Ye Qiu's eyes, this is not a show, but a reflection of the social responsibility that professional players should fulfill.

Why do Tottenham District Council and London City Council strongly support Tottenham Hotspur's Christmas Carnival?

It is because this carnival event has brought significant temporary jobs to Tottenham, and has greatly activated the economy of this district and improved the image of Tottenham, so they are willing to make great efforts to support it. Not long ago, the Tottenham District Council even consulted with Tottenham Hotspur to discuss the future of Tottenham Hotspur's move south.

The most important thing is to keep this Christmas carnival in Tottenham, and many preferential conditions have been offered for this purpose. Not only Tottenham, but also the entire Haringey Borough of North London are very inclined to keep the Christmas carnival in North London, rather than moving south with Tottenham Hotspur's move south.

You know, the Notting Hill Carnival not only makes this area completely a paradise for the rich, but also brings immeasurable economic and tourism income to this borough every year, and the Christmas carnival obviously has such development potential.

In response to the cordial invitation from Haringey Borough Council and Tottenham District, Peter Kenyon, on behalf of Tottenham Hotspur, said that the suggestions would be seriously considered, and he also repeatedly stated that even if Tottenham Hotspur moved south, it would still belong to Haringey and Tottenham.

In order to show their attitude, Tottenham Hotspur had negotiated with the London City Government and the Olympic Committee when they were fighting for the Stratford Stadium, and would open or increase the subway and bus from Haringey and Tottenham to Stratford to facilitate all fans in North London to go south.

Ye Qiu has always felt that many club managers are actually short-sighted, just like AC Milan. The Milan laboratory made them taste the sweetness in the past few years, but as the club's operations and performance were affected in recent years, they began to cut costs, so they closed the R\u0026D department of the Milan laboratory because the existing technology was enough.

This is obviously a very short-sighted behavior. There are many other clubs in the same way, and some other behaviors are very short-sighted.

Ye Qiu has always felt that the core competitiveness of a football club is not on the court, but is increasingly developing into an all-round competition. The court is just what everyone sees, and the competition off the court is also crucial. It can even be said that without preparation off the court, there will be no victory on the court.

Therefore, everything he is doing now may seem complicated on the surface, but in fact, it is in line with the club's future development plan. Because if you want to become a wealthy team, a wealthy team that can stand for a long time, you can't be short-sighted. You have to look far ahead instead of haggling over the little benefits in front of you.

Why don't Ye Qiu and Peter Kenyon spend money on signings instead of spending it on other places?

It's because they know very well that even if you win all the victories on the court and win all the championships, but all the supporting facilities outside the court can't keep up, then sorry, you can't be considered a wealthy team at all. Even if you are a wealthy team, you are just a pseudo-rich team that is short-lived, just like Chelsea now.

Abramovich is ready to start spending money again, because he found that he can't do it without spending money. If he doesn't spend money, the team can't introduce high-level players. Without high-level players, the team's combat effectiveness will be affected. Once the team's performance is bad, it will immediately form a vicious circle. So in the end, Abramovich was forced to invest money again to operate the transfer.

It is conceivable that if Chelsea wants to get good results in the future, it will be impossible without continued investment.

Why is this so?

It is because Chelsea's off-field facilities have not kept up. Once the results decline, the true colors are immediately exposed!

And now Abramovich also has a difficulty. He wants to fire Ancelotti, but the problem is that after firing Ancelotti, all the famous coaches dare not take over Chelsea's mess. They are even willing to go to Manchester City, West Ham United, and Newcastle, but not Chelsea. Why?

These are the impressions given by Abramovich's every move in the past few years.

Even Ye Qiu has a feeling that Chelsea will gradually become a coaching black hole.

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With the strong support of the City of London, Haringey Borough and Tottenham District, the 2010 North London Christmas Carnival was very successful, attracting a considerable number of fans from all over the UK and Europe, and even tourists from all over the world to participate. The scale is far greater than last year, and it has also caused a lot of repercussions.

Especially with the help of Tottenham Hotspur's influence and popularity, the news of the North London Christmas Carnival has spread all over the world and has become the focus of major newspapers and TV stations.

During the Christmas Carnival, Ye Qiu and the coaching staff focused more on the talent day selection. This time, Tottenham Hotspur also attracted many young players from the UK and Europe. At the same time, it also started a program that allows young players outside Europe who have passed the scout assessment to come to London at their own expense to participate in the selection.

However, it is regrettable that no 3A talented stars appeared in this selection activity, but it is not too surprising. After all, if one or two 3A talents appear every year, Tottenham Hotspur will become a concentration camp of talents in the future, and the football world will not have such a shortage of superstars.

After Christmas, the Premier League finally ushered in the most intensive Christmas schedule.

Tottenham Hotspur went to Birmingham the day after Christmas to challenge Aston Villa away, but this time Tottenham Hotspur was not affected by Christmas. They defeated Aston Villa 3:1 away and won 18 consecutive victories this season. This was also Tottenham Hotspur's 31st unbeaten game.

Another game played on the same day was also the focus of the 19th round. Chelsea challenged Arsenal away. The score was also 3:1. According to international practice, the home team is in front and the away team is behind. Chelsea suffered three consecutive defeats in the devil's schedule.

This defeat caused Chelsea's league ranking to drop directly to eighth place. The competition situation of the entire league looks precarious. Let alone the bold words of winning the league championship at the beginning of the season, even the Champions League qualification of the top four in the league may not be enough for Chelsea to win.

Liverpool also suffered defeat in this round. Not only the Reds, but also Newcastle and West Ham United suffered embarrassing defeats or draws. Obviously, some foreign players of these teams are not used to the Christmas schedule of the Premier League, which makes them have strong resistance both mentally and physically.

At this critical moment, whether the team can continue to persevere depends on the adjustment and control of the head coach.

Two days later, on December 28, Tottenham Hotspur returned to their home court and defeated Ibrahimovic 2:0 at home with goals from Ribery and Messi. For Newcastle, led by Qi and Robinho, the performance of several of the Magpies' leading stars in this game was not very satisfactory, and the loss was not unjust.

Chelsea's performance improved in this round, with a 1:0 victory over Bolton Wanderers thanks to Didier Drogba's goal.

On January 1, 2011, Tottenham Hotspur sat at their home court and ushered in the 22nd round of the Premier League's away game against Everton. Moyes' team relied on Sasha at Goodison Park. Ha's goal at a critical moment tied Tottenham Hotspur at home, ending the North London team's winning streak.

After an absence of four months, Tottenham Hotspur's winning streak came to an end with their second draw of the season, and was finally locked at 20 games, which is also the longest in the history of the four major European leagues. winning streak, but Tottenham Hotspur's unbeaten record continues. They have achieved 34 unbeaten games so far.

Over the weekend, the Premier League ushered in the first game of the FA Cup. Tottenham Hotspur welcomed the London team Charlton at their home court. This former Premier League team from London was relegated to the English Championship. After the league, it was quickly relegated to the English League One. It is still lingering in the third level league, and the possibility of promotion is not very high.

Tottenham Hotspur's starting lineup still follows Ye Qiu's lineup arrangement in the past, with mainly young and substitute lineups for the FA Cup. This time Tottenham Hotspur's young players once again showed their outstanding performance. Satisfactory momentum, Neymar scored twice, Pogba scored a goal, and defeated Charlton 3:0 at home.

Although neither Raul nor Hazard scored in this game, the performance of both players is still worthy of recognition. In addition, the combination of Coutinho and Eriksen in the midfield also showed outstanding performance. He showed great creativity and helped Tottenham Hotspur suppress the midfield.

After playing in the third round of the FA Cup, another League Cup semi-final was ushered in midweek. This time Tottenham Hotspur still featured players including Neymar, Hazard, Pogba and others. With a young lineup inside, the first round was an away game against Ipswich, a mid-table team in the British Championship.

Perhaps due to the continuous fighting, or the poor venue of Ipswich, Tottenham Hotspur's group of young players did not show strong enough combat effectiveness in the away game, and ended in a 0:1 defeat. This also made many People criticized Ye Qiu, thinking that he was too trusting. After all, the opponent was a British Championship team.

"I don't know what Ye Qiu thinks about letting a group of young people around eighteen years old compete with adults in their 20s and 30s in a real sword fight, because facing this group of strong adults, Tottenham Hotspur's young people have no advantage at all in physical confrontation, and their best skills and ball control were brutally overwhelmed by the opponent."

"Of course, we are not trying to deny the strength of this group of young players at Tottenham Hotspur. After all, this group of players are the best new generation of hopeful stars in the Premier League today and are highly respected by the outside world, but we must be clear. Realizing that even so, their physical condition is still very disadvantaged when facing the adult team.”

"At the very least, we saw that Neymar was knocked away when faced with a collision from the opponent's center back Macaulay."

Some media and newspapers commented that Ye Qiu obviously did not take the League Cup seriously. Even though this cup is indeed ranked behind the Premier League and the FA Cup, it is a cup championship after all. To win this cup The winning team can participate in the Europa League next season.

"Ye Qiu overestimated the strength of his young players and underestimated Ipswich's desire to participate in the Europa League!"

In an interview with the media, Ye Qiu said that he has never denied the physical disadvantages of young players.

"But what I want to say is that in two weeks' time, at White Hart Lane, you will continue to see our young players, they will continue to appear on the field, even if they still play the second leg It’s not good, not ideal, but I still insist on doing it, and I will start them in all future FA Cup games!”

"You don't have to ask me why? Because no matter what tactics I arrange or what lineup I start with, I have only one purpose, and that is victory!"

"I also want to take this opportunity to tell the young people on the team that there is no need to put any pressure. No one is responsible for the first round. The only thing that needs to be considered is to learn from the experience and lessons of the first round and play well in the second round. In the second round, and even in the subsequent FA Cup games, I firmly believe that you can defeat all opponents!”

"Any player who does not have the strength, or is not strong enough, I will not arrange for him to be included in the game squad, or even let him wear the Tottenham Hotspur jersey to play, so you never need to doubt yourself, All you have to do is trust me and your teammates!”

Ye Qiu's words attracted a lot of attention, but soon everyone's attention was attracted by the FIFA Ballon d'Or awards ceremony. This time, several big-name stars from Tottenham Hotspur's first team attended. They came to Zurich and attended this party, which was also a strong request from FIFA. Otherwise, Ye Qiu would have preferred them to stay and prepare for the game with Manchester United in peace of mind.

Ye Qiu's good friend Van Basten presented the award for the best team. Tottenham Hotspur had five players selected, including Alves, Thiago Silva, Fabregas, Messi and Ribery, which was also the team with the most selected players. Barcelona followed closely behind.

But Ye Qiu lost to Bosque, who led Spain to win the World Cup, in the selection of the best men's football coach. This was something that the outside world had expected long ago. After all, the aura of the World Cup was indeed too dazzling.

However, the most eye-catching thing at the award ceremony was who was the winner of the FIFA Golden Ball Award?