Chapter 669: Fierce General

The League Cup has never been a game that Ye Qiu and Tottenham Hotspur value, because for Tottenham Hotspur, their focus is mainly on the Premier League and the Champions League, which are their stage.

But for mid- and lower-level teams, such as Everton, the situation is obviously different, especially after the strong rise of West Ham United, Newcastle and other teams, Everton no longer has the previous advantage. If they want to enter the European arena, the cup competition will undoubtedly become their most promising stage.

Because of this, Moyes played at Goodison Park in this game and played a full lineup to face the visiting Tottenham Hotspur. Even though the North London team did not use the main force, Moyes was still very careful.

In this game, Moyes arranged a 451 tactic, with the goalkeeper being American goalkeeper Tim Howard, the back line being Leighton Barnes, Rodwell, Jagielka and Heitinga, the midfield being Drenthe, Phil Neville, Fellaini, Pienaar and Osman, and the lone striker being Argentine center forward Straquarusi.

In order to train Rodwell and rotate the team, Moyes put players such as Hibbert and Distin on the bench, and also the young player Ross Barkley, who is also a young player that Everton is very optimistic about and is highly valued by Moyes.

Tottenham Hotspur arranged a full substitute lineup for this game, with Courtois as the goalkeeper, Alba, Nastasic, Varane and Phil Jones as the back line, Sandro as the back line, Pogba and Eriksson as the central midfielder, and Coutinho, Raul and Neymar as the front trident offensive combination.

Kyle Walker and Eden Hazard will start in the league this weekend, so Ye Qiu did not arrange them to start in this game, but sat on the bench with players such as Lucas Moura.

At the beginning of the game, Everton, who played at home, bullied the weak. Relying on their home court and the main players starting, they planned to give Tottenham Hotspur's group of young players a blow right from the start. They launched a round of attacks and suppressed Tottenham Hotspur's group of young players in the half court and beat them up.

Ye Qiu has been sitting in the visiting team's coaching seat since the start. He did not attach much importance to this game. For him, winning is of course good, but more importantly, he wants to see how this group of young players perform and how many of them are qualified to enter the team's rotation.

Players like Kyle Walker and Eden Hazard, who have already stabilized their strength and won the recognition of their teammates and coaching staff, Ye Qiu is not even going to arrange them to play in this game.

Everton attacked fiercely after the opening, but Tottenham Hotspur's backcourt defense consisting of Nastasic, Varane and Sandro in front also performed well, making Everton's Pienaar want to force a breakthrough in the middle several times, but failed to achieve results. However, after five minutes of attack, Everton suddenly changed its offensive strategy.

After Everton intercepted the ball in the midfield, it quickly passed the ball diagonally to the left. Drenthe rushed to the left and attacked the space left by Phil Jones after he joined the attack, and Nastasic quickly stepped forward to fill the gap.

Many people say that Drenthe is like a wild boar Davis, who is very small, but very fast, has excellent explosive power, and is very flexible, so when he rushed up, Nastasic rushed up and rushed a little too hard, and was easily rushed over by Drenthe.

After Drenthe easily passed Nastasic, Everton fans cheered in the stands.

After Drenthe made an easy pass, he ignored Nastasic who turned around and chased him, and dribbled the ball diagonally into Tottenham Hotspur's penalty area, while Varane kept retreating and retreated directly into the penalty area.

It should be said that Varane's choice was not wrong. When he retreated, he was also paying attention to blocking Drenthe's direct shooting route, and in front of him was Phil Jones who was running back all the way. He blocked the route of Drenthe's pass to Argentine center forward Straquarusi, while Sandro was sticking to Pienaar.

"I'll go up, you stay behind!"

Just when Varane was worried that if he continued to retreat, Drenthe would get a chance to shoot directly, Phil Jones's shout came from his ear. Almost instinctively, Varane immediately leaned to the right and stuck to the Argentine center forward, and almost in an instant, Phil Jones stuck to Drenthe.

This time the Englishman was very smart. He did not choose to make a dangerous move such as a direct shovel. Instead, he used his body to push directly at Drenthe like a tiger descending from a mountain. The Dutchman was also very smart. He had just seen Nastasic's pounce too hard, so now he met the fierce Phil Jones, and wanted to repeat the same trick.

But Phil Jones saved some strength this time. When Drenthe made an emergency stop, he also stopped immediately, and his body was always blocking Drenthe's left side. Because Drenthe only had his left foot as his dominant foot, his right foot was almost negligible, so Phil Jones's cleverness was that he entangled Drenthe's left foot.

With his left foot entangled, Drenthe had no way to shoot, and the rhythm of the rapid advance was also disrupted by Phil Jones. Sandro and Nastasic quickly returned to the penalty area. When Drenthe wanted to pass the ball to Pinar who was inserted from behind with his right foot, Sandro stepped forward and intercepted the ball halfway.

This defense in a football match seems ordinary, but it is full of thrilling battles of wits and strength. People who have not experienced it personally will not understand it, and the fans are more likely to sigh in regret in the stands, or smile in front of the TV.

A little more, just like Ye Qiu now, praise, "Phil Jones has improved!"

This time, Phil Jones adjusted quickly, returned to defense quickly, and was very decisive and timely. More importantly, he judged in an instant that Drenthe's left foot should be restricted, grasping this key point, which is quite good.

Tottenham Hotspur is a team of young people, and their strength is definitely not comparable to Everton's main players. Therefore, although they resolved Everton's attack, the home team's offensive continued.

After learning from the lessons just now, and with Ye Qiu making some adjustments to the details on the sidelines, the team's defense gradually stabilized, but the passivity on the scene could not be reversed.

Being pressed by the opponent is undoubtedly a difficult test for Tottenham Hotspur's defensive players, especially since they are facing the impact of Everton's main lineup, which is quite strong in the Premier League. Such an experience is even more rare for them.

Although Phil Jones is young and a substitute, he is not immature or timid. He always appears on the court with a fierce and fearless momentum.

Just now, Drenthe was frightened. Not long after, Phil Jones did it again. This time, Pienaar wanted to dribble the ball from the left rib, but Phil Jones suddenly rushed up with a brisk step and pressed closely again, which frightened Pienaar to make a big dribble. Varane did not miss the opportunity and directly kicked the ball away.

But Drenthe was not defended on the left, and Ye Qiu and Mauro Tassotti on the sidelines shook their heads.

"It's still too young!" Mauro Tassotti, who was a defensive player, laughed.

If Pienaar had enough awareness at that time, after passing to Drenthe, the Dutchman crossed the ball, and the Argentine center forward Straquarusi, who was more than 1.9 meters tall in the penalty area, was able to easily suppress Nastasic.

"But after half a season of training, plus the special training this season, it seems to be somewhat effective!" Ye Qiu said.

It is mainly reflected in the running position, timing and defensive skills. Phil Jones's grasp of timing and defensive skills in at least this game is indeed very accurate and mature, but his defensive awareness, especially his sense of position, is still relatively immature.

Many people say that young players should play more games, especially some high-level games, which is a very important way to train young players. This statement is actually not accurate, because if playing high-level games can make progress, then what is the head coach for?

Moreover, the training of many teams now, especially the group confrontation training, is almost to the maximum extent imitating actual combat, so the pressure of many team training is even greater than the pressure brought by some games with a huge gap in strength.

The growth and progress of young players is nothing more than two factors, one is basic skills, and the other is application.

Basically, those who can be called rookies have good basic skills, and the players who can become the key training targets of Tottenham Hotspur have very solid basic skills, so the key is how to use them.

And how to use them is closely related to the head coach, because different head coaches will adopt different playing styles.

Just like Phil Jones, if he went to Manchester United, or some other teams coached by local coaches in the Premier League, maybe they would turn him into a fierce general, flying tackles, rushing forward, showing off his soles, or running around nonsensically.

But when he came to Tottenham Hotspur, he had to adapt to Tottenham Hotspur's tactical style of play. He had to learn Ye Qiu's requirements for defensive players, such as positioning, prediction, and interception... After doing these, he had to work hard to train his passing, stopping and other abilities, and he couldn't kick the ball all the time. He also had to learn how to run to support his teammates, etc.

This requires a process, but there is no doubt that the team that goes to the English style of play and the team that comes to Tottenham Hotspur, both have Phil Jones, but they will eventually cultivate two completely different players.

This is why Anderson is Ronaldinho II in the Portuguese Super League, and Mikel is a front midfielder with outstanding footwork and awareness in Nigeria and the World Youth Championship, and his talent is not inferior to Messi, but after they came to the Premier League and joined Ferguson and Mourinho, they all became beastly waists. This is the reason.

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Although this group of young players of Tottenham Hotspur defended very hard and diligently, and they also played without any embarrassment or timidity, Everton finally scored the first goal. When Fellaini was inserted from behind, the Tottenham Hotspur player missed a player in the penalty area, allowing the Belgian midfielder to score the first goal.

This happened in the 33rd minute of the first half, which was a big blow to Tottenham Hotspur.

After losing the ball, the players were obviously a little panicked. After the restart, they soon lost the ball again. Everton launched a counterattack, and Pienaar made an over-the-top pass. Drenthe got the ball after being offside, and Osman on the right also rushed up quickly. The entire Tottenham Hotspur backcourt was left with only Phil Jones.

One on two, Phil Jones couldn't help but step back, but his attention was not only on Drenthe who was holding the ball, but also on Osman who was cutting in from behind. He knew very well that he was not only You have to rely on movement and positioning to limit Drenthe's kicks, and at the same time, you have to prevent Drenthe from passing the ball to Osman.

This is a very difficult choice, but it is difficult for Phil Jones to make it, and it is also difficult for Drenthe himself, because he found that Phil Jones' position is always in a very embarrassing situation. If he wants to accelerate If you go down to the bottom, you may be interfered by him and entangled by him. The goalkeeper can get the ball if he attacks. Even if he doesn't attack, as long as he stays in position, his shooting angle is almost blocked.

But if it is a cross pass, the distance between him and Osman is a bit far, one is on the left rib and the other is on the right rib. He knows Phil Jones's explosive power. This kid starts very quickly and is likely to intercept the ball.

As the ball advanced, Drenthe was always looking for opportunities. Phil Jones retreated into the penalty area. He seemed to have seen through Drenthe's plan. Varane, Nastasic and Sandro all came back. , so he has enough confidence.

After spotting an opportunity, Phil Jones suddenly rushed forward. His speed was so fast that Drenthe had no time to react. Moreover, the timing of his forward attack was perfect. It happened to be when the ball left Drenthe's feet, so he rushed forward. It was a sliding tackle that fell to the ground. While scooping the ball away, Lian Drenthe was tripped and fell in the penalty area.

Typical and iconic Phil Jones' fierce tackle!

Drenthe fell in the penalty area and was waiting for the referee's whistle. Several Everton players shouted at the referee, but the referee from the English Championship smiled and shook his head and waved his hands. It was obviously telling the Everton players not to try to put pressure on me, I saw it clearly, it was a beautiful piece of defending.

There were boos throughout Goodison Park.

Phil Jones jumped up from the ground, roared towards the group of Everton players who wanted to put pressure on the referee, and rushed forward. It was so loud that even Ye Qiu on the sidelines could hear it. It was clear as day, "Fuck the rule, this is a dive, you know? He is diving, trying to cheat a penalty kick!"

The referee immediately stood between Phil Jones and several Everton players. Everyone saw the red-faced Phil Jones with exposed veins on his neck, as if he was about to fight with the National People's Congress. , without any awareness of the young general.

Raul ran over and pulled Phil Jones. He was worried that his teammate would lose control, but Phil Jones broke free from Raul's pull. "Don't pull me, I know what I'm doing!"

"I just can't stand these bastards. They are like cowards and think about cheating for penalty kicks all day long. I F×××!"

Phil Jones roared at the Everton players, and the referee immediately ran over and showed him a yellow card. At this time, the Tottenham Hotspur players were dissatisfied and wanted to cheat a penalty kick. You didn't give the cards, but gave them to our teammates?

The referee separated the players from the two teams. Under the control of Raul, the Tottenham Hotspur players were not swayed by anger, but they obviously became very angry, especially Phil Jones. After the troublemaker got a yellow card, he yelled at the Everton players, "You eggless guys, be careful, I'll kill you!"

The Tottenham Hotspur coaching staff were sitting on the sidelines, watching what was happening. Ye Qiu and Mauro Tassotti looked at each other and laughed, while Roland Schepas, on the other hand, left a little worried. Come over here, "How about replacing Phil Jones? This kid looks like he's on drugs. Look at his blushing face. He's so excited!"

Ye Qiu shook his head, "If he doesn't change, he will get a red card if he has the ability!"

"What do you mean?" Roland didn't quite understand.

Mauro Tassotti patted Roland on the shoulder, "If he gets a red card, then he is a reckless man, no different from the past, but if he doesn't get a red card, everything that happens is good for us, you Didn’t you see that the players were all beaten awake?”

What is the most troublesome thing for a young player when he is on his own?

It's not a matter of strength, but of self-confidence!

From the beginning of the game, the Tottenham Hotspur boys were beaten by the Everton players. This was too ugly. On the one hand, their skills were inferior to others, but more importantly, they put their Putting himself in a weak position, he forgot Ye Qiu's instructions before the game and the team's tactics.

But now it's better. Phil Jones's outburst has made everyone at Tottenham Hotspur feel unhappy. They all feel annoyed and want to vent. So the game has just begun. If Phil Jones is replaced at this time, , doesn’t that mean we’re going to extinguish the fire in the players’ hearts? Tell them I don't like it when you get angry?

In Ye Qiu's view, passion is a good thing, but one cannot be controlled by passion and lose one's reason.

Ye Qiu has never felt that Keane is the best defensive midfielder. The reason is that he is often controlled by passion. For example, he makes some unnecessary fouls and hurts his opponents, which greatly affects him.

Of course, Keane is a great player, Ye Qiu has no doubt about it, but his biggest regret is his uncontrollable temper.

The laboratory also has psychological training specifically for players, so now is the right time to test the results. In the end, this is just a league cup. If they lose, they will just lose the league cup. Ye Qiu doesn't feel sorry at all, because if they can awaken the fighting spirit of young players, this game will greatly promote their growth.

It can even be said that the gains from playing ten games that go smoothly and fish in troubled waters may not be as great and effective as the gains from such a game.