Chapter 687: Wish

On December 26, the day after Christmas, Tottenham Hotspur challenged Southampton on the field.

As a newly promoted team, Adriance's Southampton has performed very well this season and is currently ranked ninth in the Premier League. Basically, there is no need to worry about relegation, but more importantly, this team is not only He has a dark horse performance and an eye-catching tactical style.

Among the three newly promoted teams in the Premier League this season, Southampton and Swansea from Wales are both technical teams. Among them, Southampton attracts the attention of fans with its crazy and desperate offense, especially this one. The team has achieved continuous promotion in the league in the past two seasons and is very popular.

But in the end, Tottenham Hotspur relied on Messi's two goals to defeat Southampton 2:0 away from home.

After the game, Ye Qiu met with Southampton's chairman Mathieu Le Tissier and head coach Co Adrianse in the administrative office of Southampton's St. Mary's Stadium.

As a satellite club of Tottenham Hotspur, Southampton has completely transformed England's Saints into a continental-style, offensive football-oriented team in the three years since Adrian Spurs took over. Southampton is now very competitive in the Premier League this season.

But only Mathieu Le Tissier himself knew that if it weren't for Ye Qiu's strong support, Adriance, a guy with a weird personality, would have been dismissed from get out of class long ago, because he almost didn't fight with Le Tissier in the first place.

However, both of them were dealing with something that was not the right person, so they got angry. Ye Qiu made an appointment, and everyone talked calmly, and then they all felt relieved. Especially after the running-in period, Adrianse's team quickly He showed amazing fighting ability, and his transformation of the youth academy was also very successful.

But this time, they are determined to make supplements during the winter break, and the players they want to introduce are targeting Tottenham Hotspur.

"We now need a right back, a wing attacker, and a passer in the middle of the midfield!" Le Tissier was not polite to Ye Qiu at all. The two sides had cooperated for so many years, and he understood him very well. Ye Qiu's temper, the more polite you are to Ye Qiu, the more uncomfortable Ye Qiu will be. It's better to talk straight to the point.

After hearing this, Ye Qiu thought for a while, "Then who do you want?"

Adrian Sai was even more rude, "Hazard!"

"I'll go!" Ye Qiu pointed out his middle finger, "Go away and dig out my favorite general!"

Letissier on the side chuckled, "At least it's Lucas Mora!"

This can be considered, at least Ye Qiu is very convinced of Adriance's ability to train players.

Seeing Ye Qiu's silence, Le Tissier winked at Adriance. Although Ye Qiu pretended not to care, he could see clearly. He just pretended not to know and waited to see what happened.

"I know you won't give Kyle Walker the right back. The 17-year-old Callum Chambers will be loaned to Southampton soon. In the middle of the midfield, Eriksen and Coutinho, You choose one!”

Ye Qiu really didn't expect that Adriance would be so direct. It was also his fault that he had promised him that he would fully support him.

"You really know how to pick and choose good players to start with!" Ye Qiu smiled bitterly and shook his head.

Who knows, Adrian Sai was not polite after hearing this, "I don't like even the bad ones!"

"Then we have to make an agreement, only on loan, no negotiation for buyout. If I want to recall, I will notify you in advance. In addition, Coutinho has to arrange to play in the middle. You have to give me some attention on this kid and give him more defensive pressure. , As for Lucas Moura, you have to figure it out yourself. If you can't play the main force, I will call him back in the summer!"

Ye Qiu loaned the players to Southampton for the very clear purpose of training.

Southampton's right back Richardson is injured. Chambers is expected to be able to play a lot of games. As for Coutinho and Lucas Moura, they basically go to the main force and core players. The player is temporarily unable to play the main role at Tottenham Hotspur, but in Southampton, it is more than enough.

"Don't worry, give me some time and I'll make two stars for you!" After hearing Ye Qiu's promise, Adriance made his promise with satisfaction.

Originally, in the midfield, he preferred Eriksen. This player has excellent running ability and strong tactical execution. Unlike Coutinho, the Brazilian is a bit lazy, but more cunning than Eriksen. Being more creative, especially his ability to pass through balls, is really surprising.

The reason why Ye Qiu chose Coutinho was because the Brazilian's progress had stalled a bit. Rather than letting him stay at Tottenham Hotspur, it would be better to simply loan him out and let him go to a new environment, which might be able to inspire his talents. Ye Qiu is still very convinced of Adriance's potential and ability to train players.

After Ye Qiu led the team back to London from Southampton, he immediately notified the agents of Chambers, Coutinho and Lucas Moura, informing them of the club's decision and that they would be loaned to Southampton. Play for the team and get more game opportunities there and accumulate more experience.

After completing three loan transactions, Tottenham Hotspur challenged Swansea away from home on December 30th.

Rogers' team was indeed very tough. Sitting at their home ground, they had a great time with Tottenham Hotspur, and almost let Tottenham Hotspur return empty-handed from the away game. In the end, Ramsey received an assist from Kompany in the 73rd minute and scored the winning goal for Tottenham Hotspur.

But just two days later, on January 2, Tottenham Hotspur played against West Bromwich Albion at home. Ye Qiu's team finally won West Bromwich Albion 1:0 at home with Messi assisting Cavani, ending the Christmas devil schedule with three consecutive wins.

But there was also a tragedy. That was Benitez's Liverpool, after two consecutive wins, lost 0:3 away to Mancini's Manchester City in the third game of the Christmas devil schedule, which was the first game after entering 2012, and ushered in a wake-up call at the beginning of the season.

But what is even more tragic is Ferguson's Manchester United, which lost 0:3 to Newcastle away, while West Ham United defeated Chelsea 2:1 at home. In addition, Arsenal lost 1:2 to Fulham away. The entire Premier League has undergone earth-shaking changes. Many media even call this round a new era of the Premier League.

Facts have proved that professional football is either based on systems or on spending money.

Manchester United used to have a system, but now it has encountered problems. Ferguson is getting older and older, and he has gradually become stubborn like an old man. In addition, the Glazer family's blood sucking of Manchester United has made it impossible for Manchester United to effectively introduce players in the transfer market, and the team's performance has been affected.

Newcastle, West Ham United and Manchester City can all be said to be teams built up by spending money, but these teams are also becoming more and more savvy. Manchester City has learned from Mark Hughes' experience and lessons and invited Mancini. Although Mancini's head coach has obvious weaknesses, he has the tactical qualities and theories of Italians and is still very capable of integrating a team.

Newcastle and West Ham United invited Redknapp and Ranieri to coach respectively. The ability of both coaches is beyond doubt, and I believe they can lay a solid foundation for their teams.

After the end of 2011, Sky Sports Channel also produced a program to select the best of the year according to past management. Among them, the best water import of the year was given to Chelsea striker Torres, and the best signing of the year was given to Tottenham Hotspur's Italian midfielder Pirlo, because he had a zero transfer fee.

In the selection, another best signing also belonged to Tottenham Hotspur, that is, the introduction of Vidal for 12 million euros. After joining Tottenham Hotspur, the Chilean performed as well as always, but Ye Qiu repeatedly said that Vidal could be stronger, but this transfer was still not as cost-effective as Pirlo.

In addition, the Player of the Year was given to Messi, and the Young Player of the Year was given to Ramsey, because the whole of 2011 was seen as a season in which Ramsey made great progress, and he established a firm foothold in Tottenham Hotspur, and his performance was also very stable and outstanding, which made him beat Chelsea's Sturridge to be elected the Young Player of the Year.

The Club Owner of the Year was given to Ye Qiu, but the Head Coach of the Year was given to Southampton's Adrianse.

But the latter was given to the Dutchman mainly because Adrianse led Southampton to upgrade again and again in the past two seasons, achieving a triple jump, and after entering the Premier League this season, the Saints' performance is as good as ever.

The most shocking match of the year was Tottenham Hotspur's 8:0 away victory over Manchester United, which was the most humiliating match for Manchester United in more than a hundred years. The comment was, "This is a match that you can't believe your eyes!"

But the Red Devils also won an award, which was the best surprise of the year. Manchester United was eliminated from the Champions League group stage, which surprised countless fans. The best team of the year was given to Tottenham Hotspur, which was well deserved.

The last selection was also the result of Sky TV's online voting by all English fans.

Your three wishes in 2012!

The most popular choice was that England won the 2012 European Cup, which became the most desired thing for all English fans, and the second wish was only slightly less than the first wish, that is, Tottenham Hotspur won the Champions League.

Many fans explained that the Premier League teams had encountered the most humiliating scene in the past few years, that is, three of the four teams participating in the Champions League were eliminated in the group stage and failed to enter the knockout stage. Only Tottenham Hotspur stood out, so they hoped that the North London team could turn the tide and save the prestige and dignity of the Premier League.

The third wish was that there would be no more racial discrimination, which is also a common wish of all people in the football world.

For this reason, Sky TV also interviewed Peter Kenyon, the CEO of Tottenham Hotspur. The latter refused to answer what the team's goal was, but after thanking the fans, he smiled wryly with a joking tone: "One of our old fans said that if we don't win the league, we will commit suicide. Now all the fans in England hope that we will win the Champions League, which makes us feel very stressed!"

Sky TV's selection can be regarded as a campaign for Tottenham Hotspur to a certain extent, and the entire British media is also campaigning for Messi, hoping that the Argentine can win the Ballon d'Or in this year's FIFA selection. Which again overwhelmed the opponent.

At the weekend, Tottenham Hotspur defeated Cheltenham 3-0 with goals from Raul, Hazard and Neymar, and successfully advanced to the knockout round of the FA Cup fourth round.

The day after the game, a group of Tottenham Hotspur fans headed to Zurich.

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Even before the FIFA awards ceremony began, winners of some awards were announced one after another.

For example, this time Ye Qiu finally won the Coach of the Year award, overcoming Guardiola, who had just led the team to win the Champions League, Manchester United coach Ferguson, who eliminated Tottenham Hotspur, and Inter Milan coach Mourinho. Coach of the Year.

French Football announced this news on the magazine cover as early as early January, and they believe that a very important reason why they awarded the award to Ye Qiu is that Tottenham Hotspur’s 70-year performance so far The unbeaten record has allowed Tottenham Hotspur to climb to fourth place in the world unbeaten record rankings.

Many people believe that Tottenham Hotspur's current strength is indeed good, but the possibility of challenging a series of unbeaten records at the front is slim, because if they want to challenge Abidjan Mimosa's 100 With an unbeaten record of 08 games, they have to extend their unbeaten streak to the 30th round of the next season to tie this record.

In other words, Tottenham Hotspur's unbeaten streak will have to continue for more than a year, but this is almost impossible!

The best goal of the year went to Tottenham Hotspur's Neymar. Against Everton, the latter broke through the double-team of two people on the wing at a critical moment. After cooperating with his teammates, he went through and completed the goal. It’s time for the Puskas Award for the best goal of the year.

In the annual best team, five Tottenham Hotspur players including Cech, Alves, Thiago Silva, Pirlo and Messi were selected. This is also the team with the largest number of selected players. Ribe Missed the best lineup.

At the Zurich Opera House that night, Ye Qiu took the stage to receive the Coach of the Year trophy from Matthaus. He said, "The reason why I am able to stand here is not because of how many wins we have won or what we have achieved." I have been undefeated for many games, but because I am in a great team and work hard with a group of great players, this is the reason why I won the award!”

"I want to say that Tottenham Hotspur football has just begun. We are on a different path. I believe we can achieve more and better results. At the same time, I hope to dedicate this award to All Tottenham Hotspur players!”

When the host at the scene asked Ye Qiu to comment on his favorite player Messi and the other two players selected as the top three players of the Ballon d'Or, Xavi and Cristiano Ronaldo, Ye Qiu said without hesitation that Messi should win. prize.

"Of course, this is my selfish intention!" Ye Qiu expressed his partiality frankly.

"I want to say that being in the top three is the biggest recognition for them. No matter who wins the award, it is a matter of course. There may be some controversy, but I think they all deserve this award because They love the game so much and they are willing to give it their all for football.”

"Many people say that Messi is very talented, but no one knows that behind the talent, Messi has put in hard training and sweat that ordinary people can't understand. As far as I know, Cristiano Ronaldo and Xavi, they also So, they put in a lot of effort for football, and that’s why they’re on this stage.”

"Maybe there will be rankings in the selection, and there will only be one trophy, but in my mind, they are all the best professional players on the planet!"

Ye Qiu's words won the applause of the whole hall. Even when Ye Qiu walked off the stage, Cristiano Ronaldo and Xavi took the initiative to stand up and hug Ye Qiu to thank Ye Qiu for affirming them.

But in the end, this award was given to Messi because he is indeed very good and scores a lot of goals.

When Messi stepped onto the podium and received the Ballon d'Or, he first showed the award to everyone in the audience. Then he thanked his teammates, the coaching staff, and specifically thanked the president by name. Coach Ye Qiu, as well as his family and friends, this is also Messi's consistent rhetoric.

"We just had a conversation, which touched me a lot, because I still remember that there was a period of time when I encountered a trough. Some people said that I was playing football based on talent. During that period, I was not even a member of the first team. There is no chance to play, but I have always believed that because our boss once said to me, opportunities will only be reserved for those who are prepared, and are you ready? "

"I think I'm right, there will definitely be rankings in the selection, but I don't think I'm better than Cristiano Ronaldo, or Xavi, or even I don't think I'm better than my best friend, my teammate, Ribery, who is also the best partner, is even better, because I think Ribery has devoted more and more to football. I saw with my own eyes that he gritted his teeth in training every day to overcome injuries, and he practiced sweating profusely every day. ,I'm really touched!"

"Here, I want to tell everyone that although this award is for Messi, it is also for my best teammate Franck Ribery, and at the same time for our center Cavani and Ramsey. , to Pirlo, to Vidal, to Thiago Silva, to all Tottenham Hotspur players!”

"I want to say to them, guys, you deserve this award too!"

"I also want to say something to my best friend Franck Ribery," Messi pointed specifically at Ribery, who was sitting next to Ye Qiu. Scarface was empty-handed this year and didn't win any awards. "Hey, buddy, I'm glad to have you by my side in the past few years. We fought side by side. I feel honored for this. I know your wish. If I make a wish now, I hope to be able to help you get out of pain as soon as possible. Sick, get back into shape, stand on this stage, and lift this trophy!”

Messi's sudden words moved many people present. Ribery even hugged Messi tightly when he came to his side. Everyone who watched the live broadcast around the world could clearly see Ribery. Tears in the corners of the eyes.

Perhaps, at this moment, countless people will be moved by the harmonious atmosphere within Tottenham Hotspur and the friendship between Messi and Ribery.