The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 395
"Messi got the ball on the right, faced Ashley Cole, knocked back suddenly, Fabregas got the ball, and passed it forward!"

"Nice one-two, past Ashley Cole, oops, the pass was blocked by Carvalho, corner."

"Beckham took the corner, Hangeland headed it, oh my god it hit the crossbar, Hilario hit it, Cesc Fabregas chested the ball and kicked it, ah, just a little wide! "

With Cesc Fabregas's kick from the front of the penalty area, all the fans in the audience held their breath, and when he hit the wrong side, they felt a little bit of disaster, or regret let out a sigh.

Ye Qiu applauded his lover from the sidelines. Cesc Fabregas performed really well in this game, but Tottenham Hotspur's offense was poor at other times except for that goal. None of them pose much of a threat.

After Mourinho conceded a goal, he told Ashley Cole not to press easily, Chelsea also began to retreat in an orderly manner, still adopting defensive and counterattack tactics, while Ye Qiu attacked for a while After that, it is also appropriate for the team to retreat a little.

"I think our offensive pressure is too high, resulting in too many people in the opponent's 30-meter area!" Mauro Tassotti also saw this problem on the sidelines.

In fact, this is not just a problem with Tottenham Hotspur, but a problem that all teams that use high defense will face, that is, when the opponent adopts an orderly contraction defense, your offense can still how to spell?
The reason why Benitez's team was unable to score points on the weak team was actually because his tactical play was not effective when encountering a weak team with a defensive counterattack. In this game, Tottenham Tottenham got 71% possession rate, but more of it was garbage possession time, which was useless at all.

Therefore, after Ye Qiu scored a goal, he immediately asked the team to retreat gradually, return to their normal positions, and even gave up some possession of the ball to let Chelsea take the initiative to play. After that, the ball possession rate dropped from 71% to the current 59%.

But Chelsea doesn't seem to have much idea of ​​pressing out to play. The offense does not invest many troops, and it still focuses on long passes.

"There is a Ruud in front of us!" Ye Qiu also expressed his thoughts.

Van Nistelrooy is a center with very obvious characteristics, his scoring ability and scoring efficiency are super strong, and he is one of the few veterans in the Tottenham Hotspur team with rich professional experience. Top scorer for Tottenham and Europa League.

Of course, Ye Qiu knew in his heart that the reason Ruud van Nistelrooy was able to score so many goals was that the team launched an attack around him, including Ribery, Messi, Cesc Fabregas and other players. , are all around Ruud van Nistelrooy to launch the offensive layout, so Ruud van Nistelrooy's shortcomings are also Tottenham Hotspur's shortcomings.

Even Ye Qiu could say that Ruud van Nistelrooy scored more goals, which may not necessarily be a good thing for Tottenham Hotspur's overall offense.

Some people may find it strange that Ferguson gave up Van Nistelrooy in order to make the team more continental, but why did Ye Qiu bring in Ruud?And now Ruud van Nistelrooy has also become a further obstacle for Tottenham Hotspur.

There is no way around this, because Ye Qiu himself is still groping, and he only has a very basic concept. He doesn't have a very good concept in his heart about what kind of tactics he wants to play. , but the problem is that your team can't keep groping and sacrificing results.

If your grades are too bad, all the players in the team will run away after performing well. This has nothing to do with loyalty or not, because professional players don’t want to go to a higher-level giant and a bigger stage to prove themselves. Strength, or even compete with the best players for the title of World Footballer?Even if it's just for nominations!
To some extent, if there is no Van Nistelrooy, Ye Qiu will keep Defoe and Robbie Keane, but he may be able to get Van Nistelrooy at a low price. Fu, to maximize the interests of the team, and it turns out that Van Nistelrooy's performance is indeed quite good.

Saying that he doesn't fit the team's future is taking precautions.

Mauro Tassotti nodded after hearing Ye Qiu's words, a little helpless, because Van Nistelrooy is the king of the small penalty area, you can only let him close to the penalty area, once he is far away from the penalty area, with his technical and tactical characteristics, Tott Nam Tottenham is almost no different from one less person.

And this season, Ye Qiu has been deliberately strengthening the cultivation and refinement of players such as Van Persie, Cavani and even Carroll. This is actually to let them take over Van Nistelrooy's class at the right time. Judging from the current situation, Ye Qiu is most optimistic about Van Persie. This player's skills are very detailed, the ball is very good, and his shooting skills are also very good. The only hidden danger is physical confrontation. He does body strengthening exercises.

If Van Persie is used instead of Van Nistelrooy, Tottenham Hotspur's offense will be more diversified and flexible, at least they don't need to focus on pressing the opponent like they are now, which is too hard.

"Have you noticed that Fabregas has a strong desire to move forward!" Mauro Tassotti said, pointing to Fabregas.

When playing against underdogs, the performance of the players is actually not very convincing, but it is different when playing against strong teams. The dialogue between the strong and the strong is the game that can best test the strength of the team and players. From this game, , Fabregas' passing vision is indeed very good, and his desire to move forward is also very strong, and he has already had three shots.

Of course, this is also related to Beckham and Mascherano defending behind him, so his offensive ability is strongly reflected.

"He was the top scorer in the World Youth Championship back then, and he was also the Golden Boot and the Most Valuable Player." Ye Qiu said with a smile. Fabregas was the best player in the 2003 17-year-old World Youth Championship. The position of playing is the second forward, so his offensive ability and shooting ability are not weak at all.

The reason why he was better at delaying the organization in his previous life at Arsenal is that Arsenal played a 442-[-]-[-] tactic with two central midfielders in the midfield. Fabregas naturally played a relatively late position, but in the late stage, he The position is properly advanced, which directly releases Fabregas' ability to score behind.

In Ye Qiu's view, Cesc Fabregas' ability to see the big picture, read the game, organize and grasp the rhythm is top-notch. Whether it is long or short passing, he is also outstanding, but he also has his own weaknesses and weaknesses. The shortcoming is that the possession of the ball is slightly insufficient, especially in the point of holding the ball in the midfield.

In other words, Cesc Fabregas can be the core of the playmaker, the best passer, and can support his teammates through running, but he is not a ball handler, although he can also be competent in the Premier League with his technical skills. The responsibility of the ball handler, but that is because the current tactics of the Premier League are generally relatively extensive. Once in the more rigorous European arena, when he meets a team that pays more attention to cutting the opponent's passing route, his role will be greatly curbed.

Beckham is also a passer and not a ball handler, so the current Tottenham Hotspur's offense is actually launched around the wing, and there is not much threat in the center, because whether it is Beckham Or Cesc Fabregas, it is difficult to kill a bloody path from the middle.

This is also the reason why Ye Qiu cultivated Van Persie. If Van Persie can play well, he will replace Van Nistelrooy, the striker will retreat, and the winger will insert the offensive line. At that time, the entire Tottenham Hotspur's existing offensive system will be improved. effect can be maximized.

And Ye Qiu has another idea, that is to bring in a ball handler to partner with Cesc Fabregas.

Before, he thought that Yaya Toure would be suitable. The Ivorian's ball control is still very characteristic, and he can bring enough hardness to the frontcourt. But after the first half of the season, Ye Qiu began to feel that Yaya Toure Unable to play this position, he plans to train the Ivorian as a midfielder, but he needs to get rid of some problems.

If the Ivorian is really trained, then he will definitely be able to become the top midfielder, because he has excellent technical skills, outstanding physical fitness and a wide range of running coverage, which are all necessary conditions for a midfielder.

His problem is sticking to the ball and his penchant for getting in.

It's not a big problem for you to love to attack. As long as you choose the right time to insert, you can form a threat after inserting and play an effect, and you can return to the defense immediately after the ball is changed. Then your inserting is actually against the ball. A support and help for the team's offense.

Yaya Toure's biggest problem is sticking to the ball. Even if he has improved a lot, as a defensive midfielder, sticking to the ball is the biggest drawback, because once the midfielder is intercepted, it is a fatal threat, so the biggest defensive midfielder Taboo is procrastination.

With the development of Tottenham Hotspur this season, Ye Qiu has gradually realized some of his previous mistakes, and he has also explored some new directions and ideas, but some can be tried, and some are not yet ready to try. After all, he also has to consider Tottenham Hotspur's existing lineup and the team's performance.

Just like Ruud van Nistelrooy, Ferguson sent away the Dutch forward almost all professionals knew it was out of tactical needs, but he made an excuse for all fans, that is, Ruud van Nistelrooy and Cristiano Ronaldo did not get along. When he could only choose one, he chose the young Portuguese, which could be accepted by everyone, including Manchester United players.

If Ye Qiu wanted Van Persie to replace Ruud van Nistelrooy as the team's leading scorer, he could be said to be for the team's needs, but what would the players think?Van Persie can withstand such pressure?Can the rest of the team be convinced?Fanny can accept it?

Ye Qiu can guarantee that as long as he wins Van Nistelrooy for no reason, the team will be in chaos, the team's morale will be drained, and maybe they will be sent back to the first half of the season, desperate to avoid relegation.

Therefore, many times, with many ideas, you have to take your time, wait for the opportunity to try, and don't always think about it overnight.

The first half of the game ended with Fabregas's precise long diagonal pass into Chelsea's penalty area. Ribery put in but was ended by Hilario picking the ball over his head.

Tottenham took the lead 1-0 at the Millennium Stadium.

What is even more commendable is that Tottenham Hotspur firmly controlled the situation and rhythm of the game with a 57% ball possession rate, and [-] shots and [-] shots were on target. This kind of data is much better than Chelsea. Except for the impressive defensive data, Mourinho's team is relatively average.

Especially in the opponent's half, Tottenham Hotspur's passing success rate is as high as 81%, while Chelsea's is only 8%. technical gap.

The on-site commentator summed up the first half, and it was very incomprehensible to say, "Why did Chelsea take the initiative to give up the offensive routines they are good at, and instead adopt a single-featured, even very inefficient long pass to find a routine like Drogba?" Ye Qiu gave his players the answer directly in the locker room.

"Because they are afraid of our midfielder!" Ye Qiu looked very confident when he said this.

If Deco played, maybe Chelsea would not be so passive, but the two superstars Ballack and Lampard competed together, but the effect did not reach one plus one is greater than two, but it became a situation where one plus one is less than one.

The midfielder is suppressed by Tottenham Hotspur. Joe Cole and Duff are not good at dribbling breakthroughs. Chelsea's offensive methods are extremely scarce. At this time they want to press out and play, but they are worried about Tottenham Hotspur Because Beckham's and Cesc Fabregas' counterattack passes are like precise guided missiles, who is not afraid of hitting wherever they point?
"In the second half we continue to play like we did after leading in the first half, don't play fast with Chelsea, they like fast, we don't play with them, we have to slow down, slow is good for us, and our midfield has to be proper. Retreat, pull them out to fight, now we are leading, they are behind, if they want to win, they can only press out and fight!"

When he said this, Ye Qiu smiled confidently again, and said: "As long as they press out and fight, there will inevitably be holes behind them, and this is our chance!"

"I have a hunch that Chelsea will make a substitution at halftime, and it must be a winger. It should be Joe Cole, but who will be replaced, I'm not sure, it should be Kalou, Wright Phillips Or Alan Lennon, they need to fight for some one-on-one opportunities on the wing and open up the tactical width!"

It's not that Ye Qiu has clever calculations, but that this is an adjustment that Chelsea must make. If Mourinho didn't have such a vision, then he would never be able to make it to where he is today, and the Chelsea team is the most sure of breaking through with the ball. is the sidewalk.

At present, there are still many wide players in Chelsea. Mourinho likes wing tactics very much. He has gathered Duff, Wright Phillips, Alan Lennon, Kalou and Quaresma. Quaresma has been taken by him. Into the limbo, Joe Cole was also obviously proved in the first half that he did not have the ability to break the deadlock, so he could only arrange a player to play one-on-one.

"We have to pay attention, no matter who he replaces, it will definitely strengthen Chelsea's attack, especially the attack on the wing, so our two wings will start to pay attention to defense in the second half, and the three lines will remain compact. , Let them attack, and we will fight their counterattack!"

Ye Qiu's analysis made all the Tottenham Hotspur players in the dressing room feel his confidence. In fact, Chelsea did not play the slightest threat throughout the first half, and it could even be said that it was not at all like Is the leader of the Premier League.

"The first half is over, and I want to remind everyone that the Chelsea in the first half is not the real Chelsea, it is in the second half, so don't think that we can take a temporary 1-0 lead and you can breathe a sigh of relief, I want to tell you You guys, the second half is the real test."

If Chelsea's defeat in the first half was because Mourinho was too conservative, then in the second half he had no choice but to play, unless he didn't want this championship.

Ye Qiu knows better than anyone that Chelsea's attack power is not weak at all. Drogba, a powerful center, can break through the opponent's entire defense line alone, plus two wings, as well as Lampard and Barbados. Luck's back cut is the biggest threat to any team.

"Guys, believe me, the game has been played so far, and the situation is in our favor. As long as all of us don't be blind and careless, and devote ourselves to the game, then the final victory of this game must belong to us and belong to Tottenham. prick!"

"We, tonight, will bring the League Cup trophy back to White Hart Lane!"

Ye Qiu's midfield mobilization really boosted the morale of the team. With him around, everyone in Tottenham Hotspur was obviously more confident and calmer, especially when they walked out of the locker room and stepped onto the stage. When I was on the court, I noticed the adjustment of Chelsea's game lineup, and all of them laughed confidently.

Because Ye Qiu guessed right, Chelsea did make substitution adjustments during the intermission. Mourinho replaced Joe Cole with Aaron Lennon, the former Tottenham Hotspur right Feng still played his most familiar position, while Duff was switched to the left, and the two supported Drogba.

But what Ye Qiu didn't guess was that Mourinho was obviously desperate this time. He started the first half with outrageously conservative tactics, but suddenly went crazy during the intermission. People, Mikel replaced Makelele, obviously to strengthen the team's midfield organization and offense.

Ye Qiu was somewhat worried on the sidelines. The current Tottenham Hotspur did not have the strength to disdain Chelsea, and he knew very well that Mourinho's two substitutions were a little emotional. , who is not afraid of Chelsea?

There is a saying that goes well, those who are stupefied are afraid of being violent, and those who are violent are afraid of dying.

Ye Qiu turned his head and looked at Mourinho who was also standing outside the coaching bench. The Portuguese also happened to look over. The eyes of the two met in the middle, as if a spark had been sparked. Pointing at Ye Qiu, he made a beheading motion, with that look on his face that he really wanted to kill Ye Qiu.

Ye Qiu ignored him, but Chelsea's tactics in the second half were very clear. They launched a fierce and desperate attack on Tottenham Hotspur from the very beginning.

(End of this chapter)