The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 396 The Crucial Substitution

John Obi Mikel, 19, from Nigeria.

I still remember that when the media introduced this player, they focused on the relationship between him and Ye Qiu, because he played in Ajax's satellite club in Cape Town, South Africa in seventeen and two years. Playing in the Capton Ajax team, that is, the past two years, allowed him to complete the transformation and maturity of his skills.

In the 2005 World Youth Championship, he was also the best player, second only to Messi, who is currently playing for Tottenham Hotspur, and became the winner of the Bronze Ball Award in that World Youth Championship. At that time, he played in the attacking midfielder position, and his style of play was a bit quaint, leaning towards the classical attacking midfielder style. This is why Ajax was not very optimistic about him and let him leave.

After all, in the current football environment, there is not much room for the classical midfielder to survive. There is no midfielder in the 433 tactic, and the position of the midfielder in the 4231 tactic is also a modern scoring midfielder, even if it is advocating In the technical La Liga, there is no room for the midfielder to survive now, and there may still be places in Brazil and some parts of South America.

Sometimes things are really unpredictable. Messi is the most valuable player in this World Youth Championship, but he is not liked by Mourinho. After shining in the World Youth Championship In the 05/06 season, he was sidelined and didn't get many opportunities to perform. Ironically, it didn't take long for Chelsea and Manchester United to fight for Mikel.

After that, Mikel joined Chelsea smoothly, but Messi wanted to leave the team and was rejected by Barcelona. Finally, in the summer of 06, he joined Tottenham Hotspur, which was acquired by Ye Qiu, and became famous in one fell swoop.

There are countless cases like Messi in big teams, just like Arbeloa who is currently playing for Tottenham Hotspur. The captain of the second team performed very well, but he has never been able to get opportunities and trust in the first team. Finally, he switched to Tottenham Hotspur this season for 03 million euros, and now he is also performing very well.

In fact, to some extent, there are many factors that affect a professional player's ultimate success. On his development path, whether the head coach uses him properly, whether the club's tactical style is suitable, and the player himself Personality and habits, even injuries are important factors that affect a player's career.

In the history of football, outstanding rookies are not uncommon, but sometimes, they often disrupt their progress because of an injury in the rising stage, resulting in failure to meet the expectations of the team and fans. It may also be that the head coach uses and trusts him, or that the club's tactical style does not match him, and so on.

For example, Raul Tamudo from the Spaniard, this striker is absolutely capable, and he even has the strength to play for a wealthy team and gain a foothold, but he is not well-known, and I believe many fans may not even know him He, but his strength is not inferior to those first-class forwards who play for giants. Of course, there is still a little gap with top forwards like Ruud van Nistelrooy and Ronaldo, but the gap is not very big.

The difference in strength between professional players and professional players is not as big as the fans imagined. Even the outstanding Ronaldinho, in one-on-one, he is not sure that he can kill the opponent, even if his The opponents are from low-level leagues, and they are not sure.

And the illusion caused by the fans, thinking that the performance of the players on the court seems to be very different, as if they can beat the opponent anytime and anywhere, is actually a result of the overall strength of the team.

Football is a team sport, and the strength of a team can sometimes be reflected in the overall situation. For example, you can see some teams playing against another team by using their strength advantages, playing desperately, and creating many, many opportunities. This is an overall advantage.

But sometimes he will also show a local advantage. For example, according to the tactical arrangement of the head coach, the focus will be on a certain point, and all the advantages of the team will be transferred to this point, and then use this point to improve Hit your opponent.

Ye Qiu was very impressed by the UEFA Champions League match between Tottenham Hotspur and Inter Milan in his previous life. Gareth Bale completely defeated Maicon. In terms of pure strength, there is no difference between Gareth Bale and Maicon. Everyone knows that the latter has an advantage in terms of strength and experience. Gareth Bell is very fast, but his skills and ability to combine the ball are not strong. He is a typical player with British characteristics, but why? He showed such a strong strength advantage on the court?

It can even be said that Gareth Bale in that game completely established his status and influence to be able to compete with Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and other top superstars, but in fact, that game What is really decisive is not the players, but the tactics.

Assuming that the strength of two players is 50.00, and the player on the side with the tactical advantage can get a 150% tactical bonus, then his strength on the field is 50.00, while the side with the tactical disadvantage is restrained by tactics and can only play If his strength is [-]%, then his strength on the court is fifty, so the gap is obvious.

But in fact, their strength is the same.

Maybe some people will say, then why did those teams introduce Gareth Bell and charge such a high price?

This is because the transfer price of a player is never determined purely by strength. Influence, commercial factors, the degree of demand from the team, and even the degree of preference of the head coach and management are all important factors that affect the value of a player. factor.

Just like John Obi Mikel, his worth is 600 million euros, it is impossible to kill him so high, but he is so high, because there are many factors involved, such as Chelsea and Disputes between Manchester United.

After Mikel came to Chelsea, Mourinho did not arrange for him to play the front midfielder, but transferred him to the midfielder or even the midfielder position. The importance of the midfielder, if Mikel plays a world in the midfielder, then he will be fixed in the midfielder position in the future.

As a midfielder, Mikel was called African Zidane in the World Youth Championship, which means that his style is very similar to Zidane, his body is stronger than his peers, and his style of play is very elegant , while the speed and rhythm of kicking are slow.

But sometimes you have to look at it this way, saying that he has a very elegant style of play, but in fact he likes to take the ball, and it is the kind of slow-paced holding the ball, likes to be muddy, and now football pays attention to the ball with one kick, clean and tidy. Neat, where can you see the elegance?
Of course, it must be said that even if the current mainstream is fast-paced and concise one-kick kicks, it does not mean that classical style players like Zidane and Mikel have no room to play. Whether the technical and tactical characteristics can be brought into play depends not on the players themselves, but on the overall tactics of the team.

Riquelme lived like a year in Barcelona, ​​but went to Villarreal to flourish. The reason is very simple. Villarreal gave him the tactical space to play his own characteristics.

In the second half of this game, I don’t know if Mourinho took Makelele on purpose, or because the French midfielder was not physically fit, he chose to let Mikel play, but no matter what, when Chelsea started the second half. Nam Hotspur launched a round of fierce attack. When their strong frontcourt and muscular men launched a violent attack on Tottenham Hotspur's defensive system, Mikel's dark arrow behind him played an effect .

In the 49th minute, Chelsea continued their aggressive press from the beginning of the second half. Mikel made a long pass from the center to the left. Duff quickly threw away Alves and moved quickly along the left. He rushed forward, got the ball and made a pass from the bottom. Drogba shook his head in the penalty area and attacked the goal, but the ball was slightly higher.

But this excellent counterattack gave Chelsea momentum, and then Chelsea began to attack Tottenham Hotspur's defense wave after wave, while Mikel was dragged behind Ballack and Lan Pade calmly organizes behind him, and his distribution is more on the two wings, using oblique long passes and cross passes to the full backs.

This should be a tactic deliberately arranged and adjusted by Mourinho during the intermission. When Makelele was on the court, the French midfielder seldom played the kind of oblique long pass similar to Mikel's to Duff.

Regarding Chelsea's changes, Ye Qiu adjusted the team's defense appropriately, requiring the two full-backs to start focusing on defense, but at the same time he also asked the team to be cautious in the middle, because he knew very well that Duff and Alan Lennon were in the middle. The wings may be able to create threats, but Drogba, Lampard and Ballack in the center are the most threatening players.

When Chelsea's offense is wide, it is bound to stretch Tottenham's defense. Once it is stretched, the center will naturally be thinned. This is undoubtedly more suitable for Chelsea's midfielder. So Mascherano and Beckham are almost blocked in front of the defense to protect.

Ye Qiu could see very clearly that as long as Tottenham Hotspur survived this wave of attacks, they would be able to launch a powerful counterattack, and Chelsea's next wave of attacks would definitely be reduced.

But when everyone in Tottenham Hotspur was focusing on the wing and the two rear midfielders, Mikel quietly ran to the front and received a pass from his teammates Finally, a through ball penetrated Tottenham Hotspur's midfield and landed precisely at Drogba's feet.

Drogba leaned against Thiago Silva with his body, forcing the Brazilian central defender to not interfere with him receiving the ball. Hangeland had also realized the danger and approached him immediately, but at this fleeting moment, Mikel's pass went to the feet of Drogba, who stopped the ball directly into the Tottenham Hotspur penalty area when the ball was stopped.

The next thing was very simple. Thiago Silva was suppressed by Drogba with his body and could not move. Hangeland's turning speed was too slow to stop Drogba. In the end, the Ivorian stopped the ball Taking advantage of the trend, he passed Thiago Silva, and suddenly accelerated, and the whole person rushed forward from between Thiago Silva and Hangeland.

Cech realized the danger, and immediately abandoned the goal to attack, but Drogba was obviously one step faster, grabbed the ball before Cech, and the ball went straight to the bottom of the goal net from Cech's side, 1:1!

"Wow!!!!" The Chelsea fans in the stands rushed out of their seats one by one.

"Didier Drogba scored!!!!"

"Chelsea equalized in the 53rd minute of the second half, a through ball from John Obi Mikel, Drogba stopped the ball between the two Tottenham Hotspur centre-backs, and it was hard. Opened a channel, formed a single knife and equalized the score for the team!"

But I saw that after Drogba scored the goal, he just turned around hastily and gave a high-five to Lampard and other players who were chasing behind him. He didn't celebrate too much, but walked back with his head down. Mikel gave a celebratory hug when he passed by his African compatriot.

"From the slow motion, we can see that Drogba is really very strong. Under his pressure, Thiago Silva has almost no ability to resist, and Hangeland Did not cooperate with Thiago Silva in the first place, the gap between the two was not obvious, but Drogba took advantage of his strong body to rush out of a passage."

When the on-site commentator saw the slow-motion replay, he was more amazed at Drogba's strength. Mikel's pass was actually not that good. He just wanted to pass the ball to Germany. Under the foot of Robba, the key lies in Drogba.

Use your body to suppress Thiago Silva, and then stop the ball and turn around to make a breakthrough. The whole process is done in one go. Without a strong body for support and excellent explosive power, this is almost impossible.

This is Drogba, Drogba of Warcraft!

Ye Qiu saw the team's defense line being smashed by Drogba abruptly from the sidelines. Apart from a wry smile, he really couldn't show any more expressions, because he knew Drogba's strength very well. For any central defender, it is a huge test, and defending him is the most painful torture.

There is no way to blame anyone for this conceded goal. This is a manifestation of Drogba's personal ability. If Hangeland was close to him at that time, Drogba would definitely pass the ball to Lampard. On the other hand, kicking directly from the front of the penalty area is still a huge threat.

"Let Yaya warm up!" Ye Qiu turned around and said to Roland.

Chelsea is a fierce tiger. Tottenham Hotspur have not yet reached the point where they can compete with this tiger one-on-one, so they can only choose to avoid the edge temporarily, and Ye Qiu also hopes that Chelsea can press out to fight, because they can't fight. Fighting, for Tottenham Hotspur, there will be more space to counterattack.

"Don't worry, take your time, we still have time, first stabilize our defense, understand?" Ye Qiu walked to the sidelines and loudly cheered for his players.

Three minutes later, he replaced Cesc Fabregas with Yaya Toure. The position between them is closer, the purpose is to block Drogba.

Ye Qiu's adjustment immediately stabilized the team's defense again, but it also sacrificed the team's offense and possession. Turnham Hotspur has turned into a defensive counterattack, and the situation between the two sides seems to have returned to the stage of stalemate.

Ye Qiu stood on the sidelines and let the time pass by. He didn't seem to panic at all, not only him, but all the members of the Tottenham Hotspur coaching staff were also calm, because the game The initiative is actually still in the hands of Tottenham Hotspur, because Ye Qiu still has two substitutions in his hands.

Mourinho still has a spot in his hand, but he won't use it lightly, he will definitely wait until the final stage of the game to use it, but Tottenham Hotspur still have two more, that is to say, Ye Qiu used one substitution to make up for it. The effect brought about by Chelsea's two substitutions.

It's not that Ye Qiu's substitutions are better than Mourinho's. Mourinho's substitutions are actually very targeted. The two substitutions plus the interruption of the halftime break completely reversed the situation, forcing Ye Qiu to Autumn had to replace Cesc Fabregas and put on Yaya Toure to stabilize the situation.

The main reason why Mourinho lost the initiative was that his starting tactics at the beginning were too conservative.

Of course, Ye Qiu now has the initiative, but it is also very dangerous. If his replacement cannot achieve the desired effect, it will be tantamount to losing his initiative in vain. This will not only fail to break the current deadlock, but may even affect to the morale of the team.

The timing of substitutions is also very important, because once 80 minutes are entered, Mourinho will definitely make substitutions immediately after Tottenham Hotspur when there is not much time left in the game, trying to freeze Tottenham Hotspur. The change brought about by the stab substitution.

So, when the time entered 70 minutes, Ye Qiu asked Van Persie to go to the sidelines to warm up. At 73 minutes, he pulled him to his side and gave him some advice. At 75 minutes, Van Persie replaced him. Insufficient Ruud van Nistelrooy, this seems to be a substitution without much tactical change.

Even the on-site commentator felt that Fan Ni's physical fitness was a little insufficient, forcing Ye Qiu to make a substitution.

After Van Persie came on the field, he whispered a few words as he passed Ribery, then walked to the middle, and gestured towards Messi and Beckham and others in front of him.

"It seems that when Van Persie played, Ye Qiu asked him to convey some details of Tottenham Hotspur's tactical adjustments. Now we have to see if Van Persie's playing can give Tottenham Hotspur What a difference it has made."

Everyone knows that this is the most important substitution in this game. If it works, Tottenham Hotspur may continue to lead, or take the initiative again, but if it doesn't work, then the game is likely to end here Keep the draw and maybe even be reversed by Chelsea.

"We must all notice that the substitutions of the head coaches of the two teams are very targeted, whether it is Mourinho who almost broke the boat and used two substitutions during the halftime break, or Ye Qiu followed closely with A Ya Toure replaced Cesc Fabregas and obviously achieved what they wanted."

"Replacing Van Nistelrooy and replacing Van Persie, this will undoubtedly determine the future trend of Tottenham Hotspur in this game."

"Let's take a good look at whether Ye Qiu, the coach praised by many fans and professionals as a tactical master, can achieve results this time. Will it be a brilliant move or a mediocre move!"

(End of this chapter)