The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 440 Reaching the Top Three
Leaving Churchill Center, Ye Qiu drove all the way north and passed the Olympic Village. The demolition of houses here has been completed, and the land has basically been cleared. After the design and planning of the new stadium and other buildings are completed, construction is expected to start in the middle of next year. up.

So Ye Qiu also decided to call Chen Zhong in China later to inform him that it was settled, and let him start to deal with the preparations for the five-star hotel as soon as possible, mainly in terms of design and planning. In the past five years, there is still plenty of time, so there is no need to worry.

"When the team takes over the new stadium and the five-star hotel is put into operation, Tottenham Hotspur may have become the strongest team in the Premier League." Beckham saw the cleared land outside through the car window , said not without regret.

But would he still be able to see it then?
"I know what you think, David!" Ye Qiu said while driving, "But sometimes things don't go as you wish. You are 32 years old now, and you were 08 years old in the 33 European Cup. At the age of 35, the London Olympics will be 37, time is not forgiving, sometimes really don't be so persistent."

Ye Qiu has a good personal relationship with Beckham, and he knows some of Beckham's temperament. Although he looks easy to get along with on the outside, this guy also has some habits in his heart, especially in the locker room. , and some even said that he seemed a bit obsessive-compulsive.

For example, at any time and under any circumstances, if you open his cabinet, you will find that everything in it is neat and tidy, and as long as there is even the slightest irregularity in it, he will carefully tidy it up before giving up. A bit of a clean freak.

Of course, everyone has their own living habits. The most important thing for the team is to respect everyone. It is not difficult to see from the living habits that Beckham is actually a person who has high demands on himself. People often have a hard time.

"Are you trying to tell me that I'm old?" Beckham looked at Ye Qiu with a smile.

He himself is very aware of his problems. Tottenham Hotspur are improving too fast, and he is getting older every year.

Ye Qiu smiled and shook his head, "You have to believe, I never think you are the problem of the team, on the contrary, if you are willing to continue playing football, I am very happy that you continue to stay in the team, this is also my fault." A promise to you."

In Ye Qiu's plan, he hopes that Tottenham Hotspur will be the kind of team that can give players enough sense of dependence, because if you want players to work hard for you, then you have to stabilize the player's mind and make him feel confident. You have a sense of belonging, and it is most directly reflected in the attitude towards the players.

Ye Qiu has always focused on giving the best to the players, such as the Theobald training base, and his series of investment and financial management plans around the players, all in the hope of helping the players.

Of course, giving players a sense of belonging does not mean that they will not sell them. These are two different things.

It should be sold or sold, otherwise how the team can ensure combat effectiveness, but the way of selling people should be more gentle. For example, Tottenham Hotspur did a good job when they sold Ruud van Nistelrooy. The fans, Ruud van Nistelrooy and Tottenham are all happy with the transfer, aren't they?

"I will also work hard to maintain my form and meet the requirements of the first team!" Beckham assured with a smile.

Ye Qiu has no doubts about his professional attitude at all, but the physical function of professional players will decline after a certain age. This is a rule, and no one can violate it. No matter how hard Beckham works, how long can he maintain it? status?
The two were talking along the way, and Ye Qiu's Porsche Cayenne soon stopped in a Chinese restaurant in central London.

After getting off the car, the waiter obviously knew Ye Qiu and Beckham very well, and greeted them to the box on the second floor, where a shiny bald head was already sitting inside.

Impressively, it is the legendary Peter Kenyon who was emptied by Abramovich.

The two weeks of national team competitions passed quickly, and it was already late November, and the Premier League also ushered in the intense devil's winter schedule, because from the end of November to the beginning of January, the Premier League will usher in the most intensive devil's schedule.

Tottenham Hotspur's first game after the national team match was West Ham United. Tottenham Hotspur played away. This time, Ye Qiu arranged a semi-main lineup to play, because he wanted to concentrate all his troops. To play the fourth round of the Champions League group stage, this is an important battle related to whether Tottenham Hotspur can qualify for the group, or whether they can qualify first or second in the group.

As a result, Tottenham Hotspur conceded a goal after the start of the away game, but in the second half, Mike Dawson, who served as the main central defender in this game, took advantage of Beckham's free kick to equalize for Tottenham Hotspur The score was broken, and the final 1:1 away draw with the Hammers.

But after playing West Ham United, Tottenham Hotspur sits at home and ushered in Valencia, three goals from Fabregas, Van Persie and Ribery, Tottenham Hotspur 3:0 Victory over Valencia at home, the shame of losing in the first round.

Although the game was 3:0, there were many players in the Valencia team that impressed Ye Qiu very much. At the same time, he was also highly praised by Tottenham Hotspur's chief scout Peter DeVissel.

Whether it is David Villa who sits on the front line, or David Silva who moves from the left to the center and plays the core of the team, or Juan who switched from Real Madrid to the Bat Corps this season and plays the main left wing ? Mata, coupled with Joaquin on the right, Valencia's strength is still very worthy of recognition.

Of course, the biggest problem of this team is not the offense, their offensive ability is already very good, but the overall strength of the midfield, especially the midfield, with the traditional double midfielder Baraja and Albelda The old age, Valencia's midfield level has also declined sharply.

In this game, Tottenham Hotspur actively played on both wings to suppress Valencia completely.

Entering December, Tottenham Hotspur ushered in the No.12 round of the Premier League. The team defeated Birmingham 15:3 at home.

In the first 27 rounds, Tottenham Hotspur had 37 matches, eight wins, three draws and two losses, accumulating [-] points, still ranked sixth in the Premier League, while the fourth and fifth places both had [-] points. Manchester City, Arsenal are still the best, leaping to the league leader with [-] points, and they have lost only one game this season.

That was the derby loss to Tottenham Hotspur.

Ye Qiu is actually not very satisfied with the current ranking, because even if Tottenham Hotspur maintain a complete victory in the two make-up rounds, they only have 33 points, the same points as Manchester United, but four behind Arsenal. Points, and Liverpool, which currently has [-] points, has one round less.

Liverpool's performance this season is absolutely surprising, because the Red Army has played [-] games, won [-] games and drawn [-] games so far this season. This is definitely an amazing record, even if they have more draws, But if this team is still working hard after the winter break as before, then their current points will be very beneficial to their sprint in the second half.

And after the match against Birmingham, Tottenham Hotspur's coaching staff clearly pointed out one point to Ye Qiu at the regular meeting at the beginning of each month, that is, multi-line combat is still very important to Tottenham Hotspur. big impact.

This season, Ye Qiu has arranged for all substitutes to play in the League Cup. The team's main lineup is mainly used in the Champions League and the Premier League. Sometimes, in order to take care of the Champions League, Ye Qiu even arranges a half-substitute in the league. The lineup will definitely affect the team's performance.

But regarding this point, Ye Qiu also had his own considerations and difficulties.

"Frankly speaking, our group stage draw is one of the best draws in all groups. After all, except for Valencia, we are the most capable to qualify from the group. Although other groups also have good draws, they are basically It’s all one big family.”

There are many groups dominated by a wealthy team, and the strength of the other three teams is relatively close, such as AC Milan and Barcelona. Their draws can ensure that they qualify from the group, and even ensure that they qualify first in the group.

"With such a good lottery drawn, we have no reason to give up the Champions League, right?" Ye Qiu also felt very helpless.

If the lottery is not good, then forget it, even if you draw the group of death, and Tottenham Hotspur have no hope of appearing, then forget it, accept your fate, but now you have drawn a good lottery, who? Don't want to be able to make it to the knockout rounds?
For any team, the benefits of the group stage are indeed huge, but if they can go one step further and reach the knockout round, and then there will be millions of income, who can resist?
Those who participated in the meeting were the core coaching staff of Tottenham Hotspur and the scouting team in charge of Peter Dewissel. Everyone knew the basics and knew that for a team like Tottenham , Being able to qualify from the Champions League group is simply more fortunate than winning the League Cup.

After all, a strong team also needs to be accumulated bit by bit, especially for a team like Tottenham Hotspur that has so many young players. Confidence requires accumulation, more tempering and testing, and playing more Champions League games must be of great help.

"At present we have already qualified from the group, but I don't want us to be thrown too far by our opponents in the league, so in December we will attack the league with all our strength, because we can't afford it!"

The rekindling of the Champions League will be in February, which happens to be after the devil's schedule during the winter break. No matter what opponent Tottenham encounters at that time, it will definitely not be as easy as the group stage, so Tottenham If you don't want to be forced to choose between the two at that time, then you have to take advantage of December to get more points and save enough advantages.

After listening to this, Roland Shepas nodded and analyzed: "The next round of the Premier League will play against Manchester City. This team has performed very well this season, invested a lot, and their performance has improved a lot. A big rival for the top four."

After Eriksen was withdrawn from the England national team, he took over Manchester City after Thaksin bought it, and Manchester City has become the most surprising team since the start of the Premier League this season, because they even occupy the top four of the league for a long time , Until recently, after Chelsea, Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur made efforts one after another, he slowly fell, but there is still a great hope to hit the Champions League qualification zone, so it is a part of Tottenham Hotspur big rival.

"In the sixth round of the Champions League at home, I will go all out and strive to be the first in the group, but I can't afford to lose against Manchester City!"

In Ye Qiu's plan for grabbing points in December, playing Manchester City is crucial. As for the Champions League, the team has already qualified from the group stage, the difference is the first and second in the group, but for Tottenham For Tottenham, there is a big difference between the first in the group and the second in the group. Once the second in the group, they will encounter super teams such as AC Milan, Barcelona, ​​and Real Madrid. It doesn't have to be a strong team.

Therefore, for Ye Qiu, striving for the first place in the group will bring huge rewards to Tottenham Hotspur, and it must be won.

"By the way, Peter!" Ye Qiu looked at Peter Dewissel from the scouting team, "I hope that your scouting team can draw up a list of players as soon as possible and submit a report. Late this summer, bring in a midfield ball handler."

Ye Qiu already knew very well that Beckham was getting old year by year, and Modric didn't seem to have the ability that Ye Qiu wanted at present, so it seemed very important to introduce a suitable midfielder. Is necessary.

The team currently has a lot of players in the midfield. After Yaya Toure was fixed in the midfielder by Ye Qiu, plus Mascherano and Lucas, Tottenham Hotspur have a total of three players. They are famous midfielders, but the team has only Beckham, Fabregas and Modric in the organization and attacking midfield positions.

Six midfielders seem to be a lot, but in fact Ye Qiu can choose from not many, and even the ball-controlling midfielder he wants is a player that is currently scarce in the team, so Ye Qiu wants to introduce another ball-controlling midfielder. A ball-type midfielder, but he does not rule out taking one or two players to balance the team.

Of course, if Modric can show progress that satisfies Ye Qiu in the second half of the season, he will consider giving up the introduction and directly choose Modric, but as the head coach of the team, he must plan ahead to avoid being in a hurry .

"Okay, I will draw up a list for you within a week, and then conduct a follow-up investigation."

If it is a responsible team to sign in, they often have to go through a long-term follow-up investigation to introduce a player and ensure that the player can integrate into the team's overall tactical system and framework before finally deciding to introduce.

And Ye Qiu already had an idea in his heart. If the other party participated in the European Cup, he would consider finalizing it before the European Cup, or even before the end of the season, so as not to skyrocket the value of the European Cup. Therefore, many things should be settled now. Work started.

"Okay, everyone!" After talking about his request and carrying out a series of work arrangements, Ye Qiu stood up and swept to everyone present, "In the next month or so, we must do our best to Go all out and catch up with the first team in the league, and our goal this season is to break through last season's results!"

In the sixth round of the UEFA Champions League group stage, even though Tottenham Hotspur played with a semi-substitute lineup, they still drew with Slavia Prague 2:1 at home, which also made Tottenham Hotspur press. After leaving Valencia, he successfully qualified first in the group.

After all the games in the eight groups were over, the first eight teams in the group were Inter Milan, Porto, Real Madrid, Chelsea, Manchester United, Barcelona, ​​Tottenham Hotspur and AC Milan. The eight teams are Liverpool, Schalke 04, Roma, Olympiacos, Lyon, Fenerbahce, Celtic and Valencia.

Deducting Liverpool and Valencia, two teams from the same country and the same group, the remaining teams, Tottenham Hotspur are not without a fight, so for Tottenham Hotspur Speaking of being the first in the group, the rewards are still very rich.

Back in the Premier League, the team ushered in Eriksson's Manchester City at home.

Tottenham Hotspur, who played the main force, did not hold back at all this time, and killed Manchester City 2:1 at home.

Although the game was won, the process was very difficult. Beckham was injured in a collision with the opposing defender Dunn, and the team had the advantage in the first half, but in the end it was Alvi Si broke the deadlock with a kicker shot into the penalty area at the last moment.

Eriksson's defense was quite in place, but Manchester City suddenly counterattacked in the second half and took advantage of the opening attack to equalize the score. Tottenham Hotspur didn't go beyond again with Van Persie's goal until the 82nd minute.

For Tottenham Hotspur, this is a tragic victory, because after playing Manchester City, Beckham will be injured for two months, and the team will immediately usher in the second round of the Premier League. In a 2:2 draw with Everton, Moyes' team took advantage of Tottenham Hotspur's continuous two-line battle, exhausted after a long battle, and used the home court advantage to launch a rush attack.

Tottenham Hotspur's up and down state is really not good. They conceded a goal not long after the start, but the team quickly equalized the score, but they conceded another goal near the end of the first half. In the second half, Tottenham Hotspur almost They were playing around Everton's goal, and finally relied on Messi's key goal to draw with Everton 2:2 away.

This is obviously not good news for Tottenham Hotspur, because although they have lost two games so far, they have drawn four games, especially when they failed to win Everton in this game. The gap has not shortened much.

Three days later, Tottenham Hotspur beat Portsmouth 1-0 away with Ribery's key goal.

In this game, Modric started and partnered with Cesc Fabregas. His performance was mediocre. If it weren't for the cooperation of the trident in the frontcourt to help the team score goals, it might have ended in a 0:0 draw.

In this round, Manchester United beat Liverpool 1-0 away and Arsenal beat Chelsea 1-0 at home. Influence.

And after this round, Tottenham Hotspur won ten wins, four draws and two losses in the seventeenth round, accumulating 34 points in one round, and finally entered the top four of the league again, and it was a breath of pressure. Liverpool and Chelsea, who lost the round, rank third in the league, but the team's point gap with the current top two Arsenal and Manchester United is still six points and five points.

But Ye Qiu believed that, as Ferguson said, the battle for the league title had just begun.

At the very least, he believes that Arsenal's fine traditions will still be able to help the team.

It's just that Manchester United don't know!
(End of this chapter)