The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 649 Looking for Our Own Football
As in previous years, the warm-up matches of the Premier League teams in the summer are arranged and coordinated every year.

For example, this summer, the Manchester duo and Chelsea went to North America, and Tottenham Hotspur, Arsenal, Liverpool and other teams went to Asia. Among the teams going to Asia, Tottenham Hotspur went to the Middle East first. Then to China and Singapore, Arsenal is to avoid Tottenham Hotspur, first to China and then to Malaysia, and then back to Europe.

Liverpool came to China in the week or so between Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur, then went to Malaysia, the last stop was India, and then went to Norway, Benitez's pre-season schedule Also very compact.

The purpose of this kind of warm-up match for the Premier League team is actually to further develop overseas markets, especially the US and Asian markets, and the key to the Asian market is undoubtedly China.

In addition to the warm-up matches of these giant teams, this year's Premier League Barclays Premier League Asian Cup was also held in Hong Kong, but Tottenham Hotspur and other giant teams did not participate in this event, but such a dense Premier League team The trip to Asia indeed caused a lot of repercussions in Asia, especially Ye Qiu's Tottenham Hotspur.

As early as May, after the Premier League announced the plans for the warm-up matches of the Premier League teams, the media gradually broke out some news, the most important of which was Tottenham Hotspur, which has been reported by the media all the time. Hotspur will form a strategic partnership with the well-known domestic Guangzhou Hengda Club.

The two parties will jointly establish a football school, Tottenham Hotspur will be responsible for arranging coaches, bringing the world's most advanced training methods to the football school, and Hengda Club will be responsible for the management and operation.

This will undoubtedly be a very important event for Chinese football, because it represents a brand new cooperation model, but it has also caused a lot of controversy. Many people think that this is purely a gimmick. The meaningless gimmick has even aroused accusations and suspicions from many domestic football professionals.

But no accusations or doubts can prevent the establishment of the football school.

After Tottenham Hotspur played the Zhijie team in Hong Kong, they passed the customs directly from Luohu, passed through Shenzhen and went directly to Guangzhou. In the middle, Ye Qiu stayed in Shenzhen for a day. Technology's Shenzhen headquarters held a meeting before rushing to Guangzhou to join the team.

On the second day, the entire Tottenham Hotspur team appeared in Qingyuan, participated in the groundbreaking ceremony of the football school, and signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Guangzhou Hengda. The entire football school was funded by Hengda, and Tottenham Tottenham Hotspur provides technical support, and all coaches and training methods come from Tottenham Hotspur.

This is also a point of controversy for many people. They think that Tottenham Hotspur's youth training methods are aimed at England players, but English players are generally taller, but players in southern China are generally shorter in body, belonging to the small fast. The type of spirit seems to be seriously inconsistent.

At the press conference for signing the strategic cooperation, Ye Qiu sneered and ridiculed such remarks.

"What I want to say is that people who say this should leave football. He is not worthy of being a football coach at all, because he has not even figured out what the most important foundation of modern football is."

There were hundreds of domestic and foreign reporters below, and they were all obviously shocked by Ye Qiu's words. It is rare to see Ye Qiu launch such a naked personal attack. This is simply to completely suppress the person who spoke. a rhythm.

You know, Ye Qiu's status in the Chinese football world is even higher than that of Yao Ming who played in the NBA. Almost the whole country regards him as a banner figure in Chinese football. Just a football coach, he is also the boss of Leaf Technology, the world's most valuable company.

With so many identities, every word he said will cause huge repercussions at home and abroad.

"The foundation of modern football is technology, a solid foundation, this is the basic skill, you go and see, African players practice skills, German players also start to play skills, and now even Denmark, Norway and other Nordic traditional power-based teams play , Now they all pay attention to technology, and England's youth training is now also focusing on technology."

"I don't deny that there are differences between English players and domestic players in terms of physical fitness, but what you need to know is that the basic skills of all football are actually the same and come from the same strain. Don't those people who say such things, Do they blow the ball with their mouths, unlike English players who play with their feet?"

Immediately there was a burst of enthusiastic applause at the scene, and even many reporters cheered.

For some so-called brick scholars, some of their remarks are indeed too weird, which makes them less and less convincing, and it is becoming more and more difficult to be convinced by everyone.

"Of course, what I want to say is that we will not blindly tell young players, or tell domestic colleagues, how you should play football. I think that is completely unnecessary and inappropriate. If someone tells you, you should How to play football, then I can tell you, he must be wrong, because no one can tell you this!"

"Looking at all the countries with advanced levels of football in the world, they have never been able to learn by learning. They all rely on their own exploration and long-term persistence to finally find a path that suits them, the most suitable one. Only one style can lead to today's achievements!"

"Many people like to pursue Spain, but do they know that before Spain won the European Cup in Aragones, they had not participated in the European Cup for more than [-] years, and they could never win the World Cup in their entire lives. It was not until the World Cup in South Africa that their wish was fulfilled, but their performance in the youth team is outstanding in Europe!"

"Many people wonder why Spain plays like this? That is Spain's own style. If the Chinese team or any other team in the world learns from Spain, there will be no good results, because it belongs to Spain. It is also the final maturity and finalization of a youth training style they have insisted on for many years, how can you learn it?"

Ye Qiu's words once again won a round of warm applause from the audience.

"So, the last thing I want to say is that if we want to develop our youth training, then don't blindly learn from any country, and do a good job in the cultivation of young players. So when Mr. Xu told our CEO Officials, and then they talked to me, and I said, we can provide the best, most advanced, and most scientific European training system."

"I know that some people doubt football schools, think that centralized management has disadvantages, and think that England's regional youth training system should be emulated, but I want to say that England has also relaxed regional restrictions. Centralized management has its advantages and it also has it. We can’t beat them to death with a single stick, we have to see clearly where the problem is, give full play to its advantages, and find ways to make up for its shortcomings, this is the attitude of doing things, rather than blindly firing empty guns.”

"The last point I have to mention is that youth training coaches play a very important role in a youth training system. They are indispensable. They not only need to develop players' skills, but also should know how to establish The ability of players to think independently, and in Europe, players generally have a lot of independence."

"In our Theobald, over the age of 16, players move out of the training base, go out to rent a house, buy a car, and deal with all kinds of social and life things. Independence is good for the players."

"So this time, our cooperation with Hengda is not only in the youth training, we have our own coach training class. In the future, every Tottenham Hotspur coach training class will appear. At least ten youth training students selected by Hengda. After they complete the training and get the certificate, they will be recommended by us to practice in various youth training teams in Europe, and even stay in our Tottenham Hotspur. After gaining enough experience, return to China."

There was another burst of warm applause at the scene. It was obvious that Ye Qiu had spoken today.

Tottenham Hotspur played in China before, but Ye Qiu didn't say much, but this time he obviously planned to make a move. At least he attached great importance to the cooperation with Hengda.

"Mr. Ye Qiu!" After Ye Qiu finished speaking, a reporter at the scene stood up, "I am a reporter from the Football Weekly, and we all know that when you were coaching Chelsea, you introduced Chinese player Sun Jihai. After leaving Arsenal and now returning to China, he told us that you are the head coach he has seen who pays the most attention to training. At the same time, he also said that your coaching method is not simply telling players what to do , but let the players figure out what you want them to do."

"My question is, do you think China can't produce stars now, not to mention top stars, but stars in the top European leagues, while our other two opponents in East Asia, South Korea and Japan, have talent. Do you think the difference is Where?"

After Ye Qiu heard this, he first smiled, diluting the tense atmosphere caused by the bombardment just now, "This problem is a bit big!"

There was another burst of laughter at the scene, and the atmosphere became warm and relaxed.

"I think it's a multi-faceted gap. It can't be achieved by changing any aspect. Football has never been an either-or game. What I have to say is that there is no absolute in this world, only relative. So sometimes we can't simply think that if South Korea and Japan have more stars than us, they must be better than us, which is wrong!"

"You know? I used to have an ideal, which was to find the most perfect tactical system in the world. I wanted to build the best and most outstanding team in the world that could kill all opponents. But then I gradually I gradually discovered that after your team defeated all the opponents, you are not invincible, but your biggest enemy is yourself, you are defeated by yourself, and then other opponents start to surpass you.”

"Can you see what I mean? I mean, a man's greatest mistake, or his greatest obstacle to success is not his weakness, nor his ignorance, but a kind of arrogance."

"Back to your question just now, you asked me what is the difference. I think the difference is that they realize their weakness and ignorance, and they work hard to change their weakness and ignorance, but we obviously haven't seen it yet. This, and there are many reasons that prevent us from seeing this clearly, such as arrogance, or we are still groping and searching."

"Football is a game of feng shui. They are strong now, but it does not mean that they will continue to be strong in the future. We are weak now, but it does not mean that we have no chance to be stronger than them. The key is whether we have such ideas and willingness, and Do we have such pursuit and self-confidence!"

This time there was unprecedented warm applause at the scene, but Ye Qiu waved his hand again, obviously he hadn't finished speaking, "What I want to say is that there are no brilliant football tactics and concepts in this world, all tactics and The concepts are all neutral and equal, even if Spain and China are equal at the tactical level, they are no better than us."

"So what's the difference? Training, thinking, execution and everything else."

"What I want to say is that we don't have to imitate other people's football, we just need to find our own football!"

"it is good!!!"

"well said!!!"

Many reporters at the scene even stood up excitedly, obviously moved by Ye Qiu's words.

"Thank you for your sincere answer, Mr. Ye Qiu!" Another reporter stood up, "We all know that Sun Jihai is your old subordinate, and he speaks highly of you, but I don't know what you think, as a As a professional player, what is the difference between Sun Jihai and the top players?"

Ye Qiu thought for a while, "I think it's still the same sentence, all-round. I have coached many players. Sun Jihai is a right back. Our current team's right back is Alves, a Brazilian international. What do you think of theirs? Where is the gap?"

"Leaving aside the technical level, I think the limitation of thinking is also one aspect. Sun Jihai is more straightforward on the court, but Alves knows how to cut inside and cross when attacking. He knows how to recover when defending. Of course, I'm not talking about cleverness or stupidity, I'm talking about thinking."

"In addition, I think Sun Jihai is good at everything, both offensive and defensive. Even his hard work is commendable, but he does not have his own characteristics, just like Alves. His characteristic is offense, and he is very good in forward assists. Of course, his defensive ability is also very strong, but offense is his label, his characteristics, and he was brought in for his offense!"

"Unless a well-balanced player can reach a very high level in offense and defense like Zambrotta, otherwise, it will be difficult to gain a foothold in the top team, and it will not be a first-class star. !"

Most of the reporters who came to the scene also applauded Ye Qiu's evaluation.

"I have another question for you, Mr. Ye Qiu!" Another reporter stood up, "You are a very successful head coach, do you think as a head coach, do you have any suggestions for domestic football coaches? ? Or, how do you feel?"

After hearing this, Ye Qiu chuckled, "When I was teaching in the coach training class, some people asked this question. I think there is a sentence that I can ask football coaches. In your opinion, you have embarked on the road of football coaching. ,What is the purpose?"

"Don't think it's a general question, it's important, you know, one of the current coaches I admire a lot is Marcelo Bielsa, but he's hardly had any decent results and he's been playing again and again. I switched teams once, and there is another person I admire very much, that is my rival Benitez, he is also a very persistent and stubborn head coach."

"These two people have a characteristic, the theory is very solid, they have their own set of complete and very advanced tactical ideas, they know almost everything, they desperately want to control everything, and they even want to turn players into into robots, perfectly executing their tactics."

"There is another one like Ferguson. He doesn't know how to use a computer or a smartphone, but he understands the rules of football, he knows how to choose his most suitable assistant, and he has his own unique understanding of tactics. More importantly, He is a leader, he just needs to let his coaching staff and his players understand and accept what he wants."

"The most important thing for a football head coach is to be a good leader, know how to choose people, know how to run a team efficiently, and be able to make all players believe that you can lead them to victory, and they can trust you Even depending on you and the team you put together, that's a high-level manager."

"Or let me put it this way, Mourinho and Wenger, the two head coaches I am familiar with, if judged purely in football, Wenger's tactical concepts and ideas, and even the formation of his entire tactical structure, must Much higher than Mourinho, but in controlling the team, winning the trust and support of the players, he lost a lot to Mourinho."

"Of course, in my opinion, neither Mourinho nor Wenger is better than the other. Even I am not better than all the domestic coaches, even fans and ordinary people. We are all equal. The ones who can do it may happen to be the ones you don’t know, but the ones you will do may also be the ones I won’t, so can you say who is better than the other?”

"To answer the question just now, I think for the head coach, one thing must be understood first. What is your purpose of coaching?"

"If you want to achieve success and become famous, then you should compromise more with reality; but if you feel that you have ideals and pursuits, and want to prove some ideas in your heart, then you should persist, but You can’t be discouraged or complain because you have suffered setbacks, blows, lost fame, and lost coaching opportunities on this road, because the road is your choice!”

"I think, being Bielsa, being Benitez, being Wenger, being Van Gaal actually has their own happiness, being Mourinho, being Ferguson, being Lippi, being Capello, they also have their own happiness. Bitterness, the key is what you want!"

(End of this chapter)