The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 651 Don't let him go!

Theobald's research center has always been a place of great mystery.

This research center is not small, and its location is not remote, just next door to Central Park, but I believe that even Tottenham Hotspur players have not yet fully understood the purpose and significance of this research center.

But make no mistake, it was Theobald's heart.

There are two analysis teams in Theobald, one for the youth team and one for the first team, but the personnel of the two analysis teams are all arranged from the research center, and many times even some of their analysis data and reports are not available. It has to be affirmed by the research center before it can be handed over to the coaching staff.

Not only that, but the research center is even in charge of the team's medical affairs, including the player's injury prevention and treatment, as well as the player's state and physical condition, whether players are allowed to play, etc., are all under the control of the research center, and the team doctor team is composed of The research center arranges to accompany the team.

Almost every new player who joins Tottenham Hotspur will feel headaches from the cumbersome requirements of the research center, and some of their requirements are even weird, such as asking you to provide some data that no one usually cares about, or Suddenly, right after training, they ask for a little blood sample from you.

But as long as they stay in Theobald for a long time, everyone will obey the requirements of the research center, because it turns out that the research center has indeed made outstanding achievements in preventing injuries or helping players treat injuries. contribution.

With the beginning of the new season, they began to invest in another brand new training program. They began to organize players to perform some semi-hypnotic training programs in the meditation room. .1 It is called perspective to watch some 3D stereoscopic videos, which are all shot during training and competitions, which are very realistic and lifelike.

Demichelis is personally responsible for this project, and after the training, he will communicate with the players in his own psychological counseling room to get everything he has gained in the training, or to understand the specific effect.

In addition, the research center has been using some training to help Vidal, who has just joined the team, integrate into the team's technical and tactical system. The Chilean has been a frequent visitor to the research center in the past, but he has never been in the first team. Played for the team.

There are many rumors from the outside world. Some people think that the introduction of Vidal was a mistake. Facts have proved that the Bundesliga star has difficulty adapting to the midfield requirements of Tottenham Hotspur. He performed poorly in training and was directly abandoned by Ye Qiu. , but some people said that Vidal was injured when he joined, so he is still recuperating for the time being.

In short, there are all kinds of remarks, but the real reason is that the research center did not issue a pass for the game.

With the joining of Meier Zeman and Demichelis, the research center has ample manpower. Ye Qiu even entrusted the research center with the responsibility of arranging the physical aspects of the entire season, so they worked on Vidal and Pirlo. After joining, you will have a comprehensive understanding of the physical condition of these two players, including detailed data on their physical fitness, state and other aspects.

Relatively speaking, Pirlo's situation is better. Because of Vidal's participation in the America's Cup, he is also a midfielder, and he is a newcomer, so the research center is more careful. He only let Vidal participate in training, but did not participate. In the game, the same situation also happened with Uruguay's international Cavani.

They didn't see them starting in the first round of the league, and there was a lot of rumors from the outside world, especially Tottenham Hotspur's performance in the first round of the league at their home court was not very satisfactory. Offensive, but the 1:1 draw is obviously unsatisfactory.

Between the first round of the league and the second round of the league, there is a total of one week of rest time. The training during this period is still mainly to adjust the player's state, but the entire English football scene is very lively, and the media has already begun to cover the sky. It is to warm up and pave the way for the upcoming two major games.

Liverpool played Arsenal, which is seen as a battle for Champions League qualification, but considering Arsenal's current strength is not outstanding, especially after selling Clichy and Nasri this season, this team His strength has been weakened. Although Wenger used the money from selling people to introduce players including Mertesacker, Gervinho, Benayoun, Park Joo-young, etc., his strength is not as good as before.

On the contrary, Liverpool, now is the time to be strong and strong, especially after Henderson, Downing, Jose Enrique and other young players with strength and potential have been recruited this season, the strength of the Red Army has also been improved. further improvement.

Compared with the lack of suspense between Liverpool and Arsenal, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur are regarded as a championship battle, because the bookmaker has decided who can snipe Tottenham Hotspur this season In the list of candidates, Manchester United is far away from the first place, even slightly higher than the newly promoted Manchester City, which is very optimistic about the outside world.

But it is undeniable that after selling Yaya Toure, Cesc Fabregas and David Silva, Tottenham Hotspur's midfield problems are serious, and new signing Sandro is playing in the U20. During the World Cup, he also received media attention, but whether this player can take on a big role in Tottenham Hotspur is also a suspense.

As for Pirlo, his arrival is more seen as being able to make up for Tottenham Hotspur's midfield organization and creativity, but he has made little contribution to the improvement of the team's midfield thickness.

Therefore, among the odds of winning the Premier League title issued by bookmakers this season, Tottenham Hotspur is still at the top relying on its great reputation in the past few seasons, but compared with No.2 Manchester United and No.3 Manchester City, And between No.4 Liverpool, the gap is already very small.

This is also seen by many people as an important weather vane that the outside world is not optimistic about Tottenham Hotspur.

Tottenham are in a bad situation and Manchester United are not much better.

With the retirement of Van der Sar and Scholes, Manchester United's problems have also emerged.

The first is whether De Gea can replace Van der Sar?Judging from the first round of the league, there is still a big gap between De Gea and Van der Sar. No matter from which point of view, De Gea can only be regarded as a rookie, and there is still a gap from the main position of the giants. Even Manchester United fans cannot deny this.

The impact of Scholes' retirement on Manchester United is not particularly large. The key is whether Ferguson can reactivate Sneijder?Also, can Lars Diarra's problem be resolved?With Scholes retiring and Hargreaves leaving the team, Manchester United's midfield thickness has also been affected to a certain extent.

In addition, O'Shea and Brown have both transferred and left the team successively. The thickness of Manchester United's defense line has also been questioned. You must know that Ferdinand and Vidic are both over [-] years old, especially Ferdinand. If the thickness of the team cannot be guaranteed, how to deal with the rotation in case of injury?

Because of this, many professionals have speculated that there may be a dark horse winning the Premier League this season. For example, Liverpool or Manchester City have a great chance to play this role, and they all do have such strength.

But no matter what, Manchester United will face Tottenham Hotspur at the Old Trafford Stadium.

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After Ye Qiu arrived in Theobald in the morning, he went directly to his office as usual.

The coaching staff has already put a daily player report on his desk.

Ye Qiu opened this report, and the first page was a chart, which clearly showed who among the current first-team players could play for the team. Except for the three who participated in the U20 World Cup, Sander who had just returned to the team Except for Luo and others, everyone else passed, including Vidal and Cavani.

At the critical moment, the research center finally did not disappoint Ye Qiu!

Ye Qiu quickly stood up from the office chair again, turned around and left the office area, walked out of the office, and walked to the coaching room next door.

The coaching staff have basically come to the team at this time and are discussing the upcoming game.

Seeing Ye Qiu walk in, they all turned around on the office chair and looked at Ye Qiu one after another. This group of damned guys blackmailed Ye Qiu for an ergonomic office chair. In the end, Ye Qiu had no choice but to use it as a club benefit. This summer, he replaced all the team's desks and office chairs, including Theobald and everyone in the administrative department of White Hart Lane.

For this, he even pays out of his own pocket. Whenever he thinks of this group of guys sitting on top of them, looking so cool, Ye Qiu's heart will bleed, and he really wants to kick each of them hard on the buttocks. foot.

"This is our estimated starting lineup for Manchester United!" Mauro Tassotti handed over a document.

Goalkeeper De Gea, the defense is Evra, Evans, Ferdinand and Rafael, the midfielder Ashley Young, Carrick, Lars Diarra and Nani, the double striker is Benz Horse and Rooney.

"Do you think he will call 442?" Ye Qiu was a little suspicious.

Of course, I’m not talking about 442. In fact, this is the formation that Manchester United is most familiar with, and even if Ferguson plays 442, he will definitely not play according to the standard set of positions. Sexual arrangement, so it may not be 442 after deformation, and it can be transformed into other formations.

"It's very possible, because it can suppress our wing to the greatest extent." Mauro Tassotti said, "But it doesn't rule out that he won Ashley Young and went to Carlos Tevez, but he focused on wing defense That's for sure."

Ye Qiu is already very familiar with Manchester United's tactics. Manchester United has not changed much this season, unlike Tottenham Hotspur, who have changed a lot, and Ferguson only brought in De Gea and Ashley Young. The latter was poached from Manchester City at a low price. It can be seen that the purpose is to strengthen the thickness of the bench.

So on the whole, Manchester United will still be the same as last season.

"If that's the case, no matter if it's 442 or 433, we will surprise the old man!" Ye Qiu chuckled.

Because he wants to verify the playing style of the midfielder in this game, and isn't the midfielder just restraining Manchester United's two midfielders, Carrick and Lars Diarra?

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Saturday, August [-]th, night, Old Trafford.

When chief assistant coach Mike Perrin pushed open the goal of the Manchester United home team dressing room, the noise from the stands outside immediately flooded into the Manchester United home team dressing room. Mike Perrin immediately turned around and closed the door again.

But even so, it was still impossible to completely isolate the sound from the stands outside from the locker room.

Perhaps, only when they are playing against a strong team, especially a championship-level team like Tottenham Hotspur, will Manchester United fans have a complete boil and explosion, and in normal times, they are more Choose the so-called gentlemanly style.

"Tottenham Hotspur's starting lineup is out!" Mike Perrin handed a piece of paper to Ferguson.

Manchester United's home team dressing room is divided into several compartments, the players' lounge and shower masseur are in one compartment, while the coaching staff has their own separate compartment, which is used for their discussions during the half-time break. There is also no way to speak to the players face to face, so they need their own separate room.

Ferguson took it, glanced at it, "Cavani and Vidal are both on!" and handed it back to Mike Perrin.

To be honest, Ferguson is not satisfied with his assistant coach. The reason is very simple. Mike Perrin is not an assistant coach like Queiroz who can give him full support on the training ground and allow him to devote himself to tactical preparations. , nor is it a head coach with excellent tactical ability like McLaren, who can provide him with more reference opinions.

Mike Perrin seems to be able to take charge of the training and provide some tactical advice at the same time, but he is not strong in both aspects, and it can even be said to be relatively weak. This also makes the old coach Ferguson feel very tired, because his energy has long been exhausted. Compared with the previous years, and in the past few years, Queiroz, McLaren and others helped him, so he can be more at ease. Now he does everything by himself, and he really feels physically and mentally exhausted.

People, aren't they all like this?When you are used to being comfortable and suddenly make you tired again, you will feel very uncomfortable.

This is true for young people, and even more so for old people!
If it was when Queiroz or McLaren were still there, they should have given some opinions when Ferguson said this, such as trying to analyze the possible styles of play of Tottenham Hotspur, but Mike ? Perrin stood aside, waiting for the boss to give orders.

"Will Vidal play as a midfielder? Or as a midfielder? What kind of combination will he form with Ramsey and Pirlo?" Ferguson was talking to himself, but he hoped that someone could give him some references .

This time Mike Perrin said, "In Leverkusen, Vidal played a deep midfield position, but he is not the kind of core player. He is an assistant who can defend, but can also press up and attack. I think Ye Qiu may let Vidal play the role of Gattuso and become a thug next to Pirlo."

Ferguson glanced at Mike Perrin. It should be said that this analysis was quite satisfactory, or that it was almost inseparable, but his assistant obviously ignored one thing, that is, the person who appeared in the visiting team's locker room. Ye Qiu.

There is no need to doubt Ye Qiu's tactical skills. Ferguson admires his ability to understand and adjust tactics, and he always has unexpected moves. Therefore, for this season, he suddenly decided to sell all the main midfielders. , Carrying out a large-scale reorganization, Ferguson has always reserved his opinion.

Perhaps Ye Qiu had the idea of ​​intimidating the big names in the team, but he definitely had his own tactical considerations.

"Cavani's arrival will have an impact on our defenders, especially Ferdinand and Evans. This Uruguayan center not only has scoring ability, but also his tactical ability is very good, especially the suppression of the defense."

When Ferguson said this, he was really worried. Frankly speaking, Vidic’s injury made him not very reassured about the defense line. Whether it was Evans or Smalling, Ferguson was very concerned about their execution in this kind of strong dialogue. Worries, coupled with Ferdinand, whose performance was unstable after leaving Vidic, Ferguson said that he was not worried, it would be too fake.

Others may think that after Tottenham Hotspur lost the three main midfielders last season, its offensive power will be greatly affected, but Ferguson knows better than anyone that Tottenham Hotspur's tactical framework has basically The top is stable, not much else to say, just put it there for the front trident, add Alves and Marcelo, and add a Pirlo in the midfield, such an offensive combination will weak?

Before this important game, Ferguson rarely started a war of words, while Ye Qiu took the initiative to show weakness in the media, saying that there are indeed some problems in Tottenham Hotspur, which more or less made the fans and the media They were all surprised, but the more they were like this, the more they gave people a sense of urgency that a storm was coming.

Everyone knows that neither side is willing to lose this game, because in the next round Tottenham Hotspur will play against Manchester City at home, Manchester United will play against Arsenal at home, both teams will encounter strong enemies, in this case , Whoever loses this game will be in a very unfavorable situation and will be very passive.

This is also an interesting part of the Premier League this season. It can be said that the suspense of winning the championship has already begun from the second round.

Perhaps, this is because there are too many strong teams, and any strong dialogue is enough to attract the attention of fans all over the world. Therefore, the FA can arrange the schedule more calmly.

Ferguson pondered for a while, but Mike Perrin failed to give any better suggestions, so he stood up, walked to the players' lounge, and clapped his hands vigorously.

"Guys, Tottenham Hotspur's starting lineup is out!" Ferguson pointed to the piece of paper in Mike Perrin's hand, "Obviously, they want to compete with us for the midfield, so this game, we We must firmly control the midfielder and suppress the opponent's midfielder, especially that damn Pirlo, don't let him go!"

When he said the last sentence, a murderous intent flashed in Ferguson's eyes.

A simple sentence, for the Red Devils players, is enough to make their blood boil!

They are a knife in Ferguson's hand, a murderous knife!

And now, with a wave of Ferguson's hand, this knife is aimed at Tottenham Hotspur!
(End of this chapter)