Chapter 498 Fighting the Giants!
After completing the reversal in the first half, Marseille began to shrink in the second half.
Although Marseille is a Ligue 1 powerhouse and performs well in Ligue 1, Tottenham Hotspur is the team that strives for the league championship in the Premier League. Even though it has sent away many players this season, it is still quite competitive in the Champions League. In addition, Tottenham Hotspur has excellent offensive strength, so Gretz eventually had to choose to shrink his defense.
This also made it difficult for Tottenham Hotspur to score again in the second half, and eventually took away a l reversal from the away game.
At the post-match press conference, Ye Qiu was very dissatisfied with the team's performance. He felt that the team had no need to concede the ball, but at the same time, he also affirmed that the team's performance had indeed improved greatly after conceding the ball.
"Marseille's goal completely woke us up and made us realize clearly that if we do not perform well, any opponent may defeat us. Therefore, we should not think about other things and forget about our Champions League championship last season. We must start over."
Regarding the team's reversal, Ye Qiu said that he was mixed. On the one hand, he was delighted to see that the team won the Champions League, he did not relax his requirements at all, nor did he give up his pursuit and desire for victory at all. But on the other hand, he also said that the reversal means that Tottenham Hotspur is not doing well enough, or even very poorly.
"I always feel that a reversal is a manifestation of spiritual strength, but if you reverse it again and again, either your team is not strong enough or your team has serious problems."
As for the performance of some players in this game, Ye Qiu singled out Yaya Toure. He first criticized Yaya Toure for most of the responsibilities that he should bear in conceding the ball in the first half, believing that his performance was not ideal before, and even this season, after playing as the team's starting position, his performance has not been satisfactory.
But Ye Qiu also said that Yaya Toure's performance in the second half of the first half and in the second half was satisfying.
"I was disappointed with Yaya Toure in the first half of the first half, but Yaya Toure in the second half and the second half of the first half gave me hope. I hope he can continue to maintain a good side because I believe that he can become a strong barrier in front of the team's midfield defense."
Returning to London from Marseille, France, Tottenham Hotspur had almost no leisure and directly ushered in Wigan in the fifth round of the Premier League. This time, Tottenham Hotspur beat Wigan 0 at his home court with a net-clearity, and Messi scored twice again.
Messi's recent performance is indeed surprising, especially after playing the Olympics, he showed a strong offensive momentum and desire to score. With Van Persie's connection and Gareth Bale's impact on the left, Messi will get more opportunities on the right and middle.
In the middle of the week, the Premier League ushered in the League Cup, with Tottenham challenging Newcastle away.
This time Ye Qiu still arranged all the young substitute players to play, and Newcastle also arranged many substitutes, but main players including Duff, Martins, Irving and other main players appeared on the starting lineup.
Newcastle took advantage of his home court advantage to launch a fierce offensive against Tottenham's young lineup, but this time Yaya Toure, who was in the midfield, performed very well. He formed a backcourt defensive trident with two central defenders, Thiago Silva and Kompani. Aveloya next to him and Kyle Walker on the right, the entire defense line was formed quite closely.
It is precisely because the midfield and backcourts have endured the offensive pressure from Newcastle that Tottenham Hotspur's frontcourt offense can be played very well, especially the counterattacks on both sides are very sharp. They rely on the two sharp counterattacks of Eden Hazard on the left and Ashley Young on the right to make a cross from the wing, helping Andy Carroll score twice in front of the goal and knock on Jiwen's goal.
0Tortham Hotspur made a move away from Newcastle with the performance of this group of outstanding young players and successfully advanced to the next round, which also made several young players in Tottenham Hotspur team famous.
This is the first game of Tottenham Hotspur Cup, but the performance of Tottenham Hotspur's group of young players is eye-catching. The seventeen-year-old Ramsey's ball and the offense are very good at playing the ball. In this game, he formed a double-core midfield with the sixteen-year-old Danish teenager Eriksson, sorting out Tottenham Hotspur's midfield in an orderly manner. The passes during counterattacks are also very threatening and accurate.
Although the best player in the game was high center Andy Carroll, in Ye Qiu's eyes, there were two best players in the team in this game, one was midfielder Yaya Toure, and the other was captain Thiago Silva.
After experiencing the trough of the first season, Thiago Silva grew very quickly in the second season, improved rapidly, and made great progress. After becoming the captain of the team this season, his performance was even more stable and had the style of a general. He left Hangland, but he performed very steadily, whether he was Sieglinsky or Kompany.
Yaya Toure continued his outstanding performance since the Marseille game, and Ye Qiu did not intend to interrupt his condition because he knew very well that this was a very critical period for Yaya Toure.
The growth of each player is accompanied by a lot of unpredictability, so a long period of stable performance is very, very valuable for young players, because they will explore and find their own game methods during this period of time and find their own game rhythm.
The outstanding performance of a game is often just because they have grasped the light of inspiration at some point and found the threshold. But in fact, they may be a very vague concept about it. But if you continue to compete for them, continue to train them, familiarize themselves with this threshold from the game, or even go into the threshold to explore, that represents leap-by-leap progress.
So sometimes, when looking at many young European players, they may only need one season to make leaps and bounds, because of this reason.
And if you don’t give them a competition at this time, it will be like interrupting their progress momentum, and they will miss the opportunity to explore this threshold. It may be difficult for them to encounter such an opportunity again in their lifetime and eventually become a common person.
So Ye Qiu not only continued to give Yaya Toure a chance to exercise, but even the mid-week League Cup made him continue to play, because he knew very well that Yaya Toure now needs a lot of games to enrich himself, and he needs to rely on game training to master and establish his own way of playing football.
As the head coach, all Ye Qiu needs to do is to guide and give guidance.
Another player who may have a transformation this season is Gareth Bale, but Gareth Bale's situation is a bit different, because the 25-year-old Yaya Toure has basically been established. What we need to do now is to find the path that suits us in the two paths, while Gareth Bale chooses among many paths.
At present, Tottenham Hotspur's trident is Gareth Bale, Van Persie and Messi. Van Persie is in the center forward, so it is natural that he can play the role. Messi can be the right-handed and the center is small. He is very flexible and has very delicate skills under his feet. Even when he encounters opponents' intensive defense, he can go like the wind and intersperse freely.
What satisfied Ye Qiu the most was that Messi not only had a keen sense of smell, but could seize the opponent's gap in the shortest time in the opponent's dense defense, and use and strike. His ability to hold the ball can ensure that he won't be intercepted by the opponent at almost any time and anywhere. Such a player is a powerful improvement on the offense of any team.
Relatively speaking, Gareth Bale is relatively simple. Ye Qiu often pulls him back and plays nearly as far as the left front guard. This is related to his origin as a left back. On the one hand, it is to give him space and play his sprint and wing breakthroughs. On the other hand, it is to strengthen the team's midfield defense and support the right to increase offensive strength.
Gareth Bale's current offensive method is relatively simple, breaking through on the left, then crossing, or having the opportunity to cut into the penalty area and hitting the ball. The standard left winger's playing style did not change positions with Van Persie, Messi, and Fabregas.
Therefore, many people think that Tottenham's offense seems to have changed, and the trident in the frontcourt does not have so many positions. In fact, this is because Gareth Bale is very immature and immature.
In Ye Qiu and the coaching staff's plan for him, he will temporarily replace Ribery to play the main force, and wait until Ribery returns to see the French's recovery. However, the coaching staff still needs to ensure Gareth Bale's playing time and ensure that he can get the opportunity to exercise. This is the same as another striker in the team, Cavani, and they are both the targets of Ye Qiu's focus on cultivating.
With the accumulation and improvement of this season, Ye Qiu will try to let Gareth Bale play on the right, the middle, or even the forward in the next season, and then arrange for Cavani to switch positions as many positions as possible. This will be of great benefit to their future growth. Once they truly mature, the comprehensiveness of the attributes and technical characteristics of multiple positions will help them reach the peak of their careers.
As Ye Qiu said before, the football trends in the present and in the next few years will be fully positioned to blurring, and comprehensive technical characteristics are necessary. After training in multiple positions, exploring and finding the path that you are most suitable for is undoubtedly the greatest guidance and help Ye Qiu can give these young players.
Just like the hot sale of Zeus mobile phones, in the eyes of many people, this phone seems to be a hit, but in fact, behind it, countless engineers, countless software developers, countless marketers, and countless professionals are silently putting in two or three years of hard work for it, and then it became popular overnight.
The same is true for professional players, especially training and crafting a top professional star, which is even more a systematic project.
Not to mention anything else, it depends on Messi. The Argentine's strength is definitely not as good as his previous life. The reason is very simple. He has been delaying for a full year at Chelsea. Even though Ye Qiu has been helping him make up for the lessons in the past two years, he is still making rapid progress. Moreover, Ye Qiu and the coaching staff have to stare at him carefully to avoid injuries.
It’s like Ribery has already reached the peak, but because of a serious injury, he is still recovering. Who knows how much he can recover after his comeback? Who is sure if he can still return to the level of last season?
Back in the Premier League, Tottenham Hotspur quickly ushered in the sixth round of the league. The team scored 0: Botsmouth in the away game. Although Tottenham Hotspur did not do its best in this game, many players including Messi, Fabregas, Van Persie, and Thiago Silva did not start, Tottenham Hotspur still relied on the outstanding performance of Ashley Young, Cavani and others to steadily gained the advantage, but could not break through the Pompeii goal.
And all this is for the first decisive battle with Bayern Munich four days later
This is also the first battle between the two strongest teams in the Death Group
This is the first time Tottenham Hotspur has encountered a giant team in the Champions League game since winning the Champions League.
Before this game, Bayern Munich head coach Klinsmann said that Tottenham Hotspur's strength is not as outstanding as the outside world imagined. He believes that Tottenham's offense is not uncontrollable and resolved. He firmly believes that the team can get a satisfactory result at the White Hart Lane Stadium.
During the conversation, Klinsman also expressed his affirmation of the achievements made by Ye Qiu's team. He said that Tottenham Hotspur is not a nouveau riche questioned by many media and fans, and this is a very powerful team.
If Klinsman's remarks are a little soft, then Ye Qiu's remarks seem very tough. He said that the team must defeat their opponents at the White Hart Lane Stadium, because this is the most important game of Tottenham Hotspur's new season so far, and it is directly related to the qualifying of the group, so the team must win.
"We are fighting against the wealthy family." Ye Qiu issued a pre-match manifesto with a loud voice.
Battle of the Hero Sect
Tottenham Hotspur also expressed a strong fighting spirit, because everyone hopes to continue their outstanding performance in the Champions League this season, but many players have also expressed caution about the game.
Tottenham Hotspur captain Thiago Silva predicted the game in an interview with the media before the game. He hoped that the team would not concede goals, but many familiar media interpreted that with Tottenham Hotspur's current offensive strength, not conceding the goal represents the team's victory, because it is probably difficult to be concealed at Tottenham Hotspur's home court.
Compared with Tottenham's toughness, Bayern Munich, who plays away, seems a little cautious, which is related to the injuries they are currently facing. The main central defender Lucio and the main striker Croze will both miss this game, but considering that Tottenham's Ribery is also absent, the difference in strength between the two sides is not particularly large.
In an interview with the media before the game, Lucio reminded the head coach and teammates to be careful after the game.
"I played under Mr. Ye Qiu's command. He is my most respected head coach. I know him very well. When playing against him, you must be careful when you start the game. He is the kind of person who likes to firmly grasp the situation of the game from the beginning. He is also the kind of head coach who is very good at creating your weaknesses from the unexpected places and attacking them."
"If you can't play well, this game will be very, very difficult to play."
At the same time, Bayern legend Beckenbauer reminded Klinsmann to be careful of Tottenham's midfield and rhythm.
"As Ferguson said, when you face a team like Tottenham, you have to make a choice. You can't let them control their rhythm and let them play their own style. We should destroy their rhythm and the way they play football. We can't let them play as they please, otherwise, it would be a disaster."
In Beckenbauer's column, he analyzed that Tottenham Hotspur's overall offense and defense system actually has a strong atmosphere of full attack and defense and a free agent, but it is very different, which is more in line with current football tactics and more penetrating.
"Defense may be a good choice to play against Tottenham Hotspur away," Beckenbauer said at the end.
But it is obvious that Klinsmann doesn't think so. He feels that Bayern Munich may not have the strength to compete against Tottenham Hotspur on the road. At least he has a high center forward like Luca Tony who is not inferior to Drogba at all.
But as Ye Qiu said at the press conference before the game, the best way to not lose the ball is not to give the opponent a chance to kick off easily
At the beginning of the game, Tottenham Hotspur launched a fierce attack on Bayern Munich with the help of home court advantage, using the problems between Demikelis and young player Breno, as well as the immaturity of Brazil's young central defender to make trouble and frequently create threats.
In the first minute, Tottenham Hotspur took the lead in opening the situation. On the right, Alves inserted the heel and cut inside to cooperate. Messi received the ball from the front of the penalty area and then took it back, but suddenly his heel was back against the penalty area, and Van Persie stepped on the penalty area in the offside.
Goalkeeper Butte abandoned the goal and attacked, but Van Persie was obviously prepared. He directly passed the goalkeeper Butte who was attacking and pushed it gently. However, at the last moment of entry, this sudden shot was cleared by Van Bomel who was running towards the goal.
Just like after a disaster, all the players of Bayern Munich did not expect that Tottenham Hotspur's offensive would come so fiercely and quickly, especially Messi, who could pass such a heel under the double-team of two players, and Van Persie actually had such a tacit understanding with him. After Messi got the ball and retreated, he also penetrated the penalty area diagonally.
It can be said that this attack is a reflection of Tottenham Hotspur players' strength and tacit understanding, and it also almost scares everyone in Bayern Munich.
Chapter completed!