Chapter 536 Defending the title
"All the fans in front of the TV, congratulations, you have witnessed the birth of a wealthy team with your own eyes."
"That's Tottenham Hotspur"
The comments from the live commentator were broadcast live to all the fans of the country in the world who explained the game in English, but he didn't seem to be as excited as he should have, but he seemed very calm.
As Tottenham defeated Barcelona, in fact, from the three minutes of the first half, everyone knew that Tottenham Hotspur was going to win. In fact, Barcelona could only passively defend the entire second half. Although there had been one or two threatening counterattacks, overall, it was difficult to shake Tottenham's advantage.
"This is not a wonderful game that all fans expected before the game, because it is the Champions League final, a final that is crucial and related to hundreds of millions of euros. Just like all the finals in the football field in the past, we cannot ask it to play well and wonderfully, that is unrealistic."
Before the game, quite a lot of fans thought this would be a wonderful game, representing the highest level of football today. But in fact, this game has basically lost the suspense after Tottenham scored two goals in the first half. Later, Barcelona was not strong enough, Tottenham Hotspur lacked enterprising spirit, and the game almost turned into garbage time.
"Many fans in front of the TV may be disappointed by this game because they did not see the tide of offensives, nor did they see the wonderful offensive battles, and dazzling goals, but I want to say, this is football."
"Football has never been a basketball or other sports. In my opinion, although this game lacks passion and is a bit stable, it also contains a classic scene. That is, in the first half, especially in the first thirty minutes, Tottenham's entire tactical layout and control of the game all reflect the charm of football."
"Ye Qiu did not attack or defend at the beginning, but let Barcelona take the first move, so Guardiola attacked, Tottenham Hotspur resisted, waiting for an opportunity to counterattack. The two sides fought back and forth, although the fight was not very fierce, it was very suspense and nervous for them, because all of us, including the fans in front of the TV, were waiting for the goal."
"But we can never guess when the goal will come"
"So suddenly, Alves dribbled the ball from the right and rushed to Barcelona's defense line. Van Persie stopped the ball and assisted Ribery in scoring the goal. The whole process was very short, as if it was completed in an instant. Some fans may even divert their attention to having a late-night snack, and it was over."
"This is football, it makes you never guess and never figure out what it is."
"But in the whole first half, I felt that I had never escaped from Tottenham Hotspur's control and Ye Qiu's design. So we saw that after Tottenham Hotspur scored, Ye Qiu changed his previous stable tactics and boldly asked everyone to press forward to attack, so we saw the fastest and most charming three minutes."
"During those three minutes, Tottenham Hotspur thoroughly showed its strongest attack power, and took advantage of Barcelona's unstable opportunity to score again after losing the ball."
"Perhaps, if we want to complain, we can only blame Tottenham Hotspur's attack power is too strong, because if the second goal came later, then Tottenham Hotspur's offensive football will last longer, but because the second goal was soon scored, Ye Qiu rationally adopted a stable tactic. But even so, they still pressed Barcelona in the second half, reflecting the comprehensive strength of their European strong team.
"This is not a wonderful offensive battle, but it is a very exciting game."
In fact, in the second half, UEFA President Platini had already stepped off the rostrum early and walked on the sidelines early to wait, because there was no suspense at the game, and it was difficult for Barcelona to threaten Tottenham Hotspur's goal. Could it be that they could still expect them to reverse Tottenham Hotspur at the last moment like Manchester United in 1999?
The reason why a miracle is that it can only appear once, but not again
"Congratulations, Ye Qiu." Platini smiled and walked towards Ye Qiu after the game.
Behind him are the senior executives of UEFA, and there are also senior executives of clubs in both sides, as well as some football celebrities, such as Cruyff, Beckenbauer and others, all in Platini's team, and they will also appear on the podium later, but now they are waiting for the award ceremony on the sidelines to set up the award ceremony on the spot.
"Thank you" Ye Qiu reached out and held Platini with him. He had never been worried about this game from beginning to end, and he could be said to be without any danger. He really did not expect the result.
Of course, he is not saying it is not good to be safe. As Tottenham Hotspur's head coach, he certainly hopes that his team can defeat their opponents without danger, rather than performing the Luzhniki miracle in every game, right?
But Barcelona did not show their due strength in this game, which is also Ye Qiu's feeling
A very important reason is that Guardiola is too young.
Looking at this season, Barcelona can win the La Liga and Copa del Rey, which can only be said that Real Madrid is too unsuccessful. In the Champions League, Barcelona has indeed not encountered strong rivals. Lyon and Bayern Munich are currently in a big gap with the top Europeans. Barcelona have won steadily, but neither has won much advantage.
The two games against Chelsea were 0 and I was also unconvincing, especially when playing against Chelsea away, Barcelona had been behind for a long time, but at the end of the day, Iniesta's shot broke through Chelsea's goal and finally saved Barcelona.
It can be said that Barcelona's promotion process was full of luck and luck. Of course, this does not mean that Barcelona has no strength, but that their strength is not enough to support them to the Champions League. At least in Ye Qiu's opinion, if we want to talk about overall strength, Ferguson's Manchester United and Hiddink's Chelsea are more qualified to enter the finals than Barcelona.
In contrast, Tottenham Hotspur has also had luck in the Champions League this season. He met Bayern Munich in the group stage. The team played very smoothly. When it came to the knockout stage, he first encountered Real Madrid with poor defense, and then met Sporting Lisbon, the weakest in the quarterfinals. These two opponents played in four rounds, allowing Tottenham Hotspur to maintain a strong spirit.
After that, they played Manchester United, which was the two most valuable games, especially the away game against Old Trafford. Ye Qiu felt that that game was even a key game for Tottenham Hotspur's championship this season, which was even more critical than playing Barcelona in the final, and he sacrificed a league game for it.
"I am really worthy of being the king of the cup." Cruyff also walked to Ye Qiu with a smile, and took the initiative to extend his hand to celebrate Ye Qiu's leadership of Tottenham Hotspur again to win the championship.
Ye Qiu also smiled and held Cruyff's hand, "Thank you for the gift you gave me before the match with Barcelona. Since receiving that gift, I have been thinking about how to repay you, so, how are you feeling now? Are you okay? Are you satisfied?"
Cruyff certainly knew what Ye Qiu meant and smiled a little stiffly. He did not object to the fact that Bach had a secret meeting with Jorge Messi in private, but what he didn't like was the practice of some people in Barcelona, who actually disclosed such a secret meeting to the reporters and announced it to the public. This was obviously a lack of grace.
Although such behavior was not instructed by Cruyff, he could not refute some of Ye Qiu's words, because to some extent, many people know that Cruyff is like the Supreme Emperor of Barcelona.
"No matter what, I still have to congratulate you." Cruyff felt that if he was not proactive, he might lose a friend.
He has few friends, especially those who can be regarded by him. Even Laporta, Guardiola and others find it difficult to become his friends, but Ye Qiu is one of the few friends he can be regarded by and has a good relationship with him. Their relationship began when they were Ajax.
Sometimes Cruyff looks back and thinks that things in the world are really elusive. If he could hold on a little longer back then and put more pressure on Laporta, then I believe that Ye Qiu should be the head coach of Barcelona.
But if this is true, will Ye Qiu still be there now?
"Thank you" Ye Qiu was a little surprised. He began to vaguely realize that perhaps although Bach was Cruyff's most trusted assistant, Cruyff might not know what he did, or he did not support it.
"I'll treat you to London when I have time." Ye Qiu added casually with a smile, "Ferguson's wine can't be bought outside." This can be regarded as releasing his kindness to Cruyff.
After hearing this, Cruyff laughed, "That old guy's wine, I have to try it when I have time."
In the home team coach's seat not far away, Guardiola had a calm face. Through the translucent coach's seat, he saw Ye Qiu, who was proud of the spring breeze and saw Ye Qiu accepting more and more congratulations, many of whom were UEFA bosses.
Although many people have speculated over the past period of time that Tottenham Hotspur can perform so well, a very critical reason is that Ye Qiu has a good relationship with UEFA giants such as Platini, and Ye Qiu's sports service company has a lot of business that has cooperative relationships with UEFA and even the Football Associations of other countries.
But everyone also cannot deny that Tottenham Hotspur has indeed shown a little higher strength on the court than others.
"Look at the Chairman" Biranova, who was sitting next to Guardiola, pointed not far away.
I saw the Barcelona president congratulating and talking to Fabregas, Messi, David Silva, Ribery, Van Persie and other players on the stadium. Among these people, Fabregas, Messi, Alves, David Silva and Van Persie are all Barcelona's coveted targets. Just to get one of them, Barcelona must make a big blow.
"It's good to lose the Champions League and poach a few of his stars to relieve their hatred," Biranova said with a smile.
This strategy of poaching you if I can't beat you, I'll poach you to death is not uncommon in football history. The most famous ones are Berlusconi's AC Milan, and Real Madrid's Mendoza in the 1990s. In addition, Bayern Munich is no less than this in the Bundesliga.
Guardiola was also a little laughed at the assistant's words, stood up and sighed deeply, "Let's go, this is the winner, we still have to avoid it." After that, Guardiola walked towards the player channel.
Just as he was about to walk in, he found a small figure suddenly rushed out from inside. Because he ran too fast, he didn't pay attention and directly crashed into Guardiola's arms.
"Oh" Guardiola was fine, but the little girl ran back and fell to the ground.
When Guardiola saw that she was a little girl with black hair and yellow skin, she looked very cute, especially with two small braids tied up and rubbed her white jade nose. The corners of her mouth were slightly pouted due to pain.
"Are you okay?" Guardiola leaned over and pulled her up with a smile.
"Ah?" The little girl obviously didn't understand. Is he speaking English?
"Are you okay?" Guardiola said slowly again, a very simple sentence.
She understood this time and shook her head and said, "It's okay, it's great. Next time you walk carefully, don't rush around." She looked like a little adult taught a lesson, as if she was wrong just now and ran too fast, right?
Guardiola and Biranova couldn't help laughing when they saw her attitude.
The little girl seemed to know that she was wrong, and her face turned red by their smile, which made her look a little cute.
"Sister" At this moment, another child ran out of the elevator on the court.
The two little kids stood together and looked a little similar, especially the little boy, whose whole outline looked very similar to Ye Qiu, but he looked more handsome than Ye Qiu and more delicate.
"Sister, what's the matter?" The little boy walked over, stood beside his sister, staring at the two adults with a little caution.
"It's okay, I was knocked down by two fools." Xiao Huangrong said to her younger brother Ye Chen in Chinese.
"Oh." Ye Chen heard that it was okay, it would be fine. "Let's go, sister, let's go find dad. I finally sneaked down."
Two little kids, one is four years old and the other is less than three years old. They hold their hands and run towards the stadium passage.
"These two children should be Ye Qiu's children, right?" Guardiola felt that these two pink children were very cute, and their skin and hair color looked very similar to Ye Qiu.
"It should be" Bilanova also felt like it.
If they knew about it, Xiao Huang Rong called them fools just now, and I wonder if they would still think these two little ghosts were cute. Maybe they would be so angry that they wanted to explode their lungs now.
On the contrary, Ye Qiu was talking to the coaching staff in the stadium, and suddenly his legs were hugged. When he looked down, he found that his son Ye Chen had run down at some point, while little Huang Rong was hiding behind the fat uncle Rolander to make a face.
The sound at the scene was too noisy. It was probably because he was shouting, but he didn't hear it.
Ye Qiu picked up his son, but the boy reached out to grab him on his face, just like every time Ye Qiu went home, he liked to tease his father like this. When Xiao Huangrong saw that his father was not angry, she ran out to act coquettishly. Finally, Ye Qiu put Ye Chen on his neck, asked him to grab his head, and hugged Xiao Huangrong again, and then walked to the stands.
Until when they saw the three of them appear, Huang Chu, Eliza Moon and others in the stands discovered that these two naughty ghosts didn't know when they ran into the stadium. They were so angry and funny. They were so angry that they were too messy and there were so many people, what should they do if they lost them? What's the laughter is that these two little ghosts don't seem to be too stupid.
During the team's dinner, Ye Qiu would attend with his wife and two children, so the players were familiar with these two little kids, especially Huang Rong, who was a big guy. The little kid was very good at speaking English, Chinese and French. Among them, English was learned in London, Chinese was learned at home, and French was learned from Eliza.
Of course, all you are proficient in oral language and communication, and reading and writing are definitely not good.
But this did not hinder her popularity among the players. Ribery was soon taken away from Ye Qiu's arms and played with the stadiums on the court. Soon even Ye Chen rushed up because he couldn't rest as he saw his sister playing.
On weekdays, Ye Qiu always hides his family, especially his two children, as if they are careful, for fear of the media harassment and attention. Now he appears so openly in the stadium. The group of reporters are not as good as taking photos, so the two children have become the most eye-catching characters on the stadium.
When Tottenham celebrated the team's defense of the Champions League, the organizing committee quickly completed the podium. Not long after, Barcelona changed their clothes and returned to the court one by one. It was obvious that they all came out of the pain of losing and took turns to congratulate Tottenham on their defense of the title.
Currently, there are many former players of Ye Qiu, or former players of Tottenham Hotspur. Although they have all lost the game, they are also very grateful for Tottenham Hotspur's performance and achievements today
When Guardiola saw Ye Qiu, he first praised his two children and then challenged him. He firmly believed that he would be able to appear on the Champions League final again next year, because in front of the locker room, Laporta had personally promised him that Barcelona would spend a lot of money to sign up for the transfer this summer, and he must fill in this shortcoming and deficiencies in the team's offensive system.
With this promise from the club chairman and the operation of Barcelona over the past period of time, Guardiola was full of confidence in this, and Ye Qiu did not show any weakness at all. He smiled and said that he welcomed any opponent to come and challenge him.
But what he didn't expect was that behind Guardiola's words, Barcelona had already put their poached tentacles into Tottenham's pocket.
Chapter completed!