When Victor Koushouy blew the whistle to the end of the game, the entire Camp Nou Stadium became completely silent.

Nearly 100,000 Barcelona fans sat upright in the stands, at their feet, beside them, there were props that were originally intended to celebrate the team's reversal of Tottenham Hotspur and advance to the Champions League semi-finals, but it was obvious that these things were useless now, so many people vented their venting and threw them down the stands.

It was like they used pig's head to throw Figo, and now they used these props to throw Tottenham Hotspur, throwing the damn Chinese, but they also wanted to kill this group of incompetent players.

The scoreboard shows the final result of this game, and also shows the total score of the two rounds, 4

This represents a cruel fact, that is, Barcelona eventually stopped in the quarterfinals and was eliminated from the Champions League by Tottenham Hotspur, and the season, which was highly expected by fans, was finally declared a failure.

Yes, for Barcelona, ​​if they cannot win the Champions League, or if they cannot show enough competitiveness in the Champions League, this means failure, especially after they have successively introduced players such as Mascherano, Van Persie, Alexis Sanchez, etc., the team's performance has not improved much, which is definitely a failure.

Tottenham Hotspur players are celebrating their advancement to the semi-finals. Among the Tottenham Hotspur players wearing white jerseys are Fabregas, Messi, David Silva, Ribery, and Thiago Silva. These are the players who have had scandals with Barcelona one after another, but they are just scandals.

Everyone knows that it is impossible to poach their players from Tottenham Hotspur, especially those who have proved their strength on all fronts, without giving a high enough price. At a time when the bubble in the transfer market is getting bigger and bigger, even Barcelona does not have enough funds to operate such an amazing sky-high transfer.

After the game, Mascherano, Van Persie, Deco, Abidal and other old ministers of Ye Qiu went to Ye Qiu one after another, congratulating him on his right to advance. Although they are now wearing Barcelona jerseys, after the game, they can also congratulate their former mentors on behalf of themselves.

Losing is a sad thing, but there are things that are more important than the outcome of a game.

It was like Xavi, Iniesta and others, even if they lost the game, they still congratulated Fabregas and Messi.

Both goals came from Messi. The second goal occurred in the 78th minute, when Barcelona's physical fitness had been almost exhausted. When the physical energy was consumed too severely, their defense inevitably made mistakes. When organizing the defense, the Argentine actually missed, which gave Messi another chance to be undefended.

Messi will not lose to anyone in the ability to seize opportunities, so when facing such an opportunity without defense in the penalty area, he will not let it miss it from his feet, even if this time he faces his old club Barcelona.

"Congratulations" Guardiola, as the host, walked up despite losing the ball.

"Thank you" Ye Qiu shook hands with him.

In fact, Guardiola's ability to design a tactical framework is still very good, especially his familiarity with Barcelona's tactical system. He is indeed very good in the overall situation, but in some specific details, he also has his own shortcomings, such as on-site command, and he is a bit too presumptuous when choosing players.

In his previous life, Guardiola introduced Ibrahimovic, gave up Etoo, and even sacrificed the club's great interests. In the end, Ibrahimovic was proven to be a failure. This is a big example.

Now, although Van Persie's introduction has proven to be successful, Barcelona's core problem is not just in the frontcourt, because in Ye Qiu's view, Barcelona's entire tactical system is actually derived from the 433 tactical system of Ajax, the difference is that they emphasize more on ball control.

It can be said that the biggest conflict between Cruyff and Dutch football lies in how much ball control is. The former is obsessed with ball control, while the latter is more inclined to winger tactics. Of course, there is more or less paranoid between the two, but they both pay great attention to the wing.

When Ye Qiu took over Ajax's first team, he once said that the glory of Ajax's 1990s Van Gaal period, and it can even be said that Ajax and even the glory of Dutch football history cannot be separated from the wing, whether it is a winger or a full-back, the same is true.

If we expand it a little further, the success of any powerful team in the world is inseparable from the wings. The Brazilian national team's Cafo and Carlos, and the AC Milan dynasty Mauro Tassoti and Maldini are all like this.

So when Ye Qiu took over Ajax, the first thing he did was to improve the wing, introduce winger Robben, and introduce full-backs Maicon and Abidal. After arriving at Chelsea, what Ye Qiu did was the same, transforming the wing.

In the 433 tactics, the wing lane is a crucial part, especially the full-backs, because the 433 tactics have too strict requirements on the wing lane, and the 433 tactics have the requirements for the wing lane attack, which prompts the 433 tactics to adopt full-backs with strong assist ability and fast speed, and can form a response to the frontcourt wingers.

Don’t blindly think that Ye Qiu trusts Alves and Marcelo, and thinks that he favors Brazilian players or likes assisted full-backs. That’s because of tactics. Without these two full-backs, Tottenham’s offense will drop by more than one level.

Of course, Ye Qiu's meaning is not that the side road is more important than the middle road, because he has always emphasized the combination of side and middle road.

Barcelona's previous problem was to get the ball in the frontcourt. With Etoo, there was a chance to solve this problem if they introduced a player, such as David Silva, who is known as Ronaldinho's natural successor, but Guardiola did not like Etoo, so he introduced Van Persie and strengthened two wingers at the same time, which would be fine.

However, the problem of full-backs has never been solved. Puyol and Abidal are both offensive and defensive in theory, but in fact, they are both full-backs who are better than attacking, which makes their attack more of an attacking point and a back-row contact point, and there is no way to directly penetrate to the front end like Marcelo or Alves, or even cut in and rush into the penalty area.

In other words, as full-backs, Puyol and Abidal can do a good job of defense, but their contribution to offensive end is only limited and receiving ball control. It is difficult for them to appear in threatening offensive routines.

The most obvious feature is that when the team scored the first goal, Ribery cuts in, and Marcelo dared to directly insert the ball and attack Barcelona's defense line by himself. This convenience of inserting the ball can ensure that Marcelo directly hits the opponent's weakest link, and the result is that it completely disrupts the opponent's defense line.

But such a way of playing is impossible for Puyol and Abidal.

Thinking of this, Ye Qiu couldn't help but smile because he discovered a very interesting place, namely Barcelona and Arsenal. Both teams have obvious preferences for ball-handling tactics, but they have two completely opposite shortcomings.

Barcelona's weakness is on the wing, but Arsenal is just the opposite. Arsenal's wing is not only Krish, Sarnia, Nasri, Walcott and other good players, but also have excellent wing offensive capabilities. Walcott performed very well this season, but the problem is that Arsenal lacks the middle, especially a top center.

After Adebayo left the team, Arsenal this season lost the frontcourt fulcrum but did not sign appropriately, so it was difficult for the Gunners to challenge Tottenham, Chelsea and Manchester United, the top three in the league.

Of course, relying on the advantages accumulated over the years and the team's mature system, Arsenal can still steadily win the fourth place in the league and advance to the Champions League next season.

Ye Qiu adopted similar defensive counterattack tactics in the two rounds of the game against Barcelona, ​​not only because the team is in poor condition, but also because he wants to get a confirmation, that is, whether the team's defensive system has enough strength to curb teams with obvious flaws and weaknesses, both of Barcelona and Arsenal.

The final result is quite satisfactory

Tottenham defeated Barcelona away and eliminated the La Liga giants with a total score of 4, which became the focus of major media attention in the world the next day, and the other games in the quarterfinals of the Champions League were decided one after another.

First of all, Manchester United and Bayern Munich, who are also in the upper half of Tottenham Hotspur.

Ferguson's team has indeed performed better and better in recent times, especially after the team's entire offensive and defensive system has become more and more effective, Ferguson's team returned to Old Trafford after losing to Bayern Munich away. Because of the intentional effort in the league last weekend, Manchester United's physical fitness and condition were more ideal. They defeated the visiting Bayern Munich at home and finally eliminated the Bundesliga class bully from the Champions League with a total score of 43.

Van Gaal's team is known for its offensive ability, which is also a typical Van Gaal's feature. So from the perspective of choosing opponents, Ye Qiu prefers to meet Van Gaal, but it turns out that he has been very lucky recently and ended up meeting Manchester United.

Ferguson knows the truth about Tottenham Hotspur, and his running-in with this team has become very mature. In the Champions League knockout round, he eliminated giant teams such as AC Milan and Bayern Munich, which shows how good Manchester United's combat effectiveness is.

Or it should be said that Tottenham Hotspur can maintain such a huge lead in the league. One of the very important reasons why Manchester United decided to give up the league early is that Manchester United lost too many points in the first half, so many that they can't catch up now, so Ferguson made such a strategic choice.

But it was also because Ferguson decided to give up the league, so he would do his best in the Champions League. In Ferguson's words, this year may be the season he has the most hope of winning the Champions League. This is not only because the team is well running-in between the middle and front courts, but also because the two central defenders on the defense are still at their peak.

Currently, Manchester United is also working hard to cultivate successors to Vidic and Ferdinand, such as Evans, but the progress has never been very good. It can be foreseeable that as the age of the two major central defenders increases, their competitive state will definitely decline. At that time, Manchester United's central defenders will definitely experience further setbacks. It will be difficult to win the Champions League again.

Therefore, it is indeed a very wise choice to take advantage of the maturity and stability of the two major central defenders to strive for a Champions League.

But for Tottenham Hotspur, it is indeed very unfavorable to meet Manchester United, especially the schedule of home and away.

On the contrary, Mourinho, this kid is now in great luck. Although Inter Milan's performance this season is not very ideal, especially in the goalkeeper position, after selling Cesar, there is no strong supplement. In addition, he missed Lucio and Sneijder this season, and neither Carvalho and Lampard were wanted, which directly led to Inter Milan's poor combat effectiveness.

However, after the final 16 knockout, Inter Milan easily lost CSKA Moscow in the quarterfinals knockout round, and the semi-finals was Ligue 1 class bully Lyon. It can be said that there is almost no suspense when Inter Milan successfully advanced to the final. Everyone thinks that as long as Tottenham defeats Manchester United again, the three consecutive championships in the Champions League will not be a dream, because with Tottenham Hotspur's strength, there is almost no suspense to defeat Inter Milan in the final.

Returning to London from Barcelona, ​​the entire city begins to enter the football atmosphere of the North London Derby

Since Ye Qiu acquired Tottenham Hotspur, this North London team has been transformed. In the past few years, Tottenham Hotspur not only has outstanding performance, but also has very likable tactical and styles. It is known as the two teams with the most gorgeous style of the Premier League, along with Arsenal.

Because of this, every North London derby has attracted the attention of countless fans.

At the beginning of the season, in the 11th round of the Premier League, Tottenham Hotspur challenged Arsenal away. Tottenham Hotspur, who was in excellent form, defeated Arsenal 0 away. The Gunners fans even gave applause to this arch-enemy team at the Emirates Stadium, which was regarded as a huge shame by countless Gunners.

But what embarrasses Arsenal and Wenger even more is that from beginning to end this season, Arsenal did not show even a slight sign of winning the championship. Their goal from beginning to end is just to compete for the qualification for the Champions League, which is completely opposite to the ambitious Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea and Manchester United.

This made Gunners fans dissatisfied, and put a lot of pressure on Arsenal management and Wenger.

The Premier League is not the era of the oligarchs when Arsenal and Manchester United were joined by Chelsea. Today, the Premier League is an era of heroes competing for the competition and heroes emerge.

I didn't see Liverpool's performance this season, the team lacked combat effectiveness, and their performance immediately plummeted, falling directly to the sixth place in the league. It is no longer possible to have the hope of returning to the qualifying zone of the Champions League, and there will be no suspense for Benitez to be dismissed after the season.

Arsenal's situation is not much better than Liverpool. In front of them, strong opponents such as Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea and Manchester United blocked them like mountains, and behind them are Manchester City, West Ham United, Aston Villa and other strong pursuers are chasing like hungry wolves. Arsenal's situation is very dangerous.

If it is in other teams, Wenger will definitely try every means to ask the board of directors to add investment, and at least introduce a powerful center to further strengthen the team's attack power. Unfortunately, in the current Arsenal, there is no possibility of large-scale signings, especially centers.

The most popular centers in football today are Tottenham Hotspur's Falcao, Barcelona's Van Persie, Inter Milan's Ibrahimovic, Chelsea's Drogba, or Liverpool's Torres, but these centers or scorers are difficult to introduce, and the transfer fees are difficult for Arsenal to hope for.

In addition to these top forwards, Wolfsburg's strongest rise in Bosnia and Herzegovina center Edin Dzeko is also quite outstanding, but the problem is that this center is currently being watched by many giant teams. If you want to introduce this Bosnia and Herzegovina center from Wolfsburg, it is impossible to make a deal without a transfer fee of more than 20 million euros.

And 20 million is almost impossible for Arsenal to get a figure.

Many people like to scold Wenger, and many Gunners' fans even shirked the team's decline on Wenger. Some board members even stood up and said that the Gunners are not without money, because in the past five years, the team has made nearly 150 million euros from the transfer market.

Whenever he sees such remarks, Wenger has the urge to curse, because he really wants to ask this stupid guy who can't even understand financial statements. Do he know how much does the team pay for the real estate projects in Highbury Square every year?

Thirty million euros, five years, are exactly the money earned in the transfer market, and all of them are invested in real estate projects. What makes people feel even more sad is that this real estate project, which cost hundreds of millions of pounds, seems to be a bottomless pit so far, and all this comes from a decision made by some managers.

Without this real estate project, Arsenal would not need to make the difference in the transfer fee of €50 million, nor would it not need to take out funds to invest in the transfer market every year. You should know that when moving from Highbury Stadium to Emirates Stadium, the daily income of the first year increased by 65 million euros, and then increased year by year

Without that damn real estate project, Arsenal could have invested heavily now without worrying about financial issues at all.

But I don’t believe in everything in this world, or believe in assumptions, so Wenger can only use the only resources in his hands and his existing abilities to try his best to help the team get out of adversity and maintain the status of a strong Premier League team. This is also the only thing he can do.

Sometimes, especially when he sees others signing big, he even hopes that a rich boss can fall from the sky and give him endless money so that he can squander it unscrupulously

I believe this is not only Wenger's dream, but also the dream of countless head coaches
Chapter completed!