Theobord's research center has always been a mysterious place.

This research center is not small in size and is not remote, right next 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 there is no doubt that this is the heart of Theoborde.

There are two analytical teams in the entire Theobord, namely the youth team and the first team, but the staff of the two analytical teams are arranged from the research center. In many cases, some of their analytical data and reports must be confirmed by the research center before they can be handed over to the coaching team.

Not only that, the research center is also responsible for the team's medical affairs, including the prevention and treatment of players' injuries, as well as the players' status and physical fitness, whether players are allowed to play, etc., all are controlled by the research center, and the team doctor group is arranged by the research center to accompany the team.

Almost every player who joins Tottenham Hotspur will have a headache about the cumbersome requirements of the research center, and some of them are strange, such as asking you to provide some data that no one cares about at all, or suddenly asking you to get a blood sample just after the training is over.

But as long as you stay in Theoborde for a long time, everyone will obey the requirements of the Research Center, because it has proved that the Research Center has indeed made outstanding contributions in preventing injuries or helping players treat injuries.

As the new season begins, they have begun to invest in another brand new training program. They have begun to organize players to perform some semi-hypnotic training programs in the meditation house, either watching some videos or watching some 30 stereoscopic videos from a first-person perspective. They are all shot during training and in the game, very realistic and lifelike.

Demikalis is in charge of this project himself. After the training, he will communicate with the players in his psychological counseling room to get everything he has gained in training or to understand the specific effect.

In addition, the Research Center has been using some training to help the newly joined Vidal integrate into the team's technical and tactical system. The Chilean has been a regular visitor to the Research Center for a while, but he has never played for the team in the first team.

There are many rumors outside that some people think that introducing Vidal was a mistake. Facts have proved that it is difficult for Bundesliga stars to adapt to Tottenham's midfield requirements. They performed poorly in training and were abandoned by Ye Qiu. However, some people say that Vidal was injured when he joined, so he is still recovering for the time being.

In short, there are all kinds of remarks, but the real reason is that the research center has not issued a pass to play.

With the joining of Meer Seman and Demikelis, the research center has a wide range of staff. Ye Qiu even gave the research center all the physical fitness matters arranged throughout the season. So after Vidal and Pirlo joined, they fully understand the physical condition of the two players, including their physical fitness, status and other detailed data.

Relatively speaking, Pirlo's situation is better. Vidal is a midfielder because of participating in the Copa America. In addition, he is a newcomer, so the research center is more careful and just let Vidal participate in training, but not in the game. In the same situation, Uruguay's international player Cavani.

They were not seen starting in the first round of the league, and the outside world was also rumored to be very popular, especially Tottenham Hotspur's performance in the first round of the league was not very ideal at home. Although they frequently organized effective offensives and attacked Everton, the draw of L was obviously not satisfactory.

There is a total of one week of rest between the first and second rounds of the league. During this period of training, it is still mainly about adjusting the players' condition, but the entire English football world is very lively, and the media have begun to overwhelm the warm-up and lay the groundwork for the two upcoming highlights.

Liverpool's play against Arsenal is seen as a battle for Champions League qualification, but considering that Arsenal is not very strong now, especially after selling Krish and Nasri this season, the strength of this team has been weakened. Although Wenger used the money to sell people to introduce players including Mertesacker, Gervinho, Benayon, Park Joeyong and other players, his strength is not as good as before.

On the contrary, Liverpool is now a time for strong players, especially after gaining strength and potential in this season, the Reds' strength has been further improved.

Compared with the lack of suspense between Liverpool and Arsenal, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur are regarded as championship battles, because in the gambling company, Manchester United ranks far first in the shortlist of who can snipe Tottenham Hotspur this season, and is even slightly higher than the new powerful Manchester City who is very optimistic about the outside world.

But it is undeniable that after selling Yaya, Toure, Fabregas and David, Silva, Tottenham Hotspur's midfield problem is very serious. The newly joined Sandro also attracted media attention when he participated in the 0 World Cup, but it is also a suspense whether the player can take on a major role in Tottenham Hotspur.

As for Pirlo, his arrival is more regarded as being able to make up for Tottenham's midfield organization and creativity, but he has almost no contribution to the team's midfield thickness.

Therefore, among the odds of winning the Premier League this season by bookmakers, Tottenham Hotspur is still among the top due to its prestige in the past few seasons, but the gap between Manchester United, the second-place Manchester City, the third-place Manchester City, and Liverpool, the fourth-place, the gap is already very small.

This is also seen by many people as an important weather vane for the outside world to begin to be optimistic about Tottenham Hotspur.

Tottenham Hotspur is in a bad situation and Manchester United's situation is not much better.

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

The first thing 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 perspective, De Gea can only be regarded as a rookie and is still a gap from the main position of the giant team. Even Manchester United fans cannot deny this.

Scholes' retirement has not had a particularly big impact on Manchester United. The key is whether Ferguson can reactivate Sneijder? Also, can the problem of Rath Diyala be solved? With Scholes' retirement and Hargreaves' departure, Manchester United's midfield thickness has also been affected to a certain extent.

In addition, O'Shea and Brown have transferred and left the team one after another, and the thickness of Manchester United's defense has also been suspected. You should know that Ferdinand and Vidic are both over 30 years old, especially Ferdinand, who have always had many injuries. If the thickness of the team cannot be guaranteed, how can we deal with the rotation during injuries?

Because of this, many professionals have speculated that there is a phenomenon of dark horses winning the Premier League this season. For example, Liverpool or Manchester City have a very good chance of playing this role, and they do have such strength.

But no matter what, Manchester United faces Tottenham Hotspur at Old Trafford, which is definitely a highlight of the Premier League this season, especially considering that Tottenham Hotspur is about to usher in a critical devil schedule.

After Ye Qiu arrived in Theoborde in the morning, he still went straight 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 three players participating in the 0 World Cup, Sandro and others who just returned to the team, all others 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, left the office, and walked towards 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 walk around the office chairs and look at Ye Qiu. This group of damn guys blackmailed Ye Qiu an ergonomic office chair, which cost hundreds of euros. In the end, Ye Qiu has no choice but to use it as a club benefit, and replace all the desks and office chairs of all the team's administrative departments, including Theobord and the White Hart Lane Stadium, this summer.

For this reason, he also paid his own private pocket. As soon as he thought of these guys sitting on the butts, Ye Qiu's heart was bleeding, and he really wanted to kick each of them hard on the butts.

"This is our expected Manchester United starting lineup." Mauro Tassoti handed over a document.

Goalkeeper De Gea, the defense lines are Evra, Evans, Ferdinand and Rafael, midfielders Ashley Young, Carrick, Las Diala and Nani, and the double strikers are Benzema and Rooney.

"Do you think he can hit 44?" Ye Qiu had a little doubt.

Of course, it's not like 44. In fact, this is the most familiar formation between Manchester United. Even if Ferguson plays 44, he will definitely not follow the standard positioning style. He will definitely make some targeted arrangements, so after the deformation, it may not be 44, and it can be completely transformed into other formations.

"It's very likely because this can suppress our wings to the maximum extent." Mauro Tassoti said, "but it is not ruled out that he won Ashley Jan and went to Tevez, but it is certain to pay attention to the wing defense."

Ye Qiu is already very familiar with Manchester United's tactics. Manchester United has not changed much this season. Unlike Tottenham Hotspur, there are many changes. Ferguson only introduced two players, De Gea and Ashley O'Jan, who were poached from Manchester City at a low price. It can be seen that it is more aimed at strengthening the thickness of the bench.

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

"If this is true, we will surprise Mr. Fur whether it is 44 or 43." Ye Qiu smiled.

Because he wants to verify the front-end play of the back midfielder in this game, won’t the front-end midfielder Carrick and Las Diala?

Saturday, August 20, at night, Old Trafford Stadium.

When chief assistant coach Mike Perrin pushed open the goal in the Manchester United home locker room, the noise like a tide in the stands outside immediately poured into the Manchester United home locker room. Mike Perrin immediately turned around and closed the goal again.

But even so, it is still impossible to completely isolate the sounds in the stands outside from the locker room.

Perhaps, only when playing with strong teams, especially championship-level teams like Tottenham Hotspur, will Manchester United fans have a complete boiling and explosion, and in normal times, they choose the so-called gentlemanly demeanor.

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

Manchester United's home team's locker room is divided into several compartments, the players' lounge and shower masseur are in one compartment, and the coaching staff has their own separate compartment, which is what they discuss during the intermission. After all, there are some things that cannot be said to the players in person, so they need their own separate room.

Ferguson took it, glanced at it, "Cavani and Vidal both came on", and then handed it back to Mike O Perrin.

To be honest, Ferguson is not satisfied with his assistant coach. The reason is very simple. Mike Perrin is neither the kind of assistant coach who can give him full support on the training ground and allows him to devote himself to tactical preparation, nor is he the head coach who has excellent tactical skills like McLaren, who can provide him with more reference opinions.

Mike Perrin seems to be able to be in charge of training and provide some tactical opinions, but he is not strong in both aspects, and it can even be said to be weak. This also makes the old coach Ferguson feel very tired because his energy is no longer possible. Moreover, in the past few years, Queros, McLaren and others have helped him. He can be more worry-free. Now he does everything himself, and he really feels physically and mentally exhausted.

Isn’t it like this? When you are used to being comfortable and suddenly you are tired, you will be very uncomfortable

This is true for young people, and even more so for older people

If it was Queros or McLaren was still there, they would give some advice when Ferguson said this, such as trying to analyze the possible playing style of Tottenham Hotspur, but Mike Perrin stood aside, waiting for the coach to give orders.

"Will Vidal play the midfielder or the midfielder? What kind of combination will be formed between him and Ramsey and Pirlo?" Ferguson said to himself, but he hoped that someone could give him some references.

This time Mike Perrin spoke out, "When he was in Leverkusen, Vidal played the midfield drag position, but he was not the kind of core player. He was an auxiliary character who could defend but also suppress the attack. I think Ye Qiu might let Vidal act as Gattuso and become the thug next to Pirlo."

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

There is no need to doubt Ye Qiu's tactical attainments. Ferguson admires his ability to understand and adjust tactics very much, and he always has unexpected moves, so Ferguson has always kept his opinion on his sudden decision to sell all the main midfielders this season and carry out large-scale reorganization.

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

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

Ferguson was really worried when he said this. To be honest, Vidic's injury made him feel uncomfortable about the defense. Whether it was Evans or Smalin, Ferguson was worried about their execution in such a strong dialogue. In addition, Ferdinand, who had unstable performance after leaving Vidic, was too fake. Ferguson said that he was not worried.

Others may think that after Tottenham lost the three main midfielders of last season, the offensive power will be greatly affected, but Ferguson is more clear than anyone else. Tottenham's tactical framework has basically been stable. Without further ado, just put it on the frontcourt trident, plus Alves and Marcelo, and a midfielder has added Pirlo. Will such an offensive combination be weak?

Before this important game, Ferguson rarely did not start a war of words, while Ye Qiu took the initiative to show weakness in the media, saying that Tottenham Hotspur does have some problems at present, which more or less surprised the fans and the media. But the more they do this, the more they give people a sense of urgency that a storm is approaching.

Everyone knows that neither side is willing to lose in this game, because in the next round, Tottenham Hotspur will face Manchester City at home, and Manchester United will face Arsenal at home. Both teams will encounter strong opponents. In this case, whoever loses this game will be in a very unfavorable situation and will be very passive.

This is also the interesting thing about the Premier League this season. It can be said that the suspense of winning the championship has begun since 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, in terms of schedule, the FA can arrange it more calmly.

Ferguson thought for a while, but Mike Perrin could not give any better advice, so he stood up and walked to the player's lounge, clapping his hands hard.

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

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

A simple sentence is enough for the Red Devils players to be excited

They are a knife in Ferguson's hand, a knife that kills people

And now, Ferguson waved his hand and pointed the knife at Tottenham Hotspur
Chapter completed!