The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 303 Waterloo

"Head, have you watched live TV?"

When the team returned to the hotel from the Grimaldi Conference Center, the players and the coaching staff gathered in Ye Qiu's room. This guy had just finished talking on the phone with Elisa and his wife Huang Chu and was getting comfortable. Take a bath and they knock on the door.

Ronaldinho is a master at playing tricks. He grinned as soon as he entered the door, showing his iconic teeth. He was in a good mood and asked Ye Qiu this question, and it seemed that he wanted to confuse Ye Qiu. mean.

"I want to watch the live broadcast, so I'll just go to the scene!" Ye Qiu shook his head and walked to the locker room with a look like you are really stupid.

"Head, then guess, who won the best coach?" Ronaldinho really had this ghost in his mind, and the players around him kept laughing, as if they were waiting for Ye Qiu to make a fool of himself. .

"Lei Hagel!" Ye Qiu quickly came out in loose clothes and answered casually.

"Yes, boss, you are really good!" Ronaldinho smiled so lewdly, "Then guess again, what is the result of the lottery? Who are the other three opponents we have drawn?"

"I'm not Johansson, who would have guessed it?" Ye Qiu shook his head, still not understanding what they were thinking.

"Guess what, head!" Ronaldinho persuaded.

"That's right, it's just a guess!" Ribery is also a guy who is afraid of chaos.

Lampard even pointed at Ronaldinho, "Boss, he said it just now, there is a prize for guessing right!"

"Yes, there is a prize for guessing right, head, guess!" Terry also booed.

"Don't worry, boss, if you guess wrong, we promise not to laugh at you!" Drogba said stupidly.

As soon as the Côte d'Ivoire monster was mentioned, everyone in the room burst into laughter.

"It's just a lottery. It's like betting on horse racing. A worthless guy, you think I'm Ferguson?" Ye Qiu made fun of Ferguson by the way. The Manchester United coach is famous for betting on horses. There was a lot of trouble, and driven by Ferguson, many Manchester United players love to bet on horses.

Ye Qiu's casual remark immediately amused the crowd again, and there was another burst of booing, and they placed bets one after another.

In fact, in the Premier League, it is not uncommon to play poker inside the team. In the World Cup, it was revealed that the England national team gambled money. Owen liked to gamble very much, and even gambled a lot. Big ban, he thinks that small bets can be enjoyable, but big bets are prohibited, or because of betting, it will affect training and competition.

Sometimes, the head coach is like a nanny. You not only have to lead the players to fight on the court, but you also have to take care of their life and entertainment. It’s like the game tomorrow night, and the whole day tomorrow. It's a break, how do the players pass the time at this time?The coaching staff has to give some arrangements and methods!

"Okay, let's play with you guys!" Ye Qiu nodded with a smile, "But I can swear that I absolutely never watched the live TV broadcast, nor did I get any results from our coaching staff, staff, hotel staff, or my wife. !"

Ye Qiu's voluntary confession immediately reassured the players, because they felt that Ye Qiu's news channels seemed to be limited, and since he swore, he should not have known about it.

"Okay, then guess it!" Ronaldinho and his teammates looked at each other and nodded.

"Wait, let's talk about it first. The bet is one thing. If I win, each of you promises to do one thing for me. If I lose, I will do one thing for you. Is it fair?" Ye Qiu said the bet first, and the joy in his heart, dammit, fight with me?

"Okay, no problem!" Lampard nodded directly.

After Ye Qiu voluntarily confessed, they all felt that their head coach seemed to have no other sources of information, and how could they possibly guess by guessing?

"Then I'll start guessing!" Ye Qiu said with a smile, "In the fourth tier, the strongest team should be Werder Bremen, but I don't think it's them, but CSKA Moscow. It was previously reported by the media that most of the team’s funds came from the huge sponsorship of Abramovich’s Siberia Oil Company.”

"This is the biggest gimmick, so if I guess correctly, the opponent in the fourth gear is CSKA Moscow!"

After being analyzed by Ye Qiu, the players were all a little stupid, but he guessed one of them correctly.

"Okay, boss, you are amazing, let's talk!" Ronaldinho was a little dumbfounded.

"The team in the third tier is hard to guess. In terms of relationship, I think PSV Eindhoven is the most likely, because my relationship with this team can be said to be entangled with grievances, or Bayer Leverku Sen, but I always think it is unlikely, and according to UEFA's other set of unspoken rules of the lottery, the old club, I think the biggest possibility is Paris Saint-Germain."

"We have three players from Paris Saint-Germain, Ronaldinho, Michael Essien and Heinze!"

When the analysis came to this point, Ye Qiu laughed, "So, I think the third gear should be Paris Saint-Germain!"

"My God!" Lampard was a little stunned, but he quickly reacted, "Boss, you must have known the result a long time ago. You must have watched the live broadcast, otherwise you would not be able to guess so accurately!"

"That's right, how can you guess right without watching the live broadcast?" The players also booed.

Ye Qiu was very calm, "Everyone, let's talk about it first. I swear, I didn't watch the live broadcast. Did I turn on the TV when you came in? Go ask the hotel waiter, when will I come back? Among her I came in once, and you asked her if I was talking to my wife on the phone, and I swear, I didn't get any news from my wife!"

"This person must be willing to gamble and admit defeat, isn't he?" Ye Qiu almost regarded them as cheating.

In fact, there is a loophole in Ye Qiu's oath, that is, Eliza Moon was not included in the list of people he swore, but he took the initiative to swear and confess, and the players did not study this point carefully. They booed one after another.

"Okay, guess again, who is the first one?" Ronaldinho also got angry this time, he didn't believe that Ye Qiu could guess correctly.

Ye Qiu chuckled, "The team in the first tier is actually the best guess. Why? Leaving aside Arsenal and Manchester United, there are only Porto, Real Madrid, Valencia, Barcelona, ​​Bayern Munich and Deportivo." With these teams, it is almost impossible for Valencia to play against us in the Super Cup."

"I really met Real Madrid and Barcelona and tortured them to death. After the dark horses of last season, UEFA will properly protect the influential and appealing giants. I don't want them to be eliminated prematurely. And generally speaking, UEFA The Football Federation has a very funny group draw mode, that is, the two teams in the Champions League final of last season will be arranged in the same group next season, so, I guess, Porto!"

After finishing speaking, Ye Qiu couldn't hide his small complacency. This was an unintentional advantage, and he blamed this group of guys for wanting to see him make a fool of himself. Otherwise, how could he be fooled?

As soon as they heard that Ye Qiu had already guessed it, the players all quit their food, and began to question Ye Qiu's dishonesty. They must have known the result in advance, but they couldn't figure out where Ye Qiu knew the result.

Ye Qiu made a helpless gesture of shrugging at them, "We are willing to bet and admit defeat, and I will start to make demands on you now!"

"Actually, what I want you to do is also very simple, such as letting you run naked in Monaco naked"

While Ye Qiu was talking, the players all opened their eyes as big as eggs. If it really happened, they all wanted to die. Fortunately, Ye Qiu quickly went on to say: "...that is Impossible, if you make a fool of yourself, I will also lose face, right?"

The group of guys suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.

"Ronaldinho!" Ye Qiu pointed at the Brazilian, "I am very dissatisfied with your recent state, I want you to do one thing, this season's Premier League goals and assists, double 15, above!"

"Lampard, last season you scored a good number of goals, this season's goal is to continue to maintain, more than 20 goals in the Premier League!"

Ye Qiu pointed at Drogba who yelled the loudest just now, "You are a big black man, you yelled the loudest just now, you scored 20 goals in the league, don't give me a discount! Let that vote say you can't score goals Look at the guys, you don't know how to score goals!"

"And you, Wayne Rooney!"

"Boss, I didn't bet with you!" The kid Rooney just arrived, so he didn't dare to stand out just now.

"Anyone who appears here is counted!" Ye Qiu is being unreasonable now, "It's cheaper for you, double-digit league goals!"

"Frank Ribery, you too, double-digit league goals!"

"As for you, as the team captain, take the lead in booing, John Terry, the league must not concede more than 20 goals!"

Then Van Persie, Gudjohnsen, Deco, Joe Cole and other players who appeared in Ye Qiu's room were all assigned tasks, and what Ye Qiu asked them to do had a lot to do with their performance on the court. relationship, and many of them are aimed at their weaknesses.

For example, Drogba, everyone said he could not score goals, but Ye Qiu ranked 20 goals for his task. You know, in Ligue 17, Drogba scored the most goals in Guingamp. He scored [-] league goals, so Ye Qiu's demands on him are indeed a bit high now, but if he is willing to work hard to improve his own strength, with Chelsea's ability to create opportunities, it will not be a big problem.

"Finally, I want all of you to beat Valencia tomorrow!" Ye Qiu finally announced.

But just after he finished speaking, Ronaldinho raised his hand and said something that made everyone burst into laughter.

"Head, this seems to be the second thing, right?"

When Ye Qiu tried to imitate Ferguson's flying kick, Ronaldinho rushed out even faster and disappeared without a trace.

For Ranieri, Ye Qiu has always felt that he is a very capable football coach.

Why do you want to add the word football in front of the coach?
This is because Ranieri's role is limited to the football level, and in places other than football, the role is very small.

Or it can be said that as a head coach, Ranieri's ability in the field of football is absolutely top-notch. It may not reach the height of a tactical master like Benitez, but it is definitely not bad.

Many people say that Ranieri has poor command on the spot and is better at tinkering, so he is nicknamed the tinkerer because he is very good at tinkering. His greatest advantage is that he can inherit the advantages of his predecessor, Make up for the problems left by the predecessor to the greatest extent, minimize the loopholes of the team, and become more balanced.

From the nickname of Tinker, it is not difficult to see that Ranieri's character is the kind of cautious, step-by-step type, but he is very good at thinking, has excellent tactical understanding and analysis ability, so he can be very good every time It is not something ordinary people can do to find out the problem of the ex and give the right solution.

But sometimes, being too cautious, coupled with lack of ability outside the football field, and being too accommodating to players, these have caused the bottleneck of Ranieri's coaching, and it seems difficult for him to change his personality and coaching characteristics with his easy-going personality .

Ranieri also has a nickname that is not very familiar to people, the gardener. I believe that no old fans will remember this nickname.

It's tragic to say that Ranieri's two nicknames have good intentions, but later, they became the words used by the media and fans to ridicule him and satirize him, including the gardener.

The reason why Ranieri is a gardener is because he is very good at promoting and cultivating players, so he joked that he is like a gardener, helping these seedlings grow strong and grow into towering trees, but later the meaning became Yes, he is best at planting trees before his predecessors and enjoying the coolness of his descendants, so he is nicknamed the gardener.

The most famous thing is that he laid a solid foundation in Valencia and directly created the peak of Cooper and Benitez later, and many people, including Ye Qiu himself, admitted that Chelsea in the Ranieri period was indeed for the future. Chelsea's brilliance has laid a solid foundation, including the two core players Lampard and Terry.

As the saying goes, what kind of character you have, what kind of life you have!
Of course, these are the opinions of outsiders on Ranieri, which are more objective, but as the head coach, in Ye Qiu's view, apart from his flaws in personality and coaching the team, Ranieri also has an obvious flaw in tactics. The shortcoming is the sidewalk!
Ranieri is a typical Italian coach who is good at defensive counterattacks, but unlike top Italian coaches like Capello and Lippi, Ranieri is not capable enough as a designer of a tactical system.

Many people wonder why Ranieri can only be a tinkerer, but not a top coach?

Looking at all the top coaches in recent years, there is actually one thing in common, that is, the integration of offense and defense. Correspondingly, all top teams at the peak must have a balanced offense and defense. This is why Sacchi would say, A real strong team can not only create the strongest defense, but also play the most hearty offense!
That is to say, it is not enough for you to only know how to defend. You also need to know how to attack.

But as a head coach, Ranieri has very obvious shortcomings in the design of wing attack. Looking at all the teams he has coached, offense is a long-standing problem, but offense and defense are in modern times. Tactics are a complementary and inseparable element.

Lack of wing attack design, poor use of wing players, the offense can only go to the center too much, and it is much easier for the opponent to defend.

Don't underestimate professional head coaches. They rely on this to make a living. As long as there is a slight loophole in your tactical lineup, they can catch it, and even make you fall into the gutter. Big upsets are made in this way, and this is the most challenging and unpredictable part of professional football.

With obvious shortcomings, coupled with his own character and mentality, Ranieri's final choice is to defend and counterattack.

Sometimes people are like this. When you get used to a certain thing and use a certain routine, you will inevitably develop some inertial thinking, so when you return to Valencia, the first thing Ranieri does is to change .

From 4231 during the Benitez period to the current 442, from the original high defense to the current shrinking counterattack, this also directly led to the complete dismissal of the talented star Aimar who was reused during the Benitez period. Into the limbo, while striker Mista made way for the double striker Divayo and Corradi.

Ye Qiu's Chelsea has a completely different tactical style from Ranieri's Chelsea, and Ye Qiu also used the team's tactics in the game to show the biggest difference between himself and Ranieri, that is, he dared to take risks, Even if the risk and opportunity are equal, as long as he sees it right, he will fight for it!

This time, he saw that Valencia's side was not good enough. From the original 4231 high defensive tactic to the current 442 retraction tactic, not only the wingers are not suitable, but the full backs are also very uncomfortable. The problem of position and running position also involves the cooperation between players and the change of the route of the ball.

Chelsea launched the strongest attack on the wing from the very beginning. Ye Qiu was determined to play his own style from the very beginning and create a direct threat. In fact, in the 21st minute, Chelsea directly Knocking on Valencia's goal, Ribery, who replaced Rooney in the starting lineup, forced a breakthrough from the right and then made a cross. Gudjohnsen grabbed a point in front of the goal and scored with a header!
After that, Chelsea slowed down a little bit, but in the 31st minute, Joe Cole and Gudjohnsen hit the wall. Evra quickly inserted into the baseline. Weiss plugged in and volleyed directly.

Goalkeeper Canizares made a saving action and flew to hit the ball with both palms, but he still couldn't prevent the ball from hitting the upper right corner after being kicked by him, 2:0!

In the first half, Chelsea played two brilliant attacks from the wing, twice piercing Valencia's goal, and Ranieri could do nothing about it, but in the second half, Valencia began to launch a ferocious attack. Pressing, the referee also had to give frequent yellow card warnings, Chelsea made appropriate substitutions and adjustments, including Essien, Messi and Sun Jihai all got the chance to come off the bench.

Although Valencia finally relied on Vicente's personal ability to break through Van der Sar's goal in the 77th minute, he still couldn't prevent the team from suffering a 1:2 defeat. I placed high hopes on him and hoped that he would be able to justify his name, but suffered a tragic defeat in Waterloo.

However, this tinkerer with a good personality was also full of praise for Ye Qiu's Chelsea after the game. He believed that if Chelsea hadn't slackened in the final stage, it would be difficult for Valencia to get a chance. The strongest contender for the Champions League title.

As for Ranieri's kindness, Ye Qiu also responded. He thought that Ranieri should be given more and more generous time.

"Coaching a team that has just passed its peak is undoubtedly very difficult, but I believe Ranieri can lead this team well!"

(End of this chapter)