The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 320 Winning streak
Ye Qiu has always felt that there are two types of head coaches.

One is to consider the team's problems from the club's interests, just like Arsene Wenger of Arsenal; the other is to consider the team's interests, just like Ferguson.

I believe that many Manchester United fans will be dissatisfied with Ferguson's support for the Glazer family's acquisition of Manchester United, but Ye Qiu is not at all surprised by his doing so, because Ferguson's first consideration is the team itself, not the club.

If you compare a team to a sandwich biscuit, the head coach is the cream between the two biscuits, the players and the management are the two biscuits, both sides want to squeeze toward each other, and the head coach is caught in the middle , you can only withstand the pressure from both sides and keep each other in a state of balance.

Which type Ye Qiu belongs to, he can't say for himself, but it is obvious that he separates the team and the management very clearly, so the conflict between him and Abramovich will not affect him For the coaching of the team, this is his professional ethics.

As long as he is the head coach of Chelsea for a day, he will work hard to lead the team well and try his best to win every game, instead of hoping to use the team as a threat to the management like some head coaches do. It is not only a betrayal of his professional ethics, but also a betrayal of all the players who trust him.

Ye Qiu has always clearly remembered that Bobby Harms once told him that if he wanted to manage a team well, he had to treat his players sincerely, get to know them seriously, and figure out what they were like. What they want, and then guide them based on that, try to meet their needs.

In fact, this sentence can also be generalized, that is, as long as Ye Qiu understands what the club's management wants, and he can bring what Abramovich wants, then his handsome position will be very important. Stand still.

Of course, if one day, he feels that he can't do it anymore, then he will choose to leave without hesitation.

That's why he always asks for a free rescission clause in his contracts!

The turmoil of the Premier League black gold case has somewhat affected Chelsea, but Ye Qiu has controlled the dressing room very well, and has not been greatly affected by it. After all, Pini Zahavi has always had his tentacle There was no way to reach into the Chelsea dressing room, so if he had an accident, the impact on the dressing room would be minimal.

On January 1th, Chelsea ushered in the knockout round of 8 in the FA Cup. Their opponent was Scunthorpe from the second division. As a result, they defeated the team in the third tier of England 64:3 and successfully advanced to the next round. .

Ye Qiu still used rookies and substitutes on a large scale in this game, but Robert Huth performed very badly in the game. The German central defender who has been frequently involved with Bayern Munich recently is obviously in poor condition. He has something to do with it, but Ye Qiu doesn't criticize him too much.

To be honest, Ye Qiu has always been very tolerant of young players' mistakes.

Compared with Chelsea easily defeated their opponents, Manchester United suffered a 0-0 draw at home with an amateur league team. This made the Red Devils fans at Old Trafford very angry. They directly booed them during the game. Vented his dissatisfaction with the team, thinking that this is definitely not the performance that the Red Devils Manchester United should have.

Many fans know very well in their hearts that if Manchester United wants to bid farewell to the embarrassment of not having a crown in the Premier League, they can only make a difference in the cup, and the Champions League is something that can be met but not sought. , The FA Cup and the League Cup have undoubtedly become the places where the team should make the most effort.

Ferguson's thinking is obviously the same. He obviously didn't give his best when he played in the FA Cup, but he played with all his strength in the first leg of Chelsea's League Cup semi-final four days later, striving to win the League Cup. Take advantage of the home field advantage and directly kill Chelsea.

Perhaps it was because of the feeling that the team has been under tremendous pressure recently, or perhaps because of the team's targeted tactical arrangements, Manchester United played very tough in this game, and it can even be said to be brutal and unscrupulous.

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With the clear whistle of the referee, the ball was judged to be out of bounds, a throw-in close to Manchester United's restricted area!
Drogba didn't make it to this point just now. He looked a little depressed. Before his teammates could catch up, he rushed out of the boundary line and came to the billboard. He wanted to send a throw-in as soon as possible. Resume play.

Recently, the outside media have started to hype the news about Shevchenko joining Chelsea. Rumors about him not scoring many goals and not worthy of Chelsea have also appeared in the media. The focus of most attention except the black gold case.

Even though Ye Qiu personally called him to the office a few days ago and promised him personally that he would still be Chelsea's leading center forward. As long as he was still in Chelsea, no one would be able to shake Drogba's position. Drogba felt relieved.

But he himself knew very well that when the head coach promised himself, Ye Qiu was under a lot of pressure, so Drogba kept telling himself that he must score more goals and work hard to score goals, so that he could resolve the problems caused by Suspicions and doubts from the outside world.

I have to say that the Ivorian is a bit naive on this point, because he doesn't know that even if he scores more goals than Shevchenko, the Ukrainian is still a superstar, and Drogba will still Being questioned.

Cristiano Ronaldo rushed out of bounds just now in order to fight for the ball. He failed to grab the ball and gave Chelsea a chance to get close to the penalty area. On the card, it bounced back, and at this moment, Drogba ran over quickly and bent down to pick up the ball.

Cristiano Ronaldo saw that Drogba was about to pick up the ball, and the Chelsea players had already quickly pressed on him. He immediately stepped out and pulled the ball behind him, allowing Drogba to miss it.

This obviously provocative action made the Ivorian a little annoyed. After standing up from the ground, he pushed Cristiano Ronaldo to the ground with both hands. But he was picked up by Drogba and caught in his hand.

"Fancy but useless guy!" Drogba cursed angrily, turned around and left.

But when he turned around, Ronaldinho also got up from the ground, rushed over, and pushed Drogba's back.

The Ivorian was not mentally prepared for this sneak attack, he was pushed staggeringly, almost fell over, immediately turned around, glared at Ronaldinho like an enraged tiger, and was about to charge up.

At this moment, Fortune rushed into the middle of the two. In this game, the South African player was often abused by Drogba. At this moment, he blocked Ronaldinho, stretched out his hand and pushed Drogba again. He said, "Hey, don't be so fucking arrogant, this is Old Trafford, not your Stamford Bridge!"

Drogba was in the middle of the fire, and was pushed again, and immediately became furious, and rushed up to the nearest Fortune, slapped his hands away, and then stretched forward with both hands, directly grabbed his throat, "Go You bloody Old Trafford!"

Fortune was strangled by Didier Drogba, his neck was almost cut off, and he couldn't breathe. Fortunately, at this moment, Lampard, Ronaldinho and many other Chelsea players They all rushed up immediately and pulled Drogba away vigorously, and Keane also opened Drogba's fingers immediately.

The reborn Fortune obviously realized at this time that not everyone can stand up for their teammates!

The referee quickly ran over, separated the players of the two teams who were gathered together, and called the captains Keane and Terry respectively, "You all go back and take a good look at your teammates, especially Manchester United... "Maybe seeing Keane wanting to defend himself, the referee shook his head and said, "I see it very clearly, so I don't need to defend myself, OK?"

Both Keane and Terry nodded in agreement, and then the referee walked over and showed Drogba, Ronaldinho and Fortune each a yellow card, and specially kept Fortune, "It doesn't mean anything if you don't give you a red card. , I hope you can restrain your temper, and next time, I will draw a red card!"

Drogba and Ronaldinho were obviously excited. At this time, anyone should stop them instead of adding fuel to the flames. If Fortune rushed forward to block the two, or to separate them, he would not Got the card, but he obviously went up to push Drogba, which caused his foul.

However, it is obvious that Manchester United fans are not satisfied with the referee's penalty at all. They feel that the referee deliberately favored the visiting team, so when the ball was dead, the fans directly confiscated the game ball and refused to return it. When the players went up to ask for the ball, the fans of the home team in the stands responded with abuse and boos, which was really dumbfounding.

Ye Qiu kept telling the players to stay calm and not to be provoked by the opponent. At the same time, he asked the team to add two more flank attacks, which quickly opened up the situation for Chelsea.

After Ronaldinho got the ball, he quickly dribbled the ball in from the left side, but Manchester United seemed to be prepared for this. Keane was here to block him, but it was not so easy to break the Brazilian's ball. Easy thing, as soon as Ronaldinho saw Keane, he immediately chose to make an emergency stop and split the ball to the left side of the penalty area.

Drogba quickly pulled to the side to catch the ball and then suddenly started to go down. After breaking through Gary Neville and Ferdinand, he made a cross. Lampard quickly inserted and scored with a header from close range. Both Sylvester and goalkeeper Howard Unable to react, 1:0!

After the goal, Lampard and Chelsea players rushed out of the Manchester United penalty area one by one, and ran around the bottom of the stands at Old Trafford to cheer. boos and insults.

"We scored a goal!!! Look clearly, we scored a goal!!!"

Drogba and other players rushed to the sidelines of the camera, poked the Chelsea team logo on their chests, and shouted loudly, and this scene was also captured by the big screen on the scene, and presented in front of the Manchester United fans. There was a wave of boos and abuse from the Red Devils fans.

But Chelsea was obviously unmoved. After temporarily leading 1-0 in the first half, they made another counterattack at the beginning of the second half. Among them, Fortune made another malicious tackle on Drogba in the second half. Having escaped the referee's punishment, Ye Qiu was so angry that he kept waving his hands on the sidelines, protesting the referee's care of the Manchester United player who already had a yellow card.

If Fortune's action is followed, at least a yellow card is required, that is, a red card sent off.

However, Ye Qiu also felt that Ferguson was really playing with his life in this game, because Manchester United was hopeless in the league, and the opponent they met in the Champions League was AC Milan, and the possibility of winning the championship was not high, so they wanted to To compete for the League Cup and the FA Cup, especially the League Cup that has reached the semi-finals.

But what Ferguson didn't expect was that Ye Qiu was also determined to win the League Cup!
Last season, due to the insufficient thickness of the team's bench, coupled with the newcomer, Ye Qiu had to shrink the battle line and strategically reserve strength in the League Cup and FA Cup, but now Chelsea are strong and strong, with ample bench thickness, Ye Qiu Qiu naturally wanted to fight on multiple fronts.

In terms of strength, Manchester United is indeed not as good as Chelsea, but the Red Devils are very tenacious in their home game, and their moves are relatively large, but Chelsea is not bad either. They were aroused by Manchester United and followed suit.

The two sides somewhat lost their minds and became full of gunpowder, and the game was out of the control of the head coach.

In the end, in the 67th minute, Drogba overwhelmed Sylvester and Fortune in the penalty area, headed Maicon's cross into Manchester United's goal, and made another victory for Chelsea, 2:0!

But not long after that, Manchester United also pulled back a victory. Giggs' goal rewritten the score for Manchester United to 1:2!

Both Ye Qiu and Ferguson clearly saw that it was impossible to continue like this, especially Ye Qiu, who immediately replaced Drogba with Gudjohnsen, then replaced Ronaldinho with Joe Cole, and replaced him with Messi. Under Rooney, the replacement of the frontcourt attack combination was completed.

Ferguson also made substitution adjustments, replacing Fortune, Cristiano Ronaldo and Ruud van Nistelrooy.

After a series of substitutions, neither of the two sides finally scored again. In the end, Chelsea defeated Manchester United 2:1 away and won the first round of the semi-final, which also laid a foundation for advancing to the final.

But what is surprising is that in the press conference after the game, both Ferguson and Ye Qiu chose to deal with the conflicts in the game coldly. They both attributed the conflicts in the game to the players being too stressed. The conflict caused, and the referee's penalty is no problem, respect it.

This also disappointed the media who were looking forward to seeing the two head coaches fight.

But Ye Qiu and Ferguson both have their own considerations. Even though Chelsea is in a good state now, the players have just experienced the devil's Christmas schedule. The whole winter break is so intensive and the players are under a lot of pressure. This kind of unnecessary dispute will not help.

Ferguson's team is not in a good state recently, and he doesn't want to cause trouble now, so it's better to deal with it coldly.

Facts have proved that the choices of Ferguson and Ye Qiu are both correct.

After finishing the first round of the League Cup, the Premier League ushered in the 23rd round.

Ferguson took his Red Devils to Anfield to challenge Benitez. As a result, Manchester United, which has been in poor form recently, defeated Benitez's Liverpool 1-0 in an away game. You know, Liverpool lost to Except for Chelsea's game, the other games were all victorious, and the rankings have also been catching up all the way.

Ye Qiu observed this game, but he became more firm in his view of Liverpool, that is, Benitez's team is afraid of defense.

Or it should be said that there is no team that is not afraid of counterattacks, but the problem is that Liverpool's offense is not good, and the problem of ball advancement has greatly restricted the Red Army's offense.

Playing against strong teams, they can use Xavi Alonso and Gerrard's long pass to counterattack, plus the counterattack of forwards such as Pangele, Cisse and Baros, to cover up the ball to the maximum extent. Progression problems and deficiencies.

But when playing against a weak team, the problem of weak offense caused by the break of the ball path will be exposed by the team with excellent defense.

In this game, Manchester United just shrunk their defense. As a result, Liverpool was unable to win Manchester United throughout the game, and was finally captured by Manchester United's counterattack. This has to be said to give Ye Qiu a great warning.

There is a saying that is true, the earthen pot cannot be broken from the well, and the general will inevitably die in battle.

Good swimmers drown in water, Liverpool's defeat is not only a warning to the Red Army, but also a warning to Chelsea.

Don't look at Chelsea's current turmoil, all fronts go hand in hand, it's not good, but in fact, the good looks cover up many problems of the team, and the more they are in this kind of good situation, the more they need to keep calm and rational. Otherwise, once the problem is exposed, it may be fatal.

Not long after Manchester United beat Liverpool, Chelsea beat Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 away, with goals from Lampard and Ronaldinho helping the Blues take White Hart Lane as they finally leveled Arsenal's record of 14 consecutive victories in the Premier League has been broken.

On the other hand, Arsenal lost 0:1 to Bolton in the away game. Although the Gunners still maintain the second place in the league, the points gap between Chelsea and Chelsea has rapidly expanded to 14 points. Everyone knows that this is already an impossible pursuit. on the gap.

Of course, the premise is that Chelsea will not capsize in the gutter because of insensitivity.

After playing Tottenham Hotspur, Ye Qiu made a high-profile interview with the media and said that the team will make persistent efforts.

"I make no secret of my desire to create a winning streak in the history of the Premier League. I believe the players are the same. We hope to create history, and we also hope that the team can continue this winning streak and unbeaten record."

"Many people have said before that our unbeaten season is a coincidence, and I will not refute this, but now we have won 14 consecutive victories. We will not only hit the historical record of winning streak, but also hit the record created by Arsenal. Unbeaten record of 57 games!"

"It's one of my goals, and it's one of our goals for all of our Chelsea players!"

(End of this chapter)