The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 322 The Best Old Turtle of the Year

"It's going to be a big clash between two of the best teams in the Premier League!"

For the League Cup semi-finals, both the Premier League and the European media generally spoke highly of it.

The League Cup is tasteless, it's tasteless to eat, and it's a pity to discard it, but that's for a team that aspires to win the championship. For Manchester United this season, the League Cup is a must, because it's hard for them to imagine leading so much Chelsea will stop and rest like the stupid rabbit in the tortoise and the hare.

After Ye Qiu led Chelsea to an almost crazy 14 victories, tying the historical record set by Arsenal in the Premier League that year, in the 24th round, they once again beat Portsmouth 3-0 at home, not only breaking the Gunners' all-time record. It set a historical record and tied Real Madrid's 15-game winning streak.

Real Madrid's 15-game winning streak happened more than 40 years ago. At that time, Real Madrid had top superstars such as Di Stefano and Puskas. They created a fantastic dream that has never been broken in the 61/62 season. The 15-game winning streak, this record is also the top five European leagues.

Now, Ye Qiu led his blue army chariot to catch up with this historical record, and there is only one step away from breaking it!

Chelsea have performed well, and Manchester United's recent performance has also been similar.

Ferguson's Red Devils habitually exert their strength in November and December and during the winter break. This Manchester United team has achieved an impressive record of 11 wins and 12 draws in the past 13 games. The league rankings are also constantly rising. Now The third place in the league has already been firmly established. Although the possibility of winning the championship is unlikely, at least the performance of the Red Devils is shocking.

Not only that, Ferguson has the title of king of the semi-finals in the Premier League, because he has played in the semi-finals 15 times in the past 10 years. There is no doubt that the past 10 times have all ended in Manchester United's victory. Ferguson also won the reputation of the king of the semi-finals. Many people think that as long as Manchester United enters the semi-finals, it is impossible to miss.

The most typical example is last season's FA Cup semi-final. At that time, the undefeated Arsenal was in good shape, while Manchester United was in a very embarrassing situation, but the two teams met in the FA Cup semi-final. The duel ended with Manchester United beating Arsenal 1-0.

That is, in that game, Manchester United fired the first shot to end Arsenal's treble dream!
Ferguson first praised Ye Qiu before the game, and admitted by the way that the 1:2 first leg of the League Cup put Manchester United in a relatively disadvantageous position, but he kept calling on Manchester United players to show their strengths from last season. The courage and determination he had when he played Arsenal in the semi-finals defeated Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in one fell swoop.

Regarding the provocation from Ferguson, Ye Qiu also responded unrelentingly, saying that the team will reach the League Cup final at Stamford Bridge because, "It is always a pleasant thing to win the championship, and as a team As the head coach of this team, my responsibility is to lead the team and bring more joy to the fans!"

The duel between the two teams with the craziest state and the best performance in the past few months has naturally aroused great attention from the outside world, but what is depressing is that this should have been a very exciting duel. In the end, it will become extremely dull 0:0!

"Coward!"

When the game was over, Ferguson stood in front of the coaching bench of the visiting team and watched Ye Qiu walking over while shaking his head. He muttered loudly on purpose, obviously to tell Ye Qiu on purpose, to disgust him deliberately. of.

This is also Ferguson's consistent style. You can beat me on the court, but you can't stop me from disgusting you off the court.

"Are you talking about you? Sir Ferguson, congratulations, you deserve the Times' Best Old Turtle of the Year Award!" Ye Qiu smiled and stretched out his hand, and shook it with Ferguson.

The bickering between the two was heard by Manchester United's assistant coaches, but no one stepped forward to participate, including Queiroz.

This was a contest between Ye Qiu and Ferguson, and no one else was qualified to participate.

"This is your home court, Mr. Ye Qiu, but you defend like a tortoise. Is this what you call offensive football?" Naturally, Ferguson would not get angry at Ye Qiu or give him a punch, because he It may not be able to beat this Chinese.

"Ha, Sir Alex Ferguson, you are so funny, my home game is about to come out, please, you lost 1:2 in the first round, shouldn't you come out and play? Oh, I see, you don't have any I thought about advancing, I thought highly of you, I thought you would bombard me indiscriminately from the first minute of the game, but fortunately I deliberately put on a defensive attitude to accommodate you."

Speaking of this, Ye Qiu put on a picture that you are really sorry for my recognition of you, sir!
It's funny to say, Ye Qiu had already won away from home in the first round, and he wanted to try to adjust his tactics in the second round, because if he advances from the semi-finals, the opponent in the final will be Liverpool, so Ye Qiu wants to give it a try Play defensively and counterattack.

After all, Manchester United lost the first round, and it is only natural to play away.

Unexpectedly, Ferguson was also very cautious. Not only did he not decisively press up to play after the opening, but even as the game drew to a close, he defended like a tortoise until the last ten minutes. , but what's the use?

"Really? Then you really don't have confidence in your defense!" Ferguson sarcastically sarcastically said.

Chelsea have conceded the least number of goals in Europe's top five leagues so far. Ye Qiu is still not satisfied with such a defensive ability, and they still have to put on a tenacious defense. Isn't this extremely conservative?
"You are wrong, Jazz. I am not confident in my defense, but I overestimated your Manchester United offense. I never thought that in such an important game, you would only have 7 shots. Although we It was a defensive counterattack, but we had at least 13 shots, and we also had a lot of substitutes." Ye Qiu countered.

"Out of your 13 shots, you only had 6 shots on goal, while I have 7 shots out of 5 shots on goal. It can be seen who is more efficient!" Ferguson put on a posture. Although the game was lost, but You can't lose verbally.

"Oh, Jazz, you are really efficient. You didn't score 5 shots on target. If Ferdinand and Howard hadn't performed well, I would have scored at least 6 goals out of 2 shots!"

"Bah, are you dreaming?" Ferguson poohed to the side.

Although the two were arguing endlessly over there, anyone with a discerning eye could tell that Chelsea had three or four substitutes on the bench, and they had already won the first round. Even if it was a home game, it was understandable to play a little more conservatively. Tactics are relatively negative, and Ferguson is obviously very clear that once he presses out to play, it will be difficult to guarantee his defensive quality.

Of course, when the two were arguing, no one would talk about it, but in fact, everyone knew it very well.

"Congratulations, the king of the semi-finals, you finally don't need to be pressured by this title in the future!" Ye Qiu hit Ferguson with a smile, feeling a little bit smug in his heart.

Ferguson smiled proudly, "Do I care about this?"

But soon, Ferguson looked at Ye Qiu again, and reminded, "I think you are more pleasing to the eye, be careful with Benitez, Liverpool is a bit like Chelsea last year, but they played better than you guys." Conservative, bloody hell!"

Last season, Chelsea used Davis, Deco and Makelele as a three-back midfielder, plus Lampard and Didier Drogba in the frontcourt, forming a strong midfield oppression, and the defense line pressed forward. , allowing Chelsea to press the defense and press the offense at the same time, because they are all carried out in the opponent's half, so the offensive and defensive switching is very fast.

But Liverpool is more conservative. The current tactic of the Red Army is actually to shrink the defense and then counterattack through long passes.

That is to say, they only have oppressive defense, but they don't have the oppressive attack of Chelsea, but because of the presence of Harvey Alonso and Gerrard, Liverpool's counterattack is very sharp, and Bennett With his targeted defensive tactics, anyone who encounters such a team will feel a headache.

It wasn't just Ye Qiu and Ferguson who were troubled, almost every team that faced Liverpool this season would have a headache.

It's like a hedgehog, who puts on a posture for you to fight, but you don't know where to fight!
"If you don't tell the media that it's your reminder after I beat Liverpool, I'll consider thanking you!" Ye Qiu smiled and held out his hand again.

Ferguson was also amused by Ye Qiu's words, couldn't help laughing too, and shook hands with Ye Qiu.

It is really a pleasant thing to have an opponent, especially an opponent with a lot of weight, because you will clearly know which direction you are going to work hard anytime, anywhere, and keep yourself in the right position. a passion.

So, it's really nice to have an opponent!
Ferguson sent Ye Qiu away, looked at his back, and muttered to himself, more or less worried for this young opponent, because he also had his own channel and heard some rumors.

Chelsea defeated the Red Devils Manchester United with a total score of 2:1 in the two rounds, and successfully advanced to the League Cup final. Their opponent was Liverpool, which eliminated Watford, and the Red Army faced Watford in the British Championship. Both rounds were 1: 0, Benitez's tactics are indeed very helpless.

After finishing the League Cup, we immediately ushered in the knockout round of the FA Cup's top 32 against Birmingham.

Ye Qiu still made lineup adjustments for this game. The teenager Messi replaced Ronaldinho in the left winger position, Joe Cole played in the attacking midfielder, and Ribery played in the right flank. The three became Chelsea's forwards. Field attack combination, and Van Persie is on the front line.

Cesc Fabregas and Essien partnered in the midfielder, Evra, Gallas, Terry and Sun Jihai formed the defense line, and the goalkeeper was the substitute goalkeeper Cudicini.

Although the number of appearances in the Premier League has reached double digits this season, they are basically coming off the bench. Messi's main battle is still in cup games, such as the first few rounds of the League Cup and the two rounds of the FA Cup , he all started and performed well, but Cesc Fabregas has experience in starting in the league.

Messi failed to get a chance in the League Cup against Manchester United before. This made him very active in this game. He frequently created opportunities on the left. It was passed to Birmingham's goal, but Van Persie, who was plugged in from behind, almost missed it and missed a very good chance to score.

Then Joe Cole received a pass from Franck Ribery on the right. He volleyed the ball without stopping, and picked the ball to the left where Messi was. A diagonal line hangs directly to the upper right corner of the Birmingham goal, but the referee calls Messi an offside foul, and the goal is not counted.

Afterwards, the left wing formed by Messi and Evra was very active. In addition, Ribéry on the right, the No. 12 man of Chelsea last season, although his performance this season has declined a bit, but The overall strength is steadily improving, and the performance on the court is becoming more and more confident, which has caused Chelsea's two wings to play very actively.

In the 57th minute of the second half, Fabregas passed the ball over the top from the backcourt. Messi quickly cut to the ribs from the left, with his back to the opponent's goal. When he was not tall enough to threaten the opponent, he just used it. The card position and consciousness intercepted the ball in advance, and the header was given to Van Persie not far from his side.

As soon as the Dutch striker saw the ball coming, he raised his foot, stopped, stood firm, and did not wait for the ball to hit the ground before making another kick.

The ball went past Birmingham's defense, and Messi, who was still scrambling for the ball just now, quickly passed through Birmingham's defense. This time he did not choose to turn his chest to stop the ball, but turned his head to see the ball With the oncoming momentum of the ball, his left foot directly took out a volley to hit the goal.

This kick is very light and not very powerful, but the victory lies in the tricky pursuit of the angle. Birmingham's goalkeeper Mike Taylor is because Messi is on the left to catch the ball, so his position is a bit left, but he deliberately hits the goal. In the upper right corner, this is almost a dead corner for the goalkeeper who stands on the left.

The ball went into Birmingham's goal again, and this time, no one would say offside!
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"

The announcer in charge of on-site commentary at Stamford Bridge made the goal very long, lasting for more than ten seconds.

All the Chelsea fans rushed out of their seats frantically, and gave the warmest applause and cheers for the outstanding performance of the Argentine teenager.

It wasn't his first goal for Chelsea, but it was definitely his best game for Chelsea!
Messi quickly rushed to the bottom of the Chelsea fans stand on the sidelines, and the teammates behind him rushed up one by one, surrounded him, and offered their congratulations to the Argentine teenager.

After two years, the potential of Messi and Cesc Fabregas has dazzled everyone. Many people even think that they are the golden treasures that Ye Qiu will bring to Chelsea in the next ten years. They will definitely be able to Become the core backbone of Chelsea for the next ten years.

Because of this, the big brothers in the team took great care of these two teenagers, especially Ribery, who was also a foreigner, after seeing Messi score, he directly carried Messi on his back. Quickly ran all the way along the rostrum.

Maybe it's because he was used to moving bricks back then. After doing such hard work, Ribery's speed didn't slow down at all. Instead, he still maintained his sharp sprinting speed, while the fans in the stands kept fighting against him. The two responded with cheers.

But this was obviously just the beginning. In the 80th minute, it was Messi's quick breakthrough on the left, which caused a foul by the Birmingham players. Chelsea got a free kick in the frontcourt. Joe Cole took the penalty himself. Terry hit a header, further expanding the score for Chelsea, 2:0!

Consecutive goals hit the morale of Birmingham thoroughly. When Chelsea was in the 86th minute, Messi and Evra formed a cooperation on the left. Berry quickly slashed inside the penalty area, and after receiving the ball, he directly pushed and shot, locking the score at 3:0!

This is also the last goal in this game!
The outstanding performance of Chelsea's substitutes and the youth team in this game completely conquered the picky Blues fans. Messi, Ribery, Joe Cole, Van Persie and other players charged forward. Midfielder Fabrega Sina's general-style strategizing, as well as Essien's sweeping and running, all make people look forward to this young Chelsea player.

Ye Qiu also expressed after the game that he was satisfied with the current status of the team. He even shouted that Chelsea would not need to make large-scale signings in the next few years, but should work hard to promote young players and players in the team. youth training.

"We have a group of outstanding young players, they are full of potential and talent, in the next two years, they will become the new force of the team, I have no doubt, Leo Messi, Fabregas, Van Persie and other players Both will become the future of the team, and I can't even wait for their outstanding performance!"

With the excellent performance in this game, Chelsea's youth team also won the unanimous praise of the English media, who believed that Ye Qiu's team combined the old, the middle and the young very well, and his promotion of young players in the past two years He has also spared no effort in training and cultivation. I believe that under his leadership, this group of young Chelsea players will soon take over.

"When the precocious Rooney has become a crucial member of Chelsea's attacking formation, Cesc Fabregas, Messi, Van Persie and others are all working hard to improve their strength. Ye Qiu also promised that in the next two years Give them more opportunities to let them fully display their strength."

"We can predict that the emergence of this group of young players will bring a new change to Chelsea. They will make Chelsea more passionate and better."

"As Ye Qiu said, we are also full of expectations for their future!"

After playing the FA Cup, the time finally left January during the winter break and entered February.

With their outstanding performance, Chelsea once again won the two Premier League monthly awards in January, but just after entering February, the curse of the monthly award seems to appear again.

This time, though, not on the field.

(End of this chapter)