The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 393 Please enter the urn
"Is it still too late?"

The players of Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea stood neatly at the exit of the player tunnel, beside them stood the caddies of this game, and the one in the middle was this one The law enforcement referee of the game, England's most famous international referee Ball, is also one of the well-known referees of the World Cup.

"Good job, Frank!" Didier Drogba, who was standing in the Chelsea queue, patted Ribery on the shoulder lightly.

They had a good relationship when they were at Chelsea. Drogba is also from France and joined Chelsea at the same time. The relationship is relatively close, but now the two represent two opposing teams. The relationship is a bit awkward.

"You too, Didier!" Ribery nodded.

The same goes for players like Deco, Lampard, Terry, etc. Ribery, Messi, Van Persie and Cesc Fabregas performed amazingly at Chelsea. That kind of performance is indeed very good, especially Ribery, who was the team's best No.12 player in his first season at Chelsea.

But sometimes football is like this. The arrival of Rooney made Ribéry miss the chance of righting. Then Ye Qiu left and Mourinho joined. The Portuguese brought his own team and he has his own set of tactics. He also wanted to clean up Ye Qiu's old team, so Ribery and Van Persie were sidelined, and Messi and Fabregas were also sent back to the youth team.

Captain Terry and vice-captain Lampard both pleaded for these teenagers, but Mourinho himself was under a lot of pressure, and he took over Ye Qiu's class, which in itself made Chelsea fans question , so their intercession was of no use at all. Instead, it gave Mourinho a feeling that this group of Ye Qiu's old men wanted to hug each other for warmth.

The positions may be relative, and there may be some grievances in the past, but this will definitely not affect the friendship between the players, so the players of the two teams are talking in the player tunnel, but they all look at him from time to time. Behind him, he hoped to see Ye Qiu appear.

Without Ye Qiu, the Tottenham Hotspur players always felt that they lacked confidence.

After all, when Ye Qiu was around, they didn't need to think too much, as long as they played according to Ye Qiu's arrangements and adjustments, Ye Qiu was their direction, but now that Ye Qiu wasn't around, they had to explore and find their own direction. .

Mauro Tassotti and Roland Shepas replaced Ye Qiu's work and carried out pre-match mobilization and tactical preparations, but they still couldn't replace Ye Qiu's position in the players' minds.

"Okay, everyone, let's get out!"

Following the words of the referee Ball, the referee team walked in the front, followed by the opponents, holding the hand of the caddy, and slowly walked out of the player channel, and there was a thunderous sound from the entire Millennium Stadium Fans from both sides greeted their teams with cheers and applause.

"Let us introduce to you the starting lineups of the two teams."

"Tottenham Hotspur played the main force in this game. Goalkeeper Petr Cech, this is the Czech goalkeeper who has performed very well in the Premier League this season and has established himself as the top goalkeeper in the Premier League and even Europe in almost one season. He played against Manchester United. If it wasn't for Petr Cech's god-like performance, it would be very difficult for Tottenham to get a draw."

"At the back, Vargas on the left, Hangeland and Thiago Silva at centre-back, Dani Alves on the right, that's what Tottenham have to play this season in attacking football. In the reserve lineup, Vargas on the left and Alves on the right are both full-backs with strong offensive capabilities, and they are good at attacking later."

"The midfield is still equipped with Beckham, Mascherano and Cesc Fabregas. Many people said before that after Beckham joined Tottenham Hotspur, he once again proved his strength on the pitch. He won his main position in Tottenham Hotspur with his outstanding performance, and at the same time raised Tottenham Hotspur's midfield strength to at least a level."

"The trident in the frontcourt, Franck Ribery on the left, this is also a very eye-catching left winger in the Premier League this season, the striker is Ruud van Nistelrooy, the king of the small penalty area, the best scorer in the Premier League and Europe so far this season, On the right is Leo Messi with the title of Maradona II."

"It can be said that Tottenham Hotspur's lineup is not bad, and they have also played offensive football in the Premier League this season. The current offensive ability of this team is second only to the strongest offensive in the Premier League this season. Manchester United, but Tottenham Hotspur's offensive ability even Ferguson of Manchester United gave a high evaluation."

"Compared to Tottenham Hotspur's 433 formation, Chelsea also adopted a 433 formation. The goalkeeper is the goalkeeper Hilario from Portugal. This goalkeeper has performed very mediocre this season. Chelsea's defense is not stable enough. Many people They all feel that it has something to do with Hilario, but Van der Sar, who was let go by Chelsea, has shown the strength of a top goalkeeper in Manchester United this season.

"In fact, from Evra to Maicon to Gallas to Van der Sar, even the Chinese player Sun Jihai, as well as Tottenham's Ribery, Messi, Cesc Fabregas and Van Persie, etc. Players, after they left Chelsea, they have proved their strength so well that when some people ridiculed Chelsea for missing talents, they also joked that Chelsea's products must be excellent!"

"Of course, this is a bit of a joke. Rather than saying that it is produced by Chelsea, it is better to say that the product produced by Ye Qiu must be a boutique, because these players even include Drogba, Deco, Lampard, etc. currently in the Chelsea team. Powerful stars are all superstars who have proven their strength under Ye Qiu's command, or have achieved peak performance."

"Compared to the goalkeeper, Chelsea's strongest defense is this line of defense. Ashley Cole, John Terry and Carvalho, as well as Ferreira at right back, were introduced after the fallout with Arsenal. Right-back is a weakness, Ferreira has been criticized for his performance since he joined Chelsea, but Mourinho has always entrusted him with important tasks."

"The midfield is Makelele, Ballack and Lampard. In fact, in the past two seasons, Chelsea's midfield has not shown much improvement in strength. The contradiction between Lampard and Ballack is a bit Like the conflict between Lampard and Gerrard in the England national team, the two players have never been able to integrate well and harmoniously."

"The trident in the frontcourt, Joe Cole on the left, Duff on the right, Drogba in the center, Shevchenko was put on the bench by Mourinho again, it is obvious that the Ukrainian superstar is no longer Mourinho has high hopes again, and it is reported that the reason why Mourinho brought Shevchenko is to cope with the pressure of Abramovich."

Following the analysis and explanation by the on-site commentator, the players on both sides have completed guessing sides, and each returned to their own halftime preparations. There are still a few minutes before the kick-off time of the game.

As soon as the camera turned, it fell on Chelsea coach Mourinho on the sidelines.

"The head coach of Tottenham Hotspur, Ye Qiu, is not sure whether he can make it in time because his wife is in labor. This is the head coach of Chelsea, the Portuguese Jose Mourinho. , but although he has always regarded Ye Qiu as the number one mortal enemy, Ye Qiu once commented on his opponent. He thinks the number one mortal enemy should be Benitez. He said that Benitez is all the head coaches he has ever met. Toughest head coach ever."

"Furthermore, when Ye Qiu was about to lead the team to compete for the UEFA Champions League, Benitez's Liverpool stopped him at the last moment. The battle in Istanbul was indeed Ye Qiu's worst loss in his coaching career."

While the on-site commentator was talking, he heard the most enthusiastic cheers since he entered the stadium. The momentum was probably even louder if your team scored a goal. At this moment, the commentator It's all a little unclear.

"What's going on? Something seems to have happened on the court? But we couldn't see it because of the angle!"

But soon, on the big screen of the stadium, the live camera captured the scene of Ye Qiu running out of the player tunnel panting. He was wearing an Adidas sportswear that he should have worn at home. I rushed from London to Cardiff, and I didn't even have time to go home and change.

"Wow, he gave us the feeling that he had already played a game himself!"

The Tottenham Hotspur fans at the scene kept cheering, while Ye Qiu quickly took the towel from the staff who ran over and wiped the sweat from his head and face, but he didn't stop and walked straight away. On the sidelines.

All of a sudden, the scattered Tottenham Hotspur players quickly ran towards Ye Qiu.

"Remember!" Ye Qiu was gasping for breath. He ran directly from the parking lot into the stadium, almost out of breath, but when he saw the fourth official on the sidelines who wanted to come over to remind him, and the referee in the stadium, he decided to make a long story short. .

"Don't rush the tempo, play possession, pull them out and play!"

"Also, the ball passing into the penalty area hits Carvalho's point more and penetrates both ribs!"

"Defensively focus on Drogba, especially Thiago, go forward and block more, don't let Drogba score goals from your head!"

Ye Qiu was talking about the goal lost to Chelsea at home. Thiago Silva was deeply impressed by this, so after hearing Ye Qiu's words, he nodded heavily, and the other players also nodded in agreement.

After the players had all returned to the court, Ye Qiu returned to the coach's bench and took the water from Roland. While he was pouring water, the match had already started, and the players from both sides soon began to fight into a ball.

After wiping off his sweat and drinking water, Ye Qiu regained his composure and stood on the sidelines watching the game.

Chelsea's opening tactics did not seem conservative, and they were unwilling to show weakness in the slightest. However, their first attack was to find Drogba directly from the backcourt, but there were no players around Drogba at this time. Keeping up with the response, the Ivorian was forced to choose to break through with the ball, but was calmly stabbed by Thiago Silva.

Drogba's breakthrough with the ball is not Drogba's strong point. It's not that he doesn't have this kind of strength and ability. Drogba's foot skills are good, and his speed and explosive power are also good. The problem is that he is not good at personal breakthroughs. style of play.

If it's just one time, that's fine, but the second attack is to find Drogba with a long pass, but this time Lampard came up, but he was approached by Beckham as soon as he got the ball, so he had to pass It was given to Duff on the right, but Vargas stepped forward suddenly and intercepted the ball halfway, but Tottenham Hotspur did not counterattack quickly at the first time, but passed back to the goalkeeper and reorganized.

Ye Qiu said that this game is about possession of the ball, not to be quick, but to use possession to tear apart Chelsea's defense.

And when Tottenham Hotspur's ball landed at Peter Cech's feet, except for Drogba who was about to step forward to participate in the press, Ye Qiu noticed that the midfielder and the wingers on the two sides were also there. All are retreating.

"They are afraid of our midfielder!" Mauro Tassotti saw through this at a glance.

Mascherano is in charge, Beckham and Cesc Fabregas are players who can go up, down, run and pass, which makes Tottenham's midfield difficult to defend, because with Beckham The active running and pulling with Cesc Fabregas, coupled with the skillful pass and catch cooperation between each other, makes it easy for the opponent to catch a loophole.

As far as the passer is concerned, as long as there is a loophole, there may be a murderous intention.

Ribery on the left and Messi on the right are all players who are very good at taking the ball in a small area and sprinting in a short distance. In addition, Ruud van Nistelrooy, the king of the small penalty area, is in front, so Mourinho obviously Adopt a safe shrinking defensive tactic, tighten your midfielder and backcourt, so that it is difficult for your midfielder to play a threat.

This kind of tactic is not unfamiliar. Everton used this tactic to tie Tottenham Hotspur, and even dragged the game until the last minute before declaring the defeat, because they did not have a very effective and sure tactic to draw. Containing Tottenham Hotspur's midfielder, at least in normal offensive and defensive times, is not sure.

Ground pass penetration has never been Chelsea's strong point. Ye Qiu's first year in charge of this team was to play a force-pressing tactical style of play, but at that time there was a midfielder in the team. Deco, and the second year Ye Qiu switched to double midfielders to further strengthen his skills, but now that Mourinho has won Deco, he has chosen the superstar Ballack, and he has returned to a force-pressing style of play.

As a result, ground penetration and advancement has become a major problem for Chelsea, so now they either go sideways or pass long passes.

Sometimes the power of a set of midfielders does not lie in the strength of the players, but in the combination and the complementarity of the technical characteristics of the players. As long as they are complementary, even a combination of weaker players can be used. It is easy to kill unreasonable superstar combinations, which is why the first phase of Galaxy Battleship will collapse at the end.

The same is true of Tottenham Hotspur today. Ye Qiu even said that the current Tottenham Hotspur is fully capable of competing in the midfield with any team in the Premier League. In the case of restricting the two major passers of Beckham and Fabregas, any team encountering Tottenham Hotspur has to consider shrinking the defense.

Of course, it's one thing to think about it, but it's another thing to fight like this.

However, Mourinho's shrinking actually exposed another problem of Chelsea, that is, the single offensive point.

Joe Cole's offense is like the six-veined sword in Tianlong Babu. It is not effective at all times. He is more about taking and passing the ball in a small range. Duff is good at long-distance running and fast speed, so Mourinho O put Ashley Cole on the left, with Joe Cole on the ball and Ashley Cole running in, and Duff on the right, who wasn't good at dribbling either. breakthrough.

Ballack and Lampard in the midfield are both good at running in from the back, and neither is the kind of player who is good at personal breakthroughs.

Therefore, Mourinho adopted a shrinking defense in order to limit Tottenham Hotspur's midfielder, and he did it, but the problem is, when he limits Tottenham Hotspur's midfielder After the field, he suddenly realized a problem, his team's offense was completely without threat.

Without a personal breakthrough, without passing and catching the ball to penetrate and advance, Chelsea can only use long passes frequently, but once the ball enters the frontcourt, once Drogba wins, he immediately falls into a helpless situation in front, because Joe Cole Both Duff and Duff have certain defensive tasks and cannot support him at any time.

In the past, Chelsea could play more high, and the two wingers could be closer to the center, so that once Drogba scrambled for the ball, there would be support points around him at any time, so his role as a tactical fulcrum in the frontcourt could be reflected, but now, It was obviously pulled away and fell into the predicament of fighting alone.

When Ye Qiu realized this, more than ten minutes had passed.

In the past ten minutes, Tottenham Hotspur's offense was contained by Chelsea, but Chelsea's offense relied too much on long passes and completely lost the threat. Even on the scene, Tottenham Hotspur firmly Firmly grasp the initiative and possession of the ball, and constantly plan and organize attacks.

After Ye Qiu figured this out, he waved at Roland, signaling him to go to the sidelines.

"Tell Messi, don't push Ashley Cole, let him come up!"

"Let him go up?" Roland was a little surprised. This was only a targeted defense, and he didn't say that he deliberately let the opponent press up to fight.

"Tell the players, pay attention to guarding against the ball from the right. Don't let Ashley Cole and Joe Cole cut the center, and our counterattack will hit their left!" Ye Qiu laughed.

Mauro Tassotti's eyes lit up when he heard it, "Chelsea is suffering from no threat on offense, and Ferreira doesn't have much offensive ability. As long as there is a chance, Ashley Cole will definitely step forward and participate in the frontcourt attack." , and at this time our right flank is bound to become an important weapon for our counterattack!"

If you use the saying in Chinese military books, this is called throwing bricks to attract jade, or it can also be called inviting the king into the urn.

"Duff on the left has average ball ability, that is to say, he has better long-distance sprint speed. Both Lampard and Ballack are offensive players who go in from behind. It is actually not difficult for such players to defend. As long as we Stand still, they have nothing to do!"

Everyone knows that when a team's defensive system is organized, it is difficult to break through, and the biggest threat to the defensive system is one-on-one breakthrough players with outstanding personal abilities, that is, Ribery Like Messi, but not Joe Cole, Duff, Lampard and Ballack.

Because the latter can only dribble the ball to oppress the opponent's defense forever, but cannot break through, but the dribbling and breakthrough player can break through one point, and completely disintegrate the opponent's entire defensive system.

According to Ye Qiu, Mourinho's Chelsea lacks everything, except for a player with super personal ability, such as Robben. It's not that he didn't know about Chelsea's problems before, but his team didn't have enough The ability of Chelsea to expose the problem, but now.

Therefore, even if Mourinho discovered this problem at this moment, it was too late!

(End of this chapter)