The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 403 Unprecedented Tragedy

There is a saying that is right, wishes are beautiful, but reality is cruel.

The so-called blessings and misfortunes depend on each other. Tottenham Hotspur just suppressed Arsenal and successfully climbed to the top four of the league. But in the blink of an eye, they immediately ushered in a crisis. , Tottenham Hotspur ushered in Mark Hughes' Blackburn at home.

Perhaps it was because of the continuous battles in a short period of time, or maybe it was because Ye Qiu was more cautious this time and did not adjust the team's lineup. As a result, in the game against Blackburn, Tottenham Hotspur played very well. very bad.

Although Tottenham Hotspur firmly controlled the rhythm and possession of the game in the first half, they lost the score.

Bentley's pass from the right led to a counterattack by Benny McCarthy, which pierced through Tottenham Hotspur's goal and temporarily took the lead 1-0 in the away game, and even after that, Tottenham Tottenham launched the most violent attack on Blackburn, but they failed to break through Blackburn's goal.

During the intermission, Ye Qiu made adjustments to the team lineup. He even directly took Mascherano and put Yaya Tourella as the midfielder. Arshavin came to play the attacking midfielder, and Beckham still sits in the middle of the midfield with his partner Yaya Toure.

But even so, Tottenham Hotspur still failed to break through Blackburn's goal, which made all the Tottenham Hotspur fans, coaching staff, and even the players on the field feel anxious, because all Everyone knows that if they can't break through Blackburn's goal, Tottenham Hotspur may not be able to keep the top four in the league.

"Hold on! Hold on to me! Don't worry, when you get to the frontcourt, hold the ball more often, don't worry!"

Ye Qiu walked to the sidelines and shouted loudly at the players on the pitch. He felt that with the passage of time, the players on the pitch were obviously a little anxious, and this kind of anxious mood is very important for the current Tottenham Hotspur. , no benefit at all.

"Perhaps, I'm really too impatient!" Ye Qiu turned his head and complained to Mauro Tassotti.

Ye Qiu was really overwhelmed by the ecstasy of reversing Arsenal to reach the top four in the league before, and it was also overshadowed by Tottenham Hotspur's winning streak in the recent period, which caused him to have some troubles in this game. Careless, and Blackburn's performance this season is not bad at all.

You know, Mark Hughes entered the Manchester City team by relying on his excellent coaching in the past two years.

"Want to know the score of Newcastle?" Roland walked over and asked.

Ye Qiu shook his head, waved his hand and said, "Don't tell me this now, I'm not in the mood, I just think about how to get rid of this damn Blackburn, I don't think about anything else!"

Roland and Mauro Tassotti looked at each other, and they could feel the pressure Ye Qiu was under at this moment.

After all, they worked hard for a whole season and made it to the top four in the league. If they were squeezed out again in the end, it would deal a huge psychological and morale blow to Ye Qiu and the players.

Of course, Ye Qiu can't be blamed for this. The Premier League's schedule is sometimes really abnormal, such as the Christmas holidays. For example, in the last two rounds, there were only two days between them, which caused the team to have to fight exhausted, and then again. Coupled with the previous national team events, the impact on Tottenham Hotspur is really great.

At the very least, the results of the top-ranked teams in the last two rounds of the Premier League are generally not very satisfactory. Whether it is Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea or Liverpool, the results are obviously not satisfactory. Even if they win, it is very difficult to win.

For a long time recently, Tottenham Hotspur have been either busy with multi-line battles or with the national team. Don't look at Tottenham Hotspur's ranking is not very good, but there are a lot of international players , not as good as other giants, but it also seriously affected the team's training and preparations.

This is indeed a headache and a dilemma. Your team’s performance is bad, and there are fewer international players, but the results are not ideal. But once your results improve, you perform well and attract attention. The national team They come to you one after another to ask for someone, and it’s not enough if you don’t let them go, so what can you do?
In this game, the performance of everyone in Tottenham Hotspur was really average, very average. Even Ruud van Nistelrooy, the main center forward of the team, performed poorly and missed at least two or three good scoring opportunities. When he is in good form, he should score at least two goals now.

If the team is unable to create opportunities, it can be explained that there is a problem with the team, but the problem now is that the team can create opportunities, but failed to seize them. Can't get excited enough.

Regarding this point, not even Ye Qiu could do anything about it.

If there is a way to avoid it, how can those rich teams lose, right?

Just when Ye Qiu was feeling embarrassed and had a headache, he heard the referee suddenly blow his whistle, and raised a topaz card towards Blackburn's right back Warnock, giving Tottenham the heat. A direct free kick to the right of the top of the arc in the penalty area.

All the Tottenham Hotspur fans in the audience were chanting for Messi. Judging from the slow motion, it was Messi who used his skillful ball control skills from the right to cut inside and caused Warnock's attack. foul.

"Okay!" Ye Qiu applauded vigorously. This is definitely a very good chance for a free kick. It's just that as a right foot, Beckham's free throw is not smooth in this place. Gareth Bale is left footed. If at this time he If he is on the court, it may be more smooth for him to make the free throw.

Tottenham fans were chanting Beckham's name and he was immediately in front of the penalty spot, but he was surrounded by other team-mates, including Franck Ribery and Lionel Messi.

Beckham made a gesture towards Ye Qiu, indicating that this position is not easy for him to play, and he needs someone to help him and set up a cover. Ye Qiu let him make the decision and let his teammates cooperate with him as much as possible.

"Listen man, it's just the same shot as usual, remember?" Beckham pulled Ribery and Messi over.

Both of them have practiced with Beckham, and Ye Qiu will also properly practice free kick coordination during set-piece training on weekdays, because to be honest, the current free kicks in the team depend on Beckham. Mu, Gareth Bale is temporarily unable to play the main force, and Tottenham Hotspur can only rely on cooperation when taking free kicks when Beckham is not there.

Both Ribery and Messi nodded, indicating that they understood, and then Beckham made detailed arrangements.

The referee ran up and signaled that free kicks were about to start, and then he let Blackburn's human wall shrink into the penalty area, indicating that their human wall was placed too far outside, which had seriously affected free kicks. After the wall retracted, Beckham, Ribery and Messi formed a triangle position.

This is a free kick that is not far away. It is just at the front of the penalty area. Anyone can hit the goal directly. Personally, it is also very interesting. Beckham is the most important free kicker, standing on the left side with his right foot, Messi is standing on the right side with his left foot, and Ribery is on the left and right feet, standing in the middle and back.

Therefore, at this moment, even Ye Qiu can't guess what kind of play they will choose, because it all depends on their impromptu performance, and it is impossible for Ye Qiu to arrange all these in such a detailed way, because it will easily cause bad things. .

As the referee blew his whistle, he saw Ribery take two steps forward, making a gesture to kick his foot vigorously, which made the wall react for a while, but he actually kicked the ball to May. West, Messi stepped on the incoming ball directly, while Beckham quickly ran over from the left. As soon as Messi stepped on the ball, the ball settled down, and Beckham arrived.

The whole process took place within a second or two, and everyone has cooperated with each other, so the steps and steps are well controlled. The place where Messi stepped on the ball happened to be the place where Beckham could immediately kick up after rushing up.

And Beckham's direct free kick was also very skillful, but his right foot hit a curve ball, took the upper left corner, directly crossed the top of the wall, and hit the left side net inside the goal, very clean and neat , without the slightest sloppiness.

Even after the ball was scored, Friedel didn't react at all. When he came to his senses, the ball had already entered the net, and all he could do was fish it out from the goal line and watch Tottenna Everyone in Hotspur rushed to the sidelines to celebrate the goal, and angrily kicked the ball back to the center circle.

Although Tottenham Hotspur finally relied on Beckham's indirect free kick in the 71st minute to break through Blackburn's goal, although Tottenham Hotspur followed closely and kept attacking Blackburn. Ben's goal launched a violent impact, but in the end it couldn't prevent Blackburn from scoring a point from himself.

The score was finally locked at 1:1!

To the relief of Tottenham Hotspur, the game between Arsenal and Newcastle ended in a draw, 0:0, neither of the two sides could do anything to each other. Arsenal's recent performance is indeed very good Too bad, especially after Gilberto Silva was injured, the Gunners' performance has really plummeted.

Although Tottenham Hotspur kept the top four in the league, Liverpool defeated Middlesbrough 2-0 at home and successfully expanded the points gap between themselves and Tottenham Hotspur to five. At [-] points, Gerrard scored twice in this game and staged the return of the king.

Ye Qiu can feel that Benitez has almost adjusted Liverpool's current lineup to the best condition so far this season. Judging from the current situation, he lost too many points in the first half and fell too far behind. It is impossible to recover, so Fatty Bei should go all out to play in the Champions League next.

Midweek ushered in the second round of the UEFA Cup quarter-finals knockout match. Ye Qiu had learned his experience and lessons this time. In addition to winning the away game with a large score, he used a substitute lineup to play at home. But even so, Arshavin's goal Still helping Tottenham Hotspur beat Osasuna 1-0 at home
In the end, Tottenham Hotspur defeated Osasuna 4-0 with a total score of two rounds and advanced to the semi-finals.

This time Osasuna's opponent is also Seville from Spain.

Two days later, the team challenged Wigan away.

Everyone knows that there are two kinds of teams that are most difficult to play in the league, one is the team competing for the Champions League qualification, and the other is the team striving to avoid relegation, and this round of Wigan happens to belong to the latter.

Wigan's head coach, Paul Jewell, is also regarded as the number one figure in English football, because after he took charge of Wigan, he led the team to two consecutive promotions to the Premier League within three years, and entered the Premier League in the first place. The last season, that is, the last season, performed very well. Wigan won the tenth place in the league and became a dark horse of the season. Jewell also became famous because he was the best coach of the month in the Premier League for two consecutive months.

But all dark horses cannot escape their fate. Jewel has adjusted Wigan this season, giving up the previous 541 and 532 defensive counterattack tactics, and instead began to adopt a 433 tactic that is more up-to-date with the times. In other words, let Wigan play more aggressively.

This is actually some of the thoughts of many local coaches in England, but it turns out that almost all the local coaches in England who switched to 4231 and 433 tactics failed to succeed. On the contrary, those coaches who continue to stick to the traditional 442 tactics will lead to more stable results. Be stronger.

The reason is not difficult to understand, because the 4231 and 433 tactics have higher requirements on the players, the team's technical and tactical level, and the head coach's handling ability are obviously much higher than the 442.

Ye Qiu couldn't figure it out either. He didn't know what gave Wigan so much courage. When facing Tottenham Hotspur, they still played a 433-[-]-[-] tactic carelessly, especially when their central center forward turned out to be a tactic. It was the famous Husky, so Ye Qiu made the same choice as Benitez, Mourinho and Ferguson.

Among the top five teams in the Premier League, the most difficult one to play against Wigan is Arsenal, while the other teams are relatively easy to play against Wigan. Liverpool, Chelsea, and Manchester United all won big and complete victories, because they are very Obviously see through Wigan's flaws.

At Wigan Robin Park Stadium, Tottenham Hotspur kicked their heads and beat Wigan with six goals. Ribery scored twice. Ruud van Nistelrooy, Messi, Fabregas and Hangeland They scored successively, among which Tottenham Hotspur relied on the goals of Ribery and Ruud van Nistelrooy in the first 3 minutes to achieve a 2:0 lead, and the score in the first half was already 4:0.

This victory made Tottenham Hotspur feel bad about being tied by Blackburn before. At the same time, it also allowed Tottenham Hotspur to surpass Manchester United in the number of goals. The Red Devils failed to complete this game away The kill against Chelsea resulted in a 0-0 draw between the two sides, which is destined to continue the suspense of winning the championship.

Liverpool tied Manchester City 0:0 away, which led to the rapid reduction of the points gap between Tottenham Hotspur and the Red Army to three points, while Arsenal defeated Bolton 2:1 and continued to chase Tottenham Hotspur.

After playing Wigan, Tottenham Hotspur ushered in a week of rest, but all the media did not have the idea of ​​rest at all, because they found that the entire competitive situation of the Premier League so far this season is surprisingly fierce , It can even be said to be tragic, because whether it is the championship, the qualification for the Champions League, the qualification for the UEFA Cup, or even the relegation battle, it is unprecedentedly tragic.

Although the current Premier League champions are only contested by Manchester United and Chelsea, the points of the two teams are only two points, and they may be replaced anytime and anywhere. Not willing to fall behind.

In the UEFA Champions League qualification zone, Tottenham Hotspur, Arsenal and Liverpool are competing for the third and No.4. Among them, Liverpool is in a more favorable situation and currently leads Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal. With four rounds left in the league, Liverpool's only hidden danger is distraction from the Champions League.

Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur have the same points, and the situation of the two teams is also the most dangerous, because in the 35th round of the league, Tottenham Hotspur will face Arsenal at White Hart Lane. The team will be widened by Liverpool. This is a focus of life and death.

This is not only the difference between fourth and fifth in the league, but also related to the income of tens of millions of euros in the next season. This is something that no team dares to underestimate easily, so whether it is Liverpool or Arsenal, or Tottenham Hotspur, have clearly called out to compete for the Champions League qualification with all their strength.

If it is said that the competition for the top four is unprecedentedly fierce, then the competition for the top seven in the league is also very fierce, because it is related to the qualification for the UEFA Cup next year, because both the League Cup final and the FA Cup final are For the teams ahead of the Premier League, it is a matter of course that the teams that will participate in the UEFA Cup next season will be the teams ranked fifth, sixth and seventh in the league.

Although for the rich teams, the UEFA Cup is dispensable, but for Everton, Bolton, Portsmouth, Blackburn, Reading, Aston Villa and other teams, the UEFA Cup This is already the limit of what they can consider. If there is a chance, who wouldn't want to fight for it?
What is even more surprising is that in the current Premier League relegation zone, in addition to Watford, which has already been relegated, there are Charlton, Sheffield United, Wigan, Fulham, West Ham United and Manchester City. Six teams are still fighting for relegation, and the situation can be described as very tragic.

Counting the full play, the twenty teams in the entire Premier League, with four rounds left in the league, except for Middlesbrough and Newcastle who have been relegated in advance and have not competed for European qualifications, and Watford who have been relegated in advance In addition, the other [-] teams are all fighting for their own goals. Such a situation has really never happened in the history of the Premier League.

The situation in the entire Premier League is so tragic, and every round of the media seems to be like a holiday. This also logically attracted the intense attention of the media and fans all over the world. Everyone is guessing, what will the final result of this season be? What, who can win the championship?Can Tottenham Hotspur keep the top four in the league?

In the fourth round of League No.30, Chelsea tied Manchester United 0-0 at home, keeping the suspense of winning the Premier League. It should have hoped to take advantage of the advantage of the home court to defeat the rival Chelsea in one fell swoop. Now they have to continue to compete with Manchester United for the championship.

And all reporters, media and fans have set their sights on a week later, the No. 30 fifth round of the league, Tottenham Hotspur vs. Arsenal at home, this is undoubtedly a highlight.

(End of this chapter)