"Is it still too late?"

Tottenham Hotspur players and Chelsea players stood neatly dressed at the exit of the players' tunnel, and next to them stood the caddies of the game, and at the front of the middle was the referee of the game, England's most famous international referee, Bol, who is also one of the well-known referees of the World Cup.

"Well, Frank," Drogba, who was standing in the Chelsea queue, gently patted Ribery on the shoulder.

They had a good relationship when they were at Chelsea before, Drogba was also from France, and he entered Chelsea at the same time, so the relationship was relatively close, but now the two represent the two opposing teams respectively, and the relationship is a little awkward.

"You too, Didier" Ribery nodded.

There are also players like Deco, Frank Lampard, John Terry, Franck Ribery, Lionel Messi, Robin van Persie and Cesc Fabregas were actually amazing at Chelsea, and for their age, it was really good to be able to have that kind of performance, especially Ribery, who was the team's best 12th in his first season at Chelsea.

But sometimes football is like this, Rooney's arrival made Ribery miss the opportunity to correct, and then Ye Qiu left, Mourinho joined, the Portuguese brought his own set of team, he has his own set of tactical ideas, and he also wants to clean Ye Qiu's old department, so Ribery and Van Persie were sent to the cold palace, Messi and Fabregas were also sent back to the youth team.

At the beginning, captain John Terry and vice-captain Frank Lampard had interceded for these young players, but Mourinho himself was also under a lot of pressure, and he took over Ye Qiu's class, which in itself made Chelsea fans question, so their pleas were useless at all, but gave Mourinho a feeling that this group of Ye Qiu's old department wanted to huddle together for warmth.

The position may be relative, and there may have been some grievances in the past, but this will definitely not affect the friendship between the players, so the players of both teams are talking in the player tunnel, but they all look behind them from time to time, hoping to see Ye Qiu's figure.

Without Ye Qiu, Tottenham Hotspur's players always feel that they lack confidence.

After all, when Ye Qiu was there, they didn't need to think too much, as long as they fought according to Ye Qiu's arrangements and adjustments, Ye Qiu would be equivalent to their direction, but now that Ye Qiu was not there, they had to explore and find their own direction.

Mauro Tasotti and Roland Shepas replaced Ye Qiu with pre-match mobilization and tactical preparations, but they still couldn't replace Ye Qiu's place in the players' minds.

"Alright, guys, let's play."

With the words of the referee Bol, the referee team walked in the front, followed by the two sides, holding the caddy's hand, and slowly walked out of the players' tunnel, and for a time there was a thunderous cheer from the entire Millennium Stadium, and the fans on both sides were greeting their teams with cheers and applause.

"Let's give you a look at the starting line-ups for both sides."

"Tottenham Hotspur played the main force in this game, goalkeeper Peter Cech, this is a very eye-catching performance in the Premier League this season, and almost a season to establish himself in the Premier League and even Europe's top goalkeeper position, the game against Manchester United, if it is not for Cech's god-like play, Tottenham Hotspur will be difficult to get a draw."

"The backline, Vargas on the left, Hangrand and Thiago Silva at centre-back, Alves on the right, is also a must-have lineup for Tottenham Hotspur to play attacking football this season, Vargas on the left and Alves on the right are both full-backs with strong offensive ability, and it is their forte to insert the attack."

"The midfield is still the same as Beckham, Mascherano and Cesc Fabregas, and many people have said that Beckham has re-proved his quality on the pitch after joining Tottenham Hotspur, and he has won his main place in Tottenham Hotspur with his outstanding performances, and at the same time raised Tottenham's midfield strength to at least one level."

"The front three, 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 box, the top scorer in the Premier League and Europe so far this season, and on the right is Leo Messi, who has the title of Maradona II."

"It can be said that the strength of Tottenham Hotspur's squad is not bad, and they have also played attacking football in the Premier League this season, and the current offensive ability of this team is second only to Manchester United, which has the strongest attack in the Premier League this season, but Tottenham Hotspur's attacking ability is even highly rated by Manchester United's Ferguson."

"Compared with Tottenham Hotspur's 433 lineup, Chelsea has also adopted a 433 formation, the goalkeeper is the goalkeeper Hilario from Portugal, the goalkeeper has performed very average this season, Chelsea's back line is not stable enough, many people feel that it has something to do with Hilario, and Chelsea let go of Van der Sar, but this season in Manchester United has shown the strength of a top goalkeeper, which is also a point that Chelsea's transfer has been criticized in the past two years."

"In fact, from Evra to McCone to Gallas to Van der Sar, even the Chinese player Sun Jihai, as well as Tottenham Hotspur's Ribery, Messi, Cesc Fabregas and Van Persie, they have all proved their quality after leaving Chelsea, so much so that when some people ridiculed Chelsea for missing talent, they also joked that Chelsea products must be high-quality"

"Of course, this is a bit of a joke, not so much Chelsea, but Ye Qiu's production must be a high-quality product, because these players, even including Drogba, Deco, Lampard and other powerful stars in the current Chelsea team, have proven their strength under Ye Qiu, or superstars who have achieved peak performance."

"Compared to the goalkeeper, Chelsea's strongest is this backline, Ashley Cole, Terry and Carvalho who were introduced after falling out with Arsenal, as well as Ferreira at right-back, right-back is a weakness in this line, Ferreira has been criticized for his performance since joining Chelsea, but Mourinho has always entrusted him with important responsibilities."

'The midfielders are Claude Makelele, Ballack and Frank Lampard, in fact, in the last two seasons, Chelsea's midfield has not shown much improvement, the conflict 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 get together very well.

"The front three, Joe Cole on the left, Duff on the right, Drogba in the center, Shevchenko was once again put on the bench by Mourinho, it is clear that the Ukrainian superstar is no longer expected by Mourinho, there is news that Mourinho brought Shevchenko to deal with the pressure of Abramovich."

With this analysis and commentary by the on-site commentators, the players on both sides completed their side guesses and returned to their own half-court preparations, a few minutes before the kick-off time of the game.

The camera panned to Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho on the sidelines.

"Tottenham Hotspur head coach Ye Qiu in this game because his wife is in labor, so I don't know if Lu Dao can come in time to participate in this game, this is the head coach of Chelsea, Portuguese Jose Mourinho, but although he has always regarded Ye Qiu as the number one rival, but Ye Qiu once commented on his opponent, he felt that the number one enemy should be Benitez, he said that Benitez is the most difficult manager of all the managers he has ever met."

"Moreover, when Ye Qiu was going to lead the team to compete for the Champions League double, Benitez's Liverpool stopped him at the last moment, and the battle in Istanbul was indeed the most painful defeat in Ye Qiu's coaching career."

Just when the on-site commentator was talking, he heard a burst of cheers that suddenly came out of the scene and the most enthusiastic cheers since entering the stadium, I am afraid that your team will score even bigger, which makes the commentator a little unclear at this time.

"What's going on? What seems to be going on the pitch? But we didn't see it here because of the angle."

But soon, on the big screen of the stadium, the live broadcast camera captured Ye Qiu panting out of the player's tunnel, he was wearing an Adidas sports casual suit that should obviously be worn at home, obviously rushing to Cardiff directly from London, and he didn't even have time to go home to change clothes along the way.

"Wow, he gave us the feeling that he had already played first"

The Tottenham Hotspur fans at the scene cheered vigorously, while Ye Qiu quickly took the towel from the staff who ran over and wiped the sweat on his face, but he didn't stop and walked directly to the sidelines.

For a while, the Tottenham Hotspur players who were originally scattered ran towards Ye Qiu quickly.

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

"Don't speed up the tempo, play possession, pull them out and play"

"Also, the ball passed into the penalty area is more Carvalho, and it is interspersed with two ribs"

"Defend your eyes on Drogba, especially Thiago, go around and get stuck and don't let Drogba score from your head"

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

When the players all returned to the stadium, Ye Qiu returned to the coach's seat and took the water handed by Roland, and when he poured it, the game had already started, and the players on both sides soon began to fight together.

After wiping his sweat and drinking water, Ye Qiu regained his breath a little and stood on the sidelines watching the game.

Chelsea's opening tactics did not look conservative and they were not willing to show weakness in terms of momentum, but their first attack was directly from the back to Drogba, but at this time Drogba was not surrounded by players to follow, and the Ivorians were forced to choose to break through with the ball themselves, but were calmly stabbed by Thiago Silva.

Breaking through with the ball is not Drogba's strong point, not that he doesn't have this kind of strength and ability, Drogba's foot skills are good, speed and explosiveness are okay, but the problem is that he is not good at individual breakthroughs.

If it's just once, that's it, but the second attack is still a long pass to Drogba, but this time Lampard came up, but he was close to Beckham for the first time after getting the ball, and had to pass to Duff on the right, but Vargas suddenly stepped forward 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 in this game, he played possession, not fast, and used ball control to tear apart Chelsea's defense.

And when Tottenham Hotspur's ball fell at the feet of Peter Cech, except for one Drogba in the front court who was ready to step forward to participate in the pressing, Ye Qiu noticed that the midfielder and the wingers on the two wings were also retreating.

"They're scared of our midfielder," Mauro Tasotti saw through at a glance.

Mascherano defended, Beckham and Cesc Fabregas were all players who could go up and down, run and pass, which made Tottenham Hotspur's midfield difficult to defend, because with Beckham and Fabregas's active running and pulling, coupled with each other's skillful passing and receiving cooperation, the opponent could easily be caught by a loophole.

And for the passer, it only takes one hole to make a kill.

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, plus the king of a small penalty area, Ruud van Nistelrooy is in front, so Mourinho obviously adopts a steady contraction defensive tactic and tightens his midfield, making it difficult for your midfielder to play a threat.

This tactic is not new, Everton used this tactic to force Tottenham Hotspur to a draw, and even dragged the game to the last minute before declaring defeat, because they did not have a very effective and confident tactic to contain Tottenham Hotspur's midfield, at least in the normal attack and defense.

Ground passing penetration has always been Chelsea's strong point, Ye Qiu's first year in charge of this team was to play a strong and pressing tactical play, but at that time there was a Deco in the midfield, and in the second year, Ye Qiu changed to play double back to further strengthen his skills, but now Mourinho won Deco and chose the superstar Ballack, as if returning to the force and pressing style of play.

As a result, penetration on the ground has become a big problem for Chelsea, so now they have to either go wide or play long balls.

Sometimes the power of a midfield does not lie in how strong the players are, but on the combination, relying on the complementarity of the skills and characteristics of the players with each other, as long as they complement each other, even if it is a combination of weaker players, it can easily get rid of the unreasonable superstar combination, which is the reason why the first phase of the Galaxy Battleship will collapse after the most difficult period.

The same is true of Tottenham Hotspur today, Ye Qiu even said that the current Tottenham Hotspur has the strength to fight with any team in the Premier League in the midfield, and in the case of failing to find a good and effective containment of Beckham and Fabregas, the two big passers, any team that encounters Tottenham Hotspur must consider shrinking the defense.

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

However, Mourinho's shrinkage has actually exposed another problem for Chelsea, that is, the single attacking point.

Joe Cole's offense is like a six-vein divine sword in the Dragon Babu, he is more of a small area to take the ball and pass, Duff is good at long-distance running, fast speed, so Mourinho arranged Ashley Cole on the left side, adopting the strategy of Joe Cole taking the ball and Ashley Cole plugging in, while the right side relies on Duff, but Duff is not good at breaking through with the ball.

Midfielders such as Michael Ballack and Frank Lampard are both adept at getting back and are not the kind of players who are good at individual breakthroughs.

So, Mourinho used a shrinking defense in order to limit Tottenham Hotspur's midfield, and he did it, but the problem is that after he limited Tottenham Hotspur's midfield, he suddenly realized a problem, his team's attack was completely unthreatening.

In the absence of individual breakthroughs, no passing and receiving penetration, Chelsea could only play long passes frequently, but once the ball entered the front court, once Drogba fought for it, he immediately fell into an isolated situation in front, because Joe Cole and Duff have certain defensive tasks and cannot be supported by his side at any time.

In the past, Chelsea could play higher, and the two wingers could be closer to the center, so that once Drogba fought for the ball, there would be a contact point around him at any time, so his role as a tactical fulcrum in the front court could be reflected, but now, it is obviously pulled away and caught in the dilemma of fighting alone.

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

In the past ten minutes, Tottenham Hotspur's attack was contained by Chelsea, but Chelsea's attack relied too much on long passes, and completely lost its threat, and even on the field, Tottenham Hotspur firmly grasped the initiative and possession, and kept planning and organizing attacks.

After Ye Qiu figured this out, he waved his hand at Roland and motioned for him to go to the sidelines.

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

"Let him go?" Roland was a little surprised, this is only targeted defense, and he has not said that he deliberately let the opponent press up and play.

"Tell the players to pay attention to the ball on the right side, don't let Ashley Cole and Joe Kolche in the middle, and our counterattack will hit their left side," Ye Qiu said with a smile.

Mauro Tasotti on the side heard it, and his eyes suddenly lit up, "Now Chelsea is suffering from no threat in attack, Ferreira does not have much offensive ability, as long as there is a chance, Ashley Cole will definitely step forward to participate in the front attack, and at this time our right side is bound to become an important weapon for us to counterattack"

If you use the saying in the Chinese military book, this is called throwing bricks and attracting jade, and it can also be called inviting the king into the urn.

'Duff on the left has a mediocre ability on the ball, which means that he has a good speed on long distances, Frank Lampard and Ballack are both attackers who cut in from behind, so it's not really difficult for such players to defend, as long as we stand in position, they can't do anything about it'

Everyone knows that when a team's defensive system is well organized, it is difficult to break down, and the biggest threat to the defensive system is the breakthrough players with excellent one-on-one individual ability, that is, the likes of Ribery and Messi, but not Joe Cole, Duff, Frank Lampard and Ballack.

Because the latter can only press the opponent's defense with the ball and cannot break through, but the breakthrough player with the ball can break through one of the points and completely disintegrate the opponent's entire defensive system.

If according to Ye Qiu, Mourinho's Chelsea lacks nothing, but a player with super personal ability, for example, Robben, he was not unaware of Chelsea's problems before, but his team did not have enough ability for Chelsea to expose the problem, but now there is.

So, even at this moment, Mourinho found out about the problem, it was too late