Volume 1 Chapter 518 First Defeat of the Season
As a fan, Ye Qiu has always admired an interesting tradition of English football, that is, working without a license, that is, without a professional coaching certificate, but serving as the head coach of a Premier League team
To a certain extent, people do have the need to be managed, because not everyone can clearly know what they want, often many people wait until they miss it, or get it, before they know it, oh, it turns out that this is what I want, and only a very small number of people know how to get it.
The light will play tricks and say what I want, what I want, that's useless, the key is to know how to get it, that's helpful to human beings, because it's said, everyone can say it, but it's not necessarily possible to do it.
It's like in the world of football, many people will say, and there have even been many extravagant words, but the last is a precedent for nothing, such as Grant during the Chelsea period, or the one who now sits next to Ye Qiu, former England international Gareth Southgate.
Southgate is another example of England undocumented, he was once praised by the English media, believing that he was a very good central defender in his career, and after retiring he was able to become a rising star in English football, a famous young coach, but the facts have proved that in the years he has been in charge, Middlesbrough has been tepid.
Many people say that coaching a giant team is not a skill, and coaching the middle and lower teams can show their true kung fu, the reason is very simple, the middle and lower teams can neither win the championship, nor win the championship, but at the same time can not be relegated, in the middle and lower reaches of the player quality is generally not high, the head coach can play his tactical role.
Ye Qiu felt that this was a bit nonsense, he didn't dare to say which one was better, the middle and lower teams or the head coaches of the top teams, but he could say with great certainty that it would be nonsense to say that the middle and lower teams could better reflect the role of the head coach.
And when he really understood the tactical knowledge, management level and so on required for the position of head coach, he really realized that unlicensed appointment is actually a very stupid and backward appointment method.
The reason is very simple, it's like you handing over all the power of a public company to a person who has no experience in business administration at all, or like the U.S. government, handing over the core of the country's power as the president to a person who has not even managed a city alone, which is called absurdity, not courage
In a public company, there are at least many different departments, and there are boards of directors and other executives who can form constraints, while in the US government agencies, not to mention the big conglomerates behind the scenes, there are quite a few departments in the government agencies that have constraints on the president's power, which can ensure that they do not mess around.
But in a football club, who controls the manager?
Everyone knows that Middlesbrough's current squad is actually not bad, and I dare not say that it can rush into the front, but at least there is no need to enter the relegation zone like now, because their team, whether it is the back line or the midfield, has a good Premier League first-class stars including Downing, Robert Hut, Adam Johnson and so on.
But now, Southgate will only announce again and again that there is no problem with the team, he has found a solution to the problem, but the game has proven time and time again that he simply cannot solve the problem
Middlesbrough fans who came to White Hart Lane even mocked in the stands, believing that Southgate had lost only one thing, and that was the trust that club president Gibson placed in him, and that was that he had lost even his underwear.
In the words of the cartoons of Middlesbrough fans, Southgate, who was stripped naked, was covered with a pair of underwear with Gibson's trust written on his face, which shows the dissatisfaction and chill of Middlesbrough fans against him.
When the team is in good shape, you win the game and win the opponent, it's not your ability, the real measure of a manager's quality is how you help the team out of the situation in adversity and crisis.
Compared to Middlesbrough, who had just beaten Liverpool 0 at home in the previous round and won a week's rest, Tottenham Hotspur are in a significantly more disadvantageous position this game as they have been fighting on multiple fronts for a long time and have just missed out on the Carabao Cup title by losing the Carabao Cup final to Manchester United, and morale is undoubtedly at a low point.
In this case, many media before the game felt that Middlesbrough was not completely free of the possibility of an upset.
But Ye Qiu took the most daring changes and adjustments in this game, and resolutely chose to return Ribery to the starting lineup, but instead of appearing in the position of the left winger he is most familiar with, he let him play the right winger, the left winger is the starter of the teenager Eden Hazzard, and the single striker is Cavani.
After replacing the starting trident, the midfield kept the combination of David Silva and Cesc Fabregas, the midfield switched to Lucas, the back line was made up of Arbeloa, Kompany, Thiago Silva and Kyle Walker, and the goalkeeper was still Petr Cech.
Such a set of semi-main lineup surprised and surprised many people before the game, because they all knew very well that this game would be crucial for Tottenham Hotspur, but at this time, Ye Qiu chose to rotate a lot, and also won Messi, Van Persie and Alves, who were in the best condition, which is indeed very puzzling.
However, it was such a line-up that thrashed Middlesbrough 40 at White Hart Lane to push Gareth Southgate's side further into the relegation pit and Tottenham Hotspur was scored by Edinson Cavani, Eden Hazzard netted the second and Franck Franck Ribery followed with a brace.
It is clear that Tottenham Hotspur has not lost their competitiveness because of the large rotation, on the contrary, because of the large rotation, Tottenham Hotspur has performed quite well in the game, especially Eden Hazzard on the left, who has almost become the most dangerous player for Tottenham Hotspur, while Ribery has scored two goals, but he has not performed as well as Cavani and Eden Hazzard.
Therefore, at this moment, at the White Hart Lane Stadium, when the reporter asked Ye Qiu about the large rotation of this game, whether he was absolutely confident that he could win Middlesbrough before the game, Ye Qiu said that he was confident but not sure.
"Sometimes we can't play with complete certainty because the game hasn't been played yet, and no one knows the outcome, but before the game I felt that I had a lot of players in the squad who needed to rest because they were at a critical juncture in terms of fitness and mentality, and they needed to relax."
"Mr. Ye Qiu, Alex Ferguson's Manchester United have been very good in recent times, and they are currently only four points away from Tottenham Hotspur, and everyone at Manchester United is ambitious to say that they want to reverse, what do you think?"
Ye Qiu smiled after hearing this, "If I think so, I will definitely say that they are dreaming."
Everyone present laughed when they heard it, feeling that it was a bit rough, but they were relieved.
'I would say that we've had a problem lately, but we're already a mature team and I think it's hard for our opponents to challenge us in the current situation, we only have one enemy and that's ourselves"
Another reporter raised his hand, "I think, Mr. Ye Qiu, you are right, but it is true that in the past period, your team has also encountered a lot of problems due to multi-front operations, just like losing to Manchester United in the League Cup final." ”
"You don't need to accentuate our loss, I know," Ye Qiu reminded the reporter who was clearly trying to uncover Tottenham Hotspur's wounds in a more relaxed, joking tone, "but that's all in the past, we're still moving forward on two fronts, the Champions League and the Premier League, and I'm full of faith in the future."
After playing Middlesbrough, the second leg of the Champions League last-16 knockout round was ushered in midweek.
Tottenham Hotspur still used the starting line-up for the first leg, with the only change in the starting eleven being at left-back, replacing Marcelo with Arbeloa and freezing Robben.
As a result, Tottenham Hotspur defeated Real Madrid, who had completely lost all hope of qualifying, at their home stadium, and eliminated Real Madrid from the Champions League with an aggregate score of 0 and successfully advanced to the quarterfinals.
The day after the match, UEFA held a draw ceremony at its headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, which Ye Qiu did not attend, with club CEO Peter Kenyon representing the team, while Tottenham Hotspur drew against Portugal's Sporting Lisbon in the quarter-finals.
This is arguably the weakest of all the teams that have reached the quarter-finals, and it is also a compensation after Tottenham Hotspur met Real Madrid in the first knockout round, while Tottenham Hotspur are also in the bottom half of the table with Manchester United and Porto, England and Portugal.
In the first half, England and Spain face each other, with Barcelona meeting Bayern Munich and Arsenal meeting Chelsea, which can be regarded as UEFA's encirclement of the four Premier League teams in the draw arrangement, so as to avoid the Premier League four teams having a chance to monopolize the semi-finals.
But everyone has a deep understanding of the strength of the Premier League, which has occupied three of the semi-finals of the Champions League in the last two seasons and is hopeful of three more places this season.
After playing Real Madrid and returning to the Premier League, in the 29th round, Tottenham Hotspur challenged Martin O'Neill's Aston Villa away, Ye Qiu also continued to rotate the team appropriately, and successfully used Cesc Fabregas and Cavani's successive goals in the opening game to take the lead 0.
But in the second half, Aston Villa created a couple of threats, the most threatening of which was striker Abonlahoh's one-on-one goal, almost one-on-one, and was about to be passed by Abanglaho, but Cech decisively abandoned the goal, saved the ball from Abanglaho's feet, and also tripped Abbon Laho.
However, the referee thought it was a beautiful attack, so he did not award a foul on Cech, and Tottenham also retained their record of 16th consecutive clean sheets thanks to Cech's crucial saves.
The clean sheet in this game also made Cech famous, and he relied on this 16 consecutive clean sheets to successfully reach the second place in FIFA's World Goalkeeper Record Record Record, which can be called the first active player, only behind Brazil's Da Gama goalkeeper Mazzarope in 1977, and it will take at least five games to break Mazarope's record.
With a week's break between the 29th and 30th rounds, Tottenham Hotspur FC has also arranged a series of events to celebrate Cech's record, as well as interviews with the official website and the media.
Petr Cech says he doesn't think too much about his clean sheet: 'What I'm thinking about now is how to help the team continue their unbeaten run and winning momentum, and I'm confident that we can succeed this season. ”
"To be able to break so many records and achieve such a result, I think the most important thing to thank is my team-mates and the manager, without their support and help, I would not have been able to get this honor, so I hope to be able to repay them and the fans with a better and better performance."
Maybe it's because there are no games and no news during this week, so the outside media did everything possible to dig up news everywhere, but they didn't expect to be really poached.
On Wednesday, the Sun, known as the pervasive, photographed Manchester City chief executive Gary Cook and transfer adviser Horabchin heading south to London and meeting privately with Tottenham Hotspur chief executive Peter Kenyon at the hotel, and also released a series of photos and evidence of the meeting.
According to the Sun's reporter's excavation, a potential transfer has officially surfaced, that is, in the summer of this year, Tottenham Hotspur's number one superstar Leo Messi will transfer to Manchester City for 150 million euros, which will be a super sky-high price that breaks all transfer fee records, and Manchester City will offer Messi a huge salary twice as high as he is now, making him the first person in current football in all aspects.
The Sun, a well-known newspaper in England, was the one who poached the inside story of Beckham's transfer, and at the same time provided photos of Peter Kenyon, who was working at Manchester United at the time, meeting with Real Madrid's top management, and they have also repeatedly broken some exciting insiders, which are called pervasive by English fans.
The Sun's news immediately detonated the global media, and everyone was surprised not only by Manchester City's big spending, but also by the operation of Tottenham Hotspur, in the past few years, Tottenham Hotspur has sold almost every year, but the overall strength of the team has not been affected by this at all, but has been climbing in performance.
The first black store in Europe, this hat is well-deserved for Tottenham Hotspur.
And Ye Qiu is the most valuable black shopkeeper in this black shop, because if he doesn't have the keen eyes of the players he is looking for, how can Tottenham Hotspur dare to guarantee that he can sell his star casually?
Tottenham Hotspur directly denied the rumors, saying that the team had not received any offers and had no contact with Manchester City, but such a statement was obviously not convincing
Soon, Real Madrid also joined the battle circle, Spanish media revealed that Florentino intends to return to Real Madrid this summer to reshape the galaxy, and Messi is a vital part of Florentino's superstar strategy, the former president of Real Madrid hopes to be able to pack Messi, Kaka and Cristiano Ronaldo in one go, the three superstars, to recreate the glorious peak of the galaxy battleship period.
In addition, Barcelona has joined the battle circle, but relatively speaking, Barcelona cannot compare with Real Madrid in terms of transfer fees, let alone Manchester City, which has deep pockets, so what Barcelona can give is sincerity, and can talk about the emotional offensive of players, so many Catalan media are rumored that Messi will return to Barcelona this summer.
In addition to Messi, there are many players in the Tottenham Hotspur team who have been targeted by opponents, such as Gareth Bale, and it is reported that Ferguson intends to sell Cristiano Ronaldo and bring in Gareth Bale from Tottenham Hotspur, and from these two transfers, Manchester United should be able to net about 50 million euros.
However, there is also news that Ferguson has begun to prepare to bring in Lyon's talented striker Benzema, and Chelsea's England star Wayne Rooney is also in Ferguson's consideration, and it is reported that Ferguson intends to restructure Manchester United's trident this time by selling Cristiano Ronaldo's funds.
In addition, people like Van Persie, Cesc Fabregas, Alves and Yaya Toure, who has been very eye-catching this season, have become big favorites in the transfer market and are targeted by many competitors, but Tottenham Hotspur has denied these transfers one by one, saying that Tottenham Hotspur does not have any plans to sell people.
Obviously affected by the overwhelming news hype from the outside world, Tottenham Hotspur hosted Hiddink's Chelsea in the thirtieth round of the league, but this time Tottenham Hotspur faced a stubborn Chelsea, obviously performing badly, lacking threat in attack and not doing very well defensively.
The two players who had the best performances were David Beckham, who came on in place of the injured Cesc Fabregas, with the Englishman helping Tottenham Hotspur to win 0 from a direct free-kick, and the other being the best performer of the game, Petr Cech, who kept Tottenham Hotspur in the back of the net.
And in this round, Manchester United lost 0 away to Fulham, and he took the lead in dropping the chain.
But in the 31st round of the Premier League, Tottenham Hotspur's goal was finally missed, and when Blackburn Rovers played Allardyce away, the team paid the tragic price of Messi's injury and Kompany's red card, and also lost to Violent Ben away, and what made Ye Qiu feel helpless was that it was McCarthy who scored for Blackburn.
The Mourinho protégé scored almost exclusively against Tottenham Hotspur and was arguably a Tottenham killer
And it was Tottenham's first defeat of the season.