While many people think of Enfield as a suburb of London, it's still densely populated.

It is a suburb to go all the way north to the surrounding area of the Ring Expressway M25, which is sparsely populated, with beautiful fields and a very wide field of vision.

From the M25 motorway, head north into Hertfordshire, where signs sign the White Wave Centre in the Lee Valley, which will be one of the main venues for the London Olympics and will be a venue for water sports such as surfing and canoeing.

Tottenham Hotspur's Theorebold training base is not difficult to find, especially for those who have been here before, unless you are a road idiot, otherwise, you can basically remember it once, because it is easy to find, and the scenery here is very beautiful, very quiet, definitely a good place for self-cultivation.

Pirlo fell in love with the place after visiting the Theobald training base.

"Hello!" When Pirlo's agent Tingdi drove to the gate of the Theobald training base, the security guard politely stopped the car, leaned down, and saw Pirlo sitting in the car, "I'm sorry, Mr. Pirlo, no foreign vehicles are allowed in the training base, so please park your car in the special parking lot of the news building, thank you for your cooperation!" ”

Pirlo waved his hand at the security guard to show that he understood, and the door slowly opened.

As with the first training session of each season, Tottenham Hotspur's training session this morning is still open to the public, so when Pirlo and his agent arrived at the parking lot of the press building, there were already a lot of reporters who had made the trip.

But interestingly, Pirlo's fear, similar to the Italian media, did not happen, and everyone just kept a certain distance, picked up the camera and took pictures, and no one would rush up to him for an interview, which surprised Pirlo a little.

"I heard that this is Theobald's rule!" Agent Tindy said.

Andrea Pirlo liked the rules, and he had always felt that there was no team in the world that could make the pervasive journalists submissive, but now it seems that he was wrong, because Tottenham Hotspur did.

Walking along the main road of the training base, I soon turned right and came to the training area of the first team, and then walked inside, and soon I arrived at the training building of the first team, and the parking lot was just under the building, and there were many players talking.

Many of the internationals who participated in the Copa America have not yet returned to the team, but it has been reported that basically all Tottenham Hotspur players do not plan to take any more vacations after playing the Perfect Continent Cup, but go directly to the team for pre-season training, even if the club still gives them two weeks off as is customary, but now they are significantly more active.

The team's preparations for this summer will be divided into three phases, starting with a few days of training at Theorebold and then moving on to Qatar in the Middle East, where they will spend four days playing a warm-up match, and then moving to Asia, where they will play three warm-up games in Guangzhou, Hong Kong and Singapore in China.

The two-week trip to Asia will take place before the team travels to Amsterdam for the Amsterdam Cup Invitational Tournament, which is also a traditional Ajax tournament and invites Tottenham Hotspur every year, which will also be the last warm-up game before the Premier League Community Shield against Manchester City.

At the end of the Asian tour, three Brazilians will compete in the Under-20 World Cup in Colombia in August: Alex Sandro, Philippe Coutinho and Lucas? Mora, originally the Brazilian Football Federation also wanted to let Neymar participate in this event, but Ye Qiu said that Neymar will be an important member of the team in the new season and refused to let him participate in this event.

Ye Qiu has always had a good relationship with the football associations of various countries, so this time he also tried his best to cooperate with the requirements put forward by the Brazilian Football Association, and has already let three players participate in the event, especially Sandro as the captain of the Brazilian U20 national team, which is also a midfielder that Ye Qiu values very much this season, and it can be said that he has done his best.

In this regard, the Brazilian Football Federation can only choose to accept it, after all, Neymar is now a big star.

In addition to the players who will be playing for the national team, the players who will participate in the Copa America may not be able to return to training until late July, so for Tottenham Hotspur, the training and preparation for the summer will be very fragmented, and there will never be a way to start training with a complete squad.

However, Tottenham Hotspur's coaching staff has long been experienced in dealing with this kind of training camp, after all, in the past few years, Ye Qiu's team has always had no shortage of international players and stars, so they have already accumulated a set of how to adjust the form and preparation experience of the stars affected by participating in the national team competition.

Tottenham Hotspur's performance last season shocked everyone, the league started smoothly and quietly, but in October, Tottenham Hotspur soared into the sky, directly playing a wave of crazy winning streaks, almost the whole world was impressed, if it wasn't for the winter break to go Yaya? Toure estimates that Tottenham Hotspur is likely to win the Champions League in one go.

On the contrary, if you look at other teams, including Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester United and other teams, it is obvious that they have not been able to adjust the form of the internationals participating in the World Cup, resulting in them either starting the league very eye-catching, but then the form has dropped rapidly, or they have not been able to show their strength and level well in a season.

Of course, the coaching staff is competent and the players have to trust them.

Before Andrea Pirlo came to Tottenham Hotspur, he had always heard that the players of Tottenham Hotspur had a strong sense of trust in the club, which made it easy for the team's coaching staff to get to work, so on his way to Theobold, he wanted to find out what secrets were there.

"Hello, Andrey!" Beckham saw Pirlo and walked up, he is the vice-captain of the team, he also attended Pirlo's joining ceremony before, and yesterday he took Pirlo to visit the whole of Theobald and introduced him to everything here, and the captain of the team, Thiago? Silva is playing in the Copa America with the Brazilian national team.

"Hello, David!" Pirlo smiled and held out his hand.

Beckham is thirty-six years old, which is considered an advanced age, but he is still in good shape, and he is still so handsome.

"Hey!" Raul also came over, and he is also one of Tottenham Hotspur's three veterans.

Pirlo also shook Raul's hand, then looked at Beckham, "I wonder if I need to do something before training?" ”

After Beckham and Raul looked at each other, they both laughed, and Beckham turned around and waved at a young man in the parking lot who was already staring at them, "Hey, come here, Nick!" ”

Soon, a handsome young man who was a little shy ran from the crowd, his height was estimated to be less than one meter eight, but he looked very young, and it was estimated that he would have to grow a little longer in the future, and he looked very good, a bit of the masculine handsomeness of the English.

"Nick? Powell, you fan! Beckham smiled and pulled the handsome guy and pushed him in front of Pirlo, "Before the training session, you have a very important task, Andre, and that is to meet the requirements of your fan." ”

After saying that, Beckham encouraged him again, "Say, Nick, what do you want?" ”

The handsome guy smirked, a little excited to see the idol, a little excited.

"Please, Nick, it's training time, hurry!" Raul also laughed on the side.

Pirlo smiled and nodded, "Okay, Nick, what do you want?" ”

After receiving encouragement, the kid raised his head sharply and smirked, "Ann...... Andre, I hope to be able to take a photo with you, post it on Weibo and WeChat, and by the way, let you sign for me! But soon, he shook his head again, "No, it's not a sign, it's a sign, I have several friends who are your fans!" ”

Pirlo was happy when he heard it, his teammates have become his fans, and he looks really old.

Smiling, he casually took out the Cartier pen in his breast pocket and took the Nick? Powell handed over the autograph book, and he found that this autograph book was not only his signature, but also the signatures of almost all other players, one page per person, it seems that this kid is not a simple star chaser.

"To my teammates, future stars, Nick? Powell, Andrey? Pirlo! ”

As Pirlo wrote down his blessings and signed his name, Nick? Powell excitedly took his autograph book with one hand, and at the same time happily took a photo with Pirlo and posted his Weibo and WeChat, but just as he was about to hand over the autograph book given by some other teammates, Ye Qiu appeared in front of them.

"Alright, Starchaser Nick? Powell, those guys who want to ask for autographs and let them find a chance to get into the first team themselves, we're going to start training soon! ”

Ye Qiu's sudden appearance made everyone present startled, he barely made any sound, as if he had come out of the ground, and Nick? Powell was not afraid, but laughed shyly, "Zhilu said, head!" After saying that, the whole person ran away.

Not to mention, this kid is not slow to run, and he looks very flexible.

"Don't worry about those little ghosts, but a lot of them are your fans!" After Ye Qiu got closer, he said with a smile.

Almost as long as he plays in the midfield, there is no one who will not appreciate Pirlo, at least the Italian in the midfield, the calm command and dispatch in the midfield, is really second to none in today's football, and even to some extent, Pirlo is better than Xavi.

Of course, in terms of honor, popularity, and even influence, Pirlo is certainly inferior to Xavi, but this is more determined by results and media attention, but as long as you are a fan watching the game, no one will dislike Pirlo.

"Andre, wait a minute, you go to the research center first, Meel Seman will arrange a temporary set of training clothes and boots for you first, don't worry, this is only temporary, and the boots are also Nike's, so there is no sponsorship problem, as for the training equipment tailored for you, it will take a while before it can be delivered, so, for the time being, you have to settle first!"

Almost every Tottenham Hotspur player's jersey, boots, shin guards and other training equipment are customized by sponsors, many of which are based on the player's body type, and these training suits are specially equipped with a variety of sensors and training equipment, the purpose is to help the team collect some data when players are training.

These sensors will even be used in games, for example, Raul and Beckham have worn headbands on many occasions, and there is a miniature camera in the headband to film the players' every move on the field, their observations, vision, running, etc., which are some of the materials that the team needs to train in the future.

Pirlo will do the same, Ye Qiu has already talked to him, he has a good relationship with Mel Seman, and he also agreed to cooperate with this study of Tottenham Hotspur, after all, he is now a player for Tottenham Hotspur.

And these will be kept secret, even Raul and Beckham will come on the pitch with miniature cameras, no one knows what to do, and no information will be released to the public, everything is a confidential file, and the players will not reveal a single thing, no matter who they are to.

According to Ye Qiu's words, Pirlo went directly to the research center and met with Meel Seman, Demichelis and Peter respectively? Brandt and others, in fact, the reason why Ye Qiu was relieved to introduce Pirlo had a certain relationship with their recommendations, especially the strength of Mel Seman and Demichelis.

The two former Milan lab directors are well aware of Pirlo's fitness and both believe that last season's injury will not have any impact on Pirlo and that it would be a huge loss for AC Milan to let him go.

After returning to the training ground, Pirlo went straight to the dressing room to change into training equipment and ran to the training ground.

By this time, the training ground was already surrounded by a lot of journalists from all over the world, and even Tottenham Hotspur's own reporting team, as Tottenham Hotspur now have their own TV station and official magazine.

Unlike other public training sessions that are always perfunctory and use some sparse and ordinary training programs to deal with the media and reporters, Ye Qiu's first training session came up with real materials, which can be clearly seen from the layout on the court.

On the first team's comprehensive training ground, which is much larger than a standard football field, it is divided into different training areas according to the different training programs, and after the players complete a training program here, they go directly to the next training area for the next training session, and then go to the next one after completion.

And unlike other teams' training sessions, where the same training session is carried out uniformly, Tottenham Hotspur starts all the training sessions at the same time, but different players do different events, and almost no one is standing on the sidelines and watching.

The whole process was very tight and very interesting.

As with all training sessions, which start with a lighter sport, Tottenham's first training session is running.

Divided into two groups to run, one group ran from the center circle to the large penalty area on one side of the goal, but in the process of running, the coaching staff set up some obstacles, such as some obstacles that players need to dodge, and some are circles placed on the grass, the players need to control their legs precisely, step into the circle with every step, and then there are some hurdles to practice bouncing.

If you just look at it this way, it seems very simple, but if you go to the training in person, you will find that these trainings will put your body in a very strange state, such as avoiding obstacles, which requires your body to adjust and balance enough, and stepping on the circle means that the legs must be flexible enough, and the balance and coordination of the body is also very important, because every step down, the body will change into another posture, and if the balance and coordination are not strong enough, the whole person will fall crooked.

Finally ran to the periphery of the penalty area, another teammate also happened to run from the side of the penalty area, on the top side of the arc to pass the ball in front of you, this pass is about 20 meters, and the player who rushed from the middle circle after receiving the ball, the passer will be in the top of the arc area for one-on-one defense, and then hit the goal, which is also part of the training.

Generally speaking, it is the offensive players who receive the ball and the defenders who pass the ball and defend, which is very targeted.

After the completion of this project, there are other projects, all of which are very practical training projects, basically one-on-one, and when the players complete these projects one after another, it is almost a circle around the training ground, and after returning to the center circle, the next cycle will start immediately.

The entire training program lasted 30 minutes, with almost all the players playing without stopping, and the whole program included everything that would happen in a football game, such as switchbacks, high-speed dribbling, one-on-one, getting away with the ball...... And so on, the content is very rich, and the actual combat is very strong.

Many people wonder what Tottenham Hotspur players are so strong in one-on-one ability? Why is the ability to pass and catch the ball so well? If they come and watch Tottenham Hotspur train, they can do it when they have all the training programs in place.

Ye Qiu is not afraid of being learned at all, to be honest, these trainings are just some relatively basic training for Tottenham Hotspur, the key is to look at the team's technical and tactical training, especially tactical training, which will not be announced to the public.

After 30 minutes of high-intensity training, the team immediately moved to the next training field, taking the opportunity to rest when transferring, and the next big training project is multi-person confrontation, two-on-two, three-on-two, or multi-person circle walking monkeys, which are also arranged very reasonably and orderly, and also very compact.

The last training project is to conduct a six-on-six free confrontation training in a small field next to it, this confrontation training has almost no offensive and defensive requirements, the only rule is that each team can not touch the ball more than three times, and the third touch of the ball must be a shot, otherwise it is a violation.

This is also very demanding for the players, but all the reporters who came to the scene were surprised to find that Tottenham Hotspur is not only those attacking players, such as Raul, Ribery, Ramsey, Coutinho and other players have performed well, and even Kompany, Kyle in the backline? Defenders such as Walker, Raphael Varane and Nastasic played well.

Some people say that the competition is a manifestation of the results of training, and what kind of training can create what kind of competition.

In fact, everyone is touting Ye Qiu's star-making ability, but no one notices that Tottenham Hotspur's entire training system, including the staffing of the coaching staff, is second to none in today's football.

They use this most scientific and effective training program to build their players.

Sadly, it won't be in the news the next day, because no one is going to pay attention to how they train, more people are more concerned about the stars.

As for those who want to learn, arrange for any person to attend Tottenham Hotspur's coaching training courses, you can learn these training programs, because these are not advanced things, and they are formulated by Tottenham Hotspur in order to build their own tactical style, other teams practice like this, but play defensive counterattacks, is it effective?

In other words, if your players are not up to the mark, you are not useful in training, but rather a weakening.

Ye Qiu has always said that Tottenham Hotspur has found its own style, and it also has a mature and stable tactical system, and this includes this training system, because it is this system that has cultivated one star after another for Tottenham Hotspur.

Therefore, as long as there is this system, and then continue to improve and improve, you can continue to create stars, so sell Fabregas, sell David? Silva, or even sell anyone, what is there to worry about?

It was only a 90-minute training session, but Pirlo felt that he had come to trust the club as well.

Maybe it was just this training session, although he was exhausted, but he deeply felt that if such a team can't succeed, then who else in today's football deserves success?