In this world, no one is flawless, including Ye Qiu

In the eyes of many fans and reporters who don't like Ye Qiu, Ye Qiu has a lot of shortcomings, but this definitely does not include untrustworthiness.

On the contrary, whether it is in the field of football or in the business field, Ye Qiu's words are well known to the world, so many times in the face of the media, he either does not speak, but as long as he speaks, you generally do not need to doubt the authenticity, of course, jokes and exceptions when dealing with player transfers.

For example, before selling Gareth Bale, Van Persie, Vargas and others, Ye Qiudu said in an interview with the media that these players are not for sale, but in fact, everyone knows that they all transferred after the last move, but Tottenham Hotspur got a rich transfer return.

But there is one situation that Ye Qiu will definitely not joke about, and that is the player's game arrangement

As early as a week ago, Ye Qiu shouted that he would not change the team's starting lineup, and would continue to arrange young and substitute players to play the second leg of the League Cup semi-finals, and everyone was in an uproar, not only the fans and media from the outside world were surprised, but even all the young players in the team were surprised, because this was a crucial battle

But the most difficult result was that Ye Qiu once again fulfilled his promise.

Goalkeeper Joe Hart is accompanied by Koentrão, Nastasic, Raphael Varane and Kyle Walker at the back, Ramsey, Phil Jones and Paul Pogba in midfield, and Eden Hazzard, Edinson Cavani and David Beckham up front.

In contrast to Tottenham Hotspur's youthful starting line-up, Manchester City's squad is star-studded, with goalkeeper Given, Lescote, Hangrande, Maika Richards and Zabaleta at the back, Gareth Barry, Frenkie de Jong and Luka Modric in midfield, and Robinho, Bam Adebayor and Wright Phillips up front.

At first glance, Manchester City's strength is indeed higher than Tottenham Hotspur's second-team lineup, but football is never just about one lineup, after all, Manchester City's squad has just played in the league, and Tottenham Hotspur's group of young players is not completely defenseless.

However, from the beginning of the game, it was indeed Manchester City who had an overwhelming advantage and took the lead in launching a fierce attack.

Robinho, who has been rumored to be a potential departure recently, took the lead in forming a dribbling breakthrough on the left flank, and easily ate Kyle Walker in a one-on-one situation, but on the subsequent cross, Varane blocked Adebayo with his body and cleared the ball off the line.

Then City's corner was pushed out of the box by Nastasic and failed to threaten.

However, Manchester City were clearly not willing to give up and immediately made a comeback, this time it was Robinho's quick breakthrough on the left, but with a cunning feint, after deceiving Kyle Walker, he suddenly cut inside and picked up the back post, Adebayor this time stuck the position very well, used his body to suppress Nastasic, and headed the goal.

Joe Hart made a surprising flying save to save the ball from the incoming ball, for which the England youngster won a roaring cheer from the Tottenham Hotspur fans in the stadium

Although, in the past period, Joe Hart's performances have been mixed, and it is difficult to shake the main position of the world's No. 1 goalkeeper Cech, but the performance and progress of the England youngster are still seen by the fans and have attracted more and more attention, and this time the brave rescue of Adebayo's header is worthy of recognition.

Perhaps seeing the sharpness of Manchester City's attack on the left side, especially Robinho's active performance on the left side, the Brazilian seemed to be deliberately trying to vent his frustration in Manchester City on Tottenham Hotspur, Ye Qiu immediately made adjustments, and Beckham's position was appropriately retreated to help defend Kyle Walker.

The England youngster is very fast, has a strong impact and has good work at his feet, but his defense is a bit unreliable.

But Tottenham Hotspur has an obvious characteristic, that is, panic but not panic, especially this group of young players in the team, all of them are obviously full of fighting spirit, obviously by Ye Qiu's words before the game, and the manager still maintains this trust in them at such a critical moment, they are all holding their breath to prove their strength.

That's the strength of a young player, it's easy to change with the ups and downs of emotions, it's all about how you guide them.

Tottenham Hotspur's first threatening attack occurred in the fifth minute, by Manchester City two consecutive waves, suppressed five minutes later, Tottenham Hotspur soon launched a threatening attack, Beckham took the ball on the right side, a precise diagonal long pass transfer, Cavani anti-offside rushed to the left side of the Manchester City penalty area, after stopping the ball, picked up the small penalty area, but the back inserted Pogba failed to get a chance from the hands of Given, Manchester City goalkeeper quickly held the ball and defused Tottenham Hotspur's attack.

But the two sides played very openly, Manchester City had the advantage in strength, and Mancini's calculation was also very loud, that is, to use the rush after the start to completely suppress the arrogance of this group of young imps, preferably like the city stadium a week ago, and the group of young players of Tottenham Hotspur completely lost their fighting spirit.

And what is a little surprising is that Ye Qiu is also very open in this game, although they are both second teams, although the strength is not as good as Manchester City, but Tottenham Hotspur still adheres to the offensive tactics, and has been facing Manchester City from the beginning, without the slightest trick, it is directly a back-and-forth attack.

Soon, the first wave of attack had just been defused, and Tottenham Hotspur had a second wave of attacks, and Hazzard was fouled by Zabaleta when he made a quick break down the left flank, and Tottenham Hotspur were given a set-piece in front.

Beckham personally took the penalty and landed very well, but Hangrande firmly controlled the high ball advantage, the former Tottenham Hotspur central defender faced his old club, faced this group of juniors and disciples who were younger than him, obviously the slightest mercy, and steadily cleared Beckham's free kick out of the big penalty area, and Pogba outside the penalty area After getting the ball, he shot directly and high

After Tottenham Hotspur attacked for a while, Manchester City quickly changed colors, and it was Robinho, who was still excited in this game, to break through Kyle Walker three times in a row in less than eight minutes, but only one corner was awarded for three successful breakthroughs, because Tottenham Hotspur laid down a heavy force in the middle.

But Manchester City's strength advantage is still very clear, they started to control the game very well, and in the first 20 minutes, a total of six corner opportunities, making Tottenham Hotspur a little passive on the field, Ye Qiu even had to pull Beckham back to participate in the team's right side of the defense.

Everyone watched the game in horror, and the fans at White Hart Lane, which was full because of the low ticket prices of the cup, were also shocked, and I believe that a considerable number of fans kept praying in their hearts, hoping that the team could get rid of Manchester City's suppression and find a magic weapon to defeat the enemy as soon as possible.

I believe that many people secretly criticize Ye Qiu's decision in their hearts, especially for him in such an important semi-final, continue to insist on the strategy of young players starting, after all, even if young people have strength, it is difficult to fight against Manchester City's group of powerful stars, just like Nastasic, who performed very well, but in the face of Adebayo, he is still at an absolute disadvantage.

Tottenham Hotspur is passive on the field, but the defense is very well organized, the right side has been strengthened with Beckham's retreat, and Pogba and Phil Jones's middle is also very tight, plus the left side of Coentrão is in charge, Ramsey is in the midfield to assist in the defense, and in front of him is Cavani's running and pressing at any cost, Tottenham Hotspur's defense is quite stable.

But everyone is a little unaccustomed to it, because it has always been Tottenham Hotspur who has pressed others to play, when did you see Ye Qiu's team being pressed and beaten by others?

Don't look at Manchester City pressing fiercely and playing hard, but in reality, they don't create many dangerous attacks, and the many corners are a strong proof that they lack effective lethality in the penalty area.

2010 was the year of the Africa Cup of Nations, Tottenham Hotspur's Yaya Toure, and Manchester City's Kolo Toure and Adebayo all participated in the Africa Cup of Nations, the difference is that Adebayo did not finish the group stage, Togo team was attacked by machine guns in Angola, resulting in three deaths, and Togo team also ended the Africa Cup of Nations tour early.

Perhaps due to the existential violence, although Adebayo was not injured in the machine-gun attack, the shock clearly affected his form, and although he scored a brace in the first leg and dominated the battle with several Tottenham youngsters, his performance was not ideal overall.

And this unsatisfactory continued into the second leg, when Tottenham Hotspur gathered heavy troops in the middle, Manchester City never found an effective way to break down Tottenham Hotspur's defense, relying more on Robinho to get the ball on the left, but this was also curbed with Beckham's retreat.

In the end, the first half ended with Manchester City dominating the first half, but unable to break through the Tottenham Hotspur goal, and the two sides ended up with a 00 draw, and Manchester City looked unhappy because they clearly had the advantage.

"Everyone did a very, very good job in the first half"

At halftime, as soon as he walked into the locker room, Ye Qiu immediately praised the team's starting lineup, and it could be seen that he did not plan to adjust the team's tactics or player lineup at halftime, which also reassured many players who were still a little nervous.

Truth be told, young players want to get more games and performances, and a lot of them had a bad performance in this game, like Ramsey, but that's also a common problem with young players and it's hard to stay in form for long.

'I'm happy with the way we played in the first half and I know that many of you may have been disappointed with the situation in the first half, but I want to tell you that we didn't play in the first half because we have to be clear that Man City are a very good team and we can't deny that'

'But I also want to tell you that from the performance in the first half, we definitely have the quality to challenge, even beat Manchester City, and I believe that at this moment all of you want to beat this strong opponent, and I, like you, want to prove one thing and show everybody.'

"Everybody who can wear the Tottenham Hotspur shirt will not admit defeat easily, will not be easily defeated, even if we are facing a team that is far better than us, even if we are at an absolute disadvantage, but we will not be beaten"

Ye Qiu's words have been nodded and agreed by many players, at least since the miracle of the Champions League final reversal staged at the Luzhniki Stadium, blood and passion have become a part of Tottenham Hotspur football, and that classic game has also become a classic theme for countless Tottenham Hotspur players and fans to inspire themselves.

"Guys, in the first half 00 we were down to Manchester City on aggregate, but we still have hope, as long as we beat Manchester City in the second half, we can get to the final, and you, who will be at Wembley Stadium in west London, will have a chance to win the first trophy of your career, even if it's only the League Cup, but can you resist the temptation?"

"Can't"

"Can't refuse"

"Absolutely not"

The players began to respond to Ye Qiu, and then more and more people spoke out, after all, they are still so young, and Ye Qiu's words are a promise, as long as they beat Manchester City, the people who appear in the starting list at Wembley Stadium are still their group of young players.

Who can resist such a temptation? Who can resist the allure of a championship trophy?

The answer is, no

But it is definitely not an easy thing to beat Manchester City, and Ye Qiu focused on one player, Maika Richards.

Ivory Coast is still playing the Africa Cup of Nations game, so Kolo Toure and Yaya Toure have not yet returned to the team, the former is the main central defender of Manchester City, Hangrande's right-hand man, he is absent, Mancini is replaced by teenager Mika Richards, but on the right is an unreliable Zabaleta, and the right central defender is the young Mika Richards, which is a link that Tottenham Hotspur can use, but it was not enough in the first half

After the restart of the second half, Manchester City continued to play aggressively on their left flank, while with Tottenham Hotspur maintaining a three-line tight defensive stance, City began to press and threaten.

In the 46th minute, shortly after the game began, Gareth Barry passed the ball to Robinho, who had a chance to shoot from a tight angle in the box, but Joe Hart was solid enough to get into position and save the ball.

Although this time the defense is just the goalkeeper's duty and decent, Joe Hart's performance still won the affirmation and cheers of the Tottenham Hotspur fans in the stadium, and I believe that after this game, all fans will get to know Joe Hart again.

A minute later, however, City played another attack, Wright Phillips tried to break through Coentrão on the right, but failed, and the Portuguese broke the ball and passed to Ramsey, but when the latter took the ball and turned, De Jong appeared behind him, fouled the tackle and was warned by the referee, but it interrupted Tottenham Hotspur's counter-attack.

At least in terms of game experience and the application of rules, Manchester City's players are still more sophisticated and mature.

The rhythm of the counter-attack was interrupted and Tottenham Hotspur fell back under pressure from City, taking a free-kick and Hangrande heading it back into midfield, regrouping their attack and soon winning a corner on the left.

Throughout the first few minutes of the second half, Ye Qiu realized that Mancini consciously wanted to open the right side, and in the case that Adebayo's state was not very ideal, relying on Robinho on the left side alone, Manchester City's attack was difficult to spread out and difficult to form a threat, in this case, it was necessary to activate Wright Phillips on the right side.

But Ye Qiu also defended this hand early at halftime, Coentrão and Ramsey attached great importance to the defensive protection on the left side, the latter's performance in this game was relatively bad, and the state was not ideal, but the game attitude was very good, and he conscientiously carried out the tasks arranged by Ye Qiu.

In this case, the right side cannot play, so you can only continue to return to the left, and returning to the left side is equivalent to returning to the rhythm of the first half, which is exactly the rhythm that Tottenham Hotspur is familiar with and accustomed to, and the team's defense has accumulated enough experience to cope with Manchester City's left attack, and there is no problem in adapting.

In this case, Tottenham Hotspur has the strength to withstand the pressure of Manchester City's attack and play their own counterattack

It was the same corner that Robinho won on the left, and City opted for a tactical corner, and after a quick drive, Gareth Barry met it and crossed low into the box, but Varane headed it to Beckham on the edge of the box.

After the Englishman stopped the ball on his chest, there was no one around him to defend, turned around, without the slightest hesitation, with an attempt, with the psychology of clearing the siege with a big foot, and directly kicked the ball out of the front of the penalty area.

The ball arced through the air, and in the stadium below, the players in white jerseys were rushing forward quickly, with Edinson Cavani at the front.

The Uruguayan is tall and not weak, and his flexibility and starting ability are really not what he is good at, so it is difficult for him to perform well in a small area, but once he is given enough space to let him rush, then this guy is a heavy armored tank, and the combination of inertia and his own speed makes him very fast and very impactful.

And Cavani rushed in front, Hazzard, Ramsey, Pogba and others were closely behind, Tottenham Hotspur's counterattack was very fast, and Manchester City because of the penalty corner, Hangrande, Maika Richards and others rushed into the Tottenham Hotspur penalty area, and now it is obviously too late to retreat.