Volume 1 Chapter 621 The Trap of Manchester United

Manchester United do have a reason to be eye-catching for Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal as they are not happy with Old Trafford.

Over the years, Manchester United have never stopped revamping the interior of Old Trafford, but the problem is, no matter how much you renovate, there are many things you can't change, such as Old Trafford, which has clearly reached its limits.

To the north of Old Trafford is Bridgewater Canal, to the south is the train track route next to Manchester, which is not at all possible to be extended, while to the east is Sir Matt Busby Road, then the car park, to the west is the car park, and beyond is the freight train station.

In this case, the so-called renovation of the Old Trafford stadium is actually a big deal to do small things, I believe that if there is a choice, Manchester United must choose to build a five-star home stadium for the first time, rather than continue to make a small fuss on the Old Trafford stadium, because the preparation of the new stadium is more once and for all, and there are too many benefits.

According to media reports, Arsenal's Emirates Stadium leases high-end restaurants to a catering company, and the rent is as high as 15 million pounds a year, and now there are famous catering companies that have approached Tottenham Hotspur and offered a price of 25 million pounds a year, but Tottenham Hotspur has not let go so far, the reason is simple, the location is too good.

But at Old Trafford, they don't have the ability to do that, and they lose a lot of money in a year.

Many people once accused Ye Qiu, thinking that he had made a very loss-making transaction, that is, he spent 300 million euros to buy a futures for 13 years, and in order to avoid being forced to liquidate, he had to keep throwing money into it.

If the person who said these words pays attention to calculating an account, it is not difficult to find that Ye Qiu not only did not lose money, but also made a lot of money, which is to mention another team, Chelsea.

The Blues have always wanted to build a new stadium, but the location of Stamford Bridge is so good, surrounded by rich people or the middle class, that it is very unlikely that you want to demolish and expand Stamford Bridge, and even if you succeed, that demolition money is enough to ⊥ you collapse.

And what many fans may not know is that the ownership of the land at Stamford Bridge is not in the hands of Chelsea Football Club, but in the hands of a fan group, who bought the land in 1997 through a loan with a bank, which means that if you want to move this piece of land, it is not only a matter of the demolition party, but also the fan organization.

As early as when Peternien was still in charge of Chelsea, he had mentioned that he wanted to build a new stadium, but this plan has not been followed, because the reason is very simple, for Chelsea, let them leave the city of London, they don't want to, but the problem is that if you want to stay in the city of London, but you want to build a new stadium, the price of the land alone is enough to ⊥ you want to die.

Not long ago, Chelsea took a fancy to a dilapidated old power plant located in the southeast of Stamford Bridge, on the south bank of the River Thames, in Batterwest, which is not only next to the banks of the River Thames, but also densely packed with railway tracks through the famous London Victoria Railway Station on the north bank of the Thames River to the west.

But the problem is that the other side is not interested in Chelsea's offer, they offer a sky-high price of 500 million pounds, which is simply impossible for Chelsea to accept, because after they buy a piece of land, they have to demolish the old power plant, rebuild a new stadium, build a subway station connected to Victoria Station, and a series of other supporting facilities, all the costs are calculated, sorry, not a billion but 800 million, pounds

So now there are a lot of Chelsea fans complaining, thinking that the team should go to Stratford Stadium, because according to Tottenham Hotspur's investment, plus the future renovation money, at best it is 500 million euros, more than 400 million pounds, and the supporting facilities near the Olympic Park are so perfect, and the transportation is so convenient, it is simply too cost-effective.

But the problem is that there is no regret medicine in this world

In fact, this world has always been like this, hating people for being rich and hating people for being poor.

In the past, the media said that Tottenham Hotspur suffered a big loss, and it was not cost-effective to invest in Stratford Stadium, so all the fans of English teams have attacked one after another, thinking that Tottenham Hotspur has made a big fat sheep, and has been slaughtered and helped to count the money, but now, the completion of the Stratford Stadium has been unveiled, and the whole world is amazed and in an uproar, so many people began to criticize, thinking that the London City Council and the Olympic Organizing Committee are biased in favor of Tottenham Hotspur, otherwise why would such good things be cheap North Londoners?

For these remarks from the outside world, Ye Qiu really has no choice, at the beginning, many teams participated together, West Ham United wanted empty gloves White Wolves, Leiton Oriental and other teams were not in the stream at all, Chelsea has not actively participated in this competition, Abramovic wants to gain a foothold in West London, which makes Tottenham Hotspur finally get this cooperation.

It should be said that it is not who takes advantage of whom, but the lack of vision on the part of several other teams

However, many of those who criticize Tottenham Hotspur for being taken care of by the government are from rivals such as Arsenal and Manchester United, who have nothing to do with them, and they are simply disgusting Tottenham.

The so-called mortal enemy, even when I am not happy, I will definitely not let you have a good time

Manchester United fans are now in this kind of mentality, watching Stratford Stadium become popular, like a beautiful and stunning girl, and then looking at their Old Trafford stadium, it is simply a rough-skinned, unkempt yellow-faced woman, how can it be balanced in their hearts?

If you are unbalanced, you must find a target to vent, so Tottenham Hotspur has become such a target.

Even when the Tottenham Hotspur bus passed through Sir Matt Busby O and entered the main gate of Old Trafford, the Red Devils fans who gathered outside to wait for the entrance were all boiling and booing, and many fans even unfurled their banners and slogans, including a cartoon satirizing Tottenham Hotspur and the London City Council.

This also reminded Ye Qiu of the fact that Barcelona fans were sarcastic and sarcastic about Real Madrid selling the old stadium, located in the center of Madrid, the commercial area is not small, how can the value of selling such a piece of land be low? But if you feel that there is a private relationship between the club and the government, it is indeed a bit too much.

"It's too sour, we have been smelling this sour smell all the way from London to Manchester, not more sour here, and my teeth are soft" Ye Qiu saw the actions of the Red Devils fans in the bus, and said with a smile, not caring at all that he was criticized.

Coming to the away side is ready to be slammed and humiliated by the home fans, and if you don't have that, then you are not eligible to play away from home.

"Head, let's knock out their teeth and see how sore they are," Ribery said with a smile

All the players in the bus laughed, although Tottenham Hotspur lost to Manchester United in the Champions League semi-finals last season, but it was a double in the league, so for Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur has no psychological pressure.

After Ye Qiu listened to the player's words, he also smiled, but in fact, he was still a little apprehensive in his heart, because he didn't know what kind of tactics Manchester United would adopt in this game.

Ferguson now has too many cards in his hand, veterans such as Scholes and Ryan Giggs are old and strong, Benzema, Tevez, Rooney, Sneijder, Lasso Diarra and Carrick and other players are in their prime, but there are also Anderson, Park Ji-sung, Nani, Fletcher, Hernandes and other powerful stars in the team, Manchester United's current bench thickness is one of the best in Europe, not to mention the Premier League, in Europe, in this regard, Tottenham Hotspur is not as good as Manchester United.

Of course, this disadvantage is only temporary because Tottenham Hotspur have more young players on the bench.

Manchester United has a lot of variables this season, the front trident because of the World Cup, Ferguson has also been adjusting, for example, this season's Portuguese winger Nani is Manchester United's best player at the beginning, but will Ferguson arrange Nani to start in this game?

After all, Nani plays on the right side, how to arrange the full-backs behind him? Right-back has always been a major weakness of Manchester United this season, and Tottenham Hotspur's attack on the left side is very good, whether it is Ribery Riga Marcelo, or Neymar and Alba, the left side of the attack is very good, which will be a big challenge for Manchester United's right side, what will Ferguson do?

It is precisely because of this series of doubts, coupled with the fact that Manchester United's new Champions League champion is also quite good, so Ye Qiu's start to visit Old Trafford Stadium was also careless, and the opening tactics were more cautious and cautious, focusing on stability.

When referee Mark Clattenburg blew the whistle at the end of the first half, the entire Old Trafford stadium still maintained the boos of the first half, and was still actively exerting the power of the 12th man on the pitch, affecting and disturbing Tottenham Hotspur who were playing away.

Premier League celebrity Andy Gray, who sat in the media box at Old Trafford, looked depressed.

"The terrible and dull first half is finally over" was Andy Gray's shouting into the microphone as if relieved after hearing Mark Clattenberg's whistle, and he now felt the urge to vent loudly.

'That's what I've said, the worst game of the season for both teams so far, the most dreary game, which is really rare for teams like Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United, but it's really bad.

"I think the reason for this terrible and dull game is mainly in the strength of the two teams, both teams are the main lineups, the difference in strength is not particularly large, and Tottenham Hotspur is playing away, but mainly trying to attack, while Manchester United, who is playing at home, is hoarding a lot of troops in defense."

'It was clear that the managers of both teams had done a lot of preparation before the game, especially in terms of targeting, for example, in order to strengthen the pressure on the Tottenham Hotspur midfield, Tevez and Nani both retreated deeply, Rooney was alone in front, and in the opening moment, Nani tried to press forward, but David Silva quickly pressed him back.

"Then we saw that Manchester United hardly had much desire to attack, and one of the biggest highlights of Ferguson's game should be the use of Las Diarra, because Tevez and Nani have retreated to a near-wing-back position, so Sneijder and Lasso Diarra have pressed up, giving full play to the disruption of Tottenham Hotspur's midfield and backfield."

"The advantage of this tactical style of play is that it suppresses Tottenham Hotspur's deep advance in the middle, but the disadvantage is that it allows his attack to be broken into pieces, which compromises his combat effectiveness, and at the same time strengthens the restrictions on Ribery and Messi, so that these two dangerous people do not have many opportunities to get the ball."

"Tottenham Hotspur also has problems, if there is no way to suppress the midfield, then Ye Qiu has taken a suppressed attitude towards Alves and Marcelo in this game, and it is obvious that he also wants to ensure the quality of defense."

"The loss of the tactical width brought by the full-back forward insertion, and the midfield was contained, making the midfield's creativity a little lacking, so the front trident must maintain a close position in order to ensure contact and create threats, so we have seen that Tottenham Hotspur's several threatening attacks are created by the front trident using their own ability to cooperate in the front court, but it is too concentrated in the middle, so that Vidic and Ferdinand have a good defensive performance."

Andy Gray is actually trying to tell all the fans that in this kind of strong conversation, once the managers of both sides don't make mistakes easily, and the tactics are sufficiently targeted, the game can become very dull.

"Perhaps, what we can expect is the change in the second half between the two sides, especially Tottenham Hotspur, who controlled the advantage and initiative in the first half, but failed to create many chances, I think if Ye Qiu's midfield can find an effective way to break down Manchester United's defense and suppression, the second half of the game will be more beautiful.

"As for Manchester United, I think Ferguson may continue to play defensive counter-attacking tactics, after all, all teams are still defensive against Tottenham Hotspur, but Rooney was not active enough in the first half, will Benzema be there? When is it on? Or whether Giggs will be on, these are the hands of doubt

As Andy Gray summed up the first half, Tottenham Hotspur, who returned to the visiting dressing room, also began a tense 15-minute half-time break and adjustments.

For the difficulties and situations encountered by the team in the first half, Ye Qiu had enough psychological preparation, and it can even be said that he did not doubt this, because this is the strength and performance that Manchester United should have.

One of Tottenham's most threatening attacks in the first half came in the 21st minute, when Franck Ribery crossed from the left, Van der Sar came out but couldn't get the ball on target, Cavani volleyed in the goal, but this time the Uruguayan striker hit the ball wide and couldn't hit the target, and there was no way around it, after all, no scorer can guarantee that he can take every chance to score.

The sentence "We played badly in the first half" can be regarded as Ye Qiu's summary of the first half.

The players are also mentally prepared for this, this should be the worst game of Tottenham Hotspur so far this season, even including the 00-00 draw with Manchester City, but the players are not not trying their best, but the opponent's strength is too strong, and the tactics are too targeted.

"I told you before the game, be flexible, be proactive and change, and don't blindly follow the opponent, they have planted mines in front, do we have to be stupid to follow?"

Ye Qiu said that after saying this, it was also appropriate, after all, at halftime, what the players needed was encouragement, and Tottenham Hotspur now had the advantage and the initiative, if you said it too ruthlessly, the players were not happy in their hearts, thinking that your manager was talking cool off the field, but we were desperate on the field.

"The most important problem for us in the first half was that we fell into the trap of Manchester United, Ferguson strengthened the defensive pressure in the midfield through the retreat of Tevez and Nani, our midfield could not operate in the same order as before, we did not have a high possession, only 53 and the tempo was not fast, but the pass success rate was low, 79......"

This series of statistics is indeed not ideal for Tottenham Hotspur, especially the pass success rate, which is too low.

'The main reason is that we were too crowded in the middle of the midfield, so in the second half we had to open up the space in the middle of the midfield, but there was one problem that you had to keep in mind that the back line couldn't move.

You want to say that Ye Qiu is conservative, or that he seeks stability, but he knows very well that the team was able to firmly suppress Manchester United in the first half, because the team's excellent defense made Manchester United's counterattack unable to play, if you really let the full-backs press up as many people say, Manchester United's counterattack can be lived, which is not a good thing for Tottenham Hotspur.

"David" Ye Qiu pointed to David Silva, "I don't think you should be too entangled with Nani, especially when we have the ball, so in the second half when we take the ball and attack, I hope you can move on the side and then diagonally behind Las O Diarra"

"In the same way, Frank and Leo have to be aggressive, I need one of you to stay around Cavani at all times, on top of the opponent's defence, and the other one to drop back and pull the side and then diagonally behind Carrick and Lasso Diarra."

"Seske has dropped back to a central midfield position, so I need to keep the interaction between you and Yaya and work with the backline to ensure the fluidity of our central midfield"

With Ye Qiu's series of adjustments, everyone clearly saw that on the tactical board, Tottenham Hotspur's originally dense middle became directly open, especially after Fabregas retreated, David Silva, Ribery and Messi pressed forward or pulled the side, the midfield was vacant.

With a bang, Ye Qiu's right hand slapped heavily on the tactical board, "In a word, after the space is opened, we go on both wings, not obsessed with the midfield control, we pay attention to practical results, from the two wings to quickly pass the midfield, to the front court to create a threat"

After listening to this, the players in the locker room nodded their heads one by one, and they all believed that with Ye Qiu's midfield adjustment, the situation in the second half would change a lot.

Because, Ye Qiu has used the actual performance of the past years to prove his ability, and has also won their trust and dependence.