Volume 1 Chapter 579 Sprint to the Champion!

Tottenham Hotspur slaughtered Porto by five goals at home and successfully completed a comeback to advance to the quarter-finals.

This battle did not surprise the media and fans, there was a big gap between the strength of the two sides, and they were worried before, and they were just worried, and there was not the slightest doubt about the strength of Tottenham Hotspur, so when Tottenham Hotspur beat Porto, everyone's feeling was relatively flat.

However, Ye Qiu's remarks at the post-match press conference quickly spread through the media and spread all over the world, some people think that Ye Qiu's counterattack is very enjoyable, sharp and level, but some people think that Ye Qiu's words are too scathing, after all, his team has beaten the opponent by a big beat, which in itself has slapped the opponent, why use words to stimulate Ferreira?

Jesualdo Ferreira didn't say anything at the press conference, and left in a huff, but soon after, when he was interviewed by the Portuguese media, he told reporters that Ye Qiu was the most ungraceful head coach in the world he had ever seen, and he was completely unworthy of being a famous coach, and even his whole person gave people the feeling of being an upstart.

"Maybe I can understand this, because he comes from a country full of nouveau riche"

Originally, Ye Qiu didn't intend to fight back against Jesu Aldo Ferreira, after all, this kind of war of words was completely self-depraved for him, but Jesu Aldo Ferreira's remarks stimulated him, so Ye Qiu immediately fought back.

"I don't understand what exactly Mr. Ferreira means, if you want to say nouveau riche, I'm sure everyone can see very clearly, who is going around preaching, sarcastic and sarcastic opponents everywhere after winning? I can even say that Tottenham Hotspur played Porto, I gave Jesualdo Ferreira ten games, I guarantee that the tactical line-up will not change, as long as he can win one more game, even if I lose, I will apologise in person, and if I win all, he will also apologize for his remarks"

"Originally, I didn't intend to pay attention to this kind of person, to put it mildly, he is completely unworthy of being my opponent, the reason is very simple, everyone saw it, he won a game and spread it everywhere, everyone, the whole world knew that he won me, won Tottenham Hotspur, but we beat them, but it was a matter of course, it was like stepping on an ant to death, I don't think there is any sense of accomplishment in this way, and I don't think there is anything to be proud of in such a game."

"The biggest difference between me and Jesualdo Ferreira is that he is happy when he wins a game, it's like he won the grand prize, but we are different, we have nothing to be happy about when we win, and it is a disaster to lose"

Jesualdo Ferreira did not respond to Ye Qiu's challenge in person, but he also refused to apologize for his remarks, although many media, including in Portugal, believe that in all the head coaches' war of words, they are basically aimed at individuals and teams, and rarely make personal attacks, even attacking the nationality of the other party.

But when a reporter from the British Guardian asked him if he dared to accept the challenge, he said he did not have time.

"Mr. Ferreira, Mr. Ye Qiu said that the game can be arranged during the summer training camp, all the costs will be borne by him, and he even allows you to make a big splash this summer, as long as you can beat him, he will publish an apology to you in important media, and in turn, he also needs you to publish an apology"

When he said this, Sheen Ingle smiled and conveyed Ye Qiu's original words, "As long as the head coach of Porto is still you, Jesualdo Ferreira, you will never have a chance to beat Tottenham Hotspur again, what do you think?" ”

Jesualdo Ferreira responded by leaving early again in anger, but he did not respond to whether he would accept the challenge.

The management of Porto was quick to carry out press relations, saying that Jesualdo Ferreira's remarks only represent him personally, and the Porto club is not involved in the personal feud between him and Ye Qiu, and said that the team's board of directors is closely monitoring the current situation of the team and the development of things.

Some domestic media in Portugal claimed that Porto's board of directors had issued a warning to Jesualdo Ferreira, hoping that he would have time to fight with others, and that it would be better to focus on the team because the board is not satisfied with Porto's current results.

Although Porto reached the final of the Portuguese Cup this season, their results in the Portuguese Super League are not ideal, and they are currently ranked third in the Portuguese Super League, which is definitely not a good result for Porto, which has always advertised itself as a Portuguese Super League giant, and there are even many people who speculate that Jesualdo Ferreira will leave the position of Porto this summer.

As for Jesualdo Ferreira's predicament, some media in England and Europe have given him a rock, thinking that he looks more like he wants to use Ye Qiu to make himself popular, but unless he can lead Porto to win the championship at the last moment, all the remarks will only make him look more like a clown.

Ye Qiu didn't put too much energy into Porto and Jesualdo Ferreira, his popularity came and went quickly, but it also disappeared quickly, and he has always taken a blind attitude towards this kind of little person, this time if it wasn't for some of Jesualdo Ferreira's remarks that were excessive, he wouldn't have chased after him

After playing the second leg of the round of 16, the draw ceremony for the quarterfinals of the Champions League was soon held in Nyon, Switzerland, the headquarters of UEFA

As soon as the draw results for the quarterfinals came back, the coaching room on the second floor of the first team training building at Theobald's training base suddenly became silent, and everyone sat in front of their desks.

Only Roland Shepas picked up the blackboard marker and walked to the front of the coach's room, on top of a schedule for March and April, where the names of Barcelona were written on March 3l and April 7.

Throughout March and April, Tottenham Hotspur's schedule was packed with fixtures, and although the team was knocked out of the FA Cup and League Cup, the league and Champions League schedules alone were enough for Tottenham to drink.

Just look at the schedule is very clear, Tottenham Hotspur still have three league games to play in March, the opponents are Blackburn, Stoke City and Portsmouth, the strength of these three opponents is not too strong, Tottenham Hotspur is very likely to win the opponent, and the three games are basically one game a week, not much pressure.

But the crux of the matter is that starting from the home game against Barcelona on March 3l, the black cat Sunderland away on April 3, and the away Barcelona on April 7, and then the next league opponents are Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester United, although these three games have a week of adjustment time, but in mid-to-late April, Tottenham Hotspur will play the three major Premier League teams in a row within two weeks, and the requirements are also very high.

If Tottenham Hotspur can't eliminate Barcelona and stop at the quarterfinals, then the schedule will end here, and the devil's schedule of the league is not completely insurmountable, but if Tottenham Hotspur knocks out Barcelona and advances to the last four, then the opponent will be the winner between Bayern Munich and Manchester United.

Whether they meet either Bayern Munich or Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur will have to endure the devil's schedule in the Champions League semi-finals on April and April P

Therefore, the situation in front of Tottenham Hotspur now is that it is difficult to advance, and it is even more difficult not to advance

The Premier League schedule has actually been arranged from the beginning of the season, but Tottenham Hotspur's luck is relatively poor, the first round of the league, Tottenham Hotspur's schedule is very troublesome, in September met Manchester United and Chelsea two rounds of play, but at that time faced the Champions League group stage, the strength was weak.

As for the match between Liverpool and West Ham United, it was in August, so although the opening schedule of the league is a big test for the team, but in general, the pressure is not particularly high, but now the situation is different, Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester United are in turn, and according to the current league points, as long as Tottenham Hotspur makes a slight mistake in these three games and loses points in a row, the title will inevitably be affected.

In other words, you have to do your best to win all three games to ensure that you win the title early, but in front of the three major opponents, you also have to take into account the knockout stage of the Champions League, which is definitely a huge test for Tottenham Hotspur this season, the devil's schedule of the devil's schedule.

Looking at the names of those top teams densely written on the schedule, everyone in the coach's room looked very solemn.

Don't look at Tottenham Hotspur as a standout right now, but as long as they make a mistake in the strong conversation, as long as they can't bear the pressure and collapse in this part of the schedule, then Tottenham's current lead will be quickly shortened, and even caught up by rivals such as Chelsea and Manchester United.

After the winter break, Manchester United and Chelsea are obviously getting better and better, while Carlo Ancelotti's Chelsea are currently chasing Tottenham Hotspur the most, and they have been eliminated from the Champions League, leaving the league and the FA Cup, and the FA Cup opponents are obviously much weaker than Chelsea.

In other words, Chelsea can concentrate all their energy on playing in the league, while Tottenham Hotspur cannot, not only can't, but they also have to have a devilish schedule in a row, which is simply fatal

Not only Chelsea, but also the second half of the season was significantly better than the first, after beating AC Milan away in the first leg of the round of 16, back at Old Trafford in the second leg, United beat AC Milan by 40, making the Red Devils almost the brightest team in the last 16 of this Champions League.

Ferguson has clearly adjusted the squad and structure, especially with the integration of Lars Diarra and Sneijder and the resurgence of form, coupled with the grinding of the front three and the absence of injuries to the main line-up, the Red Devils have finally shown their true fighting ability.

Such a Manchester United is something that no team aiming to compete for the Premier League title will easily ignore, because no one dares to guarantee that Manchester United will not fight back in the last moments, and no one dares to guarantee that so many tragedies of Manchester United in the past will not appear in Tottenham Hotspur.

With such a difficult schedule on the one hand, and competitors holding these advantages on the other, Tottenham Hotspur is indeed in a very disadvantageous position, and everyone can easily feel the difficulties that the team is about to face.

Ye Qiu walked into the coach's room, he received the news from Nyon earlier than the coaching staff, and he also knew that the team did not have much luck in the draw this time, and drew the strongest Barcelona, which is almost a duel between the two strongest teams in football today, but the Lyon team, the draw was very lucky, and it was actually drawn Bordeaux in Ligue 1.

This is tantamount to ensuring that there will be a Ligue 1 team in the semi-finals, and it is not an exaggeration to say that Platini takes care of Ligue 1.

Ye Qiu walked to the front of the schedule, watched Roland write the name of Barcelona, and circled the dates of the two legs of the Champions League semifinals, if Tottenham Hotspur advances, it will really be a super devil schedule in mid-to-late April, but if you don't advance, the team's loss will be quite large.

"Okay, everyone, don't look depressed, what storms haven't we seen?"

Ye Qiu smiled and applauded vigorously, although his smile looked a little reluctant, all he could do now was to laugh, infect everyone with a confident smile, infect the players, at least let everyone face and meet this schedule more confidently, because frustration and regret can't change everything.

"I think it's a good schedule for us, because the schedule is concentrated and we just need to adjust the team's condition, so in the next period of time, we need to prepare well and prepare for this period of the devil's schedule in mid-to-late April."

Everyone knew very well that Ye Qiu's words were more like cheering himself up.

"To be honest, I don't have the confidence to do it now" Ye Qiu walked in front of the coaching team and pointed to the schedule behind him, "With such a dense schedule and so many strong teams coming at the same time, this is a huge challenge for any team, but I also feel very interested, because I just want to fight, at least to try, to see if we can hold it out"

"It's like fighting on Sunday], we have to fight inch by inch, game after game, don't think too much, but we also have to do a good job of overall planning"

Ye Qiu quickly called Peter Brandt, who was in charge of the team's physical fitness, from the analysis center, and all the members of the core coaching staff gathered in Ye Qiu's office for a meeting and began to discuss how to deal with this part of the schedule.

With Ye Qiu's idea, in the next three rounds, that is, more than half a month, Tottenham Hotspur's opponents are not strong, Blackburn and Portsmouth are both playing at home, playing Stoke City and Sunderland away, in Ye Qiu's words, as long as the team maintains a certain state and can play at a general level, even if it is rotated, he is sure that he can beat the opponent.

Of course, beating your opponent doesn't mean you can play well.

"You mean, use this time to adjust your fitness and condition?" Peter Brandt understood what Ye Qiu meant.

Ye Qiu nodded, "Is there a way?" "The fitness and form of the players is cyclical, similar to parabola, with ups and downs, and Tottenham Hotspur have developed a whole set of methods to control the form of the players in the past to ensure that the team can play with quality and quality in some key games.

"Mid-to-late April?" Peter Brandt thought about it very seriously and was a little embarrassed.

"Not only that, on March 3l, play the first leg of Barcelona, strive to win the opponent, and I'll figure out a way away" Ye Qiuzhi said that his requirements are a bit high, after all, to maintain the state of the players for such a long time, especially to have the state of continuously challenging strong opponents, this requirement is indeed a bit high.

But the problem is that if the state declines, encountering opponents such as Arsenal, Chelsea, and Manchester United, the possibility of losing is very high, because these opponents except Manchester United are almost all waiting for leisure, especially Arsenal, the north London derby, Wenger can't help but do his best, at least to get back a game this season.

"All I can say is, do your best" Peter Brandt also felt a lot of pressure.

After Ye Qiu listened, he reached over and patted his old partner on the shoulder, he has been partnered with Peter Brandt for so many years, he knows Peter Brandt's ability better than anyone else, if he says to do his best, it is not certain that he will succeed, but you definitely don't have to doubt whether he will do his best, because he will always go all out.

"I believe in you, old man," Ye Qiu said encouragingly.

"I also believe in all of you" Ye Qiu swept over all the core members of the coaching staff present, "We are all old partners for many years, we have come all the way from Ajax, we have encountered countless storms, we have also encountered countless challenges, but we have finally come here and come to this day."

"I believe that no matter what difficulties we encounter, we will be able to overcome them."

Ye Qiu's words made all the coaching staff present nod, because they had created too much glory in the past so many years, and now, they hoped to continue this glory.

Since he wants to let Peter Brandt be responsible, then he will share the power to decide the players to play, so that the analysis team can better control the physical fitness and state of the players.

So in the weekend away game against Blackburn, Tottenham Hotspur performed badly in the first half, and the home game against Blackburn Rovers was 00 and in the second half, Blackburn was the first to score.

Seeing that the situation of the team was unfavorable, Ye Qiu had to make substitutions in the second half and replaced Messi and Alves.

The two players came on to activate Tottenham's attacking firepower, and within half an hour, Falcao scored twice and Hazzard scored a third goal for the side to help Tottenham Hotspur reverse Blackburn.

This battle made Ye Qiu realize the team's dependence on the main players, whether it is Messi or Ribery, or Fabregas and David Silva, Tottenham Hotspur rely on them very much, and the bench thickness is too weak.

But after this game, Ye Qiu said in an interview with the media that in the next month and a half, the ownership of the Premier League and Champions League champions this season will be completely decided, and he also called on all Tottenham Hotspur players in the interview.

"Let's make the final sprint to the championship"