Tottenham Hotspur is still full of confidence in Ye Qiu's long-term plan to return to the top of Europe after three years of adjustment proposed by Ye Qiu within the coaching staff, not only because the team is getting better and better, but more importantly, there is a group of outstanding stars within the team.

It seems that after two weeks of national team breaks, the eighth round of the English Premier League was rekindled, Tottenham Hotspur challenged Fulham away on the afternoon of October 16, and this game Ye Qiu did not arrange players including David Silva to play the whole game in the national team game, and the center forward also arranged Raul to start instead of Cavani.

It's just that players such as Messi and Ribery also started because they all returned to the team early this time, and Ye Qiu had negotiated with the Argentine and French national teams before, so he used several players in the team leisurely.

This round is the grave of the strong teams, because after a two-week break in the national team match, the team's form and rhythm have been disrupted, so Manchester United, West Ham United and Chelsea have all suffered draws, which makes many people worry that Tottenham Hotspur will be like Manchester United and other teams.

But Ye Qiu made it clear before this game that he was satisfied with the team's current form.

Tottenham Hotspur also rotated in this game, with Petr Cech in goal, Alba, Kompany, Thiago Silva and Kyle Walker at the back, Coutinho, Yaya Toure and Cesc Fabregas in midfield, and Ribery, Raul and Messi in the front three.

At Craven Cottage, when referee Mike Dean blew the whistle for the start of the game, Tottenham Hotspur's Raul kicked the ball to Messi in the center circle, Messi passed back to Yaya Toure in midfield, who then knocked back to Kompany at the back, the whole process was exactly the same as in all previous games.

Fulham's players quickly infiltrated the Tottenham Hotspur formation, ready to put pressure on Tottenham Hotspur at the first time, and it is best to make it difficult for the north London team to form a fierce attack at the first time, after all, Tottenham Hotspur's attack is a nightmare for all opponents.

Many people admire Chelsea's attack, but in fact, Chelsea's attack is very dependent on Drogba, but Tottenham Hotspur's attack is different, this team has a lot of attacking points, and the attacking routines are very rich, whether it is ground or set-pieces, they have enough means to score goals, and this team's attack is even more difficult to defend than Chelsea.

The ball fell to Kompany and then passed to Coutinho, who had dropped back to the left-hand area, and the time passed about 20 seconds later.

I believe that at this moment, Fulham's players must still be adjusting their rhythm, speculating about when, from what angle and in what way Tottenham Hotspur will attack.

But at this moment, Coutinho suddenly made a short low ball with a long pass, and saw that the ball was very fast, almost close to the ground, with a slight arc, over a large area of the court, and flew directly to find Ribery who was pulling to the left side.

Fulham's Northern Ireland right-back Baird reacted, but it was impossible to get close to Ribery, so he made a quick scissor-foot sliding tackle in the hope of using his legs to intercept Coutinho's through ball, but his foot did touch the ball, but it was only a light touch, and even the direction of the ball could not be changed.

It was really an adventure for Coutinho, but it worked, so it was very beautiful.

Ribery rushed to the front, quickly slotted the ball, and inserted it diagonally into the penalty area, and at this time Fulham's two central defenders had quickly returned to the penalty area, Ribery saw that the angle of his kick had been blocked, so he chose to stop the ball and knock the ball horizontally to the middle from the side of the opponent's central defender.

Raul is a little slower than Ribery, but this slowness is reflected on the pitch, at best, it is only a matter of a second or two, so when Ribery's pass comes to the middle of the penalty area, Raul is already in place, but in front of him is the Fulham goalkeeper Schwarzer, who is ready with open arms, and there are defenders on the left and right, so it seems that he has only one option, which is to barely get his feet, and this shot will definitely be given by the Fulham defenders and goalkeepers.

Fulham's defenders seem to see that prospect as well, so they're all waiting for Raul to get his feet up.

But just when they thought that Raul would force his feet, they saw Raul suddenly cross the ball, knock the ball behind him with his left heel, and he did not stop the speed, rushed forward, and directly blocked the sight and movement direction of goalkeeper Schwarzer and the opponent's two defenders with his body.

In this case, Schwarzer couldn't see the situation behind Raul at all, and Fulham's two defenders couldn't pounce on it in time and effectively, and they didn't even have time to figure out how Raul found out that he had Messi behind him, and how did he ensure that Messi would appear?

Perhaps, this is a secret that belongs to Raul, but Messi is in the most critical place at the best of times.

Raul's heel came to Messi, the Argentine stopped to his left, took a step forward, and hit a clever shot with his left foot, directly to the left side of the goal, the ball barely deviated from Messi's predetermined track, and hit the goal against the post, 0

Messi excitedly raised his left hand and rushed to Raul for the first time, while Ribery, Coutinho, Cesc Fabregas and others also rushed up for the first time, and they celebrated directly in the Fulham penalty area.

“GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL”

Andy Gray exclaimed excitedly because the goal came too quickly and too suddenly

"It's been less than 40 seconds since the game started, oh my God, in less than a minute, Tottenham Hotspur came back and broke through Fulham's goal first, which is undoubtedly a blow to the home team Fulham, it's too surprising, this game will be very, very difficult to play, after all, the opening less than a minute to concede a goal, it's too demoralizing"

The live TV and the big screen in the stadium are repeatedly playing the goal just now, judging from the slow-motion replay, Messi and Raul obviously had an interaction before, when Coutinho passed, Raul was more forward, so he rushed to the front, and Messi deliberately slowed down, because he expected that if Ribery didn't get up on his own feet, he would definitely pass horizontally, so he had to form an offensive depth with the two teammates in front of him, and if he also rushed forward, he would squeeze into his own people.

As it turned out, Messi's decision was correct, and Ribery's cross was clearly expected by the Fulham defenders, but what they didn't expect was that Raul would opt for a backheel knock that was a very beautiful assist

Many people must think of Raul's best friend Guti when they think of their heels, but what they don't think about is that Raul has also had many backheel assists and even goals in his career, and this is just one of them.

And as Andy Gray said, conceding a goal just after the opening kick-off undoubtedly fell into a very embarrassing passive situation for the home team Fulham, especially for Mark Hughes, who has been re-inducted this season, he has always wanted to prove himself again in Fulham, while telling everyone that Manchester City's failure is not due to his ability.

Fulham started the season with the impression of too many draws, they got a total of six draws and one win in the first seven rounds, so Mark Hughes can proudly say that his Fulham are unbeaten in the league, which is the only unbeaten team in the Premier League this season except for Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United, and this also gives Mark Hughes the confidence to use home advantage to challenge Tottenham Hotspur.

What I didn't expect was that Tottenham Hotspur gave Mark Hughes a slap as soon as he came up, which made the English people angry and dissatisfied, this is Craven Farm, not Tottenham Hotspur's White Hart Lane

So, after seeing the goal conceded, Mark Hughes walked to the sideline and shouted at the players on the pitch, "Die to those north London bastards, don't let them get out of this stadium alive"

"Give me an offense, keep attacking"

Dressed in a suit, Mark Hughes has clearly lost his original demeanor and he can't afford to accept such a loss, so he has to save face and continue to win the confidence of the Fulham fans, which requires scoring.

After Tottenham Hotspur scored the first goal, they did not play in a hurry, especially after seeing Fulham take the initiative to press out and attack, Tottenham Hotspur's group of players was very experienced and began to consciously pull Fulham out.

"Mark Hughes should stay calm, especially the players on the pitch, don't be too aggressive, they are playing against Tottenham Hotspur, the most attacking team in Europe," Andy Gray said with a little worry for Fulham.

But as soon as he finished speaking, he saw Tottenham Hotspur counterattack with another long pass from the back, Thiago Silva's long pass with big feet, Messi quickly shook off the left-back who defended him, rushed to the right side of the Fulham penalty area, caught up with the slowing ball, and directly crossed the ball with his right foot.

Fighting with Messi, Ribery, who hit the left side of the opponent's goal, quickly caught up, picked up his left foot to meet the incoming ball, he was also very smart with this shot, slightly picked the goalkeeper, and crashed into the right inner side of the goal, 0

"I said, it's too anxious and too aggressive, and when you meet a team like Tottenham Hotspur, you will lose if you are in a hurry"

"0 Fulham's start is simply terrible, we see that Mark Hughes's team can't stop Tottenham Hotspur's attack again and again, scoring two goals with three shots, this kind of game, such scoring efficiency, how can Fulham stop it? In particular, Mark O Hughes also adopts the offensive tactics of forward pressing, isn't this looking for death? ”

Andy O Gray is a bit hated that iron is not steel, after all, so fast, conceding two goals in less than seven minutes, which has almost pronounced Fulham's death sentence in advance, because it is difficult for Fulham to pull back these two goals in the hands of Tottenham Hotspur without being scored by Tottenham Hotspur, which is almost a nightmare

"Maybe right now, the safest tactic for Mark Hughes is to stabilize the situation first," suggested Andy Gray.

But it's clear that Mark Hughes doesn't have that intention, or that the Fulham players on the pitch don't have that in mind.

In fact, Tottenham Hotspur have plenty of experience in the game right now, they are smart and know how to use their strengths, and they are also very good at using the psychology of their opponents to beat their opponents.

So, when the team scored two goals in a row, they continued to maintain the attacking pressure on Fulham, but they were not as sharp and pressed as before, and patiently used their technical advantages to control the game.

It's like two people are dueling, one is impatient, the other is calm, the former tries his best to kill each other in the shortest possible time, but the latter is sure to win, patiently playing guerrilla warfare with you, grinding with you, slowly grinding away your patience, and consuming your physical energy.

By the fifteenth minute, Fulham, who had finally taken it no longer, had once again exposed a problem that should not have arisen at all.

Messi dribbled the ball on the right side and wanted to make a personal breakthrough, but the Mexican left-back Salcido was stuck very well, and after cutting off the ball at Messi's feet, he kicked forward directly, anxious to clear the ball out of the dangerous 30-meter area, but at this time Kyle Walker followed, rushed forward after getting the ball, attracted Salcido's attention, and directly kicked the ball to the feet of Messi, who had run behind Salcido and entered the penalty area.

Faced with such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, the Argentine directly used his right foot to hit a powerful volley about 17 meters away from the goal, and this shot he had a good angle and strength, and he took the right post into the net, and the goalkeeper Schwarzer made a good position, squatting down to hold the incoming ball.

But just as Schwarzer made a move, the ball hit the ground and bounced slightly, causing the ball to pass through the little gap between him and the post, and crash into the goal line.30

"How Tottenham Hotspur is playing now, how to play directly" Andy O Gray is a little helpless, all three goals, according to this trend, maybe Tottenham Hotspur can play a big victory.

"I believe that if you are a fan of Tottenham Hotspur, you will find a very interesting thing, that is, since last season, Tottenham Hotspur players have obviously improved a lot in the footwork of shooting and scoring, and we pay attention to the three goals in this game, and the footwork is very good"

"Last season, Tottenham Hotspur's center forward was Rodamel Falco, the most impressive thing about this Colombian center forward is his unparalleled shooting skills, and this obviously stimulated this group of superstars in the Tottenham Hotspur team, so they all practiced their footwork one by one, we looked at Ribery's pick just now, and now Messi's shot, the footwork is very good and very reasonable

Andy Gray's commentary has a certain professionalism, which is also his most popular style, and he is now full of anticipation for Tottenham Hotspur's outburst of this game, and perhaps, if he can enjoy a wonderful goalscoring feast, he will also feel good, especially when the goal is scored by Tottenham Hotspur, who have always played a gorgeous ball.

The game also developed as Andy Gray had predicted, with Tottenham Hotspur scoring goals as they did when they were in good shape, and Fulham, despite their best efforts to stop them, were never able to prevent Tottenham from scoring again, even if they shrank into their own 30-metre zone.

When the game reached the thirty-sixth minute, Tottenham Hotspur's forward attack was contained, Messi rushed into the penalty area and shot was blocked by the opposing defender, Raul received the ball at the front of the penalty area, saw that there was no chance, protected the ball and knocked back, Fabregas retreated to receive the ball, and crossed to Kyle O Walker on the right.

After the England right-back got the ball, he stepped forward, and after catching up, he saw Messi blocking the opponent's left-back Baird with his body in the penalty area, so he directly made a strong pass and passed the ball to Messi as quickly as possible.

The Argentine has been asked by Ye Qiu to strengthen his upper body strength in recent years, which is indeed a good way to help him complete the physical confrontation, and he used his body to block the left-back Salcido, the latter's disturbance and squeeze behind him did not affect him, but Messi is also difficult to turn around, but when Kyle Walker's pass came to Messi's feet, the Argentine received the ball very steadily, almost not letting the ball bounce off his feet.

When Messi catches a pass in the box, it will be a nightmare for any defender on any team, so the defenders of Fulham around him rushed towards Messi almost without hesitation, but the Argentine could not turn around, but chose to knock the ball back to Raul, who was inserted into the box from outside the penalty area.

The Spanish veteran faced Messi's pass, and the Argentine's calmness was reflected in the direction of his pass, which happened to pass to the left side of Raul, which made Raul, whose main foot is left-footed, very good to hit the goal directly, so the Spanish veteran did not waste the opportunity, and picked up his left foot directly is a clever shot.

Raul's shooting footwork was also very good, and the angle was so good that Schwarzer was desperate, almost grazing the post and crashing into the goal, 40

As Andy Gray said, when Tottenham Hotspur play smoothly and play crazy, then almost any way to play is how to score.

Seeing Tottenham Hotspur go to the next goal, Fulham's goalkeeper Schwarzer has conceded four goals in a row in just over half an hour, which makes him so ashamed that he hunched his back, his head on the turf, and kept hammering the ground, he really has a kind of digging a hole in the ground and burying himself.

I believe that at this moment, there are many players in the Fulham team who are still puzzled, what is going on in this game?

Why did his well-organized defense on weekdays be so easily broken through this game under the attack of Tottenham Hotspur?

Perhaps, this is a question that even Mark Hughes has not been able to answer