Those who have not experienced it will never understand how much pressure there is to remain undefeated for a long time.

Everyone, no matter who he is, whether he is a good person or a bad person, open-minded or introverted, anyone retains a complex in their hearts that they do not want to disappoint those who support and affirm themselves, and this complex often translates into an invisible pressure in the game.

As a professional footballer and a professional coach, the moment you walk into the professional arena, you have this pressure in itself, because you think all the time, thousands of fans are watching you, the media and fans are watching you, you can't let them down, you have to do everything you can to win the game.

That kind of pressure is so great that a lot of players who are talented in the youth team and in the amateur league collapse when they get to the professional game.

When you win a game, the fans want you to win the second game, when you win the second game, they want you to win the third game, and so on, and so on, and over time, the pressure builds up, and when you can go unbeaten for a season, then every time you step on the pitch, the biggest enemy is no longer your opponent, but the pressure you are carrying.

Ye Qiu understands this very well, as Chelsea's unbeaten record continues to continue, the coaching staff's psychiatrist lineup has rapidly expanded from the original individual to 5, and the number of physiotherapists and masseurs has expanded to 10, which is almost very rare in the entire Premier League and even the European League.

Ye Qiu maintains the mental and physical quality of Chelsea's first-team players with such a large professional team, because he knows very well that for Chelsea, there is no need to doubt the strength of the team, and it can remain unbeaten so far, who dares to say that Chelsea's strength is not good.

For Chelsea right now, the biggest enemy is mental stress and fitness.

Every morning and evening, Ye Qiu has to get the first time from the medical, physiotherapy and psychological team reports led by Peter Brandt, which will have a very detailed analysis and evaluation of each player's psychological and physical fitness, and then Ye Qiu will use this as a reference to arrange the team's training and game list.

With the advent of the intensive schedule in the second half of the league, the team, including Frank Lampard, Ronaldinho and many other players, daily training is no longer important, the most important thing is physical recovery and state adjustment, so after playing Wolves, Chelsea got a week's rest, and Ye Qiu directly gave them two days off.

After the main squad returned to the team, the training program was also focused on recovery and adjustment.

In midweek, the news of Arsenal's 0l defeat at home to Manchester United in the FA Cup semi-finals was a burst of excitement, but many people also sensed some warning that Arsenal had begun to have psychological problems due to the huge pressure and intensive schedule.

It's like a person's temper, when you are sensible, you tell yourself not to get angry, then you can control your anger, but when you are angry, can you still stay sober and reasonable?

On the second day of the FA Cup semifinals, when everyone returned to the locker room after training, they noticed a list posted at the door of the dressing room, Ye Qiu announced the squad for Saturday's away Tottenham Hotspur in advance, and several players including Ronaldinho, Davies, Deco, Cannavaro and other players did not appear in this squad.

This makes the players feel a kind of nervousness that the big game is coming.

When I used to be in Amsterdam, every evening after a training session, I would always see Chairman Michael Van Praag, who said he enjoyed walking in the deserted Detokmost.

Maybe it's because he has been in Ajax for four years and is used to all this, so that there are many times when Ye Qiu walks at the Harrington training base, he is thinking about Van Praag and Bobby Harms, but in fact, Ajax is getting farther and farther away from him, and many things have passed by, and he can't go back.

Although he has only been away from Ajax for a short year, with Ye Qiu's current status, there is no reason to go back to Ajax, not only because of his influence, because of his astonishing high salary, but also because the Netherlands does not have what he is after.

Everyone lives for the purpose, and to live aimlessly is a waste of life.

In the past, when he was a fan, Ye Qiu's view of stars was obviously different from now, he used to think that whoever was famous would be awesome and powerful, and always hoped to compete for the first place in the world, but now he feels that when dealing with a star, he only needs to pay attention to his football.

To tell the truth, as a head coach, he deeply understands the problems brought about by a high degree of informatization, and excessive commercialization is constantly affecting football, superstar, this honor is constantly flooding, as if a person, if he performs a little better, he can be crowned a superstar by the media.

This is the reality, Ye Qiu can't change it, he can only accept and get used to it, but he has his own scale.

Whether it is a player or a coach, he can only rely on his performance on the pitch to conquer the fans, just like Beckham in his previous life, Ye Qiu believes that there are many, many fans who doubted him before, but after watching his performance in the season when Capello coached Real Madrid, his opinion of him has completely changed.

He still remembers that in his previous life, there were many fans who liked to compare Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, and even many times the two gangs would quarrel over this topic, but no matter how much evidence they presented to each other, they could not convince each other, for the simple reason that there was no comparison.

What makes football interesting and fascinating is that it has different understandings and preferences for everyone.

Someone likes to defend, someone likes to attack, someone likes creativity, someone likes to be steady, someone likes passion, someone likes to be chic and elegant, who can compare these things? Who can provide a yardstick for comparison?

In fact, after becoming the head coach, Ye Qiu deeply realized that in fact, whether it is a talented genius or an ordinary player with poor talent, in fact, they are all doing the same thing on the football field, that is, to express themselves and break through themselves

Even to go deeper, all athletic events are for this purpose

Ronaldinho is a talented man, but in his year at Chelsea, he has trained hard and been disciplined off the pitch as he wants to use Chelsea and the Premier League as a platform to show what he can do and make further breakthroughs in pursuit of his dream of becoming a superstar of the day.

Lampard is not as talented as Ronaldinho, but he also works hard, and when he goes to the football field, he is like a perpetual motion machine, constantly running and chasing, and he can't stop for a moment, because his purpose is also to express himself and break through himself.

The so-called professional football, money is indeed very important, because without money, players even have a problem in life, but Ye Qiu believes that money is definitely not the most important thing in the heart of any professional player who has a purpose, so there are so many players who do not hesitate to reduce their salaries in order to transfer every year, or even pay out of their own pockets.

Many things in this world have changed, but there are many things that remain the same, but no one has the patience to discover and dig them.

Ye Qiu somewhat understood why Van Praag liked to walk slowly in Detokmost, because this could ⊥ his impetuous heart to become calm, let himself be calm and rational by the fanaticism of being changed by the world, the media and information, become more patient, think of some things that he usually can't think of, and see some corners that he can't usually see.

Standing outside the training ground, Ye Qiu noticed that there were three people in the training ground.

The tall Robert Hout was defending the skinny Messi, Cesc Fabregas was behind them and the short Argentine teenager was shouting a bulltail pass, or a Marseille maneuver or something like that, trying to get past Robert Hout as if he were shouting a nirvana in a video game.

Ye Qiu stood on the sidelines, watching them play with a smile, he felt that although it was playing, there was actually a profound meaning.

It's like there are many media criticizing Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo, thinking that he often fakes falls, sticks to the ball too much, likes to express himself, etc., but one thing cannot be changed, that is, the Portuguese youngster is the most diligent in the Manchester United team whether it is training or training.

Perhaps, everyone is born to represent unfairness, but this world will reflect his fairness in various other aspects, but some people believe it, and some people don't.

"Knowing what is the way of the ox, you use the ox's tail to pass people, and use the Marseille to whirl, is the effect not ideal?"

When the three of them were tired of playing, Ye Qiu walked into the training ground with a smile on his face, because everyone knew that outside of training and competitions, Ye Qiu was actually a very good person to get along with.

The three imps of the "head" all became serious.

"Relax, now that the training is over, you can not treat me as a head coach, but as a friend," Ye Qiu said with a smile.

Messi and Cesc Fabregas and Robert Hutter looked at each other and nodded.

"Actually, every player has his own characteristics and his own rhythm," Ye Qiu said, "Do you know boxing?" ”

"Robert Huter seems to be quite fond of boxing.

Ye Qiu smiled, "As a boxer, what is the most important thing, do you know the truth?" ”

All three of them were obviously unable to answer the question, all thinking about it, but there was no answer.

"Rhythm" Ye Qiu said, "When a boxer walks on stage, if he wants to defeat his opponent, the most important thing is not to use all kinds of skills and strength, those are auxiliary means, and the most important thing for him is to incorporate the opponent into his rhythm." ”

"I'm faster than you, and if you follow me fast, you'll be sure to keep revealing your flaws; I'm slower than you, and once you slow down, the threat is much smaller, and the combination of each boxer's pace, habits, and other factors leads to a different rhythm that they are good at, you know what I mean? ”

Fabregas seemed to be the most savvy of this group, and he was the first to react and nodded: "Head, you mean to say that don't blindly learn and follow others, the most important thing is to find and develop your own habits and rhythms?" ”

"Yes," Ye Qiu praised.

"Then why do you keep asking us to observe and learn from other people's playing habits and skills?" Messi doesn't quite understand.

Ye Qiu smiled and thought for a moment, "Because you are like a blank sheet of paper now, you don't understand anything, how can you develop your own rhythm and habits?" Only when you know more, get in touch with more, learn more, and then extract those things that apply to you from various habits and skills, so that you can develop your own habits and rhythms. ”

"I see," Fabregas realized, "when we were at Barcelona before, the coach used to let us watch the videos and take us to the games, all to increase our knowledge and experience in these areas. ”

"Yes" Ye Qiu felt that the Spanish kid was indeed very perceptive, "but we should pay attention to learning and applying, rather than rote memorization." ”

After hearing this, Messi immediately understood that the series of nirvana he just shouted was actually rote memorization.

"It's like Leo, you see Ronaldinho playing with oxtail so slippery, but have you ever thought about it, how tall is he, how long his legs are, what is his muscle strength and power habits? And your height and leg length are obviously different from him, which leads to your stride distance, cadence and speed are completely different, so he is suitable for the ox tail, you may not, you should learn, but not to learn this skill, but to learn the consciousness behind his ox tail to pass the people"

"Consciousness?" Messi was a little confused.

"Is that a feeling good?" Ye Qiu couldn't explain, "It's like the moment before you get the ball, you already have an idea of how to get past the opponent after you get the ball, I always think that the most important thing for you at this stage is to cultivate your own sense of playing." ”

The so-called kicking consciousness can actually be seen as a kind of use of kicking skills.

For rookies like Messi and Cesc Fabregas, or even Robert Hut, the skills of playing football are solid enough, there is certainly no problem, the key is how to use them, what skills to use when and in what circumstances, which requires them to develop a kind of thinking, that is, a sense of playing.

There is no distinction between amateur and professional, there is no distinction between South America and Europe, and all the kicking skills are, in the final analysis, those are the most basic technical movements, even if they are tedious skills, they are all composed of these actions, but what can some people be geniuses and superstars, and some people can't play in the professional league at all?

Also, why do some players make a name for themselves early, while others are about to be late bloomers?

Does it mean that late bloomers are less talented?

It is important to know that from the age of 13 or 14 onwards, it is no longer some basic skills that really determine the player's progress, but those have been formed and fixed, and what determines the player's achievement is their use of these skills.

And the reason why some players are late bloomers, aside from the problem of misalignment on the court, is a very important factor is awareness.

In the early years, they failed to find the most suitable method for themselves to use these skills, and then with the accumulation of experience, they kept groping, and slowly found their own set of methods, and they shined, which created their late bloomers.

In Ye Qiu's view, there are many reasons for the late blooming of players, their own understanding is part of it, but so is their insight.

Premature aging, on the other hand, is the opposite of late blooming, but it is the use of kicking skills that determines both.

Ye Qiu now asks Messi and Cesc Fabregasdo to learn the playing habits and awareness of Ronaldinho, Deco, Lampard, Davies and others, in fact, to help them increase their knowledge and accumulate more experience, so that they can find their own path in the future.

It's like if you want to go to a place, there are many different roads, and you have to find the most suitable one for yourself, and the premise is that you have to be familiar with these roads first, and you know how to go to these roads, so that you can know which one is the most suitable for you.

Of course, you can choose to take a taxi and let the taxi take you to your destination, but the road taken by the taxi driver is the road of the taxi driver, which may not be suitable for you, on the contrary, you may take the same road because the taxi driver takes you once, and then you take the same road every time, then you will never find the most suitable road for yourself because you are not familiar with other roads.

Ye Qiu said so much to Messi and Fabregas, in fact, he wanted to tell them a truth, there is no need to limit himself, limit his thinking logic, and there is no need to think about who he wants to learn and who he wants to imitate, but he should let go of his arms, observe and learn the advantages of everyone, understand their shortcomings, and take the essence and remove the dross.

Ye Qiu has been at Ajax for four years, and it has not been in vain, especially with Bobby Harms for four years, so that Ye Qiu has learned a lot of things, at least he is now facing young rookies like Messi and Fabregas, he can talk eloquently and show them a way.

And a lot of times, young players need more than just opportunities, they need someone who can show them the way.

The difference in perception is really obvious, Ye Qiu said so much patiently, Cesc Fabregas has a very high understanding, obviously understands it, and Messi's understanding is also excellent, both of them look very rewarding, but it is Robert Hutter from Germany, this tall man still looks worried, as if he is listening to the book of heaven.

Ye Qiu asked himself that he had already expressed his thoughts in the most simple language, if he still couldn't understand this, then he really had no choice, could it be that he had to repeat his remarks a hundred times in front of Robert Huter every day?

Besides, you have to rely on yourself to comprehend this kind of thing, if you understand, you understand, if you don't understand, you can't pretend, and you can't learn.

After saying so much, it was dark, Ye Qiu hurried home to eat, said goodbye to the three little ghosts, and at the same time told them to go back early, and before leaving, he didn't forget to throw them a sentence, which was estimated to make them unable to sleep tonight.

"Prepare well, you all start the weekend"