Ye Qiu was once asked an interesting question by a student of a coaching course, he said that in modern football tactics, what are the most important elements to ensure the team's victory.

Ye Qiu thought that this was a very complex and huge problem, so he promised that if he had the opportunity to teach in the coach training class again next time, he would consider using this as a topic, and later he himself thought about this problem very carefully in order to prepare for this class.

What is the most important thing? Or is it the quality that a team must have?

The ability of the players is undoubtedly very important, just as Ye Qiu commented on Bielsa's Chile before, whether it is Chile during the World Cup in South Africa, or Chile during the Copa America, a problem has been exposed, the tactical level has reached a height, but personal strength limits their play.

In the game against Spain, Chile obviously because of the limited individual ability of the players, resulting in their inability to break through Spain's goal, if the strength of their players is on the same point as Spain, or even not so big, Chile will be the first to break through Spain's goal and rewrite the game, instead of letting Villa pick up an empty goal.

What can also be seen from that game is that the ability of the players is crucial to a team, and when the difference in strength reaches a certain point, the tactics cannot change much at all, or as Beckenbauer said, good tactics can only help you improve the probability of winning.

Suppose that in terms of strength, the probability of victory and defeat between Chile and Spain is 30% to 70%, then Bielsa has helped Chile increase the probability to 45% to 55% through excellent tactics, at least from the early part of this game, you will find that Chile is more dangerous and creates more scoring opportunities, but you just don't take it.

And if you look at the Chilean team playing, it is not difficult to find that many times they are a little bit worse, a little bit better to pass, or a little bit more run, maybe the situation is completely different, and this point is precisely the embodiment of the strength of the players.

Does that mean that individual strength is essential for a team to be successful?

Ye Qiu can answer with great certainty, yes, but not the most important thing!

So what's the most important thing?

Ye Qiu couldn't answer, because he felt that tactics were also crucial.

This must mention another game, that is, Ye Qiu's previous life, Mourinho's Inter Milan played Barcelona in the two games, Ye Qiu felt that they were the two most representative games in Mourinho's life.

It can be said that the role of tactics played a crucial role in both games, and without excellent and reasonable tactics, it would not have been possible to create the victory of Mourinho's Inter.

Is it the individual ability of the players that matters, or the overall tactics of the team?

Ye Qiu felt that the ancestor was right, the golden mean, a set of overall tactics that can give full play to the individual abilities of players, this is the most important way for a team to win.

Whether it is in attack or defense, creating an efficient and orderly tactical system according to the technical characteristics of existing players is undoubtedly the most important responsibility of a head coach, and it is also the football creed that Ye Qiu has always admired.

Tottenham Hotspur's progress over the past two seasons, for example, has not been so noticeable.

For what mauro? Tasotti would say that it was easy to write about the wave defense system himself, but when he decided to write about the wave attack and the team's offensive and defensive transitions, he was in a difficult situation.

This is actually not surprising, if he can easily write the transition between offense and offense and defense, it will undoubtedly not be the wave attack that Ye Qiu wants, it is more of a routine.

How to maintain the most stable and orderly tactical order when defending, and how to give full play to the ability of offensive players when attacking, instead of restricting players to the system, allowing them to move and run without scruples, this is what Ye Qiu wants, and it is also an important feature of Tottenham Hotspur's attack.

Therefore, it is easy to say that it is defensive, but it is difficult to say clearly about offense!

Of course, this is not to say that defense is easier than offense, or to belittle defense, you must know that in the modern football tactical system, offense and defense are actually inseparable, you can't tell what is offense and what is defense, they are integrated.

Ye Qiu has recently been studying some tactical ideas for the Hungarian international Kushner, who rewrote the history of South American football and laid a solid foundation for Brazil's later status as a football kingdom. Hogan's concept of possession was further promoted and the concept of diagonal attack was added, which later created the glory of Brazilian football.

In Kushner's tactical theory, he thinks that Jimmy? Hogan's philosophy is perfect, but it's also serious, everything is full of planning, even the players' running routes are the same, but it's a big limitation for the offense.

So, what is the most important thing about offense in Kushner's thinking?

He thinks it should be a frontal defense line to dominate the attack!

How to explain it?

It's that when your players have their backs to the defence and the goal, you can't see everything behind you, you can't see your teammates, you can't see the opponent's defensive changes, and that's when your attacking vision is the worst and it's also when you're least creative.

It is not difficult to understand that the first element of many people's defense nowadays is to prevent the opposing ball carrier from turning.

This principle applies not only to defensive centre-forwards, but also to defensive midfielders and defenders.

Kushner believes that the most important thing in offense is to create enough opportunities to get the ball against the defense, and when you have enough of those chances, then you can play the best and most dangerous offense.

At that time, the middle was crowded, so Kushner came up with a diagonal attacking tactic, which was actually a diagonal pass.

Diagonal passing has the advantage that the receiver is very comfortable, and the passer is just as comfortable because he only needs to pass in front of the receiver, who rushes straight forward to receive the ball, while a straight pass, although more penetrating, is also more likely to be intercepted by the defender, because the defender sees your passing route clearly.

This is the reason why straight passes are more difficult and less successful than both horizontal and diagonal passes.

Football has evolved to the point where the entire tactical system is much more rigorous and complex than it was in Kushner's day.

Diagonal offense is now not only a diagonal pass, but even includes diagonal running, diagonal advancement, etc., it has long been a very effective and practical tactical routine, and many managers are using it.

A very important factor is that from the overall point of view, the forward insertion of fullbacks is an important part of the diagonal attack, which can be seen from the revolutionary diagonal attack proposed by Kushner, which has created the prosperity of Brazil's wide players in the past 100 years.

Another important factor is that the full-back is always facing the attacking direction head-on, and the passes he gives to his teammates are diagonal passes, which means that this diagonal attack can create the maximum number of attacking opportunities against the defensive line, and it is very threatening.

Many people say that the triangle tactic, the triangle tactic is the root and foundation of modern football tactics, it consists of two diagonal lines and a horizontal line. But you have to know that the current tactics, especially the tactics of the top teams, basically do not adopt the triangle tactic, but evolve on the basis of the triangle tactic, such as adding the fourth player, becoming a diamond, adding the fifth player or even the sixth player, forming a polygon.

Four players form two triangles, and the middle horizontal line is weakened, but the four diagonal lines are very important.

In the same way, in those polygon tactics, it is all about increasing penetration and the chance of taking the ball to the attack, and the slash is undoubtedly becoming more and more important.

What did Ye Qiu introduce Pirlo for?

The reason is simple, Pirlo is the best playmaker in football today, and even Xavi, Xavi? Alonso and others are not as good as him, Beckham used to be the first master of diagonal attack on the right side, after moving to the middle, his diagonal pass from the middle to the wings is also very good, but now he is too old to cope with the requirements of the main lineup.

So, is it appropriate to use Andrea Pirlo as a single midfielder? Especially in the Premier League, where the competition is so fierce and the pace is so fast-paced?

Ye Qiu believes that this must take into account another current situation, that is, another trend of modern football tactics, front-court pressing.

When it comes to frontcourt pressing tactics, Ye Qiu can be described as an expert, when he was at Ajax, Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur, he was very much interested in high-intensity frontcourt pressing, but the problem is that in the past few years, this tactic has ceased to be high-end and atmospheric, and has become the standard configuration of almost all strong teams.

It's a strong team that plays frontcourt pressing, how can you still reflect your advantages and values?

Mancini wants to get Yaya? Toure is not for him to play as a midfielder, but as a libero in the midfield.

Ye Qiu felt that Mancini's idea was not too advanced, or he should take a step further and defend the back and the front!

This must mention the concept that many people think that the so-called forward midfield is to pull a forward player to the back position to play, that is, the front midfield is backward, if this is the case, then it is really underestimating the value of Pirlo.

The definition of the front midfield is a back player with the delicate skills and organizational ability of the front midfield, first of all, he must be a back player, that is to say, his sense of position, interception and tackling awareness must meet the needs of the back position, and at the same time have the delicate skills and organizational ability of a No. 10 front midfielder.

Or someone will say, you blow it, Pirlo has defensive skills at the back?

Yes, Pirlo is not a traditional midfielder such as Gattuso, Essien, Makelele, etc., and even he is not a midfielder who has both offense and defense like Keane, Vieira, Redondo and Guardiola, but his most valuable thing is that he has been immersed in Serie A and the Italian national team with the best defensive system for more than ten years, and his defense is more based on positioning and prediction.

For example, in the past, Gattuso was in front as a-stirring stick, and Pirlo took down the ball through the card and standing position in the back, and what is reflected in the live broadcast screen is that Pirlo happened to appear there, as if many people said that Inzaghi happened to appear in the position where he could score.

It turns out that you're going to be a coincidence, but if you're always there, that's a conscious act.

Of course, it must also be noted that the current Pirlo is no longer the Pirlo who can run 11 kilometers in a race, so he needs strong support from his teammates in front of him to play as a single midfielder, and Tottenham Hotspur's wave defense ensures that there is always a central defender near Pirlo.

At least Pirlo's weakness is evident in the face of wide stretches and one-on-one attacks with individual ability and speed, but this can be compensated for by a team defensive system.

So, whether it's Ye Qiu or Mauro? Tasotti felt that Pirlo had no problem playing as a single midfielder.

So, what about the front of the back?

It is the same as the back of the midfield, he must first be a front midfielder, with the ability to insert back, and the foot skills to hold the ball in the front of the most densely defended penalty area in the whole game, and at the same time, he must also be able to complete the task of defending the back midfield, such as when he loses possession, the first time to put in counter-attacks and presses.

What are the benefits of this?

That is, when the strong teams in the world play the organizational midfield, my front midfielder is just to restrain your organizational midfield, and you don't pay attention to it, because my front midfielder can be inserted into your penalty area anytime and anywhere to complete scoring and threatening attacks, and has the ability to take the ball and divide the ball.

However, if you are going to defend in this area, it will force you to weaken the forces you have invested on the offensive end.

This is a typical strategy of attacking instead of defending!

Therefore, Ye Qiu's midfield trio this season is Ramsey and Vidal in front, and Pirlo lags behind, but the distance between the three players should be about ten meters from each other, and the overall formation of Tottenham Hotspur will continue to remain compact and flat at about 40 to 50 meters in front and back.

Ye Qiu has always been very convinced that players with golf quotient will become another mainstream change in the future trend of football, because they are better at relying on positioning, running and cooperation with teammates to complete the attack and defense, maybe they are not good at physical confrontation, but they play smarter.

An important reason why I think there will be a lot of golf players in the future is that Ye Qiu has always believed that with the improvement of training level and the advent of the information age, people will become smarter and smarter.

Of course, this kind of cleverness is not one-to-one, because it is difficult for anyone to be smarter than Einstein, and the kind of cleverness that Ye Qiu said is the average level of wisdom of all mankind, and with this trend, there will be more and more players in the golf quotient, and even wholesale mass production can be carried out directly.

Therefore, if you take a closer look at the team lineup of Tottenham Hotspur, it is not difficult to find that the players introduced by Ye Qiu are generally not stupid, and they all belong to the type of players with strong plasticity.

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Tottenham Hotspur's pre-season preparation camp stayed in Theorebold for a week, and then went to Qatar to play a warm-up match with the Qatar national team, which is also a match that will be played every summer at the request of several Middle Eastern sponsors of the team. Silva, as well as the team's new signing Vidal and others, are still playing in the Copa America, so the quality of this warm-up game is not very high.

But Tottenham Hotspur still showed their strength very well, beating the Qatar national team 3-0, Pirlo played half the game and performed more averagely, but the team's midfielder Ramsey performed well, showing his strength with a pass and a shot, and Pogba who played in the second half was also impressive.

Phil, who started in midfield? Jones is as brave as ever, and his defensive performance is also good, but his passing is slightly worse. Jones's personality has something to do with it, after all, he is still very young.

After four days in Qatar, thankfully it hasn't been too hot this year, and Tottenham Hotspur is interested in scheduling training in the morning and evening, so there will be no problems.

Flying from Qatar to Singapore, Tottenham Hotspur played a warm-up match against a professional team in Singapore, and at this time, the internationals of Chile, Argentina and Brazil, who were eliminated from the Copa America, also returned to the team.

But all the players who participated in the America's Cup did not participate in the warm-up match, at least Ye Qiu did not plan to arrange them to play for the time being, because they still needed to adjust, especially in terms of physical fitness, after all, they had just finished a major tournament.

Although there were no big names in the competition, Tottenham Hotspur's overall performance was as consistent as ever, beating their warm-up opponents 2-0 to win two consecutive warm-up games, Ramsey scored in two consecutive games, and Raul also scored a goal.

It's not that Ramsey is performing well now, but because the team's current attacking players do have some problems, Ribery has a bit of an injury, and he didn't even play the second warm-up game, and Hazzard's form is still adjusting, and Coutinho, who has changed to the wing, is also mainly a passing organization.

That led to a back-to-back of goals from Aaron Ramsey and Wales' usual wide running coverage and more chances.

But a gratifying change for Ye Qiu is that when the team organization relies on the back Andrea Pirlo, Ramsey also shows a certain organizational ability and vision in the frontcourt, and Ye Qiu also consciously cultivates his ability in this aspect, after all, if a midfielder with a wide range of runs has excellent organizational ability to take the ball, it is almost a big killer.

After the game, the team went to Hong Kong, and after a two-day rest, they played a warm-up match with the Hong Kong Zhijie team, this time the team performed well, slaughtering the opponent 6:0, Ribery scored a hat trick after returning from injury, Hazzard, Ramsey, Raul scored consecutive goals, and Tottenham Hotspur's attack was as fierce as ever.

Alba and Kyle, who started in place of the Brazilian wings? Walker has shown great assist ability.

Alba is mainly about skill and speed to win, while Kyle? Walker defensively solid, very fast, sprinting and running back and forth, but more importantly his crosses are increasingly Beckham's shadow.

Tottenham's three-game winning streak in the warm-up games did not satisfy Tottenham Hotspur, with three clean sheets against opponents, and Kompany's partner Nastasic or Varane showing convincing consistency and defensive strength, Tottenham's defensive lineup for the new season is not a big problem.

The fans also more or less put down their hearts.

After the end of the warm-up match of the second Asian tour, Tottenham Hotspur also ushered in the opponent of the third Asian tour, Guangzhou Hengda! Returning to the team and investing in the team's preparations for the new season is also appreciated by Ye Qiu and the fans.

But all the players who participated in the America's Cup did not participate in the warm-up match, at least Ye Qiu did not plan to arrange them to play for the time being, because they still needed to adjust, especially in terms of physical fitness, after all, they had just finished a major tournament.

Although there were no big names in the competition, Tottenham Hotspur's overall performance was as consistent as ever, beating their warm-up opponents 2-0 to win two consecutive warm-up games, Ramsey scored in two consecutive games, and Raul also scored a goal.

It's not that Ramsey is performing well now, but because the team's current attacking players do have some problems, Ribery has a bit of an injury, and he didn't even play the second warm-up game, and Hazzard's form is still adjusting, and Coutinho, who has changed to the wing, is also mainly a passing organization.

That led to a back-to-back of goals from Aaron Ramsey and Wales' usual wide running coverage and more chances.

But a gratifying change for Ye Qiu is that when the team organization relies on the back Andrea Pirlo, Ramsey also shows a certain organizational ability and vision in the frontcourt, and Ye Qiu also consciously cultivates his ability in this aspect, after all, if a midfielder with a wide range of runs has excellent organizational ability to take the ball, it is almost a big killer.

After the game, the team went to Hong Kong, and after a two-day rest, they played a warm-up match with the Hong Kong Zhijie team, this time the team performed well, slaughtering the opponent 6:0, Ribery scored a hat trick after returning from injury, Hazzard, Ramsey, Raul scored consecutive goals, and Tottenham Hotspur's attack was as fierce as ever.

Alba and Kyle, who started in place of the Brazilian wings? Walker has shown great assist ability.

Alba is mainly about skill and speed to win, while Kyle? Walker defensively solid, very fast, sprinting and running back and forth, but more importantly his crosses are increasingly Beckham's shadow.

Tottenham's three-game winning streak in the warm-up games did not satisfy Tottenham Hotspur, with three clean sheets against opponents, and Kompany's partner Nastasic or Varane showing convincing consistency and defensive strength, Tottenham's defensive lineup for the new season is not a big problem.

The fans also more or less put down their hearts.

After the end of the warm-up match of the second Asian tour, Tottenham Hotspur also ushered in the opponent of the third Asian tour, Guangzhou Hengda!