August ll, 07, 13 o'clock sharp, Sunderland Stadium of Light.

Perhaps because of the noon game, the attendance of the Stadium of Light is not very high, and the stadium of light, which can accommodate 40,000 fans, is estimated to be about 30,000, but this game is attracting attention from the outside world, especially for many fans in Asia, who can enjoy the game after eating.

This is also the first challenge of the new season after Ye Qiu and his Tottenham Hotspur bid farewell to Ruud van Nistelrooy and bid farewell to the magical UU7 season, and the opponent is not small, Sunderland's strength is definitely not as good as Tottenham Hotspur, but it has a very big-name manager, Roy Keane.

Big names have the benefits of big names, Roy Keane is from Manchester United, so this guy is also very good at taking advantage of this layer of relationship, Sunderland was promoted last season, and the team rented Manchester United youngsters Evans and Simpson, promoted to the Premier League this season, and introduced Andy Cole on a free transfer, and Richardson from Manchester United.

And this Sunderland team is also in line with Roy Keane's usual characteristics, the style of play is very tough and tenacious, which is also the consistent characteristic of Ferguson's disciples, such as Birmingham's Steve the Blue, who has trained this Birmingham team into an iron army.

Long before the game started, Roy Keane was the first to speak, saying that he would give Tottenham Hotspur a heavy blow at home and taste what it was like to be a dark horse, "because our nickname is Black Cat"

Keane also said that Tottenham Hotspur will not give their all in the first round of the league, because for Tottenham Hotspur, who have reached the Champions League for the first time in decades, the first game of the new season is away to Sparta Prague in the third round of the Champions League qualifiers.

"When there is only three days between the two games, and they are both away games, Ye Qiu always needs to make a choice"

At this point, Keane made a joke, "I think Mourinho was right last season, when we have to play against an opponent who has to be divided and distracted by the game, it's always easy to win if we give our best"

In fact, Ye Qiuzhen didn't do his best in this game, which can be seen from his arrangement

Beckham, Van Persie, Messi and Mascherano are not on the lineup, and no one will doubt that these four players will be the main starters of Tottenham Hotspur this season, but none of them are on, which shows that Ye Qiu is going to use the substitute lineup to capture the Stadium of Light.

Ye Qiu tried to use 3L tactics this time, but the combination of Arshavin and Carroll, this time it was not good, Tottenham Hotspur's attack was difficult to create a threat in Sunderland's 30-meter area, but it was interesting that Sunderland could not organize an effective attack, which made the game very dull.

But just when everyone thought the game would end in a 00 draw, Chopra, the top scorer in the Championship last season, found a late attack in the 93rd minute, the last minute of stoppage time, and Sunderland's last attack penetrated the Tottenham Hotspur goal, which was a counter-attack from midfielder Yaya Toure after the sticky ball was broken.

The last minute was broken, which no one expected, and Tottenham Hotspur was a little too big at that time, because they all thought that the game was going to end, but it was this kind of thinking that Tottenham Hotspur was hit hard, and Yaya Toure was also strongly criticized by the media after the game, as well as condemned by fans.

In the first round of the league, Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool all beat their opponents despite the difficult games of the top five teams in the Premier League last season, while Manchester United were forced to draw by Reading at 00 at home.

At the end of the first round, the best performer was the leader Newcastle United and the Magpies led the Premier League, which is really rare.

The second round of the league was played in the middle of the week after the first round, but because Tottenham Hotspur had to play the third round of qualifying for the Champions League, the second round of the league had to be postponed, and not only that, but the fifth round of the league was also postponed due to the conflict with the second leg of the third round of Champions League qualifiers and the UEFA Super Cup.

While other Premier League teams are playing in the second round of the Premier League, Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool have started to play the first leg of the third round of Champions League qualifying.

Although the team has played in the UEFA Cup and won the championship last season, the UEFA Cup and the Champions League are two completely different concepts, and all teams participating in the Champions League are the best teams in their respective national leagues, and such teams often gather the best stars and strength in a national league.

So, playing in the Champions League and playing in the UEFA Cup, the opponents you meet are two completely different levels.

Ye Qiu feels that for many middle and lower leagues in Europe, the gap in strength is often very large, and the entire league structure is a bit like La Liga, that is, the stronger the stronger, the weaker the weaker, and if you take a closer look at the structural distribution of La Liga, it is not difficult to find that the Champions League is played by teams like Barcelona and Real Madrid, and the League Cup is played by teams like Sevilla and Espanyol.

Between the two, is there any comparison?

This is also the reason why Ye Qiu attaches so much importance to the Champions League qualifiers, he doesn't want to be like Everton back then, who finally entered the Champions League, but lost to his opponent in the third round of qualifiers.

And if you lose in the first round of the league, it doesn't matter, because you can still have a chance to chase it back later, but if you lose the Champions League now, you won't even have a chance to regret it.

Sparta Prague is a giant team in the Czech League, the champion of the Czech First League last season, the strength of this team is extraordinary, Ye Qiu immediately asked the team's scouting system and data center to immediately submit the most detailed Sparta Prague player lineup and tactics after the draw to Sparta Prague.

For a Champions League brother like Tottenham Hotspur, if the first game is not played well, the second leg is likely to be sluggish, because playing the Premier League is a nest, but if you go abroad and play the Champions League, you may not be able to continue to be horizontal.

It is not without those teams that are in the domestic nest and are beaten by people when they go abroad, on the contrary, there are many, many teams.

The most typical is the recent Serie A Roma, who was beaten by Manchester United in the knockout round of the Champions League last season with an almost humiliating I, when Ye Qiu was thinking, how much of a nest does this have to be played with such an amazing score?

Therefore, playing Sparta Prague away has always been as Keane said, this is the first important game of the new season in Ye Qiu's mind, so he arranged the most rigorous tactics and arranged all the main lineups to play.

There is only one goal, to play the first game of the Champions League.

Don't look at Tottenham Hotspur as a Premier League team, with a high exposure rate, and more attention from fans in the world, but in terms of Champions League experience, it is really far inferior to Sparta Prague in the Czech Republic.

The so-called Champions League experience, in fact, many times the manager has no way to give more to the players, because it is an ability to deal with different types, even very unfamiliar technical characteristics, only if you have more contact and more play, you can adapt.

It's like someone said that the rhythm of Brazilian players is different from others, and it is difficult to defend, but if you play against Brazilian players a lot, no matter how difficult it is, you will accumulate some experience.

Not only Brazil, but almost every country and region has its own traditional characteristics and styles, and these do not mean that you can understand and cope with the game by listening to others and watching more game footage, but you have to accumulate enough experience through more matches to be able to deal with it.

This is also the reason why Ye Qiu will be so careful to deal with this game, because there are many players in the Tottenham Hotspur team who have experience in the Champions League, and they are not even lacking, but as the team itself, Tottenham Hotspur has no Champions League experience, which is Tottenham Hotspur's biggest weakness.

Sparta Prague also clearly saw this, so even though they themselves knew they were not as good as Tottenham Hotspur, they had played so many Champions League games and they knew how to play home advantage, so they had a premeditated approach to their own rhythm from the start of the game.

Just two minutes into the game, Sparta Prague centre-back Kadlek brought down Robin van Persie and gave Tottenham a free-kick from a long distance, but he gave Tottenham a hard shot.

Then Sparta Prague obviously did not give up their home advantage, launched a fierce attack on Tottenham Hotspur, and in the 8th minute, with a long pass from the left, the striker volleyed directly into the post, which scared all the Tottenham Hotspur players.

If this goal is scored, the game will be very troublesome.

For this tactic of the away team, Ye Qiu and the coaching staff are very clear, they have played in the Champions League for so many years, and naturally know how to deal with it, so as early as before the game, when arranging the team's tactics, Ye Qiu kept warning the players not to be deterred by the home team's attack after the opening, to be patient, and to play the ball steadily after the opening.

And after being attacked by Sparta Prague round after round, Ye Qiu also shouted loudly to the players again and again on the sidelines, reminding the players not to worry, continue to be patient, stabilize the situation, and try to control the ball.

The first half was a terrible game for both sides, with Tottenham Hotspur unable to stabilize the situation and Sparta Prague at a disadvantage, but they knew how to try to exploit home advantage and disrupt Tottenham's possession and rhythm.

The teams that can play in the Champions League, no one is a fuel-efficient lamp, all of them are difficult teams.

At halftime, Ye Qiu once again reminded his players that they must not be in a hurry to play the Champions League, and at the same time gave their own response adjustments to some problems in the first half of the team, and also warned the players that this is an away game, so don't be under pressure.

At the beginning of the second half, Sparta Prague still wanted to continue to use the tactics of the first half, and at the beginning of a crazy press against Tottenham Hotspur, Ribery broke through with the ball on the left side, was pulled by the opponent, and the shirt was torn, but it was still put down, and the referee gave a yellow card.

It was a foul that occurred in the second minute of the second half, but Tottenham's free-kick failed to threaten, and Ribery never had time to change his clothes because he never had a chance to die, so Roland stood on the sidelines with Ribery's replacement shirt and waited.

Ye Qiu continued to call on the players to be calm, patiently control the ball, patiently advance, and use passing and receiving the ball to pull the opponent's defense.

"Their physical energy is almost exhausted, don't rush, take your time, our advantage will grow bigger and bigger"

There is such a manager, when you are about to get dizzy, from time to time to shout a few words in your ear, the effect is still obvious, at least Tottenham Hotspur except for the beginning of a little chaotic and impatient, most of the rest of the time seems more stable and patient.

This is also Ye Qiu's strategy, I am not familiar with your style, and I also lack experience in the Champions League and the strategy to deal with sudden changes, so I will rely on the team's steady strategy to approach step by step, slowly encroaching on your territory step by step, and controlling you.

In the 73rd minute, Tottenham's strategy finally worked.

A passing error in the opponent's midfield, after Fabregas intercepted the ball halfway, he launched a counterattack, and a through ball was distributed to the feet of Ribery, who moved to the left rib, and the French Scarface suddenly started in the face of two defenders, broke through with the ball, and broke through from the two players.

At this time, Van Persie also followed behind, the two of them were one left and one middle, and there was a Kadlek in the middle, forming a two-on-one, and Messi on the right side was also quickly following up, but he deliberately lagged behind his teammates to form an offensive level.

Van Persie pointed ahead of him and signaled that Ribery should pass to the back post, but Ribery entered the penalty area on the left side of the penalty area, faced Cadleck, accelerated after a sudden stop, pulled out a position and seized the fleeting opportunity to knock his left foot horizontally.

The cross shot came quickly, and although Kadlek had reacted to intercept it, he couldn't stop it.

When Van Persie behind him quickly followed, he faced this incoming ball, without the slightest hesitation, staring at the opponent's goalkeeper, as if he was going to hit his right side, that is, the lower right corner of the goal, and at the same time deliberately cooperated with a feint to deceive the goalkeeper, but his left foot gently pushed the incoming ball.

The ball rolled into the bottom left corner, 0

The opposing goalkeeper, Postulka, threw himself on the grass and hammered the turf in anger.

That's Vanney's trick.

'When you have to shoot with your feet against a goalkeeper, you only have one opponent and that's the goalkeeper, so you have to learn how to deceive the goalkeeper, which is what a good striker or a good scorer has to have, which is to shoot the ball in the opposite direction of your eyes'

Van Persie smiled widely, this is his first personal goal this season, and it was also scored in the Champions League play-offs, the value is not the same, and he himself can vaguely feel that Ye Qiu intends to arrange him to play the main team this season, this is to straighten him out and fill the gap left by Vanney.

Because of this, after the goal, Van Persie seemed very excited, rushed over and hugged Ribery.

The two were celebrating on the sidelines, and Ribery took the opportunity to run to the sidelines to change a jersey before returning to the pitch and the game was soon restarted.

scored the first goal, Tottenham Hotspur's morale and confidence were also played, and the implementation of Ye Qiu's tactics became more resolute and decisive, and even began to consciously pull Sparta Prague to turn, the latter on the one hand because of excessive physical consumption, on the other hand, it was indeed not strong, and could only be led by the nose by the other party.

In the 84th minute of the game, Sparta Prague rushed to the front to attack, but the pass was wrong, after Mascherano broke the ball, Beckham took advantage of the situation and made a long diagonal pass over the top, Van Persie quickly rushed to the left wing, stopped the ball without defense, and rushed forward with the ball.

Sparta Prague's defensive speed is also very fast, central defender Kadelek blocked Van Persie on the left side of the penalty area, the Dutchman couldn't help it, and chose to knock back after seeing Ribery insert, Ribery followed up without stopping the ball, and sent the ball directly into the penalty area, and saw Fabregas quickly insert into Sparta Prague penalty area from the middle, and pushed the ball directly with his right foot along the ball from Ribery.

This time Postuka reacted quickly, but Fabregas's push shot was with the inside instep, the angle was very tricky, and he deliberately almost grazed the goal drilled into the right post, and he had no way to stop it, 0

scored two goals in a row, and the happiest person was Ye Qiu on the sidelines.

After Cesc Fabregas scored, Ye Qiu applauded vigorously on the sidelines and cheered loudly.

After the team broke the deadlock, they became more and more confident in executing their tactics, and the team's offense gradually played an effect, and the offensive routine of the two goals was actually what Ye Qiu wanted to see, that is, the team's frontcourt players crossed back and forth and inserted the offensive echelon at a level.

At present, the only thing that Ye Qiu is not very satisfied with is Messi, after the Argentine played the Copa America, he returned to the team and started the preparation and adjustment at the beginning of the season to make physical reserves for the new season, so at present, the state is not very well adjusted, and he is not very excited in the game.

However, Ye Qiu has been in such a skillful and flexible cooperation between Van Persie, Ribery and Cesc Fabregas since the end of this game, and he has also seen his ideas and tactical ideas implemented, he feels that he is not wrong to choose such a change, and as the players become clearer and more integrated with his tactical ideas, the team's attacking power will become stronger and stronger.

Thanks to two goals from Robin van Persie and Cesc Fabregas, Tottenham Hotspur beat Sparta Prague 0 away.

This away win also almost announced that Tottenham Hotspur had entered the group stage ahead of schedule, and for Tottenham Hotspur, it meant tens of millions of euros in revenue

But Ye Qiu still didn't dare to be too careless.

After playing the first leg, in the third round of the Premier League, Tottenham Hotspur hosted promoted Derby County, and Ribery was at full speed, scoring two goals for Tottenham Hotspur in less than ten minutes, and in the sixteenth minute, Cesc Fabregas scored again, and Tottenham Hotspur took a 0 lead in the first half.

In the second half of the UU minute, Robin van Persie scored the most difficult goal for the team, and the team finally beat Derby County 40 and scored a hearty victory at White Hart Lane.

However, a week later, Tottenham Hotspur were still playing in a half-main and half-substitute squad due to the second leg and the UEFA Super Cup, and they lost 0l to Manchester United at Old Trafford

This made Ferguson somewhat proud in his post-match interview.

But Tottenham Hotspur returned to their home stadium and beat Sparta Prague 0 to defeat their opponents with an aggregate score of 0 and successfully advance to the group stage.

The day after the match, UEFA began the draw for the Champions League group stage and the season award ceremony, while Tottenham Hotspur travelled to Monaco for the UEFA Super Cup against AC Milan.