Ye Qiu called Peter Kenyon in his garden, he was reluctant to let his wife know about his troubles, but as the closest and most intimate person who knew Ye Qiu best, it was impossible for Huang Chu not to know what his husband was thinking.

She didn't bother Ye Qiu's phone call, nor did she affect her husband's thoughts, she stood quietly behind him, looking at him silently, as if she was silently watching him from the stands every game.

As if he had noticed something, Ye Qiu turned around and saw his wife with a concerned face, squeezed out a stiff smile, and beckoned to Huang Chu, anyway, today is a holiday, and the team is also on holiday, so he has enough time to accompany his wife.

Huang Chu showed a flower-like smile, walked to Ye Qiu's side, sat next to him on the long stone bench in the garden, gently knocked his shoulder, didn't say anything, just leaned quietly, silently accompanying him.

She knew Ye Qiu very well, and she knew the Tao very well, what Ye Qiu needed at this moment was not advice and explanation, but listening.

"I'm a little tired of this kind of involuntary life," Ye Qiu sighed and said.

In the eyes of many people, Ye Qiu controls everything at Chelsea and has the power of life and death, but only he knows what he does, in fact, all of this cannot give him a sense of security, because all of this does not belong to him, but to Abramovich.

Ye Qiu has never been a person who will choose to grovel for the sake of power, he has never been a sycophant to meet Abramovich, and he has never curried favor with the Russians, on the contrary, he has always dared to argue with reason, which is not even as good as Peter Kenyon, but it turns out that Ye Qiu is right even now

To put his heart to heart, Ye Qiu can also understand that it takes a lot of courage and measure for the boss to hire such employees and tolerate such employees, so Ye Qiu has always been conscientious, and he always feels that if Abramovich trusts him, then he will make achievements and give returns, which is his work ethic.

But there are some principled things that he will not change, such as that he will never allow anyone to dictate to his locker room, so even if Abramovich wants to go to the locker room, he has to call Ye Qiu in advance.

Since coming to Chelsea, everything has gone smoothly, but just yesterday afternoon, Pini Zahavi's words sounded a wake-up call to Ye Qiu, that is, Abramovich's will is the key to the real fate of Chelsea.

If you use Microsoft's u operating system to describe it, Ye Qiu is the user who has the maximum authority of the system, but Abramovich has the authority of the system administrator, he can use the manager authority anytime and anywhere, meddle in Ye Qiu's power, and even directly delete Ye Qiu, the user, and rebuild a user ID.

This made Ye Qiu feel a sense of weakness, maybe he didn't feel much when it was going well, but now, he obviously felt threatened, at least Abramovich actually went behind his back to run Shevchenko's transfer, which made him feel dissatisfied.

Of course, the matter is not serious enough to resign directly, because at least Abramovich has not admitted anything to him personally, nor has he said anything to him personally, and it is too early and too hasty to react now.

Don't look at Ye Qiu's youth, but he has been in professional football for a long time, and others have become mature.

"I've heard Eliza say it several times, and I think she said it well, if you don't think it's good to work for people, then buy your own team," Huang Chu suggested softly.

Eliza has also made this proposal many times, and she has also suggested that Ye Qiu buy a League One team, or a Dutch team, but Ye Qiu has his own ideas, because he knows very well what the future trend of football is.

It's like Leeds United, which was relegated this season, it's too cheap to buy Leeds United now, but the problem is that if you buy this team, you have to bear all the debts of Leeds United, up to l billion pounds of debt, which translates to nearly 500 million euros, and the team will be in a more embarrassing situation after being relegated to League One.

According to Ye Qiu's estimates, if you want to lead Leeds United to rise again, you need at least 100 million euros to invest in the early stage, and you have to ensure that most of the team's main players do not leave, and the next later investment is the key head.

You must know that Leeds is not a big city, the north of England is a former heavy industry base, and now it has long since declined, even Manchester is now in the process of transformation, so it is difficult for Ye Qiu to buy Leeds United.

Of course, if you just want to mix up a mid-table seat in the Premier League, occasionally play a dozen European competitions, and then sell it after leading the team to appreciate, then there is nothing to say, but Ye Qiu wants to buy a club to run a business, so he has to be selective.

Looking at today's football, almost all the big teams have one thing in common, that is, they are all in big cities.

Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal and Newcastle in the Premier League, Manchester, Liverpool, London and Newcastle are all big cities, and even Birmingham, where Birmingham and Aston Villa are located, are also big cities, with a large fan base and wide influence, plus the business is relatively developed, far from being comparable to small and medium-sized cities such as Nottingham and Leeds.

Looking at La Liga, Real Madrid and Barcelona are the two largest cities in Spain, while Rome, Milan and Turin are in Italy, and Munich, Berlin, Hamburg and so on in Germany.

Of course, there will also be some small local teams, which is more obvious in Germany, but it also has its peculiarity, that is, many small teams are supported by large companies, such as Philips in PSV Eindhoven, the Agnelli family in Juventus, Bayer Pharmaceuticals in Bayer Leverkusen, and so on.

There is no need to count on the Bundesliga, the teams in this league will not be sold to foreigners like Ye Qiu, and there is no need to think about La Liga, aside from the two giants of the membership system, it is difficult for other teams to compete with the two giants, because before you can turn over, you will be divided directly by others.

The decline of Serie A has become a fact, and the Italian team is very bad in terms of business management, and even the stadium is not its own, so it is difficult for such a league to be self-financing in team management, so Ye Qiu is not interested, he has always aimed at the Premier League.

The big cities of the Premier League are nothing more than London, Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool and Newcastle, but the prices of teams in these cities are not cheap, and they have to consider the later investment, not to mention, the financial expenditure of a football club in a season is at least more than 100 million, even if it is frugal, tens of millions of euros are always needed, right?

"It's not time yet" Ye Qiu gently patted his wife's fragrant shoulder, turned his head sideways, greedily sniffed her refreshing fragrance, felt the temperature transmitted by her forehead against her cheek, and her irritable heart gradually calmed down.

Yes, it's not time yet, and now for him, the most important thing is to mix up his qualifications

Football is actually a very strange circle, you say that he is a prosperous business, everyone is chasing fame and money, which is true, but the problem is that he is also a very human circle, and many players like to play under a manager who knows and knows him, and even does not hesitate to transfer to follow him.

If Ye Qiu is a little-known little person, even if he buys a Premier League club, no star will be willing to join, but if he is the top coach in the world, then the situation will be completely different, I believe that when the time comes, with his fame and status, it will be enough to attract a group of outstanding and potential stars to join, which will save him a lot of trouble and investment.

It can be said that if Chelsea had not invited Ye Qiu this season, Abramovich would not have expected to attract stars including Davies, Cannavaro, Ronaldinho and other stars with a transfer investment of around 500 million euros, because no player wants to play purely for money, at least these players are not yet that age.

No matter what Ye Qiu says, he has the glory of Ajax's past, three years of Ajax's first-team resume, a League Cup, two Eredivisie titles, a Champions League semi-final and a Champions League title, and most importantly, the last year of the Triple Crown, these are his qualifications, and everyone has to admit them.

And even so, Ye Qiu is still very clear that Chelsea can't really recruit the top stars, Henry and Shevchenko refused to come to Chelsea before, and the Ukrainian has now agreed, the reason is very simple, Chelsea is very likely to win the Champions League this season, and if it continues to invest more next season, it is still the most popular candidate to win the Champions League.

If there is no Champions League this season, Shevchenko will nod?

"Do you think I'm useless? Nothing can help you? Huang Chu asked sadly on Ye Qiu's shoulder.

She can't help Ye Qiu's career, she can't help him coach her, she can't help him go to the United States to take care of business, and she doesn't even care much about the Huangtian Group at home, but Chen Zhong calls whenever there is anything, or comes to Ye Qiu in person, and she is just a bystander.

Sometimes think about it, Huang Chu feels that Eliza is much more capable than himself, she is in the United States, but she can still take care of the brokerage company in the United Kingdom in an orderly manner, and the operation of Leaf Technology in the United States has gradually improved, and some websites have been launched one after another, which are also very popular and respected, and the company's performance is booming.

She even thought stupidly that if she hadn't met Ye Qiu earlier, maybe Ye Qiu would have liked Eliza's big helper, not herself, right?

Ye Qiu guessed through his wife's thoughts, this man must not think that he doesn't need to coax a woman when he gets married, that's wrong, a married woman still has to continue to coax, it's best if you can coax her for a lifetime.

"Yes, if you don't say it, I don't even know what to do, think about it carefully, you're really useless, you can't help anything" Ye Qiu deliberately didn't say anything good and obedient, and deliberately wanted to tease her and stimulate her with words.

Huang Chu pouted cutely, "You really think so?" ”

"Of course" Ye Qiu smiled and nodded, "Don't admit it yet, I'll calculate for you what you will do?" ”

Don't say it, Huang Chu really listened to him with wide eyes, with a look of concern.

"Well, what you can do the most is cooking, I eat your food for three meals a day, and I can eat your food every day when I get home, well, it's your credit; Also, your massage technique is good, help me massage every night, activate my muscles and bones, well, this is another one. ”

"Also, I think you're a good doctor, and you're doing regular check-ups for me, and you're worried about me having a heart attack like Ferguson and Houllier, which you seem to worry more about than I am, and that's another one; Oh, by the way, our psychologists this season were all introduced by you, and they are very strong, and one more is counted. ”

"And"

Ye Qiu was saying that he didn't have many advantages on the surface, but in fact, he said it smoothly, without the slightest hindrance, and directly said a lot, which made Huang Chu feel coquettish again, but in his heart, he was just disgusted that this guy deliberately teased himself just now, making him think that he was really useless.

"The most important thing is that you are so beautiful, take you out, I have more face" Ye Qiu pinched Huang Chu's cheeks very annoyingly, as if he was pinching the pink face of a little baby, and it hurt to death.

Huang Chu was unwilling to be pinched, his hands reached forward, and he also pinched Ye Qiu's face, and the two competed like this.

"Pain, light, I'll eat with this face," Ye Qiu shouted exaggeratedly.

"I'll pinch you to death" Huang Chu was filled with righteous indignation.

The two of them were making trouble on the long stone chairs, scuffling and entangled, anyway, there were just the two of them in the whole villa, and there were no outsiders, let alone worrying about being seen, they could do whatever they wanted, and the last thing was that Huang Chu was still struggling desperately when he was tightly held in Ye Qiu's arms, but in the end, he was appointed.

"I'm telling you, for me, can it be the same thing, but what I want is a wife who can always stand behind me, and I can see her encouraging smile when I look back, so never doubt your importance to me, and don't doubt my own ability, Zhilu Dao?"

was coaxed by him like this, Huang Chu was completely moved, and he was like a little sheep, let him slaughter it.

On 15 May, Chelsea finished the 38th round of the Premier League.

On the evening of May, the Champions League final was held at the Schalke Stadium in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.

In the middle of these two games, there were full days of time, so Ye Qiu had a lot of time to calmly prepare for this important final, but Ye Qiu did not give the team too much vacation, but took a holiday on the morning of the 16th and resumed training in the afternoon

It is not difficult to see from the training that Ye Qiu's entire training arrangement revolves around the Champions League final in 10 days.

Chelsea's days of preparation time seem to be abundant, but Porto is more generous than Chelsea in this regard, because Jose Mourinho's side have finished 34 rounds of the Portuguese Super League since May 5, and they have a full day to prepare for this game.

Jose Mourinho is a tough opponent to deal with, and even though Chelsea have poached Deco this season, Mourinho has brought in Cardoso Mendes Thiago from Benfica, and the attacking and defensive midfielder joins Maniche, Costinha and Mendes in Porto's defensive midfield.

But don't think that Mourinho's squad has no counterattack, although Porto's tactics this season are biased towards defense, even in the Portuguese Super League, the offensive ability is not obvious, 34 rounds of the Portuguese Super League have only scored a total of 53 goals, which can be said to be very few, but the defense is very solid, only 17 goals conceded, an average of 05 goals per game, which is indeed very good.

Ye Qiu can be sure that Mourinho will not easily change his set of tactical play, that is to say, defense is still the main theme of Porto in the final, because there is a huge gap between the strength of Porto and Chelsea, if Mourinho blindly chooses to press out to play, it will undoubtedly hit Ye Qiu's heart.

Of course, he also knows very well that Mourinho cannot just be defensive, because for a team like Chelsea, who have excellent ability to press in midfield and control the game all over the field, passivity means death, it is just the difference between dying early and dying later.

Therefore, Ye Qiu is in training, constantly instilling in the players a variety of possible changes in the game, such as Porto seize the initiative after the opening, to know that seizing the initiative does not mean that it is necessary to attack, but also to achieve their strategic goals by destroying Chelsea's rhythm and control.

Of course, there may be a more extreme scenario, with Porto putting on a bucket formation and defending to the end, but this is not very likely, because Chelsea's main centre-forward in this game is the tall and powerful Drogba, and the Ivorians have a superior dominance in the penalty area, which the Portuguese will surely be afraid of.

Porto's ace central defender this season is Carvalho, and the other partner is to adjust between Angolan central defenders Pedro Emmanuel and Jorge Costa, of which Emmanuel is only l meters tall and can cope in the Portuguese Super League, but to deal with Drogba, his partner Carvalho is too thin.

Ye Qiu can be sure that Mourinho's main central defenders must be Carvalho and Jorge Costa, and he will definitely make a fuss about Chelsea's Drogba, while limiting Ronaldinho and Lampard's back insertion.

In this way, Porto has not many options, and it becomes necessary to tighten the three lines, otherwise, Ronaldinho and Lampard are given room to play, and with a Deco dispatch, Mourinho will not be able to hold even if he is good.

Sometimes, the manager has to be bold and careful in his tactics when he arranges a football game.

Looking at those managers who do not have championship appearances, such as Ranieri and Cooper, they all have an obvious thing in common, that is, they are not bold enough, and when they encounter problems, they think about being cautious, thinking about safety, and thinking about how to control the opponent firmly.

But this is not possible on the football field, and no team can completely control the opponent.

So, a lot of times, the more cautious you are, the easier it is to backfire, especially when you have a certain advantage.

The so-called advantage, in Ye Qiu's view, is that you have a greater ability to take risks, so the advantage will only play a role in taking risks, you don't dare to take risks, what is the use of a big advantage?