Volume 1 Chapter 591 The Privilege of the Champion
In front of the exit of the players' tunnel at Old Trafford, Manchester United's main team and the substitute line-up are on the side, standing neatly on the left and right sides in front of the exit of the players' tunnel, while the referee and linesman stand closest to the exit of the players' tunnel.
This is a tradition in the Premier League, Manchester United in their own home stadium, with a queue to welcome the defending champion Tottenham Hotspur, who successfully won the title ahead of schedule, although this is an unacceptable and extremely depressing thing for Manchester United, but both Ferguson and Manchester United players have said before the game that they will line up to greet them.
In the history of Premier League football, Manchester United is the team with the most titles, and Ferguson's team has won two consecutive championships and dominated the Premier League for a long time, and it can be called a well-deserved Premier League hegemon.
But tradition is tradition, and Alex Ferguson is a manager who attaches great importance to tradition, so in his previous media interviews, on the one hand, he hoped that Chelsea could beat Tottenham Hotspur, delay the early title of the north London team, and at the same time thwart Tottenham Hotspur's spirit, but on the other hand, he said that Manchester United would maintain their demeanor.
"It's the prerogative of the winner, isn't it?"
When the Tottenham Hotspur players, led by captain David Beckham, slowly walked out of the tunnel, the entire Old Trafford stadium resounded with a not very noticeable boo, but it was clear to all the fans in the stadium.
is dissatisfied with Tottenham Hotspur, because Ye Qiu actually arranged such a substitute lineup at this time.
Goalkeeper Joe Hart is Coentrão, Zigrinski, Kompany and Kyle Walker in defence, Ramsey, Phil Jones and Paul Pogba in midfield, Hazzard, Falcao and David Beckham up front
It is clear that Tottenham Hotspur are not going to give it their all in this game, with Ye Qiu concentrating all his forces on the second leg of next Wednesday's Champions League semi-final.
Not only Tottenham Hotspur, but also Manchester United's game, it can be seen from the clothes of this group of players in Manchester United, many players are wearing game uniforms, while some players are wearing substitute training including Rooney, Benzema, Sneijder, Las Diarra and other players are not planning to play.
The captain of Manchester United in this game is Nemanja Vidic, but his partner is Evans, Ferdinand and Gary Neville did not even make the squad, it is obvious that Ferguson's abacus is similar to Ye Qiu.
David Beckham's return to Old Trafford in this way is a bit special, especially as Tottenham Hotspur captain, and when he led his team-mates out of the tunnel and into the pitch, there was a burst of boos, but there were not many of them, and it was clear that some United fans were venting their frustration with him.
But soon, there was a louder cheer from the scene, and it was clear that some rational United fans took the initiative to defend their former heroes when they saw someone booing Beckham, and this cheer became more and more enthusiastic, and some even shouted Beckham's name at the end.
Not only that, but a number of Beckham's former Manchester United team-mates, including Paul Scholes and Ryan Giggs, shook Beckham's hand and hugged him, congratulating the former team-mate on his achievements at Tottenham Hotspur
Although in the past two seasons, Beckham has gradually faded out of the main squad as he has grown older, and even the substitute position has been threatened by young players including Ramsey and Pogba, but Beckham's performance has been very good, which is also because he hopes to win the qualification for the World Cup in South Africa through his performance.
This is also the reason why a number of Tottenham Hotspur players have been working hard so far, such as Portugal international Coentrão, who has been in good form recently, and although he has a solid place in the Portuguese national team, he still needs to earn the trust and recognition of the manager through his performances.
Moreover, Beckham has always been one of the few offensive pillars in the England national team, during the period of giving up Beckham, the performance of the England national team has not been satisfactory, the attack has lost its threat, and countless people are missing Beckham's free kicks and long pass assists, so there is basically no suspense for Beckham to play the South African World Cup.
However, he himself is also very careful, especially when it comes to injuries, and he even undergoes a physical examination every day like the injured to ensure that he can go to the World Cup in South Africa in good health.
Ye Qiu is also very supportive of Beckham, so in many cup competitions, or some games with chicken ribs, he arranged for Beckham to go up to find a state and maintain the heat of his body, which would be good for him to play the South African World Cup in the summer.
The pre-match parade ceremony was very warm, and the atmosphere in which the players of both sides met was very harmonious, and there was no big conflict and controversy, but in the process of the game, Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United did not stay at all, and the two sides faced Mai Mang and started the war directly.
Although it was an under-regarded game, the managers of both sides were clearly more focused on the second leg of next week's Champions League semi-final, but the substitutes and young players did not think so, and they all tried their best to prove themselves.
Therefore, this game was played very well, no one on either side was polite, and you went back and forth to start an offensive battle.
In fact, Manchester United's attacking ability is not weak, especially when Paul Scholes, Ryan Giggs, Fletcher and other players who are familiar with Manchester United's off-ball passing and running system are on the pitch at the same time, Manchester United's attacking power is also quite good.
But it is clear that Tottenham Hotspur's ability to create and seize chances is better than Manchester United, but this is not because Tottenham Hotspur's overall strength is better than Manchester United's, but Tottenham Hotspur's entire tactical system is more attacking and creative, coupled with Falcao in front, Tottenham Hotspur defeated Manchester United away.
Romerdal Falcao also scored his 41st Premier League goal of the season in this game.
Such crazy goal statistics have also made the Colombian star famous, and even many fans have begun to include him in the ranks of the world's top center forwards, after all, it is very, very difficult to score so many goals in a season, even in the Tottenham Hotspur team, which is known as the most attacking team.
But there is a very important reason why the media hyped Falcao, which is that he has scored more goals than Messi and Ribery, which provides the media with resources for hype, although Messi, Ribery, Falcao, Fabregas, David Silva, Alves and Thiago Silva have all entered the shortlist when selecting the official best player of the Premier League season, but everyone knows that Messi's election is almost no suspense.
But that's what the media is, they won't tell you anything else, they'll just tell you that Falcao has kept Messi and Ribery down because of his goal count, and that's what the media do best.
Tottenham Hotspur defeated Manchester United away, ending all the big talks in the Premier League this season, and the last two opponents are Bolton Wanderers and Burnley, both opponents are difficult to pose a threat to Tottenham Hotspur, and the championship trophy will be awarded to Tottenham Hotspur after the 37th round of the league, at home to Bolton.
There is no doubt that no one is paying attention to a game that has already been abandoned by both managers, with all media attention focused on the second leg of next week's Champions League semi-finals, and almost all the questions asked by journalists in the post-match press conference were related to this crucial battle.
Alex Ferguson says Manchester United will beat Tottenham Hotspur at home to progress to the final.
"We're not just going to be back in the Champions League final, we're going to get revenge"
Ferguson's meaning is clear: to complete a revenge on Tottenham Hotspur for the miracle that was staged at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia, when United conceded four goals in the second half after leading 0 in the first half, losing to Tottenham Hotspur and losing the Champions League title.
Regarding the provocation from Ferguson, Ye Qiu said with a smile that the away game has an advantage over Tottenham Hotspur
'Everybody knows we're good at attacking and we're going to use our attacking to break down Manchester United away from home
When asked by reporters whether they would be a little more conservative in away games, Ye Qiu said, "This is not our style of Tottenham Hotspur, we will still adopt a proactive game strategy, we will use attacks to break down Manchester United's defense, I believe that I and my players will appear at the Bernabeu Stadium"
As to whether Tottenham Hotspur will advance or Manchester United will finally have the most laugh, outside commentators have also given different opinions, some support Tottenham Hotspur, believing that this team's promotion represents a victory for attacking football, while others believe that Manchester United should win more because Ferguson's side have the advantage.
"The most worrying thing about Tottenham Hotspur is their form and fitness, in fact, the north London team was tired in the first leg of the competition, and the mistakes that led to Manchester United's goals also came from physical fitness, so for Tottenham Hotspur, in the second leg, whether they can adjust the fitness and condition of the players well, this is the most important thing."
"On the other hand, Ferguson's side have long been planning around the Champions League, as evidenced by Ferguson's abandonment of the league against Chelsea, when in fact Manchester United have performed much better in cup competitions, especially in the knockout stages of the Champions League, than in the league and other competitions."
"However, United also have a weakness, and that is whether they will be able to contain the Tottenham attack?"
"Ferguson's tactical understanding and tactical literacy are undoubted, there are only a handful of managers in football today who can match him, and his Manchester United are very balanced in attack and defense at the moment, and from the current situation, they are also the closest team to Tottenham Hotspur in terms of strength, so we can expect Manchester United to create a miracle in the second leg."
Yes, miracles, in the eyes of many, it takes a miracle to beat Tottenham Hotspur over two legs in the Champions League, or to beat Tottenham Hotspur completely in one competition.
Ye Qiu's team has created too many glories and myths in the past few years, and after entering the 09l0 season, Tottenham Hotspur has also ushered in a period of adjustment, the most obvious change is that after selling several stars in the team, they began to vigorously promote and cultivate young players.
Although Tottenham Hotspur's young players this season have attracted much attention and expectations, and have shown impressive strength, young is young in the end, and it is impossible to support young players to rise to the top and maintain peak form in the strength of the team at the same time, so it is inevitable that there will be some problems when Tottenham Hotspur is dealing with multi-front battles this season.
However, Ye Qiu still adheres to the same tactics as Tottenham Hotspur in the past few seasons, only making appropriate adjustments in defense and local details, such as appropriately pulling back the back line that moved forward under the previous high post defense.
In Ye Qiu's metaphorical words, the retracted fist is faster and more powerful.
Changing and promoting young players can bring turmoil, so while Tottenham Hotspur have been impressive in the Premier League this season, winning all the big teams and winning all the big teams, including the Golden Boot and the Silver Boot, Tottenham have made some mistakes in the more tactically targeted Champions League.
For example, the away defeat to Porto, this game scared many people, don't look at the later Tottenham Hotspur home bloodshed Porto, the scenery is infinite, but no amount of scenery can hide the problems caused by the defeat in the first leg.
In fact, anyone with a discerning eye can see that Tottenham Hotspur's entire game control and the overall strength of the team are still a lot lower than last season, after all, the departure of Van Persie, Gareth Bale, Arbeloa and Lucas Mora has weakened Tottenham Hotspur a lot.
But everyone still has a subconscious of supporting the strong in their bones, so Tottenham Hotspur has made great progress and development in terms of the number of fans and influence.
A research group on economic, sports and intangible values at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom, after research and analysis over the past year, has obtained a report on the results of a study on the media value of football clubs, players and coaches, showing that although Real Madrid has grown from 48 in the past season. Five points to 83 points, a 70-point improvement, proving that Florentino's superstar policy has been successful once again, but it is Tottenham Hotspur who occupy the first place.
The research team synthesized a season's team and player reputation, public attention, media including online exposure, etc., and quantified them to finally arrive at a statistical result of media value.
It is clear that the success achieved in the past few years has allowed Tottenham Hotspur to win the attention of fans and media from all over the world, with a score of 96. The U points won the title, while Barcelona only had RU points, Real Madrid 83 points, Manchester United and Chelsea respectively. 4 points and 59. With 7 points, AC Milan, Liverpool, Inter Milan, Arsenal and Bayern Munich are close behind.
The results of this study can actually be seen as a reference for some sponsors to invest, because he reflects the media value of a football club, and from this list, Tottenham Hotspur's every move has attracted the attention of fans all over the world, and even a Christmas party held by them in the past can finally be operated into a large-scale Christmas carnival, which shows the influence and fan appeal of Tottenham Hotspur.
As the head of the research team at the University of Oxford, Professor Puhol said in an interview that he is a fan and an expert in the field of media, and he made this list because of his interest, and he feels that media value is a high-level sports field worth studying, and he will stick to this aspect of research.
Regarding Tottenham Hotspur's victory, Puhol said that this is because Tottenham Hotspur has a very professional public relations and news team, as well as a very professional and systematic business operation team.
"If we look at the first few teams on the list, it is not difficult to see that Tottenham Hotspur, Real Madrid, Manchester United and Chelsea have all done a lot of work in terms of PR and press teams, and as soon as Florentino came to power, the first to adjust was Real Madrid's press department, and Tottenham Hotspur's press and public relations capabilities have always been well-known in the industry."
"And if we look closely, we will find a more interesting phenomenon, that is, the team with high media value tends to have a high economic income, and the two are directly proportional, for example, in Forbes's club rankings, the teams with the strongest revenue are Manchester United, Real Madrid, Tottenham Hotspur, Arsenal, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Liverpool and AC Milan."
"Tottenham Hotspur's operating income is still lagging behind Manchester United and Real Madrid in the case of unrivaled media value and leading all the big teams, which indirectly proves one thing, Tottenham Hotspur's commercial value still has great potential to be tapped, and a very important factor in this gap is the White Hart Lane stadium"
Puhol also predicted that Tottenham Hotspur will become the world's highest-paid football club in the next five years, but only if the quality of the team and the squad can be maintained.
There is no doubt that this study by Professor Puhol of the University of Oxford is actually consistent with Ye Qiu and Peternion's positioning of Tottenham Hotspur, because Ye Qiu is very unswerving in implementing the team's stable development path and healthy financial route, and even does not hesitate to sell the team's stars for this reason, no matter who it is.
The advantage of this is that the team's finances are very healthy, and when the team enters the new stadium in the future, the team will usher in a prosperous road to development.
Another insistence is the team's technical and tactical style, that is, attacking football, which not only wins the admiration and support of fans for Tottenham Hotspur, ensures home attendance, but more importantly, it can ensure the continuity and stability of Tottenham Hotspur's past, present and future, including the first team and the youth team.
In this case, Ye Qiu will not change Tottenham Hotspur's mature and stable tactical structure, and insisting on offensive football will become the unchanging banner of Tottenham Hotspur, even if it is in an unfavorable situation, challenging Manchester United away.