vs 570 The greatness of football
Standing in the locker room of Wembley Stadium, seeing that his players had changed their clothes here and were ready to go, Li Bin, who was standing at the door, was also full of emotion. It's here that they're about to challenge for their final title of the season, and it's here that they're going to face Barcelona for the pinnacle of a showdown to see who is the stronger one.
The names of these players are all in front of him: Neuer, CoentrΓ£o, Palmeri, Thiago Silva, Piszczek, Gustavo, Yaya Toure, Bale, Di Maria, Suarez, Cavani, the main squad of these eleven men, is still the most trusted player of Tottenham.
Rossi, Reus, Vidal, Ramsey, Jerome Boateng, Ledley King and Zieller are the best substitutes for Tottenham.
The team in the locker room opposite is very strong, and in Li Bin's memory, their strength has almost conquered an era. Now, however, Tottenham are on the opposite side of them. If Tottenham can win both games, then this era belongs to Tottenham.
It's been seven years...... It has taken me more than seven years since I took over a team to get to where I am today. In seven years, he has gone from an unknown football man to a world-renowned head coach, and he has appeared on the stage of the final with his own team. My dream of football, my understanding of football, and my love for football have become the motivation for me to step onto this stage.
Now, I am finally standing here, I have finally become a world-class coach, and my dream is in my own hands, step by step.
This is the stage that I dream of, and it is also the stage that I am constantly pursuing.
"Guys, we're going to play soon. Soon, we will have to compete with our opponents in the finals. The opponents are very strong, and I think you all know that they are the strongest teams we've ever beaten. But we're also strong, we're the strongest team that has beaten them. β
"The game is about to start, so I won't talk to you about any tactics. We've been playing together for three years, and the tactics or something, I don't need to talk about it, you all know it. The opponent is a ball-possessing player, how to deal with them, we have made a careful arrangement before the game, and I believe that this game, we can win this game. I don't have much to say about the game, but I want to say one more thing: why should we win the game? For the championship? For victory? For the sake of honor? For money and fame? No, remember, we won this game for football. β
After calming the players casually, Li Bin spoke.
"We all know that football is constantly improving with the emergence of new ways of exercising, and the ability of the players. The improvement of physical fitness in a short period of time has broken the spiral mode of the players' skills and bodies, and the technology cannot keep up with the body for a while, which is also the sadness of track and field football in our time. So, in our time, a new voice has emerged. In their view, the control of football by pure technical flow is the only direction of evolution of football. Ignoring the body, ignoring the confrontation, ignoring the header, ignoring everything that is not technical, in exchange for the great development of technology, in the eyes of many people, it is football. Control of football was lifted to an unprecedented level because he could fight against athletics football and was considered the only way. Just like the team across from us, they are considered synonymous with beautiful football, the strongest football, the universe team from the universe that teaches the earthlings, all our other teams, not as good as them, not as beautiful as them, not as good as them, if we don't play the same game with them, that is, we don't understand the ball, if we dare to win them, it is anti-football. β
"Do they have to be better than us? I don't know, everyone's definition of beautiful is different. However, they must not only prove that they are the most beautiful, but also that they are the most powerful. But what if they're not strong enough? They rely on other factors to help them be strong. So, these people who pretend to play beautiful football began to play the most evil tricks. They got the help of the referees, they carried water, they fouled, they didn't play clean enough, and that's all for art football. If we do this once, then we are heinous - I am not a moral gentleman, I don't think that football players are unforgivable for doing something wrong for the sake of victory, but I can't accept it, if others make mistakes, they will glorify in every way, and if we make mistakes, we will not be able to forgive - what is the premise of football? Fair. Football without fairness is sad football, and it cannot be called football. I don't hate possession, but I hate the way they do things. β
"And who gave them the habit to do so? It's not anyone else, it's money. For the sake of money, some people want the game to be smooth, to make the game go smoothly, and even to make certain teams have to win. This kind of thing, in the World Cup, in the continental competition, in the league, in the cup, in the various arenas, it is all unavoidable. All those people need is money, and for them, with money, they can sell everything they have. They don't care what really beautiful football is, they don't care who is the real star and the master, they just care, who can bring them money? What can bring them money? As long as they can bring money, they dare to trample on everything - including the football under our feet. β
"So, we saw that the game was starting to go bad. Football games are no longer about attracting people by football, but by attracting people by their surroundings. In them, in order to make money, there is only one way to play art football, and if you don't play the same ball as them, it is wrong, it is ugly, and it is unsightly. The confrontation, the impact, the coordination, and the aura of football are not as good as the repeated transmission of the assembly line, and they are not as powerful as this style of play - if you disagree, the referee will tell you the mistake. Football matches need to have enough gimmicks, when they need to be strong opponents, they need to be grudges from giants, they need controversial decisions, and they need to have celebrity anecdotes. The players who play on the field, they can be skilled, they can't be famous, they have to be able to bring in enough money, they have to be cash cows. At the same time, in order to make money, they don't care about the honor of their players, and they can just as ignore those who gamble their lives to play football, they don't care about the career of the players, what they brag about eating, drinking, and having fun, and they don't care at all, whether those things will ruin the future of the players. They also don't care what the player's private life is, and all kinds of reports in the media and newspapers are full of players' lives. β
"It's the best of years for stars, but it's also something that makes football feel sad and shameful! Stars produced like an assembly line? Players playing the same type of football? Private life is to eat, drink, and have fun, find women to hang out, and entertain the public? Such football is a shame in itself! β
"A lot of people are aware of that, they want to rebel against football like this. Some people think that there are people who oppose them, but the way they oppose them has become the other extreme. They use the way of shrinking and sticking to the opponents to control the dullness of football, and the confrontation between the two types of football has even become the mainstream, but this confrontation is not a good game. β
"Football is football, football is nothing else. It's not football when you quarrel with the media, it's not football when you sleep with a woman, it's not football when you fight outside with your teammates! What is Football? Football is the sport of 22 people fighting for a ball on the field! It's the embodiment of the teamwork, the tactical ability, the technical level of the eleven, it's the war without gunpowder, it's the most wonderful sport -- everything but the turf, everything, it's not football. β
"We're standing here today, what do we need? We want a good game, a bigger football! What we want is a truly diverse, varied football! We don't need to be down-footed at the back, we don't need to be savage, we want football, pure football! β
"So, I trained you! So, we're standing here, so, we're on our way to the championship! If we win the championship, then we can tell the world loudly that there is more than one way to play football, there can be many kinds of football, and every football is beautiful. We can use our victory to tell our opponent that we don't need to rely on covering our faces and faking falls, nor do we need to rely on violence to hurt people, relying on technology, cooperation, and physical advantages, these things, we can also win the game! Football is not what they think it is, against technology and tactics, only technology and tactics, not hurting, sand and turf, or swearing in the street. The only thing to fight against the physical advantage is intelligence and speed, not fake falls, cover your face, and cheat penalties. What can attract the audience is football, beautiful football, not some strange schedules, controversies, grievances. What are we going to do? Quite simply, what we want to do is make everyone aware of the beauty of football. The charm of football is more than those other factors, and the charm of football is unstoppable by anyone! β
"Go, boys, go fight, let your opponent know how strong we really are. Tell them how strong our team is, and how unstoppable their enemies are! β