Volume 1 Chapter 272 There Is Still a Chance!

Visiting the White Hart Lane Stadium, Ye Qiu arranged a lot of substitutes and young players to play, because Tottenham Hotspur has lost two in a row, and the morale of this north London team has dropped to the bottom, and the ranking has fallen to the first place in the Premier League, which is full of dangers.

No matter which way you look at it, there is no need for Ye Qiu to arrange all the main lineups to beat Tottenham Hotspur, causing his team to weaken their fighting power in the second leg of the Champions League knockout round in midweek.

Moreover, Ye Qiu still has very strong confidence in his own lineup, even if it is a semi-main lineup, it is enough to suppress Tottenham, and in fact, Chelsea in the 38th minute of the first half, relying on Joe Cole on the right side, Ribery picked up a pass in the penalty area, and Van Persie grabbed a point in front of the goal, breaking the deadlock on the field for Chelsea.

This was also the only goal against both sides in this game, because after that, Ye Qiu adopted a defensive counterattack strategy, while Tottenham's pressing attack was half-hearted, on the one hand, he wanted to equalize and save the situation, but on the other hand, he was afraid of Chelsea's counterattack.

In the end, at White Hart Lane, Tottenham Hotspur ushered in three consecutive defeats, losing 0l to Chelsea.

It was also in this round that Arsenal drew with Portsmouth away, and in the case of a one-goal lead, it was equalized by Portsmouth in the second half, which made Ye Qiu, who was preparing for the game in London, overjoyed.

Because after this round, Chelsea's lead was extended to 8 points, which can be said to be a huge lead in the remaining league situation, and after this round, Chelsea further expanded the score, which is undoubtedly a painful blow to Arsenal.

A week ago, the third-line battle, but now, first eliminated by Manchester United from the FA Cup, now the league situation is precarious, and the Champions League knockout round is also at an absolute disadvantage, which is not a small pressure and blow for Arsenal.

The entire world of English football and European football, after this round of Premier League football, has almost put the title of Premier League title on Chelsea's head, believing that with Chelsea's current lead and the Blues' excellent form this season, it is difficult for Arsenal to keep up with Chelsea's pace.

But just when the media was overwhelmingly promoting and hyping Chelsea to win the championship ahead of schedule, Ye Qiu held an internal meeting of all the players from the coaching staff to the first team at the Harrington training base, and at the meeting, he reminded all the players and coaches very seriously that the league is entering the most critical moment, and no one should relax because of an 8-point lead.

"There are countless cases of collapse at the last moment, in the Champions League final that year, Manchester United reversed Bayern Munich at the last moment; Bayer Leverkusen suffered unexpected defeats in the last two finals of the last round and turned from the favourite Treble to the sad Sanya champions, and we must learn from that."

Ye Qiu's profound admonition was to wake up the players fiercely, lest they get a little carried away because of the media hype and exaggeration, but he didn't suppress the team's morale too much, because Ye Qiu himself knew very well that the pressure on the team was so huge, he had to give everyone a hope.

In fact, he has been creating hope for the team, and that hope is constantly becoming a reality.

It's just that now, he wants to amplify this hope even further.

"Guys," Ye Qiu swept over everyone in this not spacious conference room, "I want all of you to understand that we are not far from the last success, and we hope to win the second English top flight title in Chelsea football history, the first Premier League title, and the first Champions League title in Chelsea history."

"Double champions, what better proof of our strength and more shame to those who call us mercenaries? I'm confident that the team has won these two titles and I'm sure you should be confident because you're the best

"And I believe even more that as long as each and every one of us is serious about every game and beating every opponent, then by the end of the season, you will be proud of what the team has achieved and you will be a hero to be admired by Chelsea and countless fans around the world."

"Ronaldinho was on the left to break through, Lauren broke the ball off the line, corner"

"Deco went to the corner and he should be in charge of the corner"

'Deco took a corner and there was chaos in the Arsenal box, Campbell and Drogba didn't get the first point, the ball fell to the back post, and Vieira headed in before Frank Lampard cleared the ball out of the box.

"Edgar Davies rushed up from behind, got ahead of Pire, and fired a powerful volley directly to the left side of the box arc"

'Oops, Davies' powerful long-range shot didn't hit the target, but the ball fell into the box.

"Ronaldinho got the ball, picked it up, turned around, beautiful, the ball went in"

"A beautiful pick turned with his back to the goal, Ronaldinho went straight upside down with a golden hook and hit the ball into the goal of Lehmann, the German goalkeeper did not react to this shot that did not hit the force, the ball went in"

"An upside-down golden hook from Brazilian superstar Ronaldinho, a very, very imaginative barb in the box"

The whole stadium at Stamford Bridge chanted Ronaldinho's name, while the Brazilian quickly got up from the ground, rushed out of the penalty area like an arrow, rushed to the bottom of the podium, writhed excitedly on the sidelines, jumped samba and was also thrilled to score in such an important game.

The ball came so suddenly that even he didn't expect it

According to Ye Qiu's corner kick tactics arranged before the game, he went to the front point, Drogba and Lampard were at the back point, and Drogba was responsible for pulling Campbell to the middle point to disturb the goalkeeper, the important thing is Lampard at the back point, and if Lampard didn't work again, it would be the second wave of Davies and McCone outside the penalty area.

But what people didn't expect was that Lampard lost to Vieira in the battle for the top, Davies grabbed the first drop outside the penalty area, but he misjudged and hit it crookedly, and by mistake, the ball fell to the feet of Ronaldinho in the penalty area.

The whole process is full of coincidences, but there is also a certain inevitability, and this is the beauty of football

Chelsea players hugged each other on the sidelines, celebrating their goal.

'In the first minute, in the second half, Chelsea finally scored against Arsenal, 0"

The on-site commentators were also thrilled by Ronaldinho's upside-down golden hook, and even felt that it was worth the ticket price to see such a goal at Stamford Bridge.

"Arsenal still did not get out of the slump of the past few games in this game, and Arsene Wenger's tactics were not surprising, because there were only a few people in his squad, and Ye Qiu's starting tactics were also not surprising, but Chelsea finally broke through Arsenal's goal, which was a reward for Chelsea's hard work throughout the game."

In this game, Chelsea played a round of attacking from the beginning, directly using the home advantage to suppress Arsenal, which has been in poor form recently, through the attack, and the Gunners were forced to defend to the death, as a result, Chelsea did not do their best to attack the whole game, but only took the initiative, maintained control, and played more patiently.

The game was arguably ugly and dull, but it exploded with Ronaldinho's sudden goal

'The situation is getting worse and worse for Arsenal now, Chelsea have two more away goals on aggregate, Arsenal have to score a goal to have a chance to equalise, which is undoubtedly difficult to achieve for the Gunners who have been out of form recently, on the contrary, Wenger should adjust the team as soon as possible, because we have already realised that the mood of the Arsenal players seems to be a little agitated and impatient.

Chelsea's strong squad has paid off in this period, and Chelsea are clearly better than Arsenal in terms of fighting spirit and fitness, while Arsenal's players have not been able to get out of the shadow of the past few games, looking a little demoralized, lacking in aggressiveness, and even playing without threat on the counter-attack.

Even if Chelsea didn't give it their all, they still had a firm grip on the initiative.

After Chelsea's goal, Arsene Wenger finally made a substitution, bringing on Reyes for the poor Lauren, the right-back Wenger trusted, who was completely crushed by Ronaldinho in this game, and should have been red carded if Merck's whistle had not taken care of him.

With Reyes and Bergkamp and Thierry Henry forming a three-striker strategy, Wenger is clearly going to be desperate.

Ye Qiu was not surprised by this, he replaced Davis with Ribery in the 75th minute, and the team changed to 43 to focus on defensive counterattacks, actively attacking through two wings.

Ribery's progress this season is obvious to all, the Frenchman has a solid foundation, is fast, and has excellent skills, before only lacking a stable environment and a manager who trusts him, and as Ye Qiu keeps giving him opportunities this season, Ribery's improvement is becoming more and more obvious, and several substitutes and starters have shown a strong level.

Ye Qiu's idea is that the team should adjust its tactics next season, and should give Ribery more tasks appropriately, and even promote him to play as a starter, which can be regarded as a reward for his outstanding performance this season, and Ye Qiu also heard that Ribery will enter the French national team, and the Blues should give a new contract

The two sides changed formations, although Arsenal's attack looked fierce, but in fact created a small threat, a lot of mistakes, but Chelsea's counter-attack created a threat several times, just a little bit close to the goal.

This is also because of the general lack of physical fitness of Arsenal players, who have played for so long and fought on multiple fronts, and the players' physical and physical consumption is very strong, resulting in many of their technical movements in the game are seriously out of shape, and there are naturally many mistakes.

Until the 89th minute, Arsenal was obviously crazy, one by one rushed out to play, Vieira kept shouting at his teammates over there, Wenger also walked to the sidelines, giving support to the team, the last few minutes, for Arsenal, it doesn't matter if you score or not, the important thing is dignity.

But Ye Qiu still didn't plan to keep his hand, as soon as he saw that the player was a little retracted, he immediately walked out of the hall and shouted loudly, what is this?

Did you win?

The game isn't over yet? Who would dare to say that they will win?

There are four or five minutes of stoppage time, so let's relax now, doesn't that give Arsenal a chance?

In the 9l minute, Arsenal attacked to the middle, the ball was cut off by Makelele and handed to Deco, Deco kicked over the top of the long pass, Ribery finally seized the opportunity this time, exerted his surprising explosiveness, penetrated Arsenal's already obviously pressed a very outrageous defense, after winning the ball with a full 30 meters, no one had time to chase him during the whole process, the rest is his battle with Lehmann.

The German goalkeeper stood outside, could only attack, could not defend, the most difficult result was directly picked by Ribery, the French were also worried about the deviation, directly chased the ball to the goal, and watched the ball into the net before giving up, 0

This goal completely destroyed Arsenal's stubborn fighting spirit, and Ye Qiu also directly made two substitutions after the worst, consuming the last few minutes of stoppage time, and dragging the game to the end.

When Merck blew the whistle for the end of the game, the stadium at Stamford Bridge was transformed into a sea of celebration, with all the Chelsea fans in blue shirts rushing out of their seats and cheering and cheering

"Congratulations to Chelsea, congratulations to them for reaching the semi-finals of the Champions League, this is the first time since 19 that a London team has reached the semi-finals of the Champions League, not even Arsenal in the past, and Ye Qiu did it in his first season in the Premier League, he is indeed the king of the cup"

In 19 years, Tottenham Hotspur reached the semi-finals of the Champions League for the last time, and since then, there have never been so many teams in London who have been able to reach the semi-finals again, but teams from other parts of England have reached the top of the mountain, such as Nottingham Forest, the Liverpool dynasty, and Manchester United's treble at the turn of the century.

London's side have long been unhappy with their Champions League results, and Arsene Wenger's Gunners were their top hopes, as Arsenal are the only Premier League team with the quality to challenge Manchester United, and they are also part of the Gl4 team.

What people didn't expect was that it was not Wenger or Arsenal who led the London team to make a breakthrough, but Ye Qiu and his team, Chelsea, who was bombarded and ostracized by countless professionals before the season, and even belittled as a mercenary.

The huge investment of 500 million euros, in exchange for the amazing fighting Chelsea, made Abramovich sitting in the box at Stamford Bridge very happy, and the TV camera captured Abramovich's happy expression as he stood up and applauded the team, and anyone could read his joy from his face.

Ye Qiu hugged and celebrated with his assistants and players one by one on the sidelines, and the fans in the stands obviously noticed their head coach, in the Premier League, which has always attached great importance to the role of the head coach and affirmed the importance of the head coach, the fans are very clear that the soul of this Chelsea team is Ye Qiu

"Leaf Autumn Leaf Autumn Leaf Autumn"

The Chelsea fans in the stands kept shouting Ye Qiu's name, at first it was only a small part, sparse, but gradually, more and more fans were involved in it, the momentum became louder and louder, the shouts became stronger and stronger, and after the worst, it became an overwhelming cheer, and the shouts of [Ye Qiu] were even more deafening, I believe that even the fans in front of the TV can hear it clearly.

"Chelsea fans are giving their young manager the best possible treatment, with 40,000 fans chanting Ye Qiu's name in unison, which shows their recognition and support for Ye Qiu's coaching achievements this season."

"Beating Arsenal, Chelsea is indeed amazing, we also have reason to believe that Chelsea is not only the number one favorite to win the Premier League this season, but also the most promising team to win the Champions League

The Chelsea players on the pitch were celebrating as if they had already won all the trophies ahead of schedule, and it was more important to them than anything else to be able to beat Arsenal twice in the knockout stages of the Champions League.

Arsenal's players were clearly hit hard, with their heads pulled up and walking like the walking dead down the tunnel, because they had suffered too many blows in the past week.

Losing the FA Cup, losing the league, losing the Champions League, they were completely awakened from their dream of an ambitious treble, and the brutal truth told them that they simply did not have what it took to win the treble.

Arsene Wenger stood on the sidelines, silently watching the celebratory Chelsea up and down, and his heart couldn't help but feel a sense of despair, because he knew that after this season, it would be difficult for him to have such a strong and fighting Arsenal, and it would be difficult to have another chance to win the Champions League.

Suddenly, he felt that he was very envious of Ye Qiu, who didn't envy Ye Qiu for performing so well in his first season in the Premier League?

Of course, Wenger is not as some fans who don't like Ye Qiu think, he thinks that Ye Qiu is lucky, he is very sure that Ye Qiu can have today, relying on strength, undoubted strength, otherwise, who can get to this point for him?

Arsene Wenger is not an easily desperate man after all, eight points behind Chelsea in the league, but there is still hope.

He's lost the FA Cup, he's lost the Champions League, he can't afford to lose the Premier League anymore

"There is still hope, there is still a chance" Wenger raised his head, muttering to himself in the voice of Ye Qiu's name in the sky, as if he was talking to himself and encouraging himself.

Then he didn't wait for Ye Qiu, and walked directly into the player tunnel, he wanted to give encouragement to his players.