Volume 1 Chapter 584 A local tyrant fell from the sky

When Viktor Kaushoi blew the whistle for the end of the match, the entire Camp Nou stadium fell silent.

Nearly 100,000 Barcelona fans sat in the stands, and at their feet, beside them, there were still props that were supposed to be used to celebrate the team's victory over Tottenham Hotspur and their promotion to the semi-finals of the Champions League, but it was clear that these things were useless now, so that many people threw them off the stands in a vent.

Just as they used pig's heads to throw Figo, now they use these props to throw Tottenham Hotspur and the damn Chinese, but they also want to smash this group of indisputable players.

The scoreboard shows the final result of the match, as well as the overall score of the two legs, 4

This represents the brutal fact that Barcelona ended up in the quarter-finals and were knocked out of the Champions League by Tottenham Hotspur, and the season was ultimately a failure after high hopes from fans.

Yes, for Barcelona, not winning the Champions League, or in other words, not being able to show enough competitiveness in the Champions League, this represents a failure, especially after the introduction of players such as Mascherano, Van Persie, Alexis Sanchez, etc., the team's performance still does not improve greatly, which is definitely a failure.

Tottenham Hotspur players are celebrating their promotion to the semi-finals, and among the Tottenham Hotspur players in white jerseys are Cesc Fabregas, Messi, David Silva, Franck Ribery, and Thiago Silva.

Everyone knows that if they want to poach their players from Tottenham Hotspur, especially those who have proven themselves on all fronts, it is impossible not to give a high enough price, and at a time when the bubble in the transfer market has been blowing bigger and bigger, even Barcelona does not have enough funds to run such an astonishing sky-high transfer price.

Mascherano, Van Persie, Deco, Abidal and other old ministers of Ye Qiu in the past, after the game, all walked to Ye Qiu one after another, congratulating him on getting the right to advance, although they are now wearing Barcelona jerseys, but after the game, they can also represent themselves and congratulate their former mentors.

It's sad to lose, but there are some things that matter more than the outcome of the game.

It's like Xavi and Andres Iniesta, even if they lose, they still congratulate Cesc Fabregas and Messi.

Both goals came from Messi, the second goal occurred in the 78th minute, when Barcelona's physical energy was almost exhausted, and in the case of too much physical consumption, their defense inevitably made mistakes, and when organizing the defense, they even missed the Argentine, and as a result, Messi got another chance to be unguarded.

In terms of the ability to seize opportunities, Messi will not lose to anyone, so in the face of such unguarded opportunities in the penalty area, he will not let it be missed from his feet, even if this time it is against his old club Barcelona.

"Congratulations" Guardiola, as the host, walked up despite the reluctance to lose.

"Xie Lu, thank you," Ye Qiu shook hands with him.

In fact, Guardiola's ability to design the tactical framework is still very good, especially his familiarity with Barcelona's tactical system, he is indeed very good in the overall situation, but in some specific details, he also has his own flaws, such as on-the-spot command, and he is a little too taken for granted in the selection of players.

In a previous life, Pep Guardiola brought in Zlatan Ibrahimovic and abandoned Samuel Eto'o, even at the expense of a huge share of the club's interests, as evidenced by the fact that Ibrahimovic proved to be a failure.

And now, although Van Persie's introduction has proven successful, Barcelona's core problem is not just in the frontcourt, because in Ye Qiu's view, Barcelona's entire tactical system is actually born from the 433 tactical system of Ajax in the Netherlands, the difference is that they emphasize possession.

Arguably, the biggest conflict between Cruyff and Dutch football is the amount of possession, the former is obsessed with possession, the latter is more inclined to winger tactics, of course, there is some paranoia between the two, but they are very focused on the wing.

When Ye Qiu took over the first team of Ajax, he once said that the glory of Ajax's Van Gaal period in the nineties, and even the glory of Ajax and even the glory of Dutch football history, is inseparable from the wing, whether it is a winger or a full-back, the same.

If you expand it a little further, the success of any strong team in the world is inseparable from the wings, Cafu and Carlos of the Brazilian national team, Mauro Tassotti and Maldini of the AC Milan dynasty, all of them.

So when Ye Qiu took over Ajax, the first thing he did was to improve the wing, introduce winger Robben, and at the same time introduce fullbacks McCone and Abidal, and after arriving at Chelsea, Ye Qiu did the same thing, transforming the side.

In the 433 tactics, the side is a crucial part, especially the fullback, because the 433 tactics are too harsh on the side, coupled with the 433 tactics on the side attack, which prompts the 433 tactics to take the wingers who have strong ability to plug in assists, are fast, and can echo with the frontcourt wingers.

Don't blindly think that Ye Qiu trusts Alves and trusts Marcelo, and thinks that he favors Brazilian players, or likes assist-type full-backs, that's tactical, without these two full-backs, Tottenham Hotspur's attack will drop more than one notch.

Of course, Ye Qiu didn't mean that the side lane was more important than the middle lane, because he had always emphasized the combination of side and middle

Barcelona's previous problem was to get the ball up front, and with Samuel Eto'o, there was a chance to solve this problem by bringing in a ball player, such as David Silva, who is known as Ronaldinho's natural successor, but Pep Guardiola didn't like Eto'o, so he brought in Robin van Persie and strengthened two wingers, which could have been done.

But the problem of full-backs has never been solved, Puyol and Abidal are theoretically both offensive and defensive, but in fact, they are both fullbacks who are stronger than attacking, which makes their insertion of attack more as a response point, as a back row of contact points, and there is no way to be like Marcelo or Alves, directly inserted into the front end, or even cut inside to rush into the penalty area.

In other words, as full-backs, Puyol and Abidal can do a good job defensively, but their contribution in attack is only to limit and receive possession, and it is difficult to be present in a dangerous attacking routine.

One of the most obvious features is that when the team scored the first goal, Ribery took the ball and cut inside, and Marcelo dared to insert directly and take the ball to impact Barcelona's defense.

But this kind of play is impossible for Puyol and Abidal.

Thinking of this, Ye Qiu couldn't help but smile, because he found a very interesting place, that is, Barcelona and Arsenal, two teams that both have a clear preference for ball control tactics, but have two completely opposite shortcomings.

Barcelona's weakness is on the wing, but Arsenal is the opposite, Arsenal's wing not only has Klich, Sagna, Nasri, Walcott and other good players, but also has a very good wing attacking ability, Walcott has been very eye-catching this season, but the problem is that Arsenal lacks a central midfield, especially a top center forward.

With Bam Adebayor's departure, Arsenal have lost their frontline but have not been properly recruited, so that the Gunners have struggled to challenge Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea and Manchester United in the top three in the league this season.

Of course, relying on the advantages accumulated over the past years and the team's mature system, Arsenal can still firmly finish fourth in the league and qualify for the Champions League next season.

Ye Qiu adopted similar defensive counter-attacking tactics in the two legs of the game against Barcelona, not only because the team was not in good shape, but also because he wanted to get a confirmation that the team's defensive system was strong enough to contain Barcelona and Arsenal, two teams with obvious flaws and weaknesses.

The results obtained in the last round are quite satisfactory

Tottenham Hotspur beat Barcelona away and eliminated La Liga giants with an aggregate score of 4, which became the focus of the world's major media attention on the second day, while the other games of the Champions League quarter-finals were decided successively.

The first is the match between Manchester United and Bayern Munich, who are also in the top half of the table against Tottenham Hotspur.

Ferguson's team has been getting better and better in recent times, especially after the team's entire offensive and defensive system has become more and more in place, Ferguson's team returned to Old Trafford after losing to Bayern Munich away, because of the deliberate stay in the league last weekend, so that Manchester United's fitness and condition are more ideal, and defeated the visiting Bayern Munich at home, and finally eliminated the Bundesliga team from the Champions League with an aggregate score of 43.

Van Gaal's team is known for its attacking ability, which is also a typical Van Gaal characteristic, so from the perspective of picking opponents, Ye Qiu prefers to meet Van Gaal, but it turns out that his luck has been terrible recently, and he actually met Manchester United at the end.

Ferguson knows Tottenham Hotspur well, and his run-in with this team is very mature, in the Champions League knockout round, has eliminated giants such as AC Milan and Bayern Munich, Manchester United's combat effectiveness can be seen.

Or should it be said that Tottenham Hotspur was able to maintain such a huge lead in the league, and a very important reason why Manchester United decided to abandon the league early is that Manchester United conceded too many points in the first half, so much that they are now a little unable to catch up, so Ferguson will make such a strategic choice.

But it is also because Ferguson has decided to give up the league that he will give his all in the Champions League, and in Ferguson's words, this year is likely to be his best chance of winning the Champions League, not only because of the team's good midfield run-in, but also because the two centre-backs at the back are still in peak form.

At present, Manchester United is also trying to cultivate successors to Vidic and Ferdinand, such as Evans, but the progress has not been very good, and it can be predicted that with the age of the two central defenders, the competitive state will definitely decline, and then Manchester United's central defenders will definitely have twists and turns, and it will be difficult to win the Champions League again.

Therefore, taking advantage of the maturity and stability of the two central defenders, it is indeed a very wise choice to fight for the Champions League

But for Tottenham Hotspur, it is indeed very unfavorable to touch Manchester United, especially the schedule of home and away.

On the contrary, it is Mourinho, this kid is now lucky, although Inter Milan's performance this season is not very ideal, especially in the goalkeeper position, after selling Cesar, there is no strong addition, plus this season missed Lucio and Sneijder, Mourinho wanted Carvalho and Lampard did not come, which directly led to Inter Milan's poor combat effectiveness.

But after the round of 16 knockout of Chelsea with difficulty, Inter Milan easily lost CSKA Moscow in the quarterfinals, and the semi-finals were met by the French league champion Lyon, it can be said that Inter Milan successfully advanced to the final, there is almost no suspense, and everyone feels that as long as Tottenham Hotspur beats Manchester United again, the Champions League three consecutive titles will not be a dream, because with the strength of Tottenham Hotspur, there is almost no suspense to enter the final to beat Inter Milan.

From Barcelona back to London, the whole city is in the middle of a North London derby

Since Ye Qiu's acquisition of Tottenham Hotspur, the north London team has been reborn, and in the past few years, Tottenham Hotspur has not only achieved outstanding results, but the team's tactical play and style are also very pleasing, and Arsenal are the two most gorgeous teams in the Premier League.

Because of this, every north London derby has attracted the attention of countless fans.

At the beginning of the season, in the 11th round of the Premier League, Tottenham Hotspur challenged Arsenal away, and Tottenham Hotspur, who were in excellent form at the time, beat Arsenal 0 away, and the Gunners fans applauded the sworn rival team at the Emirates Stadium, which was regarded as a huge shame by countless Gunners.

But what is even more embarrassing for Arsenal and Arsene Wenger is that Arsenal have shown even the slightest sign of winning the title from start to finish this season, and their goal has always been to qualify for the Champions League, the exact opposite of the ambitious Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea and Manchester United.

This has upset Gunners fans and put a lot of pressure on both the Arsenal management and Arsene Wenger

The current Premier League is not the era of oligarchs when Arsenal and Manchester United were in the past, or even when they joined a Chelsea team.

I didn't see Liverpool's poor performance this season, the team's lack of fighting power, and the results immediately plummeted, falling directly to sixth place in the league, and it is no longer possible to have any hope of returning to the Champions League qualification zone, and Benitez will not have much suspense after the season.

Arsenal's situation is not much better than Liverpool, with strong opponents such as Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea and Manchester United blocking them like a mountain, and Manchester City, West Ham United, Aston Villa and other strong pursuers chasing like hungry wolves, Arsenal's situation can be described as very dangerous.

If it were in other teams, Wenger would definitely try his best to ask the board for additional investment, at least to bring in a powerful center forward to further strengthen the team's attacking power, but unfortunately, at the current Arsenal, there is no possibility of large-scale reinforcements, especially the center forward.

The most popular center forwards in football today are Tottenham Hotspur's Falcao, Barcelona's Van Persie, Inter Milan's Ibrahimovic, Chelsea's Drogba, or Liverpool's Torres, but these centers or scorers are very difficult to introduce, and the transfer fee is difficult for Arsenal to expect.

In addition to these top strikers, Wolfsburg's Bosnian center forward Edin Dzeko, who has risen strongly in the last two seasons, is also quite good, but the problem is that the center forward is currently being targeted by many big teams, and it is impossible to bring in this Bosnian center forward from Wolfsburg without a transfer fee of more than 20 million euros.

And 20 million, which is almost impossible for Arsenal to come up with.

Many people like to scold Arsene Wenger, and many Gunners fans even blame Wenger for the team's decline, and some board members even stood up and said that the Gunners are not without money, because in the past five years, the team has netted nearly 150 million euros from the transfer market.

Every time he sees such remarks, Wenger has an urge to scold his mother, because he wants to ask this stupid guy who can't even read financial statements to see if he knows how much the team pays off the debt for the real estate project at Highbury Square every year.

30 million euros, for a period of five years, that's exactly the money made in the transfer market, all invested in real estate projects, and what is even more sad is that this real estate project, which costs hundreds of millions of pounds, so far, is still a bottomless pit, and all this comes from a decision made by some managers at the beginning

Without this real estate project, Arsenal would not have needed to make the difference in transfer fees of 150 million euros, nor would they need to be unable to put money into the transfer market every year, but it is important to know that moving from Highbury Stadium to Emirates Stadium has increased its matchday income by 65 million euros in the first year, and then every year

Without that damn real estate project, Arsenal would have been able to spend a lot of money right now without having to worry about finances at all.

But everything in this world does not believe in ifs, does not believe in assumptions, so Wenger can only use the only resources in his hands now, use his existing ability, try to help this team out of adversity, and maintain the status of the Premier League giants, which is the only thing he can do.

And sometimes, especially when he sees that others are extravagant in recruitment, he will even have a sense of anticipation, hoping that a local tyrant boss can fall from the sky and give him an endless amount of money, so that he can squander it unscrupulously

I believe this is not only the dream of Wenger, but also the dream of countless managers