Volume 1 Chapter 548 North American Storm
Goalkeepers: Petr Cech, Joe Hart
Defenders: Daniel Alves, Kyle Walker, Marcelo, Fabio Coentrão, Thiago Silva, Vincent Kompany, Ziglinski
Midfielders: Yaya Toure, Cesc Fabregas, David Silva, David Beckham, Aaron Ramsey, Phil Jones
Front: Ribery, Messi, Hazzard, Cavani, Falcao
Youngsters: Neymar, Lucas Jr., Raphael Varane, Philippe Coutinho, Nastasic, Paul Pogba and Christian Eriksen.
With 27 players from Tottenham Hotspur, plus the coaching staff, chefs, doctors, and some staff and employees of the team, the whole team looks like a huge tour group, and the whole team is training intensively! The next day, I flew from London to Los Angeles on the west coast of the United States on a connecting Boeing 777 prepared by Qatar Airways.
Tottenham Hotspur's pre-season training camp will take place at the University of California's training centre, where they will play four warm-up games in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Las Vegas and New York against the LA Galaxy, Chivas Regal, AC Milan and Barcelona.
Last summer's trip to China made Tottenham Hotspur famous, Ye Qiu returned to his homeland and quickly rolled up a wave of Tottenham Hotspur, and this time Tottenham Hotspur's trip to the United States, unlike the China trip, is mainly aimed at commercial development, so the club's CEO Peter Kenyon personally led the commercial team to the United States.
Many people have analyzed that Tottenham Hotspur's trip to the United States came at the right time, because the U.S. national team just shone in the Confederations Cup not long ago, eliminated Spain, reached the final of the Confederations Cup, and although it finally lost to Brazil, it won the unanimous affirmation of American domestic fans and detonated Americans' enthusiasm for football.
In this case, Tottenham Hotspur arrived in the United States, and arranged the training camp in the United States, coupled with Ye Qiu's influence in the United States, Tottenham Hotspur was destined to become the focus of praise and attention from the day he arrived in Los Angeles.
It doesn't work with the United States, which is always in a hurry with other teams, and Tottenham Hotspur's trip to the United States is well prepared.
For example, they started an online campaign six months ago, calling on more American fans to put videos and videos of their own football games online, and for netizens from the United States to vote for the best five fans to follow Tottenham Hotspur's pre-season episode
This activity has attracted a lot of attention among young people in the United States, after all, Tottenham Hotspur will be in the United States for two and a half weeks and nearly three weeks, that is, if they get to participate in the Tottenham Hotspur training camp! Opportunity, for most of the next half a month, they will all be together with this group of top superstars to receive Ye Qiu's guidance.
In total, more than 10,000 American fans have posted their videos and videos, and after more than three months of online voting, Tottenham Hotspur selected five fans to train with the team according to public opinion, and after the team arrived in Los Angeles, they entered UCLA and stayed in Tottenham Hotspur hotels at the same time as the Confederations Cup internationals.
This incident has also received a lot of attention and coverage from the media across the United States, and Tottenham Hotspur has also shown their professional side under the attention of the media, that is, they are not just coping with the five fans to join the training, but giving them professional guidance, one of which was also strictly required to lose some of the fat.
The coaching staff also tailored a set of short-term technical intensive training for these players according to the observation of the first few days, although it is impossible for them to greatly improve their technical level, but it can help them use their skills more reasonably, so in front of the media, they play football one by one and look similar.
In addition, Tottenham Hotspur is also showing its image to all walks of life in the United States in all aspects, opening a training session to the public every day, and Ye Qiu will take different players to be interviewed by media reporters every day, which makes Tottenham Hotspur quickly cause a huge response in the United States.
Not only Tottenham Hotspur, but in fact, since the team's successful Champions League defense in Rome, major sponsors have made the summer trip to the United States the focus of publicity and promotion.
Qatar Airways doesn't need to say more, it has long regarded Tottenham Hotspur as the key sign of their North American promotion, and Tottenham Hotspur's jersey sponsor Adidas hopes to take advantage of Tottenham Hotspur's limelight to sweep the North American market.
The spending power of American fans was on full display when Tottenham Hotspur arrived in North America.
After more than a month of foreshadowing and promotion, Adidas launched Tottenham Hotspur's new season jerseys and training at the same time in almost all stores in North America, especially in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Las Vegas, New York and other major cities in the United States.
Even the stores on Tottenham's official website have received a large number of orders from the United States, and a Tottenham Hotspur jersey with a price tag of $90 has always been in short supply, and Adidas has been urging manufacturing factories from China.
After Tottenham Hotspur arrived in Los Angeles, almost every public training session attracted a lot of fans wearing Tottenham Hotspur jerseys to UCLA, and walking on the streets of the United States, you can often see some fans wearing Tottenham Hotspur jerseys or training sessions.
In addition, some of Tottenham Hotspur's sponsors, such as Budweiser, Versace, BMW, etc., are also making a fuss about Tottenham Hotspur's trip to the United States.
In fact, Tottenham Hotspur Hotspur alone is unlikely to cause a huge sensation, but with so many huge networks, abundant resources, and at the same time supported and fueled by big sponsors who have already had a promotional network in the United States, this made Tottenham Hotspur's American tour form a strong storm from the beginning, and became the hottest topic in North America in mid-July, and almost all Americans are discussing the landing of Tottenham Hotspur.
And Peter Kenyon personally led the team to the United States this time, the purpose is also to further open up the American market, at least at present, Tottenham Hotspur has received more than six sponsors in their hands, of which the sponsorship costs range from two million to more than 10 million euros, if all are done, Tottenham Hotspur will make a lot of money.
But as a football club and the defending champion of the Premier League and Champions League, Tottenham Hotspur wants to continue to win the support and affirmation of American fans, then it has to show that they are strong enough on the football field, after all, a considerable number of American fans choose to support them because Tottenham Hotspur is strong enough.
Therefore, Ye Qiu attaches great importance to the warm-up match of the American tour, not only him, but also the club and the organizing committee.
The first warm-up game was not scheduled at the Home Depot Stadium of the Los Angeles Galaxy, because the capacity there was too small, and it could only seat 27,000 people, which could not meet the huge demand of fans, so the first warm-up game was scheduled to be held at the Rose Bowl in Los Angeles.
Everyone may not be familiar with this stadium, but everyone should remember that the lonely back of Baggio in the 1994 World Cup in the United States was the Rose Bowl in Los Angeles.
Although the Rose Bowl Stadium only had 92,000 seats, it sold more than 95,000 tickets before the game, and a significant number of tickets were standing tickets, and the total number of fans who walked into the Rose Bowl reached 95,137, which completely broke the record for the highest attendance in the history of the Rose Bowl.
Tottenham Hotspur after a week of high-intensity training in North America, Ye Qiu also lined up the strongest main lineup in this game, goalkeeper Peter Cech, Coentrão, Ziglinski, Kompany and Kyle Walker in the backline, Beckham, Yaya Toure and Cesc Fabregas in the midfield, and Ribery, Cavani and Messi in the front trident.
Among them, several Brazilian players who participated in the Confederations Cup final did not appear in the starting lineup, which was also because Ye Qiu considered that they were running back and forth, and then participated in the team's training camp non-stop, so they were arranged to play as substitutes.
At the beginning of the game, Tottenham Hotspur played relatively steadily, after all, the team had just experienced a week of devilish training and was still in a serious stage of physical exhaustion, but the American fans in the stands still burst out with amazing enthusiasm.
Ye Qiu, David Beckham, Lionel Messi, Ribery Tottenham Hotspur's star coaches and superstars became the object of 95,000 American fans shouting and touting, and the game also attracted basketball stars including the Lakers, and even some Hollywood superstars such as Tom Cruise and others came to watch the game.
After a dull start, Tottenham Hotspur quickly took control of the game and established an early 0 lead with David Beckham and Lionel Messi scoring goals each in the 26th and 41st minutes.
But in the second half, Ye Qiu adjusted the starting lineup in accordance with the practice of all warm-up games, and replaced Falco, Alves, David Silva, Marcelo, Thiago Silva and other players, as a result, Tottenham Hotspur played a very hearty offensive storm in the second half, directly pressing the LA Galaxy to a fat beating.
Tottenham Hotspur's fast-paced attacking football, concise and sharp passing and receiving cooperation, let the American fans in the stands watch a lot of fascination, the atmosphere in the Rose Bowl Stadium is very hot, and as if stimulated by this hot atmosphere, Tottenham Hotspur's players also performed very hard, especially Falcao, who scored a hat trick with his head and feet.
The Colombian centre-forward, who moved to Tottenham Hotspur from Ajax in the summer, has been impressive in training, with a bit more scoring consistency and efficiency than Cavani, and Tottenham's ability to create chances has meant that Falcao's goalscoring efficiency has been excellent.
The second-half hat-trick made the fans in the stands praise Tottenham Hotspur's new signing this season, especially his three goals from the head, right foot and left foot in different positions inside and outside the box, which shows the Colombian centre-forward's versatility.
Argentine strikers have always been significantly more adapted to the European professional football environment than Brazilian strikers, for the simple reason that they are more efficient and less consistent than Brazilian strikers, because Argentina will focus on the fundamentals of shooting when developing strikers, and will be more inclined to use more solid shooting skills rather than fancy movements.
Therefore, among the Brazilian forwards, there are very few players with high scoring efficiency, Ronaldo at his peak, which was still shaped after being sculpted by Eindhoven, and like Romario, but the Argentine striker may not be as talented as the Brazilian striker at first glance, but they are more effective, such as Batistuta, Crespo, Diego Milito, Higuain, etc., are all scorers who pay great attention to efficiency.
Although Falcao is a Colombian striker, he is a forward cultivated by River Plate, and he established his characteristics as an efficient scorer as early as River Plate, so his growth path has always been very clear.
In the words of Peter De Visser, he believes that in the current European football, Falcao is one of the players with the best shooting skills, the most comprehensive and solid shooting skills, and there are no more than three players who can compete with him, and although he is short, his awareness and prediction are quite good, and his explosiveness is also good, so he can become a top powerful center forward.
0 victory over the Los Angeles Galaxy, Tottenham Hotspur won the first game of the United States tour, and also completely ignited the passion of the North American football market, becoming the front page headlines of major newspapers the next day, especially the performance of Tottenham Hotspur's superstars at the Rose Bowl Stadium, which won the recognition and respect of American fans.
Three days later, the team travelled from Los Angeles to San Francisco to face Mexican giants Chivas Regal at the San Francisco's Park Stadium.
The 72,000-strong crowd was once again a record for the San Francisco Park Stadium, which was once again the home of the San Francisco 49ers, but was now easily beaten by Tottenham Hotspur.
The difference from the first game is that Ye Qiu made appropriate adjustments this time, Falcao replaced Cavani as the main center, and Alves, Thiago Silva, Marcelo and other players have also returned to the starting lineup one after another, but Beckham, who has always had a very huge influence and appeal in the North American market, still got the start, and David Silva formed a midfield duo.
At San Francisco Park, Tottenham Hotspur did not spare any hands, and in the first half, with Falcao's brace, as well as Messi and Ribery's successive goals, they led the Mexican Chivas Regal 40, making all the fans who came to the scene almost crazy cheers.
In the second half, although Chivas regained a point for them with a goal from Mexican striker Javier Hernandez, the Brazilian teenager Neymar, who came on as a substitute in the second half, assisted Cavani to score another goal, and then Neymar himself scored the last goal, helping Tottenham Hotspur beat Mexico's Chivas Revaas and won two consecutive warm-up matches.
In two consecutive warm-up games, he scored eleven goals and conceded one, such a report card is not only in the United States, but also spread to the whole world, and has caused exclamations from fans all over the world, especially Colombian striker Romedal Falcao, who scored five goals in two games, is completely popular.
The Colombian striker, who quickly became Ajax's main scorer after Huntelaar switched to Real Madrid, performed very well at Ajax, scoring efficiently, and was affirmed by many professionals, but after switching to Tottenham Hotspur, with the support of Tottenham Hotspur's strong creative team, the goal efficiency has been rising, and there is a lot of momentum to suppress Messi and Ribery.
It is important to know that Messi and Franck Ribery are both the top superstars and scorers in the Tottenham Hotspur team, but Falcao has become the brightest star in the first two warm-up games, which has indeed put pressure on the two superstars in the team.
However, Falcao himself is more modest, in an interview with the media, he smiled and said that two of his five goals were assists from Messi and one from Ribery's pass, and he felt that he should thank his two teammates for scoring so many goals.
In his speech, he repeatedly said that Messi and Ribery are the number one superstars of Tottenham Hotspur, he is new to the city, there are still many things to learn from his two teammates, he hopes to contribute to Tottenham Hotspur in the new season, and he also gives high praise to his rival Cavani.
Regarding the strong competitive atmosphere in the team, Ye Qiu said with a smile that he didn't think there was a problem at all, because competition can promote everyone's progress, and he repeatedly said that whoever is in good shape will be on the list, no matter who it is, he must rely on the performance on the field to persuade himself to arrange him to start.
Messi, Ribery, Cavani and other players also said in interviews that they are confident that they can get a starting position, especially last season because of a serious injury, Ribery, who has not been very good after his comeback, this summer is even more desperate to devote himself to preparation and training, the purpose is to be able to re-show his strength in the new season and return to the top state.
Judging from the two warm-up games before the season, Ribery's form has recovered well.
The two warm-up games, all of which broke the historical record of the two stadiums, Tottenham Hotspur detonated the American ball market, which is no longer the slightest suspense, and even a lot of European media are promoting and hype, thinking that the United States, which has always been known as a football desert, will become a green hot land because of Tottenham Hotspur.