In fact, sometimes, football is really confusing.

Just like Arsenal, the pre-season preparation was terrible, Vieira was clamoring to leave, many players were in crisis, the Gunners felt as if they were about to fall apart, and many people even felt that the Gunners could not compete for the title this season.

But after the first round of the league, Arsenal beat David Moyes' Everton 4l away, completely overturning everyone's illusions and impressions of them, and more importantly, all the problems seemed to be solved after a victory.

In an interview with the media after the game, Vieira vowed that he would stay at Arsenal and that he hoped to be loyal to Arsenal for the rest of his life, which was very different from what he said not long ago.

For this kind of thing, Ye Qiu is used to it.

Many people say that the media is the uncrowned king, has a lot of influence, and can even use the popularity of football stars to promote their own sales, but in fact, why are football stars not using the media?

Vieira originally said that he was going to Real Madrid, I believe that no one except himself knew whether this was true or false, but he said that after the media spread, this had a huge impact, and Arsenal was alarmed, because their negotiations with Ajax on Arteta have not made substantial progress, and it is not appropriate to let Vieira go now.

Maybe Arsenal made a compromise, maybe Vieira and Real Madrid can't get along, or maybe there are contradictions and differences between Real Madrid and Arsenal, of course, it may also be that Ajax refuses to let go of Arteta, in short, after the most difficult trade-off, Vieira will continue to stay at Arsenal.

Therefore, for this kind of thing, Ye Qiu has always taken the mentality of just watching and listening.

Everton's strength improvement this season is still obvious, the introduction of striker Bent and midfielder Cahill, both are powerful stars, which can greatly strengthen Everton's competitiveness, and the sale of Rooney Although the striker has been weakened, it has not had a great impact on the overall strength of the team

Because of this, Ye Qiu was still a little surprised that Arsenal played such an amazing momentum in the first round of the league.

But what surprised Ye Qiu even more was that this was just the beginning.

A week later, in the second round of the league, Arsenal hosted Middlesbrough, and the Gunners lost to Middlesbrough at their home stadium 3, including Thierry Henry, Bergkamp, Pire, Vieira and other players all performed well, although they conceded a bit more, but the attacking strength should not be underestimated.

On the other hand, Chelsea, away to Birmingham, Ye Qiu's team is still Uj, Ronaldinho, Deco and McCone and other national team main players are average, among which Ronaldinho scored a goal, but it was Rooney's wonderful pass on the right side, and a large part of the credit is on Rooney.

Manchester United, who lost to Stamford Bridge in the first round, finally turned the tide after a week's break to beat promoted Manovic City at Old Trafford.

After the second round, everyone was amazed by the incredible momentum that Arsenal have shown this season, as they not only won two in a row but also quickly increased their unbeaten run to 43 games, while Chelsea extended their unbeaten run to 40.

Scored 9 goals in two rounds of league games, the Gunners' offensive power is indeed a bit surprising, and they are not facing a weak team, Everton and Middlesbrough are both traditional teams in the Premier League, and the strength is basically around 10, to be able to get such an amazing advantage on such an opponent, it is indeed a mess.

In an interview with the media, Arsene Wenger said that Arsenal will launch the strongest attack on the Premier League and Champions League this season.

In midweek, Chelsea were brought forward in the third round of the UEFA Super Cup because they were going to play in the UEFA Super Cup, and in the end Chelsea beat promoted Crystal Palace 0 thanks to goals from Didier Drogba and Frank Lampard.

Ye Qiu's team's attack is not as good as Arsenal's, and the knife is not so sharp, but the defense is as steady as ever.

So many people feel that Ferguson's evaluation of Ye Qiu seems to be correct, because Ye Qiu is indeed a bit conservative, otherwise, Drogba, Ronaldinho, Lampard, Rooney, Joe Cole This set of offensive lineups is put out, and it is really unreasonable to not be able to play offensive football.

Ye Qiu did not reply to such remarks, because he knew very well that the team is not in good shape now, coupled with the adjustment of tactics this season, the players are still adapting and running-in, and there is no need to compete with Arsenal for the time being.

Arsenal's set of 44 tactics has been played for several years, and all the players are familiar with each other, and there is no comparison

The Arsenal that was a day later was a 0 home win over Blackburn, and for a while, the entire English football scene suddenly sounded a wave of praise for Arsenal, and even many media shouted that Arsenal was going to detonate offensive football in English football and use the most gorgeous attack to reach the top of the Premier League and the European championship.

"Anyone who says it's hard to win titles with beautiful and flashy artistic football should come to Arsenal, they play sexy and beautiful and they can win at the same time, and they are the number one favourite, who dares to say they can't?"

The media is like this, they like to follow the trend and hype the hottest topics, Ye Qiu did not give any response to this, because he is not the kind of small-bellied chicken intestines that can't see his opponent better than himself, and the current state of Arsenal is indeed a little scary.

The poor pre-season preparation should have been due to Arsene Wenger's adjustment of the player's form, and now that Arsenal are starting to show their form and start to reap results, it is a reasonable thing.

But Chelsea is different, Chelsea has been greatly affected by the national team competition this summer, Ronaldinho, Deco and other players have played a lot of national team games, after the European Cup and the Copa America, they took a period of rest after the European Cup, and the training was a little difficult to catch up after coming back, and at this time, Ye Qiu made a choice that was different from Ferguson's.

When Vanney returned from injury, Ferguson chose the latter without hesitation in the slow pace and high-intensity training with faster progress, but Vanney had just recovered from the injury not long ago, and he was injured again, and he has not come out yet.

Ye Qiu has Ronaldinho and Deco and other players who participate in the national team competition, and the choice of players who return late is the former, because Chelsea has a larger squad, Ronaldinho has Joe Cole as a substitute, Deco also has Fabregas and Davies and others as substitutes, unless it is a strong opponent, otherwise, this lineup can be handled.

Because of this, Ye Qiu chose to follow the steps, the most important thing is to avoid unnecessary injuries, and the price is that the progress is relatively slow, after all, the adjustment of each player's state and physical function is cyclical, and it can't be said that you want to come right away.

Of course, something like what United did with Ruud van Nistelrooy, all of a sudden gives you a high intensity, you can really pull the form, but it's too risky.

Ye Qiu led Chelsea to Monaco, and the media of the whole world have focused on it, not only because Chelsea's opponent in the UEFA Super Cup is Valencia, and after Valencia let go of Rafal Benitez, the new head coach happens to be Chelsea's former coach Ranieri.

Many people say that this is a competition between Chelsea's two managers before and after, and some Spanish media even shouted that Ranieri wanted to use this game to justify himself, telling Abramovich how stupid it was to give up the tinker and choose Ye Qiu, and this is undoubtedly of extraordinary news value for the media.

In addition to this UEFA Super Cup, everyone is still paying attention to the draw for UEFA's UEFA Champions Cup and UEFA Cup, as well as the best awards last season, and one of the very big suspenses is whether Ye Qiu can win the award of best manager of the season.

Before the game, the controversy about this article was spread, and many people felt that the best manager should be the competition between Ye Qiu and Rehhagel, the former won the double of the Premier League and the Champions League, and Rehhagel led Greece to miraculously win the European Cup, no matter who won the award, there is nothing to blame.

At the same time, many reporters broke the news that UEFA has decided to award the best coach of the season award to Ye Qiu in order to ease the relationship with Ye Qiu, and in order to reflect the importance of Ye Qiu, UEFA President Johansson will personally present the best coach of the season award.

At the same time, a number of Chelsea players have also been shortlisted for the Team of the Year award and are likely to win the award, so the Chelsea squad headed to the Grimaldi Convention Centre on the night after their arrival in Monaco.

When this group of Chelsea macho men who arrived at the venue in neat and neat suits appeared, the scene was suddenly sensational, and many people screamed because of it, because it was too visual, especially when the handsome guy walked with the beast, the shock was hard to imagine.

But when the reporters searched in this macho jungle, they obviously didn't see any trace of Ye Qiu.

Monaco is actually very small, so small that you will feel as if you will meet people you don't want to meet, such as journalists, anytime and anywhere.

Ye Qiu didn't want to think of a lot of reasons to explain why he would be absent from the UEFA draw ceremony, and he also felt that he didn't need to explain this at all, so he stayed in the hotel.

And he didn't want to watch live TV, he wanted to be alone, so he ran to the sightseeing café on the top floor of the hotel, ordered a drink, and sat out on the balcony alone, overlooking the entire Monaco yacht port.

There are countless luxury yachts gathered here, densely packed with a large area, and under the night lights of the city, at night, there is a moving view, depending on whether you can calm down and enjoy it.

Ye Qiu still likes fresh scenery, but after watching it for a while, he also felt a little boring, holding his chin, bored to pass the time, just thinking about how to fight Valencia tomorrow and what tactics Ranieri would use.

Not to mention, when he thought of football, Ye Qiu felt that time was swishing by quickly, so fast that he didn't know what to say when someone approached him.

"Hello, Mr. Ye Qiu, can I sit down?" The voice was a little soft, but it was not a woman's softness, but a feeling that made Ye Qiu feel very comfortable when he heard it, and it felt like hearing a eunuch speak, but it was not the kind of male duck voice.

Raising his head, the light outside the balcony was not very bright, this was to set off the atmosphere, so Ye Qiu Yixi didn't see clearly what this person looked like, but he instinctively shook his head, "I'm sorry, I'm not used to sitting with others, and there are other seats nearby, you can pick and choose." ”

He also thought that this person was taking the opportunity to get close to him, so he instinctively had a defensive mentality.

He believes that all public figures are like this, and it is a subconscious of self-preservation.

The way the person laughed made Ye Qiu feel very uncomfortable, how to say it, it was the kind that seemed to be very charming, but the problem is that when the adjective charm is placed on a woman, you will feel very beautiful, but when it is placed on a man, you will think, I will strangle it, Lao Tzu is not good at that

Therefore, at this moment, Ye Qiu's heart was a little creepy, and he secretly thought in his heart, my wife is like a flower, and the two of us are still busy preparing to create people, don't you want to seduce me, I am determined and would rather die than give in

"I've seen you," the man still stood still, and didn't seem to have any intention of leaving.

"Really?" Ye Qiu smiled, a little perfunctory, "Many people have seen me" Isn't this his boasting, few people see him from newspapers and TV every day? The whole world does not know how many roads there are

"Maybe you don't remember me, but I remember you, a year ago at the CANAL TV headquarters in Paris, remember?" The man lightly broke it, and when he said this, Ye Qiu couldn't help but raise his head again, looked at it very carefully, and felt a little suddenly realized, "Did you remember it?" ”

"You are the one" Ye Qiu remembered that there was this person, but he couldn't remember it clearly.

"Eliza's friend," he said, introduced himself.

Ye Qiu immediately stood up and took the initiative to stretch out his hand, "Hello, I'm so sorry, I didn't think about it for a while" And at this moment, he immediately thought of it, when he was shouting Eliza in the corridor of the TV station headquarters, but Eliza said that he didn't know him, but the next day they met again in the hotel, what is their relationship?

"It's okay, in fact, strictly speaking, you don't even know me" This man is not bad-tempered, but a little sissy," introduces himself, Auguste, a fashion designer in Paris. ”

"I know you" Ye Qiu remembered when he heard him say this, this designer is still very famous, and he has his own brand.

"Thank you," August nodded in thanks, "May I sit down?" ”

"Please sit down" Of course, Ye Qiu would not say no, and he always had a question in his heart.

He didn't have much impression before, since he met August last year, he had also inquired about Eliza's tone several times about this person, but Eliza never mentioned it, and then after a long time, Ye Qiu forgot about it, and at this moment, looking back, his curiosity couldn't help but become heavier again.

August sat down opposite Ye Qiu, but he didn't speak, just stared at Ye Qiu with a pair of eyes, from his face to his chest to his waist on the edge of the table, he almost didn't get under the table, which made Ye Qiu feel uncomfortable for a while, and he wanted to grab him and throw him out of the box, and scold again, look? Look at the

But he resisted such an impulse, and maintained a demeanor, "Auguste, how did you come to Monaco?" ”

August smiled softly when he asked, and finally looked away, "I often go around looking for inspiration, you know, we need that kind of inspiration." ”

Ye Qiu didn't understand this, but he had heard a lot, heard that many designers were like this, and even said that some famous designers were often weird, such as drug use, such as homosexuality, etc., anyway, he was insensitive to these things.

"Do you mind?" August took out a pack of cigarettes, because Ye Qiu never smoked, so he didn't know what brand Lu Dao was, but it seemed that the packaging was very exquisite, it should be high-end goods, after Ye Qiu shook his head and said that he could accept him to smoke, he lit one for himself, but it seemed that he was smoking in a hurry, and it also caused a cough.

After he finally calmed down his cough, Ye Qiu patiently waited for him to take a few more puffs of cigarettes, even now, he felt that the man opposite was very sissy even smoking, but in order to satisfy his curiosity, he still held back his discomfort.

"Do you know Eliza?" Ye Qiu broke the silence.

August also seemed to be waiting for such an opportunity, and immediately nodded, "Yes, I have known her for many, many years. ”

The expression of the speech seems to be a little proud, giving people a feeling as if they are showing off their qualifications, a bit like entering a company, the old bird said to the rookie, you have just come, I have been here for many years, it is this tone and expression.

"Oh, really?" Ye Qiu didn't know what Lu Dao was about, so he felt a little unhappy when he heard it, and he couldn't tell if it was because of his tone and expression, or because he said that he had known Eliza for many years, and he was just unhappy anyway.

"At that time she was still a student, but she was very powerful, and there was hardly anyone in the Parisian fashion scene who did not know her"

Ye Qiu had never heard Eliza talk about his past, and at this moment, listening to Auguste talk about it, he was a little surprised, the reason why he was small was because he was not surprised by it at all.

Eliza has always been a very capable person in Ye Qiu's heart, and it can even be said that she is outstanding in what she does, such a person is like an awl, no matter where you put her, what position she holds, she can poke a hole and make herself stand out.

"Really?" Ye Qiu's smile was a little stiff, even a little teasing, "But why did she tell me that she didn't know you?" ”

August didn't seem to be angry at all at Ye Qiu's teasing, his face, which looked yellow in the light, always had a friendly smile, but the words he said were very amazing.

"She doesn't tell you because she doesn't dare to let you know that she loves you very much"