Claudio Ranieri is the quintessential Italian manager, with a strong emphasis on tactical rigour and focus, and having managed at Chelsea, he knows all too well how seriously English fans take so-called derbys

Therefore, from the day he took over West Ham United, from the time the Premier League schedule for the new season was freshly released, he has regarded Tottenham Hotspur as a crucial game at the beginning of the new season, even after West Ham United also won two in a row, he has not changed his importance to Tottenham Hotspur.

The preparation before the game was almost tedious, and in just one summer, he used Carvalho, Lucio, Tulalang, Moutinho and other powerful stars to create an unbreakable Italian defensive chain for West Ham United, so that West Ham United almost completely curbed Tottenham Hotspur's attack in the first half of this game.

Judging from the course of the game, Tottenham Hotspur continued to occupy the initiative, insisted on their aggressive tactical play as always, and still firmly controlled the situation, but this team was unable to create effective scoring opportunities, because no matter where their attack went, West Ham United were able to quickly make targeted defensive changes.

Ranieri's ability to restructure and bring West Ham to its current two wins in a row in just one summer shows how good Ranieri is.

Perhaps it was because Tottenham Hotspur was a little powerless against West Ham's almost iron bucket contraction defense, and the fan commentator at Upton Park even laughed and teased Tottenham Hotspur in his free time.

"Perhaps, to block Tottenham Hotspur's attack, start with our West Ham United"

"Let's break this thorn from north London at Upson Park"

The obviously provocative remarks of the on-site commentator immediately made the Hammer Gang fans, who have always been bloody and known as football hooligans, shout particularly hard and loudly in the stands, and the West Ham United players on the pitch did not discourage them, and defused the attacks of Tottenham Hotspur again and again.

As the clock ticked by, the situation on the pitch did not change in the slightest, and the West Ham fans became more and more excited, especially when the fourth official on the sidelines held up the sign for two minutes of stoppage time, as they all seemed to see the team's hope of blocking Tottenham's attack, as the first half was about to end.

The cautious Ranieri kept reminding the players on the sidelines that they must be careful, even if the first half is about to end, but they still have to be cautious, after all, Tottenham Hotspur can get to this day and successfully defend the Champions League title, relying not only on a rigorous tactical system, but also on this group of outstanding superstars in the team.

Although football is now curbing the individual performance of superstars through more and more overall cooperation, there are still many times when the team as a whole is difficult to hide the flash of inspiration of the superstar.

Just Ranieri reminded the players, but he didn't expect that a hundred secrets were sparse, and some flaws were still exposed.

In fact, this flaw is not big, when Ribery, who was very active in this game, passed to the middle after forming a continuous breakthrough on the left side, and was about to go to Falcao, Carvalho was cleverly stuck in front of Falcao, and made a block to block the cross, while the West Ham United right-back slipped when he cleared the ball.

Because at this moment, West Ham United's penalty area is full of people, so everyone doesn't care, after skidding, the ball fell to the top of the arc at the front of the big penalty area, and fell at the feet of Messi, Tulalang, Lucio, Carvalho and others are reorganizing the defensive system for the first time, after all, the first half is about to end, and it will be over if you survive this attack.

But just when they thought Messi would try to pass the ball, the Argentine used the dribble to pull out a position with Tulalang, and gently rubbed the ball with the instep of his left foot, and the ball climbed along an elegant arc, and then quickly slid down, almost grazing the goal drilled into the left post, 0

All the Hammers fans in the entire Upson Park stadium were stunned, a sudden goal, no one thought beforehand, so many defenders blocked in the penalty area, and even gave Messi a chance to kick

Andy Gray even got up on the spot and let out a hoarse cry, "This shot shows Messi's outstanding amazing footwork, and his left foot control of the ball is not lost to Falcao at all, and it can be fully reflected from this shot"

The same dead corner in the absolute sense, the same grubbing the left post into the net, the same goal, Messi used this crucial moment to help the team take a one-goal lead in the first half

After the goal, Messi excitedly rushed to the corner flagpole, and his teammates around him also rushed to celebrate his goal at the crucial moment, including Falcao, after all, it is crucial for the team to win.

It can be seen that Messi was also stimulated by Falcao, who scored two hat-tricks in a row, similar to a ball just now, if it was before, he might have considered holding the ball, but now he chooses to get up directly, obviously very confident in his ability, and has a strong desire to perform.

"It's a very interesting mentality, and through this kind of healthy competition, you can maximize the competitive state of the players, and I think it is also a great benefit for Tottenham Hotspur as a whole."

In fact, Ye Qiu also praised Messi's performance by name at halftime, and hoped that all players could stand up bravely and break through the cage iron bucket set up by West Ham United.

In the second half, Tottenham Hotspur immediately went down like a tiger, especially Falcao, who had performed quite well before, seemed to be a little unwilling, not long after the beginning of the second half, in the 61st and 62nd minutes, respectively, with Ribery's cross from the left and Fabregas's through ball, Tottenham Hotspur scored two consecutive cities.

Two goals in two minutes and the aggregate score went from 00 to 0 at half-time dealt a terrible blow to West Ham, and even Ranieri quickly made adjustments in the hope of turning the tide, but to no avail.

Especially in the 81st minute, it was Ribery's breakthrough cross on the left side, and the substitute Cavani was still 25 meters away from the goal, and he directly hit a shocking shot, once again attacking the goal guarded by Robert Green, further expanding the score to 40

Crazy, completely insane

All the major newspapers in the world on the second day have reported on Tottenham Hotspur's crazy performance in the new season, from return: l to this 40 just three games in a week, Tottenham Hotspur scored fifteen goals and conceded two, this report card in front of everyone, is enough to ⊥ people stupid.

In the past three games, Tottenham Hotspur have shown strong dominance and attacking power, and the defense is obviously more stable than before, especially in the game against West Ham United, the defense has almost no mistakes, and it can be described as a watertight job, while the offensive side is to continue Ye Qiu's offensive football style.

Even more frightening for Tottenham Hotspur's rivals is that Franck Franck Ribery, who underperformed last season, has clearly recovered his form this season after a summer of active preparation, and although he was not the best player in the team in the first two rounds, he finally proved himself in the third round.

In the post-match Sky Sports ratings, Ribery scored the highest score of the game with a score of nine, which was also the highest score in the Tottenham Hotspur team, and he was described as an outstanding performance back to the top.

This is because his left side is the sharpest and most threatening side of Tottenham Hotspur's attack in this game, and it is his continuous threat on the left side that helped Tottenham Hotspur beat West Ham United in the final 40, and Ribery's atletico form has also been affirmed by everyone.

But the most popular are still Messi and Falcao.

Messi proved his foot skills with an almost impeccable shot at the top of the penalty area in this game, and also proved one thing to everyone, that is, he, Leo Messi, is still the omnipotent Messi.

The Colombian striker is arguably the fastest rising player in the Premier League this season, not only leading the Premier League's scorer charts, but also becoming the focus of attention from all the media and reporters, almost digging into his news and insider.

For this approach of the media, Tottenham Hotspur on the one hand to support, after all, the player's outstanding performance must be given a certain reward and promotion, so the club also cooperated with Falcao to accept several interviews, but Robert Milson also privately reminded Falcao that he must pay attention to the harmonious atmosphere in the team.

For this, Falcao is still very smart, when he was interviewed by the media, he was not proud at all, but put the credit for his non-stop goals on Ribery, Messi, Fabregas and other teammates who assisted him, and he also said that he was only part of the team's tactical system.

Ye Qiu and Robert Milson are still very satisfied with Falcao's upper road, although the Colombian keeps scoring goals, but if he thinks that he can snatch the class by relying on the performance of the opening game, it is a bit of a matter of assumptions.

To put it mildly, Falcao's ability to score non-stop goals has a lot to do with Ribery and Messi holding the ball on either side of him and attracting defensive pressure for him, and he would not have been able to score so many goals without the two superstars on his side, and without David Silva and Cesc Fabregas constantly feeding him with cannonballs.

It can be said that as a new player, no matter how good Falcao is, he must keep a minimum of a low profile, otherwise, he will not be able to establish himself in the Tottenham Hotspur team.

Therefore, Robert Milson has also been paying attention to this aspect of public relations, because Ye Qiu told him that he does not want any remarks about conflicts or discord among the team's players in the new season, and he hopes to continue to maintain the harmonious and united locker room atmosphere of the team in the past few years.

From the current point of view, Robert Milson and his PR team are still very level.

Three games were played in just eight days, but Tottenham Hotspur did not have a break after the third round as they faced Birmingham City in the fourth round of the Premier League in midweek.

Originally, the fourth round of the Premier League was to be held in August, but Tottenham Hotspur was going to participate in the UEFA Super Cup, so this round was brought forward to midweek, and Tottenham Hotspur's performance this time declined, but still beat Birmingham 0 with goals from Yaya Toure and Ribery.

With four wins in a row, Tottenham Hotspur leads the Premier League table with a complete winning record, while the team's top scorer Falcao leads the scorers with eight goals, and although he failed to score in the fourth round, Falcao received an assist, his first assist in four Premier League games this season, to Yaya Toure.

Tottenham Hotspur's overall performance has brought a huge amount of influence and attention to themselves, but also put pressure on rivals, especially Manchester United, after this season's restructuring, Ferguson has not yet found a well-organized midfield combination, so the pressure on Manchester United is also very high at the moment.

After the fourth round of the Premier League, Tottenham Hotspur will travel to Monaco to prepare for the UEFA Super Cup, as well as attend UEFA's Champions League group stage draw and award ceremony.

As the first team to successfully defend the Champions League since the restructuring, Tottenham Hotspur is naturally the focus of attention at this event, but Barcelona, the runners-up last season, and Real Madrid, who swallowed a number of superstars in one fell swoop this summer, are also the focus of all the media in this Champions League.

As many have commented, Florentino has spent a lot of money to focus the media attention and attraction on Real Madrid throughout the summer, and although it is somewhat inferior to Tottenham Hotspur, who shine in the United States, there is no problem in pressing down on rivals Barcelona.

But at the end of the day, the media will inevitably say again, it is one thing to surpass Barcelona in terms of influence, and it is another thing to surpass Barcelona on the football field, which is somewhat provocative.

European teams gathered in Monaco, and the draw ceremony was held as scheduled.

Tottenham Hotspur, Barcelona, Liverpool, Chelsea, Manchester United, AC Milan, Sevilla and Bayern Munich have all been seeded in Pot 1 according to UEFA's previous rules and bracket criteria

Lyon, Inter Milan, Real Madrid, CSKA Moscow, Juventus, Porto, AZ Alkmaar and Rangers are in Pot 2; The third pot is also full of strong teams such as Marseille, Stuttgart, Fiorentina, Dynamo Kyiv, Atletico Madrid, and Bordeaux.

With Platini's support policy for the small national league, relatively speaking, the teams in the fourth pot will be relatively weak, basically from weak countries, and the general impression of them is to go to the Champions League to play a dozen soy sauces, make a debut, and be familiar with it.

The draw for the group stage is basically the same as the usual operation method of UEFA in the past, that is, to ensure the reasonable distribution of strong teams and weak teams as much as possible, after all, if too much emphasis is placed on the dialogue between the strong and the strong, it may lead to some upsets in the knockout round, which is very unfavorable for the Champions League.

So in general, there is basically no so-called group of death, the most death is that Bayern Munich, Juventus and Bordeaux are divided into a group, and Bordeaux has performed very well in Ligue 1 this season, winning all three games, and the core of the team, Gourcuff, has performed eye-catchingly.

Because of this, this group is called the group of death by many people.

In addition, AC Milan, Real Madrid and Marseille were divided into a group, but considering the overall strength of AC Milan and Real Madrid's very scary lineup, it is estimated that it will be difficult for Marseille to get an upset and qualify

Tottenham Hotspur's opponents are AZ Alkmaar from the Netherlands, Olympiacos from Greece and Standard Liege from Belgium, all three teams are from the second- and third-rate leagues, the overall strength is not strong, it is difficult to pose a threat to Tottenham Hotspur, so many people feel that Tottenham Hotspur's draw is the best.

This also made the draw results public, and there was a rumor from the outside world again, thinking that because of his personal relationship with Ye Qiu, Platini intended to support Tottenham Hotspur to win a Champions League three times in a row.

But Ye Qiu has always scoffed at such remarks, because in his opinion, good luck is indeed a little necessary, but whether the overall strength is strong enough is the key to whether a team can go to the bottom.

Don't look at the UEFA draw, it seems to take care of Tottenham Hotspur, but in fact, why not take care of other strong teams?

If Tottenham Hotspur is drawn to a group of death in the group stage early, not to mention whether it can prevent Tottenham Hotspur, which has been on fire recently, from breaking through, maybe it will also cause the withering of strong teams, which is extremely unfavorable to the future schedule, after all, no one wants to go to the knockout round and just watch some underdog teams compete, right?

At the same time as the draw ceremony, the award ceremony is also underway, Tottenham Hotspur is still the biggest winner of this award ceremony, Messi won the best player and the best striker, Thiago Silva got the best defender as he wished, Peter Cech won the best goalkeeper again, and Ye Qiu successfully defended the best coach.

Only the best midfielder, given to Xavi of Barcelona.

This is also a very controversial point, because if you look at last season's performance alone, Iniesta seems to be more convincing, but strangely enough, Iniesta did not seem to be liked by the judges and did not win the award in the end.

After participating in the UEFA draw ceremony, Tottenham Hotspur successfully defended the UEFA Super Cup the next day at the Louis II Stadium in Monaco with a 0-0 win over Shakhtar Donetsk.

But after this game, a seismic news broke out in European football again.