In the 21st century, modern football tactics are becoming more and more physically demanding.

Modern professional players are not only about having solid fundamentals and skills on their feet, but also about having a strong physique, and for attacking players up front, speed has become an indispensable weapon.

In fact, this phenomenon has been evident since the mid-to-late nineties.

For example, after coming to Eindhoven from Brazil, Ronaldo, who became famous in one fell swoop, his speed is very amazing, and Michael, who became famous in the World Cup in France in 98? Owen, who is also known for his speed, and players like Shevchenko and Thierry Henry are also outstanding for their speed.

According to authoritative statistics, in the past ten years, there have been many players with excellent speed, such as Martins, who once played for Inter Milan, his 100-meter speed reached 10.4 seconds, which is known as the first lightning in football, and then Robert? Players such as Carlos, Elton, Ronaldo and Bellamy were also very fast.

Thierry Henry's 100m speed is also in the top 10, with him in 10.9 seconds, compared to 11.2 seconds for Shevchenko and Ryan Giggs.

Of course, all the statistics in this are the data from their peak, just like Ronaldo, who later suffered a long time of injuries and belly, it is estimated that he can't even run in for eleven seconds, which is really embarrassing.

To some extent, the speed of 100 meters does not make the slightest sense, because players often take the ball on the field, and the distance of the sprint is not 100 meters, at most 50 or 60 meters, and more of a short sprint of about 30 meters, so in the field of football, the starting speed, which is the so-called explosive force, is more meaningful than the speed of 100 meters.

There is no way for any institution to get an accurate data on the player's 100-meter speed, because this belongs to the club's own secret, but Ye Qiu has a 100-meter speed statistics of the players he has coached, and to the surprise of many people, Van Persie's start speed is also very fast, but the fastest is Robben during the Ajax period.

However, when Ye Qiu saw a young player wearing a white Tottenham Hotspur training uniform on the training ground, sprinting again and again on the field, and even a few times there were forced overtakes after the curve bypassed the defender and hit the rear, which made Ye Qiu look at it loudly and surprised on the sidelines.

"How fast is he?" Ye Qiu pointed to this name called Alex? Kiwomya, a Ugandan descendant, asked, was born in England and has dual citizenship of England and Uganda, and as it stands, he should be naturalized in England.

Many fans of FM games will feel that the data in the game is very real, and they will have the illusion that fast people are like lightning on the field, and they can force overtaking casually, but this is wrong.

On the football field, when you are on the move, you are one second and half a second faster, in fact, it is not so obvious, and a second and half a second faster is already a very big gap in the 100-meter sprint.

So, the data is not accurate, he can only reflect part of the game.

But there is one situation that is very amazing, that is, when you are a player with a speed of 100 meters for 13 seconds, and you meet a player who can run at a speed of 100 meters for 11 seconds, and the difference between the two is more than a second, maybe even two seconds, then your naked eye can see that gap very clearly, and that will bring you shock.

Peter? After hearing Ye Qiu's surprise, Devisel smiled, "A year ago, he participated in the U15 Games in England and ran ten seconds and ninety-eight, according to my preliminary estimate, it should be faster now!" ”

Ye Qiu and Bobby? Harms and the others were all amazed when they heard this, my God, a year ago, when he was fourteen years old, he ran ten seconds, and by this time his speed could already catch up with Henry.

You know, Walcott claims to be the fastest player in the active team, but his 100-meter sprint speed at Kiwomya's age is about 11.5 seconds, and according to Walcott's own current statement, his 100-meter speed is about 10.3 seconds.

In other words, if you really judge by this standard, Kiwomja is really faster than Walcott and Henry, and even hopefully surpasses all current players and becomes the fastest star in the future.

Speed is only one part of the equation on the football field, but if there's speed that stands out, that's ......

"Where did you find this Flash?" Bobby? Harms asked with a smile.

Peter? De Visser also smiled proudly, he is still very confident in his ability in this area, with Tottenham Hotspur continuing to invest in the past few years, his scouting system has spread all over the world, and he has access to a steady stream of scouting information from all over the world.

"Alex? Kiwumya's father, Andy? Kiwomja was brought to England by Barnsley as a young man and was poached to Sheffield Wednesday, but never played in the English top flight, instead playing in the Scottish Premiership for a season before spending a season in the lower divisions of England until his retirement. ”

"Relatively speaking, Chris? Kiwomja, Alex's uncle and Andy's younger brother, had a more illustrious career, having played for Ipswich Town in the late eighties before moving to Arsenal in 1994, but moved to Queens Park Rangers after Arsene Wenger took over. ”

"What's interesting is that this family of three is known for its speed, and this gene has been passed on to Alex? Kiwamja, who now plays in Rotherham's academy, has attracted the attention of teams including Arsenal, Manchester United, Chelsea and more after breaking records at last year's Games, but he wants to join Tottenham Hotspur! ”

Ye Qiu listening to Peter? De Visel's introduction, but what he pays more attention to is what is reflected on the pitch.

If it's just fast, then Ye Qiu will feel that he is suitable to be a track and field athlete, and even if it is a type similar to Walcott who is very fast, but the technique on his feet is relatively rough, Ye Qiu will feel that there is not much future, even Gareth that he carved with his own hands? Bell, in fact, couldn't satisfy Ye Qiu.

For Gareth? Bale, Ye Qiu has a big regret, that is, he was late to Tottenham Hotspur.

Now Kiwomja is only fifteen years old, and more importantly, his basic skills are very solid, after all, his father and uncle are both professional players, and they have been trained in professional clubs since they were young, so their basic skills are quite good.

You know, receiving long passes, especially in fast movements, is very technically demanding.

"This player mentioned in my evaluation report that speed is his biggest advantage, the basic skills are very solid, but he needs further refinement, and he is only fifteen years old, his biggest shortcoming or weakness is that his running awareness is not smart enough, the route selection is often not the best, even reasonable, passing and scoring ability also needs to be further improved."

Peter? Devisel's assessment is very fair and objective, don't look at Kiwomja now after starting, you can outrun the defender in two steps by a position, this speed advantage is very, very obvious, but if you are not good enough about the timing of the start, the choice of route is not good enough, then the value of your speed will drop significantly.

It's like Walcott, everybody knows how to defend him, that is, to get stuck in position, squeeze space, physical confrontation, so that your speed can't get up, so Walcott's development at Arsenal is seriously behind the expectations of others.

Of course, his speed advantage also guarantees the lower limit of his football level.

"This kid has a future!" Ye Qiu praised with a smile, he also has the eye to see people now.

To evaluate a player, you have to look at it separately, distinguish the strengths and weaknesses, and then find out which ones have the ability to improve through future growth and improvement, and which ones are impossible to improve, and then judge the player's potential through this expectation, but even so, whether the player can become a talent is still limited by his own learning and progress.

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Some players you can see through everything in just three or five minutes, but some players can't.

There is no doubt that the three Dasilva brothers and Kiwomja are the type of players that you can tell at a glance that they are the embryos of stars, but there are still a few such players, most of them are the type of players that you have to observe for a long time, or through a specific training method, to be able to come to a final conclusion.

Tottenham Hotspur's Talent Day selection event is a three-day event, the purpose of which is to give all players participating in the selection a relatively long-term and stable opportunity and stage to reflect their strength.

In the final selection list this time, the three Da Silva brothers were successfully selected. Kiwomja was also named in Tottenham Hotspur's youth team, along with a notable diminutive player, Adam? Armstrong, the 14-year-old England youngster, is also very popular with the scouting team.

Tottenham Hotspur's Theobold Academy brings in a new batch of new talents every year, but also sends away a number of new talents, which is a survival of the fittest incentive system, with the aim of ensuring that all players in the youth team can maintain sufficient self-discipline and learning ability to push them to improve.

With the experience gained over the past few years, Tottenham Hotspur has become very familiar with the preparation of the Talent Day selection event, which is held twice a year, and the latter is once a year, but with the strong support of the City of London and the District Council, the scale of the event is expanding year by year.

This year's Christmas carnival also began after the end of the 17th round of the Premier League on the 22nd and continued until the 26th, the day after Christmas, and there are even some related activities going on.

Although the Christmas carnival is still held under the name of Tottenham Hotspur, it is not just Tottenham Hotspur, it has even turned into a common holiday for the whole of North London.

Ye Qiu still participated in the selection of the Genius Day, but he didn't care about the preparations for the Christmas carnival, this belongs to Peter? In Kenyon's case, the more important task for him and the first-team players is to prepare for the upcoming winter break.

You know, according to this year's Christmas schedule, all teams will play three Premier League games in just eight days, which is enough to surprise everyone, and this is not counting the FA Cup after the devil's schedule.

The Champions League also held a draw ceremony for the round of 16 before Christmas, and the Premier League suffered a miserable defeat in this season's Champions League, with all four teams participating in the competition, including Manchester United, Manchester City and Liverpool, all eliminated and forced to play in the Europa League.

This has also become a big signal of the decline of the Premier League in the eyes of many people, and many Premier League professionals have called for the Premier League to properly adjust the schedule, and with the current fierce competition in the Premier League, the European competitiveness of the Premier League team is indeed a big weakening and loss.

However, in an interview, the FA rejected many people's proposal to postpone the League Cup and FA Cup matches of Premier League teams participating in European competitions, arguing that it would be unfair to other teams.

"In the same number of games, Tottenham Hotspur has performed very well in the League Cup, reaching the quarter-finals, and the Premier League is currently in the leading position, and they are also the most eye-catching team in the Champions League group stage, and they can perform so well because they are good enough!"

This is a reason used by the FA to prevaricate the privileges of those who wish to play in Europe, at least they do not see the fixtures as an excuse for a team to lose or be eliminated, and that the lack of skill is the key.

Originally, the four strong teams were ambitious to make a difference in the Champions League, but after the group stage, the top four became the only show, and Tottenham Hotspur naturally became the hope of Premier League fans, and they all hoped that Tottenham Hotspur could go further in the Champions League and fight for the Premier League.

At the very least, when fans in other countries such as La Liga and Serie A are ridiculing the Premier League, they can proudly say that we still have a Tottenham Hotspur.

Serie A has also reached three teams in the knockout round of the Champions League this season, namely AC Milan, Inter Milan and Napoli, and La Liga has two, namely Real Madrid and Barcelona, while the rest of the teams are basically teams from Ligue 1, Portuguese Super League and other leagues, and even teams from Switzerland, Russia and Cyprus.

In the draw for the round of 16, Tottenham Hotspur had the most unlucky luck among the eight teams that finished second in the group, avoiding Bayer Leverkusen in the same group of the Bundesliga, but drew Napoli in Serie A, which made a large group of Premier League fans blame UEFA, thinking that they were going to jointly do the Premier League.

You know, Tottenham Hotspur's Champions League records in the past two years are the semi-finals and quarter-finals, and many people believe that Tottenham Hotspur's knockout round this season may not be very smooth, because this team has a lot of problems, such as a single midfielder, and the two players in the midfield, Ramsey and Vidal, are not as good as Cesc Fabregas and David? Big names in the Silva period.

The only big midfielder, Andrea Pirlo, is now a dying old man.

Therefore, in the Champions League odds, Tottenham Hotspur lags behind teams such as Barcelona and Real Madrid.

After learning the results of the draw, Ye Qiu said with a smile in an interview with the media that Tottenham Hotspur has never been worried about the opponent, "I think those teams who draw us should cry and shout bad luck, because it means that their Champions League promotion journey is over!" ”

Regarding the team's sluggish performance in the past two seasons, Ye Qiu also acknowledged.

'Yes, we have to look at the problem, we get to a certain peak and the team goes down, the players inevitably lose their hunger for glory or the desire is not strong enough, and then you are beaten by teams that are more hungry than you, like Manchester United, I think that's a normal thing.

"But for the team we have now, I can feel it, the players are full of desire, because when we came back from the top, they all got a lot of blame and criticism, and a lot of people started to doubt us, thinking that Tottenham Hotspur is no longer good, that this group of Tottenham Hotspur stars is starting to go downhill!"

'But I want to say that we are one of the youngest teams to go in Europe in the round of 16 and I don't think we're going downhill because I can feel my players have a renewed hunger and desire for the game, for winning, and that's a good thing because it makes us more hungry to win!"

For many Premier League teams to call out Tottenham Hotspur to fight on behalf of the Premier League, Ye Qiu denied this.

"I don't think we can represent the Premier League, no team can represent the Premier League, because in the Premier League, there are many teams with different characteristics and different styles, we play the league together, and every day we can bring different excitement and freshness to the fans, I think this is the core competitiveness of the Premier League, and it is also the most fascinating place."

'Of course, I'm going to try to tell my players that we're the only team in the Premier League to make it out of the group stage, we're the only Premier League team to get to the knockout stages, and now all the fans around the world are looking at us and they're going to want to see how the Premier League, which was so dominant, was knocked out and humiliated.

'I will tell my players that we can't represent the Premier League, but since we are playing in the Premier League, then we should fight for the glory and disgrace of the Premier League, and we have to use practical actions, game by game, to prove that there are no weak teams in the Premier League, even if there is only one Premier League team left, he is a nightmare for all other competitors!"

Ye Qiu's words were recognized by almost all Premier League fans, and they were all hooked, and they all began to cheer for Tottenham Hotspur, hoping that this team could reflect the spirit of the Premier League and play the momentum of the Premier League team.

That kind of momentum, even if there is only one person left, will fight to the end! Become more eager to win! ”

For many Premier League teams to call out Tottenham Hotspur to fight on behalf of the Premier League, Ye Qiu denied this.

"I don't think we can represent the Premier League, no team can represent the Premier League, because in the Premier League, there are many teams with different characteristics and different styles, we play the league together, and every day we can bring different excitement and freshness to the fans, I think this is the core competitiveness of the Premier League, and it is also the most fascinating place."

'Of course, I'm going to try to tell my players that we're the only team in the Premier League to make it out of the group stage, we're the only Premier League team to get to the knockout stages, and now all the fans around the world are looking at us and they're going to want to see how the Premier League, which was so dominant, was knocked out and humiliated.

'I will tell my players that we can't represent the Premier League, but since we are playing in the Premier League, then we should fight for the glory and disgrace of the Premier League, and we have to use practical actions, game by game, to prove that there are no weak teams in the Premier League, even if there is only one Premier League team left, he is a nightmare for all other competitors!"

Ye Qiu's words were recognized by almost all Premier League fans, and they were all hooked, and they all began to cheer for Tottenham Hotspur, hoping that this team could reflect the spirit of the Premier League and play the momentum of the Premier League team.

That kind of momentum, even if there is only one person left, will fight to the end!