Chapter 690: Macho Combo
As soon as the news of Tottenham Hotspur's announcement of the start of a new round of player renewal negotiations was announced, it immediately attracted huge attention in the entire European football and media circles, and a very, very large number of professionals and journalists began to comment that even Tottenham Hotspur was beginning to be unable to withstand the huge pressure caused by soaring salaries in Europe.
Many football commentators have written that Premier League teams should do a good job of tacit understanding to avoid getting caught in a salary war, after all, high salaries are not good for any team, so they advocate the introduction of the salary cap, that is, the salary cap agreement, to avoid the endless increase in the salary cap.
It is not difficult to see from this that Tottenham Hotspur's every move now has far-reaching consequences, and even UEFA has personally called White Hart Lane to ask Tottenham Hotspur about their intention to announce the start of contract renewal negotiations.
For this reason, Tottenham Hotspur took the initiative to clarify at the pre-match press conference the next day, that is, the day before the Champions League, saying that the team restarted a new round of player renewal negotiations, not due to the pressure of the salary structure from the outside world, but because of the decision made after careful consideration of the team's management.
For specific details, such as the extent of the salary increase, Ye Qiu did not explain to the public, but simply said that all contract renewal negotiations will be completed within two years, and this is also seen as the team selling Fabregas and David? After Silva and others, it was an important move to stabilize the players after the team was reorganized.
Sell Yaya? Toure, with the sale of Cesc Fabregas and David? There is a clear difference between Silva, the former is passively poached, but the latter two Spanish players are half-pushed by Tottenham Hotspur, that is, with obvious initiative.
Players inevitably worry about whether the team is in financial trouble. Or maybe you're planning to do something to a group of superstars? Or is there something else to consider?
All of these have brought inevitable shadows and pimples to the psychology of players, so the idea put forward by Ye Qiu at that time was to start the contract renewal and use the renewal to stabilize people's hearts, but for Tottenham Hotspur, starting the contract renewal is a big project, not simply saying a few words and doing a few evaluations can be done, but more full preparation is required.
However, even if Ye Qiu once again reiterated that the team's salary structure will not exceed the red line of 45% of the team's operating income, in fact, the entire European football market, especially the Premier League market, has given a great reaction to this news, and even the agents of many players in many teams have come forward to ask for contract renewal.
Of course, they will adopt a more technical approach, such as rumors that so-and-so team is interested in so-and-so player or something, in fact, this is a kind of statement asking for a contract extension, the intention is obvious, someone is interested in my player, are you in a hurry? To renew or not to renew? If I don't renew the contract, then I will default to contact others, which means that I can change jobs, and renewing the contract is very simple, give a higher salary!
So Ye Qiu often said that when he was a fan in his previous life, it was sometimes too easy to believe media reports, and he was always fooled, but in fact, it was just a wrestling trick between the club and the agent.
Obviously, the team announced the resumption of contract renewal, which means that the players will be given a salary increase, and the players are happy in their hearts, and as soon as the players are happy, they will perform well on the field.
In the team's midweek home game against Belgium's Genke, Tottenham Hotspur staged another massacre of the season, with Messi's hat-trick, Cavani's assist hat-trick and a goal on their home turf, plus a pass and a shot from Ramsey and Neymar, to slaughter Belgium's Genke 7-0 at home.
It was also the biggest win since the Champions League this season, with Tottenham Hotspur performing very well throughout the team, taking a 4-0 lead at half-time.
Tottenham Hotspur not only conquered their opponents and fans at their home stadium, but also praised all the members of the delegation of Chinese entrepreneurs who came to the scene, although many of them did not know how to play football, but this did not prevent them from feeling the unforgettable atmosphere of the game.
With the victory in this game, Tottenham Hotspur has won three consecutive wins in the Champions League and is in first place in the group.
After a midweek Champions League fixture, Tottenham Hotspur travel to Blackburn Rovers at the weekend!
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If you want to say that the away challenge to Blackburn Rovers makes all Tottenham Hotspur fans worried, it must be Ye Qiu who actually rotated the front and midfield in the starting squad of this game, and the front court was the team's number one center Cavani, who is currently Tottenham's second leading scorer.
The midfielder is the veteran Andrea Pirlo, who has been performing very well since joining Tottenham Hotspur this season and is regarded by the outside world as the team's number one midfielder, but at the same time, Ye Qiu also made Vidal unable to even enter the squad.
After such a generous rotation, Ye Qiu discharged a striker tactic in the frontcourt, Raul served as the central striker, Hazard and Messi played the wings respectively, and the midfield was Ramsey and Phil? Jones is up front, Sandro is behind, the back line has basically not changed much, and the rotation between Alba and Marcelo has played well this season, and there is no big problem with anyone.
In this game, Ye Qiu was Spanish left-back Alba.
On the right side is Alves' world, Kyle? Although Walker is good, there is still no way to shake Alves' main position for the time being, but Kyle? Walker's progress over the past few seasons has been impressive, especially with that cross from the right.
Cavani's absence and the transition to a strikerless tactic is also a big change for Tottenham Hotspur this season, so it's not unusual.
What really surprised this game was the arrangement of the midfield, Ye Qiu used Ramsey, Sandro and Phil? Jones' midfield combination, which really surprised a lot of people.
Blackburn's strength is indeed not strong, although the head coach is also called Keane, but unfortunately, not Roy? Keane, but Steve? Keane, who was voted by almost all the British media as the most unpopular manager of the season, has been relegated to 20th place in the Premier League under his leadership.
If you're standing at Blackburn's Ewood Park right now, you'll see that the home team has a lot of humiliating Steves playing in the fan stands? Keane's taglines and slogans, such as, "You have a kind of try to drop one more place!" ”
"Scrape together the money to get a taxi for Keane and tell him to get out!"
But this is just an appetizer, pediatrics, and the real big deal is when the game is just about to start and the live broadcast is just underway, when a roar is heard in the sky, and a small helicopter is seen circling over the Ewood Park field.
At first, everyone thought it was a plane sent by the police for law and order, but to everyone's surprise, the plane was hired by Blackburn fans, with a banner hanging from the tail.
“SteveKeanOut!”
That is, Steve? When this scene appeared on the big screen at Ewood Park, the audience burst into thunderous applause. Keane's displeasure.
But as the team's head coach, Steve? Keane sat on the bench, obviously unmoved, but soon, another fan pulled out a banner with a sarcastic joke apparently written in a hurry.
"Guard Grant? Hanley was injured because he was hit on the training ground! ”
"Steve? Keane innocently told reporters, I didn't see it! ”
The performance of the violent fans in the stands was indeed very exciting, and it also made Andy, who was in charge of the live commentary of this game? Gray and Martin? Taylor smiled from ear to ear and kept complimenting Blackburn fans for their creativity and generosity, at least the use of private jets, which was a big innovation.
But on the court, Ye Qiu knew very well that this game would be very, very difficult to play.
Blackburn Rovers have been really bad this season, but they've been playing well at home, because Steve? Keane and the team need to redeem themselves, and they need to change the way they perceive them by playing game after game in front of the home fans.
For example, playing Arsenal this season, falling behind twice and tying twice, and then overtaking by two goals in one breath, such a tenacious performance is indeed a matter of caution, and although Blackburn's overall strength is indeed very bad, what is the nickname of this team, violent Ben, once this team is ruthless, they will not be polite to you.
It is also because of this that Ye Qiu chose to replace Pirlo in this game, but after winning Pirlo, he also discharged Sandro and Phil in his midfield? Jones, a combination of macho men.
Although it is a macho combination, in fact, the Tottenham Hotspur midfielder's performance in this game is quite impressive.
Meet his old club Phil again? Jones looked excited from the beginning of the game, and after winning the ball in the middle in the third minute, he was forced to grab by three players in the opposing midfield. Jones used solid ball protection and relied on his strong physical fitness to bring the ball out of the encirclement.
In the fifth minute, he once inserted a back shot from Raul at the edge of the penalty area, and fired a straight shot that turned into an anti-aircraft gun, but both images were very impressive.
Andy? Gray also commented in the commentary, thinking that Phil? Jones showed a strong desire to play in this game, and after being selected for Capello's national team, he was also positioned by Capello in the midfield midfield position, Capello believes he is more suitable to play his wide range of runs and aggressive pressing characteristics here.
But the most impressive thing in the game was Phil? Jones rushed to the front of the pitch at one point, with his back to Thiago from behind? When Silva made a low pass, he turned the ball in the second of receiving it, and at the same time there was a clear change of direction, and then suddenly activated, rushed through the defense of the opponent's midfield, and went straight to Messi behind him, but the pass was a little too hard.
This time's performance made Ye Qiu and Mauro? Tasotti also applauded from the sidelines.
Actually, Phil? Jones uses some of the most basic skills, but he has mastered these skills through hard practice, and then used them improvised in the actual game, and if he uses them well, it is easy to give people a feeling that the skills at his feet are very delicate, but in fact, these are the most basic things.
In this regard, Mulenstin and Moniz have contributed a lot!
It must be mentioned that many ordinary fans have a misconception that they are easily confused by their own eyes, just as many people praise Barcelona's Xavi for turning around, and even think how good his skills are because of his spinning circles, but in fact, they are really confused by everything on the field.
It is undeniable that Xavi's skills are indeed good, but they are definitely not at the top level, even in Barcelona, Iniesta's small skills are much smaller than Xavi's, and the same is to get rid of, there is actually no difficulty in turning circles, it is very practical, this is for sure, but it lacks efficiency, so it is not a reflection of excellent skills at all, let alone being boasted by many fans to the height of what magic skills.
The core reason why Xavi was able to spin the circle was that Barcelona's overall pulling and running created space and enough points for him to ensure that after he spun in circles, the ball had a suitable way out and would not be lost.
Once he loses space and points of contact, his spinning circles will only create low offensive efficiency and sticky balls.
Therefore, many fans are easily confused when watching the game, because the use of the same two technical skills, used in different environments, different times, and different spaces, will produce two completely different effects.
Phil? Jones is the same this time, as a professional player, his fundamentals need not be questioned, otherwise he would not have been able to stand out from Blackburn at a young age, and after coming to Tottenham Hotspur, the team has given him the wisdom of using basic skills and giving him the space to grow.
If you think it's only Phil? Jones alone isn't enough, just look at Tottenham's first goal.
After Sandro took the ball, he made a long diagonal pass of more than 35 meters to Messi on the right side of the penalty area, and the Argentine unloaded the ball with his body, and after taking a few steps back under the bag of two defenders, he suddenly knocked back the bottom line.
Alves on the right quickly plugged in, directly a half-high ball cross, and Raul at the back point rushed directly into the penalty area, header wanted to top a far corner, but the ball deceived goalkeeper Robinson, but it was slightly off, and Phil on the heel? Jones hooked the ball directly back into the goal line with his foot, 1:0!
It was a goal that occurred in the twentieth minute of the game, and it also gave the whole Ewood Park stadium a lot of pressure against manager Steve? Keane's disgruntled voice was pushed to the highest point, and almost all the violent Ben fans in the stadium were chanting the slogan to get Keane out.
But Steve? Keane was indeed tough enough, in the 38th minute of the first half, Tottenham Hotspur midfielder misreceived the ball, and counterattacked after being broken, striker Jacob received an assist from his teammates in a quick counterattack, and equalized for Blackburn, this goal was more like a return for Blackburn's almost desperate pressing throughout the game.
After the equaliser, the two sides were back on the same starting line, and Tottenham Hotspur also exposed Phil? The problem with the midfield combination of Jones and Sandro is that the passing and receiving aspects are not enough, especially when the ball is fast, they make too many mistakes in handling the ball, and being caught once is fatal.
Ye Qiu also saw these problems very clearly, there were five members of the technical analysis team behind him, and they were recording all kinds of information, and they would provide technical analysis reports to each player after each game.
But with Bobby? According to Harms, no young person will not make mistakes, the key is to see what the mistakes are, whether there is time and space to make amends, or whether they have the determination to improve.
For what to sell Carol and Ashley? Young, because they became famous, especially Carol, lacked motivation and was a little satisfied with what he had achieved so far, Ye Qiu suggested that he learn from Vanney, he didn't think it was necessary, let him contact the ball more, and he ignored it, because he felt that everything he had at the moment was enough.
It's a matter of mentality!
The most important thing for a young player is mentality!
With Carol and Ashley? Jan is different, Phil? Jones is hardworking and hardworking, and so is Sandro.
It's like this game, they exposed the problem of passing the ball quickly, what's so difficult about that?
If they insist on going into the practice room every day at Tottenham Hotspur and meticulously completing all the training programs when they attend the team's training every day, and look back a year later, you will be amazed at how quickly they have improved!
But there are some things that you can't change as a manager.
For example, after the start of the second half, Blackburn Rovers launched a crazy attack and forced Tottenham Hotspur, Tottenham Hotspur resolutely counterattacked, and after 75 minutes, both sides were almost exhausted, but the entire midfield of Tottenham Hotspur was still running, still fighting, and still fighting for opportunities.
This reflects their mentality, a bloody nature and desire to win in their bones.
In the end, in the 84th minute, Hazzard knocked back from the right, Ramsey picked up a cross in the box to find Raul, but the Spaniard didn't get a chance, the header was knocked back to Sandro who was inserted behind, and the Brazilian unloaded the ball with his left foot, and the right foot was directly picked up to be a volley.
This volley was very decisive, very ruthless, very powerful, very fast, the old goalkeeper Robinson couldn't reach it, and directly let this volley hit Blackburn's goal, 2:1!
Ye Qiu applauded Sandro's goal from the sidelines, and this game was a match for him against two players, Phil? Jones and Sandro examined, and in fact, the two players gave mixed reviews, but in any case, their attitude determines their lower limit.
They may not have the quality to dominate the team in a short period of time, but at least their attitude allows them to be the right rotation role for the team.
And Ye Qiu also needs to be clear about the role and ability of each player in the team, and design the role to play for them.
Scouting every player in the squad at the right time is something that any aspiring manager has to figure out in a season that wants to make a difference.