The venue is not big, after all, there are not many people, and there are two hosts, one is Alex Ferguson, who has just retired, and the other is UEFA's chief technical director, Ivan from Romania? Lupescu, who was the president of the Romanian Football Federation and later entered UEFA, was mainly responsible for the opening pitch, but the professional discussion was still on Ferguson.

Ferguson began to discuss the prevalence of this high-intensity, pressing style of play in European football over the past year, which he personally feels will become the standard tactic for top teams in the years to come.

In other words, if you don't play oppression, it will be difficult to get good results.

For Ferguson's remarks, everyone at the meeting basically agreed, because from the current situation, the pressing and pressing are not done well, and it is basically difficult for the team to effectively control the game, especially in some strong dialogues, this situation will be more obvious.

Many of the famous marshals present spoke enthusiastically, especially those who have their own thoughts and ideas, their speeches are not actually a kind of show, but take them out, so that other colleagues can listen to their own ideas, there may be many ideas in it are not comprehensive, but the problem is that after so many peers discuss together, often a lot of words can bring you stimulation.

Among the many famous coaches, there are two people whose speeches often cause the most applause, one is Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, and the other is Lucescu, the veteran coach of Shakhtar Donetsk, the former has always been quite good in tactical thinking and philosophy, and very advanced, but Wenger is characterized by a bit of stubbornness and idealism.

The old coach Lucescu's tactical skills are indeed quite good, and he is well-informed, and he has been coaching for many years, and he often makes many people feel that his last sentence can make many people feel bright, and even cause some big debates, for example, he believes that the future trend of football should be to abandon the midfield.

This kind of statement is indeed quite surprising, and it also caused a huge debate in the room, especially Wenger.

Arsene Wenger's philosophy has always been to pursue a possessive midfielder, and Lucescu's proposal to abandon the midfield is contrary to his idea, but in fact, Lucescu's statement has also been supported and agreed by many famous coaches, such as Atletico Madrid's Simeone, Jose Mourinho, or Borussia Dortmund's Klopp.

But many people, including Pep Guardiola, feel that this is unlikely, because giving up the midfield means handing over possession to others, losing the advantage of possession, which is equivalent to losing the initiative in the game.

Ferguson and Heynckes were thinking more, they didn't get too involved in this kind of argument, but as a bystander, Ye Qiu, who also hadn't spoken, was also listening silently.

In fact, although this kind of discussion can create a conflict of ideas and mutual stimulation on a certain course, there is no way to reach a conclusion from a face-to-face argument, and many times you listen to them arguing, in fact, the ideas and ideas of both sides are not completely contrary.

For example, the concept of Lucescu, Mourinho and others is not to give up possession completely, but to say that they do not pursue possession and do not pursue midfield advantage, while the ideas of Guardiola and others are more inclined to possession, but they also do not want to blindly chase possession, because in their opinion, there is no possession, but they cannot create a threat, that is, they are not good enough in some aspects.

Also, many managers think that the pace of the game should be fast, the transition between attack and defense should be fast, and you should not waste too much on possession, but there are also some people who think that once you are too fast-paced, the passing and receiving errors are high, and the possibility of being counterattacked by the opponent is greater, and they believe that possession does not necessarily mean that it is slow.

These seemingly contradictory ideas, in fact, if they can calm down and slowly reflect and think after the meeting, maybe they will find that they are not arguing about the same point of view, and there are many things in common between the two of them, but because of the argument, the differences seem irreconcilable.

Therefore, for such a controversy, Ye Qiu was not prepared to participate in it.

Because he thinks that everyone has their own philosophy of football, as well as their understanding of football, whether they possess the ball or not, how fast or slow the pace is, these different people have different views and opinions, and the interesting thing about football is that it is inclusive and moldable, and everyone has the opportunity to confirm their own views and ideas.

But Ye Qiu's silence was obviously not what the two hosts were willing to see, and after Lupescu gave Ferguson a look, the Scottish coach smiled and directly named him.

"Ye Qiu!" As soon as Ferguson shouted, the scene immediately fell silent, because many people realized that Ye Qiu had never said a word, "I found the Tottenham Hotspur style of play in the new season very interesting, can you tell us about it?" ”

Everyone immediately shifted their attention to Ye Qiu, everyone, regardless of whether they watched some games of Tottenham Hotspur in the new season, but they all heard media reports without exception.

Ye Qiu saw that everyone was looking at him, knowing that he couldn't escape, he smiled bitterly, stood up, took the wireless microphone handed over by the staff next to him, sorted out the thoughts in his mind, and then said: "Actually, I think Wenger and Guardiola's ideas are right, but there is no problem with Lucescu's statement, and even the trend he said, I think it is right!" ”

Everyone felt very interesting about Ye Qiu's words, many people hadn't understood it yet, but there were also a small number of people who noticed a little clue, such as Ancelotti, this ghost spirit tactics were very changeable, and he quickly captured Ye Qiu's thoughts and intentions.

"As we are all familiar with in the theory of football, football is always a contest between space and possession, so when the middle is crowded, the attack is launched from the side, when the side is crowded, the attack is in the middle, if it is like the high-intensity pressing strategy pursued by many strong teams now, the side and the middle are very strong, then take the cross and pull, and focus on the diagonal line and ribs."

"We can clearly find that the defense of modern football tactics is becoming more and more focused on depth and width, which is reflected in the fact that our defense is becoming more and more layered, and our defense line is becoming more and more compact, because compact can take into account the width of defense to the greatest extent!"

After listening to this, many people were able to understand Ye Qiu's words.

"But there is a problem, if you have no way to break you after your defense and oppression have reached a certain level, and I am helpless against your oppression and pressing, then I only have two ways, the first is to wait until your physical strength is almost exhausted, and the other is that I will avoid you, and the latter will be used by more and more people."

"The midfield is now a tactical battleground, but I think that with the popularization and promotion of high-pressing tactics, there will gradually be a trend that Lucescu said, giving up the midfield, but that doesn't mean I give up possession, because we know that possession doesn't have to be concentrated in the midfield, you can also step back to the defence, as long as I have a centre-back like that, as long as I don't need that much possession, why not?"

Ye Qiu's words made many people present suddenly understand, in fact, Bielsa let Xavi in Athletic Bilbao? Martinez went to play at centre-back in order to improve the ball and play at the back, and the tactical madman was very far-sighted indeed.

"After moving to the backfield, because you have to face high-intensity pressure in the midfield, I will quickly pass the guò midfield, the faster the better, and move the ball to the front as much as possible, in the past, our tactics were thin at both ends and fat in the middle, but I believe that once we take the tactics of fast through the midfield, it will become a gourd shape, fat at both ends and thin in the middle."

"How thin the midfielder should be, it depends on the control of your team, you have enough control power, two players can do, even a single player can be, because you cut the midfield places, you can arrange it in the front court, you can also arrange it in the backfield, and from the perspective of future trends, it will become more and more important to increase the fulcrum of the ball in front."

When Ye Qiu said this, he looked at Liverpool's Bei Fatzi, Benitez, "The double striker with the role of the fulcrum, or even the three strikers, will play a bigger and bigger role, just like Liverpool's Suarez and Sturridge." ”

In fact, what Ye Qiu didn't say was that the 4231 tactics in his planning were actually two fulcrums in the frontcourt, Lewandowski and Messi, at first glance, it was 4231, but it could actually be regarded as 424, just the difference between the player's position and formation.

Ye Qiu's remarks immediately received a round of warm applause from the audience, and almost everyone applauded vigorously.

If you study the game between Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal, it is actually easy to find that Tottenham Hotspur's possession rate in this game is not high, a little more than Arsenal, but the problem is that Tottenham Hotspur has more than ten times the chance of creating a zào than Arsenal, and the reason is that Tottenham Hotspur quickly passes through the midfield.

The double back-back combination of Matic and Vidal, one is in position, the other is up and the other is tackling, and the two players are basically based on defensive coverage and ball-playing, without the responsibilities of traditional playmakers, and more inverted feet and combing, all revolving around the dragged Matic and Thiago? Silva and Kompany were carried out by the three players.

So, Mourinho said that Nemanja Matic was the third centre-back, and he was not wrong.

Ye Qiu's remarks also stimulated the thinking of many people present, such as Ferguson, who took the lead in commenting.

Ferguson believes that the increase in the frontcourt fulcrum tactics mentioned by Ye Qiu will not bring about the resurgence of double center forwards, and even if there is, it must be similar to Balotelli, Suarez, Lewandowski and other all-round center forwards who have strong ability to take the ball and make the ball, and can pull to the side.

Because the frontcourt will assume a certain amount of responsibility for holding and making the ball, that is, taking on some of the responsibilities of traditional playmakers, it is necessary to form an orderly operating mechanism, and there can be no two Drogba-style center forwards, or a combination of black wind and two evils.

By extension, the demands on centre-backs will increase, especially in passing and out, as well as long passes.

Football is a very interesting sport because it doesn't have a winning formula, it can win the game in all kinds of ways, it has been a spiraling trend in the past, and it can accommodate countless possibilities.

Although football managers have their own ideas and concepts, those who can attend the UEFA Elite Head Coach Summit are basically the best in the field of head coaching, so when Ye Qiu proposed this new trend and idea, it immediately stimulated some of their ideas, put forward various ideas and possibilities, and felt like being taught a lesson.

For example, Ancelotti mentioned that he believes that he does not have the conditions to completely de-midfield, but he agrees with what Ye Qiu said, fast access to the midfield, and Real Madrid also has two very good central defenders who take the ball and play the ball, and have strong mobility at the same time, that is, Ramos and Pepe, and the individual ability of Real Madrid's frontcourt players is also quite threatening.

In fact, in a short period of time, it is difficult for many teams to play double strikers, or multi-striker tactics, because they have to consider the problem from the existing player lineup and configuration, but some new and restructured teams have this possibility, because they are big and can keep up with the development trend and trend of football.

Therefore, this has also caused the so-called feng shui to rotate in the world of football.

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Ye Qiu's speech at the European Elite Club Coaching Summit was unknown to the outside world, and no press conference was even arranged after the meeting, but the UEFA president and all the head coaches attending the meeting lined up in three rows at the venue and took a group photo as a souvenir.

At noon, a tea party was arranged, and everyone went to the UEFA headquarters on the shores of Lake Geneva to rest and enjoy the refreshments provided by UEFA.

Ye Qiu was surrounded by the largest number of people, including Alex Ferguson, Lucescu, Pep Guardiola, Arsene Wenger, Simeone, Jose Mourinho, Benitez and others, all of whom gathered together, and everyone was discussing many tactical topics that might become popular in the next few years, or even ten years, on the shores of this beautiful Lake Geneva.

Those who can appear here are basically the elite in the field of head coaches, but not all managers can implement their tactical concepts and ideas, after all, they often have to encounter a lot of opportunities to promote their own tactics, and even the support of the club from all sides, which is not easy.

It's like scoring a goal in soccer, it's not easy, but once you do, you get a sense of satisfaction that you can't match in high-scoring sports like basketball and volleyball.

The award ceremony in the afternoon was also not open to journalists, with UEFA President Michel Platini personally presenting the awards.

Alex Ferguson has just managed more than 200 European games, while Arsene Wenger, Carlo Ancelotti and Ye Qiu have all played more than 100, so all four of them have received plaques and photos from Platini's approach.

In addition, Ye Qiu and Ferguson have successively received the letter of appointment from Platini, Ye Qiu has officially served as UEFA's chief technical adviser and head coach ambassador since 2014, and Ferguson will serve as UEFA's head coach ambassador, because the Scotsman was originally a member of the technical team.

The reason why Ye Qiu accepted these two invitations was mainly because he was comfortable enough, leisurely enough, occasionally came to meetings, and was able to travel to Switzerland or Monaco and other places at public expense.

On the second day of the meeting, it was more of a party, but in the end, it was all the head coach, and many people were talking about football.

After the European Head Coaches Summit, Ye Qiu returned to China for a week before returning to London.

At the moment he has handed over almost everything to Mauro? Tasotti's hands, so he himself was very idle, and when he returned to London, Mauro received the news? Tasotti discussed with him some of the views and takeaways from the European Head Coach Summit, and many of the views and opinions from other head coaches made Mauro ? Tasotti was impressed.

"Don't look like envy, jealousy and hatred, you're going to participate next year!" Ye Qiu smiled and encouraged Mauro? Tasotti said.

In fact, if it wasn't for the impossible, Ye Qiu would have considered letting Mauro a long time ago? Tasotti went instead of himself.

After two weeks of national team breaks, the Premier League rekindled the fire, Tottenham Hotspur ushered in the fourth round, at home against Norwich, the result of Tottenham Hotspur was not affected by the large number of internationals, but because of the early return of many internationals, the state was very good, and the home team beat Norwich 7:0.

Interestingly, seven goals were scored by seven players, of which Messi also had two assists, Ribery had one, and Pirlo was arranged to start this game by Ye Qiu, and there was also a direct free kick in the account.

Three days later, Ye Qiu rotated the team's lineup to face the first opponent of the Champions League group stage, Bayer Leverkusen led by Hyypia, and finally, with Ribery's two shots and one pass, as well as Messi's one pass and one shot, plus Lewandowski's goal, defeated Leverkusen 4:0 and won the first victory in the group stage.

However, the most eye-catching team in the first round of the Champions League group was not Ye Qiu's Tottenham Hotspur, but Carlo Ancelotti's Real Madrid, who beat Galatasaray 6-1 away and became the most popular team in the first round of the group.

At the weekend, Tottenham Hotspur rotated again to challenge Cardiff away, and Tottenham Hotspur beat Cardiff 6-1 away, once again bloodied their opponents and won a big victory.

At the beginning of this game, Cardiff scored first, but soon, Tottenham Hotspur relied on Lewandowski, Thiago? Silva's two players scored twice to complete the reversal 4:1, and the goals of Hazard and Vidal in the second half locked the score at 6:1!

In midweek, Tottenham Hotspur played the League Cup round of 32 knockout round with a full bench lineup, and beat Aston Villa, who also played with a substitute lineup, 4:0 away, Drogba scored twice, Pogba and substitute Mitrovic scored a goal each, Stroman and Phil? Jones played the whole game together, and the table was good.

And Shun lì returned from Birmingham, Tottenham Hotspur sat at Stratford Stadium and welcomed Jose Mourinho's Chelsea!