Volume 1 Chapter 344 Passing the Note
05/03/05 Outside the away locker room at the Stadio Dragons in Porto, Portugal.
Two men in black straight suits walked in front of Ye Qiu, they claimed to be from the UEFA Disciplinary Committee, and the duty of this game was to accompany Ye Qiu in the stands to watch this much-anticipated highlight of the game.
Ye Qiu, who had just come out of the locker room to end his pre-war mobilization, looked at these two in some surprise
Regarding UEFA's unease about him, worried that he would use his mobile phone to command the team without authorization during the game, so he was notified before the game, and it is said that this is the first head coach in the history of the Champions League to enjoy such a high standard of treatment, and he even arranged a personal bodyguard, which is indeed important enough.
However, these two bodyguards looked a little shabby, one was taller, but very thin, with glasses, Sven, and the other was shorter, but it was not the kind of fierce god with a full face, it looked more like a college student who had just graduated from school, a little immature, and he was still a little nervous when he saw Ye Qiu.
"Don't be nervous, if I say I don't call, I must not call" Ye Qiu shook the mobile phone he held in his hand.
He is now holding a mobile phone in one hand and a notepad and pen in the other.
Chelsea did appeal for Ye Qiu's matter before, but UEFA did not accept it, the ban remained the same, and in order to avoid Ye Qiu from playing remotely again, they decided to arrange personnel to accompany them, and Chelsea also won Ye Qiu's treatment of sitting in the Chelsea fan line, after all, UEFA was also worried that letting Ye Qiu sit in the Porto fan base would cause an accident.
However, UEFA also gave a request, that is, Ye Qiu could not sit in the front rows.
It can be seen that UEFA is indeed guarding against Ye Qiu carefully, and it has even reached the point of making a little fuss.
"By the way, you two, do you want to hand over your phone?" Ye Qiu was very conscious of obeying the organization.
"No need, no need, Mr. Ye Qiu, as long as you don't call your mobile phone," the tall glasses brother immediately smiled and shook his hand.
To be honest, Ye Qiu's every move now attracts the attention of the media, if they confiscate Ye Qiu's mobile phone, Chelsea fans won't have to spray them to death after the game? Even UEFA had specially explained before, just look at it, and give politeness and respect, after all, Ye Qiu is now a pivotal coach in the world of football, and he can't be neglected.
"Then let's go" Ye Qiu didn't look like a suspended head coach at all, but seemed to be happy to watch the game from the stands.
This also made the two bodyguards look at each other behind him, and they both felt relieved, because they were very worried before, afraid that Ye Qiu would get angry and cause trouble for them, but now it seems that they are too worried.
Although it was not arranged in the first few rows, Ye Qiu's seats were still in the stands on the first floor, so they went directly up the stairs to the stands, and when they came out, the live broadcast camera immediately captured Ye Qiu's figure, and the two bodyguards next to him also appeared on the big screen.
"This is Chelsea manager Ye Qiu, who was banned by UEFA in this game, and his two bodyguards" The on-site commentator did not forget to joke, and the scene suddenly sounded an overwhelming sound, cheers and boos, all intertwined, and it was not clear what was and what was there.
"Mr. Ye Qiu"
"Mr. Ye Qiu, you're here"
As soon as Ye Qiu walked into the stands, the surrounding Chelsea fans suddenly took the initiative to stand up and shake hands with Ye Qiu, and those who could follow the team to the away stadium were all Chelsea diehards, there were not many people, only a few thousand, but they were all gathered in the surrounding area.
'I'm more relieved to sit in the Chelsea fan base, you know, I'm worried that the Porto fans are just as rough as their players, I'm the most timid person, I'm the most afraid of people hitting me, especially in the face, I rely on this face to eat." Ye Qiu joked nonsense for a while, and directly found a place to sit down.
The surroundings were too dense, and after Ye Qiu sat up, the two bodyguards could only sit on Ye Qiu's left.
"Mr. Ye Qiu, are you sitting here?" An elderly fan next to him stood up in flattery.
"Aha, yes, I remember you, aren't you"
"Ron Hawkins," the elderly fan introduced himself.
"Oh, hello, Mr. Hawkins, it's a pleasure to sit next to you and watch the game with you" Ye Qiu enthusiastically stretched out his hand to shake Hawkins, the two of them felt familiar with each other, but they didn't know each other.
"This dragon stadium is also known as the best home stadium in Portugal, and the seats are all dirty" Ye Qiu pursed his lips critically, tore off a few pages on his notepad, wiped them on the seat a few times, crumpled them into a ball with his hands, threw them on the ground around, and turned around and laughed at himself: "Wait a minute, I'll pick up the trash cans together, put it first"
The two bodyguards immediately laughed, they naturally wouldn't say that Ye Qiu was littering, or that he didn't have any quality or anything like that.
"I put my phone here, you look at it" Ye Qiu was very active and conscious, as soon as he sat down, he took out his mobile phone and put it in a conspicuous place, "I'm a person, I'm used to it, I always have to take some notes when watching football, and study the opponent." ”
With that, he quickly wrote out Porto's starting lineup and formation in Chinese on his notepad.
Although the two bodyguards did not understand Chinese, they could see clearly that Ye Qiu was indeed writing tactical formations, and then they also observed what Ye Qiu wrote, and found that he often tore off the pages that he wrote incorrectly, and he also casually threw them together with the paper balls that wiped the seat just now, and it didn't take long for the paper balls to be more.
"Mr. Ye Qiu, why don't you put it in my bag, and take it away later" Ron Hawkins next to him handed over a bag.
Ye Qiu looked at the two bodyguards, they naturally had no opinions, it was a trivial matter, so the bag was hung between Ye Qiu and Ron Hawkins, the former wrote notes, the latter ate, and the two shared a bag.
The two fledgling bodyguards were worried about Ye Qiu's conspiracy at first, but after carefully observing for a while, they found that Ye Qiu was calm from beginning to end, not only actively cooperating with their surveillance, but even often laughing, and gradually, they also relaxed their vigilance.
In the final analysis, Ye Qiu was not a heinous criminal.
Aflan Grant was on the away bench at the Dragons Stadium, and he sat with the players, because there was no place for him in the dugout, so he had to sit with the substitutes.
In his opinion, this game against the starting line-ups of both sides is very interesting, should have taken advantage of home advantage, and take advantage of the Chelsea manager's red card ban of the golden opportunity to crush Chelsea in one fell swoop, turn the situation around, but the opening still put on a defensive tactics of three backs, the starting line-up is not much different from the game in London.
The only change was that main striker McCarthy was suspended due to a red card, and Mourinho sent in Brazilian striker Delle.
Chelsea should have played more conservatively, especially after Ye Qiu was banned by the red card, the Blues lost their backbone, coupled with the first-leg win, now they have every reason to play more conservatively, but no, Chelsea's starting line-up revealed the team's desire to attack.
Goalkeeper Koudicini, Patrice Evra, Cannavaro, John Terry and McCone at the back, Davies, Deco and Frank Lampard in midfield, and Franck Ribery, Gudjohnsen and Wayne Rooney up front.
As shown by the starting lineup, Ye Qiu did not hide his idea of destroying Porto's defense with an attack from the beginning of the game, and Chelsea also launched a wave of attacks on Porto directly from the moment the whistle blew, and actively suppressed Porto from the beginning.
If it's just Ye Qiu's tactics that show the desire to attack, then forget it, what surprised Grant even more was that every player on this team played a very resolute attack from the beginning, which suddenly made Porto's goal a storm, and Porto's defense line immediately fell into a storm.
However, Mourinho is also capable, and the ability to adjust the defense is indeed not to be underestimated, when Chelsea is actively pressing the attack, Porto is beginning to shrink three lines, actively defending their own 30-meter area, even if the situation looks precarious, but it is to hold the last breath of the last breath, not to give Chelsea a chance to score.
Seeing this situation, Grant, who was sitting on the bench, couldn't help frowning deeply, thinking about the problem, because he was keenly aware that Mourinho's strategy was actually a defensive counterattack, and if Chelsea could not break Porto's defense, then Porto's counterattack would break Chelsea's goal at the most lethal time.
By the way, the referee on duty in this game is Slovak international referee Lupos Michel, and the three referees of this game are only about 358 years old, and they are all young in age, and the fourth referee is also from Slovakia.
Of course, despite his youth, Lupos Michel is one of the best international referees in European football, and UEFA has replaced French referee Sarr in order to silence everyone from rumours that UEFA is going to kill Chelsea, and Lupos Michel is also known for his harsh and impartial enforcement.
Perhaps it was the pressure from the referee, especially when Lupos Michel gave Porto a yellow card and a stern warning for two vicious moves at the beginning, which made Porto a little restrained.
In other words, the refereeing factor can be ⊥ reassuring, and the most important thing is at the tactical level.
How to solve Porto's defense?
Grant thought about it for a long time, but he couldn't come up with an answer because he had to think about the team's current strengths and be able to ensure that the team's attack was more threatening, and he was not familiar with the Chelsea players and was somewhat narrow-minded.
The fat man Roland seemed to be a little unable to sit still, stood up from the coach's bench, took a bottle of water to drink, and slowly walked to the bench, as if he was coming to talk to the players, and this scene happened at any time on the playing field, and no one took him to heart.
But Roland walked past the bench and came to the fan stands.
The Dragons Stadium is the same as Stamford Bridge, both are football fields, there is no track and field field, and the turf is directly out of the grandstand area, so Roland walked directly to the front of the stands after passing the bench.
As with all football matches, there is inevitably some garbage scattered under the stands, basically from the fans in the stands, usually after the game is cleaned up by the stadium staff.
Whether it was the live camera, the coach, the players and the fans, the attention was focused on the game, and no one would pay attention to the movements of an inconspicuous assistant coach on the sidelines, so Roland walked to the sidelines, bent down to pick up a ball of paper, no one noticed, and the Dutchman didn't linger long, turned around and walked back to the dugout.
But this scene was seen by Grant, and his first reaction was to pass the note.
Needless to say, it must have come from Ye Qiu in the stands, but now he represents Chelsea, of course, he will not be punctured.
Roland took the note and found Ten Carter, the visiting coach's side immediately issued an adjustment order, Gudjohnsen's position retreated, took the ball more, Ribery and Rooney pressed up, actively forward into the penalty area, Chelsea's three midfielders also collectively pressed forward, and more back inserted to participate in the attack.
As soon as Chelsea's side adjusted, within minutes there was an immediate change on the pitch.
Gudjohnsen retreated to receive the pass from the midfielder, and after winning the ball, he used his body to block Carvalho behind him, and when he protected the ball, Pepe wanted to rush over to grab the ball, but Gudjohnsen quickly passed to Lampard, who was inserted in the back, Lampard got the ball and directly picked up the pass, Rooney quickly inserted the ball into Porto's penalty area from the right rib, stopped the ball, turned, volleyed, and the ball passed past Baia
“GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
The Chelsea dugout staff and the players on the bench all rushed out of their seats quickly, raising their arms and cheering, all of them with indescribable excitement, and the players on the pitch also rushed out of the stadium frantically, rushed to the bottom of the stands where the Chelsea fans were, and shouted at the Chelsea fans in the stands.
Ye Qiu, like all Chelsea fans, stood up from his seat and shouted at the fans, shouting Chelsea and chanting the names of the players, but at the same time, his hands were clenched into fists, and his expression looked very excited, this scene was not only captured by the live broadcast camera, but also appeared on the big screen, and was also captured by the players and coaches.
"The head means to continue to attack, and with this breath, directly to Porto" Terry grabbed his teammates tightly and shouted loudly, Ye Qiu said before the game, he was not there, and Terry, the captain, was the team's head coach on the field.
"Death to those Portuguese, we're going to wash the Dragons Stadium," Lampard shouted with his right hand outstretched.
The players' hands folded together one by one, and then shouted in unison, "Bloodbath Dragon Field", and then dispersed.
This scene was naturally seen by the live broadcast camera and Porto up and down, this group of Porto players who had just scored a goal looked sad and indignant, how could they not accept that they were so bullied by their opponents at home.
But sometimes the situation is not that you can turn it around if you are sad and angry, Chelsea are in a hurry, chasing after the victory, coupled with the team's high defense, the three midfielders suppress the Porto midfield, and actively open up two wings, so that Porto is tired.
Just eight minutes after our last goal, Chelsea had once again breached the back of the net for Porto.
This time it was from Davies who suddenly stepped up in the middle and went straight to the left, Ribery used his speed to force a one-on-one break through Ferreira, crossed from the left to the back post, Lampard inserted it and nodded the ball.
The Blues' vice-captain rushed to the sidelines after scoring a goal, kneeling on the sidelines in celebration, shouting "Bloody Dragons Stadium"
When Chelsea scored two goals in a row, Porto began to shake the confidence of the reversal, 0 behind on aggregate, plus Chelsea's away goal, they had to score 4 goals to reverse Chelsea, 3 goals were lost, and for Porto, scoring 4 goals for Chelsea, it is undoubtedly difficult to reach the sky.
Not only the players, but also the coaches on the sidelines and the fans in the stands were obviously a little silent
Before the game, they were still full of confidence in the team's promotion, because the guy named Ye Qiu was banned from the game with a red card, but what they didn't expect was that the final result was so unexpected, in just half an hour or so, Chelsea scored two goals in a row.
Bloodbathed Dragon Stadium?
This is Ye Qiu's slogan after the first leg of the game, no Porto fans would believe this kind of thing before the game, but now, they can't help but find that there is such a big gap in strength between Porto and Chelsea.
Could it be that Ye Qiu's remarks before the game are true?
At the pre-match press conference of this game, Ye Qiu unceremoniously said that if one of the sides of the game always wants to use fouls and the referee's favoritism to win, he will definitely suffer the consequences sooner or later.
The last game from Stamford Bridge only lost by L goals, in fact, it was not a very bad result, but who would have thought that back at the Dragon Stadium, Porto showed even less fighting than in the first leg, is it really because the referee was replaced by the strict enforcement of Lupos Michel?
No one has been able to give their own answer to this question, but it is clear to all that Porto is on the verge of despair.
Sometimes, despair can make a person lose the will to resist completely, but sometimes, despair can also make a person crazy.
I saw that after conceding the goal, Porto coach Mourinho rushed to the sidelines, regardless of the staff's blocking and pulling, and frantically yelled at the Porto players in the stadium, and even lacked foul language in the words, and the Porto players seemed to feel the will of the coach and began to increase their actions in the game, especially when defending.
When the game reached the 4l minute, Maniche won the ball on the right side and knocked it back to Costina, who just stopped the ball, but saw the Dutch boar Davis approaching quickly, and the big Dutch boar entangled Costinha, stabbed the ball under his feet with his left foot very flexibly, and then quickly chased after it, ready to play a round of counterattack on the spot.
Pepe, who was playing as a backman not far behind Costigna, saw Davies break the ball, and quickly rushed up, and Pepe, who was full of meat, stared at Davies's legs, and directly made a sliding tackle similar to Ronaldinho in the first leg, sliding towards Davies.