Volume 1 Chapter 507 The King of the World

In Munich, Tottenham Hotspur, who played on more than half of the substitutes, were unable to bring back a win away from home, and the two sides ended up in a 00-00 draw, with neither side able to take advantage of the other.

The draw also allowed Klinsmann's side to finish second in the group and qualify.

Despite failing to beat Bayern Munich away, Tottenham Hotspur didn't give it their all, and everyone saw that Tottenham Hotspur were the highlight of their home game against Manchester United at the weekend, but it was clear that Ferguson had learned the lessons of the Community Shield and was dominated by stubborn defence at White Hart Lane.

Ferguson replaced Gary Neville on the right with Wiss Brown in this game, but Tottenham Hotspur's two wings were still quite lively, Manchester United was bombarded by Tottenham Hotspur in this game, but Van der Sar's performance helped Manchester United get a 00 at White Hart Lane

Tottenham Hotspur even pushed United to a measly six, while they had a total of thirteen shots on goal, at least four of which were very good to score, but they were all blocked by Edwin van der Sar.

So much so that at the post-match press conference, Ye Qiu shook his head and sighed bitterly that it was not Manchester United that blocked Tottenham Hotspur's winning streak, but the man named Edwin van der Sar who stood in front of Manchester United's goal line.

"I don't know why Manchester United are still hesitating to renew Van der Sar's contract, and from my personal point of view, it is definitely an insult to Van der Sar, because he is the only satisfactory link in the current Manchester United team, he has made at least four world-class saves in this game, and without him, United would not be able to laugh right now"

Ferguson agreed with Ye Qiu's teasing words, and he also believed that Van der Sar was indeed a vital member of Manchester United, urging the management to complete contract renewal negotiations as soon as possible, and he also said that Van der Sar, Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic are Manchester United's most important players this season.

Cristiano Ronaldo is indeed Manchester United's brightest star, but since surgery this season, the recovery is not very ideal, and Ferguson has begun to consciously look for a new set of attacking routines to avoid the dependence on Cristiano Ronaldo.

And when the reporters at the scene asked Ye Qiu, Van der Sar himself had mentioned many times that it was Ye Qiu who let him return to Ajax and regain his life, and now, Tottenham Hotspur also has a Peter Cech who has been shortlisted for the European Golden Ball Award, so they want to know from Ye Qiu's mouth, who is better in his eyes?

Ye Qiu said bluntly, "If you look at it from the current point of view, I think Van der Sar is even better, because he has become a refinement."

Everyone knows that as the mentor and coach respected by Van der Sar and Cech, Ye Qiu's statement is representative, and it is impossible for the players to resent him because of this, so he must have a reason for saying this.

Sure enough, Ye Qiu soon explained, "The reason why I say Van der Sar is a good man is because he is old enough, he has a lot of game experience, and he has established enough tacit understanding with Ferdinand and Vidic. ”

"There used to be a lot of people who felt that the goalkeeper was outside of the tactical existence, so they thought that the starting lineup of a game was the goalkeeper plus ten players, referred to as If10, but I would say that this thinking is very, very wrong, everyone on the football field is within the tactical system"

When he said this, Ye Qiu turned his head to the side and smiled, "If you ask Vanney, Ronaldo, and those top scorers, I'm sure they will tell you that the goalkeeper can save your shot, not because the goalkeeper is good enough, but because your shot is so bad"

"I don't mean to belittle the role of the goalkeeper, I just want to emphasize that it depends on whether the goal is scored or not, not only the role of the goalkeeper, but also the defender's defense and interference, through the defender to disturb the opponent's shooter, and the goalkeeper then relies on the tacit understanding with the defender to predict and react, so they can make a save, so the single knife is almost all the goalkeeper's nightmare, because in a one-on-one situation, no goalkeeper is sure to save the shot"

When analyzing this, Ye Qiu smiled again, "Then why do I respect Van der Sar so much in this game?" Because he was so strong, we had managed to break through Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic on at least three occasions, but we lost to Van der Sar in one-on-one, so I say he was the most important contributor to United's point. ”

"There is no doubt that Peter is one of the best goalkeepers in the world, but I don't think he is already the best goalkeeper, because he lacks the aura and confidence that the best goalkeepers need, just like Van der Sar in this game, a kind of momentum that I want to lose if anyone dares to enter my defensive zone."

"At the technical level, Peter is the most perfect goalkeeper I have coached, there is no one, Van der Sar has a weakness, but Peter does not, he is a perfect penalty area goalkeeper, he has the body proportions of a perfect goalkeeper, but his reaction and movement rate are not lost to any world-class goalkeeper, and his continuous saving ability is also the top level in the world."

"Technique, taking the ball, attacking and so on, he is quite good, when he first came to the Premier League, his right foot was a little bit bad, but now his right foot is also quite good, he has almost no defects, I have only seen one goalkeeper of such a high level, Gianluigi Buffon of Juventus, Casillas is also perfect in technique, but his body is a little lacking."

"Peter has reached a stage where he must complete the transformation, his skills have reached the peak, but his psychological quality and mental strength are far from enough, he needs to show his aura as a strong goalkeeper on the field, he needs to take the initiative to command his teammates, control his own area, use his actions to tell his teammates and the enemy, the big forbidden area is under my rule, anyone who enters this area, must listen to me

"If he goes this far, he will be the best goalkeeper in the world, a dominant goalkeeper"

After everyone heard it, they all felt a little funny, which means that Ye Qiu actually wants to use Van der Sar to motivate Cech.

Since playing Fulham, Cech has kept a clean sheet in four Premier League games and everyone is convinced that a clean sheet-less Tottenham Hotspur will be the best team in the world because of their unrivalled attacking prowess.

What Ye Qiu said is not unreasonable, Cech is indeed perfect in terms of technique, but it is indeed very poor in aura, sometimes goalkeepers, especially goalkeepers in the Premier League, if you are not ruthless, you will really suffer

As Alan Hansen once said, injuries to English goalkeepers are a continuation of the dressing room tradition, as the British believe that football loses its charm if it is held back.

It's the same thing about England's youth academy – their coaches always tell the youngsters that if your clothes are still clean after 90 minutes, it proves that you are not qualified.

Both of these statements represent the traditional characteristics of English football, which is called the emphasis on scrambling and physical confrontation at best, and the courage and ruthlessness at worst, you are too weak, and the opponent will greet you with the soles of your feet anytime and anywhere.

That's why Ye Qiu deliberately said this, he thinks that Cech is good at everything now, but he lacks aura and lacks the kind of dominance that a top goalkeeper should have, that is, in the penalty area, everyone obeys my command, and only my fate is obeyed, just like the lion king Kahn, Buffon, Casillas and others are all this type of goalkeeper.

Regarding Ye Qiu's remarks at the post-match press conference, Cech said in a subsequent interview with the media arranged by the club that the manager had communicated with him on this issue, and he was very grateful to Ye Qiu for his supervision and guidance.

'It's been my third season in the Premier League and I feel like I'm in a very good place and I feel like I'm getting more and more comfortable with my team-mates, so I'm confident I can do as the manager says, perform better and take more responsibility'

When Tottenham Hotspur was forced to draw by Manchester United 00, many people in the outside world still felt that Tottenham Hotspur's form seemed to have dropped after entering the month, especially in the last few rounds, although they have been won, but the performance is not very ideal.

But more people still feel that the reason why Tottenham Hotspur is in a slump is mainly related to their insistence on multi-line operations, and although Ye Qiu's rotation system is okay, when it comes to the rotation of several core players, he seems to be cautious, so the impact of multi-line operations on the team is still there.

After playing Manchester United, the team took a 12-hour flight from London to Tokyo in Asia aboard Qatar Airways, and when the team arrived at Tottenham's Narita Airport in Tokyo, thousands of enthusiastic fans arrived at Narita Airport to greet Tottenham Hotspur.

In order to take care of the emotions of the fans, Tottenham Hotspur specially signed photos for these fans who came to the scene at Narita Airport.

What Ye Qiu did not expect was that as a Chinese, he had many fans in Japan, and even if his impression of Japan was extremely bad, it was only for Japanese politicians, and for ordinary Japanese, he had no hatred, because he felt that the government of his motherland was doing the right thing, and politicians should not be equated with the people.

He also wants to boycott Japanese products, but he will not blindly boycott them, as if he is not at all opposed to Tottenham Hotspur cooperating with Japanese companies to make Japanese money, for the simple reason that it is not bad for Tottenham Hotspur.

Sometimes Ye Qiu feels that boycotting Japanese goods should not become a very blind behavior, and it cannot be boycotted purely for the sake of boycotting, because we must be very serious about distinguishing our own advantages and disadvantages, learning from others' strengths to make up for our own shortcomings, and blindly, whether good or bad, to boycott, what is the difference between the Manchu era and the closed country?

In his previous life, Ye Qiu also advocated boycotting Japanese products, but in this life, he had read a lot of books, figured out a lot of truths, and tried to think about some problems on his own, he felt that if he really wanted his country to be strong, then he should not refuse anything more advanced than himself, whether it was Japanese goods or others, but should strive to learn from their experience and strengths, develop their own shortcomings, and wait until one day, my things are better than yours, then there is no need to resist at all.

In other words, if you really boycott Japanese products and make Japanese companies go bankrupt, but soon Korean companies and American companies come, your domestic products are still not competitive, and it will not do us any good ourselves.

Ye Qiu felt that the general secretary's sentence was to the point, but there were still many people who didn't understand, or they were still in a state where it was easy to believe that the media believed some people, and forgot that they should think independently, because it was really easy to rely on the media and rely on a certain person, but the difficult thing was to think independently.

Arriving in Yokohama from Tokyo, the team checked into a hotel arranged by the organizing committee, and then Ye Qiu went to attend the pre-match press conference.

At this press conference, some Japanese media asked about Tottenham Hotspur's opponent in the first game, Gamba Osaka, and wanted to know whether Ye Qiu would go all out, Ye Qiu smiled and said that Tottenham Hotspur is going all out in every game, but at the same time he also answered questions from other reporters, saying that Tottenham Hotspur's goal is the championship.

"Yes, we want to win the title, but it's really not easy because a lot of us are still jet lag"

The club has previously revealed through its official website that after arriving in Japan, the team's biggest enemies will not be the opponents on the playing field, but fatigue and jet lag, because the players will have little sleep time

"We came to Japan for only one purpose, to win the championship, otherwise, I don't know why we came here after a long journey" Regarding whether the team is confident to win the championship, Ye Qiu expressed his strong confidence

At 19:30 on the evening of the 16th, Tottenham Hotspur's first game, against Gamba Osaka, started at the Yokohama National Stadium.

Goalkeeper is Petr Cech, Gareth Bale, Ziglinski, Thiago Silva and Alves at the back, David Beckham, Yaya Toure and Cesc Fabregas in midfield, and Franck Ribery, Robin van Persie and Messi up front.

This is also a tacit understanding in private before the FIFA League, hoping that Tottenham Hotspur can play with a full squad.

The team's opening game was not ideal, a little passive, and the Osaka Gamba team even played a small-scale cooperation in front of Tottenham Hotspur, which made the commentator of the Yokohama National Stadium jokingly ridicule on the spot, saying that I don't know how the small-scale cooperation of the Osaka Gamba team is compared to Tottenham Hotspur's cooperation?

But it didn't take long for Tottenham to give them a thorough glimpse of what it means to be a subtle small-range cross-cutting team.

Fabregas, Yaya Toure and Alves continued to cooperate with each other in a small area on the right side of the midfield, completely surrounding the defenders of the Osaka Gamba team to the ground, and then Fabregas passed the ball to the feet of Messi, the Argentine cut in from the right side, and after throwing off the opponent's four defenders in a row, he went straight into the penalty area, and Van Persie inserted a stab in front of the goal and took the lead in breaking the goal of the Osaka Gamba team

After that, Tottenham Hotspur played a strong attack in a row, first taking advantage of a corner kick opportunity, Ziglinski scored with a header, and then Gareth Bale stepped in and rushed into the penalty area, Beckham passed the ball over the top into the penalty area, Gareth Bale stopped the ball on his chest and volleyed directly, 0

And before the end of the first half, it was Messi and Cesc Fabregas who hit the wall in a row, Messi passed into the penalty area, and Beckham inserted a header to hit, 40

In the second half, Tottenham Hotspur scored again, Gareth Bale forced a breakthrough on the left and made a sharp stop to knock back to Ribery, and Ribery, who was sluggish in this game, got the ball in the penalty area and stuffed it to the unguarded back point Messi, and the Argentine pushed and hit, 0

It was almost a one-sided massacre, and the Osaka Gamba team could barely stop Tottenham Hotspur's powerful offensive, and the on-site commentator's ridicule of Tottenham Hotspur just now was more like a slap in the face.

Even if Ye Qiu replaced Ribery, Beckham and other players successively, and replaced young players, he still firmly grasped the situation of the game, and in the last moments of the second half, Gareth Bale and Cavani both scored successively, and finally helped the team defeat Gamba Osaka at Yokohama National Stadium 0

The big score against the Japanese team, Tottenham Hotspur not only won the Japanese team, but also caused a huge repercussion at home, and was highly praised in European football, but Tottenham Hotspur still did not take measures to adjust the jet lag, because after the final, the team will return to Europe, and it will have to continue to reverse the jet lag.

Three days later, the team faced its final opponent at the Yokohama National Stadium, Ecuador's University of Quito Sports Team.

From the beginning of the Toyota Cup to the current Club World Championship, South American teams have always been the number one opponent of the Champions League champions, so Tottenham Hotspur is still playing as much as possible in this game, after all, the team must hope to get a championship trophy, and the strength of the two sides is indeed not on the same level.

In the end, Tottenham Hotspur defeated the University of Quito sports team 0 and successfully won the Club World Championship

Messi, who has performed well in two consecutive rounds, won the Club World Championship and a Toyota-sponsored car seat prize, and he is proud of the team's performance.

Not only him, but also the players, the coaching staff and all the Tottenham Hotspur fans in the world are proud of the team's ability to become the king of the world in Japan.

This battle not only won the crown of the king of the world and received a huge bonus, but also helped the team further establish its status as a giant in Asia and laid a solid foundation.

It's always important to remember that professional football is more than just football