John Obi Mikel, 19 years old, from Nigeria.

I still remember that when the media introduced this player, they once focused on the relationship between him and Ye Qiu, because he played in Ajax's satellite club in Cape Town, South Africa for two years at the age of seventeen and eighteen, and played in the Cape Town Ajax team, that is, these two years allowed him to complete the transformation and maturity of his skills.

In the 05 World Youth Championships, he was also the most outstanding player, second only to Messi, who is currently playing for Tottenham Hotspur, and became the bronze ball winner of that World Youth Championship, and at that time he played in the forward midfield, and the style of play was a bit quaint, biased towards the classic forward style, which is why Ajax was not very optimistic about him and let him leave.

After all, in the current football environment, there is not much room for the ancient front midfield, there is no front midfield in the 433 tactics, and the forward position in the 3L tactics is also a modern scoring front waist that is inserted backwards, even in La Liga, which advocates skills, there is no living space for the front waist now, and there may be a position in Brazil and some parts of South America.

Sometimes things are really elusive, Messi is the most valuable player in this World Youth Championship, but he is not liked by Mourinho, after shining at the World Youth Championships, the 05U season was beaten into the cold palace, and he didn't get much opportunity to perform, but ironically, it didn't take long for Chelsea and Manchester United to fight for Mikel.

After Mikel successfully joined Chelsea, Messi wanted to leave the team, and was rejected by Barcelona, and finally joined Tottenham Hotspur, which Ye Qiu acquired, in the summer of UU, and became famous in one fell swoop.

There are countless cases like Messi in big teams, such as Arbeloa, who is currently playing for Tottenham Hotspur, the Spanish star from Real Madrid's academy and has captained the second team since 03, performed very well, but never got the opportunity and trust in the first team, and finally switched to Tottenham Hotspur for 1.3 million euros this season, and now he is also performing well.

In fact, to some extent, there are many factors that affect the ultimate success of a professional footballer, whether the manager uses him appropriately, whether the tactical style of the club team is suitable, the player's own personality and habits, and even injuries are all important factors that affect the player's career.

In the history of football, it is not uncommon for rookies to stand out, but sometimes they are often disrupted by an injury in the rising stage, resulting in not meeting the expectations of the team and the fans, or it may be the manager's use and trust in him, and the club's tactical style does not match him, etc.

For example, Raul Tamudo from Spain, this striker is definitely a strong team, and even he has the strength to play in a big team and gain a firm foothold, but he is not famous, I believe there are many fans who may not even know him, but his strength is not inferior to those first-class strikers who play in the big clubs, of course, there is still a bit of a gap with top strikers like Vanney and Ronaldo, but the gap is not very big.

The gap between professional players and professional players is not as big as fans think, even the outstanding Ronaldinho, in one-on-one, he is not sure that he can defeat his opponent, even if his opponent is from the lower leagues, he is not sure.

The illusion that the players on the field seem to be very different, as if they can blow up the opponent anytime and anywhere, is actually a result of the overall strength of the team.

Football is a team sport, and the strength of the team can sometimes be reflected in the overall situation, for example, you see some teams using their strength advantage to press another team to play, playing desperately, creating a very, very many opportunities, and having an absolute advantage in the field and situation, which is a global advantage.

But sometimes he will also reflect a local advantage, such as according to the manager's tactical arrangement, the focus is on a certain point, transfer all the team's advantages to this point, and then use this point to attack the opponent.

Ye Qiu was very impressed by a Champions League game between Tottenham Hotspur and Inter Milan in the previous life, Gareth Bale completely exploded McConn, purely in terms of strength, Gareth Bale and McCone do not need to compare with each other, the latter has an advantage in terms of strength and experience, Gareth Bale's speed is very fast, but his skills and combination ability are not strong, he is a typical player with British characteristics, why can he show such a strong strength advantage on the field?

It can even be said that Gareth Bale in that game completely established his status and influence as a top superstar comparable to Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, etc., but in fact, it was not the players who really played a decisive role in that game, but the tactics.

Assuming that the strength of two players is 100, and the player of the side with a tactical advantage can get a 50% tactical bonus, then his strength on the court is 150, and the side with a tactical disadvantage is contained by tactics and can only play 50% of his strength, then his strength on the court is 50, so the gap is obvious.

But in fact, their strength is the same.

Some people may say, why did those teams later bring in Gareth Bale and offer such a high price?

This is because the transfer price of a player is never determined solely by strength, influence, commercial factors, the degree of demand of the team, and even the preference of the manager and management are all important factors that affect the value of the player.

It's like John Obi Mikel, he's worth 16 million euros, and he can't be that high, but he's that high, because there are many, many factors involved, such as the dispute between Chelsea and Manchester United.

After Mikel came to Chelsea, Mourinho did not arrange for him to play in the midfield, but moved him to the midfield or even the midfield position, which also reflects the importance of the manager to the player's career to some extent.

Mikel, as a player who came from a forward midfielder, was known as the African Zidane at the World Youth Championships, which means that his style is very similar to Zidane, his body is stronger than his peers, his style of play is very elegant, and his speed and pace of play are slow.

But sometimes you have to look at it this way, saying that his style of play is very elegant, in fact, it means that he likes to take the ball, and it is the kind of slow-paced ball, like to drag mud and water, and now football pays attention to one kick out of the ball, Yu net and neat, where can you see the elegant?

Of course, it must be said that even if the current mainstream is fast-paced and concise kicking, it does not mean that players with classical styles like Zidane and Mikel have no room to play, and whether the technical and tactical characteristics of the players can be brought into play is not the players themselves, but the overall tactics of the team.

Riquelme spent his days in Barcelona for many years, but he went to Villarreal for the simple reason that Villarreal gave him the tactical space to play to his own characteristics.

And in the second half of this game, I don't know whether Mourinho deliberately took Makelele, or because of the lack of fitness of the French back, he chose to let Mikel play, but no matter what, when Chelsea began to launch a fierce attack on Tottenham Hotspur in the second half, and their strong frontcourt muscular men launched a fierce attack on Tottenham Hotspur's defensive system, Mikel's dark cold arrow behind him had an effect

In the 49th minute, Chelsea continued to press from the start of the second half, Mikel made a long pass, diagonally from the middle to the left, Duff quickly shook off Alves, rushed forward along the left side, won the ball and crossed the bottom, Drogba shook his head in the box, but the ball was slightly high.

However, this brilliant counter-attack created Chelsea's momentum, and then Chelsea began to attack Tottenham Hotspur's defence in waves, Mikel dragged behind Ballack and Frank Lampard to organise calmly, and his ball distribution was more of a flank, using diagonal long passes and horizontal passes to the full-backs.

This should have been a deliberately arranged and adjusted tactic during the break, and when Claude Makelele was present, the French midfielder rarely played the kind of diagonal long passes that Mikel gave to Duff.

For Chelsea's changes, Ye Qiu adjusted the team's defense appropriately, requiring the two full-backs to start focusing on defense, but also asked the team to be cautious in the middle, because he knew very well that Duff and Allen Lennon could pose a threat on the wings, but Drogba, Frank Lampard and Ballack in the middle were the most dangerous players.

When Chelsea's attack is wide, it is bound to pull Tottenham Hotspur's defense away, and once it is opened, then the middle will naturally be thinned, which is undoubtedly more suitable for Chelsea's midfielder to insert behind, so Mascherano and Beckham are almost blocked in front of the defensive line to protect.

Ye Qiu can see very clearly that as long as he survives this wave of attacks, Tottenham Hotspur will be able to play a powerful counterattack, and Chelsea's next wave of attacks will definitely be reduced.

But just when everyone at Tottenham Hotspur was focusing on the wing and the two midfielders who were inserted back, Mikel quietly ran to the front, received a return pass from his teammates, and kicked the ball through, penetrating the midfield of Tottenham Hotspur, and accurately falling to the feet of Drogba.

Didier Drogba leaned on Thiago Silva with his body, forcing the Brazilian centre-back to receive the ball, and Hangrande was aware of the danger and approached as soon as possible, but in the blink of an eye, Mikel's pass came to Drogba's feet, who stopped the ball directly into the Tottenham Hotspur penalty area.

The next thing is very simple, Thiago Silva was suppressed by Drogba with his body and couldn't move, and Hangrande's turn was slow and couldn't stop Drogba, and finally the Ivorian stopped the ball and brushed Thiago Silva, and suddenly increased his speed, and the whole person rushed forward from between Thiago Silva and Hangrande.

Cech realised the danger and immediately gave up on goal, but Drogba was clearly quicker and stabbed the ball past Cech to the bottom of the net

The Chelsea fans in the stands rushed out of their seats one by one.

"Didier Drogba scored"

'Chelsea equalised in the 53rd minute of the second half when a through ball from John Obi Mikel was stopped by Didier Drogba from between two Tottenham centre-backs and slammed a path to equalise for the team's side.

saw that after Drogba scored the goal, he just turned around hastily and high-fived Lampard and other players who caught up behind him, did not celebrate too much, but walked back with his head down, and only when he passed Mikel, a fellow African, he gave a celebratory hug.

"From the slow motion, we can see that Drogba's monster is really very, very strong, Thiago Silva is almost unable to resist under his suppression, and Hangrande did not cooperate with Thiago Silva for the first time, and the loophole between the two was not obvious, but Drogba used his strong body to rush out of a passage."

When the on-site commentator saw the slow-motion replay, he was more amazed by Drogba's strength, this ball Mikel passed is actually not very good, he just wants to pass the ball to Drogba's feet, the key is still on Drogba.

Suppressing Thiago Silva with his body and then turning around and breaking through with his body was almost impossible without a strong body and explosiveness.

This is Drogba, the Warcraft Drogba

Ye Qiu saw on the sidelines that the team's defense line was violently knocked away by Drogba, he really couldn't give more expressions except for a wry smile, because he knew Drogba's strength very well, this player is a huge test for any central defender, and he is the most painful torture for defense.

There's no way to blame for this goal, it's a reflection of Drogba's personal ability, if Hangrande was close to him at that time, then Drogba would have passed the ball to Frank Lampard, and the Blues' vice-captain cut in and kicked straight from the edge of the box, which is still a huge threat.

"Let Yaya go to warm up" Ye Qiu turned around and said to Roland.

Chelsea is a tiger, Tottenham Hotspur is not yet able to compete one-on-one with this tiger, so he can only choose to avoid the edge temporarily, and Ye Qiu also hopes that Chelsea can press out to play, because pressing out to play, for Tottenham Hotspur, there will be more space for counterattack.

"Don't rush, take your time, we still have time, stabilize our defense first, understand?" Ye Qiu walked to the sidelines and cheered loudly for his players.

Three minutes later, he replaced Cesc Fabregas with Yaya Toure, this time with a back three, with Mascherano more closely positioned with Hangrande and Thiago Silva in order to keep out Drogba.

Ye Qiu's adjustment immediately made the team's defense solid again, but also sacrificed the team's attack and possession, and now the situation on the field has changed, Chelsea began to win the initiative and dominance on the field, Tottenham Hotspur turned into a defensive counterattack, and the situation between the two sides seems to return to the stage of stalemate.

Ye Qiu stood on the sidelines, letting the time pass minute by minute, he didn't look panicked at all, not only him, but all the members of Tottenham Hotspur's coaching staff were equally unhurried, because the initiative of the game was actually in the hands of Tottenham Hotspur, because Ye Qiu still had two substitutions in his hands.

Mourinho still has a place in his hand, but he will not use it easily, and will definitely wait until the final stage of the game to use it, but Tottenham Hotspur still has two more, that is, Ye Qiu used one substitution to offset the effect of Chelsea's two substitutions.

It's not that Ye Qiu's substitutions are better than Mourinho's, Mourinho's substitutions are actually very targeted, and the two substitutions combined with the half-time interruption completely turned the situation around, forcing Ye Qiu to replace Cesc Fabregas and replace Yaya Toure to stabilize the situation.

The main reason why Mourinho lost the initiative was that his starting tactics were too conservative.

Of course, now Ye Qiu has the initiative, but it is also very dangerous, if his substitution cannot achieve the expected effect, it is tantamount to losing his initiative in vain, which not only cannot break the current deadlock, but may even affect the morale of the team.

The timing of the substitution is also important, because once you enter the RU minute, with little time left, Mourinho will definitely make a substitution right after Tottenham Hotspur in an attempt to freeze the changes brought about by Tottenham's substitution.

Therefore, in the 70th minute, Ye Qiu asked Van Persie to warm up on the sidelines, and in the 73rd minute, he pulled him to his side and gave him a shout-in-ear, and in the 75th minute, Van Persie replaced Van Nistelrooy, who was a little lacking in fitness, which seemed to be a change without many tactical changes

Even the on-site commentators felt that Fanny's physical fitness was already a little lacking, forcing Ye Qiu to make a substitution.

After Van Persie came on the pitch, when he passed by Ribery, he exchanged a few words in his ear, and then walked to the middle, and gestured to Messi and Beckham and others in front of him.

"It seems that when Van Persie came on the pitch, Ye Qiu asked him to convey some details of the next Tottenham Hotspur tactical adjustments, and now we have to see if Van Persie's appearance can bring much change to Tottenham Hotspur."

It was well known that this was the most important substitution of the game, and if it worked, Tottenham could keep the lead or regain the initiative, but if it didn't, the game could be a draw and could even be turned around by Chelsea.

"We all have to note that the substitutions of the managers of both teams are very targeted, whether it is Mourinho's almost broken two substitutions at half-time, or Ye Qiu followed up with Yaya Toure to replace Cesc Fabregas, it is clear that they have achieved the effect they wanted."

"Replacing Ruud van Nistelrooy and bringing on Robin van Persie will undoubtedly determine the next course of Tottenham Hotspur's game."

"Let's take a good look at Ye Qiu, the coach who has been praised by many fans and professionals as a master tactician, whether this substitution can be effective, whether it will be a brilliant stroke or a mediocre move