Professional footballers, especially those in Europe's four major leagues, are a very special group.

What's so special about it?

At a very young age, they can already earn money and status that others may not earn in their lifetime, so they can already have the conditions to start enjoying life at an age when others may have just begun to work.

There are many such professional players, they are very rich, and as long as they have money, everyone wants to live comfortably, and in the early stage of their careers, they can have a lot of stimulation and desire, such as winning championships, proving their strength, etc., which can stimulate them to maintain self-discipline and play.

But the problem is that in the middle and late stages, the championship is in hand, and there is no need to prove his strength anymore, the whole world knows that he is a superstar, and no one will doubt his strength, at that time he will lose his excitement, lose his desire, and become goalless.

The transfer is a good stimulus, because in a new environment, you can more or less find new goals, but Ye Qiu knows very well that if you want to make a team more combative and more combative, you must find a new direction and goal for everyone in the team.

Some head coaches will choose to be gentle, take your time, and it may take a few months to be able to do this, but Ye Qiu has never been so patient, he likes to be fast, so he took the simplest and most direct way to tell his players that if you make so much money, you should put in the corresponding effort and responsibility.

The players have felt the tough attitude and difference of the head coach since the first day, and there were several players who were skeptical of what Ye Qiu said before, but now they all believe it completely.

Ye Qiu not only set a strict diet and rest time for the players, but also turned all the players into professional soldiers, and militarized them to manage, from eating, resting to sleeping, everything was stipulated to the death.

For example, some players like to eat sweet bread or milk for breakfast, but Ye Qiu strictly forbids these things to appear in the club's restaurant and training camp, and what's more, for some players who are already obviously overweight, Ye Qiu has given the strictest dietary restrictions, and some can only eat raw dough and salad.

The maximum temperature at noon in Ildening, Austria reached 30 degrees, which is not too high for Ye Qiu, who was born in southern China, but for the players who live in London, it is not low.

Get up at half past one in the morning, have breakfast with the whole team at 7 o'clock, rest for a while, warm up, start the first event on time at 8 o'clock, first complete a 00-meter running test with the ball, he requires every player to try to do a stable dribble, and the last 0 meters is to sprint with the ball.

After running with the ball, the team went to the gym and pool for stretching training

One session lasts 90 minutes, followed by a physical training session at a.m

Physical training is more about short sprints, switchback runs, and physical enhancement items such as bypassing obstacles, all of which are to ensure the physical reserves of players, but Ye Qiu has set a time limit for this, requiring everyone to complete it within the specified time, and once it is exceeded, punishment will be given.

At the same time, Ye Qiu will also bring some training programs and games that he has been doing when he was at Ajax, such as the wall collision game that he thinks is very effective, this game still has an obvious effect on the players, and the effect is very good.

But one thing that these games and training programs have is that they are compact, and compact means intense.

After the 90-minute second training session, lunch was followed by a one-hour lunch break, followed by a tactical discussion where Ye Qiu and Ten Carter would instill Chelsea's tactical thinking for the season and the tactical responsibilities of each player, so that they understood their role on the pitch.

The third training session in the afternoon was held at half past U o'clock, which was still 90 minutes, and was more of a tactical drill and group confrontation training

Ye Qiu kept emphasizing that whether it is a game or training, it requires 100% concentration, passing and receiving the ball should be concise and fast, and one touch the ball, so in some group confrontation projects, he made it clear that once he gets the ball, he must complete an attack within 10 seconds.

Someone on the coaching staff pressed the stopwatch on the side, and after 10 seconds, the whistle sounded, and the ball was replaced.

And in order to encourage the players to fight with real knives and guns, Ye Qiu asked everyone to show the fighting spirit of treating training as an official game, and everyone must go all out for every opportunity, but what is even worse is that he requires all players to not wear shin guards.

For Ye Qiu's request, the players are very unaccustomed to it, because on the one hand, they want them to have a fierce confrontation, and on the other hand, they are not allowed to wear shin guards, isn't this a self-defeating mouth? What should I do if I get hurt?

But Ye Qiu did not correct this at all, but said that everyone should play hard, it is to improve in training, and every player must maintain a fighting spirit, but not to wear shin guards, but to remind all players that the confrontation and action in the Premier League are very fierce, and all players must learn to protect themselves on the one hand, and also know how to control their actions.

"I don't want you to always hope for more physical contact with each other, my request is to minimize physical contact, through quick passing and receiving to achieve the purpose of attacking, you don't have physical contact with each other, why do you need shin guards?"

In the face of Ye Qiu's aggressive rhetorical question, the players were speechless, and they were all pressed by Ye Qiu for this kind of hellish training

However, Ye Qiu is not completely out of consideration for the players, he is targeting those players who are in good health, for Cannavaro, the captain of the Italian national team was detected with a fractured tibia bone on the first day he came to the team, and then Ye Qiu specially arranged for the coach to train him individually, without accompanying the team

This also allowed everyone in the team to see Ye Qiu's protection of the players, and the next training camp丨Ye Qiu also adopted these two completely different attitudes, practicing with no injuries and recovering from injuries.

There will be no player who wants to be injured, after all, there is still a team doctor who is testing, as long as the body recovers and meets the requirements of training, he will immediately practice with the team.

Of course, in order to control and avoid injuries to players due to training, Ye Qiu's whistle in training is also very strict, and he made his attitude clear to everyone in advance, prohibiting vicious fouls, and he does not restrict other physical contact and confrontation.

As a result, there are often scenes of players being shoveled on the training ground, but there are very few injuries, that is, Joe Cole is training in the team! The next day he was kicked in the shin by Davis and rested for two days.

As the training progressed, the players gradually became numb to this situation, and they were a little used to it, and gradually, the team's training became very cruel, everyone must go all out and stay focused, otherwise, they may be given by their teammates anytime and anywhere, and then make a fool of themselves, which directly promotes the team's training effect.

And Ye Qiu is usually not idle, he communicates and contacts with the players every day, he always maintains an attitude, if the team is compared to a person, the player is the team's body, and the head coach is the brain of the team, and the brain must be closely connected with every part of the body to control the body.

Cannavaro is the biggest name of all the players, he is the captain of the Italian national team, but in the year of Inter Milan, he performed badly, and he has not yet won enough to prove his strength at the club, so Ye Qiu used this as a starting point to stimulate the Italians.

Makelele is famous, although the national team has always been pressed by Vieira and has not achieved any decent achievements, but he won a Champions League at the club and reached the final last season, but Ye Qiu used Vieira's results at Arsenal to stimulate him.

Ronaldinho is talented, indeed a genius, even in training, he has shown his outstanding foot skills, and he is the champion of the World Cup, but he has not proven himself in the four major leagues, Ye Qiu is also constantly encouraging him, thinking that if he can stand out in this Chelsea team, then he has the qualifications to call for people like Ronaldo and Rivaldo, otherwise, no one will recognize him.

As for Edgar Davis, Drogba and others, there is no need for Ye Qiu to stimulate them, especially the Dutchman, he is now the most diligent and hard-working one on the training ground, holding his stomach to prove his strength and prove to everyone that he is at least not old enough to wipe the bench for Lippi.

Another thing that made Ye Qiu feel relieved was Ribery.

The French Scarface is also very hard in training, Ye Qiu was still a little worried, Ribery, who has never played in the French National League, which is not very formal, will find it difficult to adapt to Chelsea's training intensity, and he plans to give him a little special care, but he didn't expect that after this training, Ribery's performance was very hard.

"He's very fast, especially explosive." Tengkart has a very good impression of the Frenchman who went directly to Stamford Bridge to find Ye Qiu, ugly is ugly, but his strength is indeed not bad, whether it is speed or foot skills, he is very good.

Of course, Ye Qiu knows that Ribery is good, this French scarface sprint speed is indeed fast enough, and his flexibility and balance are very good, which makes him very skilled in the use of techniques, there is no problem at all in a small area, and he can still play a threat, you must know that Lu Dao, his left and right feet are very good.

This couldn't help but remind Ye Qiu of his proud disciple Robben.

To put it simply, Robben's speed and pace are better than Ribery's, but Robben's skills tend to be practical and concise, and he relies more on changing the rhythm and pace to win, which makes everyone know how to prevent him, that is, the card position.

Of course, the card position may not be effective, but it can limit Robben's play.

But Ribery is different, the Frenchman moves very quickly, feints, and changes of speed and direction are very skillful, plus he is very good at his feet, and both feet have very good ability to hold and control the ball, which makes his dribbling more confusing.

From a defender's point of view, you have to be careful to defend Ribery and Robben, but there is still a way to defend Robben, but you don't know what to do next for Ribery, because he is very comprehensive.

is also because of the comprehensiveness, so Ribery is not as good as Robben in pure assault.

From a tactical point of view, Ye Qiu's arrangement of Robben is Abidal, the reason is very simple, the fullbacks can't press too high, which will compress Robben's sprint space, so Ye Qiu chose the responsive Abidal to assist Robben.

But Ribery is different, he can play even in a small area, so there is no problem at all, and the team's defense can boldly press forward.

Of course, for the time being, Ribery is just a trick in Ye Qiu's hands, and what he really relies on is Ronaldinho.

Chelsea's 43 is very different from Carlo Ancelotti's 43L, that is, Chelsea's 43L looks more like a change in the 44 diamond midfield, while Carlo Ancelotti's 43 is a Christmas tree play.

When attacking, Drogba is at the front, Ronaldinho is like a shadow striker, according to his own observation, looking for the opponent's loopholes, more of pulling sides and cutting into two ribs, which can also play the advantages of the Brazilian.

If the two players are a two-man striker, then Frank Lampard is the midfielder, specifically behind Drogba, Edgar Davies and Deco behind Lampard, and Makelele behind the most dear, which is the typical diamond position in midfield.

Just as Ye Qiu's original perception of AC Milan, the diamond-shaped position has a big drawback, that is, the protection of the fullbacks.

AC Milan's introduction of Cafu is that they lack the means to attack from the wing, and what they need is a player who can eat the entire wing by himself, similar to Cafu and Robert Carlos.

The threat of full-backs attacking forward is very high, especially for the kind of full-backs who have excellent individual ability, and if they are paired with a penalty area scorer like Ruud van Nistelrooy, or a tactical fulcrum like Drogba, it is simply a big killer.

But the problem is also very big, because the full-back forward insertion will inevitably bring the problem of behind-the-back protection, and the problem that the full-back covers too much area, because the diamond-shaped midfield position will inevitably lead to a lack of coverage and control of the midfielder's wing, and this needs to be compensated for by the fullback, so they sometimes even have to cover more than 70 meters of running, generally about 40 meters of back and forth.

It's a huge test for any full-back.

But Ye Qiu has his own understanding of this, because Chelsea is not AC Milan, Chelsea can reduce the pressure on the fullbacks by being more active and covering a wide range of midfielders, and after the defensive line is pressed forward, the coverage area of the fullbacks can be further shortened.

If nothing else, the midfield combination of Frank Lampard, Davies, Deco and Claude Makelele is absolutely the same combination of Rui Costa, Seedorf, Gattuso and Pirlo as AC Milan in terms of running and covering area alone.

In terms of technique, Chelsea are not as good as their opponents, but in terms of control, they definitely have the strength to beat AC Milan.

The midfield is where Ye Qiu's confidence lies, he can't think of any team that has the strength to directly compete with Chelsea's strong midfield?

And you must know that Chelsea's midfield is not just hard enough, if you carefully analyze Chelsea's midfield, and the so-called meat grinder midfield during the Mourinho period, it is not difficult to find that Ye Qiu's set is more controlling and creative, and every player is a play.

In fact, since the Jose Mourinho era, Chelsea's midfield has always given people a sense of muscle toughness, everyone is very comprehensive, and the tactical execution is very strong, all like iron men, giving people a suffocating oppression, but what is it that can't play a suffocating attack?

The reason is simple, oppression and coverage do not equal control.

Or rather, what is control?

Control is to be the main one, and I can do whatever I want; Can it be oppressed and covered?

That is the enemy-oriented, whether it is oppression or coverage, the initiative is controlled in the hands of the other party, and I am passive

So, Mourinho's style was really about counter-attacking, using that pressure and coverage to convert the ball, and then using Arjen Robben, Duff and Drogba to play counter-attack.

But Ye Qiu wasn't ready to do that now, what he wanted was control, not being controlled.

Of course, it is undeniable that Mourinho's Chelsea adopted such a tactical style of play in the previous life, and a very good and effective feature is stability, because they are a kind of defense in their bones, so they are very stable and concede fewer goals, but such teams often have a headache when they encounter a team with strong control in the Champions League.

Perhaps, some people will think that Mourinho did not win the Champions League at Chelsea because of various factors, but one thing that cannot be denied is that Mourinho's Chelsea only showed dominance in the Premier League, but in the Champions League, this is not the case, because the continental European teams are more in control and better.

This is the reason why Ferguson wants to guide his team to the mainland style of play in every possible way.

Ye Qiu, whether from his own style or from the perspective of the team's goals, will not pursue Mourinho's muscular midfield play, because he is well aware of the flaws of this style of play, no one can make the meat grinder gentle, and it is difficult to make a difference in the Champions League by blindly pursuing toughness and muscles.

That's why Ye Qiu will give up the 433 style of play that he is familiar with pursuing wingers, and instead adopt a more stable 43L tactic, because he is based on the first year of the Premier League, and he must come up with results that can convince everyone, otherwise, if he invests so much, he will end up with nothing, and he himself feels unreasonable.