The Godfather of Football

To be honest, Ye Qiu has always felt that he is definitely not like a businessman, because he lacks the character of a businessman.

He has all the spiritual qualities that a businessman should have, such as decisiveness, courage, responsibility, and adventure. However, there is one thing that a businessman must have, but he does not have, and that is ruthlessness!

For the sake of interests, he can sacrifice everything at the critical moment, even the people around him, which Ye Qiu cannot do.

For Ye Qiu, feelings are very important, not only family, love, and friendship, but also his feelings for the team, players, fans, staff, etc., as well as his treatment of employees and subordinates in the company.

From the perspective of being a person, although Ye Qiu is not a good person, he is at least affectionate and righteous. However, from the perspective of business, Ye Qiu is the kind of person who acts on emotion, which is not a good thing for a company leader, but a bad thing.

Therefore, Ye Qiu has not been involved in the operation of the company. He knows his weaknesses and shortcomings very well, so he never interferes and leaves everything to Eliza. The latter did not disappoint him and managed both companies in an orderly manner, and the business is also growing.

Now, after a long talk with Eliza, he also feels that further formalizing the company will definitely benefit the company without any harm, and the joining of professional talents can further improve the company's shortcomings and weaknesses.

With Ye Qiu's approval, Eliza also decided to let it go, and she also wanted to use the money Ye Qiu earned from speculating in oil futures before, plus the money Ye Qiu injected into the company, in addition to leaving a part of the company's operating needs, there is still more than 100 million euros left, she plans to use all of it for short-term investment.

Ye Qiu has a lot of assets now. Apart from several fixed properties in China, he has Yezi Technology, which has a fixed property in London and Dubai. The scale of this company is not small now. If the mobile phone is really hot-selling after it is made, the market value must be dozens of times or even hundreds of times higher than it is now.

In addition, he has invested in Apple stocks. He bought it at 7 yuan that year, with a total value of more than 100 million yuan. Now Apple's iPod can be said to dominate the market, and even computers are selling well, and the stock price is also rising steadily. However, due to Jobs' cancer in the past two years, Apple's stock price has plummeted, and Ye Qiu is still holding it.

Jobs has decided to undergo surgery. If according to Ye Qiu's previous life, Jobs returned to the company in early 2005, and then Apple split its shares into two, then Ye Qiu's current stocks will become more valuable, because in early 2006, the price of Apple's single share was close to 80 yuan.

In other words, by that time, Ye Qiu's Apple stock price will likely exceed 2 billion euros.

Of course, this is history that Ye Qiu is familiar with. It is still uncertain what the situation will be like at that time, but Ye Qiu has his own ideas. He decided not to wait for Apple's stock price. After all, he is now going to make smartphones, and the scale is so large. No one knows what will happen at that time.

So he decided to sell the shares when Apple's stock price recovers. Then even if he breaks his leg in this life, he will not have to worry about eating, drinking and having fun.

And he also decided that after selling Apple's shares, he will buy a football club of his own, and then rely on his own strength to lead this team step by step to become the top giants in Europe!

On the second day after Chelsea arrived in Seattle, the team ushered in the first warm-up match in the United States.

What surprised Ye Qiu was that the fans in the United States did not seem to react too strongly to such a football match. The crowded scene he expected did not appear. The stands were a little empty and seemed not enthusiastic enough.

Facing Martin O'Neill's Celtics, Ye Qiu did not dare to be careless at all. The strength of this team is not bad.

The goalkeeper is Van der Sar, the back line is Evra, Cannavaro, Terry and Gallas, the double defensive midfielders are still Davis and Makelele, the front attacking players are Ribery, Joe Cole and Rooney, and the single striker is Drogba.

This lineup is also the starting lineup of the first warm-up match, except that right back Sun Jihai was replaced by Gallas.

Although Davis and Makelele are both defensive players, Davis is actually very strong in impact, has a large defensive area, and has certain characteristics in dribbling forward, while Makelele is very good at distributing the ball, especially to the two flanks.

Without Deco, Chelsea's midfield has obviously become faster and more impactful, but lacks the calmness when Deco is in charge, and is more urgent, so Chelsea launched a fierce attack on Celtic at the beginning of the game.

In the 16th minute, Ribery broke through on the left and passed the ball to Drogba, who knocked it back. Davis quickly inserted the ball and shot directly into the Celtic goal from 25 meters away, 1:0.

The Celtics were suppressed by Chelsea's strong offensive power, and O'Neill had to adopt a strategy of shrinking defense. In this case, the lack of changes in Chelsea's offensive routine was revealed.

In this game, O'Neill specifically arranged for Petrov to suppress Joe Cole, whose range of activities was limited, making it impossible for Chelsea's entire offensive routine to do whatever they wanted like against Oxford United. Without Deco's ability to transfer and organize the ball in the midfield, Chelsea's midfield was a bit chaotic.

The first half ended with a score of 1:0, and Ye Qiu made a large number of substitutions in the second half.

Fabregas replaced Joe Cole and formed a three-man midfield with Davis and Makelele. Sun Jihai replaced Terry on the right, allowing Gallas to return to the middle to combine with Cannavaro, and Van Persie replaced Rooney in the frontcourt.

This series of changes made Chelsea's offense more threatening in the second half, especially the midfield led by Fabregas. The Spanish teenager completed the organization of the midfield very well. Although he was young, he had the demeanor of a general. He was very steady and calm when passing the ball, which allowed Chelsea to quickly break the Celtic goal after the start of the second half.

In the 50th minute, Ribery dribbled the ball on the left and changed speed and direction, passing through the two defenders and knocking it back. Drogba stopped the ball and held the opponent's central defender with his body, and shot the ball into the net, 2:0!

Under the sculpting of the coaching staff, the Ivorian's shooting skills have improved a lot, especially in terms of stability.

After taking the lead, Ye Qiu continued to make substitutions. Gudjohnsen replaced Drogba, Parker replaced Makelele, Essien replaced Davis, Robert Huth replaced Cannavaro, and Messi replaced Ribery, who performed the best.

Despite the continuous substitutions, Chelsea's offensive power did not seem to be weakened. When Messi came on the court, he made a breakthrough on the left and made a lob pass. Gudjohnsen stopped the ball in the penalty area and passed it diagonally to the right. Van Persie used his ribs to enter the penalty area, forming a single knife and pushed the ball into the net, 3:0!

But the continuous substitutions also brought instability to Chelsea. In the 68th minute, Celtic quickly took advantage of a corner kick opportunity, and Beattie scored a goal for them to make the score 3:1!

But in the 87th minute, Fabregas sent a surgical through ball in the middle of Chelsea, and Van Persie cut into the penalty area from the right rib again, and scored a single shot again after offside, 4:1!

The Dutch striker who scored twice was very excited and rushed to the sidelines and cheered loudly. This double goal showed his excellent competitive state. Moreover, when Van der Vaart, Sneijder and Robben and other peers were selected for the national team and played in the European Cup, he obviously felt the pressure, whether in training or competition, he was more motivated.

4:1, Chelsea's first battle in the United States was a good start!

Pittsburgh, USA, the fifth game of the Champions Tour, Chelsea vs. Roma.

Ye Qiu continued to adjust the team's starting lineup in this game. Fabregas started for the first time in the warm-up match and partnered with Makelele, while Davis, who had been in the starting lineup for consecutive games, was left on the bench by Ye Qiu. Joe Cole, Rooney and Van Persie formed an offensive formation behind Drogba.

The defensive formation was Evra, Cannavaro, Terry and Sun Jihai, and the goalkeeper was still Van der Sar.

Fabregas, who had performed very well in the last game, was obviously not excited enough in this game and performed very poorly. Instead, Joe Cole, who was pulled to the left, passed the ball continuously in the 10th minute, successfully broke through when facing two defensive players blocking him, and shot with his left foot in the small penalty area, 1:0!

Seeing Joe Cole score, Ye Qiu really wanted to ask, what does this guy mean?

He wanted to give him a good chance, but after his eye-catching performance in the first game, he was completely depressed in the second game. Now he was pulled to the wing and showed his strength again. Is he suitable for playing on the wing?

Ye Qiu certainly wouldn't think so, because Joe Cole lacks speed and impact when playing on the wing, which is not a good thing.

However, after scoring a good goal, Joe Cole seemed to have stopped, and Chelsea's performance was disappointing afterwards.

In the second half, Ye Qiu directly replaced Lampard, who had completed the physical reserve training, and replaced Joe Cole, and replaced Van Persie with Ribery. The Frenchman played on the left, Lampard sat in the middle, and Rooney played on the right.

After Lampard returned to the team, Chelsea's offense was obviously more layered than before. After all, the cooperation between Lampard and Drogba was more tacit than with Rooney. In the 63rd minute, it was Ribery's breakthrough on the left. Lampard got in and received Ribery's cross. He headed the ball near the goal post and scored 2:0!

In the 69th minute, Lampard made a powerful shot in front of the goal, which hit Roma goalkeeper Zotti and lost his hand. Drogba followed up with a supplementary shot, easily expanding the score to 3:0!

Chelsea won all three warm-up matches, and all of them were complete victories, which made many people see Chelsea's strong strength. However, after the match with Roma, Ye Qiu said in an interview with the media that he was not satisfied with the current situation of the team, because Chelsea is far from the best condition.

"We just completed a high-intensity physical reserve in London, and many players have just experienced the baptism of the European Cup, which made all our players feel tired. After coming to the United States, in just 5 days, we traveled across the United States from Seattle in the west to New York in the east, which also brought difficulties to our players."

"Yes, I am satisfied with the performance of the players, but I believe that we are still far from the state until now, because we still have some players who have not returned to the team, and we still have some players who are working hard to adjust their state. I I believe we will show the best Chelsea before the season starts!”

Many media have also analyzed that Chelsea's two warm-up matches in the United States, after losing Deco and Ronaldinho, the team's control has obviously declined, especially in terms of rhythm control. Coe's absence still has a great impact.

"Fabregas is a very talented young man. I am very optimistic about him. He will be the top midfielder in the future, but now he is still young and needs to hone and improve his level, so we do not We should put higher demands on him, because he is already very good, and the same goes for our Messi and Huth, they are both great and outstanding!" Ye Qiu defended his players as always.

The Daily Telegraph also commented that Chelsea is obviously different from last season. Now it seems that it has begun to consciously pursue a more offensive style of play, no longer focusing on high-intensity pressure as in the past, which is reflected in the game. Just more direct passes and pushing passes.

"Perhaps because of Ye Qiu's adjustments and changes to Chelsea, but because of the absence of Ronaldinho and Deco, Chelsea exposed many problems in the game, such as excessive pursuit of fast pace in passing and receiving, resulting in There were more mistakes and Chelsea would have conceded more goals if it weren’t for the team’s excellent defense.”

But they also believe that these situations may be greatly improved with the return of Deco and Ronaldinho.

Of course, Chelsea is not completely without problems, the most obvious ones being Joe Cole and Rooney.

If Rooney's problem of adapting to the team and integrating into the tactical system can be solved by time, then Joe Cole's problem has always been there, that is, his performance in the current Chelsea always seems to be both good and bad. Sometimes it's so good that it's amazing, and other times it's so bad that you want to sell it on the spot.

This problem has been around for a long time. Joe Cole's performance had some ups and downs last season. Many people have opinions on Ye Qiu's attitude towards using Joe Cole, believing that England's talents should be given a chance to better utilize their talents. environment.

In the first game against Oxford United, Ye Qiu gave Joe Cole absolute freedom, and his performance shocked the entire England. Everyone shouted that this season's Chelsea midfielder will be Joe Cole and Ronaldinho's two talents show off, and they will make Chelsea's offensive power even more amazing.

But after coming to the United States, we played the Celtics in the second round, using the same tactics and the same lineup. The difference was that the opponent was stronger and more targeted. Then Joe Cole disappeared directly. In the third game, Apart from Joe Cole's impressive opening goal, the rest of the game was lackluster.

Everyone finally saw clearly that this was not Ye Qiu's tactical problem, but Qiao Cole's problem.

"He still has to go to the wing!" Ye Qiu made his own judgment on Tenkat and the coaching staff when summarizing after the game.

"The defense in the middle is often intensive, and it is easy for him to be pressed and double-teamed by the opponent. His physical weakness makes it easy for him to disappear once he is caught in the opponent's focus."

Tencart also noticed this. Originally, everyone was still thinking about whether Joe Cole could improve, but the Englishman didn't seem to have much interest in this. His defense has not improved significantly even now. His physical fitness is not much better, and many people joked that Joe Cole is the type who puts his hands on his hips and gasps for air during half the game.

"But he lacks speed on the wing. His technique and ability to combine the ball allow him to switch from the wing to the center. This ability is very good. The goal against Roma obviously followed this pattern, but our frontcourt There is no room for the second Ronaldinho!" Tencart expressed his worries.

A team's lineup needs to be weighed by the head coach from front to back.

There is already a Ronaldinho in the frontcourt. If there is another Joe Cole, Chelsea's frontcourt pressure and defense will completely collapse, and then the team's entire offensive and defensive system will have to take a major break. This will be a big blow to Chelsea. For me, the price is too high.

So many times, the head coach also needs to make a choice, either to let the players change themselves to adapt to the team, or for the team to adapt to the players tactically. There is no doubt that in Ronaldinho, Lampard, DeRo With players such as Ba and Deco sitting in charge, Joe Cole was not important enough for Ye Qiu to change the team's ownership to accommodate him.

After hearing Tenkat's words, Ye Qiu smiled. Although he was very reluctant, he still had to admit that this genius, who was known as England's most exquisite technique, might only be able to play as a substitute in his own team. , as Ronaldinho's substitute.

In the game against Oxford United's midfielder, it was more because Oxford United's formation was loose and did not press Joe Cole very much, which led to the Englishman's outstanding performance. But there is no way to play in the Premier League and Champions League, so Ye Qiu also gave Joe Cole a new position as Ronaldinho's substitute.

After coming to this conclusion, Ye Qiu also completed a preliminary inspection of the team. In addition to the competition between Ribery and Rooney on the right wing, Ye Qiu had his favorite candidates in other positions.

The next step is to return to Europe from the United States and go to Amsterdam to participate in the Amsterdam Cup. Ye Qiu will continue to use two Amsterdam Cup games and three warm-up matches with Zaragoza after returning to London to further examine the team's main lineup.

Deco, Ronaldinho and Maicon will also meet with Chelsea in the Netherlands. When all the team members are present, Ye Qiu can also further examine the team's main lineup and adjust the tactical details.