The Godfather of Football

The six-goal sweep of West Ham United made Tottenham Hotspur completely the darling of the major British media the next day. Even in the same round, Arsenal beat Reading 4:0 and Manchester United defeated their arch-enemy 2:0. Liverpool and Chelsea beat Portsmouth 2:1, but the Tottenham Hotspur game still occupied a very important page and a lot of space in the media.

It's natural for Arsenal and Chelsea to win, and it's natural for Manchester United to win against Liverpool, which is also the headline. But Tottenham Hotspur's violent victory over West Ham United has undoubtedly become the focus of most fans in this round. Focus.

Maybe it's because Tottenham Hotspur's performance this season has always given people a very bad feeling, or maybe it's because all fans have certain expectations for Tottenham and are looking forward to Ye Qiu's football. The team can get out of the slump and rise strongly.

In addition to many reports and comments on this game, the Daily Telegraph also specifically mentioned the outside world's impression of Tottenham Hotspur in a review, which is that it is actually not too bad.

"Currently, the Premier League has played nine rounds. Tottenham Hotspur has three wins, two draws and four losses. Such a report card is really not good for a team that has always been aiming to win the league championship. It can even be said to be very bad. But For a team that was originally only a mid-table team and has undergone restructuring, such a ranking is not unacceptable. "

"The reason why the outside world has been hyping Tottenham Hotspur's poor performance is largely due to Ye Qiu and Tottenham Hotspur's operation in the transfer market in the summer, but we must also look at it. Ye Qiu has been away from the mainstream leagues for a year, and it may take him some time to adapt to the rhythm of such a league again. "

"As for the statement that Tottenham Hotspur invested over 100 million, the facts are not objective, because Tottenham Hotspur sold many main core players, including Carrick, Lennon, Robbie Keane, The core players, including Ledley King, have a transfer income of over 100 million, which makes Tottenham Hotspur not invest much in the transfer market.”

"Then, some people may ask, why have the players changed so much without investing much?"

"We should note that Tottenham Hotspur are playing a completely different tactical style from their past. Tottenham Hotspur have always attached great importance to the European continental style, from Santini to Jol , and even Frank Arneson, who serves as the technical director, always takes the foreign aid route, but both Santini and Joel are obviously more pragmatic."

"One thing that is very impressive about Ye Qiu's team this season is that the two biggest wins in the Premier League so far this season have both come against them, a 5-0 win over newly promoted Sheffield United and a 6-0 win over newly promoted Sheffield United. : A 0-0 win over fellow city West Ham United, and a 3-0 win over Portsmouth Hotspur. Tottenham Hotspur really played very well in these three games.”

"So, many people say that Tottenham Hotspur does not have the strength, which is completely wrong. This team does have the strength, and they have played even better than Arsenal in these three wins. It’s amazing offensive football. The tidal wave of attacks is almost unforgettable. If you don’t believe it, you can ask the fans at White Hart Lane. They will tell you the real answer that can’t be found in the media. !”

"Ye Qiu must have made a mistake. There is no doubt about it. He has been away from football for a year. He may have been too lax in the past year, which made him not handle many details well enough. For example, the midfielder that he valued most in the past is now in the care of the team. Tenham Hotspur did not seem to show it. Cesc Fabregas and Mascherano are a fixed combination, but the third midfielder is Yaya Toure or veteran Davis. Ye Qiu seems to be still adjusting and Try, even in the second half against West Ham United he tried 4231."

"From these signs, we can all see that Ye Qiu is trying out lineups and changes, and this is not just now, even at the beginning of the season, he has always been between Yaya Toure and Davis. Repeated attempts were made over time, but the results were both good and bad. Among them, Davis performed very badly in the game against Chelsea. "

"But everyone should not forget that the average age of this team is the lowest in the Premier League. Many of the main players in the team are around 20 years old. This means that this team still has long-term potential that can be tapped. Therefore, Ye Qiu said that the team can play better and better. This is definitely not an empty talk, but a fact!”

"Of course, we must also see that with the current performance of Tottenham Hotspur, it is almost impossible for this team to make a difference in the Premier League this season, even if it reaches the league The top four are probably very difficult. Maybe they can make a difference next season if they adjust again!”

Compared with the Daily Telegraph, The Sun's comments are very sharp. The title is [Ye Qiu is a tough guy, Tottenham is a tough guy]!

In this report, a reporter from The Sun believed that Tottenham Hotspur had only won three games this season, which was completely inconsistent with the team’s over 100 million transfer investment in the summer transfer market, and even They have lived up to all the fans' expectations for them, but this team is very tough and always wins a hearty victory at the most critical moment to resolve the team's crisis.

"After losing to Bolton in the first round, the team immediately won 5:0 against Sheffield United in the second round. The team regained morale, but then it was either a draw or a loss. However, the team soon won 3:0 against Portsmouth and 6:0 against the Hammers, turning the unfavorable situation around. We can't think of any other explanation except that Ye Qiu and his team are lucky."

"But we must also see that relying purely on luck cannot last for the entire season. If Ye Qiu does not solve the troubles and difficulties the team is currently facing, If we talk about this, I believe that it won't be long before the energy in their hearts is exhausted. By then, Tottenham Hotspur will have problems getting into the top four, let alone the top ten! "

Even after the 6:0 slaughter of West Ham United, Tottenham Hotspur ranked only 13th in the Premier League points, but the overall strength of this team is still quite optimistic. At least everyone thinks that there is no problem in the top ten, but it is very difficult to get into the top four, because Chelsea, Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool are all very strong in performance and strength.

And Tottenham Hotspur has a very serious problem this season, that is, too much ups and downs.

When the performance is good, it can win a hearty victory, but when the performance is not good, it is even a problem to score goals. This is definitely not what a team with excellent strength should have. If you want to get into the top four, in addition to being strong enough, the most important thing is to have stable points.

Moyes' Everton was able to make it to the top four because they scored points steadily. Without stability, don't expect to make a difference in the long season. This is something that no team, including Chelsea and Manchester United, can avoid.

After playing West Ham United, the team ushered in the first game of the League Cup in the middle of the week. The opponent was the former Crazy Gang Wimbledon, but now it has changed its name to Milton Keynes. Many Crazy Gang fans who were dissatisfied with the team's move to Milton Keynes reorganized a new Crazy Gang, which is currently playing in a low-level league.

Even though it moved to Milton Keynes and changed its name, this team that once dominated the Premier League still failed to get rid of its difficulties. It is currently playing in the English League Two, which is the fourth-level league in England after the Premier League, the English Championship and the English League One.

Even though Tottenham Hotspur played away and sent out a pure substitute lineup, it still won 5:0 away from Milton Keynes and successfully advanced to the next round. The opponent in the next round is not strong either, from the English League One Port Vale.

Being able to avoid the strong Premier League teams in the draw for the round of 16, Ye Qiu was very satisfied with Tottenham's draw. For this reason, he smiled and said in an interview that the goddess of luck still favors Tottenham, at least not like some other Premier League teams that are fighting against each other, such as Arsenal vs. Everton, Chelsea vs. Aston Villa.

Of course, there are also some unlucky Premier League teams that were upset and eliminated, such as Blackburn, Portsmouth, Bolton, etc., all of which were upset and eliminated in the first game that Premier League teams participated in. Relatively speaking, Tottenham is pretty good.

But good luck obviously can't stay with you for a long time. After returning to the Premier League, in the 10th round, Tottenham challenged the newly promoted Watford away. As a result, the main players rested for a week, and Tottenham played a wonderful offensive feast again. Although there were only two goals, they shut out Watford.

With four wins, two draws and four losses, Tottenham got 14 points and still ranked 13th in the Premier League.

In the middle of the week, Tottenham Hotspur welcomed the second opponent of the League Cup group stage, Bruges, Belgium, at home. Tottenham Hotspur defeated the opponent 3:1 and won two consecutive victories in the group. Through these two games, Ye Qiu also discovered one thing, that is, the teams playing in the League Cup did not seem to be strong, or they did not play with their heart.

In fact, Tottenham Hotspur was not very attentive, but Ye Qiu's team generally had a characteristic, that is, the bench lineup was relatively thick, so the rotation was relatively ample, and there was no need to worry about manpower issues.

But back to the Premier League, Tottenham Hotspur challenged Manchester United away. In this game, Tottenham Hotspur started well. The London team's offense caused a lot of trouble for Manchester United, but Van der Sar performed very well in this game, and Ferdinand and Vidic's central defender combination also showed a threat.

Manchester United has performed well this season and currently occupies the top spot in the league. A very important factor is the joining of Vidic, Carrick and Berbatov, the central axis, which has almost had a resurrection effect on Manchester United, allowing the Red Devils to get rid of the stubborn illness in the past period of time, and it can almost be said to be reborn.

But just when Tottenham Hotspur was about to use the attack to tear open Manchester United's defense, Scholes made a long pass, Berbatov stopped the ball, knocked it back, and Cristiano Ronaldo quickly joined in. The Portuguese's sprinting speed was very fast, especially the distance given to him by Vargas, which made the Portuguese almost soar.

He rushed all the way to Tottenham Hotspur's penalty area, knocked it horizontally, and Giggs inserted his left foot and pushed it, 1:0!

Even at the end of the game, Tottenham Hotspur failed to equalize the score, but looking at the whole game, Tottenham Hotspur obviously performed better. Whether it was in terms of ball possession or the number of threatening shots, Tottenham Hotspur was ahead of Manchester United, but in the end, they still lost the game at Old Trafford.

This made Ye Qiu helplessly tease Ferguson at the press conference after the game, saying that he should be the one with a hard life!

And Ferguson was not stingy. He was in a good mood after defeating Ye Qiu and took out his treasured red wine directly at the Old Trafford Stadium.

"I thought you would refuse to drink with me after losing!"

While pouring the wine, Ferguson looked at Ye Qiu with a smile. This old guy always had a red face, but this smile at this moment was very, very annoying in Ye Qiu's eyes. He had a way of taking advantage of the situation in front of him. He had the urge to throw out a glass of red wine, but considering this was Old Trafford, he resisted!

"It's true that I don't have the habit of drinking with others after losing, but since you are so sincere, I'll just do it!" Ye Qiu laughed and said, pretending as if drinking with Ferguson was to give him face, and the intention was to disgust him. people.

Ferguson chuckled and did not refute. He poured a glass of wine, drank it down, and sighed.

"I really thought you would never come back!" Ferguson said with a feeling of sympathy for heroes. For him, not having an opponent is a very lonely and helpless thing, especially in the Premier League. But like now, There are so many opponents, it is indeed a very exciting thing.

"How is that possible?" Ye Qiu smiled and shook his head, "I told you, I will definitely come back!"

Ferguson looked at Ye Qiu deeply, but there was something different in his eyes, "You two are also people who have attracted public attention. You are about the same age, but you two are very, very different!"

"Who are you talking about?" Ye Qiu had just reached half of the wine glass and stopped.

"Didn't you watch the news?" Ferguson poured himself another glass of wine. "I received the news. Real Madrid is considering whether to renew his contract. If not, he may be forced out of the Bernabeu!" said After finishing, Ferguson sighed deeply, picked up the wine glass and drank it all in one breath.

"I thought you two were feuding!" Ye Qiu didn't expect it, because he knew that Ferguson was talking about Beckham.

"Enmity?" Ferguson shook his head and smiled after hearing this, "How is that possible?"

After a pause, Ferguson laughed to himself, "Believe it or not, I was very hesitant when I sold him!"

When Ye Qiu heard these words, he felt sympathy in his heart for some reason. He once thought that Ferguson was very iron-blooded and tough. He even told himself that he should never take the path of Ferguson, because it would So impersonal, so emotionless.

For the sake of Manchester United's performance, he drove away players he single-handedly promoted and cultivated, such as Beckham, Keane and Ruud van Nistelrooy.

Many people think that the flying boot incident is the main source of conflict between Beckham and Ferguson. In fact, they are wrong. The core conflict between the two is that Ferguson wants to make tactical adjustments to Manchester United, while Beckham, Keane, and Fan Ni and others simply cannot adapt to such an adjustment, and it will be a matter of time before they leave.

Even if the flying boots incident doesn't happen, there will definitely be other things that cause conflicts between the two.

Ferguson never mentioned these things to the media or the public. Even after he drove away Roy Keane, no one knew that he had secretly cared about the former Manchester United captain, and he was terrible at all of this. In my heart, if Eliza hadn't been well-connected and well-informed in English football, she wouldn't have known this at all.

"Actually, he is very similar to me, at least in many places. For example, neither of us is willing to admit defeat. No matter what we face or how difficult it is, we will not give in easily. But there are many people They only noticed his bright side, but not how much he paid behind the scenes.”

"I also know that he's a very good professional and nothing that happens to him off the field affects his performance on the field, but, you know what? As someone who has watched him grow and mature, as a A person who once felt that he should achieve higher and better results than he did now, but saw that he could not get any recognition from the outside world and became a vase in everyone's eyes. I must remind him that I must also make him a success. Bring it back.”

When he said this, Ferguson's eyes turned red and he was very excited after drinking.

"I have said to him more than once that players, like coaches, must use their performance on the football field to speak for themselves, but his wife obviously doesn't think so. This is the biggest conflict between the two of us. "

After Ye Qiu heard this, he somewhat understood.

Perhaps it is difficult to say who is right and who is wrong in this kind of thing. After all, even in an ordinary family, there will be many conceptual conflicts and contradictions between parents, sons and daughters-in-law, and it is difficult to say who is right and who is wrong. Yes, this is the generation gap.

The reason why Ferguson is feeling emotional now is because as an elder, he heard the news about Beckham and watched him go to La Liga for three or four years, but did not win a championship, and instead ended up being kicked out of the Bernabeu. , and he felt uncomfortable.

After Florentino stepped down, the new Real Madrid president Calderon invited Capello to reform and rejuvenate the team. Players such as Beckham, Ronaldo, and even Raul were included in the purge. list, and Beckham's contract expires at the end of this season, and the two sides are currently in a stalemate over the renewal issue.

Ferguson should have received the news that Real Madrid might not renew Beckham's contract. If Real Madrid does not want to get no money in the end, the best way is to force Beckham to transfer during the winter break, which can save Beckham's salary for half a year and get a considerable transfer fee. Conservatively estimated, the two aspects are probably 10 million euros.

"Have you considered bringing him back to Manchester United?" Ye Qiu asked casually.

Ferguson took a deep breath and his expression quickly returned to normal. For someone like him, a short loss of composure is already very rare. After returning to normal, he shook his head and said, "He is not suitable for Manchester United now!"

Ye Qiu wanted to say that after Beckham left, Manchester United's midfield was out of order. Later, you introduced Carrick at a high price, but in fact, Carrick's role was not the same as when Beckham moved to the middle, or even worse than Beckham?

But in the end he held back, because he could see that Ferguson was no longer willing to talk more about this topic.

But from this short loss of composure of less than a few minutes, Ye Qiu also noticed that Ferguson was not as tough, cold-blooded, and emotionless as he had thought in the past. He was actually a human being!

"Come on, I toast you!" Ye Qiu finally picked up the wine glass, moved over, and clinked the wine glass in Ferguson's hand, and drank it!