The Godfather of Football

Ye Qiu once heard someone say that if the German legendary striker Gerd Muller was born in the world football world around 2010, he could score 100 goals in a single season, and this statement was affirmed by many people.

But Ye Qiu felt that this assumption was completely unnecessary, because the people who said this did not understand modern football at all.

If you carefully analyze the era of Gerd Muller, you will find that he and Beckenbauer were from the same era. Both of them created glory in Bayern Munich and the German national team. If you are familiar with Beckenbauer, you will know that German football at that time was an era that countless people later studied and discussed.

The representative teams of all-out attack and defense in the 1970s were the Netherlands and Germany. Among them, Germany was famous for its free man, and the representative figure was Beckenbauer. These two teams, which are known as the representative teams of all-out attack and defense, are known for their holistic play. Even now, Germany is very advocating strict integrity.

So in Ye Qiu's previous life, he disliked Loew very much, because he felt that the head coach of the German national team seemed to have modernized German football and seemed to have kept up with the trend, but in fact he had changed his ways. He gave up the holistic style of play that Germany had adhered to for many years. His football seemed beautiful, but in fact it was just a castle in the air and could not be relied on at critical moments, because he did not understand the fundamental core of modern football at all.

Integration does not mean that you can be modernized or integrated just by playing beautiful passes and receiving balls and playing pleasing offensives.

The German national team's off-ball running is deeply rooted. Before Loew, dating back to the Beckenbauer period, German football has always been very fond of off-ball running, so Ye Qiu has always felt that the German national team and clubs are the most likely to play all-out attack and defense football again in the world, because that is in their blood.

What is off-ball running? How to look at off-ball running?

That is a feeling, but if you use the simplest and most direct way, then look at the running distance!

Although there may be some water in the running distance, such as some relatively bad useless running, at least this is a more intuitive way to compare the strength of off-ball running. If we analyze Loew's German national team, it is not difficult to find that every time they win, they overwhelm their opponents with off-ball running, and every time they lose, they almost fall on off-ball running.

Why is this so?

Lacking the soul of unified thinking, blindly integrating for the sake of integration, and cooperating for the sake of cooperation!

When Ye Qiu asked Thiago Silva and Kompany, what kind of attack is the most difficult to defend for defensive players?

That is to constantly pull the opponent's defense line through unremitting off-ball running. This kind of attack is the most difficult to defend.

Why is Drogba so difficult to defend? It is because he keeps running throughout the game, left, middle, right, and even retreating. He keeps running. You can defend him for an hour, but as long as you relax for a minute, he can create a threat to you.

Also, many people say that modern central defenders are not focused enough in games, and their mental concentration is not strong. In fact, it is not the players' problem, but when you face a group of offensive players who keep running in front of you all day, who can guarantee that they can make the best and most appropriate response every time? Who can guarantee that they can block the opponent every time?

Why do high center forwards have to exit the stage of history? Even Ye Qiu dares to assert that central defenders with slow turning speed, weak explosive power, and inflexible bodies will definitely exit the stage of history, because they will find it difficult to keep up with the requirements of running without the ball.

"The development trend of modern football will no longer be one-on-one, but pulling and penetration. Constantly creating pulling through off-ball running, passing and penetrating by pulling out gaps, and finally when an opportunity arises, a player in the team will directly complete the final blow!"

"But off-ball running is not just running, but a kind of running full of confusion and deception, just like Van Persie suddenly ran to the wing to get the ball. Is he going to get the ball there? Wrong, he wants to pull the central defender out and let Ribery cut to the middle to hit the opponent's gap."

"Similarly, we often see that after Messi gets the ball on the wing, he passes it back to Alves, but he chooses to run to the middle. , or rushing directly to the bottom line, what is his purpose? It is to create space for Alves to insert from behind. "

"This is the case in the local area, and then expand from the local to the global, just like we often attack a certain side, press the opponent, and then suddenly pass the ball to the other side, and then seize the opportunity of the opponent's moving defense line to directly launch an attack. This is also a kind of confusion. "

With Ye Qiu's in-depth analysis and explanation, Thiago Silva and Kompany were full of surprise, because they have never looked down on these problems from such a high altitude, and they even look at the current football problems from the tactical perspective they have been taught since childhood.

Ye Qiu talked a lot, but the more he talked, the more he couldn't stop, because he found that he had too many ideas to instill in the two central defenders, so he said again: "So, what is the highest requirement for central defenders in the modern football tactical system?"

Tiago Silva thought about it, then looked at Kompany who was also thinking, and tried to ask: "Predictability?"

Ye Qiu smiled and pointed at Thiago Silva, praising: "Very correct!" He really felt that he was not wrong, this Brazilian central defender at least had a strong understanding.

"Prejudging the path of the ball and predicting possible situations are the most demanding aspects for future central defenders. Just like we often talk about Cannavaro, what do you think is the most valuable thing about Cannavaro? What? It’s all about his forward defense! The biggest test for a player in forward defense is anticipation!”

"But forward defense is only part of it. I have discussed with Mauro Tassotti. We both believe that cutting and interception will become the most important means of defense in the future, and the most important thing about cutting and interception is to cut the opponent's passing route. And interception, this is a kind of active defense, and forward defense is one of the ways of expression. "

After hearing this, Thiago Silva and Kompany finally understood why Ye Qiu just said that physical strength confrontation was not the focus, but asked them to watch more game videos, obviously hoping that they would improve their skills. ability in this area.

"Because the offensive side moves at high speed on the court, as the defensive side, it is best to be able to keep up with the opponent in terms of movement ability, so there are certain requirements for the players' explosive power and flexibility, and as the team passes The receiving system is becoming more and more strict, the opponent's targeted defense is getting stronger and stronger, and the ball control system, especially the core of the ball control, will be moved further and further back, even from the current defensive midfielder to the central defender position. "

In fact, in 2013, when Ye Qiu traveled through time, center backs had already been included in the ball control system, and were even in a very important position. Therefore, center backs who can hold the ball and deliver the ball are the future. the trend of.

Although Hangeland is playing very steadily now, his ability to take and play the ball is not strong. The reason why Mike Dawson is not liked by Ye Qiu is because he cannot integrate into the team's entire ball control system. Among them, Thiago Silva and Kompany are the central defender combination that Ye Qiu has high hopes for in the future.

Of course, Ye Qiu couldn't guarantee whether these two players would be able to perform well, nor could he guarantee whether several young players in the team or some players from other leagues would be better than them. But for the time being, he The two central defenders have the highest hopes.

Because in the overall tactical trend, the position of the central defender is very important, because the defender is the area on the court that is weakest from the opponent's pressure and pressing. If the central defender sitting in the middle can share the responsibilities of the next part of the current organizational midfielder, it will inevitably It will effectively guide the team's entire ball control and passing system to become smoother and more threatening.

Of course, Ye Qiu also knows one thing very well, that is, for the time being, the Premier League does not have the environment of La Liga, so he cannot transform Xavi Martinez into a central defender like Bielsa did, nor can he transform him into a central defender like Barcelona. Transform Mascherano into a central defender because the Premier League does not have the environment of La Liga. The Premier League has its own unique characteristics.

As for Yaya Toure, if it’s a Yaya Toure who doesn’t like to play from behind, Ye Qiu will definitely consider transforming him into a central defender. But the problem is, this kid has a strong desire to attack, and it’s a bit uncomfortable to play as a defensive midfielder now. Reliable, if you really let him play as a central defender, wouldn't you be asking for death?

"Every word I said today is my understanding of football. I also believe that in the next few years, the development trend of football will be like this. Therefore, I believe you should know very well what kind of path you should take. the way."

After a pause, Ye Qiu added: "Also, don't be afraid of making mistakes and try more, because only through practice can you know whether your idea is right or wrong, and whether your idea is feasible. At the very least, I think we at Tottenham Hotspur have enough strength and capital for you to try!"

"Of course, if you don't perform well, you still have to come on the bench!"

With the current offensive power of the team, as long as it is not in a major strong dialogue, losing the ball is not terrible for Tottenham Hotspur, and Ye Qiu's last words also put pressure on them, that is, if they want to If you play as the main force, you have to make fewer mistakes during your attempts, especially mistakes that cost the team points!

Ye Qiu's tolerance for mistakes is not only for central defenders, fullbacks, midfielders, and forwards. He also allows them to make bold attempts and innovations. For example, he encourages Cesc Fabregas to pass more passes that open up the defense. Many of the ball blocking and even some of the Trident's coordination routines this season were improvised on the spot, and they have even missed some goals because of this.

But Ye Qiudu was tolerant, but he had a standard, that is, don't make the same mistake a second or even a third time, otherwise it would not be an attempt, but a stupid mistake!

This year's Christmas, the players were generally not very relaxed because they were depressed about the team's loss to Arsenal.

Perhaps seeing this atmosphere, Ye Qiu simply invited the players' relatives to hold a Christmas carnival together at Theobald Training Base. Everyone came up with a celebration program. Finally, starting from nightfall, everyone Everyone was celebrating at Theobald Training Ground.

One of the very interesting aspects is to make up and dress up the children of several players in the team, and even some of the more relaxed players. To this end, Tottenham Hotspur specially invited two professional makeup artists at a high price. These people are either made up as dwarves holding axes, lively elves, Santa Claus, and other various cartoons, movies and other characters, among which Ribery is disguised as Zombies.

The club also arranged for people to take videos and photos, and put them on the Internet and mobile APP to interact with fans. Ribery's zombie photo was praised for being very similar, and won the Best Makeup Award, and also received a generous prize.

The interaction in Tottenham Hotspur's Christmas carnival not only attracted media attention and reports, but also made Tottenham Hotspur fans relax a little, because from this move, the atmosphere within the team is still good.

After Christmas, the team sat at White Hart Lane on the 26th and defeated the visiting Fulham 5:1, greatly clearing the resentment of losing to Arsenal before.

Van Persie scored a goal for the team in the 27th minute of the first half, and then Fabregas scored another goal. After the second half, Fulham scored a goal, but soon, Van Persie, Ribery and Yaya Toure, who came on as a substitute, scored successively, and finally defeated Fulham 5:1 at White Hart Lane.

After the game, Ye Qiu was very satisfied with the team's performance in this game. He believed that losing to Arsenal would not affect the internal atmosphere of the team, "because all of us know that we are constantly improving, our strength is getting stronger and stronger, and we are full of confidence in the future!"

On the 29th, Tottenham Hotspur once again welcomed Reading at home. This time, Ye Qiu made appropriate adjustments. Arshavin and Carroll were both qualified to start. The team also began to adjust the tactics to 4231 to cope with multi-line operations and stimulate Arshavin's strength as a frontcourt free man.

The Russian did not disappoint Ye Qiu. It was difficult for Reading, who played away, to take advantage of Tottenham Hotspur, who was skilled in ball control. Just 7 minutes after the start, Arshavin took the lead in scoring for Tottenham Hotspur, 1:0, but Reading equalized the score in the 16th minute of the first half.

It was not until the 53rd minute of the second half that Tottenham Hotspur scored another goal by Arshavin and surpassed the score again.

Afterwards, Ye Qiu replaced Messi, who had not performed very well in this game, with Cavani. Unexpectedly, this move completely activated the vitality of Tottenham's frontcourt. Carroll's impact, Cavani's running and pulling without hesitation, all gave Arshavin a lot of room to play behind him.

In the 72nd minute, Arshavin scored again, performing a hat trick, helping the team lead Reading 3:1.

Then Yaya Toure and Carroll also scored successively, and Arshavin himself scored again in the 83rd minute, performing a big four, helping the team to finally win the visiting Reading 6:2.

The two big wins fully demonstrated Tottenham's offensive ability. Although there are still some problems in defense, the team's offense has amazed everyone. In two games, they scored eleven goals. Such offensive ability is second to none, not to mention in the Premier League, even in Europe.

Some British media even called these two games the last goal carnival of Tottenham in 2007!

In terms of goals, Tottenham Hotspur is still the team with the most goals in Europe this season, but in terms of offensive power, although Manchester United and Barcelona have not scored as many goals as Tottenham Hotspur, their offensive power is not weak at all.

Another obvious difference is that Tottenham Hotspur's goals are mostly scored against weak teams. Of course, there are also games where they beat Arsenal 5:1, but whether they meet Manchester United, Liverpool or Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur has not shown their strong offensive power.

This is also the reason why many people think that Tottenham Hotspur's strong offense is just an illusion.

Two days later, Tottenham Hotspur defeated Aston Villa 3:0 away with goals from Hangeland, Vargas and Ribery, and walked out of the three rounds of devil schedule after Christmas with a perfect record. Tottenham Hotspur also relied on this wave of three consecutive victories to once again enter the top four of the league.

Arsenal, Manchester United and Chelsea all performed well in the Christmas schedule. Arsenal played an impressive record of 15 wins, 5 draws and 1 loss in 21 rounds of the league, with 50 points, leading the Premier League standings, while Manchester United ranked second in the Premier League standings with 48 points.

Chelsea, which performed well after the change of coach and stabilized the team, quickly found the feeling of scoring points and ranked third with 44 points. Tottenham Hotspur was hindered by its average performance before Christmas, especially the loss to Arsenal, and the gap was widened. Currently, with 13 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses, one round less, it has 43 points and ranks fourth in the group.

Following Tottenham Hotspur is Liverpool, which also played 21 rounds, with 41 points. Everton, Aston Villa and Manchester City all have 36 points.

It is not difficult to see from the ranking of the standings that the first group is gradually widening the gap with the teams behind it. Even though Manchester City was amazing after the start, the team's strength was insufficient and the final ranking was declining. Now Eriksson is not going to fulfill his bold words at the beginning of the season to compete for the Champions League. It is good enough to qualify for the UEFA Cup.

The outside world has a good performance of Tottenham Hotspur so far this season, but many fans are dissatisfied, mainly because they gave the team too much expectations at the beginning of the season. As a result, the team is still ranked fourth. Even if they have played one less game, this ranking still cannot give them a satisfactory answer.

When Ye Qiu was interviewed by the media, he said that he was personally satisfied with the team's current ranking, but he believed that the team would be able to move forward.

"Yes, we are only one point behind Chelsea who are third in the league, and we have one game less, but I will not focus on Chelsea because our goal is to catch up with Arsenal and Manchester United, and our goal this season is to continue to break through. The team’s results.”

Regarding the championship that Tottenham Hotspur fans hoped for, Ye Qiu did not shout out easily.

"I can understand what the fans think. We have never won a Premier League title, and we only have two English top-flight titles, but that was nearly half a century ago. I can understand their desire and pursuit of the championship. , so I also ask all Tottenham fans to believe that we will definitely get it in the near future!”

"But now, we have to catch up with the teams ahead step by step and beat our opponents game after game!"

Lao Chen is here to say sorry to everyone. From today on, the daily update of [Green Godfather] will be changed from the original two chapters to one chapter. The time will be at 8 o'clock in the morning. Please forgive me and please continue to support [Green Godfather]. Godfather], thank you all! ! !