The Godfather of Football

"Friends in front of the TV, welcome back to the Luzhniki Stadium!"

"We are now preparing to broadcast live the second half of the 2007-2008 UEFA Champions League final for everyone!"

"In the first half of the game that just ended, Manchester United temporarily took the lead with a score of 3:0, and I believe that all the viewers and fans in front of the TV were full of surprise at this score, and also lost suspense in the second half, because this It’s already a score that can declare the championship ahead of schedule!”

"What makes Tottenham Hotspur fans even more disappointed is that we have just received news that Tottenham Hotspur's number one ace star, French winger Franck Ribery, is sitting on the bench. I heard that He injured his left ankle in a confrontation in the first half and was unable to play in the second half!”

Following the commentator's words, the camera also swept across the Tottenham Hotspur bench, and it was seen that Ribery was indeed sitting in the crowd. Not only him, but also the first half of the team was also sitting on the bench. Modric had a poor performance.

Seeing this, Cruyff couldn't help but said, "Tottenham Hotspur has made changes!"

Mourinho was also obviously aware of Ye Qiu's changes, "Perhaps, the situation will be different in the second half, but I don't know how he will fight, head-on?"

Soon, I saw players from both teams walking out of the field one after another. Everyone in Tottenham Hotspur looked very serious, but they no longer had the frustration they had when they walked off the field in the first half. It cannot be said that he is full of fighting spirit, but at least he can act like a normal person and want to win the game.

"It can be seen that these fifteen minutes are crucial. I often say that to measure the excellence of a head coach, these fifteen minutes at halftime are a very important criterion. Ye Qiu's midfield adjustment ability has always been good. , If the midfielder can make adjustments in this game, the situation will improve in the second half. At the very least, Tottenham Hotspur has a great hope of scoring!”

After hearing this, Mourinho nodded, but smiled and said: "However, it is no longer possible to equalize the score!"

The on-site commentator immediately took over and said: "We also got confirmation. During the halftime break, Ye Qiu replaced Ribery and Modric, and replaced Beckham and Ashavin. It seemed that they were just opposite positions. people!"

It is not surprising that Beckham was replaced by Modric, because before Modric, Beckham had always been Tottenham Hotspur's main midfielder, relying on him in the second half of last season. With outstanding performance, Tottenham Hotspur got out of the relegation zone and rushed into the top four of the league.

This season, if Beckham hadn't been injured, who would have believed that Modric could play the main role?

As for Ashavin, in Tottenham Hotspur's frontcourt, the Russian can play many different positions, such as left and right wingers, attacking midfielders, and even forwards. Among them, he also performed a wonderful show of four goals. So replacing Ribery with him is also considered a matchup substitution.

"It's different!" Mourinho shook his head. "Ashavin is a player with stronger ability to hold the ball and more refined skills. Ribery is better at attacking. Ye Qiu replaced Ribery with Ashavin. Tottenham Tottenham’s tactics will definitely change.”

Cruyff also nodded and said: "You have a chance if you change, but you will die if you don't change. And I think Ye Qiu may try to use possession of the ball to counter Manchester United's power, although I can't see anything specific about him yet." Arrangements and ideas, but I think he is targeting two people, Carrick and Berbatov.”

"This is defense, and if it is offense, I think he should try every means to use his advantages. What advantages? It is excellent running without the ball and skillful coordination of passing and receiving, because back then Beckham With the midfield combination of Tom and Cesc Fabregas, Premier League teams can’t even gain an advantage, not to mention two-for-two, or even three-for-two or four-for-two.”

"As long as you can re-play the advantages of these two players, your midfield will come alive. Once the midfield comes alive, the offense will pick up, directly revitalizing the entire offensive system, the midfield and frontcourt will be completely activated, and goals will be scored. There is hope.”

"One more thing, I think Tottenham Hotspur should give full play to their usual offensive advantages, which is a quick and agile style of play, using skillful and delicate passing and receiving coordination, coupled with smart off-the-ball movement, to quickly create partial situations. advantage, using the technical advantages of its own players to attack Manchester United’s defense.”

"Ferdinand and Vidic are both tall central defenders, and Carrick and Hargreaves have insufficient technical abilities. As long as targeted arrangements can be made to address this, Manchester United's midfield and backfield are actually not strong."

Finally, Cruyff concluded: "A very important reason why Tottenham Hotspur suffered a huge defeat in the first half was that they themselves were in a mess. Coupled with Manchester United's suppression, they were not even half as good as usual. We didn’t perform at our highest level, so we seemed to think that Tottenham Hotspur were so weak.”

"So, for Ye Qiu, this is his only chance to reactivate the team's offensive capabilities!"

Mourinho recognized Cruyff's analysis and judgment, but he had a different view, "It's too far behind!"

"If they were only one goal behind, or even two goals, I think Tottenham would not be without hope, but now they are three goals behind. Ye Qiu used up two substitutions in one go. I believe one of them was forced. Substitution, because Ribery is injured, and Ferguson now has three substitutions, plus a three-goal lead, the advantage is almost desperate! "

"So, I still say the same thing. There is hope for Tottenham to regain face, but the championship is no longer possible!"

After the two men finished their analysis, referee Michel blew the whistle to start the second half.

As soon as the game whistle sounded, everyone at Tottenham Hotspur was like a white tide, interspersed in the red gaps, but they did not launch a quick attack immediately, but the defense line Hold the ball.

"Strangely, Tottenham Hotspur's two full-backs pressed hard, but midfielder Mascherano returned to the back line. Tottenham Hotspur now looks like they are playing with a back three. "The on-site commentator noticed this change.

Mourinho nodded and said: "It's three defenders, Mascherano, Hangland and Thiago Silva. Beckham plays in the deep midfield, and the full-backs press forward to the wings of the midfield. France Bregas plays in the middle of the midfield, Ashavin plays in the attacking midfielder, and Robin van Persie and Messi are at the front.”

When the analysis came to this point, Mourinho snorted and smiled, "...He is going to fight Ferguson desperately!"

"Only by working hard can you have a chance!" Cruyff also smiled, but he was more looking forward to Tottenham Hotspur.

At the beginning of the game, Tottenham Hotspur actively pressed forward, but they did not play very fast, especially offensively. They controlled the ball patiently, and the ball was more often passed in the midfield. Especially concentrated at the feet of players such as Mascherano, Thiago Silva, Beckham and Cesc Fabregas, they kept falling back and forth, left and right.

Through this kind of back and forth kick, Tottenham Hotspur's defense steadily pressed forward and had successfully pushed through the half. However, Manchester United did not have many opportunities for this. They started from the start of the second half. Finally, there are not many opportunities to touch the ball. This is mainly because their midfield and frontcourt press is not very strong.

Ye Qiu is right. Berbatov and Cristiano Ronaldo's defense is just symbolic. They defend more with their eyes. The only one in the frontcourt who is more active in counterattacking is Tevez, but Tovez Tenham Hotspur's midfielder has four players including Beckham, Mascherano, Thiago Silva and Hangeland.

A three-and-four tie may be able to create some threats, but a four-match tie-breaker, unless Tottenham Hotspur makes a careless mistake, how can Tevez grab the ball? It will be more like running wildly in the frontcourt.

Tottenham passed the ball forward a few times but lost it, but quickly recovered it because Tottenham's main defense was focused on Carrick and Berbatov. The former is the team's most important deep-lying organizer, while the latter is the most important ball-receiving point in the frontcourt. As long as these two points are blocked, Manchester United's advancement of the ball will become a problem.

Scholes is a very good passer and coordinator. His greatest tactical value is reflected in his receiving and passing to his teammates. But if he is required to retreat to Carrick to receive Carrick, His position is too far back and he cannot be a threat, because Scholes' own ball control ability is very average.

The real master of ball control in Manchester United is Giggs. Even though he is old, Giggs is still an outstanding ball handler.

Seeing Tottenham Hotspur's tactics change in the second half, starting to press high and actively and patiently controlling the ball in the midfield, Ferguson also frowned on the sidelines. He vaguely guessed Ye Qiu's true thoughts, because Manchester United's The midfield and backfield are all a bunch of rough guys. They were really forced to play within a 30-meter area by Tottenham Hotspur. They had no advantage.

And in this area, once the ball is lost, any pass from the opponent may be the last pass.

Standing in the visiting team's coaching area, Ferguson turned his head and glanced at Ye Qiu. The Chinese still maintained his confidence. He was not surprised that Ye Qiu had this ability to turn the situation around, because he knew Ye Qiu better than anyone else. level, but this move still somewhat surprised him.

Mascherano and Thiago Silva both have the ability to accurately hit the ball from about 15 meters away. Coupled with Beckham, the passing and receiving cooperation in the midfield and backfield ensures that there is no problem in controlling the ball, because Manchester United does not Maybe press the midfielder up, because once you press up, Tottenham Hotspur is likely to directly hit Cesc Fabregas in the midfield.

"You actually have this trick?" Ferguson nodded with a smile, his whole body full of excitement. He gets stronger when he encounters a strong opponent. This is his personality.

Walking to the sidelines, Ferguson waved to Evra and Gary Neville, indicating that the full-backs should actively participate in the attack, and at the same time let Carrick play more balls to the wing. After all, Tottenham Hotspur are now By switching to two forwards, the threat from the full-backs is much less, and by activating the full-backs, you can advance from the side, especially Evra's side.

The entire second half lasted for ten minutes without realizing it. The game process was very smooth, there were almost no fouls, and the referee's whistle was rarely blown. Everything seemed calm, but if you watch the game carefully, you can understand it. There was a hint of uneasiness.

It's like you see a powder keg with a lit fuse, but you don't know how long the fuse is and when it will explode, so you can only wait and wait uneasily.

Still the same as before, the ball went from the backcourt to the midfield, and then to the frontcourt. Van Persie picked up the ball on the left side of the center about 20 meters away from the goal. Vargas quickly intervened, but Gary Neville got the ball. Following the defense for a while, Van Persie had no chance and passed back directly to Beckham.

Because of Tottenham's overall forward pressure, the distance between Beckham and Van Persie was not large. After receiving the ball, Beckham directly took a crescent-shaped scimitar posture and gently rubbed the ball with his right foot.

A long diagonal pass from the left side of the 30-meter area to the right side of the penalty area drew a beautiful arc, and on the right side, Alves rushed forward quickly, and Evra and Hargreaves also rushed up at the first time.

Alves stopped the ball steadily, but Evra was very stable in the penalty area, not giving Alves a chance to cut into the penalty area, and Hargreaves behind him had quickly approached. The marking and entanglement skills of this English midfielder were indeed a headache, so in order to avoid being entangled, Alves gave up cutting into the penalty area and dribbled the ball to the side.

But Evra and Hargreaves obviously had a tacit understanding. The two formed a corner and launched a double attack on Alves who was dribbling the ball. At this time, Tottenham Hotspur's players had no way to run over to meet Alves in the first time, so the Brazilian full-back was forced to go to the corner kick area and was finally forced into a dead corner by them.

This is an area where the ball cannot be passed at all. Being forced into the corner kick area, the best result is to kick the ball to the defender in exchange for a corner kick, so Alves also intends to do so.

Hargreaves's defensive awareness is still very good and his experience is very rich. He immediately judged Alves's idea. When the Brazilian player crossed the ball and wanted to kick the ball back to them, he was stuck between Alves and the ball in the first time.

The Brazilian full-back was squeezed by Hargreaves' sudden rush to grab the position and lost his balance and fell outside the baseline, while the ball was steadily blocked by Hargreaves in front of the baseline.

"Beautiful defense!" The commentator exclaimed loudly, "Hargreaves's interception was very wonderful, and the timing was just right. Manchester United started to counterattack!"

Hargreaves passed the ball to Evra, who quickly passed it to Carrick in front of the penalty area, and then rushed forward because he believed that no matter how fast he rushed, Carrick could accurately pass the ball to him.

As long as he scored one more goal, Tottenham Hotspur would be completely finished!

Carrick was facing the corner kick area just now. When he stopped the ball, he naturally stopped in the direction of attack, so that he could turn around and pass the ball directly. But at this time, Messi suddenly rushed over from the side and kicked the ball directly to Arshavin.

Carrick lost the ball at the front of the penalty area and immediately realized the danger. He rushed towards Arshavin frantically and made a very dangerous sliding tackle. Arshavin flexibly deducted the ball and directly deducted Carrick, accelerating into the penalty area with the ball.

Vidic immediately came forward to block Arshavin, and Messi quickly completed a mismatch with Arshavin, and quickly went down from behind Arshavin, while Arshavin made a fake move and passed the ball to Messi.

The two small players passed Vidic in a very narrow range with this continuous pass. The Serbian central defender turned around and wanted to chase, but Messi was already at the bottom line and made a diagonal pass to the front of the small penalty area, accurately finding Van Persie who was ambushing there!

"Tottenham Hotspur got a chance in the penalty area, Van Persie, the ball goes in!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!"

"Van Persie scored!!!!"

"In the 58th minute of the second half, Tottenham Hotspur finally scored a goal. The wonderful cooperation from Tottenham Hotspur's frontcourt players tore through Manchester United's defense. Van Persie calmly pushed the ball in front of the goal and scored a goal to save face for Tottenham Hotspur!"

"1:3, Tottenham Hotspur did not seem to give up this game. They still insisted on their offensive football and still took bold attacks, hoping to use the offense to tear through Manchester United's defense. Now, they finally got the chance to score. There is still more than half an hour left, and they still have a chance!"

The commentator on the scene seemed very excited after Tottenham Hotspur scored.

This goal is definitely the most significant football style of Tottenham Hotspur in the past season, that is, using the skillful skills under the feet, relying on the players' passing and receiving of the ball, tearing the opponent's defense line in the narrow gap and creating opportunities.

Van Persie rushed out of the stadium and rushed to the stands where the Tottenham Hotspur fans were, excitedly raised his arms to the Tottenham Hotspur fans, and kept sitting encouraging gestures, as if to say, guys, comrades, we haven't given up, please don't give up, okay?

Tottenham Hotspur's players quickly rushed out of the stadium, hugged Van Persie one by one, and shouted at the fans in the stands.

Tottenham Hotspur's fans cheered like thunder, and they rushed out of their seats one by one, shouting wildly at the players off the field.

Goal, finally goal!!!

Ye Qiu on the sidelines was also excited and clenched his fist and waved hard. This goal came too well, just at the right time!

There is still half an hour left. For Tottenham Hotspur, scoring two goals in half an hour is not a problem at all, so this goal will completely ignite Tottenham Hotspur's offensive desire and completely ignite the morale and fighting spirit of the team and its players!

Ferguson seemed to realize this, and he immediately called out Giggs and Park Ji-sung from the bench, obviously wanting to make substitutions. The former can provide Manchester United's midfield with the ability to get the ball, while the latter can strengthen Manchester United's frontcourt pressing and running ability. These are all set to target Manchester United's current weaknesses and shortcomings.

The TV live broadcast was constantly replaying the entire goal process just now, and even deliberately paused when Arshavin passed the ball to Messi to show that Messi was not offside. This was a wonderful and beautiful goal cooperation.

"Tottenham's morale soared when they scored at this time. Now Ye Qiu should seize the opportunity as soon as possible, continue to strengthen the offense, and completely revitalize this situation. Then they may still have a chance!" Cruyff also seemed very excited for Ye Qiu.

Mourinho was a little silent, because he also saw this!