The Godfather of Football

"Tottenham Hotspur really created a miracle in this game!"

The commentator looked at the court and saw Tottenham Hotspur players launching attacks against Manchester United again and again, and couldn't help sighing. Ferguson even had to make adjustments and replaced the veteran O'Shea with the versatile defender O'Shea. Coles wants to let O'Shea play as a defensive midfielder after playing to further strengthen the team's midfield defense and interception capabilities.

"This is a forced substitution. Ferguson is already prepared for a tie within 90 minutes or even a penalty shootout!" Mourinho saw through Ferguson's intention directly.

It's not that he knows Ferguson well, but the intention is too obvious. Anyone with a little professional football knowledge can see it. Now that the second half is coming to an end, Manchester United chooses to replace O'Shea at this time. It is clearly a requirement. A draw.

Cruyff praised with admiration: "But no matter what the final result is, Tottenham Hotspur can force the tyrannical Manchester United to this point. They have won everything!"

"We have absolutely reason to believe that this game will change many coaches' understanding of future tactics. When Tottenham Hotspur faces the powerful Manchester United, they pay more attention to cleverness and avoid unnecessary physical confrontations. And adopting a more dexterous, faster and more efficient technical style of play, I think this will also bring some new tactical ideas to many Premier League teams, and even non-Premier League teams!”

Cruyff's words were recognized by the on-site commentator, "Strength and technique, these two issues have always been controversial in the Premier League. In the past, they have always been a dispute between Manchester United and Arsenal. Later, Ye Qiu brought out A Chelsea team that clearly has strength but is not lacking in skill, but now this Tottenham team is obviously a step further.”

The on-site commentator did not realize the problem, but Mourinho was a little embarrassed and did not say anything. However, Cruyff nodded in agreement, and he felt that Ye Qiu's tactics at Tottenham Hotspur It is actually in line with the past.

"Actually, in the past few years, we have all seen Ye Qiu's continuous progress in pursuing tactics. Whether it is at Ajax or Chelsea, and now at Tottenham Hotspur, his progress has been It’s all obvious, and his pursuit is also very clear, which is an organic combination of technology and strength, but at the same time it does not lack speed, flexibility and creativity.”

"By the way, Mr. Cruyff, I don't know if you have noticed something. I have always had the feeling that Ye Qiu always seems to have an idea. He hopes to be able to combine the frontcourt, midfield and backcourt of a team. The field is connected as a whole, regardless of each other, so you can see that he likes assisting full-backs, and his frontcourt players are also running very disorderly, and the midfielders are actively pushing forward. I have Sometimes I even wonder, is this a total attack and total defense?”

The game is still going on, and Tottenham Hotspur are still actively organizing attacks, but because there is no threat, the commentator needs to talk about other topics to attract the attention of the fans watching the game. There is no doubt that Crewe Yves commented on the total offense and total defense that Ye Qiu admired very much, which was a highlight.

After hearing the question, Cruyff smiled and said, "I can only say that Ye Qiu is on the path of pursuing Total Attack and Total Defense, but there is still a long way to go before Total Attack and Total Defense."

After hearing this, Mourinho immediately retorted, "Actually, I have always felt that total offense and total defense is a very ideal tactical concept, because it cannot be reflected in modern football! "

Cruyff nodded, "Yes, a very important reason why it is difficult to achieve total offense and total defense in modern professional football is that you cannot find so many individuals who are outstanding in strength, but at the same time have strong players." Players who have team awareness and can cooperate with the head coach’s overall tactics and integrate them into a whole.”

"Also, there are so many modern professional football games, the intensity is so high, and the impact of injuries, player status fluctuations and other aspects have made it almost impossible to implement total offense and total defense. Therefore, I highly recommend it. Ye Qiu's idea is that he wants to pursue total offense and total defense, but he does not ignore reality. He is pursuing a goal that is probably very difficult or even impossible to achieve based on reality. "

In the professional football circle, many people regard total offense as a utopian football ideal, including Mourinho, Ferguson and others, but everyone is clear that the emergence of total offense is One of the huge changes brought about is running without the ball.

The emergence of running without the ball will inevitably lead to a complete farewell to the modularity of the team's tactics in the past. In other words, what role is a certain player responsible for, what other players are responsible for, and then they are responsible for different responsibilities and integrated into one ball. Team, this situation will be completely broken.

"Ye Qiu and I once discussed this issue. He told me that he had read a book by Sacchi and highly praised one of Sacchi's predictions, that is, the future of football will become blurred and positions will become blurred. There will no longer be a fixed position, but it will be an era full of fusion tactics!”

Cruyff was obviously deeply impressed by his previous exchange with Ye Qiu. "Ye Qiu gave me an example at that time. He asked me, why does AC Milan need Gattuso? Because they have Kaká!"

"By the same token, why do Manchester United need Tevez in the frontcourt now? Because they have Cristiano Ronaldo and Berbatov, so Ferguson needs Tevez. It's a balance, you know what I mean?"

The on-site commentator immediately nodded. Anyone with a little knowledge of football knows that the first thing to consider in tactics is balance, the balance of offense and defense. Therefore, when AC Milan wants to use Kaká, they must arrange a Gatto. Players like Suo protect behind Kaká.

In the same way, Real Madrid performed well in the first phase of the Galacticos because of Makelele.

"Ye Qiu has an idea. He feels that if Sacchi's theory is combined with the current situation, football should completely overturn the existing so-called positions and responsibilities, and instead redistribute them, that is, in the overall situation, let the offense and The defense is effectively integrated, which is the high-position defense and on-the-spot counterattack that Ye Qiu has been insisting on in the past few years.”

"In terms of details, players do not have fixed positions. They move and change positions completely according to the situation on the field. However, when moving and changing positions, they can keep the team's overall tactical framework from being broken and maintain the overall stability. Rigorous, allowing defenders to control the ball like midfielders, allowing midfielders to participate in offense like forwards, and allowing forwards to actively defend like defenders, but at the same time, they can maintain high-quality, creative movement and cooperation on the court. "

Mourinho couldn't help but nodded after hearing this, "If there was no Kaká, there would be no need for Gattuso, because it would be easier to defend Kaká or attack Gattuso, but if there were the other two A player, when Kaká has some of Gattuso’s defensive abilities, and when Gattuso has part of Kaká’s offensive abilities, when the two of them form a midfielder again, it becomes very difficult to attack or defend. !”

"That's the truth!" Cruyff nodded, "So, Ye Qiu feels that Sacchi's prediction is likely to come true, because it can completely and truly turn football into a holistic sport!"

The on-site commentator also understood, "Looking at Tottenham Hotspur's performance in this game now, it is really surprising. The front three trident Robin van Persie, Ribery and Messi have no fixed positions and The responsibilities completely change according to the situation. When Ye Qiu needs it, the full-back can be used as a full-back and the midfielder can be used as a defender. The entire team is like a puzzle piece that he randomly puts together in his hands. He wants to put it together. Whatever it becomes, it becomes whatever it is.”

"So, Tottenham Hotspur are conducting a great tactical experiment!"

Cruyff nodded, "It is indeed a great tactical experiment, but it has only just begun." This is why Cruyff is so optimistic about Ye Qiu and Tottenham Hotspur.

The emergence of this team completely changed a lot of things, and also changed a lot of Cruyff's understanding of football in the past.

Ye Qiu is like a mystery. He has a pair of eyes that can make all the head coaches and scouts in the world envious and hate him. He can distinguish countless outstanding talented players for him, and he himself is very rich and very talented. Comprehensive knowledge of football, these allow him to have very clear ideas about himself and the team's future.

It can be said that rather than saying that Ferguson won the beginning of this game and lost at the end, it is better to say that he never won from the beginning, because during the game, Ye Qiu fully demonstrated his ability to defeat Tottenham. Tottenham's unscrupulous transformation and players' ability to adapt after changing formations on the spot are all left over from a long period of accumulation in the past.

When the three commentators were talking, the game process seemed a bit boring, because Manchester United adopted a shrinking defensive strategy. After O'Shea came on, their formation remained relatively compact, shrinking in front of the goal and starting to defend intensively.

Regarding Manchester United's tactics, Tottenham Hotspur failed to effectively continue their attack. In the 87th minute, Ye Qiu seemed to have made up his mind and replaced Uruguayan striker Cavani with outstanding performance. , but Van Persie has cramps.

Tottenham Hotspur's tactics emphasize running without the ball, and Van Persie really worked too hard in the second half. He can no longer run in front and continues to stay on the court, but the effect is not very obvious.

Ye Qiu's adjustment allowed Cavani to be alone at the front, with Ashavin and Messi behind him. They used Cavani's excellent running and height to impact and pull Manchester United's defense and provide the team's offense. Create opportunities, and this substitution is also a preparation for overtime.

Cavani's physical fitness and his investment in the game can ensure that he can make up for the lack of physical fitness of Ashavin and Messi in overtime, and can well withstand Manchester United's midfield and backfield, ensuring that Tottenham is hot. The frontcourt press is strong, and Cavani's height and physical confrontation ability are excellent.

In fact, Cavani is really a bit like his idol Ruud van Nistelrooy. Both of them have a standard figure for a center, 1.88 meters, but they both look a bit thin, and his weight is only 70 kilograms. He stands out, but his body is full of muscles.

According to Peter Brandt, South American players are generally thinner, even though they look thin, their physical resistance is not inferior to that of European strongmen, and this thinness makes them more flexible and more flexible. They have more speed, so even though Cavani and Carroll don't have the advantage in height and weight, in a confrontation, it will be difficult for Carroll to take advantage of Cavani.

With speed, scoring ability, and willingness to fight, Cavani is a striker that Ye Qiu relies on very much. He was specially included in the substitute list for this final, and at the last moment, he was asked to replace Van Persie.

After Cavani came on the court, he seemed very excited and worked hard. He kept running and rushing. As long as Tottenham Hotspur lost the ball, he immediately participated in the counter-grab. Once the team was about to launch an attack, he kept running back and forth in the penalty area of ​​Manchester United. He was a tall version of Tevez.

It may be that Cavani brought excitement and injected fresh blood after coming on the court. The two central defenders of Manchester United could not keep up with the rhythm of the Uruguayans, and some chaos occurred. However, Manchester United's defense line is very experienced, and the physical strength of Tottenham Hotspur players has been exhausted, so it is difficult to create threats.

Just like this time, Arshavin suddenly pulled to the left to get the ball. After receiving Vargas's pass, he passed Gary Neville directly on the left and broke into the penalty area.

This was a breakthrough that happened in the second minute of extra time, which made the three commentators feel like they were injected with chicken blood, because with the consumption of physical energy, it was difficult to see such a personal breakthrough that broke the situation on the field. Messi couldn't even run.

"Arshavin broke into the penalty area from the left and faced Ferdinand. Ferdinand didn't dare to kick because he was afraid of a penalty."

"The Russian tried to break through, and he passed through Ferdinand!!!"

"Oh!!" The commentator on the scene finally waited for a threatening attack, but saw that Arshavin was blocked by Ferdinand after breaking into the penalty area. Vidic followed closely and got ahead of Arshavin through precise positioning. He stopped the ball at his feet with almost no effort, while Arshavin was blocked by Ferdinand and almost fell down.

After Vidic got the ball, he turned around and cleared it with a big kick.

"I still don't have the physical strength, so the technical movements are a bit deformed, and it's a bit big when I pass!" Cruyff also felt sorry.

If the current situation is followed by four minutes of stoppage time, it is estimated that the 90 minutes of this game will end in a draw, and the two sides will enter overtime, and it is still unknown who will win by then.

I saw Vidic's clearance returned to the center circle, and Thiago Silva once again rushed before Cristiano Ronaldo and headed the ball back to Beckham. In the last period of the game, the Brazilian central defender almost blocked the Portuguese superstar.

"Entering overtime, Tottenham Hotspur still has a good chance of winning!" The on-site commentator is still optimistic about Tottenham Hotspur, and Beckham reorganized an attack after getting the ball. "Let's take a look at this attack again. Beckham took the ball and made a wide diagonal pass to the right. It was Alves again!"

I saw Alves quickly inserted from the back, directly facing Beckham's long pass in the right line of Manchester United's penalty area, jumping high, and heading the ball to the penalty area.

After Vidic cleared the ball, Manchester United players were spreading out their formation to reorganize their defense, and suddenly, Tottenham sent the ball into the penalty area again, so at this time Manchester United's defenders rushed to the goal quickly, and at this time, the advantage of speed was reflected.

In the penalty area, Cavani took the lead with his speed and blocked Vidic behind him with his body, while Ferdinand interfered beside him. The position for grabbing the ball was already occupied by Cavani, and all he and Vidic could do was to interfere with Cavani's direct header.

The Uruguayan seemed to have no intention of heading the ball himself from the beginning, so after he jumped high, he was not disturbed or affected by Vidic and Ferdinand, but headed Alves' pass to the opposite direction of the goal.

Because Vidic and Ferdinand rushed towards Cavani, and Manchester United was just about to deploy their formation, many players did not return to defense, resulting in no defensive players behind the two Manchester United central defenders from the small penalty area line to the penalty spot, leaving only a lonely Messi who could not even run and stood there panting.

The ball suddenly flew from the small penalty area, and Messi himself was a little surprised. He couldn't even believe that there was such a good thing. Cavani's header was also very smart. He didn't give a half-high ball directly, but gave a ground ball based on the height of Arshavin and Messi.

So, the ball bounced after touching the ground, and Messi almost didn't think much. He used an almost instinctive reaction, took a step forward to catch up with the ball, and kicked it directly after the ball bounced up after landing.

After this shot, Messi himself had lost his balance and fell to the ground. He had completely lost his strength.

But when he turned his head and looked at the goal, he saw that the ball was somehow bouncing in the goal line, which made his head dazed. He was a little confused and didn't realize what it meant for a moment.

On the contrary, the other Tottenham players rushed to the penalty area in ecstasy, rushed to Messi, and directly pressed Messi into the penalty area, while the Manchester United players were completely dumbfounded.

All the Tottenham fans in the stands almost rushed out of their seats crazily, shouting with an almost ferocious expression, shouting Messi's name, Tottenham's name, and the names of all the team members.

Ferguson had just stood up from his seat because of nervousness, but when he saw Messi score, all his strength seemed to be drained away, and he slumped back into the coaching booth.

At the last moment, with more than a minute left in the game, Tottenham Hotspur scored a reversal goal!

This was a goal that created a great miracle!

This was also a goal that was bound to go down in history!