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Tottenham Hotspur's first warm-up match of the new season is against Leyton Orient, an eastern team also in London.

This English League One, the third-tier league in England, welcomed Tottenham Hotspur at their home ground, and this was also the first game that Tottenham Hotspur had after ten days of training. The main purpose was to adjust the players' status and to adjust the team's lineup.

Ye Qiu's starting lineup in this game had a lot of changes. The goalkeeper was Cech, the back line was Marcelo, Kompany, Thiago Silva and Alves, the midfield was David Silva, Yaya Toure and Fabregas, and the front court was a combination of Gareth Bale, Van Persie and Messi.

Because the team's overall strength had an absolute advantage, Leyton Orient could not resist Tottenham Hotspur's control at all. From the beginning of the game, Tottenham Hotspur firmly controlled the game situation and could not move. Because this was just a warm-up match, the players also played very easily and confidently.

Judging from the performance of Tottenham Hotspur players on the field, after the baptism of the Champions League, the players' self-confidence has indeed been greatly improved, and their playing style also seems very calm. Facing the pressing of Leyton Orient, Tottenham Hotspur is very skilled in controlling the game and the ball.

However, Tottenham Hotspur's performance is obviously not exciting enough, which is probably related to the devilish pre-season training that the team has been conducting at the Theobald training base in the past ten days. Because Tottenham Hotspur's tactical style of play has considerable requirements for the players' physical fitness, including Peter Brandt, they have been sculpting the players' physical fitness.

The so-called off-ball running, a very important point is to be able to run, this is the foundation, and then run smartly.

To run, you need physical fitness, so in the past two years, Ye Qiu has been supporting Peter Brandt's research in related areas, and Tottenham's training programs are also being updated and improved. Therefore, although the players' physical fitness and physical quality have not undergone a terrible transformation, the improvement effect is at least very ideal.

At least, in the past two seasons, there have been no major problems with physical fitness in the two-line battle.

And with the experience accumulated in the past few seasons and detailed data as a basis, Peter Brandt's research team has achieved initial results in this regard, and the research results will be further applied to training in the new season.

According to the analysis of Ye Qiu and the coaching staff, based on the overall situation of Tottenham Hotspur, while ensuring the team's smooth passing and receiving, if the running distance of the team's midfield and wing players can be effectively pushed to an average of 11,000 per game, and all players excluding the goalkeeper and the outfield are above 10,000, then Tottenham Hotspur's overall strength will be greatly improved compared to now.

Of course, the premise of this data is to ensure the team's smooth cooperation and the success rate of passing and receiving.

Don't underestimate the data given by Peter Brandt, because Tottenham Hotspur pays great attention to fluidity, pulling and interlacing. After the team sold Van Nistelrooy, the average running distance per game in the midfield and frontcourt has been greatly improved, and the team's overall offensive level has also improved.

A very simple truth is that the team's offense relies on fluidity and interlacing and pulling. Then, on the basis of ensuring some fixed conditions, the more you run, the more you can create opportunities and the stronger your overall offensive ability.

However, this does not mean that running blindly, running non-stop, and running a distance counts, because running only one game is useless. The key is to have enough strength to run for a season, or even insist on fighting on two fronts.

Therefore, the data given by Peter Brandt is only a general direction, but it requires the team to combine from players to coaching staff, from technical and tactical skills to the overall tactical system, and then to the team's training. It is a complete set of systematic engineering, not just asking you to run.

From this game against Leyton Orient, you can clearly see the advantages of Tottenham Hotspur.

After two weeks of training, the Tottenham players were not in good shape, but even if they were not in good physical condition, they were still completely ahead of Leyton Orient in running, so it was easy for Tottenham to tear open Leyton Orient's defense again and again and score again and again.

Without Ribery, Ye Qiu tried to use Gareth Bale to play on the left, but if he wanted to play his impact on the left, he had to withdraw appropriately and then insert it, so next Tottenham used the right as an important attack point to attract defensive firepower and then play the threat of inserting from the left.

In the past two seasons, Gareth Bale was relatively healthy in the Tottenham team and did not have any major injuries, so his progress was obvious. In addition, he had Marcelo behind him and teammates beside him to support him, so he played well.

But what made Ye Qiu more satisfied was Messi, because he performed a hat trick in the first half and had an assist.

The main offensive means still rely on Messi, Van Persie, and Alves to intersperse and counter-run back and forth, pulling away the defensive players to create gaps.

Judging from the performance in the first half of the midfield, Fabregas was as outstanding as ever, with two assists as an example, and David Silva also had a good performance, but the next problem to be solved is the tacit understanding between him and his teammates on the field, as well as the interaction and coordination between him and Fabregas, and the response between the two players in front and Yaya Toure.

Given Yaya Toure's ability and personality, it is a pity to suppress him in the defensive midfielder position. Ye Qiu plans to expand his defensive area and let him become the ball point behind the midfield. With Yaya Toure's ability, this is definitely not a problem. He will do better than Mascherano.

The only hidden danger is that he loves to plug in. Ye Qiu does not exclude him from plugging in, but the key is to find the right time.

Playing against a team like Leyton Orient, there is really no problem at all.

In the first half, Leyton Orient was defeated 5:0. In the second half, Ye Qiu adjusted the lineup.

Gareth Bale was replaced, Van Persie and Cavani played as forwards, Fabregas played as attacking midfielder, behind him were David Silva, Ramsey and Beckham, Arbeloa, Yaya Toure, Thiago Silva and Alves formed the back line, and the goalkeeper was Joe Cole. This was a preparation for the early season.

In the second half, the team scored two more goals and won 7:0 against Leyton Orient. However, after 20 minutes of the game, Ye Qiu replaced Van Persie, Alves and others one after another. Obviously, the effect of this change was not very good. After the substitution, Kyle Walker performed quite well on the right. The English right back was really fast and sharp, but still a little immature.

After playing against Leyton Orient, Tottenham Hotspur's first warm-up match of the new season was recognized by the outside world. All the teams that were worried that Tottenham Hotspur's offensive ability would be weakened before now realized that Tottenham Hotspur had not suffered any serious injuries at all, because several key core players were still in the team.

Marcelo and Gareth Bale also performed well on the left. Although they still could not match the combination of Vargas and Ribery, especially in defense, they were still worthy of recognition. After all, they were all rookies and needed more game training to help them grow.

After returning to the Theobald training base, the team rested for another three days before heading to Scotland to challenge the Scottish Premier League team Celtic. This was the last warm-up match before Tottenham Hotspur's trip to China.

Tottenham Hotspur still looked very tired in the game, which had something to do with the fact that the team had been in high-intensity training in the past few days. This was also a deliberate move by the Tottenham Hotspur coaching staff to deliberately suppress the players' state, which would make the team's pre-season training more effective.

Sometimes the state is like this, you can't come out too quickly or explode too violently, because if you come out too quickly or explode too violently, the next trough will be very painful. According to Peter Brandt, the player's state is always like a parabola, the higher you rush, the lower you fall, so the best and most ideal thing is to control the highs and lows, and try to keep it floating in a reasonable range above and below the balance line, so that the team's combat effectiveness will not fluctuate too much and maintain a stable performance.

But when playing against Celtic, Tottenham Hotspur still defeated the opponent 2:0 very refreshingly, completing two consecutive wins in the pre-season warm-up matches, but the overall offense was not very smooth. After all, the strength of Celtic is there, and Ye Qiu consciously wants to run in the team's tactics during the Olympics, so it is normal that the performance is not very good.

After playing against Celtic, returning to London, after a night of rest, the team took a chartered flight of Qatar Airways directly from London to Shanghai, China the next day. This is the first stop of Tottenham Hotspur's China trip.

The Barclays Premier League Asia Cup of the Premier League is held every two years. It was played in 2007, so it will not be held until 2009. Tottenham Hotspur acted alone this time, not as a collective action of the Premier League, so this trip to China caused a huge response. After all, it came with the aura of the Champions League champion, and it was a Chinese team. In addition, there were no other European teams in Asia at this time. Tottenham Hotspur monopolized this period, which naturally attracted attention.

No one will underestimate this new Premier League team, because Tottenham's performance in the past two seasons has made people admire this resilient quasi-giant team, and they came with the halo of the Champions League champion. The media seemed to be celebrating a festival, and the fans also flocked to follow them.

In the past two seasons, Tottenham, led by Ye Qiu, has paid great attention to Asia when developing new markets, especially the development of domestic fans. They are the first European team to open a Chinese official website, the first to open a Chinese version of the smartphone APP, and the first to establish an official Chinese fan club. In addition, in the Champions League final last season, the team gave away more than 2,000 tickets for the final in China.

Tottenham has been planning to travel to China and Asia for a long time, because this is Ye Qiu's base camp and the largest potential market in the future, but Ye Qiu and Eliza have always felt that the timing is not right. The first season was too hasty and unprepared, and the second season is not the best time.

Until now, Tottenham Hotspur has found the best time, and after a long period of preparation and promotion, it decided to launch the China Tour. Next year, the team will go to North America. It is a series of events in cooperation with the collective action of the Premier League. After all, as a Premier League team, Tottenham Hotspur has this obligation.

After arriving in Shanghai, Tottenham Hotspur spent ten days in an orderly and compact manner. From Shanghai to Tianjin to BJ, they played three warm-up matches, which were 1:0, 4:0, and 2:1 respectively. They won the three warm-up matches successively. The performance was not very good, but at least they were worthy of the status of the Champions League champions. They controlled an absolute advantage in every game.

Many domestic fans also understand this. After all, this is the preseason and the team is in the adjustment stage. If they perform very well now, it is not a good thing.

On the second night after BJ finished the warm-up match, Tottenham Hotspur, together with Huangtian Group, China Leaf Technology, BMW, Adidas and Qatar Airways, as well as many domestic sponsors, organized a charity auction party. This time, the party was held online and offline at the same time.

All Tottenham Hotspur players, including Ye Qiu, all took out some private and commemorative items for auction. Everyone can not only bid on the shopping website of Leaf Technology at the same time, but also participate in the charity party and participate in the on-site auction, and both auctions are carried out at the same time.

This time, Ye Qiu took out the Zeus 1 mobile phone he used in the Champions League that year. It is different from other mass-produced Zeus 1 mobile phones. It is all manufactured by engineers of Leaf Technology. The hardware configurations such as CPU and memory are also different. It is one of the few engineering prototypes in the world and the first engineering prototype to be auctioned.

In addition to this mobile phone, Ye Qiu also took out the Champions League medal he had just won not long ago, which was a promise he made before the Champions League final. In addition, there were some of his personal belongings, all of which were more commemorative.

Ye Qiu took out a few items, and the players also took out a few items each. A few valuable ones were selected for auction on the spot, and the others would be put on the Internet for further auction in the future. All the funds raised from the auction would be donated to the disaster area to build Hope Primary Schools.

Sometimes, even Ye Qiu had to admire that there were so many rich people in China. His Zeus-1 mobile phone was sold at a sky-high price of more than three million, which was absolutely unexpected by everyone, and even Ye Qiu himself couldn't believe it, and his championship medal was even more outrageous, directly sold at an astonishing price of more than eight million.

The prices of other Tottenham players' items are generally lower, with the highest being in the six figures. Only two of Ye Qiu's souvenirs reached seven figures, but overall, the income is still considerable. In addition, some Tottenham's signed jerseys, player souvenirs, etc. will continue to be auctioned online in the future.

Tottenham's China trip not only caused a sensation in China, but also attracted media attention and response from all over the world. According to media reports, every event and appearance of Tottenham in China attracted an average of more than 500 media and reporters, and the charity gala attracted political and business celebrities from all walks of life.

However, the outside world generally gave affirmation to Tottenham's China trip, because this time Tottenham donated all the income from all the games and commercial activities in China to the disaster area. Most of the expenses were borne by the sponsors, and the remaining small part was paid by the club itself.

This move not only won the affirmation of the domestic media, but also won the praise of fans all over the world. They all felt that this was a real charity trip, not for making money.

Of course, there are inevitably some people who think that Tottenham Hotspur's charity is fake, because although this trip does not make money and more than 30 million RMB has been donated, Tottenham Hotspur will profit from this trip to China in the future, and the increase in fame and influence and brand value brought to the team by this trip is immeasurable.

For these somewhat critical remarks, Ye Qiu directly gave a big smiley face in his Chinese real-name authentication Twitter, and then said, "I dare not say that the team will not benefit from the trip to China in the future, and I can't tell others whether we are fake charity, but what I want to say is that whether the charity is true or false is not important. What is important is that some people don't even want to be fake, that's sad!"

Ye Qiu's remarks once again caused a lot of turmoil, which directly led to many people paying attention to his Twitter, and his fans soared rapidly. At the same time, many people also gave polarized comments on his remarks. Some people insisted to the end, and some people thought that this counterfeiter was too shameless, but more people remained neutral.

This is how the world is. Everything has two sides. The key is where you stand and what angle you look at it from. Whether it is a star or a rich man, in the minds of most people in the world, he is really not as important as he seems on the surface. Even if he is the president of the United States, most people remain cold and neutral to him.

But in fact, these silent neutrals are the core force of this world!

After a trip in China, Ye Qiu led the team back to Europe and came to Amsterdam to participate in the Amsterdam Cup Invitational Tournament. Tottenham Hotspur played Ajax in the first game and Mourinho's Inter Milan in the second game. Both games are very important warm-up games and the last two warm-up games of Tottenham Hotspur's summer training.

After the game, the team will return to London to prepare for the Community Shield, and the opponent is the defending champion of the Premier League Manchester United.

The defending champion of the Premier League faces the defending champion of the Champions League, a repeat of the last Champions League final. Such a strong dialogue has already attracted great attention to this year's Community Shield, especially considering that Tottenham Hotspur sold many main players this summer, and Manchester United's overall level has not shown a downward trend, so the confrontation between the two sides is very eye-catching.

Many people are even looking forward to whether there will be another Wembley miracle after the Luzhniki miracle?

However, the most important purpose of Ye Qiu's trip to Amsterdam this time is not to participate in the invitational tournament, but to have another purpose.