The Godfather of Football

Someone once asked Ye Qiu why Tottenham Hotspur still wants to introduce David Silva after having outstanding midfielders such as Beckham, Modric, and Yaya Toure. ?

After Modric switched to Manchester City, he also admitted that a very important reason why he left Tottenham Hotspur was that Ye Qiu introduced David Silva, which made him feel that he was in Tottenham Hotspur. It was difficult for San Antonio to get the main position again, so he chose to leave the team and join Manchester City.

Modric's performance in Manchester City is very good. Mark Hughes trusts him very much and entrusts him with the important task of organizing the midfield. The entire team's current midfielder almost all plays around him, plus Ronaldo in front. Binho, the Croatian's performance at Manchester City is indeed quite good, but David Silva, on the other hand, feels a bit less eye-catching at Tottenham Hotspur.

This also caused many people to wonder. Did Ye Qiu make a mistake?

Regarding the doubts, Ye Qiu gave an explanation. He said that David Silva can bring depth to Tottenham Hotspur's midfield. Originally, Yaya Toure also has it, but the problem is that the Ivorian is very contradictory. One of the problems is that after dribbling the ball forward, his ability to play the ball in dense defensive areas is not enough.

Sometimes this is a very troublesome choice, just like Modric. If Tottenham Hotspur were not aiming to compete for the league championship and the Champions League championship, he would be left in the team by Ye Qiu and entrusted to him. A heavy responsibility, but if Tottenham Hotspur is more ambitious, then he will have to make a choice, and the same is true for Yaya Toure.

Many fans actually have an illusion. They think that with Ribery and Messi on the wing breakthrough, there is no problem in advancing deep. But if they watch every game carefully, they will find an interesting problem. , that is, whether it is Ribery or Messi, even though they are already the best breakthrough players in the world, their one-on-one breakthroughs are actually not as strong as many people imagine.

To give an example, Messi dribbles the ball from the right and cuts inside, getting rid of the defensive player, but in fact he does not break through the opponent's defense, so someone needs to support him at this time. So, what is the role of Messi's dribbling inside? ?

Attract the attention of defensive players, and through this kind of dribbling, attract the attention of surrounding defensive players, attract them all to themselves, and then release the ball, because the players on the field and the goalkeeper are all ten against ten, and I am alone. Dribbling the ball attracts two defenders, which means I have one player who is unguarded.

Many fans are still living in the past 1990s, or in a football world that they take for granted. They think that strong ability means they can keep breaking through and excelling. But in fact, Messi, Ribery, Ronaldo Ben, Cristiano Ronaldo, these players have gradually stopped pursuing excellence.

The reason is very simple. The rigor of the modern football tactical system has forced offensive players to transform. Because the formation is strict and the mutual defense capabilities are strong, if you pass one, you will not be able to pass the second, and the ball will be beaten at your feet. Break!

Cristiano Ronaldo encountered such a problem in the two years he first came to the Premier League. Even as early as the Denilson period, there were already signs of this problem. Even if you take Maradona, Pele, and Pele at their peak. Even though Ronaldo was brought into the modern football system, they still couldn't reach their original peak.

Everyone must have the awareness that modern football does not rely on individual ability, but on cooperation!

Being able to hold the ball is very important for any team!

Looking at Tottenham Hotspur's past and present midfielders, Yaya Toure can hold the ball, but he was positioned in the midfielder position by Ye Qiu early on. Mascherano and Lucas are both midfielders. Midfielder, Beckham and Modric are the kind of players who cannot hold the ball and attract the attention of the defense.

So Ye Qiu wants to introduce David Silva. The reason is very simple. He has enough delicate skills to ensure that he can catch the ball, and he can move around to protect the ball even at the edge of the penalty area, and pass threatening balls. .

Yes, theoretically speaking, David Silva's role is the same as Beckham's, both to create a local numerical advantage in the midfield. The difference is that the two have different means to achieve their goals. Beckham It relies on running and relying on his long passes to force defensive players to keep an eye on him, but the premise is to build on running and keep running.

The problem is that as Beckham gets older, his body will gradually develop problems, and he will no longer be able to continue running like this.

David Silva relies on skills. He also runs, but not like Beckham. Instead, he runs through gaps, meets teammates, holds the ball, uses his personal abilities, and uses his dribbling to attract defensive pressure. , which then leaves Cesc Fabregas, Robin van Persie, Gareth Bale, or Yaya Toure who comes in from behind, unmarked.

Everyone should understand the reason why today's football offense pays attention to switching positions and pseudo-forwards, pseudo-wingers, pseudo-9s, pseudo-10s, etc. In the final analysis, the core purpose is only one, pulling, and pulling. There is only one purpose, to pull out space, and what is the purpose of pulling out space?

The purpose of creating space is to allow one of his teammates to run into this space. In a short period of time, maybe one second, maybe two seconds, he will be unmarked. The closer this space is to the opponent's penalty area and goal, the more threatening it becomes. The bigger it is, the easier it is to score goals.

Therefore, Tottenham Hotspur's entire offensive system is based on pulling and creating space.

Ye Qiu emphasizes purpose, and for offensive players, the purpose of running, passing and pulling is to create space.

It is absolutely a waste for Fabregas to play as a dragger. He is more suitable for playing in the front position and playing the ability to plug in from behind. Although his ability to control rhythm and technical skills are excellent, his ability to use ball control to attract defensive pressure is not strong enough, so he is destined not to play this role.

So David Silva is needed.

Ye Qiu does not think that he is like Guardiola's Barcelona in his previous life. David Silva is indeed a bit like Iniesta, but Fabregas is not Xavi. His passing is more direct and the rhythm is faster than Xavi, and Yaya Toure is not Busquets. He has a larger coverage area than Busquets and is more capable of plugging in from behind.

When Mauro Tassotti described the offensive and defensive system they created together to Ye Qiu, he said in his analysis of the defensive system that Tottenham Hotspur's defensive system relies on the team, the position, and the teamwork.

Many people say that the defensive value of Tottenham's frontcourt players is not high, and think that Tottenham's defense is not good. This is wrong, because defense always has only one purpose, to prevent the opponent from scoring.

So the most advanced defense designed by Mauro Tassotti mainly relies on delay and blocking.

Through the team's teamwork, slow down the opponent's offensive speed, block the opponent's ball route, and force the attacker to follow the route I designed for you, and delay is to gain time for the defensive players behind to organize defense, and then according to the opponent's offensive route, I will defend in a targeted manner.

And all defenses are ultimately the same as the defensive concept of the defender, forcing the opponent to transfer the ball to an area with less threat, such as the wing, such as a thirty-meter area away, etc.

This is similar to Barcelona. Barcelona pays more attention to pressing and encirclement, while Tottenham focuses on cutting and blocking. This is also related to the characteristics of the Premier League, because it pays more attention to physical confrontation, and the body is a disadvantage for Tottenham's frontcourt, so it is necessary to avoid physical confrontation for defense.

Fundamentally speaking, Barcelona is afraid of the opponent's possession of the ball, while Tottenham Hotspur is not afraid of the opponent's possession of the ball, because the team's defense is to compress the opponent's possession of the ball into a non-threatening area as much as possible. Of course, it is impossible to let the opponent control the ball for a long time.

That's why Ye Qiu said that the possession rate of about 55% to 60% is the most ideal possession rate for Tottenham Hotspur.

If you still can't understand Tottenham Hotspur's entire offensive system, just look at this scene in the second round of the Champions League group match at White Hart Lane.

Tottenham Hotspur launched an attack after stealing the ball in the backcourt. David Silva took the ball and moved forward quickly. Bayern's midfield followed David Silva. Their defense speed was also very fast. After all, Tottenham Hotspur attacked so fiercely after the opening. For the visiting team, the most important thing is defense.

Schweinsteiger pressed towards David Silva at the first moment, and Van Bommel also pressed forward at the same time, but David Silva directly passed the ball to Fabregas, who turned sideways to the left to block Ze Roberto, touched the ball, and pushed it directly behind Van Bommel.

David Silva rushed forward quickly, and after receiving the ball, he quickly passed the ball to the left. Gareth Bale faced Bayern's right back Oddo on the left side of the penalty area and wanted to break through, but Oddo defended very strictly and stood in a good position, so Gareth Bale could only knock it back to David Silva.

At this time, Bayern's four defenders had returned to the penalty area, and the double defensive midfielders Van Bommel and Ze Roberto also returned to the front of the penalty area. It seemed that this attack seemed to fail, but David Silva continued to press forward to the penalty area after receiving the ball.

In the pinch of the two midfielders Van Bommel and Ze Roberto, he made a diagonal pass to the top of the penalty area.

Van Persie, who had just entered the penalty area, suddenly retreated and received the ball at the top of the arc. Demichelis and Breno were behind him, but Van Persie stopped the ball with a fake move and shook his body, making Demichelis and Breno think that he was going to turn to the left and shoot, because Van Persie is a two-footed player, and it is very easy for him to turn to the left and shoot directly.

But Van Persie turned to the right, not only that, he also dribbled the ball to the right along the front of the penalty area.

Because Demichelis and Breno were fooled, they followed Van Persie's pace about half a beat slower, so the left back Lyle quickly stepped forward to fill in the position and block Van Persie, otherwise the Dutchman would have to face the goal.

But Lyle also went to block Van Persie, and Demichelis noticed David Silva who was inserted from behind, and behind Van Persie, Fabregas always stood about 15 meters away from him, unguarded, ready to respond at any time, and even more deadly was Messi.

After Lehr left, Messi was unguarded, pointed his finger forward, and quickly inserted himself, while Van Persie passed the ball into the penalty area, and Messi got the ball about ten meters away from the goal.

Demichelis abandoned David Silva at this time and ran over to block Messi, while goalkeeper Butt directly abandoned the goal and attacked, but Messi cleverly shot with his left foot, a light half-high ball, but at a fast speed, passed Butt, bounced off the ground, and went straight to the lower left corner of the goal.

"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!"

Accompanied by the shout of the commentator, the passion of all the fans in the White Hart Lane Stadium was pushed to the highest point. There was a deafening shout in the stadium, and all the fans were shouting Messi.

The whole process is full of pulling, fast pulling, using personal dribbling ability to pull the opponent's defense line, creating unguarded space for teammates, and then gradually advancing. When the unguarded space appears in the penalty area and the front area, you are finished!

On the surface, Messi scored very calmly, but in fact, his calmness was based on the fact that Van Persie and David Silva both created a time difference of at least two seconds for him to be unguarded, and all Messi needed to do was to grasp Van Persie's pass and send it into Bayern's goal.

Two seconds, for Messi, it's enough!

Ye Qiu, who was standing on the sidelines, also clapped his hands excitedly. This goal finally gave him the feeling he wanted.

There was no tedious passing back and forth, only meticulous penetration and constant pulling. Don't underestimate the other players in this goal. Gareth Bale knocked back after receiving the ball, but pulled Oddo. Fabregas did not go in, but left a way out for the team. He stayed in that area, and his teammates knew it anytime and anywhere. If the attack was not strong, they would pass it to him.

After David Silva passed the ball to Van Persie, he continued to rush forward, with the purpose of delaying Demichelis and supporting Van Persie and Messi at the same time. In addition, Van Persie delayed Breno and Lehr, giving Messi a full two seconds to calmly deal with the last shot.

The whole goal process was very fast, happening in the blink of an eye, but it was very smooth, without any extra back-passing, without the slightest trick, but it was full of a very alternative charming charm.

"Our midfield is starting to feel right!" Ye Qiu smiled and turned around, high-fiving Mauro Tassotti and celebrating.

After being coerced by him, Yaya Toure has been very stable and patient recently, and has always restrained himself. Although he occasionally shows his true colors and makes some mistakes, overall, he is very good and has made great progress.

The cooperation between David Silva, Fabregas and the front trident is getting better and better. Not only has it revitalized the frontcourt offense, but it has also greatly improved Gareth Bale's performance in the frontcourt. After all, David Silva is more on the left and has more cooperation with Gareth Bale.

Not long after Tottenham Hotspur scored a goal, the intense atmosphere in the field had not yet weakened. Tottenham Hotspur launched another attack. After Fabregas received a pass from Alves on the right, he directly passed it to Messi, who was running horizontally from the right to the middle.

Messi showed his stopping skills vividly in the high-speed sprint, and the ball seemed to stick to his feet. Bayern's young central defenders Breno and Lehr followed Messi at the same time, but Messi suddenly stopped, dribbled the ball to his right foot, and gently pushed it with his right foot.

The ball passed behind Lehr, and Van Persie didn't know when he cut into the right side of the penalty area from the middle. After receiving the ball, he pulled his right foot and shot again, passing quickly by Butt and going straight to the bottom left corner of the goal. 2:0!

After scoring, Van Persie opened his arms and pointed to Messi who assisted him in passing the ball. The two quickly hugged each other, and Fabregas, David Silva and others behind him also rushed up quickly to celebrate Van Persie's goal.

"It's only been fifteen minutes, and Tottenham has scored two goals. Bayern Munich's defense seems to be unable to stop Tottenham's offensive. Klinsmann must be regretting it now. He should have adopted a more cautious defensive strategy when arranging tactics, instead of actively trying to play offensive against Tottenham!"

The head coach of Bayern Munich, Klinsmann, sat blankly in the visiting team's coaching booth, with an indescribable look of loneliness.

He is now full of regrets. He was originally very confident in the team's offense, but now at the White Hart Lane Stadium, he feels that his offense is ineffective, and his defense is full of mistakes. He was left open by Tottenham again and again, and he couldn't even find an effective way to contain it.

As Beckenbauer said before the game, you have to make a choice to play against Tottenham. When Klinsmann chose to play against Tottenham, the result of this game was already doomed. Even if he regretted it now, it was too late. At least he didn't have the courage to replace two players at once to strengthen the team's defense.

Substitutions after more than ten minutes of the opening, is this forcing the players to rebel?

"Come on, come on, all the warriors of Tottenham, make your shouts and support our fighters. We want to see goals, more and more goals!"

"Come on, come on, come on, let our offensive storm come more sharply, and let your cheers come more fiercely, okay?"

With the hype of the commentator of White Hart Lane, more than 30,000 Tottenham fans in the stadium gave a burst of overwhelming cheers, and the whole momentum was to shake down the sky above White Hart Lane.

This momentum continued without a pause. All the players kept cheering for the players on the field. The players on the field were also infected by the home team fans. Even after taking a two-goal lead, they still launched attacks on Bayern Munich again and again, constantly threatening Bayern Munich's goal.

"Let every big team tremble under our feet!!!!"

With the shouting of the stadium commentator, all the fans in the stadium shouted again, and then gradually gathered together, and everyone's shouts condensed.

"Goal!"

"Goal!!"

"Goal!!!"