The Godfather of Football

Many football fans have a subtle psychology, that is, comparison.

Compare your favorite player with other players, and then you have to fight to the death to see who is the best in the world. But you have to know that in the world of football, many things cannot be compared.

Of course, some people may say that data is the most intuitive way to compare, but what can data show?

There are no two leaves in the world that are exactly the same, no two teams that are exactly the same, no two players that are exactly the same, and even there can be no two goals that are exactly the same. In the world of football, almost every action and every goal process is unique and cannot be replicated.

Many times, the extremely similar things we see with our eyes are actually specious. They are similar in a large range, but the details are very different, or even completely different.

The smallest and most subtle details on the football field are the parts where the player's heel touches the ball. The inner instep, outer instep and front instep are all relatively regular parts of the ball, but what's interesting is that fans can usually see that many players use their toes, heels, knees, and even chests and heads to touch the ball at will.

For example, the talented teenager Collon, who was famous in Brazil for his seal-like passing not long ago, who can imagine a professional player using such a dribbling method to break through the opponent's defense in a professional game?

You know, although football is traditional, it is very inclusive. It allows every player to invest his creativity, rather than playing the game step by step as recorded in the textbook, because football is full of various differences from the beginning.

Each player's growth process, training methods, playing habits and characteristics will prompt him to form different tacit understandings with football, and this tacit understanding needs to be reflected through the contact part between the body and the ball. Once the contact part changes, this tacit understanding will be greatly reduced or even disappear.

Let's talk about the more formal contact part. It has always been a controversial issue whether players use the inner or outer instep to perform technical actions, because strictly speaking, both the inner and outer insteps can create wonderful memories.

The most typical inner instep is Rui Costa's straight pass, Albertini's falling leaf ball, Beckham's crescent moon knife, and Pirlo's elevator ball. There are also many outer insteps, the most famous of which is Roberto Carlos's outer instep volley.

I believe that everyone has a general impression after reading this. Yes, the inner instep is more focused on control than the outer instep, and control represents accuracy and efficiency, but what is lost is the thunderous speed and power.

So, it is difficult to say which one is good and which one is bad.

For so many years, when training young players, especially scorers, all over the world, there are basically two schools. One is the Brazilian Latin school, and the other is the European school. The former is represented by Romario, and the latter is represented by Van Basten.

The Brazilian Latin school emphasizes feeling, freedom, and aura. It is not bound by any touch action or any form. They emphasize only one purpose, scoring a goal. Even if you use your butt to push the ball in, it is considered a good goal. When this type of striker develops to the level of Romario, he is simply a devil on the court, and you can't defend against him.

The European school, represented by Van Basten, emphasizes the control of footwork. They have been required to learn and instill from a young age how to make the best and most appropriate choices on the football field based on a large number of conditions such as the ball, environment, posture, action, etc., and what kind of shooting action to use, which part of the foot to use, etc., all have rules to follow.

If you look at it at first glance, do you think that the Brazilian Latin school should be promoted?

In fact, the Brazilian Latin school has gradually declined, because since Romario retired behind the scenes, Brazil has never had a dazzling successor, including Ronaldo, because Ronaldo is best at pushing the inside of the right foot, which is a typical European scorer's action, simple, but with a high success rate.

The European school is less spiritual than the Brazilian Latin school, and has a bit more mechanical craftsmanship, but it is more in line with modern football, because it has a higher success rate, stronger stability, and more assured scoring efficiency. Unlike the Brazilian Latin school, many times seemingly simple goals are not scored, which is very demoralizing.

As representatives of Latin football in South America, Brazil and Argentina have taken two completely different paths. Brazil adheres to the Brazilian Latin style, but many players gradually changed their style after landing in Europe, such as Ronaldo, while Argentina is rich in excellent center forwards because they always insist on using the European style as the standard for guiding players.

Romedal Falcao's father was once a Colombian international. Although he hoped that Falcao could engage in more aristocratic baseball, he finally supported his son's hobbies and let Falcao play in a regular youth training club since he was a child. In addition, he himself was an international player, so Falcao has an extremely solid basic skills.

At the age of fifteen, Falcao came to River Plate and was further valued by River Plate. From the beginning, he was determined to become an efficient and outstanding scorer like Crespo, Salas and other predecessors.

It can be said that it is precisely because of the hard work and accumulation over the past 20 years that Falcao has developed a body that can react quickly to make judgments that an efficient shooter should make in any situation, any environment, and any sudden changes.

Just like this time, in Liverpool's penalty area, his peripheral vision was scanning the situation in Liverpool's penalty area. He found that Liverpool's defense line was in a diagonal shape, obviously pulled by his teammate Ribery, and Reina's position was obviously too late to go back, so it seemed a little forward.

This is an opportunity!

As soon as Falcao made such a reaction, he stopped the ball at the first time, and this sudden stop widened the distance between him and Skrtel, giving him the opportunity to kick, so he swung his left foot and used the inner instep, a typical European style striker's shooting technique, and gently rubbed it.

The ball rubbed out by the inner instep is a very beautiful arc, and for a striker like Falcao who has been tempered and mastered an extremely familiar feeling in front of the goal, the control is also higher, so when this kick was rubbed out, he had already expected the ball to go in, and it must have hit the left post.

In fact, the ball really did not deviate from the original preset trajectory, it really hit the left post!

"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!"

"Oh my god, the ball goes in! Romedal Falcao, in the 23rd minute, opened the scoring for Tottenham Hotspur!"

"A left-foot shot from the penalty spot to the right of the penalty area, the ball almost brushed the left post and went into the goal, an absolute dead corner. Liverpool goalkeeper Reina had no time to react to this shot. It was incredible. This shot was really impeccable!"

Andy Gray himself was a professional player, and he was a very good professional player, so he saw at a glance that Romedal Falcao's shot was very, very challenging for a player's shooting skills and footwork. From Falcao's confident choice to shoot the ball himself to his goal brushing the post, the whole process thoroughly reflected his keen sense of smell and strong strength as a shooter.

There is a saying that goes, "If you don't have the ability, you won't dare to go to Liangshan."

If Falcao didn't have that kind of strength, he might not dare to choose to shoot without passing the ball!

After scoring the goal, Falcao quickly rushed out of Liverpool's penalty area, waving his arms all the way, and rushed to the corner flagpole. Behind him, Tottenham Hotspur players rushed out one after another to celebrate Falcao's goal.

"Tottenham Hotspur's first goal of the new season comes from the young Colombian striker Romedal Falcao!"

The Tottenham Hotspur fans in the stands have long been excited. As early as when the team was training in the United States, the media kept breaking the news that Falcao scored frequently. Tottenham Hotspur fans are not familiar with this new Colombian striker who joined the team, but no one expected that he would make such an impressive goal when he appeared at home for the first time. It is not an exaggeration to say that he was amazing.

Let me ask, in today's football world, who can control and grasp the shooting footwork and skills to this extent?

While the players on the field were celebrating wildly on the sidelines, the Tottenham fans in the stands were also cheering wildly, celebrating the team's first goal. At the same time, they were constantly encouraging and supporting the team, and continued to strive for goals, preferably to knock Liverpool down directly!

Benítez was somewhat surprised that the team was first scored by Tottenham, but Ye Qiu quickly walked out of the coaching seat and kept calling on the players on the sidelines to continue to strengthen the attack and to suppress Liverpool directly in one go.

With Tottenham's massive pressure, coupled with the first goal lost, Liverpool's morale was affected to a certain extent, and the scene immediately became very passive. In the 29th minute, Tottenham launched an attack on the right.

Alves quickly inserted, and Messi and the two of them joined forces to suppress the left side where Babel and Insua were sitting. When Alves received the ball from Fabregas and received the ball on the right side of Liverpool's penalty area, Messi appeared at the front of the penalty area.

He received the ball, dribbled it continuously with his skillful footwork, and took the ball out from the double-team of Insua and Lucas, completely attracting the attention of Liverpool's defense. Then he suddenly passed the ball straight to Romedal Falcao, who came in from behind and passed Skrtel to form a single shot.

After receiving the ball, Skrtel was suppressed by Falcao and could not threaten him to shoot, so Falcao had only Reina as an opponent in front of him, and the Colombian tiger stared at Reina like a prey. When he saw Reina finally couldn't help but make a move, he chose to kick.

After Reina stretched out his left foot, the ball went through his crotch and went straight into the goal behind him, 2:0!

Two consecutive goals, scored with the left foot and the right foot respectively, but both reflected Romedal Falcao's extremely calm feeling in front of the goal and his cruel and suffocating ability to capture killing opportunities. More importantly, there was almost nothing to be picky about him as a powerful center forward.

His left foot, right foot, heading, physical fitness and explosive power are almost impeccable!

"After sending Robin van Persie away, Ye Qiu gave us a goal-scoring machine named Romedal Falcao!" Andy Gray almost completely admired Tottenham Hotspur's scouting system. Yes, because despite selling off their top stars one after another, Tottenham Hotspur's overall strength can still remain so outstanding and strong. It is impossible to do this without a powerful scouting system.

Leading Liverpool by two goals in the first half hour, Tottenham Hotspur's league start was perfect.

But all Tottenham Hotspur fans, even Ye Qiu, are still dissatisfied with the two-goal lead, because Tottenham Hotspur still firmly controls the situation of the game, and still firmly controls the situation. Taking the initiative in the game, it is almost difficult for Liverpool to form an effective containment effect on Tottenham Hotspur.

At the very least, in Benitez's set of tactics, Aquilani and Lucas did not form a reasonable and effective division of labor and cooperation. The two seemed more like fighting on their own. In addition, Gera Germany himself is not the kind of player who can organize the midfield well, so Liverpool's midfield became a complete mess.

There was chaos in the midfield, and the whole situation was also in chaos!

Perhaps after scoring two goals in a row, Liverpool paid more attention to Falcao and consciously strengthened the protection of Falcao in defense. The performance of the Colombian center also declined, but Tottenham Hotspur's offense can It's not just Falcao.

In the 38th minute, Ribery formed a cooperation with Marcelo on the left. After Glen Johnson lost his position, he broke through Liverpool's defense and passed diagonally to the right. Messi stepped in and easily pushed the goal. , 3:0!

This was the taste of Tottenham Hotspur football last season, full of exquisite coordination, full of imaginative pulling and passing, creating gaps and then capturing murderous opportunities, and Falcao's two goals just now looked like It's very tough, full of a hard-on feeling.

Continuous goals have made the atmosphere at Tottenham Hotspur very relaxed, especially the Trident, which has performed well this season and frequently poses threats in Liverpool's penalty area.

In the 41st minute, Falcao received another through pass from Ribery on the left after dribbling the ball inside. He shot with his left right foot and once again missed the right post and entered the net. Another kick An absolute dead-end shot, 4:0!

Including Andy Gray, including all the reporters and media who came to White Hart Lane, all the fans were shocked by this 23-year-old center from Colombia. Although he played in the second half of last season, He had a very good performance at Ajax, but no one thought that after coming to Tottenham Hotspur, he would become famous in one fell swoop.

He scored a hat trick in the first half, and more importantly, almost every goal he scored was so impeccable and exquisite that it was almost difficult for you to find the slightest flaw in his scoring process.

After Falcao scored his hat trick, he quickly rushed out of the stadium and raised three fingers to the fans in the stands, obviously telling all Tottenham fans that I scored three goals. , as long as you continue to trust me, continue to cheer me, and continue to support me, I can score more, more, and more goals!

Tottenham Hotspur players were also obviously conquered by Falcao. Maybe many of them compete with each other and threaten each other, but everyone knows one thing clearly, this one is called Falcao. Kao's striker will become a sharp knife in Tottenham Hotspur's front line in the new season, and there is definitely a lot worth learning from him.

Career life, from debut to retirement, isn’t it a process of learning and progress?

"Ye Qiu is in a big trouble!" Andy Gray laughed a little gloatingly, "As early as after Tottenham Hotspur announced the sale of Van Persie, I said I was not worried because there was still a card. Varney, the Uruguayan striker is the type of player Ye Qiu prefers because he can bring strong pressure to Tottenham Hotspur’s frontcourt.”

"Just like Ye Qiu always trusted Drogba at Chelsea, Cavani's diligence and hard work are very similar to Drogba's, and his progress in the past few years is obvious to all, so I have always felt that Robin van Persie left the team. , Cavani takes over, this is a natural result, but now the situation seems to have changed a bit.”

"I believe that Ye Qiu's intention to introduce Romedal Falcao is to strengthen the team's strength and fill the deficiencies in the team's ability to attack when encountering dense and compact defenses in some games last season. Falcao Kao’s strong impact and excellent scoring ability in the penalty area are indeed impressive, but after all, he cannot do everything Cavani can do.”

"The next game against Ye Qiu will be a test. Falcao is in such good shape and scored a hat-trick in the first round of the league. I believe that no head coach in the world will take him down in this situation, but Kava What about Nigeria? And will relying so much on Falcao’s goals have some impact on Ribery and Messi?”

After Andy Gray finished speaking, he laughed. He thought it sounded more like a happy trouble, because Tottenham Hotspur has more options, and if you look at it purely from the perspective of lethality, Farr Kao is indeed better than Cavani, but if you look at it from a tactical level, that may not be the case.

At least, Cavani is more in line with the requirements of Ye Qiu and Tottenham Hotspur, and even the modern football style, while Falcao is more of an efficient scorer. He needs teammates around and behind him to pull him, make passes for him, and help him create opportunities to score.

Is this back to the situation when Van Nistelrooy was in the team?

Or can Ye Qiu find an effective way to solve all this?

"In short, the new season of the Premier League will be very, very exciting!" Andy Gray cheered excitedly.