The Godfather of Football

"I firmly believe that the most glorious moment in life and the greatest practice of self-belief is to go all out for a goal, fight hard on the battlefield until exhausted, and achieve the final victory - Vincent Lombardi! "

"I don't know what to say. In three minutes, it will be the most critical battle of my career. It depends on today!"

"If we don't unite and fight hard, we will be beaten by our opponents, inch by inch, gear after gear, until the end of the game!"

"We are in hell, believe me, but standing in hell, we can choose to be slaughtered by others, or we can choose to fight back with all our strength and fight with blood. We can leave this hell step by step."

"When you get older, everything will leave you. This is a part of life. You won't understand until you start losing it. You will find that life is also accumulated slowly, just like American football. Whether it is life or American football, allow There is very little room for error. If you are half a step too early or too late, you will fail. If you are half a second too late or too late, you will not be able to catch the ball.”

"The soil is actually around us. It will appear every minute in every game. Our team will work together to capture every inch. We will do whatever it takes to overcome all difficulties and capture every inch. We grit our teeth. , because we know that every inch captured is the difference between victory and defeat, the key to life and death.”

"Let me tell you, in any battle, only those who are willing to fight to the death can win every inch of the battlefield. The reason why I support my survival is because I am still willing to fight for that inch of the battlefield, because this is the true meaning of life. You have to Capture the six inches of battlefield in front of you."

"Looking into his eyes, you see a comrade who is willing to compete for space. You see a comrade who is willing to sacrifice for the team, because he knows that when the time comes, you will do the same for him. This is a team. cooperate!"

"If we don't unite and fight, we will be slaughtered one by one. This is American football!"

In the conference room of the first team training building at Theobald Training Base, all the windows were closed with thick curtains, making the huge conference room completely dark. Coupled with the huge projection screen, and The exciting sound effects make the environment here not inferior to that of a movie theater.

All the players of Tottenham Hotspur's first team were arranged to watch a movie here, "Challenge Sunday" from the famous Hollywood director Oliver Stone.

This is not a famous movie, because relatively speaking, sports movies are not popular in Hollywood. Even though this movie is about rugby, which is very popular in the United States, it still suffered a box office failure. With a box office of US$13.5 million, the global box office is only US$75 million, but his investment reached US$65 million.

But this is definitely an excellent movie. It definitely expresses not only American football, but also the philosophy of life.

This is also the best competitive movie Ye Qiu has ever seen. Although he also likes movies such as "One Goal", "Weakness" and "Moneyball", he still feels that "Challenge Sunday" is both entertaining and entertaining. The artistry and even the thought-provoking aspects surpass other films of the same type.

The game scenes are very shocking and lively, and Al Pacino's Tony is also a very rich and soulful character, and Oliver Stone conveyed what he wanted to do in this movie through Tony's mouth. the concept expressed here.

Ye Qiu has watched this movie many times, but every time he watches it, he has a very special feeling, because he is trying his best to realize his beliefs and strive for a goal, and he also believes , everyone can relate to this movie.

Ye Qiu has always felt that everyone living in this world is like an earthworm buried deep in the dark soil, unable to see the direction or the light. In such an environment, despair becomes very easy. Hope is very difficult, but when people are alive, they should have hope, just like earthworms, with a hope, crawling forward inch by inch in the dark soil where no light can be seen, inch by inch Drilling forward, hoping that one day I can dig my head out of the soil.

This is human life, and this world is soil!

As professional players, the players of Tottenham Hotspur's first team undoubtedly have a deeper impression and experience of everything in this movie than others, because they are real people who live on the court, and they are now They rely on playing football to support themselves and their families, so they can understand the ideas and thoughts conveyed in the movie better than anyone else.

Willie finally chose teamwork and helped the Miami Sharks defeat the Cavaliers. When all the Tottenham Hotspur players saw this scene, they all stood up from their seats and applauded vigorously. Everyone was obviously excited by the movie.

After a long period of preparation and preparation, the movie reached its climax in the final battle. Coupled with Al Pacino's inspiring speech before the game, this movie completely turned into a classic. It deeply infected every Tottenham player present.

Applause and even tears represent the players' recognition and affirmation of this movie!

Especially in the last battle of the movie, whether it is Ronnie or Willy, they are interpreting and embodying a truth. No matter how good a star is, he must get the full support and maintenance of his teammates to play the greatest role. A star who loses the support of his teammates is useless!

But this movie also reveals a cruel fact, that is, competitive sports are full of dangers. The players of the Cavaliers have their eyeballs dropped out due to collisions, and the defensive core of the Sharks, Old Shark, fell to the ground for a defense and fell into a coma, which makes people feel heartbroken when watching the movie.

In this way, Oliver Stone expresses an idea to everyone at the same time, especially in the hearts of the young players of Tottenham Hotspur, they will involuntarily resonate with it, that is, as professional athletes, everything they have now is so fragile, because they may have their careers completely interrupted by an injury at any time, just like the player of the Cavaliers or Old Shark of the Sharks.

In this heart-wrenching emotion, they will become more cherishing of everything they have now, and more cherishing of the environment they have now and the achievements they have made!

The team spirit of unity, selflessness and dedication described in this movie is undoubtedly what Ye Qiu has asked of everyone in Tottenham Hotspur for a long time. The spirit and fighting spirit of self-improvement and never giving up described in this movie are what Ye Qiu hopes all Tottenham Hotspur players have now.

Perhaps in the eyes of many people, the core theme of this movie is very vulgar, which is nothing more than emphasizing unity. If someone simply watches the speech of Al Pacino, they will definitely feel disgusted and even repulsive, thinking that this is absolutely treating all players as idiots. No one will be moved by such vulgar preaching.

However, if you put aside the rejection and prejudice in your heart, you will slowly watch this movie from the beginning, and you will be deeply infected. You will find that perhaps his theme is a bit vulgar and there is nothing new, but Oliver Stone can well make a vulgar theme make you excited and deeply infected.

This is the director's skill and the success of this movie!

And it completely conquered all the players of Tottenham Hotspur, so it was able to get their applause and even tears!

After watching the movie, Ye Qiu said nothing and walked out of the meeting room with the coaching staff, because he believed that the players had already felt what he wanted to say and express, and believed that they all understood Ye Qiu's motivation for them.

Life is a battle that never stops!

Perhaps some people would say that Tottenham Hotspur's fate is really hard enough, and some people will definitely say that Ye Qiu is lucky.

Because when Tottenham Hotspur was in the most difficult time, that is, when the team encountered the first test this season, Tottenham Hotspur welcomed Wigan Athletic. Even if Ye Qiu's team was away, it was still clean and neat 3:0 to defeat Roberto Martinez's Wigan Athletic.

The last match between the two sides reached double-digit goals, so when they lost and encountered difficulties one after another, they could meet such a team. Many people felt that Ye Qiu was indeed very lucky.

Ye Qiu was dismissive of this statement, but he did not refute it because he saw that the team had come out of adversity well.

In the middle of the week, the FA Cup round of 16 knockout match was held. Tottenham Hotspur played at home and won 4:0 against the visiting Bolton team. Cavani scored twice to help the team defeat the opponent and successfully advance to the next round.

In the 28th round of the Premier League at the weekend, Tottenham Hotspur relied on goals from Falcao and Messi to take the lead 2:0. Even though Everton's performance improved in the second half and scored a goal to save face, they still failed to challenge Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane.

The victory of three consecutive games completely dispelled the rumors that Tottenham Hotspur might collapse that were previously spread by all the media. Everyone turned to hype and believed that Tottenham Hotspur still maintained strong competitiveness.

You know, Moyes' Everton is the hottest team in the Premier League in February. In addition to the unexpected 0:1 loss to Benitez's Liverpool in the Liverpool derby, they defeated Ancelotti's Chelsea and Ferguson's Manchester United in the other two matches, and performed very well in February, which is a devil's schedule.

Because of this, when Tottenham Hotspur met Everton, many people were worried that the Toffees, who are in good shape recently, are likely to continue to play the role of the giant killer and make another upset.

But in the end, Tottenham Hotspur still managed to secure a home victory without any danger, and did not let Everton take advantage of them at all, which once again defended their league lead.

Three days after playing Everton, Tottenham Hotspur visited Manchester's City Stadium to face Mancini's Manchester City.

This was undoubtedly a tough battle. After Mancini took over Manchester City midway, the best thing he did was to build Manchester City's defensive system, which greatly improved the defense of this Manchester team and brought huge troubles to Tottenham Hotspur, who were playing away but tired after a long battle. Moreover, Manchester City's offensive ability is not weak at all.

When the two sides were playing close to each other, Ribery and Messi stood up at the critical moment. Messi got the ball in the middle and broke through the double-teams of the two players, and passed it straight to Ribery in the penalty area. The scar-faced Frenchman put the finishing touch, helping Tottenham Hotspur score the winning goal and take away three points from the away game.

The weekend ushered in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup. The opponent was Fulham. Tottenham Hotspur, who played away from home, lost 0:1 to their city rivals and were eliminated from the FA Cup. Fulham defeated Tottenham Hotspur, which is dominated by young players, successfully advanced to the semi-finals. Chelsea, Aston Villa and Portsmouth also advanced to the semi-finals.

After being eliminated from the League Cup and FA Cup one after another, and in the Premier League, Tottenham Hotspur's recent performance has also been bumpy, which inevitably makes people full of doubts about Tottenham Hotspur's future. Worry.

Especially after playing this FA Cup game, Tottenham Hotspur ushered in the second leg of the Champions League knockout round of 16 in midweek. After losing the first leg away from home, Tottenham Hotspur Spurs must win Porto at home.

At the pre-match press conference when Porto went to London, head coach Jesualdo Ferreira appeared very confident in his away game when being interviewed by reporters. He firmly believed that Porto could advance from the away game. right.

"Perhaps many people will doubt our self-confidence and think it is incredible, but what I want to say is that after the first round, we knew very well how to beat Tottenham Hotspur. This team is far from being as strong as outsiders think, and they are not invincible.”

"Of course, there will be some difficulties when visiting White Hart Lane. We are fully prepared for the upcoming difficulties. I firmly believe that my players can perform at White Hart Lane as well as the Dragons Stadium. We will Got a satisfactory result!”

However, perhaps in order to lower his tone, Jesualdo Ferreira also defended some of his remarks after the first round in an interview with the media. He believed that he did not mean to humiliate his opponent, but that he only meant to humiliate his opponent. Tottenham's performance in that game was indeed unsatisfactory, but he once again emphasized that defeating Tottenham felt very enjoyable.

"You know, to be able to beat a team that has Messi, Ribery, Falcao, Cesc Fabregas, David Silva and other outstanding superstars, that feeling is very addictive, I I believe all teams hope to have such an opportunity, and we will strive to taste this feeling again at White Hart Lane!”

Regarding Porto coach Jesualdo Ferreira's provocation, Ye Qiu took a low-key approach at the pre-match press conference. He said that the team did encounter some problems.

"In the past period of time, we have played a lot of games. We did not have a winter break. At the same time, we traveled long distances to play in the Club World Cup. After returning to England, we continued to fight on multiple fronts. This caused the players' condition to change. There were some ups and downs.”

But soon, when a reporter asked if he thought Tottenham Hotspur did not seem to be affected by this aspect last season, Ye Qiu denied it, because Tottenham Hotspur's state last season was also affected. Ups and downs, because it's impossible for a team to remain undefeated for long.

"If anyone doubts our quality and thinks our results this season are not ideal, then I think he should take a good look at what we have achieved so far. We have only lost one game and drawn three games in the Premier League. With twenty-five wins, we are twelve points ahead of second-placed Chelsea. I don’t even know if this is considered a bad result. So, who can answer me, what does it mean to be outstanding?”

Faced with Ye Qiu's question, no reporter present could give an answer, because they have always been like this. When you perform well, they will praise you to the sky, but once you lose a game, they will immediately start hyping up the so-called crisis.

Ye Qiu directly questioned the reporter so sharply that several reporters present who had a good relationship with Tottenham Hotspur secretly applauded in their hearts, but they certainly couldn't shout out regardless of the feelings of their colleagues.

Regarding the challenge from Porto, Ye Qiu did not intend to respond to the war of words, "I can only say that we will prove our strength through this game. I also want to tell everyone that we are Tottenham." Tottenham, we will lose, but we will not lose to the same opponent in a row..."

"..Twice!" Ye Qiu stood up from the podium and pointed two fingers at the reporters.

There was a burst of rapid flashes at the scene, and all the reporters stood up and took pictures frantically at Ye Qiu. It was obvious that this was Ye Qiu's counterattack. Although there was no direct counterattack, Jesualdo Ferre La's move obviously angered Ye Qiu, and also caused the English media to give counterattacks.

"No matter how bad Tottenham Hotspur is, beating Porto is as easy as squeezing an ant to death!"

"The arrogant Ferreira will definitely pay the heaviest price at White Hart Lane!"

"I seem to have seen Jesualdo Ferreira leaving White Hart Lane in despair and with a disastrous defeat!"

As for the high profile and confidence of the English media, the Portuguese media seemed a bit pessimistic, thinking that some of Jesualdo Ferreira's remarks were a bit too high profile. After all, Tottenham Hotspur's strength lies there.

But some media believe that the current situation of Jesús Ferreira's Porto is somewhat similar to the situation when Jose Mourinho's Porto met Manchester United. At that time, it was also a knockout match of the round of 16. In the first round, Porto defeated Manchester United 2:1. As a result, when everyone thought that Manchester United could beat Porto at Old Trafford, the score in the second round was 1:1. Porto equalized the score at the last moment and successfully advanced.

Therefore, there are also many Porto fans, and even under the exaggeration and hype of the media around the world, many Tottenham fans are worried in their hearts. Will this scene in the knockout match of the 2003/04 Champions League round of 16 happen again?