The Godfather of Football

Ye Qiu's low profile before the game was not because he lacked confidence in defeating Porto at home, but because he did so deliberately, with the purpose of using Porto's high profile to stimulate the players in the team.

Porto's strength is unquestionable. As a well-known black shop in Europe, Porto's players have excellent personal abilities, because there are many players from South America in their team with outstanding personal abilities. Otherwise, Porto would not have taken a fancy to these players, but also because they are all semi-finished products, so the team cooperation is not as tight as that of European teams.

In the last game, Tottenham Hotspur was in poor form, and in addition to playing away, they were caught off guard by Porto. After that, they wanted to equalize but failed to play in a good state, and then lost away, but this time Ye Qiu learned from experience.

Fabregas was injured, and Ye Qiu adjusted the team's starting lineup in this game.

The goalkeeper is Petr Cech, the back line is Coentrao, Zielinski, Thiago Silva and Alves, the midfield is Beckham and Yaya Toure, David Silva plays a position similar to the attacking midfielder, the front trident is Ribery, Cavani and Messi, and Falcao rotates.

Although Falcao has performed very well this season, Ye Qiu still frequently gives Cavani opportunities. The Uruguayan striker has also performed well and has obvious momentum for improvement. Although he did not perform well in the FA Cup against Fulham, Ye Qiu arranged him to start again in this game because he could see from training that Cavani has a strong desire to score.

It's not that Falcao has no desire to score, but this is a kind of balancing act for the head coach.

Of course, if Cavani does not perform well in this game, then Ye Qiu can no longer blame him for not giving him a chance.

Tottenham Hotspur's game strategy is still the same as all the home games in the past, playing a rush attack from the beginning.

The game had just started. The referee Frank de Brickell had just blown the whistle for the kick-off. Tottenham Hotspur players rushed towards Porto's goal like a tiger out of the gate. If they just rushed over, it would be fine. But Tottenham Hotspur soon created an opportunity.

Coentrao quickly inserted on the left, met Ribery, and directly made a cross from the left. Cavani in the penalty area was stuck in a favorable position and competed with Bruno Alves for the header. Although he got a chance to head the ball, he headed it off the target and missed an offensive opportunity.

But this offensive ignited the enthusiasm of all the fans at White Hart Lane. More than 30,000 Tottenham Hotspur fans in the stands shouted together, calling on the team to strive for goals and win this game.

"Let these arrogant guys from the south know how powerful we are!"

"Let them see what a nightmare is!"

The fans in the stands were all excited by the provocative remarks of the commentator at White Hart Lane, especially on the field, where Tottenham Hotspur firmly grasped the rhythm and initiative of the game, and almost suppressed Porto from the beginning.

Jesualdo Ferreira expected the passivity after the opening, and he also expected that Tottenham Hotspur would have to attack, but in his opinion, Tottenham Hotspur's attack would only last about ten minutes at most, because the attack time was too long, and if they could not score, Porto would inevitably have a chance to counterattack.

So before the game, he specially arranged a targeted defensive tactic, requiring all players to stay focused after the opening, and to defend Tottenham Hotspur's attack after the opening, and as long as they defended this wave of attack, things would be much easier in the future.

The progress of the game seemed to be going as expected by Jesús Ferreira. In the first ten minutes, Tottenham's most threatening attack occurred in the ninth minute. David Silva passed the ball to Cavani, who was retreating from the front of the penalty area. The Uruguayan passed the ball to Messi without stopping, and turned to rush into the penalty area.

Messi was the focus of Porto's defense, but the Argentine was the first to get Cavani's knockback. He cleverly got the ball and turned around. After protecting the ball, he passed the ball to the right. Alves quickly inserted from the right and made a 45-degree cross after getting the ball, passing the ball into the penalty area.

But to everyone's surprise, Alves' cross was not for Cavani, but for Ribery at the back post, which was beyond Porto's expectations. However, Alves' cross was a bit high. Although it landed well, it was too slow. Ribery did not have a height advantage. Although he reached the landing point, he was cleared by Porto's central defender in advance and got a corner kick. Beckham's corner kick caused a commotion in the penalty area, but he failed to score in the end.

Although this attack made Porto sweat, Jesús Ferreira still applauded the players' defense. In his opinion, after this wave of offensive failure, Tottenham should also slow down the offensive appropriately.

But just when he thought so, Ye Qiu walked to the sidelines and made a gesture to the players on the field, making a three gesture. This was obviously a code within the Tottenham Hotspur team. No one except the players and coaches of Tottenham Hotspur knew the meaning of this gesture.

But the Tottenham Hotspur players on the field clearly saw that this meant implementing the number three tactic.

Then what happened on the court was beyond Jesús Ferreira's expectations, because Tottenham Hotspur not only did not slow down the attack, but seemed to consciously strengthen the attack, especially they further accelerated the rhythm and frequently threatened Porto's goal.

What does this mean?

Jesús Ferreira was a little panicked, and then ran to the sidelines, signaling the players to defend.

Ye Qiu's meaning was actually very simple. He was using this method to tell Jesús Ferreira and all the Porto players that when playing against other teams, we might stop after ten minutes of attack, but when playing against you, we don't need to consider time at all. We will keep attacking until you collapse!

As for counterattack? We don't take your counterattack seriously at all. If you have the ability, you can attack and try it!

Just when Jesús Ferreira wanted to curse Tottenham Hotspur's desperate attack tactics, Tottenham Hotspur scored!

In the 16th minute, Porto counterattacked and passed the ball to the front court. Thiago Silva blocked the Porto striker with his body, forcing Cech to get the ball. The Czech goalkeeper directly met the ball and passed it forward with a big foot, and it was once again in the front area of ​​30 meters of Porto.

Cavani moved quickly, predicting the landing point of the ball, blocked Bruno Alves with his body, and headed the ball to David Silva who moved to the front midfielder position in front of him.

After the Spaniard got the ball, he took a small step forward, waited for Cavani to turn around, saw an opportunity, and passed the ball directly to the opponent Bruno Alves who lost his position, while Ribery on the left rushed forward quickly.

Ribery's instant start speed was very fast, and he directly shook off the opponent's right back. The French winger did not break through Porto's defense line, and the opponent's other central defender also returned to defense very quickly. At this time, Porto's goalkeeper Helton chose to decisively abandon the goal and directly fell to the ground near the penalty spot and rushed to Ribery's feet who had just received the pass from David Silva.

Ribery was still half a second slower in the end. If he was half a second faster, he would have directly shot the ball when he just received it. The ball would have been scored, but he was worried about offside, which led to a slight hesitation when he started. Now when he caught up with the ball, the shooting angle had been blocked by Helton, but because Ribery's shot was too close to Helton, the latter failed to save the ball and could only choose to block it with both hands instead of hugging the ball directly.

The ball hit Helton's hands and bounced to the right. Messi rushed up from behind and deliberately lagged behind Ribery. Although he was followed by the opponent's right back, he suddenly sprinted forward and accelerated directly. Before everyone else, he directly poked the ball into Porto's goal, 1:0!

"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"

The entire White Hart Lane stadium was completely boiling!

All Tottenham fans quickly rushed out of their seats, grabbed the fence in front of them, and looked at Messi who had excitedly rushed to the sidelines to celebrate the goal. They all shouted Messi's name and cheered for the performance of the Argentine superstar!

This goal clearly showed Tottenham's smooth off-ball running and pulling in the frontcourt, especially in this attack and defense transition. From getting the ball to launching a fast break to scoring the goal, Porto had no time to react. By the time they realized the danger, that is, when Hayden abandoned the goal, it was too late. If Ribery was faster, they would not be able to react at all.

Of course, if Ribery was faster, he might fall into the offside trap.

This goal completely ignited the passion of everyone in Tottenham, because the score was tied. If the score was 2:2, Tottenham could win by the away goal.

But it was obvious that Tottenham did not intend to stop there. They were obviously angered by Porto coach Jesús Ferreira, who humiliated the team after the first round and kept belittling and provoking Tottenham before the game.

Ye Qiu made a request to everyone in the locker room before the game. They had to win this game and keep the opponent scoreless!

You know, the head coach rarely gave such a request to the players and the team. Obviously, he was also angry.

The price of angering Tottenham Hotspur was undoubtedly very painful. This goal was just the beginning!

After the goal, Tottenham Hotspur had no intention of stopping at all. They still launched wave after wave of attacks against Porto, because Ye Qiu noticed that Jesús Ferreira failed to effectively plug the team's defensive loopholes, especially when Tottenham Hotspur stretched the entire front line and tried to use the strength of the wing players to crush the opponent. Porto obviously did not have a very effective way.

So this time, Ye Qiu asked the team to rush up and kill the opponent in one go.

Soon, Tottenham Hotspur got another chance. Ribery took the ball on the left and suddenly cut inside. After attracting the attention of the defense, he passed the ball back to Coentrao who was coming from behind. After receiving the ball, the Portuguese quickly wanted to cross the ball, but the cross was not passed well and was blocked by the opponent's central defender, and the ball fell at the feet of the right back.

Coentrao immediately counter-robbed the ball. Although the Portuguese player failed to take the starting position from Marcelo this season, he performed well in some games of Tottenham Hotspur. He was very hardworking and fought hard on the court. So after losing the ball this time, he immediately counter-robbed the ball.

Porto's right back Fusile was pressed by Coentrao. He was a little hasty when he turned and passed the ball. He didn't handle it well, and the ball fell to Ribery's feet.

As soon as the Frenchman got the ball, the entire Porto defense was shocked, especially when he saw Ribery pretending to kick directly from the front of the penalty area, Bruno Alves immediately let go of Cavani and rushed up, ready to block the hole.

But Ribery's very flexible right foot deflected the ball, and the shot immediately became a fake move. Ribery pushed the ball forward with his left foot, and passed the opponent's midfielder. He relied on two simple and practical moves to break through the double-team of two Porto players in a small area.

But after breaking through the two players, Ribery entered the penalty area. Fuscier rushed over at the first time, and Ribery suddenly stopped, causing Fuscier to rush a little too far, and then suddenly turned in a direction and started quickly from Fuscier's left. The ball never left Ribery's control during the whole process.

After passing Fuscier, Ribery made a low pass to the middle of the goal before the baseline. Cavani did not waste the opportunity this time. Almost without anyone defending, he scored Ribery's cross with his right foot into Porto's goal, 2:0!

After scoring, the extremely excited Cavani rushed to Ribery quickly and hugged the Frenchman by the waist. He originally thought that this pass would be lost, after all, Ribery was facing the defense and double-teaming of three players at that time, but he did not expect that the Frenchman was small and flexible, and he broke through the defense under the double-teaming of three people.

If Cavani's shot is to be credited, most of the credit should be attributed to Ribery, because if Ribery had not passed three people in a row, Cavani would not have been able to score in front of the goal!

All Tottenham Hotspur players also rushed up and hugged Cavani and Ribery on the sidelines to celebrate the team's second goal, and this goal also severely hit Porto's morale.

You know, according to the current points, Tottenham Hotspur is leading Porto 3:2, and if they want to reverse, they can only choose to attack, press out and fight, and strive for goals to have a chance of winning, but in this game Porto is mainly defensive counterattacks. Press out and fight, can they defend?

After scoring two goals in a row, Tottenham Hotspur's morale was very high, and the players became more and more confident. In addition, Jesús Ferreira had not given an effective defensive strategy, so Tottenham Hotspur's offensive had not been curbed.

This is why Jesús Ferreira led Porto but never made a breakthrough in performance. It was because of his lack of ability. At most, he was just playing in the Portuguese Super League. If he wanted to be powerful in the European arena, he was not qualified. At least in front of Tottenham Hotspur, they were not worth mentioning at all.

After scoring two goals in a row, Tottenham Hotspur still did not relax and soon launched another very threatening attack.

Messi was the fulcrum in the right corner of the penalty area, supporting right back Alves. After getting the ball, he turned and passed it to the bottom line of the penalty area. Alves did not slow down and rushed into the penalty area from the right. After getting the ball in front of the bottom line, he passed it. Unfortunately, Cavani and Ribery in the middle and right of the penalty area did not catch up in time, resulting in another missed goal.

But as if encouraged, Tottenham Hotspur still launched an attack from the right, and Alves still went to Messi for cooperation, but this time Porto was affected by the attack a few minutes ago, and the defense against Messi was a little lax. After the Argentine got the ball, he saw an opportunity and came directly by himself.

Messi was very confident in getting the ball and turning around in the right corner of the penalty area. After getting rid of a defensive player, he faced the opponent's fast-rushing defensive midfielder, changed direction, and changed from cutting inside to going down the bottom, and he also rushed up quickly.

Messi's instant start speed was very fast. When he started at the front of the penalty area and the opponent's central defender came up to block him, Messi had already rushed into the penalty area. Facing the defender, he made a skillful fake move, deliberately paused, and then suddenly accelerated again.

With a very simple speed change, he pulled a body position on the opponent's central defender, and then in front of the baseline, facing the opponent's goalkeeper Hailton, a nearly zero-angle right-foot lob shot, the ball passed Hailton's head and hit the side net slightly inside the left post of the goal, 3:0!

Messi, who scored twice, excitedly rushed directly to the baseline, rushed to the stands of White Hart Lane, and made a flying kiss to the Tottenham fans. The fans in the stands suddenly cheered wildly, shouting Messi's name one by one, and then his teammates chased him one after another and surrounded Messi.

Ye Qiu was also happy with the team's performance on the sidelines. Because of the FA Cup, the main players had rested for a week, and in the past week, the team had been adjusting the players' physical fitness and condition, so he was not surprised at all that they had an explosion in this game.

But he obviously didn't intend to give up, because he was not a generous person. On the contrary, his creed was, if someone didn't offend me, I wouldn't offend them. If someone offended me, I would not only offend you, but also completely cripple you!

So in this game, Ye Qiu not only had to win, but also had to make Jesúaldo Ferreira completely lose face, and to make Porto completely defeated!

Didn't you say that my attack is not good? Then I will let you taste whether my attack is good or not!