The Godfather of Football

When seeing Cavani, many people will mistake him for an Argentine, because he always has the long hair that is the signature of Argentine stars. He will wear a black headband on his forehead to ensure that his long hair will not affect his performance on the court. This feature also easily reminds people of two Argentine shooters, Batistuta and Crespo.

Although Cavani's idol is Van Nistelrooy, and he was fortunate to play with Van Nistelrooy for a season and learned a lot from Van Nistelrooy, everyone who has seen Cavani play feels that his technical characteristics are more like Batistuta, but he has a large range of running and active defensive attitude that is extremely rare for forward players.

Ye Qiu once mentioned in a conversation with Cavani that Drogba's most notable feature is his rude and unreasonable body. He can ravage the opponent's defenders in different ways in a game for 90 minutes, and as long as the defenders can't hold on, he wins. This is Drogba's feature, and it is also a powerful weapon for the Ivorian elephant king to become the world's top center.

Cavani can't become the type of Drogba, Van Nistelrooy, Batistuta or Crespo, but he can learn a lot from these people because he is too comprehensive. He can play center, second striker, left and right wingers. He has solid basic skills and can handle the ball with his back, pass the ball, and grab points.

But when the coaching staff of Tottenham Hotspur tailored a technical style for Cavani, they emphasized one point, that is, his outstanding physical fitness, which ensured that he could run on the court without sparing his physical strength, and constantly participate in defense and look for scoring opportunities through such running.

In other words, if Drogba used his body and strength to ravage the opponent's defender, Cavani could change another way, that is, to use his running without sparing his physical strength to pull and drive the opponent's defense line, and then achieve the purpose of dragging down the opponent's defender.

In Ye Qiu's opinion, Cavani and Drogba are very similar. There is no similar player template between the two before. Just like Drogba, there are many players whose physique will not lose to Drogba, or even surpass Drogba, such as Vieri, but the question is, is Vieri faster than Drogba? Is his impact stronger than him?

In other words, the center with Drogba's body is not as fast as him, the center faster than him, the technique is not as comprehensive as him, the center with more comprehensive technique than him, sorry, the physique is not as good as him, and he is the first center who can combine strength, technique and speed so well.

The same is true for Cavani. There was no center with such a template before him, and there were players with such diligent and unstoppable game style as him, such as Rooney and Tevez, but as the fulcrum of the front court, their height is a disadvantage, and there are also players who can run unstoppably and their physique is more in line with the fulcrum requirements, such as Kuyt and Olic, but they are not as comprehensive as Cavani in terms of technology, so in Tottenham Hotspur's positioning, Cavani's tactical role is very large.

As early as last summer, when Tottenham Hotspur decided to sell Van Persie, Ye Qiu trained Cavani as the team's top center forward. The purpose of introducing Falcao was to increase the team's bench thickness and improve the competitiveness of the front line, but no one expected that Falcao would suddenly emerge and grab the main position in the preseason.

And throughout the season, Falcao's performance was very stable, and his goal rate was always maintained very well, which made Ye Qiu mention when communicating with Cavani that he had no way to take Falcao under such circumstances.

Cavani has been in Tottenham Hotspur for the fourth season. He knows and respects Ye Qiu very much. He knows very well that with Falcao's outstanding performance, no head coach can take him down, and as a competitor, he can only feel helpless when encountering such a thing.

But in addition to helplessness, he also saw something in Falcao that he did not have or was very lacking.

First of all, as a main center forward, Falcao has a very comprehensive and solid scoring ability. His left and right feet are very good, and he has a variety of scoring skills. He can easily make a fatal blow. On the other hand, although he can provide the team with the ability to run and suppress in the front court on the court, he lacks in scoring ability.

This deficiency is reflected in his use and grasp of footwork. You must know that everything happens on the court in an instant, and every technical action you do is almost a subconscious instinctive reaction. Therefore, as a scorer, this requires you to build up a sense and confidence of a scorer through long-term training and accumulation.

Another point is the connection of technical actions. If you observe Falcao carefully, it is not difficult to find that he seems to have planned what to do after receiving the ball in advance from the moment he receives the pass from his teammates, and he has enough technical ability and physical adjustment ability to make himself connect well with every technical action in the whole process from receiving the ball to shooting.

Everyone who has played football knows that as long as your technical actions are well connected, others can't stop you except for fouling.

In addition to these two technical issues, Cavani also realized that Falcao was very smart in grabbing position.

Although he is not tall, his heading ability is not weak, and his physical confrontation ability is not strong, but whether he is a center forward to get the ball or rush into the penalty area to grab points, he is at ease. This is because he has a very smart sense of grabbing positions. He can grab the most advantageous position for himself at the first time, and then force the opponent into an unfavorable position, using this method to make up for his lack of physical strength.

Whether it is the stimulation from Falcao or the guidance and assistance from the Tottenham Hotspur coaching staff, Cavani is very dedicated to training this season. In addition to completing the team's training every day, he also practices a lot of things himself, including various shooting skills, connecting movements with dummies, and even free kicks.

Ye Qiu and the coaching staff have seen Cavani's training. In fact, Ye Qiu is very satisfied with Cavani, so even when Falcao performed very well and the Colombian center forward was not injured, Ye Qiu still often gave Cavani opportunities and continued to cultivate and polish Cavani.

The crazy special training over the past six months has shown results in many games in the past, and in this game, Cavani also showed his excellent scoring ability.

The goal in the first half was more from Ribery's outstanding performance, but Cavani's ability to run to that position itself means that he has enough awareness of grabbing positions, and he has the upper hand in the confrontation with Porto's defenders throughout the game. In the second half, he scored another goal from Beckham's long shot. The opponent's goalkeeper lost the ball, and Cavani picked up the leak and scored twice, helping the team to take the lead 4:0.

Both goals seemed simple, but Cavani used the simplest and most practical technical moves to complete them, so the entire shot looked ordinary, but it showed efficiency.

But what really made people realize that Cavani was improving rapidly and becoming more and more like a steady scorer was Tottenham's last goal in the second half, which was also the fifth goal of the game.

At that time, David Silva made a straight pass, Cavani pulled to the left to get the ball, Bruno Alves quickly retreated and wanted to defend him face to face, while Cavani strode with the ball and entered Porto's penalty area from the left corner. An action of wanting to dribble the ball horizontally made Bruno Alves quickly adjust his center of gravity to stop Cavani's long shot.

As a right-footed player, Cavani cut in horizontally from the left, and his kick was very advantageous, so as a central defender with rich experience, Bruno Alves immediately blocked Cavani's right-footed shot.

But just as Bruno Alves raised his foot, Cavani suddenly dribbled the ball to the left with his right foot. This action surprised Bruno Alves, because Cavani's dribbling was equivalent to passing him directly, so he quickly adjusted his center of gravity and tried to stop Cavani, but his body lost balance and slipped on the grass.

At the moment Cavani dribbled the ball, Porto goalkeeper Helton reacted. He realized the danger and abandoned the goal at the first time. The Porto goalkeeper obviously loved to attack, and Cavani's reaction was also very fast. After dribbling past Bruno Alves, he quickly rushed to the ball, and then dribbled the ball to the right with his right foot, rushing to the middle before Helton.

Now there was an empty goal in front of him, and another central defender of Porto had already chased back to the position. Realizing that Cavani would choose to shoot first, he made a flying sliding tackle, because if Cavani's shot was a ground ball, his sliding tackle could just block the shooting angle.

The place where Cavani's shooting skills can be reflected appeared. Because the Uruguayan was facing the left side of the court and facing the right side of the court, the goal was equivalent to his left hand side, the ball was on his right foot, and the opponent's defender had already chased back to the position. If he directly shot the goal in the most comfortable way at this time, it must be a ground ball.

But Cavani chose to lightly jump off the ground, and at the same time, his body turned around. When performing this action, his right foot hit the middle and lower part of the ball, causing the ball to bounce a little, about the knee position of a person, and picked up the sliding tackle of the opponent's defender, and then landed and quickly got into the goal.

Almost at the same time, Cavani also stood firm and watched the ball enter the net with his own eyes, 5:0!

And he performed a hat trick!

Ye Qiu stood on the sidelines and was very surprised to see Cavani complete such a shot. He couldn't help but jump up from the ground and shouted with his fist. Although this shot happened in the blink of an eye, the whole process from Cavani knocking down Bruno Alves was very beautiful, reflecting Cavani's calmness and his scoring skills.

After shouting, Ye Qiu kept clapping on the sidelines. After scoring, Cavani rushed to the sidelines in one breath and ran towards Ye Qiu quickly. He opened his arms and didn't care about his sweating all over. He hugged the head coach tightly and shouted with his mouth wide open, venting the excitement of scoring.

He had performed a hat trick before, but this was the first time in the Champions League!

After hugging Ye Qiu, Cavani hugged the members of the coaching staff one after another, because these people had given him a lot of help and guidance in the past, and then he hugged and celebrated with his teammates who rushed over.

Cavani is very popular in the team, mainly because of his good personality, and his style of play can bring benefits to everyone in the team except for players who have conflicts and competitions with him, so he has a good relationship with people in the team, even Messi, Ribery and others obviously like Cavani.

"This kid has made great progress!" Mauro Tassotti was covered in sweat after being hugged by Cavani, which was a bit sad, after all, he was wearing Versace.

"Five shots, four shots on target, three goals, four threatening passes, he really did everything a top center forward can do!" Ye Qiu also felt that it was right to use Cavani today, and he found out in training that Cavani was in good condition.

Sometimes the state of a center forward cannot be judged by the goal, because many times the goal is the result of teamwork, and in the game against Fulham, the performance of the young players in the team was indeed not ideal, resulting in Cavani not getting many opportunities.

But it may be that he was so angry in that game that he vented it on Porto.

"It's good for us if he explodes now, especially in the coming devil April." Mauro Tassotti said.

When mentioning the devil April, Ye Qiu's face was full of solemnity, because the joy brought by Cavani's explosion was also swept away, because April will determine whether Tottenham Hotspur can continue to move forward in the Champions League and the league this season, but the entire April schedule is the devil among devils.

"I hope the Champions League can draw a good lottery!" Ye Qiu said with a bitter smile. He felt that Tottenham Hotspur really needed a little luck now. Although he never believed in luck, sometimes luck is really important.

In the end, under Tottenham Hotspur's five goals, Porto was completely defeated, and the North London team finally kicked the Portuguese Super League team out of the Champions League round of 16 with a total score of 6:2, and he successfully advanced to the Champions League quarter-finals.

The 5:0 score made the fans of Tottenham Hotspur very excited. At the same time, all the fans of Tottenham Hotspur and the Premier League, and even the English media, were very proud. They were all ready to make a fool of Porto's arrogant coach Jesús Ferreira in the press conference after the game.

At the very least, this arrogant guy should not be so arrogant in the future.

Ye Qiu almost arrived at the press conference at White Hart Lane at the same time as Jesús Ferreira. He was a little behind. As soon as he entered the field, he smiled and stretched out his right hand to Jesús Ferreira with a kind smile.

But just when all the reporters and media below felt strange about Ye Qiu's attitude, and even felt that this guy's smile was hypocritical and disgusting, Ye Qiu finally spoke up to fight back.

Although it was a little late, it was a signature counterattack by Ye Qiu. He would not counterattack when he lost, because then he would be wrong no matter what he said, but you must not let him win, otherwise, he would do everything he could to return his anger to you by several hundred percent, and even step on you hard.

"Thank you, Mr. Ferreira, and by the way, please help me thank the players of Porto, thank you for showing mercy!"

Ye Qiu's words were too hypocritical, and there was a burst of laughter at the scene, "You know, our goal is bigger than the roof of the Dragon Stadium, and in this game, we were able to keep a clean sheet. I think there is only one explanation, that is, you showed mercy, because only in this way can we explain why the goal is so big, but you can't score a goal!"

Ye Qiu's words made all the reporters present burst into laughter, even including some European and Portuguese reporters, all laughed together. This guy's character of revenge has not changed. Anyone who angers him, he must take revenge.

With such direct sarcasm and ridicule, Jesús Ferreira's face was so ugly that he wanted to dig a hole in the ground, but Ye Qiu hadn't finished speaking yet.

"I also want to thank the players of Porto, but more importantly, thank Mr. Ferreira. I know that our performance in the Dragon Stadium was too bad, and our offensive ability was too weak, so weak that Mr. Ferreira was worried that we would not be able to score in this game, so he simply made his goal as big as the Pacific Ocean, and we could score no matter how we shot."

There was another round of laughter at the scene. Jesús Ferreira compared the fans of Tottenham Hotspur to the roof of the Dragon Stadium, and Ye Qiu was even more exaggerated, directly describing it as the Pacific Ocean, which was obviously a mockery and ridicule to Ferreira, saying that your goal is much easier to score than ours.

"I have warned my players before the game. I told them that Mr. Ferreira had been lenient with us. We only scored two goals in the first round. We should be grateful. But these guys completely ignored my words and scored five goals. I just scolded them in the locker room. Guess what they said?"

There was a burst of laughter at the scene. Someone asked, "What did they say?"

"They told me, especially Cavani, who doesn't score many goals on weekdays. He said, oh, boss, sorry, I don't know, I just kicked it casually, who knew that I kicked it casually and the ball went in casually. I accidentally scored three goals. I don't want this to happen. Is there any way?"

There was a burst of laughter at the scene. Jesús Ferreira's face was red and white. He wanted to bite this guy to death on the spot. But as long as he thought about what he said at the beginning, he said it too early and too full. Now he was ashamed and regretful.

"Finally, I convinced Cavani. You know, this is his first hat trick in the Champions League. I finally persuaded him to give the ball that he originally planned to take home to collect to Mr. Ferreira to thank him for his support and cooperation in this game, and there are all our signatures!"

Ye Qiu grabbed a ball from behind like a magic trick. There were really signatures of all the Tottenham Hotspur team members on it. If it was auctioned, this game ball would probably sell for a high price.

Jesús Ferreira couldn't sit still at this moment. He stood up and wanted to say something, but he was so angry that he couldn't speak. He turned around and left the press conference.

Ye Qiu was behind him, and did not stop him, just looking at the autographed ball, feeling a bit innocent.

These days, it is really hard to be a good person. Such a meaningful souvenir is given to you, and you don't even want it?