The Godfather of Football

On May 2, 2010, in the 37th round of the Premier League, Tottenham Hotspur played against Bolton at home.

When the two sides finally tied 0:0 in the first half, everyone in the world was worried whether Tottenham Hotspur's coronation ceremony would be disrupted by Owen Coyle's team. After all, this kind of bad guy doing good is the most hateful behavior, and Tottenham Hotspur had just been eliminated by Manchester United in the Champions League semi-finals.

But all this turned out to be a groundless worry in the second half.

When Falcao received Messi's assist and scored the first goal for Tottenham Hotspur and broke Bolton's goal, more than 30,000 Tottenham Hotspur fans in the stadium, as well as fans and spectators who were waiting in front of the TV, hoping to witness Tottenham Hotspur's ascension to the top, finally felt relieved.

But Tottenham Hotspur was obviously not ready to give up, especially after suffering a big loss from Manchester United in the middle of the week, and now they wanted to vent their anger, so the unlucky Bolton became the target of Tottenham Hotspur's venting.

One of the important reasons why the two sides fought evenly in the first half was that Bolton invested heavily in defense, but with the consumption of the first half, in the second half, Bolton was obviously unable to continue the tactics of the first half.

Less than two minutes after the first goal, Tottenham Hotspur scored another goal with David Silva assisting Messi, scoring the second goal for Tottenham Hotspur.

But eight minutes later, Messi assisted Falcao again to score the third goal, and the time was only 65 minutes.

Ye Qiu had already won the game, and successively replaced Falcao with Cavani, then Messi, Hazard, and then replaced Fabregas with Pogba.

After the continuous substitutions, Bolton also made substitutions. Both sides experienced an adjustment period of about ten minutes. But in the 85th minute, Ribery's assist helped Cavani score the fourth goal of the game. At the last moment, David Silva also used his interception in the frontcourt to dribble past two defensive players and penetrated Bolton's goal.

5:0, Tottenham Hotspur, who had just returned from the Champions League semi-finals, won a big victory at their home stadium.

Although they had already won the league championship in advance, Ye Qiu still hoped that he could beat his opponent in this game. He still hoped that his team could have a happy ending, and he did not want his coronation ceremony to be ruined by his opponent.

After 5:0, the game was no longer suspenseful. Although the game had not yet ended, Ye Qiu still walked out of the home team coaching booth in advance, first waving to the fans in the main stand behind him, and then waving to the fans in the other three stands to thank them for their support and loyalty to Tottenham Hotspur in the past season.

Ye Qiu's move caused the Tottenham Hotspur fans in the stands to burst into thunderous cheers. Countless Tottenham Hotspur fans were shouting Ye Qiu's name. They would never forget that it was Ye Qiu who led this North London team, step by step from the original mid-level Premier League team to the ranks of the top European teams.

It was also Ye Qiu who brought one player after another to Tottenham Hotspur in the past few years and cultivated one world-class superstar after another for Tottenham Hotspur. Without Ye Qiu, all the achievements Tottenham Hotspur has made in the past four years are what they dared not imagine in the past.

The Tottenham Hotspur players on the bench also walked out of their seats early and stood on the sidelines, ready to rush into the stadium at any time. They have obviously walked out of the shadow of losing to Manchester United three days ago and are ready to welcome the upcoming Premier League championship trophy.

Outside the White Hart Lane Stadium, many fans are already setting off fireworks to celebrate the team's victory. At this moment, not only in the Tottenham area of ​​North London, but in the entire city of London, fans can be seen everywhere celebrating and cheering for Tottenham Hotspur's victory.

Ye Qiu is a hero in the city of London. There are even many people who were originally fans of Arsenal, Chelsea, Fulham, Charlton, West Ham United and other teams, but now they are all Tottenham Hotspur fans, even die-hard fans.

All this is because of Ye Qiu!

Before Ye Qiu came to London, this capital city of the United Kingdom, this most prosperous commercial and financial center of the United Kingdom, was always suppressed by Manchester and Liverpool, two industrial cities in the northwest that had obviously declined, in the field of football. Whether it was the league championship or the more important Champions League championship, the London team was completely defeated.

This made the fans in London very dissatisfied, but they were helpless, because they obviously had to suppress Manchester and Liverpool in terms of manpower and financial resources, but in the world of football, they were powerless.

There was a time when Wenger and his Arsenal were highly expected, but since Wenger landed in the Premier League for so many years, he has never been able to show convincing combat effectiveness in the Champions League. But in 2003, Ye Qiu, who had just led Ajax to win the treble, landed in the Premier League and coached Chelsea, completely breaking the overwhelming advantage of the northwest team in the past.

In the first season of Ye Qiu's entry into the Premier League, all Londoners tasted the sweetness of the Champions League. He completely shook the embarrassing situation of London without the Champions League in the past. What made London fans even more satisfied was that he defeated Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool in the following season and won the league championship.

In just two years, Ye Qiu completely conquered the fans in London. He not only brought the championship honor to Chelsea, but also allowed the fans in London to proudly raise their heads and chests from now on, without worrying about being pointed at and ridiculed by fans in the northwest.

But what really made Ye Qiu conquer the fans in London was that after he acquired Tottenham Hotspur, he brought earth-shaking changes to the team, especially cultivating world-class superstars including Ribery, Messi, Van Persie, Mascherano, Fabregas, Thiago Silva, etc., turning Tottenham Hotspur from a civilian team into a star-studded quasi-giant team.

Perhaps, the only thing that does not deserve Tottenham Hotspur's status as a top club is the dilapidated White Hart Lane Stadium.

You know, every season, the season tickets of White Hart Lane Stadium are snapped up by London fans. If you still want to buy season tickets now, I'm sorry, you can't get the season tickets of White Hart Lane Stadium, because all the season tickets have been booked out, even to the 2012/2013 season.

According to Tottenham Hotspur's plan, in the summer of 2013, the team will move its home stadium from the current White Hart Lane Stadium in Tottenham to the Stratford Stadium in London Olympic Park, which is the main venue of the Olympics, the London Bowl.

As London Mayor Boris Johnson said when he visited Tottenham Hotspur's Theobald training base north of Enfield, "Tottenham Hotspur used to belong to Tottenham, but now it belongs to the whole of London. This team is the pride of London!"

This statement was interpreted by many media as Boris Johnson's way of pleasing London fans, but it also indirectly proved one thing, that is, Tottenham Hotspur's appeal in London has surpassed the two giants Chelsea and Arsenal, becoming the flagship team of London football.

So, on the night when Tottenham Hotspur ascended the throne and won the championship, the whole of London was celebrating for Tottenham Hotspur.

In the White Hart Lane Stadium, the Tottenham Hotspur players rushed into the stadium one by one at the moment when the whistle sounded at the end of the game, but the players playing on the field rushed out of the field and rushed to the fans in the stands.

Obviously, this was a celebration activity that the fan organization and the players had agreed on before the game. When the players rushed to the stands, some fans put on the players' headscarves, which were made from the club scarves and were similar to crowns, and then let the players celebrate in the stadium wearing the headscarves.

The Tottenham Hotspur team song began to be sparsely heard in the stands, but soon, the singing became louder and louder, and finally swept the entire White Hart Lane Stadium. Even Yi Xi could hear the fans' singing coming from Haig Road outside the White Hart Lane Stadium.

Although many fans were unable to enter the White Hart Lane Stadium for various reasons, at this moment, their hearts were closely connected with the team, and they were also celebrating and happy for the team's victory.

Ye Qiu always stood in front of the home team's coaching bench. There were people celebrating everywhere, but he was the only one who stood very straight, because his heart was very calm. He was not surprised at all about winning the Premier League this season.

To put it in a more arrogant way, there are only three teams in the Premier League that have the strength to win the championship this season, Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester United and Chelsea. Among them, Manchester United has been reorganized. Ferguson's team did not have much competitiveness in the Premier League before February. There were too many mistakes, which led to the team's failure to catch up even if it performed well in the later period.

Chelsea's problems are more complicated. Ye Qiu thinks it is not objective to blame Ancelotti, but he still thinks that if Mourinho was the head coach, Chelsea would not be so far behind, and perhaps the Premier League this season would be more intense.

Ancelotti's biggest problem is that he lost too many games, and many games that should have been won were not won. Tottenham Hotspur is different. So far, he has won 33 games, 3 draws and 1 loss in 37 rounds, and has won a record-breaking 100 points in the history of Premier League football, 102 league points, which is a brand new record in the Premier League and will be recorded in the history of the Premier League.

There is a saying that is very true. Cup competitions like the Champions League test the team's on-the-spot performance, the head coach's targeted tactics, and the team's offensive and defensive balance, but the league is different. The league tests the team's overall strength, because the league schedule is longer and the overall strength of the team is higher.

Ye Qiu had already made mental preparations at the beginning of the season. The team must make a difference in the Premier League. Now, he has only achieved the goal he set before the season. At best, he can only say that the team has done much better than he expected before the season.

This season, a group of young players with good strength have also emerged in the team, such as Varane and Nastasic, who play as central defenders, and Pogba, who plays as midfielder. These three players born in 1993 have played a season of League Cup and FA Cup. Overall, their performance is still very good and has great potential.

Currently, there are many post-90s players in Tottenham Hotspur's first team, such as Eden Hazard, Aaron Ramsey, Phil Jones and Kyle Walker. These four post-90s players have already established themselves in Tottenham Hotspur's first team, and each player has accumulated enough matches to win the Premier League championship medal, and basically all of them are in double digits.

Of course, due to age and strength issues, coupled with the strong lineup of the main force, they are not yet qualified to play as the main force, and are more on the bench and rotation, but being able to compete with teammates such as Messi and Fabregas is a kind of motivation and progress for them.

Ye Qiu plans to further promote young players in the next season, and promote Pogba, Nastasic and Varane, who are over 17 years old, to the first team. Danish teenager Eriksen has also performed very well in Ajax, and Ye Qiu will continue to focus on cultivating him and help him make progress.

In addition, Neymar, Coutinho and Lucas Moura are all over 18 years old. The youngest Lucas Moura will not be here until August, but this is obviously not a problem, so Ye Qiu also plans to bring them to Europe. It would be best if they can enter Tottenham Hotspur. If not, sending them to Ajax, Rennes or Southampton for training is also a good choice.

By the way, Southampton has completed the championship this season. Next season, Southampton will appear in the English Championship. This team is also a satellite team of Tottenham Hotspur. The two teams have carried out all-round cooperation in youth training, player transfers, scout information, etc. Ye Qiu also has shares in this team.

Thinking of this, Ye Qiu's heart is full of expectations for the future. In his plan, the team's transformation will take about two years, and he will use these two years to vigorously promote and cultivate young players including Neymar, Hazard, Ramsey, Pogba, Nastasic, etc.

After the team's transformation is completed, these young players will be around 19 or 20 years old, just in time to become a strong fighting force for the team. In other words, as long as they can hold on for another year, Tottenham Hotspur will usher in a harvest period for youth training.

With the continuation of the talent day selection activities, with the younger Nick Powell, Luke Shaw, and the joining of Dan Crawley, Patrick Roberts, Ryan Ledson and other younger players in 1997, Tottenham Hotspur's entire youth training industry chain has been laid out, and will provide a steady supply of players for the first team in the future.

More importantly, under the supervision of the scout department led by Peter De Visser and consultant Bobby Harms, youth training director Rick Link, etc., the potential of this batch of youth training gems dug by Tottenham Hotspur is very outstanding. With a little polishing, they will become a strong boost to the first team in the future.

While Ye Qiu was in a daze, the podium on the court had also been laid out.

The staff of White Hart Lane temporarily set up a podium in the middle of the stadium. This season, Pogba, Nastasic, Varane, Thorgan Hazard and two other Tottenham youth players did not get medals because of insufficient appearances. So they went up to the podium early accompanied by the coaching staff to receive cheers from the fans.

Although they did not get medals like other teammates, they were still cheered by all Tottenham fans in the stadium. After all, they have also contributed to Tottenham in the past season, especially in the cup competition, these young players have performed quite well.

Immediately afterwards, all the players of the first team who were eligible to receive championship medals, led by Ye Qiu, slowly walked up to the podium and received the championship medals one by one. Then Beckham and Thiago Silva were at the end of the team. They not only received championship medals, but also received the championship trophy.

But before that, an interesting thing happened. Every player made a move that stunned everyone in the audience when passing by the Premier League trophy. They bent down to kiss the trophy without touching it. This was undoubtedly an easy thing for the tall Cech, Zielinski, Kompany and others, but for Ribery, Messi, Falcao, Fabregas, David Silva and others...

Okay, I can't say any more. If I say more, I will become a ginseng rooster!

This extremely interesting scene when Tottenham Hotspur received the award not only made all the fans present laugh, but also made all the fans around the world who watched this scene burst into laughter, especially seeing the embarrassing appearance of the small players trying their best to lift their heels, which was really funny.

Ye Qiu had not expected that the players would do so many things without his knowledge, but he did not feel disgusted. Otherwise, he would not have set up a separate player area for the players that even the coaching staff could not enter.

Finally, when Beckham and Thiago Silva raised the championship trophy together, the whole audience burst into deafening cheers, but immediately afterwards, all the Tottenham Hotspur players quickly rushed down the podium, led by Beckham and Thiago Silva holding the championship trophy, and the other players followed closely. Everyone ran around the entire White Hart Lane stadium for two laps, and in the end, everyone was panting.

But, they all had satisfied and proud smiles on their faces.

The fans cheering and cheering for them in the stands were also like this.

As the head coach of a team, for Ye Qiu, being able to see this scene, he felt that all his efforts and hard work were worth it!