The Godfather of Football

Ye Qiu has never been a person who likes to find excuses for his mistakes and failures.

Of course, this is not because he does not have the ability to find excuses.

Just like now, standing in front of the home team coaching bench at White Hart Lane, if he wants to find excuses for himself, he can find many, and he doesn't even need to think seriously.

For example, the time arrangement of this game is very awkward for Tottenham Hotspur, because the time is arranged at noon.

Also, in the first round of the Premier League, Tottenham Hotspur will play against Manchester City at White Hart Lane, which is the opening game of the Premier League.

If it is not enough, then he can find more, for example, Messi, Cavani and David Silva did not appear in the starting lineup, and Tottenham Hotspur, including Fabregas, Thiago Silva and other international players who participated in the World Cup, did not perform excitedly enough, making Tottenham Hotspur's performance in this game only average.

If he wants to find more, then Ye Qiu has to aim at the Manchester City No. 25 player wearing a green goalkeeper jersey, Joe Hart!

Although the final result of this game was 0:0, whether from the scene, the data, or even from all aspects, Tottenham Hotspur had every reason to win this game. Joe Hart was a very important reason for failing to defeat the opponent in the end, because he made at least eight very beautiful saves in this game, five of which saved key goals.

Ye Qiu has become accustomed to these sold players always acting like chicken blood when they meet their old clubs. In fact, this is a way for these players to prove their strength, because it is a bit like returning home in wealth.

Tottenham Hotspur has a certain impression of Joe Hart's strength. This substitute goalkeeper has always performed well in Tottenham Hotspur and has made obvious progress. After switching to Manchester City, everyone is full of expectations for his future, but no one expected that Mancini would arrange him to replace Given in the first round of the league.

As Andy Gray said, Tottenham Hotspur played its own characteristics and advantages to the fullest in this game. Even in the face of Manchester City's unbreakable dense defense, Tottenham Hotspur created at least double-digit opportunities, using all kinds of methods.

"I believe that when BBC TV edits the highlights of this game, everyone will only see Tottenham Hotspur's offensive scenes, and it is difficult to see Manchester City's counterattack. This can explain everything!"

When the game reached the ninth minute, Tottenham Hotspur was just a little bit away from breaking Manchester City's goal. Neymar made a diagonal pass to the middle of the penalty area from the left, and Raul used his forehead to point the ball in the opposite direction, causing Joe Hart to jump in the wrong direction, but after the ball bounced off the ground, it was a little bit away, rubbing the left post and going out of the bottom line.

It was just a little bit away, otherwise the situation would be completely rewritten.

But two minutes later, Alves made a cross from the right, Raul kicked directly from the middle, the ball hit Hangeland's leg, bounced to the left, Neymar hooked, but this time Joe Hart made the fastest reaction and confiscated the ball directly.

But less than three minutes later, Tottenham Hotspur had a corner kick opportunity, Joe Hart abandoned the goal and rushed out before Kompany, and used his hand to hit the ball out of the penalty area. Yaya Toure stopped the ball outside the penalty area and shot it directly, but Joe Hart returned to the goal line in time and flew to block the ball out of the bottom line, completing a world-class save.

In the 18th minute, Tottenham Hotspur opened up Manchester City's defensive formation on the right, and Fabregas got a chance. He suddenly kicked a long shot from about 20 meters away. The ball hit the leg of Manchester City defender Kolo Toure and turned in another direction, but Joe Hart still saved the ball.

But this was just the beginning. Tottenham Hotspur stole the ball in the frontcourt. Raul took advantage of Kolo Toure's mistake and passed the ball to Ribery. However, the latter made a lob shot on the penalty area line. Joe Hart had already fallen to the ground, but he still reached out and flicked the ball over the crossbar from mid-air.

Raul soon made another wonderful pass, and Neymar had a single shot, but was stopped by Joe Hart when he kicked the ball, and the subsequent supplementary shot was also resolved by Joe Hart.

Throughout the first half, Joe Hart was almost like an unbreakable wall, blocking Manchester City's goal. No matter how Tottenham Hotspur bombarded and broke through Manchester City's defense again and again, they could not break through the goal guarded by Joe Hart.

Perhaps, the English goalkeeper's performance was so amazing not only because he was facing his old club Tottenham Hotspur, not only because he wanted to prove his strength in front of the world's No. 1 goalkeeper Cech, but also because England's national team coach Capello appeared in the stands of White Hart Lane.

In this game, Tottenham Hotspur completely dominated the game, but Manchester City relied on Joe Hart to pick up a point for nothing.

In addition, several Manchester City players also appeared on the field in this game. Aguero, Van der Vaart, Kolarov and Maicon all performed relatively averagely, which was also related to their new arrival. However, the performance of Wolf King De Rossi was impressive. He was in the midfield, and his defense and interception were also very good, and his contribution on the offensive end was not small.

The reason why Tottenham Hotspur is gaining momentum but not scoring has something to do with the fact that the team is not used to playing games at noon. In addition, many of the main lineup are absent, and the team's mentality has also been affected to some extent, especially the consecutive attacks in the opening game. None of them had any effect.

In this game, Ye Qiu used the combination of Ramsey, Yaya Toure and Cesc Fabregas in the midfield. The results were good. He completely suppressed Manchester City in the midfield. However, he did a worse job controlling the ball in the front area of ​​the penalty area. , after all, Ramsey is not David Silva, and he still did not do enough in controlling the ball and making the final pass.

But the Welshman is very threatening to score goals, and he has two very high-level shots. Moreover, his running and covering area are very large, which provides a lot of pressure on Tottenham Hotspur's midfield. help.

In the first round of the new Premier League season, they were equalized by Manchester City 0:0 at their home court. Everyone at Tottenham Hotspur was obviously very depressed, especially when they had the advantage and even lost a point to their opponent. It is indeed cowardly enough.

Compared to Tottenham Hotspur's depression and uselessness, the first round of the Premier League started one after another, and the most eye-catching performance was Chelsea, which Ye Qiu was least optimistic about before. But it can only be said that Ye Qiu was half wrong.

West Bromwich Albion are a guest at Stamford Bridge. If it were the Chelsea team that appeared at Wembley Stadium a week ago, the Knickerbockers might not actually be incapable of fighting. But unfortunately, former Chelsea midfielder Di Matt Austria's team encountered a comeback in the Ivory Coast giant Drogba.

The entire West Bromwich Albion defense was completely turned into a pot of gruel by Drogba. The Ivorian not only scored a hat-trick himself, but also directly led the team to a 6-0 home victory over West Bromwich Albion. It became the most surprising team in the first round of the Premier League. Many Chelsea fans were even shouting slogans to win the league championship.

At the same time, Manchester United was also at home, relying on the outstanding performance of the Trident, defeating the visiting Newcastle United with three goals. Although the Magpies regained face with Ibrahimovic's goal, everyone It can be seen that Newcastle, with its reorganized lineup, needs to give Redknapp more time if it wants to form a strong fighting force.

Liverpool faced the Gunners Arsenal at Anfield Stadium. Benitez sent out all the main players, including Juan Mata, Xavi Martinez, David Villa, Joe Cole and other players. In the first half, they played an offensive storm, completely suppressing Arsenal and taking a one-goal lead.

But before the end of the first half, Joe Cole received a very controversial penalty and was sent off the field with a red card. As a result, Arsenal counterattacked in the second half and equalized the score. In the end, the two sides tied at 1:1, but Liverpool's overwhelming advantage in the first half was impressive.

Another high-profile team, Ranieri's West Ham United defeated Aston Villa 3:0 in the first round of the league and won the first game of the league. This season, Tottenham Hotspur Colombian center Falcao, who moved to West Ham United for a sky-high price of 70 million euros, scored twice in the game.

Also because Falcao scored twice to help West Ham United get three points, while Tottenham Hotspur were weak in attack and unable to score goals. As a result, after the game, many media criticized Tottenham. He is worried about the current situation of Tottenham and even thinks that the reason why the team cannot win is because Ye Qiu sold Falcao.

"We have never doubted the ability of Ye Qiu and his team in business operations. We must also admit that Ye Qiu and his staff have been very successful in bargain-hunting in the real estate market. They are always able to complete projects with high quality and high prices. Lian’s acquisition, but we must see that in the football field, Tottenham Hotspur’s dominance is being challenged!”

"The fact that Tottenham has been weakened is obvious because we have noticed that over the past few seasons Tottenham have never been profitable in the transfer market and The profit every season is basically more than tens of millions of euros, which is unique in European football.”

"Perhaps, the two Champions League and two Premier League titles in the past three years have made Ye Qiu and his management a little arrogant and self-righteous, but we must be soberly aware that the current Premier League competition is unprecedented. It’s tragic. If Tottenham Hotspur doesn’t introduce strong reinforcements in the transfer market as soon as possible, it will be difficult for them to guarantee their advantage in the Premier League!”

"There is another very interesting point. When Ye Qiu was interviewed by the media, he once vowed that among the competition for the championship in the new season, there are only Manchester United and Liverpool, not Chelsea. However, in the first round of the league, Chelsea won by six goals. West Bromwich Albion, this is undoubtedly a slap in the face for Ye Qiu."

But what was unexpected was that in the eyes of many media, there was obviously more than one slap on Ye Qiu's face.

In the second round of the Premier League, Tottenham Hotspur still did not make much adjustments to the team's lineup. Messi and Cavani were still absent, but David Silva returned to the starting lineup, and Ribey Lee, Raul and Hazard teamed up to form the Trident.

This time, Tottenham Hotspur relied on Ribery's brace and Raul's goal in the first half to defeat Stoke City 3:0 away and win the first game of the new season. League victory.

But for the media, Tottenham Hotspur's victory obviously still cannot satisfy them. The reason is very simple. There is a team that is more popular and better.

As the two most popular teams in the first round of the league, newly promoted Blackpool defeated Wigan Athletic with four goals in the first round of the league. When they came to the Emirates Stadium with great ambitions in the second round, they were brutally slaughtered 6:0 by Arsenal. , let this newly promoted team have a good experience of the true strength of the Premier League team.

But it was Chelsea who took the most limelight, and Drogba who performed the hottest.

In the last round when the Cote d'Ivoire faced West Bromwich Albion, he scored a hat-trick with a header and a kick. This time he didn't score, but he scored a hat-trick of assists, helping Chelsea beat Wigan Athletic 6-0. , the latter was directly kicked into the position of deputy squad leader, while Chelsea, by virtue of scoring 12 goals and conceding no goals in two games, led the Premier League standings and stood out from the crowd.

Another team with great success in this round is the Magpies led by Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Newcastle defeated Aston Villa 6:0 at home. The latter's current league performance is only slightly better than Wigan Athletic. A little bit better.

West Ham United beat Bolton 3:1, Falcao scored in two consecutive rounds, while Manchester United drew 2:2 away with Fulham, and Manchester City drew 3:3 at home with Liverpool. The new season of the Premier League has only played two rounds, but it looks like It was already very intense, with all fronts in a fierce battle, and all the strong teams showed their outstanding strength from the beginning.

In the third round of the league, Tottenham Hotspur ushered in the unlucky Wigan Athletic. After poor performances in the first two rounds, Wigan Athletic appeared at White Hart Lane with a defensive tactic this time, while Tottenham This time, Tottenham arranged for the entire main lineup to play. Messi, Cavani and other main players all started. They defeated Wigan Athletic 2-0 at White Hart Lane.

Tottenham Hotspur's performance is actually pretty good, but the problem is that Wigan Athletic just lost miserably to Chelsea by six goals, and now they have lost to Tottenham Hotspur by two goals. Judging from the number of goals, it seems that Tottenham Hotspur is slightly inferior, and you must know that Chelsea is playing away from home, while Tottenham Hotspur is playing at home.

Therefore, some media used such incredible logic to conclude that Tottenham Hotspur is inferior to Chelsea, and the Blues also won Stoke City 2:0 again in this round. Winning all three games, scoring 14 goals and conceding no goals, they ranked first in the Premier League standings.

Tottenham Hotspur has two wins and one draw. Although they remain unbeaten, their performance has never been very satisfactory. In addition, they are at a disadvantage on goal difference, so they are ranked sixth in points. However, this is only the third round of the league. At present, The rankings are of no use whatsoever.

But in the eyes of many media, as the Premier League has finished three rounds, the league has been suspended, and the national team match days have entered two weeks, they need more news, so they have begun to speculate on Tottenham Hotspur. Crisis, thinking that after selling Falcao and Zygrinski, Ye Qiu did not use the transfer funds to strengthen the team's construction, and internal divisions have appeared.

They even quoted some Tottenham Hotspur players who did not want to be named, or based on a certain Tottenham Hotspur executive, etc., to criticize Tottenham Hotspur with a lot of irresponsible remarks.

This is also something that can't be helped, because this is the media.

Some newspapers that have a good relationship with Tottenham Hotspur, including The Times, The Guardian and The Daily Mail, have also made clarifications. They believe that the reason why Chelsea performed so well in the new season is that they faced difficulties in the first three rounds. It has a lot to do with being a weak team, and apart from tying with Manchester City, Tottenham Hotspur also scored steadily.

"You must know that this achievement was achieved when Messi, Cavani and other World Cup international players were absent or performed poorly. The only game where we lost points was against Manchester City, and in that game everyone Everyone thought Tottenham performed well."

"As the team in the entire Premier League and even in the entire European football world that has been most affected by the World Cup, Tottenham Hotspur's performance so far is quite good. At least we have not been widened, and the team that has also been affected by the World Cup has not been widened. Manchester United also has two wins and one draw, and Ferguson has not arranged for Sneijder to play in the game yet. "

"From this point we can see that both Ye Qiu and Ferguson adopt the same league strategy, which is to protect the World Cup national team at the beginning and strive to be in good shape in the following time."

However, some media have pointed the finger at Ye Qiu. The Independent, which is close to Arsenal, even made a provocation. It believes that Ye Qiu has the potential to become the crow's mouth who will not lose to Pele because he listed the favorite teams to win the championship before the season. At that time, only Manchester United was mentioned, and even Chelsea and Arsenal were not considered to have the strength to win the championship.

"Mr. Ye Qiu should really take a closer look at the current Premier League standings. Chelsea is ranked first, the team he thinks is least likely to win the championship, and Arsenal is ranked second. Really I’m happy that the Gunners haven’t stepped on Tottenham Hotspur’s head for a long time. It feels really good to have their mortal enemy stepped on!”

In response to the comments from the outside world, Tottenham Hotspur did not give any counterattack. This is also the consistent style of Ye Qiu and Tottenham Hotspur. When his condition is not very good, it is useless to say anything.

In fact, the team's start in the league did not affect the players' mood, because they all knew that everything about the team was only temporary. After a period of adjustment, the team would usher in an explosion. , when that time comes, we will trample these two mortal enemies back under our feet one by one.

After the first three rounds of the Premier League, the Champions League group stage draw and UEFA's annual awards ceremony finally arrived.