The Godfather of Football

Many people say that Ye Qiu prefers versatile players.

Indeed, there are many versatile players in Tottenham Hotspur at present, just like Ribery and Messi, who can play on the left, center and right. Fabregas can also play multiple positions, such as forward, front midfielder, midfielder and back midfielder. He can play all the positions except central defender.

The comprehensiveness of these versatile players makes Tottenham Hotspur's offense very diverse. Whether it is the running position or the cooperation between players in the front court, there are often some links that make the opponent difficult to defend, just like Ribery and Messi cross-position, the way to defend these two players is completely different.

There is also David Silva, who is more likely to take the ball and advance in the middle, and then he starts to take the ball and cut inside when he reaches the wing, acting as an organizing wing player, which makes his effects in the middle and wing very different.

Ye Qiu usually pays great attention to the comprehensive quality training of players, so in training, he often lets players change positions, on the one hand, to help players better adapt to the environment of teammates and help the team better integrate, and on the other hand, to help players develop versatility, so that they can play different positions according to the situation in the game.

Just like now, the reason why Ye Qiu dares to let David Silva play on the left side and let Ribery and Messi actively change positions in front is because he has high self-confidence in the comprehensiveness of his players.

Moreover, one of the benefits of such adjustment and replacement is that there is no need to make substitutions, so it is carried out very secretly.

The position and movement of players on the court are a very vague concept. The head coach standing on the sidelines often cannot see through the opponent's changes at the first time, because it is not as intuitive as adjusting through substitutions.

For example, let David Silva pull to the side and let Messi go up. If it is changed to normal, David Silva should be replaced with a winger like Neymar or Hazard, and then Messi should be pushed to the front. In this way, Ferguson can see through your arrangement at the first glance.

However, Ferguson may not be able to see through this player substitution at the first time.

But after the start of the second half, Tottenham Hotspur played more actively and gave Manchester United a head start.

Less than a minute after the start, Tottenham Hotspur created an unguarded middle area for Yaya Toure who came in from behind through active running and pulling in the frontcourt. The Ivorian's offensive desire has always been very strong, and active forward insertion has become his most conspicuous label, so he did not hesitate at all. As soon as he received the ball, even if he was more than 25 meters away from the goal, he directly swung his right foot and fired a heavy cannon.

This thunderous long shot passed through the entire penalty area of ​​Manchester United. Van der Sar reacted and lifted the ball with both hands, but this shot was too fierce and too strong, causing Van der Sar to be unable to lift the ball over the crossbar. In the end, there was a loud bang, hitting the crossbar, and after bouncing high, it fell out of the bottom line.

This long shot made the fans of the entire Old Trafford Stadium scream, and many fans even stood up from their seats nervously. It was obvious that they felt too lucky to hit the crossbar.

But just when the fans of the Old Trafford Stadium had not recovered, Tottenham Hotspur once again passed the ball to Messi who was pulled to the left after David Silva pulled the ball to the side. The Argentine took the ball on the left and faced Rafael. He wanted to eat the opponent in a one-on-one situation, but Rafael blocked the ball out of the baseline and took a corner kick.

David Silva took a corner kick and landed at the near post. He was going to find Kompany, but Vidic was firmly in position and headed the ball out of the penalty area and landed at the top of the penalty area. Yaya Toure came from behind again and shot a powerful shot without waiting for the ball to land.

This shot was so powerful, so fast and so fierce that all the Red Devils players in the penalty area had no time to stop it. Even Tevez at the front of the penalty area did not have time to interfere with Yaya Toure. The Ivorian shot right away.

But unfortunately, the power and angle of this shot were very high, but it just failed to suppress the momentum of the ball, which directly led to this high-level long shot that should have been a world wave, almost brushing the crossbar and going out of the bottom line, too high!

Two consecutive attacks and two consecutive threats, Tottenham Hotspur wanted to suppress the opponent with momentum right away.

"We noticed that Tottenham Hotspur began to perform more actively after the second half, especially Yaya Toure, who made two consecutive long shots from behind, and the quality was very high, but his luck was a little worse!" Andy Gray was a little regretful.

Similar to Yaya Toure's two shots, it should be said that it has nothing to do with technology and skills, it is purely luck. If the player is luckier and presses the ball down a little when shooting, then the ball will be scored.

So, luck is often crucial to scoring goals in football games!

But Tottenham Hotspur did not regret the two missed scoring opportunities at all, and they quickly began to reorganize.

"We saw that Tottenham Hotspur played very actively in the second half, and the offense was revitalized. The game strategy seemed to have changed. It seemed that they were more active in completing the rapid advancement through the two wings, and used more crosses instead of cutting inside to penetrate. I wonder if Ferguson also saw this change."

Everyone knows that if you look down at the entire stadium from mid-air, you can see all the changes on the field, the positions of the players, and the changes in the team formation clearly, but the head coach is standing on the sidelines, and sometimes they don't even understand the situation on the field as clearly as the fans in the stands.

So, Andy Gray has such doubts.

"In fact, Tottenham's current tactics are a bit like double strikers, Messi and Cavani both hold up Manchester United's defense, while Ribery and David Silva play on the two sides, Fabregas and Yaya Toure form a double defensive midfielder. This is a typical 442 tactic, but the Tottenham players are more interactive and mobile with each other."

As Andy Gray was talking, he saw a very interesting change in the situation on the field.

Alves actually made a forward run!

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Ye Qiu said during the halftime break that the back line could not move.

The meaning of this is actually very clear, that is, the back line continues to maintain the tactics of the first half, so before the first half, Ye Qiu arranged the tactics that the full-backs are allowed to advance only when they are sure that they have enough confidence and certainty.

Obviously, Alves is very confident now, because there are no Manchester United players in front of him and beside him.

Tottenham Hotspur attacked fiercely at the beginning of the second half, causing the opponent's left player Tevez to retreat very deep, basically playing in the midfield, so Alves was sure enough that he could come back after advancing.

But even if he had this certainty, he would not go up casually, he still had to observe.

Ribery could deal with Evra alone in front, but if there was an extra Carrick who was in the way, Ribery would obviously be a little overwhelmed. If it was one-on-two, it was okay once and a half, but if he had to break through the opponent's defense every time, it would be a joke, and Messi did not have this kind of confidence.

So, many times, Ribery would protect the ball, bring it back, knock it back, and then rush forward to look for opportunities.

This is a common offensive tactic, and it is also the most commonly used tactic by wingers after losing the support of full-backs.

Alves has been silent all the time. It seems that he may still ensure the team's defense like in the first half, and waste time without seeking merit but not mistakes. Therefore, Manchester United's players have somewhat ignored this Brazilian player. After all, Tottenham Hotspur's Yaya Toure was too eye-catching at the beginning of the second half. He didn't care about anything and just kicked twice. It was too dangerous for Manchester United not to block this gap.

Therefore, Tevez retreated and shrank inwards just to block Yaya Toure.

Alves spotted an opportunity. When he saw Ribery receiving Fabregas's pass in front, he faced Evra and protected the ball with his back, but Manchester United's players were not stupid. They saw through Ribery's usual tricks. Carrick pulled to the side and planned to attack the French scarred face from the front and back while Ribery was dribbling back.

At this time, Alves rushed forward at a very fast speed and directly entered the 30-meter area of ​​Manchester United. At this time, Ribery was just coming back. When the two met, they were a little far away, but they understood each other tacitly. After all, they had cooperated for so many years, and they could guess each other's thoughts with just one look.

Ribery passed the ball to the left side of Alves, which was close to the middle. This pass avoided Carrick, and Alves made a diagonal run inside and caught Ribery's pass directly behind Carrick.

This made Manchester United's players a little restless. After all, Alves's threat of cutting inside was no less than that of a winger. The Brazilian right-back had excellent offensive power and had many options after cutting inside, so Evra, who was facing Alves, rushed up at the first time to block Alves.

After entering the 30-meter area, the offensive players had many options, and with Alves' footwork and technology, whether he kicked the ball himself or advanced to the front of the penalty area to find Messi and Cavani for cooperation, it was very threatening, so Evra blocked it at the first time, which was the best decision he could think of.

But just as Evra came up, Alves pushed the ball with his right foot, and the ball passed by Evra. Ribery was racing with Carrick along the right sideline at this time.

In terms of speed, Carrick couldn't catch up with Ribery, so he was left behind by Scarface from the beginning, and Evra also reacted immediately and realized that he was fooled, so he chased back.

But after Ribery received Alves' pass on the right side of the penalty area, he directly made a low right-footed cross.

The quality of this cross was good, and the landing point was in the middle of the penalty area.

This has to mention another group of cooperation, that is, Cavani and Messi.

When Ribery and Alves attacked from the side, Cavani consciously blocked Vidic with his body, and Messi, who was originally in the penalty spot, consciously inserted the right post from the right side of Ferdinand.

Because Vidic was blocked by Cavani, he was a beat slower when he caught up. Messi easily pushed the cross from Ribery on the right into Van der Sar's goal without any defense in front of the goal. Although the Dutch goalkeeper made a save, it was of no avail.

"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Andy Gray screamed in excitement, and in response to his scream, Messi quickly rushed out of the penalty area, bypassed the court, and followed Ribery who ran from the right, running wildly from behind the goal net to celebrate excitedly.

1:0, Tottenham Hotspur finally knocked on Manchester United's goal in the 56th minute!

"It was a very sudden goal. Just like the tactical adjustment Tottenham made suddenly in the second half, we all noticed that Tottenham played more actively and more openly after the second half, and the tempo was faster. Manchester United still wanted to play according to the tempo and situation of the first half, which was too passive!"

Andy Gray was also surprised by this goal. Strictly speaking, although Yaya Toure's two long shots created threats, they were not good scoring opportunities. This was the first real threatening scoring opportunity created by Tottenham in the second half, and he scored directly.

"We have to admit that Tottenham Hotspur is really good at seizing opportunities in attack. They scored a goal not long after the start of the second half. This is definitely a huge encouragement for Tottenham Hotspur, but it is very difficult for Manchester United, who are playing at home."

"Ferguson did not respond to Tottenham Hotspur's adjustment in time, which made Manchester United somewhat passive in the second half. Now they are 0:1 behind, and he must make a choice, whether to press out or continue to defend and counterattack?"

Before Andy Gray finished speaking, Ferguson had already walked to the sidelines and pulled Benzema, who had just run out to warm up, obviously to make a substitution.

Sure enough, after Tottenham Hotspur celebrated the goal and returned to the court, Manchester United made the first substitution of the game, replacing Sneijder, who had a sluggish performance in this game, with Benzema. The latter has not been in a very ideal state since the World Cup. This season, Ferguson even pulled Rooney back to play Sneijder's position several times.

In fact, this time Ferguson replaced Sneijder with Benzema to strengthen the offense.

"Ye Qiu's adjustment is very smart. Since you are trying every means to suppress me in the midfield, I will let go of the midfield and not fight with you. I will go to the wing. Ferguson now realizes that it is a bit wasteful to continue to put three players in the midfield, and now they are behind at home, so he wants to counterattack, so he took down a midfielder and put on a striker."

Andy Gray didn't say that Manchester United actually returned to the 442 tactics, which is also Manchester United's traditional tactics. It's just that Ferguson has kept up with the times and adopted more modern tactical formations such as 433 over the years.

Seeing that Ferguson was going to fight with him, Ye Qiu laughed and waved his hand to the players on the field. Messi returned to the right, David Silva returned to the middle, Fabregas went up, and Tottenham Hotspur returned to the 433 tactics.

This change made Ferguson so angry that he just wanted to curse on the sidelines, but he also had a contingency plan, which was to pull Rooney back. However, in this way, the attack was weakened, but there was no way around it.

If Rooney was put in front, there would only be two players in the midfield, Las Diarra and Carrick, but Tottenham Hotspur had three players in the midfield, and Carrick had to retreat to the back to be threatening, so Manchester United's midfield was very disadvantaged. Tottenham Hotspur would definitely use this opportunity to regain control of the ball and then use the organization and creativity of the midfield to create threats.

In this case, Ferguson could only let Rooney come back and strengthen the midfield.

Even so, after a goal, the situation on the field had been completely broken, and both sides had no possibility of continuing to be content with the status quo, so Manchester United also began to actively attack, hoping to equalize the score or even reverse Tottenham Hotspur.

After Ye Qiu made the team return to the 433 tactics, the overall formation did not shrink. Ferguson often said that Tottenham Hotspur was a team that played for momentum, and Ye Qiu himself felt so. Since it was a team that played for momentum, there was no reason to give the initiative and the advantage that was hard-won to the opponent after scoring first.

Both sides played a lively offense, and the happiest person was Andy Gray.

The famous Premier League commentator was laughing and happy when he was commenting, and he seemed to be happier than Ye Qiu who scored the goal.

"In fact, we have to admire Ye Qiu. This is the umpteenth time that he has scored by substitutions and adjustments in a stalemate. When Tottenham was relatively weak before, he often performed like this, but as Tottenham became stronger, it became increasingly difficult to see Ye Qiu's magic."

"This time against Manchester United, it was his adjustment during the halftime break that worked again, and everyone saw his ability to command and adjust the team on the spot, as well as his excellent and keen tactical sense."

The two sides played more and more actively, and the game gradually turned into an offensive battle.

As Ye Qiu said before, Tottenham is least afraid of offensive battles, because in the entire European football world, no team can beat Tottenham in offensive battles.

Of course, this is under normal circumstances.

So, when Manchester United, who was behind in the score, played against Tottenham Hotspur, who was ahead in the score, Ye Qiu was very happy, and Ferguson on the sidelines kept shouting at the players and making adjustments.

But now the Manchester United players on the football field are like wild horses that have broken free from their reins, and they can't be stopped.

Soon, Tottenham Hotspur got a chance to counterattack. Yaya Toure intercepted the ball in the midfield, David Silva passed the ball straight after taking it, Messi passed it straight behind to Cavani, who then passed it to Ribery on the right, and then rushed forward himself, using Ribery to attract the attention of Vidic and Evra, and ran out of space in front of the goal.

Scarface used his personal ability and speed to create a gap and passed it to the middle. Cavani, who was unguarded, easily scored the ball into Van der Sar's goal, 2:0!