The Godfather of Football

"Bayern Munich! Bayern Munich! Bayern Munich!!"

At the moment when the whistle sounded at the end of the game, tens of thousands of fans wearing red Bayern Munich jerseys in the entire presidential stand were shouting the team's name loudly, and at the same time, they offered a thunderous applause and cheers.

They are all a group of fans who understand football. They did not leave the stadium because of the team's defeat and abandon the team. On the contrary, when the team was in the most difficult time and when the team suffered a defeat, they chose to stay at the Allianz Arena and chose to applaud and cheer for all Bayern Munich players.

Some people say that English fans are full of passion, but German fans are full of loyalty.

This may not be unreasonable. At least from the current situation, Bayern Munich fans are indeed very loyal.

Ye Qiu was relieved at the moment when the whistle sounded at the end of the game. Before the whistle sounded, he was full of confidence in victory. Almost from the time Messi scored, he felt that he could win, but until the last moment, everything was still unknown.

Sometimes, people are like this. They have to wait until everything is settled before they feel relieved.

"Congratulations, Ye Qiu!" After the whistle sounded, Heynckes took the initiative to walk over to Ye Qiu and stretched out his hand. It seemed that he would not want to test Ye Qiu's hand strength this time.

"Thank you!" Ye Qiu responded politely, "Although the game was won or lost, I think you did a good job in Bayern, really!"

Heynckes laughed. He was not young, with white hair, but his laugh was full of energy, "I know!"

Looking at the Bayern Munich players on the court, Schweinsteiger lay on the grass, his jersey pulled up to cover his head, looking like he was crying, and some other players sat on the grass, looking frustrated like losers, and several players were comforting their teammates, but to no avail.

Neuer stood in front of the goal, holding the post with both hands, looking forward, and didn't know what he was thinking.

"This is a rare lesson!" Heynckes shook his head and sighed, "I can only say now that sometimes the gains from failure are much greater than those from success. What do you think?"

Ye Qiu nodded, "So I say, for us Tottenham Hotspur, failure is honey and success is poison!"

Continuous success can easily make people unable to see everything clearly, and even become a little arrogant without knowing it, but failure can make you clearly see your weaknesses and shortcomings, especially the kind of bloody failure, you will feel as if you have broken through the fog and seen the blue sky.

"You... are really good!" Heynckes wanted to say a few words of praise, but in the end he couldn't say it. He has never been a person who easily gives compliments, especially at his age. Whether it is Heynckes or Ferguson, they will not easily praise an opponent, especially when this opponent has just defeated you.

"Losing this game really made me see a lot of things clearly. This season's Champions League also made me understand a lot. At least I can see clearly what the future of football will be like. This is something that cannot be seen clearly in the Bundesliga. Only in the Champions League, the knockout round of the Champions League, can I see clearly."

Heynckes' words are true, because the current Champions League represents the highest level of football tactics, which is unquestionable, even worse than the World Cup and the European Cup, and the highest level of tactics in the Champions League is in the knockout round, even worse than the final.

Because in that kind of knockout round with a lot of rules and restrictions, the enemy and us are tit-for-tat, it is very interesting.

Ye Qiu himself is also very clear in his heart that Tottenham Hotspur played the best in the Champions League this season. The most tactical games are against AC Milan and Barcelona, ​​especially the two-round game against Barcelona, ​​which is the most tactically enjoyable. In the final, Tottenham Hotspur actually didn't have anything too eye-catching.

But with such a lineup, Tottenham Hotspur can still beat Bayern Munich.

"I heard that you signed a two-year contract with Bayern Munich?" Ye Qiu asked curiously.

Heynckes laughed, "So, we will definitely meet again next season. I will solve all the problems by then. I promise that Bayern Munich will be stronger than it is now!"

Ye Qiu wanted to ask how he would make Bayern Munich stronger, but he didn't ask in the end.

I heard that Bayern Munich is going to introduce Brazilian central defender Dante from Monchengladbach. This Brazilian central defender has good physical fitness. From the perspective of a central defender, there is no obvious shortcoming, especially high ball is good, which can fill the current weaknesses and shortcomings of Bayern Munich.

As for the midfield, Javier Martinez went to Liverpool. With Liverpool's current financial resources and ambitions, I am afraid that no matter how much money Bayern Munich pays, it will not be able to make Benitez spit it out, so they have to choose another player who can provide hardness in the midfield and ensure the ball and pass.

However, this type of player should not be scarce.

If that doesn't work, maybe he can stimulate Gustavo's ability to get and pass the ball. After all, this midfielder is a Brazilian player. As long as he is a Brazilian player, he will not be too bad at getting and passing the ball. The key is whether you know how to use him.

"Then let's do our best!" Ye Qiu smiled and accepted the old coach's challenge.

After the two shook hands again, Heynckes turned and left. He seemed to be going to comfort his players.

Ye Qiu stood there and watched Heynckes leave. This old German coach is also a head coach who knows how to adapt to the situation, but this does not mean that he has nothing of his own. It is impossible for a head coach to reach the stage of the Champions League final. It can only be said that Bayern Munich will be stronger after experiencing a defeat.

"Aren't you going to accept an exclusive interview with a reporter?" Mauro Tassotti walked to Ye Qiu's side.

Ye Qiu shook his head, "I'm not in the mood."

"You've won the Champions League, but you're not in the mood yet?" Mauro Tassotti said with a wry smile that I won't let you down.

"Our game also exposed a lot of problems!" Ye Qiu said lightly.

In fact, many issues were already clear to the coaching staff before, such as the team's tough battles.

Cavani is indeed a very comprehensive center. There is almost nothing he can't do, but comprehensiveness often means mediocrity. Of course, if he can achieve Cavani's level, he will definitely not be mediocre. Basically, he will not be mediocre. Above the level, but sometimes what Tottenham Hotspur needs is that kind of super extreme type of player.

Just like this game, if Drogba is here, Ye Qiu will arrange for Drogba to start in the second half. In that case, beating Bayern Munich will not only score two goals, but also three, four or even five goals. , because as long as Drogba gets the first shot in the frontcourt, Tottenham Hotspur's back attack can create the greatest threat.

Looking back on Ye Qiu's previous life, Drogba did not play his role well in the Chelsea finals. After a very rare two or three times, Drogba contributed an equalizing goal at a critical moment, and it was a header.

This is also the reason why Ye Qiu introduced Drogba. At the critical moment, the Elephant King of Cote d'Ivoire was able to turn the situation around.

"It's a good thing to have problems. It proves that we still have a lot of room for improvement. What we are most afraid of are those that no longer have problems, because it basically means that you have either reached the end and have no development potential, or you cannot see the problem clearly. ”

At this point, Mauro Tassotti patted Ye Qiu on the shoulder, "After winning the championship, I feel more relaxed. Don't worry all the time. At least everything for the team has gone smoothly so far, right? "

Of course Ye Qiu knows, but he just believes in a word and is prepared for danger in times of peace.

"Let's go, let them line up over there and applaud our opponents!" Ye Qiu explained.

Soon, under the greetings of Roland and Mauro Tassotti, Tottenham Hotspur players came to the front of the player tunnel one after another. Everyone stood in two rows and lined up to welcome Bayern Munich. When the players enter the tunnel, they will go directly from the other exit of the tunnel to the chairman's area in the middle of the south stand to receive the award.

Ye Qiu stood aside. Robben came to him and said a few words to him. The Dutchman looked disappointed. It was not that he had no chance in this game, but the targeted tactics deployed by Ye Qiu were too restrained. He did.

For this former favorite general, Ye Qiu only gave him comfort. He would not criticize him at this time. At least in Ye Qiu's view, Robben really didn't make much progress in the past few years. It's almost the same as when he left Ajax, but you know, he was young then and not young now.

Just like Messi, when he debuted in the early years, Messi was also left-footed and his right foot was not very good. However, after years of hard training, Messi's right foot is very good. The first goal he scored was with his right foot. This kind of balanced development of his left and right feet allows Messi to play a greater role in the game.

On the other hand, Robben, you only have your left foot. If you play on the right, everyone knows to guard your left foot and let you kick with your right foot. Therefore, the main thing is to freeze your inside cuts and make it difficult for you to show your threat. We cannot stop you from cutting in, but we must also minimize the impact you bring.

In Tottenham Hotspur's regular training sessions, Ye Qiu specially arranged a targeted training session, one every week. Different from other training sessions, this targeted training specifically targeted the players' weaknesses. and insufficient to design.

We all know that people are dependent, and players are also human. When a player has excellent skills, he will be dependent on or even obsessed with the use of technology. When a player is fast, he will be addicted. Due to his speed and excellent physical fitness, he will rely too much on physical confrontation. This is a natural and subconscious behavior.

But this kind of mentality is very detrimental to the long-term development of players, so Ye Qiu developed targeted training and adopted reverse thinking to specifically carve out the players' weaknesses and shortcomings. For example, asking offensive players to play defenders and asking left-footed players to kick with their right foot. Players with excellent physical fitness cannot make physical contact with the opponent, but use their foot skills to slow down fast players to kick the ball, etc. There are many targeted projects. They practice every week. They have been practicing for many years. .

This kind of reverse thinking is to change the subconscious mind of players and improve their weaknesses and deficiencies.

Therefore, if Robben plays under Ye Qiu, Ye Qiu will definitely try his best to improve his right foot. This is what he wanted to do when he was at Ajax, but later Ye Qiu went to Chelsea. , Robben just let it go.

As Bayern Munich players walked into the player tunnel and onto the podium one after another, the entire South Stand suddenly rang with an overwhelming cheer. Countless Bayern Munich fans were shouting the name of the team. Although they lost, the fact that Bayern Munich could reach the final was itself a kind of recognition and affirmation.

Ye Qiu went on stage to receive the silver medal at Bayern Munich. When he walked down the podium one after another, he led the Tottenham Hotspur players into the player tunnel at the call of the on-site staff and went up to the rostrum from a narrow staircase.

Although the South Stand is a gathering place for Bayern Munich fans, there are many neutral fans in the chairman's area, as well as some reporters and media from all over the world. When Ye Qiu just walked out of the tunnel, he saw the big head of Chen Jun, a football reporter from a domestic authoritative TV station.

"Come on, pose!" Chen Jun picked up the camera and was about to take a photo. He shouted particularly loudly in the midst of the noise around him.

Ye Qiu laughed and raised his right hand to block it slightly, but he walked over to hug Chen Jun to celebrate.

"Remember, give me an exclusive interview tonight!" Chen Jun reminded loudly when he hugged Ye Qiu.

This was the agreement Ye Qiu had made with him before. If the team won the Champions League, he would give him an exclusive interview opportunity.

"I remember!" Ye Qiu patted Chen Jun's shoulder vigorously and continued to walk forward.

"Hello, Mr. Ye Qiu, I am a reporter from the domestic XX portal website. Congratulations on winning the Champions League!" There was also a Chinese reporter next to Chen Jun shouting excitedly at Ye Qiu.

"Thank you, thank you!" Ye Qiu smiled and nodded, and at the same time stretched out his hand and hugged the reporter politely. This scene was immediately photographed by the photographer next to him, and the special correspondent from a domestic portal website looked a little flattered and thanked him repeatedly.

When walking forward, Ye Qiu met two or three reporters from domestic TV stations and newspapers. Some of them had met several times and were familiar with each other. When he walked onto the podium, he saw almost all familiar faces.

For example, Beckenbauer, Platini, Hoeness and Rummenigge of Bayern Munich, Peter Kenyon and Ron Gourlay of Tottenham Hotspur, as well as some bigwigs of UEFA and some famous players in European football, all gathered together.

"It was a wonderful game, congratulations on winning the championship!" Although Rummenigge lost the game, he took the initiative to hug Ye Qiu and congratulated him.

"Thank you, you are also very good, I believe you will be stronger next time we meet!"

"Sure, sure!" Rummenigge said politely.

Beckenbauer was next to Rummenigge, he also shook hands with Ye Qiu and hugged him, he praised Tottenham Hotspur's performance this season, and also said that Tottenham Hotspur deserved to win the Champions League.

Ye Qiu came to Platini. The UEFA president smiled and shook hands with Ye Qiu vigorously, hugged him, and personally put the gold medal representing the championship on Ye Qiu. Then he jokingly asked, "What do you want to do most now?"

"I'll treat you to a meal!" Ye Qiu answered with a laugh, and the people around him, including Platini and Beckenbauer, laughed along.

In fact, Tottenham Hotspur had booked a dinner at the Michelin restaurant of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel before the game. If the team lost, Ye Qiu would make the dinner a consolation dinner, and if the team won the championship, it would be a celebration dinner, including all the players, staff and family members of the players.

At that time, these people from UEFA will inevitably receive an invitation.

Ye Qiu continued to walk forward, and the players behind him came up one after another, accepting the awards from their predecessors and UEFA President Platini one after another, and the last three people were veteran Raul, the team's captain Thiago Silva and vice-captain Beckham.

This is also a special order in the Tottenham Hotspur locker room. After Raul, Thiago Silva and Beckham received their medals, the three stood in front of the St. Pauli Cup, lined up, with Thiago Silva standing in the middle, Raul and Beckham on the left and right.

Both veterans have made it clear that they want to retire and leave the team. Raul will go to Qatar to play for another year or two, while Beckham has been clearly selected for the British Olympic team and will participate in the London Olympics. After the Olympics, he will officially retire. At that time, he may consider joining Tottenham Hotspur as a coaching staff member or as the team's image ambassador.

It should be said that Beckham and Raul are the first batch of superstars brought by Tottenham Hotspur's rise. Although Raul has not been in the team for a long time, he is deeply loved by players and fans, and Beckham is even more important. He is an important symbol of the team's revival.

Therefore, the players in the locker room made such an arrangement. They hoped that when the two veterans left the team, there would be something worth remembering.

When Raul, Thiago Silva and Beckham raised the St. Pauli Cup together, the whole Allianz Arena suddenly rang with overwhelming cheers, and even the fans of Bayern Munich followed suit to cheer and congratulate.

Although the game was lost, Tottenham Hotspur's performance was worthy of this championship trophy, so the fans of Bayern Munich would not be stingy in giving praise and affirmation.

Hundreds of reporters and TV media set up their instruments and equipment on the grass below the President's Stand and took photos of the stands, recording the moment when three Tottenham Hotspur players jointly lifted the St. Pauli Cup.

After three years, Tottenham Hotspur finally lifted the UEFA Champions League trophy again!

At this moment, tens of thousands of Tottenham Hotspur fans at the Marienplatz in Munich, in London, in the UK, and around the world, countless Tottenham Hotspur fans are witnessing and celebrating the team's return to the top of Europe!