The Godfather of Football

The referee blew the whistle to end the game, and the entire Stade Louis II burst into cheers of joy.

3:1, the scoreboard showed the score of the two teams. After entering the 80th minute, both sides scored a goal each. Messi of Tottenham Hotspur received an assist from Hazard and passed the ball for the goal. Tottenham scored their third goal and Sturridge saved Chelsea's face just before the end of the game.

However, Chelsea's goal was more because Tottenham was already confident of winning.

But even so, Ye Qiu was still a little dissatisfied with the team's last-minute loss, because he believed that some players were not concentrated enough in the final stage, especially after the team made continuous substitutions and adjustments, some problems arose, which led Chelsea to seize He missed a chance, but the game was won in the end.

As soon as the game ended, Tottenham Hotspur rushed out of the bench and rushed into the stadium excitedly. Even those players who did not participate in the game but were still brought to Monaco by the team were in the stands. Celebrating with the fans, including Ribery who was injured.

The staff quickly entered the stadium and began to prepare the podium. After all, the European Super Cup is also a trophy.

After Ye Qiu celebrated by high-fiving the assistants around him, he saw Mourinho walking over with his hands on his waist and an indignant look on his face, so Ye Qiu greeted him with a smile on his face, "Hey, I feel like how?"

Mourinho turned around and looked at the Tottenham Hotspur players on the court, "I didn't lose to you, I just lost to these players. Their personal abilities are too strong!"

Is this a reason? Maybe!

Ye Qiu accepted this self-comfort and excuse and chuckled, "You know what? You give me the feeling that you have been living in the same environment as when you first debuted and have no intention of making progress." He paused deliberately and said, Seeing that Mourinho was a little annoyed, he added with a smile: "Of course, compared to those rookies, you did a great job, just like an old rookie."

Mourinho wanted to be angry, but couldn't, and in the end he could only smile bitterly.

In fact, he understood Ye Qiu's meaning very well, because almost all professional coaches took their first step in a very embarrassing environment, such as Mourinho, although the first stop of his career was the Portuguese Super League. Benfica, but he really took his first steps in his career at Leiria.

At that time, Leiria did not have rich resources. It was just a mid-to-lower team that was squeezed by wealthy teams, and even the selection of a head coach was affected by all parties. In such a team, Mourinho could You can imagine what kind of resources he got, and he was a rookie at the time. Where could he get much support?

But it was in such a team that Mourinho won honors by relying on his very realistic coaching style that only seeks to achieve the goal without pursuing the process. During that period of time, he also became sober. They realize that although such tactics cannot produce the offensive football that fans like, it can bring very stable results to the team.

When he arrived at Porto, Mourinho felt greater coaching pressure, especially from Chairman Da Costa, so he continued to stick to the same set of tactics and concepts he had at Leiria because he knew very well that he did not want to Even if you lose, you can’t afford to lose.

From Leiria to Porto to Chelsea to Inter Milan, Mourinho has always adhered to his own set of tactical concepts, but this does not mean that he is not enterprising. He has also been trying to use limited offensive resources. , find more abundant offensive methods, create better offensive effects to please the fans, and achieve a double harvest of results and process.

But sometimes this world is very realistic, and you can gain as much as you pay.

When you stingy investment in offense in order to ensure defensive stability, then no matter how you play, you will not achieve the desired results.

In fact, when he was at Inter Milan, Mourinho had already used different tricks in his offense. Otherwise, if Italy's tactical environment remained unchanged, it would not take more than a few games to be restrained by others. .

It's just that he never deviates from the same principle, using the smallest investment to play the simplest and most effective offense in exchange for the greatest gain. Mourinho still can't get rid of this crux. This can be said to be his biggest bottleneck so far. .

"Listening to what you said, I think you are complimenting me. Do you want to thank you?" Mourinho asked tit for tat.

Ye Qiu shook his head, "No, I'm not praising you, but I just don't understand. Do you really think that you are still under so much pressure that you need to keep proving yourself?"

Mourinho felt at this moment that Ye Qiu actually showed some sincerity in his truth, rather than adding insult to injury or being sarcastic. In fact, after so many years, some of his complaints about Ye Qiu have faded away, and he has never Ye Qiu also learned a lot from him. At least this person was worth getting to know deeply.

Everyone has a different personality, and even in the same environment, different personalities will lead to different judgments for everyone, not to mention that everyone's environment is fundamentally different. At least Ye Qiu has enough In terms of qualifications and chips, I don’t value results, and I don’t need to prove anything to anyone.

That's because he's successful, and very successful!

"When I win more Champions League trophies than you, I will feel that I don't need to prove myself!"

Ye Qiu almost fell down because of Mourinho's words, "Please, you have no hope in this life!"

"Just wait and see!" Mourinho pointed at Ye Qiu provocatively.

Watching the Portuguese walk away, Ye Qiu also shook his head and smiled bitterly. This Mourinho is very stubborn and persistent. Once he decides on something, he will do it without hesitation and insist on doing it.

Sometimes Ye Qiu feels that Mourinho and Guardiola are very similar. Both of them are crazy about wanting to kill all risks in the cradle. The difference is that they kill risks in different ways. Mourinho chose defense, which is despised by many fans, which is not very pleasing, while Guardiola chose to control the ball, which looks more handsome and rich.

But that's all. Deep in their bones, they are essentially the same.

Ye Qiu could understand. In fact, both of them wanted to transform, and they knew they had to try to transform, because their tactics would be known to their opponents sooner or later. If they could not come up with new tricks, it would be a pity that they would soon become stepping stones for the new round of famous coaches.

As the saying goes, the waves behind push the waves ahead, and the waves ahead die on the beach. This is the truth.

When Van Gaal left Ajax, he was so glorious and majestic. Even in the early days of his coaching of Bayern Munich, he was such a hero, but what was the result? What happened afterwards? What about now?

For those who are in the wave of professional football, if you don’t want to die on the beach, you have to become a trend-setter who is always chasing the forefront. But even so, there is no guarantee that you will not die, and you will always chase the forefront. This looks very majestic and heroic, but it contains amazing efforts and huge pressure that outsiders cannot understand.

Just like what Ye Qiu once said, fast players will always rely on speed unconsciously, and players with good physique will always rely on physique. In the same way, as a head coach, when you are familiar with defense, you will not unconsciously use defense, and when you understand ball control, you will adopt a ball control style of play. This is a kind of human subconsciousness.

Sometimes reality will make you make some choices that you know are wrong, but you still have to make them.

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Tottenham Hotspur defeated Chelsea in the European Super Cup, won the city derby, and won the second championship trophy of the new season, which also made the North London team praised by the media all over the world.

But this is just a European Super Cup. After the media praise and the fans celebrated, more people turned their attention to the football economic forum at Zhenhua Hotel, because the entire Premier League has set off a crazy transfer wave in the last three days.

Everyone knows that with the signing of the salary and debt limit clause by the 20 Premier League teams, the British Ministry of Labor and the Players' Union have also accepted this proposal from the Premier League, which proves that there is no resistance to the salary and debt limit clause, and it will be implemented from the next season.

Therefore, many teams that are currently obviously not in compliance with the salary and debt limit clauses are starting to prepare to adjust the team's lineup, especially for many teams including Manchester City, Manchester United, and Chelsea, and they have started a round of cleaning of substitutes and bench players to reduce the team's salary pressure and reduce the debt of the new season.

Among them, Manchester City's cleaning is the most crazy. De Jong, Adam Johnson, Adebayo, Santa Cruz, Hargreaves and other substitute players have been cleaned up one by one, and this round of cleaning has also fattened up the middle and lower teams of the Premier League, such as Adam Johnson, who made a great contribution to Manchester City last season and performed very well, but his transfer to Sunderland is only worth 10 million pounds, which is very cost-effective.

De Jong, who came to Manchester City at a high price of nearly 20 million euros, is now sold to West Ham United for only 5 million euros. West Ham United's Ranieri is grinning from ear to ear. After De Jong replaced the aging Mohamed Diarra, the combination of West Ham United's three midfielders, Toulalan, Moutinho and De Jong, is also very fierce.

Coupled with Tevez, Di Maria, Falcao, Jovetic, Eto'o and Carroll's frontcourt attack combination, West Ham United's lineup configuration for the new season is also very strong. Ranieri's ambition is not just to be in the top four of the league, but to go further, at least to strive for a higher ranking.

After cleaning up many substitutes and bench players, Manchester City introduced several high-level signings in one go on the last day of the summer transfer, namely, the introduction of former Real Madrid midfielder Xavi Garcia from Benfica for 16 million pounds, the introduction of Sinclair from Swansea for 8 million pounds, and the introduction of Rodwell from Everton for 15 million pounds.

However, the biggest signing was made by Ajax, who spent 20 million euros to bring in Ajax's main central defender, the 25-year-old Belgian Vertonghen, hoping that the latter's joining can help Manchester City further consolidate its defense.

Ajax is also the most popular team in this summer's transfer market, and two heavyweight transfers occurred on the last day of the transfer market, namely the sale of the main central defender Vertonghen and the sale of the team's top star Brazilian striker Hulk, who moved to Chelsea for 50 million euros.

Two transfers brought in 70 million euros. Ajax surprised everyone in terms of selling players, but what many people don't know is that the transfer fee for Hulk's transfer to Chelsea actually went into Tottenham's pocket, and Ye Qiu used all the 50 million euros for the renovation of the upcoming new stadium.

This summer, Tottenham's scouting system started working again, introducing a number of outstanding young youth players, including 18-year-old Brazilian central defender Marquinhos, 19-year-old Argentine defender Balanta, and 20-year-old midfielder Marcus Henriksen from Rosenborg in Norway.

The transfer fees of these three players were around 1 million to 2 million. Tottenham's scouting system decided to introduce them and then loan them to Ajax. After all, at their age, they couldn't play in Tottenham.

But the one that Peter de Visser favored was a Colombian attacker, Quintero, who was only 19 years old.

Peter de Visser has a very high opinion of this young player. He believes that Quintero has very delicate footwork, very accurate passing, and is very creative. He also has excellent field vision and overall view. He is a typical South American No. 10 player with excellent ball and off-ball abilities.

Only 1.67 meters tall, this short player is very good at holding the ball, dribbling and passing in a small area. It is believed that if he is well cultivated, he has the hope of becoming another top star, and he also has a very good left-foot free kick technique.

This player cannot get a work permit in Tottenham Hotspur, and the team is currently full of stars, so it is difficult for Quintero to get a chance, so Peter de Visser plans to send him to Ajax to replace Hulk after he leaves. After reading the player's information, Ajax's De Boer also promised to give him more opportunities.

In addition to these four players, Tottenham Hotspur also introduced the 16-year-old young player Aaron Halilovic from Dinamo Zagreb in Croatia. This rookie who has not had any chance to play in the Croatian league is also a young player that Tottenham Hotspur is very optimistic about and is seen as a reserve for the future.

However, after introducing Aaron Halilovic, Tottenham Hotspur will continue to arrange him in Dinamo Zagreb, and wait until he is more mature, his technical characteristics are more stable, and his strength reaches a certain level before transferring to Tottenham Hotspur.

Moreover, Tottenham Hotspur has also reached a comprehensive cooperation agreement with Dinamo Zagreb. This well-known youth training club that has cultivated famous players such as Boban and Prosinecki, famous stars such as Modric, Koluka, Eduardo da Silva, and rookies such as Kovacic and Jedvic is also full of expectations for cooperation with Tottenham Hotspur.

Everyone knows that Tottenham Hotspur has the most advanced scouting system and the most outstanding youth training system in the world, but the team's most influential region is South America. They can find a large number of outstanding young players from South America every year, but Tottenham Hotspur's next focus is Eastern Europe.

Therefore, reaching a cooperation with Tottenham Hotspur and relying on the power of Tottenham Hotspur to become a transit station for Eastern European stars has become a positioning of Dinamo Zagreb. If it can get the support of Tottenham Hotspur's strong software, hardware and technical capabilities, it would naturally be ideal.

To be honest, for a Croatian team with an annual youth training budget of only one million euros, being with Tottenham Hotspur is undoubtedly equivalent to being with a rich man. Didn't you see that after Tottenham Hotspur and Ajax started a comprehensive cooperation, the Dutch team has a bumper harvest in the transfer market every year.

After signing Dinamo Zagreb, Tottenham Hotspur loaned the 17-year-old young player Jedvic to Dinamo Zagreb, hoping that this young and technically excellent central defender can accumulate more game experience in Croatia, and Tottenham Hotspur's scouts will continue to track and help these young players on loan.

After several years of rapid development and lag, Tottenham Hotspur's youth training model has begun to be the same as other giants, that is, to adopt a scattershot youth training. After all, it is impossible for every youth player to play in Tottenham Hotspur's first team.

For example, Nick Powell, who Ye Qiu is very optimistic about and is known as Pirlo II, immediately sent a loan application to Ye Qiu after Southampton planned to strengthen the recruitment this season. Ye Qiu considered that it would be difficult for Nick Powell to gain more game experience in Tottenham Hotspur, so he loaned him to Southampton.

Will Hughes was also loaned to Southampton by Ye Qiu for the same purpose, which was to accumulate more experience. If Nick Powell, Chambers, Lucas Moura and Coutinho are added, Southampton will have five loaned players from Tottenham Hotspur. The close relationship between the two teams is well known.

Tottenham Hotspur's approach is understandable. At present, the first team is full of talents, including young stars such as Vidal, Ramsey, Pogba, Phil Jones, Sandro and Eriksson who have proven their strength and performed well, and veterans such as Pirlo. It is difficult for these young players to get a chance to play in the first team.

In this case, it is better to simply loan him out to accumulate more experience outside. After his strength improves, he will have the opportunity to return to Tottenham Hotspur.

But Tottenham Hotspur's loan is not just a casual loan, it is targeted. The first thing is to ensure that the team's style is in line with the development trend of the players, and also that the players can get more opportunities after arriving at the new team. Game opportunities, only if these two purposes are achieved, Tottenham Hotspur will consider a loan.

As for players like Neymar, Luke Shaw, Pogba, Varane, Nastasic, etc. who have already established themselves in the first team and performed well, Ye Qiu is inclined to stay in the team. After all, Tod Tottenham Hotspur operates on multiple fronts and has many competition opportunities. As for talent reserves, Tottenham Hotspur does not need to worry.

There are two talent days every season, and the competition in Tottenham Hotspur's youth academy is no less than that of the first team.

For Genius Day this summer, Tottenham Hotspur selected a nine-year-old boy named Sac Gilsenan. He has dual citizenship of Ireland and Australia. He previously lived in Australia and accepted the invitation to participate in Genius Day activities. , stood out among four hundred children under the age of ten and became one of the sixteen finalists. His most impressive thing was that he scored eight goals in one game and was defeated by Peter Devisse. Er gave the highest evaluation of the audience, genius!

Sometimes, the world of football is so cruel. Not every genius can eventually become a genius. As a football club, if Tottenham Hotspur wants to remain among the giants forever, it must take this approach like other giants. Casting a net for youth training can better balance the relationship between youth training and performance.

Therefore, sometimes, the youth training of wealthy families is like making wedding clothes for others.