The Godfather of Football

"In the Premier League, Manchester United is a ferocious tiger, but that is for other teams. For us, Tottenham Hotspur, they are just paper tigers. Remember how we beat them 8:0 at Old Trafford?"

"Don't think too much. Just remember one thing, beat them to death!"

"As long as they dare to resist, we will strive to score goals. If one is not enough, we will score two. If two are not enough, we will score three. We will score goals crazily, score goals continuously, until they are afraid, until they raise their hands to surrender, until they completely collapse. In the future, they will not dare to speak loudly when they see us. They will all hold their tails and restrain themselves!"

"Go to the court and tell them who is the king of the Premier League now!"

Ye Qiu's words when the players were about to leave the locker room were still lingering in their minds even when the players were scattered on the court, standing in their positions, waiting for Cavani and Messi in the penalty area to kick off.

Hazard stood on the left side outside the center circle, twisting his neck, waving his arms, jumping his legs, and moving his body. He noticed that the opponent he faced in this game was the right side where Rafael was.

Manchester United's starting lineup in this game was a 433 tactic, with De Gea as the goalkeeper, Evra, Vidic, Ferdinand and Rafael as the back line, Giggs, Carrick and Scholes as the midfielders, and Rooney, Benzema and Van Persie as the front trident.

After sending Tevez to West Ham United, Manchester United spent a lot of money to introduce Dutch striker Van Persie from Barcelona to form a new front trident offensive combination, and this was also the first time Van Persie encountered his old club Tottenham Hotspur after returning to the Premier League.

Looking sideways at the center circle, Hazard was patiently waiting for the kick-off. Today's head coach was Chris Foy. This was his second game for Manchester United this season. Interestingly, both games were held at Old Trafford. The last time was when Manchester United beat Newcastle 2:1 and the home team won.

In addition, in the six games Chris Foy has officiated this season, the home team has four wins and two draws and remained unbeaten. Among the two draws, one was Arsenal vs. Sunderland, and the other was Norwich's 0:0 draw with West Ham United at home. The home wins included Chelsea, Manchester City and West Bromwich.

Therefore, many media hyped before the game that Chris Foy is a friend of the home team. As long as he officiates the game, the home team will at least remain unbeaten. However, some people think that this is purely coincidental. With Tottenham's strong offensive power, it is hard to say whether Manchester United can prevent Tottenham from scoring.

Chris Foy stood in the center circle, holding a whistle in his mouth and concentrating on watching his watch. His movements were magnified on the big screen at Old Trafford. With a crisp whistle, Cavani kicked the ball to Messi, officially sounding the horn of this highly anticipated focus game.

At the beginning of the game, when Tottenham Hotspur passed the ball back, Manchester United did not start the frontcourt pressing tactics, but retreated the overall defense, obviously giving up the frontcourt pressing and letting Tottenham Hotspur attack.

Hazard rushed forward quickly after the game started, but he paid more attention to approaching the left line, because he found that the entire middle road was gathered with Manchester United's red jerseys. Obviously, Manchester United wanted to focus on the defense in the middle.

Soon, when Hazard ran to the 30-meter area of ​​Manchester United, he heard his teammates behind him calling his name.

The Belgian turned his head and looked up to see Pirlo's overhead pass from behind, which had come to him, so Hazard turned around and stopped the ball with his chest, unloaded it with his right foot, and the ball landed steadily at his feet.

After stopping the ball, Hazard continued to dribble forward, Scholes approached, and Rafael also stood near the left corner of the penalty area.

Hazard glanced and found that Cavani and Messi were already in place, so he sped up directly.

When Hazard dribbled the ball through Scholes' defense area, he suddenly accelerated sharply, waded past Scholes, and met Rafael in the left corner of the penalty area. The Brazilian right back was originally in a good position, but he did not expect Hazard to pass Scholes' defense area so quickly.

One-on-one, just an eye contact, Hazard pretended to go down the bottom, but suddenly he dribbled the ball past Rafael and turned it into an inside cut. At this time, he had already reached the penalty area. Although Scholes appeared on Hazard's right, he didn't dare to step easily.

This is the trouble of dribbling with small steps. Unless Hazard makes a mistake in dribbling, otherwise, in such a place in the penalty area, the defensive players will feel very headache to deal with this kind of small steps. There is no effective way.

Moreover, Hazard handled the details very well this time, without any flaws.

Ferdinand was behind Rafael to assist. After seeing Hazard dribbling past Scholes and Rafael, he made a prediction at the first time and wanted to block Hazard's inside cut position, but what he didn't expect was that the Belgian was not tall, but his body was very flexible. The sudden change of speed and direction in such a small range caught him off guard.

Hazard, who was originally cutting inside, suddenly made an abrupt stop and dribbled the ball, forcing himself to go down the bottom line and rushing straight past Ferdinand. At this time, Ferdinand had no time to react.

In the left corner of the penalty area, within a small area, he continued to dribble the ball in small steps to change speed and direction. Hazard made three Manchester United defenders spin around, and when he got to the bottom line, it was a pair of A battle with De Gea.

But Hazard didn't take credit this time. He saw that Vidic and Evra were being driven by him, and Messi was unguarded behind the goal, so he flicked his right foot, not a shot, but a shot. Pick pass.

The ball gently passed over De Gea, who bent down and lowered his center of gravity, and landed at the back of the goal. Messi followed up from behind and easily pushed the ball into the empty goal, 1:0!

"Wow!!!!!!"

"The game has only started less than a minute, only 48 seconds, oh my god, Tottenham Hotspur scored!!!"

"The goal in the 48th second came from Hazard, who passed three opponents players from the left to form a single goal. However, Hazard selflessly passed the ball to the back and assisted his teammate Messi to score, 1:0!"

"It was too fast. Tottenham Hotspur's attack was too fast. Manchester United's defense was easily broken by the opponent. Ferguson's carefully arranged defense was broken by the opponent with such ease!"

"Faced with such a rapid and sharp attack by Tottenham Hotspur, we can only say, please, please, your goal should not be the earth, but the stars and the sea. Go back to your Mars, Tottenham Team Cosmos!”

All the Tottenham Hotspur players rushed out of the stadium excitedly and rushed to the corner flagpole. Messi hugged Hazard tightly, and the two celebrated the goal together on the sidelines. Ha Zaid's assist was indeed very selfless, because he had a good enough reason to kick it by himself. Even if the shooting angle was not large, hitting the goal by himself is the selfishness that a scorer should have.

But he didn't, he assisted, which showed his team awareness.

Everyone at Manchester United was obviously a little stunned by this start. Ferguson on the sidelines slapped his forehead hard after seeing Messi score. He felt that his disciples were still not focused enough, because he was so focused before the game. They have been reminded more than once that Tottenham Hotspur's Hazard on the left has been in ridiculously good form recently, so they must be careful.

Although he gave you an amazing performance at the beginning and passed several people in a row. He was indeed in frightening condition, but his defensive players were not attentive enough, which also gave Hazard the opportunity and space to perform.

Who would have thought that when three people were defending one on the left, he would break into the small penalty area. Can you say there is a problem with the defense?

However, the advantage is obviously no longer on Manchester United's side. Now Ferguson faces a very difficult choice. How to continue the game? The opponent knocked on the goal less than a minute after the start. How can you continue to play?

After the kick-off resumed, the Manchester United players on the court obviously wanted to make up for the loopholes just now, launch an attack against Tottenham Hotspur as soon as possible, get a goal back, and bring the situation between the two sides back to the same starting line.

Ferguson didn't have a very good and effective method for a while, and he felt that at this time, we can't stop the players from getting hot-headed. It is best to let them suppress Tottenham Hotspur's morale and energy, otherwise this How to play a game?

But what Ferguson didn't expect was that after Manchester United lost the ball, they launched three consecutive waves of attacks, and once scored within 30 meters of Tottenham Hotspur, but failed to get a chance to score. In the fourth minute, Rooney got the ball and went to find Benzema, but Thiago Silva poked the ball away in advance.

The ball went to the right, and Kyle Walker rushed forward and made a clearance with his big foot.

Messi pulled to the right sideline and got stuck in position in advance. Evra was behind him. After the Argentinian steadily removed the ball, he pretended to make a fake move, but suddenly spiked the ball and turned around. After half a circle, he dribbled the ball inside. When Vidic was about to rush over to help defend Evra, Messi suddenly made a cross.

I saw Cavani rushing up from behind, just on the right side of the top of the penalty area, facing Messi's cross. He stopped with his left foot, swung his right foot directly and fired a thunderous shot. The ball was like a bolt of lightning. Go straight to the goal.

De Gea reacted very quickly this time. He flew to make a save and blocked the ball. He fell heavily on the turf. When he looked at the spot where the ball landed, he saw Ramsey. I don't know when I rushed into the penalty area, just to the left of the penalty spot, and gave a gentle push to the ball saved by De Gea.

The ball stuck to the turf and quickly rolled into Manchester United's goal line. Rafael, who quickly retreated, rushed over at this time. He was so angry that he kicked the ball towards the net, but he could no longer stop Chris? Foix blew the whistle that the goal was valid, 2:0!

"Three minutes, only three minutes since the last goal, less than four minutes from the start, Tottenham leads by two goals, how should Manchester United play in this game?"

The Sky TV commentator was obviously shocked. Even after he saw Tottenham Hotspur score two goals in a row, he couldn't help but want to ask, "Could it be that Tottenham Hotspur are going to score again in this game?" The massacre against Manchester United at Old Trafford? Does Ye Qiu want to give the old coach a shameful slap in the face this season when he announces his retirement?

I believe that at this moment, not only the commentator has such concerns, but all the Red Devils fans in the stands have such concerns, and even all the Manchester United players on the field are afraid. Many of them have personally experienced that 0:8 game. After the game, they all encountered overwhelming humiliation and booing from the media and fans. They all know that it is a shame!

Once it was an accident, but if it happened again, they don’t know what will happen!

This is the shadow. When you encounter some kind of predicament, some kind of unsatisfactory, it will make you feel scared and terrified. If you can’t suppress it well, it will devour your soul.

Will it be a reappearance of 0:8? Ferguson doesn’t know, because the game has just started, but he has lost two goals. The situation is extremely unfavorable to him and Manchester United. What he is considering now is not even winning the game or keeping the draw, but how to make himself lose less miserably.

Of course, it doesn't mean that he has no hope of a reversal. After all, the game has just started. But if you want to reverse the situation, you have to wait until you stabilize the situation. If you continue to let Tottenham Hotspur attack like this, it may be another humiliating score.

Ferguson clenched his fists and stood in front of the home team's coaching bench with gritted teeth. Everyone only saw his blushing face, but no one knew his mood at this moment, except Guardiola, who was sitting in the stands behind Ferguson and specially accepted his invitation to come to Old Trafford to watch the game.

When he coached Barcelona and lost 0:9 to Tottenham Hotspur in two rounds, Guardiola's mood in the game was similar to Ferguson's now, unwilling, but there was nothing he could do.

Sometimes the head coach can do very limited, especially when you realize that your players are already scared and have lost their fighting spirit, even if you are unwilling in your heart, there is no way, because you can't go on the court to replace the players, and you can't let the players rekindle their fighting spirit in a short time and fight with the opponent.

The reason why reversal is often called a miracle is that it is something that can only be encountered but not sought.

The game is basically over. This is Guardiola's analysis of the game. What caused Manchester United to lose the game was actually their midfield. The midfield composed of Scholes, Carrick and Giggs could not stop the crazy offensive of Tottenham Hotspur.

After the opening, Manchester United's midfield was almost helpless in the face of the opponent's lightning offensive. This is not difficult to understand. Veterans always enter the state slowly. They are slow to warm up. The same was true for AC Milan in the past. Although this group of veterans of Manchester United are in good condition and have rich experience, they can play well with the team's off-ball running system.

But the problem is that Tottenham Hotspur's wolf-like offensive made them exhausted and unable to resist.

From this point of view, Las Diarra is the irreplaceable midfielder defense of Manchester United today, and Tevez and Rooney also play a huge supporting role in the frontcourt. However, Ferguson let Tevez go and kept Rooney with a maximum salary, but sent Las Diarra and Sneijder away or put them in the cold palace, which made Manchester United's midfield lose competitiveness.

Modern football often tests a team by looking at the midfield.

Didn't you see that after Ye Qiu sent away Yaya Toure, Fabregas and David Silva, he introduced Vidal and Pirlo. Tottenham's midfield changed and immediately became full of resilience. It can not only play tough offense, but also has delicate technical changes. The offensive means of the whole team have become more diverse and difficult to defend.

"Could it be that Tottenham Hotspur are the only ones who can beat them?"

Although many people say that Pirlo's aging will change the entire tactics of Tottenham Hotspur and bring some uncertainty, more people think that, relatively speaking, Ye Qiu's departure may be the most painful blow to the team.

As early as the beginning of the season, there were media reports that Ye Qiu might announce his departure from the head coach position in 2014 and concentrate on the team's management work. After all, for someone like him, coaching is just his hobby.

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Four minutes, three attacks, two shots, two goals, Tottenham Hotspur's lightning attack was fully demonstrated after the start of the game. If it was just fast, it would not be terrible. What is terrible is that they are fast and efficient.

In the end, Manchester United failed to pose much threat to Tottenham Hotspur at home. Although Ferguson's team turned to defense and stabilized the situation after losing two goals in a row, Tottenham Hotspur also guarded against Manchester United's counterattack, so they did not increase their offensive investment, and the first half ended with 0:2.

In the second half, Tottenham Hotspur was again Hazard and Marcelo on the left. After a continuous two-pass and one-wall cooperation, Cavani headed the ball to the back post, and Messi scored another goal, 3:0!

The game ended with a score of 3:0. Tottenham Hotspur once again defeated the Red Devils Manchester United at Old Trafford.

At the moment when Chris Foy blew the whistle to end the game, the entire Old Trafford Stadium of more than 70,000 fans became silent. Perhaps the more than 90 minutes of the game had wiped out their passion and made them see clearly the fact that Manchester United today does not have the strength to challenge Tottenham Hotspur.

This can be clearly seen from the lineups of both teams.

But no one can question Ferguson, because without Ferguson's support, with Manchester United's current lineup, they may not even get the top four in the Premier League, so they have to accept reality.

However, as the commentator analyzed in the post-match summary, with Ferguson, Manchester United can continue to get into the top four with this remnant lineup, but Ferguson will retire after the end of this season, what will happen then? Who can take over this mess in Ferguson's hands?

Many Manchester United fans have noticed Guardiola. Does the Spaniard's appearance at Old Trafford represent something?

In fact, after the game, Ferguson specially invited Ye Qiu and Guardiola to his office, saying that they were drinking, but in fact, the old fox's calculations were very shrewd.

At least, he felt that he had the biggest bargaining chip to convince Guardiola.