The Godfather of Football

Since you came, the world has become so beautiful...

This lyric is undoubtedly very appropriate for Juventus in the past season.

The "you" in the lyrics undoubtedly represents the new stadium they moved into in 2011. This allowed them to increase their net income from the new stadium by more than 30 million euros in the first year without participating in European competitions, which almost represents the joining of a European first-line star.

The new stadium had an immediate effect, and the team and fans began to be dissatisfied with the status quo, so they began to pursue results. As a traditional Serie A giant team, Juventus, which was once the benchmark of Serie A European war, naturally pinned their hopes for revitalization on European wars, because no one knows the huge benefits of European wars better than them.

In the new season, the goal they set for Alessio was to qualify for the group stage, but no one expected that the draw would put the Old Lady and Tottenham Hotspur and Dortmund, the two most popular teams in Europe, in the same group. This is definitely not a good thing for Juventus on the road to revival.

After four rounds of group matches, Tottenham Hotspur stood out, winning four games in a row and advancing from the group ahead of schedule. For Juventus, the last round of away games against Dortmund is certainly a life-and-death battle, but if they can take advantage of the opportunity that Tottenham Hotspur has advanced ahead of schedule and beat their opponent at home, it is not a bad thing.

In the 25th minute of the first half, Bonucci's goal seemed to give all the old ladies hope.

Facts have proved that with Tottenham Hotspur surrounded by strong rivals Arsenal and West Ham United, Ye Qiu could not go all out for such a meaningless game, which can only be said to be worth hundreds of thousands of euros in Champions League bonuses, so Ye Qiu arranged a large number of substitutes for this game.

Tottenham's bench is not weak at all, but they played away against Juventus, the defending champion of Serie A. Tottenham's bench players still made mistakes. Nastasic missed Bonucci in a corner kick and Tottenham lost the ball.

Challenging an Serie A team away and falling behind by one goal is undoubtedly a very difficult thing for Tottenham. Everyone tried their best to find opportunities at the new Alpi Stadium, but Juventus' defense was too good and did not give Tottenham any chance at all.

From the first half to the second half, Juventus looked like a machine that would not relax its vigilance. Everyone performed their duties and stood in their respective positions without any mistakes.

Time skipped 70 minutes, and Juventus began to make substitutions. Alessio seemed to have already won the game, thinking that he would have no problem defeating Tottenham Hotspur II at home. Even many Juventus fans in the stands had already started celebrating in advance.

Once this game is won, they will have a better initiative advantage than Dortmund in the group stage. As long as they don't lose in the last away game, they will be able to get the qualification and enter the knockout stage.

And you know, Italian teams have always been good at playing knockout games. That is, in the past few seasons after the phone gate, the overall strength of Serie A has declined and the European war has been sluggish. Therefore, Juventus fans believe that as long as they enter the knockout stage, there is no small hope for further progress.

But as time goes on, they gradually realize that something is wrong, because the Tottenham Hotspur players do not seem to be discouraged by this. They are still running, rushing, and patiently looking for opportunities. Even the young player Nastasic, who made a fatal mistake in the first half, quickly stabilized with the help of Nesta.

"Still unwilling to give up?" Alessio raised his mouth, he felt that this group of young players had commendable fighting spirit.

Although it was a group of substitutes and young players, the strength of Tottenham Hotspur was not bad.

The front court was a combination of Hazard, Neymar and Cavani, the midfield was Pogba, Sandro and Phil Jones, the back court was Luke Shaw, Nastasic, Nesta and Azpilicueta, and the goalkeeper was Given.

With such a lineup, it would not be a problem to fight for a top ranking in several major European leagues. This shows how strong Tottenham Hotspur's bench lineup is, and even if this lineup is full of a large number of young players, there are skills, running, and confrontation, and one-on-one is even more of a headache.

If Juventus' overall defense was not better, it would not be easy to kill this team!

Thinking of this, Alessio smiled. Marchisio and Asamoah performed well in this game, and the midfield put a lot of pressure on Tottenham. In the next game against Dortmund, they must be allowed to play.

But just as Alessio's idea came to fruition, Juventus made a pass error on the field. Giovinco wanted to pass the ball to Vucinic, but the ball was intercepted. Tottenham counterattacked and the ball came to Sandro's feet.

The Brazilian midfielder stopped the ball and immediately passed it to Azpilicueta on the wing, avoiding Juventus's frontcourt pressing.

Juventus's frontcourt counterattack was more of an interference nature. If they couldn't grab the ball, they immediately retreated to the half court, guarding the 30-meter area, waiting for Tottenham to attack, then intercept the ball and counterattack. This was also the tone of Juventus in this game.

After the ball was kicked back and forth, it landed at Sandro's feet again. The Brazilian midfielder saw Pogba in front of him retreating and raised his hand for the ball. He immediately kicked the ball forward and came to the front of Juventus' 30-meter area.

"Be careful behind you!" Phil Jones noticed Marchisio behind Pogba when he rushed forward quickly, and reminded his teammates. After all, Pogba was facing the direction of attack and could not see Marchisio.

Pogba stepped on the ball with one foot, leaned back, and let Marchisio stop behind him. Then he saw the Frenchman pulling the ball with his left and right feet continuously, and the whole person turned half a circle around Marchisio, just like Zidane's Marseille turn!

The French teenager's Marseille turn not only shocked Marchisio, but also the Juventus fans in the stands, and even his teammates on the court were shocked. Phil Jones was dumbfounded. This guy reacted too quickly, and his body was so flexible, and more importantly, this ball sense was too abnormal!

Pogba bypassed Marchisio, took a step forward, and adjusted himself. Asamoah rushed over immediately, obviously trying to stop him, but Pogba caught up with the ball and shot it with his right foot about 25 meters away from the goal.

Pogba's long shot was very smart. After penetrating Juventus' defense, it bounced back in front of the small penalty area. Although goalkeeper Buffon made a flying save, he could not stop the ball from entering the net, 1:1!

After scoring, Pogba quickly rushed out of the court and rushed to the corner where Tottenham fans were. After all his teammates rushed up, the kid suddenly turned around and made a machine gun shooting motion. He opened his mouth wide and swept, and several teammates who caught up behind him fell to the court one by one.

This joyful celebration made the Tottenham fans in the stands excited. The performance of this group of young players is really great and exciting. With time, they will definitely become the backbone of the team.

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With Pogba's goal, Tottenham tied Juventus 1:1 away, which also left the final suspense of the death group to the sixth round of the game, because after five rounds, in addition to Tottenham's four wins and one draw, Juventus ranked second with eight points, while Dortmund was one point less than Juventus, with seven points, ranking third.

The unlucky French Ligue 1 defending champion Montpellier lost all five games and did not get a single point, which also disappointed French fans and the media, but they also knew very well that Montpellier's strength was still difficult to have a chance to upset Tottenham, Juventus and Dortmund.

In the last round, Tottenham Hotspur played Montpellier at home, and Dortmund played Juventus at home. The first game had completely lost suspense. If nothing unexpected happened, Ye Qiu would still send out substitutes and young players to play. The second game would determine which team would advance to the knockout stage and which would go to the Europa League.

After defeating their opponents in a row, Tottenham Hotspur's performance also won unanimous recognition from the media.

Three days ago, against Arsenal, Drogba performed well. The Ivorian completely beat Mertesacker into a sieve and turned Arsenal's entire defense upside down. Now against Juventus, Pogba shined and scored a crucial goal, allowing Tottenham Hotspur to escape from the away game unscathed.

When commenting on Tottenham Hotspur, many media outlets unanimously agreed that the biggest improvement of Tottenham Hotspur this season is the improvement of the depth of the team's bench, especially the rapid maturity and rise of a group of young players such as Pogba, Sandro, Phil Jones and Eriksson. They all have the ability to play a rotation role in the team and share the game pressure of the main players.

Four days later, White Hart Lane welcomed West Ham United.

In the first half, Ranieri's team defended to the end, but in the first half stoppage time, Kyle Walker made a signature cross from the right, Cavani grabbed the ball in the penalty area and penetrated the goal of West Ham United, 1:0!

In the second half, Pirlo assisted Messi to score another goal, Ribery broke through the left and made a cross, Cavani stopped the ball in the middle and turned around and shot, scoring twice, 3:0!

However, in the 84th minute, Di Maria's assist helped Falcao score a goal.

In the end, Tottenham Hotspur defeated West Ham United 3:1 at home and won three points again.

Four days later, on November 28, in the 14th round of the Premier League, Tottenham Hotspur welcomed Liverpool at home.

This was another hard battle. Tottenham Hotspur took the lead with goals from Ribery and Messi in the seventh and sixteenth minutes of the first half, but in the second half, Liverpool took the lead and launched a crazy attack, suppressing Tottenham Hotspur somewhat embarrassed, and scored a point with Villa's goal.

But Nesta, who replaced the injured Thiago Silva in this game, performed well. Except for the goal lost, Tottenham Hotspur's defense was solid for the rest of the time.

In the end, 2:1, Tottenham Hotspur narrowly defeated Liverpool.

Three days later, on December 1, in the 15th round of the Premier League, Tottenham Hotspur defeated Fulham 3:0 away with Sandro and Cavani scoring twice, winning 13 of the 15 Premier League games this season, but the biggest highlight of this game was Pogba, who was rotated on the field. The French midfielder contributed two assists and one indirect assist, and was elected the best player of the game.

In the middle of the week, Ye Qiu played against the French Ligue 1 champion Montpellier at home. He once again arranged a full substitute and young lineup to play, and won Montpellier 4:1 at home. Neymar scored twice, Hazard and Pogba scored successively, and Pogba also had an assist.

In the key battle of the group, Dortmund defeated Juventus with Lewandowski's lore at the critical moment, and successfully qualified as the second in the group and advanced to the knockout stage, while Juventus was unfortunately forced to go to the Europa League.

On Saturday, in the 16th round of the Premier League, Tottenham Hotspur beat Everton 1:0 away. Messi scored the winning goal for the team. After the game, Tottenham Hotspur left London and flew to Tokyo, Japan to participate in the FIFA Club World Cup.

As the new Champions League champion, when Tottenham Hotspur arrived at Narita Airport in Japan on a Qatar Airways special plane, there were at least nearly a thousand fans at the airport to welcome the team, including many Japanese girls. The atmosphere was very enthusiastic, even though they all knew that Tottenham Hotspur looked more like a Chinese team.

Tottenham Hotspur still carried out a series of interactions with the fans who came to pick them up at Narita Airport according to the club's original plan, but as the team's head coach, Ye Qiu stayed away, because letting the team participate in similar interactions was actually to help Peter Kenyon's series of business operations in Japan.

As Tottenham Hotspur implements a global regional business operation system, many Japanese sponsors have expressed strong interest in Tottenham Hotspur, including the famous Sony. Of course, Tottenham Hotspur will not refuse the money sent by the Japanese consortium, so it is necessary to show its closeness to the people as soon as it lands.

The day after the team arrived in Japan, they welcomed the Mexican Monterrey team, the champion of Central and North America, but Tottenham Hotspur easily defeated the opponent 4:0 and successfully advanced to the final. If it were not for FIFA's strong regulations that all the main players must be sent, I am afraid that Messi and Ribery would not appear in the starting lineup.

Three days later, in the Club World Cup final, Tottenham Hotspur defeated the South American Libertadores Cup champion Corinthians 1:0 and successfully won the City Bureau Cup. This is also the first time that Tottenham Hotspur has won this championship trophy after two years, and the three Club World Cups have also made Tottenham Hotspur the team with the most cups.

After Tottenham Hotspur received the championship bonus of about 3.6 million euros, Ye Qiu waved his hand and distributed all of the 1.6 million euros to the first-team players. According to the team's bonus structure, it was distributed to each player, including those who had not played in the Club World Cup. This move caused a burst of cheers on the Qatar Airways special plane returning to London.

Everyone began to calculate in their hearts that they could at least earn tens of thousands of euros on this trip.

"Don't be happy, don't be too excited!" Ye Qiu smiled and comforted all the players in the cabin, "We have just reached a cooperation agreement with two Japanese sponsors and reached an intention with the other four. This is a very good start, and I believe that everyone has seen that the team's current momentum is quite good!"

All the players in the cabin were sitting in a mess. Some people were so excited that their feet were lifted up in the air, but when they heard Ye Qiu say this, they immediately sat up straight one by one, because they knew that the next step was the key point that Ye Qiu was going to talk about.

"I have discussed this with Mr. Peter Kenyon and Mr. Ron Gourlay!" Ye Qiu pointed to Peter Kenyon and Ron Gourlay behind him. They are two giants of Tottenham Hotspur, and Peter Kenyon is also the vice president of the English Football Association and the executive committee of UEFA.

"If we successfully defend the Premier League this season, the championship prize will reach 10 million euros!"

Ye Qiu's words stunned most people in the cabin. 10 million euros will be distributed according to the player's contribution to the team, taking into account the number of appearances, performance and other factors, but at least at least hundreds of thousands of euros can be obtained.

"If we win the Champions League again this season, the championship prize will reach 15 million euros, and if you have the ability to win these two championships at the same time, 30 million euros, and if you can win another domestic cup championship, I will add another 5 million!"

All the players in the cabin cheered after hearing this, the bonus was really generous.

"Boss, what if we can win four championships at the same time?" Ribery raised his hand like a student and asked.

Ye Qiu laughed, "If you win the Premier League, Champions League, League Cup and FA Cup at the same time, 50 million euros, no discount!"

"Wow, long live the boss!!!"

"Long live Tottenham Hotspur!!!"

50 million euros, this is going to drive me crazy!!!

According to this bonus, everyone can get at least one million euros. Star players like Messi and Ribery can get millions, which is equivalent to their salary income for a season. For players like Luke Shaw, it is even higher than their salary.

Ye Qiu also does not do business at a loss. He knows very well that if the team can continue the peak glory of last season, the income for Tottenham Hotspur will definitely not be just 50 million euros.

During this trip to Japan, Tottenham Hotspur took advantage of the momentum of winning the Premier League and the Champions League double championship and won two sponsorships in one go, with a total amount of 11 million euros. For Tottenham Hotspur, the more championships they win, the more weight the team has to get greater benefits from the sponsors.

If they can win the quadruple championship, think about it, no one has ever won the quadruple championship in the history of the Premier League. If Tottenham Hotspur wins it, what a shocking shock it will bring?