The Godfather of Football

Ye Qiu has always believed in one thing, that is, if we simply analyze a game as an object, the tactical game is the key factor that determines the outcome of this game.

The so-called tactical game here is actually not about the obsolescence of the 442 formation, or the rise of the 4231 tactics, or the popularity of the inward-cut wingers in the entire Premier League. These are not tactical games, but can only be said to be confrontations in the overall situation. The so-called tactical game depends on a lot of details on the court.

In this game, Tottenham Hotspur did not play Messi, and the Argentine rested, but Ye Qiu arranged three midfielders, Ramsey, Matic and Vidal, and the front court was a combination of Ribery, Lewandowski and Hazard.

Many people thought that Ye Qiu was in a disadvantageous situation in the first half of the team and fell behind by one goal. It is very likely that he will make a lot of changes during the halftime break. Especially when he saw his exaggerated movements and expressions when directing the game in the first half, everyone felt his dissatisfaction with the current situation of the team.

Since he is so dissatisfied, he should make large-scale adjustments, and even replace three players at once.

But what's interesting is that Ye Qiu really didn't do that. When the players of both teams walked out of the player tunnel again, everyone was surprised to find that Tottenham Hotspur had almost no major changes and adjustments, and it was still the same as in the first half.

Manchester City also didn't make much change. They still adopted the tactics of the first half, through high defense, pushing the defense line forward, cutting off Tottenham Hotspur's passing and running change routes, and then trying to control the ball under their feet, so as to avoid themselves from guarding in the backcourt.

Manchester City's initiative in the first half actually relied on this set of tactics to play out the effect, so many people think that Pellegrini will continue to use the advantages of the first half, and considering that the situation was somewhat passive in the last few minutes of the first half, the Chilean engineer may ask the team to play more steadily, such as striving for more ball possession.

At first glance, there were no substitutions or changes on both sides, and it seemed that there were no major changes. Even if you just look at the appearance, no one can see anything. Even if Ferguson was sitting in the stands, it was difficult for him to see the changes on both sides.

But after the game really starts, as time goes by, more and more people will smell the changes of Tottenham Hotspur.

In the fifteen minutes of the halftime break, Ye Qiu made a total of three adjustments to the team.

Hazard and Ribery on the wing were asked by Ye Qiu to retreat to a certain extent, to a place where Matic, who was lagging behind, could pass the ball. However, it was not to ask the two wingers to retreat too deep, but Matic to press forward appropriately, so one retreated and the other moved forward, and the two were connected.

But this was only the first adjustment. The second adjustment was Ramsey. The Welshman's position was pushed forward by Ye Qiu. He occupied the middle of the front court, close to the position of the front midfielder, just in front of De Rossi. When defending, he was just facing De Rossi, limiting the connection between the opponent's two defensive midfielders.

When attacking, Matic passed the ball to the wing more often, looking for two retreating wingers.

When the winger gets the ball, the opponent's full-back will not press forward. If the opponent's full-back does, Ramsey will quickly diagonally cut into the gap left by the full-back, and Lewandowski will try to pull to this side to respond, and then break through the opponent's wing in the shortest time, and then create threats in the penalty area through another winger and Lewandowski, and even Vidal's back-up to form a second wave of attack.

The last adjustment is that the team's ball is transferred to Matic as much as possible. Vidal acts as a receiving point and defensive role next to Matic. The central defender is only responsible for supporting and long diagonal passes, while the full-back is more responsible for the retreating winger.

This is also what Ye Qiu discovered after observing the situation in the first half. In this game, Manchester City has a strong control of the ball because they do not intend to adopt a defensive strategy. They played defense several times before, but they did not hold on in the end. So this time Pellegrini bravely pressed out, but their back line is not strong. After pressing out, the risk is relatively large, so they need to control the ball.

This season, Manchester City's main offensive tactic is still the wing, but Manchester City's wingers Nasri, Van der Vaart and Modric, who occasionally plays as a winger, are all the type of wingers who take the ball or cut inside to pass. Only Navas is a winger who breaks through the wing, but Navas did not play in this game, but Nasri and Van der Vaart played.

In front is the combination of Negredo and Aguero, but the interesting thing is that Negredo retreats, while Aguero is at the front, which is very interesting, because in this set of tactics, Negredo's role is actually the frontcourt fulcrum, and he and Yaya Toure form two high tower fulcrums in the front and back of the midfield.

In Manchester City's entire offensive tactical system, the role of the wing is very important, and in this game Pellegrini put two wingers on the wing to take the ball and organize, just to further strengthen the team's ability to take the ball and organize, but this also caused another phenomenon, that is, Manchester City's wing and width can only be achieved by the full-backs joining in the attack.

So after Pellegrini took over Manchester City, the left-back Kolarov, who had stronger attacking ability and better crosses but relatively weak defense, performed quite well and became the main force of the team, suppressing Clichy.

But the problem is also obvious, that is, offensive full-backs will inevitably have defensive risks.

Therefore, Ye Qiu arranged for the winger to retreat to get the ball, and then asked Ramsey to press forward and cut into the wing, which was actually to target Manchester City's weakness, but these were only in the frontcourt, and the midfield and backcourt needed to pass the ball to the frontcourt to play a threat, so Ye Qiu had subsequent arrangements.

Many fans who have never played football, or those who have never encountered a left-footed player one-on-one, find it difficult to realize the advantages of left-footed players.

In fact, you can imagine that a player who is good at right foot is going to defend a left-footed player face to face. For the right-footed player, it will be a very embarrassing situation, because he will find it difficult to effectively pressure and restrict the opponent, and even the right-footed side will be very uncomfortable.

So, theoretically speaking, in the real world where right-footed players are everywhere, left-footed players are often very popular, especially left-footed passers, who are very advantageous, second only to two-footed players, because it is difficult for the opponent to directly pressure left-footed players.

Just like Tottenham Hotspur's two midfielders, Matic and Stroman, are both left-footed, so they have an advantage in getting the ball and passing the ball, especially Matic. So Ye Qiu arranged for Matic to get the ball more in order to increase his chances of getting the ball and pass more, especially long passes to the two sides to launch attacks.

After the halftime break, at first glance, Tottenham Hotspur did not seem to have changed much, but in fact, the changes were very big, and at the beginning of the second half, they quickly showed threats.

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Matic stayed in his own half, with Thiago Silva and Varane behind him, and Vidal not far in front of him on the right.

Although Vidal was not close to him, Matic was not worried at all, because he knew this Chilean teammate very well. He knew Vidal's athletic ability. As long as the opponent attacked, Vidal could steal the ball in the first time. If he failed to steal the ball, he could also retreat to his side in the first time and act as his own hitter.

There is also Ramsey in front, who is also a player with strong athletic ability. With such teammates around, Matic's defensive pressure is not great. On the contrary, when he becomes more and more familiar with Tottenham Hotspur's teammates and the team's entire tactical system and begins to integrate into it, he finds that he is becoming more and more comfortable.

"When you get the ball in the midfield, give it to Matic first!"

The arrangement made by head coach Ye Qiu during the halftime break made Matic a little stunned, although not surprised.

Ye Qiu had told him more than once before that he should be more proactive in asking for the ball and getting the ball, but Matic rarely did so, and other teammates seemed to regard him more as a trusted defensive player of the team.

They all believed in him very much, but in their eyes, Matic and Pirlo were two completely different players.

When Pirlo was on the court, they would always pass the ball to Pirlo unconsciously, and once they lost the ball, they would consciously help Pirlo defend because they knew Pirlo and trusted Pirlo.

In the eyes of many Tottenham players, Matic is not Pirlo. If Pirlo needs help in defense but can pass a series of good balls to form assists, then Matic should be the opposite. He does not need people to worry about his defense, but the ball is at his feet, which is more of a transition.

In this case, the ball is fast in and out for Matic to reduce risks.

This is also Matic's consistent playing style for more than a year from Southampton to now. Even if he used to look like a technically quite good midfielder, at least, this is the impression his teammates have of him.

But this time, Ye Qiu told them very openly and directly to pass the ball to Matic.

From the eyes of many teammates, Matic can read some information, such as surprise, suspicion, and distrust.

He is not surprised, because he is not Pirlo, he is Matic. Almost everyone in the world thinks that the reason why he can join Tottenham is because of his defense and coverage, as well as his ability to handle the ball quickly.

Can he pass a good ball?

I believe that at this moment, Tottenham Hotspur, who are waiting for the game to start again, are all in doubt.

Just before the game started, Vidal was seen walking back a little.

The guy with a cockscomb grinned, showing a mouthful of white teeth. His skin is not dark, but his teeth are very white.

"I'd better stay close to you, it's safer!" Vidal said with a smile.

Matic smiled slightly, but didn't laugh, just nodded slightly.

Just at this time, the referee blew the whistle to start the game, but when the whistle sounded, Matic looked over again, only to find that the cockscomb who had just run back and said he wanted to stay closer to him had rushed up in a blink of an eye, ready to grab the ball.

"Is this called staying closer to me?" Matic shook his head in his heart with a bitter smile, but he quickly moved to the right.

Sure enough, Yaya Toure dribbled forward and was entangled by Vidal. He wanted to pass the ball to Van der Vaart who cut inside, but Matic intercepted the ball in advance and gave it to Hazard who retreated.

But Manchester City quickly organized a counterattack. Hazard immediately knocked back, and Matic passed the ball back to Kyle Walker, who passed the ball back to Varane in the penalty area. The French central defender had the style of a general. After stopping the ball, he raised his hand and signaled the team to stabilize.

Manchester City's first wave of on-the-spot counterattacks was also suspended, because they also had to worry that if they counterattacked too fiercely this time, they would lose their position and reveal a flaw behind them, and be counterattacked by Tottenham Hotspur, then they would lose more than they gained.

Varane moved forward and out of the penalty area, and saw Negredo pressing up, so he passed the ball to the right and gave it to Kyle Walker. At this time, Tottenham Hotspur had begun to press the overall formation in an orderly manner. Kyle Walker dribbled the ball forward and came to the vicinity of the center line, almost level with the defensive midfielder Matic.

Kyle Walker was pressed and passed the ball to Hazard who was retreating along the right.

The Belgian took the ball with his back to the right sideline. Seeing Kolarov pressing forward, Yaya Toure seemed to want to double-team Hazard with Kolarov, but at this moment, Vidal ran over and raised his hand to ask for the ball.

Hazard passed the ball directly to Vidal, and Yaya Toure immediately turned a corner and pressed Vidal. The Chilean quickly passed the ball back to Varane, who passed it horizontally to Thiago Silva, and the Brazilian center back passed it to Matic in front of him.

The entire pass transition was a one-touch ball, and the ball quickly came to Matic's feet on the left side of the center circle. De Rossi quickly pressed forward, but saw Matic pull the ball to his left, block De Rossi with his body, and then rubbed a long diagonal pass with his left foot towards the ball.

The ball drew an arc from the left side of the center circle and fell to the right side of Manchester City's penalty area, while Ramsey quickly cut diagonally from the middle to the right, leaving Kolarov, who realized something was wrong, behind.

Facing Matic's diagonal long pass, Ramsey stopped the ball with his chest. As soon as he landed, Demichelis came up, but Ramsey did not stick to the ball, but passed the ball to the bottom line between the penalty area and the small penalty area.

At this time, Lewandowski rushed to the bottom line behind Vertonghen, and before the ball went out of the line, he stopped and pulled, blocked Demichelis with his body, pulled the ball and turned around, wanting to shoot himself, but at this time Zabaleta appeared behind Demichelis, and Lewandowski had to stop.

Lewandowski's retraction left a gap for Zabaleta who made a blocking action, and Lewandowski pushed the ball to the right without any hesitation, and saw Ribery rushed outside the small penalty area and directly pushed the ball. The ball went into the goal of Manchester City, 1:1!

For a while, the whole Wembley Stadium was filled with overwhelming cheers.

This is London. Tottenham fans occupied nearly two-thirds of the seats at Wembley Stadium. So when Ribery scored, the momentum created by the fans completely overwhelmed Manchester City, allowing everyone to feel the power and momentum of Tottenham fans.

"Less than three minutes into the second half, Tottenham successfully equalized the score, 1:1!"

As the live broadcast was replayed, the live broadcast commentator also praised, "Matic's long diagonal pass landed well, the arc was also very good, the receiver was very comfortable, and after stopping the ball, he could directly face Vertonghen to make a move, and Ramsey was obviously prepared. This should be Tottenham's offensive routine!"

"This time Kolarov's position was a little forward, and he was unable to retreat to the defense in time On the line, defending Tottenham's attack on the right, Ramsey sprinted to the right, further magnifying his mistake. If he could return to the penalty area to defend at this time, Manchester City's defense would not be broken so easily! "

The TV live camera also gave the sidelines. After seeing Ribery receiving Lewandowski's goal, Ye Qiu excitedly raised his arms and cheered, looking very confident of winning. This also reinforced everyone's thoughts, that is, this kind of change in the second half came from Ye Qiu's midfield adjustment.

"He is really a magician. Ye Qiu's adjustment in the midfield had an immediate effect at the beginning of the second half. Now the two sides are back on the same starting line. It depends on how Pellegrini will respond next!"

But the commentator had just finished speaking for less than two minutes when Tottenham Hotspur passed the ball from the midfield again. Matic scored a goal with a long pass from the left backcourt. The ball landed on the right side of the arc area in front of Manchester City's penalty area. Lewandowski quickly grabbed the first landing point this time, blocked Vertonghen with his body, and stopped the ball with his chest towards the penalty area.

Joe Hart reacted immediately, abandoned the goal and tried to catch Lewandowski's ball, but he was still a step slower. Lewandowski rushed up at the fastest speed, kicked before Joe Hart, then caught up with the ball, pushed with his right foot, and the ball once again went into Manchester City's goal, 2:1!

Reversal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lewandowski was so excited that he rushed out of the stadium, clenching his fists and yelling along the way, cheering for the fans in the stands. 2:1, and he also helped the team score the go-ahead goal. This goal was almost enough to bring Tottenham Hotspur a League Cup championship!

All Tottenham fans in the stands of Wembley Stadium also shouted. Although only half a year has passed, they have been completely conquered by this Polish striker. Lewandowski has proved with his strength that he has the ability to replace Cavani in the Tottenham striker position. He has the strength and potential to become a top striker.

"Perhaps, it is difficult for us to judge whether Cavani is better or Lewandowski is stronger, but we can clearly know that Lewandowski, who is worth 20 million euros, has successfully replaced Cavani, who is worth more than 100 million euros!"

"For Tottenham, this transfer is worth it!"