The Godfather of Football

"Wow, the ball is in!!!!"

"Messi, Messi scores Tottenham's second goal!!"

"A very beautiful left-footed volley. The arc of the ball was so weird that goalkeeper Neuer couldn't even make a judgment. Moreover, the angle of the ball was also very tricky. It was aimed at the upper left corner, which is very difficult for the station. For Neuer, who blocked Messi’s shot on the right, it was simply beyond his reach!”

After Ribery saw Messi's goal, he immediately sprinted through the entire penalty area, rushed out of the stadium with Messi, rushed to the corner of the Allianz Arena, and faced the group of people in the stands who were arranged by Bayern Munich. Tottenham Hotspur fans in the top corner stand waved and cheered.

Perhaps Messi no longer has the passion and excitement of the past few years, but he is still the best in the world and the most spiritual genius. If this kick does not have an outstanding feel, it is Impossible to break in!

"The ball was an absolute blind spot, and the angle of the shot was too small, but Messi did an excellent job. He stopped the ball with his chest and then volleyed with his left foot. The whole process was done in one go. Genius, this is the top genius!"

Ye Qiu stood on the sidelines. After seeing Messi score such a beautiful goal, he also laughed and clapped. The goal was indeed very beautiful, with a small and tricky angle. This is very demanding for the players who hit the goal. The power of the ball is basically good, but most of it is difficult to suppress, and more often it turns into an anti-aircraft gun.

"Messi is indeed an outstanding talent. Even looking at today's football, he is second to none!" Mauro Tassotti also admired this ball. Only those who truly understand football or have played it can I can feel firsthand how difficult this kick is.

Ye Qiu smiled and said nothing. He has never doubted that Messi is a genius, but he has never doubted another thing, that is, Messi is gradually becoming a genius at Tottenham Hotspur. A genius who has lost his passion for the game.

Just like the first issue of Florentino's Galacticos, would anyone deny that Zidane, Ronaldo, Figo, Raul and others are the leading geniuses? I'm afraid not, but why can't these geniuses get good results?

Or, why did Capello have to send Ronaldo away when he took over Real Madrid? Is it because Ronaldo is not strong enough? Or is Ronaldo not good enough? I'm afraid it's not the case, but because Ronaldo has lost the passion for the game!

Then there is Ferguson. Why did he have to send away Cristiano Ronaldo at his peak?

Ye Qiu has always felt that modern football tactics cannot create unparalleled geniuses like Pele and Maradona, whether it is Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Ibrahimovic, or those of the past. Riquelme, geniuses like them exist beyond the overall tactical system.

As a head coach, what choice should you make, should you build a strategy and lineup around the talent you have that is suitable for him? Or give up this genius and create a more integrated tactical lineup?

There is no absolute good or bad, only choices!

Perhaps, starting from Ye Qiu's choice of Mauro Tassotti to take over his team, or even not just Mauro Tassotti, but Guardiola, Mourinho and others, they would probably choose to give up on geniuses.

Because this is an era of overall football tactics!

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"Well done, guys, they're gone!"

As soon as Ye Qiu opened the door to the away locker room at the Allianz Stadium, he smiled at the Tottenham Hotspur players inside.

Tottenham Hotspur finally ended with a 2:0 lead in the first half, which also rewritten the total score of the two sides to 3:1, and Tottenham Hotspur's two away goals, for Bayern Munich To put it bluntly, it's like a lump in the throat.

Judging from the situation of both sides, even if Bayern Munich draws to 2:2, they will eventually be eliminated by Tottenham Hotspur. Therefore, unless they can score three goals in a row in the second half, but for Bayern Munich, The difficulty is indeed too great, because Tottenham Hotspur's defense is not bad.

At the beginning of the first half, Tottenham Hotspur allowed Bayern Munich to attack for more than ten minutes, but Bayern Munich, playing at home, simply failed to play a threatening offense and score opportunities. I believe this pair of home team players It will also be a big blow. In this case, is it possible to score three goals in a row in the second half?

"We continued to play the same way we did in the first half in the second half. Without the ball, if they like to control it, let them control it. We played in a compact position and defended well, but as long as we got the ball, we used our fastest Use the speed to launch a counterattack, launch an offensive, and create a threat! "

What Ye Qiu said was actually arranged before the game. Tottenham Hotspur's main style of play in this game was basically like this, because Ye Qiu had one thing right, and that was Bayern Munich's. The positional warfare ability is not strong.

Among the favorite teams to win the Champions League this season, Bayern Munich's positional warfare ability is not eye-catching. It may be better than Dortmund and Atletico Madrid. Especially Atletico Madrid, Simeone's team can definitely be said to be the eighth. Among the strong teams, they have the worst positional warfare, but they have unique defensive characteristics.

The team with the strongest positional warfare ability is Tottenham Hotspur, followed closely by Real Madrid and Barcelona. But interestingly, Barcelona, ​​which has excellent offensive positional warfare, was eliminated by Atletico Madrid in the quarterfinals. This has to be said to be a very ironic thing.

Because of this, many fans and reporters began to debate whether it is better to attack or defend.

This is a bit like debating which came first, the chicken or the egg, such a tangled question!

"Guys!" Ye Qiu simply arranged the tasks for the second half. In fact, there was nothing to arrange. Basically, he said before the game that Mauro Tassotti's tactical arrangements for this game can be said to be comprehensive suppression. Guardiola.

"If we can step on the corpse of Bayern Munich and enter the semi-finals, the opponent we will encounter will be Atletico Madrid, and I can tell you with certainty that as long as nothing happens, we will enter the final. I am enough Confidence that the team can beat Atletico Madrid!”

After listening to Ye Qiu's words, everyone's spirits were lifted, and everyone felt motivated, because as long as they played a few more games, they would most likely be able to win another Champions League in their careers, which would be very important to them. It is definitely a great stimulation and encouragement.

"As long as we reach the final, no matter whether our opponent is Real Madrid or Dortmund, we have a very high hope of winning the championship. I am very, very confident about this!"

Many players present nodded their heads after hearing this.

Looking at today's European football, Tottenham Hotspur has not been afraid of any team. No matter whether they are Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Manchester United and Chelsea, or other difficult and powerful teams, in Tottenham Hotspur In the eyes of Tenham Hotspur, they are all a group of defeated men.

If you reach the final, you can hope to win the championship. Not only Ye Qiu is confident about this, but all Tottenham Hotspur players are confident and are willing to work hard for it!

"So, in the second half, don't give Bayern Munich any chance, you know what I mean?"

"Understood!" the players all replied in unison.

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Players from both sides returned to the game, and neither Bayern Munich nor Tottenham Hotspur made substitution adjustments.

At the beginning of the game, Bayern Munich once again launched a round of attacks, but Tottenham Hotspur still adopted a compact position.

After all, Mauro Tassotti is a top star and coach who has been immersed in Italian football for many years. He has been very successful in training Tottenham Hotspur's defensive system. It is very integrated and can always maintain a very tight distance between the three lines. , the players' mutual defense is also organized very well, which shows the essence of Italian defense.

But Tottenham Hotspur's entire formation does not stand still. On the contrary, Tottenham Hotspur's overall formation is very fluid and adopts an overall movement method, whether it is offensive or defensive. The team's wave-like offensive and defensive system maximizes the integration of offense and defense, ball rights and space.

Facing Tottenham Hotspur's defensive posture, Bayern Munich once again came up empty handed.

But what was different from the first half was that this time Tottenham Hotspur had just begun the second half. In the 49th minute, they took advantage of a passing error from Bayern Munich. After Bastian Schweinsteiger advanced with the ball, Being entangled by Vidal and making a pass error, Tottenham Hotspur counterattacked.

Messi was like a sharp knife, dribbling the ball straight into Bayern Munich's penalty area, but Bayern Munich defended very quickly this time. Messi had no chance after entering the penalty area, and hit the ball back, sticking close to Lewandowski. Ribery, who came up from behind, hit the target with a push shot, 3:0!

This goal completely sentenced Bayern Munich to death, because according to the current score, they must score four goals from Tottenham Hotspur to reverse, but this is simply impossible for Bayern Munich. task.

So, with Bayern Munich frustrated, Tottenham Hotspur took advantage of the goal and launched another wave of offensive. Ribery forced a breakthrough from the left and caused a corner kick. After Ribery took the corner kick, Kompa Ni hit a header and scored Tottenham Hotspur's fourth goal of the game.

4:0!

The entire Allianz Arena was completely silent. The Bayern Munich fans who seemed very excited at first obviously didn't know what kind of reaction they should give at this moment. Instead, they were sitting in the white field at the top corner of the Allianz Arena. The area where Tottenham Hotspur fans were located created the loudest noise in the audience.

During the home draw with Tottenham Hotspur, a very small number of Bayern Munich fans showed off their power at Stratford Stadium. Now, Tottenham Hotspur fans are just retaliating in kind and retaliating fiercely in the away game. They just defeated Bayern Munich, so every cheer they cheered was particularly exciting because it carried a sense of revenge.

Ye Qiu stood on the sidelines. Although he was still in charge of this game, he actually didn't do much. The tactics arranged by Mauro Tassotti were very targeted and restrained Bayern Munich's tactics. Tottenham won very easily, and there were not many areas where Ye Qiu needed to play his role.

It should be said that this battle was a big test for Ye Qiu against Mauro Tassotti, and Mauro Tassotti's answer was a perfect score.

The first round match was not Mauro Tassotti's responsibility. Tottenham Hotspur had the advantage in the first half of that match, but the problem was with the players, so the second round match was adjusted. Coming over, Tottenham had an overwhelming advantage.

Italian head coaches are really outstanding at the tactical level, especially the likes of Mauro Tassotti.

"Phew!" Mauro Tassotti exhaled forcefully after Kompany scored the fourth goal, looking like he could finally breathe a sigh of relief. "Now, we should be able to prepare for the semi-finals. "

Ye Qiu smiled and said nothing, appearing a bit low-key.

In fact, Mauro Tassotti really admires Ye Qiu. On the surface, his tactics worked in this game, but in fact, it was because he stood in a position that was completely inconsistent with Guardiola. He possesses Tottenham Hotspur's established and stable tactical framework.

The most outstanding thing about Tottenham Hotspur's tactical framework is that it is very adaptable.

If Ye Qiu is willing, Tottenham Hotspur can play possession or defensive counterattack. They can also play high-intensity pressing and pressing tactics similar to those of Dortmund and Atletico Madrid. What is even more frightening is that this team Teams can switch between several different tactics at will, and can even switch back and forth during a game.

Heynckes' Bayern Munich is in its second season. A very important reason why it is so strong is the switch between possession and counterattack, but he failed to solve Bayern Munich's offensive problems well, nor did he A good solution to Bayern Munich's defensive weaknesses.

In other words, at first glance, Bayern Munich can have two different styles, but in fact, they have not done a very good job in the two tactics of ball control and counterattack, and there are obvious weaknesses and loopholes.

In fact, Tottenham Hotspur also has such problems, such as ball control. In Pirlo's era, Tottenham Hotspur's ball control was very good. Even when they met Barcelona, ​​they had the ability to compete, but if replaced by Without Matic, this aspect is somewhat weakened, but what Matic brings is the team's solid defense and stable ball play in the backcourt.

In this case, Ye Qiu maximized the team's offensive threat. Therefore, insufficient ball control was not a problem, not to mention that Tottenham Hotspur could often reach a high of more than 60%. Ball possession.

From Ye Qiu, Mauro Tassotti really learned a lot. For example, he clearly realized that one trick is no longer popular in today's European football. This is true for players, and it is also true for head coaches. This is especially true for a team's tactics.

Just like Dortmund and Atletico Madrid, they only have one trick, pressing and pressing. Although they can use pressing and pressing to their advantage, once they encounter a team with competing styles, or a team with strong targeting ability, Team, they are at their wits end.

There is also Bayern Munich, who never play well in possession, so they are always confused by Dortmund.

Tottenham Hotspur appears to be very comprehensive and balanced. They can do everything and are strong in everything. It can be said that they have a comprehensive understanding of everything.

Therefore, many head coaches and football people have compared Ye Qiu's Tottenham Hotspur with Michels' Ajax and Sacchi's Milan dynasty, and considered them to be the next two legendary teams. The third legend.

In Mauro Tassotti's view, Sacchi's Milan dynasty has a strong influence on Michels' Ajax, and today's Tottenham Hotspur also has a strong influence on the legends of the first two teams. The shadow of the team is a kind of inheritance in football.

Therefore, Mauro Tassotti now has a feeling similar to that when Capello took over the team from Sacchi.

There is pressure, but it is more of an opportunity!

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As soon as the whistle blew at the end of the game, Guardiola, who was not far away from Ye Qiu, walked over to Ye Qiu. Before he got closer, he heard his sigh, obviously feeling depressed.

"Don't be depressed, you've done a good job!" Ye Qiu comforted him with a smile. He was the winner now, so he was naturally in a good mood.

Guardiola shook his head, "It's still not done well. I always feel like something is missing."

Ye Qiu nodded, "It's just that you are lacking something. This proves that you and your team still have room for improvement!"

After a pause, Ye Qiu continued: "Actually, I think you are going in the right direction. Bayern Munich is not Barcelona. Copying Barcelona's system is only the first step. The purpose is to make Bayern Munich familiar with this system. But Once you get familiar with it, you have to change it and find a system that suits Bayern Munich."

"After exploring and exploring the route clearly, the last step is to stride forward!" At the end of the sentence, Ye Qiu himself laughed.

In fact, the whole process was similar to when Ye Qiu took over Tottenham Hotspur, so he had a lot of experience.

"Listening to what you said, I feel much better about losing!" Guardiola also smiled.

After seeing off Guardiola, Ye Qiu saw Mauro Tassotti walking up and smiled slightly: "In the next few years, Guardiola's Bayern Munich will be one of your strongest competitors. This Spanish team People are not simple!”

Guardiola is a sensitive and fragile person, but he is also a person who is very good at thinking and summarizing. Such people are often very scary, because they may take the wrong path or take a wrong path, but they will quickly find the right path and follow this right path unswervingly.

"Fortunately, all the troubles about them in the future have nothing to do with me. Please, Mauro!" Ye Qiu smiled and patted Mauro Tassotti's shoulder, and walked towards the player's tunnel with a smile.

The Italian was helpless at first, but soon, he looked at Guardiola with a provocative and stimulating look in his eyes.

He was eager to have the opportunity to compete with Guardiola, Mourinho, Benitez, Ancelotti, and all the world's top coaches under his own name, Mauro Tassotti.

For all this, he was not afraid or timid. On the contrary, he was already a little impatient!