The Godfather of Football

"Hey, slow down, what are you worried about?"

"I'll go to ***, hold the ball steady, and then pass it after seeing it clearly. Are you blind?"

"Behind you, behind you, pay attention behind you. Oops, people are near you, can't you see it?"

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Diego Simeone roared and directed the game from the sidelines. The way he danced revealed his anxious mood at the moment. Especially after the game entered the second half, the scene still did not change much. Tottenham Hotspur relied on Lewandowski's goal in the first half temporarily led 1:0.

After taking the lead, Tottenham Hotspur played very wretchedly and even curled up to play. This made Atletico Madrid feel very depressed, because what they are least good at is positional warfare, so when Tottenham Hotspur curled up to play , even if they just retreated into their own half and allowed Atletico Madrid to press, the sheet army would be at a loss.

If the situation is reversed now and Tottenham Hotspur presses into Atletico Madrid's half, then Atletico Madrid will probably play more easily, because they were originally good at stealing and defending, but now that they have pressed forward, they are the best at it. But it was hidden, and instead the worst part of himself was exposed.

Therefore, in the last twenty minutes of the first half and the ten minutes of the second half, Atletico Madrid was helpless against Tottenham Hotspur, but Tottenham Hotspur played very patiently and was not anxious at all. , just waiting for the opportunity to counterattack, and every counterattack sent chills down Atletico Madrid's back.

Simeone also has another concern, and that is physical fitness.

As the head coach of the team, he knows the situation of his team better than anyone else. Although Atletico Madrid can run and grab, he is not an iron man. The fierce fighting in the opening period consumed a lot of physical energy from Atletico Madrid players. Then Tottenham Hotspur also used their passing and ball possession advantages to mobilize Atletico Madrid.

It can be said that in terms of physical fitness, the longer the time drags on, the more detrimental it will be to Atletico Madrid.

Now, the game has gone on for sixty minutes, and neither side has made any substitutions. Both sides have three substitutions in hand, but this is not of much use to Atletico Madrid because their bench is not thick enough to replace the players in the main lineup. , but Tottenham Hotspur is different. Ye Qiu also has famous players such as Hazard and Drogba sitting on the bench.

"Raul Garcia can't do it!" Assistant coach Boggs came over and reminded him.

When Simeone heard this, he cursed angrily, but he was already prepared for this and nodded to the assistant coach. The latter immediately went to the bench and called Sosa to warm up and prepare to come on to replace Raul. ?Garcia.

The main midfielder of Atletico Madrid was sitting on the right in this game, facing the continuous back and forth attacks from Tottenham Hotspur's left. He not only had to press up to support Diego Costa's attack in the frontcourt, but also He also has to step back to help Juanfran behind him to prevent the latter from falling into a one-on-one embarrassing situation, so his running range is very wide.

Moreover, Tottenham Hotspur are very capable of impacting back and forth from the wing. Whenever they get a chance to counterattack, they will be assigned to the wing to attack from the wing. This makes Raul Garcia in this kind of non-stop back and forth running. , physical energy consumption is much faster than usual, and now, it is a bit unable to keep up with the rhythm of the game.

"Damn, the physical fitness of these bastards from Tottenham Hotspur is really abnormal!" Simeone cursed angrily.

Atletico Madrid's physical fitness is already quite good, but it is almost dying, just like Raul Garcia, but Tottenham Hotspur's physical fitness seems to have not bottomed out yet, and Marcelo is still alive and kicking. Neymar still seemed very excited. The only one who looked a little tired was Ramsey.

But this Welshman is also a pervert. He covered nearly 12 kilometers in just over 60 minutes. Ramsey was almost everywhere in the previous hour. It was so perverted. Still human?

"I heard that in the past two years, Tottenham Hotspur has adopted a self-developed physical training program, so their players have very good running abilities, averaging more than 12 kilometers per game. "Another assistant, Ort, was near Simeone and came over after hearing what he said.

Seeing Simeone looking at him, Ault smiled, "Tottenham Hotspur has invested a lot of money in research and development in this area. I heard that in their research and development team, in addition to their own team, , and also absorbed the core talents of the Milan laboratory, and more importantly, there are scientific research teams from the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge, so they have made great achievements in this aspect. I heard that there are even many people in track and field or other competitive industries. They all asked for help.”

After hearing this, Simeone was envious. If his team could have such physical fitness, then why should he worry about not having enough physical fitness? If they can maintain high-intensity pressure and pressing for ninety minutes, any team will have a headache when they meet Atletico Madrid.

"I also heard that Tottenham Hotspur's physical training program is not purely physical training. Almost all training items are ball training, so this has also created their players' skillful passing and receiving skills. , and excellent ball feel.”

After Simone heard this, he shook his head and sighed.

Previously at the European Elite Coaches Summit, he heard many people mention what Ye Qiu did at Tottenham Hotspur. They thought it would set off a revolution. At that time, he didn't care and was even a little unconvinced. But now that he thinks about it carefully, maybe it's true as they said. What Ye Qiu did at Tottenham Hotspur in the past few years will be rapidly promoted to the world in the next few years.

Without saying anything else, the average running distance of the Tottenham Hotspur team is more than 12 kilometers per game, close to 13 kilometers, and it is said that their goal is to achieve an average of 14 to 15 kilometers per game for each player within five years. This is a huge revolution for a football game.

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"Their physical fitness is almost gone!"

While Simeone and his assistant were discussing Tottenham Hotspur, Roland Shepas also walked to Ye Qiu and Mauro Tassotti in front of the visiting team's coaching bench and told them the results of his analysis from the data.

"It's time to change players. I don't know who to change!" Mauro Tassotti noticed Sousa's movement.

Soon, Sousa replaced Raul Garcia, who was already running out of energy. Although he could still run, he could no longer keep up with Marcelo and Neymar. If he continued to use him on the court, he would inevitably become the target and focus of Tottenham Hotspur's attack, so Simeone carefully replaced Raul Garcia.

"Sousa for Raul Garcia?" Mauro Tassotti savored this substitution carefully, "It's probably for defense!"

After a pause, the Italian shook his head and laughed, "Marcelo was too active in this game. Although he made many mistakes, he was quite good, which made Neymar also perform well. Raul Garcia was probably exhausted!"

Ye Qiu couldn't help but smile, but turned his head away, "Let Pogba warm up!"

Turning his head and looking directly at the court, "Since Atletico Madrid's physical fitness is almost up, let's send them off again!"

Two minutes later, Pogba came to Ye Qiu's side and listened to the head coach's arrangements.

"After you come on the field, run more, move more, both horizontally and vertically, try to pull and mobilize the opponent's midfield, and use up their last bit of energy, do you understand what I mean?" Ye Qiu asked.

Pogba leaned over to listen to Ye Qiu's words, grinning, and a row of dazzling white teeth appeared on his dark face, "Understood!"

But soon, he smiled and said, "Boss, they are right, you... are too cunning!"

"I..." Ye Qiu pretended to slap him on the back of the head fiercely, but in fact he didn't use any force at all, but this thorny head looked very exaggerated, pretending to cheat a red card.

Pogba quickly replaced Ramsey, who was exhausted. The Welshman's performance in this game seemed not to be very outstanding, but in fact he completed the task assigned to him by Ye Qiu very well, especially after the first adjustment, he used his energy-saving running to consume Atletico Madrid's energy.

At this time, when Pogba came on the court, Ye Qiu wanted to use Pogba's ability to take the ball and attack the opponent's defense to further exhaust Atletico Madrid's physical energy, so that they would consume faster, which would be more beneficial to Tottenham Hotspur.

"Well done, Aaron, take a good rest, the game is left to us!" Ye Qiu hugged Ramsey and encouraged him.

Ramsey did not go back to the locker room, but put on training clothes and sat directly on the bench. He wanted to watch the team play.

Pogba had more opportunities to take the ball after he came on the court. Ye Qiu obviously subconsciously asked the players to increase Pogba's ball, and the French teenager did not disappoint Ye Qiu. As soon as he came on the court, he had an impressive personal performance in his first touch. It was when he took the ball with his back to Koke in the midfield and turned around.

The whole process of pulling the ball and turning around was very elegant and calm. After pulling the ball, Gabi rushed up to assist in defense, but Pogba followed closely and made a dunk, avoiding Gabi's pressing, facing Thiago directly, and then passing the ball to the penalty area with his right foot.

Lewandowski went straight behind, but headed the ball to Messi who was behind Miranda and entered the penalty area. The Argentine's shot was saved by the goalkeeper and won a corner kick.

Although he failed to score in the end, Pogba's performance surprised everyone.

"Paul Pogba, now only 21 years old, is already the most eye-catching star in Tottenham Hotspur. He is highly valued by Ye Qiu. He is also a direct descendant of Tottenham Hotspur's youth training. He was favored by many teams last summer, but he chose to stay in Tottenham Hotspur because he firmly believed that he could succeed in Tottenham Hotspur!"

Compared to Ye Qiu's calmness and composure, Simeone seemed a little exasperated, because he found that as soon as Pogba came up, his midfield defense was messed up. If the ball had been scored, Atletico Madrid would not only be finished in the first round, but also would not have to play the second round.

Tottenham Hotspur was very happy with Pogba's first touch, and Messi gave Pogba a thumbs up. Pogba made a great pass, and Lewandowski also made a good pass. It was just that Messi himself failed to grasp the angle of the shot after receiving the ball, otherwise it would have been a great shot.

But with the first cooperation, the next game was much easier.

Messi and Pogba look like two number 10 players on the court. Although one is forward and the other is relatively backward, their positions are in awkward areas of the opponent's defense. For example, Messi always moves on both sides of the late midfielder Thiago, just behind Gabi and Koke and in front of the defense.

Pogba is always in front of Gabi and Koke, and because Diego Costa's position is relatively high, he is more harassing Tottenham's central defenders, so Pogba has absolute freedom in the entire midfield and has more opportunities to get the ball, because there is no one around to defend him.

Ye Qiu's adjustments after the opening and the current substitutions are actually consistent and targeted.

When he fixed Raul Garcia and Sousa on the two wings and Adrian on the other side to the wing, the center was defended by Gabi, Koke and Thiago, and Thiago was late, Gabi and Koke had to pay attention to Messi, so Pogba was able to get more free space to play.

Ramsey was able to run such a long distance before because the space was large enough, but the Welshman's specialty is smart running and coordination, as well as passing and organizing after getting the ball. Pogba is best at dribbling the ball to attack the opponent's defense line, so to a certain extent, Ramsey is put on first to consume the opponent's physical energy, and then Pogba is put on. This is a matter of taste.

After Pogba came on the court, Tottenham Hotspur almost started to attack around Atletico Madrid, but Atletico Madrid's defense was also quite tenacious. Simeone, a star from the Serie A league, is also very good at defense. The defense is very tight, and both sides consume a lot of each other.

In the 75th minute, Ye Qiu made another substitution, replacing Lewandowski with Drogba. The latter's physical energy was almost consumed, and Atletico Madrid also replaced left-back Felipe to continue to strengthen the team's defense, vowing to keep the score of 0:1.

Because in Atletico Madrid's view, if they lose one goal, they still have hope in the away game, but if they lose two goals, then this hope is very slim. For Simeone, the possibility of turning the situation around is almost zero after this game, at least he does not have any chips to turn the situation around.

So, he hopes to end the game here and fight again in the second round at Stratford Stadium.

But when the game reached the 81st minute, Matic intercepted the ball from Koke to Diego Costa from the middle, and then he took two steps forward with the ball and passed it to Pogba behind Koke, who dribbled the ball from the right to the right side of Atletico Madrid's penalty area.

"Pogba dribbled the ball to Ribery, who wanted to break through, but Alderweireld defended well, so he had no chance. He passed the ball back to Pogba, and Thiago came over to defend. Kyle Walker also came up, and Pogba passed it to the right, to Kyle Walker!"

"Facing Adrian who was returning to defense, Kyle Walker made a 45-degree cross with his right foot!"

"Drogba stood his ground, overpowered Godin, and headed the ball back to Messi in front of the penalty area!"

When Messi stopped the ball that Drogba had headed back with his chest in the front arc of the penalty area, Neymar just happened to quickly cut into the penalty area from the left rib. At this time, Juanfran had been thrown away, so Miranda had to pay attention to Neymar. After Messi stopped the ball, he pulled to the left, avoiding Gabi who was close to him, and directly rubbed a curve ball with his left foot.

I saw the ball draw a curved line, almost brushing the left post, and went into the goal of Atletico Madrid.

"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!"

"Messi, Messi scored!!!!"

"2:0, Tottenham Hotspur scored another goal, Messi scored the second goal of the game for Tottenham Hotspur!"

"A very, very crucial goal, Tottenham Hotspur got two away goals, which means that Atletico Madrid has to take a more proactive tactic away from home a week later, which is definitely not a good result for Simeone!"

The live broadcast camera was given to the sidelines, Simeone was almost mad.

"Atletico Madrid's players' physical energy was consumed too much, but more importantly, Ye Qiu's two substitutions were very crucial!"

"After Pogba was substituted, the French teenager's support on the offensive end was different from Ramsey's. Ramsey passed the ball and supported, while Pogba directly dribbled the ball and attacked. Moreover, his body was quite good, his speed was fast, and his impact was strong. This was a nightmare for Atletico Madrid, which was already insufficient in physical energy."

"The second substitution was to replace Lewandowski with Drogba. This was an active substitution with obvious intentions. After Drogba was substituted, Kyle Walker was very active. His cross from the right created Drogba's header ferry, allowing Messi to get the ball at the front of the penalty area and shoot directly after shaking off Gabi."

"We can see that the two substitutions were very clever and targeted. Relatively speaking, Simeone's substitution was a bit passive, but this can only be said that Atletico Madrid is not as good as Tottenham Hotspur in terms of team lineup and strength, or in the depth of the bench."

After scoring the second goal, the fans in Tottenham Hotspur and the stands who followed the team to the away game were all extremely excited. This was not only an away victory over Atletico Madrid, but also two away goals. This was simply a nightmare for a team like Atletico Madrid.

"In the second round, let's play a defensive counterattack at Stratford Stadium?" Ye Qiu was in a good mood after seeing Messi score, and asked with a smile.

Mauro Tassotti and Roland Schepas laughed out loud when they heard it. Is this shameless?

Tottenham Hotspur, playing a defensive counterattack at Stratford Stadium?

"Okay, let Simeone, that obscene guy, also taste the disgusting feeling of being disgusted!" Mauro Tassotti was rarely interested in pranks, so he was actually not a very dull person.