The Godfather of Football

Florentino sat on the podium of the Stadium of Light and watched with his own eyes that Real Madrid was slaughtered again and again by Tottenham Hotspur on the field without any ability to fight back. He always had a livid face and was powerless.

There is no doubt that as a club operator, he is successful. He has brought Real Madrid to one of the most profitable teams in today's football world, second only to Tottenham Hotspur, which moved into a new stadium in the summer of 2013. After Real Madrid signed several new contracts, it was only slightly behind Tottenham Hotspur in terms of revenue.

Whether it was the heavily indebted Real Madrid in the early 20th century or the Real Madrid that was messed up by Calderon before 2009, although they had achieved better results at the competitive level, they were extremely bad in team management, and even made the golden signboard of Real Madrid lose face.

So Florentino's creed has always been simple, to make the most money, introduce the best superstars, and play the most beautiful football.

Logically speaking, there is no conflict or contradiction in this idea, because with the most money, the best players can be introduced, and with a group of outstanding players, the most beautiful football can be played naturally.

But since returning to the position of chairman of Real Madrid in 2009, Florentino has felt that everything is not going well. At first, he thought that Barcelona was too strong, which led to Real Madrid being passive everywhere, but gradually, when Barcelona got old, he gradually found that Real Madrid was still the same.

Of course, if it were other teams, the King's Cup championship and reaching the Champions League final would be enough to win the recognition of countless fans, but for Real Madrid, which has always claimed to be high above and the privileged aristocracy in football, this does not mean success.

Although the La Liga championship was out of Barcelona's hands, it fell into the hands of Atletico Madrid, its mortal enemy in the same city. Although they reached the Champions League final, they were brutally slaughtered by Tottenham Hotspur 0:4 in the final. No matter which one, Real Madrid could not accept and tolerate it.

Fire Ancelotti?

Florentino dared not bring up this idea. Even though Zidane is now sitting in the coaching seat and serving as Ancelotti's assistant, looking at the current football world, apart from Ancelotti, is there any more outstanding coach willing to take over Real Madrid?

Zidane?

At least in the short term, Zidane does not have the strength and ability to take over Real Madrid. Letting him out too early, especially taking over a team like Real Madrid too early, will only harm Zidane in the end. Moreover, this smart French superstar who knew how to retreat in the face of adversity, how could he take over in such an environment?

Thinking of Zidane, Florentino thought of Ye Qiu.

Once, Zidane and Ye Qiu attended an Adidas event at the same time. Later, Zidane returned to Madrid and talked to Florentino. He asked Ye Qiu a question, which was what was the biggest problem of Real Madrid now.

"When you stop thinking of yourself as a noble, when you start to think of yourself as an ordinary and pragmatic football club, you will have no problem that cannot be solved!"

These words touched Florentino a lot, but once something starts, there is no way to turn back, and this is the case with Real Madrid today.

But with some ideas, Florentino is also actively adjusting his strategy. For example, although he introduced superstar Cavani in 2013, he also introduced local powerful rookies such as Isco and Illarramendi to lay the foundation for the future of Real Madrid. This is also a pragmatic attitude.

However, whether it is from the team's development strategy or from the voices and requirements of internal fans and members, continuing to adhere to the superstar strategy will still be the transfer policy of Real Madrid for a long time in the future, and it will not change!

Just as Florentino was thinking, he suddenly heard a thunderous cheer from the stands of the Stadium of Light. There were even many shouts next to him, especially the Tottenham CEO Peter Kenyon and COO Ron Gourley, who were sitting not far from him. They were so excited that they rushed out of their seats and cheered over there. They looked very excited.

"What's going on?" Florentino's eyelids jumped, his heart was clenched, and he turned his head to look at the big screen of the stadium. He found that it was broadcasting several Tottenham players excitedly rushing out of the stadium and celebrating along the stands.

Needless to say, another goal was scored, this is the fifth goal!

Florentino turned his eyes to the scoreboard. Seventy-nine minutes, 5:0, the number was very shocking, and even Florentino, who always looked very successful, couldn't help but want to curse, but he finally held back and turned his eyes back to the big screen.

At this time, the screen above the stands was replaying the entire process of the goal. Neymar, who came on as a substitute, received a pass from Ramsey on the left, dribbled into the penalty area from the left, passed four players including Carvajal, Xavi Alonso, Pepe and Ramos in one breath, and finally shot with his right foot near the penalty spot and broke Casillas' goal.

Florentino felt unbelievable about such a goal. He even couldn't understand why four people were defending one person and couldn't prevent it? Is there something wrong with their ability? Or are they not focused at all and not concentrating on the game?

There is no doubt that he is very, very sure that the hearts of Real Madrid players have been broken by Tottenham Hotspur!

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Ye Qiu stood on the sidelines. After Neymar and other players rushed to the sidelines to celebrate, they all walked past the home team's coaching bench to high-five Ye Qiu in celebration, and then returned to the court one by one.

5:0, it can be said that Tottenham Hotspur's victory is determined!

After Real Madrid was attacked by Tottenham Hotspur at the beginning of the second half and scored the fourth goal, the morale of this team has been weakened to the bottom, even if Ancelotti finally replaced him Khedira replaced Isco and made a tenacious gesture of giving it a try, but the midfielder was suppressed, making it difficult for Real Madrid to launch an effective offensive.

Ye Qiu has always believed that Real Madrid, especially Florentino's Real Madrid, is a deformed team full of privileges. They are aristocrats who pride themselves on being superior to others. This in itself is a kind of privilege given to oneself, the advantage of membership. This kind of privilege has been established, and the superstars in the team also have privileges in the locker room and on the court.

The two franchises are arguably interdependent, so there is never a true whole in a team like this.

How can there be a whole if there is privilege?

Therefore, from the very beginning, when facing Real Madrid, Ye Qiu's strategy was to split and separate Real Madrid's privileged faction from the non-privileged faction, that is, to forcefully suppress the midfield and isolate the front three. This kind of targeted attack Sure enough, France brought huge trouble to Real Madrid, and they even failed to find an effective solution to the problem throughout the game.

After Neymar scored his fifth goal after passing four players, Ye Qiu has been standing in the coach's command area on the sidelines. He silently watched the game, silently counted the time, and occasionally turned his head. Go and scan the fans in the stands, or he will turn his head and look at the bench or the coaching bench.

Everything was so familiar to him. He had been living like this for many years in the past, but now, he had to tell himself that he was going to leave this environment.

Maybe he will appear in the stands in the future, but the feeling and the view are completely different from standing in front of the coaching bench.

The command of the game was handed over to Mauro Tassotti. After taking a five-goal lead, Real Madrid had lost the fighting spirit to resist. They were more defensive, while Tottenham Hotspur made targeted substitutions. , the purpose is to ensure that the situation of the game is delayed until after the game is over.

Therefore, Mauro Tassotti used up the remaining two substitutions after entering the 80th minute. One was to replace Ramsey with Pogba, and the other was to replace Riviera with Hazard. Berry, coupled with the previous substitution of Neymar for Messi, Tottenham Hotspur's substitutions continue to strengthen the offensive threat in the midfield and frontcourt.

Time passed by minute by second. Some players on the court were trying hard to attack, some were waiting for the end of the game, and some were still wary of defending.

"The game has progressed so far, with less than five minutes left, and there is basically no suspense!"

“5:0, Tottenham Hotspur defeated Real Madrid with a huge lead and won the Champions League this season. This is Tottenham Hotspur’s following the League Cup, Premier League championship and FA Cup. , the fourth championship trophy this season, creating the first quadruple crown in the history of Premier League and European football!”

"Let us congratulate Tottenham Hotspur in advance and congratulate all Tottenham Hotspur fans in advance!"

"This is a night worth remembering, and it is also a night worth remembering for all Tottenham Hotspur fans, because tonight, their team won an unprecedented quadruple crown and three consecutive Champions League titles. At the same time, the legendary coach Ye Qiu, the founder of their team’s glory, will also announce his retirement after tonight’s game!”

"This may be a bittersweet night for all Tottenham Hotspur fans, but we have absolutely reason to believe that Ye Qiu has left such a strong lineup for his successor. I believe that Tottenham Hotspur’s glory will not be a flash in the pan. I believe that under Mauro Tassotti’s leadership, Tottenham Hotspur will continue to remain strong and dominant!”

When the on-site commentator shouted loudly, all the Tottenham Hotspur fans at the scene also cheered. Tens of thousands of fans were shouting Ye Qiu's name, and countless people were even crying.

As the game time approaches, the time to say goodbye is getting closer and closer, but their mood is becoming more and more reluctant, because they know that after tonight, those who stand on the team's head coach's bench will always be There will no longer be Ye Qiu, and there will never be Ye Qiu again.

Eight full years have passed. During these eight years, they have experienced the team's trough together, survived the hardships together, experienced the joy of glory together, and tasted the bitterness of defeat together. Together they tenaciously achieved revival, and together they The struggle is to regain the legendary peak.

They are like close comrades-in-arms, but after tonight, they will lose this comrade-in-arms, which makes many Tottenham Hotspur fans find it difficult to accept, even if they know very well in their hearts, Mauro Tassotti They are also capable enough to take over Tottenham Hotspur, but they still want Ye Qiu to stay.

It took Ye Qiu eight full years to bring Tottenham Hotspur from a second-tier Premier League team to the most prestigious top club in European football today; it also took eight full years to build Tottenham Hotspur in Tottenham Hotspur has written its own glorious and legendary journey in the Premier League, in European football, and in the history of football around the world.

After tonight, Ye Qiu retires. From now on, there will be no legend in football!

Amidst the shouts of the on-site commentator, the Dutch referee finally blew the whistle to end the game.

At this moment, the players of Real Madrid, whose morale and energy were exhausted, fell on the court one by one, while the players of Tottenham Hotspur ran wildly on the court one by one.

The staff on the sidelines and the players on the bench rushed into the court like crazy and celebrated unbridledly. They cheered and roared crazily, venting their excitement and excitement after the team won the championship.

Ye Qiu stood there, silently, just standing, without even moving a finger.

it's over!

For him, from 1999 to now, for fifteen years, he has lived with football almost all the time. Football has brought him almost everything, but now, he has to Leave the position of head coach.

But he knew very, very well that he could not leave football. He just changed a different way and continued to love and enjoy his football.

Maybe he will no longer coach, or maybe he will no longer care about everything about the team, but he will still love football as crazy as ever, because his life is destined to be inseparable from football.

"Congratulations, Ye Qiu!" Ancelotti slowly walked over from the visiting team's coaching bench.

Ye Qiu was surprised and quickly stretched out his hands, "Thank you, I'm so sorry, I was a little lost!"

Originally he was the winner and he should have walked over to say hello to Ancelotti, but now the situation is the other way around.

"It's okay!" Ancelotti smiled with relief. He is not Mourinho's character who likes to worry about everything. "How about it? Do you really plan to leave like this?"

Ye Qiu shrugged and glanced around the frantic Tottenham Hotspur players and staff on the court. He smiled and nodded: "I should have left a long time ago, but I can't let go!"

"Yes!" Ancelotti sighed, full of regret, "That's how football is!"

Ye Qiu looked at Ancelotti. To be honest, even though Ye Qiu felt that Real Madrid was very unbalanced now, in fact, he knew very well that Ancelotti still did a lot of work to integrate Real Madrid, especially It's on offense.

Real Madrid has been able to reach this point this season, although there is a certain amount of luck, but Ancelotti's coaching ability and level are also crucial, which can be seen from Real Madrid's offense.

As many people have said, the offensive routine promoted by Ancelotti is almost exactly the same as that of his predecessor, that is, quick strikes. This is the core combat capability of Real Madrid, but there is no serious analysis. Behind the core combat capability, Ancelotti has done a lot of detailed work in taking and passing the ball in the midfield and frontcourt, as well as in the offensive line.

Ancelotti is definitely one of the few coaches in today's football who pursues details to the maximum extent at the tactical level. This is the advantage of Italian coaches, but many Italian coaches focus more on defense. , and Ancelotti put considerable energy into attacking and organizing to get the ball, as well as on the defensive level.

Mauro Tassotti is also a head coach of this type, so Ye Qiu firmly believes that Mauro Tassotti will bring some changes to Tottenham Hotspur that are different from those in the past few years. There is no way to bring about change.

After all, Ye Qiu is Ye Qiu, and Mauro Tassotti is Mauro Tassotti.

"No matter what, I'm very happy. I can sit in the stands in the future. I believe it will be a different feeling there!"

Ancelotti agreed with Ye Qiu's words. Being a fan, especially a simple fan, is always a very pleasing thing.

But Ye Qiu's next words provoked him again.

"However, one thing I am convinced of is that the next time you meet Tottenham Hotspur, you will still have to lose because we have Mauro Tassotti!"

This is Tottenham Hotspur and this is Ye Qiu’s true face.

After hearing this, Ancelotti smiled and said, "Let's see," and then he returned to the Real Madrid coaching bench. He felt that the most important thing now was not to quarrel with Ye Qiu, because That has no meaning anymore. The most important thing for him now is to keep the team's breath.

Losing is not necessarily a bad thing. The most important thing is to understand why and how you lost.

After Ye Qiu sent Ancelotti away, he wanted to be alone, but he found that all the Tottenham players who were celebrating on the court rushed to the home team coaching bench, and rushed towards Ye Qiu one by one, with eyes that seemed to want to swallow Ye Qiu.

Startled by the players' commotion, Ye Qiu was quickly surrounded by them.

No one knew who started the commotion, and no one knew who came up with the idea, but Ye Qiu was lifted up by them.

At this time, the fans of Tottenham Hotspur in the stands also stood together, and even the vast majority of Real Madrid and neutral fans also stood up, shouting Ye Qiu in unison.

Perhaps, they were using this way to express their admiration for Ye Qiu. They were using applause and cheers to tell Ye Qiu that he had completely conquered everyone present, the entire European football world, and fans all over the world.

Perhaps, at this moment, among the hundreds of millions of fans watching the live broadcast around the world, countless people are cheering, applauding, and crying like the fans on the scene.

In the stands, Huang Chu and Eliza Moon brought Ye Qiu's two children, Huang Rong and Ye Chen, and they also stood up like all the fans, especially the two children, who were excitedly calling for their father, but were drowned in the shouts of the fans.

At this moment, they were proud and proud of Ye Qiu!

On this night, countless people felt reluctant, regretful, and sad for Ye Qiu's departure!

This night, Ye Qiu personally drew a perfect end to his legend!

But after this night, the legend of Tottenham Hotspur continues!

However, many, many years later, countless fans around the world still clearly remember that on May 24, 2014, in Lisbon, Portugal, the whole world was happy, sad, and sad for a Chinese named Ye Qiu!