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Chapter 376: The Pain of Reform

When Mourinho walked into the press conference at Cobham training base, the reporters who had already been waiting here suddenly became lively because they all clearly felt that Mourinho should be setting off fire today

There are indeed many people who don’t like Mourinho. Even after Chelsea won three consecutive championships last season, many reporters criticized Mourinho in newspapers, feeling that many of his remarks and actions are inconsistent with him as Chelsea’s head coach, at least it is very different from his ex-girlfriend Ye Qiu.

But no matter what, for the media and journalists, the most important thing is sales. For it, they can do everything, and even humbly put down their figure to please this Portuguese madman they don’t appreciate or like.

Mourinho was always in a suit, as if the whole world owed him money. There was a sneering arc on the corner of his mouth. After walking into the venue, he swept over everyone present with a leader, and then sat down with a big golden knife.

According to convention, he took the lead in releasing the roster to challenge Tottenham Hotspur tomorrow. Almost all Chelsea's main players were on the table, which made everyone feel that no matter how crazy the Portuguese said, he actually attaches great importance to this game because he must use such a game to prove something, he is better than Ye Qiu.

Another aspect that makes Mourinho feel confident is that his international players are not injured, sick or painful. Although they are a little tired, they are only the early stage of the season and there is no big problem with playing. Moreover, they are a mature team, but Tottenham Hotspur has a young and just reorganized, and Chelsea have an absolute advantage in strength.

So, when the first reporter to stand up and ask Mourinho how he viewed this important competitor this season, the Portuguese burst into laughter, "I never thought Tottenham could be our opponent."

"Our goal is to win the championship, and what are their goals?" Mourinho sneered, but there are obviously too many psychological factors mixed in it. "One win and two losses in the first three rounds are not far from the relegation zone. Maybe their goal this season should be relegation, and we have a big gap."

After a series of sarcastic jokes, Mourinho began to comment on his opponent again.

"I never deny that Ye Qiu is an excellent head coach, but he has been away from the top league for a year. In the past year, he seems to be no longer soccer. He has gone to sell mobile phones. My daughter likes the mobile phones he sells very much, but the tactics of the professional league have changed every year, and he can't keep up."

"Putting the Ye Qiu factor aside, look at Tottenham Hotspur's lineup, it's too young and inexperienced. This is not the player lineup that a team with ambition and goal should be equipped with. Does Ye Qiu want to win the league championship with this group of 18 or 19-year-old children? Or are they each of them geniuses?"

Mourinho does not agree with Ye Qiu's statement that he has the talent ability to identify players. Perhaps Ye Qiu does have a certain vision, but what is a genius?

The same player is a genius in this team, but in another team with different styles, he is a stupid one.

So, what is genius? Who will define genius?

"Mr. Mourinho, there are many media and fans now with a sense of doubt. Ribery can't get a chance at Chelsea, but she performed well at Tottenham Hotspur. Fabregas, Messi and Van Persie have all got a chance at Tottenham Hotspur and performed very well. Many people think that Chelsea does not pay enough attention to young players?"

Mourinho shook his head after hearing this, "I think the opposite is true. It has to be seen in this way. We, Chelsea, are a team that is determined to win the league championship. Our goal this season is to win four consecutive championships. We want to create a miracle that has never been seen in the history of professional football in England. We have the strongest team lineup in the world. Only the best players in the world are qualified to wear our jerseys to play for us."

"So, let me ask you again, Mr. Journalist, the four players you mentioned failed to play at Chelsea, but they were able to perform well at Tottenham Hotspur. Is this a question? If this is a question, then I will answer you, they do not have the strength to play for Chelsea."

This is indeed a big mouth candle. If you shout it out, you must create some storm, but Mourinho is fearless because he just hopes that Tottenham Hotspur players will be angry and fight back. The more you get angry, the more I will fight back, the happier I will be.

And this is also a belittlement of Tottenham Hotspur. Players who can't play games here will become the main force when they run to you. What's the nerve to say you want to challenge me?

"Our competitors have never been Manchester United. Arsenal's strength has declined significantly this season, and Liverpool lacks stability. Neither of these two teams will pose a threat to us. Our biggest opponent this season is Manchester United."

Soon, the reporter turned the topic elsewhere, for example, what was Mourinho most worried about the upcoming White Hart Lane Stadium, and the Portuguese madman began to comment on the referee of the game, Howard Webber.

"I know Mr Howard Webber is one of the most famous referees in England, and I also agree with his whistleholding ability. I believe he can control the game and make the game exciting, but what I want to say is that no referee should be biased against a team before the game."

"Everyone knows that in the past, when I played against Ye Qiu, I often lost one person. I don't know what the reason is, but I know very well that many referees prefer to protect technical teams, but no matter how tactical style each team is, they are trying their best to play and show themselves. No one should be biased or discriminated against them."

"If you ask me what is the biggest wish of this game, then I will tell you that I hope that eleven players can end this game intact. As long as I have eleven players, I will definitely be able to beat Tottenham Hotspur. I believe this is what all Chelsea fans hope for."

I have to say that Mourinho's fight was indeed sharp and ruthless. He dared to say anything. Before the game started, he was putting pressure on the referee, and he was still playing away games.

In fact, in the past season, Mourinho has frequently complained that the referee has biased him and Chelsea, believing that many England referees do not want him and his Chelsea to win, but hope that Manchester United and Arsenal will win, and have been criticized and criticized by the outside world for this.

The most famous time was after Chelsea won the championship last season. A famous columnist from the Guardian wrote an article called "The Book of Mourinho" in his column. In this article, this reporter with more than 40 years of experience in Chelsea fans advised Mourinho not to use any means to win or even sacrifice his image.

He even commented on the two coaches of Chelsea in the article, believing that Ye Qiu would obviously consider the consequences and the team no matter what he did. At the same time, he was always trying to maintain the team and his image and do things that suited his identity. Mourinho obviously did not have these. He was unscrupulous, regardless of the consequences, and never considered whether it was appropriate to do things and speak.

Of course, the reporter also mentioned in the article that the reason why Mourinho is like this is actually the result of the media's fuel. Because many journalists and media hope to rely on Mourinho's words and deeds to gain news and sales, he feels that this is a premeditated planning and hype.

But many things are impossible to know the inside story if they are not really involved.

But one thing is very obvious, that is, nowadays, journalists and media like to fuel the fire, fearing that the world will not be in chaos.

So, they finished Mourinho's press conference at the Cobham training base in Chelsea in the morning, and immediately ran to the Ziegwell training base in Enfield in the afternoon to attend the Tottenham Hotspur press conference, and sent Mourinho's words directly to Ye Qiu.

“What are our goals?”

When the reporter sent Mourinho's words [Our goal is to win the championship, what are their goals?] to Ye Qiu, Ye Qiu shook his head with a smile, "I have to think about it carefully, but if their goal is to win the championship, then one of our most important goals this season is to stop them from winning the championship.

All the reporters present burst into laughter. This answer was indeed too amazing.

This is also one of the impressions of many people about Ye Qiu. He generally doesn't like talking and verbal battles. He appreciates mutual respect more, but this does not mean that he is not good at talking and verbal battles. He really wants to fight and be proficient in laughing, angrily and scolding, especially when he gets angry, no one will forget Ye Qiu's several outrageous times.

"I admit that Chelsea is indeed the strongest team in the Premier League right now, but they are not strong enough to defeat any team casually. At least, there are still many teams in the Premier League this season that have the strength to challenge them."

"He said he couldn't win anything with a group of children. I don't know if you still remember that someone said the same thing many years ago, but what was the result?" Ye Qiu smiled and threw the question to all the reporters.

Alan Hansen once sarcastically and ridiculed Ferguson in this way, believing that he could not win anything by leading a group of baby soldiers. But what makes Alan Hansen still feel ashamed that 9⊥ eventually created the most peak glory in Manchester United's history, and Ferguson kept using this sentence to make fun of Alan Hansen in the future.

"For us, Chelsea is indeed very strong now, but we are not completely unable to fight back. We are like a group of soldiers about to rush to the battlefield. In front of us is a life-and-death mission. This is a battle, a struggle that is invincible to me. We can only choose to move forward, defeat our opponents, and move forward victoriously."

After a pause, Ye Qiu said, "I know very well what Mourinho's purpose is to say this. He wants to anger me and my players, but I don't think the players will be affected by him."

"The most important thing in a football game is to play your own rhythm and play your own things. Only in this way can we defeat our opponents, so we must ensure 100% investment, and at the same time we must maintain a clear and rational and calm enough."

Ye Qiu is not unclear about the team's situation. In fact, Tottenham Hotspur's overall strength is not yet at the level of challenging Chelsea. Although the team is full of stars now, it will take another two or three years. There are not many people who can truly form combat effectiveness in the team now.

Ribery broke out in the World Cup. He is also one of the most eye-catching players in Tottenham Hotspur team. Van Nie is an important scorer who is unrivaled. Mascherano is as stable as ever, and Alves' right is also an important source of Tottenham Hotspur's offense.

But it must also be seen that Messi is 19 years old this year. Even in his previous life, he was mainly substitute at the beginning of this season. He did not gradually get into shape after playing a few excellent games, and then slowly gained a firm position and finally became the core main force.

This is a process, all young players play in this way, there are few good performances with continuous consistency, the opponent is too strong and the team is not performing well, these are definitely not a good thing for young players

Therefore, for Tottenham Hotspur now, what is needed is a period of accumulation. Whether it is winning or losing, it requires a period of accumulation, accumulation of experience, accumulation of tacit understanding, and accumulation of one's own understanding and understanding of the team's tactics, and finally the explosion can be achieved.

There is no problem with Fabregas's strength now, but his problem lies in the details. He controls the rhythm too deliberately. Everyone knows that you need to control and organize. I'll keep an eye on you, what should you do?

Whether you can continue to play your role after being closely monitored is an important basis for measuring the core of an organization.

Fabregas needs to adapt to and become familiar with such an environment and learn to exert his strength in this environment.

Yaya Toure replaced Davis as the starter, but his performance was both good and bad. Because there were certain problems between him and Fabregas, it directly led to problems with Tottenham's midfield operation.

There is also a defense line, and Vargas is still adapting, which is nothing, but the cooperation between Hangland and Thiago Silva also obviously takes time to develop a tacit understanding.

If you carefully compare Ye Qiu's experience at Tottenham Hotspur and his experience at Ajax and Chelsea, it is not difficult to find that a very important factor in the Ajax period is that the competitiveness of the Eredivisie is relatively weak and the strength is quite different. However, in the Premier League, even the newly promoted team is enough to defeat powerful people like Liverpool and Chelsea, and the competition is too fierce.

As for Chelsea, Ye Qiu's team can perform well in the first season. One very important factor is that players are generally in their year of playing, or have proven themselves and have rich experience. Such players have stronger adaptability and have their own set of habitual playing styles, which are more inclusive.

But now at Tottenham Hotspur, it is obviously impossible to do this. It is undoubtedly unrealistic to play the rhythm and overall strength of a mature team in the first year after the reorganization. This is also why Ye Qiu said that coaching Tottenham Hotspur is a huge challenge for him.

Now some media are puzzled and dissatisfied with Ye Qiu's reorganization of the team. However, whether from the perspective of a team operator or from the perspective of a team's head coach, reorganization of the team is very necessary, because when it is most valuable, selling off the stars in the team whose ideas do not match their own, in exchange for the opportunity to reorganize the team and create a football that conforms to its own ideas and also conforms to the future football trends. This is undoubtedly a very valuable thing.

In other words, even if Ye Qiu keeps Robbie Keane, Carrick, Defoe, Lennon, and Ridley King, he cannot guarantee that the team can win the championship, because these players have clearly reached their peak and it is difficult to move forward further. The most important difference between the champion and the runner-up is actually this step.

Since that's the case, Ye Qiu would rather sacrifice two or three years to rebuild a strong team of his own, and then sell this group of stars to exchange for a large transfer fee. At least Ye Qiu can solve the funding problem of Theobord training base without having to pay privately. His money can be kept for the London government officials and the Olympic Preparatory Committee to discuss the London Bowl. This is undoubtedly a big benefit.

Moreover, the group of players Ye Qiu introduced is actually not bad, the key is that it will take some time.

Perhaps, another person should be introduced

These are all Ye Qiu's plans. He has always been very clear about what he is and what he wants. It's just that others don't know. At least after his summer operation, if he really wants to sell it, Tottenham Hotspur's performance this season will not be too bad, at least the value will double, which is 400 million euros.

If the Theobord training base is completed and the team signed cooperation with the London City Government to the London Olympic Stadium, the total value of Tottenham Hotspur will be at least more than 600 million, or even 800 million. If Ye Qiu's investment is included, no matter how it is calculated, it will make a big profit.

Therefore, for Ye Qiu, Tottenham Hotspur this season is a brief pain during the reform and transformation period. His goal is still unchanged, and he is still the semi-finals. Now it is just the beginning, so there is no need for him to compete with Manchester United and Chelsea.
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