"Is it still too late?"

Tottenham Hotspur players and Chelsea players stood neatly at the exit of the player's passage. Standing beside them were the caddies of this game, and the front in the middle was the law enforcement referee of this game, England's most famous international referee Bohr, who is also one of the well-known referees of the World Cup.

"Good, Frank" Drogba, who was standing in Chelsea's queue, patted Ribery on the shoulder gently.

They had a good relationship when they were at Chelsea before. Drogba also came from France and joined Chelsea at the same time. The relationship was relatively close, but now the two represent two teams against each other, and the relationship was a bit awkward.

"So too, Didier" Ribery nodded.

There are also players like Deco, Lampard, Terry and other players. Ribery, Messi, Van Persie and Fabregas were actually amazing at Chelsea. For their age, it was really outstanding to have such a performance, especially Ribery. His first season at Chelsea was the team's best twelfth man.

But sometimes football is like this. Rooney's arrival made Ribery miss the opportunity to straighten her feet. Then Ye Qiu left and Mourinho joined. The Portuguese brought his own team. He had his own tactical ideas, and he also wanted to clean up Ye Qiu's old subordinates, so Ribery and Van Persie were thrown into the cold palace, and Messi and Fabregas were also sent back to the youth team.

Captain Terry and vice captain Lampard had both pleaded for these young players, but Mourinho himself was under great pressure. In addition, he took over Ye Qiu's class, which made Chelsea fans question it, so their pleading was useless at all. Instead, it gave Mourinho a feeling that this group of Ye Qiu's old subordinates wanted to join in to keep warm.

The position may be relative, and in the past it may have had some grudges, but this will never affect the players' friendship. Therefore, the players of the two teams are talking in the player channel, but they all look behind from time to time, hoping to see Ye Qiu appear.

Without Ye Qiu, Tottenham Hotspur players always felt that they lacked some confidence.

After all, when Ye Qiu is here, they don’t need to think too much. As long as they fight according to Ye Qiu’s arrangements and adjustments, Ye Qiu is equivalent to their direction. But now Ye Qiu is not here, they have to explore and find the direction by themselves.

Mauro Tasotti and Roland Shepas replaced Ye Qiu's work and carried out pre-match mobilization and tactical preparations, but they still couldn't replace Ye Qiu's position in the players' minds.

"Okay, everyone, let's show up."

With the words of referee Boer, the referee team walked in the front, followed closely against both sides, holding the caddie's hand and slowly walked out of the player channel. For a moment, a burst of thunderous cheers came from the entire Millennium Stadium. The fans of both sides were greeting their team with cheers and applause.

"Let's introduce you to the starting lineups against both sides."

"Tottenham Hotspur has sent all its main players in this game, goalkeeper Peter Cech. This is the Czech goalkeeper who performed very well this season and has almost completed one season to establish his position as the top goalkeeper in the Premier League and even Europe. If Cech did not play like a god, Tottenham Hotspur would have been difficult to get a draw."

"The defense line, Vargas on the left, Hangland and Thiago Silva on the center back, Alves on the right, which is also the essential lineup for Tottenham Hotspur to play offensive football this season. Vargas on the left and Alves on the right are both full-backs with strong offensive capabilities, and inserting the attack back is their best move."

"The midfielder is still equipped with Beckham, Mascherano and Fabregas. Many people have said before that after Beckham joined Tottenham Hotspur, he has re-proved his strength on the court. He won his main position in Tottenham Hotspur with his outstanding performance, and at the same time, he has improved Tottenham's midfield strength by at least one level."

"The trident in the frontcourt, Ribery on the left, is also the left winger who performed very well this season. The forward is Van Nisstruy, the king of the small penalty area, the best scorer in the Premier League and Europe this season, and the right is Leo Messi with the title of Maradona II."

"It can be said that Tottenham Hotspur's lineup is not bad, and they have also played offensive football this season in the Premier League. Currently, this team's offensive ability is second only to Manchester United, the strongest offensive attack this season, but Tottenham Hotspur's offensive ability even gave high praise to Manchester United's Ferguson."

"Compared with Tottenham's 433 lineup, Chelsea also adopted a 433 formation. The goalkeeper is the goalkeeper from Portugal. This goalkeeper performed very average this season. Chelsea's defense line is not stable enough. Many people think it has a certain relationship with Hillaryo. Van dersar, who Chelsea let go, has shown the strength of a top goalkeeper in Manchester United this season. This is also a point that Chelsea's transfer has been criticized in the past two years."

"In fact, from Evra to Macon to Galas to Van der Sar, even Chinese player Sun Jihai, as well as Tottenham Hotspur's Ribery, Messi, Fabregas and Van Persie, they all proved their strength well after leaving Chelsea. Someone was ridiculing Chelsea for missing talents and joked that Chelsea's production must be a fine product."

"Of course, this is somewhat ridiculous. Rather than saying it is produced by Chelsea, it is better to say that Ye Qiu is produced by Ye Qiu, because these players, even the powerful stars such as Drogba, Deko, and Lampard who are currently in Chelsea, are all superstars who have proved their strength under Ye Qiu's command or have achieved peak performance."

"Compared with the goalkeeper, Chelsea's strongest position is this defense line. After falling out with Arsenal, Ashley Cole, Tri and Carvalho introduced, and Ferreira, the right-back, is a weak point. Ferreira's performance has been criticized since joining Chelsea, but Mourinho has always entrusted him with important tasks."

"The midfielders are Marklele, Barack and Lampard. In fact, in the past two seasons, Chelsea's midfielders have not shown much strength and progress. The conflict between Lampard and Barack is a bit like the conflict between Lampard and Gerard in the English national team. The two players have never been able to blend together well and harmoniously."

"The trident in the frontcourt, Jokol on the left, Duff on the right, and Drogba on the center, Shevchenko was once again placed on the bench by Mourinho. It is obvious that the Ukrainian superstar is no longer highly expected by Mourinho. There are reports that Mourinho took Shevchenko to cope with the pressure of Abramovich."

With the analysis and commentary by the on-site commentator, the players on both sides completed guessing the side and returned to their own half-time preparations, and there were still several minutes left before the game kickoff time.

The camera turned and fell on Chelsea coach Mourinho on the sidelines.

"In this game, Tottenham Hotspur's head coach Ye Qiu was about to give birth, so he didn't know if he could participate in this game. This is Chelsea's head coach, Portuguese Jose Mourinho. However, although he has always regarded Ye Qiu as his number one enemy, Ye Qiu once evaluated his opponent. He felt that the number one enemy should be Benitez. He said Benitez is the most difficult head coach among all the head coaches he has ever encountered."

"And, when Ye Qiu was going to lead the team to compete for the Champions League double championship, the last moment was Benitez's Liverpool stopped him. The game in Istanbul was indeed the most painful defeat in Ye Qiu's coaching career."

Just as the commentator was talking, he heard the most enthusiastic cheers since entering the field suddenly came out of the scene. The momentum was probably even bigger if your team scored, which made the commentator a little confused.

"What's going on? What seems to be happening on the court? But we couldn't see it because of the angle problem."

But soon, on the big screen of the stadium, the live broadcast footage captured Ye Qiu running out of the player's passage. He was wearing an Adidas sports casual suit that was obviously only worn at home. It was obvious that he rushed directly from London to Cardiff, and he didn't even have time to go home to change clothes along the way.

"Wow, he gives us the feeling that he has already played one game."

The Tottenham Hotspur fans cheered all the time, while Ye Qiu quickly took the towel from the staff who ran over and wiped the sweat all over his head and face, but he didn't stop and walked directly to the sidelines.

For a moment, the Tottenham Hotspur player who had originally dispersed ran quickly towards Ye Qiu.

"Remember" Ye Qiu was gasping for breath. He ran directly from the parking lot into the court, almost dying, but when he saw the fourth official who wanted to come over to remind him, and the referee on the court, he decided to tell a long story.

"Don't pull the pace faster, play the ball, pull them out and play"

"Also, the balls that pass into the penalty area are more likely to hit Carvalho's point, and there are more interspersed with two ribs."

"The defense is watching Drogba, especially Thiago, go around the front and get the position more, don't let Drogba score the goal from your head"

Ye Qiu was talking about the goal he lost to Chelsea at home. Thiago Silva was impressed by this, so after hearing Ye Qiu's words, he nodded heavily, and the other players also nodded in agreement.

When the players returned to the stadium, Ye Qiu returned to the coach's seat and took the water handed over by Roland. When he was pouring it hard, the game had already started, and the players on both sides quickly began to fight into a group.

After wiping the sweat and drinking the water, Ye Qiu regained his breath and stood on the sidelines watching the game.

Chelsea's starting tactics did not seem conservative, and they were unwilling to show weakness in their momentum, but their first attack was to directly pass from the backcourt to look for Drogba. However, at this time, no players around Drogba followed up to meet him. The Ivorians were forced to choose to break through by themselves, but were stabbed by Thiago Silva calmly.

Dribbling through the ball is not Drogba's strength, it's not that he does not have this strength and ability. Drogba's foot skills are good, and his speed and explosive power are also good, but the problem is that he is not good at playing with personal breakthroughs.

If it was just one, then that would be fine, but the second attack was a long pass to Drogba. However, this time Lampard came up, but after getting the ball, he was approached by Beckham and had to pass it to Duff on the right. However, Vargas suddenly stepped forward and intercepted the ball in the middle of the way. However, Tottenham did not counterattack quickly at the first time, but passed the goalkeeper back and reorganized.

Ye Qiu once said that in this game, you don’t need to be quick, and you need to use ball control to tear open Chelsea’s defense.

When Tottenham Hotspur's ball fell at Peter Cech's feet, in addition to Drogba preparing to step forward to participate in the press in the frontcourt, Ye Qiu noticed that the midfield and the wingers on both sides were also retreating.

"They are afraid of our midfielder." Mauro Tasotti saw through this at a glance.

Mascherano is the main defender, and Beckham and Fabregas are both players who can go up and down, run and pass, which makes it difficult for Tottenham Hotspur's midfielder to defend, because with the active running and pulling of Beckham and Fabregas, coupled with the skillful passing and receiving cooperation between each other, the opponent is easily caught in a loophole.

For passers, as long as there is a loophole, there is a possibility of murderous intent.

Messi on the left and the right are all very good at getting balls in small ranges and sprinting in short distances, and a small penalty area king Van Nie is at the front, so Mourinho obviously adopts a steady contraction defensive tactic to tighten his midfield and backcourt, making it difficult for your midfield to play a threat.

Such tactics are not unfamiliar. Everton used this tactic to tie Tottenham Hotspur, and even dragged the game to the last minute before deciding to lose, because they did not have very effective and confident tactics to curb Tottenham Hotspur's midfield, at least not sure to do it during normal offense and defense.

Ground pass penetration has never been Chelsea's strength. Ye Qiu coached the team for the first year to play the force-pressing tactical style, but at that time there was a Deco in the midfield in the team, and Ye Qiu changed to play the double midfield in the second year to further strengthen his skills. But now Mourinho won Deco and chose superstar Barack, which seemed to return to the force-pressing style.

In this way, ground penetration has become a major problem for Chelsea, so now they either go to the side or pass for a long time.

Sometimes the power of a midfielder does not depend on how strong the players are, but on the combination and the complementary technical characteristics of the players. As long as they complement each other, even a weaker player combination can easily eliminate unreasonable superstar combinations. This is why the first phase of the Galaxy Battleship will collapse in the end.

The same is true for Tottenham Hotspur today. Ye Qiu even feels that Tottenham Hotspur is currently fully capable of competing with any team in the Premier League to midfield. If we fail to find a good and effective way to curb two passers, Beckham and Fabregas, any team will have to consider shrinking their defense when they encounter Tottenham Hotspur.

Because the latter type of defense that can only dribble the ball and oppress the opponent's defense, but cannot break through, but a player dribble the ball can break through one point and completely collapse the opponent's entire defensive system.

If Ye Qiu said that Mourinho's Chelsea lacks nothing, but he is a player with super personal abilities. For example, Robben, he was not unaware of Chelsea's problems before, but his team did not have enough ability to let Chelsea expose the problem, but now it has it.
Chapter completed!