Chapter 403 Mourinho
"Messi got the ball on the right, faced Ashley Cole, suddenly knocked back, Fabregas got the ball, and passed it forward."
"Beautiful two-by-one, passed Ashley Cole, oh, the pass was blocked by Carvalho and the corner kick."
"Beckham sent a corner kick, Hangland headed the ball, Oh my god, the ball hit the crossbar, Hilario hit the ball, Fabregas stopped the ball in his chest, and kicked it again, ah, it was slightly off."
With Fabregas' kick at the front of the penalty area, all the fans in the audience held their breath. When he hit the wrong side, they would have a little bit of life or sighed with regret.
Ye Qiu gave a burst of applause to his beloved disciple on the sidelines. Fabregas performed well in this game, but Tottenham Hotspurs had no big threat to attack in other times except for that goal.
After Mourinho conceded a goal, he told Ashley Cole not to push him easily. Chelsea began to retreat in an orderly manner and still adopted the defensive counterattack tactic. Ye Qiu also appropriately asked the team to retreat after a while.
"I think our offense is too overwhelming, resulting in too many people in the opponent's 30-meter area." Mauro Tasotti also saw this problem on the sidelines.
In fact, this is not just a problem for Tottenham Hotspur, but a problem that all teams that use high-level defense will face, that is, when the opponent adopts an orderly contraction defense, how can you play your offense?
The reason why Benitez's team has not been able to score points on weak teams before was actually because his tactical style of play encountered weak teams with defensive counterattacks. In this game, Tottenham Hotspur got a 71 ball possession rate, but more of it was garbage ball possession time, which was useless at all.
Therefore, after Ye Qiu scored the goal, he immediately asked the team to gradually retreat and return to the normal position, and even gave up some ball control, allowing Chelsea to take the initiative to push it out. This can be seen from the fact that after Tottenham Hotspur scored, the ball control rate dropped from 71% to 59 now.
But Chelsea doesn't seem to have much idea of fighting, and they don't invest much troops in the offensive, so they still focus on long passes.
"There is a Fanny ahead of us." Ye Qiu also expressed his thoughts.
Fanny is a center with very obvious characteristics. He has super scoring ability and scoring efficiency. He is one of the few veterans in Tottenham Hotspur with rich professional experience and is the scoring champion of Tottenham Hotspur and the European League this season.
Of course, Ye Qiu knew in his heart that one of the important reasons why Van Nie was able to score so many goals was that the team attacked around him, including Ribery, Messi and Fabregas, who all revolved around Van Nie to make offensive layouts, so Van Nie’s shortcomings are Tottenham Hotspur’s shortcomings.
Even Ye Qiu can say that Van Nie scored more goals, which may not be a good thing for Tottenham Hotspur's overall offense.
Some people may find it strange that Ferguson gave up Van Nisstruy in order to make the team's style more inclined to mainlandize, but why did Ye Qiu introduce Van Nie? Now Van Nie has also become a further obstacle for Tottenham Hotspur.
There is no way to do this, because Ye Qiu is also exploring himself. He now only has a very basic concept. What is the tactic he wants to play? He himself does not have a very good concept in his mind. But the problem is that your team cannot keep exploring and sacrificing results.
If your performance is too bad, the players in the team will perform well and run away directly. This has nothing to do with loyalty or not, because professional players do not want to go to a top-level giant, a bigger stage to prove their strength, or even compete with the best players for the title of World Football Master? Even if it is just nominated, it is good
To a certain extent, if there were no Fanny, Ye Qiu would have left Defoe and Robbie Keane, and he could have obtained Fanny at a low price. Ye Qiu did not resist buying Robbie Keane and Defoe at a high price to maximize the team's interests. But it turns out that Fanny's performance is indeed quite outstanding.
To say that he is not in line with the team's future is planning ahead.
After hearing Ye Qiu's words, Mauro Tasotti nodded, a little helpless, because Fanny is the king of the small penalty area, you can only let him get close to the penalty area. Once he stays away from the penalty area, with his technical and tactical characteristics, Tottenham Hotspur is almost no big difference from missing one person.
In this season, Ye Qiu has been intentionally strengthening the cultivation and crafting of players such as Van Persie, Cavani and even Carol. This is actually to allow them to take over Van Persie at the right time. Judging from the current situation, Ye Qiu is most optimistic about Van Persie. This player has very fine skills, excellent stopping, and excellent shooting skills. The only hidden danger is physical confrontation. However, Ye Qiu appropriately arranged for him to conduct physical intensive training as early as the beginning of the season.
If Van Persie replaces Van Nie, Tottenham's offense will be more diverse and flexible. At least it doesn't have to focus on the opponent and play like now. This kind of play is too hard.
"Did you notice that Fabregas has a strong desire to move forward," said Mauro Tasotti, pointing at Fabregas.
When playing against a weak team, the players' performance is actually not very convincing, but playing against a strong team is different. Strong dialogue is the game that best tests the strength of the team and the players. Judging from this game, Fabregas's passing vision is indeed very outstanding, and his desire to move forward is also very strong, and he has already shot three times.
Of course, this is also related to Beckham and Mascherano defending behind him, so his offensive ability is strongly reflected.
"He was the best scorer in the World Youth Championship back then, and he was both the Golden Boot Award and the Most Valuable Player." Ye Qiu said with a smile that Fabregas was the best player in the 17-year-old World Youth Championship in 2003. At that time, he played as the second striker, so his offensive ability and shooting ability were not weak at all.
The reason why he was better at dragging the back in his previous life was that Arsenal played 4 tactics and was two midfielders. Fabregas' position was naturally relatively backward. In the later stage, his position was appropriately advanced, which directly released Fabregas' ability to score in the back.
In Ye Qiu's view, Fabregas has the best view of the overall situation, reading game ability, organizing and grasping rhythm. Passing is outstanding, whether it is a long pass or a short pass, but he also has his own weaknesses and shortcomings, that is, his possession is slightly insufficient, especially in midfield ball control and promotion.
In other words, Fabregas can be the core of the organization, the best passer, and can also support his teammates through running, but he is not a ball handler. Although he can also perform the responsibilities of a ball handler in the Premier League with his technical skills, that is because the current tactics in the Premier League are generally quite extensive. Once he reaches a more rigorous European arena, he will face a team that pays more attention to cutting the opponent's pass route, his role will be greatly curbed.
Beckham is also a passer and is not a ball handler, so Tottenham's current offense is actually about the wing, and there is not much threat in the middle, because it is difficult for Beckham or Fabregas to break out of the middle.
This is also the reason why Ye Qiu cultivated Van Persie. If Van Persie can play, he will replace Van Nicht, take the forward retreat, and the winger will insert the offensive route. Only then can the effect of the entire Tottenham Hotspur's existing offensive system be maximized.
And Ye Qiu has another idea, which is to introduce a ball handler to partner with Fabregas
He had thought Yaya Toure would be suitable before. The Ivorians' possession of the ball is quite distinctive, and he can bring enough hardness to the frontcourt. However, after the first half of the season, Ye Qiu began to feel that Yaya Toure could not be competent for this position. He planned to train the Ivorians into a midfielder, but he needed to get rid of some problems.
If the Ivorians are really trained, he will definitely be the top midfielder, because he has excellent technical skills, outstanding physical fitness and large-scale coverage of running, these are all necessary conditions for the midfielder.
His problem is sticky balls, and his love of plugging in attacks.
It is not a big problem to love plugging in and attacking. As long as you choose the right time to plug in, it can form a threat and produce an effect after plugging in, and you can return to defense as soon as possible after the ball rights are converted. Then your plugging is actually a kind of support and help to the team's offense.
Yaya Toure's biggest problem is sticking the ball. Even if he has improved a lot, as a back midfielder, sticking the ball is the biggest disadvantage, because once the back midfielder is interrupted, it is a fatal threat. Therefore, the biggest taboo for the back midfielder is to drag the mud.
With Tottenham Hotspurs' unfolding this season, Ye Qiu gradually realized some of his previous mistakes and also found some new directions and ideas, but some can be tried, and some have not yet tried. After all, he also has to consider Tottenham's current lineup and team results.
Just like Van Nisstruy, Ferguson sent off the Dutch striker and almost all professionals knew it was for tactical needs, but he made an excuse for all fans, that is, Van Ni and Cristiano Ronaldo were incompatible. When the two could only choose one, he chose the young Portuguese, which could be accepted by everyone, including Manchester United players.
If Ye Qiu wants to replace Van Persie in the team's top scorer, Van Persie, as the starting lineup, he can be said to be for the team's needs, but what will the players think? Can Van Persie withstand such pressure? Can others in the team be convinced? Can Fanny accept it?
Ye Qiu can guarantee that as long as he wins Fanny for no reason, the team will be in chaos, and the team's morale will be bleak. Maybe he will be beaten back to the first half of the season and go to relegation in shame.
So, many times, many ideas have to take your time and wait for the opportunity to try, instead of always thinking about achieving it overnight.
The first half of the game ended with a precise diagonal pass from Fabregas to Chelsea's penalty area. Ribery inserted it but was taken away by Hilario from his head and ended.
Tottenham Hotspur temporarily took the lead at Millennium Stadium 0.
What is even more commendable is that Tottenham Hotspur firmly controls the situation and rhythm of the game with a 57-point possession rate, and also shoots four shots in front of the game. Such data is much better than Chelsea. Mourinho's team has a relatively average team except for the impressive defensive data.
Especially in the opponent's pass success rate in the half, Tottenham Hotspur was as high as 8, while Chelsea only had it. The pass success rate of the two teams can show the technical gap between the two sides.
The commentator gave the first half summary and made a puzzled speech, "Why did Chelsea take the initiative to give up the offensive routines they are good at and instead use a long pass with single characteristics and even very low efficiency to find Drogba?" Ye Qiu directly gave his players the answer in the locker room.
"Because they are afraid of our midfielder." Ye Qiu seemed very confident when he said this.
If Deco were on the market, perhaps Chelsea might not be so passive, but the two superstars Barack and Lampard competed in the same field, but the effect did not reach one plus one or more than two, but instead became a situation where one plus one or more than one.
The midfield was suppressed by Tottenham Hotspur. Joe Kor and Duff were not good at dribbling breakthroughs. Chelsea's offensive methods were extremely lacking. At this time, they wanted to push out and hit, but they were worried that Tottenham Hotspur's counterattack was behind, because the counterattacks and passes of Beckham and Fabregas were like precise guided missiles. Who wouldn't be afraid of wherever they pointed?
"In the second half, we continue to play like the first half of the game. Don't play fast with Chelsea. They like fast, we don't play with them. We have to slow down the pace. Slowness is good for us. Moreover, our midfield should be properly retracted and pull them out and play. Now we are the lead, they are behind. If they want to win, they can only press and play."
When he said this, Ye Qiu smiled confidently again and said, "As long as they pressed out and beat them, there will inevitably be flaws behind them, and this is our opportunity."
"I have a hunch that Chelsea will substitutions during the halftime break, and it must be on the wing. Joe Cole should be replaced, but I am not sure who will be replaced. It should be Carau, Wright Phillips or Allen Lennon. They should strive for more one-on-one opportunities on the wing and open up the tactical width."
It’s not that Ye Qiu’s tricks are a clever idea, but that this is an adjustment that Chelsea must make. If Mourinho does not have such a vision, he will never be able to reach today. The one in Chelsea is most confident in dribbling and breaking through the ball is the wing.
Currently, Chelsea still has many wing players. Mourinho likes winger tactics very much and gathers Duff, Wright Phillips, Allen Lennon, Karau and Quaresma. Quaresma has been thrown into the cold palace by him. Joe Kerr has also been clearly proved that he did not have the ability to break the deadlock in the first half, and he can only arrange a player to play one-on-one.
"We must pay attention to it. No matter who he replaces, we will definitely strengthen Chelsea's offense, especially on the wing. Therefore, our two wings should start to pay attention to defense in the second half, keep the three lines tight, let them attack, and we will hit their counterattack."
Ye Qiu's analysis made all Tottenham Hotspur players in the locker room feel his confidence. In fact, Chelsea did play without any threat in the entire first half, and it can even be said that they did not look like the leader of the Premier League at all.
"The first half has passed. What I want to remind everyone is that Chelsea in the first half is not the real Chelsea, but the second half is, so don't think we can breathe a sigh of relief by taking a temporary lead by 0. I want to tell you, the second half is the real test."
If Chelsea's defeat in the first half was due to Mourinho's overly conservative position, then he had no choice in the second half, and only one way, that is, to push it out and play unless he doesn't want this championship.
Ye Qiu knows better than anyone else. Chelsea's attack power is not weak at all. Drogba, a powerful center, can break through the opponent's entire defense line by one. In addition, the two wing roads and the back insertion of Lampard and Barack, this is the biggest threat to any team.
"Guys, believe me, the situation is in our favor until now. As long as all of us don't be careless and devote ourselves to the game, then the final victory of this game must belong to us, Tottenham Hotspur."
"We, tonight, will bring the League Cup trophy back to White Hart Lane Stadium"
Ye Qiu's midfield mobilization really greatly encouraged the team's morale. With him, everyone in Tottenham Hotspur was obviously more confident and calmer, especially when they walked out of the locker room and walked onto the stadium, they noticed the adjustment of Chelsea's lineup, and they all laughed confidently.
Because Ye Qiu guessed correctly, Chelsea did make substitution adjustments during the halftime break. Mourinho replaced Joe Kerr with Allen Lennon. The former Tottenham Hotspur's right winger still played the most familiar position, while Duff was switched to the left, and the two supported him next to Drogba.
But what Ye Qiu didn't guess was that Mourinho was obviously fighting for his life this time. He was so conservative in the first half that he suddenly went crazy during the break, and he made a desperate substitution. He replaced Marklele with Mikel, which obviously wanted to strengthen the team's midfield organization and offense.
Ye Qiu was a little worried on the sidelines. Tottenham Hotspur is not as strong as Chelsea at present, and he knows very well that Mourinho is acting a little bit irritated with his two substitutions, but he is really desperate. Who is not afraid of Chelsea?
There is a saying that is right: those who are stunned are afraid of being arrogant, and those who are arrogant are afraid of being desperate.
Ye Qiu turned his head and looked at Mourinho, who was also standing outside the coach's seat. The Portuguese also happened to see him. The eyes of the two intersected in the middle, as if sparks were sparks. Mourinho pointed at Ye Qiu and made a beheading action. His expression was really about to fight with Ye Qiu.
Ye Qiu ignored him, but Chelsea's second half tactics were very clear. He launched a fierce and desperate attack on Tottenham Hotspur at the beginning.
Chapter completed!