On August 1, 2007, at 13:00 noon, Sunderland Light Stadium.

Perhaps because of the game at noon, the attendance rate of Guangming Stadium is not very high. It is estimated that the Guangming Stadium, which can accommodate 40,000 fans, is only about 30,000. However, this game has attracted much attention from the outside world, especially for many Asian fans, who can just enjoy the game after dinner.

This is also the first challenge of the new season after Ye Qiu and his Tottenham Hotspur bid farewell to Fanny and the magical UU7 season. The opponent is not small. Sunderland is definitely not as strong as Tottenham Hotspur, but he has a very big head coach, Roy Keane.

Big brands have the benefits of big brands. Roy Keane comes from Manchester United, so this guy is also good at using this relationship. Last season, Sunderland was promoted, and the team rented Manchester United teenagers Evans and Simpson. They were promoted to the Premier League this season, and they introduced Andy Kerr to the free transfer, and Richardson from Manchester United.

Moreover, this Sunderland team is consistent with Roy Keane's usual characteristics, and its style of play is very tough and tenacious, which is also the usual characteristics of Ferguson's disciples. For example, Steve Bruce of Birmingham trained this Birmingham into an iron army.

Before the game started, Roy Keane took the lead in speaking, saying that he would give Tottenham a heavy punch at home and taste the taste of being a dark horse, "because our nickname is Black Cats."

Keane also said that Tottenham Hotspur will not do its best in the first round of the league, because for Tottenham Hotspur, who has entered the Champions League for the first time in decades, the first game of the new season is the third round of the Champions League qualifiers away to Sparta Prague.

"When the two games are only three days apart and they are away games, Ye Qiu always needs to make a choice."

At this time, Keane joked, "I think Mourinho said something right last season. When we face an opponent who has to split into two groups and is distracted by the game, as long as we give our all, it is always easy to win."

In fact, Ye Qiu really didn't do his best in this game, which can be seen from his platoon.

Beckham, Van Persie, Messi and Mascherano did not play, and no one would suspect that these four players would be Tottenham's starting main players this season, but they didn't play. It can be seen that Ye Qiu is going to use the substitute to conquer the Stadium of Light.

Ye Qiu tried to use the 3l tactical style this time, but the combination of Ashawen and Carroll did not work well this time. Tottenham Hotspur's offense was difficult to create a threat in Sunderland's 30-meter area, but interestingly, Sunderland could not organize an effective offense, which made the game very dull.

But just when everyone thought the game would end with a 00 draw, Chopra, the chief scorer of the Championship last season, pierced through Tottenham Hotspur's goal in the 93rd minute, the last minute of stoppage time, Sunderland's last attack pierced through Tottenham Hotspur's goal. This was a counterattack from midfielder Yaya Toure's sticky ball and was cut off.

No one expected that he was scored in the last minute, and Tottenham Hotspur was a little overwhelmed by that time, because they all thought that the game was about to end, but this kind of thinking caused Tottenham Hotspur to be severely damaged. Yaya Toure was also strongly accused by the media and condemned by fans after the game.

In the first round of the league, among the top five teams in the Premier League last season, Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool had a difficult time playing, but they all defeated their opponents, while Manchester United was tied by Reading at home for 00.

After the first round of the game, the best performance was Newcastle, and the Magpie led the Premier League. This situation is rare.

The second round of the league was held in the middle of the week after the first round ended, but because Tottenham Hotspur was to play the third round of the Champions League qualifiers, the second round of the league was forced to postpone. Not only that, the fifth round of the league was also forced to postpone because of the conflict with the second round of the Champions League qualifiers and the UEFA Super Cup.

While other Premier League teams were playing in the second round of the Premier League, Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool began to play in the first leg of the third round of the Champions League qualifiers. Tottenham Hotspur's opponent was Sparta Prague, and the first leg was still away.

Although the team has played in the UEFA Cup and won the championship last season, the UEFA Cup and the UEFA Champions League are completely different concepts. All teams participating in the UEFA Champions League are the best teams in their national leagues. Such teams often gather the best stars and strength in a national league.

Therefore, the opponents we encounter in the Champions League and the League Cup are completely different.

Ye Qiu feels that for many mid- and lower-level European leagues, the strength gap is often very large. The entire league structure is a bit like La Liga, the stronger the strong, the weaker the weaker. If you look at the structural distribution of La Liga, it is not difficult to find that teams like Barcelona and Real Madrid are playing in the Champions League, while teams like Sevilla and Espanyol are playing in the League Cup.

Any comparison between the two?

This is also why Ye Qiu attaches so much importance to the Champions League qualifiers. He does not want him to finally make it to the Champions League like Everton back then, but he lost to his opponent in the third round of the qualifiers and walked away cleanly and casually.

And if you lose in the first round of the league, it doesn’t matter, because you will have the chance to recover it later, but if you lose in the Champions League now, you will not even have the chance to regret it.

Sparta Prague is a giant team in the Czech League. The Czech League One champion last season. The team's strength is extraordinary. After Ye Qiu draws Sparta Prague from the draw, he immediately allows the team's scouting system and data center to submit the most detailed player lineup and tactics of Sparta Prague.

For a young man from the Champions League like Tottenham, if he didn't play well in the first game, he would probably be in a slump in the second round, because playing in the Premier League is a slut, but when he goes abroad and plays in the Champions League, he may not be able to continue to be slut.

There are also teams that are arrogant in China and beaten to the point of being beaten when they go abroad. On the contrary, there are many.

The most typical one is Roma, who was recently in Serie A. Last season, he was beaten by Manchester United in the Champions League knockout stage. I was almost shameful. Ye Qiu was thinking, how cowardly this would have to be played with such an amazing score?

Therefore, playing against Sparta Prague away has always been as Keane said. This is the first important game of the new season in Ye Qiu's mind, so he arranged the most rigorous tactics and arranged all the main lineups to replenish their energy.

There is only one goal, to play the first game of the Champions League.

Although Tottenham Hotspur is a Premier League team, it has a high exposure rate and a greater attention from fans around the world, it is really far inferior to Sparta Prague, the Czech Republic.

The so-called Champions League experience is actually often the head coach cannot give players more, because it is a skill that deals with different types, or even very unfamiliar with technical characteristics. Only when you contact more and play more can you adapt.

It seems that some people say that the rhythm of a Brazilian player dribbling is different from that of others, and it is difficult to prevent it, but if you often play with Brazilian players, you will accumulate some experience even if it is difficult to prevent it.

Not only Brazil, almost every country and region has its own traditional characteristics and styles. These are not what you can tell if you listen to others more and watch more game videos to understand and deal with them in the game. These are all thanks to you to accumulate enough rich experience through more battles.

This is also why Ye Qiu was so careful to deal with this game, because many players in Tottenham Hotspur team have experience in the Champions League, and even lack it. However, as the team itself, Tottenham Hotspur has no experience in the Champions League, which is Tottenham Hotspur’s biggest weakness.

Sparta Prague also clearly saw this, so even though they themselves knew that their strength was not as good as Tottenham Hotspur, they had played so many Champions League games and they were also very clear about how to play their home advantage. Therefore, they had planned to incorporate the game into their own rhythm from the beginning of the game.

Just two minutes into the game, Sparta's central defender Kaderek of Prague knocked down Van Persie and gave Tottenham a free kick opportunity far away, but gave Tottenham a powerful move.

Then Sparta Prague obviously did not give up his home advantage and launched a fierce attack against Tottenham Hotspur. In the 8th minute, he used a long pass from the left to volley and hit the post directly, which scared all Tottenham Hotspur players.

If this ball is scored, the game will become very troublesome.

Ye Qiu and the coaching staff are very clear about the visiting team's tactics. They have played for so many years in the Champions League and naturally know how to deal with it. So long before the game, when setting up the team's tactics, Ye Qiu kept reminding the players not to be shocked by the home team's attack after the start of the game. They must be patient and play steadily after the start of the game.

After being attacked round after round by Sparta Prague, Ye Qiu shouted loudly on the sidelines again and again, reminding the players not to be anxious, continue to maintain patience, stabilize the situation, and strive to control the ball.

Both sides played badly in the first half. Tottenham Hotspur could not stabilize the situation. Sparta Prague was at a disadvantage, but he knew how to try to use his home advantage to destroy Tottenham Hotspur's possession and rhythm.

No team that can play in the Champions League is a fuel-efficient team, it is all difficult teams.

During the halftime break, Ye Qiu reminded his players again that they must not be anxious when playing in the Champions League. At the same time, he also made his own response and adjustments to some problems in the team in the first half. At the same time, he also warned the players that this is away games and there is no pressure.

At the beginning of the second half, Sparta Prague still wanted to continue to use the tactics of the first half. He made a crazy press against Tottenham Hotspur from the beginning. Ribery got the ball on the left and was pulled and pulled by the opponent. The jersey was broken, but it was still knocked down. The referee gave a yellow card.

This was a foul that happened in the first minute of the second half, but Tottenham's free kick failed to create a threat. Ribery also had no chance to die, so she had never been able to change clothes. Roland stood on the sidelines with Ribery's replacement jersey.

Ye Qiu continued to call on the players to calm down, control the ball patiently, advance patiently, and use passes and catches to pull the opponent's defense.

"Their physical energy has been consumed almost all, don't worry, take your time, our advantages will become bigger and bigger."

There is such a head coach who yells a few words in your ear from time to time when you are about to get dizzy. At least, except for a little confusion and impatience in the opening, Tottenham Hotspurs seems more stable and patient most of the rest of the time.

This is also Ye Qiu's strategy. I am not familiar with your style. I lack experience in the Champions League and strategies to deal with sudden changes. Then I rely on the team's steady strategy to approach step by step, slowly engulf your territory step by step, and control you.

When the game reached the 73rd minute, Tottenham's strategy finally worked.

A pass error in the opponent's midfielder, Fabregas intercepted the ball in the middle of the middle, launched a counterattack, passing the ball straight to Ribery, who moved to the left rib. French Scarface suddenly started and broke through with the ball, and broke through the two players.

At this time, Van Persie also inserted it, one from the left and one from the bottom, with a Cadrek in the middle, forming a two-on-one, and Messi on the right was also keeping up quickly, but he deliberately lags behind his teammates and forms an offensive level.

Van Persie pointed to him in front and signaled that Ribery should pass the back point, but Ribery entered the penalty area on the left side of the penalty area. Facing Cardlek, he suddenly stopped and accelerated, pulled out a position and seized the fleeting opportunity, knocked his left foot horizontally.

The cross-tap came quickly. Although Kadelek had already reacted and wanted to intercept it, he failed to stop it.

When Van Persie behind him quickly followed, facing the incoming ball, he did not hesitate at all. He stared at the opponent's goalkeeper, as if he was about to hit his right side, which was the lower right corner of the goal. At the same time, he deliberately cooperated with a fake move to deceive the goalkeeper, but his left foot gently pushed the ball towards the incoming ball.

The ball rolled into the lower left corner, 0

The opponent's goalkeeper Persturka rushed to the grass and was so angry that he kept hammering the grass.

This is Fanny's trick.

"When you are going to shoot against the goalkeeper, you have only one opponent, and that is the goalkeeper, so you have to learn how to deceive the goalkeeper. This is what a good striker or a good scorer must have, and that is to hit the ball in the opposite direction of your eyes."

Van Persie smiled and his mouth grew bigger. This was his first goal this season, and it was also a goal scored in the Champions League playoffs. Its value was incomparable. He could also vaguely feel that Ye Qiu was intending to arrange for him to play as the main player this season, and this was to straighten him and fill the gap left by Van Nicht.

Because of this, after scoring the goal, Van Persie seemed very excited, rushed over and hugged Ribery.

The two kept celebrating on the sidelines, and Ribery took this opportunity to run to the sidelines to change a jersey before returning to the stadium, and the game started quickly.

After scoring the first goal, Tottenham Hotspur's morale and confidence were also played out, and Ye Qiu's tactics became more determined and decisive. He even began to consciously pull Sparta Prague to turn around. On the one hand, the latter was too exhausted due to excessive physical energy, and on the other hand, he was indeed weak in strength and could only be led by the opponent.

In the 84th minute of the game, Sparta Prague rushed to the frontcourt and launched an attack, but made a mistake in passing. After Mascherano intercepted the ball, Beckham took the opportunity to pass the ball and passed it over the top and passed it long. Van Persie rushed to the left wing quickly, stopped the ball without defense, and drove the ball forward.

Sparta Prague's return defense was also very fast. Central defender Kaderek blocked Van Persie on the left side of the penalty area. The Dutch had no choice but to see Ribery inserting in and knock back. Ribery followed up and kept kicking the ball, and directly sent the ball into the penalty area. He saw Fabregas quickly inserted into Sparta Prague's penalty area from the middle, and his right foot pushed the ball directly along the ball sent by Ribery.

This time, Posturca reacted very quickly, but Fabregas's push shot was made with the inner instep, and the angle was very tricky. He deliberately wiped the goal with the right stud drill, and he had no way to stop it.

After scoring two goals in a row, the happiest person is Ye Qiu on the sidelines.

After Fabregas scored, Ye Qiu applauded hard on the sidelines and cheered loudly.

After the team broke the deadlock, they implemented tactics more and more confidently, and the team's offense gradually achieved results. The offensive routines of the two goals were actually what Ye Qiu wanted to see, that is, the team's frontcourt players' back and forth switch positions and the level of back-end insertion into the offensive echelon.

The only thing that Ye Qiu is not very satisfied with at the moment is Messi. After the Argentine played in the Copa America, she returned to the team and started preparing for the early season and making physical fitness reserves for the new season. So at present, her condition has not been adjusted very well and she doesn't seem very excited during the game.

However, from the last period of this game, Ye Qiu cooperated so skillfully and flexibly, and he also saw that his ideas and tactical ideas were implemented. He felt that he was not wrong in choosing such a change. Moreover, as the players became clearer and more integrated with his tactical ideas, the team's attack power would become stronger and stronger.

With two goals from Van Persie and Fabregas, Tottenham Hotspur beat Sparta Prague away 0.

This away victory almost announced that Tottenham Hotspur entered the group stage early, which means that tens of millions of euros have been put into the pocket.

But Ye Qiu still didn't dare to be too careless.

After the first leg, in the third round of the Premier League, Tottenham Hotspur played against the newly promoted Derby County at home. As a result, Ribery got full horsepower and scored two goals in a row for Tottenham Hotspur in less than ten minutes of the game. In the 16th minute, Fabregas won another goal, and Tottenham Hotspur took the lead with 0 in the first half.

In the UU minute of the second half, Van Persie scored the last goal for the team. In the end, the team defeated Derby County 40 and achieved a refreshing victory at the White Hart Lane Stadium.

But a week later, because of the second leg and the European Super Cup, Tottenham Hotspur still played with a half-main and half-substitute lineup, but lost to Manchester United at Old Trafford Stadium 0l

This made Ferguson somewhat proud when he was interviewed after the game.

But after Tottenham returned to home, he defeated Sparta Prague 0, defeated his opponent with a total score of 0, and successfully advanced to the group stage.
Chapter completed!