Ye Qiu once heard that if German legendary scorer Ged Muller was born in the world football world 10 years ago, he could score 100 goals in a single season alone, and this sentence has been recognized by many people.

But Ye Qiu felt that this assumption was completely unnecessary, because those who said this did not understand modern football at all.

If you carefully analyze the era in which Ged Muller lived, you will find that he and Beckenbauer were in the same era, and both of them created glory in Bayern Munich and the German national team. If anyone familiar with Beckenbauer knows that German football at that time was an era in which countless people competed to study and discuss it later.

The representative teams of all attack and all defense in the 1970s were the Netherlands and Germany. Among them, Germany is known as the free agent, and the representative figure is Beckenbauer. These two teams, which are known as the representative team of all attack and all defense, are both known for their overall playing style. Even now, Germany advocates strict integrity.

So in Ye Qiu's previous life, he disliked Loew very much because he felt that the head coach of the German national team seemed to have modernized German football and kept up with the trend, but in fact he changed his course. He gave up the overall playing style that Germany had insisted on for many years. His football seemed beautiful, but in fact it was a castle in the air. It was unreliable at the critical moment because he did not understand what the fundamental core of modern football was.

Integration does not mean that if you play beautiful passes and catches and play a pleasing offensive, it is called modernization, that is, integration.

The German national team's off-ball run is deeply rooted. Before Loew, dating back to the Beckenbauer era, German football has always advocated no-ball run, so Ye Qiu always felt that the most hopeful thing in the world to play all-off and all-defense football again is the German national team and club, because that is what they are in their blood.

What is running without a ball? How do you watch running without a ball?

That's a feeling, but if you use the simplest and most direct way, then it depends on the distance you run

Although there may be some moisture in the running distance, such as some poor and useless running, at least this is a more intuitive way to compare the strength of running without a ball. If you analyze Lov's German national team, it is not difficult to find that every time you win, you run without a ball over your opponent, and every loss is almost always on running without a ball.

Why is this happening?

The soul of a lack of unified thoughts is blindly integrated for the sake of integration and cooperation

When Ye Qiu asked Thiago Silva and Kompani, what kind of offense method is the most difficult to defend for defensive players?

That is to keep pulling the opponent's defense line through unremitting running without the ball. Such an attack is the most difficult to defend against.

The reason why Drogba is so difficult to defend is because he kept running all the way, on the left, the right, or even the retreat, he kept running. You can defend him for an hour, but as long as you relax for a minute, he can create a threat to you.

Also, many people say that modern central defenders do not have high concentration and lack of concentration in their game. In fact, it is not a problem for players, but when you face a group of offensive players who keep running in front of you all day, who can guarantee that they can make the best and most appropriate reaction every time? Who can guarantee that they can block the opponent every time?

Why do high center forwards withdraw from the stage of history? Even Ye Qiu dares to assert that the central defender who turns slowly, has weak explosive power, and is not flexible enough will definitely withdraw from the stage of history because it will be difficult for them to keep up with the requirement of running without the ball.

"The development trend of modern football will no longer be one-on-one, but pulling and penetration. It constantly creates pulling through running without the ball, and pulling out the gap to complete the pass and receiving penetration. Finally, there will be a chance. A player in the team will complete the final blow."

"But running without the ball is not just running, but a running full of confusion and deceptiveness, just like Van Persie suddenly ran to the side to get the ball. Where is he going to get the ball? Wrong, he wants to pull the central defender out and let Ribery cut to the middle and hit the opponent's gap."

"Similarly, we can often see that Messi passed the ball back to Alves after getting the ball on the side, but he chose to run to the middle or rushed directly to the bottom line. What is his purpose? It is to create a gap for Alves after inserting it."

"This is true in local areas, and then expand from local to overall situation, just like we often attack a certain sideways, press the opponent to play, and then suddenly pass the ball, transfer the ball to the other side, and seize the opportunity of the opponent moving the defense line and launching an attack directly. This is also a confusion."

With Ye Qiu's in-depth analysis and explanation, Thiago Silva and Kompani were both surprised because they had never looked down on these problems from such a high level, and they even looked at the current football problems from the tactical perspective they had accepted since childhood.

Ye Qiu said a lot, but the more he said, the more he couldn't stop it, because he found that he had too many ideas to instill in these two central defenders, so he said: "So, what is the highest requirement for the central defender in the modern football tactical system?"

Thiago Silva thought about it, then looked at Kompany, who was also thinking, and tried to ask: "Predictiveness."

Ye Qiu smiled and pointed at Thiago Silva and praised: "It's very correct." He really felt that he didn't take it wrong. This Brazilian central defender had at least a strong sense of understanding.

"Predicting the ball path and predicting the possible situations are the most demanding links for the future central defenders. Just like we often talk about Cannavaro. What do you think Cannavaro is the most precious thing? It is because his defense around the front and defense around the front. The biggest test for a player is prediction."

"But the front-range defense is only part of it. I have discussed it with Mauro Tassoti. We all think that cutting and interception will become the most important means of defense in the future, and the most important thing about cutting and interception is to cut the opponent's passing route and intercept it. This is an active defense, and the front-range defense is one of the ways to reflect it."

When Thiago Silva and Kompani heard this, they finally understood why Ye Qiu said just now that physical strength confrontation is not the focus, but ask them to watch more game videos, obviously hoping that they will improve their abilities in this area.

"Because the offensive side moves at high speed on the court, it is best to be able to keep up with the opponent's movement ability, so there are certain requirements for the explosive power and flexibility of the players. Moreover, as the team's pass and receiving system becomes more and more strict, the opponent's targeted defense becomes stronger and stronger, and the ball control system, especially the ball control core, will become more and more backward, and even drag from the current back midfielder to the central defender position."

In fact, in the 13 years after Ye Qiu traveled, the central defender had been included in the ball control system and was even in a very important position. Therefore, the central defender who could hold the ball and get the ball was the future trend.

Although Hangland is very stable now, his ability to take and play is not strong. The reason why Mike Dawson is not favored by Ye Qiu is because he cannot integrate into the team's entire ball control system, while Thiago Silva and Kompani are the central defenders who Ye Qiu has high expectations for the future.

Of course, Ye Qiu didn't dare to guarantee whether these two players could play, nor did he dare to guarantee whether the young players in the team, or some players in other leagues, would be better than them, but for the time being, the two central defenders he most hoped for were the two central defenders.

Because in the trend of overall tactics, the position of the central defender is very important, because the defender is the weakest area on the court that is oppressed and pressed by the opponent. If the central defender in the middle can share the responsibilities of a part of the current organizational midfielder, it will inevitably guide the team's entire ball control and pass-and-receive system to become smoother and more threatening.

Of course, Ye Qiu is also very clear, that is, for the time being, the Premier League does not have the environment of La Liga, so he cannot transform Xavi Martinez into a central defender like Bielsa, nor can he transform Mascherano into a central defender like Barcelona, ​​because the Premier League does not have the environment of La Liga, and the Premier League has its own unique characteristics.

As for Yaya Toure, if it is Yaya Toure who doesn't like it, Ye Qiu must consider transforming him into a central defender, but the problem is that this kid has a strong desire to attack, and it is a bit unreliable to play the midfielder now. If you really want him to play the central defender, wouldn't he seek death?

"Everything I say today is my understanding of football. I also believe that in the next few years, the development trend of football will definitely be like this. Therefore, I believe you should be very clear about what path you should take."

After a pause, Ye Qiu said again: "Also, don't be afraid of making mistakes and try more, because only by trying through practice can you know whether it is right or wrong, and whether your ideas are feasible. At least, I think Tottenham Hotspur has enough strength and capital to try in the Premier League."

"Of course, if you perform poorly, you still have to play as a substitute"

With the team's current offensive power, as long as it is not in a major strong dialogue, losing the ball is not terrible for Tottenham Hotspur, and Ye Qiu's last sentence also puts pressure on them, that is, if you want to play as the main force, you have to make less mistakes in trying, especially the kind of mistake that brings points to the team.

Ye Qiu's tolerance for making mistakes is not only for central defenders, full-backs, midfielders, and forwards, he allows them to boldly try and innovate. For example, he encouraged Fabregas to pass more straight passes that tear the defense, and even some of the cooperation routines of Trident this season were their intentions on the spot, and even missed some goals because of this.

But Ye Qiu gave him tolerance, but he had a standard, that is, don't make the same mistake a second or even a third time, otherwise it would not be a try, but a stupid mistake

This Christmas is generally not very relaxed because of the team's loss to Arsenal.

Perhaps seeing this atmosphere, Ye Qiuyuqian directly invited the players' relatives to hold a Christmas carnival at the Theobord training base. Everyone came up with a celebration program. Finally, from the beginning of nightfall, everyone celebrated at the Theobord training base.

One of the interesting links is to make up and dress up the children of several players on the team, and even some more relaxed players. To this end, Tottenham Hotspur also invited two professional makeup artists at a high price to make these people either make up as dwarves holding an axe, or lively elves, as well as Santa Claus, as well as other various cartoons, movies and other characters, among which Ribery was disguised as a zombie.

The club also specially arranged people to take videos and photos, and placed them on the Internet and mobile AP to interact with fans. This zombie photo of Ribery was praised as similar, won the Best Makeup Award, and also received a generous prize.

The interactions at Tottenham Hotspur’s Christmas carnival not only attracted media attention and reports, but also made Tottenham Hotspur fans a little relaxed, because judging from this move, the atmosphere inside the team is still good.

After Christmas, the team sat at the White Hart Lane Stadium on Sunday, and dropped the visiting Fulham, greatly eliminating the resentment he had lost to Arsenal before.

Van Persie scored a goal for the team in the first minute of the first half, and then Fabregas won another goal. After the side change and the match in the second half, Fulham scored a goal, but soon, Van Persie, Ribery and Yaya Toure, who came on the bench, scored goals one after another, and finally defeated Fulham at White Hart Lane Stadium.

After the game, Ye Qiu was very satisfied with the team's performance in this game. He believed that the loss to Arsenal would not affect the internal atmosphere of the team. "Because we all know that we are constantly improving, our strength is getting stronger and stronger, and we are full of confidence in the future."

On the day, Tottenham Hotspur once again welcomed Reading at home. This time, Ye Qiu made appropriate adjustments. Ashavin and Carol both qualified for starting. The team also began to adjust their tactics to become 3I to deal with multi-line combat, and at the same time stimulated Ashavin's frontcourt libero.

The Russians did not disappoint Ye Qiu. Reading, who played away, was difficult for Tottenham Hotspur, who was skilled in possession of the ball. In just 7 minutes of the game, Ashawen took the lead in scoring for Tottenham Hotspur, but Reading equalized the score in the 16th minute in the first half.

It was not until the 53rd minute of the second half that Tottenham Hotspur won another goal by Ashawen and surpassed the score again.

Later, Ye Qiu replaced Messi with Cavani, who performed poorly in this game. Unexpectedly, this move completely activated Tottenham Hotspur's frontcourt vitality. Carol's impact, Cavani's physical running and pulling all gave Ashawen a lot of room for play behind him.

In the minute, it was Ashavin's goal again, which scored a hat trick, helping the team lead Reading.

Then Yaya Toure and Carol also scored goals one after another, while Ashawen himself scored again in the 83rd minute, staged a big four-game, helping the team to finally defeat the visiting Reading.

The two big wins completely reflected Tottenham's offensive ability. Although there are still certain problems in defense, the team's offense amazed everyone. Scoring eleven goals in two games, such offensive ability is second to none, not to mention in the Premier League, even in Europe.

Some British media even called these two games the last goal carnival of Tottenham Hotspur in 2007

Judging from the goals, Tottenham Hotspur is still the team with the most goals in Europe this season, but in terms of offensive strength, although Manchester United and Barcelona are not as good as Tottenham Hotspur, their offensive strength is not weak at all.

Another obvious difference is that Tottenham Hotspur’s goals are more of a weak team. Of course, there are also games that beat Arsenal, but whether it is Manchester United, Liverpool or Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur has not shown its strong offensive power.

This is also the reason why many people think that Tottenham Hotspur’s strong offense is just an illusion.

Two days later, Tottenham Hotspur beat Aston Villa 0 away with goals from Hangland, Vargas and Ribery, and made a three-round devilish schedule after Christmas with a complete victory. Tottenham Hotspur also entered the top four of the league again with this three-game winning streak.

Arsenal, Manchester United and Chelsea all performed well in the Christmas schedule. Arsenal scored 15 wins, five draws and one loss in the 21st round of the league, with 50 points, leading the Premier League standings, while Manchester United ranked second in the Premier League standings with 48 points.

After changing coaches, Chelsea performed well, and the team stabilized again, quickly found the feeling of getting points. They were third in the 44th quarter-point range, while Tottenham Hotspur's performance was average before Christmas, especially losing to Arsenal, and was widened. Currently, with 13 wins, four draws and three losses, they have accumulated 43 points in one round less, ranking fourth in the group.

Following Tottenham Hotspur is Liverpool, who also played twenty-one rounds. Their points are 41 points, Everton, Aston Villa and Manchester City are all 36 points.

It is not difficult to see from the rankings of the standings that the First Army is gradually widening the gap with the subsequent teams. Even if Manchester City is amazing after the start, the team is not strong enough and the final ranking is also declining. Now Eriksen wants to achieve the bold words of the early stage of the season to compete for the Champions League, it would be good to be able to qualify for the League Cup.

The outside world has been pretty good at Tottenham's performance so far this season, but many fans are also dissatisfied with it, mainly because the team gave them too much expectations at the beginning of the season. As a result, it has been found that the team is still ranked fourth. Even if there is one round less, this ranking still fails to give them satisfactory answers.

Ye Qiu said in an interview with the media that he was personally satisfied with the team's current ranking, but he believed that the team would be able to move forward any further.

"Yes, we're only one point away from Chelsea, the third in the league, and we're one round less, but I won't be eyeing Chelsea because our goal is to catch up with Arsenal and Manchester United, and our goal this season is to continue to break through the team's results."

Ye Qiu didn't shout out easily about the championship that Tottenham fans hoped to win.

"I can understand the fans' ideas. We have never won the Premier League championship. We even have only two top league titles in England, but it's been nearly half a century since we were there. They are eagerness and pursuit for championships, I can understand them, so I also ask all Tottenham fans to believe that we will definitely get it in the near future."
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