With four goals and a big victory over Manchester United away, Tottenham Hotspur has undoubtedly become the number one favorite to win the Champions League in everyone's eyes.

On the next day, almost all the media around the world reported this game wildly, and they all pushed Tottenham Hotspur to the throne of defending champions, believing that this North London team is likely to break the fate of no team able to defend the title after the Champions League restructuring since 1992.

Among the promotion odds offered by the bookmaker Wilhel, Tottenham Hotspur had the highest promotion odds, reaching 13, and Tottenham Hotspur's championship odds were as high as I was a lot higher than Barcelona's 8. A considerable number of media even regarded Tottenham Hotspur as winning the championship ahead of schedule.

Media around the world have been paying attention to and reporting on Tottenham Hotspur, paying attention to the football style of this North London team.

Now the Champions League is far ahead of the national team in the tactical level, which is an undisputed fact. In the Champions League, Tottenham Hotspur's style is undoubtedly the most eye-catching. On the contrary, another La Liga team, Barcelona, ​​has overemphasized the style of controlling the ball, making them unpopular.

The famous Argentine coach, the head coach of Argentina who once led Argentina to the World Cup, is a columnist of the German News Agency. He has been paying attention to European events for a long time and tracks and reports and analyzes some important games. His articles that analyze from the perspective of a world-famous coach are also very popular among fans.

This time, he first criticized the media in the column for the previous ones who had been criticizing Tottenham and Ye Qiu after losing the league. He described those media and reporters as swingers.

"There was a proverb in my hometown, don't spit in a well, because you may also drink water there."

"We always wonder, how could there be such a person in this world?"

"But in fact, such people always appear by our side. They don't care about drinking the well water they have spitted with phlegm, and they are even very happy to do so because they have completely lost their integrity."

"I still remember that when Tottenham Hotspur lost to Manchester United, many newspapers kept saying that Tottenham Hotspur was going to be finished, this team couldn't hold on anymore, Ye Qiu could not bear the pressure and made mistakes, etc. Many people began to support Manchester United, thinking that Ferguson would definitely be able to reverse, but now, at this moment, they all turned to support Tottenham Hotspur."

"I want to say, save money. In the eyes of a lot of rational fans, you are just a group of clowns who spread randomly and talk nonsense. I can even guarantee that if Tottenham loses another game, they will take back all the praises and praises now, and then continue to spit into the well. Even if they know very well, they will continue to drink the water from this well in the future, but they still don't care."

"I have to reiterate that for me personally, I don't care at all who wins the championship or wins, because what I care about is no longer winning or losing, nor whether to win or not, but football itself."

"Now there are quite a lot of media and fans who like to discuss football. They will discuss tactics. From 44 to 43, they also like to rank. Who is the number one in the world and who is better than who is better? They also like to study whether offensive football is better or defensive football is better, and who can better represent the tradition of football. They prefer the victory theory. The strong must be stronger than the weak, while some more senior fans will start to explore the technical characteristics of players."

"In the era when I was coaching, there was a tradition that when you are not familiar with the technical characteristics of a player, please do not discuss him, and when you are not clear about the concept of a team, please do not discuss him."

"Yes, we talked about the concept, the most core element in football."

"What is offense? What is defense? What is 44? What is 433?"

"The idea is the soul of a team, it is a spiritual force that everyone from fans to players to coaches and even staff insists on it and integrates it into their own blood. It is very simple to see if a team has a philosophy. What kind of team do you want to build? How do you build such a team?"

"When you have a philosophy, no matter whether your team plays offensive football or defensive counterattack, no matter whether your team plays well or badly, no matter whether your team performs well or badly, it doesn't matter, because people who like your philosophy will still follow you as always, without regrets. This kind of follower is often the case, especially when you are in disaster, it will become a kind of beauty and spread to future generations."

"Ferguson was once a very thoughtful person. His team reversed Bayern Munich to win the championship in 1999. I was completely conquered by him. That was the power of concepts. In the next few years, although Manchester United entered a trough adjustment period, I was still optimistic about this team. I believe that Ferguson must have clearly seen the problem of Manchester United. In the past two seasons, there have been problems with its concepts. I am still optimistic about him. I believe that Manchester United can get out of the trough soon."

"Chelsea was also a team with ideas. It was during Ye Qiu's coaching period. This means that Ye Qiu has to be mentioned. He is a head coach who is very philosophical and very good at instilling ideas. His philosophy is how to make the team play better and more aggressive football. This is his philosophy and football creed."

"But Chelsea's performance fluctuations occurred when Ye Qiu left the team and Mourinho came on stage. The latter always talked about victory, but in fact he never seriously thought about how he wanted to win. He blurted his football philosophy, or winning was his only philosophy. As for how to win, he didn't care."

"Relatively speaking, Hiddink's philosophy is much clearer, so Chelsea, led by him, performed very stably because everyone knows clearly what Hiddink wants them to do, and this clarity will be reflected in the football field."

"Barcelona's Guardiola is the new coach, but he doesn't seem to be as immature as a novice at all. This reminds me of Ye Qiu in the past. That's because he has his own football creed from the beginning. He knows very well what kind of path he wants to lead Barcelona on, so he has no hesitation and no need for any running-in, and leads the team directly on the road."

"What I want to say is that philosophy is an old thing in the eyes of many people, but you always remember one thing: football is the sport of eleven people. No one or any team can control the eleven people's thoughts, just like we control machines. What we can do is to unify the eleven people's thoughts on the football field to the greatest extent."

"This is the power of concepts, and it is also the most primitive, fundamental and charming power that has been developed for so many years."

"A team often represents a concept. Football games are often a collision of ideas. It attracts fans to go crazy and makes all fans have a shared sense of honor and disgrace with it, because it has ideas."

"When we talk about Distefano, Bailey, Cruyff, and Maradona, you actually see not only them themselves, but their own football philosophy, a football philosophy that you will always remember, and a football philosophy that includes teammates around the kings of football, such as Puskas and Neskens, and work together to create."

"Now many people like to discuss Real Madrid and what superstars Real Madrid wants to introduce, but what I want to say is that Real Madrid never needs superstars because it is the biggest superstar itself. What he needs is to return to his most primitive and traditional football philosophy, a concept that conforms to all Real Madrid fans and is in line with Real Madrid's long history."

"With your philosophy, you will naturally find your football and you will naturally welcome your superstar."

"No idea. Even if you buy superstars from all over the world, I'm sorry, you are still a lost lamb and can't find a way out in the chaotic maze."

At the end of the column, Menotti talked about Messi and gave new hopes to the Argentine superstar.

"A lot of people are talking about superstars. I want to say that real superstars, whether they are Maradona, Cruyff, Platini or Distefano, are all people who have a full understanding of football. They know better than anyone that football is an overall sport. Their existence requires the support of their teammates around them, and he also needs to give his teammates support."

"They are great not because of their personal performances, but because of the overall greatness of the team."

"Messi is a very good player. He has the ability to tie with these seniors, but what he needs to do is not to score more goals in the game, but how to help his teammates and help his team play a stronger combat power. As long as he does this, he will naturally be remembered by fans."

"No matter how famous a player is, no matter how high a player's value is, if he wants to be remembered by fans, he can only rely on his performance on the court, and this requires his teammates to play football in a team that conforms to his own philosophy."

"I hope Messi can play at Tottenham until he hangs his boots"

Menotti's column has caused a lot of response in European football and has been reprinted and translated by many media from all over the world. Although he did not focus on Tottenham Hotspur's entire column, in fact, everyone can see that his column was actually written for Tottenham Hotspur.

From the lines, everyone can feel his praise of Tottenham Hotspur, but this is not the so-called promotion of offensive football, nor is it the praise of Tottenham Hotspur's performance, but a kind of promotion of concept.

In Menotti's words, as long as you have a philosophy, no matter your grades, no matter how you perform on the court, you are worthy of respect and affirmation. As long as you continue to persevere, even if you are at the lowest point in history, sooner or later you will usher in your own light.

The remarks of the famous Argentine coach immediately caused huge responses and discussions around the world. Many fans were talking about it, believing that whether it is Tottenham Hotspur or Barcelona this season, they are obviously those teams with very clear ideas, even Chelsea's Hiddink and Manchester United's Ferguson, their ideas are very clear.

Many professionals are discussing Menotti's words. They are studying whether this kind of clear concept makes it easier for them to lead the team to succeed?

If Hiddink and Ferguson are both old fry, then what about Ye Qiu? From Ajax's debut to Chelsea to Tottenham Hotspur, he has been successful all the way, constantly climbing to the new peak of his career

There is also Guardiola, who achieved such an outstanding result in his first season in leading the team. Is this also, as Menotti said, because he has a deep understanding of Barcelona's football philosophy, and the ideas between him and Barcelona are completely consistent, which leads him to take Barcelona to sweep Europa with even without any experience in leading the team?

As Menotti said, concept is a neutral word. No matter whether your concept is offensive football, defensive counterattack, or even defending, it is no problem. The key is that you must have this concept and be willing to work hard for it.

In fact, there is another phenomenon that can explain the great significance of the concept well, that is, at the White Hart Lane Stadium on May 2, Tottenham Hotspur welcomed the relegation team West Bromwich.

A leader and a bottom team. The strengths of the two teams are very different, and the player level is even more different. However, West Bromvic forced Tottenham Hotspur, who had just swept the top European giants at the White Hart Lane Stadium, and forced almost nothing to do and failed to score in 90 minutes.

They defended their goal, locked in front of their goal, blocked Tottenham's gun hole with their bodies again and again, blocked Tottenham's attack again and again, they never thought of scoring a goal, they never thought of defeating their opponents, they only had one idea, relegation

Relegation requires points, but facing Tottenham Hotspur with such strong attack power, if you want to get points, you have to defend yourself

Tottenham Hotspur's offense is also very sharp. He attacked again and again, with almost no power, and kept attacking West Bromvic's 30-meter zone, creating opportunities again and again, and both teams were fighting for their lives.

The tense and exciting atmosphere, the terrifying and life-long lingering, and the sigh of failure again and again formed this game that should have been completely unsuspecting, but eventually turned into a tense game where all the fans who came to the White Hart Lane Stadium could not breathe.

It is a belief formed by the idea of ​​striving for relegation for the team that supports West Bromwich. There are four rounds, and they still have hope. As long as there is hope, their belief will continue to persist.

Tottenham Hotspur also has a belief that they want to attack and destroy the enemy with offense. They want to score goals, win, win the game in their own way, and then take a step further towards the double championship they dream of.

Attack and defense are not confrontations between beauty and ugliness, nor are they confrontations between active and conservative, but two different concepts, on the same stage, equally confronting each other, and the sparks blooming are very dazzling and charming.

After more than ninety minutes, West Bromwich's players still did not dare to be careless. They still set up defense lines inside and outside their penalty area, while Tottenham's offensive players did not give up and continued to attack West Bromwich's defense line, hoping to break through the opponent's goal at the last moment.

They need to score goals, the team needs to score goals, and if they want to win the championship, they need to score goals

Everyone has a belief. From the pre-match to the mid-time break, and then to the game, head coach Ye Qiu kept instilling a belief in the players on the sidelines, "If we can win, we will definitely be able to score goals."

In the penalty area, Van Persie leaned against West Bromvic's Swedish central defender Jonas Olsen. David Silva's straight pass was passed from the left side of the arc to his feet and wanted to turn around, but another central defender Sheldon Mattis quickly assisted in defense, and two central defenders blocked Van Persie's chance to face the goal.

The Dutch forward divided the ball to the right position in the penalty area. Messi also caught the ball under the double-team of two players, but he flew and deceived the two defensive players, but he had no chance to shoot, so he chose to knock back to Fabregas on the right side of the arc top of the penalty area.

Immediately, a defensive player rushed over and blocked Fabregas. Espanyol had no chance and hit the center of the arc again, looking for David Silva. This was a gap, an optional gap, but he hoped David Silva would have a chance to take off.

But before David Silva could reach the position, she saw a tall and thin figure rushing up from behind without any hesitation. She faced the ball hit by Fabregas, swung the left foot that he was not good at, and shot it in anger.

The ball was not very well drawn, and the angle and strength were not well controlled, but the ball was still like a shell and flew towards the goal. West Bromvic's goalkeeper Carson made a save, but the ball hit the crossbar at the top heavily, bounced into the goal after rebounding and landing.

The whistle that the referee scored a goal immediately rang out

More than 30,000 Tottenham Hotspur fans stood up from their seats in the entire White Hart Lane Stadium and exclaimed in surprise.

Everyone was shouting at the goal wildly. Yaya Toure didn't expect that he would score a goal with his feet. And he was not good at left foot. Can he score?

Luck?

Perhaps, no one will think this is luck, especially compared to Tottenham's passing goals again and again before, everyone is more willing to believe that this is the reward of God's continuous efforts to attack Tottenham.

Yaya Toure was held down by his teammates at the top of the penalty area, and everyone was celebrating the goal and celebrating the three-pointer he got at the last and most critical moment.
Chapter completed!