No one in this world is flawless, including Ye Qiu

In the eyes of many fans and reporters who don’t like Ye Qiu, Ye Qiu has many shortcomings, but this definitely does not include being untrustworthy.

On the contrary, Ye Qiu's words are well-known to the world, whether in the football field or in the business field, so many times when facing the media, he either doesn't speak, but as long as he speaks, you generally don't need to doubt the authenticity. Of course, there are exceptions when joking when dealing with player transfers.

For example, before selling Gareth Bale, Van Persie, Vargas and others, Ye Qiu said in an interview with the media that these players are non-selling items, but in fact, everyone knew that they all transferred in the end, but Tottenham Hotspur got a generous transfer return.

But there is one situation where Ye Qiu will definitely not joke, that is, the players' game arrangement

A week ago, Ye Qiu shouted that the team's starting lineup would not be changed and that young players would continue to arrange for the second leg of the League Cup semi-finals to play. Everyone was uproared. Not only the fans and media outside the world were surprised, but even all the young players in the team were surprised, because this was a key battle.

But the final result was that Ye Qiu once again fulfilled his promise.

The goalkeeper is Joe Hart, the defense is Cointran, Nastasic, Varane and Kyle Walker, the midfield is Ramsey, Phil Jones and Pogba, and the frontcourt is Eden Hazard, Cavani and Beckham.

Compared with Tottenham Hotspur's extremely young starting lineup, Manchester City's lineup is star-studded, with goalkeeper Given, defense lineup Lescott, Hangland, Mica Richards and Sabaleta, midfielder Gareth Barry, De Jong and Modric, and Robinho, Adebayo and Wright Phillips in the frontcourt.

At first glance, Manchester City's strength is indeed more than the second team lineup of Tottenham Hotspur, but football is never just a lineup. After all, Manchester City's lineup has just played in the league, and Tottenham Hotspur's young players are not completely unable to resist.

However, from the beginning of the game, Manchester City did have an overwhelming advantage and took the lead in launching a fierce attack.

Robinho, who has been rumored to leave the team recently, took the lead in forming a dribbling breakthrough on the left, and easily ate Kyle Walker in a one-on-one situation, but when the cross was followed, Varane blocked Adebayo with his body and cleared the ball out of the baseline.

Then Manchester City's corner kick was pushed out of the penalty area by Nastasic, which failed to pose a threat.

However, Manchester City was obviously unwilling to give up and immediately made a comeback. This time, Robinho made a quick breakthrough on the left, but he used a cunning fake move to deceive Kyle Walker and suddenly cut inside and passed the back point. Adebayo stuck his position well this time, suppressed Nastasic with his body, and headed the ball.

Joe Hart faced the incoming ball, a very surprising fly-by save and saved the ball bravely. For this reason, the young English player won a warm cheer from Tottenham fans.

Although Joe Hart's performance has been both good and bad in the past period of time, it is difficult to shake the main position of the world's number one goalkeeper Cech, the performance and progress of this English young player is still seen by fans and has attracted more and more attention. This time, he saved Adebayo's header, which is worthy of recognition.

Perhaps seeing Manchester City's sharp attack on the left, especially Robinho's performance was very active on the left, the Brazilian seemed to intend to vent his depression at Manchester City on Tottenham Hotspur, Ye Qiu immediately made an adjustment, and Beckham's position was appropriately retreated to assist in defense of Kyle Walker.

The English young player is very fast, has a strong impact, and is good at his feet, but his defense is a bit unreliable.

But Tottenham Hotspur has a very obvious characteristic, that is, it is not chaotic, especially the group of young players in the team, each of them is obviously full of fighting spirit. It is obviously because Ye Qiu's words before the game and the trust the head coach still maintains in them at such a critical moment. They all hold their breath to prove their strength.

This is the advantage of young players. It is easy to change with the ups and downs of emotions. The key is how you guide them.

Tottenham Hotspur's first threatening attack occurred in the fifth minute, and was attacked by Manchester City for two consecutive waves. After five minutes of suppression, Tottenham soon launched a threatening attack. After Beckham got the ball from the right, he made a precise diagonal long pass transfer. Cavani counterattacked to the left of Manchester City's penalty area. After stopping the ball, he passed the small penalty area. However, Pogba who inserted it later failed to get a chance from Jiwen. The Manchester City goalkeeper quickly hugged the ball, resolving Tottenham's attack.

But both sides played very openly, Manchester City had the advantage in strength, and Mancini's abacus was also very loud, that is, to use the attack after the start to completely suppress the arrogance of these young kids, it would be best if they were in the city stadium a week ago, which made the group of young players who completely lose their fighting spirit.

What is surprising is that Ye Qiu was also very relaxed in this game. Although they were both second teams and were not as strong as Manchester City, Tottenham Hotspur still insisted on the offensive tactics and had been facing Manchester City from the beginning, without any tricks, and it was just a back and forth battle.

Soon, the first wave of offensive had just been resolved, and Tottenham Hotspur made another second wave of offensive. Hazard quickly broke through Sabaleta on the left, causing Sabaleta to foul. Tottenham Hotspur got a chance to set the ball in the frontcourt.

Beckham took the penalty himself and landed very well, but Hangland steadily controlled the advantage of high ball. The former Tottenham Hotspur center back faced his old club. Facing this group of junior brothers of his generation, he was obviously ruthless and steadily cleared Beckham's free kick out of the penalty area. Pogba outside the penalty area got the ball and shot directly.

After Tottenham Hotspur attacked for a while, Manchester City quickly changed to the color. Robinho, who was still very excited in this game, successfully broke through Kyle Walker three times in a row in less than eight minutes, but the three successful breakthroughs only got a chance to get a corner kick because Tottenham Hotspur laid heavy troops in the middle.

But Manchester City's strength advantage is still clearly reflected. They began to control the game well, and in the first twenty minutes, they received a total of six corner kicks, which made Tottenham a little passive on the scene. Ye Qiu even had to pull Beckham back and participate in the team's right defense.

Everyone was watching the game with fear. The fans of the White Hart Lane Stadium, which were filled with low ticket prices in the cup, were also frightened. I believe that a lot of fans were praying in their hearts, hoping that the team could get rid of Manchester City's suppression and find the magic weapon to defeat the enemy as soon as possible.

I believe there are many people who secretly criticize Ye Qiu's decision in their hearts, especially for him to continue to adopt the strategy of starting young players in such an important semi-final. After all, even if young people have the strength, it will be difficult for young people to fight against Manchester City's powerful stars. Just like Nastasic, he performed very well, but he is still at an absolute disadvantage in the face of Adebayo.

Tottenham Hotspur was passive in the field, but the defense was well organized. With Beckham's retreat on the right, the defense was strengthened, and Pogba and Phil Jones also defended very tightly in the middle. Coentrane on the left, Ramsey assisted in defense in the midfield, and Cavani was running and pressing without any effort in front. Tottenham Hotspur's defense was still stable.

But everyone is a little uncomfortable because Tottenham has always been playing against others. When did they see Ye Qiu's team being hit by others?

Although Manchester City is under pressure and fighting very hard, in fact, they have not created many threatening attacks. Many corner kicks are a powerful proof that they lack effective lethality in the penalty area.

2010 is the year of the African Cup. Yaya Toure, Tottenham Hotspur team, Kloe Toure and Adebayo all participated in the African Cup. The difference is that Adebayo did not finish the group stage, and Togo was hit by a machine gun in Angola, killing three people, and Togo also ended its African Cup journey ahead of schedule.

Perhaps because of this life-and-death violence, although Adebayo was not injured in the machine gun attack, the shock of this round obviously affected his condition. Although he scored twice in the first round and had an advantage in the competition with several young players of Tottenham Hotspur, overall, his performance was not ideal.

This undesirable continued to the second leg. When Tottenham gathered heavy troops in the middle, Manchester City never found an effective way to break through Tottenham's defense. It was more about relying on Robinho to get the ball on the left, but this was also curbed with Beckham's retreat.

In the end, both sides had an absolute advantage in the first half, but they were unable to break through Tottenham Hotspur goal. The two sides finally had a 00-year-old match, and Manchester City seemed very dissatisfied because they obviously had more advantages.

"Everyone did a very, very good job in the first half"

During the halftime break, as soon as he walked into the locker room, Ye Qiu immediately praised the team's starting lineup. It can be seen that he did not plan to adjust the team's tactics or player lineup during the halftime break, which also made many players who were a little worried.

To be honest, young players hope to get more games and performance opportunities, and many of them performed poorly in this game, such as Ramsey, but this is also a common problem for young players and it is difficult to maintain their condition for a long time.

"I am satisfied with everyone's performance in the first half. I know that many of you may be disappointed with the situation in the first half, but what I want to tell you is that we did not play in the first half, because we must clearly see that Manchester City is indeed a very powerful team, and this cannot be denied."

"But I also want to tell you one thing, that is, from the performance in the first half, we have absolutely challenges, and even the strength to defeat Manchester City. I also believe that at this moment, all of you hope to defeat this powerful opponent. Like you, I hope to use the performance of this game to prove something and prove it to everyone."

"All people who can wear Tottenham Hotspur jerseys will not admit defeat easily, nor will they be defeated easily. Even if we are facing a team that is far stronger than ours, and even if we are at an absolute disadvantage, we will not be defeated."

Ye Qiu's words were nodded by many players. At least since the miracle of the Champions League final reversal staged by Luzhniki Stadium, blood and passion have become part of Tottenham Hotspur football, and that classic game has also become a classic theme that countless Tottenham Hotspur players and fans motivated themselves.

"Guys, we were behind Manchester City in the first half of 00, but we still have hope. As long as we lose Manchester City in the second half, we will be able to reach the finals. You will appear at Wembley Stadium in the west of London on P.M. You will have the chance to win the first championship trophy in your career, even if it is just a League Cup, can you refuse such temptation?"

"cannot"

"Can't refuse"

"Absolutely not"

The players began to respond to Ye Qiu, and then more and more people spoke out. After all, they were all so young, and Ye Qiu's words were a promise that as long as they defeat Manchester City, the people who appeared on the starting list of Wembley Stadium were still their young players.

Who can refuse such temptation? Who can resist the attraction of the championship trophy?

The answer is, no

But it is definitely not an easy thing to beat Manchester City. Ye Qiu focused on a player, Mica Richards.

Côte d'Ivoire is still playing in the African Cup, so both Kloe Toure and Yaya Toure have not returned to the team. The former is Manchester City's main central defender and Hangland's right-hand assistant. He is absent. Mancini uses young player Mica Richards to replace him, but on the right is an unreliable Sabaleta, and the right center back is a young Mica Richards. This is a link that Tottenham Hotspur can use, but it did not do enough in the first half.

After re-teletting in the second half, Manchester City still actively played on its left. At the same time, as Tottenham Hotspur maintained a defensive posture of compact three lines, Manchester City began to push up and frequently create threats.

In the 46th minute, not long after the game began, Gareth Barry passed the ball to Robinho, who got a chance to shoot at a small angle in the penalty area, but Joe Hart stuck his position steadily and saved the ball.

Although this time the defense is just the goalkeeper's duty and is just right, Joe Hart's performance has won the affirmation and cheers of all Tottenham Hotspur fans. I believe that after this game, all fans will get to know Joe Hart again.

But one minute later, Manchester City made another attack. Wright Phillips wanted to break through Coentrand on the right, but failed. The Portuguese intercepted the ball and passed it to Ramsey. However, when the latter took the ball, De Jong appeared behind him. He made a foul during the tackle and was warned by the referee, but interrupted Tottenham Hotspur's counterattack.

At least in terms of game experience and the application of rules, Manchester City players are still more experienced and mature.

The counterattack rhythm was interrupted, Tottenham Hotspur was once again under pressure from Manchester City. The free kick was taken, Hangland headed the ball back to the midfield, Manchester City reorganized the offensive, and soon won a corner kick on the left.

Looking at the start of the second half for a few minutes, Ye Qiu realized that Mancini was consciously trying to open the right side. When Adebayo was not in a very ideal state, it was difficult for Manchester City's attack to spread out and pose a threat by relying solely on Robinho on the left side. In this case, it is necessary to activate Wright Phillips on the right side.

But Ye Qiu was also on guard against this move during the intermission. Contran and Ramsey both attached great importance to the defense protection on the left. The latter performed poorly in this game and was not in good condition, but his attitude towards the game was very good and he was conscientiously carrying out the tasks arranged by Ye Qiu.

In this case, if you can't play on the right, you can only continue to return to the left. Returning to the left is equivalent to returning to the rhythm of the first half, which is exactly the rhythm that Tottenham Hotspur has become familiar with and used to. Moreover, the team's defense has accumulated enough experience to deal with Manchester City's left offensive, and there is no problem with adapting.

In this case, Tottenham Hotspur has the strength to withstand the pressure of Manchester City's offensive and play its own counterattack.

It was precisely the corner kick that Robinho won on the left. Manchester City chose a tactical corner kick and quickly took it. Gareth Barry received the ball and passed the penalty area with a low pass, but Valane headed the ball to Beckham outside the penalty area.

After the Englishman stopped the ball with his chest, no one defended him. He turned around without any hesitation. With the intention of trying and big feet to clear the ball, he directly kicked the ball out from the front of the penalty area with an accurate long pass.

The ball drew an arc in the air, and in the stadium below, Tottenham Hotspur players wearing white jerseys were rushing forward quickly, and Cavani was rushing in the front.

The Uruguayan is tall and not weak in size. His flexibility and activation ability are indeed not what he is good at, so it is difficult for him to perform well in a narrow range. But once he is given enough space to rush, this guy is a heavy armored tank. The rushing force combines inertia and his own speed, which makes him very fast and very impactful.
Chapter completed!