I believe many people have watched a movie, with the penalty kick being gold, starring Brad Pitt.

The story told in this movie is very interesting. It sounds great to sign some unrecognized players through a lot of statistics and build a most competitive team with the smallest cost.

But is this really the case?

No, the reason is very simple. If data can really replace living people and deduce a game well, then all professional competitive sports will completely lose suspense. However, facts have proved that since the birth of various data, professional competitive sports have not lost suspense because of this, but instead seem to be full of more and more mysteries.

OpT Center, a subsidiary of Moon Sports Services, specializes in selling data. They are constantly innovating and refining various data, such as the so-called indirect assist, which is the penultimate pass before the goal.

This data was learned from the Major League Baseball, and there was a so-called indirect assist in their data.

There are also threat balls, which are very complicated data. They include those who help teammates complete a pass within the goal frame range, or those who run away and pull out the gap and hit the goal themselves, which are all counted as threat balls.

Later, the so-called indirect threat ball was born, which was the key pass, especially the latter. In fact, the key pass is the same as the threat ball, but in fact it is a bit different. The former is also very complex and cannot even have a very perfect and accurate definition. It can only be said that the key ball is to create a pass that can shoot.

The difference between it and assists is that the assist is the goal scored, while the key pass does not care whether the goal is scored or not.

So, the question is, with so many data and so many types, how to distinguish it?

Who can accurately define a team's tactical style with a complete set of data?

The answer is, no

I still remember that Ye Qiu had an in-depth discussion with the two professors of Meer Semann and Michelli of Milan Laboratory. The two professors also admitted very frankly that one of the important reasons why AC Milan Laboratory is so glorious is that the media and fans are willing to hype.

"You know, we live in a world that seems rational but is actually very emotional."

"Everyone is afraid to admit their ignorance and tries every means to explain things that they cannot explain."

"At that time, AC Milan's old lineup had such a high glory, all fans felt that it was impossible, because this was contrary to football common sense, so they had to try to understand, discuss, and study what was going on here, so the mysterious Milan laboratory became their biggest reason."

But in fact, what Milan Laboratory provides is always only auxiliary. What really determines the team's professional spirit and tenacious game spirit are the players' professional spirit and tenacious game spirit. This is also the reason why AC Milan dared to weaken the Milan Laboratory after winning the Champions League, because they know very well that this laboratory is not as important as many people think.

Or it should be said that it is indeed very important, but it does not have the same importance that many fans have in their hearts as many as they are.

So what about the Theobord Research Center of Tottenham Hotspur?

The same is true for the answers. They are important, but no matter how important they are, they are just auxiliary and cannot replace the role played by living people on the court.

So, data cannot be said to be of uselessness, but the key is to look at how you view it and how you use it.

Matthew Leticier of Southampton had mentioned to Ye Qiu before that they wanted to find two midfielders to provide protection for the defense line, but also had to have players with stable ball-taking ability, because Adrians' tactic is to quickly advance to the frontcourt and resolve battles in the frontcourt as much as possible.

They originally wanted to loan Tottenham Hotspur's Brazilian midfielder Sandro and Nick Powell, but Ye Qiu made a suggestion to Adrians, that is, Nick Powell can be loaned, but Sandro cannot, but he recommended another player, Benfica's Neman Jamatic.

Nemanja Matic, this player is no stranger to him. He once played for Chelsea and was later regarded as a bonus for introducing David Luis. He transferred to Benfica and got a lot of opportunities and his performance was pretty good.

According to the data Ye Qiu obtained from the scouting system, Matic's steals, interceptions and running distances are all satisfactory, but what really convinced Adrians was his position hotspot map, which almost perfectly embedded the coverage area of ​​the drag-back defender Adrians needed.

More importantly, he can provide stable ball shots and protection of defense in drag positions.

As it turns out, Southampton is now ranked fifth in the Premier League. Adrians's team has played a very surprising offensive football this season, with double midfielders composed of Matic and Nick Powell, plus Coutinho and Lucas Mora in the front, and with powerful stars such as Schneiderlin, Cork, Larrana, Lambert, Will Hughes. Southampton's overall combat effectiveness is amazing.

It can be said that although the season has only been one-third, Matthew Leticier and Adriansé are almost admired by Tottenham Hotspur’s entire data analysis. They have to admit that in the field of data analysis, Tottenham Hotspur is definitely the leader in professional football.

From this example, it is not difficult to find Tottenham Hotspur’s skillful and accurate data use, but Ye Qiu is more clear than anyone else. All data analysis done by the analysis team is based on the team’s tactical style.

In other words, it must first determine the tactical style, determine the tactical concepts and ideas, and then conduct targeted data analysis.

It's like Adrians, he needs a defensive midfielder who can appear in the backcourt in a stable manner, provide protection for the defense line, and at the same time provide stable shots in the backcourt. If you provide a Phil or Jones, or a running cover player like Vidal, it's impossible to succeed.

This is not a question of the player's strength, but a question of whether it is suitable or not.

By the same token, before a football game, data analysis against both sides can only provide assistance and reference for the head coach, and cannot be the basis for the head coach's decision-making.

The reason is very simple. A game is the same as being a human being. In addition to black and white, it also has a middle ground. In addition to winning and losing, goals and conceding goals, there are also many middle elastic zones. But what the data provides to you is just cold black and white, without any blur, but this is not the case for a football game.

Just like Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal, as long as anyone is interested, he can easily get some data from the two teams from the comments and analysis of the newspapers and media. They will be surprised to find that whether it is front-court offense, midfield organization and back-court defense, Arsenal loses to Tottenham Hotspur.

As for the most important midfielders in modern football tactics, Arsenal's three midfielders Cazorla, Arteta and Willshere this season, this midfield combination has a threat to pass 4U per game, which means that they have created an average of 4U shots for the team in 90 minutes of games.

But what about Tottenham Hotspur? Ramsey, Pirlo and Vidal, this midfield combination threatens to pass to RR per game. Even if Pirlo is replaced with Pogba, it still reaches one, and still beat Arsenal.

And you should know that what Tottenham advocates and advocates is not the midfield ball control genre, but the quick and concise way through the midfield and go to the frontcourt to create threats. Therefore, in Tottenham, Messi, then Ribery and Hazard.

In the defensive field, Tottenham Hotspur's combination averages steals per game. If Pirlo was replaced with Pogba, it could reach 13.l, while Arsenal's set of steals per game in midfield is only 7, which is significantly behind Tottenham Hotspur.

Or it is not enough to say that, then add the average running distance, interception, pass times and success rate, etc. In addition to the number of passes and success rates, Arsenal can be compared with Tottenham Hotspur, all the others are behind their opponents.

When everyone sees this, they will definitely have an impression, how can Arsenal win?

But in fact, in the first twenty minutes of this North London derby at Emirates Stadium, Tottenham Hotspur was at a disadvantage, and Arsenal even had a chance to score a single shot, but Cech responded quickly and flew out.

This is what the data cannot explain, because it has no way to tell you why Arsenal players suddenly got into the game like they were hit by chicken blood, so they could run, so they could pass, and so they could grab it.

But, a very strange scene appeared.

When the game reached the 23rd minute, Tottenham Hotspur made a quick counterattack, Vidal passed to Messi, who quickly dribbled the ball and advanced to the front of Arsenal's penalty area, facing Vermalen. Messi splashed in and cut inside and passed the penalty area with his left foot.

Drogba diagonally penetrated from the top of the penalty area to the right, and Mertesack was blocked by him. At the front of the small penalty area, Drogba turned around and stopped the ball, pushed Mertesack with his body, turned around and sent the ball forward with his left foot.

The ball rolled over Koscheerney and landed on the left side of the goal. Ribery inserted it and pushed it easily. The ball entered.

All Arsenal fans at the Emirates Stadium were stunned. They clearly controlled the advantage. If they analyzed it based on data, they should definitely lead, or even scored a goal. But they scored for more than 20 minutes and did not score one of the balls. However, as soon as Tottenham Hotspur counterattacked, the ball was scored.

But soon, they found that the situation seemed to have completely changed.

When Tottenham scored the first goal, the game started again. Arsenal attacked Tottenham as if crazy. But Thiago Silva made a long pass with a diagonal pass, Ribery took the ball tightly on the left, facing Sarnia, and made a continuous one-on-one breakthrough, but he never could get rid of Sarnia and was forced to knock back.

After Ramsey stopped the ball, he led to the middle. No one defended him at the front of the penalty area. The Welshman directly shot his leg and angrily, with a 45-degree slanted, about 30 meters away from the goal, and directly penetrated Arsenal's goal.

No one knows what happened, no one knows what is going on, the only thing everyone knows is that Arsenal is finished and fell at Tottenham's feet again

Arsenal fans in the stands also completely lost their mood of shouting. They allowed a very small number of Tottenham Hotspur fans to piece together Arabic numerals in the stands. When Ramsey scored a super long shot, the number on the paper card changed from l and many Tottenham Hotspur fans were shouting.

This is a reminder to the players on the court that there are three goals left before the goal set by the head coach.

Perhaps, in the eyes of many Tottenham Hotspur fans, this is no longer a football game, but a goal game.

As it turns out, Tottenham Hotspur did score five goals in the end, and Arsenal also scored one.

I Tottenham Hotspur once again lost Arsenal away, but the interesting thing is that if you look at the data of the entire game, you will find that Arsenal should not lose so badly. Even they are at least equal to Tottenham Hotspur. Why did it become like this?

The answer is very simple. The data often has strong deceptiveness and hindsight attributes.

If you take it seriously, you'll lose

Some people say that the older you are, the more stubborn you are.

Ferguson is like this, and Wenger is still like this.

When everyone in the world is questioning me, I will use my method to prove it to you

This should be what Wenger thinks now. Even if this seems a bit in line with the current trend and situation, you can't say that this is a kind of stupidity. You can only say that everyone values ​​different things.

After attending the press conference, Ye Qiu and Wenger dispersed, but not long after, Ye Qiu found Wenger again in the coach seat of the Emirates Stadium. He sat there alone, silently looking at the busy staff on the stadium, silently looking at the deserted stands in the not-far distance.

Or, only at this moment, he looked like a lonely old man of sixty-three years old.

"Let's make a deal," Ye Qiu walked over and suggested with a smile.

Wenger had long seen him walk out of the player channel, so he groaned and didn't say anything. He and Ye Qiu had been neighbors for almost ten years and were very familiar with each other, so he knew very well that Ye Qiu was coming to see him.

They are opponents who will never stop on the court, but after the game is over, they are friends.

"Do you feel that you are too cruel to such an old man?" Wenger raised his head and asked.

"Farting" Ye Qiu smiled and scolded, "I want to say that it may be difficult for you to keep Willsheer, sell him to me."

"Get out" Wenger stood up directly from the seat. This was his instinctive reaction, because he only had such a treasure left. If he was poached again, he would be desperate.

But soon, Wenger realized that there was an agreement between Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur not to poach each other. Ye Qiu would definitely not be so despicable and would risk losing all face to forcefully poach Will Sher. Otherwise, who would believe him in the future?

"Don't be so excited, I can give enough sincerity," Ye Qiu said with a smile, "30 million euros"

For a young player who has been injured for more than a year and is only twenty years old, Ye Qiu gave 30 million euros, which is indeed a very amazing and even outrageous price. You know, the reason why Rooney had a high price at the beginning was because he was a forward, while Will Sher was a midfielder.

Besides, Willsheer is not as high as Rooney at the time, so his net worth cannot be so high.

"Where are you playing tricks on me?" Wenger sat back again, feeling bad, and was a little angry when Ye Qiu said this.

But Ye Qiu had a serious expression on his face, "You nod, I'll pay."

Wenger couldn't say this at this moment. Ye Qiu must be serious.

Seeing Wenger hesitating, Ye Qiu smiled. He actually felt that it was too exaggerating to buy Willsheer at such a high price. The reason why he was willing to say such words was that Wenger would definitely not be willing to sell it.

Of course, if Wenger is willing to sell, he is willing to buy it too

"Do you know? If you continue to stick to it in the way you are now, your ideas and ideas will basically be impossible to achieve. Will Sher will continue to stay in Arsenal, which will be a waste in the end. He may even become an ordinary person in the end, far from reaching the height you have sent."

"But it's different in our Tottenham Hotspur. Pirlo is about to grow old. Although we currently have Pogba and Eriksen, Sandro and Phil O Jones are also very good, and there is also a Coutinho, but I believe Will Sher will be well developed."

One of the important reasons why Wenger had high hopes for Willshere is that he saw a trend from Willshere, a new trend nurtured by the integration of English players into the European continental system.

"As he is now in the situation, he will also be on the bench when he goes to your side." Wenger understood Ye Qiu's thoughts as soon as he heard this.

In fact, many of Ye Qiu's ideas are the same as him. For example, Ye Qiu's transformation of Ramsey, the Welsh has completely established his position as a first-tier star this season. As long as he continues to maintain this progressive momentum and can enter the top midfield sooner or later, he will be a traditional British H player with an all-round technical refinement.

Another one is Pogba. This player is highly valued by Ye Qiu and has become a rising star in the Premier League this season. He has performed very well in many games and has gradually entered the midfield rotation. He even replaced Pirlo and became the main midfielder of Tottenham Hotspur.

In addition, Nick Powell, who is loaned to Southampton, is known as Pirlo II. His performance in the Saints is not inferior to Pogba at all. After Pirlo gets old, he will not rule out that he will return to the team in the future and directly make up for Pirlo's position and become the team's main midfielder.

"I have money. I like to buy a substitute for 30 million euros on the bench. I don't look like you. All the money is moldy in the bank." Ye Qiu sat down next to Wenger with a smile, crossing his legs, looking leisurely.

Sometimes he thinks that Wenger is actually not suitable to be a head coach because he is too kind and not suitable for the kind of life-and-death struggle field, which leads to his team never seeing that. Even if I die, I will bite you off a piece of meat.

"I heard that Arsenal fans are now shouting that you will be dismissed." Ye Qiu thought of a good position, which is very suitable for Wenger. "I said, if you really get out of class, Yu Qian is different from the head coach. He comes to Theo Boulder and enters the practice center to help us take charge of young players. How about it?"

Wenger smiled after hearing this. This guy is so terrible. He even poached the mortal enemy. After all, he was also Arsenal's head coach. He went to Tottenham Hotspur to be a small staff member?

"Okay, I'll think about it," Wenger replied.

Ye Qiu smiled after hearing this, and Wenger said he was considering it, but that was a polite word. If you really want to lose.
Chapter completed!