As the saying goes, there will be a brave man under heavy rewards.

Tottenham Hotspur has increased its investment in bonuses, and the players' performance on the court is also quite impressive.

On October 19, in the eighth round of the Premier League, Tottenham Hotspur beat Aston Villa 0 away.

In the third round of the Champions League group stage in the mid-week, Tottenham Hotspur beat Real Sociedad 40 at home.

On October 26, in the ninth round of the Premier League, Tottenham Hotspur defeated Hul City 4l at home.

In the quarterfinals of the League Cup, Tottenham Hotspur once again welcomed Hul City. This time, Tottenham Hotspur eliminated Hul City from the League Cup 0 with Neymar's goal at home and successfully advanced to the quarterfinals.

In the tenth round of the Premier League, Tottenham Hotspur challenged Everton away. With the goals of Ribery, Messi and Ramsey, they defeated Everton and won the Premier League ten consecutive victories. At the same time, this is Tottenham Hotspur's 136 unbeaten in the Premier League, and its entire unbeaten record is outstanding around the world.

In the fourth round of the Champions League group stage, Tottenham Hotspur challenged Real Sociedad away. Goals from midfielders Matic and Pogba helped Tottenham Hotspur defeat Real Sociedad away 0. Not only did he escape from Spain, but he also successfully advanced from the top spot in the group with four consecutive victories.

Three days later, in the 11th round of the Premier League, Tottenham Hotspur had a tough slight victory over Newcastle at home.

After the end of this game, Matic, who was elected as the best player in the game, was unanimously praised and praised by countless media.

Since joining Tottenham Hotspur this season, although Matic has not played many times, he has always been trusted by Ye Qiu in key games. However, since Pirlo was injured, Matic has completely stood firm in the team's main position and firmly stood firm in the team's main midfielder with his excellent performance.

But when it was highly praised and praised by the outside world, Matic said in a low-key manner in an interview with the media that he did not deliberately perform anything, "I am just completing the responsibilities assigned by the head coach, that's all."

Regarding the differences between these teams at Chelsea, later going to Benfica and Southampton, and now coming to Tottenham Hotspur, Matic did not comment on the three teams in front. He just believed that after coming to Tottenham Hotspur, he made considerable progress in all aspects.

"When I was in Southampton, I looked more like a defensive midfielder who was dragging back, but after coming to Tottenham Hotspur, our head coach, Mr. Ye Qiu, told me that he doesn't like the standing midfielder. He hopes to provide more movement and support, and at the same time I can take on more shots and transitions from the backcourt to the midfield."

"In Southampton, these things are usually done by Nick Powell, and he does a pretty good job, but after coming to Tottenham Hotspur, I started to take on such a responsibility, and I am not unfamiliar with this responsibility, so my passes and catches have always been high, but I think, as a midfielder, I have to be responsible for everyone in the team, handle every pass carefully, and treat every defense every time."

But Matic believes that he has made the most progress, and at the same time, the most obvious one is defense.

"In the past, I gave people the feeling that they were tall and strong, but they were a little clumsy and slow. For tall players like me, they are often passive in defense and are easy to get cards. However, after coming to Tottenham Hotspur, I found that everyone is very professional. They will train me specifically to help me improve my prediction of the ball path and position. They will have special people to help me learn to use my body better, which has made great progress not only in defense, but also in offense and taking the ball."

Matic's modest and low-key attitude also helped him quickly win the recognition and recognition of Tottenham Hotspur fans. Many media even believe that as long as Matic continues to maintain its current state and stability, even if Pirlo returns, it will be difficult to shake Matic's position in the team again.

As the famous tactical analyst Jonathan Wilson said, Matic looks like he has the potential to become a midfield commander, with sufficient strength, fine skills, strong running ability, and accurate passing organization skills. He can adapt to the two roles of a double midfielder and a three-midfielder.

"We must admit that Tottenham Hotspur's Matic is not exactly the same as Matic in Southampton. At Tottenham Hotspur, Matic's progress is very obvious. He took over the responsibility left by Pirlo very well and performed very stably and wonderfully. He is a crucial member of Tottenham Hotspur's midfield and backcourt."

Martin and Samuel also commented in his column, believing that as long as Matic continues to maintain his highlight level at the beginning of the season, he will even have the ability to be selected for the Premier League's best team, because there are currently problems with the Premier League in midfield.

In addition to Matic, Tottenham Hotspur’s signings this season have shown great value. For example, center Lewandowski, the former Dortmund center, has continued to perform well after joining Tottenham Hotspur this season. His cooperation with offensive players such as Messi and Ribery does not even need to be completed and is very skilled and smooth.

This also reflects Lewandowski's amazing ability to adapt and learn and progress.

There have been calls from the outside world, believing that after Van Nicht, Van Persie, Falcao, Cavani and other top European magic strikers, Lewandowski is the next magic striker launched by Tottenham Hotspur. Now Lewandowski's value has exceeded 30 million euros, and it has increased by 10 million euros in more than four months, and the increase is also quite amazing.

As for Tottenham Hotspur's other heavy signing, Dutchman Stroman has also achieved his own value in his performance this season, but when Matic and Lewandowski shine, Stroman seems a little embarrassed because he often swings back and forth in two positions, either playing in the midfield or playing in the midfield, which is very contradictory.

This contradiction also led to Stroman himself not showing his highest standards.

It even became the crux of the players' bad mood.

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"Come in"

With Ye Qiu's promise, Stroman opened the door of Ye Qiu's office and saw that Ye Qiu was not sitting at the desk, but sitting on the sofa in the hospitality area, as if he was playing with his cell phone, and couldn't help but want to laugh.

"Sit" Ye Qiu put away his cell phone and pointed to the sofa beside him.

After Stroman sat down, he poured a cup of tea for the Dutch.

Every time he sees Stroman, Ye Qiu can't help but feel that he is really similar to Van Nisstruy, with a long face, and his size and posture are quite similar to Van Ni.

In fact, players trained by the Netherlands are generally known for their solid basic skills, giving people the feeling that they are just average. If they encounter slightly outstanding consciousness, such as the elegant Van Basten, the spiritual Borgkamp, ​​or Van Persie, Van der Fate and others, they can often become a generation of geniuses that emerged from nowhere.

But there are more practical players, such as Van Nistroy, and even Robben.

If you look at Fanny and Robben carefully, it is not difficult to find that the use of technology by these two players is actually very simple and practical, without any fancy or creative elements. So watching them play football, watching Van Persie, Borgkamp and others play football, are two different feelings.

It seems to be the difference between Nordic players and Southern European players

Stroman is a typical Nordic player of the technical practicality, so you can never expect him to be able to transform into a player like Pirlo. He looks more like Carrick, and further forward, Scholes or Sneider, all of whom are taking the practical route.

But Stroman is like all Dutch all-round midfielders. He looks like he has almost no shortcomings, speed, technology, tactical awareness, team cooperation, etc. He has almost no major shortcomings. Inadequate defense is barely considered weakness, but in the same way, he does not have many impressive advantages. Perhaps the overall situation is excellent and the long pass are two of them.

Oh, and his amazing physical strength

"I heard that you used to play the left vanguard in Sparta and Utrecht in Rotterdam?" Ye Qiu asked casually.

Stroman was a little reserved and didn't understand what Ye Qiu meant, but he nodded, "After arriving in Eindhoven, he changed to the middle lane, and I also played in the middle lane in the national team."

In the Netherlands national team, Van Gaal currently looks like a 433 tactic, but in fact it can also be seen as 3I Stroman and another midfielder dragging behind and Sneider broke out, but the players' positions and coverage areas are different, but Stroman performs exactly the role of connecting the past and the future.

He can use running and short passes to sort out the midfield. Long passes can exert threats from both sides and give Robben and other wingers a pair of sprint wings. His interception and oppression ability can make him the biggest barrier in front of the central defender. However, his biggest problem now is that his defensive awareness is not enough to be competent for the drag position.

In the Dutch national team, Van Gaal arranged for him Krasi, De Jong, Van der Fate and others. Among them, in the qualifiers in the October World Cup, the Netherlands' midfielder was a combination of Van der Fate, De Jong and Stroman. Van der Fate replaced Sneed, Stroman assumed the team's organization and passing, and De Jong took on more defensive responsibilities after dragging.

The Netherlands played very well in this game, and Stroman also played very well in the midfield, with a goal being scored.

In fact, it is not difficult to see Van Gaal's dilemma from these aspects. He is not relieved that Stroman takes the lead because Stroman has the advantages and disadvantages of a typical Dutch midfielder, but at the same time, he is looking forward to Stroman's progress because this player is very plastic.

"Do you know? When I see you now, I think of Sneider," Ye Qiu said with a casual smile.

But his casual words made Stroman feel a little confused. He was a teammate with Sneider and knew Sneider very well. He could never feel like Sneider, because the two people seemed to be completely different in two types.

Sneider's feet are excellent, both left and right feet, but Stroman's right foot is not very useful, and the two have different characteristics. Stroman is tall and strong, while Sneider is a relatively short but very flexible one.

After seeing Stroman's puzzled expression, Ye Qiu smiled, "Don't get me wrong, I'm not talking about your style, but a situation that both of you have ever had."

Stroman let go of this moment and listened silently.

"I was still in Ajax back then. When Sneijder debuted, he didn't play as an attacking midfielder. At that time, he was very comprehensive, both offense and defense, and was also a comprehensive Dutch midfielder. At that time, he had a very strong ability to pass and follow the ball, but Bobby and Hams both felt that he had to make a choice."

Stroman listened silently that in his opinion, these things were like legendary stories, because Ye Qiu was very respectful in the Dutch football world, and Bobby Hams was even more a legendary celebrity of Ajax.

"You know, comprehensiveness is a good thing. Comprehensiveness means that a player has a balanced offense and defense. This is often very pleasing in the modern football tactical system, but comprehensiveness is often embarrassing, especially for some young players, they have limited energy and they have to work hard for the main position and play in the game."

"So, they are often easily trapped in a stalemate of whether to attack or defend. At the same time, they have been hesitating in the offense and defense, which has delayed their room for improvement and ended up in a stalemate at both ends."

Ye Qiu's words are very convincing. Stroman once heard Van Gaal say such things. Van Gaal believes that the so-called comprehensiveness of modern football tactics is actually based on comprehensiveness based on full play to its own advantages and expertise. Just like an offensive player, he often first exerts his offense to a certain level, then considers defense, and then makes himself comprehensive.

This comprehensiveness is based on his first and foremost as an offensive player.

Many players who want to make progress in both offense and defense often end up becoming mediocre.

"Modern football tactics are a tactical system of division of labor and cooperation. You must first find your role position in this system, and perform excellent abilities and performances in your position, and then convince the head coach to adjust the tactical role for you."

It seems like now, Tottenham Hotspur cannot tailor a midfield for Stroman because he does not have this qualification.

But if one day he develops to a certain level and reaches a very high level, Tottenham Hotspur will accommodate him, just as the team is often properly accommodated by Messi, Ribery and others.

"I understand what you mean, head" Stroman was a smart man.

In fact, what Ye Qiu, Peter De Wiesel and others admire him the most is his intelligence. This player was able to play from the Dutch Class B and made rapid progress after transferring to the Dutch Eredivisie. He was poached by Eindhoven after playing for half a year. He quickly became Eindhoven's main and vice captain, selected into the national team, and became an indispensable member of the national team. He was soon appointed as the third captain of the national team by Van Gaal, which is inseparable from the player's intelligence and insight.

If you are a rigid player, you often have very low adaptability.

"Head, do you think I should be like Sneider or Van Bommel?" Stroman asked with concern.

Over the past period, Tottenham's use of Stromass for a large part is a test. Now it seems that the team has a very clear idea of ​​his positioning, and maybe it has a complete set of plans, just as if they have been tailoring training and improvement plans for Matic at the beginning of the season.

Ye Qiu laughed when he heard him ask, "Do you think you can move and dribble in a dense defensive area like Messi, Ribery, Sneider and others? Or can you play lightning-like sprinting speed like Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale? Or can you be Van Persie?"

As he spoke, Ye Qiu laughed. Stroman looked quite like Van Persie at first glance, but he was not as handsome as Van Persie.

After hearing this, Stroman shrugged, feeling a little embarrassed. It was obvious that he could not do anything, but he also understood that Ye Qiu meant that he should retreat.

"Do you know? I think your biggest treasure house is the field vision of playing football. You are much better than Van Bomel. You can read the game quickly and keenly find the most reasonable route to allocate the ball. This is not as good as you, whether it is Van Bomel or Koku."

"Van Bomel is actually no longer in line with the needs of modern football tactics. You should not be Van Bomel or Koku, but Stroman

"I understand, head" Stroman nodded heavily, and he was greatly encouraged.

At least, if he can get such a high evaluation from Ye Qiu, he really feels that he has really come to the wrong place when he comes to Tottenham Hotspur.

"However, if you want to retreat, you must improve your defensive awareness. This is your biggest weakness." Ye Qiu said it very seriously, because this is a fatal injury for Stroman, who wants to play both offense and defense.

From the modern tactical concept, no one would be willing to equip Stroman with a thug, just like equip Pirlo with a Gattuso. From a tactical perspective, this is no longer a good deal, and this is also the reason why Ye Qiu chose Matic.

Stroman's long pass, short pass, transfer of balls, sorting out the midfield, and making a quick shot, were not any problems, because since Ye Qiu, the Dutch youth training has always emphasized these basic skills, and Dutch players are born without lacking tactical qualities, only defensive awareness.

Ye Qiu deeply believes that as long as Stroman can improve his defensive awareness, he will become a top midfielder with excellent control and offense and defense. This is also the reason why he decided to introduce this Dutch midfielder.
Chapter completed!