The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 661 The arrogant soldier will be defeated
Martin Atkinson blew the whistle for the end of the game.

The entire White Hart Lane Stadium was completely turned into a sea of ​​celebration. Countless Tottenham Hotspur fans uttered their own celebratory shouts, and even many female fans were a little lost in celebration. They were here The passion shown in the stands of this football game is not lost to male fans at all.

However, a small group of fans who followed the team to the away game expressed dissatisfaction with the referee's penalty at a certain moment, and raised the black whistle sign in the stands, but such scenes appeared in almost every game.

The most controversial thing among Manchester City fans and players is that during a counterattack, Pirlo, who was returning to defense, made an inconspicuous small move when defending Aguero after Aguero used his personal ability to break through Vidal, but it caused Aguero lost his balance and fell to the ground, but the referee Martin Atkinson believed that this could not constitute a foul.

You know, pulling actions like this happen in almost every game. In the Premier League, such pulling actions are very common. Generally speaking, the referee will consider your situation according to your situation. If you If the pulling time is too long, there is a danger of getting a card, at least it is a foul and a warning, but if it is pulled and loosened, basically it will not be pursued.

Sometimes, no matter who it is, it is inevitable to have a self-interested mentality, that is, to pick out what is good for you, and to selectively forget those that are not good for you. In this game, Tottenham Hotspur A free kick opportunity outside the arc of the penalty area was missed.

Lescott pushed down Messi who wanted to take the ball and turn around to get rid of it. The referee did not give a card or whistle for this. They let it go.

Regarding the performance of the referee, as the head coach, Ye Qiu and Mancini are well aware that the current football pace is so fast, you can't expect the referee to be [-]% accurate and fair in every decision. , you can only ask him to be as fair and just as possible.

At the moment when the whistle sounded, Mancini looked at the court with blank eyes and frowned like a mountain. He only had one feeling now, a feeling of powerlessness, because he didn't even know how to deal with it. The mess in front of him made it impossible for him to simply attribute the problem to the referee like a small group of fans in the stands.

The referee was not the key factor when two goals fell behind in the first half, and the referee was not the key factor when two goals were conceded after the opening of the second half. Even when Cavani scored the third goal of a hat-trick, the referee was still not enough to favor the home team. factor.

0:5, this is a disastrous defeat, and it is a five-finger palm print scratched on Mancini's face, which is scarlet, conspicuous, and shocking.

In the first three and 10 minutes, no one would have thought that Manchester City would lose so thoroughly in the end. Everyone still felt that Manchester City performed well in this game, suppressing Tottenham Hotspur, at least not for a week. Bai Lily, who used to do whatever she wanted at Old Trafford, played her own crazy offense.

But that was more of a game, a game of cat and mouse!
Tottenham Hotspur changed the opening and playing style of the previous round and gave up their aggressive attack, especially when Ye Qiu saw that Manchester City was aggressively pressing forward to attack, he simply adopted a shrinking game strategy and slowed down. Slowly consume Manchester City's offense, wait until three or ten minutes later, and then suddenly press hard, scoring two goals in one breath.

In the second half, Mancini prepared to make adjustments to reverse the situation, but at the beginning of the game, Tottenham Hotspur finally showed their bloody fangs and launched a frenzied offensive lasting 10 minutes, piercing Manchester City's goal twice. The morale of Manchester City was completely disintegrated, and it was difficult to effectively threaten Tottenham Hotspur's goal throughout the game.

For such a scene, Mancini tried to reverse and save it, but he found that in the end, he could do almost nothing, because the entire scene and situation were completely controlled by Tottenham Hotspur There is only one thing he can do, taste the bitter fruit of failure!

The referee led the two linesmen and the fourth official back to the tunnel. The head coach of the home team, Ye Qiu, walked over to shake hands with them. This was booed by some Manchester City fans, but it was drowned out in the entire White Hart Lane In the overwhelming cheers of the stadium.

When Mancini saw this scene, maybe after the game, there would be some conspiracy theorists saying that this was evidence that Ye Qiu had a good relationship with the referee. It's a kind of gratitude, it's a gentleman's way, you have to do it whether you win or lose.

Didn't you see Ferguson still shaking hands with Webber after his 0:8 home defeat?Can it be said that Ferguson colluded with Webber and deliberately lost to Tottenham Hotspur at home?Or is this a big chess game played by Ferguson?
You know, in England, there are more than [-] referees in the four major professional leagues and non-professional leagues. Among them, there are [-] referees who specialize in law enforcement in the Premier League. There will also be some opportunities to play in the Premier League every season, so the competition between them is very fierce.

The referees of the Premier League are all professional referees, and their income is closely related to the number of whistle-handling games and their level. If their whistle-handling performance is not satisfactory, or if there is a dispute in law enforcement, they will face a period of suspension and fines, which will affect their income. There is a sharp drop, and there are fourth officials on the sidelines and stands of each game to supervise, as well as some retired referees or head coaches, carefully observing the referee's every move and evaluating their performance.

Therefore, it is okay to say that the referees in the Premier League made misjudgments, because the referees all over the world will make misjudgments, but it is a bit too much to say that the referees in the Premier League made black whistles, even if sometimes it is due to the personal emotions and state fluctuations of the referees, etc. Factors in various aspects have led to a major misjudgment, and none of them can constitute a black whistle.

Of course, there is another illusion that fans can easily make, that is, favoring strong teams.

The strong teams themselves are relatively strong and occupy an advantage, and they have more offensive opportunities, while the weak teams usually focus on defense, and between offense and defense, the probability of misjudgments often suffers more from the latter, because Fouls are basically on the defensive side.

For Mancini, he knows this very well, and in the past few seasons, Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester United, Arsenal and other teams have been calling on the FA to further strengthen and Unify the law enforcement standards of Premier League referees, emphasizing the protection of players, especially the protection of technical players.

Therefore, Mancini couldn't bear any hatred for the referee, so he also walked to the sidelines, shook hands with the referee and line referees of this game, and expressed his gratitude to them for law enforcement in this game, while Martin A Tkinson comforted Mancini.

After the referee team left, Ye Qiu walked towards Mancini. He offered his hand and gave Mancini a polite shake. The two of them have never been friends. and saw each other in the newspaper, but there was no friendship between them.

"Very exciting game!" Mancini said bitterly.

"Thank you!" Ye Qiu smiled politely.

The two had no friendship, and after being polite, Ye Qiu returned to the coaching bench of the home team.

Perhaps from the perspective of a professional head coach, there is no need to doubt Mancini's tactical literacy, and there is no problem in theory. As many people have said, Italian head coaches often have excellent tactical theory, especially In terms of defense, the biggest gap between Mancini and Capello, Lippi and other famous coaches lies in the use.

Or to put it another way, the tactical theories of modern football are basically the same, whether it is offense or defense, they are all the same. You go directly to the Cologne Sports Academy, or simply go to a football club, or even buy a few books yourself From the book, you can learn all these things.

But the theory is dead, how to learn and apply it is the key!
You know, the same tactics, the same thinking, and the same lineup, if you put it in the first half and put it in the second half, there are two completely different results. The embodiment of the level of the head coach.

At this point, Mancini is weak, and he was obviously a little arrogant in this game.

Putting Manchester City together with top teams like Tottenham Hotspur, Real Madrid and Barcelona before the game is a kind of arrogance in itself. The idea of ​​losing Tottenham Hotspur is also a kind of arrogance.

There is a saying that is right, proud soldiers are bound to lose, Manchester City's disastrous defeat is because they are proud!

On the other hand, Tottenham Hotspur was at a disadvantage at the beginning, but it did not affect the team's patience. On the one hand, the players were actively defending, and on the other hand, they were patiently waiting for the opportunity. After half an hour, they kicked overhead and scored two goals in a row. The ball, and the attack in the second half vented the depression in the first half in one breath, directly expanding the score to 4:0.

At the last moment, Messi assisted Cavani. This is not only Cavani's hat-trick, but also Messi's own assist hat-trick in this game. The Argentine star scored one goal and assisted three goals. best player of the game.

What's even more commendable is that Messi made 71 passes in this game and succeeded [-] times. Among them, he also contributed thirteen threatening passes, making him the player with the most threatening passes in the team.

Compared with Messi's way of taking and passing the ball, and using his personal ability to create murderous intentions in key areas, Cavani is more about using his own running and pulling without hesitation to create gaps for his teammates. Sometimes he hits the center and advances, sometimes retreats to support the midfielder, sometimes pulls to the left, and sometimes moves to the right, with almost no fixed position.

Ribery has skills, breakthroughs, shooting and running. His tacit understanding with Messi and Cavani, as well as his excellent personal ability, make him able to help himself and his teammates to create threats no matter where he appears. And his comprehensiveness in the frontcourt also allows him to do well in the left, center and right three lines.

Three players with super personal ability and excellent comprehensiveness. At the same time, they cooperate with tacit frontcourt attackers. There is almost no fixed combination in Tottenham Hotspur's frontcourt. They are constantly changing positions and constantly going back and forth. Interspersed, constantly creating threats.

The happiest thing is the Tottenham Hotspur fans at White Hart Lane. When the team slaughtered Arsenal 9-0, they were not at the scene. When the team slaughtered Manchester United 8-0 this season, they They were not there either, which made them feel very regretful, but this time, the team satisfied them.

They defeated their No. 5 competitor Manchester City 0-[-] at home, and they finally got what they wanted to witness!
Andy Gray and Richard Keith also appeared at White Hart Lane, because their commentaries are all about the focus of the round, and Tottenham Hotspur have won the championship in the last two rounds The opponents of the big favorites, so they are the ones to explain.

"After Tottenham Hotspur returned home, they made some targeted adjustments, and they also continued the excellent performance they played against Manchester United in the last round, but I think that the culprit for Manchester City's disastrous defeat in this game The culprit is still Mancini!"

Andy Gray seems to have a problem with Mancini. In fact, in the professional field, Mancini has never been questioned. Even if he is domineering in Inter Milan, it is also in the declining Serie A. In the European arena, he withered directly, and never got a result to prove his strength.

"We all know that the biggest taboo of playing against a strong team is hesitation. Mancini played two midfielders, Yaya Toure and De Rossi in this game. Modric played as a left winger. Sri played right winger, what the hell was he trying to do? Play possession? Play possession against Tottenham Hotspur?"

Andy Gray laughed a little. In fact, he hasn't figured it out yet, and I'm afraid even Mancini himself hasn't figured it out.

From the perspective of player configuration, Manchester City's offensive lineup is strong enough, but they are not perfectly integrated with each other, but seem to be fighting independently.

Richard Keith also shook his head when he heard this, "Actually, I have a little disagreement with you, that is, I think that with so many technical talents, if Manchester City makes more determination in possession of the ball, , maybe they can make a difference in this regard, because Tottenham Hotspur's midfield style has changed now!"

But as soon as he finished speaking, Andy Gray shook his head vigorously, "No, no, you are wrong, Richard, Tottenham Hotspur sold Cesc Fabregas and David Silva, indeed Letting themselves have less of a possession element in midfield, but have you noticed that their possession starts to lag and starts to spread out more in the backcourt."

"I've always thought that Tottenham can't have the ball, if they're going to do it, they can do some amazing minutes because they're so good off the ball, as long as If you run well without the ball, your possession rate will increase, but Tottenham Hotspur's passing and running are more in a straight line, looking for opportunities!"

"That's why I say Man City can't play possession against Tottenham because you have a hard time keeping the ball against them!"

Richard Keith listened, and laughed, "Maybe what you said is right, but I still think that the biggest problem for Mancini now is that they lack obvious characteristics. With such a strong lineup configuration, according to theory Generally speaking, offensive football should be played vigorously, but they can play this way against weak teams, but against strong teams, they seem to lack confidence."

"So, I say the culprit is Mancini!" Andy Gray emphasized his point of view again, "As the head coach of the team, you should at least let your players feel your determination. , You still have to shrink back, you have to be clear, and the players can follow you!"

"I think Ye Qiu has done a good job on this point. He will make mistakes, but no matter how he makes mistakes, he knows exactly what he wants to do. This clarity will be passed on to his players. They will still follow you wholeheartedly!"

"Also, I think the one thing Mancini did very badly is that he doesn't like to take responsibility!"

Andy Gray said with a wry smile: "This is definitely a fatal weakness for a leader. He lost the Europa League last season and the media attacked Balotelli's red card. At this time, as the team's head coach , he should stand up and take responsibility, but he didn't, I think this is not qualified for a leader, no one will obey him!"

Richard Keith said yes again and again, "Comparatively speaking, Ye Qiu, Ferguson, Mourinho and others are all good leaders. Many people say that they protect their weaknesses. In fact, you have to look at it that way. For players To put it bluntly, I will play according to your head coach's requirements, and it is hard to say whether to win or lose, but if you win, you have nothing to say, and if you lose, I will be fully responsible, how can I accept it?"

"Players are human beings, just like we commute in the company. For a smart leader, it is impossible for him to scold their supervisor in front of the staff, because this will cause the supervisor to have no authority in front of the staff. , On the contrary, when they have problems, the leaders will take the initiative to take responsibility, and even if they scold, they have to close the door and scold themselves!"

"Only in this way can the management of a company be able to operate effectively!"

"The same is true of the management of the locker room. If there is a problem with the player, your head coach has to take responsibility. You don't take responsibility. All the problems are borne by the player. The player is unhappy. Next time you ask him to do something, he will start. If you are obedient and obedient to you, you will be the one who suffers at that time!"

Andy Gray chuckled, "That's why I say that the biggest problem for Manchester City is no longer the overall strength of the team. With such a strong team lineup, it is impossible to say that the strength is not enough. The real problem lies in the strength of the leaders." body."

Both Andy Gray and Richard Keys still have the last word to say, that is, Mancini cannot be the right one for Manchester City. From this point in this game, Mancini's performance and Response is more clearly reflected.

On the contrary, it was Tottenham Hotspur. Ye Qiu's control over the team was fully demonstrated in this game. Whatever he wanted to do, the players on the field were able to execute his ideas and plans very well. Use your fingers to deal with it freely.

Looking back at Manchester City from Tottenham Hotspur, if there is any weakness in the current Blue Moon, then their biggest weakness and shortcoming is that they lack a strong and individual leader!
(End of this chapter)