The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 669
The League Cup has never been a game that Ye Qiu and Tottenham Hotspur value, because for Tottenham Hotspur, their focus is mainly on the Premier League and the Champions League, and that is their stage.

But for teams in the middle and lower reaches, such as Everton, the situation is obviously different, especially after the strong rise of teams such as West Ham United and Newcastle, Everton has lost its previous advantages and wants to enter In the European arena, the cup competition has undoubtedly become their most promising stage.

Because of this, Moyes sat at Goodison Park in this game and put on a full main lineup against the visiting Tottenham Hotspur. Even though the North London team did not use the main force, Moyes was still very happy careful.

In this game, Moyes used 451 tactics. The goalkeeper is American goalkeeper Tim Howard, the defense is Leighton Barnes, Rodwell, Jagielka and Heitinga, and the midfielder is Drenthe. , Phil Neville, Fellaini, Pienaar and Osman, the single striker is the Argentine high striker Stracua Rusi.

In order to train Rodwell and at the same time rotate for the team, Moyes put players such as Hibbert and Distin on the bench. In addition, the young teenager Ross Barkley also sat on the bench. Everton is a very promising young player who is highly valued by Moyes.

Tottenham Hotspur arranged a full bench for this game. The goalkeeper is Courtois, the defense is Alba, Nastasic, Varane and Phil Jones, and the midfielder is It was Sandro who was behind, Pogba and Eriksson went up to play the central midfielder, and Coutinho, Raul and Neymar formed the offensive combination of the front trident.

Kyle Walker and Eden Hazard will start the weekend league game, so Ye Qiu did not arrange them to start this game, but sat on the bench with Lucas Moura and other players.

At the beginning of the game, Everton, who was playing at home, bullied the small with big players. Relying on their own home ground and the main players starting, they planned to give Tottenham Hotspur a group of young players a sap, and launched a After a round of attack, this group of young players from Tottenham Hotspur was suppressed in the half court, and they were beaten up.

Ye Qiu has been sitting in the coaching bench of the visiting team since the start of the game. He doesn't attach much importance to this game. For him, winning is of course good, but more importantly, he wants to see the team How are the young players performing? How many people are eligible to enter the team's rotation.

Similar to Kyle Walker, Eden Hazard and other players who have stabilized their strength and won the approval of teammates and coaching staff, Ye Qiu is not even planning to arrange them to play in this game.

Everton started aggressively, but Tottenham Hotspur's backcourt defense composed of Nastasic, Varane and Sandro in front also performed very well, making Everton's Pienaar wanted to make a strong attack in the middle several times, but failed to achieve results, but after 5 minutes of attacking, Everton suddenly changed its offensive strategy.

I saw Everton stealing the ball in the middle of the field, and quickly passed diagonally to the left. Drenthe rushed from the left, hitting the space left after Phil Jones advanced to participate in the attack, and Nastasic quickly Go forward to mend the leak.

Many people say that Drenthe is like a wild boar Davis. He is very small, but he is fast, has excellent explosive power, and is very flexible, so when he rushed up, Nastasic jumped a little too hard. Directly rushed over by Drenthe easily.

Everton fans cheered in the stands after Drenthe easily passed Nastasic.

After Drenthe had an easy pass, regardless of Nastasic who was chasing after turning around behind him, he dribbled the ball diagonally into Tottenham Hotspur's penalty area, and Varane kept retreating. Retired directly into the restricted area.

It should be said that Varane's choice was not wrong. When he was retreating, he was also paying attention to the route of Drenthe's direct shot, and in front of him was Phil Jones who was rushing all the way back. He blocked Drenthe. Passing the ball to Argentine high striker Straqualusi on the route, while Sandro is sticking to Pinar.

"I'm going, you delay!"

Just when Varane was worried that if he continued to retreat, Drenthe would get the chance to kick directly, but Phil Jones' shout came from his ear. It was almost an instinctive reaction, and Varane immediately leaned towards The right side leaned over and stuck to the Argentine high center, and almost in an instant, Phil Jones stuck to Drenthe.

This time the Englishman was very smart. He did not choose the dangerous action of shoveling directly. Instead, he used his body to directly push Drenthe like a tiger descending a mountain. The Dutchman was also very smart. He just saw Nastasic He pounced too hard, so now that he has met Zhang Fei Phil Jones, he wants to repeat the old plan.

But Phil Jones saved some strength this time, and Drenthe made an emergency stop, and he also made an emergency stop. His body was always on the left side of Drenthe, because Drenthe only had his left foot as his dominant foot. His right foot is almost negligible, so Phil Jones is smart because he entangled Drenthe's left foot.

With his left foot entangled, Drenthe couldn't hit the goal. At the same time, the rhythm of rapid advancement was also disrupted by Phil Jones. Sandro and Nastasic quickly returned to the penalty area. When Lunt wanted to pass his right foot to Pienaar who was plugging in behind, Sandro stepped forward and intercepted the ball halfway.

A seemingly ordinary defense in a football game, but it is full of thrills of fighting wits and fighting power. People who have not experienced it will not understand, and the fans are more just in the stands. A sigh of regret, or a lucky smile in front of the TV.

A little more, just like Ye Qiu now, boasting, "Phil Jones has made progress!"

In this sudden response, Phil Jones adjusted quickly, returned to defense quickly, and was very decisive and timely. More importantly, he judged in an instant that Drenthe's left foot was going to be restricted. It captures this point, which is quite good.

After all, Tottenham Hotspur is dominated by young people, and their strength is definitely not comparable to that of Everton's main players. Therefore, although Everton's attack was resolved, the home team's offensive is still in an endless stream.

After absorbing the experience and lessons just now, and Ye Qiu went to the sidelines to make some detailed adjustments, the team's defense gradually stabilized, but there was no way to reverse the passiveness on the scene.

Being overwhelmed by opponents is undoubtedly a difficult test for Tottenham Hotspur's defensive players, especially when they face the impact of Everton's main lineup, which is strong in the Premier League. It's even more rare for them.

Although Phil Jones is young and a substitute, he does not have the youthfulness of a teenager, nor the timidity of a young man. He always appears on the court with a vigorous and fearless aura.

It scared Drenthe just now, and not long after, Phil Jones came again. This time, Pienaar wanted to dribble the ball inside from the left rib, but Phil Jones suddenly rushed up with a stride, and it was again. The close-to-body press frightened Pienaar to pass the ball. Varane didn't miss the opportunity and directly cleared the ball with his big foot.

But Drenthe was unguarded on the left side, and Ye Qiu and Mauro Tassotti on the sidelines shook their heads.

"It's still too tender!" Mauro Tassotti, who was a defensive player, laughed.

If Pienaar had enough awareness at the time, after passing it to Drenthe, the Dutchman made a cross, and the Argentine high center forward Straquarusi, who was 1.9 meters high in the penalty area, was enough to easily suppress Nastasic.

"However, after half a season of training, coupled with this season's special training, it still seems to be somewhat effective!" Ye Qiu said.

It is mainly reflected in running position, timing and defensive skills. At least in this game, Phil Jones's timing and defensive skills are really in place and mature. It's just defensive awareness, especially in terms of positioning. Appears tender.

Many people say that young players should play more games, especially some high-level games. This is a very important way to train young players. This statement is actually not accurate, because if you play high-level games, you can If progress is made, what does the head coach do?
And now the training of many teams, especially the group confrontation training, almost imitates actual combat to the maximum extent, so the pressure of many team training even exceeds the pressure brought by some games with great disparity in strength.

The growth and progress of young players is nothing more than two factors, one is basic skills and the other is application.

Basically, those who can be called rookies have good basic skills, and players who can become the key cultivation targets of Tottenham Hotspur have very solid basic skills, so the key is how to use them.

And how to use it has a close relationship with the head coach, because different head coaches will adopt different styles of play.

Just like Phil Jones, if he goes to Manchester United, or some other teams coached by local Premier League coaches, maybe they will turn him into a fierce player, who can shovel at every turn, pounce at every turn, and be fierce at every turn Shiny soles, or running around nonsensically.

But when he came to Tottenham Hotspur, he had to adapt to Tottenham Hotspur's tactical style of play, he had to learn Ye Qiu's requirements for defensive players, blocking, anticipating, intercepting...he was doing After this, you have to work hard to train your passing, stopping the ball and other abilities, and you can't use your feet at every turn, and you have to learn how to move to support your teammates, and so on.

This requires a process, but there is no doubt that the team that goes to the British style of play is the same as Phil Jones who came to Tottenham Hotspur, but in the end it will produce two completely different players.

This is why Anderson is Ronaldinho II in the Portuguese Super League. Mikel has outstanding footwork and awareness in Nigeria and the World Youth Championship. The talent is not lost to Messi's midfielder, but they come to the Premier League. , After defecting to Ferguson and Mourinho, they were all reduced to beasts, this is the reason.

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Although this group of young players from Tottenham Hotspur defended very hard, and at the same time played without embarrassment or timidity, in the end it was Everton who scored the first goal and Fellaini made a pass from behind. When he was on, the Tottenham Hotspur players leaked in the penalty area, allowing the Belgian midfielder to score first.

This happened in the No.303 minute of the first half, and it was a big blow to Tottenham Hotspur.

After the ball was lost, the players were visibly flustered. After the re-kick-off, they quickly lost the ball again. Everton made a counterattack, and Pienaar passed the ball over the top, and Drenthe turned offside. Got the ball, and Osman on the right also rushed up quickly, leaving only one Phil Jones in the backcourt of Tottenham Hotspur.

One-on-two, Phil Jones couldn't help stepping back, but his attention was not only on Drenthe who was holding the ball, but also on Osman who was thrusting in from behind. He knew very well that he not only It is necessary to rely on running and standing to limit Drenthe's kicks, and at the same time prevent Drenthe from passing the ball to Osman.

This is a very difficult choice, but it is difficult for Phil Jones, and it is also difficult for Drenthe himself, because he finds that the position of Phil Jones is always in a very awkward position. If he wants to speed up Going down, he may be interfered by him, entangled by him, the goalkeeper can get the ball when he hits, even if he doesn't hit, as long as he stands still, his shooting angle is almost blocked.

But if it is a cross, the distance between him and Osman is a bit far, one is on the left rib and the other is on the right rib. He knows the explosive power of Phil Jones. This kid starts very fast and is likely to intercept the ball.

When the ball was advancing, Drenthe was always looking for opportunities. Phil Jones retreated into the penalty area. He seemed to see through Drenthe's plan. Varane, Nastasic and Sandro all came back , so he has enough confidence.

After seeing an opportunity, Phil Jones rushed up suddenly, so fast that Drenthe had no time to react, and the timing of his forward rush was just right, just when the ball left Drenthe's feet, so he rushed forward It was a sliding shovel that came up directly. While shoveling the ball away, Liandrente was tripped and fell into the penalty area.

Typical iconic Phil? Jones fierce shovel!
Drenthe fell in the penalty area. He was waiting for the referee's whistle. Several Everton players shouted at the referee, but the referee from the English Championship smiled and shook his head and waved his hands. It was obviously telling the Everton players not to try to put pressure, I could see it clearly, it was a beautiful defence.

There were boos all over Goodison Park.

Phil Jones jumped up directly from the ground, roared at the group of Everton players who wanted to put pressure on the referee, and rushed up, so loudly that even Ye Qiu on the sidelines could hear it Clearly, "Fucking rule, this is a flop, you know? He's flopping, trying to cheat a penalty!"

The referee immediately stood between Phil Jones and several players from Everton. Everyone saw the flushed Phil Jones with the veins on his neck exposed, as if he was going to fight with the people. , without the slightest awareness of a young general.

Raul ran over and grabbed Phil Jones. He was worried that his teammates would lose control, but Phil Jones broke free from Raul's pull, "Don't pull me, I know what I'm doing!"

"I just can't get used to this group of bastards, they are like cowards, they just want to cheat penalties all day long, I'm f******!"

Phil Jones roared at the Everton players. The referee immediately ran over and showed him a yellow card. At this time, the Tottenham Hotspur players were dissatisfied. They wanted to cheat a penalty. Instead of giving cards, you gave them to our teammates?

The referee separated the players of the two teams. Under Raul's control, the Tottenham Hotspur players were not swayed by anger, but they all became filled with righteous indignation, especially Phil Jones. After the troublemaker got a yellow card, he yelled at the Everton players, "You bastards, be careful, kill you!"

The coaching staff of Tottenham Hotspur sat on the sidelines and watched what happened. Ye Qiu and Mauro Tassotti looked at each other and laughed, but Roland Shepas walked away worried. Come here, "Do you want to replace Phil Jones? This kid looks like he's on drugs. Look at that blushing guy, he's too excited!"

Ye Qiu shook his head, "If you don't change, he will get a red card if he is capable!"

"What do you mean?" Roland didn't quite understand.

Mauro Tassotti patted Roland on the shoulder, "If he gets a red card, he's a reckless man. It's no different from the past, but if he doesn't get a red card, what happened is in our favor, you Didn't you see that the players were all woken up?"

What is the most troublesome thing when a young teenager is alone?
It's not a matter of strength, but of self-confidence!
From the very beginning of the game, this group of boys from Tottenham Hotspur was overwhelmed by Everton players. Putting himself in the position of a weak person, he forgot Ye Qiu's pre-match instructions and the team's tactics.

But now it’s all right. Tottenham Hotspur is upset with Phil Jones’ outburst. Everyone feels annoyed and wants to vent, so the game has just begun. If Phil Jones is replaced at this time , doesn't that mean to extinguish the fire in the players' hearts?Tell them I don't like you getting mad?

From Ye Qiu's point of view, passion is a good thing, but it cannot be controlled by passion and make you lose your mind.

Ye Qiu never felt that Keane was the best defensive midfielder. The reason was that he was often controlled by passion, such as his unnecessary fouls and actions that hurt his opponents, which greatly reduced him.

Of course, Keane is a great player, and Ye Qiu firmly believes in this, but his biggest regret is his uncontrolled temper.

The laboratory also has psychological training for players in this area, so now it's time to test the results, and in the end, this is just a League Cup, and if you lose, you lose the League Cup, Ye Qiu. I don't think it's a pity, because if the fighting spirit of young players can be awakened, this game will greatly promote their growth.

It can even be said that the gains from playing ten games with smooth wind and fish in troubled waters may not be as great or effective as the gains from such a game.

(End of this chapter)