The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 688 The Last 1 Minutes
Tottenham Hotspur returned from the annual FIFA awards ceremony, which immediately aroused great repercussions among fans all over the world, especially Ye Qiu and Messi's acceptance speeches, which were highly praised by countless people.

Many media and reporters have said that the reason why Tottenham Hotspur can achieve such a stable performance has a lot to do with Ye Qiu's control over the dressing room and relying on this group of self-trained stars.

In the past so many years, although Tottenham Hotspur sold superstars every year, many players have not changed, such as Messi, Ribery, Cavani, Ramsey, Thiago Silva , Kompany, Alves, Petr Cech, etc. They have all been in the team since Ye Qiu took over Tottenham Hotspur in 06, and they can be regarded as veterans of the team for many years.

With the presence of a group of core players, the entire locker room of Tottenham Hotspur became more harmonious, because no one could challenge the status of these old courtiers, and they were all very loyal to Ye Qiu, especially That loyalty was further cemented after the sale of Cesc Fabregas and David Silva.

With the attention of the media, more and more inside information was gradually revealed. Many people were surprised by some of Tottenham Hotspur's internal measures. For example, Ye Qiu specially opened up a player space that only allows players to exist. Anyone including Ye Qiu himself was not allowed to enter this area, nor could he eavesdrop on what the players were discussing.

It is also surprising that, including Cesc Fabregas, Van Persie, Gareth Bale and others, almost all the former Tottenham Hotspur stars who left after transferring have remained with the team so far. Contact, the only one who fell out with Tottenham Hotspur was England's native center Andy Carroll, who once bombarded Ye Qiu and Tottenham Hotspur after leaving the team.

But this matter has been used by many people as the basis for accusing Andy Carroll, because so many people left the team, and they still maintain a good relationship with Ye Qiu and Tottenham Hotspur, and even often talk on the phone. Boom, the problem must be on you.

As more and more details are disclosed, more and more talents are surprised to find that the success of Tottenham Hotspur seems to be accidental, but in fact it is inevitable.

After returning to London from Zurich, Tottenham Hotspur also ushered in a new round of devil's schedule in the second half.

In the No.20 round of the league, Tottenham Hotspur played against West Ham United at home. Ranieri's team is strong. It is also dreadful, and the strength of the central defender composed of Lucio and Carvalho is also very good.

After the start of the game, West Ham United defended well, and then counterattacked Tottenham Hotspur, and scored a goal in No.20 two minutes, but Tottenham Hotspur still relied on Vidal's goal in the second half. The ball equalized the score.

But in the end Tottenham Hotspur still drew with West Ham United 1:1 at home and got their fourth draw of the season.

In this round, the main rivals Manchester City and Liverpool have won successively, so Tottenham Hotspur is only five points ahead of No.2 Manchester City in the current Premier League standings. field, but only three draws.

In third place is Liverpool, which is three points behind Manchester City, and in fourth is Manchester United, and Ferguson's team is two points behind Liverpool, so judging from the current situation, if there are no major surprises, the final It is Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City who are likely to attack the league title. Liverpool and Manchester United are also hopeful, but not very big.

In the No.20 second round of the league, Tottenham Hotspur challenged Manchester City away!
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Manchester City’s city stadium was built to be used as a track and field stadium. After being rented by Manchester City, although it was remodeled, Manchester City did not have too much money to invest in the renovation at that time, so many places still retain the original. Features, such as the track and field track, Manchester City just covered it with a layer of turf.

The command areas of the head coaches of both sides are arranged above the track and field track.

The coach's bench and the bench are arranged at the bottom of the bottom stand, and there is only a less than one-meter-high barrier between the fans and the stand, and the entire oblique angle is exactly the same as that of the stand. The head coach's bench is only five There are three seats, and next to it is an inclined ladder, which can go up to the seats for the seven-seat substitute players, and a row of seats for five people.

Obviously, Manchester City must have cared about space when renovating the coaching bench.

The roof of the stadium can't cover the entire stadium, it can only cover the stands where the fans are, but the coach's bench, which is the lowest level of the stand, suffers, because it is just at the edge of the roof, so when it rains, the coach's bench will be closed. Suffered, became the hardest hit by rain, even worse than the stadium without a roof.

Ye Qiu was sitting on the coaching bench of the visiting team, that is, on the left side of the player tunnel in the city stadium. In front of him was the rainwater flowing down from the ceiling. No matter how people feel better.

"The most important thing Mansour should do is not to buy some superstars, but to completely renovate this damn stadium!"

Ye Qiu is obviously not in a good mood, because the current score on the court is not ideal.

2:2, this is the number that appeared on the second floor of the city stadium, the scoreboard display at the four corners of the stadium, and the time has entered 10 minutes, obviously, this is not a game that can make Totten Hotspur accepted the draw because there were too many useless things in this game.

The biggest controversy of the game appeared in the first half. After Balotelli was blocked by Vidal once and successfully intercepted the ball, he angrily counter-robbed, tripped Vidal, and stepped on Bidal with a spike. Dahl's neck movement, this is a very malicious intentional foul, but the referee Howard? Webb did not see this foul.

Tottenham Hotspur failed to protest up and down, and was angry. Coupled with the heavy rain just after the game started, Tottenham Hotspur made a lot of mistakes in passing and catching the ball. They were caught by Manchester City in the first half Not long after the first goal, Thiago Silva was injured in a steal and Ye Qiu was forced to replace Varane.

After the intermission, Ye Qiu reversed the situation and adjusted the team very well. In less than 15 minutes after the start of the second half, he used Messi and Pirlo's direct free kicks to score two goals in a row, tying the Manchester City, but Mancini is determined to stick to the tie until the end.

"Joe Hart and Yaya Toure are in great shape as soon as they meet us!" Mauro Tassotti said with a wry smile. Although the two goals had little to do with Yaya Toure, But the Ivorians did a pretty good job defensively, and Joe Hart kept clean sheets many times in the second half.

In the 67th minute of the second half, Ye Qiu replaced Vidal with Eriksson. The latter still had obvious scars on his neck when he left the field. To accuse Balotelli of an ironclad evidence, the fourth official also gave evidence, and Tottenham Hotspur will appeal after the game.

But whether this game can be won has nothing to do with the appeal after the game!

Ye Qiu clasped his palms together in front of his eyes, but his eyes were looking through the clasped hands, watching everything that happened on the court. He didn't have much time left, he only had the last substitution.

Beside him, Mauro Tassotti, Roland Shepas, Meulensteen, Moniz and others, and Frans Hoo Ke, they were all waiting for Ye Qiu's next decision, and behind him, five technicians were analyzing statistics and tactics in the first row, and the last row were substitute players and replaced players.

Everyone was waiting for Ye Qiu, the last substitution must be able to break the deadlock!

This is a kind of pressure, because no one knows whether the substitution will work this time, because as long as it is a substitution, there must be risks and it will definitely break the existing pattern, especially in this game, Tottenham Hotspur Battle of the Champions against Manchester City!
At 81 minutes, Ye Qiu hadn't made a decision yet. He was still thinking and hesitating.

At 82 minutes, Ye Qiu was still thinking and hesitating, because he found that he needed to consider more and more things.

The more I think about it, the more complicated it seems, and the more difficult it is to sort out a clue.

At 83 minutes, Ye Qiu slapped his head vigorously, looking a little helpless.

Ye Qiu patted his head a few times, stood up from the coach's bench, turned around, glanced at the bench, pointed at Ribery, "Frank, get down!" Then turned around and looked at the game.

Soon, Ribery ran to Ye Qiu's side. He started to come back after Christmas, but he basically played as a substitute, and his condition had not adjusted well, so Ye Qiu still used Neymar for this game. Combined with Messi's South American wings, and put Ribery on the bench.

"Do you know what's wrong now?" Ye Qiu asked.

Franck Ribery nodded, "Can't open the situation!" After a pause, he added, "We need width!"

Neymar's performance in this game was very unsatisfactory, and it can even be said to be very bad, but it was also bad in the midfield. Manchester City's entire midfield put tremendous pressure on Tottenham Hotspur. Under this circumstance, it will be difficult for the team's offense to be smooth, and Tottenham Hotspur will not be able to play its own characteristic offense.

Of course, Manchester City also paid a painful price for this, that is, their offense was not threatening, and it was more like a counterattack, but this kind of counterattack did not involve many troops, and it was difficult to threaten Tottenham. Thorn goal.

Although Varane came off the bench in the first half, the team lost the second goal because of nervousness, but his performance was still very good afterwards, and the cooperation with Kompany was also very tacit, and there was no more Giving Manchester City such a good chance can be regarded as making up for it.

"When you go up, tell Messi, he comes back to play in the middle, connect the midfield, let Cavani go up front, Neymar go to the right, Alves go forward, we have to play width, you know what I mean? "Ye Qiu asked solemnly.

In less than a dozen seconds, Ye Qiu and Franck Ribery, the master and apprentice, were completely drenched. It can be seen how heavy the rain was, and it was still on the sidelines, and it was almost overwhelming on the court. It has become a swamp.

"I understand!" Ribery nodded solemnly.

"Be careful!" Ye Qiu patted Ribery on the shoulder, "Go, replace Marcelo!"

Franck Ribery never doubted Ye Qiu's decision. After listening, he solemnly nodded and agreed, then turned around and ran to the fourth official to handle the handover. Soon, at No. 805 minutes, Franck Ribery When the ball was dead, I finally got the chance to play.

"Oh my god, Ye Qiu decided to fight this time. He replaced Marcelo with Ribery. This is to further strengthen the offense!" Andy Gray was a little surprised by Ye Qiu's substitution, it was too risky , Such a substitution was made at the last moment.

At least, a draw is also a very good result for Tottenham Hotspur.

Martin Taylor sighed, "This is Ye Qiu, very adventurous, but very strong, he just doesn't want a draw!"

"Yes, I was wronged before, the shoe spikes on Vidal's neck, and Thiago Silva was injured, Manchester City took advantage of the chaos to create Varane's mistake and scored the second goal. It made Ye Qiu feel unhappy, and Tottenham Hotspur is simmering with anger, and he wants to vent it now!"

When Andy Gray said this, he had to smile bitterly: "Many people say that the head coach should be calm and rational, but sometimes they still have to be a little emotional, just like what Ferguson said, if I If you are too calm, you are not Ferguson, and you will not be able to achieve today's results!"

"That's right!" Martin Taylor nodded in agreement, "Sometimes you have to be a little unreasonable on the football field!"

Franck Ribery went on the field after hugging Marcelo, and he quickly gestured towards his teammates, and he kept waving his hands, as if to cheer up his teammates, and every time he passed by a teammate, he would talk to his teammates High-five, Kompany also shouted loudly at his teammates at this time, and he could even hear what he was shouting clearly at the scene.

"The boss said, we don't want a draw!"

"Good!!!" Many Tottenham Hotspur players were shouting at the scene.

Hearing this, Andy Gray said with emotion, "It's very imposing. Tottenham Hotspur may have a chance to reverse the situation. The key is to see how much effect Ribéry can play after coming off the bench!"

But it is obvious that Ye Qiu has made adjustments. Although Mancini has used up three substitutions, he is also making adjustments, especially when Messi moved to the middle, turned around with the ball and made a diagonal pass. It was stuffed to Neymar on the right, and the latter plugged in and passed back to the penalty area to Cavani. If Hangeland hadn't blocked it with his body in time, Cavani's volley would have scored.

Mancini also realized the changes in Tottenham Hotspur. After Messi retreated to the center, he formed a midfield with Ramsey, Eriksson and Pirlo who was too tired to run. The forward line and the defense line are connected in series, and it can continuously create opportunities for the front and deliver shells.

Manchester City quickly made adjustments, and they were targeted adjustments, with the purpose of suppressing Tottenham Hotspur's midfielder again.

Time passed by every minute and every second, and the numbers on the scoreboard were constantly changing and rising, 86... 87... 88... 89... Ninety...

Entering stoppage time, but the scene did not seem to have improved much. Tottenham Hotspur still did not have too many offensive opportunities, and Ribery, who came off the bench at the last moment, Ye Qiu, did not do much.

In the first few minutes of playing, he had four chances to touch the ball. Every time he faced the right-back Mika Richards of the game, Ribery chose to knock back, looking a little afraid of making a frontal attack .

"We can see that after Ribery returned from injury, his condition seems to be not as good as before. He is only 28 years old, which is the golden age of a player, but the injury has become the biggest obstacle in his career, and it has also hindered his career. He went one step further!" Andy Gray felt a little sad about Ribery's situation.

If there were no injuries, Ribery might already be the World Footballer of the Year, and if he got the World Footballer of the Year, maybe Messi is still helping him, instead of him helping Messi in turn.

That's what happens to pro players sometimes.

"Ye Qiu once again walked to the sidelines and yelled at the players, as if he saw that the situation could not be played on the left. Ribery didn't dare to take the ball to attack head-on, so he asked the team to go more to the right, but did he trust too much? Neymar?"

Just after Ye Qiu adjusted, Neymar dribbled the ball past Clichy on the right. This time he completed the breakthrough very skillfully and passed it to the center. Cavani wanted to hit the goal immediately, but the shot failed. It hit Hangeland's leg and rebounded, and Messi, who followed him, volleyed vigorously, and the result was high.

"It's a pity, and I'm too anxious!" Andy Gray yelled.

Martin Taylor shook his head and sighed: "Now even Messi is starting to worry. If this kick is not a volley, but with a little less strength, a more sure push or a lob shot, it is almost sure. .”

The situation does not seem to be reversed because of Ribery's playing. Neymar's performance on the right has improved. After Ye Qiu's reminder, Messi and Cavani are more inclined to attack on the right. And the 3-minute stoppage time given by Howard Webb is getting closer and closer to the end.

Manchester City has also gradually realized Tottenham Hotspur's intentions. It is very difficult for Clichy on the left to face Neymar alone. If you add Cavani and Messi, and Alves and Eyre Rixon, Manchester City had too much pressure on the left, so Mancini had to adjust and let the team's defensive center lean to the left.

Tottenham Hotspur's violent attack left him no extra time to think about other issues. He and all the players on the Manchester City field now have only one thought, and that is to defend the last minute.

(End of this chapter)