Volume 1 Chapter 462 The Devil's Home Field

Ye Qiu has always felt that the initiative is very important for a football game.

As long as the initiative can be firmly grasped by you, then you can attack the opponent in a more self-conscious way, to pull, to penetrate, and as your opponent, he must always maintain trembling concentration to deal with your attack and pull infiltration.

Anyone can imagine that in the Premier League, even if the pace slows down, the average run per player in a game is about 10 kilometers, and the so-called slow pace is relative to other fast-paced games.

If you use the comparison of image points, compared with the domestic Chinese Super League, the slowest pace of the Premier League games is obviously faster than the Chinese Super League, so you let the best players of the Chinese Super League play in the Premier League, even if it is the slowest pace of the game, he is difficult to adapt, will tell you that the pace is too fast, and the physical fitness is unbearable.

The fast pace puts forward higher requirements for the player's concentration, and for a player to concentrate on playing every minute and defusing every attack of the opponent, the physical consumption is also very large, and even many times, as long as you have a little trance, it may lead to the team's loopholes, and then become the opponent's key target.

And all managers have to admit one thing, that is, it is impossible for any team to guarantee the concentration of UU minutes, and every player in every game will have problems of one kind or another, whether it is offensive or defensive, because this is something that no one can avoid.

Ye Qiu likes the initiative, because he knows very well that the initiative is in hand, even if the team makes a mistake, the consequences of the mistake can be minimized, which is the same as Barcelona likes to control the ball, but Ye Qiu is not so extreme.

Grant's tactics in this game were to retreat and hoard heavy troops in the midfield, did this work?

Yes, Ye Qiu assured that without the group of muscular men in the midfield, Tottenham Hotspur's attack would be more fluid

But isn't that enough to ensure stability at the back?

Ye Qiu could only shake his head, this kind of thing doesn't even know God, who knows it?

Therefore, he has always asked the players to be patient, and create opportunities through active running, pulling, passing and receiving cooperation, and even one-on-one breakthroughs to mobilize and pull the opponent's defense, because as long as they keep pulling, even the copper wall will reveal cracks.

Forward pass, no chance, knockback, shift, go forward, no chance, knock back, transfer again

The whole process was a bit boring, but Tottenham Hotspur were still patiently looking for opportunities as they had to learn to adapt to different opponents, especially those who resorted to extreme tactics similar to those of Chelsea.

The fans in the stands counted the time, a little impatient, but the players on the field felt that the time passed quickly, because for them in the game, every minute and every second was very tight, very fatal, so how long it was, they didn't know, the only thought in their minds was to patiently look for opportunities, and be patient to prepare.

When the opponent makes a mistake, he pounces on them and tears them to pieces

Sometimes, mistakes don't have to be fatal, on the contrary, the vast majority of mistakes are small mistakes, such as a pass that is a little less powerful, which is a typical mistake that happens often in games, especially with attacking players.

But if unfortunately, when he shows up on a defender, the consequences are completely different.

It's like this time, after Mikel received a pass from Ballack, he wanted to pass it out to find Ashley Cole for the first time, but this pass was a bit light, the strength was not very good, and the ball was slowly rolling against the turf.

Ashley Kerr didn't choose to meet it at the first time, but wanted to wait for the ball to come, just one step away, as long as he ran one step forward, or, Mikel's pass a little harder, Ashley Kerr was able to get the ball before Messi, but it was this step, this little bit of strength, that allowed Messi who was killed in the slanting stab to take the lead.

Small players have to know how to use their bodies well, after Messi stabbed out, he was very smart to block Ashley Cole with his back, and always controlled the ball at his feet after stopping the ball, rushing forward, the advantage is that Ashley Cole has no chance to break the ball, but in this way, the speed is not fast, and Ashley Cole is tightly attached to him.

Messi suddenly slammed the ball back with a backheel, and he quickly pulled it to the right side.

Alves has long been behind Messi, the two have cooperated for so long, the tacit understanding has long been very skillful, after stopping the ball, he cut to the middle as soon as possible, because of the move from Messi to the right side, he guessed the Argentine's intentions.

Alves' in-cut immediately brought in three Chelsea players, left-back Ashley Cole, Ballack and Mikel in defence, while at the same time, Van Persie also appeared in the area of the penalty area to meet Alves, and after Van Persie pulled out, he naturally led Carvalho and Terry.

The whole process is very long in words, but in fact it happened on the pitch in a second or two, the fans can clearly see it from the live camera, and the fans in the stands can also see it very clearly, and even if there are some fans with sharp eyes, it can be seen that Ribery has always been entangled with Ferreira in the top area of the arc of the penalty area.

Cesc Fabregas appeared behind Mikel and Ballack, and although he was still nearly 30 metres from goal, if the ball reached his feet, it would be a through ball that could pass into the box and into the feet of Van Persie and Ribery.

But this time Alves did not choose to do so, because he saw Van Persie gesturing for the ball, the ball passed past Ballack, the German could not intercept at all, because the ball was fast, but Carvalho immediately realized the threat and immediately rushed towards Van Persie, but Van Persie ran towards the ball and pushed Alves' pass directly with his right foot in advance and sent it to the right.

After Van Persie's pass, Alves and Robin van Persie, as well as Cesc Fabregas, rushed quickly into the box, and this sudden acceleration of the sprint surprised the Chelsea defenders, who had not yet figured out what kind of attacking line the opponent was going to take, so they had to react passively.

Messi was unguarded and quickly dribbled the ball into the penalty area from the right side, at which time Ashley Kerr reacted and immediately got close, but did not dare to make a move, because in the penalty area, he had to worry about penalties all the time, so he could only take the card position.

But Messi had long expected his action, a skillful feint, after pulling half of his body to the bottom line, he directly made a low flat ball, and the ball almost stuck to the line at the front of the small penalty area and quickly rolled from the right side to the left

Terry came close to catching the ball, but he was still half a second slower, and at that point, Ribery rushed up from behind, blocked Ferreira with his body, and the ball came to him, and he swept the ball into the net with his right foot almost without any pressure from the defenders.

It wasn't until the ball was in the net that Cudicini fell to the ground and made a save, but what was the use?

"Ribery Ribery Ribery Ribery"

"Frank" shouted to the live announcer at White Hart Lane Stadium.

"Ribery" all the Tottenham Hotspur fans in the stadium responded in unison

The French Scarface quickly rushed to the corner, and the surrounding teammates rushed up one after another, congratulating the Frenchman one by one, because he was Tottenham's top scorer this season.

After Ruud van Nistelrooy left, even Ye Qiu didn't know who could become Ruud vanney's successor and become Tottenham Hotspur's leading scorer, but through the warm-up games and many games at the beginning of the season, Ribery had a stronger ability to seize opportunities, and he could always appear in the key position in the trident combination.

Van Persie also scored a lot of goals, which should have been the most suitable person, but his position is very erratic, and the middle has always been the focus of defense, but Ribery always inserts the left rib diagonally into the penalty area, with Van Persie's interspersed and receiving in the middle, as well as Messi's ball and diagonal pass on the right, all of which make Ribery like a fish in water.

In Ye Qiu's view, this is not how strong Ribery's scoring ability is, but that Tottenham Hotspur's ability to create scoring opportunities is too strong, just like the kind of ball just now, as long as you can run to the position, as long as you are a professional player, even if you are a defender, you can easily score goals.

Of course, the strength of Tottenham Hotspur's trident lies in the fact that even as the leading scorer, Ribery has an excellent number of assists, with 15 assists in the Premier League this season, just behind Cesc Fabregas and Messi, and even more than Van Persie's 11.

But Van Persie is the team's second leading scorer, and his role in the trident is more about pulling and making the ball, so his goals and assists do not reflect his role, just like this combination just now, without Van Persie, it is difficult to play a sudden effect.

The entire White Hart Lane stadium was completely activated by Ribery's goal, and all the Tottenham Hotspur fans cheered for the team and cheered for the players, even though it was the fourth minute of the first half.

"Look, I said you can't go with Tottenham's rhythm, you have to disrupt their rhythm and stir up their momentum, that fool didn't understand that, this game will definitely make him suffer" Mourinho also didn't like it in the stands, because he always felt that Tottenham Hotspur scored a Chelsea goal, and he himself felt embarrassed.

"All the Tottenham Hotspur fans at White Hart Lane, let's our sworn enemies, Chelsea, figure out who is the owner of this stadium right now, shall we?"

With the call of the live announcer, the audience resounded with an overwhelming cheer, that momentum, that momentum, it was almost about to collapse the sky

The live announcer was personally poached by Peter Kenyon after he came to the stage, and he heard that he has a lot of experience in English football, and is very good at enlivening the atmosphere of the fans, and can be responsible for explaining and introducing the game process to the fans during the game, and at the same time inciting and encouraging the fans to create momentum and put pressure on the opponent.

In the past, this was often done by fan groups, but now the team is about uniting them and creating the atmosphere that Tottenham Hotspur has to do, and to make White Hart Lane a devil's stadium where all opponents are terrified.

Therefore, even when the game enters the halftime and the players warm up on the field, the live radio still keeps playing some exciting and energetic songs, which are some well-known songs that can arouse the enthusiasm of the fans, and almost all of them are rock, as much as possible in the fifteen-minute halftime break, to maintain the enthusiasm of the fans and the atmosphere of the game.

As we entered the half-time break, there was also a commotion among the fans in the stands, some of them ran to the bathroom, some went shopping, some were in groups of three and two to discuss something, and so on.

As long as you have something to do, fifteen minutes actually go by quickly, and by the time the radio goes on again, everyone is back in their seats for the second half.

At the beginning of the second half, Tottenham Hotspur consciously carried out a round of attack, taking advantage of the beginning, taking advantage of Chelsea's unstable foothold, quickly impacting their defense, creating several dangerous situations, but it was obvious that Chelsea was obviously prepared for Tottenham Hotspur's post-opening attack, and held Tottenham Hotspur's attack to the death.

But when Tottenham Hotspur consciously slowed down their offensive and made everyone think it was coming to an end, Tottenham Hotspur's attack once again caused Chelsea to make mistakes.

Ribery tried to break through Ferreira on the left, but the clingy Portuguese didn't give him a chance, he chose to knock back to Modric, after the Croatian got the ball, he saw that Ribery was raising his hand to ask for the ball, and he had moved quickly between Ferreira and Terry, so Modric got ahead of Makelele and passed the ball to Ribery's feet.

The quality of the pass was not very good, and if he could pass a through ball, Ribery's short-range starting speed would have been able to tear apart the Defence of Terry and Ferreira quickly, but Modric opted to pass the ball at his feet.

Ribery was squeezed by Ferreira after winning the ball, and Terry in front of him quickly blocked between him and the goal, and Ribery's shot was blocked by Terry with his body and bounced back.

The Frenchman rushed up quickly, grabbed ahead of Terry, and kicked the ball directly back into midfield, Modric won the ball again and crossed to Cesc Fabregas, and the Spaniard tried to pick the ball behind Messi.

However, Carvalho used his body to push the ball out, but because he jumped off quickly, he didn't play hard when he cleared the ball, and at the same time, his body lost his balance and fell to the ground after landing.

The ball fell in front of Van Persie slowly, the Dutchman did not jump, but directly stood up his chest and stopped, directly stopped the ball to his right side, Mikel realized the danger, and made a blocking action at the first time, because he thought that Van Persie was going to get up directly, but he didn't expect that Van Persie pulled the ball to the left with his right foot, and the ball turned in a direction and slid to the left, and then he adjusted the center of gravity of his body, picked up his left foot, and pumped it gently.

This volley, which was slightly farther away from the penalty spot, hit the angle very tricky, but it was not a high ball, but a low ball, and at this time Cudicini's position was a little to the right, obviously just to defend Messi, so at this time Van Persie hit a bottom left corner, and with a rebound.

Cudicini couldn't do anything about such a shot, and as soon as he reacted, the ball went into the net, 0

The best thing to watch in the whole goal process is that after Van Persie stopped the ball, his body almost didn't move, shook off Mikel, and then directly got up with a series of actions, indescribably coherent and calm, with a taste of elegance.

'This goal reminds me of Arsenal's Bergkamp,' the match commentator shouted.

'0 Tottenham scored their second goal of the game in the Ul minute, which was also the one that condemned Chelsea to death, and I believe that Grant should be more proactive in the future, at least he should now do his best to get away goals and hope for the next leg

According to the rules of the Champions League knockout round, if the aggregate score is the same, look at the away goal, so the importance of an away goal is sometimes even greater than a goal, so the match commentator's words are not wrong, it is a wise choice.

Grant also seemed to accept this idea, and immediately began to prepare for substitutions, Kalu walked out of the gang to prepare for the warm-up, and Ye Qiu arranged for Arbeloa and Beckham to warm up for the first time, obviously also planning to make targeted substitution adjustments, and this is also a kind of smoke bomb.

Grant once suffered a substitution, when he was scared, he temporarily changed his substitution decision, which made him unprecedentedly criticized after the game, so this time he didn't believe in evil, directly replaced Kalou, replaced Mikel, and also let Malouda warm up and prepare to play.

Ye Qiu replaced Alves with Arbeloa, while Beckham replaced Modric.

Beckham's reappearance on the field of play immediately cheered up the Tottenham Hotspur fans in the stands, who had been prepared to pull out banners and slogans, and tens of thousands of fans chanted Beckham's name to welcome the England superstar back to the game.

After four months, Beckham's return has made Tottenham Hotspur fans more hopeful for the future, because no one will forget that in the second half of last season, it was Beckham's arrival that completely turned the tide of Tottenham.

Teammates also came over one by one, hugged Beckham, and encouraged and supported him, hoping that he could adjust his condition as soon as possible, play his strength as soon as possible, and help the team beat the opponent.

What people didn't expect was that after the substitution, Chelsea began to fight back, while Tottenham Hotspur was to defend and counterattack at ease, allowing Chelsea to press out and play.

In the 78th minute, Beckham got a knockback from Fabregas, directly launched a counterattack with a long pass, Van Persie quickly inserted, got rid of Terry after getting the ball and went straight behind him again, Messi dribbled into the penalty area, Carvalho pulled Messi down from behind, and the referee blew the whistle directly