Theobald's research center has always been a mysterious place.

The centre is not small and remote, right next door to Central Park, but even Tottenham Hotspur players have not yet fully figured out what it is intended to do.

But there is no doubt that this is the heart of Theobold.

There are two analysis teams in the whole Theobold, one in the youth team and the first team, but the personnel of the two analysis teams are all arranged from the research center, and even many times some of their analysis data and reports have to be affirmed by the research center before they can be handed over to the coaching staff.

Not only that, the research center is even responsible for the team's medical affairs, including the prevention and treatment of players' injuries, as well as the state and fitness of players, whether players are allowed to play, etc., all of which are controlled by the research center, and the team doctor team is arranged by the research center to accompany the team.

Almost every new Tottenham Hotspur player is frustrated by the cumbersome requirements of the research centre, and some of them are weird, such as asking you to provide some data that no one normally cares about, or suddenly asking for a little blood sample from you right after training.

But as long as you stay at Theorebald, everyone will obey the requirements of the research center, because it has proven that the research center has really made an outstanding contribution to the prevention of injuries or helping players to treat injuries.

With the start of the new season, they began to invest in another new training program, they began to organize players to do some semi-hypnotic training programs in the meditation room, which is nothing more than watching some videos, or watching some 3D stereoscopic videos from a first-person perspective, all of which were filmed during training and games, which are very realistic and lifelike.

Demichelis is in charge of the project himself, and he will talk to the players in his own counselling room after training to get what he has learned from training or to see what the results are.

On top of that, the Centre has been using some training to help new signing Vidal integrate into the team's technical and tactical system, and the Chilean has been a regular at the Centre for some time but has never played for the first team.

There are a lot of rumors in the outside world, some people think that the introduction of Vidal is a mistake, it turns out that the Bundesliga star is difficult to adapt to the midfield requirements of Tottenham Hotspur, and his performance in training is terrible, and he was directly abandoned by Ye Qiu, but some people say that Vidal was injured when he joined, so he is still recuperating for the time being.

In short, there are all kinds of rhetoric, but the real reason is that the research center does not issue a pass to play.

With the addition of Mel Seman and Demichelis, the research center has a lot of manpower, and Ye Qiu even handed over the physical aspects of arranging the whole season to the research center, so after Vidal and Pirlo joined, they had a comprehensive understanding of the physical condition of these two players, including their physical fitness, state and other detailed data.

Relatively speaking, Pirlo's situation is better, Vidal is a midfielder because of his participation in the Copa America, plus he is a newcomer, so the research center is more careful, just let Vidal participate in training and not play, the same is true of Uruguay international Cavani.

They could not be seen to start in the first round of the league, and there were rumors from the outside world, especially Tottenham Hotspur did not perform very well at their home stadium in the first round of the league, although they frequently organized effective attacks to attack Everton, but the 1:1 draw was obviously not satisfactory.

There is a week's break between the first and second rounds of the league, and the training during this period is still mainly focused on adjusting the condition of the players, but the whole English football scene is very lively, and the media has begun to warm up and prepare for the upcoming two major games.

Liverpool played Arsenal, which is seen as a battle for Champions League qualification, but considering that Arsenal's current strength is not outstanding, especially after selling Klich and Nasri this season, the strength of this team has been weakened, although Wenger used the money from the sale to bring in players including Mertesacker, Gervinho, Benayoun, Park Joo-yong, etc., but the strength is not as good as before.

On the contrary, Liverpool, now is the time for people to be strong, especially this season to eat Henderson, Downing, Jose? After Enrique and other young players with strength and potential at the same time, the strength of the Red Army has also been further improved.

Unlike the lack of suspense between Liverpool and Arsenal, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur are seen as the champions, because Manchester United occupy the first place in the bookmaker's shortlist of who can snipe Tottenham Hotspur this season, even slightly higher than Manchester City, who is very favored by the outside world.

But it is undeniable that Yaya was sold? Toure, Cesc Fabregas and David? After Silva, Tottenham Hotspur's midfield problems are serious, and new signing Sandro also received media attention when he participated in the Under-20 World Cup, but it is also a suspense whether the player can take on the role of Tottenham Hotspur.

As for Andrea Pirlo, his arrival is seen more as a way to compensate for Tottenham's playmaking and creativity in midfield, but he has done little to improve the depth of the team's midfield.

Therefore, in the Premier League winning odds offered by bookmakers this season, Tottenham Hotspur is still among the best by relying on the prestige of the past few seasons, but the gap between Manchester United in second place and Manchester City in third place, and Liverpool in fourth place is very small.

This is also seen by many as an important bellwether for Tottenham Hotspur to begin to be disfavorable.

Tottenham Hotspur are in a bad position and Manchester United are not much better.

With the retirement of Edwin van der Sar and Paul Scholes, United's problems have also surfaced.

First of all, can De Gea replace Van der Sar? Judging from the first round of the league, there is still a big gap between De Gea and Van der Sar, no matter from which point of view, De Gea can only be regarded as a rookie, and there is still a gap from the main position of the giant team, which even Manchester United fans cannot deny.

Scholes' retirement has not had a particularly big impact on Manchester United, the key is whether Ferguson can reactivate Sneijder? And, Russ? Can Diarra's problem be solved? With Paul Scholes retiring and Hargreaves leaving, Manchester United's midfield depth has also been affected to a certain extent.

In addition, O'Shea and Brown have transferred and left the team, and the thickness of Manchester United's backline has also been questioned, you must know that Ferdinand and Vidic are over 30 years old, especially Ferdinand, there have been a lot of injuries, if the thickness of the team cannot be guaranteed, how to deal with the rotation when injured?

Because of this, many professionals have speculated that there is likely to be a dark horse in the Premier League this season, such as Liverpool, or Manchester City, which have a great chance to play this role, and they do have such strength.

Either way, Manchester United's clash with Tottenham Hotspur at Old Trafford is definitely a major Premier League fixture this season, especially given the crucial devilish fixtures on the horizon.

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After Ye Qiu arrived at Theobald in the morning, he still went directly to his office as usual.

The coaching staff has already put a daily player report on his desk.

Ye Qiu opened this report, and the first page was a chart, which clearly showed who could play for the team among the current first-team players, and except for the three Sandro who participated in the U20 World Cup and had just returned to the team, everyone else passed, including Vidal and Cavani.

At the critical moment, the research center finally did not disappoint Ye Qiu!

Ye Qiu quickly got up from the office chair again, turned around and left the office area, walked out of the office, and walked to the coaching room next door.

The coaching staff is basically in the team at this time, discussing the upcoming game.

Seeing Ye Qiu walk in, they all turned around on the office chairs one by one, and looked at Ye Qiu one after another, this group of damn guys, one person blackmailed Ye Qiu for an ergonomic office chair, which was a few hundred euros, and Ye Qiu had no choice but to do it, so he directly regarded it as a club benefit, and replaced all the desks and office chairs of the team, including Theorebald, including the administrative department of White Hart Lane Stadium, in the summer of this year.

For this reason, he also paid out of his own pocket, as long as he thought of this group of guys sitting on their buttocks and looking crooked, Ye Qiu's heart was dripping blood, and he really wanted to kick each of them hard.

"This is our estimated starting line-up for Manchester United!" Mauro? Tasotti handed over a document.

Goalkeeper David De Gea, the backline is Evra, Evans, Rio Ferdinand and Rafael, midfielder Ashley? Jan, Carrick, Russ? Diarra and Nani, the two strikers are Benzema and Wayne Rooney.

"You think he's going to call 442?" Ye Qiu was a little suspicious.

Of course, it's not about 442, in fact, this is the formation that Manchester United is most familiar with, and even if Ferguson plays 442, he will definitely not follow the standard set of standing play, he will definitely carry out some targeted arrangements, so after the transformation, it may not be 442, and it can be completely changed into other formations.

"It's very likely because it will allow us to suppress our wings as much as possible." Mauro? "But it's not ruled out that he will take Ashley? Young, on Tevez, but focusing on wide defending is for sure. ”

Ye Qiu is already familiar with Manchester United's tactics, Manchester United has not changed much this season, unlike Tottenham Hotspur, which has changed a lot, and Ferguson has only brought in De Gea and Ashley? Yang two players, the latter is still poached from Manchester City at a low price, which shows that it is more for the purpose of strengthening the depth of the bench.

So overall, Manchester United will be the same as last season.

"If that's the case, whether it's 442 or 433, we'll surprise Old Grandpher!" Ye Qiu smiled.

Because he wants to test the style of play in this game, and the front midfielder is just right to restrain Manchester United's two midfielders, Michael Carrick and Russ? Diarra?

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Saturday, August 20th, evening, Old Trafford.

Lead assistant coach Mike? When Perrin pushed open the goal of Manchester United's home dressing room, the tidal noise in the stands outside immediately poured into Manchester United's home dressing room. Perrin immediately turned and closed the door again.

But even so, it still can't completely isolate the sound from the outside stands from the locker room.

Perhaps, only when playing a strong team, especially a championship-level team like Tottenham Hotspur, will Manchester United fans have a complete boiling and outburst, and in normal times, they still choose the so-called gentlemanly demeanor.

"Tottenham Hotspur's starting line-up is out!" Mike? Perrin handed a piece of paper into Ferguson's hands.

Manchester United's home dressing room is divided into several compartments, the players' lounge and shower masseur are in one compartment, and the coaching staff has their own separate compartment, which they discussed at half-time, after all, there are some things that cannot be said to the players in person, so they need their own separate room.

Ferguson took it and glanced at it, "Cavani and Vidal are on!" "And then handed it back to Mike? Perran.

To be honest, Ferguson is not happy with his assistant coach, for the simple reason that Mike? Perrin is neither an assistant coach like Queiroz who can give him full support on the training pitch so that he can concentrate on tactical preparation, nor is he a manager like McClaren who is more tactically capable and can provide him with more references.

Mike? Perrin seems to be able to take charge of training and provide some tactical advice, but he is not strong in both aspects, and he can even be said to be weak, which also makes the old coach Ferguson feel very tired, because his energy has long been compared with the past, and in the past few years, Queiroz, McLaren and others have helped him, he can be more worry-free, and now he does everything by himself, he really feels physically and mentally exhausted.

Aren't all people? When you're used to it, and all of a sudden you get tired again, you're going to be very uncomfortable.

This is true for young people, and even more so for older people!

If Queiroz or McClaren were still around, they would have given some advice when Ferguson said this, such as trying to analyse the possible style of play of Tottenham Hotspur, but Mike? Perrin stood aside, waiting for the old man to give orders.

"Will Vidal play at the back? Or is it midfield? What kind of combination will he form with Ramsey and Pirlo? Ferguson was a bit of a self-talker, but he would have preferred someone to give him some advice.

This time Mike? Perrin spoke up, "When I was at Bayer Leverkusen, Vidal played in the midfield and dragged back, but he is not the kind of core player, he belongs to the auxiliary role that can defend, but can also press up and attack, I think Ye Qiu may let Vidal play the role of Gattuso and become a fighter next to Pirlo." ”

Ferguson glanced at Mike? Perlan, it should be said that this analysis is decent, or eight or nine is not far from ten, but this assistant of his has obviously ignored one thing, that is, the person who appears in the away team's locker room now is Ye Qiu.

There is no need to doubt Ye Qiu's tactical attainments, his ability to understand tactics and his ability to adjust, Ferguson admires very much, and he always has an unexpected hand, so for this season he suddenly decided to sell all the main midfielders and carry out a large-scale reorganization, Ferguson has always had reservations.

Maybe Ye Qiu has the idea of intimidating the big names in the team, but he definitely has his own tactical considerations.

'Edinson Cavani will have an impact on our defenders, especially Rio Ferdinand and Evans, the Uruguayan centre-forward is not only capable of scoring, but also very good at tactics, especially when it comes to pressing the defence.

Ferguson is a little worried about this, frankly, Vidic's injury makes him not very comfortable with the defense, whether it is Evans or Smalling, Ferguson is worried about their execution in this kind of strong conversation, plus a Ferdinand who has been inconsistent after leaving Vidic, Ferguson said that it would be too fake to say that he is not worried.

Others may think that after Tottenham Hotspur lost the three main midfielders last season, the attacking power will be greatly affected, but Ferguson knows better than anyone that Tottenham Hotspur's tactical framework has been basically stable, and if nothing else, just put the front trident there, plus an Alves and a Marcelo, plus a Pirlo in the midfield, such an attacking combination will be weak?

Before this important game, Ferguson rarely did not launch a war of words, and Ye Qiu took the initiative to show weakness in the media, saying that Tottenham Hotspur does have some problems at present, which more or less surprised fans and the media, but the more they are like this, the more they give people a sense of urgency that the storm is coming.

Everyone knows that neither side wants to lose this game, because in the next round Tottenham Hotspur will host Manchester City and Manchester United will host Arsenal, both teams will encounter strong opponents, in this case, whoever loses this game will be in a very disadvantageous position, and very passive.

This is also the interesting part of this season's Premier League, it can be said that the suspense of winning the title has already begun in the second round.

Perhaps, this is because there are too many strong teams, and any strong dialogue is enough to attract the attention of fans all over the world, so in the arrangement of the schedule, the FA can arrange it more calmly.

Ferguson pondered for a while, Mike? Perrin couldn't give any better advice, so he stood up and walked to the players' lounge, clapping his hands vigorously.

"Guys, Tottenham Hotspur's starting line-up is out!" Ferguson pointed at Mike? The piece of paper in Perrin's hand, "Obviously, they want to snatch the midfield with us, so in this game, we have to control the midfield firmly and suppress the opponent's midfielder, especially that damn Pirlo, don't let him go!" ”

When he said the last sentence, a hint of murder flashed in Ferguson's eyes.

A simple word, for the players of the Red Devils, is enough to make their blood boil!

They are a knife in Ferguson's hand, a knife to kill!

And now, with a wave of Ferguson's hand, this knife is aimed at Tottenham Hotspur! With a Pirlo added in midfield, will such an attacking combination be weak?

Before this important game, Ferguson rarely did not launch a war of words, and Ye Qiu took the initiative to show weakness in the media, saying that Tottenham Hotspur does have some problems at present, which more or less surprised fans and the media, but the more they are like this, the more they give people a sense of urgency that the storm is coming.

Everyone knows that neither side wants to lose this game, because in the next round Tottenham Hotspur will host Manchester City and Manchester United will host Arsenal, both teams will encounter strong opponents, in this case, whoever loses this game will be in a very disadvantageous position, and very passive.

This is also the interesting part of this season's Premier League, it can be said that the suspense of winning the title has already begun in the second round.

Perhaps, this is because there are too many strong teams, and any strong dialogue is enough to attract the attention of fans all over the world, so in the arrangement of the schedule, the FA can arrange it more calmly.

Ferguson pondered for a while, Mike? Perrin couldn't give any better advice, so he stood up and walked to the players' lounge, clapping his hands vigorously.

"Guys, Tottenham Hotspur's starting line-up is out!" Ferguson pointed at Mike? The piece of paper in Perrin's hand, "Obviously, they want to snatch the midfield with us, so in this game, we have to control the midfield firmly and suppress the opponent's midfielder, especially that damn Pirlo, don't let him go!" ”

When he said the last sentence, a hint of murder flashed in Ferguson's eyes.

A simple word, for the players of the Red Devils, is enough to make their blood boil!

They are a knife in Ferguson's hand, a knife to kill!

And now, with a wave of Ferguson's hand, this knife is aimed at Tottenham Hotspur!