Volume 1 Chapter 550 Tiger
"Viewers, welcome to the highlight of the first round of the new 09010 English Premier League, which will be broadcast live from Sky TV, at White Hart Lane in north London."
"The match we are broadcasting live for you tonight is Tottenham Hotspur, the double winner of the Premier League and Champions League last season, against the Red Army Liverpool, a strong team from the north, which is also the first direct confrontation and competition of Ye Qiu and Benitez, the two world-famous coaches in the new season."
The opening game of the Premier League came in the afternoon, and Chelsea's performance was relatively average, with a home win over Hull City, and if it weren't for Didier Drogba's excellent performance, Carlo Ancelotti's first league game of the new season could have been ruined.
Another important matchup, Manchester United's home game against Birmingham, will also be played at Old Trafford in Manchester this evening, which is also Ferguson's first appearance after selling Cristiano Ronaldo and restructuring Manchester United's squad, so it has attracted much attention from the outside world.
Arsenal's away game against Everton is scheduled for tomorrow.
"Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool have both experienced a lot of turmoil this season, with Tottenham Hotspur losing four players after the sale of their number one centre-forward Robin van Persie, Wales left winger Gareth Bale, Brazilian playmaker Lucas Reva, and versatile defender Arbeloa
"However, judging from the warm-up games in the early part of the season and the performance of the players, Tottenham Hotspur does not seem to have been affected too much, especially in the attacking power, and the new Colombian center Romedalar Falcao quickly replaced Van Persie as the team's starting center forward, and he performed very well in the warm-up games."
"But at the back, there are still problems, including in the Amsterdam Cup invitational match, Tottenham Hotspur played against Sevilla in this game, Tottenham Hotspur's defense is very worrying, especially Marcelo against Sevilla's right winger Navas, the performance is very clumsy, very unsettling."
"Compared with Tottenham Hotspur's serious personnel loss, Liverpool's situation is also not optimistic, the transfer of veteran central defender Hyypia to Bayer Leverkusen, Pennant to Zaragoza, and the transfer of the team's core midfielder Xavi Alonso to Real Madrid, which has caused a lot of problems for Benitez's team, especially in the midfield organization."
Benitez also seems to have been prepared for this, bringing in Brazilian midfielder Lucas Rewa from Tottenham Hotspur at a high price, and Italian midfielder Aquilani from Roma, but it is indeed interesting to see if these two players can fill the soft underbelly of Liverpool's midfield organization in the new season.
"Ye Qiu and Benitez are a well-known pair of rivals in the Premier League, and both of them attach great importance to this game, and they have not announced the starting lineup for this game until now."
'Tottenham Hotspur started with goalkeeper Peter Cech, Marcelo, Ziglinski, Thiago Silva and Alves at the back, David Silva, Yaya Toure and Cesc Fabregas in midfield, and Franck Ribery, Falcao and Messi up front.
"It can be said that Tottenham Hotspur's starting lineup is not too surprising, although in the Community Shield game, Ye Qiu arranged Portuguese left-back Coentrão to replace Marcelo to start, but when it comes to the important key game, Ye Qiu still trusts Marcelo more."
'Liverpool's starting line-up wasn't too surprising either, with Reyna in goal, Argentinian youngsters Insua, Skrtel, Carragher and Glenn Johnson at the back, Lucas Rewa, Aquilani and Steven Gerrard in midfield, and Babel, Fernando Torres and Kuyt up front.
"Both sides can be said to have arranged their strongest main lineup to play this game, but those who are familiar with the Premier League know that Liverpool's start has always been known for its turbulence, and Benitez's tactics have always been known for their late efforts, so in the past few seasons, although Liverpool's league start has been amazing last season, but in general it is still not ideal, but I don't know if Liverpool this season can continue last season's excellent performance."
"For Tottenham Hotspur, carrying the double title of the Premier League and Champions League last season, it is also very necessary for Tottenham Hotspur to gnaw this hard bone with the first round of the new season and prove their strength to the world."
As early as the day before the game, at the pre-match press conference at the Theobold training base, when the reporter asked Ye Qiu if he had any thoughts on the new season, he smiled and said that the team hopes to adjust the defense.
Even if Tottenham Hotspur sold four powerful stars in the summer, it is still the most powerful and appealing team in football today, because they are still full of superstars such as Ribery, Messi, Cesc Fabregas, David Silva, etc., which makes the strength of this team still dare not be underestimated by all opponents.
Although everyone has always said that Manchester United's strategy of selling Cristiano Ronaldo and bringing in Rooney, Benzema, Sneijder and Las Diarra has gone right, in fact, Ferguson has not yet developed an orderly team attack and defense strategy throughout the summer training camp, and the main problem is still in the midfield.
Midfield has been a long-standing problem for United, and while the arrivals of Sneijder and Las Diarra have boosted United's midfield, it will certainly take some time for them to integrate into the distinctive off-ball midfield of the Reds.
And like Chelsea, the strength of the Blues is indeed not weak, but the serious aging of personnel is a big problem, and after the Blues sold Rooney, the team itself did not have high-quality reinforcements, coupled with the contradictions between Pini Zahavi and several players in the team, has always been the focus of attention from the outside world, so Ancelotti's team has also ushered in turmoil.
In other words, throughout the Premier League, the most title-winning team is still Tottenham Hotspur
If there were concerns that Tottenham Hotspur would affect the team's entire attacking level after selling Van Persie and Gareth Bale, then with the rise of Falcao, such a problem no longer exists, and everyone clearly sees that Falcao's arrival has blocked the impact of Van Persie's departure.
And when a reporter asked Ye Qiu, Tottenham Hotspur sells people almost every year, but the results are improving every year, is there any secret? Or, in Ye Qiu's mind, what should Tottenham Hotspur look like?
Regarding such doubts, Ye Qiu also spoke bluntly, saying that professional football is a very complex social system now, and there is almost no fixity, so there is a saying that is very right, it is called the iron battalion and flowing soldiers, which is common sense.
"To be honest, the team has developed to this day, I don't need to worry about the next game, the next opponent, I will say a little more excessive, even if we sell Ribery today, sell Messi, sell a lot of people, but as long as Tottenham Hotspur comes on the pitch, in today's football, who dares to say, can beat us
The reporters in the press conference hall were in an uproar at Ye Qiu's remarks, which seemed a bit arrogant, but in fact it was a fact, because aside from those big-name stars, Tottenham Hotspur's strength was still quite strong.
"So what do we rely on? The players are our most important core asset, without them we can't play at all, but we have only one core strength, and that is that we are Tottenham Hotspur, we are the whole team, not the team of each other, we are one."
"With a mature and stable framework, what we need to do is to be forward-looking, that is, to consider the future in combination with the needs of reality, so we have a lot of young players in our squad, Marcelo, Kompany, Ramsey, Hazzard, Nastasic, Raphael Varane, Pogba, Neymar. A whole bunch of young players. ”
"What am I trying to say? I want to tell everyone a very simple truth, even after years of continuous selling of players, we at Tottenham Hotspur are still the team with the most room for growth and the most potential in the Premier League, and for a team like ours, the more players in the period of rapid growth and growth, the faster we will improve over time, because you can see him improving almost every day."
"So, I wasn't worried about playing Liverpool at all, and in fact, it's been a long time since I've seen Liverpool as our number one Tottenham Hotspur boss because I have absolute confidence that I can beat them."
It is obvious that Ye Qiu's mobilization before the game ignited the enthusiasm of all Tottenham Hotspur fans at White Hart Lane, and they all frantically poured into the White Hart Lane stadium, crowding more than 30,000 seats, and they greeted the team's new season debut with heart-rending shouts and cheers.
Is Liverpool's Anfield Stadium awesome?
Then let them see and understand, and we will be even more awesome on the White Hart Lane Stadium
Unlike the high-profile before the game, the enthusiasm of the fans after the start of the game, the managers of both sides invariably adopted safe tactics, because they both knew very well that this was the first game of the new season and related to the start of both sides, so no one dared to be careless and was very cautious.
The first attempt came in the sixth minute, when Ribery cut in from the left and got up from David Silva, but it turned into an anti-aircraft gun and missed a good chance to score.
Immediately afterwards, Falcao blocked Skrtel with his body in the box and took the ball back to Messi, who got the ball and shook off the defender's feet, but was blocked by Carragher, and the following corner did not threaten.
"Romedal Falcao, this time with the ball on his back is a bit of a surprise" Andy Gray, who is in charge of the commentary, was very impressed by Falcao, "Not tall, but physically strong, and he did not fall behind in the direct confrontation with Skrtel, and he was also very steady with the ball, he took a different path from Van Persie." ”
In the past, Van Persie paid attention to a clever word, that is, playing false, because Van Persie's physical fitness was not strong, so he suffered a lot in direct confrontation, so he used a smart person's kick to avoid the heavy and empty, I don't confront you directly, I avoid you to yin, it is best to pull you out and play slowly.
There are clever aspects to this tactical play, but there are also drawbacks, that is, when you encounter a group of teams that are not pulled out of your position and the overall defense is tighter, it is difficult for you to effectively break through the opponent's defense, because you lack the strength to attack.
Don't the Chinese have a saying? Immovable as a mountain
As long as my defense is tight enough, as long as my integrity is strong enough, you can run if you want to, anyway, you can't run out of my Five Finger Mountain, I'll block you here, because you always have to shoot.
And Falcao took another path, specializing in playing real, not playing with you, so he directly hit Liverpool's defense several times and was really against Yu, especially this time to carry Skrtel's back to get the ball, which is really good.
"Now Tottenham Hotspur is slowly re-establishing their signature style of play, fast, smooth and accurate passing and receiving play, and the rhythm is also guided and controlled by Tottenham Hotspur, and Liverpool is gradually falling into passivity."
"Obviously, the loss of Xavi Alonso, Liverpool's midfield is still affected, the advancement of the ball is also a problem, there are too many mistakes in passing and receiving, the time of possession cannot go up, passivity is a natural thing, especially when you can still press after the opening, but as the game deepens, you can't always play hard in order to distribute physical energy."
Seeing Tottenham Hotspur regain the initiative and advantage, the Tottenham Hotspur fans in the stands shouted with great joy, especially as Tottenham Hotspur gradually stepped up their attack.
Liverpool's defense in this game was pressed very high, especially on the right side, Kuyt was always close to Marcelo, beware of the forward insertion of the Brazilian international, so when Marcelo was close to the halfway line and received a pass from Ziglinski, he was about to turn around, but was close to Kuyt.
Fortunately, the Brazilian was agile and used his body to block Kuyt, and after protecting the ball with his back, he passed the ball horizontally to Yaya Toure for the first time, and this black man has always been his talisman in times of crisis for the past year.
Before the game, Ye Qiu predicted that Benitez arranged Lucas and Aquilani to start, probably to regain the double back and continue to defend high, so Yaya Toure's most important task in this game is to protect the defense line and block Liverpool's frontcourt penetration into the hinterland of Tottenham Hotspur.
After receiving a pass from Marcelo, Yaya Toure did not let the ball stay at his feet, stopped, turned, pushed and passed to Zigrinski, who in turn passed to Thiago Silva, forcing Torres, who pounced on the left, to divert the target, while Thiago Silva passed to Alves.
The Brazilian took a few steps forward and watched for chances, but Liverpool's tight midfield was too tight to get a chance and Alves crossed again to Yaya Toure who had run from the left side of the pitch to the right.
Everything is the same as usual, very normal, left to middle to right, and then right to middle.
Although Tottenham Hotspur's entire passing and kicking speed is relatively fast, Liverpool's defensive response mechanism is also agile enough, constantly changing formations to block Tottenham Hotspur's ball advancement.
Yaya Toure received Alves' pass behind Gerrard, and this time he did not choose to pass again, but Yu Crisp turned around and rushed forward with the ball, choosing to avoid Gerrard, advancing diagonally from the middle to the left, and soon crossed the halfway line.
As soon as Tottenham Hotspur's ball entered Liverpool's half, the Reds' defense immediately became solemn and cautious, and Gerrard chased Yaya Toure for the first time, and the latter saw that there was no way out in front of him, and poked the ball forward.
This stab, stabbed the ball at the feet of David Silva, the Spanish midfielder is small, the center of gravity is very flexible, in front of Aquilani, almost glued the ball to his feet, and then calmly turned around, the whole process did not give Aquilani the slightest chance to get off the foot, the Italian midfielder can only choose to block his ball route.
But David Silva still picked it with his left foot and picked out a half-high ball from Aquilani's side.
I saw Ribery cut quickly from the left to the middle, and in the face of David Silva's pick-up pass, he did not stop the ball, nor did he want to catch the ball, but directly met the head of the ball with a light.
At this time, Aquilani was startled by David Silva's pass, and hurriedly turned to look at Ribery, and his attention was attracted by Ribery, so Ribery's header came right behind him, and David Silva quickly plugged in and directly plugged in the ball.
The ball was almost just right, the ball passed right between Skrtel and Carragher, and Ribery quickly turned and rushed directly to Carragher after attracting Aquilani's attention, attracting Liverpool's vice-captain, but because his sprint speed was faster than Falcao's, and in an instant it formed an anti-offside position, so almost all of Liverpool's defensive attention was on Ribery.
This is an inevitability, because according to authoritative surveys, the attention of defenders always falls involuntarily on the player closest to the goal, and if it is extended from this, it should be the offside rule.
All in all, the moment Falcao burst into the penalty area, Liverpool's defenders clearly felt that the most dangerous attacking player was Franck Franckis, so their entire defensive position was diagonal, which made Falcao feel a lot less defensive pressure.
Through the afterglow, he noticed that Reina's position was a little outward, obviously when he rushed into the penalty area just now, the Spanish goalkeeper was preparing to hit, and now it was too late to retreat, so in this almost one-tenth of a second reaction time, he made a judgment, stopped the ball, gently rubbed the ball with his left foot, and shot directly