The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 450 Reaching the Final Four

Too bad the Rossoneri lost to White Hart Lane, and the gorgeous Tottenham won the final match perfectly!

The genius Cesc Fabregas blasted out the best player in the game with a kick of the world wave, defeating the senior Pirlo!
Ye Qiu miraculously used his troops to uncover Milan's scars, and it was already doomed before a complete defeat!
The perfect trident ended Milan's dream of defending the title. Why did the fifth in Serie A enter the semi-finals of the Champions League?
On the second day, major European media focused on Tottenham Hotspur’s 3-0 victory over AC Milan at home. If we say that AC Milan was able to draw 0-0 with Tottenham in the first round at the San Siro Stadium. If Nam Hotspur are evenly matched, then at White Hart Lane, AC Milan will completely collapse under the attack of Tottenham Hotspur.

Even the Gazzetta dello Sport, which is an Italian media, said in its comments that it was very lucky for AC Milan to lose only three goals. They even regarded this game as a 0:4 loss to Deportivo. Runia had an even worse crash.

"If Cesc Fabregas' shot misses the crossbar, if Van Persie gets a penalty when Maldini pulls him down, if Messi's curling shot misses the post, if..."

"There are indeed not so many ifs in this world, because none of these happened, but this makes us have to think deeply, that is, what caused AC Milan to be so lacking in combat effectiveness at the White Hart Lane? This is fundamental. Not the way a team defending the Champions League should perform."

"Early before the game, the English media called AC Milan the grandpa team and Tottenham Hotspur the grandson team. This is not a humiliation, but to tell all the fans that AC Milan The average age is so old and Tottenham are so young."

"In fact, before the game, many people believed that the younger and more energetic Tottenham Hotspur would defeat AC Milan and advance smoothly. This was not because of Nesta's injury. I believe that even if Nesta was not injured , he can't prevent Milan's defeat, which is more of a comprehensive consideration from many, many aspects."

"In fact, as early as more than two months ago, when the reporter communicated with Tiffano, the deputy editor-in-chief of the Milan team magazine, he had already felt the internal atmosphere of Milan. Their attitude towards the team this season is similar to that of the players. The same age, very old, not even a little bit of vigor and vitality."

"Galliani said that this season, Milan still hopes to focus more on adjusting the team's youth structure. Because the aging of the team is not reflected until now, did Maldini only know this year when he is 38?"

"What really affects Milan's results is precisely the style of the management, especially after the team won the Champions League last season, they are even more complacent and think that even with this group of veterans, they are enough to continue to sweep Europa, but the reality is so cruel, Tottenham Hotspur told them with a bloody 3:0, this is delusional!"

"This season's Serie A ranks fifth. It is still unknown whether it will be able to enter the Champions League next season. Now it has been humiliatingly eliminated from the Champions League. This may reinvigorate the fighting spirit of Milan's management, and it may give them some courage. They make adjustments to the squad."

In the end, Gazzetta dello Sport also gave some positive factors for AC Milan's tragic elimination, that is, the loss of the Champions League may allow AC Milan to start concentrating on the fourth place in the league and ensure that the team will continue to compete in the next round. season in the UEFA Champions League.

Compared with the comments of Gazzetta dello Sport, Corriere della Sera not only pointed the finger at the team's aging structure, but also accused Ancelotti of using troops in the game and his poor substitutions.

"On-the-spot command has always been Ancelotti's weakness, so many times we can only hope that Ancelotti's team can create a tailwind from the beginning, but in this game we saw a conservative Ancelotti."

"Why Ambrosini, not Seedorf? Why can't Emerson be trusted? Even at critical moments, our midfield is completely passive, why not strengthen the midfield?"

"Relatively speaking, Tottenham Hotspur's strategy and tactics are clearer and more obvious. Ye Qiu will play fast from the very beginning. He made this very clear at the press conference before the game. Using the fast-paced Premier League mode To wear down AC Milan, but after the start, Tottenham Hotspur did not perform well, mainly because their midfielders couldn't hold the ball."

"Pirlo's position is relatively deep. If Ye Qiu lets Fabregas play the midfielder to suppress Pirlo who plays the midfielder, Modric alone in the midfield cannot be competent for the task of the playmaker, so Totten Hotspur lost the initiative when fighting for the possession of the ball, but after the opening, AC Milan got their wish and played a sharp attack."

"It's a good sign, isn't it?"

"But we have to admire Ye Qiu's on-the-spot command. After he realized this problem, he immediately pulled Messi back instead of Fabregas, because he knew very well that Fabregas suppressed Pirlo. The most important partial confrontation in this game is not to move, and I believe he has undergone rigorous training before the game in order to achieve this."

"Messi came back, the midfield possession was strengthened, Tottenham Hotspur dominated the game smoothly, and the whole process lasted for nearly 20 minutes before Tottenham Hotspur completed their first goal. Ancelotti didn't seem to do anything during the whole process, he didn't seem to see Tottenham Hotspur constantly taking over the game, constantly dominating control."

"When Tottenham Hotspur broke AC Milan's goal, Milan's defense gave Tottenham Hotspur's trident at least three very obvious loopholes, which was difficult for Milan in the past, At this time, Ancelotti should make adjustments as soon as possible, but he didn't, which directly led to conceding the ball again at the end of the first half."

"Two goals behind, Milan was very passive in the second half, and Ancelotti did not make substitutions. The reason he gave after the game was that he did not have a suitable substitution in his hands, and Tottenham went smoothly in the second half. He took over the game, managed to speed up the tempo, and kept attacking AC Milan's goal."

"Thank God, they missed at least three chances to score, but Messi's goal in the 72nd minute completely destroyed AC Milan's confidence, then Ancelotti replaced, but it has lost meaning, and Without strong support and passes from behind, Kaka also performed sluggishly throughout the game and was very passive."

"There is another very interesting phenomenon in the last 10 minutes of the game, that is, Tottenham Hotspur, who fought fiercely, in the last ten minutes, especially the last 10 minutes, their physical fitness has obviously been unable to keep up. , this time should have been AC Milan's chance, but Milan seems to be worse than them."

"On the whole, Tottenham Hotspur completed a near-perfect sniper in this game. The favorable advantages in the schedule and the physical advantages of the players are all very good. What's more, Ye Qiu resolutely adopted the tactics he was accustomed to, played to his own advantages, and forcibly dragged down the aging AC Milan."

"Of course, we should also give Ancelotti some sympathy, because this season's AC Milan has fought on multiple lines and the player structure is old. This is not Ancelotti's responsibility, but he must pay for the loss of this game. And bear the responsibility for the tactical failure, but we also hope that they can get out of their frustration as soon as possible, because they must play well in Serie A and strive to regain their qualifications for the Champions League next season. This is Milan's next priority. !"

Compared with the Italian media, which generally prefer AC Milan as the protagonist, the English media all gave high evaluation and appreciation to Tottenham Hotspur, thinking that this is a near-perfect victory in both process and result.

"Tottenham Hotspur destroyed Milan with the gorgeousness that AC Milan is best at!"

Times columnist Martin Samuel did not hesitate to praise Tottenham Hotspur, thinking that the victory of this game had been determined long before the game, and from the process point of view, Tottenham Hotspur showed In order to have the strength to compete with the top European teams.

"Possession of the ball has always been the essence of AC Milan's style of play since Pirlo's retreat. When they came to the Premier League last season, AC Milan relied on their aggressive possession of the ball to defeat the Red Devils Manchester United and successfully defeated Manchester United. Eliminated from the Champions League, especially the half-hour after the start, which attracted countless Milan fans to talk about it."

"But this season, also in the Champions League, the younger brother of the Premier League, Tottenham Hotspur, has done a good job of avenging the big brother Manchester United. What makes the Italians even more ashamed is that they use Milan's best way, possession of the ball, Come beat Milan!"

"Throughout the entire game, Pirlo's pass success rate was less than 70%, which is obviously a very bad value for players who are the core of the team, because with the decline of Pirlo's pass success rate, The efficiency of AC Milan's ball was curbed, so throughout the game, AC Milan's pass success rate was very low, and even more of them were long passes, rather than the ground penetration that they were familiar with and good at."

"If we simply look at the game process, it is easy for us to get an illusion that Tottenham Hotspur is the AC Milan of Serie A, while AC Milan is more like a traditional Premier League team. By putting pressure on Pirlo, Turnham Hotspur forced AC Milan to be unable to play the ball effectively, and after the front and back courts were out of touch, they had to frequently change to play inefficient long passes."

"From this game, we can also see that Tottenham Hotspur did not lose to AC Milan in terms of ball possession, but they did not participate in the slow ball possession similar to AC Milan in the past. , but to play faster, more direct and more threatening."

"If you just look at the ball possession time, the gap between the two teams is not very big. Tottenham Hotspur is 53%, while AC Milan is 47%. None of the fans would believe that Milan's possession rate is so high, because their possession has no quality at all."

"Once, I met Ye Qiu at the Premier League coaching summit. I asked him, what kind of technical football does Tottenham want? Because I think Tottenham's Possession is clearly not like Arsenal, not like Barcelona, ​​because they are faster, more direct and more dangerous!"

"Ye Qiu told me that if Tottenham Hotspur's ball possession exceeds 60%, he will feel very headache, because it means that a lot of ball possession is useless, and if it is less than 50%, then He will feel very sad because it means the team is more passive on the scene, so he feels that the most reasonable possession time is between 55% and 60%."

"I asked him, how did you come up with this range?"

"He shook his head and said it was a kind of experience, because the defense is getting tighter and more integrated now. If you have too much time in possession of the ball, it often means that the opponent's defense is tighter, because they don't control the ball. The ball can only be defended, so you have to give them possession of the ball, give them hope, give them the courage to press and play."

"He told me that in his country's 5000-year-old culture, there is a kind of thinking that fits his understanding of football very well, playing hard to get, which means that when you want to get something, you often have to know how to learn it. Give up something first, and this kind of giving up is not a blind giving up, but a purposeful and tactical giving up.”

"I think the game against AC Milan is a manifestation of Ye Qiu's tactical thinking. He gave up some unnecessary ball possession, but adopted a faster and more direct style of play, taking advantage of the team's physical advantages. , dragged down AC Milan, this is not only a complete victory in terms of scenes and results, but also a complete victory in tactics."

Not only The Times, but the Guardian, Daily Telegraph, Daily Mail, The Sun and other major newspapers and media in England have given overwhelming praise and affirmation to Tottenham Hotspur's victory, That momentum was as if Tottenham Hotspur had won the European Championship ahead of schedule.

In such a momentum, Manchester United's 3:0 aggregate score against Roma seems a bit unnoticed, because the surprising 7:1 last season is obviously more promising than the current two rounds of 3:0 Head, and from the beginning, almost everyone felt that the problem of Manchester United beating Roma was not a big problem.

In another duel, Barcelona also struggled to use two 1:0, and then defeated Schalke 2 with a total score of 0:04, and successfully advanced to the semi-finals of the Champions League. Their opponent in the semi-finals will be Manchester United .

In another matchup with Tottenham Hotspur in the upper half, after Liverpool's 1:1 draw at home with Chelsea, when they visited Stamford Bridge, the two teams once again drew 1:1. In the current game, with a controversial penalty from Lampard and a goal from Didier Drogba, Chelsea finally defeated Liverpool and successfully advanced to the semi-finals.

As a result, the semi-finals of the Champions League semi-finals are also freshly released. Tottenham Hotspur met their arch-enemy Chelsea, Manchester United met Barcelona, ​​and the Premier League team once again had three strong teams reaching the semi-finals, especially for decades. Tottenham Hotspur, who participated in the Champions League for the first time, was able to reach the semi-finals, which is already a victory in itself.

When the semi-final matchup list was released, the outside world's optimism for Tottenham Hotspur suddenly soared, because if you want to say that you are familiar with Chelsea, no one can compare with Ye Qiu, because this Chelsea team is from the bottom of their hearts. It was created by Ye Qiu, he is more familiar with everything about Chelsea than anyone else.

Moreover, since Mourinho stepped down, Ye Qiu has won two consecutive victories against Chelsea. Grant's coaching ability has always been questioned. Everyone is optimistic that Tottenham Hotspur can beat Chelsea and successfully enter the Champions League final.

Among the semi-finals, Tottenham Hotspur's odds of winning the championship rank third, because both Manchester United and Barcelona are obviously better than Tottenham Hotspur, especially Manchester United. Killing Tottenham Hotspur was Ye Qiu's most troublesome team.

But there are also many people who think that Ye Qiu has always been known for creating miracles. Whether he is leading Ajax or Chelsea, he has performed well in cup games. For this reason, he has also won the title of king of cup games, so if He finally led Tottenham Hotspur to an upset win, and that is not impossible.

The London Derby in the semi-finals of the Champions League also attracted worldwide attention to the city of London. The happiest thing was the City of London and the Olympic Organizing Committee. They even called Ye Qiu in person, hoping that Tottenham Hotspur would be able to Keep going.

For London, which is about to host the Olympic Games, the best and most ideal of course is to have a London derby in the semi-finals or even finals of the Champions League every season. That is definitely the most ideal warm-up show for the London Olympics.

However, there are advantages and disadvantages. After Tottenham Hotspur defeated AC Milan in the Champions League and successfully entered the semi-finals, the team followed up in the Premier League No.30 four rounds, and defeated Middle 2:1 at home. Fort.

Because Tottenham Hotspur played the FA Cup semi-finals in the third round of No.30 in the league, the match between Tottenham Hotspur and Blackburn was delayed to the middle of the 34th and 35th rounds, which happened to be no During the UEFA Champions League.

As a result, Tottenham Hotspur lost 0:1 to Blackburn.

Everyone is not surprised that Tottenham Hotspur lost away, because in the past period of time, there has been a big game almost every three days. It will definitely affect the team's performance, especially after playing AC Milan, the team is also constantly ushering in big battles.

Over the weekend, in the fifth round of No.30 in the Premier League, Tottenham Hotspur once again drew 1:1 with Wigan in an away game. Turnham Hotspur's points were still expanded to three points.

Trailing by three points with three rounds to go in the league, it is indeed not an insurmountable gulf, as Manchester United will host Chelsea in the middle of the two legs of the Champions League semi-finals, while Tottner Tottenham will welcome Liverpool.

There is no doubt that this will be a decisive battle that affects the championship!

(End of this chapter)