The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 542 Completely crazy!

Ranieri is a typical Italian head coach who emphasizes tactical rigor and pertinence, and he has coached at Chelsea, so he knows very well how much England fans attach to the so-called derby.

Therefore, from the day he took over West Ham United, from the time when the new Premier League season schedule was released, he has regarded Tottenham Hotspur as a crucial game for the start of the new season, even if After West Ham United also won two consecutive victories, he has not changed his emphasis on Tottenham Hotspur.

He made almost tedious preparations before the game, and in just one summer, he successively used powerful stars such as Carvalho, Lucio, Toulalang, Moutinho, etc. to build a team for West Ham United. With an unbreakable Italian defensive chain, West Ham United almost completely contained Tottenham Hotspur's offense in the first half of this game.

Judging from the process of the game, Tottenham Hotspur took the initiative as always, insisted on its own positive tactics, and still firmly controlled the situation, but this team could not create an effective No matter where their offense goes, West Ham United can quickly make targeted changes in defense.

After reorganization, he was able to bring West Ham United to the current two-game winning streak in just one summer, and Ranieri's skill can be seen.

Perhaps seeing that Tottenham Hotspur was a bit helpless against West Ham United's almost iron barrel-like defense, the fan commentator at Upton Park even laughed and teased Tottenham Hotspur when they were free. Take a stab.

"Perhaps, blocking Tottenham Hotspur's offense starts with our West Ham United!"

"Let's snap this North London thorn at Upson Park!"

The obviously provocative remarks of the on-site commentator immediately made the Hammer fans, who have always been full of blood and known as football hooligans, feel like they had been beaten with chicken blood. They shouted very hard and loudly in the stands, while the stadium The West Ham United players on the field did not discourage them, and they resolved Tottenham Hotspur's offense time and time again.

The time passed by every minute and every second, but the situation on the field did not change at all. The fans of West Ham United became more and more excited, especially when the fourth official on the sidelines held up the sign of 2 minutes of stoppage time, they all seemed to see The team blocked Tottenham's hopes of attacking because the first half was coming to an end.

The cautious Ranieri kept reminding the players on the sidelines that they must be careful, even if the first half is about to end, but they still have to be more cautious. After all, Tottenham Hotspur can go today and can The successful defense of the UEFA Champions League depends not only on a rigorous tactical system, but also on this group of outstanding superstars in the team.

Although the current football is using more and more overall cooperation to curb the individual performance of superstars, there are still many times when the team as a whole can hardly conceal the flashes of superstars.

Just when Ranieri reminded the players, he didn't expect that there were still some flaws exposed.

In fact, this loophole is not big. When Ribery, who was very active in this game, made continuous breakthroughs from the left and passed to the center, and was going to find Falcao, Carvalho was smartly stuck in Falcao. Before, he took a block and blocked the pass, but the West Ham United right back slipped when he made a clearance.

Because all the people in the penalty area of ​​West Ham United at this moment, everyone didn't care. After the skid, the ball fell to the top of the arc at the front of the penalty area and fell at Messi's feet. Toulalang, Lucy Ao, Carvalho and others were immediately reorganizing the defensive system. After all, the first half is about to end, and it is over if they survive this attack.

But just when they thought Messi would try to pass the ball, the Argentine took advantage of the dribbling and drew a position with Tulalan. The arc climbed up, and then quickly slid down, almost rubbing against the goal that was drilled into the left post, 1:0!

All the Hammers fans in the entire Upson Park stadium were stunned. A sudden goal, no one thought beforehand that so many defensive players were blocked in the penalty area, and Messi caught it once. The opportunity kicks off!
Andy Gray even jumped up on the spot and shouted hoarsely, "This shot shows Messi's outstanding and amazing footwork. His left foot is not inferior to Falcao in controlling the ball at all. From this shot, it can be reflected to the fullest!"

It is also a blind corner in the absolute sense, it is also a goal that rubs against the left post, and it is also a goal. Messi used this kind of goal at a critical moment to help the team gain a one-goal lead in the first half!

After scoring the goal, Messi excitedly rushed to the corner flagpole, and the surrounding teammates also rushed up to celebrate his goal at a critical moment, including Falcao. After all, it is crucial for the team to win of.

"It can be seen that Messi was also stimulated by Falcao, who performed two hat-tricks in a row. Similar to the ball just now, if it was in the past, he might consider holding the ball, but now he directly chooses Kicking off, obviously very confident in his ability, and there is a strong desire to show it."

"This is a very interesting psychology. Through this kind of benign competition, the competitive state of the players can be stimulated to the maximum. I think this is also of great benefit to Tottenham Hotspur as a whole."

In fact, Ye Qiu also praised Messi's performance by name during the halftime break, and hoped that all players would stand up bravely and break through the iron cage set up by West Ham United.

Regrouping in the second half, Tottenham Hotspur immediately descended like a tiger, especially Falcao, who had performed quite well before, seemed a little unwilling to be outdone. Not long after the beginning of the second half, he played in No.60 and No. In the 60th minute, with Ribery's cross from the left and Cesc Fabregas' through ball, Tottenham scored two goals in a row.

Two goals in a row within 2 minutes, the total score changed from 0:0 before the end of the first half to 0:3, which caused an extremely painful blow to West Ham United, even though Ranieri quickly made adjustments , hoping to turn the situation around, but ultimately to no avail.

Especially in the No. 801 minute, it was Ribery's breakthrough pass from the left. Cavani, who came off the bench, was 25 meters away from the goal, and he directly shot a shocking shot. Captured the goal guarded by Robert Green and further expanded the score to 4:0!

Crazy, downright crazy!

All the world's major newspapers on the second day have reported on Tottenham Hotspur's crazy performance in the new season, from 6:1 to 5:1 to this 4:0, just three games a week, Tottenham Hotspur Tenham Hotspur scored fifteen goals and conceded two goals. This report card is in front of everyone, and it is enough to make people go stupid.

In the past three games, Tottenham Hotspur have shown strong dominance and attack power, and the defense is obviously more secure than before, especially in the game against West Ham United, the defense is almost unreliable. For the slightest mistake, it can be described as impeccable, and the offensive end continued Ye Qiu's offensive football style.

What scares Tottenham's competitors even more is that Ribery, who performed poorly last season, has obviously recovered a lot this season after a summer of active preparations. He was not the best player on the team in both rounds, but in the third round, he finally proved himself.

In Sky Sports' scoring after the game, Ribery scored the highest score in the game with [-] points, which is also the top scorer in the Tottenham Hotspur team. The comment on him is that it is an outstanding performance to return to the top .

This is because his left side is the sharpest and most threatening side of Tottenham Hotspur's offensive in this game. It is his continuous threats on the left side that helped Tottenham Hotspur finally 4: 0 defeated West Ham United, and Ribery's competitive state has also been affirmed by everyone.

But it was Messi and Falcao who got the most attention.

Messi used an almost impeccable shot from the top of the penalty area in this game, which proved his foot skills and also proved one thing to everyone, that is, he, Leo Messi, is still the same The omnipotent Messi.

And Falcao also scored twice and scored eight goals in three games. The Colombian striker can almost be said to be the fastest rising player in the Premier League in the new season. He not only leads the Premier League scorer list , At the same time, it has also become the focus of attention of all the media and reporters, almost digging deep to dig out his news and inside information.

For this approach of the media, Tottenham Hotspur gave support on the one hand. After all, the players performed well, and they must be rewarded and promoted, so the club also cooperated with Falcao to accept several interviews, but Robert ? Milson also reminded Falcao in private that he must pay attention to the harmonious atmosphere in the team.

Regarding this point, Falcao is still very smart. When he was interviewed by the media, he did not take credit for himself at all. Instead, he pushed the credit for his non-stop goals to Ribery, Messi, Fabregas, etc. The teammates who assisted him, and he also said that he is only a part of the team's tactical system.

Ye Qiu and Robert Milson are still very satisfied with Falcao's debut. Although the Colombian keeps scoring goals, if he thinks that he will be able to seize power by relying on his performance at the beginning, then he is taking it for granted. .

To put it bluntly, Falcao can keep scoring goals. This has a lot to do with Ribery and Messi holding the ball on both sides of him and attracting defensive pressure for him. If there are no two superstars On the side, if David Silva and Cesc Fabregas didn't keep sending shells for him behind him, it would be impossible for him to score so many goals.

It can be said that as a new player to join the team, even if Falcao performed well, he still has to keep a low profile at least, otherwise, he would not be able to play in Tottenham Hotspur. Inner based.

Therefore, Robert Milson has always paid attention to this aspect of public relations, because Ye Qiu told him that he does not want any comments about conflicts or discord between the team players in the new season, and he hopes to continue to maintain the past few years. The harmonious and united locker room atmosphere of the team.

From the current point of view, Robert Milson and his public relations team are still doing a very good job.

Played three games in just eight days, but Tottenham Hotspur still had no rest after the third round, because the fourth round of the Premier League ushered in the middle of the week, and the opponent was Birmingham.

Originally, the fourth round of the Premier League was to be held on August 8, but Tottenham Hotspur was going to participate in the European Super Cup, so this round was brought forward to the middle of the week, and Tottenham Hotspur this time His performance has declined, but he still beat Birmingham 29-2 thanks to goals from Yaya Toure and Franck Ribery.

With four consecutive victories, Tottenham Hotspur led the Premier League standings with a complete victory record, while Falcao, the team's top scorer, led the scorer list with eight goals. Although he failed to score in the fourth round, Falcao However, Erkao got an assist. This was his first assist in four rounds of the Premier League this season, and it was given to Yaya Toure.

The overall excellent performance of Tottenham Hotspur has brought huge influence and attention to itself, and also put pressure on competitors, especially Manchester United. After the reorganization this season, Ferguson has not yet found a set An orderly midfield combination, so the current pressure on Manchester United is also great.

After the fourth round of the Premier League, the Tottenham Hotspur team went to Monaco to prepare for the UEFA Super Cup. At the same time, they will also attend UEFA's UEFA Champions League group stage draw and award ceremony.

As the first strong team to successfully defend the Champions League since the restructuring, Tottenham Hotspur is naturally the focus of this grand event, but last season's runner-up Barcelona, ​​and this summer swallowed up many superstars in one breath Real Madrid is also the focus of all the media in this UEFA Champions League.

As many people have commented, Florentino spent a lot of money to gather the media attention and attractiveness of Real Madrid throughout the summer, although he is somewhat less popular than Torino who shines in the United States. Turnham Hotspur, but hold down the country's bitter rivals Barcelona is no problem.

But in the end, the media will inevitably have to say again, surpassing in influence is one thing, but whether it can surpass Barcelona on the football field is another matter, which is somewhat provocative.

European teams from all walks of life gathered in Monaco, and the draw ceremony was held as scheduled.

According to UEFA's previous regulations and classification standards, Tottenham Hotspur, Barcelona, ​​Liverpool, Chelsea, Manchester United, AC Milan, Sevilla and Bayern Munich were all assigned to the first seeded team.

Lyon, Inter Milan, Real Madrid, CSKA Moscow, Juventus, Porto, Alkmaar, Rangers are in Pot [-]; Pot [-] is also filled with Marseille, Stuttgart, Fiorentina, Dynamo Kiev , Atletico Madrid, Bordeaux and other powerful teams.

And with Platini's support policy for small country leagues, relatively speaking, the teams in the fourth tier will be relatively weak, basically they are teams from weak countries, and most people's impression of them is that they will go to the Champions League. Come to the arena to play a dozen soy sauces, make a bright appearance on the stage, and Bo looks familiar.

The draws for the group stage basically follow UEFA's usual operation method in the past, which is to ensure the reasonable distribution of strong teams and weak teams as much as possible. After all, if too much emphasis is placed on the dialogue between strong and strong, it may lead to There will be some unpopular teams in the knockout round, which is very detrimental to the Champions League.

So in general, there is basically no so-called group of death. The most death-like group is Bayern Munich, Juventus and Bordeaux. Bordeaux has performed very well in Ligue [-] this season. , won all three games, and the core player of the team, Gourcuff, performed brilliantly.

Because of this, this group is called the group of death by many people.

In addition, AC Milan, Real Madrid and Marseille are divided into one group, but considering the overall strength of AC Milan and Real Madrid's very scary lineup, it is estimated that Marseille's chances of getting an upset qualifying are not small.

The opponents drawn by Tottenham Hotspur are Alkmaar from the Netherlands, Olympiacos from Greece and Standard Liege from Belgium. The three teams are all teams from the second- and third-tier leagues. The overall strength is not strong, so it is difficult It poses a threat to Tottenham Hotspur, so many people think that Tottenham Hotspur's draw is the best.

This also made it possible for Platini to support Tottenham Hotspur to win the UEFA Champions League three times in a row because of their close personal relationship with Ye Qiu after the draw results were announced.

But Ye Qiu always scoffed at such remarks, because in his opinion, good luck is indeed necessary, but whether the overall strength is strong enough is the key to a team's ability to reach the end.

Although UEFA's draw seems to take care of Tottenham Hotspur, but in fact, isn't it taking care of other strong teams?
If Tottenham Hotspur were drawn into the death group early in the group stage, let alone whether it can prevent Tottenham Hotspur, which has been in a state of turmoil recently, from breaking through, maybe it will cause the strong team to wither in turn. , This is extremely detrimental to the future schedule. After all, no one wants to go to the knockout round and just watch some unpopular teams compete, right?
While the draw ceremony was going on, the award ceremony was also in progress. Tottenham Hotspur was still the biggest winner of this award ceremony. Messi got the best player and best striker, Thiago Schiller Va got the best defender as he wished, Petr Cech won the best goalkeeper again, and Ye Qiu successfully defended the best coach.

Only the best midfielder was given to Xavi of Barcelona.

This is also a very controversial place, because if you look at the performance of last season, Iniesta seems to be more convincing, but it is strange that Iniesta does not seem to be liked by the judges, In the end, he didn't win an award.

After participating in the UEFA draw ceremony, Tottenham Hotspur defeated Shakhtar Donetsk 3-0 at the Louis II Stadium in Monaco the next day and successfully defended the UEFA Super Cup.

But just after this game ended, another earthquake-level news broke out in European football.

(End of this chapter)