The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 568 Sprint to the champion!
Tottenham Hotspur beat Porto with five goals at home, successfully completed a reversal, and advanced to the quarter-finals.

This battle did not surprise the media and fans. There was already a big gap between the strengths of the two sides. Before, they were worried, and they were only worried. They did not have the slightest doubt about the strength of Tottenham Hotspur. Therefore, When Tottenham Hotspur beat Porto, everyone felt more flat.

But what Ye Qiu said at the post-match press conference quickly spread through the media and spread all over the world. Some people think that Ye Qiu's counterattack is very enjoyable, sharp and level, but some people think that Ye Qiu's These words were too harsh. After all, his team had already won a big victory over the opponent, which in itself slapped the opponent. Why use words to stimulate Ferreira?

Jesuardo Ferreira didn't say anything at the press conference and left in a huff, but he told the reporter when he was interviewed by the Portuguese media shortly afterwards that Ye Qiu was the one he saw He is the most unrefined head coach in the world. He is completely unworthy of being a famous coach. He even feels like a nouveau riche.

"Maybe I can understand that because he comes from a country full of upstarts!"

Originally, Ye Qiu didn't intend to fight back against Hesualdo Ferreira. After all, this kind of war of words was completely self-defeating for him, but Hesualdo Ferreira's remarks stimulated He, so Ye Qiu immediately counterattacked.

"I don't understand what Mr. Ferreira means. If you want to say nouveau riche, I believe everyone can see clearly. Who is going around after winning the game, satirizing and sarcasm opponents? I can even say that again In a word, when Tottenham Hotspur play Porto, I will give Jesuardo Ferreira a chance to play ten games. I guarantee that the tactical lineup will remain the same. Apologize to the newspaper, and if I win all, he also apologizes to the newspaper for his remarks!"

"I didn't intend to pay attention to this kind of person. To put it bluntly, he is completely unworthy to be my opponent. The reason is very simple. Everyone has seen it. When he wins a game, he will spread it everywhere. Everyone, the whole world Knowing that he beat me and Tottenham Hotspur, but we beat them for granted, just like trampling an ant to death. Something to be proud of."

"The biggest difference between me and Jesuardo Ferreira is that he is elated when he wins a game, just like winning a grand prize, but we are different. We have nothing to be happy about when we win. It's a disaster!"

Regarding Ye Qiu's challenge, Jesuardo Ferreira did not respond in person, but he also refused to apologize for his remarks, although many media, including those in Portugal, believed that in all the head coach's war of words, Basically, they are aimed at the individual and the team, and rarely attack the person or even the nationality of the opponent.

But when a reporter from the British Guardian asked him face to face if he dared to accept the challenge, he said he didn't have time.

"Mr. Ferreira, Mr. Ye Qiu said that the game can be arranged during the summer training period, and all the expenses will be borne by him, and he even allows you to sign up a lot this summer. As long as you can win a game against him, he will be in important positions. The media apologized to you in the newspaper, and in turn, he needs you to apologize in the newspaper!"

Speaking of this, Sean Ingle smiled and conveyed Ye Qiu's original words, "As long as Porto's head coach is still you, Jesuardo Ferreira, there will never be a chance to beat Totna again." Mhotspur, what do you think?"

Jesúardo Ferreira responded by leaving early again in anger, but did not respond to the challenge.

The management of Porto quickly carried out news public relations, saying that Jesuardo Ferreira's remarks only represent him personally, and the Porto club is not involved in the personal grievances between him and Ye Qiu, and said that the team's The board of directors is paying close attention to the current status of the team and the development of things.

Some media in Portugal claimed that Porto's board of directors had issued a warning to Jesúardo Ferreira, hoping that he would have time to spar with others, so he might as well spend his time and energy on the team, because The board is not satisfied with Porto's current results.

Although Porto has reached the final in the Portuguese Cup this season, its performance in the Portuguese Super League is not satisfactory. It is currently ranked third in the Portuguese Super League. In other words, it is definitely not a good result, and many people even speculate that this summer, Jesuardo Ferreira will leave Porto's coaching position.

Regarding Jesuardo Ferreira's plight, some media in England and Europe have given insult to injury, thinking that he looks more like using Ye Qiu to hype himself up, but unless he can lead Porto to win the championship at the last minute, Otherwise, all the rhetoric will only make him look more like a clown.

Ye Qiu didn't put too much energy on Porto and Jesuardo Ferreira. His popularity came and went quickly, and he always ignored such little people. , this time if it wasn't for some of Jesuardo Ferreira's excessive remarks, he wouldn't be chasing after him.

After finishing the second round of the round of [-] knockout rounds, the draw ceremony for the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League was also held in Nyon, Switzerland, the headquarters of UEFA. Tottenham Hotspur arranged for CEO Peter Kenyon Arrived in person, but the good luck that Ye Qiu was expecting did not appear. Tottenham Hotspur drew Barcelona!
When the results of the draw for the knockout round of the quarterfinals came back, the coaching room on the second floor of the first-team training building at Theobald Training Base suddenly became dead silent, and everyone was sitting in front of their desks.

Only Roland Shepas picked up the blackboard pen and walked to the blackboard at the front of the coaching room. On the top of a March and April schedule, he wrote on March 3 and April 31 respectively. Under the name of Barcelona.

Throughout March and April, Tottenham Hotspur's schedule was densely arranged. Although the team was eliminated from the FA Cup and the League Cup, the schedule of the two fronts of the league and the Champions League alone is enough. Turnham Hotspur drank a jug.

It is clearly shown on the schedule that Tottenham Hotspur still have three league games to play in March. The opponents are Blackburn, Stoke City and Portsmouth. The strength is not too strong. Tottenham Hotspur is very likely to win the opponent, and the three games are basically played once a week, so the pressure is not great.

But the crux of the problem is that starting from the home game against Barcelona on March 3, the away game against Sunderland on April 31, the away game against Barcelona on April 4, and then the next league opponents are Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester United, Although there is a week of adjustment time between these three games, in the middle and late April, Tottenham Hotspur will play against the top three Premier League teams in two weeks, and the requirements are also very high.

If Tottenham Hotspur can't eliminate Barcelona and stop at the quarter-finals, then the schedule will stop here. If you advance to the semi-finals, then the opponent you will encounter will be the winner between Bayern Munich and Manchester United.

Regardless of whether it is Bayern Munich or Manchester United, on April 4th and April 20th, Tottenham will face the test of the Champions League semi-finals, as well as the devils in the league. schedule.

Therefore, the situation facing Tottenham Hotspur now is that it is difficult to advance, and it is even more painful not to advance!
The Premier League schedule has actually been arranged from the beginning of the season, but Tottenham Hotspur's luck is relatively bad. In the first round of the league, Tottenham Hotspur's schedule is very troublesome. They met in September. At that time, Manchester United and Chelsea played two games in turn, but at that time they were facing the Champions League group stage, and their strength was relatively weak.

As for the match between Liverpool and West Ham United, it was in August, so although the opening schedule of the league is not a small test for the team, in general, the pressure is not particularly high, but the situation is different now, Arsenal, Chelsea Taking turns with Manchester United, and judging from the current league points, as long as Tottenham Hotspur makes a slight mistake in these three games and loses points in a row, the championship will definitely be affected.

In other words, we must do our best to win the three games to ensure that we win the championship early, but in front of the three major opponents, we must also take into account the knockout rounds of the Champions League. For Tottenham Hotspur, this season is definitely a huge The test, the devil's race of the devil's race.

Looking at the densely packed names of the top teams on the schedule, everyone in the coaching room looked very solemn.

Don't look at Tottenham Hotspur is thriving now, but as long as you make a mistake in the strong dialogue, as long as you can't bear the pressure and collapse during this period of time, then Tottenham Hotspur's current lead will be quickly shortened , Even being caught up by competitors such as Chelsea and Manchester United.

You know, after the winter break, Manchester United and Chelsea are obviously getting better and better, and Ancelotti's Chelsea are currently chasing Tottenham Hotspur the tightest, and they have been eliminated from the Champions League. The next league and the FA Cup, and the opponents in the FA Cup are obviously much weaker than Chelsea.

In other words, Chelsea can concentrate all their energies on playing in the league, but Tottenham can't.

Not only Chelsea, Manchester United's performance in the second half was obviously much better than the first half. After they defeated AC Milan in the first round of the round of 3 knockout round 2:4 away, they returned to the first place at Old Trafford. In the second round, Manchester United defeated AC Milan 0-[-], which made the Red Devils almost the most dazzling team in the knockout round of the UEFA Champions League.

Ferguson has obviously adjusted the team's lineup and structure, especially with the integration of Lars Diarra and Sneijder and the recovery of the state, coupled with the running-in of the frontcourt trident, and the team's main lineup Without any injuries, the Red Devils finally showed their true combat effectiveness.

Such a Manchester United team will not be easily ignored by any team aspiring to compete for the Premier League championship, because no one can guarantee that Manchester United will not catch up at the last moment, and no one can guarantee that so many players in the past The tragedy of being reversed by Manchester United to win the championship will not appear on Tottenham Hotspur.

On the one hand, the schedule is so difficult, and on the other hand, the competitors have these advantages. Tottenham Hotspur is indeed in a very disadvantageous position. Everyone can easily feel the difficulties the team is about to face.

Ye Qiu walked into the coaching room. He received the news from Nyon earlier than the coaching staff. He also knew that the team did not have much luck in the lottery draw this time. Barcelona, ​​the strongest, was drawn. In a duel between two of the strongest teams, it was the Lyon team who had a very lucky draw and even won Bordeaux in Ligue [-].

This is tantamount to ensuring that there must be a Ligue [-] team in the semi-finals of the semi-finals. It is not an exaggeration to say that Platini takes care of Ligue [-].

Ye Qiu walked to the front of the schedule and watched as Roland wrote Barcelona's name, and circled the dates for the two rounds of the Champions League semi-finals. If Tottenham Hotspur advance, it will really be in mid-to-late April. The super devil schedule, but if they don't advance, the team's loss is also quite large.

"Okay, everyone, don't look frustrated, we haven't seen any storms?"

Ye Qiu smiled and clapped vigorously. Although his smile seemed a bit forced, all he could do now was smile, infect everyone and the players with a confident smile, at least make everyone more confident to face Facing and welcoming this part of the schedule, because frustration and regret can't change everything.

"I think that this kind of schedule is also very good for us, because the schedule is concentrated, we only need to adjust the state of the team, so in the next period of time, we need to make good preparations for the future. Get ready for the devil's schedule in mid-to-late April."

Everyone knew very well that Ye Qiu's words were more like cheering himself up.

"To be honest, I don't even have the confidence right now!" Ye Qiu walked in front of the coaching team, pointing to the schedule behind him, "Such a dense schedule, so many strong teams coming at the same time, this is very difficult for any team. It's a huge challenge, but I'm also very interested because I just want to fight, at least try to see if we can hold it!"

"As said in [Challenge Sunday], we have to fight inch by inch, game after game, don't think too much, but we must also make a good overall plan!"

Ye Qiu quickly called Peter Brandt, who was in charge of the team's physical fitness, from the analysis center, and all members of the core coaching staff gathered in Ye Qiu's office for a meeting, and began to discuss how to deal with this part of the schedule.

Using Ye Qiu's idea, in the next three rounds, that is, over half a month, Tottenham Hotspur's opponents are not strong. Kecheng and Sunderland, according to Ye Qiu, as long as the team maintains a certain state and can perform at an average level, even if there is a rotation, he is sure to be able to beat the opponent.

Of course, beating your opponent doesn't mean playing well.

"You mean, use this period of time to adjust your physical fitness and state?" Peter Brandt understood what Ye Qiu meant.

Ye Qiu nodded, "Is there any way?" Players' physical fitness and status are cyclical, similar to a parabola, with ups and downs. In the past, Tottenham Hotspur have mastered a whole set of methods to control the player's status. , Only in this way can we ensure that the team can play their strength and level in some key games.

"Middle to late April?" Peter Brandt thought about it seriously, feeling a little embarrassed.

"More than that, on March 3st, the first round against Barcelona, ​​try to win the opponent, and I will find a way in the away game!" Ye Qiu knew that his requirements were a bit high. The state of continuously challenging powerful enemies is indeed a bit high.

But the problem is that if the state declines and encounters opponents like Arsenal, Chelsea, and Manchester United, the possibility of losing is very high, because almost all of these opponents, except Manchester United, are waiting for work, especially Arsenal, North London In the derby, it is impossible for Wenger not to do his best, at least to get back a game this season.

"I can only say, try my best!" Peter Brandt also felt a lot of pressure.

After Ye Qiu heard this, he reached out and patted his old partner on the shoulder. He has partnered with Peter Brandt for so many years, and he knows Peter Brandt's ability better than anyone else. There is no guarantee of success, but you never have to doubt whether he will do his best, because he will always do his best.

"I believe in you, old man!" Ye Qiu said encouragingly.

"I also believe in all of you!" Ye Qiu swept across all the core members of the coaching staff present, "We are old partners for many years. We have come all the way from Ajax, and we have met countless people. Wind and waves, we have also encountered countless challenges, but we have finally come here, to today!"

"I believe that no matter what difficulties we encounter, we will be able to overcome them!"

Ye Qiu's words made all the coaching staff present nod, because they have created too much glory in the past so many years, and now, they hope to continue this glory.

Ye Qiu is a person who does things as he says. Since he wants to let Peter Brandt take full responsibility, then he simply distributes the power to decide the players to play, so that the analysis team can better control the players' physical and mental health. state.

So in the away game against Blackburn on the weekend, Tottenham Hotspur performed very badly in the first half. They scored 0:0 with Blackburn at home, and in the second half, Blackburn scored the first goal.

Seeing that the team was in a bad situation, Ye Qiu had to make substitutions in the second half, replacing Messi and Alves.

The two players came on to fully activate Tottenham's attacking firepower. Within half an hour, Falcao scored twice and Hazard scored the third goal for the team, helping Tottenham. Nam Tottenham reversed Blackburn 3:1.

This battle made Ye Qiu realize the team's dependence on the main players. Whether it is Messi, Ribery, Fabregas or David Silva, Tottenham Hotspur are very dependent on the main players. They, and the thickness of the bench is too thin.

But after the game ended, Ye Qiu said in an interview with the media that in the next one and a half months, the ownership of the Premier League and Champions League champions this season will be completely determined. He also called on all Tottenham players in the interview. Tottenham player.

"Let's launch the final sprint towards the championship!"

(End of this chapter)