Chapter 697 Cycling

To be precise, Mazzarri debuted at the same time as Ye Qiu.

In the 1999/00 season, when Ye Qiu was squeezed out of the Ajax youth team, Mazzarri was already coaching Naples, which was in Serie B at the time. At that time, he served as an assistant coach in Naples, assisting Ulivieri and accumulated a lot of experience. After several years of experience as an assistant, he began to coach an Italian League C team for the first time in the summer of 2001.

Ye Qiu's opportunities were much better than Mazari's, but more importantly, Mazari missed some opportunities, but Ye Qiu seized some opportunities. Therefore, although the two of them debuted at the same time, their current status and influence are different. There is a huge gap.

It was a 1:1 draw with Tottenham Hotspur at home. Mazzarri was not satisfied with the result of the game. If it was 1:0, it would definitely be better, but an away goal allowed Tottenham Hotspur to occupy took the initiative.

How to play at White Hart Lane?

When Mazzarri left Italy for London, in an interview with reporters, he made no secret that he would play defensive counterattack in away games. "No team dares to play against Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane. We We must find the best way for us to qualify for the away game! ”

Compared with other head coaches, Mazzarri did not use smoke bombs this time. He did use defensive counterattack tactics in this game, and he was somewhat defensive because he knew very well that Tottenham Hotspur The strength is extraordinary.

Although he had just had a hard battle with Manchester United, Ye Qiu did not make extensive rotations in this game. The front trident and the midfield triangle were not moved, and the right wing of the backcourt was changed to Kyle. ?Walker starts.

At the beginning of the game, Tottenham Hotspur took advantage of their home court to launch a fierce attack on Naples.

Mazzarri was obviously well prepared for Tottenham Hotspur's opening attack. After the opening, Naples put on a typical Italian defense, which reflected the Serie A team's defensive stability, even if Tottenham Tottenham played a fierce attack, but Naples still held on to the goal.

After attacking for twenty minutes, there was no effect. Tottenham Hotspur had to take a breather, and Naples took this opportunity to start a counterattack. This also reflects the strength of this team. At least Naples has achieved results in the past few years. Getting better and better is definitely not a coincidence or luck. This is a team full of resilience.

The biggest highlight of Naples in this game is undoubtedly the Serie A team's top midfielder Hamsik.

Many people think that Hamsik is very similar to Nedvěd. He has the stubborn fighting spirit and unremitting will of the Czech Iron Man. He also works very hard and devotes himself to the game, but watching him play always feels that he lacks a little spirituality.

Of course, he still has a lot of room for development, especially as his age increases and experience accumulates, he may gradually undergo some transformation and make himself one of the top teams, but from the current point of view, he is still He doesn't have the ability to lead an entire team by himself.

The situation on Tottenham Hotspur's side is not very good. They just had a stalemate with Manchester United four days ago. The players are generally tired. When they encounter a team like Naples again, especially as the team's arrow. Character, Cavani was not active in this game.

At halftime, the team's analysis team's reports without exception pointed to Cavani and Ramsey, believing that the team's offensive success in the first half had a lot to do with these two players.

This is not to say that they are not strong enough or anything, but the main reason is that they are too tired and in poor condition, which drags down the team.

But Ye Qiu still did not make substitutions during the halftime break. For this, Mauro Tassotti, Roland Schepas and others were very supportive. The reason is very simple. Substitutions at midfield are not only a violation of the authority of the head coach. It is a kind of weakening, and it is also a blow to the players' enthusiasm.

Unless the performance in the first half was so bad and there was a disastrous scene, who would make a substitution at halftime?

But Ye Qiu has been actively preparing since the second half, and he has already prepared a replacement.

At this time, in the 58th minute of the game, Naples committed a foul in the backcourt and Pirlo took an indirect free kick, causing chaos in the Naples penalty area. Messi, a big kid, grabbed the ball and got a kick. A chance for his feet, but it was saved by the goalkeeper. Ribery missed the shot and hit the shot, 1:0!

This goal made everyone in Tottenham breathe a sigh of relief, but just after the goal, Ye Qiu made two substitutions, replacing Cavani with veteran Raul and Bo Gerba replaced Ramsey, taking into account the team's tactical needs and the players' emotions.

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With Tottenham Hotspur's outstanding performance, Vidal has now gradually entered the ranks of Europe's top stars. He has begun to become the subject of talk among all fans. After a season of performance, many people The impression of him has changed a lot, from the original Yaya Toure II to the current Vidal I.

As Ye Qiu said when he announced the introduction of Vidal in the summer, Vidal is nothing like Yaya Toure.

Sometimes, looking back, Vidal would be very glad that he chose Tottenham Hotspur, because it turned out that his choice was very correct and very wise. In Tottenham Hotspur, he not only gained fame and influence, but also strength.

To be honest, with so many top stars as teammates, the pressure will force you to keep pursuing progress.

For the current midfield, whether it is Vidal or Ramsey, Ye Qiu will give them tasks on the offensive and defensive levels. For example, Vidal, in this game, he must not only contribute to the offense, but also pay attention to protecting Pirlo, assisting in the defense of the two ribs, and at the same time limit Naples' midfield core Hamsik.

The tasks seem to be a lot, but in fact, except for focusing on limiting Hamsik, the others are Vidal's tasks in every game, and there is nothing special about them. It is not difficult to limit Hamsik. In Ye Qiu's words, as long as you perform well, you will naturally suppress him.

Three times, this is the number of times Vidal stole the ball from Hamsik's feet. He remembers it very clearly. There were two times in the first half and one time in the second half so far. Hamsik also fell into a slump, and his performance did not improve much. He even began to hide subconsciously when he saw Vidal.

But Vidal also had to compete with Hamsik. When he hid on the right, Vidal followed him to the right. When he hid on the left, Vidal also followed him to the left. Even when he retreated, Vidal followed him forward, Pirlo also moved forward, and the entire defense line of Tottenham Hotspur also followed him. Naples became more passive.

It really made Hamsik angry, but he could do nothing!

In addition to Hamsik, Vidal had five steals in this game, all of which were successful. This is also a very good defensive data. His performance on the offensive end was also good. In the first half, he almost scored a goal with a long shot. In the second half, after the team made two substitutions, Ye Qiu began to ask him and Pogba to expand their range of activities.

Napoli's physical strength is running out!

Some people say that Tottenham's most powerful weapon is not their offensive means or the strength of their players, but their physical strength, especially in this season, this physical advantage is more obvious.

After the opening, they will directly launch a rush to suppress the opponent with offense, and then maintain a fast pace and high pressure to consume the opponent's physical strength. If they can score a goal, it will be the best. Even if they can't score, they can continue to consume the opponent.

Usually after 60 minutes in the second half, the opponent's physical strength has been consumed to a certain extent. Although Tottenham has also consumed a lot, their physical strength is indeed better and their overall strength is stronger, so often after 60 minutes, they can still take advantage of the opponent's physical decline to launch a powerful attack.

Of course, this time it has become more of a war of willpower.

Napoli's defense is indeed very tight, even to the point of defending to the death, but they still quickly revealed flaws.

After expanding his range of activities, Vidal often changed positions. This time, when he saw Ribery receiving a straight pass from Marcelo on the left sideline and pulling out Napoli's right back, Vidal pointed in front of him and rushed forward, while Ribery made a diagonal pass to the penalty area.

After receiving the ball in the left corner of the penalty area, Vidal led it into the penalty area, and Napoli center back Paul Cannavaro followed him. This Italian center back, who was slightly taller than his brother Cannavaro, was also very strong. He followed closely, bent over, like a cheetah staring at its prey, ready to attack at any time.

Vidal did not rush to break through, but slowed down his pace and raised his head. He only took a glance and noticed the whole situation in front of him. Cavani attracted two defensive players in the penalty area, and Messi also moved to the top of the penalty area to prepare to receive the ball, but he was followed by a defensive player, and Pogba rushed from behind Messi to the right side of the penalty area, raising his hand to ask for the ball.

At this time, he had too many choices. He could pass the ball to Messi, or pass it to Cavani, or Pogba who was inserted at the back point. All of them could create a fatal threat. Paul Cannavaro also seemed to think that Vidal should pass the ball, and even his position was a bit inclined to block Vidal's route to Messi.

It should be said that Paul Cannavaro's choice was not a big problem. Although he gave Vidal an angle to shoot, the shooting angle was very small, and goalkeeper De Sanctis was already in place, blocking this angle. If Vidal forced a shot, the goalkeeper could basically save the ball.

And Paul Cannavaro didn't think Vidal would force a shot from this position. If it was Ribery, Cavani or Messi, he wouldn't dare to have such an idea.

But it was just a moment before Vidal reacted. He felt that he had a chance, because Napoli's defense was obviously biased towards Messi. They didn't dare to let the Argentine get the ball at the top of the penalty area, which would be fatal. So facing Paul Cannavaro's one-on-one defense, Vidal first faked a bicycle kick to break through the middle, but then did another bicycle kick to the bottom.

After two consecutive bicycle kicks, Paul Cannavaro was deceived by Vidal to block the middle, magnifying the gap between himself and the goal, and Vidal's second bicycle kick was to dribble the ball to the bottom. After pulling half a body away from Paul Cannavaro, he almost didn't hesitate and shot with his left foot.

The whole process took about a second. Everyone may not even realize that Vidal was cycling. They just felt that they didn't know what was going on. The Napoli center back was shaken by Vidal, and then the Chilean's left-footed powerful shot was done in one go without any drag.

What's more amazing is that when shooting at this angle towards the goal, the success rate of hitting the far corner is often higher, especially when shooting high balls, but Vidal's shot was shot at the near corner, that is, the position above the goalkeeper's head, and it was shot in a climbing way.

The ball almost hit the top net at the angle between the column and the crossbar. It was a lore shot in the upper left corner of the goal!

So, even if Napoli goalkeeper De Sanctis had reacted and his body made a save, Vidal's entire dribbling and shooting were unexpected. He even dived to the ground instead of diving to a high place.

After scoring the goal, Vidal excitedly rushed out of Naples' penalty area, 2:0. He scored a goal after a very wonderful dribbling breakthrough, expanding the score for Tottenham Hotspur!

And this goal almost completely sentenced Naples to death!

Tottenham Hotspur also realized this, so they rushed out of the stadium to celebrate excitedly. A group of people hugged tightly on the sidelines and shouted loudly to the White Lily fans in the stands, which received cheers and applause from the fans.

After leading by two goals, Tottenham Hotspur obviously had the victory in hand, and the Naples players also suffered a painful blow, but Tottenham Hotspur did not intend to give up, but continued to launch a fierce attack on Naples.

Raul retreated and took the ball and turned to pass it behind him. Messi cut diagonally to the left side of the penalty area. After successfully countering the offside, he took the ball and turned to shoot with his left foot, breaking the Naples goal again, 3:0!

When the game reached the 82nd minute, Raul retreated to get the ball with his back to the goalkeeper, turned around and got rid of the defender, and rushed forward with the ball quickly. Ribery and Raul formed a staggered pass. Raul dribbled the ball to the left to attract the attention of the defender, while Ribery cut to the right.

At the right time, Raul passed the ball to Ribery with his left foot. The French scarred face rushed into the penalty area and shot directly with his right foot. The ball entered the goal of Naples again, 4:0!

Scored twice!!!

Ribery rushed to Raul excitedly. Facts have proved that Ye Qiu and the coaching staff’s decision was right. Facing the Italian team, especially the defensive midfield and backcourt of Naples, Raul is indeed more useful than Cavani. At least he is much better than the Uruguayan in flexible position change, ball possession and connection.

Of course, it's not that Cavani is not strong enough. The Uruguayan center forward is already one of the top center forwards today. It's just that his characteristic is that he is not good at doing such delicate work. He looks like a fierce general Zhang Fei. How can he do such needlework?

As the head coach, Ye Qiu made a mistake in the starting lineup in this game. He hesitated between Cavani and Raul and chose Cavani, but after the halftime break, he realized his mistake.

This is the world. Everyone makes mistakes. The key is that some people quickly realize their mistakes and correct them, while some people do not correct them after knowing their mistakes, but the most tragic is the last one. They never know they are making mistakes.

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Away 1:1, home 4:0, Tottenham Hotspur defeated Napoli, currently ranked fourth in Serie A, with a total score of 5:1 in two rounds of games, and successfully got the ticket to the Champions League quarterfinals.

After the game, many Tottenham players received a lot of praise, especially the main midfielder Vidal, who was praised by Ye Qiu after the game, saying that he was one of the most comprehensive and best midfielders he had ever seen, but he also said that Vidal still had a lot of potential to tap.

At the age of 24, this is not playing FM Football Manager. Vidal is currently very good in both offense and defense, both in physical and technical aspects. What he needs to further improve is awareness.

It should be said that the Chilean already has the foundation to become a top midfielder. The key lies in his next progress.

But after eliminating Napoli by a large score, Tottenham Hotspur was tied 1:1 by Moyes' Everton when they visited Goodison Park three days later.

Moyes was grinning from ear to ear after getting a point, because they were behind in the first half and tied the score in the second half, so he was very satisfied with the team's tenacious fighting spirit, but he also politely said that Tottenham Hotspur has been fighting on multiple fronts for a long time and has a large rotation, so this draw does not explain the problem.

But Manchester City won, and Tottenham Hotspur was tied, and the lead was reduced to six points. There are only two games, but there are still ten rounds of Premier League games, so everything can still happen.

Ye Qiu was helpless about the sixth draw of the season, but he firmly believed that the team will continue to move forward.

Because of the FA Cup on the weekend, the 29th round of the Premier League was adjusted to the middle of the week. Tottenham Hotspur defeated Stoke City 1:0 at home with Messi's goal from the substitute. This goal occurred in the 91st minute, which shows that this game was also very difficult.

After the end of this game, the outside world's comments about when Tottenham Hotspur will lose have once again become noisy. After all, after entering March, with the restart of the Champions League, Tottenham Hotspur's multi-line operations and the team's lack of rest time, the players' state and physical fitness have also fallen into trouble.

In this case, how long can Tottenham Hotspur last?

But no matter what the outside world says, the draw ceremony for the Champions League quarter-finals was held on time at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.

As the only remaining Premier League team that has entered the knockout stage, Tottenham Hotspur has always been expected and valued by Premier League teams, but with Tottenham Hotspur in trouble, whether it can still bear the expectations of fans has become a big question.

Judging from the results of the draw, Tottenham Hotspur can be said to have hit hard times!