Chapter 767: Butcher Knife

Tottenham Hotspur defeated Real Madrid 4-0 at home, a battle that shocked fans and media around the world.

You know, Tottenham Hotspur played AC Milan without any temper in the knockout round of the top 16. Everyone originally thought that the Rossoneri were too weak. After all, Serie A's performance has been very sluggish in the past few seasons. , but what no one expected was that in the first game of the quarter-finals, Tottenham defeated Real Madrid by a huge score.

Is this the pace to defend the Champions League again?

Cavani, who scored four goals in this game, became famous. The Uruguayan center's performance in this game amazed fans all over the world and made him once again the focus and object of media attention. .

On the second day of the game, almost all media and newspapers reported this game as a front-page headline, and Cavani was a very key part of the report. Everyone believed that it was Kawani. Varney's outstanding performance helped Tottenham beat Real Madrid.

This night, the Uruguayan star finally overshadowed Messi and Ribery!

But while hyping Cavani, many media also moved out previous news materials and reorganized them. They began to pay attention to Cavani's contract extension with Tottenham Hotspur. The Uruguayan's contract extension negotiations have been going on for half a year. It has taken a long time, but there has been no progress. Especially in the second half of the season, many people have begun to speculate that Cavani will leave the team.

With two years left on the contract, Cavani will either renew his contract or leave the team. This is a normal choice in professional football.

Media and newspapers close to Tottenham Hotspur, as well as Tottenham Hotspur fans, all hope that Cavani can stay on the team, but a considerable number of people believe that Tottenham Hotspur should not consider Cavani. Breaking the team's salary balance again.

Martin Samuel mentioned in his column, "Tottenham Hotspur's strength in the past few years is enough to prove one thing to everyone, that is, no one in this team is indispensable. If there is anyone who is integral to Tottenham Hotspur’s rise, it can only be head coach Ye Qiu.”

"In terms of the fans' wishes, they naturally hope that the team will keep Cavani, and many people even call it easy to give the team's stars a salary increase, but they don't know what the salary increase means. "

"According to Cavani's agent's request to the club, although it has been loosened from the previous weekly salary of 300,000 pounds and dropped to 250,000 pounds per week, the problem is that once the team agrees to Cavani's salary, "As the team's top superstars, how much are the salaries of Messi and Ribery?"

"Also, captain Thiago Silva is the backbone of the team's defense. The contract renewals of Cech and Kompany are also on the agenda. In addition, midfielders Vidal and Ramsey will also re-sign in the future. Sign new contracts, and prepare for new contracts for Kyle Walker, Marcelo, Hazard, Neymar and others.”

"Tottenham Hotspur previously proposed to control the team's salary at a reasonable ratio of 40-45% of financial revenue, but if they follow the current situation, Cavani will drive Tottenham The weekly salary of Tottenham Hotspur will reach at least 200,000 pounds. By then, Tottenham Hotspur’s annual salary expenditure will exceed 200 million pounds, ranking among the top three in the Premier League!”

"Obviously, the price paid is too high. On the one hand, we have to admit that Cavani is indeed a vital member of the team, but he is only a part of the team. We cannot break it for him. We have maintained a healthy financial system for many years in the past. On the other hand, we must also clearly see that unless Tottenham Hotspur transforms into a team like Manchester City, Newcastle, or a team like Real Madrid and Barcelona, Otherwise, it is impossible for anyone to support Cavani’s amazing salary, which is completely unreasonable.”

In the column, this big fat man who has a close relationship with Tottenham Hotspur expressed his opinion, "I personally think that Tottenham Hotspur should do their best to retain Cavani and ensure that he is given the highest team price." level salary, and at the same time using the club’s business model to help him increase his income, but if this is not enough to satisfy Cavani, then let’s get together and part ways.”

The Times also published news that Tottenham Hotspur's chief scout Peter de Visser went to Genoa, Italy, to observe Genoa's Italian center Ciro Immobile, who is only 22 years old. The Italian center played 20 times in Genoa this season, but only had five goals and three assists, and his performance was quite average.

The biggest highlight of Immobile was last season, when he played for Pescara, coached by Zeman in Serie B. Under the training of Zeman, who is known to be desperate for offense, Immobile scored two goals in one season. Eighteen goals, although they are Serie B goals, are still eye-catching for a young center.

The Times is just a report on Tottenham Hotspur's inspection of Immobile. After all, Peter de Visser has inspected many players. He also went to watch Bayern Munich's game not long ago. I focused on inspecting Thomas Muller and Mandzukic. I also went to watch the Dortmund game and inspected Lewandowski.

Therefore, no one takes this matter seriously. After all, no one thinks that Immobile, who performed very poorly in his first Serie A season, is qualified to play for Tottenham Hotspur. The gap between them is really not that big.

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Tottenham Hotspur defeated Real Madrid 4:0 in the first leg, and the other games were also decided one after another.

Dortmund, who was in the same half of the zone as Tottenham Hotspur, drew 0:0 with Malaga in the first leg away, but Klopp's team still had great hope of advancing at home, and considering that Tottenham Hotspur had already won an overwhelming victory in the first leg, the media generally speculated that Tottenham Hotspur would face Dortmund in the semi-finals.

In the other half of the zone, Bayern Munich defeated Juventus 2:0 at home, and Paris Saint-Germain drew 2:2 with Barcelona at home. Both games were not exciting enough and were played one day later than Tottenham Hotspur's game, but the fans' response was generally not high, especially Barcelona, ​​which was a very disappointing game.

But the second round of the game was full of suspense. Except for Tottenham Hotspur's big win, which basically got the right to advance, the second round of the other three teams was full of suspense, and who could advance became the focus of fans and the media.

After finishing the Champions League, Tottenham Hotspur immediately ushered in the 32nd round of the Premier League.

This time, Liverpool's game time was one hour earlier than Tottenham Hotspur, both of which were played on Saturday night, but interestingly, both games were draws, Liverpool tied West Ham United 0:0, and Tottenham Hotspur tied Everton 2:2.

After being tied 1:1 in the first half, Ye Qiu quickly turned the situation around in the second half. Drogba's goal helped Tottenham Hotspur surpass again, but at the last moment, Varane's mistake caused Tottenham Hotspur to lose the ball.

Both goals conceded in this game were related to Varane. The young central defender who replaced Thiago Silva in the starting lineup and partnered with Kompany performed poorly in this game and was controversial after the game. In the eyes of many people, he did not seem to be a starter.

But Ye Qiu repeatedly defended Varane in an interview with the media after the game. He believed that Varane performed well throughout the game. Everyone should not only focus on his mistakes, but should look at how much he did in this game. Moreover, he is still young. Young people should be forgiven for their mistakes, rather than criticized and condemned.

In the middle of the week, Tottenham Hotspur appeared at the Bernabeu Stadium after rotation. Ye Qiu's team continued to use the tactics of the second half of the first leg, using the ball control in the midfield and backcourt, adopting the midfield and backcourt contraction tactics, forcing Real Madrid to press out and then fight Real Madrid's counterattack.

Facing Tottenham Hotspur's very wise but desperate style of play, the Chilean engineer did not have a very effective method. He lost to Tottenham Hotspur 0:2 at home. Ribery and Cavani each scored a goal to help Tottenham Hotspur beat Real Madrid away.

In this way, Tottenham Hotspur eliminated the La Liga giants from the Champions League with a total score of 6:0 in two rounds, and successfully advanced to the semi-finals. The other three teams that reached the semi-finals were Dortmund, Bayern Munich and Barcelona.

But Tottenham Hotspur's situation did not ease because of advancing to the semi-finals. On the contrary, as the league is coming to an end, the competitions on all fronts have begun to tighten, and the pressure on Tottenham Hotspur is also increasing.

Three days after the away challenge to the Bernabeu, the FA Cup will usher in Tottenham Hotspur's guest at Anfield to challenge Liverpool.

Considering the match with Real Madrid, Ye Qiu made appropriate rotations in the team's starting lineup, but this time the team's rotation encountered Liverpool's almost suffocating suppression. The team performed very badly in the first half. What's more, the central defender combination of Nesta and Nastasic lost two goals in a row under the impact of Suarez, Villa, Mata and Gerrard, and Tottenham lost 0:2 in the first half.

In the second half, Ye Qiu made substitutions and adjustments, and continued to try to change the team's situation. Although Neymar's cross ball assisted Drogba to score with a header, the team still lost 1:2 at Anfield in the end.

This also hit Tottenham Hotspur hard. Ye Qiu clearly saw that after losing Pirlo, the team's midfield really lacked a player who was calm and rational enough to sort out the midfield well under any circumstances.

Sandro, who started the game, performed poorly. Although the 24-year-old Brazilian midfielder has made considerable progress since leaving the Eredivisie, he is still far from being able to take charge of his own team and meet the requirements of the coaching staff. In this game, he completely suppressed Tottenham's midfielder.

Of course, the performances of several other players were also average. The biggest highlight was Eriksson. The player's ball handling and passing were still at a high level, but when the midfield lost its advantage, Eriksson alone could not save the team.

Benítez was very excited to eliminate Tottenham from the FA Cup at home and advance to the final. At the press conference after the game, he sounded the horn of counterattack against Ye Qiu and Tottenham, believing that the failure of the FA Cup would be the beginning of a major defeat for Tottenham, and Liverpool would have a chance to reverse Tottenham in the league.

However, in the make-up match of the 33rd round of the Premier League in the middle of the week, Liverpool drew 0:0 with Reading away. Benítez was very dissatisfied with the team's performance because it would lead to Liverpool's league points being pulled apart.

Therefore, after the match between Liverpool and Reading, everyone focused on the focus match between Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur at home in the evening!

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The referee Michael Dean mercilessly blew the whistle to end the game, and Tottenham's offensive seemed to be stopped in an instant, leaving only the fans at Stamford Bridge who were relieved.

Yes, all the Blues fans must be grateful at this moment, because they are satisfied that they can keep the draw at the last moment, because in the last fifteen minutes, Tottenham's offensive was too fierce.

Fifteen minutes, six shots, five shots on target, from this data you can see the tragedy of the last fifteen minutes at Stamford Bridge, and among Tottenham's five shots on target, Ramsey only seized one of them, helping Tottenham equalize the score, which happened in the 82nd minute.

Chelsea played too smoothly at the beginning of this game. Oscar received an assist from Cahill in the first minute and broke through Tottenham's goal, but soon, Messi received a pass from Pirlo and equalized the score, and the two sides returned to the starting line.

Mourinho's team still continued the defensive tactics against Tottenham in the past, while Ye Qiu's team continued to hold high the banner of attack. The two sides played in full swing, and in the 39th minute, Torres's assist helped Ramirez break through Tottenham's goal again and surpassed the score again.

After that, both sides have not found a way to break through the opponent's goal again. Although Tottenham has an advantage in ball possession, it has not threatened Chelsea's goal. It was not until the second half that Ye Qiu adjusted again, and Tottenham got another chance to score and equalized the score.

2:2, this score is obviously uncomfortable, especially when Liverpool tied with their opponent 0:0. Tottenham should have taken this opportunity to widen the gap between the two sides, but now they are forced to a draw, which is really depressing.

"The past few games have once again proved the necessity of midfield reform!" Ye Qiu stood in the visiting team coach command area at Stamford Bridge and said to Mauro Tassotti with a sigh.

Two years ago, Ye Qiu made drastic changes to Tottenham's midfield, and Pirlo became the key to Tottenham's resurgence. In the past two seasons, Tottenham has been invincible in the Champions League, and Pirlo has played a vital role.

But the problem is also obvious. Pirlo is about to turn 34. At present, he alone takes on the midfield of the two teams of Italy and Tottenham Hotspur, and advances on two fronts at the same time. This makes it difficult for him to cope with Tottenham Hotspur's multi-line operations, but these are not the key points. The key point is that Pirlo's playing speed has declined a lot.

When you get older, your physical condition will definitely decline, and once your physical condition declines, your playing speed will definitely not be the same as when you were at your peak. Even Pirlo this season has declined a lot compared to last year.

You know, let alone the fast-paced Premier League, even in European football, the biggest feature of the Champions League in recent years is that the game rhythm is getting faster and faster, and speed has become a consensus of all teams.

There is a saying in Chinese that the world's martial arts can only be broken by speed, which is the truth.

The reason why Italian teams have performed poorly in the Champions League in recent years is that they are too slow. Allegri's point of view is actually correct and visionary, but he is unlucky that AC Milan cannot support him to complete this concept.

Also, like Barcelona, ​​why is this team not as sharp as it was a few years ago?

The reason is also very simple. Many core players in the team are older. Whether it is Xavi or Puyol, they are all older, which makes them have problems in handling the ball, especially Xavi. If Barcelona continues to insist on this style of play with Xavi as the core, it will cause their overall rhythm to accommodate Xavi, which will only get slower and slower.

This style of play is not competitive in the Champions League!

So, two years ago, Pirlo was the right choice for Tottenham Hotspur, but now two years later, he has become an obstacle to Tottenham Hotspur, so Ye Qiu will find an opportunity to have a good talk with Pirlo, and both sides will talk openly and find a solution to the problem.

It is foreseeable that even if Pirlo stays in the team, he may have to get used to playing as a substitute in some games next season, but with Pirlo's always proud character and his eagerness to participate in the Brazil World Cup, I am afraid he may not be able to accept such an arrangement.

However, Ye Qiu also knew that Pirlo was a very mature and smart person. Just as he chose to leave AC Milan in order to continue playing football, he should not be surprised if he left Tottenham Hotspur, because he left in order to continue playing football and to participate in the World Cup.

Such a player deserves respect!

"Let me talk to him!" Mauro Tassotti felt that he should take up this responsibility. "If he is willing, he can stay until 2014 and directly join the coaching team. He has always been interested in coaching. Of course, if he refuses, we should also respect him!"

They are all Italians. Mauro Tassotti has been friends with Pirlo for many years. They have a close personal relationship and are easier to talk to, so Ye Qiu also agreed.

As the saying goes, heroes grow old and beauties grow old. Time is really a butcher's knife!

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