Chapter 272 There is still a chance!
Visiting the White Hart Lane Stadium, Ye Qiu arranged for many substitutes and young players to play. Because Tottenham had lost two consecutive times, the morale of this North London team dropped to the bottom, and the ranking fell to the Premier League, with crises everywhere.
No matter from which perspective, Ye Qiu does not need to arrange all the main lineups to fight Tottenham, which has caused his team to weaken their combat effectiveness in the second round of the Champions League knockout round in the mid-week.
Furthermore, Ye Qiu still has a strong confidence in his lineup. Even if the semi-main lineup plays, it is enough to suppress Tottenham. In fact, in the 38th minute of the first half, Chelsea relied on Joe Kerr to the right, Ribery passed the penalty area and Van Persie grabbed the spot in front of the goal, breaking the deadlock on the court for Chelsea.
This is also the only goal against both sides in this game, because after that, Ye Qiu adopted a defensive counterattack strategy, while Tottenham's pressing offensive was half-hearted. On the one hand, he wanted to equalize the score and save the situation, but on the other hand, he was afraid of Chelsea's counterattack.
In the end, at the White Hart Lane Stadium, Tottenham Hotspur suffered a three-game losing streak, losing to Chelsea 0l.
It was also in this round that Arsenal drew with Portsmouth away. With one goal ahead, he actually equalized the score in the second half, which made Ye Qiu, who was preparing for the game in London, unbeatable.
Because after this round, Chelsea's lead was expanded to 8 points. With the remaining league, this can be said to be a huge lead. Moreover, after this round, Chelsea's further expansion of the score was undoubtedly a painful blow to Arsenal.
The third-line battle a week ago, but now it was eliminated from the FA Cup by Manchester United. Now the league situation is in jeopardy, and the Champions League knockout stage is also at an absolute disadvantage. This is a big pressure and blow for Arsenal.
After the end of this round of Premier League, almost all of them put the title of Premier League title on Chelsea, believing that with Chelsea's current lead and the Blues' outstanding state this season, Arsenal has found it difficult to catch up with Chelsea's pace.
But just as the media was spreading publicity and hype that Chelsea would win the championship ahead of schedule, Ye Qiu held an internal meeting from the coaching staff to first-team players at the Harrington Training Base. At the meeting, he seriously reminded all players and coaches that the league is entering the most critical moment, and no one should relax because of 8 points ahead.
"There are countless cases of collapse at the last moment. In the Champions League final that year, Manchester United reversed Bayern Munich at the last moment; in 2018, Leverkusen unexpectedly failed in the last two finals of the last round, and the result turned from the most popular triple-champion to the regrettable Sanya king. We must learn from it."
Ye Qiu's profound warning is to wake up the players so that they will not be a little proud of the media's hype and exaggeration, but he did not oversuppress the team's morale, because Ye Qiu himself knew very well that the team's pressure was so huge that he had to give everyone a hope.
In fact, he has been creating hope for the team, and this hope is constantly becoming a reality.
However, now, he wants to further amplify this hope.
"Guys" Ye Qiu swept through everyone in this not-so-spacious conference room. "I hope all of you understand that we are not far from our final success. We have the hope of winning the second English top league championship in Chelsea football history, the first Premier League championship, and also the first European Championship in Chelsea's history."
"Double champions, is there any achievements that can prove our strength and make those who scold us as mercenaries feel ashamed? I am full of confidence in the team's two championships. I believe that you should also have enough confidence, because you are the best.
"And I also believe more that as long as each of us is serious about investing in every game and defeating every opponent, then, after the end of this season, you will be proud and proud of the team's achievements. You will become heroes worshipped by Chelsea and even countless fans around the world."
"Ronaldinho wants to make a breakthrough on the left, Lauren breaks the ball out of the baseline, corner kick."
"Deco walked to the corner kick area, and he should be responsible for this corner kick."
"Deco sent a corner kick, and Arsenal's penalty area was in chaos. Neither Campbell nor Drogba made the first point. The ball fell to the back point. Vieira headed the ball before Lampard, and the ball went out of the penalty area."
"Edgar Davis rushed up quickly from the back, and before Piret, he shot hard directly from the left side of the penalty area arc."
"Oh, Davis' powerful long shot didn't hit the right side, but the ball fell into the penalty area."
"Ronaldinho got the ball, picked it up, turned around, beautiful, the ball went in"
"A beautiful pick-up turn, with his back facing the goal, Ronaldinho directly stepped upside down and hit the ball into the goal guarded by Lehman. The German goalkeeper did not respond to the shot that did not hit the force, and the ball entered."
"The inverted gold hook from Brazilian superstar Ronaldinho, a very, very imaginative barb in the penalty area"
The entire Stamford Bridge Stadium was shouting Ronaldinho's name, while the Brazilian quickly got up from the ground, rushed out of the penalty area like an arrow, rushed to the bottom of the rostrum, twisting his body on the sidelines excitedly and jumping up Samba. He was also very excited that he could score in such an important game.
This ball came suddenly, even he himself could not have imagined it
According to Ye Qiu's corner kick tactics arranged before the game, he went to the front point, with Drogba and Lampard at the back point, while Drogba was responsible for pulling Campbell to the midpoint to disturb the goalkeeper. The important thing is Lampard at the back point. If Lampard does not work anymore, it will be the second attack point of Davis and Macon outside the penalty area.
But what was unexpected was that Lampard lost to Vieira when he was fighting for the top. Davis grabbed the first landing point outside the penalty area, but made a mistake in judgment and missed it. By chance, the ball fell to Ronaldinho's feet in the penalty area. The Brazilian was quick to get the ball, and turned his back to the goal, which was mainly to protect the ball, and then directly made an inverted gold hook.
The whole process is full of coincidences, but there is also a certain inevitability, which is the charm of football
Chelsea players hugged each other tightly on the sidelines and celebrated the team's goals.
"In the first minute, in the second half, Chelsea finally broke through Arsenal's goal, 0"
The on-site commentator was also very excited about Ronaldinho's inverted gold hook. He even felt that when he came to Stamford Bridge and saw such a goal, it would be worth the fare.
"Arsenal has not yet gotten out of the sluggish state of the past few games in this game, and Wenger's tactics are not surprising, because he has only a few people in his lineup, and Ye Qiu's starting tactics are not surprising either, but Chelsea finally broke through Arsenal's goal, which is a reward for Chelsea's hard attack throughout the game."
In this game, Chelsea played a round of attacks from the beginning, directly using their home advantage to suppress Arsenal, who had been in poor condition recently through attacks. The Gunners were forced to defend the game. As a result, Chelsea did not do their best during the entire game, but just took the initiative, maintained control, and played more patiently.
The game can be said to be ugly and dull, but it broke out in Ronaldinho's sudden goal
"The current situation is becoming increasingly unfavorable for Arsenal. In total score, Chelsea has two away goals. Arsenal must score a goal before having a chance to equalize the score. This is undoubtedly a difficult thing for the Gunners who have been in poor form recently. On the contrary, Wenger should adjust the team as soon as possible, because we have realized before that the emotions of Arsenal players seem a little excited and impatient."
Chelsea's strong lineup has shown its effect during this period. In this game, Chelsea is obviously better than Arsenal, and Arsenal players have not been able to get out of the shadow of the past few games. They seem to be a little depressed and lack enterprising spirit. Even if they counterattack, they will play without any threat.
One has increased and the other has declined. Even though Chelsea did not do its best to attack, they still firmly controlled the initiative.
After Chelsea scored a goal, Wenger finally made a substitution, replacing the poorly performed Lauren with Reyes, the right-back that Wenger trusted. He was completely defeated by Ronaldinho in this game. If Merck hadn't given him a little care for him, he would have left the game with a red card.
After getting on Reyes and forming a three-forward tactic with Borgkamp and Henry, Wenger obviously had to fight to the death.
Ye Qiu was not surprised by this. In the 75th minute, he replaced Davis with Ribery. The team changed into a 43-point lineup to focus on defensive counterattacks and actively launched an attack through two sides.
Ribery's progress this season is obvious to all. The Frenchman has a solid foundation, fast speed, and excellent skills. He just lacked a stable environment and a head coach who trusted him. As Ye Qiu kept giving him opportunities this season, Ribery's progress has become more and more obvious, and he showed strong standards in several substitutes and starting positions.
Ye Qiu's idea is that the team should adjust its tactics next season and should give Ribery more tasks appropriately, and even promote him to start. This is also a reward for his outstanding performance this season. Ye Qiu also heard that Ribery will enter the French national team and the Blues should give him a new contract.
Both sides changed their lineups. Although Arsenal's offense seemed very powerful, it actually created a small threat and made many mistakes. On the contrary, Chelsea's counterattacks several times created a threat, but they were still a little short of the goal.
This is also because Arsenal players generally do not continue to have physical fitness. After playing for so long, they keep fighting on multi-line, and the players' physical and physical fitness consumes a lot, which leads to their serious technical movements in the game, so they naturally make more mistakes.
Until the 89th minute, Arsenal was obviously crazy and they all rushed out to play. Vieira kept calling out to his teammates there, and Wenger also walked to the sidelines to give the team support. In the last few minutes, for Arsenal, it doesn't matter whether they score or not, what is important is dignity.
But Ye Qiu still didn't plan to hold back. As soon as he saw the player retracting, he immediately walked out and shouted loudly. What is this?
Have you won?
The game is not over yet? Who dares to say that he will win?
There are four or five minutes left in stoppage time, so I'll just relax now. Wouldn't that give Arsenal a chance?
In the 91st minute, Arsenal attacked to the middle, and the ball was cut off by Marklele and handed over to Deco. Deco made a long pass over the top. This time, Ribery finally seized the opportunity and exerted his surprising explosive power, penetrating Arsenal's defense line that had been obviously overwhelming. After getting the ball, he took more than 30 meters. No one had time to chase him throughout the process. All that was left was his contest with Lehman.
The German goalkeeper stood outside and could only attack but could not defend. The final result was that Ribery directly shot directly. The Frenchman was worried that he would take the lead and chased the ball outside the goal, and then stopped watching the ball enter the net.
This goal completely destroyed Arsenal's fighting spirit of stubbornness. Ye Qiu also made the last two substitutions, spending the last few minutes of stoppage time, and dragging the game to the end.
When Merck blew the whistle at the end of the game, the entire Stamford Bridge Stadium completely turned into a sea of celebration. All the Chelsea fans wearing blue jerseys rushed out of their seats and shouted loudly and cheered.
"Congratulations to Chelsea, congratulations to them for reaching the Champions League semi-finals. This is the first time since 19 years that a London team has reached the Champions League semi-finals. Even Arsenal has never done it before. Ye Qiu did it in his first season in the Premier League. He can indeed be called the king of the cup."
In 2019, Tottenham Hotspur reached the Champions League semi-finals for the last time. After that, there have never been so many teams in London that have reached the semi-finals again. Instead, teams from other parts of England have reached their peak one after another, such as Nottingham Forest, Liverpool Dynasty, and Manchester United's triple-championship at the turn of the century, etc.
London teams have always regretted that their Champions League performance was not ideal. Originally, Wenger's Gunners were the ones they most hoped for, because Arsenal is the only team in the Premier League that has the strength to challenge Manchester United and is also the most hopeful team to complete a breakthrough in the European arena. They are also one of the Gl4 members.
But what is unexpected is that it was not Wenger, not Arsenal, but Ye Qiu and his team who led the London team to make a breakthrough. Before the season, Chelsea, who was bombarded and rejected by countless professionals and even deprecated as mercenaries.
The huge investment of 500 million euros was exchanged for Chelsea, which made Abramovich, who was sitting in the Stamford Bridge box very happy. The TV camera captured Abramovich's expression of standing up happily and applauding and cheering for the team. Anyone could understand his joy from his face.
Ye Qiu hugged and celebrated with his assistants and players one by one on the sidelines. The fans in the stands clearly noticed their head coach. In the Premier League, which has always attached great importance to the role of the head coach, fans all know very clearly that the soul of this Chelsea is Ye Qiu.
"Autumn leaves, autumn leaves, autumn leaves, autumn"
Chelsea fans in the stands kept shouting Ye Qiu's name. At first, it was just a small part, sparse, but gradually, more and more fans were involved, and the momentum became louder and louder, and in the end it turned into overwhelming cheers. [Ye Qiu]'s shouting was even deafening. I believe that even the fans in front of the TV could hear it clearly.
"Chelsea fans are giving their young head coach the highest treatment. 40,000 fans in the audience shouted Ye Qiu's name in unison, which shows their affirmation and support for Ye Qiu's coaching performance this season."
"Beating Arsenal, Chelsea did amazing performance. We also have reason to believe that in addition to being the number one favorite team to win the Premier League this season, Chelsea is also the most promising team to win the Champions League. Ye Qiu may have the hope to be the first to achieve the fantastic start that countless head coaches would never dare to imagine in their first year of entering the Premier League, that is, the double champions of the Premier League and the Champions League.
The Chelsea players on the court celebrated vigorously, as if they had won all the championships in advance. For them, it is more important to lose two times in the Champions League knockout stage than anything else.
Arsenal players were obviously hit hard, all of them tugging their heads and headed towards the player channel like walking dead, because they have encountered too many blows in the past week.
Losing the FA Cup, losing the league, losing the Champions League, they were completely awakened from their dream of being ambitious in the triple-championship. The extremely cruel facts tell them that they do not have the ability to win the triple-champion.
Wenger stood on the sidelines and looked at Chelsea celebrating. A sense of despair in his heart was involuntarily gushing out, because he knew that after this season, it would be difficult for him to have such a strong and combative Arsenal again. It would be as difficult as he could reach the top of the Champions League.
Suddenly, he felt very envious of Ye Qiu. He performed so well in his first season in the Premier League. Who doesn’t envy him?
Of course, Wenger is not as lucky as some fans who don’t like Ye Qiu think. He is very sure that Ye Qiu can have today because of his strength, unquestionable strength. Otherwise, who can get to his level?
Wenger is not a person who is easily desperate. He is 8 points behind Chelsea in the league, but there is still hope.
He has lost the FA Cup, the Champions League, he can no longer lose the Premier League
"There is still hope, there is still opportunity." Wenger raised his head and murmured to himself in the sound of shouting Ye Qiu's name all over the sky, as if saying to himself and to encourage him.
Chapter completed!