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Chapter 460: Reaching the Final Four

Bad Red and Black Legion lost to the White Hart Lane Stadium, gorgeous Tottenham won perfectly to advance to the final battle

Genius Fabregas scored the best player in the game with a kick, defeating senior Pirlo

Ye Qiu used his magical army to uncover the scars of Milan, and it was already destined before a complete defeat.

The perfect trident ends Milan's dream of defending the title. Why is it that the fifth place in Serie A to enter the Champions League semi-finals?

The next day, major European media focused on the game where Tottenham Hotspur beat AC Milan 0 at home. If AC Milan can still win the match between 0 and 0 at San Siro Stadium in the first leg, then at the White Hart Lane Stadium, AC Milan will completely collapse under Tottenham Hotspur's attack.

Even as an Italian media, Milan Sports Daily said in its comments that AC Milan lost only three goals, which was a very lucky thing. They even regarded this game as a worse crash than 2004 losses to La Coruna.

"If Fabregas's shot didn't hit the crossbar, if Van Persie was pulled down by Martini, if Messi's curve shot did not hit the post, if"

"There is indeed not so many ifs in this world, because none of these happens, but this has to think deeply, and that is, what exactly causes AC Milan to be so lacking in combat at the White Hart Lane Stadium? This is not the performance that a defending team in the Champions League should have."

"Long time before the game, the English media called AC Milan the grandpa team and Tottenham Hotspurs as their grandson team. This is not a humiliation, but is telling all fans that the average age of AC Milan is so old and Tottenham Hotspur is so young."

"In fact, long before the game, many people believed that the younger and more energetic Tottenham Hotspur would defeat AC Milan and advance smoothly. This is not because of Nesta's injury. I believe that even if Nesta was not injured, he would not be able to stop Milan's defeat. This is more considered from many aspects."

"In fact, more than two months ago, when the reporter was communicating with Tifano, the deputy editor-in-chief of the Milan team magazine, he already felt the internal atmosphere of Milan. Their attitude towards the team this season is the same as the age of the players, and it is still old, and it doesn't even make people see even a little vitality and vitality."

"Galliani said that this season, Milan still hopes to focus on adjusting the youth structure. This is a topic of re-provoking replay, and it can also be said to be an excuse for Milan's management to do nothing, because the aging of the team is not reflected until now. Could it be that Maldini only knew about the age of 38 this year?"

"What really affects Milan's performance is precisely the management's style. Especially after the team won the Champions League last season, they were even more proud and satisfied that even with this group of veterans, they were enough to continue to sweep Europa, but the reality is so cruel. Tottenham Hotspur told them with bloody 0 that this is a delusion."

"It's fifth in Serie A this season. Whether it can enter the Champions League next season is still an unknown. Now it's a humiliating elimination from the Champions League. This may re-inspire the fighting spirit of Milan's management and may give them some courage to adjust the team's lineup."

In the end, Milan Sports also gave some positive factors for AC Milan's tragic elimination, that is, the loss of the Champions League may allow AC Milan to concentrate and invest in the fourth place in the league, ensuring that the team continues to participate in the UEFA Champions League next season.

Compared with the comments of Milan Sports, the Italian Evening Post not only pointed its finger at the team's aging structure, but also accused Ancelotti of his use of troops in the game and his poor substitutions.

"On-spot command has always been Ancelotti's weakness, so many times we can only hope that Ancelotti's team can create a good ball from the beginning, but in this game we saw a conservative Ancelotti."

"Why is Ambrosini, not Seidov? Why can't Emerson get trust? Even at the critical moment, our midfielder has been completely passive, so why not strengthen the midfield?"

"Relatively speaking, Tottenham's strategy and tactics are clearer and obvious. Ye Qiu has to play fast from the beginning. This point he made very clear at the press conference before the game. He used the fast-paced Premier League model to drag down AC Milan. However, after the start, Tottenham's performance was not ideal, mainly because their midfielder could not hold the ball."

"Pirlo's position is relatively low. If Ye Qiu let Fabregas play the front midfielder to suppress Pirlo, Modric alone will not be able to do the core tasks of the organization in the midfield, so Tottenham lost the initiative when competing for ball control. After the opening, AC Milan got his wish and made a sharp attack."

"This is a good phenomenon, isn't it?"

"But we have to admire Ye Qiu's on-site command. After he realized this problem, he pulled Messi back immediately, instead of Fabregas, because he knew very well that Fabregas suppressed Pirlo, which is the most important local confrontation in this game. He cannot move. I believe that in order to do this, he had already conducted strict training before the game."

"Messi is back, midfield ball control has been strengthened, Tottenham Hotspur successfully dominated the game, the whole process lasted for nearly twenty minutes, and Tottenham Hotspur completed its first goal, and during the whole process, Ancelotti seemed to have done nothing, and he seemed to be unable to see Tottenham Hotspur keep taking over the game and keep taking control."

"When Tottenham Hotspur broke AC Milan's goal, Milan's defense gave Tottenham's trident at least three very obvious loopholes, which was difficult for Milan in the past. At this time, Ancelotti should make adjustments as soon as possible, but he did not, which directly led to the goal conceding again in the last moment of the first half."

"Down from two goals, Milan was already very passive in the second half, and Ancelotti did not make substitutions. The reason he gave after the game was that he did not have a suitable substitution. In the second half, Tottenham Hotspur successfully took over the game, successfully pulled the pace and kept attacking AC Milan's goal."

"Thank God, they missed at least three chances to score goals, but Messi's goal in the first minute completely destroyed AC Milan's confidence. After that, Ancelotti substitutions, but it lost its meaning and lost its strong support and passes from behind. Kaka also performed sluggish throughout the game and was very passive.

"There is another interesting phenomenon in the last twenty minutes of the game, that is, Tottenham, who fought fiercely, to the last ten minutes, especially in the last ten minutes, their physical fitness was obviously no longer able to keep up. At this time, it was supposed to be AC ​​Milan's chance, but Milan seemed to be worse than them."

"From the overall perspective, Tottenham Hotspur completed a nearly perfect sniper in this game. The advantageous advantages in the schedule and the physical advantages of the players were all very well used by Tottenham Hotspur. Ye Qiu also firmly adopted the tactical style he was used to, played his advantage, and dragged down the old AC Milan."

"Of course, we should also give Ancelotti some sympathy, because AC Milan's multi-line battle this season and the old player structure is not Ancelotti's responsibility, but he must bear the responsibility of tactical failure for the loss of this game. But we also hope that they can get out of their frustration as soon as possible, because they must play Serie A well in the next season and strive to regain the qualification for the Champions League next season. This is Milan's next priority."

Compared with the Italian media generally preferring AC Milan as the protagonist, the English media have all given Tottenham and Hotspur a high evaluation and appreciation, believing that this is a nearly perfect victory in both the process and the result.

"Tottenham destroyed Milan with the gorgeous AC Milan's best"

Times columnist Martin Samuel praised Tottenham Hotspur, believing that the victory of this game had been confirmed long before the game. From the process, Tottenham Hotspur showed that it had the strength to compete with the top European teams.

"Pulse control has always been the essence of AC Milan's style of play since Pirlo's retreat. Last season, AC Milan defeated the Red Devils and Manchester United with their aggressive ball control and successfully eliminated Manchester United from the Champions League, especially the nearly devastating half an hour after the start, which attracted countless Milan fans to talk about it."

"But this season, in the Champions League, the youngest brother Tottenham Hotspur avenged his big brother Manchester United. What makes the Italians even more ashamed is that they use the way Milan is best at controlling the ball and defeating Milan."

"Looking at the entire game, Pirlo's pass success rate was less than 70. This is obviously a very bad value for players who are the core of the team's organization. Because with the decline in Pirlo's pass success rate, AC Milan's pass efficiency has been curbed. Therefore, AC Milan's pass success rate throughout the game was very low, and even more of a long pass, rather than the ground penetration promotion they are familiar with and good at.

"If we look at the game simply from the process, we can easily come up with an illusion that Tottenham is AC Milan in Serie A, while AC Milan is more like a traditional Premier League team, because Tottenham Hotspur has forced AC Milan to fail to effectively pass the ball. After getting disconnected from the front and back courts, they had to frequently change to play inefficient long passes."

"From this game, we can also see that Tottenham Hotspur is not inferior to AC Milan in terms of ball control, but they did not participate in the slow ball control similar to AC Milan's past, but instead played faster, more direct and more threatening."

"If we just look at the ball-handling time, the gap between the two teams is not very big. Tottenham Hotspur is 5, and AC Milan is 47, which is definitely not visible on the court, because all fans watching the game will not believe that Milan's ball-handling rate is so high because their ball-handling has no quality at all."

"Once, I met Ye Qiu at the Premier League coaching summit. I asked him what kind of technical football Tottenham Hotspur wants? Because I think Tottenham's possession is obviously not like Arsenal, nor is it like Barcelona, ​​because they are faster, more direct, and more threatening."

"Ye Qiu told me that if Tottenham Hotspur possession exceeds UU, he will feel a headache, because it means that a lot of the possession is useless, and if it is below 50, he will feel very sad, because it means that the team is passive in the field, so he feels that the most reasonable possession time should be between 550%.

"I asked him, how did he get this range?"

"He shook his head and said it was an experience, because now the defense is getting closer and closer and more integrated. If you control the ball too much, it often means that the opponent's defense is getting closer. Because they don't control the ball, they can only defend, so you have to give them the ball, give them hope, and give them the courage to play."

"He told me that in the culture of his motherland for more than 5,000 years, there is a thought that suits his understanding of football, and playing hard to get. It means that when you want to get something, you often have to know how to learn to give up something first. This kind of giving up is not a blind giving up, but a purposeful and tactical giving up."

"I think this game against AC Milan is an embodiment of Ye Qiu's tactical thinking. He gave up some unnecessary ball control, but adopted a faster and more direct way of playing. He took advantage of the team's physical advantages and dragged down AC Milan alive. This is not only a complete victory in the scene and the result, but also a complete victory in tacticality."

Not only the Times, the Guardian, the Daily Telegraph, the Daily Mail, the Sun and other major newspapers and media in England have given overwhelming praise and affirmation for Tottenham Hotspur’s victory, the momentum is as if Tottenham Hotspur had already won the European championship ahead of schedule.

In such a momentum, Manchester United beat Roma with a total score of 0 and seemed a bit unattractive, because the surprising L game last season was obviously more interesting than the current two rounds 0. From the beginning, almost everyone felt that Manchester United beat Roma was not a big problem.

In another match, Barcelona also struggled to defeat Schalke 04 with two 0 games and a total score of 0, and successfully advanced to the Champions League semi-finals. Their opponent in the semi-finals will be Manchester United.

In another match with Tottenham Hotspur in the first half, Liverpool tied by Chelsea at home and when they were away from Stamford Bridge Stadium, the two teams once again played I. In overtime, with a controversial penalty from Lampard and Drogba's goal, Chelsea finally defeated Liverpool and successfully advanced to the semi-finals.

In this way, the semi-finals of the Champions League semi-finals are also newly released. Tottenham Hotspur met its arch rival Chelsea, Manchester United met Barcelona, ​​and the Premier League team once again reached the semi-finals, especially Tottenham Hotspur, who participated in the Champions League for the first time in decades, was able to reach the semi-finals, which itself was a victory.

When the semi-final matchup was released, the outside world's optimistic attitude towards Tottenham Hotspur suddenly soared, because if you want to be familiar with Chelsea, no one can compare to Ye Qiu, because this Chelsea team was created by Ye Qiu from the bottom of their hearts, and he is more familiar with everything about Chelsea than anyone else.

Moreover, since Mourinho stepped down, Ye Qiu won two consecutive victories against Chelsea, and Grant's coaching ability has been questioned. Relatively speaking, Tottenham Hotspur is in high morale after losing AC Milan, so many people are optimistic that Tottenham Hotspur can beat Chelsea and successfully enter the Champions League final.

Among the semi-finals, Tottenham Hotspur's odds rank third in the championship, because both Manchester United and Barcelona are obviously better than Tottenham Hotspur, especially Manchester United. The double-killing Tottenham Hotspur this season is Ye Qiu's most troublesome team.

But many people also think that Ye Qiu has always been known for creating miracles. Whether leading Ajax or leading Chelsea, he performed well in the Cup. For this reason, he was also awarded the title of King of Cups, so if he eventually led Tottenham Hotspur to win the championship in an upset, it is not impossible.

The London derby appeared in the Champions League semi-finals, which also attracted worldwide attention. The most happy thing is the London Municipal Government and the Olympic Organizing Committee. They even called Ye Qiu in person, hoping that Tottenham Hotspur could continue to work hard.

For London, which is about to hold the Olympics, the best and most ideal thing is of course a London derby in every season's Champions League semi-finals or even finals, which is definitely the most ideal warm-up show for the London Olympics.

However, there are pros and cons. After Tottenham defeated AC Milan in the Champions League and successfully entered the semi-finals, the team next defeated Middlesbrough in the 34th round of the Premier League, l and l with difficulty at home.

Because Tottenham played the FA Cup semi-finals in the 33rd round of the league, the match between Tottenham and Blackburn was delayed until the mid-week period of 34 and 35 rounds, which happened to be without the Champions League matches.

As a result, Tottenham lost 0l away to Blackburn.

Everyone was not surprised that Tottenham Hotspur lost away, because in the past period of time, there was a big battle almost every three days. Even if Tottenham Hotspur’s rotation was well done, it would definitely affect the team’s performance. Especially after playing AC Milan, the team kept ushering in a big battle.

On the weekend, in the 35th round of the Premier League, Tottenham Hotspur once again drew Wigan away. Although Manchester United's performance has declined in recent rounds, and the last three rounds have been one win or two draws, Tottenham Hotspur's points have been expanded to three-pointers.

With three rounds left in the league, falling behind by three points is indeed not an insurmountable gap, because immediately afterwards, Manchester United will usher in Chelsea in the two rounds of the Champions League semi-finals, and Tottenham will usher in Liverpool.

There is no doubt that this will be a decisive battle that affects the title of the champion
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