Chapter 591 The Privilege of the Champion
Before the exit of the player channel at Old Trafford Stadium, Manchester United's main players and substitutes are on the same side, and they are divided into two teams in the left and right before the exit of the player channel, standing neatly, while the referee and the lineman stand closest to the exit of the player channel.
This is a tradition in the Premier League. Manchester United welcomes the defending champion Tottenham Hotspur who successfully won the championship in advance at its home court. Although this is unacceptable and extremely depressing for Manchester United, both Ferguson and Manchester United players expressed that they would line up to welcome them before the game.
You should know that in the history of Premier League football, Manchester United is the team with the most championships. Ferguson's team has won three consecutive championships for a long time and has dominated the Premier League for a long time. It is truly uncomfortable to line up to welcome the Premier League upstart Tottenham Hotspur who won the championship in advance in its own home court and territory.
But tradition is tradition. Ferguson is a head coach who attaches great importance to tradition. So when he was interviewed by the media, he hoped that Chelsea could defeat Tottenham Hotspur, delay the early victory of North London teams, and at the same time defeated Tottenham Hotspur's spirit. However, on the other hand, he said that Manchester United will maintain its demeanor.
"This is a privilege for the winner, isn't it?"
When Tottenham Hotspur players slowly walked out of the player's passage under the leadership of captain Beckham on the court, the entire Old Trafford Stadium was not very obvious, but it made all the fans on the court hear the booing clearly.
It was because Ye Qiu was dissatisfied with Tottenham Hotspur because he actually arranged such a substitute lineup to play at this time.
Goalkeepers are Joe Hart, the defense is Cointran, Zieglinsky, Kompany and Kyle Walker, the midfield is Ramsey, Phil Jones and Pogba, and the frontcourt is Hazard, Falcao and Beckham
It is obvious that Tottenham Hotspur does not intend to do its best in this game, and Ye Qiu focuses all his troops in the second leg of the Champions League semi-final next Wednesday.
Not only Tottenham Hotspur, but also Manchester United's game. It can be seen from the clothes of this group of Manchester United's team players that many players are wearing match uniforms, while some players wear substitutes, including Rooney, Benzema, Sneider, Las Diyala and other players have no plans to play.
Manchester United's captain was Vidic in this game, but his partner was Evans, Ferdinand and Gary Neville, but they didn't even make the roster. It was obvious that Ferguson's abacus was similar to Ye Qiu.
Beckham returned to Old Trafford in this way, which is indeed a bit special, especially as the captain of Tottenham Hotspur, he led his teammates out of the player passage. When he walked into the stadium, there was a burst of booing at the scene, but the number was not large. It was obvious that some Manchester United fans were dissatisfied with him.
But soon, a warmer cheer came to the scene. It was obvious that some rational Manchester United fans took the initiative to protect their former heroes when they saw someone booing Beckham. The cheers became more and more enthusiastic, and in the end, some even shouted Beckham's name.
Not only that, many former Manchester United teammates including Scholes and Giggs were shaking hands with Beckham and hugging him, congratulating the former teammate on his achievements at Tottenham Hotspur.
Although Beckham has gradually faded out of the main lineup as he grows older, and even has been threatened by young players such as Ramsey and Pogba, Beckham's performance has always been very good, which is also because he hopes to be able to qualify for the South African World Cup through his performance.
This is also the reason why many Tottenham Hotspur players are working hard, such as Portuguese international Cointran, who has performed very well recently. Although he is very strong in the Portuguese national team, he still needs to win the trust and affirmation of the head coach through his performance.
Moreover, Beckham has always been one of the few offensive pillars in the English national team. During the period when he gave up Beckham, the performance of the England national team was never satisfactory. The offense lost its threat. Countless people miss Beckham's free kicks and long passes and assists. Therefore, there is basically no suspense about Beckham's World Cup in South Africa.
However, he himself is also very careful, especially when he is careful about injuries. He even conducts a physical test like the injured every day to ensure that he can welcome the South African World Cup with a healthy body.
Ye Qiu also supports Beckham, so in many cup matches or some useless games, he arranged for Beckham to go up to find his condition and maintain his physical heat, which would be beneficial to him in the South African World Cup in summer.
The welcoming ceremony before the game was very warm, and the atmosphere of meeting the players on both sides was very harmonious, and there was no big conflict or controversy. However, during the game, Tottenham and Manchester United did not hold back at all. Both sides were aiming at Mai Mang and started the battle directly.
Although it was a game that was not valued, the head coaches of both sides obviously paid more attention to the second leg of the Champions League semi-final next week. However, the substitutes and young players did not think so. They all tried their best to prove themselves.
Therefore, this game was very good-looking. Neither side was polite, and they started a battle against each other.
In fact, Manchester United's offensive ability is not weak, especially when Scholes, Giggs, Fletcher and other players who are familiar with Manchester United's pass-through and cutting system appear on the court at the same time, Manchester United's attack power is also very good.
But it is obvious that Tottenham Hotspur's ability to create opportunities and seize opportunities is better than Manchester United, but this is not because Tottenham Hotspur players' overall strength exceeds Manchester United, but that Tottenham Hotspur's entire tactical system is more offensive and creative. In addition, with Falcao in front, Tottenham Hotspur defeated Manchester United away.
Romedal and Falcao also scored their 41st goal in the Premier League this season in this game.
Such crazy goal data also made Colombian stars famous, and many fans even listed him as the world's top center. After all, being able to score so many goals in a season, even in Tottenham Hotspur, which claims to have the strongest attack power, is very, very difficult.
But there is another very important reason why the media hyped Falcao, which is that his goals exceeded the two ace superstars Messi and Ribery, which provided the media with hype resources. Although Messi, Ribery, Falcao, Fabregas, David Silva, Alves and Thiago Silva were all shortlisted, everyone knows that Messi's election is almost unsurprising.
But that's the case with the media. They won't tell you anything else. They will only tell you that Falcao defeated Messi and Ribery because of his goals, which is what the media is best at doing.
Tottenham Hotspur beat Manchester United away, ending all the strong dialogues in the Premier League this season. The opponents in the last two rounds are Bolton and Burnley. Both opponents are difficult to pose a threat to Tottenham Hotspur. The championship trophy will be awarded to Tottenham Hotspur in the 37th round of the league. After the game against Bolton at home is over.
There is no doubt that no one will pay attention to a game that has been abandoned by both head coaches in advance. All media attention is focused on the second leg of the Champions League semi-final next week. The questions asked by reporters at the post-match press conference are almost all related to this key battle.
Ferguson said that Manchester United will defeat Tottenham Hotspur at home and successfully advance to the final.
"We will not only return to the Champions League final, we will also complete a revenge"
Ferguson's meaning is very clear, that is, to complete a revenge against Tottenham Hotspur about the miracle performed at the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow, Russia, because at that time, Manchester United lost four goals in the second half with a 0 lead in the first half, losing to Tottenham Hotspur and losing the Champions League championship he won.
Regarding the provocation from Ferguson, Ye Qiu smiled and said that he had an advantage over Tottenham Hotspur away games
"Everyone knows that we are good at attacking, we will defeat Manchester United on the road, using our offense
When asked by reporters whether they would be a little conservative in away games, Ye Qiu said, "This is not our Tottenham Hotspur style. We will still adopt active and proactive game strategies. We will use offense to disrupt Manchester United's defense. I believe that my players and I will appear at the Bernabeu Stadium."
Regarding whether Tottenham Hotspur successfully advanced or Manchester United finally ended up laughing, the opinions given by outside commentators were completely different. Some support Tottenham Hotspur, believing that this team's advancement represents a victory in offensive football, but some people think that Manchester United should win more because Ferguson's team has an advantage.
"What makes Tottenham Hotspur most worrying is their condition and physical fitness. In fact, the North London team was tired in the first round, and the mistakes that led to Manchester United's goal score also came from physical fitness. Therefore, for Tottenham Hotspur, whether the players' physical fitness and physical fitness can be adjusted well in the second round is the most important thing."
"In contrast, Manchester United, Ferguson's team has long been planning the team's combat plan around the Champions League. This can be seen from Ferguson's abandonment of the league against Chelsea. In fact, Manchester United's performance this season in the Cup, especially in the Champions League knockout, is obviously much better than the league and other games."
"But Manchester United also has a weakness, that is, can they curb Tottenham's attack?"
"Ferguson's tactical understanding and tactical literacy are beyond doubt. There are only a handful of head coaches in today's football world. Currently, his Manchester United is very balanced in offense and defense. Judging from the current situation, they are also the closest team to Tottenham Hotspur in terms of strength, so we can fully expect Manchester United to create miracles in the second leg."
Yes, miracle, in the eyes of many people, it takes miracles to beat Tottenham Hotspur in two rounds in the Champions League, or to completely beat Tottenham Hotspur in one event.
Ye Qiu's team has created too many glory and myths in the past few years. After entering the 2009l0 season, Tottenham Hotspur also ushered in an adjustment period. The most obvious change is that after selling off several stars in the team who were in their playing years, they began to vigorously promote and cultivate young players.
Although Tottenham Hotspur's young players this season have attracted much attention and expectations and have shown impressive strength, it is impossible to support young players to take the lead and maintain a peak in the team's strength. Therefore, when Tottenham Hotspur deals with multi-line battles this season, some problems will inevitably arise.
But Ye Qiu still insists on the tactics that Tottenham Hotspur have consistently been in the past few seasons, and only makes appropriate adjustments to defense and local details, such as pulling back the previous high-level defense downward and forward.
In Ye Qiu's metaphor, the retracted fist will be faster and more powerful.
Adjusting and promoting young players will bring turmoil, so although Tottenham Hotspur performed very amazingly in the Premier League this season, and maintained an amazing record of winning all the strong teams, with great value and covering the Golden Boots and Silver Boots, Tottenham Hotspur made some mistakes in the Champions League, which is more tactical and targeted.
For example, when he lost to Porto away, many people were shocked. Although Tottenham Hotspur beat Porto at home, the scenery was unlimited, no matter how much scenery there was, it could not cover up the problems caused by the defeat in the first round.
In fact, anyone with a discerning eye can see that Tottenham Hotspur's overall game control and the team's overall strength have declined a lot compared to last season. After all, the departure of Van Persie, Gareth Bale, Aveloa, Lucas Mora and others has been greatly weakened for Tottenham Hotspur.
But everyone still has a subconscious mind to support the strong, so Tottenham Hotspur has made great progress and development in its operation, number of fans and influence.
A team of economic, sports and intangible value research at the University of Oxford in the UK, after investigation and analysis over the past year, a media value research report on football clubs, players and coaches showed that although Real Madrid has increased from 48.5 points to 83 points in the past season, making 70 leaps, proving the success of Florentino's superstar policy, Tottenham Hotspur ranked first.
This research team combined the reputation of teams and players in a season, public attention, media, network exposure, etc., and quantitatively calculated the results of the media value.
It is obvious that the success achieved in the past few years has won the attention of fans and media from all over the world, winning the championship with 96.U points, while Barcelona has only RU points, Real Madrid has 83 points, Manchester United and Chelsea have .4 points and 59.7 points respectively, followed by AC Milan, Liverpool, Inter Milan, Arsenal and Bayern Munich.
This research result can actually be regarded as a reference for some sponsors' investment, because it reflects the media value of a football club. Judging from this list, Tottenham Hotspur's every move has attracted the attention of fans around the world. Even a Christmas party they held internally in the past can eventually be operated into a large-scale Christmas carnival, which shows Tottenham's influence and fans' appeal.
As the head of the Oxford Research Group, Professor Puhall said in an interview that he is a fan and an expert in the media field. He created this list because of his interest. He thinks that media value is a high-level sports field worth studying, and he will stick to this aspect of research.
Regarding Tottenham Hotspur’s championship, Puhall said that this is because Tottenham Hotspur has a very professional public relations and journalism team, and a very professional and systematic business operation team.
"If we look at the top teams on the list, it is not difficult to find that Tottenham Hotspur, Real Madrid, Manchester United and Chelsea have all made great efforts in public relations and news teams. As soon as Florentino came on stage, the first to adjust was Real Madrid's news department, and Tottenham Hotspur's news public relations capabilities have always been well-known in the industry."
"If we study it carefully, we will find a more interesting phenomenon, that is, teams with high media value often have high economic income, which is proportional to the two. Forbes' club rankings, the teams with the strongest operating income are Manchester United, Real Madrid, Tottenham Hotspur, Arsenal, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Liverpool and AC Milan."
"While media value is leading all the giant teams, Tottenham's operating income is still behind Manchester United and Real Madrid, which indirectly proves one thing: Tottenham's commercial value still has huge potential to be tapped, and a very important factor in this gap is the White Hart Lane Stadium."
Puhall also made a prediction at the end of the interview that Tottenham Hotspur will become the world's highest-paid football club in the next five years, but only if the team's strength and lineup can be maintained.
There is no doubt that this study by Professor Puhall of Oxford University is actually consistent with Ye Qiu and Peter Neon's positioning of Tottenham Hotspur, because Ye Qiu is unswervingly implementing the team's stable development route and healthy financial route, and even selling the team's stars for this, no matter who they are.
This benefit is that the team's finances are very healthy and they have made great progress. When the team enters the new stadium in the future, the team will usher in a prosperous road to development.
Another persistence is the team's technical and tactical style, that is, offensive football. This not only wins the praise and support of fans for Tottenham Hotspur, but also ensures the attendance rate at home. More importantly, it can ensure the inheritance and stability of Tottenham Hotspur's past, present, and future, including the first team and youth team.
Chapter completed!