Chapter 691 The Tortoise and the Hare Race
Football is a very interesting science, especially when you understand it in depth and become more familiar with it, you will find that you are actually unable to understand it because it is very vast and profound.
This is true for all industries and all knowledge in the world.
It’s like mathematics, one plus one level two, is it simple? But it’s as profound as the Goldbach conjecture, it’s impossible for countless mathematicians around the world to prove it. Do you think mathematics is simple or profound?
Easy to learn, but difficult to master, this is a typical feature of all knowledge in the world.
Sometimes, Ye Qiu was thinking, perhaps, the modern football history over the past hundred years may be just to tell everyone a truth, how to achieve a balance between individuals and teams.
If this problem is magnified, for a country, even the entire world, individualism and collectivism, aren’t these two opposite ideas? So whether you pursue individualism or advocate collectivism, you can’t say it is wrong. In the final analysis, social harmony and world peace are to find a balance point in individualism and collectivism, compromise and harmony with each other.
The same is true for football. Its development history is a spiral upward history, full of struggle between individualism and teamism, and countless superstars were born, such as Bailey and Maradona. But soon, when people discovered that individuals alone could not limit these superstars, teamism recovered, and when teamism develops to a certain level, it will surely create a better rise of individualism.
This is a cycle of football!
Back to reality, countless journalists, media and fans are saying that Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi are the two greatest superstars on the planet, their level is better than any player in the world. Messi relies on his unparalleled football skills and inspiration, while Cristiano Ronaldo relies on his powerful and arrogant body.
The confrontation between the two super geniuses is the confrontation between technology and power.
It can be said that Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are the crystallization and achievements of the development of star tactics to the extreme since the 1990s. They represent the two most outstanding concepts in the football world today, and they also represent the ultimate level of modern football training. They are the most outstanding works of art trained by modern football.
But teamism has never been outdone. The Danish miracle, the Greek miracle, the Valencia miracle, and even the two Champions Leagues that Real Madrid joined in the 20th century. These can be regarded as the recovery of teamism and the strong return of overall football. This trend has almost become very obvious now.
Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, who represent individualism, have reached their limits. Their development has encountered bottlenecks. Because of the level of science and technology and training, they have not made major breakthroughs in a short period of time, and their personal abilities have also reached the extreme, so they can score goals and they can be invincible, but it is difficult for them to rely on the strength of a team to advance like the Maradona era.
The reason is very simple, the overall football that represents teamism has returned!
So, what will happen in the future development of football?
If Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo represent the highest level of football training, then overall football will gradually popularize this highest level of training in the next few years, allowing more and more professional players to enjoy such training levels, and more and more high-level players will also be.
Of course, in this process, you never have to worry about not having any stars, because there are always differences between people.
The development of teamism cannot be without bottlenecks, but while teamism develops, with the advancement of technology and the improvement of training level, individualism will make a breakthrough. Therefore, elite special training will create several super geniuses. Their appearance will once again break the balance brought by teamism. He will re-show the Maradona miracle, allowing the entire team to build tactics around him, give full play to his tactical value and strength advantages, and then achieve success.
As a result, a new round of individualism revival, followed by a teamism revival.
Sometimes Ye Qiu felt that the ideas of the ancestors of the motherland were really interesting. They proposed the theory that the lonely yin does not grow, the single yang does not grow, and the yin and the other yang are called Tao thousands of years ago.
The truth mentioned here is actually a kind of balance.
When it comes to a person, people have two sides, good or bad, good or evil, it depends on how you balance these two personalities.
How to coordinate development when it comes to a team, superstars and players, individualism and teamism?
How to balance and integrate individuals and collectives, families and countries in a country?
Everything in this world is relative and has two sides. If you always look at and think about problems with one side, then you will always go astray and go on wrong paths.
Just like Ye Qiu, although his education is from the Cologne Sports Academy in Germany, he is not a professional player. If many people hear this, they will think, ah, this guy is a layman, is that true?
Throughout the history of the world, all the decision makers of great wars are not the generals who are best at fighting!
During World War II, Japan's Hades attacked Pearl Harbor, the US government and the public were shocked, and the situation was critical. Roosevelt decided to bomb Tokyo. Almost all generals in the United States thought this was an impossible task and it was not cost-effective. As a result, Roosevelt stood up from a wheelchair and told them that if I can stand up, you can do it.
Everyone knows the final result that the United States successfully bombed Tokyo and changed the trend of World War II.
Similarly, in the history of football development, those head coaches who have not had a brilliant career, and even those who have no career experience have made outstanding contributions to the development of football. The truth is the same as war. The real decision makers should not be generals who are good at fighting, but should be a group of strategists with a broader vision and vision.
At Tottenham Hotspur, Ye Qiu plays the role of a strategist. Although he is not good at training, he is no longer devoted to targeted tactics like he did in the past, but he is more thinking about how the team should go in the future.
Because they have developed to this level of Tottenham Hotspur, especially at the football level, their strongest enemy is no longer the opponent on the court, but themselves!
In Tottenham Hotspur, there are five very outstanding tactical analysts in the back seats of each game. Each of them is enough to be called a tactical master. They use computers to analyze every change and adjustment of opponents on the court in various ways, and give professional advice to the head coach and coaching staff.
They pick out any one of them, and they are second to none. The tactical theory and ideas are outstanding. If you want to debate with them, they can make you speechless, but the problem is that they can only be tactical analysts because they can always act as part of the head coach's resources to integrate the team.
Ye Qiu is not good at sculpting players, but Mauro Tasotti is a great right-back and the best tactical master. Murenstin and Monitz are the best technical masters in the world. Frans > Hawke is the best goalkeeper coach in the world. In addition to the entire research center and tactical analysis team of the team, etc., the professionalism of Tottenham Hotspur's entire logistics team is second to none in football. Whether it is professional or advanced, it is top-notch.
This is the super team Ye Qiu has created over the past five years!
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Sitting on an office chair, his butt swings left and right, the office chair is shaking silently without any resistance.
Ye Qiu's attention has always been on the training ground downstairs opposite, where the first team training class is now being conducted, with the team's chief assistant coach Mauro>Tasoti.
At this moment, Mauro Tassoti was shouting a timeout and walked into the training ground to explain his mistake to the young player Luca Xiao who was promoted to the first team. It was obvious that he was telling him what mistakes he made while defending Messi just now and what were the problems with his defensive position.
He is a defender and has been immersed in defense for decades in Serie A. He has a very unique understanding of defense. He is also good at crafting defensive players, such as Thiago Silva and Kompani, which are carved in his hands. In addition, like Kyle Walker, although this English right-back is only twenty-one years old, Mauro Tasotti is very optimistic about him.
After all, he was a professional player. After Mauro Tassoti left the court, he personally made a demonstration. He asked Messi and other offensive players to also drive the ball to hit his side, and then he personally demonstrated to the players how to move properly in the backwards.
This is not only coaching defensive players, but also telling offensive players how to deal with high-level defense.
Mauro>Tasotti's training always comes with many details, and his level also makes all players admire him. After all, he is the best right-back in AC Milan in history. In addition, he has worked in AC Milan for the past decade and has experienced so many head coaches, and his ability is indeed very strong.
Ye Qiu asked himself that in terms of details, especially in terms of carving and training players, he was far inferior to Mauro>Tasotti, but on the strategic level, Mauro>Tasotti is not as good as him. This is also what Ye Qiu hopes Mauro>Tasotti improves, so he recommended many related books to Mauro>Tasotti, including a large number of famous Chinese works such as [Sun Tzu's Art of War].
It was not until the training class was over that Ye Qiu turned around, left his office, went downstairs and went to the players' locker room. The players who had already received notification from the coaching staff all returned to the locker room one after another.
"First of all, I must congratulate you all here!" Ye Qiu swept everyone with a smile, "Your names will follow the team and be recorded in history. You should be proud and proud of the glorious achievements you have achieved yesterday!"
Fifty-nine unbeaten games is a brand new historical record. Even now, fans in the UK and even the world are still amazed at Tottenham Hotspur’s achievements.
"Secondly, I want to tell everyone that we must change our ideas!"
Speaking of this, Ye Qiu shook his head and smiled, "Yes, many people say that the unbeaten record is a heavy pressure. I have had two unbeaten records for a long time. Once at Chelsea, we won 56 unbeaten records. Another time is that we are from you. The two unbeaten records give me a very different feeling!"
"I did feel the pressure last time, but afterwards I looked back and thought about it. I felt that I was too stupid. Why should I have pressure? We were able to remain undefeated for so long, which itself proves everything. We don't need to be stressed. On the contrary, we should have a motivation, a motivation to challenge the limits!"
"Before fifty-eight games, we were chasers, chasing Chelsea, chasing AC Milan, we were running behind someone else's butt, we had goals, and they were very clear goals, they just stood in front and stopped waiting for us, just like the tortoise and hare raced. The rabbit ran fast, but it stopped to sleep, and the tortoise caught up. Do you think the tortoise has the ability?"
Ye Qiu shook his head vigorously, "No, I respect the turtle's efforts and diligence, but I want to say that turtle is always a turtle!"
There are many players in the locker room, including some who have been transferred to the first team to participate in training, such as Luke, Shaw, Nick, Powell, Januzai, Karum, Chambers, Yedwich and Will Hughes, who will all get the chance to participate in the Cup or the European Youth Champions League.
At this moment, after hearing Ye Qiu's words, he nodded.
Ye Qiu's meaning is very clear. The tortoise and hare race cannot prove how outstanding or powerful the turtle is. It can only be said that the rabbit gives the victory to the turtle by himself, and it is the rabbit itself that it is not good for him.
Going back to this record, Ye Qiu's meaning is very obvious. Other people's unbeaten record will stop moving, and it is nothing great if you catch up, because you are a turtle that keeps chasing, but when you surpass this record, you become a rabbit running in the front, and some other followers behind you now and in the future will become turtles.
So, the question is, should you be a lazy rabbit? Or should you be vigilant and cautious, and keep moving forward? This choice can only be made by everyone!
"I want to tell everyone that when I am a rabbit I have never felt satisfied, I will continue to run forward, and I also hope that Tottenham can run forward with me. This requires that everyone present is like me, and will never be satisfied, and will not be satisfied with the status quo!"
"I also want to tell you that in the past we were walking on the roads that others had taken to chase others, but now, there is no road ahead, no object or target to chase, every step we take will become a road that others will chase after, and you, everyone present, will leave your footprints on this road!"
Ye Qiu's words made many players present unable to help but raise their heads, and their eyes were obviously full of hunger.
Who doesn’t want to leave a name in history?
What are the players eager to win the championship and the Champions League?
Money? Not only, but also reputation!
"I want you to understand more. From now on, in every game in the future, you will not play for the fans or the team, but for yourself. How long can you maintain the team's unbeaten record? It is your own decision. I believe that if you can do your best in every game, no team can defeat you, and you will continue to write this unbeaten history."
The players reacted strongly to Ye Qiu's words and their emotions were obviously mobilized. Although they didn't say anything, they were nodding.
"The third thing I want to announce today is what we said at the press conference before. The team will fully launch a new round of contract renewal negotiations. We will complete a new round of contract renewals in the next two years, and this contract renewal will determine everything based on your performance!"
Ye Qiu's words are not difficult to understand, that is, if you want to have higher salary and benefits when renewing your contract, want better conditions and higher bonuses, then use your performance on the court to convince me and prove your value.
The head coach has always kept his word. At least Ye Qiu is still worthy of the trust of the players, so when he said this, everyone present clearly knew what Ye Qiu meant and believed in Ye Qiu's promise.
After more than five years of construction, Tottenham Hotspur players have basically understood the team's salary structure, and even the outside media have begun to understand the treatment of Tottenham Hotspur. Many media that had previously criticized Messi and Ribery for their superstars' salaries too low later turned their guns, because they found that part of the biggest income of Tottenham Hotspur players is not their salary, but portrait rights and business income.
However, the tax rate in the latter part is very low in the UK, and it is even tax-free.
Therefore, many Premier League teams have begun to follow Tottenham Hotspur’s approach, and they have begun to convert some players’ salaries into portrait rights income and commercial income, but in this way, they are facing investigations from the Royal Income and Customs Service.
In this regard, Tottenham Hotspur can be said to be the most professional. The team has many different channels to help players reasonably avoid some taxes, or even tax exemptions. Even some inevitable taxes can be reduced by operating companies and other means.
Therefore, on the surface, Tottenham Hotspur players seem to have low salaries, while other teams seem to have high salaries, but the actual situation is completely opposite. Tottenham Hotspur is called making a fortune in silence, while those teams and players who shout very loudly often become the targets of the Customs Bureau's focus on attacking.
Damn, you are all two of you avoiding taxes, and I have turned a blind eye, but you still shouted loudly, really thinking that I am dead? Or do you think you are not satisfied with taxes and evasion, and you still want to have a social turmoil?
As Franklin said, death and taxation are two inevitable things in a person's life.
Chapter completed!