Chapter 387 You Will Get Used to It!

Coach&Horses is a very famous top restaurant in London. It is located in the Soho district, which is densely populated with high-end office buildings and is also the current headquarters of the English Football Association. It is said that the most famous feature of this restaurant is that its decoration looks like an English pub, and the most famous specialties are smoked herring, crispy pork belly and coriander sauce.

Ye Qiu is a person who likes to eat very much, but he has only been to this famous restaurant in London once, not because it is unpalatable, but because of the name, Coach & Horses, my God, as a head coach, going to such a restaurant to eat, I feel full just by looking at the name, how can I eat?

There is also a Coach&Horses in Tottenham, but it has a "The" in front of its name, and it is not a restaurant, but a very traditional English pub, and it does not have so many special dishes, it only has a geographical location.

He is one of the two most famous bars near the White Hart Lane Stadium, one is them, and the other is called Bricklayer

From the meaning of the name and the imitation of high-end restaurants, it can be seen that the people gathered around Tottenham are still the poor in the middle and lower reaches of London, and the middle-class people on the streets are just a group of people who want to leave but have not saved enough money. Once they save enough money, they will go south without hesitation.

For many of them, Tottenham is no longer the middle-class community it was many years ago.

But for more people who have no ability to escape from Tottenham, or even have no jobs and have problems with their lives, escaping is impossible, and all they can do is to receive government comprehensive assistance on the one hand, and try to have fun in hardship on the other hand.

Football has undoubtedly become their best place to vent, and alcohol has become their best prop to numb themselves.

Therefore, every Tottenham Hotspur game, whether it is the coach and the horse, or the bricklayer, is crowded.

The exterior decoration of the two bars looks no different from other street shops. From the outside, it is difficult to tell that this is a bar. There is not even a sign on the sign. People who are not familiar with the situation do not understand the meaning of the English words such as Sky TV and EPSN on the sign.

That means that this shop provides live broadcasts of Sky TV and EPSN TV, and these two words are the most powerful props to attract fans.

Of course, this is during the day. Once it is night, it will be very obvious. If it is a match day, you don’t need to think much. Anyone passing by can see the movement inside and see that this is a fan bar.

The lights don’t have to be bright and dazzling, the decoration doesn’t have to be magnificent, and even all the facilities don’t have to be perfect. As long as there are drinks and games to watch, your bar can be full every time.

It was past 22:30 in the evening, and there were very few cars on the road. After all, Tottenham is not a prosperous area in London. The surrounding area seemed a bit quiet, and I even believe that many people have already gone to bed.

But suddenly, two groups of people suddenly rushed out from nowhere on the street less than 200 meters away. At first glance, it looked a bit like a gang fight in a Hong Kong gangster movie. Many people even held beer bottles in their hands, looking ferocious and ready to fight.

Soon, the two groups of people gathered together and walked south along the way. Many people kept shouting loudly along the way, "Tottenham Hotspur! Tottenham Hotspur! Kill Arsenal!!"

More and more people were on the road. Less than 100 meters south of the two bars, there was a building similar to a gas station. I heard that this was indeed a gas station before, but now it has been transformed into a Tottenham Hotspur fan store. Every game here will provide live TV signals to attract some fans to stop and even enter the store to consume.

So, when this group of people came to the fan store, they immediately attracted hundreds of Tottenham Hotspur fans who stopped here to watch the game. Many fans who entered the fan store to consume also rushed out of the store. Together with the fans rushing out from all directions around, the number of people soon exceeded a thousand.

"3:0, kill Arsenal!!"

"Great Tottenham! We finally won the North London Derby!"

A group of people shouted slogans and continued to go south along Haig Road. Soon they arrived at Holloway Road where the Emirates Stadium is located. Because the game had just ended, many fans gathered here, like a tide, and the police were maintaining order at the scene one by one as if they were facing a great enemy.

Soon, a bus with the Arsenal logo printed on the body slowly drove out of the passage of the Emirates Stadium. The scene immediately erupted with thunderous boos, whether it was Tottenham fans or Arsenal fans.

Many Tottenham fans held up a card with a huge number 3 on it in their hands to mock and ridicule this Arsenal team, telling them that we defeated you 3:0 at your home ground. From now on, the North London Derby will no longer be your Arsenal's personal show!

Arsenal fans were booing the team angrily. They were very dissatisfied with Wenger's deployment of troops, because they all felt that the team should play more courageously. At least, even if they lost, they should lose with dignity. They should not be like a soft egg and a woman, shrinking in their own half and letting the opponent bombard their home court. That is not the style of a strong team.

But booing is booing. When Arsenal fans heard the boos and sarcasm of Tottenham fans, they immediately fought back. It's okay to scold your own children, but if others want to point fingers, especially the mortal enemy, there is no way.

The fans of both sides were very fierce on the sidelines. The police were like small boats swaying on the sea in a storm, but they still maintained order at the scene.

Soon, when the Tottenham Hotspur team bus drove out of the Emirates Stadium, there was a burst of boos at first, which was obviously a revenge from Arsenal fans, but soon, Tottenham Hotspur fans cheered even louder, but this was their territory after all, and Arsenal fans were more numerous and powerful, so their boos were obviously louder.

But Tottenham Hotspur fans did not show any weakness at all, and they did not complain about losing to the opponent in momentum, and many people even wrote cards on the spot.

"Boo, Arsenal fans, boo, you will get used to it!"

"Welcome to White Hart Lane to continue booing in two weeks!"

Tottenham Hotspur fans are not ashamed of being booed by their opponents because of victory. On the contrary, they feel very proud, because Arsenal fans obviously have no way to deal with them. The more they boo, the more they will expose their dissatisfaction with the team and their helplessness against their mortal enemies.

Once upon a time, Tottenham fans also booed Arsenal like this, and they even booed more fiercely and did not hesitate to fight. That was because they had no choice. Tottenham could not beat Arsenal on the court, so the fans could only deal with the opponent in their own way, and they would take care of one by one.

Now, the situation is reversed. They have become their mortal enemies helplessly. Is there anything more satisfying in the world than this? Is there any revenge that is more exciting than this?

This time, Tottenham fans followed the team's bus slowly, as if they were surrounding the team that had just won the championship and returning triumphantly. For them, this victory over Arsenal was more ecstatic than winning a championship.

This is the derby. Its significance is not the points it brings, but more the feeling of stepping on the mortal enemy underfoot, the feeling of revenge and slaughtering the mortal enemy!

The 3:0 victory over Arsenal was a beautiful revenge battle, which immediately made Tottenham Hotspur receive applause from the media all over the UK and even Europe. In particular, the strong strength shown by Tottenham Hotspur in this game made everyone feel the rapid rise of this team.

The Times concluded that as long as Tottenham Hotspur maintains its current performance, it will not be a problem for Tottenham Hotspur to enter the top four of the league, and the team most likely to be squeezed out by Tottenham Hotspur is Arsenal.

This also made Tottenham Hotspur fans excited, because they all hoped that the team could step on the shoulders of their mortal enemies and move into the coveted top four of the league and advance to the Champions League next season.

But just when all Tottenham Hotspur fans were full of confidence in the team, three days later, the team ushered in the opponent in the 23rd round of the league. After leading twice at home, they were equalized twice by Newcastle, and finally they could only regrettably draw with Newcastle 2:2 at home.

Ye Qiu said in a media interview at the press conference after the game that the team had been fighting continuously for a while and the players were very tired, so it was understandable that there were omissions. As for the central defender Kompany who performed poorly in this game, Ye Qiu continued to support him. He believed that Kompany did not need to blame himself for the two goals conceded.

"All great defenders have made continuous mistakes and progress, and finally completed their transformation in strength. Vincent is a young player who is only 20 years old. We should not be too demanding of him. On the contrary, we should take a more tolerant attitude towards his mistakes."

"His condition in this game is indeed not very ideal, but he also contributed to the team in high balls and many times of defense. I believe this game will be a very meaningful exercise for him. He can learn more from it and help himself improve!"

In fact, this is indeed Kompany's mistake, but part of the reason is that Tottenham's central defenders have always performed poorly when facing some speed forwards. In this game, because Thiago Silva fought continuously, Ye Qiu chose Kompany to partner with Hangeland, which resulted in Kompany being beaten by Newcastle's speed forward Martins. Ye Qiu is also partly responsible for this.

But with Thiago Silva unable to play, Kompany and Hangeland were the best lineup Ye Qiu could arrange. The other player was Mike Dawson. Not to mention Mike Dawson's sloppy defense, just his speed, if he was paired with Hangeland, it would almost mean tragedy.

Fortunately, Everton also drew in this game, so the points gap between the two sides did not change, but Arsenal defeated Blackburn and further widened the gap with Tottenham Hotspur, which was fifth in the league.

In the next week, Tottenham Hotspur began a round of adjustments after the Christmas schedule. After such a long and intensive schedule, everyone in the team was in a state of mental and physical need for rest. time period, so Ye Qiu took advantage of this week to give the team a day and a half to rest, and the training was more about adjusting strategies.

A week later, Tottenham Hotspur tied with its city rival Fulham 1:1. This was indeed a very unexpected thing, because in the 52nd minute of the game, Fulham lost due to a red card. One person was lost, but this also allowed Fulham to adopt a 10-man tight-defense tactic, making it difficult for Tottenham to open up the situation.

Later, Alves's late insertion helped Tottenham Hotspur knock on Fulham's goal, but Kompany, who started again, tripped his opponent when facing veteran Montella and gave him a penalty. Fulham took a penalty kick and Montella made the penalty kick.

In this way, Tottenham Hotspur drew 1:1 with Fulham.

After this game, Kompany was attacked by almost all the media. The 20-year-old youngster was criticized by Tottenham Hotspur fans for making two consecutive mistakes in two consecutive starts. , believing that his performance is not worthy of Tottenham Hotspur's main position.

Ye Qiu affirmed Kompany's performance and said firmly that Kompany will continue to get opportunities to perform and compete because he will become the future of Tottenham Hotspur.

As a player, while Kompany apologized for his mistakes, he also repeatedly stated that he would not think too much about the mistakes. He would learn from the mistakes and help himself make progress. At the same time, he also thanked everyone from The head coach's maintenance and trust, he hopes to prove himself with game performance.

Ye Qiu has always adopted a relatively tolerant attitude towards the mistakes and mistakes of young people. At least he has never doubted Kompany's potential, and he has always believed that all great players are born out of abuse, except for frontcourt players. The mistakes of the players are less obvious, while the mistakes of the midfielders and backfield players are more likely to be magnified.

As for Montella's mistake, it was actually Ribery's attempt to break through with the ball in the frontcourt that was intercepted, and then he was hit in a counterattack.

If we really want to pursue it, Ribery's mistake contributed to the counterattack and also caused Tottenham Hotspur's hasty defense. Therefore, many times things have to be viewed from the overall perspective. This is the vision a head coach should have.

But this time Tottenham Hotspur were not so lucky. The team suffered a draw with Fulham, but Everton defeated Wigan, which caused Tottenham Hotspur's league ranking to slip to sixth place. Everton took its place and returned to fifth place. Many people also began to criticize Tottenham Hotspur, who had two consecutive draws, believing that this team did not have the strength to hit the top four in the league, at least. The bench is not thick enough, but it insists on multi-line operations.

Also in this round, Arsenal defeated Manchester United 2:1 at home, and Liverpool defeated Chelsea 2:0 at home. The two strong dialogues attracted the attention of the world. Among them, Chelsea's game finally allowed Mourinho to win again. Once exposed to media fire, because he advocated the introduction of Ferreira, he became the number one culprit in losing the game.

As the season progresses, Chelsea's contradictions are gradually exposed, especially when Ye Qiu and Franck Ribery, who moved to Tottenham Hotspur this season, perform better at Tottenham Hotspur. Regarding The more controversy there is at Chelsea.

At the beginning of the season, Mourinho once said that Ye Qiu could not get anything by relying on this group of children. He even ridiculed Ye Qiu for coming here to avoid relegation. At that time, Tottenham Hotspur was indeed poor. Entering the relegation zone in one step.

But now, Tottenham Hotspur can be said to have washed away their past glory, made a comeback, and reached the forefront of the league in one breath. The performances of players such as Franck Ribery, Messi, Cesc Fabregas and Robin van Persie can be said to be brilliant. , and in turn, Chelsea's performance is far from the dominance of the past few years.

As early as last season, many media believed that Mourinho's team lacked dominance, which prevented them from showing a stable strength advantage in the Premier League similar to the two years when Ye Qiu coached. In the past two years under Mourinho's coaching, Chelsea's strength has been declining year by year.

"When we say that Chelsea's strength has declined, it does not mean that they are weaker than when Ye Qiu was coaching. In fact, we can see that Chelsea is indeed stronger than when Ye Qiu was coaching, but it is not weaker at least. But the problem is, when you When you are standing still, your opponents are making rapid progress, such as Manchester United this season. The strength of this team has improved rapidly this season.”

"So, when we look at Chelsea's strength from a relative perspective, we have to find that Chelsea has not made any progress at all. Mourinho seems to have picked up Ye Qiu's tactics in the first year of coaching Chelsea and went back. Then he carried this tactic to the end. As everyone knows, Ye Qiu took the risk to adjust the tactic because he saw that this tactic would be seen through by his opponents, but now Chelsea has gone back to this old path. "

"In the beginning you can rely on the strength of your players and the weakness of your opponents to achieve stable results, but when your opponents' strength improves by leaps and bounds, you will inevitably perform worse and worse."

And the media has always emphasized that although Mourinho has replaced a large number of people after coming to Chelsea, in fact, he still reuses Ye Qiu's central axis, such as Drogba, Makelele, Lampard, Terry and other players, and every player he let go has performed well, such as Ribery and his four players, or Evra and Van der Sar who joined Manchester United.

Chelsea's transfers and signings in the past two years have been controversial, and this season, this controversy is even more obvious, but the terrible thing is that Frank Arnesen, as the spokesperson of Abramovich and Pini Zahavi, has entered the Chelsea management. He is not just about youth training. As the season progresses, his power is getting bigger and bigger, and he has even diluted Mourinho's decision-making power in the team.

On the one hand, this is because the players Mourinho introduced did not perform well, such as Ferreira, Maniche, Thiago, Quaresma and other players, and on the other hand, because Abramovich pursues a three-power check and balance strategy to manage the team, so Mourinho's complaints and news of Chelsea's infighting often appear in the media.

This also makes many Chelsea fans feel annoyed with the current situation of the team. Even though Chelsea is currently in the first place in the league, Manchester United is right behind. As long as one of the two sides makes a mistake, it is possible to reverse the situation. Both sides are under great pressure. At this time, the news of internal fighting in the team naturally makes fans feel uneasy.

Even in the media or at Stamford Bridge, many Chelsea fans expressed their nostalgia for Ye Qiu's period, believing that at least the team was stable in those two years, and Ye Qiu was always able to put the overall situation first.

But now, Ye Qiu only belongs to Tottenham Hotspur!