1037 Unrequited
Situ Yunbing's remarks at the pre-match press conference were regarded as a classic by Fleet Street.
A great coach should have his mind, rather than cursing other teams to lose every day!
After all, this is likely to give birth to the greatest season in the Premier League, and there will inevitably be great opponents behind the great championship!
Whether it is Manchester City or Liverpool winning the championship, no one wants to see their form decline now. If a team collapses, the topic will only be temporary.
But if the near-perfect performance can be maintained until the end, the championship this season is likely to be awarded the best in history!
In the 25th round of the league, Liverpool challenged Huddersfield, and Stu Yunbing sent the main players of the team to play.
The Red Army generals who were ready to fight were full of fighting spirit. Huddersfield, as a newly promoted team, is not far from the relegation zone, so their desire to score points at home is also high.
The pace of the game flew quickly from the beginning, and Huddersfield's counterattack opened and closed, but it was difficult to achieve anything in front of Liverpool's top defense.
The Reds' strong offensive continued to put pressure on the Huddersfield defense line, ultimately forcing them to have flaws under high-intensity pressure.
In the 23rd minute of the game, Mbappe received a wonderful pass from inside the cut, and completed the breakthrough with a stop and a stroke. He took a kick and shot from the right side of the penalty area and sent the ball into the lower left corner of the goal!
Mbappe's goal kicked off the big victory for Liverpool.
Even Fleet Street has to admit that the team that performs best in European football today after leading the score is definitely Liverpool!
Many strong teams will gradually tilt towards control and counterattack after leading, and once the game time has passed 70 minutes, the leading strong team will significantly reduce the offensive investment.
This is a very normal and utilitarian approach, and no one thinks there is any problem.
But Liverpool's lead is not the end, but the beginning!
They will even make the game more intense, thus seizing the opponent's eagerness to equalize the score and responding to the defensive loopholes that appear in the action, and further launching a devastating blow to the opponent!
In the 41st minute of the game, Lewandowski sent the ball to Gareth Bale in front of the penalty area in a counterattack formed by a successful midfield counterattack. The latter dribbled across the ball and shot with a long shot, but sent a straight pass.
Mbappe successfully cut into the penalty area and approached the middle area, and the fake shot was shot and the goalkeeper was pushed and shot to the empty goal!
The Reds lead two goals away!
As the game came to the second half, Liverpool's bombardment continued!
Huddersfield regrouped and still tried hard to attack actively for equalization, but in the 54th minute of the game, Liverpool used a direct free kick from the frontcourt and scored by Gareth Bale!
After leading three goals, Situ Yunbing began to make substitutions, because they will face the challenge of Tottenham in four days!
Situ Yunbing replaced three players in a row within 10 minutes, Griezmann, Sane and Guerrero.
Huddersfield thought Liverpool would reduce the offensive intensity, but the result was that Liverpool's offense was even more fierce!
Liverpool scored two more goals in the last 30 minutes of the game, with Griezmann and Eriksen added icing on the cake.
The Reds swept Huddersfield 5:0 away!
Liverpool continues to play triumphal songs!
Manchester City defeated West Brom 3-0 at home at the same time!
However, Arsenal lost to Swansea in a shocking away game!
Chelsea even lost to Bournemouth 0:3 at home!
This round of high-profile focus battle was staged in Bailu Lane.
Pochettino led Tottenham to beat Manchester United led by Mourinho 2-0 at home!
The First Group has three teams losing!
This is the first time this season has happened!
Liverpool, 71 points.
Manchester City, 71 points.
Arsenal, 62 points.
Manchester United, 49 points.
Chelsea, 47 points.
Tottenham, 45 points.
The gap between Zhengsi Group has narrowed to 4 points.
After this round, Fleet Street felt sorry for Arsenal.
Klopp's team scored 62 points in 25 league games, and this kind of point-grabbing efficiency is definitely the championship-level level in the first 20 years of the Premier League!
But unfortunately, with the rise of the Reds Liverpool, the Premier League's championship level has been redefined.
With 13 rounds left in the league, it is very likely that Arsenal will have more than 90 points, but what is the significance of this?
They are now drifting away from the championship. The fatal thing is that they have finished their two matches with Liverpool, leaving only one match with Manchester City. Even if they can win in a direct dialogue, they still have to pray that Liverpool will fall behind!
But according to the current performance of Manchester City and Liverpool, it is basically impossible for Arsenal to make a comeback.
As for Manchester United, Chelsea and Tottenham, the three teams are competing for fourth in the league. No situation will surprise the outside world now.
In the 26th round of the league, Liverpool will face Tottenham at home.
At the pre-match press conference, Situ Yunbing asked him what he thought about the decline in Tottenham's record this season, and he said frankly: "I don't think Tottenham's record has declined. They are actually still in a familiar position.
Pochettino's contribution to Tottenham is to bring Tottenham from the middle and upper levels to the ranks of four. Remember, it is to compete for four, not to determine the top four!
I think the performance of Tottenham in the past two years and the occasional ability to play one or two good games has made people feel illusion that Tottenham has reached the level of winning championships, or to say that they have entered the ranks of giants in the past two years.
Anyone can have such an idea, but I advise Tottenham not to be misled or deceived, otherwise they will be in a state of doom.
Especially when Tottenham is following their neighbors and starting to build a new stadium, Tottenham will have a hard time in the future. If they have too high requirements for their record and cannot accurately locate it, then their disappointment will be far higher than expected."
Situ Yunbing's words were indeed sincerely giving them advice.
It does not require future experience, in fact, he has little future experience.
He observes the changes in Tottenham from the perspective of his current experience.
First of all, Tottenham's salary system cannot attract big-name stars.
Secondly, Tottenham wants to create blood on its own, discover Kane, Alibaba, and Son Heung-min and Aldreveld who are introduced to the value at low prices. This cannot be persistent, especially when major top teams in European football have entered the renewal cycle.
Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Juventus, Manchester United, and Chelsea have all passed the golden stage of the core lineup in the previous era. Large-scale blood exchange is essential, and the competition in the transfer market will be more intense. Tottenham itself has no competitiveness and can only survive in the cracks!
Fleet Street reporters were surprised by Situ Yunbing’s remarks. They didn’t think what he said was a problem, but why did he give Tottenham advice?
After Christmas, Situ Yunbing and Alonzo had a telephone conversation, he had decided to resign as Liverpool coach in the summer and return to China to pick up the national team coach.
That is definitely not an easy thing.
Especially after Alonzo led the Chinese team to the World Cup!
This also means that once Situ Yunbing joins the national team, he may only have four years to give him a cycle, and he must enter the 2022 World Cup!
If he can't do it, it means that his coaching performance is not as good as Alonzo, which will only cause him to fall from the altar and his prestige will decline.
But Situ Yunbing had no choice. If Alonzo left, he would not take over the national team, it could be said that there would be no more suitable candidate than him.
With the qualifications and prestige of domestic coaches, who can have the courage to take over?
Who is qualified to take over?
Hire a foreign coach again?
That would likely overturn many of the foundations laid by the Aronzo era!
Moreover, Situ Yunbing should avoid another situation, that is, if someone takes over the Chinese team, the record will be better than Alonzo. This person stays for 6 years and 8 years, and Situ Yunbing will have to wait to die!
So no matter whether the time is right or not, he will leave Liverpool in the summer of 2018 to take up his new position in China.
Because of this, he cherishes his time coaching in European football. Regardless of whether he has had any grudges with these opponents in the past, giving some kind advice is only from the bottom of his heart.
As for how the other party understood and whether he accepted it, it was not what Situ Yunbing was worried about.
Of course, Tottenham would not think that Situ Yunbing was full of kindness.
In the last round, Tottenham Hotspur just beat Manchester United. Although the points are behind, the gap between the top spots is too big, Tottenham still has the pride of exhaling and raising eyebrows!
At least they are no longer cash machines in wealthy families.
Pochettino expressed his respect for Situ Yunbing before the game, but turned a deaf ear to Situ Yunbing's suggestions.
"I respect Situ Yunbing very much. He is a great coach. He inspired countless young coaches to work hard to achieve success.
But his understanding of Tottenham is only on the surface. I don’t think Tottenham has the illusion that we have become a giant, but we are not wrong in pursuing the championship.
Any team should strive for the championship, which is a necessary condition for a team to exist and work hard every day.
Otherwise?
We are just for a salary, the team is just for the end of the season to be qualified for the Champions League next season? Just for a decent ranking in the league?
If that's all, we will eventually be eliminated by the Premier League and may soon be relegated to the Championship and then the League One.
Only by chasing the championship can we become better and stronger!
But it's a long journey.
If someone tells me to correct my positioning, that is, to lose the game simply and willingly accept the failure when facing Liverpool, then I would say that this is completely underestimating Tottenham's fighting spirit and ambition!"
It seems that Pochettino completely misunderstood Situ Yunbing’s advice to Tottenham.
Chapter completed!