As the season enters the middle and late stages, all Premier League teams have begun to accelerate their pace towards their goals.
For Tottenham, it has also reached a point of choice.
Today, Tottenham have the ability to compete for the championship in a certain cup or league, but if they want to take it all, there is still a little bit of trouble.
Even a giant like Manchester United will not make a crazy move to "win all four championships" during this period.
Take a look at the schedule, the league games must be won.
After a fierce battle with Chelsea, Tottenham's next two opponents are Sunderland and Everton.
Martin Joel sent out his main players in these two games. Even so, the Toffees still played tenaciously at home.
With one win and one draw, Tottenham handed over a fairly acceptable answer.
Nowadays, the whole of England is freezing, but Ronaldo's feet are getting hotter and hotter.
At the end of January, Tottenham met Manchester United in the fourth round of the FA Cup.
The two teams are currently in the standings. Tottenham and Manchester United both have 18 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses, with 57 points. Manchester United is temporarily ranked first because of their two goal differences.
Therefore, according to Martin Joel's plan for this FA Cup encounter, everything will focus on the league.
However, Tottenham were dumbfounded when they saw Manchester United's starting lineup at Old Trafford.
Van der Sar, O'Shea, Ferdinand, Cristiano Ronaldo, Giggs, Carrick and Rooney are all the absolute main players in the league. Sir Alex Ferguson sent them to start today, which really surprised Martin Joel.
"What's Ferguson going to do?"
"Is he going crazy?"
"Don't he know we have league games on the weekend?"
In terms of tactical arrangements, Martin Joel can only be regarded as a satisfactory coach among Premier League teams.
According to the evaluation of him by fans and the media, he can spend a few seasons casually coaching a team that has no worries about relegation and lacks progress.
For example, winning so many championships from last season to this season, and competing for the championship this season, is completely due to Martin Joel's bad luck and happened to coach a team with full potential.
Mourinho once said that if he were to coach Tottenham today, any championship could be easily won.
So today, in the duel between the two coaching staffs, Ferguson severely killed Martin Joel with a counterattack, while Tottenham was completely hit by the opponent's smoke bomb.
According to Martin Joel's judgment, since the two sides have to play against each other on the weekend and the points in the league are evenly matched, this FA Cup should be like him to accumulate strength and preserve strength.
However, today, Ferguson used a starting lineup to once again express to all Red Devils fans his ambition to win the "Triple Crown" set for the season.
In Sir Alex Ferguson's view, Manchester United today is fully capable of defeating Tottenham in the FA Cup and league.
Seeing his semi-main lineup being beaten aside by Manchester United, Martin Joel slapped his thigh with hatred.
Martin Joel's idea is correct. Since we are only 2 goal difference away from each other in the league and will meet again on the weekend, it is better to give up the FA Cup and focus all on the league.
But Ferguson did the opposite. He hoped that the main players in the team would use this FA Cup to better understand their opponents at this stage.
After fully understanding the opponent's playing style and routine, defeat the opponent in one fell swoop on the weekend.
You know the battle between two league championship teams, the victory can be regarded as 6 points!
The goals came quickly.
In the 28th minute of the first half, Manchester United made a long pass from the backcourt, and center back Ledley King came over. Giggs was very experienced and used his body to block the defender and let Tevez get into space. The red beast followed up and kicked the ball directly. The shot penetrated Tottenham's second goal.
Fortunately, Tottenham responded promptly. Before the end of the first half, Robbie Keane received a header from Malblanque's cross and equalized the score for Tottenham.
After the start of the second half, Martin Joel still used his "conservative tactics".
No matter how much Wang Xiaodong and Modric yelled on the bench, they were not allowed to play.
Since you have chosen to preserve your strength, if you replace the main force midway, you will undoubtedly be led by your opponent.
No matter what, Martin Joel gritted his teeth and insisted on implementing his tactics to the end.
In this almost one-sided game, Tottenham's defense finally collapsed in the 65th minute.
Lu Xiaopang's impact caused Tottenham center back Dawson to make a "handball" clearance, and the referee decisively awarded a penalty kick.
Standing in front of the penalty spot, Manchester United's number one kicker, Cristiano Ronaldo, took the penalty in one fell swoop.
Seeing the ball set off a white wave in the net, the entire Old Trafford was in jubilation.
"1,2,3..."
"SIU!!!"
The red No. 7 ran to the sidelines and performed a signature celebration in front of the cameras and Tottenham's warm-up substitutes.
"DONG, what are you going to do?"
Seeing Wang Xiaodong bending down, Modric was startled.
"It's nothing, I just drank water." Wang Xiaodong unscrewed the mineral water bottle he picked up from the ground and took a few sips.
"King Silver Horn, you know, according to my previous temper, I would have thrown this bottle on his butt!" Wang Xiaodong drank the water and threw the bottle aside. "Do you know why I let him go this time?"
Seeing that there was no more "violent weapon" in Wang Xiaodong's hand, Modric breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "Why?"
"Then you still need to ask?" Wang Xiaodong clenched his fists loudly, "I will give him the FA Cup. I will wait for the league in three days. Do you think he can still be so proud!"
Modric suddenly understood.
Good guy, it turns out you are waiting for revenge in three days!
Come to think of it, if they hadn't played against Manchester United again three days later, Wang Xiaodong might have hit Ronaldo's head with a bottle right now.
There is no way, Manchester United and Ronaldo's penalty kicks are too "notorious" this season!
Manchester United has always been famous for "always getting penalty kicks in games". Whether it is Arsenal, Chelsea, or Liverpool, they have all suffered a lot in this regard.
In addition, Ronaldo is now gradually improving his statistics with "penalty kicks". Fans other than the Red Devils are disdainful of any penalty awarded to Manchester United by the referee.
In this way, Wang Xiaodong temporarily swallowed his anger.
After seeing that Martin Joel still had no intention of replacing him, he stopped warming up and sat directly on the chair, assuming a "Geyou paralysis" posture.
Just when everyone thought Manchester United would end the battle 2-1, Ronaldo blasted through Tottenham's door with a signature inward shot before the end.
"SIU!!!"
The roaring "SIU" sound came again. This time Wang Xiaodong directly picked up a mineral water bottle at his feet and threw it at Ronaldo, who deliberately came to celebrate in front of Tottenham's bench.
I've given you a chance, so why are you so embarrassed?
We are friends outside the court, but I can’t bear to see you being such a stinker on the court.
boom!
Before the mineral water bottle flew very far, it hit a person in the face.
King Yinjiao, who looked miserable, covered his left eye socket. Instead of worrying about his injury, he said in an anxious tone: "DONG, didn't you agree to wait until the league in three days? Why can't you bear it now? Living?"
Seeing the embarrassment of King Silver Horn, and looking at his teammates who gathered around to prevent him from "going wild", Wang Xiaodong was also a little embarrassed.
"Uh, sorry, sorry, my hands were itchy for a while, I couldn't help it, I couldn't help it..."
Martin Joel also found the opportunity to turn around at this moment, patted Modric on the shoulder and praised: "Luka, it was a right decision to bring you to White Hart Lane!"
"Yes, yes, Luka, this ball was blocked well!"
"No matter whether we win or lose this game, Luka, you are the number one hero of our team!"
Teammates also gave Modric thumbs up. If he hadn't just died heroically with his face, Wang Xiaodong would have caused a dispute between the two teams in the away game.
Amid the excited announcement by the on-site commentator, the Red Devils fans once again shouted in unison: "Cristiano~~~"
"Ronaldo!!!"
According to Manchester United statistics, this is the seventh time Ronaldo has scored twice this season. At the same time, his season goals have reached 25, and he has only played 27 times this season.
"What does this mean?"
Wang Xiaodong pushed his teammates away, turned around and shouted to the Manchester United fans in the stands: "I have scored 23 goals in the league alone. Adding in the Champions League, Super Cup and Community Shield, I have scored 23 goals this season." 36! Does his 25 count as P?”
"Also, what were you arguing about just now?"
"Ronaldo?"
"Stop fucking yelling."
"There is only one Ronaldo in the world!"
"He doesn't deserve it!!!"
Uh-huh!
As soon as Wang Xiaodong finished speaking, the stands fell into silence.
A second later, overwhelming abuse and all kinds of debris came flooding in.
Looking at the rain of garbage all over the sky, Wang Xiaodong slowly took out a folding umbrella from his back, opened it and held it above his head, still looking at the fans in the stands with a smile.
See you in Bailu Lane in three days!
