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"George, I didn't expect you were really not joking with me before the game... The Tottenham Hotspur team under you is indeed much stronger than the one last season." After the game, by being present with George While taking the opportunity to shake hands and express greetings, Steve Bruce said with a wry smile, "Really, I lost so miserably in the first league game of the new season. How should I explain to my superiors later..."
Looking at the bloody five to zero on the big screen, George was a little embarrassed to face his fellow senior. Although this game was a good one for my side, and the Tottenham players' confidence was successfully built up due to this big victory, it is also true that it left Bruce with an extremely bad mess: "Anyway, Birmingham It was under your leadership that we returned to the Premier League and established a foothold here. I think the Birmingham senior management will not make the decision to fire you just because of a mere defeat, right?"
"Well, I hope things will develop as you said, George." Regarding George's views, Bruce just shook his head and did not continue to talk about this topic. Because he knew in his heart that although this junior had unparalleled talent and talent in the position of head coach, George had been working under Robson and Ferguson before, and then he climbed to the top in one step and became the first player since the establishment of the Premier League. A Premier League owner who serves as the head coach of a team, so this junior does not fully understand the hardships behind the head coaching profession.
After all, except for a few top coaches like Ferguson and Robson who can take a certain initiative in the dialogue with the club's senior management, most coaches will be constrained by the management and have to balance various conflicts in the locker room at any time. Relationship, lest the team boss get angry and suffer bad luck. At the same time, once the team's performance fluctuates, these head coaches will often become the best candidates to take the blame.
As the owner of Tottenham Hotspur, George does not need to worry about these things at all. No matter how many doubts there are about him from the outside world, as long as he still wants to be the head coach, absolutely no one can kick him from the position of Tottenham coach. Moreover, George does not have to worry about his players publicly dissenting from him - or in other words, players who dare to openly challenge his authority will end up like Sheringham.
However, Bruce did not clarify these things to George. In his opinion, no matter what the reason is, a loss is a loss. As the coach of Birmingham, he should take responsibility at this time. There is no need to make this junior feel more guilty.
After the news that Tottenham Hotspur beat Birmingham City with five goals in the opening game of the new Premier League season and temporarily topped the standings with a goal difference, it immediately caused quite a stir in English football. Obviously, no one could have expected that Tottenham Hotspur, which had undergone a major overhaul in the summer, would perform so well and actually defeat Birmingham, which is known for its strong defense, in the away game!
As a result, many reporters and experts turned around after this big victory and began to express optimism about Tottenham Hotspur's prospects this season. They even claimed that under the leadership of George, the championship coach, Tottenham has the ability to make an impact. The strength of the Premier League championship!
"Look, everyone, we just won a game, and these duplicitous media are about to praise us to the sky." In the conference room, George compared the British media's praise of Tottenham these days with the previous praise of Tottenham. Various doubtful reports from the players were compiled and circulated among the Tottenham players present, "So, if someone really falls for these sugar-coated bullets, they will think that they are invincible just because they beat a team like Birmingham." , then you will soon realize what it means to be in the two heavens of ice and fire!"
George naturally sneered at the media's crazy praise these days. With memories of his past life and having worked in the coaching circle for so many years in this life, he certainly knows the virtues of these media. What's more, the reason why Tottenham was able to achieve such a hearty victory over Birmingham was mainly because in that game, Tottenham players almost completely showed their strongest side, coupled with Bruce's The tactics were wrong and luck was on Tottenham's side that night.
If it weren't for Tony's opening goal for the team before Bruce corrected his mistake, helping Tottenham take the initiative in the game; if it weren't for Bierovka's perfectly timed World Wave goal, which disrupted the Birmingham players' just stability. If it weren't for Toni's second goal before the end of the first half, which completely destroyed the Birmingham players' will to resist, Tottenham, which has not yet been fully formed, would have wanted to defeat Birmingham, which is famous for its tenacious defense in the Premier League, so easily , is definitely an extremely difficult thing!
Therefore, after the team defeated Birmingham, George, who discovered that the public opinion was in the wrong direction, immediately held such a team meeting, intending to use this to make the players more vigilant and not to relax their demands on themselves because of the temporary victory.
Although George has made considerable efforts to prevent these players from getting carried away and is as strict as possible with the players in training, those young players who have not experienced the storm, especially Ronaldo and Ronaldo who performed well in the last game Vidic and others, the results of George's actions are not obvious.
George could only do nothing about this situation. He also knows that if he wants to make these players realize this, they must really suffer, so that they can completely recognize the true face of the media. It is difficult for them to remember these principles through words alone.
Sure enough, in the second round of the Premier League a week later, Tottenham Hotspur, who was sitting at White Hart Lane, was defeated by the visiting Leeds United. Faced with the massive loss of main players, Leeds lost its prestige. United, Tottenham, with a full lineup, was caught off guard by their opponents who were mainly away from home after the game started. In just 20 minutes of the opening, Leeds United scored two goals, temporarily falling behind with a score of 0 to 2!
Under Woodgate's marking, Luca Toni, who scored twice in his first official game for Tottenham, did nothing and could not find an effective way to solve this "wooden door" (Note: Woodgate Te's surname is woodgate in English, meaning "wooden door"). Without the containment and cover of Tony's strike partner, Robbie Keane, who is good at running without the ball, naturally has difficulty in obtaining enough offensive space and can only rely on his personal ability to attack Leeds United's goal.
The most critical thing is that due to the focus on building the team's defensive system in the past month, Tottenham's offensive tactics at this time are very monotonous. Basically, Carrick distributes the ball in the middle, and then launches an offensive from both wings to break or pass, and finally hands it to Tony and Robbie Keane on the front line to solve the problem.
On the defensive end, Tottenham also performed quite poorly in this game. Facing the joint impact of Australia's powerful center Viduka and rising star Alan Smith, who were at the peak of their careers, Vidic, who still had insufficient experience, was almost turned into a scum by the two of them. He could not see the last game at all. The game focuses on Fussell's style.
The offensive end was in trouble because the tactical routine was too monotonous, and the defensive end was in constant danger because of Vidic's poor performance. Faced with such an unfavorable situation, George also made targeted adjustments during the halftime break. For example, the two wings composed of Erovka and Darren Anderton are required to cut in more and directly attack the goal. Tony is required to expand his range of activities and arrange for Heinze and Speed to pay attention to helping Vidic. Help defend Viduka and so on.
"Luka, is your brain full of muscles? There is obviously a Radebe who is easier to bully, why do you have to fight with Woodgate?" After talking about these tactical adjustments, he became depressed. In the first half, George began to pick out several underperforming players and "breathe" them one by one, "And Darren and Daniel, I give you the autonomy to attack, not to let you stick to the wing to break through!" Cut! Long shot! Cross! Breakthrough! I don’t care how you do it, as long as you can finally send that damn ball into the gate of Leeds United!"
George's moves successfully helped Tottenham re-stabilize their position on both offense and defense, and his "hairdryer" copied from Ferguson also aroused the players' desire for victory to a certain extent. Therefore, after the second half of the game started, Tottenham players became much more proactive on the court, and their momentum gradually came out.
Looking at Leeds United again, although their momentum allowed them to establish a two-goal lead only 20 minutes after the start of the game, as the game progressed, Leeds United, which had lost too much blood in the summer, began to show signs of weakness. The lack of overall strength caused them to gradually lose the initiative in the game to Tottenham.
In the 52nd minute, Bierovka dribbled the ball through the defense of Pennant and Gary Kelly and then cut into the Leeds United penalty area. After attracting Woodgate's attention, he hit the center and Robbie Keane Taking advantage of Tony's cover, he got rid of Radebe and succeeded in shooting, winning a victory for Tottenham!
Keane's goal sounded the clarion call for Tottenham's counterattack. In the following time, England goalkeeper David Robinson, who was responsible for guarding Leeds United's goal, became the busiest person on the field, frequently making rescues in front of the goal. Single-handedly blocked Tottenham's offensive. But even so, Leeds United failed again in the 75th minute. Only this time, the goal scorer was changed from Robbie Keane to Luca Toni.
Although Viduka and Alan Smith tried to put pressure on Tottenham on the offensive end to reduce their defensive pressure, how could Tottenham, who had already fully exerted their momentum, give them this opportunity? Under the joint attack of Speed and others, even the strong Viduka could only be defeated.
However, although Tottenham fought back in the second half and scored two goals in a row, they failed to allow Robinson to pick up the ball from the goal for the third time until the referee blew the final whistle. In this way, Tottenham, playing at home, finally shook hands with Leeds United with a score of 2-2 in the second round of the Premier League. Next, they will go to Anfield Stadium to challenge Liverpool, a giant club that once dominated English football in the 1970s and 1980s!
