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Some people may say that George led Manchester United to win the Premier League championship as acting coach last season, breaking the vicious circle since 1996 when no English coach could lead his team to win the major English football championship trophy. But don't forget, George was just the acting coach of Manchester United at the time, and the position of Red Devils coach still belonged to Ferguson.
Therefore, in the eyes of English fans, George's achievements at Manchester United are certainly worthy of their joy and praise, but his identity still prevents English fans from classifying him into this category.
As we all know, if Ferguson had not taken the initiative to give up the honor of lifting the league championship trophy on behalf of Manchester United to George, otherwise George would not have had this opportunity at all. Not to mention, an acting coach, especially an acting coach of George's nature, is not considered a head coach in the eyes of many people, because the existence of Ferguson really helped George avoid too many troubles.
You know, English fans really hope to see a head coach from England lead his team to win the championship trophy. Especially after the success of non-English head coaches such as Ferguson and Wenger, the urgency of English fans has become even stronger. Obviously, the Premier League is one of the four major leagues in Europe, and the England national team is also the world's largest. A top-notch team, why can’t we get a top coach from England?
So this time, when George, as the official coach of Tottenham Hotspur, and Allardyce, the coach of Bolton Wanderers, met in the League Cup final, so many fans came to watch the game. If George is still the acting manager of Manchester United, although the Red Devils' reputation can attract many fans, it will never be like now. Just a League Cup final between Tottenham and Bolton can make Cardiff's Millennium Stadium appear. Almost full!
Never underestimate the pride of the British. Even now that the glory of the Empire on which the sun never sets has long gone, this arrogant factor is still flowing quietly in their blood. This is the valuable experience that George has summarized after living in Britain for nearly twenty years.
It is for this reason that no matter what the final achievements of these English players, from Alan Shearer to Robbie Fowler, from David Beckham to Michael Owen, from Francis Jeffers to Jermaine Pennant, when these players just When he debuted and became famous in English football, he was indeed regarded by English fans as the new hope of the Three Lions and was vigorously pursued. And local English managers like George and Allardyce will also enjoy similar treatment when they lead the team to achieve results that exceed expectations.
This is why, in their previous lives, Bale and Walcott were obviously similar in strength in their early years, but when they moved to Tottenham and Arsenal, their worth was very different. The former was worth 5 million pounds in the summer of 2007. Joining White Hart Lane, the "little tiger" who left Southampton a year earlier than Bale went to play for Wenger with a breaking transfer value of 12 million pounds for England's under-18 players!
Of course, even though both George and Allardyce have backgrounds as English coaches, it was obvious that the majority of fans at the scene were supporting Tottenham to win. After all, to this day, Bolton are still repaying their debt for the provocative behavior of their own fans against Manchester United after the Munich air disaster. So generally speaking, unless there are special circumstances or they are die-hard Bolton fans, the average English fan will not choose to support Bolton.
Now let’s introduce the starting lineups of the two teams for this game. As for Bolton, Allardyce, who is eager to use a championship trophy to enter the ranks of the Premier League's first-class coaches, naturally sent out the strongest lineup in his hands: Finnish goalkeeper Jaaskelainen is in front of the goal, and Nicky Hunter and Nicky Hunter are in the defense. Bruno Ngoti, Thom and Simon Charlton lined up in a row. Ivan Campo was in an advanced position and formed a midfielder with Kevin Nolan, Pere Frandsen and Okocha. The striker was France. The combination of veterans Djorkaeff and Kevin Davis!
Looking at Tottenham, George still chose to keep his promise and sent a starting lineup mainly composed of substitute players in this game. Goalkeeper Casey Keller, right back Phil Neville, central defenders Vermaelen and Dawson, left back Matthew Taylor, midfielder Kompany and Poyet, Basturk in the center as the organizer In the core, Ribery and Darren Anderton are separated on the left and right wings, and Luca Toni's single arrow is forward.
"Hey, Michael Dawson and Thomas Vermaelen." After George finished the pre-match arrangements, Phil Neville stopped Dawson and Vermaelen, who were about to leave with the large group, and said earnestly, "Wait a minute. During the game, you must pay attention to the Bolton striker named Kevin Davis. This rude and insidious guy is a big fouler, and he especially likes to play hand-to-hand combat with his opponents, so you must be careful of his fouls and little moves. Don’t let him hurt you.”
"Don't worry, captain!" Since neither captain Ledley King nor Stephen Carr entered the starting lineup, George had to let Phil Neville wear the captain's armband. That's why Dawson called the latter, "Just a mere Kevin Davis is nothing, look at how I deal with him today!"
"Hey, Michael, don't do unnecessary things, let alone fight with that guy Davis on the court." Seeing Dawson's confident look, Phil Neville couldn't help but worry. He is really worried that this young and energetic little guy will not be able to bear the provocation of Kevin Davis later and cause trouble in the game.
Of course, what Phil Neville is most worried about is that Dawson and Vermaelen will have their confidence severely damaged by Davis's brutal style of play, causing a serious psychological shadow on them, thus stopping the pace of improving their own strength!
For these young players who are in the growth stage, a fatal blow is likely to interrupt their originally good upward momentum and turn them from a star of hope into an ordinary player who is invisible to everyone. The most famous example is undoubtedly Senderos in his previous life. This Swiss central defender who performed well in the World Cup in Germany failed to recover after being destroyed by Drogba. In the end, he was reduced from a widely optimistic new central defender to a player with no ball to play. situation.
"Captain, have you forgotten that before joining Tottenham, I played a whole season in the English League as the main central defender of Nottingham Forest." After hearing Phil Neville's advice, his face changed. Dawson smiled at the somewhat pale Vermaelen, patted him on the back, comforted his partner, and then replied in a nonchalant tone, "You know, there are no such things in those English League One teams. The physical confrontation between a few good people is more intense than in the Premier League. Since I can deal with those people, then Kevin Davis is no problem!"
"Well, I hope so." Seeing Dawson's answer, Phil Neville had no choice but to put this worry back in his stomach, and at the same time secretly prayed in his heart, hoping that these two little guys could survive this game safely. , don’t let the evil guy Kevin Davis destroy your self-confidence.
Phil Neville's pre-game instructions turned out to be true. After the game started, Kevin Davis kept harassing Dawson and Vermaelen physically and verbally on the court. Even during an attack, Kevin Davis showed his elbow directly at Vermaelen during the fight, knocking the latter to the ground who had successfully blocked the position!
"Sure enough, even with the introduction of skilled players such as Djorkaeff, Campo and Okocha, Bolton's style of play has not changed at all. It is still so rough and advocating strength." George looked at Dawson. Kevin Davis, who showed off his skills in front of Vermaelen, was naturally very angry. After all, in his opinion, Bolton's rough style of play is no longer a reasonable means to win the game, but has evolved into a habit!
But George also knew very well that he must not act impulsively now. If he rushes onto the court in a fit of passion and kills Kevin Davis, Tottenham without George's command may lose the League Cup final. This situation is obviously not what George wants to see.
Therefore, George had no choice but to endure this breath and glared at Kevin Davis with a pair of eyes that seemed to be breathing fire. After noticing the expression on George's face, the latter smiled proudly in George's direction. Obviously, this evil center is very proud of his wonderful performance in this game.
"Hmph, you are still too young after all." Seeing George being so angry with Davis, Allardyce had a proud smile on his lips. In Big Sam's eyes, George and his team are too young. Although youth has its advantages, if everyone from the head coach to the players is too young, it will be easy to lose their minds under the provocation of the opponent and make some ill-considered moves, which will increase Bolton's ability to defeat Tottenham in this final. probability.
Although Allardyce and Kevin Davis made good plans, they obviously forgot the most important point, which is that this is the final of the English League Cup, and countless fans sat in front of the TV or came to watch it. In this final, Bolton players did so much on the field, which is obviously not conducive to the FA's publicity and promotion of the League Cup. After all, most fans still don't want to see a good football game turn into a wrestling battle.
So, when Kevin Davis repeated his old tricks and pulled the ball from Vermaelen's feet, Howard Webb, who was the referee of the game, immediately blew the whistle to indicate that Davis had fouled and awarded Tottenham a penalty. A set kick in the backcourt, and then a yellow card was shown to this notorious center!
Seeing that their team was warned and shown a yellow card by Webber, and was repeatedly whistled for fouls in the subsequent time, the Bolton players finally realized that the situation was not good, and quickly restrained their actions, not daring to act as recklessly as before.
Having said that, it is obviously quite unrealistic for Bolton players who are accustomed to a rough style of play to want to change their style of play in a short period of time. No, in the 28th minute of the game, Ribery forced an inward cut to break through Nicky Hunter's defense and was directly knocked to the ground by the latter. Tottenham got the fifth frontcourt free of the game. ball. Then, Luo Xuhuang shot a narrow gap in the wall. Matthew Taylor, who was already ready for a run-up, immediately bent his bow and arrow, raised his right foot and fired a powerful volley, kicking the ball hard. Doors to Bolton!
He didn't expect that the wall formed by his own players would turn out to be so rubbish. Jaaskelainen, who was caught off guard, was unable to catch the ball due to his positioning issues and could only watch the ball fly into the goal he was guarding!
One to zero! Tottenham Hotspur successfully took the lead in this Carabao Cup final thanks to a direct free kick from Matthew Taylor!
