Arsenal was held to a draw by Bolton at home, helping their rivals in the same city continue to lead the league standings. This result not only gave Tottenham players an unexpected surprise, but also gave Tottenham fans a pleasant weekend - for those who are used to hard times. As far as they are concerned, they are very happy just to see their team beat their rivals in the league. How can they have any higher requirements?
Of course, it would be wonderful if the team could win another championship trophy at the end of this season!
Although the fans are extremely satisfied with the team's performance, George and the Tottenham players are obviously not satisfied with the results achieved in front of them like the fans. No matter what, Tottenham were the runners-up in the Premier League last season and also won two championship trophies, the League Cup and the FA Cup. Under such a premise, it would be unreasonable if they had not pursued higher goals this season.
Therefore, after receiving this surprise gift package from Arsenal, Tottenham players did not relax their demands on themselves, but returned to intense training the day after the game. Because the players know very well that if they want to stand on the championship podium, they must put in enough effort in their usual training!
No championship trophy or victory is achieved by falling from the sky, not even the various football miracles that are talked about by fans. For example, if the players of Manchester United and Deportivo La Coruna did not choose to give up the game early in the face of adversity, but gritted their teeth and persisted to the end, then Manchester United would not have scored two goals in the last three minutes of the game in the history of football. Reversing Bayern to win the championship, Depor achieved a miraculous comeback with a four-goal victory in the second round after losing 1-4 in the first round.
Moreover, the season has just begun, and the devil's schedule in September is only half over. If they get carried away now, the final result is likely to be taught by Manchester United and Ferguson in the league next weekend!
In this way, the time came to September 25th. On this day, Tottenham Hotspur, sitting at White Hart Lane, ushered in the seventh round of the Premier League. It was also the third strong enemy in this devilish schedule. Premier League hegemon Manchester United!
Since the two teams are in the same Premier League, there are at least two opportunities for head-to-head confrontation every season, and Manchester United itself is not the kind of club that likes to change the main lineup every time. Therefore, for Manchester United's opponent, Tottenham Hotspur It doesn't feel so strange.
But what's different from before is that this time, Tottenham obviously have more psychological advantages. On the one hand, it is because in the three direct confrontations between the two sides last season, Tottenham had the upper hand with two wins and one draw, remaining undefeated, allowing the players to maintain this certain psychological advantage over Manchester United; on the other hand, it is because Manchester United started this season The sluggish performance since then (two wins, three draws and one loss in the first six rounds of the league, temporarily ranking seventh in the standings) has made it difficult for Tottenham players to regard the Red Devils as a formidable enemy that is difficult to defeat.
"Guys, I know Manchester United's recent poor performance has made many of you feel that winning this game is not that difficult. However, we can never underestimate the foundation of a top giant!" He was worried that the players would underestimate the enemy because of Manchester United's recent poor performance. Therefore, during the pre-game mobilization, George emphasized the importance of this game, "Otherwise, we are likely to repeat the situation in 1999." The mistakes of Bayern Munich and Arsenal in 2003 have become another negative example that has been talked about by fans and the media for many years. I don’t want to be remembered for this kind of thing, and I believe you don’t want to taste this either. Bar?"
Although he put on such a serious face in front of the players and taught them not to take it lightly because of Manchester United's recent poor state, George also did not feel that the current Manchester United had the ability to cause too much trouble to Tottenham. With memories of his past life, he clearly knows that the last two seasons can be said to be the most difficult period of Ferguson's coaching career at Manchester United - different from the early difficulties when he first took over the coaching position, and the subsequent two seasons after Ronaldo left the team. During the period of reconstruction, what troubled Manchester United this time was the collective aging of the "92 generation" and the subsequent decline in form. Therefore, the difficulties faced by Ferguson at this time were also the most arduous of the three periods.
Don't look at the fact that only Beckham is gone from the golden midfielder that Manchester United used to dominate England and Europe. In fact, the departure of Beckham is enough to destroy the entire tactical system that Ferguson has worked hard to establish over the years!
The reason why Manchester United has been able to dominate the Premier League and European competitions in recent years is mainly due to the huge bonus brought by this midfield - for a long time, Giggs, Roy Keane, Beckham and Stan Coles performs his duties on the field, helping Manchester United to continue to harvest victories like a precision-operated machine. It is the Red Devils who were not dragged down by an increasingly fragile defense after Schmeichel and Stam and others left the team. It is a strong guarantee to continuously deliver a large number of artillery shells to Ruud van Nistelrooy, Solskjaer and others on the front line!
Therefore, even George, when he was the acting coach of Manchester United, did not dare to do any major surgery on this midfield. At most, he just inserted Veron into it and let the Argentine wizard share Keane's part of the organizational work. .
After Ferguson sent Beckham to Madrid last summer, Manchester United's midfield, which originally operated like a precision instrument, suddenly became fragmented, even though Sir Alex later introduced Joaquín from Real Betis to fill in the gap after Beckham left. Even with the vacancies, it has not been able to reproduce its former glory - this is also inevitable. After a quarter of the main parts are missing, the same problem will occur no matter what kind of machine it is.
Of course, although it is difficult for Manchester United to cause enough trouble to Tottenham now, and Roy Keane's decline in form has seriously affected the quality of Manchester United's defense, this does not mean that it is impossible for the Red Devils to take away a victory from White Hart Lane. . This summer we introduced Carrick and Wayne Rooney, as well as Joaquin, a top right winger, plus the aging Giggs and Scholes, as well as the "king of the small penalty area" Fan Fan who has entered his peak period. Nistelrooy, Manchester United's offensive power cannot be underestimated!
The players are not roundworms in George's stomach, so they naturally have no way of knowing his thoughts. Therefore, George's emphasis before the game was still very useful-at least, in the five minutes after the opening, the prepared Tottenham successfully withstood the Red Devils' opening three attacks and avoided being turned away by the latter. The attack was successful, causing our side to fall into an extremely passive situation from the beginning of the game!
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