Although Tottenham had previously defeated Bayern Munich in the first round of the group stage, everyone knows that despite the fact that Bayern and Juventus both carry the golden name of top giants, in fact the strength of the two teams is not at the same level at all - now Bayern Munich is no longer the team that won three consecutive Bundesliga titles three years ago and reached the Champions League finals twice in three years. It has fallen to the bottom of the list of top clubs; but Juventus has risen strongly under the leadership of Capello and once again Be at the forefront of this!
Therefore, as soon as the news came out that Tottenham defeated Juventus by one goal at the Alpi Stadium and won two consecutive victories in the Champions League group stage, it naturally caused quite a stir in European football.
For Tottenham, their performance during this period can be said to be extremely outstanding - they achieved three wins and one draw in four strong dialogues. Bayern, Manchester United and Juventus have all become the victims of Tottenham. The Revenant, tops both the league and group standings. Therefore, if anyone dares to say that Tottenham is not a strong team at this time, they are really telling lies.
And as Tottenham defeated Bayern Munich and Juventus in the Champions League, two powerful enemies, and topped Group C with a record of winning two games without conceding a goal, more and more people began to pay attention to this. A team that has risen strongly under the leadership of George Nelson and regards it as a strong team that can compete with top giants such as Juventus!
At this point, George's goal set at the beginning of the season to establish Tottenham's image as a strong team in the hearts of fans has been initially achieved with his outstanding performance in the Champions League. Next, George's task is to let Tottenham maintain this performance in the Champions League, so that this image can be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and lay the foundation for Tottenham's path to the top club!
After defeating Juventus in the away game, Tottenham's first devilish schedule of the season also came to an end. Next, they will shift their focus back to the domestic arena and continue to compete with Arsenal for the league leader's seat!
However, although Tottenham's opponents in this round of the league are not as famous as Juventus and Bayern, they are equally difficult to deal with. Under Moyes' hard work, Everton finally got rid of the hat of underdog this season and currently ranks fourth in the standings with 5 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss and 16 points, only behind Tottenham at the top of the table. Three points with Arsenal!
Therefore, if Tottenham players relax their vigilance against Everton because of their outstanding performance in the devil's schedule, then their chances of capsizing in this game will undoubtedly become quite high!
Perhaps because they were too exhausted in the midweek Champions League match, in the eighth round of the Premier League on October 2, the Tottenham players who visited Goodison Park always gave the impression that they were out of shape. Feel. Even if George adopts a rotation strategy in this game and makes major adjustments to the starting lineup, it will not help.
Mendieta, who served as the core organizer, was ineffective under the joint stranglehold of Graveson, Tim Cahill and others. Although Davis and Speed performed actively enough, they faced the vigorous Everton players. As they age, they also appear helpless. You know, Davis and Speed not only have to take on the task of escorting Mendieta in this game, but they also have to protect the middle defense line composed of Michael Dawson and Vermaelen behind them. With the defensive task extremely difficult, the support the two can give Tottenham on the offensive end will naturally become less and less.
In this regard, George has no good solution and can only hope that Vermaelen and Dawson can grow up as soon as possible. Even if he cannot reach the level of a first-class central defender in the short term, he must at least be able to withstand the impact of a forward like Duncan Ferguson, instead of always asking Davis and others to help defend.
In this way, facing Everton, who was in the limelight and with high morale, Tottenham finally shook hands with the Toffees (Everton's nickname) after a hard battle and ended the game with a score of zero to zero. Contest!
After a goalless draw with Everton and the second draw of the new season in the Premier League, the battle for the leadership between Tottenham and Arsenal that started at the beginning of the season has come to an end for the time being - at the same time it ended. In one game, Arsenal, sitting at Highbury Stadium, swept away visiting Charlton with four goals, surpassing Tottenham to lead the standings with a two-point advantage!
Even so, Tottenham fans did not feel too frustrated or criticized the team's insufficient performance. After all, unlike Tottenham, who were drawn into the group of death, Arsenal can be said to be small in Group E. Rosenborg and Panathinaikos in the same group have no ability to stop this peak gunner. Although PSV Eindhoven coached by Hiddink has this ability, it is second only to Arsenal in Group E. The goal is only to get one. They are qualified to qualify and there is no need to fight with the Gunners. This allows Wenger to put more energy into the league battlefield, instead of having to risk his life against strong opponents such as Juventus and Bayern in the Champions League in order to establish the club's image like Tottenham.
Not to mention, Arsenal also takes advantage of the league schedule - compared with Tottenham, which has played against many strong opponents such as Manchester United and Liverpool from the beginning of the season to the present, Arsenal has only one opponent in the first eight rounds of the league. Everton is considered a strong team, and the rest are mid-to-lower clubs like Norwich, Blackburn, and Middlesbrough. Therefore, regarding Arsenal's ability to overtake Tottenham and dominate the standings, many Tottenham fans believe that the Gunners are actually taking advantage of the schedule, which does not mean that the team is not as good as the Gunners.
Of course, Tottenham fans can so quickly forget the extremely depressing memory of the team losing the top spot. In addition to the above two reasons, the more important reason is that at this moment, they are all attracted by another piece of news. The strength is that after not conceding a goal in the first eight games of the league this season, Tottenham goalkeeper Peter Cech has set a new record!
Counting Tottenham's last two league rounds last season (3-0 win over Blackburn Rovers and 2-0 win over Wolves), as well as the more than 80 minutes of clean sheet time against Aston Villa in the penultimate round, cut In the Premier League, He has set a terrifying record of not conceding a goal in ten consecutive games, and the consecutive time without conceding a goal is more than 1,000 minutes (including injury time)!
Although there is still a short distance from the record of 1,103 minutes of consecutive clean sheets in English football set by Reading legendary goalkeeper Stephen Dyce in 1979, this does not prevent Cech from becoming the record holder of consecutive clean sheets in the Premier League!
With this record, coupled with his outstanding performance in Tottenham and the Czech national team, the 22-year-old Petr Cech has officially entered the ranks of the top goalkeepers and has the ability to challenge the throne of the world's number one goalkeeper. Qualifications!
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