The third day after being eliminated from the League Cup by Liverpool, that is, on December 5, Tottenham, who played with all their main players, defeated Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park and won the English game with a score of 3 to 0. The sixteenth round of competition!
Drogba and Klose, who came off the bench, scored one goal each in the first half and the second half. Both of them have been in pretty good shape recently and are an important guarantee for Tottenham to advance simultaneously in the British and Champions Leagues. Vidic scored a header from Alonso's corner kick in the 82nd minute of the game to put the icing on the cake, scoring the goal that sealed the victory for Tottenham!
A three-goal win over Blackburn Rovers in an away game allowed Tottenham to continue to lead the standings with a three-point advantage. It also made Chelsea, who had once again won a 4-0 victory in the league, very depressed.
Forty-one points were scored in the first sixteen rounds. Such a result would have been enough to keep Chelsea firmly in the standings in any previous season. However, this season, the Blues encountered a Tottenham team that performed even worse than expected, and could only finish second in the standings. I have to say that this is indeed a very tragic thing.
However, despite continuing to be overwhelmed by Tottenham in the standings, Mourinho did not become impatient because of this. Because he clearly knew that maintaining a normal mind at this time was the most important thing. If this is not possible, then a team with an unbalanced mentality is likely to lose many points needlessly, and Tottenham will fall further and further behind in the standings!
In order to allow the players to focus all their attention on the game and not be distracted by public opinion or other things, the Madmen have been silently shouldering all the pressure on their own shoulders during this period, and at the same time constantly using the media to Put public pressure on Tottenham, trying to influence the mentality of Tottenham players and increase the chance of Chelsea counterattack.
Mourinho's trick was not hidden from George's eyes. In fact, when he saw that his senior brother was actually engaging in psychological warfare with him, George didn't take it seriously at all. You know, when he was studying at Manchester United, Ferguson taught him many things in this area, and George benefited a lot from the all-round confrontation with Wenger. Under the influence, George naturally understood how to deal with Mourinho's psychological offensive.
On the one hand, George chose the same approach as Mourinho and blocked most of the pressure from the media; on the other hand, George specially arranged for the Tottenham laboratory to strengthen the usual psychological counseling work for the players during this period. , so that the players can let go of their nervousness and face the next game!
After four days of rest, the Tottenham players who returned to London ushered in the final game of Group C at White Hart Lane. Their opponent was Juventus led by gold medal coach Fabio Capello!
There’s not much to say about the game itself. Because Tottenham had already secured first place in the group one round ahead of schedule, and Juventus, who are as many as five points ahead of Bayern Munich, who is third in the group, are not in danger of qualifying, so no matter whether they win or lose this game, it will not affect the two teams. team has no impact.
Since both teams had no desire for this game, the confrontation between the players on both sides was not fierce and could even be described as amicable. Even if a foul occurs occasionally, the offending party will immediately apologize to the opponent's players, instead of being stubborn or deliberately provoking, expanding the scale of the conflict or provoking the anger of both parties.
In this way, with Ibrahimovic scoring a direct free kick in the 31st minute of the game, Juventus, playing away from home, finally defeated Tottenham 1-0 at White Hart Lane, which was regarded as revenge. Avenge the defeat at home!
"Manager Moggi, what kind of wind brought you here from Turin this time?"
Since the two parties have had many transactions and cooperation in the past six months, George and Moji have naturally become familiar with each other. Therefore, when Moggi told George that he had arrived in London and was watching the game between Juventus and Tottenham Hotspur, George, who had just finished the post-match press conference, immediately rushed back to Tottenham headquarters in the car and sat in the conference room. Meet this old fox.
"If I say that I just came to London this time to watch the game between Juventus and Tottenham, then Mr. Viscount, will you believe what I say?" As usual, Moggi did not start the conversation right from the start. Instead of introducing the topic, he joked with George.
"Don't lie to me. We both know in our hearts that this is not your style at all." Hearing what Old Fox Mo said, George twitched his lips and said that he would not believe the other party's excuse at all. , "With your unprofitable and unwilling nature, you would leave Juventus alone and go all the way to London to watch an inconsequential game?"
Although due to the Calciopoli incident, Moggi’s voice in his previous life was far less favorable than people’s praise for him, it has to be said that Moggi is indeed the most skillful general manager of all Serie A clubs, and he is also the one who knows how to use tactics best. people. Even Galliani, who is also good at dancing, and Blanca, who is known for his precise vision, are far inferior to Mo Lao Fox in this regard.
Therefore, before Moggi overturns because of the Calciopoli scandal, it is necessary for George to maintain a good relationship with Juventus and the Agnelli family behind him through Moji, so that his satellite club career in Italy can have a good development. Space and growth environment.
Although George can defeat the Ten Clubs with one force and use absolute strength to crush the Agnelli family, which has declined in power after the deaths of Gianni and Umberto, to get what he wants, since he can infiltrate through relatively peaceful means Italian football, then why would he use this method that can easily arouse the opponent's resentment and confrontation?
As the uncrowned king of Italy, the Agnelli family has no shortage of enemies and opponents, but when faced with George, an extremely powerful outsider, Italians, as local snakes, will also choose to unite to resist the invasion of George, a powerful dragon. !
"In that case, I'd better tell the truth." Seeing George put on an expression that said, "If you dare to continue talking nonsense to me, I'll just leave." Moji, who didn't dare to show off in front of him, could only choose Tell the truth, "This time I came to London for your French left winger, Frank Ribery!"
"What, do you, Juventus, want to acquire Frank (Ribery)?" George couldn't help but was slightly stunned when he heard Moggi's words. He didn't expect that just when he was thinking about poaching Liverpool, other teams were also planning to poach him!
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