The news that Tottenham defeated Galacticos 3-1 at the Bernabeu Stadium and won the first leg of the quarter-finals once again caused a large-scale earthquake in European football, and even made a lot of people swear before the game. , the media and experts who announced that they were optimistic about Real Madrid’s home victory were shattered!
Although Real Madrid's aging main lineup, increasingly thin bench depth and always cheating defense team have been criticized by people, no one can deny that the Galacticos in good condition are indeed the best in the entire European football. One of the teams. Not to mention anything else, as long as any one of these superstars shines during the game, it is enough to change or even determine the trend of the entire game!
However, this time, Real Madrid was defeated by Tottenham Hotspur despite using all its main players and playing at home. Such a result, while refreshing people's understanding of Real Madrid, has also raised the reputation of Tottenham Hotspur and players such as Drogba, Robben, and Ronaldo to a new height!
Killing Real Madrid with all its main players in a face-to-face confrontation, and also in an important game like the Champions League, this is not something that just any team can do. Coupled with Tottenham's outstanding performance in the group stage, after the first round of the Champions League clash between the two sides, Tottenham was naturally favored by a large number of media and fans, and its image as a strong team was further deepened. People's hearts!
By the way, after witnessing the wonderful performance of Tottenham players in this game, the eager Lafayette personally visited the house on the night after the game and asked George about the selling prices of Robben and Ronaldo. And George said to Florentino without hesitation that these players are Tottenham's future and not for sale, so you should never think about trying to take advantage of them!
Seeing George's resolute attitude, Florentino, although not very willing, had to give up his plan to poach Tottenham. As the president of the ACS Group, the largest builder in Spain, Lafayette's potential background for George is naturally Understood. So he knew clearly that he could never poach Tottenham at the risk of angering George!
Of course, for young Tottenham Hotspur, the victory over Real Madrid on the road in midweek was not all good news. No, in the twenty-eighth round of the Premier League on February 26, Tottenham, who returned to London City, was defeated in front of Fulham, who had been recuperating for a long time - after ninety minutes After a fierce battle, Tottenham and Fulham at White Hart Lane drew a goalless draw and only got a draw and one point at home!
Although George felt a little helpless about the result of the team's handshake with Fulham at home, he did not turn on the hair dryer inherited from Ferguson and reprimanded the players after the game. Because just two days before this game, the entire Tottenham team traveled to Madrid and had a battle with the Galacticos at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium. The players were at a low point in terms of physical strength and competitive status. Therefore, George was actually mentally prepared for Tottenham's poor performance in this weekend's league game.
Don't look at Tottenham's defeat of Real Madrid 3-1 in the first round. Judging from the score alone, Tottenham's victory was quite easy, but in fact, the victory over Galaxy Battleship was a physiological blow to the entire Tottenham team. It has caused quite a huge psychological drain. Even those substitute players who did not play seemed very sluggish due to the long journey.
The most critical thing is that most of the players in the Tottenham team do not have much experience in European competitions, which makes it impossible for them to reasonably allocate their physical fitness and improve their status during the double-match week like those veterans who have been playing on the court for many years. Stay at a level where you can play at any time. Therefore, George often encounters situations where players use all their strength to fight against strong opponents in one game, and then have ups and downs in the next one or two games.
He is energetic and driven, has a strong hunger for championships and honors, and often brings unexpected surprises, but he also has ups and downs due to lack of experience and experience. This is the price to pay for youth and growth. What George has to do is to accelerate the growth of these players so that they can get through this stage as soon as possible and become pillars that Tottenham can rely on!
Therefore, in the 28th round of the Premier League with Fulham at the weekend, facing the menacing "Farmers" who only had to deal with the league battlefield, Tottenham players who were not at all in shape were able to maintain a draw at home. It can be said to be quite a difficult achievement!
The only thing that can comfort Tottenham is that this draw did not allow Chelsea to close the points gap with them. Chelsea's match against West Bromwich Albion was postponed due to a League Cup final with Liverpool. As a result, Chelsea, who had one game less, was widened by Tottenham to four points!
Seemingly seeing hope of overtaking Tottenham, Mourinho once again launched a public opinion war, desperately putting pressure on Tottenham, intending to make Tottenham players lose points again under heavy pressure. George, not to be outdone, launched a counterattack, warning Mourinho to take care of Chelsea and not to stick his nose into other people's territory. For a time, the war of words between the two brothers made the British media, which always feared chaos in the world, very excited and got a lot of writing material.
One week later, on March 5, the twenty-ninth round of the Premier League arrived as scheduled. Although Tottenham players had a full week's rest before this game, their condition and physical fitness had returned to their best condition, and there was no problem playing against Southampton. However, because the championship against Real Madrid would be four days later, Cup second round, so at this juncture, George did not dare to let these main players play consecutively. If they are successfully overturned by Galacticos at home, it will undoubtedly be an extremely heavy blow to Tottenham, which is in its growth period!
What's more, last season, AC Milan led 4-1 in the first round and was miraculously reversed by Deportivo with four goals in the second round. Less than a year has passed. No one will forget this lesson, and no one wants to repeat it. Follow the mistakes of the Rossoneri!
Therefore, in order to retain strength for the midweek Champions League game, George once again made a substantial rotation of the starting lineup, put a large number of substitute players into the starting lineup, and left most of the main players in London City.
Looking at Southampton, due to the poor performance of the "Saints" this season, they are currently only ranked 18th in the league standings. In order to get out of the relegation zone as soon as possible, they will definitely strive to win this game!
It is foreseeable that the aftermath of the Champions League will become one of the main problems that young Tottenham Hotspur needs to solve for a long time to come!
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