They defeated Real Madrid 3-1 in both home and away games, and eliminated the world-famous Galaxy Battleship with a total score of 6-2 in the two rounds. Tottenham Hotspur ranked eighth in this season's Champions League. The results submitted in the finals really shocked many people.
Although Tottenham were the runner-up in the Premier League last season, they have been making great progress in the Premier League this season. For a while, no one dared to criticize them, but in the eyes of most people, the level of the Premier League is simply not as good as La Liga. In the league, no matter how good Tottenham's performance in the domestic arena is, it will be difficult to gain much advantage against Real Madrid, which is full of superstars. However, what they did not expect was that Real Madrid, which has many top stars such as Ronaldo, Raul, Zidane, etc., would be defeated so easily by Tottenham Hotspur, and the loss could be said to have almost no fight back. Power!
Therefore, when the news of defeating Galacticos came out, Tottenham Hotspur's popularity around the world immediately rose to another level. Many fans who follow Real Madrid closely have had an initial impression of this Premier League club through these two Champions League knockout games, and many have even become supporters of Tottenham!
While Tottenham eliminated Real Madrid and advanced to the quarter-finals, the other seven games in the Champions League quarter-finals have also been decided. In general, the performance of the Premier League teams that received the lower draw in this knockout round can only be said to be unsatisfactory - Tottenham and Chelsea defeated Real Madrid and Barcelona respectively to get tickets to the quarterfinals, while Manchester United and Arsenal Then both were defeated by AC Milan and Juventus!
Half advance and half are eliminated. With all four Premier League teams facing top clubs, it is truly commendable to achieve such results.
If the English media are barely satisfied with the performance of the Premier League teams in the Champions League, then the fact that there is not a La Liga team in the quarter-finals of the Champions League this season has made the media from other countries laugh at it - —Who made those Spanish media act so stinky before and pretended that "La Liga is the best league in the world and you are not our opponent at all, so you should surrender as soon as possible so as not to waste everyone's time"?
If you don't accumulate good deeds in normal times, you will be pushed down by others. Spanish football and media are undoubtedly going through the most difficult period for them!
Now back to business. After the match against Real Madrid, the entire Tottenham team, led by George, went to Newcastle in northeastern England to prepare for the FA Cup quarter-finals against the Magpies!
After the resignation of the meritorious coach Bobby Robson who led the team back to the Champions League, the Magpies this season have plummeted under the leadership of the new coach and former Liverpool star Graeme Souness. Not only did they fail to achieve Sheppard The goal set at the beginning of the season to enter the top four in the league, and it is very likely that he will not qualify for the European war at the end of the season!
You know, after 29 rounds of the Premier League, Newcastle is only ranked 11th in the standings, with a six-point gap between them and Liverpool, which is ranked sixth. Therefore, for the Magpies, it is really unrealistic to erase this six-point gap in the last nine rounds of the league, defeat many competitors, and win a ticket to participate in the UEFA Cup next season!
Since there is no hope of qualifying for the European war and there is no need to worry about relegation, Souness naturally sets his sights on the FA Cup. After all, if they can reach the FA Cup final and win the championship, then Newcastle will also get a chance to participate in the UEFA Cup next season. Therefore, for this game with Tottenham Hotspur, Souness, who has regarded the FA Cup as a life-saving straw, can be said to be bound to win!
It is for this reason that Souness fielded his strongest lineup in this game - the goalkeeper is Irish national goalkeeper Shay Given; on the defense, right back Aaron Hughes, and the center back duo are Bu Mson and Bramble, the left back is Babayaro who has returned from injury; in the midfield, Dyer and Jenas partner in the center, Laurent Robert and Lee Bowyer are separated on the left and right; on the forward line, the veteran The combination of captain Alan Shearer and Ameobi!
Seeing that the old Shearer, who was about to turn thirty-five, was still on the Magpies' starting list, George couldn't help but sigh secretly. Although he can understand Shearer's love for his hometown team and his reluctance to accept his old age, he has to say that it was precisely because the old Shearer refused to give up his main position that Newcastle once won the Premier League. Their offensive power has gone from bad to worse, falling to the second-rate level in the Premier League.
Now let’s talk about Tottenham’s formation. Due to the fact that he just played a Champions League game four days ago and George's established policy for the domestic cup competition, tonight George sent out a starting lineup mainly composed of substitutes and young players.
Goalkeeper Casey Keller, the four defenders from left to right are Baines, Vermaelen, Dawson and Phil Neville, Kompany, Mendieta and Speed form a midfield three, attacking The trident is Ribery, Darren Anderton and David Villa!
Although Tottenham played with a full substitute lineup in this game, facing this chaotic Newcastle, the Tottenham players with a higher tactical level and more unity firmly grasped the initiative on the field, using a wave of Bo's fierce offensive beat the Magpie into a panic!
In the 23rd minute of the game, Mendieta made a direct pass from midfield. Kompany, who advanced forward, received the ball and passed with the instep of his outside foot to Villa, who succeeded in countering offside. The latter deftly got rid of Bramble's marker and then hit the goal. Easily pushed the shot from the first six meters and scored, one to zero!
However, the falling score and the extremely unfavorable situation on the field made Newcastle players extremely anxious, and their defensive actions on the field began to gradually increase, no longer observing the rules as before.
I don’t know whether it was because the nightlife was too colorful last night or because I didn’t sleep well. The referee Dunn, who was responsible for officiating the game, did not warn the Newcastle players for their behavior, which made these Magpies players become more bold on the court and their foul actions became more and more aggressive. More and more brutal and brutal!
"You fucking follow the rules of football and don't call such an obvious foul?!" Seeing Darren Anderton being tackled back by Bramble during a counterattack, he was brought down to the ground on his hands and knees. Dunn actually even ignored the Newcastle players. The foul was not called, but signaled for the game to continue. George felt a fire go straight to his forehead, and cursed the dim-eyed referee on the sidelines!
Hearing George's curse, Dunn's face turned dark. I saw the judge in black turning and walking to the sidelines. At the same time, he took out a bright red card from his jacket pocket, and then raised it high to George - red card!
Just like that, in the 70th minute of the game, George received the first red card of his head coaching career and was expelled by Dunn!
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