At the beginning of the game, PSV, led by Cocu, launched a fierce attack on Tottenham's gate. Obviously, they want to take advantage of the early start when they still have plenty of energy to score the first goal and reverse the unfavorable situation brought to them by the previous home defeat as soon as possible!
Compared with the PSV players who were extremely active after the start, Tottenham's performance seemed much calmer. Under the command of Ledley King and Petr Cech, Tottenham players set up defenses layer by layer starting from the center circle and built a moving Great Wall on the court to neutralize all PSV's offensive and not let Hiddink's wishful thinking go. Successfully started!
"It seems that this Norwegian is not a fool. He knows what to do when." Seeing that Herning, who was the referee of this game, performed well on the court and did not obviously favor Eindhoven's side. , George couldn't help but nodded secretly, saying in his heart that he was indeed a figure who could become the "official sentry" of UEFA and FIFA in his previous life, and his actions were indeed commendable. "From this point of view, there is no need to worry about this guy here." It was a bad game for Tottenham."
As a loyal fan, George, who has memories of his past life, is naturally no stranger to the name Herning. Because it was this person who single-handedly caused the Stamford Bridge tragedy that shocked international football and destroyed the dream of Chelsea, the top team, to dominate Europe!
Therefore, after learning that the game was being enforced by Herning, George immediately increased his vigilance and ordered his men to conduct round-the-clock tracking and observation of Herning!
The development of things was not beyond George's expectation. The day before the game started, Herning received a secret call, asking him to "take care" of Tottenham Hotspur during the game, preferably to get PSV Eindhoven into the semi-finals of the Champions League. The source of this call was the personal secretary of a former French football superstar!
However, judging from the current situation, Herning's choice is still quite smart. Now that a certain godfather has not yet taken over, the Norwegian referee obviously does not want to get into trouble for a game and become the target of the fans and media after the game!
Of course, if Herning is really so stupid that he wants to kill Tottenham at all costs in this game, then George can only let these guys with ulterior motives experience what real power is after the game! And now, having determined that Herning was basically harmless, George naturally set his sights on a guy who was obsessed with Tottenham!
Now back to business. As time went by, the defensive pressure of PSV, which had been unable to attack for a long time, began to gradually increase - in order to ensure that the three lines would not be disconnected, PSV's defense line was pressed quite high, which led to their There were spaces almost everywhere in the half, giving Tottenham plenty of opportunities to counterattack!
No, in the fourteenth minute of the game, Park Ji-sung's cross was cleared by Vidic. Alonso got the ball and sent a through ball from the left side of the court. Robben accelerated and forced overtaking and then passed the ball high. , pointing directly at Drogba who is ambushing in the penalty area!
Although Bouma is well-known in European football and is regarded by Dutch fans as the best candidate for the Oranje center back position after Frank de Boer and Stam age, but to be honest, he is not as good as these two famous players. In comparison, Baoma is obviously more than one level behind!
Therefore, in this fight with Drogba, Bouma once again exposed his own lack of ability - under Drogba's strong pressure, the overly nervous Bouma actually did not hit the ball and beat Robben. The pass was missed to Drogba behind him!
Facing the surprise gift package from Bouma, Drogba did not choose to directly attack the goal with his head. Instead, after attracting the attention of Alex and Gomez, he calmly headed the ball to the right side of the unguarded penalty area. !
Cristiano Ronaldo, who quickly cut into the penalty area, fell to the ground ten yards in front of the goal and shot. Although Gomez made a save immediately, the ball shot by the former still passed through his fingers and flew into the Brazilian goalkeeper. In the door behind you!
One to zero! As soon as the game started, Tottenham seized the opportunity of a quick counterattack to expand their lead and have already entered the Champions League semi-finals with one foot!
Since Eindhoven lost by one goal in the previous first round, after Ronaldo's goal, Eindhoven, which was already trailing 0-2 with a total score of 0-2, fell into an extremely passive situation, forcing them to selectively ignore it. Defend and then attack in a big way after the game restarts!
Tottenham players who have been trained by Allegri for a long time naturally have no reason to let go of this great opportunity to fight back against their opponents. In the following time, Tottenham used sharp and quick counterattacks to completely defeat PSV Eindhoven, who was eager to recover the score. Drogba and Klose, who came on as a substitute in the second half, made contributions one after another, helping Tottenham expand their lead to three. A ball!
Looking at the score displayed on the big screen, Hiddink, knowing that the situation was over, began to mobilize his troops off the court, replacing two generals, Farfan and Bouma, and announced that he would give up the game!
The reason why Hiddink did not replace Cocu and Van Bommel was that both men made it clear at halftime that they hoped to play out what was likely to be their last Champions League game of the season. Hiddink naturally had no reason to refuse this not-too-excessive request from the two of them.
Although PSV in the previous life once pushed AC Milan to the edge of the cliff in the Champions League semi-finals, don't forget that the Rossoneri did not escape until the last moment with Ambrosini's header. Oh my god, mainly because the average age of the main players is too old, and because Ancelotti is not good at rotation. If the two teams are allowed to compete when they are in good condition and have sufficient physical strength, PSV will never be AC Milan's opponent!
Therefore, facing Tottenham Hotspur, whose strength is not inferior to any of the top giants, and who have received enough rest time and have no physical problems, it is natural that PSV, who have no initiative in their hands, will be beaten like this. No wonder.
When the game entered stoppage time, the score was rewritten again - Van Bommel intercepted Alonso's pass and sent a long pass directly in the midfield. Heiselink reached the front of the penalty area. The header was passed to Cocu, who faced the defense of Ledley King and Stephen Carr. He turned directly ten meters in front of the goal and shot a volley with his left foot, hitting the ball into the far corner of the goal!
One to three! Cocu used a turning volley that shocked everyone. While scoring a face-saving goal for PSV, he also proved to people with practical actions that at the age of 35, he still has a long way to go. It’s not time to fade away from football!
Just like that, when Herning blew the whistle at the end of the game, Tottenham Hotspur finally defeated the visiting PSV Eindhoven 3-1 at home, getting a good start in this devilish schedule and winning the game. With a total score of 4-1, we advanced to the semifinals of the Champions League!
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