First, they defeated the defending league champion Chelsea to win the Community Shield, and then won the first three consecutive victories in the Premier League. Tottenham's strong performance since the start of the new season has shocked the entire English football world!
Originally, people thought that even if they hired Gerrard, a strong supporter, from Liverpool this summer, they lost many major rotation players such as Basturk, Ribery, Villa, and Kompany. Next, Tottenham's bench depth has been greatly weakened, and its overall strength has declined to a certain extent compared to last season. As a result, Tottenham's performance in the 2005-06 season is bound to not be as eye-catching as last season. What's more, many good people openly claim that Tottenham will repeat the mistakes of Blackburn, and will return to mediocrity after a short period of glory!
Of course, no one with any sense would agree with this argument. You know, Blackburn's decline was caused by not wanting to make progress after winning the championship. They sold off the team's main players year after year but refused to continue to invest heavily in bringing in strong reinforcements. However, Tottenham does not have this problem. Because if George and Jack Walker (the former Blackburn boss and a key figure in Blackburn's ability to compete with Manchester United in the early days of the Premier League) had the same intention of quitting as soon as they were ready, then it would be impossible for Tottenham to spend huge sums of money this summer. Sign Gerrard!
However, the reality has shocked those who underestimated Tottenham's prospects this season. Faced with many doubts, Tottenham players left everyone speechless with a perfect answer!
Although Chelsea and Manchester United, who have been recruiting aggressively in the transfer market, have also achieved a perfect start with three consecutive victories and have not conceded a goal in the first three rounds of the league, their offensive power is still slightly inferior to Tottenham (League 1). The number of goals scored was six and seven respectively), so they can only rank third and second in the standings.
If someone is still stubborn at this time and insists that the reason why Tottenham can beat Manchester United and Chelsea to the top of the standings is because of the schedule, and the three consecutive victories of Manchester United and Chelsea are more valuable, then what follows? The highlight of the fourth round of the Premier League, the result will prove whether Tottenham is worthy of being the league leader!
That's right, on August 27, two days after Tottenham's third round match with Blackburn Rovers, Tottenham will face the defending champion Chelsea for the second time!
For this game with Chelsea, George and the Tottenham players can be said to be quite relaxed. After all, in the recent Community Shield final, without Mascherano, the midfielder, they defeated Chelsea!
Not to mention, now that Mascherano has returned and Gerrard has gradually adapted to his current role, Tottenham's defensive intensity has undoubtedly improved several levels compared to the last time they met. Although Chelsea rested most of their main players in the third round two days ago, this was mainly because the Blues had just had a tough battle with Arsenal six days ago, so their competitive state was not as good as Tottenham!
If that's all, Mourinho can find ways to solve these problems one by one. What troubles the Portuguese madman the most is that this season's Tottenham are not only extremely sharp on the offensive end, but their firepower is also extremely scattered - in the previous three rounds of the league, Tottenham broke through the opponent's gate nine times in total. And these nine goals were scored by nine Tottenham players!
Such scattered offensive firepower has brought Mourinho a huge problem, that is, it is difficult for him to make a more targeted defensive arrangement for Tottenham's offense!
Every player in Tottenham's midfield and frontcourt can participate in the offense and can score goals. This means that Chelsea must not miss anything when defending. Otherwise, the Blues' door is likely to be breached by Tottenham because of this negligence!
As for how to break Tottenham's defense, Mourinho doesn't have much worry. In his opinion, the offensive trident with Ibrahimovic as the core and the heavy artillery group headed by Lampard are enough to penetrate Tottenham's defense!
Since we have scored against Tottenham three times in the Community Shield, we can do the same now! Although Mourinho's confidence seems a bit unreasonable, with Ibrahimovic as a talented forward, the madman has the confidence to dare to take a gamble!
As long as it is possible to achieve your goals, then dare to put your own chips on it. The reason why Mourinho was able to become "the most special one" in the words of fans and media during this period was because of his unique madman temperament and unparalleled personal charm in the head coach circle!
Therefore, how to better defend Tottenham's offensive has naturally become the main issue that Mourinho has been thinking about these days!
Of course George has no idea what Mourinho is worried about at the moment. After leading the team to defeat Blackburn, George gave the players a day off so that they could seize the time to recover and adjust for the top-of-the-table battle with Chelsea two days later!
Although they are very relaxed in mentality and have an advantage in the confrontation record, neither George nor the Tottenham players take Chelsea, a strong enemy, lightly for these reasons-if Chelsea is really so easy to deal with, then they won last season The team that wins the Premier League trophy will not be Chelsea, but Tottenham Hotspur!
Sometimes, belittling your opponent is also a disguised form of belittling yourself. Even if your opponent is so weak and can't win the championship, doesn't that mean you are weaker than your opponent?
What's more, George can be said to be well aware of Mourinho's desire to defeat him and prove that he is the best head coach. In order to avoid being used as a stepping stone by Mourinho, George must go all out in this game!
Losing to Mourinho was not a good experience. Everyone in the football world knows the Portuguese's venomous tongue, and George does not want to enjoy being ridiculed after losing.
At the same time, fans have also turned their attention to Tottenham and Chelsea - such a strong dialogue, and the two sides are currently the two most popular clubs in European football. If you accidentally missed something, That would make them regret it!
In this way, two days passed quickly. When the calendar finally turned to the page of August 27, fans from both sides could no longer suppress their passion. They packed the White Hart Lane stadium early and waited for the arrival of the two teams outside the stadium!
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