Four to zero! Tottenham players ended their first North London derby of the season with a hearty victory at White Hart Lane!
Seeing that the team defeated Arsenal at home, Tottenham fans were naturally extremely satisfied with the team's performance. Although Tottenham are now the Champions League champions and Arsenal is declining under the leadership of Wenger, in the eyes of Tottenham fans, as long as the team can defeat the Gunners in the North London Derby, it is enough for them to celebrate!
On the other side, Arsenal players, led by Wenger and Pat Rice, walked into the tunnel dejectedly - although they had expected this defeat, they were still defeated so easily by their rivals in the same city. Feeling extremely frustrated.
You know, just over a year ago, they were the defending champions of the Premier League, enjoying the envy of countless people, and one of the favorites to win the league championship. As a result, just one year later, they were kicked out of the championship group and became a team struggling to qualify for the Champions League. With such a huge gap, any Arsenal player will have an unacceptable feeling.
To be honest, Arsenal's loss to Tottenham is no longer a surprise. After all, Tottenham are strengthening their lineup every year, while Arsenal is stingy about investing money in the transfer market and has even begun to sell the main players in the team. Under the circumstances, Arsenal can no longer be Tottenham's opponent!
"Believe me, the trough is only temporary. As long as you give me two to three years, I can make Arsenal dominate the Premier League again!" At the post-match press conference, he faced reporters about Arsenal's declining record this season. When asked about the question, Wenger took a rare step and gave a decisive answer, "We have a group of very outstanding young people, such as Robin (Van Persie), Jose (Reyes), Cesc ( Cesc Fabregas), Hleb, etc. This is a huge advantage that other teams simply do not have. Therefore, as long as these young people can grow up smoothly, Arsenal's future will be bright!"
"I don't know where Coach Wenger got the confidence from. He actually pinned all the team's hopes on a group of young people who have not yet fully realized their potential, without considering retaining players with rich experience." George naturally sneered at Wenger's remarks. Others may not know it, but he, who has memories of his past life, knows very well how embarrassing a situation Arsenal will be in in the future because of Wenger's team building ideas. "You know, even Sir Alex Ferguson is leading Manchester United to dominate England. At that time, we did not completely rely on Class 92. Famous stars such as Roy Keane, Ruud Ruud, Black Wind Shuangsha and Sheringham introduced from other teams, as well as the balanced offensive and defensive style of play also played a vital role. . And in Arsenal, I can't see the shadow of these two aspects at all... Now that the five defense veterans and Vieira have left one after another, everyone should have seen how fragile Arsenal's defense has become. Bar?"
It's not a good feeling to be slapped in the face in front of someone, let alone being exposed in public by your enemy. Therefore, after being mercilessly criticized by George, Wenger's expression suddenly became extremely ugly!
What depresses the professor the most is that no matter how unhappy he is, it is difficult for him to make a strong enough rebuttal - who makes George and Tottenham the winners of this game, and who has the weight of the Champions League championship? level honors as a basis, but he has not been able to prove that this team building concept he insists on can bring a championship trophy to Arsenal?
Therefore, after hastily dealing with a few problems, Wenger hurriedly left this place of right and wrong on the grounds that "time is almost up", marking a failed end to this trip to White Hart Lane!
George had no intention of getting angry at Wenger's obviously disgraceful move - anyway, there will be more opportunities like this in the future, and there will be more and more voices criticizing Arsenal. Wenger will have to get used to it if he is not used to it. Moreover, this can also highlight his magnanimity, transfer all the anger of reporters on the scene to Wenger, who left early, and win some favor for himself. With such a thing that kills two birds with one stone, George naturally has no reason not to do it.
George has always attached great importance to the guidance and control of public opinion. The title of "The Uncrowned King" is no joke. Although with George's current status, these reporters dare not really make any big news, but he can definitely make it disgusting. Therefore, how to deal well with reporters has always been listed as a required course for all Tottenham staff by George!
In this way, the first North London Derby of the 2005-06 season ended with Tottenham's victory. Arsenal, who lost in the away game, not only fell further in the league standings, but also received fierce criticism from the media after the game!
Although a big derby victory allowed Tottenham players to spend the weekend in a very happy mood, they did not get much rest time. Because in the next week, there is still a Champions League group match waiting for them!
Since there was only three days between the group stage match with Lyon and the north London derby, in order to ensure that players would not be injured due to fatigue, and also to ensure the team's combat effectiveness, George decisively made significant changes to the starting lineup. Rotate. Drogba, who had just scored twice in the Derby, was also put on the bench. Robben, Xabi Alonso and Ledley King were revealed by experts from the Tottenham laboratory. The red-light players didn't even make the eighteen-man roster!
George didn't see anything wrong with this. Tottenham are now first in the group, six points ahead of third-placed Udinese, and can basically lock in a qualifying spot. Under such circumstances, it is not impossible for the team to relax a little in the Champions League. What's more, Tottenham's opponent in this game is Lyon, a team that has been on Johansson's blacklist!
Compared with the relaxed Tottenham players, the atmosphere here in Lyon is much more solemn. They lost all three games in the group stage and continued to be suppressed by Monaco in the league... For Lyon, who had just been kicked out of the G14 group and was thinking about regaining this wealthy brand and the throne of Ligue 1, this result could not be worse. !
However, despite losing three games in the Champions League group stage and being six points behind Real Madrid in second place, Houllier did not give in early. In the view of the French coach, Lyon still has hope of advancing to the top 16 and has no reason to give up!
Moreover, even if Lyon ultimately misses the knockout rounds of the Champions League, the team still needs enough points to compete with Udinese for third place in the group and a place in the UEFA Cup!
Therefore, no matter what, Lyon needs to strive to win this game!
PS: Please click here, collect, recommend, subscribe, and vote monthly. Thank you all book friends for your support...
