The news that Tottenham beat Sao Paulo with four goals in the final and successfully won the Club World Cup did not cause many waves in the club. In the eyes of these insiders, Tottenham and several other participating teams are not at the same level at all. It would be really unbelievable to fail in this event!
Although before the emergence of the Bosman Act, South American football clubs had an absolute advantage in the number of Toyota Cup and Intercontinental Cup wins. Since the official implementation of the Bosman Act, the situation of equal competition between European and South American clubs has been completely broken, and the strength gap between the two is continuing to increase as time goes by. Under the overwhelming money offensive, more and more high-level South American players are heading to Europe to seek gold. As a result, South American clubs that lack current stars are naturally no match for wealthy European clubs!
It is precisely for this reason that Boca Juniors' achievements in defeating Real Madrid and AC Milan to win the Toyota Cup a few years ago attracted the attention of so many fans. Only players such as Riquelme and Tevez had high hopes when they first debuted, thinking that they had the ability to take over Maradona's mantle!
Therefore, Tottenham's victory in the Club World Cup not only made all Tottenham supporters very excited, but also used this trend to further increase its own popularity and improve Tottenham's plans to develop overseas markets. Apart from becoming smoother, it has not had much impact within the professional football circle.
"So, before the game against Newcastle, we only have Miroslav (Klose) and Henrik (Larsson) available on the front line?" As the media and fans were discussing When the news came out that Tottenham had won the Club World Cup, George, who had returned to the hotel, was worried about the diagnostic report just submitted by his team doctor.
After being viciously kicked by Lugano in the Club World Cup final, Drogba needed to rest for at least ten days after being diagnosed by the accompanying team doctor before he could return to the game. This also means that from Christmas to New Year, the Ivory Coast Warcraft will not be able to provide combat power for Tottenham!
Now let’s take a look at Tottenham’s fixture list from Christmas to New Year…
On December 21st, three days after the Club World Cup final, the League Cup quarter-finals were against the recently defeated Wigan Athletic!
Two days later, in the 17th round of the Premier League make-up, Tottenham faced Middlesbrough coached by McLaren. The result of this game will determine whether Tottenham, which has one game less in the league, can regain the leadership position from Chelsea!
Then, the day after Christmas, in the eighteenth round of the league, Tottenham faced Birmingham at White Hart Lane. Only two days of rest and the current situation of just returning from the Japanese expedition will bring great trouble to Tottenham in this game!
Not to mention, after that, on December 29th and December 31st, Tottenham still have two league games to play. Their opponents are West Bromwich Albion and "Magpie" Newcastle who performed a miracle of relegation last season. !
Although these opponents are not very strong, and apart from Wigan Athletic and Newcastle, there are no teams ranked in the top half of the standings, this does not mean that they will choose to give up the game early against Tottenham. Moreover, after playing five games in a row in eleven days, and having just returned from the Club World Cup, it is really unknown how much strength Tottenham can exert in the game!
Therefore, it is self-evident that Drogba is injured and absent at this time, and has a huge impact on Tottenham!
At this time, George can be said to hate the fact that the Premier League does not have a winter break. Because if the Premier League has a winter break, then Tottenham can minimize the negative impact of participating in the Club World Cup. And now, Tottenham have to drag their exhausted body after the expedition to Japan to face such a terrifying schedule!
"These guys are so greedy for money! For the sake of profit, they can do anything." George could only sigh when thinking of those capitalists who dared to sell the rope to hang themselves under the temptation of money. .
George knew very well that no matter how strong the public's call for a winter break was, the Premier League would never agree to this proposal. After all, the reason why the Premier League is far superior to other major leagues in terms of commercialization is that Murdoch's media empire and being in an English-speaking country certainly account for a large part, but it is also important that the Premier League does not have a winter break. It plays a very important role!
Habits are a very scary thing. Think about it, when other leagues have stopped playing due to the arrival of Christmas and New Year, only the Premier League is still playing games in full swing, and even worked with the Football Association to arrange a large number of double matches a week during this period. schedule. In this way, when there are no other games to watch, most fans will choose to watch the Premier League, which will significantly increase the ratings of the Premier League, thereby virtually increasing the market share of these TV stations!
As long as some of these fans eventually become the audience of the Premier League, then not having a winter break will be a thing that has more advantages than disadvantages for all parties - sponsors and TV stations can take the opportunity to seize the market, and the team is satisfied because With the huge TV broadcast fees this brings, the players can get more generous salaries and more attention. It can be said to kill three birds with one stone. Under such circumstances, it can be said to be a fantasy for the Premier League to change the status quo and establish a winter break!
Although many people say that this will prevent the players from getting enough rest time, resulting in the England national team repeatedly performing weakly in international competitions, but look at the NBA on the other side of the Atlantic, those NBA players have to play in just one regular season With more than 80 games, we often encounter back-to-back or even three consecutive back-to-back schedules. The intensity and schedule density of the games are much greater than those of football. But what's the result? In every basketball competition, isn’t the U.S. team always the favorite for the championship trophy?
Although there are many differences between basketball and football, stones from other mountains can be used to attack jade. The NBA’s successful experience in these fields may not be a bad idea for football to learn from!
Now back to business. After returning to London from Tokyo, George did not arrange any training tasks and directly gave the players a two-day short vacation. In other words, George has chosen to give up strategically in this League Cup match with Wigan Athletic!
There is nothing we can do about this. Compared with the Premier League champions, the League Cup can only be regarded as a piece of cake, a training ground for the top teams in the Premier League. Therefore, when the team's physical fitness problems occur, George can only choose to abandon the pawn to save the car, sacrificing some interests that are not important to the team in exchange for greater benefits!
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