Seeing George's "I just look down on you" look, the entire Blackburn team was also quite angry. Without coach Mark Hughes mobilizing, the players were gearing up to teach the home team a lesson. After all, Blackburn has a pretty good momentum this season, and their current sixth place in the standings makes them feel like they have the ability to compete with the league leaders.
His players showed such a strong desire to win before the game that Blackburn coach Mark Hughes, who had omitted the pre-game mobilization work, naturally wanted to thank George - the season has entered the sprint stage, and every point is important to the team. They all seem extremely important, not to mention a team like Blackburn, which has great hope of qualifying for the UEFA Cup, and with good luck, may even have a chance to play in the Champions League!
With this momentum, the Blackburn team walked into White Hart Lane with confidence...
"The sixth team in the league? That's it?" When the first half of the game was announced at the referee's whistle, George looked away from the extremely conspicuous "3-0" score on the big screen with a look on his face. He complained to Charlie easily, "Look, it's not that I look down on them, it's that they really only have this ability." Of course, George lowered his voice very low and did not let his "senior brothers" Mark Hughes and Zheng Chao, who were not far away, Players walking to the locker room heard his remarks.
Although there is no Miracle in Istanbul in this life, George does not want Tottenham to repeat the mistakes of Milan in the previous life - if they are defeated by Blackburn with a three-goal lead, even if they are only tied by their opponents, then for This is an extremely heavy blow to the entire Tottenham team, and will bring huge trouble to Tottenham's journey this season.
Sending Blackburn on the road as soon as possible and taking all three points at home is undoubtedly the most reasonable choice!
George knows very well that the reason why Blackburn's performance has improved so much this season is mainly because the arrival of Bellamy, a new player, has improved the team's weak offense, and Mark Hughes himself was a player during his playing days. Accumulated reputation. In fact, Mark Hughes did not bring much improvement to Blackburn at the technical and tactical level. He still clung to crosses from the wing, the configuration of one high and one fast striker, and the old-fashioned tactics of English football such as long passes. Do not let go of the law.
It is precisely because of his understanding of this "senior brother"'s coaching ability that George arranged for the experienced Phil Neville to mark Bellamy's point, so that the Welshman could not receive the shells sent by his teammates, which made Blackburn lose control on the offensive end. Most of the threat was eliminated, making it difficult to pose a sufficient threat to the goal guarded by old Keller. Not to mention, Blackburn is a typical home team with a very poor away record: so far, Blackburn has suffered four consecutive away defeats, including even losing to West Brom, which is deep in the relegation zone. Vicky! This fact is enough to show that it is difficult for the Blackburn team to exert its full combat effectiveness in the away game! On the mobile phone, remember "Thinking Chinese Network →" in one second to provide you with wonderful novel reading.
The development of things was exactly as George expected. Amid the cheers from the home team fans, the Blackburn players who had insisted on giving George a good look before the game unknowingly lost their way: first, they were attacked by Lennon using his speed, and then they were attacked by Tottenham in their eagerness to regain the score. The veterans seized the opportunity twice and had to face the grim situation of falling behind by three goals at the end of the first half!
As long as Tottenham stabilize their position in the second half, lure Blackburn to continue to attack, and at the same time Mendieta and other veterans give full play to their game experience and technical advantages, then it is basically no problem for Tottenham to get all three points today!
I have to say that the fighting spirit and spirit of Blackburn players are still very high. Even though they were already three goals behind just after halftime, they did not choose to give up. Instead, they desperately fought for the ball with Tottenham players and further strengthened their defense, trying to disrupt Tottenham's game rhythm in this way. Strive for a chance of victory for your own side.
In this regard, George can only praise his courage. As they age, Mendieta and Davis' physical fitness has indeed declined compared to their peak years, but their rich experience and increasingly proficient use of technology have made up for this shortcoming. Especially today, facing Blackburn, who is more than tough but lacks skills, these veterans simply took advantage of this aspect to the extreme!
Take Phil Neville for example. In the 56th minute of the game, Emerton scored the ball in the middle, and Flitcroft stepped in and passed the ball straight to Bellamy in front. However, due to Phil Neville's struggle, the Welsh forward failed to break open Tottenham's defense in time. Immediately afterwards, Speed and Neville, who arrived quickly, worked together to steal the ball from Bellamy's feet, and then Davis launched a quick counterattack that almost knocked Friedel's finger off for the fourth time!
Bellamy is a very good player, but the Welshman's temperamental temper has seriously wasted his talent and talent. Under the meticulous "care" of Speed and Phil Neville in this game, Bellamy, who was already depressed due to being behind by a big score, devoted a lot of energy to fighting with the two. His move undoubtedly made Blackburn's situation on the field even worse! genius)
Seeing that Bellamy fell into the defensive trap designed by Tottenham, Mark Hughes had no good solution. A clever woman can't make a meal without rice. He only has so many cards in his hand, and his coaching ability has not reached the level of being able to turn stone into gold. He naturally feels helpless in the face of this unfavorable situation.
Everything is moving in a direction favorable to Tottenham, but George still dare not take it lightly. After all, Tottenham currently have seven veterans over 30 years old on the field. Even if they have an advantage in physical reserves before the game and can use experience and technology to make up for this gap to a certain extent, it is difficult for these veterans to have sufficient physical fitness to deal with their opponents in 90 minutes.
Although George had tried his best to make the most of the three substitutions in his hand, and Larson also scored another goal in the second half, in the final stage of the game, Blackburn, who had the upper hand in physical fitness, still broke through Casey Keller's guard. goal and scored a face-saving goal!
In order to compete with Friedel and Tim Howard for the last chance to appear in the World Cup, the 36-year-old Keller showed a very good competitive state in this direct competition with Friedel. Made many wonderful saves during the game. But faced with the decline of Tottenham's team's physical fitness at the end of the game, the old Keller had no way to keep the door open.
Finally, when the referee announced the end of the game, the score on the field was fixed at four to one, with the home team in front and the visiting team in behind. This also means that the rotation tactics adopted by George in this game have achieved the expected results!
For Blackburn, this is undoubtedly an extremely painful defeat - it is not that they have never lost more miserable games than this, and the score on the field cannot fully reflect the true strength gap between the two sides. But as the sixth-ranked team in the Premier League, they were beaten 4-1 by the league leader with a substitute vote. Such a report card really made them unable to hold their head high!
