The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 446 It's time to repay us!
"Many people say that Tottenham Hotspur are strong, but I don't think so at all. Of course, I'm not saying they are weak, but I think they are not as strong as Manchester United and Arsenal. They lack background and confidence. , and these need to be accumulated.”

"The reason why Tottenham feel strong is because they are a typical aggressive team."

"If we analyze it carefully, it is not difficult to find that Tottenham Hotspur are very good at using rhythm and momentum to play their own offense, so facing such a team, you must suppress them without any Back off, because once you back off, they will follow, or even go mad, and you won't be able to defend at all!"

At the press conference before his visit to White Hart Lane Stadium, Avran Grant spoke eloquently to reporters and the media, expounding his understanding and analysis of Tottenham Hotspur, and his words are also Approved by almost everyone.

It's no secret that Tottenham Hotspur play momentum, but the momentum here does not mean that Tottenham Hotspur's control is not strong, on the contrary, Tottenham Hotspur's control is very strong, so Their ability to hold momentum is excellent.

So as early as not long ago, Ferguson said that he was lucky to win, but he also said that if he played another game, he would be more confident than ever to beat Tottenham because he had found Toth The Achilles heel of Nam Hotspur, and he also reminded all Premier League opponents not to retreat when facing Tottenham Hotspur, but to suppress them firmly.

"They are like a hungry and crazy beast. You have to be more ferocious than them to be able to restrain him, otherwise, he will charge up and tear you to pieces!" These are the original words of Ferguson.

Grant obviously got a warning from Ferguson's words, and his series of analyzes also brought confidence to himself and everyone who heard it, so many people felt that Chelsea had a great chance of winning this game .

"We will tell the world by defeating our arch-enemy that Chelsea is back in the ranks of winning the Premier League!" Grant promised confidently.

Not only is Afran Grant full of confidence, but at the same time, as the new CEO of the club, Pini Zahavi also expressed his confidence in Grant in an interview with reporters, saying that the team beat Tortoise Turnham Hotspur is a big possibility.

"We have reached the time when we must use a strong and strong dialogue to defend our dignity!" Pini Zahavi even used such words to mobilize the players before the game.

But what no one expected was that the process of the game was completely beyond their expectations.

After two weeks of rest for Tottenham Hotspur, the main lineup is not too surprising. Except for Beckham's absence due to injury, Ye Qiu arranged all the main lineup to play. The goalkeeper is Cech, and the defense is Barr. Gass, Hangeland, Thiago Silva and Alves, midfielder Modric, Mascherano and Fabregas, front trident is Ribery, Van Persie and May West.

Similarly, Chelsea did not have much personnel changes, the goalkeeper is Cudicini, the defense is Ashley Cole, Carvalho, Terry and Ferreira, the midfielder is Lampard, Essien and Makelele, the front trident is Joe Cole, Kalu and Drogba.

It can be said that there is nothing surprising about the starting lineups of the two teams, but what is really surprising is everything that happened in the game, because Chelsea did not play what Grant said at all, head-to-head with Tottenham Hotspur, Then suppress the momentum and tactical effects of this North London mortal enemy.

Less than 3 minutes into the game, Tottenham took advantage of the home court to overwhelm Chelsea. Ribery tried to break through Ferreira from the left, but failed to hit Modric. The Croatian midfielder made an oblique pass, and Vargas quickly inserted into the bottom line, and after getting the ball, he passed a flat ball.

Van Persie inserted in the penalty area, flexibly blocked Carvalho with his body, and easily scored in front of the goal, 1:0!

This goal completely disrupted Chelsea's start, and it also played Tottenham Hotspur's momentum, that is, to suppress Chelsea from the very beginning and directly pull down this rival team that had just lost the League Cup final.

If it is an experienced head coach, Grant should signal the team to stabilize at this time, instead of letting Tottenham Hotspur speed up the game, because Chelsea's position is obviously messed up, and the team has just lost the League Cup In the final, Tottenham Hotspur ushered in again, and conceded the ball after the opening. Playing fast at this time is undoubtedly seeking death.

In less than 10 minutes, Messi, Alves and Cesc Fabregas cooperated continuously on the right side of Tottenham Hotspur. Essien knocked down Messi while defending and got a free kick. Van Persie himself Taking the penalty, Hangeland beat Terry in the penalty area and hit the header, 2:0!

This is also Chelsea's two consecutive key games where they have lost set-pieces. Gallas used a set-piece header to score the lore in overtime, which was the key to the League Cup final. Expand the score.

After leading by two goals, Tottenham Hotspur consciously stabilized their position. The players of Grant and Chelsea came to their senses. The two sides began a round of stalemate. Tottenham Hotspur firmly controlled the situation and patiently continued Organized and looked for opportunities from back to front, Chelsea used their running and defense to contain Tottenham Hotspur's offense.

The first half passed in such a frenzy.

But in the second half, Tottenham Hotspur seemed to withdraw from the second half of the first half, and once again played a round of fast attack, constantly pressing Chelsea, and in the 52nd minute, Messi Dribbled the ball in from the right and crossed it to Ribery who ran in from the left.

The scarred face of France, who leads the league scorer list this season, has become more and more confident. After receiving a cross from Messi, he suddenly made an emergency stop and changed direction to get rid of Ferreira who was following the defense. After pulling a position to the left , the left foot suddenly hit the goal directly, and the ball crashed into the net, 3:0!

After scoring the goal, Tottenham Hotspur launched a round of bombardment against Chelsea in a somewhat unreasonable manner. They were not polite to Chelsea at all, and directly pressed up, using their own advantages in ball possession and passing and receiving, Mobilize Chelsea, keep pulling their defense, and launch attacks again and again.

Cudicini performed very well in this game. He saved a must-goal opportunity in the first half, but this time, Van Persie pulled to the left, and after receiving a wide-range diagonal pass from Alves, he stopped. The ball was picked and passed. In the penalty area, Ribery volleyed a kick less than eight meters in front of the goal, but he saved this kick with the help of a god.

Immediately afterwards, Tottenham Hotspur played another attack. Cesc Fabregas's midfielder kicked a through ball with precision like a scalpel, and passed it to Van Persie's very comfortable holding position. The Dutch center got the ball After taking advantage of the trend, he got rid of Terry, formed a beautiful stop, and then kicked a volley near the penalty spot in the penalty area. It was still Cudicini who bravely hit the ball with one hand.

Then Carvalho quickly followed up with a kick to clear the ball vigorously, resolving Chelsea's crisis.

Tottenham Hotspur's successive offensives made the fans at White Hart Lane watch with gusto, and also made Abramovich and Pini Zahavi, who followed the team to the away game, look depressed, and made Chelsea fans Seeing it was frightening, and it also made Grant on the sidelines start to lose his temper.

The first substitution was to replace Joe Cole with Alex, which was obviously another substitution to strengthen the team's defense. This substitution immediately caused the Israelis to boo from all the fans in the audience.

Tottenham Hotspur fans booed him because he was too conservative, and even many Tottenham Hotspur fans played slogans and banners, sarcasm and sarcasm Grant, and asked him, "Aren't you going to suppress us? No Do you want to fight hard?"

"Could you be any more eggless?"

The fans of the Blues booed him because he didn't show the wisdom that a head coach should have and the ability to help the team out of the predicament. Why do you want to be the head coach?
It can be said that from the many strong conversations this season, Grant has been boastful, but his on-the-spot command and formation have been completely exposed. He does not even have the ability to become a qualified Premier League head coach. have.

What's even more funny is that when the game went to No. 70 minutes, perhaps seeing that Tottenham Hotspur's offense was slack, Grant wanted to strengthen the team's offense, so he let Wright ?Phillips went to warm up, and then pulled Wright? Phillips chatted on the sidelines for a few minutes, obviously asking him to play and strengthen the offense.

But at this moment, Van Persie took the ball from the front of the penalty area and turned straight into the penalty area. Ribery followed up and scored a goal 13 meters in front of the goal. He scored twice and helped Tottenham Hotspur score. Expanded to 4:0.

This wave of offensive by Tottenham Hotspur obviously frightened Grant. He immediately let Wright Phillips sit back and replaced Ballack to strengthen the team's midfield defense. Lu.

Up to now, Chelsea's formation has immediately become 541, leaving only Drogba in the frontcourt, and even giving up two wings.

Seeing this situation, Andy Gray couldn't help sneering, "We can all see that Avran Grant has been completely frightened by Tottenham Hotspur's attack. He may just be innocent now." Thinking about how to keep the 4-0 score, instead of trying to save face by scoring goals."

"Don't forget, it's only 71 minutes!"

Both Abramovich and Pini Zahavi couldn't stand it anymore, and left the field early, and many Chelsea fans were also very dissatisfied, dissatisfied with the management, dissatisfied with the coach, and even dissatisfied with the players dissatisfaction.

And the game finally ended with a score of 4:0. Grant did strengthen the team's offense in the end. He replaced Ferreira with Shevchenko in the 91st minute, intending to strengthen the team's offense. But the Ukrainian didn't even have a chance to touch the ball after he came on, and the game was over.

This incident once again caused Grant to be criticized and ridiculed, and it also planted landmines for Shevchenko's anger after the game.

Tottenham Hotspur's 4-0 home defeat of rivals Chelsea in the same city immediately made the North London team the focus of fans all over the world. In the same round, there was another game, Manchester United defeated Newcastle 5-1 away , the recent state of both teams is obviously very good.

Relatively speaking, Arsenal's continuous operations were obviously affected, and they tied Birmingham 2:2 in the away game.

But there are gains and losses. Tottenham Hotspur's victory over Chelsea not only widened the points gap between the two teams, but also showed its own momentum. In the round of the away game, they encountered a moderate upset, that is, they tied Olympiacos 0:0 in the away game.

As No.1 in the UEFA Champions League group stage, Tottenham Hotspur can get an advantage in the knockout round of [-], and the team performed well when they played against Chelsea. When Ye Qiu played away against Olympiacos Appropriate rotation, but ultimately failed to beat the opponent.

For this draw, Ye Qiu did not show much dissatisfaction. In his opinion, Olympiacos has even more experience in the Champions League than Tottenham Hotspur. The away draw is already very ideal. The only regret There is no away goal, but this is not a problem for Ye Qiu.

Since the draw to Olympiacos, he has focused on playing Chelsea when drawing up the schedule, and the Champions League knockout round is to concentrate on the second round of the home game. He has a lot of confidence in his team at White Hart Lane confidence.

Back in the Premier League, Tottenham Hotspur ushered in Birmingham. Recently, Tottenham Hotspur, who has been in a frightening state, successfully defeated Steve Bruce's team 4:1 in an away game. The team acquired by the Hong Kong people entered the relegation zone, which has also become some topics in this round.

Back in the second round of the Champions League knockout round, Tottenham Hotspur beat Olympiacos 3-0 at home and successfully advanced to the quarter-finals of the Champions League with a total score of 3-0. Ye Qiu's team has been able to go so far. It can be regarded as overfulfilling the tasks of this season's Champions League.

This is not only Tottenham Hotspur's Champions League result this season, but also Tottenham Hotspur's best Champions League result since the Champions League restructuring, which also made Tottenham Hotspur fans ecstatic, because they watched In the past two years, the team's performance has been better year by year. Last year's UEFA Cup and League Cup, this year's Premier League has maintained its combat effectiveness, and the Champions League has reached the quarter-finals. Such progress makes them very satisfied.

And Ye Qiu also said that the team will try its best to play well in the Champions League while ensuring that the league results continue to improve steadily.

This has also been interpreted by the media and fans as Tottenham Hotspur's strategy to protect the league first and then take into account the Champions League.

On the second day after the UEFA Champions League round of [-] knockout rounds, UEFA held a draw ceremony for the quarter-final rounds and the semi-finals of the top four at the headquarters in Nyon. Champions League defending champion AC Milan.

Chelsea met Liverpool, Roma met Manchester United, and Barcelona met Schalke 04. Four Premier League teams entered the quarter-finals. In the end, they failed to meet the expectations of Premier League fans. The four teams faced different opponents, but In the quarter-finals there was a head-to-head fight, and if they entered the semi-finals, it would still be a matchup in the Premier League.

Tottenham Hotspur, AC Milan and Chelsea, Liverpool were divided into the upper half, while Manchester United, Roma and Barcelona, ​​Schalke 04 were divided into the lower half.

The first match of Tottenham Hotspur's Champions League quarter-finals is at the San Siro Stadium.

Tottenham Hotspur beat West Bromwich Albion 5-1 at home in the FA Cup quarter-finals.

Although the bloomers are ranked fourth in the British Championship this season, they are very hopeful to hit the promotion spot, but even against Tottenham Hotspur, which is composed of substitutes and youth teams, they still lack combat effectiveness, because even a player like Ah Young players like Ron Ramsey, if they are still in Cardiff, will definitely be the main force of the team.

The advantages of the Premier League are reflected here. The overall quality and strength of the stars have clearly surpassed the English Championship and even the League One. Coupled with the combat effectiveness of the team's overall tactics, this is even more important for the English Championship and League One teams. Incomparable and incomparable.

After playing the FA Cup, we ushered in the No.20 nine rounds of the league in the middle of the week. Tottenham Hotspur beat West Ham United 4-0 at home again. The Hammers were depressed because they shouted before the game to report to Tottenham. Mu Hotspur snatched the revenge of their new home court, but he didn't expect that in the end, it was him who stupidly stretched out his neck to be chopped off.

Three days later, in the No. 30 round of the Premier League, Tottenham Hotspur reversed Manchester City 2:1 in an away game.

In the first half, Manchester City took the lead in scoring, but in the second half, Tottenham Hotspur relied on the goals of Fabregas and Vargas to reverse Manchester City 2:1 and scored three points with difficulty.

At the same time, Manchester United also defeated Derby County 1-0 away, Chelsea also won 1-0 against Sunderland, and Liverpool defeated Reading 2-1. The traditional strong teams in the Premier League have won one after another, except for Arsenal. .

The unlucky Gunners once again exposed their most serious problems. They had four consecutive draws in the No. 20, 28, 29 and [-] rounds of the league. This made Arsenal lose eight points in the past four rounds. It's just unbelievable.

Tottenham Hotspur climbed steadily. In the No.30 round, the team scored 22 points with an excellent record of 67 wins, [-] draws and [-] losses. They successfully reversed Arsenal, which only scored [-] points. Ranked second in the league.

Not only that, Tottenham Hotspur are now only two points away from Manchester United, who are number one in the league.

In other words, as long as Manchester United loses another two points, Tottenham Hotspur will successfully reverse Manchester United and become the leader of the Premier League for the first time, because their goal difference is the most among all Premier League teams.

The situation has been completely unbelievable until now. No one thought that Arsenal would draw four games in a row after entering March, and no one thought that the No. 30 round, the closest to Manchester United, The Red Devils' number one title competitor will be Tottenham Hotspur.

After getting the change in the standings, Ferguson said with a smile that he is very confident in winning the championship.

"We've beaten Tottenham twice this season, so all of us have a lot of confidence in this team!"

But Ye Qiu said, "It is precisely because we lost to Manchester United twice this season that we are all very unconvinced. We desperately hope to reverse Manchester United, so we hope to complete the reversal of Manchester United's championship, because we want to win the championship. Let everyone at Manchester United taste what it feels like to lose, to lose the championship."

At the same time, Ye Qiu jokingly asked Ferguson for his previous gift.

"We gave Manchester United a championship last season, now, it's time for you to repay us!"

(End of this chapter)