Chapter 101 Why is it you again?!
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Although Tottenham has beaten the two strong opponents of Newcastle and Manchester United in the previous two rounds of the league, although Southampton opened high and fell this season, and although James Beatty, who shined last season, this season was no longer in glory, Kevin Phillips, who introduced a large amount of money, also fell into a long-term goal drought. Although Tottenham has a considerable advantage in all sides facing Southampton, it should be noted that Tottenham, which has a comprehensive advantage on the court, almost pushed Southampton, who changed coach in the middle of the game, to beat Southampton in the halfway. The number of shots alone in the whole game was as high as 27 times, and the ball control time was nearly 40 percentage points more than the "Saints"!
Although Tottenham has such a huge advantage in this game, the final result is not satisfactory. Spurs' twenty-seven shots in ninety minutes only received a mere goal, while Southampton seized a handful of counterattack opportunities, and Beatty equalized the score in the 83rd minute, allowing Tottenham to return home in the St. Mary's Stadium!
However, although he was accidentally tied by Southampton away, Tottenham's ranking in the league standings was not due to this. In another game held by Manchester United at the same time, Manchester United tied with Arsenal at Highbury Stadium, and the league was not defeated for three consecutive rounds!
So, Tottenham, who had a draw in Southampton, continued to rank third in the standings, and still maintained a two-point difference between Manchester United. This situation allowed Manchester United players to taste the carefully made hair dryer of Ferguson after the game. This time, Sir Joseph, who was full of anger, found a very suitable excuse. Only the league can be played, now, you can still play three consecutive rounds of unwinding. Can you still have some prospects?!
Not to mention the Manchester United players who are in dire straits, let’s get back to the point and talk about the situation of Tottenham. After returning to London from Southampton, the entire Tottenham team immediately devoted themselves to the intense preparations under the leadership of George, because Tottenham’s next match opponent is their city rival, Arsenal, currently ranked in the league list!
And this is also the fourth time the two teams have met this season!
However, the result of this North London derby will not affect the league rankings of Tottenham and Arsenal. Because this is not a British match, but a semi-final of the FA Cup in England!
Regarding this situation, Wenger and George rarely maintained their opinions, and complained fiercely that the guy who arranged this scam schedule was a terrible enemy. Although Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur are indeed mortal enemies, the North London Derby does have a considerable gimmick, but if such a derby game occurs five times in a row in a row in yi season, the two teams will have to fight each other in the league. No matter who it is, they will feel aesthetic fatigue, right?
Especially Wenger, when she noticed that the opponent in the next game was Tottenham Hotspur again, she couldn't help but yell at the elegant professor: Why are you again?!
You know, the current situation is completely different from before. Since George became Tottenham's head coach, Tottenham has never lost to Arsenal in the North London derby. Especially in the semi-finals of the League Cup, George used only a substitute to eliminate Arsenal from the League Cup, which made Wenger feel terrified about the match against Tottenham. Although many media and fans who support Arsenal after the game were indignant, believing that Tottenham was shameless and lucky, he eliminated Arsenal, but the professor has clearly realized that the reason why Tottenham was able to advance to the League Cup final was because George had already found the goal of this Arsenal!
So, if possible, Wenger is not willing to meet Tottenham in a place other than the league, because in this way, Arsenal may be eliminated much higher than their chances of defeating Tottenham!
Of course, even though George and Wenger were a little unprovoked about the fourth North London derby this season, they were not stupid enough to ask the FA to modify the FA semi-finals matchup arrangement. Because everyone could see that this was just a coincidence and no one was operating in the dark, the FA had enough confidence to reject such an unreasonable proposal.
After all, even those who arranged the schedule would not have expected such a coincidence to happen. Tottenham and Arsenal were not only divided into the same and half zones in the League Cup and the FA Cup, but were not eliminated in these two fields, resulting in a strange phenomenon of five North London derbys in one season.
You should know that the League Cup and the FA Cup, which adopt a single-game winning and losing system, are hotbeds for unpopularity. Even strong clubs like Manchester United and Arsenal cannot guarantee that they will last until the end. Take this season for example, Bolton and Middlesbrough who reached the semi-finals of the League Cup can only be considered mid-level in the UK. Millwall, who won the last four spots in the FA Cup, is even a team from the League One. Although the situation in the latter is quite rare, it is enough to show how unfriendly these two cup matches in England are for those traditional strong teams.
In this way, the time came on April 3. The entire Tottenham Hotspur team arrived at the Highbury Stadium on time and walked out of the player channel amid the booing of tens of thousands of Arsenal fans on the spot, preparing to defeat the Gunners in the next ninety minutes and get the ticket to the venue for the FA Cup final of the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff!
In this game, Arsenal is obviously much more pressure than Tottenham. After all, Tottenham only needs to deal with the two fronts of the British League and the FA Cup, while Arsenal has more than Tottenham to play in the Champions League. The most important thing is that four days after this FA Cup semi-finals, the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals between Arsenal and Chelsea!
For Arsenal, which urgently needs to prove his strength in the European arena, the Champions League is obviously much more important than the FA Cup. Wenger naturally cannot give up the Champions League with higher returns and greater influence for this FA Cup semi-final. Therefore, in terms of arrangement, the professor naturally needs to make some choices and not allow the main players to consume too much in this game, which will have a negative impact on the Champions League game four days later.
In addition, Vieira's civil compensation lawsuit has not ended yet, which has led to Wenger becoming more and more struggling when arranging the list, which also makes the professor feel that Arsenal's chances of winning this derby are really pitifully small.
Chapter completed!