"Coach Nelson, you performed well at Tottenham last season. You are worthy of the title of the No. 1 Young Coach in the UK, which is quite the style of my back then. Of course, compared to me, you are still a little worse than that of me." At the pre-match handshake ceremony between the players of both sides, Graeme Sones, who succeeded Robson as the head coach of Newcastle, took the initiative to talk to George. However, the first sentence he said made the veins on George's face jump unconsciously.

Sones, do you guy, don't speak or are you deliberately looking for trouble? Trying to maintain a superficial calmness, George looked at the Scotsman in front of him quietly, and his heart was already bleeding from the other party.

Although Sones led the Glasgow Rangers to win the Soviet championship three times in four years after becoming the head coach, don't forget that Sue's overall strength and competition are not as fierce as the British League, and the league championship has been won by the Wanderers and Celtics for a long time. Therefore, it is not surprising that Sones can achieve such a result in the Wanderers. However, George led Manchester United to reverse Arsenal in his coaching season in his coaching season, and his value is much higher than Sones' three Soviet championships!

Not to mention, George not only brought Tottenham, who missed last season with European competition last season, to the throne of the league runner-up, but also brought Tottenham and the FA Cup championship trophys. How could such a result be compared with Sonnes, who had the chance to win the championship trophy by holding the Glasgow Rangers' thigh?

Sones was indeed an excellent star in his player age. His strong will and excellent leadership skills made him one of the greatest captains in Liverpool's history. However, as the head coach, Sones was hard to be qualified. Especially after leaving Fenerbahce in 1996, the Scots could only seek employment opportunities in the middle and lower reaches of the leagues.

It is precisely because of this that when Sones showed off his qualifications in front of George, George was so disgusted with him. Even though he had no ability, he dared to run to me to rely on his seniority. He really thought that I had a good temper and would not be petty with you?

Newcastle, Sones, Shepard, wash your neck and wait! If I don’t give you all the psychological shadows in this game today, I will not be George Nelson!

Given, O'Brien, Bramble, Boomsun, Bernard, Nicky Bart, Jenas, Lee Bowyer, Laurent Robert, Cruivett and Alan Shearer, these are the eleven players in Newcastle's game!

Compared with last season, Newcastle's book strength has been significantly strengthened. On the front line, the Magpie introduced Dutch international Cruivet from Barcelona, ​​and the midfielder dug Roy Keane's first substitute Nicky Bart from Manchester United. Although Woodgate lost the local star on the defense line, the arrival of veteran Ronnie Johnson and French rookie Boomsson has made up for the vacancy left by Woodgate. In addition to the growth of Bramble, Jenas and Dale, who are about to grow in the past two seasons, it can be said that the deck of Sones' hand is much stronger than when Robson was there!

That being said, from Sones' arrangement of troops in this game and the signing actions of the Magpie this summer, they did not have a clear understanding of the team at all. Bramble was good at frontal interception and was shorter than fill-up. As a result, Shepard and Sones bought Ronnie Johnson and Boomsun with overlapping styles; Alan Shearer was old and urgently needed a qualified successor, while Magpie got Cruivet from Barcelona, ​​who was already twenty-eight years old and was in a declining state!

You know, even at Cruivit's peak, the Dutch was not famous for its high goal efficiency in European football. So, no matter how you look at it, it is not a reliable thing to let Cruivit take over Alan Shearer's team!

It can be seen that although this Newcastle has strong books, the rationality of the lineup and the status of many main players are not as good as that of the coaching period of Robertson, which has also laid a huge hidden danger for the Magpie's journey this season!

After talking about Newcastle's lineup, let's take a look at Tottenham. Compared to when he played against Liverpool a week ago, George made several adjustments to the roster - Phil Neville replaced Stephen Carl and got the opportunity to play; in the midfield, Bastulk rested, and was replaced by Dutch Wild Boars Edgar Davis and Alonso; on the forward line, Klose, who had won two consecutive games, won George's trust and became Tottenham's center and squeezed Drogba to the bench!

The reason for these adjustments to the roster is that on the one hand, Tottenham will usher in a one-week double-game schedule, and George needs to prepare in advance to reduce the negative impact on the player's condition; on the other hand, it is out of considerations for taking care of Davis and others' emotions. You should know that the reason why Davis and others chose to join Tottenham Hotspur is a very important factor, but if they don't get enough opportunities to play, they will be dissatisfied.

What's more, Davis and the others' strength is actually not worse than Bastulk and others. Therefore, George arranged them to be on the roster in order to allow these guys who had been holding on the bench for a long time to release the energy they had accumulated over the past few days in this game!

Sure enough, after the game began, Klose and Phil Neville and others were extremely active. The former's active running without the ball and the repeated kicking out of the penalty area made Branbur and Boomsson, who were only good at head-on confrontation, miserable. The latter not only successfully locked Robert's left offensive, but even took the initiative to participate in the offense in an abnormal manner!

The combination of Davis and Alonso exuded an unexpected power on the court - the former's sweeping ability that was enough to cover the entire midfield and the latter's organizational and scheduling skills were perfectly combined, completely suppressing Newcastle's midfield!

Although Davis often tied with Tachinadi during his time at Juventus, he and Tachinadi were called the Zebras's iron wall in the midfield, in fact, anyone with discerning eyes knew that Tachinadi was just a midfield engineer, and Davis, who was versatile offense and defense, was the real core of Juventus' midfield and backcourt!

To be honest, if Davis hadn't been old and had his physical fitness, competitive state and range of activities declined compared with his peak period, then Bastulk would never have had the opportunity to play before!

Tottenham's first goal in this game was created by the two of them. In the 15th minute, Mascherano stole the ball under Jenas near the center circle of the court and sent a straight pass. After getting the ball, Davis turned around and wiped the snatched Nicky Bart. After attracting Bramble's attention, he passed the ball diagonally to Xavi Alonso who was inserted into the top of the penalty area. The latter made a slight adjustment and directly shot!

Alonso's long-range shot was not very powerful, but the angle was very tricky. In addition, the ball bounced on the turf during flight, which made it more difficult for Jivin to save. So, just a few seconds after Alonso's shot, a warm cheer broke out in the corner of the stands at St. James Park Stadium!

One to zero, just fifteen minutes before the start of the game, Tottenham, who played away, scored first with Alonso's long shot from the top of the penalty area, and got the initiative in the game!
Chapter completed!