Chapter 209 Tottenham Storm
Tottenham, who is in the death group, locked in the qualification for qualifying two rounds ahead of schedule, which surprised countless experts. Although Tottenham performed extremely strongly this season and won all three games in the Champions League, many people were still lucky and believed that Ajax, who is at the bottom of the group, could successfully block Tottenham in this fourth round group stage, thus winning a glimmer of hope for Bayern and Juventus to qualify together.
However, the facts proved that these people were just dreaming. In this round, Tottenham had no room for other opponents to maneuver. They directly defeated Ajax with a four-to-two victory and got a ticket to the Champions League quarterfinals two rounds in advance!
If someone dares to say that Tottenham can qualify for two rounds ahead of schedule at the end of the Champions League group draw, then he will definitely attract ridicule from others, thinking that he is dreaming in the daytime - Tottenham's strength is indeed not bad, otherwise it will not be able to beat the strongly rising Chelsea, Manchester United and Liverpool and other traditional giants to win the British runner-up last season. But the problem is that the two top giants Juventus and Bayern are in the same group as Tottenham, as well as Ajax led by Zeman! The existence of these teams is enough to make Tottenham's promotion road dim this season!
Therefore, when this daydream really becomes reality, Tottenham fans are naturally trapped in extreme joy!
"To be honest, we were already desperate when UEFA announced the results of the group draw. Because Juventus and Bayern Munich were too strong, Ajax's strength was also not weak. Therefore, when we saw Tottenham become the first team in the group to qualify for the group, our excitement was hard to describe in words." During a random interview by the Times reporter, a Tottenham fan expressed everyone's voice, "I would like to thank Mr. Nelson here. Without him, then Tottenham would not have reached its current height!"
It can be said that as Tottenham broke through the siege from the death group and was also the first in the league standings, George's reputation among Tottenham fans has been hit an unprecedented height. And Tottenham, which has repeatedly refreshed people's cognition with practical actions, has quietly blew a white storm in European football with its excellent results!
Tottenham secured a seat in the top 16 of the Champions League two rounds ahead of schedule, which means that Bayern Munich, who has only accumulated three points in four games in the group stage, has been kicked from the edge of the cliff by Tottenham and Juventus!
The two Champions League group stages were eliminated in three years, which is obviously an unacceptable result for Bayern Munich, the overlord of the Bundesliga. Therefore, Magath, as Bayern coach, has naturally been questioned for this period of time. Many fans have even put out banners, hoping that Bayern executives can invite Heathfield to coach the team. Although Heathfield's last two seasons of coaching at Bayern were quite bleak, at least this meritorious coach once led Bayern to another peak in club history, and his coaching experience and team leadership are both the best choice.
The most important thing is that after witnessing Magath's poor performance in the Champions League this season, those Bayern fans who once firmly demanded that Heathfield be dismissed finally realized the fact that the team's poor record in those two years was not a problem with Heathfield, but the team's untimely blood exchange after the main players became old.
However, even if Bayern wants to make up for the loss, it is probably unrealistic to squeeze out Juventus at the last moment to get the remaining ticket for the top 16. It is not only because Juventus is already six points ahead of them, but only needs to get another point to ensure qualifying, but also because at this time, their two direct confrontations with the Zebras have been declared over!
You should know that in these two matches with Juventus, Bayern lost both games. According to the ranking rules of the teams in the Champions League group stage, the performance of the teams who were both part of each other is first based on the ranking rules of the performance of each other. Even if Bayern, who is six points behind, won a complete victory in the last two rounds of group stages, and Juventus had a full match in both games, this Bundesliga giant would not be ahead of the Zebras in the standings!
Therefore, if Magath wants to continue coaching at Bayern, instead of being fired midway through the season and becoming a short-lived ghost like Rehger, then he must perform well in the last two rounds of the group stage, lead the team to get a ticket to the League Cup, and advance together in the Bundesliga and League Cup, it is best to win all these two trophies!
Bayern's situation is about this, and now we turn our attention back to Tottenham. Although the Tottenham players only have two days off after the game against Ajax, this is not a problem for Tottenham, which has a strong bench depth. Of course, the main reason for this is that Tottenham's opponent this weekend is Charlton, who is in London with them. If Tottenham faces opponents of Arsenal or Chelsea next, then Tottenham, which had just fought with Ajax, would face a hard battle.
Because there was a lesson from the financial crisis that almost went bankrupt, after returning to the UK, Charlton Club has always strictly adhered to the principle of living within its means. However, although strict adherence to this principle has allowed Charlton to become one of the best financial clubs in England, this also made Charlton linger in the middle of the standings and never further in his performance.
In addition, although strong players such as Danny Murphy and Francis Jeffries were introduced in the summer, and the team also has many powerful players such as Kirchsev, Koncheski, and Luke Young. However, due to its main striker, Italian veteran DiCanho resolutely returned to China this summer to support Lazio, who was in trouble. Therefore, Charlton's creativity and threat in the midfield and frontcourt both declined significantly compared to last season, and the defense line began to become less stable.
It is precisely because of Charlton's weakness on the offensive end that he could only create scoring opportunities through long shots and long passes from Danny Murphy and others that Tottenham was able to rotate most of the lineup and suppress their opponents on both offense and defense, and Villa scored the only goal of the game in the 46th minute!
In this way, when the game was announced to the end with the whistle of referee Graham Pole, the Tottenham players who played at home defeated the visiting Charlton 1-0 at White Hart Lane Stadium. While winning the 11th league victory of the season, they also extended their consecutive unbeaten record in the league to twenty-seven games!
Chapter completed!