Although Bayern's senior management has always had little demands on the team's performance in the Champions League, Heness even said that he could not care about the team's missed the Big Ear Cup for many years, but he would never tolerate the team losing the league championship for two consecutive years. However, this does not mean that Bayern's management really doesn't care about the team's performance in the Champions League.

For example, now, when Bayern, who fell into the group of death, missed the knockout round two rounds ahead of schedule and could only compete with Ajax for the third group to ensure a ticket to the League Cup, this result actually made Bayern executives, who were "football emperor" Beckenbauer, extremely dissatisfied. No matter how low the requirements for European results are, it is not something they can accept that Bayern was eliminated in the group stage of the Champions League!

Even Heathfield, who once led Bayern to complete three consecutive Bundesliga championships and allowed the Bundesliga giant to regain the Big Ear Cup after 25 years, was also criticized by fans and clubs when Bayern was unexpectedly eliminated in the first phase of the O2-O3 Champions League group stage, and eventually resigned sadly this summer.

Therefore, after seeing the team having a blank sheet with Tottenham in the fifth round of Group C, Ajax narrowed the gap to one point, Beckenbauer and the others could no longer sit still. The day after the game, they issued a notice with extremely stern words to Magath. The meaning of this notice is very clear, that is, if Magath cannot lead Bayern to keep a ticket to the League Cup, then when the season ends, he can get out of the Olympic Stadium!

Although Beckenbauer and Heness and others were quite disappointed with Magath's coaching performance at Bayern, they did not, like Boss Mo, yelled to change coaches because of the team's poor performance in a short period of time, but gave Magath the last chance to prove himself. After all, Magath coached Bayern for a short time, and he still had a running-in period with the team, he needed time to implement his tactical intentions, so in the eyes of several big bosses, it would be okay to give Magath a chance to make up for the loss.

Of course, another reason why Beckenbauer and the others did not fire Magath immediately was for the stability of the team's locker room. Moreover, they really couldn't find a head coach who meets the requirements to take over this mess - the head coach who is both capable and famous is unwilling to come, and Beckenbauer and the others look down on him. This is exactly the most embarrassing problem that Bayern is facing now!

Just as Magath stayed in the door and was working hard to make the life-and-death battle with Ajax, Tottenham, who returned to London from Munich, had a brief rest and welcomed the 15th round of the UK this weekend. This time, Tottenham's opponent was their old acquaintance, Middlesbrough, who was just eliminated by them in the League Cup half a month ago!

Regarding this contest, the two head coaches' mentality can be said to be completely different. George, who learned the lessons learned from the game against Aston Villa, was relaxed and cautious, which is the so-called "strategic despise the enemy and tactical attention to the enemy"; while McLaren looked sad, which looked like he was lacking in confidence!

It is not surprising that McLaren would show such a morale-in-law expression at this time. You should know that when the two teams met in the League Cup, Middlesbrough, who had almost all the main players, lost to Tottenham, who had all the substitutes at home. Therefore, this time against Tottenham, McLaren, whose psychological shadow has not been completely eliminated, naturally found it difficult to muster up the courage to challenge the home team.

Not to mention, George also put Drogba, who missed the midweek Champions League game due to a cumulative yellow card suspension, on the roster. This news undoubtedly further aggravated McLaren's nervousness, making him restless like a frightened bird before the game began. Tottenham, who did not play Drogba, had defeated Middlesbrough, who was playing at the time. Now that the opponent has sent this striker, how could they have a chance to win?

The impact of McLaren's words and deeds on his players was extremely obvious. When the Middlesbrough players saw that even the head coach was so unconfident in this game, and were even panicked to the point of being at a loss, they naturally couldn't get excited to deal with Tottenham, and stepped onto the lawn of the White Hart Lane with an attitude of dealing with business.

Facing Middlesbrough, a loser with no morale, Tottenham, who was eager to win a victory after two consecutive draws, naturally could not win. After a hat-trick in the North London derby, the Ivorian Warcraft, who was gradually getting better, showed his power in this game, kicking his head and feet in the first and second half, helping Tottenham beat Middlesbrough 2-0, successfully scored three-pointers at home, and increased the team's consecutive unbeaten record in the league to thirty games!

However, to Tottenham fans, what disappointed Chelsea also won a victory in this round. Mourinho's team defeated Charlton four-to-zero at the Valley Stadium, and continued to chase Tottenham in the standings by three points!

On December 2, the quarterfinals of the League Cup started as scheduled. Tottenham players who had been resting for four days came to Anfield Stadium to compete with Liverpool for a seat in the semi-finals of the League Cup!

Since George had decided to use the League Cup and the FA Cup as a training ground for substitutes and young players, even though this game was a strong dialogue with Liverpool, he had no plans to change his mind and unswervingly sent a complete set of substitutes to challenge the Reds, whose main players were on the field!

Facing Liverpool, which is significantly better than the strength, Tottenham players did not choose to surrender early and admit defeat, but tried very hard to win a victory at Anfield. Even though Liverpool took the lead twice with Robbie Keane and Riser in the game, Tottenham did not give up the game. Instead, under the organization of Mendeta, they tied the score twice and maintained the 2-2 score until the 92nd minute!

However, just when people thought that the game was about to end with a draw, Gerald stood up in injury time. After receiving the return pass from Cowell, the Red Army captain who stepped forward to the top of the penalty area did not stop and directly volleyed a powerful shot. He used a shot that exceeded 100 kilometers in one kick to break open Casey Keller's fingers, and at the last moment he defeated Tottenham Hotspur and helped Liverpool advance to the semi-finals of the League Cup!

In this way, Tottenham was eventually eliminated from the League Cup by Liverpool by 2-3. This is also the first defeat that Tottenham has suffered in all official games since the start of this season!
Chapter completed!