Although this victory did not help Spurs narrow the points gap between Chelsea and could not play a lot of positive role in Tottenham's advance to the Champions League final, the morale improvement effect of achieving such a hearty victory before the start of the second leg of the game with Juventus was still extremely significant. George could also feel relieved a little, and no longer have to worry that the players would be confused because of the unwillingness to give up the draw in the first leg.

Compared with Tottenham, which is in high morale, Aston Villa, who suffered a crushing defeat in White Hart Lane, is now in a bleak situation. After losing to Tottenham in this round of league, the gap between them and the seventh place Middlesbrough has been widened to five points!

This means that with only two rounds of the Premier League this season coming to an end, the hope of Aston Villa entering the European Championship next season has become extremely slim! You know, even if Aston Villa wins all the leagues in the next two games and Middlesbrough loses in both rounds, it will be difficult for them to get what they want - Manchester City and Bolton, ranked eighth and ninth, have no intention of sacrificing themselves, and it is impossible to give this opportunity to show their faces in the European Championship to Aston Villa!

Although the UEFA Cup is far less influential than the Champions League, and it has a lot of gains in the financial situation of the Premier League clubs, in the eyes of clubs such as Manchester City and Bolton, which have been mingled in the middle and lower reaches of the league for many years, obtaining European competition qualifications is still of great significance to them - at least in the transfer market, under the similar conditions, they can often be more likely to win the favor of players than those teams without European competitions!

It is precisely because of this that after losing to Tottenham Hotspur 1-5 away, Aston Villa's senior executives immediately issued an ultimatum to David O'Reilly, saying that if he cannot lead the team to get a European qualification at the end of the season, he can prepare to roll the bed and get out!

It can be foreseeable that unless a miracle happens, the Irish coach who once led Leeds United to the title of "Young Guards", will not be long before he will receive a termination notice from Aston Villa!

George actually didn't care much about what happened in Aston Villa. In other words, when the season has entered the most critical sprint stage and is about to decide the winner with Juventus, George has no intention of paying attention to these things that have no direct relationship with Tottenham. Although O'Reilly, who is about to be dismissed, will not attract any attention!

Seeing that his coach cared so much about the semi-finals of the Champions League with Juventus, Tottenham players naturally recovered from the excitement of defeating Aston Villa at home, and showed great concentration in training, and did not get so proud because of this big victory.

In this way, surrounded by this tense atmosphere, time soon arrived at 6 pm on May 4. Players from both sides arrived at the White Hart Lane Stadium on time. Under the leadership of referee Frisk, they walked out of the players' passage with their heads held high with the cheers of more than 36,000 fans on the scene!

Compared with the first round, Capello did not make any adjustments to the starting lineup. Of course, the reason why Capello arranged the team so much is not because he thought this starting lineup was not needed, but because the gold medal coach really couldn't find a candidate to replace Pierro - Ibrahimovic was poached by Chelsea first, Sarayeta is a pure blue-collar center. Mutu, who joined freely after being fired by Chelsea, has not yet recovered his peak state when he was in Parma. Therefore, no matter how hard he looked at Pierro, Capello could only pinch his nose and put the Zebra Prince on the starting lineup.

As for the other position, Vieira's partner in the midfield, Capello was also not very satisfied. In Capello's opinion, De Jong was only the big one among the shorts - Braci was only the main player of the midfield team in Serie A, and Tacinadi's midfield coverage ability is insufficient and his condition has declined a lot from his peak. In contrast, De Jong, who focuses on defense and has a huge range of activities, is obviously the best candidate Capello can choose!

By the way, as Juventus's former main midfielder, although Tachinadi's competitive state is not as good as his peak level, it has not even declined to the point where he is not able to even rotate the main players. In fact, the reason why Tachinadi is mainly affected by the contract renewal dispute between him and Juventus. The former, who has been playing for Juventus for eleven years, hopes to get a long contract, while the old Fox, who is good at calculating, does not want to provide this veteran with such a contract. Not only does the treatment given has dropped significantly, but the annual renewal requirements are simply unacceptable to Tachinadi!

The stalemate between the two sides on the issue of renewal directly affected Tachinadi's playing time. Under the secret instruction of Mo Old Fox, Capello began to promote De Jong and Brasi, and at the same time, he intended to significantly compress Tachinadi's playing time!

Since the old fox Mo personally put pressure on Capello, and Tacinadi's style and Vieira are indeed not very complementary, Tacinadi will be hidden this season and her condition will also show signs of decline, which is naturally reasonable.

In this world, few players can maintain their competitive state at an extremely high level with few opportunities to play throughout the season. Perhaps there may be some players with this ability, but it is obvious that Tachinadi is not among them.

After talking about Juventus' starting lineup, let's take a look at Tottenham's lineup. Unlike Capello, who has remained intact on the starting lineup, George, who is clear about the strength of his opponents and is not constrained by the club's senior management, obviously did not have the former's concerns when he was deploying the team. He only made some targeted adjustments to the starting lineup based on the lessons learned in the first round!

Goalkeeper Cech, Stephen Carl, Ridley King, Vidic and Evra lined up in the back line, and the midfield trio was Mascherano, Edgar Davis and Xavi Alonso, Robben and Ronaldo continued to serve as starting wingers on the left and right, while the center was replaced by Didier Drogba! This is Tottenham's eleven starting players in this game!

Not long after, after the players on both sides took their place, with Frisk's whistle, the second leg of the European Champions League semi-finals between Tottenham and Juventus officially kicked off at the White Hart Lane Stadium!

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