Although he lost another player in the game with Udinese, the final result was only to shake hands with the home team, when the referee announced the end of the game, the Tottenham players were still extremely excited - they had already received the news that at the Bernabeu Stadium, Real Madrid tied with Lyon in 90 minutes!

This means that after the away draw with Udinese, Tottenham Hotspur, who was five points ahead of Real Madrid in the group standings, successfully secured the No. 1 position in Group F! This will allow them to gain considerable initiative in the next knockout stage!

You should know that generally speaking, most of the people who qualify as the second in the group are quasi-first-class or second-rate teams in European football. Although their strength cannot be underestimated, these teams are obviously easier to deal with than top giants like Juventus and Barcelona.

Not to mention, Tottenham, which advanced to the top of Group F, will also have the advantage of being away and then home in the quarterfinals. Therefore, it is natural that Tottenham players will perform like this after the game.

"It seems that it's not time to consider changing the team's blood." George, who noticed the excited expressions of the players, had temporarily put down his worries. Because at this time, he had learned from the players' actions that they did not lose the motivation to improve and their hunger for the championship trophy because of the relationship of winning the Champions League last season!

If you want a team that has reached the peak, you will continue to maintain strong competitiveness on all fronts. Not only should you ensure that the team's strength is still at the top level, but you should also pay attention to keeping the entire team hungry for honor at all times. Regarding this, Barcelona, ​​the previous life's team, which was hailed as "Dream II Team" by the media, is the best negative teaching material. After successfully defending the La Liga championship and becoming the Champions League, Ronaldinho, who has achieved success, is addicted to a rich life and no longer trains hard as before. His competitive state and personal ability have begun to show a downward trend. In addition, the main players of the Dream II team such as Deco, Beletti, and Jiuli also lost their enterprising spirit at this time and began to make the Barcelona management take corresponding measures in a timely manner, causing the Dream II team to fall apart as soon as they reached the peak and failed to create more glory in the football world.

Therefore, in George's plan, once a player has insufficient motivation or aggression decline, no matter who it is, he will clear it out without mercy. In his eyes, whether it is the main force or the substitute, he should maintain enough enterprising spirit. Only in this way can Tottenham always be in the leading group, rather than being followed by his opponents and becoming a stepping stone for other teams to take over!

Thankfully, George has not found any similar signs from the players so far!

At the same time, the Udinese player who got a point was not very frustrated because he failed to win a home victory. Because with only one round left in the group stage, they have already locked in a ticket to the UEFA Cup in advance with four points ahead of Lyon!

As for whether they can work harder and raise Udinese's final ranking in the group one upwards, so as to advance to the top 16 of the Champions League as second in Group F, it can only be said that they are delusional. Because according to the relevant rules set by UEFA, when the two teams have the same points, the results of the two teams' mutual matches will be compared first!

At this time, the two rounds of Udinese and Real Madrid have all ended. The former achieved one draw and one loss in these two games, and was three-pointer behind Real Madrid in the Group F standings. This means that even if Udinese defeated Lyon in the last round and Tottenham defeated Real Madrid with the spirit of fair play, Kosmi's team will not be able to surpass Real Madrid and climb to the second place in the group!

In this way, with one round left in the group stage, the qualifying situation of Tottenham Group F has become extremely clear. Tottenham and Real Madrid jointly advanced to the quarterfinals, Udinese went to the League Cup, while Lyon, who scored only one point in five games, could only accept the fate of going home!

After talking about the qualifying situation in Group F, let us turn our attention back to Tottenham. After the draw with Udinese, the Tottenham players who returned to the UK soon ushered in the 14th round of the Premier League. This is also the most difficult game that Tottenham has faced since the start of this season!

The reason why this game is described is not because of how powerful Tottenham's opponents are, but because of the negative impact of injury and one-week doubles, it finally had an effect on Tottenham for the first time. Before the 14th round of the league with Wigan Athletics, in addition to the five players including Robben who were absent due to injury, Drogba and Mascherano were also suspended due to cumulative yellow cards, and Vidic was forced to be excluded from the roster of this game by George because of the red light from the Tottenham Laboratory!

When it was struggling to employ people, George had no choice but to send a starting lineup of main players and substitutes, allowing some players who participated in the mid-week Champions League to play in the league with Wigan Athletics on the weekend. At the same time, he promoted two young players from the youth team to respond. If he didn't do this, then Tottenham would not be able to guarantee full rosters of 18 people!

Goalkeeper Cech, right-back Macon, center backs are Dawson and Speed, left-back Bynes, midfielder is a combination of Xavi Alonso, Dempsey and Mendeita, Ronaldo, Al Shavin and Klose are the offensive trident! This is the eleven starting players of Tottenham in this game!

Even Speed, who was a midfielder, had to play a guest role in the central defender in this game, and none of the three midfielders were full-time defending, which was enough to show how serious the impact of this injury wave on Tottenham!

The reason why Klose and Larson did not start together is mainly because George considered that if they let these two players play at the same time, it would only cause congestion in the penalty area in vain, compressing the activity space of Ronaldo and Al Shawen, making Tottenham unable to play crossovers and passes and cuts in the game, thus achieving the effect of one plus one less than two!

Klose and Larson are indeed both extremely outstanding strikers, but the Swede is old and the physical limitations make him only ambush and grab points in the penalty area most of the time. Therefore, if two people appear at the same time, Klose must expand the range of activities and move outside the penalty area. In this way, the power of Kors will be greatly reduced!

The reason why Klose in his previous life was far less eye-catching in Bayern than in the German national team was because of this reason. In the German national team, K-goods is the well-deserved number one scorer and the first choice for offensive end; while in Bayern, Klose needs to pull out the penalty area for Tony, Gomez and other teammates to support the goal, so the goal efficiency is naturally not much higher.

So, after careful consideration, George finally did not choose to change the formation, but made some adjustments in tactics to deal with this confrontation with Wigan Athletics!
Chapter completed!