The news that Tottenham defeated Sao Paulo four goals in the final and successfully won the Club World Cup championship did not cause much trouble in the club. In the eyes of these insiders, Tottenham and several other participating teams were not on the same level. It would be incredible if they failed to return in this event!

Although before the Boseman Act, South American clubs had an absolute advantage in the number of championships in the Toyota Cup and the Intercontinental Cup. Since the Boseman Act was officially implemented, the situation where European and South American clubs were evenly matched has been completely broken, and the gap in strength between the two is continuing to grow over time. Under the overwhelming financial offensive, more and more high-level South American players are going to Europe to make gold. In this way, the lack of South American clubs as players are in charge is naturally not the opponent of the wealthy European clubs!

It is precisely because of this that the achievements of Boca youth defeating Real Madrid and AC Milan in the past few years have attracted so many fans' attention. Riquelme, Tevez and other players were highly expected by people shortly after their debut, believing that they are capable of taking over Maradona's mantle!

Therefore, Tottenham's victory in the Club World Cup was not only very exciting for all Tottenham's supporters, but also further increased their popularity by taking advantage of this east wind, making Tottenham's overseas market development plan more smoothly, but it actually has not had much impact within the professional football circle.

"So, before the game with Newcastle, we were only Miloslav (Klose) and Henrik (Larsson) on the front line? "Just as the media and fans were discussing the news that Tottenham won the Club World Cup championship, George, who returned to the hotel, had a headache with the diagnosis report just submitted by his team doctor.

After being maliciously kicked by Lugano in the final of the Club World Cup, Drogba had to rest for at least ten days before he could regain the game. This means that from Christmas to New Year, the Ivorian Warcraft will not be able to provide combat power for Tottenham!

Now let's take a look at Tottenham's schedule from Christmas to New Year...

On December 21, three days after the Club World Cup final, in the quarterfinals of the League Cup, the opponent was the defeated player Wigan Athletics not long ago!

Two days later, in the 17th round of the Premier League, Tottenham Hotspur played away against Middlesbrough, coached by McLaren. The result of this game will determine whether Tottenham, who played one less game in the league, can regain the throne of the leader from Chelsea!

Immediately after Christmas, in the 18th round of the league, Tottenham played against Birmingham at the White Hart Lane Stadium. Just two days off and the current situation that has just returned from the Japanese expedition will bring great trouble to Tottenham's game!

Not to mention, after that, on December 29 and December 31, Tottenham have two league games to play, with their opponents being West Bromwich and "Magpie" Newcastle who performed a relegation miracle last season!

Although these opponents are not strong, and there are no teams in the top half of the standings except Wigan Athletics and Newcastle, this does not mean that they will choose to give up the game early when they face Tottenham. Moreover, playing five games in a row within eleven days, and just returning from the Club World Cup Expedition, it is really an unknown number of how much strength can Tottenham play in the game!

Therefore, Drogba was injured and absent at this time, so the impact on Tottenham is naturally self-evident!

At this time, George could say that he hated the fact that the Premier League did not have a winter break. Because if the Premier League has a winter break, then Tottenham could minimize the negative impact of participating in the Club World Cup. Now, Tottenham has to drag his tired body after the expedition to Japan to welcome such a terrifying schedule!

"These guys who are jealous of money! For the sake of profit, they can really do anything." When George thought of those capitalists who dared to sell the rope that even hanged themselves under the temptation of money, he could only sigh.

George knew very well that no matter how strong the people were about setting up a winter break, Premier League companies would not agree to this proposal. After all, the reason why the Premier League can far surpass other major leagues in commercialization is that Murdoch's media empire and being in an English-speaking country accounted for a large part, but the Premier League did not have a winter break also played a very important role!

Habits are a very terrible thing. Think about it, when other leagues are about to come down due to Christmas and New Year, only the Premier League is still in full swing, and even arranged a large number of weekly double match schedules with the FA during this period. In this way, when there are no other games to watch, most fans will choose to watch the Premier League, which greatly increases the ratings of the Premier League, and invisibly increases the market share of these TV stations!

As long as some of the fans eventually become the audience of the Premier League, then not having a winter break will be a matter of more benefits than disadvantages for all parties - sponsors and TV stations can take the opportunity to seize the market, the team is satisfied with the huge TV broadcast fees brought by this, and players can get richer salaries and more attention, which is really a win-win situation. In this case, it can be said that it is a fantasy to make the Premier League change the status quo and set up a winter break!

Although many people say that doing so will not give players enough rest time, resulting in the England national team's repeated performance in international competitions, look at the NBA on the opposite side of the Atlantic, those NBA players have to play more than 80 games in a regular season alone, and often encounter back-to-back or even three consecutive back-to-back schedules. The intensity and schedule density of the game are much greater than that of football. But what's the result? In every basketball competition, isn't the American team the biggest favorite in the championship trophy?

Although there are many differences between basketball and football, it is possible to make a spell of jade. The NBA's successful experience in these fields is something that football can also learn from!

Now let’s get back to the point. After returning to London from Tokyo, George did not arrange any training tasks and directly gave the players a two-day short vacation. In other words, George has chosen to give up strategically in this League Cup match with Wigan Athletics!

This is also impossible. Compared with the Premier League champion, the League Cup can only be considered a useless piece and a training ground for the top Premier League teams. Therefore, when the team has physical problems, George can only choose to abandon the pawns and protect the car, sacrificing some benefits that are not very important to the team in exchange for greater benefits!
Chapter completed!