"I really don't understand why Birmingham fell to this point." Looking at the starting list just announced by Birmingham, George thought with wonder, "To be honest, although Bruce's coaching ability is not very good, it is still no problem to be the coach of a mid- and lower-level club in the Premier League. Moreover, his performance in Birmingham's team in the previous few seasons was quite good. Why did he change his appearance this season and hand over such a bad report card if he has a good main lineup?"

Although Birmingham had been in the English sub-League for many years before he was promoted to the Premier League, and even played in the third-level league for a period of time, the club's history was also lackluster. He lived in the shadow of his arch rival Aston Villa for a long time, after Steve Bruce took office, the performance of this copycat version of the Blues improved greatly. Not only did he successfully advance to the Premier League in the 2001-02 season, but he also relied on the head coach's shrewd operation and extensive connections to gain a foothold in the Premier League with strong hands as a new Premier League player!

Former Fulham main goalkeeper Mike Taylor, Upson, Husky and Nicky Bart, who were selected for the England national team, Finnish international Mikael Fossel, an important member of "Super Laco", Pandiani, who is known as the revolver of Uruguay... Although these players are not top-notch, they are all in the eyes of the mid- and lower-level clubs that can be entrusted with important tasks!

Just looking at the book strength, Birmingham, who has these stars in charge, can win a pretty good ranking in the league even if he can't get a ticket for next season's European Championship. However, Birmingham's reality is about to pass halfway through the season, which has made everyone fall into glasses!

The first team did not lose as much blood as Leeds United and Southampton, and even strengthened the existing lineup in the summer transfer market, but the result was very different from expectations. This is why, when Birmingham, who has always been in the middle of the league, suddenly declined this season and headed straight to the relegation zone, many people were puzzled by this phenomenon!

Goalkeeper Mike Taylor, Cunningham, Martin Taylor, Upson, and Yulian Gray lined up in the back line, and the midfielder was a combination of Damien Johnson, Nicky Butt, Stephen Clemens and Pennant. In front of them, Husky and Pandiani, a classic British forward combination of one high and one fast!

As the mainstay of Manchester United's League of Legends and a favorite player under Ferguson, Bruce's coaching style has a very strong British football color. This can be seen from his arrangement of troops. However, when Wenger, Benitez, George and others were vigorously promoting mainland reform, even Ferguson tried on this road. When he wanted to make the Premier League more technical, Bruce, who still insisted on long passes and high-rise play, was actually far behind.

The reason why Bruce was able to achieve good results in Birmingham in the past few years is that Birmingham's configuration is actually not bad, and the new players introduced are either veterans with rich experience in the top league or powerful players who play legitimately. Second, although George and others in the Premier League were vigorously promoting tactical innovation at this time, there are still many teams that adhere to the traditional British style of play. Especially in the mid- and lower-level Premier League clubs, this style of play can be said to be quite popular with the head coaches of each team!

Two different football ideas will naturally trigger a series of conflicts when they first contact and subsequent integration. Therefore, in George's previous life, there were many vicious incidents in the Premier League where players were kicked seriously by their opponents. In the eyes of those players who have worked hard from the low-level English league, such fouls and confrontations are common, and they can't escape and can only blame themselves; and for those who have just come into contact with British football, this behavior is no different from murder!

Chelsea's massacres are seriously injured every year due to their opponent's malicious fouls, and Eduardo and Ramsey even suffered the bad luck of breaking their legs... Such things happen once or twice in the Premier League almost every season. Even when George travels through time, the overall level of the Premier League is already the world's number one, it has never been cut off!

There is no doubt that how to prevent malicious fouls on the field while retaining the fierce competition, it will be one of the difficulties that the Premier League needs to solve as soon as possible! After all, if such bad behaviors always occur in the game, further promotion of the Premier League will also have an extremely bad negative impact!

Although Birmingham is in poor form this season, George has no idea of ​​despising his opponent at all. In any case, Pandiani and Husky are both excellent players. If they take Birmingham lightly because of poor performance, Tottenham is likely to have a gutter capsized, thus losing all the lead that they have finally maintained in the league!

Therefore, in order to ensure the three-pointer, George, out of caution, did not choose to retain his strength in this game, and sent out the strongest lineup - the eleven players who entered the starting roster were Cech, Macon, Ladley King, Vidic, Evra, Mascherano, Xavi Alonso, Gerard, Robben, Ronaldo and Klose!

Just looking at the book strength and the state the two teams have shown before, Tottenham is undoubtedly more than Birmingham. In the eyes of most people, Tottenham, which has home advantage, defeating their opponents in White Hart Lane to score three points is simply an easy task!

However, Tottenham not only did not show strong dominance on the court like he did when he played against Middlesbrough three days ago, but quickly established a lead on the court, but instead fell into a dilemma of being unable to score after the game began!

In sharp contrast, Birmingham players. They fought away from Tottenham with extremely fierce defense, and even used their long passes to the extreme to the English football superb skills!

In the 27th minute of the game, Nicky Bart stole Klose in the backcourt and sent a long pass directly, accurately finding Pennant on the right. This local winger who transferred from Arsenal in 2005 grabbed the space left by Evra after the front and back, and quickly advanced, and seized Husky's position where he was to make a high ball pass!

In terms of shooting accuracy, ten Huskys may not be as good as one of Klose together, but this British center who was once highly valued by Hollier and Eriksen did not try to force the shot, but instead used his strengths to use his height and strength to squeeze Vidic behind him, and then pushed the ball to his partner Pandiani, who was ambushed on the other side of the penalty area!

Although he suffered serious disagreement after entering the Premier League, the situation plummeted, as a figure who once had a place in Super Laco, Uruguay's goal-scoring ability is not questioned - without giving Ridley King a chance to completely block the shooting angle, Pandiani seized the only gap and immediately chose to kick the ball!

Pandyani's shot was too concealed, and the ball he shot was just right to the far corner of the goal. When Cech, whose vision was blocked, found that the ball was about to save it, it was too late!

"Zero to one! It's so surprising! Birmingham, the second-last in the league, actually scored the first goal away game, temporarily leading the leader Tottenham Hotspur!" Seeing this unexpected result, the commentator of Sky TV was stunned at first, and then shouted excitedly, "If Tottenham wins his first defeat on the league field this season in this game and Chelsea defeats Fulham, then they will give the top of the list to Chelsea after this round!"

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