Chapter 070 The Master-Apprentice Showdown (1)
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After defeating Blackburn and Wolves and winning two consecutive league wins, Tottenham did not return to the standings, but took advantage of this opportunity to get closer to the teams in the front.
For example, Arsenal, although after the North London derby, the Gunners took advantage of Tottenham's unexpected loss to Aston Villa to widen the gap between the two teams to more than five points, under the influence of Vieira's additional ban and the Champions League game, Arsenal tied with Fulham and Leicester City in the following two league games. They only scored two points in the two rounds, not only were they overtook 34 points by Manchester United, but also were caught up by Chelsea behind them. They were tied with the latter by score difference, ranking second in the UK standings.
Although Tottenham has not changed any changes in the league ranking at this time and is still ranked fourth in the standings, the gap between them and the leader Manchester United, who have won 32 points in the first fifteen rounds of the league, is only two points. Behind Tottenham, Newcastle and Liverpool, which are ranked fifth and sixth, are quite close to Tottenham, their league points are only in their early 20s, and they cannot pose much threat to Tottenham, which is in the yi group!
Therefore, although the league is not yet halfway through, anyone with a little vision can see that this season's British League champion will be destined to be born from the four teams currently ranked in the top four in the standings!
Tottenham fans are of course extremely satisfied with the team's performance this season. After all, before the start of the season, who could have expected that Tottenham, which had just experienced a major change, still has the hope of competing for the top spot in the standings when the league is about to finish half of the league, and even just two points behind the leader? In this case, Tottenham fans will naturally not have higher requirements for the team.
Of course, if Tottenham can really make further progress in the standings and even put Arsenal under him, the fans will undoubtedly become happier.
In this way, with Yi Si's longing for returning to the standings, Tottenham players ushered in the 16th round of the league with Newcastle United on the evening of February 3!
For George, the game with Newcastle undoubtedly has a very special significance. Because the head coach of Newcastle United brought him into the football coaching industry and taught him how to lead and manage the mentor of Yi team, Sir Bobby Robson!
"How is it, boy, that injury didn't leave any hidden dangers on your body?" Before the game began, the master and apprentice of the old Robertson and George took the opportunity to shake hands and communicated secretly. "I want to tell me that the punishment of the Discipline Committee is still too light. Vieira's mistress did such a thing and actually gave him four bans. If I had known this, I should have communicated with them in advance and let them ban Vieira for a few more games."
By the way, two days after the North London derby ended, the British Discipline Committee issued a fine of 20,000 pounds for Vieira, the culprit who almost caused a large-scale conflict between Tottenham and Arsenal, and was suspended for four games in the league. However, both Arsenal and Tottenham were not satisfied with the result of the punishment of the Discipline Committee. The former believed that the Discipline Committee was too severe, and the other party was using this method to appease George and the Nelson family behind him; while many people, including Tottenham Club, Robertson and Ferguson, believed that the Discipline Committee sentencing too lightly in this incident and did not play a good role in safeguarding the head coach's personal safety.
You should know that when Lee Bower, who played for Leeds United two years ago, was suspended for three games when he elbowed Liverpool veteran Macaulister. However, Vieira's target of this attack was the head coach of the team. The nature and degree of the incident were much more serious than that of Bower back then, but in the end he was only suspended for the game than Bower, which naturally made people feel a little unbelievable.
However, although both sides were quite dissatisfied with the punishment result, since the Disciplinary Committee had made a decision, it was difficult for them to appeal to apply for extension or shortening Vieira's ban. Especially for Arsenal, although Wenger was very happy in his mouth, the professor actually knew very well that if he really dared to appeal to reduce Vieira's ban, the fine issued by the Disciplinary Committee might be more powerful than the current one.
"It's okay, Bobby, thank you for your concern." George was naturally very moved to see that Old Robertson cared so much about him. "After that, you should pay more attention to your health. If it really doesn't work, you should find an opportunity to retire. Have more time to take care of your health, and maybe you can cure the disease."
"Haha, how could I choose to retire now?" Robson, the old man, smiled heartily and did not adopt his advice. "Boy, I know my physical condition myself, so as long as I can persist, I will continue to work as the head coach. I don't want to wait until I can only lie on the hospital bed for treatment before starting to regret it. I didn't play more football games while I was still able to move."
Although more than ten years have passed since the diagnosis of lung cancer, cancer cells are constantly eroding Old Robson's body. The old man naturally knew about this. Therefore, Old Robson refused George's proposal because he knew in his heart that he had indeed not had enough time!
"Okay, it's good that you like to do this." Although I had expected it, George felt extremely sad when he heard Old Robson's reply. But soon, George changed into another expression: "So, Bobby, today's game, you can take a good look at the changes I have brought to Tottenham in the past six months!"
"Hmph, boy, you want to use Yi to play with the team that has been running in for half a year to beat my young men? It's impossible, you'd better go back first and practice for a few more years!"
Old man, although I do have the patience and time, I don’t want to wait for so long. Hearing Old Robson’s shout, George’s throat moved and swallowed the words that had already reached his mouth.
Because I am worried that I will never have a chance to play against you in the game again!
Shaygeevin, Aaron Hughes, Woodgate, Andy O'Brien, Lee Bowyer, Jermaine Jenas, Keelungdale, Laurenter Robert, Craig Bellamy and Alan Shearer, these are the ten players in Newcastle's game!
It seems that it is because of the butterfly effect brought by George's time travel that Woodgate did not join Newcastle during the winter break of the O2O3 season. Instead, he announced his transfer to St. James Park Stadium before the summer transfer window was about to close. Therefore, Woodgate actually played twice in the league with Tottenham in less than half a season.
This is also the real intention of Robson to arrange Woodgate to the lineup in this game. After all, compared with another powerful central defender Bramble, Woodgate obviously knows how to use his brain, not just relying on physical fitness to play. What's more, in the match between Leeds and Tottenham at the beginning of the season, Woodgate successfully frozen Tottenham's center Luca Tony, but it was only because of Radbe's drag. Tottenham broke through its own defense by Tottenham.
Looking at Tottenham, George also sent all the main players in this game: goalkeeper Cech, right-back Stephen Carl, center back Ledelikin and Vidic, left-back Heinze, Speed and Mascherano as double midfielders, Carrick was in the center organization, Bierovka and Darren Anderton were separated from the left and right wings, and Drogbay broke out on the front line!
Who is the most famous in Newcastle team now? Although the respected old Robertson can get some votes, the one who gets the most votes is probably the holder of the British overall goal record. The former ace center Alan Shearer of the Three Lions. However, although he is 33 years old, he can still contribute about 20 league goals in a single season, his competitive state is already quite different from his peak period. In fact, Hiller can maintain his current goal efficiency, because his teammates are actively giving him a goal to pull space, giving him enough shooting opportunities; on the other hand, because from the referee, Hiller can often get more favorable penalties.
Alan Hiller is such a "privileged" player. He has a special status in English football and will be treated specially by referees in many games, and Newcastle has also benefited a lot.
Now, in the 32nd minute of the first half, Hiller, who was holding the ball with his back, secretly pushed Vidic, who was defending behind him with his elbow and drove the ball around and broke into the penalty area, but he did not receive any punishment from the referee. As a result, after Hiller was knocked to the ground by Vidic, who was chasing back, the referee blew a foul and awarded Newcastle a penalty!
"It was him who hit me with his elbow first! Why did he still give him a penalty!" Vidic's complaint not only did not change the referee's judgment, but also gave him a yellow card. So the Black Serbia international had to wisely choose to shut up, and stood outside the penalty area with his teammate angrily, watching Hiller walk towards the twelve yard point with his ball in his arms.
As Newcastle's number one penalty kicker, Hiller naturally would not miss this opportunity to rewrite the score. He stepped up and fell cleanly and shot with a strong force to help Newcastle break the deadlock, and he beat zero!
After the game restarted, Tottenham players launched a fierce counterattack and tried to force Newcastle players to make mistakes in the ball control and pass through active frontcourt pressing, thus creating an opportunity to directly hit the visiting team's defense line or even the goal.
However, to the surprise of Tottenham players, the Newcastle players did not show any panic in the face of their pressing. Instead, they took advantage of their own formation to press the team to make several counterattacks, almost further expanding their lead!
Chapter completed!