Chapter 222: Poaching and Being Poached (Medium)
On December 5, three days after being eliminated from the League Cup by Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur beat Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park and won the 16th round of the Premier League with a score of 3-0!
Didier Drogba and substitute Klose scored in each half, and both have been in good form in recent times and have been a big guarantee for Tottenham to go hand in hand in the Premier League and Champions League. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć Info Vidic scored the icing on the cake with a header from Alonso's corner in the 82nd minute to seal the win for Tottenham!
A three-goal win away at Blackburn Rovers kept Tottenham at the top of the table by three points, but also frustrated Chelsea, who had once again won 4-0 in the league.
Forty-one points from the first 16 rounds would have been enough for Chelsea to remain at the top of the table in any previous season. This season, however, the Blues have faced a more rebellious Tottenham side who have finished second in the table. I have to say that this is indeed a rather tragic thing.
However, despite continuing to be overwhelmed by Tottenham in the standings, Mourinho has not been impatient. Because he clearly knows that keeping a normal heart at this time is the most important thing. If this is not done, then the team with an unbalanced mentality is likely to lose a lot of points needlessly and be dropped further and further down the table by Tottenham!
In order to allow the players to focus on the game and not be distracted by public opinion or other things, the madman has been silently carrying all the pressure on his shoulders during this time, and at the same time constantly exerting public opinion pressure on Tottenham through the media, trying to influence the mentality of Tottenham players and increase the chances of Chelsea overtaking.
Mourinho's trick didn't hide from George's eyes. In fact, when he saw that this senior brother actually started a psychological war with himself, George didn't take it seriously in his heart at all. You must know that when he was studying at Manchester United, Ferguson taught him a lot of things in this area, and the all-round exchange with Wenger benefited George a lot. With this in mind, George naturally understands how to deal with Mourinho's psychological offensive.
On the one hand, George chose the same approach as Mourinho and stopped most of the public pressure from the media, and on the other hand, George specially arranged for the Tottenham laboratory to strengthen the psychological counseling work of the players during this time, so that the players can put down their tension and face the next game!
After a four-day break, Tottenham Hotspur returned to London for Group C finale at White Hart Lane, where they faced Juventus led by gold medal coach Fabio Capello!
There's not much to say about the game itself. Because Tottenham had already secured the top spot in the group one round earlier, and Juventus, who were as many as five points ahead of third-placed Bayern Munich, were not in danger of qualifying, this game will not affect either team in any way.
Since both teams are in a state of wantlessness for this game, the confrontation between the players on the field is not fierce, and it can even be described as a group of harmony. Even if there is an occasional foul, the fouling team will immediately apologize to the opposing player, rather than making a fool of himself or deliberately provoking, escalating the scale of the conflict or stirring up anger on both sides.
In this way, with Ibrahimovic's direct free kick in the 31st minute of the game, Juventus, who was playing away, finally beat Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 at White Hart Lane, which can be regarded as avenging the previous home defeat!
"Manager Moji, what kind of wind is it that actually blew you here from Turin this time?"
Due to the many transactions and cooperation between the two sides in the past six months, George and Moji have naturally become familiar with each other. So when Moggie told George that he had arrived in London and was watching the match between Juventus and Tottenham, George immediately drove back to Tottenham headquarters to meet the old fox in the conference room.
"If I say I'm just in London to watch the game between Juventus and Tottenham this time, will you believe what I'm saying?" As usual, Moggi didn't get to the point of conversation as soon as he came up, but joked with George.
"Don't talk nonsense to me, you and I both know in our hearts that this is not your style at all. Hearing Mo Lao Fox's words, George pulled the corners of his mouth, indicating that he would not believe the other party's unobtrusive excuse at all, "With your unprofitable temperament, you will put aside Juventus's big mess and go to London to watch an inconsequential game?"
Although due to the phone-door incident, the voice of belittling Mo Lao Fox in his previous life is far from people's praise for him, but I have to say that Mo Ji is indeed the most skilled of all the general managers of Serie A clubs, and he is also the person who knows how to use power and strategy. Even Galliani, who is also long-sleeved and good at dancing, and Blanca, who is known for his precise vision, are far inferior to Mo Lao Fox's ability in this regard.
Therefore, before Moggi overturned due to the phonegate incident, it was necessary for George to maintain a good relationship with Juventus and the Agnelli family behind him through Mo's old fox, so as to give his satellite club career in Italy a good development space and growth environment.
Although George can use his absolute strength to crush the Agnelli family, whose power has declined after the death of Giani and Umberto, so as to get what he wants, since he can infiltrate Italian football by relatively peaceful means, why should he use such a method that is easy to arouse the opponent's disgust and confrontation?
As the uncrowned king of Italy, the Agnelli family has no shortage of enemies and opponents, but in the face of George, an extremely strong outsider, the Italians, as the head snake, will also choose to huddle together to resist the invasion of George, a strong dragon!
"In that case, I'd better tell the truth. Seeing George's expression of "If you dare to continue to talk nonsense with me, I will dare to leave directly", Moggie, who didn't dare to pose in front of the other party, could only choose to explain honestly, "This time I went to London for your French left winger, Frank Ribery!"
"What, do you Juventus want to buy Frank (Ribery)?" Hearing Moggie's words, George couldn't help but be slightly stunned. He didn't expect that just when he was thinking about digging the corner of Liverpool, other teams were actually planning to dig his corner!
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