Chapter 285: A visit from the bald man
As soon as the news that Tottenham Hotspur defeated Juventus 2-1 at White Hart Lane and advanced to the Champions League final for the first time, it immediately shocked the attention of the ground. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć infoEven the most die-hard Tottenham fans can't believe the fact that Tottenham Hotspur, who have only been on the Champions Cup stage again after 42 years, will actually beat a number of strong opponents in their second Champions Cup journey and directly reach the final as a dark horse!
Although Tottenham did their first Champions League semi-final and lost to eventual champions Benfica in the semi-finals, this happened more than 40 years ago, and the trophy was far less competitive than it is now. In addition, after entering the Boseman era, the gap between the strengths and weaknesses of the clubs has become more and more obvious. Therefore, it is a big surprise that Tottenham have been able to achieve such a dazzling result in the Champions League this season.
It is precisely for this reason that after this game, many fans have become fans of Tottenham, and Tottenham's popularity has also risen a lot. Of course, Tottenham's fast-paced football and positive attitude in the semi-finals, which contrasted sharply with Juventus's conservative and dull style of play, is another important reason why fans love Tottenham, the dark horse of the Champions League!
Although Tottenham also used defensive counter-attacking tactics in the game, unlike most teams of the same type, Tottenham's defensive counter-attack was more proactive and focused on pressing the opponent's backfield, which made Tottenham's counter-attacks more frequent and closer to the opponent's goal, and the game was more beautiful, rather than dull and lethargic like other anti-reflux teams. If Tottenham's style of play is the same as that of Chelsea and Juventus, focusing only on tightening the fence in their own half and passively waiting for the opponent to make mistakes in the game, then no matter how good Tottenham's results are, they will not attract so much attention after reaching the Champions League final!
The day after Tottenham eliminated Juventus, another Champions League semi-final match was decided - against the mighty AC Milan, Monaco finally lost 3-3 on aggregate after a full 180 minutes of fighting, and unfortunately missed out on qualifying for the final.
However, although Monaco did not come home in the semi-finals of the Champions League this time, the Ligue 1 club and their manager, Didier Deschamps, have earned the respect of all over Europe - reaching the last four of the Champions League again with a change of key players and only a group of young players with little experience in major competitions is not something that can be done casually.
While earning respect, more and more people are also paying attention to the former underdog of Mourinho because of Monaco's impressive results and ability to develop young players. You know, in the last season, Deschamps single-handedly created the top attacking line of Morientes-Poolau-Roten-Gyuli, and won Morientes, who was not treated well by Lafayette, as the winner of the Champions League Golden Boot that season;
Seeing Didier Deschamps' performance, many clubs in the midst of a rebuild, such as the Roma duo and Borussia Dortmund, have set their sights on the French coach and sent him invitations. In their opinion, as long as Deschamps can show his ability to develop young people in Monaco, then it will definitely be a sure deal!
And, predictably, the idea of the Molao Foxes wanting to bring Falcao to the Alps for a lower price has become unrealistic with the Colombian Tigers' excellent performance in the Champions League this season. After all, too many teams have their eyes on the strong, athletic Colombian centre-forward. Even if Moggie had reached an agreement with George privately about bringing in Falcao, it would not have been possible to force Monaco to sell their striker at a low price!
Presumably, Moggie must be regretting that Falcao's transfer could not be completed smoothly during the winter transfer period because of some add-ons with Monaco. Otherwise, the Bianconeri would not have to pay much more to run the Falcao deal than they did in the first place.
Now for the main business. After beating Juventus to reach the Champions League final for the first time in their history, Tottenham Hotspur fought desperately in the 37th round of the Premier League at the weekend, but they ended up losing to the menacing Middlesbrough by a small goal in the Champions Cup in midweek, and suffered their second defeat in the league this season!
In the other league game that ended earlier, Chelsea at Stamford Bridge comfortably managed a 2-0 win at home to a visiting Charlton Athletic. With only one round of Premier League remaining, Chelsea, five points ahead of second-placed Chelsea, have already won the 04-05 Premier League title one round ahead of schedule!
Chelsea won the league title for the first time in half a century! This achievement made Roman Abramovich and Jose Mourinho worthy heroes in the hearts of Chelsea fans, and their popularity reached a peak in this moment!
Although this result was expected, when it really came to see Chelsea win the title ahead of schedule, George and the Tottenham players were still quite depressed. After all, if it weren't for Clattenburg's obstruction and George's Champions League as the main attack, how could they have handed over the top spot to Chelsea for most of the season?
The day after the defeat to Middlesbrough and the lifting of Chelsea to the league title a round earlier, George, who was at Tottenham Hotspur's headquarters, welcomed an unexpected visitor: "Manager Galliani, you are not in Milan, how can you be free to come to me?"
For Galliani's visit, George was naturally extremely vigilant. Not to mention anything else, just this bald man's sharp mouth that can tell the dead alive, as well as his classic transfer operations in his previous life, are enough for George to regard Galliani as an object to be guarded against!
What's more, it won't be long before Galliani's AC Milan and George's Tottenham Hotspur will meet in the Champions League final. Therefore, the bald man suddenly came to visit the Tottenham headquarters in person at this time, no matter how you look at it, it looks like there is a plan!
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