Chapter 448: Speaking with Facts (Part II)
"Congratulations to Tottenham! Congratulations to Viscount George Nelson!" Lineker, who served as the commentator of the game at White Hart Lane after the game, sent his most sincere congratulations to Tottenham and George in the live broadcast room, "After winning the 27th round of the Premier League with Wigan Athletic, Tottenham Hotspur won all six games in February!" And, if we take into account the previous January games, we can see that Tottenham have won all 11 official matches since the beginning of the year!
'Gary, you're right, Tottenham's competitive form after the New Year has been fantastic. Seeing Lineker give Tottenham such a high evaluation, David Ginola, as a special guest, naturally will not be uninterestingly contradictory at this time, "Although Tottenham has encountered few strong opponents in the past two months, Newcastle, which has sent most of the main team, has been eliminated from the FA Cup with only a full bench lineup, and can still achieve seven consecutive wins in all competitions when Drogba is called up by the Ivory Coast national team to participate in the Africa Cup of Nations...... It can be seen from this that what Viscount Nelson said before is by no means an exaggeration!"
The Champions Cup has been rekindled four days ago, but for Tottenham, who have come out of injury troubles and are absent except for striker Drogba, it is clear that this PSV Eindhoven team cannot pose much threat to them at the moment - in the team that reached the quarterfinals of the Champions League last season, the main center Hesselink went to Glasgow Celtic, the backbone of the defense Bouma transferred to Aston Villa, and the strong midfield composed of Van Bommel, Park Ji-sung, Koku and Vogel is even more gone! In such a situation, no matter how capable Hiddink is, and no matter how old and strong Kocu is, he will not be able to turn the tide and help PSV Eindhoven, whose strength has been greatly reduced, to defeat Tottenham Hotspur, who are strong and in good form!
"Not only that, but they won all 11 games, scoring a total of 30 times and conceding just three goals...... With such a strong offensive firepower and defensive quality, I am afraid that it is impossible to find a second team in all of Europe. "Perhaps because of his playing days at Tottenham, Lineker tends to give his old club a high rating. Especially after George took charge of White Hart Lane, Tottenham's record has been rising, which has given the football gentleman plenty of room to tout.
While Lineker and Ginola were raving Tottenham's performance after the New Year, the Tottenham players circled the pitch under George's leadership, waving to the Spurs fans in the stands – a move that is not uncommon on the football pitch, but George intends to turn it into a tradition to strengthen the cohesion between the players and the sense of belonging to the club!
"As long as the team can keep winning as it is now, then Tottenham's invincible image will gradually take root in the hearts of the people, so that the opponent can be afraid before the fight, so as to achieve the effect of Manchester United who surrender without a fight before the game!" After witnessing the team clean and clean victory over Wigan Athletic despite rotating most of the main line-up, George thought confidently, "In this way, the team can also spend more energy on the Champions League in the most intensive stage of the schedule, making it less difficult to fight on multiple fronts." ”
Manchester United have always been able to play a little easier on the domestic stage than their rivals. Among them, Ferguson's prestige has played a big role. Suffice it to say, as long as Ferguson is still in the United manager's position, then he can help the Red Devils earn at least 15 more league points every season!
This is not an exaggeration. In George's previous life, after Ferguson's retirement, Manchester United, who won the Premier League title by 11 points the previous season, performed dismally in the following years, and even the task of keeping the top four in the league and getting a Champions League place may not be completed!
Therefore, George's goal is to give Tottenham the same aura of the game as Manchester United. Moreover, even with this BUFF bonus, Tottenham does not need to worry about falling into trouble due to the departure of the backbone like Manchester United in the previous life - unlike the lord who is already over the age of sixteen and may retire from the managerial position at any time, George, who can still be in charge of Tottenham for more than 40 years, is too young!
After comfortably beating PSV Eindhoven and Wigan Athletic, extending Tottenham's winning stally to 11 games this year, George had to leave the club to Marotta for the time being. Because next weekend, he will face his first exam since taking office as interim manager of the Three Lions – a friendly against the Uruguayan national team!
It was an innocuous friendly but it had a special meaning for George himself and those who objected to his appointment as interim manager of the national team – if he did well on his debut as coach for the Three Lions, the skepticism and pressure from the outside world would have been greatly reduced. On the contrary, the arrogance of the opposition will become high, causing a lot of problems for George in just a few months of national team coaching!
Therefore, George knows very well in his heart that this friendly match with Uruguay must not be lost!
"George, are you sure you want to do this?" asked FA chairman Jove Thompson in a solemn tone, holding the microphone, "I think your decision is a bit too radical. It's better to observe for a while......"
"Jove. Thompson was halfway through his sentence when George cut him off mercilessly, "I admit that Michael and Saul at their peak were indeed the best of England's players. But now that they don't deserve to play for the national team, I'm going to leave them out. ”
"Well, now that you've made your decision, George, there's no need for me to force you to put them on the squad. As if to hear the resoluteness in George's words, Thompson shrugged his shoulders and gave up on trying to persuade the other party, "Absolute autonomy in the affairs of the national team is a condition that was agreed upon when you were invited to be acting head coach." I'm not going to go back. ”
Since the FA hierarchy led by Thompson has expressed a tacit attitude towards this, then George is natural. So, when George made public the list of the first Three Lions training camp since taking office, the entire English football world was stunned by his audacious behavior!
Michael Owen, winner of the 2001 European Ballon d'Or, Newcastle's number one star, and the Three Lions' ace in the past eight years, Judas Judas, the all-time number one of Tottenham's team, and Saul Campbell, the backbone of Arsenal's defense, were both not selected for the 25-man squad of the England national team!