While the win did not help Tottenham close the points gap between them and Chelsea, and did little to help Tottenham qualify for the Champions League final, a hearty victory ahead of the second leg against Juventus was a significant morale boost. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 InfoGeorge can also take a little relief and no longer have to worry about the players being distracted by the unwillingness to settle for a draw in the first leg.

Compared to Tottenham's morale, Aston Villa, who suffered a heavy defeat at White Hart Lane, are a bleak sight at this time - after losing to Tottenham in this round of the league, the gap between them and seventh-placed Middlesbrough has been stretched to five points!

This also means that with only two rounds of the Premier League coming to an end this season, Aston Villa's hopes of entering next season's European competition have become extremely slim!

Although the UEFA Cup is nowhere near as influential as the Champions Cup, and has contributed much to the financial situation of Premier League clubs, Manchester City and Bolton Wanderers, who have been in the middle and lower leagues for many years, still have a lot of importance for them to qualify for European competitions - at least in the transfer market, and with similar conditions, they can often be more attractive to players than teams that don't have European competitions!

It is for this reason that after the 1-5 defeat to Tottenham Hotspur, the Aston Villa hierarchy immediately issued an ultimatum to David O'Reilly, saying that if he can't lead the team to a European qualification at the end of the season, then he can be ready to roll up and get out!

It is foreseeable that unless a miracle happens, it will not be long before the Irish coach, who once led Leeds United out of the "Young Guard", will receive a termination notice from Aston Villa!

George didn't really care much about what happened to Aston Villa. In other words, with the season already in its most critical sprint and a showdown with Juventus imminently, George simply has the heart to pay attention to these things that are not directly related to Tottenham. Although it is O'Reilly, who is about to leave class, it will not attract the slightest attention from him!

Seeing that their boss cared so much about the Champions League semi-final against Juventus, the Tottenham players naturally recovered from the excitement of beating Aston Villa at home, and showed great focus in training, not getting carried away because of this big win.

In this way, surrounded by this tense atmosphere, the time soon came to 6 o'clock in the evening of May 4th, and the players of both sides arrived at the White Hart Lane Stadium on time, and under the leadership of referee Friske, they walked out of the players' tunnel with their heads held high in the cheers of more than 36,000 fans on the spot!

Compared to the first leg, Capello did not make any changes to his starting line-up. Of course, Fabio Capello's line-up is not because he doesn't think there is a need for this starting line-up, but because the gold-medal coach really can't find a replacement for Pierrot - Ibrahimovic was poached by Chelsea first, Salayeta is a pure blue-collar centre-forward, and Mutu, who joined on a free transfer after being sacked by Chelsea, has not yet regained his peak form at Parma. Therefore, no matter how much he looks down on Pierrot, Capello can only pinch his nose at this time and put the Prince of Biancones in the starting list.

As for the other position, that is, Vieira's partner in the midfield position, Capello is also not very satisfied. In Capello's view, De Jong's ability to get a starting position is just the biggest of the short - Blasi is only at the level of the main team in the middle of Serie A, and Tacchinadi's midfield coverage is lacking and his form has dropped a lot from his peak. In contrast, De Jong, who is focused on defence and has a lot of range of movement, is clearly the best person Capello can pick out!

By the way, as Juventus's former main midfielder, Tacinadi's competitive form is not as good as the level of his peak, but it has not slipped to the point where he is not even able to rotate the main team. In fact, the reason for Taccinadi was mainly affected by the contract renewal dispute between him and Juventus. The former, who has been playing for Juventus for eleven years, hopes to get a long-term contract, and the old fox Mo, who is good at budgeting, does not want to provide such a contract to this veteran at all.

The stalemate between the two sides over the renewal of the contract directly affected Tachinadi's playing time - under the secret instruction of Mo Lao Fox, Capello began to praise De Jong and Blasi, and at the same time intended to greatly reduce Tachinadi's playing time!

Because the old fox personally pressured Capello, and Tacinadi's style and Vieira do not complement each other very much, it is natural that Tacinadi will be hidden this season and his form will also show signs of decline.

There are not many players in the world who can maintain a very high level of form with very few appearances throughout the season. There may be some players who have the ability to do this, but it's clear that Tacinadi is not one of them.

After talking about Juventus's starting line-up, let's take a look at the line-up on Tottenham's side. Unlike Capello, who kept the starting lineup intact, George, who was clear about the strength of his players and was not constrained by the club's top management, obviously did not have the concerns of the former when arranging the lineup, but made some targeted adjustments to the starting lineup based on the lessons learned in the first leg!

Goalkeeper Petr Cech, Stephen Carr, Ledley King, Nemanja Vidic and Evra lined up in the backline, the midfield trio is Mascherano, Edgar Davies and Xavi Alonso, Robben and Ronaldo continue to play as the starting wingers on the left and right, and the center forward is replaced by Didier Drogba!

It didn't take long for the second leg of the UEFA Champions League semi-final between Tottenham Hotspur and Juventus to kick off at White Hart Lane with the players of both sides in place, and with the whistle blowing from Frieske!

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