Chapter 205: A Record That Keeps Breaking

With Petr Cech setting a new Premier League record for consecutive clean sheets, and just over a goal away from Stephen Days' 1,103 minutes in English football, it's no surprise that the British media will be able to let go of this news that could become big news with a little hype. As a result, under the hype www.biquge.info of these media, the fame of the Czech goalkeeper, who was not valued by them, has skyrocketed, surpassing his peers such as Lehmann and Akinfeev before, and is known as the first goalkeeper in the Premier League!

The title given to Cech by the British media naturally aroused strong dissatisfaction among Akinfeev and others. Especially Lehmann, who is arrogant and hostile to Tottenham because of his relationship with Arsenal, jumped out directly after learning of this result, saying that Cech's title is not worthy of the name, and he is the person who deserves this title the most!

'I'm not targeting Cech. In fact, being able to break the record for the longest clean sheet in the Premier League is enough to prove Petr Cech's quality. However, these results were not enough to earn him the title of Premier League's number one goalkeeper. Because of the resentment of the media's propaganda, when interviewed by reporters, Lehmann, who has always been a big mouth, was even more ruthless this time, "As we all know, Tottenham has the best defense in the Premier League, and their tactical advantage is based on defensive counterattacks." In such an environment, Cech naturally has more chances to keep the goal clean. Arsenal, for example, play attacking football, and the opposing strikers get far more shots on goal than they did against Tottenham, so it's inevitable that they will concede more goals. ”

All in all, Lehmann can't eat grapes and say that grapes are sour, and the difference in tactical play between the two teams cannot be said to be stronger just because Cech has set a record for consecutive clean sheets.

Lehmann also doesn't want to think about it, if he really has this ability, then how can he waste his years in quasi-strong teams such as Schalke 04 and Dortmund, even if he joins AC Milan, he is only a hurried visitor at the San Siro Stadium, and he was returned after less than half a year, instead of being favored by top giants like his predecessor Ilgner and rival Kahn, and lifting the Big Ears Cup as the main goalkeeper?

However, despite the psychological pressure on Petr Cech from a clean sheet and the media publicity, the Czech did not suffer any anomalies and remained extremely consistent in training, as if these things had not affected him in any way at all!

George is naturally very pleased with the calm attitude shown by Cech - if he can't even withstand this pressure, then Cech will not be able to become one of the top goalkeepers, let alone compete with Buffon for the throne of the world's number one goalkeeper.

The difference between ordinary stars and top stars is that although these two types of players show similar abilities in training, when they go on the court and face pressure from all sides, the former can only show seven or eight percent or even lower levels of training when they are on the court, while the latter can play their true level without compromise. And Cech, on the other hand, is clearly making a big move in the direction of superstardom right now!

As for whether other players will be left to suffer from the record, George says it's not a problem at all – if these youngsters can grow to the heights of their previous lives and still play at White Hart Lane, Tottenham will have to face that situation sooner or later. In this case, it is better to let the team meet earlier, which can not only accelerate the growth of the players, but also hone their will, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.

In this way, the time came on October 16, and after another national team break, Tottenham Hotspur, which was suffering from the FIFA virus, ushered in the ninth round of the Premier League as scheduled.

Although Tottenham's performance at Fratton Park was rather mediocre, they were beaten by a Portsmouth side. Yakubu and Lua Lua were a dangerous pairing of high and fast strikers, and Vermaelen and Dawson, who were Tottenham's starting centre-backs in this game, struggled to resist the combined attack of the two, and the opponent created a lot of good scoring opportunities. But it is not known whether it seems to be intimidated by Petr's prestige, or whether the Czechs were stimulated by Lehmann's determination to prove themselves. Faced with a large number of scoring opportunities, Yakubu and Lualua did not take advantage of these opportunities, and the shot either went wide of the goal or directly into the arms of Cech, and was stunned that none of them could shoot the ball into the gate behind Cech!

In the end, thanks to Cech's heroic performance, Robben's stoppage-time goal, and a little bit of luck, the away Tottenham beat Portsmouth by one goal in the ninth round of the Premier League, continuing to sit in second place with a two-point difference, and chasing Arsenal in the standings!

In addition, Cech, who kept another clean sheet in this game, managed to extend his streak of clean sheets to 1,093 minutes. As a result, the Czechs are just 10 minutes away from Steve Deiss' record for England's longest clean sheet, and only one game away from former Atletico Madrid goalkeeper Recino's record of 1,275 minutes in the top five leagues set in 1990-91!

However, Cech doesn't want to limit his performances to the league and is eager to make a difference, and he has been in fine form in midweek in Europe. No, in the third round of Group C of the Champions Cup four days later, in the face of Ajax's fierce attack, Tottenham Hotspur, who was a guest at the Amsterdam Athletic Stadium, relied on Cech's high and low blocks in front of the goal, and did not concede a goal in the full 90 minutes, but seized the opportunity of the opponent's two full-line pressure on the back air defense, and Drogba and Villa scored one after another!

"We didn't lose to Tottenham, we just lost to Petr Cech!" Speaking at the post-match press conference, Zeman, who had just lost the game 2-0, praised Cech's performance in front of a crowd of reporters, "If it wasn't Cech who was the goalkeeper for Tottenham, then the winner of today's game would definitely be Ajax!"

It's no wonder that Zeman would say such wild words. Ajax had 32 shots on goal throughout the game, including 15 on target, but Zeman's side failed to score a single goal. There is no other reason to explain it than by the god Cech descending to earth.

The Premier League has not conceded a goal in 11 consecutive games, the league has been unbeaten in 24 consecutive rounds, and the Champions League group stage has won three consecutive victories! Under the stunned gaze of everyone, Tottenham, which few people were optimistic about at the beginning of the season, handed over a magnificent report card!

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