"I really didn't expect that this one-week double match would cause them such a big drain. ”

Seeing Birmingham seize the opportunity to press the attack and score through a quick counterattack, George was naturally extremely surprised. He didn't expect that three days would not be able to restore Klose and Ledley King to a level where they could play normally, and he didn't expect that Birmingham's forward line, which had not been open for half a year, would actually find the crosshairs in this game!

The forward duo of Huskey and Pandiani is famous. However, as a striker, the former is extremely incompetent in his job and can only play a tactical role on the field to create opportunities for his teammates;

Moreover, although Birmingham's defense is a bit fierce, Tottenham's players are not new to the Premier League, and they will not be intimidated by the opponent's fierce behavior, and they know how to protect themselves on the field. So, no matter how you look at it, Tottenham, which sent the strongest squad, has no chance of losing!

However, the reality in front of George's eyes is that Birmingham seized the opportunity of Tottenham's long-term inability to play a textbook defensive counterattack, and finally Pandiani, who has not scored much in the past half a season, scored a goal, turning Tottenham, which had the advantage of the field, into a backward side!

Honestly, there was a lot of luck in this goal from Birmingham. If nothing else, Bart's 60-metre pass with the same precision as Rui Costa at his peak, even if he was given a hundred more chances, might not be able to get the ball to Pennant's feet. But football is sometimes so evil, Bart, who is not known for passing, just passed a long pass over the top like a scalpel, tearing apart the entire Tottenham defense in just a moment!

If Bart's long ball that spans most of the pitch is a little less accurate, if Pennant doesn't get so good when he unloads and accelerates, if Husky has a rough attack when he plays the ball to Pandiani, if Pandiani, who has been in a slump for nearly half a season, doesn't look back against Ledley King and suddenly finds the feeling of shooting...... If only one of these becomes a reality, then Birmingham will not be able to break through the door of Tottenham!

Of course, the main reason for this situation is that Tottenham have been too much consumption in the previous intensive schedule, which has prevented players such as Klose from playing at their best. If it weren't for this reason, Tottenham would have pressed Birmingham to the ground a long time ago!

For this reason, Tottenham can be said to be extremely unconvinced by the situation of Birmingham's one-goal lead. So, when the game restarted at the referee's whistle, Tottenham, who were behind the score, immediately launched a fierce attack on the door of Birmingham!

In the face of Tottenham's fierce attack, the Birmingham players, who had just tasted the sweetness of the quick counter-attack, took the initiative to shrink the formation, intending to repeat the old trick to extend the lead, and then seal the victory, the victory and three extremely valuable points!

However, Tottenham's attacking momentum was fierce, but the players who were struggling with fitness and form could not solve the problem of not being able to score points on the pitch. Birmingham are not having a good time here, after Alonso and others have consciously stepped up their pressing efforts at the back, they can't play the power of long passing and hanging tactics without personal skills, let alone continue to threaten the goal guarded by Cech!

With both players unable to open up the situation on the field, the game began to enter a stalemate. Of course, Tottenham, which is better at the technical and tactical level, still has a considerable initiative at this time, but several frontcourt players such as Klose and Ronaldo are not in good shape at this time, so they can only maintain the balance with Birmingham and cannot go further.

Although George would like to change the status quo with some new players and turn the advantage on the field into a much-needed goal as soon as possible, it is not a wise move to make a rash substitution before the first half is over and there are no players injured unexpectedly - the substituted players will be dissatisfied with George, and the team will fall into a certain degree of chaos as a result, giving the opponent a chance to take advantage of!

In this way, when the referee announced the end of the first half, the score was still 0-1. The home team is in the front, the away team is in the back. Tottenham are temporarily behind Birmingham by one goal at White Hart Lane!

"Alger, Andre. You guys have to watch out for those defenders in Birmingham. After explaining the strategy of the second half and making the substitution decision to replace Klose and Ronaldo with Larsson and Arshavin, George named Arshavin and Robben and carefully advised, "Especially the guy named Martin Taylor, he is no less dangerous than Roy Keane back then." I don't want to see any of you miss the second half of the season due to injury. ”

Martin Taylor's previous career as a player can be described as lackluster, with the only thing that impressed was his brutal frontal tackle against Croatian striker Eduardo against Arsenal. The tackle that kicked Eduardo's calf not only ruined the Croatian's dream of representing the national team at Euro 08 and the Gunners' hopes of regaining the league title, but also became a turning point in Eduardo's career - before that, Eduardo had gradually adapted to the pace of the Premier League and scored three goals in the previous two games to help the Gunners win six valuable league points.

Suffering such a blow at the height of his form, Eduardo's upward momentum came to an abrupt halt, and the injury was a turning point in his career. After returning from injury, Eduardo was unable to regain the fiery form he had before the serious injury, and finally had to go to Donetsk to continue his playing career.

It is precisely because he was extremely impressed by Martin Taylor's broken leg tackle in his previous life that George specially reminded Robben and others to beware of this guy with the attribute of "executioner"!

Sure enough, although Martin Taylor has not been remembered by fans for that terrible tackle, at this time he has faintly appeared to become an executioner on the field - in the seventy-first minute of the game, Robben continued to change backwards and burst into the penalty area, and Martin Taylor, who had been completely passed by Peter Pan, turned around and aimed at Robben's calf is a double-legged flying tackle!

Under Tottenham's intense attacking pressure, the hot-headed Martin Taylor simply didn't realise how dangerous and stupid his actions were. At this time, he had only one thought in his mind, that is, to kill this Dutchman who dared to show off his footwork in front of him at all costs!

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