Chapter 282: Deadly Yellow Card

"Goooooooal!2-0!" Excited Andy Gray almost jumped to his feet to celebrate Tottenham's attempt to extend their lead to two goals, "brilliant corner kicks! Beautiful volley! Davies proved with his actions that he was far from being out of football!"

"I think Tottenham fans should be thankful to Manager Moggi at this time. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 Seeing that Tottenham Hotspur already had a two-goal lead, Martin Taylor, who had been watching the game nervously, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and began to ridicule Mo Lao Fox who appeared on the live broadcast screen, "If he hadn't insisted on refusing to renew Davies' contract and let Davies transfer on a free transfer last summer, then Tottenham would have been difficult to suppress Juventus to this point in this game, let alone establish a 2-0 score advantage so easily." ā€

It's no wonder Andy Gray and Martin Taylor are so excited. You know, in this season's Champions League, the performance of the Premier League teams can only be described as unsatisfactory - Manchester United and Arsenal both failed in the quarter-finals, Chelsea after welcoming Jose Mourinho also fell out of the semi-finals after two big games, and only Tottenham Hotspur reached the last four of the Champions League. At this point, the Premier League is undoubtedly in stark contrast to Serie A, where three teams reached the round of 16 and two reached the semi-finals.

For the English, who have always held themselves in high esteem and have emerged from the shadow of the Heysel tragedy and the five-year ban from UEFA, the revival of English football is no longer their primary goal. In the eyes of these English fans, letting the Premier League beat the other three leagues to become the first league in European football is the scene they are most eager to see now!

Crucially, before Tottenham played Juventus, two Premier League teams, Arsenal and Chelsea, had fallen under Juventus' iron heels. Therefore, if Tottenham is blocked by the Bianconeri in the Champions League final this time, it will not only completely confirm the Bianconeri's "Premier League killer" signboard, but also make the Premier League's ferocious upward momentum in recent years seriously frustrated!

It is precisely for this reason that when England fans were surprised to find that Tottenham Hotspur temporarily led Juventus, who had beaten Arsenal and Chelsea with an aggregate score of 2-0 on aggregate, in the second leg of the semi-finals, they almost all regarded Tottenham as a heroic presence at this moment, making Tottenham gather a lot of popularity and prestige in the UK in a short period of time!

Why is Manchester United able to stabilize the Red Army in terms of status when the number of top-flight league titles and Champions Cup is not as good as Liverpool's? It is because during the most difficult period of English football, the Red Devils won the European Cup Winners' Cup and the Champions Cup successively, so that English football, which had been depressed for a long time, returned to the ranks of Europe's top leagues! Especially the treble in the 98-99 season, everyone no longer dared to look at English football and the Premier League with contempt!

In contrast, Liverpool's performance is hardly spectacular. Although after entering the Premier League era, the Red Army has cultivated well-known stars such as the "Liverpool Little Tigers" led by Robbie Fowler and Michael Owen, and also won the title of "Five Crowns" in the 00-01 season, but in terms of results and honors, Liverpool at that time was far inferior to Manchester United, which was at its peak. Not to mention, Robbie Fowler and they continue to create all kinds of negative news for Liverpool, which undoubtedly further reduces people's perception of Liverpool.

There is a good saying, it is called the times make heroes. To become a top club, you need not only strong strength and trophies, but also good luck is also a very important factor. And Tottenham Hotspur this time obviously got an extremely good chance to rise!

Davies' goal and the 0-2 scoreline made the Juventus players very depressed. However, fortunately, as the first half of the game was coming to an end, the Tottenham players could not take advantage of the Bianconeri's morale drop to chase the next city, which allowed Juventus to escape and did not enter the break with a score of 0-3!

However, despite this, the mood of the Juventus players did not improve, and the dark colour scheme and slightly rudimentary indoor facilities in the visiting dressing room further exacerbated their psychological state, making them sit in their seats without saying a word, like a group of criminals waiting for the judge to read the results of the trial!

For this extremely unfavorable situation in front of him, Capello also feels quite tricky. Although Juventus's background and bench depth are much better than the Roma he coached before, but in the face of Tottenham, which is strong and has caught his own life, and Juve's overall strength has not reached the height of AC Milan that year, even Capello can't think of any good response for a while to solve the dilemma faced by the Bianconeri at this time!

Of course, in front of the players, Capello still put on a posture of being in his chest and made some tactical adjustments. For example, ordering Nedved and Emerson to stabilize the rhythm as much as possible and never be led by Tottenham again, and asking Zambrotta and Zebina to strengthen the pressing of Ronaldo and Robben, and not to leave them too much room to move!

While Capello isn't sure Emerson and Nedved will be able to complete the tasks he's assigned, those things are still to be said now that the problem has been identified. Otherwise, it is really only a matter of time before Juventus, which lacks the ability to control the field, is knocked down.

On the other hand, while George praised the performance of the players in the first half, he also secretly regretted it. After all, if Davies' goal had come earlier, Tottenham might have sealed the win at the end of the first half. And now, Juventus has been given a chance to breathe and adjust, which cannot but be said to be a pity.

Things turned out exactly as George had expected, and after the start of the second half, the Juventus players were in good spirits and regained their initial composure under the leadership of Nedved and Emerson. No matter how much Alonso and Davies tempted them to speed up, they tried to hold back their desires and stick to the tactics set by Capello!

Lack of creativity, lack of passion and spectacle due to excessive emphasis on defense and physical confrontation, but with super tactical execution ability, this is the terrible thing about Juventus!

In the 62nd minute of the game, Camoranesi was brought to the ground by the Frenchman when he forced Evra's defense with the ball, and Frisker immediately awarded Juventus a free kick in front of the field, and at the same time showed Evra a yellow card!

If that's all it takes, a yellow card and a well-placed free-kick won't have much of an impact on the game. This means that if Tottenham finally beats Juventus to advance to the final, then Evra will miss the next game related to the Big Ears Cup, and Tottenham's left defense will also have a huge hole!

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