Chapter 194: The Rebuilt Red Devils

Arsenal's goal of holding Bolton to a draw at home to local rivals to keep them leading the league table not only gave the Tottenham players a surprise, but also a pleasant weekend for Tottenham fans - for those who are used to hard times, they are already very happy to see their team beat their arch-rivals in the league, what could not be more demanding?

Of course, it would be great if the team could lift another trophy at the end of the season!

While the fans were extremely pleased with the team's performance, George and the Tottenham players were clearly not as happy with what they had achieved. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Regardless, Tottenham were runners-up in the Premier League last season, and also won the League Cup and FA Cup. Under such a premise, it would be too much to say if they didn't have a higher pursuit this season.

Therefore, after receiving this surprise package from Arsenal, the Tottenham players did not relax their demands and returned to intense training the day after the game. Because the players know very well in their hearts that if they want to stand on the championship podium, then they have to put in enough effort in their usual training!

No trophy or victory is a pie-in-the-sky win, not even the football wonders that fans talk about. For example, if it weren't for the players of Manchester United and Deportivo who did not choose to give up the game early in the face of adversity, but gritted their teeth and persevered to the end, then there would not be a miracle in football history where Manchester United scored two goals in the last three minutes of the game to reverse Bayern to win the championship, and Laco won the game by four goals in the second leg after losing 1-4 in the first leg.

And, with the season just starting and the Devils only halfway through September's fixtures, if they get carried away now, the end result is likely to be taught by Manchester United and Alex Ferguson in the league next weekend!

In this way, the time came to September 25th, on this day, Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane ushered in the seventh round of the English Premier League, and it is also the third strong opponent of this devil's schedule, the Premier League overlord Manchester United!

With the two teams in the Premier League, there are at least two head-to-head meetings each season, and United themselves are not the kind of club that likes to change their main squad at every turn, so Tottenham are not too unfamiliar with Manchester United's opponents.

However, unlike before, this time, Tottenham clearly have more psychological advantages. On the one hand, because in the three direct meetings between the two sides last season, Tottenham Hotspur remained unbeaten and had the upper hand, which made the players maintain this certain advantage over Manchester United psychologically, and on the other hand, because of Manchester United's sluggish performance after the start of the season (two wins, three draws and one loss in the first six rounds of the league and temporarily seventh in the table), it is difficult for Tottenham players to see the Red Devils as a strong opponent to beat.

"Guys, I know Manchester United have been underwhelming lately, and many of you don't think it's a difficult thing to win this game, but we can never underestimate the heritage of a top club!" Otherwise, we are likely to repeat the mistakes of Bayern Munich in '99 and Arsenal in '03, and become another negative example that has been talked about by fans and media for many years. I don't want to be remembered for this, and I don't think you want to taste it, do you?"

While putting on such a serious face in front of the players and educating them not to take United's recent poor form lightly, George also doesn't think the current Manchester United have the ability to cause too much trouble for Tottenham. With memories of his past life, he clearly knows that the last two seasons can be said to be the most difficult period of Ferguson's coaching career at Manchester United - unlike the early days when he was in charge, and the second rebuilding after Ronaldo's departure, this time it was the collective aging of the "92 generation" and the consequent decline in form that plagued Manchester United, so the difficulties faced by Ferguson at this time were also the most difficult of the three periods.

Don't look at the golden midfielder that Manchester United used to dominate England and Europe, Beckham is currently only gone, in fact, the departure of Beckham alone is enough to destroy the entire tactical system that Ferguson has worked hard to build over the years!

The reason why Manchester United has been able to dominate the Premier League and European competition in recent years is mainly due to the huge bonus brought by this set of midfielders - for a long time, Ryan Giggs, Roy Keane, David Beckham and Paul Scholes have played their respective roles on the field, helping Manchester United to continue to reap victories like a sophisticated machine, which is a strong guarantee that the Red Devils have not been dragged down by an increasingly fragile defence after the departure of Schmeichel and Stam and others, and have continuously delivered a large number of shells to Ruud van Nistelrooy and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer in the front line!

Therefore, even George, during his time as acting manager of Manchester United, did not dare to do any major surgery on this midfielder, at most he just stuffed Beron into it, and let the Argentine wizard share Keane's part of the organization.

And after Alex Ferguson sent Beckham to Madrid last summer, United's midfield, which had been running like a precision instrument, suddenly fell apart, and even if the lord later brought in Joaquín from Real Betis to fill the void of Becky's departure, it failed to regain its former glory - it is also inevitable that after missing a quarter of the main components, the same problem will occur in any machine.

Of course, while United are struggling to trouble Tottenham enough right now, and Roy Keane's form has seriously affected the quality of United's defence, that doesn't mean the Reds can't afford to walk away from White Hart Lane. With the introduction of Carrick and Wayne Rooney this summer, as well as Joaquin, a top right winger, plus the old and strong Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes, and the "king of the small penalty area" Ruud van Nistelrooy, Manchester United's attacking power should not be underestimated!

The players are not roundworms in George's stomach, and naturally it is impossible to know these thoughts of him. Therefore, George's pre-match emphasis was still useful - at least, in the first five minutes, the well-prepared Tottenham managed to withstand the Red Devils' opening three-game, avoiding the latter's anti-attacking attack, causing their side to fall into an extremely passive situation from the beginning of the game!

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