Chapter 270: The Gunslinger Must Die
Because Tottenham suffered a big loss in the last round of the league because of Clattenburg's misjudgment, directly lost the top position that had been maintained for most of the season, and fell behind in the league title battle with Chelsea, so in order to appease George, a super boss they can't afford to provoke, calm down the recent period of "The Premier League doesn't want to see Tottenham win the championship, so Clattenburg will let Clattenburg do this" PGMOL, who was also shot while lying down, arranged for the famous whistle Graham Bol to enforce the much-anticipated north London derby. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
For this assignment from his superiors, Pol said that he was under a lot of pressure. You must know that the north London derby has always been famous for its popularity in English football, and the intensity of the game and the smell of gunpowder are extremely strong.
It is important to ensure that the punishment is fair and impartial, and even if the reaction speed is a little slower, there can be no major misjudgment and get into trouble like Clattenburg...... And don't let these guys make any trouble during the game!While recalling Keith Hackett's pre-match admonition to him, Bol secretly made up his mind!
Soon, after the players of both sides took their places in their respective halves, with a whistle from Bol, the north London derby between Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal finally officially started with the cheers of 38,000 fans at Highbury Stadium!
After the start of the game, the Arsenal players, who won the right to kick off, took advantage of the home interest rate to attack the door of Tottenham Hotspur first. Although Thierry Henry, who is the core of the attack, will miss the north London derby due to injury, because the other two points of the Gunners' left iron triangle, Robert Pire and Ashley Cole, are still there, and Reyes and Van Persie, who started as Henry and Bergkamp stand-ins, are not bad in mind and ability, so Arsenal's attack still seems quite fluid, and it seems that it is not affected by the absence of the main players at all!
"On the face of it, it is true, with Robin van Persie, Cesc Fabregas and Reyes doing a good job of filling the void left by key players such as Thierry Henry, but it is not the case. In the live broadcast room, Martin Taylor, who was in charge of commentating the game, spoke to the camera, "Reyes is far less efficient than Thierry Henry, and he has become afraid of physical confrontation after an injury in the middle of the season, and although Van Persie has shown some potential, he still needs time to develop further...... The most important thing is that Arsenal still lack a commanding height that can be used to attack in the front, which makes it difficult for their attack to pose enough threat to Tottenham's goal, and will instead allow Tottenham to get more counter-attacking opportunities because they invest too much in attack. ”
As Arsenal's starting striker in this game, Van Persie and Reyes are only 1.83 meters and 1.75 meters tall respectively. In the face of George's "special tactics against Arsenal" that took the initiative to give up the two wings and intensively deployed in the middle, they had no way to find a breakthrough in Tottenham's backline with extremely limited height and tonnage!
"That's right, if Arsene Wenger doesn't want to solve this problem, then Arsenal will really have to pray to God if they want to beat Tottenham. Andy Gray nodded and affirmed Martin Taylor's statement, "Although Arsene Wenger has played the most spectacular attacking football in England under Wenger's tutelage over the years, he should also consider strengthening the team's shortcomings." For example, the introduction of a high school striker as a tactical supplement, rather than every time you run into an opponent who is stuck in the middle, you don't want to be numb. ”
Sure enough, the game developed as Martin Taylor and Andy Gray had predicted, and although Arsenal looked like they were attacking fiercely and kept Tottenham unable to move within half the pitch, in fact these attacks were generally not much of a threat, but it was Tottenham's quick counter-attacks that played well, and almost every time Lehmann was scrambling!
In this way, when the first half ended, Arsenal, who had a clear advantage in possession time and on the field, actually became the side behind the score on the field - after finding that Arsenal's attack did not bring much threat, the Tottenham players who focused more attention on the counterattack were extremely keen to seize the large gaps in the Gunners' backfield, and Drogba and Ribery contributed successively to help the team temporarily lead Arsenal by two goals in this derby!
Van Persie does have a football talent and aura that is not inferior to Robben, but now he is not the famous general in international football when George crossed, just a young man who has been overshadowed by Henry's light and has some arrogance. In the face of Tottenham's tight and highly targeted defensive system, Van Persie, who is still inexperienced, still seems a little at a loss!
Incidentally, the four little swans of the new generation of Dutch football (Robben, Van Persie, Van der Vaart and Sneijder) have more or less flaws or weaknesses that can affect their career development. For example, Robben plays too much football and can easily cause conflicts in the dressing room, Sneijder must be the tactical core of the team, otherwise the role will be greatly reduced, and Van der Vaart, whose speed has dropped sharply after a serious injury, cannot adapt to the development direction of modern football. And Van Persie, his biggest problem is his stinky temper!
If it weren't for personality issues, Van Persie, who had already won the UEFA Cup with Feyenoord in the 01-02 season, would have been called up by the Orange and made a name for himself in European football. Instead of being sold to Arsenal by Feyenoord for £2.75 million after falling out with Van Marwijk, it is still only regarded as a potential stock by most people, and the door of the Dutch national team has not even been touched!
Now, for example, in the face of Tottenham's defensive strategy of keeping the center on the edge and the team's current disadvantage of being two goals behind, Van Persie's temperament is gradually beginning to reveal - in the 65th minute of the game, Van Persie gave the Czech goalkeeper an extremely hidden elbow after Cech picked up Ashley Cole's cross, and then stabbed the ball that Cech dropped into the Tottenham goal!
However, although Van Persie's elbow action was quite hidden and was not detected by Bol at the first time, the cameras on the sidelines clearly recorded the whole process of the Dutchman's foul, and the whole story was broadcast on the big screen above Highbury Stadium!
For Van Persie's malicious foul action, Bol naturally has no reason to tolerate it. I saw that the referee first declared Van Persie's goal invalid, and then showed a red card to the Dutch youngster without hesitation, and directly sent Van Persie out of the field!
Two goals behind, there was one less player on the field, and many main players were absent...... The game came to this point, Wenger, who knew that the general trend had gone but could not surrender to his mortal enemy, had nothing to do, and could only watch Arsenal, who was fighting with ten men, be completely defeated by the increasingly brave Tottenham Hotspur on the field!
Eventually, when Bol blew the full-time whistle, the Tottenham players left Highbury Stadium, which was already as silent as a graveyard, leaving Arsenal with a bloody 4-0 scoreline!
George and his players once again proved to all those who look at the decline of Tottenham that without the interference of referees, Arsenal, who have high hopes from these people, is not the opponent of Tottenham Hotspur at all!