"How are you feeling now?" asked George with concern, looking at the players who were relieving their physical fatigue with the help of masseurs. Although he is desperate to be able to lift the big ears cup at the end of the game, it does not mean that he will overdraft the fitness of the players, "There is still a substitution spot, so if anyone feels that they can't hold on, just tell me now, it can be used." ”

Hearing George's words, everyone quickly shook their heads and denied it - what are you kidding, whether it is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to appear in the Champions League final, who would want to take the initiative to apply for the exit at this time and give this extremely rare opportunity to others?

Although they all played for Tottenham, and under George's deliberate control, the fierce competition between the players did not have any negative impact on the team's good internal environment and dressing room harmony, but created an atmosphere of healthy competition, but this does not mean that they will be willing to sit on the bench as spectators on such an important occasion and watch their teammates gallop around the pitch.

"Don't worry, boss, we're fine. Cristiano Ronaldo, who was lying on his chair receiving a massage, raised his head, showed an extremely sunny smile, and assured George, "At least I think that with my current state, it will be no problem for me to play on the pitch for 90 minutes again!"

"Cut, this kid brags and doesn't know how to make drafts...... Ledley King and Drogba couldn't help but pout, they all know a little bit about Ronaldo's out-of-the-box character, this kid from Madeira is good at everything, trains hard and doesn't act arbitrarily because of his close relationship with the head coach, he just likes to say some big things or die in front of his own head coach, and he makes himself quite embarrassed every time.

"Hmm...... If that's what you're saying, I'll talk to UEFA after this game. Sure enough, as expected by Ridley King and others, George's next words made Ronaldo's smile freeze on his face, "In this way, when we return to London with the championship trophy, Chris you can stay here and continue to train, and by the way, you can also contribute to the development and progress of Turkish football." ”

"Oh my God, how can you treat your number one fan like this!" Hearing George's answer, Ronaldo immediately wailed, his expression and tone were more exaggerated and exaggerated, "As an indispensable member of Tottenham, how can I miss such an important occasion as the championship parade!"

......The routine interaction between Cristiano Ronaldo and George, as well as the former's exaggerated performance, made the rest of the audience laugh, making them forget about the fatigue and tension of the final for a while, so that the players could face the upcoming extra-time with a more relaxed mind!

Laughing aside, in fact, the Tottenham players also know in their hearts that George and Ronaldo can repeatedly stage similar small theaters, which shows that the two of them must have a tacit understanding. Otherwise, even if the relationship between Ronaldo and George is good, with the strong performance of Sheringham and others, who have become a powerful force in the Tottenham Hotspur team when their own owner first joined the club, it is impossible for the Portuguese to have not been blamed and rejected by George without taking the initiative to die!

After trying to make the players relax, George didn't speak or use the time to make any tactical adjustments, but just watched the players laugh while receiving massages. After all, after more than 90 minutes of fierce confrontation with AC Milan, the players have actually reached a limit of physical and mental strength, and it is not easy to carry out George's previous deployment and ensure that the technical movements are not deformed, so how can there be extra strength to accept the new tactical arrangements, not to mention that the rest before extra time is only five minutes. In such a short period of time, George simply didn't have time to make any detailed adjustments!

It was for the above two reasons that George decisively gave up the plan to make tactical adjustments, and instead adopted a strategy based on allowing the players to adjust their mentality and recover their strength!

Then, after a short five-minute break, players from both sides reappeared on the pitch and took their seats in their respective halves, waiting for the referee to blow the whistle to announce the start of extra time!

Incidentally, this season, both the eight-year-old Golden Ball and the short-lived Silver Ball have been completely abandoned by FIFA and UEFA, and extra-time has officially returned to the traditional model, in which the winner is determined by the score on the pitch after the 30-minute extra time is completely over. If the two sides are still dead at the end of extra time, then there will be a penalty shootout!

To be honest, the change is clearly a bit more favourable for Tottenham. Because Tottenham's squad is younger, the recovery is naturally much quicker than that of AC Milan, whose average age is close to 30. Therefore, in the case of adopting the traditional model, even if Tottenham is accidentally attacked by these old fritters of AC Milan, they can have more physical strength and time to get the score back!

And, over time, Tottenham's physical advantage will be magnified and become a key factor in the game!

Although George believes that Tottenham have a great hope of solving the scarred Rossoneri in extra time, after the start of extra time, the reality still surprised him - in the face of Tottenham's onslaught, the Milan players did not wait for Ancelotti to give the order and took the initiative to shrink the formation, leaving only the super substitutes Tomasson and Shevchenko to roam in the front, and even Kaka retreated to his own half to participate in the defense!

AC Milan's hand adjustment has had a very good effect. Under the Rossoneri's strategy of putting down the so-called giants and resolutely defending the 30-meter area in front of the goal, the physical advantage of the Tottenham players cannot be brought into play, and the shortcomings of Drogba and Alonso and others in small skills are also infinitely magnified under this strategy, making it difficult for them to pass the ball to a position that is dangerous enough!

"Charlie, now it seems that it was a very correct decision to let these boys launch a storm after recovering a city. Seeing that AC Milan was obviously exhausted and could only rely on the last breath to barely persevere, and the current situation that their players had an absolute advantage in physical fitness but were never able to break through the goal, George couldn't help but whisper to the old Charlie not far behind him, "It's true that no team can stop them from scoring goals with all their might, but once they lose this momentum, it is really difficult to fight against an experienced old fritter team like AC Milan." ”

This is the main reason why after Drogba scored the first goal, George asked the team not to slow down the attack without his orders. Because he is well aware of the strengths and weaknesses of this Tottenham team, and knows that if he wants the team to recover from the disadvantage of falling behind, he must let these guys take advantage of this momentum. Otherwise, after a long time, the momentum will be discharged, and the morale of Tottenham will really not be able to win AC Milan, a strong opponent!

And this is also the only point that George feels extremely sorry for - after Drogba made the score 3-3 for Tottenham, the obviously relieved Tottenham players still have a certain initiative on the field, but they do not have the desperate spirit of the bayonet when chasing points before! If they could have persevered at that time and continued to slam AC Milan's slamming stick, maybe they would not have to play any extra time for Rausch now!

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