Chapter 204: Setting a Record
Although Tottenham Hotspur has previously defeated Bayern Munich in the first round of the group stage, everyone knows that not to look at Bayern and Juventus are both top-notch giants, in fact, the strength of the two teams is not at the same level at all - the current Bayern Munich is no longer the Bundesliga three consecutive champions three years ago, and at the same time the Champions League finals twice in three years, falling to the end of the top giants sequence;
Therefore, the news that Tottenham Hotspur beat Juventus by one goal at the Alps Stadium and won two consecutive victories in the group stage of the Champions League naturally caused quite a stir in European football. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
For Tottenham, their performances in this period can be described as excellent - with three wins and one draw in four big games, and the big three clubs of Bayern, Manchester United and Juventus have all become the ghosts of Tottenham, who are top of the league and group tables. Therefore, if anyone dares to say that Tottenham is not a strong team at this time, it is really talking nonsense.
With Tottenham defeating Bayern Munich and Juventus in the Champions Cup, and topping Group C with a record of winning all two games and conceding a goal, more and more people have begun to pay attention to this team that has risen strongly under the leadership of George Nelson, and regard it as a strong team that can compete with top giants such as Juventus!
At this point, George's goal set at the beginning of the season to establish the image of Tottenham Hotspur as a strong team in the hearts of fans with his outstanding performance in the Champions Cup has been initially achieved. Next, George's task is to keep Tottenham Hotspur alive in the Champions League, so as to make this image deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and lay the foundation for Tottenham's road to the top giants!
After beating Juventus away, Tottenham's first devilish fixture of the season came to an end. Next, they will shift their focus back to the domestic arena and continue to compete with Arsenal for the top spot in the league!
However, Tottenham's opponents in this round of the league are not as well-known as Juventus and Bayern Munich, but they are no less difficult to deal with. Under the painstaking management of David Moyes, Everton finally got rid of the hat of the underdog this season, and is currently fourth in the standings with five wins, one draw and one loss with 16 points, only three points behind Tottenham and Arsenal at the top of the table!
So, if the Tottenham players let their guard down on Everton because of their performances in the Devil's schedule, the odds of them capsitting in the gutter will undoubtedly be quite high!
Perhaps because of the high cost of the Champions League in midweek, the Tottenham players at Goodison Park always felt out of shape during the eighth round of the Premier League on 2 October. Even if George had adopted a rotation strategy for this game and made significant changes to the starting lineup, it would have been to no avail.
Mendieta, who was at the heart of the organisation, was ineffective under the combined efforts of the likes of Graveson and Tim Cahill, and while Davies and Speed were positive enough, they were equally weak against the ageing Everton players. You know, Davis and Speed will not only need to take on the task of escorting Mendieta, but also protect the central defense of Michael Dawson and Vermaelen. With a daunting defensive task, the duo can support Tottenham in attack.
In this regard, George has no good way, but can only hope that Vermaelen and Dawson can grow up as soon as possible. Even if you don't reach the heights of a first-class centre-back in the short term, you must at least be able to withstand the onslaught of a striker of Duncan Ferguson's calibre, rather than always having Davies and them to help defend.
In this way, in the face of Everton, who was in the limelight and morale, Tottenham finally shook hands with the Toffees (Everton's nickname) after a hard battle, and ended the contest with a score of 0-0!
After a goalless draw with Everton and the second draw of the new season in the Premier League, the battle for the top spot between Tottenham and Arsenal that began at the beginning of the season has come to an end - in the other game that ended at the same time, Arsenal at Highbury Stadium swept the visiting Charlton Athletic by four goals, and overtook Tottenham Hotspur to lead the table by two points!
Even so, Tottenham fans didn't get too frustrated or blame the team for not doing well enough. After all, unlike Tottenham, who were drawn into the group of death, Arsenal can be said to be in Group E. Rosenborg and Panathinaikos, who are in the same group, have no ability to stop this top Gunners team, and Hiddink's PSV Eindhoven have the ability to do so, but they are second only to Arsenal in Group E, and the goal is only to qualify, and they have no need to fight the Gunners. As a result, Arsene Wenger can focus more on the league field, rather than having to play with strong opponents such as Juventus and Bayern in the Champions League in order to establish the image of Tottenham Hotspur.
Not to mention, Arsenal is also quite advantageous in the league schedule - compared with Tottenham Hotspur, which has played against Manchester United, Liverpool and many other strong opponents since the beginning of the season, Arsenal has only Everton in the first eight rounds of the league Everton, and the rest are middle and lower clubs such as Norwich, Blackburn Rover, and Middlesbrough. Therefore, for Arsenal to beat Tottenham Hotspur to dominate the standings, many Tottenham fans believe that the Gunners are actually stained with the light of the schedule, which does not mean that the team's strength is inferior to the Gunners.
Of course, Tottenham fans were able to forget the extremely frustrating memory of losing the top spot so quickly, and in addition to the two reasons mentioned above, the more important reason is that at this moment, they are all caught in the news that after not conceding a goal in the first eight league games of the season, Tottenham goalkeeper Peter Cech has set a new record!
Counting Tottenham's last two league games last season (3-0 against Blackburn Rovers and 2-0 against Wolves) and the more than 80 minutes of clean sheet against Aston Villa in the penultimate round, Petr Cech has set a terrifying record for 10 consecutive games without conceding a goal in the Premier League, and more than 1,000 consecutive minutes (including injury time).
Although it is still a short distance from the 1,103-minute streak set by legendary Reading goalkeeper Stephen Days in 1979, that doesn't stop Cech from becoming the Premier League record holder!
With this record, combined with his performances at Tottenham Hotspur and the Czech national team, the 22-year-old Petr Cech has officially entered the ranks of the top goalkeepers and has the qualification to challenge for the throne of the world's number one goalkeeper!
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