Chapter 078: Around Christmas (4)
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On December 28, Tottenham Hotspur, who returned to their home stadium, welcomed the 19th round of the Premier League match with Charlton Athletic at White Hart Lane. www.biquge.info Since this is not only the last game of the first half of the Premier League, but also the last game of Tottenham Hotspur in 2003, and it is the Christmas holiday at this time, so tonight, White Hart Lane can be said to be overcrowded!
After all, for Tottenham fans who have chosen to spend Christmas at home, taking advantage of the holidays to watch a match between their own teams is nothing short of a supreme treat. Not to mention, Tottenham's impressive results this season have also promoted Tottenham fans to watch the game in another way.
Only when the team's results get better and better, will more fans be willing to become supporters of Tottenham Hotspur and watch Tottenham Hotspur play live - if Tottenham still has a large number of stars this season, playing gorgeous football, but not getting satisfactory results, and has been repeatedly suppressed by their arch-rivals Arsenal, White Hart Lane will not be able to play at an average attendance of 90% now!
Since he had just fought Portsmouth for a full 90 minutes two days ago, George made a big adjustment to the starting lineup for this game: in addition to Cech and Vidic, the other nine players who started in the last round of the league either sat on the bench and watched the game tonight, or were thrown directly into the stands by George!
Petr Cech, Stephen Carr, Vermaelen, Nemanja Vidic, Heinze, Darren Anderton, Speed, Basturk, Franck Franchi, Franck Ribery, Villa and Luca Toney, that's the Tottenham starting eleven for this game!
After all, just two days was not enough time for Tottenham players to recover and adjust to their condition, so it was only imperative that George adopt a rotation strategy for this game. It's just that George's rotation this time was so large that everyone was shocked, they didn't expect that even Tottenham Hotspur captain Ridley King was in George's rotation range!
From George's point of view, he was justified in doing so. After all, although Ledley King is the only central defender in the Tottenham team who has the ability to fill in the position of his teammates in time, and his physicality and defensive skills are among the best among England defenders in his age, Ridley King has left too much of an impression on George.
Therefore, while Ridley King has not yet become the super glass man who cannot participate in the team's daily training in his previous life, can only play in official games, and cannot guarantee attendance, George feels that it is necessary to control the playing time and frequency of the team captain from now on, and at the same time arrange a special masseur and physiotherapist for Ridley King to reduce the probability of the opponent being injured and becoming a glass man!
Charlton's side is not in good shape either. After all, similar to Tottenham's situation, Charlton Athletic's players have only been given two days off and the depth of the bench is much worse than Tottenham's, making it difficult for them to rotate as heavily as Tottenham to cope with a busy schedule. Coupled with Charlton's last round against Chelsea, who are currently ranked third in the Premier League, and fought with the Blues for a full 90 minutes to decide the winner, so when the players from both sides walked out of the tunnel and stepped onto the lawn of White Hart Lane, George immediately found that the mental state of the opposing players was obviously not as good as his side!
Realizing that the team had a huge advantage in terms of fitness, George immediately gathered the players together for a very brief meeting, asking them to increase their running during the game, and at the same time increase the number and frequency of moving the ball over a wide area, forcing the opponent to speed up the physical exertion, so that Tottenham Hotspur would have a greater advantage!
Under the guidance of George's strategy, after the game began, the Tottenham players who were playing at home quickly took the initiative on the field, and suppressed the visiting Charlton to their half-court, and could not play any threatening attack at all!
It's no wonder, given that the 3-2 win over Chelsea two days ago took so much energy and energy from Charlton Athletic's players, so it's normal for Charlton players to be sluggish today.
On Tottenham's side, because this time George arranged Luka Toney, a standard strong center forward, and Villa, a very well-rounded goalscorer, Tottenham returned to the attacking mode of a traditional English team with wings and a central rush in this game. But even so, Franck Ribery and Darren Anderton were constantly feeding in from the flanks, with Toney in the box in charge of the points and playmaking, plus Villa's all-round and Basturk's back-to-back shots...... Tottenham's attacks can be described as continuous, and almost every time they can pose a serious threat to Charlton Athletic's goal, leaving opponents tired to deal with!
In this way, thanks to the miraculous performances of Villa and Luca Toney, Tottenham Hotspur adopted a rotation strategy to defeat their opponents with a score of 6-0 in this battle with Charlton Athletic, winning two consecutive league games and ending their entire 2003 games with a hearty victory!
After the game, George gave the players a three-day long vacation on the spot. After all, the physical and psychological burden of the two-game schedule over Christmas is simply too great for the players. Especially when you see players who play in other leagues reuniting with their girlfriends or families, and their own side still has to play everywhere, the psychological state of the players can be imagined.
That's why George is giving his players three days off to take advantage of the FA Cup game on the third day after the New Year. Otherwise, if you are always competing in such a high-pressure environment, even an iron man may not be able to stand it.
With only six days left before Tottenham's FA Cup tie with Crystal Palace, this means that after George gave his players three days off, Tottenham have only three days to prepare for the FA Cup fourth round. However, in George's view, an FA Cup game is obviously not as important as decompressing his players!
In George's plan, Tottenham's main playhouse this season is in the league, and it is best to finish in the top four by the end of the season. Otherwise, many follow-up actions in George's plan will be greatly affected, and even have to modify the plan that has been formulated. Therefore, for the FA Cup and League Cup, George's attitude is based on training, and the team can go as far as it can, and does not force the so-called results at all.
After all, the top four in the league can qualify for next season's European Champions Cup, while Tottenham will not be able to qualify for the Champions League even if they win the FA Cup and League Cup. In contrast, it is naturally clear which side George will choose to attack.
George also took advantage of the team's holiday, and on the last day before the arrival of 2004, he and Elizabeth visited Stanley Hood, who came to London, and proposed to his future father-in-law that he wanted to marry Elizabeth, and hoped to get the consent and blessing of the other party!
Fortunately for George, during this visit, although the old Stanley stared at George viciously with a murderous eye, until George finally took his leave and left, his future father-in-law did not really pick up the guy to hunt him down.
Obviously, this father with a daughter's control attribute is also very clear in his heart about the truth that the female university is not staying. And Elizabeth proved this in a subsequent phone call - after some careful consideration, the elder Stanley finally agreed to George's proposal, and at the same time the marriage between him and Elizabeth!
After all, old Stanley could not be clearer about his daughter's character. He knows that don't look at Elizabeth's usual gentle and lovely appearance, once she recognizes something, then she will basically stick to the end, and she will not easily change her mind because of other people's relationships!
Regarding this, it can be seen from the fact that Elizabeth and George have not seen each other for more than four years, but when the two met again, Elizabeth's affection for George was still undiminished.
Old Stanley's nod of agreement allowed George to stay in a good mood for the last night of 2003, with the only regret that Elizabeth herself could not spend the New Year with George. Or even if she wanted to, old Stanley would definitely not agree.
George naturally regretted this, but he couldn't say anything. After all, he and Elizabeth are still only boyfriend and girlfriend, and they have just entered the stage of talking about marriage. If the two had accidentally misfired before they got married, it was hard to say whether old Stanley would have been furious and had gone to London to hunt down George.
Despite three days of training and George keeping his promise to field a starting line-up of substitutes and bench players in this game, the well-rested and relaxed players were in excellent form for the FA Cup fourth round tie against Crystal Palace, beating the all-out visitors at White Hart Lane!
3-0, with the home team in front and the away team behind, this is the score displayed on the big screen in the stadium when the referee blows the final whistle. Thanks to goals from Villa, Franck Ribery and Vermaelen, Tottenham Hotspur beat Crystal Palace in this game, giving the new year off to a good start and progressing to the fourth round of the FA Cup!