Falling behind by a goal just fifteen minutes into the game was a big blow for the Newcastle players. Pen ~ fun ~ www.biquge.info know that not long ago, they were full of confidence that they had a chance to beat Tottenham Hotspur with the advantage of home and win the first league win of the new season!

And now, judging from the performance of the Newcastle players on the field from the start of the game to the time when they conceded the goal, their idea is undoubtedly wishful thinking!

If Newcastle are still the same team managed by Robson Sr., with a focus on technique and inter-player passing, then they may still have a chance to survive after being completely inferior on the pitch before. Souness, on the other hand, is a staunch supporter of the British tradition of 4-4-2 parallel stances and long balls, and his simple and brutal tactical play simply cannot allow Newcastle to beat those opponents who are better than them overall!

This is another reason why George doesn't like Souness. Not only did this old-fashioned guy ruin Robson's hard work in the shortest possible time, but he also didn't recognize the development trend of modern football at all, naively thinking that he could succeed at Newcastle with his outdated tactics!

You know, now that football tactics are becoming more and more refined, even defensive counterattacks have become completely different from before, and the passing of the ball and the advancement of counterattacks are more than a step faster than when Souness played. Under this general trend, Souness still insists on using the long-pass rushing and hanging style of 20 years ago, and refuses to make any improvements to this tactic with the development of the times, and the decline of Newcastle is naturally inevitable.

"George, I think it's okay to consider having Davies as the main player and Alonso in midfield?" Just when the Newcastle players were lost because of this goal, on the other side, the old Charlie, who was watching the players celebrate the goal from the bench, made a suggestion to George, "I feel that if the two of them form an iron triangle in the midfield with Mascherano, then the team should be stronger and better than when Basturk was on the field!"

"Charlie, your idea is really good, but don't forget, Edgar (Davis) is already a thirty-one-year-old veteran. A midfielder of his type, at this age, it's hard to say how long he can stay at his peak. Replacing Basturk as the main midfielder may be an effective improvement in the quality and results of the team for a while, but if Edgar suddenly declines in form at a crucial moment in the season, it can be devastating for Tottenham. ”

George was a little tempted by Charlie Sr.'s suggestion, but after careful consideration, he chose to abandon the plan - compared to the benefits of righting Davis as the main force, the potential harm of this change was too much for George to bear.

What's more, Basturk is not a mediocre talent, and the Turk can complement Alonso on the field. Moreover, Mendieta also needs a defensive titan like Davies to ease the defensive pressure on him - unlike Xavi Alonso, who can play at a high level at both ends of the floor, Mendieta must be given maximum freedom if he wants to use his full talent. As a result, the defensive task on everyone else becomes quite difficult, and it is obviously impossible for Basturk to take on such a heavy defensive job.

So, after some consideration, George vetoed Charlie Sr.'s proposal and insisted on carrying out the original plan. That is, according to the actual needs and their respective competitive conditions, to arrange the starting positions of Basturk and Davis. Doing so will not only strengthen the sense of crisis in the hearts of Davis and Basturk, so that they will not dare to slack off in training, but also make other players familiar with the feeling of playing with the two, so as not to have a decline in performance after Davis's form declines.

Now let's get down to business, let's turn our gaze back to the pitch. After the resumption of the game, the Newcastle players found themselves in a dilemma - some wanted to launch a counter-attack to equalise as soon as possible, while others felt that they should first secure their defence and not allow their opponents to get their feet on the edge of the box so easily. And the inconsistency of the ideas of the two groups is directly reflected in their performance on the court!

It stands to reason that at this time, as the head coach of the team, Souness should stand up and give instructions to unify the thinking of the players and avoid further deterioration of the team's situation on the field. The Scotsman, however, did not do anything, instead frowning on the sidelines, as if he were thinking about some world-class problem.

Take advantage of your illness to kill you, maybe the Tottenham players have not heard of this common saying, but this does not prevent them from seizing the opportunity of the Newcastle players to launch a new wave of offensive when the thinking is not unified and the three lines are seriously disconnected!

In the twenty-first minute of the game, Jenas forced the ball to rush forward, trying to tear a hole in the middle and smash the Yellow Dragon, and his risky move naturally ended in failure - facing Tottenham's midfield trio, even a breakthrough master of Kaka and Xiao Luo did not dare to say that he could succeed alone, let alone Jenas, a second-rate rookie?

After cutting off the ball at Jenas's feet, Davies immediately passed the ball to Alonso in front of the left, blowing the horn of the counterattack, and the latter once again showed his excellent vision of the big picture and excellent passing vision - a four-to-two pick-and-roll pass, not only let the ball go over the heads of Nicky Bart and Brambull and others, directly penetrated the entire central defense of Newcastle, but also pointed out the Magpies' destiny!

In the face of Alonso's sudden pick-up pass, Bramble and Bumsson, who were staring at Klose in front of them, had no time to turn around and return to defense, and the central defense line formed by the two was easily torn to pieces!

A textbook through ball diagonal combination allowed Ronaldo, who was successful in the anti-offside position, to receive Alonso's pass in this dangerous position. The Portuguese, who formed a single knife momentum, took advantage of the situation to dribble past Given, who abandoned the goal, and then pushed the empty goal with his right foot, 2-0!

Just six minutes after Cristiano Ronaldo opened his account, the Tottenham players are back in action. Franck Ribery and Marcos Alonso played a one-two on the left and cut into the box with the former after breaking through the defence of Nicky Bart and O'Brien. And after bursting into the penalty area, Ribery didn't wait for Bramble and others to return to the defense, so he decisively and directly volleyed with his left foot into the near corner of the goal!

Although Shay Given's strength is not the top in the ranks of goalkeepers, he once reached the round of 16 of the World Cup in South Korea and Japan with the Irish national team, and he can also be called a first-line Premier League goalkeeper. Ribery's cold shot was sudden, with a tricky pace and angle, but he managed to keep the ball out of the net with a beautiful downed save!

However, before the Newcastle fans in the stands could breathe a sigh of relief, Klose slapped his horse to get the opportunity ball, and then stabbed the ball that Given's just saved into the goal with a kick, 3-0!

With three goals trailing in less than half an hour, the Newcastle players were completely disorganized. Tottenham players took advantage of a corner kick in the 33rd minute to get Klose to head in the next goal to make it 4-0!

In this way, before the first half of the game was over, Tottenham established a four-goal lead, and a bloody slaughter had begun to take shape!

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