Chapter 253: Expulsion

After beating Real Madrid 3-1 home and away, and knocking out the world-famous Galacticos with an aggregate score of 6-2 in the two-legged meeting, Tottenham Hotspur's results in the quarter-finals of this season's Champions League really broke many people's glasses. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

Although Tottenham Hotspur was the runner-up of the Premier League last season, and it is also soaring in the Premier League this season, no one dares to beat it for a while, but in the eyes of most people, the level of the Premier League is not as good as La Liga. However, what they didn't expect was that Real Madrid, which has many top superstars such as Ronaldo, Raul, and Zidane, would be defeated by Tottenham Hotspur so easily, and it could be said that they were almost helpless when they lost!

Therefore, when the news of the defeat of the Galacticos broke, Tottenham Hotspur's worldwide popularity immediately rose to another level. Many fans who follow Real Madrid closely have a first impression of the Premier League club through these two Champions League knockout games, and many have even become supporters of Tottenham Hotspur!

While Tottenham eliminated Real Madrid to advance to the quarter-finals, the other seven quarter-finals of the Champions League have also been decided. Overall, the Premier League teams who have been drawn have fared poorly in this knockout round - Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea beat Real Madrid and Barcelona respectively to get a ticket to the quarter-finals, while Manchester United and Arsenal were both beaten by AC Milan and Juventus!

Half of the promotions were eliminated and half were eliminated. With all four Premier League teams facing top clubs, it's a rare feat to achieve such a result.

If the performance of the Premier League team in the Champions League has made the English media barely satisfied, then the reality of not having a La Liga team in the quarterfinals of this season's Champions League has made the media in other countries laugh at it - who made the Spanish media behave so badly and put on a look of "La Liga is the first league in the world, you are not our opponent at all, or should we admit defeat and surrender as soon as possible, so as not to waste everyone's time"?

Usually do not accumulate virtue, the wall falls down and everyone pushes it. Spanish football and the media are undoubtedly going through the most difficult time for them!

Now for the main business. After the match against Real Madrid, the Spurs squad headed to Newcastle in the north-east of England under the leadership of George to prepare for the FA Cup quarter-final against the Magpies!

Following the resignation of the decorated coach Bobby Robson, who led the team back to Champions League competition, the Magpies have plummeted under new manager and former Liverpool star Graeme Souness, not only failing to meet Shepard's goal of finishing in the top four at the start of the season, but also in high probability of missing out on European qualification at the end of the season!

You know, after 29 rounds of the Premier League, Newcastle are only 11th in the table, with a six-point gap between Liverpool in sixth place. So, it's really unrealistic for the Magpies to close the six-point gap in the final nine league games, beat so many rivals and win a ticket to next season's UEFA Cup!

Now that the race for European qualification is hopeless and there is no need to worry about relegation, Souness has naturally set his sights on the FA Cup. After all, if they reach the FA Cup final and win the title, Newcastle will also have a chance to play in next season's UEFA Cup. Therefore, for this match with Tottenham Hotspur, Souness, who has already used the FA Cup as a lifesaver, can be said to be inevitable!

It is precisely for this reason that in this game, Souness sent the strongest squad in his hands - goalkeeper Shay Given, on the back line, right-back Aaron Hughes, the central two-man duo is Boumson and Bramble, the left back is Babayaro who has returned from injury, in the midfield, Dyer and Jenas partner in the middle, Laurent Robert and Lee Bowyer are separated, and in the forward line, it is the combination of the old captain Alan Shearer and Ameobi!

Seeing that the elder Shearer, who was about to turn thirty-five, still appeared on the Magpies' starting list, George couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Although he can understand Shearer's love for his hometown team and his refusal to accept old age, he has to say that it is precisely because of the aging Shearer's delay in giving up the main position that Newcastle's once Premier League attack power has deteriorated and has been reduced to the second-rate level of the Premier League.

Now let's talk about Tottenham's line-up. Due to the fact that a Champions League game was played just four days ago, and George's stated policy for domestic cup competitions, George fielded a starting line-up this evening with a focus on substitutes and young players.

Goalkeeper Kathy Keller, the back four from left to right: Bynes, Vermaelen, Dawson and Phil Neville, Kompany, Mendieta and Speed form the midfield three, and the attacking trident is Ribery, Darren Anderton and David Villa!

Although Tottenham played with an all-substitute lineup in this game, in the face of this chaotic Newcastle team, and the more tactical level and more united Tottenham players firmly grasped the initiative on the field, and beat the Magpies with waves of fierce attacks!

In the twenty-third minute of the game, Mendieta made a direct pass from the midfield, and the forward Kompany received the ball and picked up the outside instep to pass against Villa, who was successfully offside, and the latter deftly got rid of Bramble's marking and easily pushed the goal six meters in front of the goal, 1-0!

However, the deficit and the extremely unfavourable situation on the pitch made the mentality of the Newcastle players extremely anxious, and the defensive actions on the pitch began to gradually increase, and they no longer followed the rules as before.

I don't know if it was because the nightlife was too colorful last night or because I didn't sleep well, the referee Dunn, who was in charge of officiating the game, did not warn the behavior of the Newcastle players, which made these Magpies players more and more bold on the field, and the foul actions became more and more brutal and rude!

"Why don't you TM football rules at every turn, don't blow such an obvious foul?!" Seeing Darren Anderton being put to the ground by Brambull who was returning to the defense in a counterattack, Dunn didn't even blow the foul of the Newcastle player, but signaled the game to continue, George only felt a flame rushing to his head, and scolded the old dizzy referee on the sidelines!

Hearing George's scolding, Dunn's face couldn't help but darken. I saw the black-clad judge turn around and walk to the sidelines, and at the same time took out a bright red card from his jacket pocket, and then raised it high at George - the red card!

In this way, in the seventieth minute of the game, George received the first red card of his head coaching career and was ejected from the game by Dunn!

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