For Leon's situation at this time, George naturally knew it. Therefore, after realizing that Teminck's blowing scale was not strict, or even lenient, he immediately gave instructions to the players on the sidelines, ordering them to increase the intensity and frequency of physical confrontation, so that the opponent could not attack according to the routine they were used to!

George's adjustments had an immediate effect. Once he got the ball in Tottenham's half, then the Lyon player was taken care of by the likes of Mascherano and seriously disrupted the rhythm of Lyon's game!

When it comes to tuning defense, Houllier is really a good player. Liverpool had the best defence in the Premier League when he was in charge, as evidenced by the teams that conceded the fewest goals in the league almost every season. But the problem with the French coach is that his tactical thinking is too focused on the construction of defense, and the attack relies entirely on quick counter-attacks and the individual ability of a few stars up front!

In Liverpool, relying on an Owen in his prime, Houllier led the team to five trophies in 2001, and even almost led the Reds to the first Premier League title in the 01-02 season;

In George's previous life, it was precisely because of the marginal international of the Brazilian national team that Lyon was able to rise from a mid-table club to the hegemon of Ligue 1 and become Real Madrid's biggest sufferer in the Champions League. But now, due to Aulas's stupidity and Johansson's targeting, Juninho Jr. is destined not to shine in European football like he did in his previous life, and has been sought after by fans and media with his excellent performance against the Galacticos and Lyon's brilliant record!

Due to Houllier's tactical arrangement, the quality of Lyon's attack depends largely on Juninho's play. Therefore, when Tottenham concentrated on encircling Juninho Jr., not giving the Brazilian the opportunity to organize the attack calmly, let alone giving him a free kick in front, Lyon's defeat was only a matter of time!

When it comes to free-kicks, Juninho Jr. fully deserves the title of master. His free kicks not only have an extremely strange arc, often kicking S-shaped free kicks that the media calls "violating the laws of physics", but also the ball does not spin when it flies, which increases the difficulty of the goalkeeper to save!

Despite the level of targeting, and the referee did not take much care of Lyon's decision-making because it was Lyon's home stadium, Juninho Jr. still took advantage of the few opportunities to threaten Tottenham's door - in the 27th minute, Lyon won a free-kick in front, and Juninho, who was in charge of the penalty, suddenly fired a cold arrow from 32 meters from the goal. The ball managed to go over the wall and Petr Cech's ten fingers, but unfortunately hit the crossbar and bounced off the bottom line at the end, missing the goal!

Unlike Andrea Pirlo and David Beckham, who need to be within 25 metres of goal to take a lethal free-kick, Juninho's free-kicks can be shot from a range of more than 35 metres. This makes it so that when Juninho Jr. is on the field, the opponent has to be more careful when defending against Lyon's attack, and the difficulty of defending has increased exponentially!

Fortunately, the gap in quality between Tottenham and Lyon is not something that a small Juninho can bridge. After narrowly escaping, the Tottenham players, who had a new understanding of Juninho's free-kick skills, became more defensive against the Brazilians - Mascherano's close pressing, as well as Gerrard and Alonso's help and blockade, made Juninho Jr. almost unable to catch the ball on the pitch!

As for whether this will give Lyon's other players on the pitch a chance? I'm sorry, are you talking about Wiltord, who has greatly degraded his physical functions, or Malouda, who can completely prevent death by McCone alone, or Fred, who is not even as good as Fabiano and was rated as the weakest No. 9 in the history of the Samba Army in his previous life?

Compared to Lyon, who struggled on the pitch, Tottenham were in a much better situation. Although he was almost taught by Juninho Jr. with a free kick, Tottenham, which is at least one grade stronger than Lyon at both offensive and defensive ends, has always firmly grasped the initiative of the game, and the extremely pressing attack has forced the Lyon players almost out of breath!

As Monaco poached Abidal first, Lyon brought in veteran Tanat as a starter at left-back. The German veteran was a formidable player in his youth, and being able to play equally with Lizarazu speaks volumes. But now, the 36-year-old Tanat has no way to deal with the onslaught of Cristiano Ronaldo and McCone on the right flank!

As for Revier on the right, it goes without saying. The French right-back is a powerful attacker but has consistently failed to do his job. Otherwise, he who became famous in Rennes early would not have been called by top giants, and he would not even have the opportunity to play as a substitute for Sagnol and Thuram in the national team!

In the case that the wing line was completely blown up by Tottenham, the initiative was firmly controlled by the opponent, and there were big killers like Gerrard and Drogba in the middle, no matter how capable Kupe was, it was impossible to guarantee that the door would not be lost!

In the end, with Didier Drogba's brace, the stronger Tottenham beat Lyon 2-0 at the Geraand Stadium, and while continuing to squeeze the former Ligue 1 overlord to the bottom of the group, he topped Group F with three wins!

After a bloodless away clean-up at Lyon, Tottenham Hotspur arrived in Manchester on time for the 10th round of the Premier League two days later, ready to take on the Red Devils Manchester United, who are in the midst of a rebuild.

Although under George's secret promotion, the fate of Manchester United has changed, not only the club owner has changed from the Glazer family in the previous life to the current Qatar Investment Authority, and the overall strength of the team has also been greatly improved compared with the previous life, but even so, the Red Devils still have many problems and shortcomings!

Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes are struggling to make the transition, Hargreaves and Michael Carrick are still finding a good fit, several of the main defenders are suffering from injuries, and there are also two-front battles...... All this is hindering Manchester United from playing at the level it should be in the Premier League!

Therefore, even though the players have not adjusted their physical strength and condition to the best in France just two days ago, Tottenham is not without a hard fight in the face of Manchester United!

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