Chapter 044: The Labor Pains of Exchange Blood

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"George, I didn't expect you to be joking with me before the game...... Tottenham Hotspur under you are indeed much stronger than last season's team. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info" After the game, taking the opportunity to shake hands with George on the sidelines, Steve Bruce said with a wry smile, "Really, I lost so badly in the first league game of the new season, which makes me how to explain to the above later......"

Looking at the bloody 5-0 on the big screen, George was also a little embarrassed to face his fellow brother. Although the game was a good game for their side and the confidence of the Tottenham players was built up by the success of the big win, it was also true that it left Bruce with a terrible mess: "Anyway, Birmingham are back in the Premier League under your leadership and have established themselves here. I don't think Birmingham's hierarchy will make the decision to sack you just because of a single loss, right?"

"Well, hopefully things will go the way you say, George. Bruce just shook his head at George's opinion and didn't go on on the subject. Because he knows in his heart that although this junior brother has unparalleled talent and talent in the position of head coach, because George has been working under Robson and Ferguson Sr. before, and then he has become the first Premier League owner to serve as the head coach of the team since the establishment of the Premier League, so this junior brother does not know much about the hardships behind the head coaching industry.

After all, with the exception of a few top managers like Alex Ferguson and Robson, who can take some initiative in conversations with the club's hierarchy, most managers will be constrained by management and will have to balance the various relationships in the dressing room at all times, lest the big man get angry and be unlucky. At the same time, when a team's results fluctuate, these managers tend to be the best candidates to carry the blame.

As the owner of Tottenham Hotspur, George does not need to worry about these things at all. No matter how much the outside world doubts about him, as long as he still wants to be a manager, absolutely no one can kick him out of the Tottenham manager's position. And George doesn't have to worry about his players openly going against him – or that those who dare to openly challenge his authority will end up in the same fate as Sheringham.

Bruce didn't point these things out to George, though. In his opinion, no matter what the reason, losing is losing, and as the coach of Birmingham, he should take responsibility at this time, and there is no need to make this junior brother feel more senseless guilt.

Tottenham Hotspur beat Birmingham City by five goals in the opening game of the new Premier League and temporarily topped the table on goal difference, which caused quite a stir in English football. Obviously, no one could have predicted that Tottenham Hotspur, who had undergone a major change in the summer, would perform so well and actually beat Birmingham, who are known for their strong defense, into a sieve away from home!

As a result, many reporters and experts have reversed course after this big victory, and began to express optimism about Tottenham Hotspur's prospects this season, and even claimed that under the leadership of George, the champion coach, Tottenham Hotspur has the strength to challenge for the Premier League title!

"Look, we've only won one game, and these two-faced media are about to blow us into the sky. In the conference room, George sorted out the British media's praise of Tottenham these days, and the previous reports of various doubts about Tottenham players, and let the Spurs players present circulate to each other, "So, if someone really gets these sugar-coated shells, just because they win a team of Birmingham's level, they think they are invincible, then soon you will understand what it means to be ice and fire!"

For the crazy hype of the media these days, George naturally scoffs at it in his heart. With memories of his previous life, and having worked in the coaching circle for so many years in this life, he certainly knows what virtues these media are. What's more, the main reason why Tottenham were able to achieve such a hearty victory against Birmingham was that in that game, the Tottenham players almost completely showed their strongest side, coupled with Bruce's tactical mistakes, and luck was on Tottenham's side that night.

If it weren't for Toney's opening the scoring for the team before Bruce corrected his mistake and helped Tottenham take the initiative in the game, if it wasn't for Vierovka's well-timed world wave goal, which disrupted the Birmingham players' newly stabilized position, if it wasn't for Toney's second goal before the end of the first half, which completely destroyed the Birmingham players' will to resist, it would have been extremely difficult for Tottenham, who have not yet been fully polished, to defeat Birmingham City, which is known for its defensive tenacity, so easily!

Therefore, after the team's victory over Birmingham, George, who found that the public opinion was not in the right direction, immediately convened such an intra-team meeting, intending to make the players more vigilant and not relax their demands on themselves because of a temporary victory.

Although George has made considerable efforts to prevent his players from getting carried away, and has been as strict as possible with his players in training, the young players who have not yet experienced the storm, especially the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo and Nemanja Vidic, who performed well in the last game, have not had obvious results.

For this situation, George can only be helpless. He also knows that if you want these players to be aware of this, you have to really make them suffer so that you can fully understand the true face of the media. Words alone will make it difficult for them to remember these truths.

Sure enough, in the second round of the Premier League a week later, Tottenham Hotspur, who sat at White Hart Lane, was deflated by the visiting Leeds United - in the face of a large loss of main players and the loss of prestige, the full lineup of Tottenham Hotspur was caught off guard by the opponent who was mainly anti-visitors after the start of the game, and was scored twice by Leeds United in just 20 minutes in the opening game, and temporarily fell behind with a score of 0-2!

Luca Toney, who scored a brace in his first official game for Tottenham, was unable to find an effective solution to the "wooden door" under the watchful eye of Woodgate. Without the containment and cover of Toney's striker partner, Robbie Keane, who is good at running without the ball, naturally finds it difficult to get enough attacking space and can only rely on his own ability to attack Leeds United's goal.

The most important thing is that because of the construction of the team's defensive system in the past month, Tottenham's offensive tactics at this time are very monotonous. Basically, Carrick splits the ball in the middle, then instigates attacks from both wings or passes or passes to Tony and Robbie Keane up front.

Defensively, Tottenham also played quite badly. Facing the joint impact of Australia's powerful center Viduka, who is at the peak of his career, and Alan Smith, a rising star, Vidic, who is still inexperienced, was almost blown into scum by the two, and he couldn't see the style of staring at Forssell in the last game.

On the offensive end, the tactical routine is too monotonous, and on the defensive end, Vidic's poor performance is in constant danger. In the face of such an unfavorable situation, George also made targeted adjustments at halftime. For example, he asked the wings of Erovka and Darren Anderton to cut inside more and attack the goal directly, asked Toney to expand his range of movement, and arranged for Heinze and Speed to pay attention to help Vidic help Viduka defend Viduka, etc.

"Luka, is your brain stuffed with muscles? There is a better bully of Radebe, why do you have to drink Woodgate to death?" After talking about these tactical adjustments, George, who was depressed in the first half, began to take out several players who did not perform well one by one to "blow the wind": "And Darren and Daniel, I give you the autonomy to attack, not to let you break through on the side! I don't care what you do, as long as you can get that damn ball into the Leeds gate at the end!"

George's moves have helped Tottenham regain their footing at both ends of the pitch, and his copycat of Ferguson's 'hair dryer' has also fueled some of the players' desire to win. As a result, after the start of the second half, the Tottenham players became much more active on the pitch, and the momentum gradually came out.

Looking at Leeds United's side, although they built a two-goal lead only 20 minutes after the start of the game with a momentum, as the game deepened, Leeds United, who lost too much blood in the summer, began to expose their overall strength shortcomings, making them gradually take away the initiative of the game by Tottenham.

In the 52nd minute, Bierovka broke through the defense of Pennant and Gary Kelly with the ball in succession and cut into the Leeds United penalty area, attracting Woodgate's attention and then knocking across the middle, Robbie Keane took advantage of Toney's cover to shake off Radbey and grab a shot to win for Tottenham!

Keane's goal sounded the clarion call for Tottenham's counter-attack, and in the following period, England international David Robinson, who was responsible for guarding Leeds United's goal, became the busiest man on the field, frequently saving in front of goal, and single-handedly blocking Tottenham's attack. But even so, Leeds United's goal was again lost in the 75th minute. Only this time, the scorer was changed from Robbie Keane to Luca Toney.

Although Viduka and Alan Smith tried to put pressure on Tottenham in attack to relieve the pressure on their own defence, how could Tottenham, who had already played with full momentum, give them this opportunity?

However, although Tottenham Hotspur fought back in the second half and scored twice in quick succession, they were unable to allow Robinson to pick up the ball from the back of the net for a third time until the referee blew the final whistle. In this way, Tottenham, who were playing at home, finally drew with Leeds United in the second round of the Premier League. Next, they will take on Liverpool at Anfield, the club's biggest club that dominated English football in the seventies and eighties!