As one of the promoted teams to be promoted to the Premier League this season, Wigan Athletic is arguably the team that has attracted the most attention so far. Because now that one-third of the league has passed, Wigan Athletic has made remarkable achievements in the Premier League - so far, Wigan Athletic, which has one less round of games, under the leadership of coach Jewell, ranks behind Tottenham and Chelsea with 8 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses and 25 points, beating Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool and many other traditional giants, and ranks third in the standings!

The reason why Wigan Athletic was able to play such an eye-catching result is that the team's new signings in the summer transfer market have performed well, coupled with the coach Jeville's proper arrangement, which maximized the team's strength, and on the other hand, Wigan Athletic was too lucky before this, not only did they play against most of the middle and lower leagues of the Premier League, and they did not encounter many strong opponents at all, but also often beat each other by one goal when playing against teams of similar strength!

The situation is completely different now. Counting from this round of meetings with Tottenham, Wigan Athletic will play a total of four league games and one Carabao Cup match in the next 20 days. This is extremely bad news for Wigan Athletic, whose main squad is still strong and has extremely limited bench depth!

The worst thing is that counting Tottenham Hotspur in this round, three of the four opponents that Wigan Athletic will face in the league are the top four teams in the table - home to Tottenham in the 14th round, Stamford Bridge in the 16th round, and then a third-round replay with Manchester United!

Considering that the last round against Wigan Athletic was Arsenal, and the opponent in the fifteenth round of the league was Liverpool, the former English football hegemon, this period of time can be said to be a hellish schedule for Wigan Athletic!

However, to be able to achieve such results after promotion to the Premier League, even if the third place in the league is only temporary, the element of luck plays a big factor. Wigan Athletic can be proud of this – at a time when the influence of the Bosman Act is getting deeper, a promoted polo club relies on shrewd transfer operations and teamwork to deliver such an outstanding record in the Premier League that anyone can applaud it!

Although George also admired Wigan Athletic's achievements this season, he had no intention of letting water out of the way in this race to help the promoted horse. After all, the battle for the top spot between Tottenham and Chelsea has not yet been decided, and George will not dare to die and give up the initiative.

Let's be honest. If George helped Wigan Athletic and made the other side the biggest dark horse in the Premier League this season, causing Tottenham to be overtaken by Chelsea in the standings, then who would take the initiative to give Tottenham three points and help Tottenham regain the league leader?

Therefore, it is better to seek others than to seek yourself. If Wigan Athletic want to get a win from Tottenham, then show their real skills!

Wigan Athletic were able to sit third in the table with a third of the way into the table, thanks to their solid defence and sharp counter-attacks – the strongest proof of this being when Jevier's side conceded just five goals and scored just thirteen goals in 11 league games before losing to Arsenal in the last round.

Zim Bonda and Volnock are both offensive and defensive, and the two experienced players who partner in central defence, Henkz and Aljan Dezeu, plus the midfield of Damien Francis, McCullock, Jimmy Bullard and Graham Kavanaghi, pay great attention to the protection of the backline, which greatly improves the defensive quality of Wigan Athletic!

Of course, Wigan Athletic is not without its weaknesses. The best example of this was in the last league game, facing Arsenal with a technical style of play, Wigan Athletic, who played at home, were completely suppressed by the Gunners, and did not pose much threat to Lehmann's goal in the game. Although it was only a 2-3 defeat in the end, it was more due to the natural shortcomings of the post-Vieira Gunners themselves on the defensive end!

That's why George chose to take the risk in this game when he was understaffed, sending out a starting lineup without a full-time defensive midfielder. Because Tottenham's control of the game is not inferior to Arsenal, and the use of space on the pitch is even more than the Gunners, it is completely possible to directly beat Wigan Athletic by mastering the control of the midfield like Arsenal!

While this style of play will certainly give Wigan Athletic a lot of opportunities to counter-attack quickly, Wigan Athletic's counter-attacks are mostly England's traditional long balls and flying on both wings. With the abilities of McCone and Bynes, there is not much problem in dealing with this simple and rough style of play.

Moreover, although Mendieta and Alonso are Spaniards, neither of them is afraid of physical confrontation. Especially the latter, George knew that in his previous life, he was the master who dared to fight the opponent head-on with the bayonet when defending, and he could handle the role of Mascherano in a temporary cameo!

Sure enough, as George envisioned, soon after the game began, the Tottenham players took the initiative in the game with a far superior skill level of their opponents, and based on the midfield, they pressed the home team in their own half and beat them hard, without giving the opponent a chance to breathe!

In this way, by the end of the first half, Tottenham had already scored three times against Wigan Athletic, and Wigan Athletic only had Kamara take advantage of Tottenham's defensive weakness to pull back a point!

In the second half, the two sides changed places and fought again. Wigan Athletic will be looking to repeat their old tactics and follow the same style they did against Arsenal, smashing Tottenham with long balls and wide crosses. However, this time it was not Arsenal's unstructured backline that stood in front of them, and Dawson and Speed were not Campbell, who had been in serious decline. In the face of Wigan Athletic's counterattack, Tottenham, who was in the remnants, was still able to play well with the opponent on the field despite the decline in physical fitness!

In the third minute of stoppage time, Lennon took a corner kick on the right side of the pitch, and Larsson, who was ambushed in the box, took the lead and cleverly shook his head in front of the goal to score the fifth goal of the game for Tottenham, locking the score at 5-2!

Despite their best against Arsenal and Tottenham, Wigan Athletic suffered two defeats. This result, while making people gradually recognize the true level of this dark horse, also greatly dampened the self-confidence that Wigan Athletic players have built up so hard!

In the end, after 90 minutes of hard work, with strong attacking firepower, the injured Tottenham Hotspur struggled to win a valuable victory at the J** Stadium (home stadium of Wigan Athletic, named after its main sponsor J** Sporting Goods), and continued to lead the league standings by two points!

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