Chapter 368: Fight the Blue Army Again!
After beating reigning champions Chelsea to lift the Community Shield, and then winning three consecutive Premier League games, Tottenham's strong performances since the start of the new season have shocked the entire English football world!
Originally, people thought that even if Gerrard was poached from Liverpool this summer, but after losing Basturk, Ribery, Villa, Kompany and many other major rotation players, Tottenham, whose bench depth has been greatly weakened, has still declined to a certain extent in terms of overall strength compared with last season. As a result, Tottenham's performance in the 05-06 season is bound to be less impressive than last season. What's more, many do-gooders openly claim that Tottenham will repeat the mistakes of Blackburn Rovers and return to mediocrity after a brief period of glory!
Of course, anyone with a little brain would agree with this argument. You must know that Blackburn's downfall is caused by the lack of progress after winning the championship, and the refusal to continue to invest heavily in the introduction of strong reinforcements after selling the team's main team for many years, while Tottenham does not have this problem. Because if George and Jack Walker (the former Blackburn owners and key figures in Blackburn's early Premier League rivalry with Manchester United) had the same intention of taking it as soon as they saw it, then Tottenham would not have spent a lot of money to sign Gerrard this summer!
However, the reality has left the jaws of those who are looking at Tottenham's prospects this season. In the face of many doubts, the Tottenham players left everyone speechless with a perfect answer!
Although Chelsea and Manchester United, who have been on a transfer spree, have also made a perfect start to three wins in a row and have not conceded a goal in the first three league games, they are still slightly inferior to Tottenham in attack (six and seven goals respectively) and are therefore relegated to third and second place in the table.
If someone is still stubborn at this time, insisting that the reason why Tottenham can beat Manchester United and Chelsea to the top of the standings is because of the light of the schedule, and the three consecutive wins between Manchester United and Chelsea are more valuable, then the next highlight of the fourth round of the Premier League, the result of the game will prove whether Tottenham is worthy of the position of the league leader!
That's right, on 27 August, two days after Tottenham's third-round league game against Blackburn, Tottenham will face defending champions Chelsea for the second time!
For this game against Chelsea, George and the Tottenham players can be said to be quite relaxed. After all, in the Community Shield final not long ago, they were left without a midfielder named Mascherano to the table!
Not to mention, now that Mascherano has returned, and Gerrard has begun to settle into his current role, Tottenham's defensive intensity has undoubtedly improved several notches from the last meeting. Chelsea, on the other hand, rested most of their squad in the third round two days ago, but that was mainly due to the fact that the Blues had just played Arsenal six days earlier, so they were not as competitive as Tottenham.
If that's all there is to it, Mourinho can find a way to solve these problems one by one. What bothers the Portuguese madman the most is that this season's Tottenham are not only extremely sharp in attack, but also extremely scattered in the previous three league rounds, with Tottenham scoring a total of nine times. And these nine goals were scored by nine Tottenham players!
Such scattered attacking firepower poses a huge problem for Mourinho, that is, it is difficult for him to make a more targeted defensive arrangement for Tottenham's attack!
Tottenham's every player in central midfield was involved in the attack and could score, which meant that Chelsea could not afford to miss anything when defending. Otherwise, the Blues' door could be breached by Tottenham because of this negligence!
As for how to break down Tottenham's defence, Mourinho doesn't have much to worry about. In his opinion, the attacking trident with Ibrahimovic as the core, and the heavy artillery army led by Frank Lampard, are enough to penetrate Tottenham's defense!
If we have scored against Tottenham three times in the Community Shield, we can do the same now!
As long as it is possible to achieve the goal, then dare to put your chips on the table. The reason why Mourinho can become the "most special one" in the mouths of fans and media during this period is because of his unique mad temperament and unparalleled personal charm in the head coach circle!
Therefore, how to better defend against Tottenham's offensive has naturally become the main question that Mourinho has been thinking about these days!
George certainly doesn't know what Mourinho is bothering at the moment. After leading the team to defeat Blackburn, George gave his players a short day off to regain their fitness for the top spot clash with Chelsea in two days' time!
Although they are very relaxed in mentality and have an advantage in terms of head-to-head records, neither George nor Tottenham players take Chelsea's strong opponent lightly because of these reasons, if Chelsea is really so easy to deal with, then the team that won the Premier League trophy last season will not be Chelsea, but they Tottenham Hotspur!
Sometimes, belittling an opponent is also belittling oneself in disguise. The opponent's strength is so bad that he can't win the championship, doesn't that mean that he is weaker than his opponent?
What's more, George can be said to know Mourinho's idea that he always wants to beat him and prove that he is the best manager. In order to avoid being used as a stepping stone by Mourinho, George will definitely give it his all in this game!
Losing to Mourinho was not a good experience. The Portuguese are known in the world of foul football, and Giorgio doesn't want to be ridiculed after a loss.
At the same time, fans are turning their attention to Tottenham and Chelsea in a game like this, and the two sides are the two most impressive clubs in European football right now, and if they accidentally miss something, they will regret it!
And just like that, two days passed quickly. When the calendar finally turned to the page of August 27, the fans of both sides could no longer suppress the passion in their hearts, and surrounded the White Hart Lane stadium early, waiting for the arrival of the two teams outside the stadium!
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