Chapter 372: Group Draw

Tottenham won four consecutive league games with a narrow win over Chelsea at home, and continued to lead the league table by virtue of goal difference over Manchester United, who are level on points. As soon as this news came out, the entire English football world couldn't help but be shaken!

Prior to this, although Tottenham had won three consecutive games in the Premier League, scoring nine goals and not conceding a single goal, there were still many people who believed that Tottenham, who had sent away many powerful players such as Franck Ribery and Basturk, was still not as strong as Chelsea and Manchester United, who were recruiting aggressively in the summer. The reason why Tottenham were able to overtake the Blues and the Red Devils in the table is mainly because George's side took advantage of the fixtures, not because Tottenham are really stronger than Chelsea and Manchester United!

So, before this game started, many thought that Tottenham's winning streak was about to be ended by Chelsea. Although the Blues have been on the back foot in the last two seasons in direct head-to-head meetings with Tottenham, this is ultimately a thing of the past. With the introduction of Franck Ribery, Wright Phillips, Essien, Maniche and Del Horno, the Blues have been greatly strengthened in terms of overall strength and bench depth compared to last season. Under the situation of the other, Mourinho's team has no possibility of making Tottenham deflated!

However, reality has given everyone who doubts Tottenham's strength an extremely resounding slap in the face. Throughout the game, Chelsea failed to find the back of the net against Petr Cech, even with the help of the referee in the first half, but Tottenham were able to turn the tide in an extremely passive situation, taking advantage of the few chances to score and win the game!

Such a stark contrast made all the fans who watched this game can't help but have such a feeling. That is, as long as George is still in charge of Tottenham, then Chelsea will never be able to beat Tottenham!

However, most fans were not focused on the news that Tottenham had beaten Chelsea to remain at the top of the league. At this time, they were completely attracted by another piece of news - after the match with Tottenham, Mourinho openly expressed his strong dissatisfaction with the referee on duty Sdales in front of a group of reporters at the press conference, believing that the referee helped Tottenham "steal" a victory that should have belonged to Chelsea!

Mourinho dared to say this, and naturally he also relied on it. Indeed, in this just-concluded game, the most eye-catching thing was not Cristiano Ronaldo, who made a penalty and hit it himself, nor Cech, who made several wonderful saves to keep the door open, but Sdyers, who served as the referee. If it weren't for his inconsistent enforcement in the game, Del Horno would not have been sent off in the second half, Chelsea would not have played with one man, and Cristiano Ronaldo would not have created and scored the penalty that decided the game!

Of course, apart from die-hard Chelsea fans, Mourinho's rhetoric has not been endorsed by most people. Because anyone who watched the game knew what a huge advantage Chelsea had in the first half!

When the penalty was in your favor, you couldn't take the chance, and the result gave Tottenham the chance to make the final decision in the second half, and you still beat the referee after the game, Mourinho, you are a bit too double standard, right?

While Mourinho managed to divert attention and keep his players from the pressure of the defeat, his actions had some negative consequences for himself and Chelsea. It's no secret that the FA and the refereeing committee never like outsiders pointing fingers at them or making public accusations. Therefore, Mourinho's statement is bound to cause strong dissatisfaction among the two high-level executives!

We can't control big guys like Ferguson and George, let alone provoke them, why do you, a rookie coach with no foundation, dare to criticize our people?

It is foreseeable that Chelsea will be targeted and harassed by the FA and the referee committee for a long time to come!

Now let's turn our attention back to Tottenham. After beating Chelsea, George gave his players a day off before flying to Monaco for the Champions League group draw scheduled for tomorrow!

This time, in addition to Elizabeth and Adele, George was accompanied by a number of Tottenham players such as Cristiano Ronaldo, Marcos Alonso, Ledley King and Petr Cech. Because after the Champions League group draw ceremony, it is UEFA's annual awards ceremony! Cristiano Ronaldo and Alonso are strong contenders for major awards, including UEFA Player of the Year!

At George's suggestion, the UEFA Player of the Year award appeared in the world six years earlier than in previous lives. Unlike the European Ballon d'Or and the World Footballer of the Year, which are selected at the end of the year, the UEFA Player of the Year selection mechanism is obviously more in line with the current situation of European football (most of the mainstream football competitions in Europe are cross-year competitions), which can better evaluate a player's performance in the past season, and the selection results are more acceptable to fans.

You know, the European Ballon d'Or and the World Footballer of the Year, which are judged on the basis of a player's performance throughout the year, have encountered it. For example, Ronaldo in 02, the alien who was basically recovering from injuries in the first half of the year won by defeating Robert Carlos, who was in excellent form throughout the year, with his wonderful performance in seven games in the World Cup in South Korea and Japan

As the winners of last season's Big Ears Cup, Tottenham are likely to be the biggest winners of this competition. After all, although there are many players who are not inferior to Alonso and others in terms of team honor and individual performance, in addition to Barcelona, Bayern, Juventus and AC Milan, the three top giants, all lost to Tottenham in the direct competition of the Champions Cup, resulting in their players losing a lot of points in this selection, while Barcelona stopped in the round of 16 of the Champions Cup, making Ronaldo's hope of winning this award very slim!

Therefore, this trip to Monaco, George is not worried that Tottenham will end up with a big four empty ending at the awards ceremony. At this time, he is still most worried about the fate of Tottenham in this draw ceremony!

Although you are the defending champions of the Champions League, because Tottenham Hotspur has won too few European points in previous years, this time, Tottenham can only participate in the group draw ceremony as a third-tier team. And this result naturally aroused strong dissatisfaction and high vigilance from other clubs!

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